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Unless the public seasonably pre- empts adequate park areas, there is but too much reason to fear that Everett will be doomed to deterioration, until it shall finally become a city mainly of
Residence of George A. Sammett.
House built and for many years owned and occupied by Captain Henry Rich.
has for several years made it evident to those who have considered the sub- ject, that if any considerable tract of land is ever to be secured for a public park, it must be done at a very early day. Within a few years all the most desirable sites will have been covered with buildings, and thus lost forever to the public for use as parks.
A growing conviction of this fact led to the appointment by the, town on May 14, 1890, of a committee, consisting of D. P. Bailey, C. O. Saunders, G. F. Foster, H. A. Tenney, and G. H. Van Voorhis to consider the subject and report at future meeting. This commit- tee reported November 16, 1891, in favor of action looking to the acquisi- tion of a portion of the " Birches," so called, for park purposes, and the elec- tion of three park commissioners. Pub- lic sentiment was not ripe for the movement and no action was taken.
tenement houses, in which the better elements of our social, political and religious life will have to wage a doubt- ful struggle for existence. May this Souvenir send out a voice, that shall echo and re-echo in the ears of every citizen, until those who control our af- fairs shall awaken to the transcendent importance of taking early action to avert this impending doom.
XXV.
POLITICAL AND MUNICIPAL HISTORY.
For five years after its incorporation, Everett was an integral part of the representative district, consisting of Malden, Somerville and Everett, repre- sented in the legislature by three mem- bers. The first effort to secure a representative from Everett was in the autumn of 1872, when Alonzo H. Evans
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Franklin P. Bennett,
The son of Levi W. and Keziah C. (Gay) Ben- nett, was born in North Cambridge, May 2, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Mal- den and at the Chelsea High School, graduating from the latter in 1870. He has been in the newspaper business all his life. At one time he was in the employ of the Commercial Bulle- tin, later he became connected with the Boston Advertiser, and he gave up a very responsible position on that daily to establish a paper of his own. He is now editor and proprietor of the American Wool and Cotton Reporter and the principal owner of the United States Investor. These two newspapers are chiefly devoted to industrial and financial development in all sec- tions of the United States. Their traveling agents and correspondents are in every State of the Union. Mr. Bennett is president of the Blackstone (Va.) Land and Improvement Co., and is the owner of one of the largest sheep farms in the State of Maine. He has served the town as moderator, upon important com- mittees, the new water contract committee for example, as auditor and as selectman, and has represented it in the legislature for three succes- sive years, an honor never before conferred on any of our citizens. In the legislature of 1891, Mr. Bennett secured the passage of a law suppressing the so-called "bond investment " companies and also the adoption of a law for the better regulation of foreign corporations. In 1892 he was the author of various success- ful measures of legislation, including the estab- lishment of a metropolitan park commission. In the legislature of this year the opponents of Hon. Wm. E. Barrett selected Mr. Bennett as their candidate for Speaker but he was not elected. He ranks next to the Speaker among the Republican members of the Committee on Rules, and is Chairman of the Committees on Rapid Transit and on Public Reservations. IIe is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M. and of the Glendon Club. July 12, 1877, he married Nancy Q., daughter of Alexander and Lydia M. (Greeley) Clark, of Freedom, Me. They have three boys, Frank P., Edward Howard, and Charles Randolph. He resides on Cottage Street.
received the nomination at a republican caucus and was elected. As Everett was a small part of the district, it did not secure representation again until 1875, when Mr. Evans was again nom- inated and elected, having thus served in the legislatures of 1873 and 1876, both years on the committee on banks and banking.
In 1876 the re-arrangement of the districts associated Everett with Malden,
as a district having two representatives, of which, by agreement with the Repub- lican town committee of Malden, Everett was to have six representatives in ten years. The first representative in the new district was George S. Marshall, who was nominated after an animated contest in the largest caucus ever held in Everett up to that time, by a vote 150 to 140 for Robert M. Barnard, and was elected in November, 1877, serving in the legislature of 1878, on the com- mittee on banks and banking. He was re-elected in 1879, serving in the legis- lature of 1880, on the committee on education. William Johnson was elected as his successor in 1880, serving in the legislature in 1881, on the committee on woman's suffrage. He was succeeded in 1882 by George E. Smith, Esq., who was elected after a spirited contest at the polls, over our late esteemed fellow citizen, John S. Nichols. Mr. Smith was re-elected in 1883, thus serving in the legislatures of 1883 and 1884, on the committee on education in 1883; in 1884 on the committee on taxation, also as House chairman of the commit- tee on roads and bridges.
He was succeeded, in 1885, by Dud- ley P. Bailey, who was the last repre- sentative from Everett in the old district. In 1886 Everett became a district by itself, entitled to one representative, and Mr. Bailey was re-elected as the first representative in the new district. serv- ing in the legislatures of 1886 and 1887, as House chairman of the com- mittee on taxation in both years, and on the committee on probate and insol- vency in 1887. He was succeeded by Joseph H. Cannell, who was elected in 1887 and re-elected in 1888, serving in the legislatures of 1888 and 1889, on the committee on street railways. In the caucus of 1889 the candidates were Adams B. Cook, Thomas Leavitt and John S. Cate, the latter being nominated and elected, serving in the legislature of 1890, and on the committee on street railways. In the Republican caucus of 1890, Frank P. Bennett was nomi- nated and was subsequently elected. He was re-elected in 1891 and 1892, thus serving three successive terms -- being the only person thus far who has been thus honored. In 1891 he served as House chairman of the committee on taxation, also on the committee on administrative boards and commissions ; in 1892 on the committee on rapid tran- sit (House chairman) rules, and on pub- lic reservations, and in 1893 on the committees on rapid transit (House chairman,) rules, public reservations, (House chairman.)
All the representatives from Everett to the General Court thus far have been Republicans. The Everett candidates, (Democrats unless otherwise specified),
who have run in opposition to them have been as follows :- 1871, Joseph E. Nichols ; 1872, Columbus Corey ; 1873, Edwin A. Alger, Jr. and Columbus Corey ; 1874, Columbus Corey ; 1875, Joseph E. Nichols, (Dem.), Nathaniel J. Mead, (Independent Rep.); 1876, Joseph E. Nichols ; 1877, Daniel Em- mons; 1878, Daniel Emmons, (Dem.), Alfred Tufts, (Greenback) ; 1879, Wear T. Melvin, (Butler), George F. Foster, (Regular Dem.) ; 1880 and 1881, Charles F. Atwood; 1882, John S. Nichols, Sr. ; 1883, Charles F. Atwood; 1884, Otis W. Greene, (Dem.), Charles J. Ladd, (Pro.), Elisha Meservy, (People's) ; 1885, Otis W. Greene; 1886, Woodbury A. Ham, (Dem.); 1887, Charles C. Nichols, (Dem.), Edward F. Stevens, (Pro.); 1888, William Bassett, (Dem.), Amos E. Hall, (Pro.); 1889, Thomas Leavitt, (Ind. Rep.), Edward F. Stevens, (Pro.); 1890, Geo. M. Nash, (Dem.), Amos E. Hall, (Pro.); 1891, Alpheus R. Henderson, (Dem.), Amos. E. Hall, (Pro.) ; 1892, Joseph Stack, (Dem.), Geo. F. Foster, (Indepen- dent Dem.), Amos E. Hall, (Pro.)
Prior to 1889, Everett had never been represented in the Senate. In 1874,
John S. Nichols
Was born in South Malden, February 17, 1817 he was the son of Captain Nathan and Dorcas (Smith) Nichols; he was educated in Malden, attending school in a little red school house, which was where the residence of Mayor Evans now stands ; he was married in 1847 to Elizabeth Perkins of Maine, by whom he had four children, all of whom now survive him, the eldest son being the present city Treasurer and Collector of Everett ; he followed the occupation of shoe making for a number of years and afterwards cultivated what is now known as Nichols Farm. He was for a number of years a member of the old hand fire engine, "Gen. Taylor," of South Malden. In his younger days he was largely interested in military affairs and was for a number of years a member of the Washington Light Infantry of Malden, a crack military company, and he was considered a superior drill master ; he was selectman of Malden in the year 1862. He died May 14, 1889. In 1882 he was a candi- date for representative to the General Court, and would have been elected if the election had depended upon Everett alone.
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when Mr. Evans received the nomination and was elected, and in the following year re-elected, serving in the Senate in 1889 and 1890. In both years he was chairman of the committee on Banks and Banking and served also on the committee on Taxation. Mr. Evans also served in 1892 on the Governor's council, being elected by the Legislature to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Charles F. Loring.
Everett has always been strongly Republican in politics, though occasion- ally for some special reason a candidate of a different political complexion has secured a majority, as in the case of General Banks for Congress in 1874, and General Butler for Governor, and Henry B. Lovering for Congress in 1882. The general course has been strongly the other way. Below will be found the figures showing the votes for the different parties since the incor- poration of the town : -
Rep.
Dem.
others.
1870 Gov.
103
73
29.
1871 Gov.
149
65
I
1872 Pres.
291
IOI
1873 Gov.
162
5I
1874 Gov.
249
153
1874 Cong.
196
209
1875 Gov.
202
1 37
29
1876 Pres.
345
2.46
4I
1877 Gov.
254
I37
63
1878 Gov.
387
{ Abbott
22
1879 Gov.
336
Adams
23
1880 Gov.
514
208
6
1880 Pres.
513
222
3
1881 Gov.
186
60
1882 Gov.
312
337
1882 Lt. Gov.
415
234
5
1883 Gov.
535
373
9
1884 Pres.
486
372
74
1885 Gov.
395
126
9
1886 Gov.
490
290
39
1887 Gov.
524
275
51
1888 Gov.
825
406
74
1888 Pres.
869
389
53
1889 Gov.
603
303
73
1890 Gov.
669
467
91
1891 Gov.
878
565
106
1892 Gov.
1,207
849
59
1892 Pres.
1,316
775
72
* This vote was cast for the Prohib- itory candidates by the late Robert B. Rogers, an old time Abolutionist, Free Soiler, and Republican, and a most earnest supporter of temperance and reform. Although he had been con- fined to his house by illness for several months, he rode to Everett Hall in the rain to cast the only vote cast for the Prohibitory Ticket in Everett that year. This was the last vote cast by Mr. Rogers at a State election.
Robert Brough Rogers
Was born at Salem, June 17, 1878. He came to Boston at twelve years of age. After a few years' experience on the sea, he learned the chair and painting trade, in which he was engaged the remainder of his life, being at the time of his decease a member of the firm of Philander Derby & Co. He was married, at
an early age, to Miss Lucy M. Parshley, of Bath, Maine, who still survives him. Mr. Rogers was a radical by nature, an abolitionist, at once a temperance man and a Prohibitionist (though for most of his life within the Republican party) ; a born philanthropist. He was an able speaker ; was a member of the Charlestown City Govern- ment at different times for several years, and a representative in the General Court in 1866 and 1867. He settled in Everett in 1874, and occupied a prominent place in our local politics. As one of the Overseers of the Poor, from 1880 to 1882,-the only local office he has ever held - he was instrumental in reforming our Poor Department, in which he united thorough busi- ness methods with a recognition of the claims of humanity. He died August 6, 1882.
ON
XXVI.
EVERETT A CITY.
In ten years, 1880 to 1890, the popu- lation of Everett showed an increase of 166 per cent, and from 1880 to 1893, the increase has been about 300 per cent.
The assessors' returns for 1891 showed that the town had reached the constitutional limit of population re- quired for becoming a city. The advisability of changing from a town to a city form of government began to be agitated. While all recognized that a city form of government was sooner or later inevitable, there was a large contingent of prominent citizens who were attached to the town form of government and who believed that its continuance for a considerable time longer was not only practicable but that it would be the purest and most econom- ical form of local government. The matter was first brought forward for action at a town meeting, held Novem- ber 11, 1891, when after an animated debate, a motion to petition the legisla- ture for a city charter was defeated, by a vote 80 in favor and 127 against. A committee of nine was, however, ap- pointed to consider the subject, consist- ing of George E. Smith, W. A. Ham, Samuel Freeman, 2nd, Charles C. Nich- ols, A. H. Evans, F. P. Bennett, George F. Foster, F. P. Greenwood, Geo. D. Otis. An unsuccessful attempt was made at an adjourned meeting, Novem- ber 30, to reconsider the action taken November II, and after some further discussion a compromise was reached, December 30, 1891, by virtue of which
6
1884 Gov.
544
319
75
§ Butler
212
II
§ Butler
202
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Samuel Freeman,
Sometimes called Samuel Freeman, 2nd., is the son of Barnabas Freeman and Eliza (Knowles) Freeman. He was born at Eastham, Mass., October 11, 1843 and received his education in the district schools of Eastham and in the grammar schools at Yarmouth. His grand- father, Samuel Freeman, served in the Massa- chusetts Legislature with the elder Captain Jonathan Oakes. Mr. Freeman commenced his business career as clerk in a country store at Yarmouth, where he remained three years. He afterwards learned the stove and furnace business at Newton, Mass. He entered the employment of the Magee Furnace Co., in 1864. He enlisted and served in Company K, of the 32nd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the war of the Rebellion. He married, November 29, 1877, Miss Louisa A. True, daughter of Lewis P. and Adeline (Peirce) True. Miss True was the first assistant ever employed in the Everett High School, and a very thorough and accom- plished teacher. She died several years ago. Mr. Freeman came to South Malden in May, 1869, and for twenty-four years has been an important factor in shaping the policy and directing the developement of the town. He has been largely interested in the various enter- prises for the improvement of the town, especi- ally measures looking to better streets and sidewalks. and a system of sewerage and to a sound, conservative and economical administra- tion of local affairs. In connection with this matter of the development of a system of sew. erage for the town, Mr. Freeman has rendered a most important public service.
He was a member of the committee of fifteen appointed in 1888 to consider the subject, and one of the Sew- erage Commission from the date of its establish- ment, in 1888, to the incorporation of the City. Mr. Freeman was prominently identified with the movement to secure the "Frederick E. Parlin Memorial Library Building," which, but for his efforts would probably have been defeated by the refusal of Mr. Blomerth to sell his property, except at an exorbitant price. Mr. Freeman has devoted a large amount of time to the gratuitous service of the town upon committees and otherwise. He is a member of the James A. Perkins Post G. A. R., of Palestine Lodge of Free Masons, and of the Glendon Club. He is largely interested in real estate and à heavy tax payer, and in every particular is entitled to rank as one of the solid men of the city.
Alonzo H. Evans was nominated, but in the great political avalanche of that year he was defeated. From that time, owing to the local jealousies, no Repub- lican candidate from Everett succeeded in securing a nomination from the Sena- torial District Convention until 1888,
All
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the question was to be submitted to the decision of the voters, at a meeting to be newly called, at which the vote was to be taken by the Australian bal- lot, yes or no, on the question of petitioning for a city charter. The date fixed for this meeting was January 26, 1892, and the intervening period was occupied with a spirited canvass. The balloting resulted in 381 votes in favor of a city charter and 296 against. A committee of ten (including the selectmen and representative to the General Court) consisting of George E. Smith, Alonzo H. Evans, Woodbury A. Ham, Thomas Leavitt, Columbus Corey, Dudley P. Bailey, John D. Henderson,
part of the friends of the city charter, the opposition, though still considerable, making no organized effort.
The total number of ballots cast was 649, of which 522 were recorded in favor of the city charter and 118 against.
No sooner was it settled that the city charter was adopted, than an ani- mated canvass began for the honor of being the first mayor of the new city ; the candidates being Hon. Alonzo H. Evans and George E. Smith, Esq. The canvass, thus early begun, lasted nearly five months, and was the hottest polit- ical campaign ever known in the history of Everett. Both parties strained every
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Residence of Mayor Alonzo H. Evans, Corner Broadway and Hancock Street.
Charles C. Nichols, George C. Aiken and Frank P. Bennett were chosen to prepare a charter, and present the same to the General Court, and do all other acts necessary to secure incorporation as a, city. This committee attended to the duty intrusted to it, and as a result of its labors, chapter 355 of the acts of 1892, entitled " An act to incorporate the city of Everett" was passed, and received the approval of the Governor, June 11, 1892. By its terms the charter was to be submitted to the voters for their acceptance or rejection. The decisive vote was taken by ballot at a town meeting, held July 19, 1892, after a lively canvass on the
nerve, fairly maintaining the reputation of Everett as the most political com- munity in the Commonwealth. The election occurred on December 13, 1892, and the total number of bal- lots cast was 2320, the largest number ever thrown in town and 95 more than were cast in the presidential election in November.
The result of the balloting was as fol- lows, the names of the candidates elected being indicated by an * :-
For Mayor -
Alonzo H. Evans . 1,241*
George E. Smith 1.052
Majority for Mr. Evans, 189
For Aldermen for two years (three to be chosen),-
Stephen C. Currier .
512
Daniel O. Dearborn · 508
Francis E. Dyer 686*
John D. Henderson 884*
Robert H. Jenkins 802*
Geo. D. Otis
637
For Aldermen for one year (three to be chosen),
Geo. C. Aiken 627*
John S. Cate 611*
Morris B. Hall . 597
Lemuel K. James 5.58 .
Charles E. Jennings 918*
Henry Livingston 264
George M. Nash . 327
For Councilmen -- WARD ONE,-
John F. Damon. 144
Fred D. Goddard 176*
Michael McNamara 152
Thomas Milligan
191*
Harry H. Perkins 100*
WARD TWO,-
Braddock W. Crocker 159
James T. Farmer 91
Amos B. Harris 162*
George W. Marshall 107
Walter H. Nichols 160*
Charles O. Tukey
219*
WARD THREE,-
Alonzo E. Blanchard 220*
William W. Dinsmore 151
John C. Harrington 173*
Alpheus R. Henderson 15.1*
Carl S. Nielson I18
Frederick Peterson 94
WARD FOUR,-
George M. Buttrick 171*
Herbert W. Lewis 208*
Daniel P. Manser
Henry Schrow
151
George W. Whittemore .
122
James J. Tracey 27
WARD FIVE, ---
Albert F. Ferguson . 201*
Charles M. Gowen I70
Alvah E. Hardy 171*
Arthur W. Hatch 181*
Albert E. Knox
122
William F. Smail,
II7
WARD SIX,-
Dudley P. Bailey 271*
Edwin C. Beers 109
Alfred G. Brooks I.43*
Fred L. Gleason 166*
Thomas F. Hill . 90
Charles F. Mulliken 105
A. G. Porter Woodman 122
For School Committee at large,-
William H. Chapman, 3 yrs., 1,604*
Henry A. Tenney, 2 yrs., 1,611*
Andrew J. Bennett, I yr., 991*
Roscoe E. Brown, I yr., 803
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For School Committee for Wards, --
FROM WARD ONE,-
Albert W. Lewis 921*
Delia L. Stedman 580
FROM WARD TWO,-
William Barbour 778
Stephen F. Hoogs 843*
FROM WARD THREE,
Amos Harris 794*
Sarah P. Moreland 672
FROM WARD FOUR, -
Sarah J. Clough 1153
.*
Anthony A. Mc Aloon 276
FROM WARD FIVE, --
H. Heustis Newton 1186*
FROM WARD SIX,-
William K. Knowles 634
Geo. N. P. Mead 746*
ON LICENSE,-
Yes
439
No
1450
The opening of the new city govern- ment and the inauguration of Mayor Evans occurred at 12 o'clock, on Monday, January 2, 1893, at Everett Hall, in the presence of a large concourse of citizens. On the platform were the mayor and aldermen, town clerk, selectmen, repre- sentative F. P. Bennett, Rev. E. T. Pitts, Rev. F. E. Webster, Rev. J. F. Mohan, Rev. A. P. Greenleaf, James Skinner, and the six oldest citizens in town :- Hawes Atwood, 88; Zera Estes, 87 ; William Whittemore, 80; Deacon Calvin Hosmer, 87 ; Joseph Swan, 72, and Wil- son Quint. 75. The members of the Common Council and School Committee had seats on the floor. The meeting was called to order by Joseph H. Can- nell, town clerk, who called upon Rev. E. T. Pitts, of the Congregational Church, to offer prayer, after which Mr. Cannell announced the vote. The oath of office was then administered to the mayor elect by Geo. A. Brown, Esq. Mr. Cannell then read the following letter from Mr. Robert M. Barnard, presenting a gavel :--
"To his Honor A. H. Evans and officers of the City of Everett :- Just after leaving the house of Martha and Mary at Mount of Olives, we saw a man cutting down an olive tree. I bought a branch and had several articles made, this mallet being one of them. The handle is made from a piece of Gov. Hancock's old house, torn down in 1863.
Will our new city please accept from an old resident, with the best wishes to
his Honor and all the City Officers, prosperity.
Most respectfully,
R. M. BARNARD."
EVERETT, Jan. 2, 1892.
The gavel bore the following inscrip- tion :- " Cut near the house of Martha and Mary on Mount of Olives, and pre- sented by R. M. Barnard."
Charles C. Nichols, Esq., Chairman of the Selectmen, in a brief and appro- priate address presented to the Mayor a copy of the city charter, as a token of the transfer of authority from the town to the city officers, after which, the Mayor proceeded to deliver his inaugu- ral address which covered a review of the town's history with recommendations as to the policy of the city, which, having been already printed and distributed, we will not undertake to insert here.
Calvin Hosmer,
The son of Amos and Susan (Crosby) Hosmer, was born in Billerica, March 17, 1805. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. In the spring of 1822, he went to Boston, where he obtained a situation in a dry goods store. In 1834 he began business for himself, in the same line and continued it until 1846, when he retired on account of ill health. Mr. Hosmer moved to So. Malden in the early part of the year 1841. In 1848, he and others organized the first Sabbath school of So. Malden, and he was the first superintendent. The present Congre- gational church of Everett sprang from this school. In 1870, he and others organized a Sabbath school, which held its meetings in Everett Hall, and the present Baptist church of Everett is the result of this latter pioneer move- ment. Nov. 23, 1833, Mr. Hosmer married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Davis) Hammond, of Boston. They reside on Broad- way, a few steps north of Hancock Street. Mr. Hosmer has been for twenty-two years a member of the First Baptist Church, and has been one of its deacons.
After the conclusion of the Mayor's inaugural, the Common Council organ- ized by the choice of Thomas Milligan as President and Edward F. Stevens as Clerk. The Aldermen did not suc- ceed in effecting an organization until Wednesday, January rIth, when Charles E. Jennings was chosen President on the 591st ballot. Joseph H. Cannell, Town Clerk, 1870-92, was unanimously elected City Clerk on the part of the Council, January 2d, and on the part of the Aldermen, January 12th.
The more important of the other officers of the new city government, so far as constituted, are as follows : -
Treasurer and Collector, Nathan Nich- ols; City Solicitor, George E. Smith ; Auditor, Henry K. Veazie; Overseers of the Poor, George S. Marshall, Samuel P. Cannell and Adams B. Cook; Assess- ors, Columbus Corey, George G. Ladd and James A. Wallace; Board of Health, Nathan B. Smith, J. S. Norton ; Street Commissioners, Solomon Shute, D. W. Fitzgerald; Engineers of Fire Department, Warren A. Card, Charles W. Richardson and Joseph T. Swan ; Sinking Fund Commissioners, J. H. Cannell, James P. Stewart, Samuel Lom- bard; Water Commissioners, Thomas Leavitt, (since resigned,) Daniel Rus- sell and Charles W. Richardson ; Trustees of Glenwood Cemetery, F. B. Wallis, Dr. J. B. Everett, H. A. Tenney, D. P. Bailey, Dr. W. K. Knowles; Trustees of the Public Lib- rary, Dudley P. Bailey, F. B. Wallis, G. E. Smith, James Skinner, H. A. Tenney, G. C. Hickok, S. C. Currier, Adelaide P. Potter, Frances M. Fall, G. L. Mirick, J. B. Everett and G. M. Nash; Park Commissioners, Samuel M. Johnson, N. J. Mead, G. F. Foster, Amos E. Hall and L. K. James ; Sewer Commissioners, Daniel B. Fessenden, Thomas Leavitt and Richard T. Green ; City Physician, E. W. Young; Clerk of Departments, H. G. Hinkley; Clerk of the Executive Department, H. H. Newton.
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