City Officers and the Annual Reports to the City Council of Newburyport 1926, Part 5

Author: City of Newburyport
Publication date: 1926
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1919


4.139


8,458,350


3,249,864


11,708,214


236,017.49


31,810.37


21,595.59


289,423.45


21.50


1920


3992


8,820,300


3,090,202


11,919,502


293,057.18


40,588.95


21,987.35


355,633.48


25.00


1921


3700


9,008,200


3,171,766


12,179,966


301,694.94


52,249.92


27,329.61


381,274.47


29.00


1922


4397


9,414,500


3,131,826


12,546,326


380,935.29


43,122.45


22,885.67


446,943.41


31.00


1923


448:2


9,753,770


2,861,700


12,615,470


418,916.62


42,236.00


27,136.30


490,288.92


34.00


1924


4558


10,427,300


2,669,762


13,097,062


4.71,005.88


25,766.40


22,138.09


518,910.37


36.00


1925


47.65 1


10,822,900


2,713,300


13,536,200


445,825.48


29,547.05


26,137.18


501,509.71


33.60


1926


4822 |


10,852,450


2,692,910


13,545,360


445,652.20


28,185.60


23,746.89


497,584.69


1 33.20


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4471


7,416,500


2.942,315


10,358,815


1


181,955.40


5,592.50


9,924.53


Total Tax


15.80


1902


. .


Department Reports and Reports of City Officials


131


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


ANNUAL REPORT, 1926


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council,


Gentlemen :


The Board of Assessors herewith presents its report for the year 1926.


The valuation of the city is as follows:


$10,852,450 Real estate


Personal property 2,692,910


$13,545,360


The State, County and City Warrants called for the following amounts :


State tax


$26,760.00


State highway tax


1,425.60


County tax


23,746.89


City tax


433,042.83


Judgments


8,297.85


Overlay


4,311.52


$497,584.69


After applying the estimated income, it was found necessary to make a tax rate of $33.20 to meet these requirements. This was a reduction of 40 cents from the rate in 1925.


The tax assessed on Real and Personal Estate and Polls amounted to the following :


Real estate


$360,301.34


Personal estate


89.404.59


Polls (4822)


9,644.00


$459,349.93


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ANNUAL REPORT


The omitted or December assessments were:


Real estate (valuation) $800.00 1,000.00


Personal estate


$1,800.00


The number of dwelling houses assessed was 3551; horses 200; cows 290; other neat cattle 2; swine 22; fowl 1135.


The abatements made during the year were as follows:


On levy of 1920:


I


Oiling


$109.56


Tree work · 14.05


$123.61


On levy of 1921 :


Oiling


$22.80


Tree work


18.55


$41.35


On levy of 1924:


Real


$57.60


Personal


840.79


Poll


1,090.00


Oiling


91.26


Tree work


12.95


$2,092.60


On levy of 1925:


Real


$270.48


Personal


73.58


Oiling


42.80


$386.86


133


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


Levy of 1926:


Real


$1,034.18


Personal


2,331.35


Poll


142.00


$3,507.53


$6,151.95


CORNELIUS J. KILEY, CHAS. W. JOHNSON, E. G. MOODY, Assessors.


December 29, 1926.


134


ANNUAL REPORT


POLICE DEPARTMENT


CITY MARSHAL'S REPORT


To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Councillors of the City of New- buryport :


Gentlemen:


The whole number of arrests during the year ending December 31, 1926 for offences committed within the City of Newburyport is 535 of which 137 were of foreign birth, 398 were born within the limits of the United States, 41 were females and 72 were minors.


Arrests Were for the Following Causes, viz:


Assault and battery


19


Assault on officers


2


Assault with a dangerous weapon


1


Assault with intent to kill


1


Breaking and entering


2


Carrying concealed weapons


1


Criminal trespass


3


Cruelty to dumb animals


1


Delinquents


8


Disturbing the peace


7


Drunkenness


146


Forgery


1


Insane


19


Interfering with an officer


4


Larceny


13


Maliscious mischief


1


Neglected children


12


Non support


17


Receiving stolen property


2


Runaway boys


9


Runaway girls


2


Safe-keeping


104


Truants


1


Violation of the automobile law


54


135


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Violation of city ordinances


10


Violation of the liquor law 36


Violation of the milk law


1


Violation of the school law


1


Selling cold storage eggs not properly marked


2


Neglect of children


3


Taken and the possession of Clams without a permit from a restricted area


28


Assault and robbery


3


Violation of the Illegitimate Child Act


4


Violation of parole


3


Throwing glass in the street


1


Uttering a fraudulent check


1


Sounding a false alarm of fire


1


Assault with intent to rape


1


False imprisonment


1


Violation of the game law


5


Storing gasoline without a license


1


An attempt to break and enter


3


Total 535


Disposed Of As Follows, viz:


Appealed


47


Bound over to Superior Court


9


Cases continued 11


Cases dismissed 14


Cases settled without trial


1


Committed to Danvers Hospital


18


Committed to Westboro Hospital


1


Committed to the Concord Reformatory


1


Committed for non-payment of fine .


6


Committed to Department of Public Welfare


3


Committed to State Farm, Bridgewater


7


Defaulted


2


Discharged by Court


35


Fined and paid


122


House of Correction


9


Placed on file


54


Put on probation


22


Put under bonds to keep the peace


1


Released 104


Released by the probation officer


12


Sentence postponed 25


Turned over to other officers


19


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Turned over to parents 10


Committed to the Industrial School at Shirley


2


Total


535


Miscellaneous


Amount of property reported lost


$14756


Amount of property recovered


$13818


Amount of imprisonment imposed (days)


500


Accidents reported


166


Ambulance calls


2


Assisted other officers


211


Attempt suicide


1


Buildings found open and secured


791


Complaints investigated


769


Dangerous wires and poles reported


19


Defective places in streets reported


44


Disturbances suppressed without arrest


3


Dogs killed


34


Escorts furnished processions


4


Extra duty, W. room, B. ground, yacht race, fair grounds, circus


67


Fire Alarm Boxes found open


23


Fire alarms given


7


Fires extinguished without alarm


5


Glass in Fire Alarm Boxes found broken


28


Injured persons assisted


24


Intoxicated persons helped home


8 230


Lights furnished for dangerous places


1


Lights reported out in stores


99


Liquor seizures


19


Lost children restored to parents


10


Meals furnished lodgers and prisoners


93


Notified to remove snow from sidewalk


.


33 750


Officers for extra duty


.


Officers for extra duty at City Hall


42


Overheated stoves


2


Search warrant for liquor, served


.


.


Sick persons assisted


6


Street obstructions removed


2


Street lights reported out


472


Streets barred on account of sickness . . .


3


Sudden or mysterious death, notified medical examiner . ..


5


.


Horses killed


6


Lights found burning in buildings


29


Search warrants for property


2


137


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Wagon calls


234


Water found running in buildings


14


Water main burst, superintendent notified


7


Windows found open and secured


96


Windows found broken


172


Summons served for other Police


24


Number of visits to Pool Rooms


860


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN L. McLEAN, City Marshal.


City of Newburyport, January 1, 1927.


138


ANNUAL REPORT


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Honorable Mayor and Councilors :


Gentlemen :


The year of 1926 has come to a close and at this time I am sending you a report of the doings of the department for the year that is past.


We have responded to 222 calls, 40 of them have been bell alarms and 182 have been telephone calls. This is the record of any year since the de- partment has been organized.


The loss for the year is $138,859.71, which I consider is small according to the conditions and the equipment and the localities where the worst fires occurred, and I think it is up to the City Council to do all in their power to get the department motorized and put in the same class with other cities of the same size in our State.


Equipment


We have at the present time 11,000 feet of hose of which some of it will go bad the first time it is used, and the bursting of a line of hose some- times means the loss of human life, or a building.


We have one 750 gallon Seagraves Triple Combination, 2 Steam Fire Engines in service, 1 steam fire engine in reserve, 3 hose wagons, 4 hose pungs, 1 supply wagon and 1 Maxim Combination Ladder Truck and Chem- ical.


Fire Alarm


The fire alarm is very poor the same as last year. We have nothing on the outside below State street, and this being a call department where the men have to depend on the alarm, we have been very lucky to get as many men to work at the fires as they have done in the past.


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FIRE DEPARTMENT


Recommendations


I recommend the purchase of 3000 feet of good fire hose to bring the amount up to what we ought to have on hand at all times.


The purchase of one 750 gallon triple combination pumper to take the place of Engine No. 2 which is about ready to be discarded.


The laying of a cement floor in the Central Fire Station to take care of what apparatus that will be put there in the future.


The addition of four more permanent men assigned to the Central Sta- tion. With the addition of the men you will always have a force large enough to go to work and save a great many bell alarms.


The Chief, whoever he may be, should be a permanent man and should be on the job at all times and should have time to make all the inspection work in the business district or any other place where he thinks he could elimi- nate the fire hazard, and he should have a suitable conveyance owned by the city, to be used in the line of duty.


I also recommend the installation of a suitable outside fire alarm for the south end and the overhauling of the entire system, and put it in first class shape. There are a lot of other things that I would like to ask for but I will be thankful, and I know the city will be a great deal better pro- tected by having these things done.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN O. ERICKSON,


Chief of Fire Department.


140


ANNUAL REPORT


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BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Mayor and City Council:


The Board of Health submits its report for the year 1926, as follows:


The year was not marked by the unusual prevalence of severe epidemic disease. An exception may possibly be made to this statement in the case of scarlet fever which prevailed throughout the year to a certain extent, ris- ing to its height in February, with twelve cases and declining thereafter with a total of forty-one cases. The disease was of a mild type. There were but three cases of diphtheria during the entire year, and one case of typhoid fever. Whether the decline in diphtheria is due to the employment of pre- ventive inoculation, among school-children in previous years, is perhaps a question, as a corresponding decline in this disease has occurred throughout the State. It would seem advisable, however, that the work of prevention should continue in order to remove from the community this menace to the lives of children. We wish to call attention to the importance of this work, and to request a small appropriation to enable the Board to continue the ad- ministration of toxin-antitoxin in the schools of the city. Heretofore this work has been done gratuitously by our physicians under direction of the District Health Officer; but, as disease prevention is obviously in the in- terest of the entire community, it seems proper, in the future, to request the City to bear the expense.


By means of close affiliation with the Newburyport Health Center the Board has been enabled to keep informed of the sanitary condition of all public eating places. Visits of inspection have been made by Mrs. Willis J. Bickford and other nurses connected with the Health Center, and detailed reports are on file at our office. Based upon these reports, the Board has issued certificates of merit to all establishments where high standards of cleanliness prevail; and, in appropriate cases, measures have been taken to correct unsanitary methods of handling foodstuffs.


We have endeavored, as far as possible, to establish thorough methods of inspection of the handling and purveying of meat and fish, fruit, vege- tables, milk, etc. Ideal results, however, in an undertaking of this nature, can be secured only by good team work between the inspectors and the heads of the Department. It is regrettable that such cordial and energetic cooperation is not always to be obtained. We feel, however, that a distinct. forward step has been made in maintaining a record at our office of all


141


BOARD OF HEALTH


work performed by our inspectors. Without such records the Board must necessarily remain in ignorance of the very matters which are supposedly within their province to oversee and control.


The routine work of the collectors of ashes, rubbish and garbage has been carried on, we believe, with satisfaction to the citizens. There has been little, if any, criticism of the collectors. The city dumps, however, are objects of frequent criticism; and it is quite evident that they constitute a public nuisance, especially in warm weather. An expenditure of three hun- dred dollars to clean up the Oak street dump seemed justifiable during the a fall season; and a further outlay of five dollars per week to maintain wholesome condition in the premises seemed wise. Not all of those who wished to dispose of decaying meats, vegetables, and other produce were willing to discharge their loads at the dump, but they were content to leave refuse of this nature in the open area at a distance from the spot set aside by the Board for the disposal of waste. The burden seemed to rest upon our Board to keep the premises tidy; but we have found that it is not rightfully within our province, and that the expenditure of public funds for the pur- pose is illegal.


We have to report the resignation of Dr. Harold G. Little as Milk In- spector, and to state that the vacancy in this department is still unfilled. The position calls for a laboratory technician especially trained in milk analysis and in the use of the microscope; and, while two applicants have taken the civil service examination, we have not been advised by the com- missioners that either one is eligible.


Detailed reports of the various departments follow.


THOMAS R. HEALY, Chairman.


142


ANNUAL REPORT


CONTAGIOUS DISEASES


January 1, 1927.


Chicken Pox


Measles


German Measles


January


13


January


22


January 6


February


2


February


8


February


1


April


4 March


28


March


2


May


1


April


42


April


1


June


2


May


13


May


1


July


1


June


8


June


1


September


1


December


1


October


2


November


1


December


3


30


122


12


Pneumonia, Lobar


Scarlet Fever


Mumps


January


4


January


9


January


1


February


3 February


12


February


2


March


17


March


3


March


1


April


4 April


1


April


2


June


1


June


1


June


1


September


1


July


3


December


1


October


4 August


4


December


3 September


1


October


4


November


3


37


41 8


143


BOARD OF HEALTH


Diphtheria


Whooping Cough


October


1


February 2


November


2


March


19


January 1


March


2


April 1


1


Influenza


January


1


October


7


March


86


November


3


April


34


December


6


May


1


122


53


7


Dog Bite Rabid


Encethalitis Lethargica


Total Diseases


January 58


February 30


March


159


April


100


May


1


Septic Sore Throat


May


2.2


June


17


July


6


August


5


September 3


October 19


November 10


December


15


July


1


Cerebro Spinal Meningitis


Tuberculosis of Spine


June 1 March 1


444


3


May


3


June


July


1


June


1


December


1


May


1


October


1


Typhoid Fever


Trachoma (old)


November


1


August


1


Syphilis


Opthalmia Neonatorum


January .


1


-


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


April 11


1


May


144


ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF AGENT


December 31, 1926.


To the Board of Health, Newburyport, Mass.


Gentlemen :


Following is the report of the Agent of the Board.


Complaints attended to and calls made during year 450


Notices sent


25


Dead animals buried 150


Cesspools


30


Pigs removed


20


Water closets


16


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM THURSTON, Agent


REPORT OF THE BACTERIOLOGIST


February 10, 1927.


To the Board of Health, City Hall,


Gentlemen :-


The following is a report of the laboratory examinations which I have made for your board during the year ending Dec. 31, 1926:


Positive


Negative 136


137


Sputa


.0


28


28


Total


.1


164


165


Respectfully submitted,


R. D. HAMILTON, M. D.


Total


Throat Culture


1


BOARD OF HEALTH


145


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


January 31, 1927 .


To the Board of Health, City of Newburyport


Gentlemen :---


I herewith submit report of plumbing inspections for the year 1926.


There has been thirty-eight (38) inspections made during the year most of which were for additions and remodelling.


Yours respectfully,


R. W. NELSON, Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


October 27, 1926.


Report of Inspector of Slaughtering, Meats and Provisions for the month of October, 1926.


Animals Killed


Cows


24


Calves


98


Hogs


32


Total


154


Animals Condemned


Cows 1


Have visited markets from time to time and found them in a satisfact- ory condition.


Respectfully submitted,


T. D. DONAHUE,


Inspector.


146


ANNUAL REPORT


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISION


September 29, 1926.


Report of T. D. Donahue, Inspector of Meats, Provisions and Slaughter- ing from June 1, 1926 to September 29, 1926.


June, 1926


Cows 19


Calves 74


Hog 26


Sheep


July, 1926


27


93


7


. .


2 condemned.


Cause, tuberculosis.


21


84


6


. .


September, 1926


16


104


. .


1 condemned. Cause, emscoated.


Total


83


355


39


I have made at least one visit to every market and found conditions fair for summer weather, with the exception of one store on Water street owned by a Mr. Checkoway, and had him clean up his store. One new store has been opened, Wells' Market, on Inn street. Its condition is of the best. One room, ice refrigeration, personnell fine. Have had one complaint. in- vestigated and found complaint groundless. In regards to making fruit dealers covering up their goods, there is no law that compels them to do so legally speaking.


Respectfully submitted,


T. D. DONAHUE.


Inspector.


. .


August, 1926


1 condemned. Cause, tuberculosis.


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BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


December 31, 1926.


Newburyport Board of Health, Newburyport, Mass.


Gentlemen :


The City has been most fortunate all through the past year in sickness. There has been but five (5) cases of mumps, six (6) cases of measles and no case of scarlet fever in our schools since the beginning of the school term. The number of schools visited was 6, the number of class room in- spections 36, the number of pupils inspected 338. The following is the list of the defects found in the examination of 338 pupils in the first and fifth grades :


Hypertropied tonsils 16


Soar throats (Follicular tonsils and Quincy soar throats) 3


Pulmonary diseases


6


Orthopedic defects


3


Malnutrition 5


Heart troubles ( all forms)


4


Skin diseases


5


Number of cultures taken


6


First Aid Treatment given


8


Number of children reporting to the clinic or family physician 20


Number accompanied to the clinic by the school nurse 18


Treatments :


Eyes


3


Ears


2


Heart


4


Throat


6


Number of cultures negative


6


At the time of our physical examination, which was done last Septem- ber, I found about 70% of all the children in the first and fifth grades with poor posture. However, I am sure that in a short time the work of our physical director will show a great number of children with strong abdom- inal muscles and erect heads.


Very truly yours,


J. W. SHAW,


School Physician.


148


ANNUAL REPORT


REPORT OF CITY REGISTRAR


Birth Registered 1926


Including 13 stillbirths, 6 males, 7 females.


Male


Female


January


21


26


February


16


21


March


13


15


April


17


27


May


16


23


June


22


24


July


18


24


August


20


22


September


22


19


October


12


16


November


14


11


December


19


17


210


245


Nativity of Parents


Father


Mother


Newburyport


U. S. outside of Newburyport


218


222


Austria


0


1


Canada


22


20


England


4


4


Finland


2


2


Germany


2


0


Greece


18


15


Ireland


5


12


Italy


7


5


Poland


12


13


Portugal


1


1


108


115


Armenia


5


5


149


CITY REGISTRAR


Provinces


22


23


Russia


14


10


Scotland


2


2


Sweden


0


1


Turkey


3


4


Unknown


10


0


455


455


Births outside of Newburyport parents residing in City 9; 4 males, 5 females.


Births in Newburyport, parents residing elsewhere 151; 78 males, 73 females.


Marriages Registered 1926


January


8


February


9


March


5


April


13


May


12


June


26


July


10


August


20


September


16


October


13


November


16


December


4


152


Nativity of Contracting Parties


Groom


Bride


Newburyport


48


54


U. S. outside of Newburyport


83


73


Armenia


1


1


Canada


4


3


Greece


1


1


Italy


2


1


Ireland


0


2


Poland


4


2


Provinces


6


12


Russia


1


2


Sweden


1


1


Unknown


1


0


152


152


150


ANNUAL REPORT Deaths in Newburyport, 1926


Including 13 stillbirths; 6 males, 7 females.


Male 7


Female


January


8


February


12


12


March


9


14


April


18


16


May


7


11


June


9


1.6


July


9


7


August


13


5


September


13


10


October


14


13


November


10


8


December


12


14


133


134


Non-resident deaths in the City


53


Residents of this City dying elsewhere


33


Non-residents buried in this City


46


1


DEATHS, WITH PRINCIPAL CAUSE AND AGE PERIODS EXCLUSIVE OF STILL BIRTHS


Cause


1 yr. 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84 85-89


90-94


95 up


Total


M


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7


Accidental


F


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


10


Cancer


I


1


3


2 2


1


1


1


12


F


2


1


3


2


4


4


5


39


Circulatory


M


1 1


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


9


5


9


2


4


6


5 47


System


F


1


1


5


Disease of


M


1


1


1


1


1 2


1


1


11


Kidneys


F


1


1


2


3


1


2


Pneumonia


all Forms


F


1


1


1


1


1


4


1 10


M


1


1


1


Tuberculosis


F


2


1


1


6


5


1


1 18


Nervous


F


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


2


1 17


M 11 5


1


1


2


1


4


1


5


3


34


All Cthers


F 7 2


1


2


3


1


1


2


3


3


25


Totals


19 11


3


3


4


6


5


2


5


5


5


12


16


24


29


32


33


24


8


7


1 254


1


1


2


M


15


M 1 2


1


1


Fulmonary


M


1


System


5 10


152


ANNUAL REPORT


CITY SOLICITOR


January 22, 1927.


To the City Council Newburyport, Mass.


Gentlemen:


In accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance I here- with submit a statement of the matters handled by the Law Department.


The following matters which were in litigation during 1926 are no long- er considered active matters :


First, the suit of Eben P. Allen against the City for the recovery of an alleged arrearage in compensation. In this matter the plaintiff has not been active in the prosecution of his claim.


Second, Benjamin J. Checkoway vs. the City, replevin suit in which the plaintiff procured an assessment of damage in the sum of one $ (1.00) dollar. It is doubtful if it will be necessary to carry the same into the ap- pellate division.


Third, H. B. Little et ali vs. Charles E. Houghton and William Balch, city officials. This is a tax payers' petition brought with reference to the account of the Martin W. Dugan Company for work performed for the Poor Department. It was heard upon its merits before the Superior Court and a decree entered against the defendants enjoining them for recognizing the order of the City Council to pay the bill. Early in the year suit was brought by the Martin W. Dugan Company directly against the City and later you directed me to settle the same for a figure at about one-half of the account. Your order in this respect was carried out.


Fourth, Louis C. Zega vs. John L. McLean, City Marshal, a suit brought for false arrest in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars. In this matter I procured a non-suit when the case was reached for trial.


Fifth, Dorothea M. Zega, vs. James L. French, special officer, a suit brought for false arrest in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. In this matter I procured a non-suit when the case was reached for trial.


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Sixth, Charles E. Houghton, Tax Collector, vs. Goldia Kantrowitz. This was a small suit brought to recover a tax bill. At a hearing upon the merits in the equity session a verdict was rendered for the City.


Seventh, Walter E. Atkinson, petitioner, vs. the City. This was a Land Court case with reference to the old public way existing south of the Cus- tom House in which the petitioner set up that the public rights therein had been abandoned. The decision of the court established that a public way still exists there.


Eighth, County of Essex, vs. the City of Newburyport. This is the Tubercular Hospital tax case in which the City's interests were taken care of by Robert G. Dodge of Storey, Palmer, Thorndike and Dodge. The decis- ion in this case was adverse to the City.


The following cases were reported upon last year but none have been reached for trial:


First, John J. Evans vs. the City, an action of contract in the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars for alleged breach of the building mov- ing contract which the plaintiff had with the City.


Second, Dorothea M. Zega vs. John L. McLean, City Marshal. A suit for alleged false arrest in the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars.


Third, Mary A. Nevins vs. the City. A suit brought in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars for a personal injury received because of an alleged defect in the sidewalk.


Fourth, George A. Weare vs. the City. A suit brought for alleged sew- er damage in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars.


The following new cases have been entered against the City:


First, Harry D. Stillman vs. the City. This is a suit brought for per- sonal injuries alleged to have been received because of the defective con- dition of the highway upon Threadneedle Alley in the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars.


Second, George Page vs. the City. This is a suit brought for personal injuries alleged to have been received because of the defective condition of the highway upon Water street in the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars.


Third, Henry Buckley vs. the City. This is a suit in the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for wages alleged to be due from the City upon the claims assigned to him by former employees of the tree and moth and park departments. This is a suit in which the plaintiff has attempted to establish that Charles P. Kelley occupies the office of superintendent of




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