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" Fall River is fortunate in the possession of a beau- | tiful lake of fresh water within two miles of the centre of the city, whose purity is unsurpassed by any other public water-supply equally extensive and so easily attainable.
" Watuppa Lake, the source of supply for the water-works, and also for eight mills that run by water-power on the lower part of Quequechan River, -the outlet of the lake,-is seven and two-thirds miles in length, with an average width of about three-quarters of a mile. It is fed principally by springs and small streams, which collect the water from the surrounding hills. The drainage area is sparsely settled, and covered principally by a young
growth of oak, interspersed with pine and chestnut, and the soil is exceedingly favorable for the collec- tion of a pure and abundant water supply, being composed principally of sand, gravel, and gravelly loam, interspersed with numerous bowlders, and rest- ing generally on a solid stratum of granite rock.
"The whole area included by the water-shed con- tains about 20,000 acres, or 31.25 square miles, and is capable of furnishing a daily supply equal to half the amount of water used by the city of Paris, or about double the quantity used by the city of Boston.
"In fact, the lake is capable of furnishing a daily supply of about 35,000,000 gallons, and of this the water-works took less than 1,000,000 gallons per day during the year 1875, and about 1,500,000 gallons per day during the excessively dry season in the summer of 1876. The daily average for the year 1876 will undoubtedly be less than one and a quarter millions.
" According to the analysis made by Professor John H. Appleton in 1870, the water of Watuppa Lake is remarkably pure, there being but 1.80 grains of solid matter per gallon.
"In the spring of 1871 the first board of water commissioners was appointed by the City Council, and in the fall of the same year work was begun upon a road which it was necessary to construct for a distance of nearly a mile and a half to give access to the place selected for a pumping-station.
"During the year 1872 the foundations of the engine-house, boiler-house, and coal-house were built, and the superstructure was completed the following year, being constructed of granite quarried in the immediate neighborhood, on the lot bought by the city for the pumping-station and reservoir."
COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REVENUE FOR 1882.
ITEMS.
Total.
Cost per 1000 Gal- lons Pumped. Cents.
Interest on bonds.
$98,975.00
.1481
Engineering department.
2,500.00
.0037
Water board and water registrar's de- partment
2,021.66
.0031
General repairs and incidentals
4,500.41
.0067
Cost of pumping :
Attendance.
4,050.10
.0061
Repairs
45.03
Fuel purchased ..
5,940.38
.0089
Oil, waste, and articles for engine- house ..
494.65
.0007
Total cost of maintenance for 1882.
$118,527.53
1773
Revenue from water 1
115,301.06
.1725
Excess of maintenance over revenne ?...
3,226.47
.0048
Management and repairs (without in- terest on bonds).
19,552.53
.0290
Excess of revenue over management and repairs
95,748.53
.1433
Total number of gallons pumped in 1882, 668,242,286, or au excess over last year of 23+ per cent.
$1815.00
Interest account is in excess of last year ..
Fuel purchased is in excess of last year.
2906.30
1 The appropriation for water for city uses was 816,000 less this year than last, but the revenue from privato individuals and corporations was $4713.65 more than last year.
2 For the above reason the maintenance account shows an excess over revenue.
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HISTORY OF BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
The following is a schedule of receipts for water by months, from commencement to Dec. 30, 1882 :
MONTHS.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
January.
$1.285.17
$1,841.16
$3,062.10
$4,622.40
$2,834.28
$4,448.91
$4,185.43
$2,070.09
February
101.46
533.52
790.67
2,311.43
2,903.16
3,431.45
3,998.56
5,117.07
March
1,205.51
247.85
882.48
325.55
1,194.81
155.57
2,288.36
4,077.73
April
306.35
2,170.35
3,756.41
3,372.50
3,741.45
4,642.17
5,317.93
2,734.14
May.
390.50
238.00
544.15
2,039.56
3,135.93
3,176.84
4,171.08
7,255.90
June
$385.64
910.86
865.52
1,204.85
497.08
1,007.38
640.59
1,118.30
2,120.97
July
4854.23
13,715.89
15,076.88
17,391.86
15,253.51
14,132.40
15,684.33
12,220.86
13,094.93
Angust
483.10
449.55
1,655.06
2,133.28
3,916.13
5,094.28
4,273.99
8,066.22
9,796.09
September
487.99
688.22
514.17
402.89
452.25
303.18
239.19
1,606.38
299.59
October
1556.97
1,094.16
3,390.58
5,194.27
5,295.10
4.811.60
5,919.80
2,467.39
4,299.64
November.
970.10
1,036.89
2,273.82
1,314.18
3,402.48
4,545.49
6,531.26
9,842.26
9,936.76
December
598.92
254.63
196.49
137.08
491.75
987.50
562.28
1,301.64
498.15
City Purposes
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
65,000,00
70,000.00
54,000 00
Totals
$9336.95
$41,439.19
$49,003.40
$56,814.22
$66,979.74
$69,691.46
$114,706.38
$126,587.41
$115,301.06
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DURING 1882.
MONTHS.
Gallons per Month.
Gallons per Day.
Number of Service
Estimated Number
Estimated Popula-
Gallons per Day for
each Consumer.
Gallons per Day for
each Inhabitant.
January.
47,841,488 1,543,274 2906 39,315 )
39.25 30.55
February
44,366,556 1,584,519: 2906 39,350
40.28 31.37
March.
47,985,005 1,547,903 2913,39,400
39.28 30.64
April
42,830,866 1,427,695 2939 39,560
36.09 28.36
May
48,941,968 1,578,773 2964 39,700
39.76,31.25
June ..
57,391,090 1,913,036 2989 39,850
48.00 37.87
July
62,418,459 2,013,499 3001 39,925
50.53 39.86
August
69.980,161 2,257,425 3034 40,100
56.29 44.69
September
70,491,103 2,349,703 3061 40,225
58.39 46.52
October.
74,799,894 2,412,899 3083 40,325
59.83,47.77
November
55,463,151 1,848,771 3106 40,450
45.70 36.60
December.
45,732,548 1,475,243 3120 40,500
36.42 29.20
1882
668,242,289 1,830,800 3002 39,891
45.89 36.25
The first engineer was William Rotch. The pres- ent engineer is A. H. Martine ; W. W. Robertson, water registrar.
From that time to the present the improvement and enlargement of the water-works has kept abreast with the rapid increase in population, and is now one of the best systems in the State.
The total number of gallons pumped since the in- ception of the water-works is 3,928,770,440.
The Fire Department of Fall River, one of the most efficient in the commonwealth, has been for many years a conspicuous feature of municipal or- ganization. It is well managed, and the services of the officers and men prompt and efficient. It consists of five steamers, eight hose-reels, three hook-and- ladder trucks, and one supply-wagon, and two steamers and two hose-reels fully equipped held in reserve. The present chief of the department is John A. Mae- farlane. William C. Davol, Jr., and Holder B. Dur- fee, have also held this position. Col. Thomas J. Borden was chief several terms, and his active in- terest in the department will not soon be forgotten.
Oak Grove Cemetery .- This burial-place occu- pies an elevated location in the northeasterly section of the city. The original purchase of forty-seven acres was made in 1855, and by several additional
purchases now embraces eighty acres. The original young forest was retained, and on three sides it is quite nearly surrounded by a high stone wall. It has cost an immense amount of labor to clear away the rocks and fit the land for a burial-place, but so much has been done that there are now seven miles of paths and avenues. Up to 1869, or fourteen years from the beginning, 1348 interments had taken place, but since that date, and for the second fourteen years, 4108 have been added, making a total of 5456. In 1869 the present superintendent, Jonathan E. Mor- rill, Esq., came into office, and during his term the cemetery has become a point of great interest both for the elegant monuments that have been multiplied very much the last ten years, and the floral decora- tions in summer and autumn. During last year 352 interments were made, of which 296 died in this city, and 56 in other places, or were brought from other cemeteries. Of the 296 which died in this city last year, 128 were children under five years of age.
The citizens of Fall River manifest a just pride in Oak Grove Cemetery, which is one of the most beau- tiful burial-places in the commonwealth.
THE NORTH CEMETERY, upon North Main road, was for many years the principal burial-place of the city. There are also various Roman Catholic ceme- teries in the city. The superintendent of the North Cemetery is Stephen White.
Civil History .- The town of Fall River1 was set off from Freetown, Feb. 26, 1803, during the admin- istration of Governor Caleb Strong, May 8, 1804; by a vote of the town the name was changed to Troy. Tradition reports that this action was induced by a prominent citizen who had recently visited Troy, N. Y., and who became so enamored of its name that upon his return he induced his fellow-townsmen to give up the suggestive and appropriate name received from the red man and assume that derived from the ancient
I The Indian name of Fall River was "Quequeteant," signifying the " place of falling water," and that of the river "Quequechan," which signifies " falling water" or " quick running water," hence its appropri- ate name of Fall River. "Watuppa," the Indian name of the ponds on the east and by which they are still called, signifies "boats," or the " place of boats."
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Consumers.
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and mythical Homerie city. The act changing the. name was passed June 18, 1804.
The town was known as "Troy" until 1833, when at a town-meeting held on the 18th of March of that year, it was voted "that it is expedient to have the name of the town of Troy altered to that of Fall River," and " that the selectmen be directed to peti- tion the Legislature now in session for an act to alter the name of the town of Troy to that of Fall River." The act passed Feb. 12, 1834.
Incorporation of the City .- Fall River was in- corporated as a city April 12, 1854, and the first city election was held on the 6th of the following month, when the following officers were chosen : Mayor, James Buffinton ; Aldermen, James Henry, Edward P. Buffinton, Oliver H. Hathaway, Alvin S. Ballard, Edwin Shaw, Julius P. Champney; Common Council, Robert C. Brown, Henry Wilbur, Oliver Grinnell, Chris. W. Tillinghast, John Mason, Jr., Smith Wins- low, William Goodman, Obadiah Chace, Gardner Groves, Nathaniel Bonney, David S. Brigham, Shef- field Brightman, Peter J. Dennise, Henry Diman, Jr., Howard B. Allen, Wm. M. Almy, Thomas T. Potter, Albert Winslow.
Organization of the First City Government, May 15, 1854.
At a session of the mayor- and aldermen-elect May 15, 1854, previous to the administering of the oath of office, the members of this board and board of Common Council made choice of Alvan S. Ballard, clerk pro tem.
Ordered, That a set of rules and orders, presented by Alderman Shaw, be adopted by this board temporarily.
Voted, That a committee of two, consisting of Aldermen Shaw and Henry, notify the Common Council that this board is now ready to meet them in convention for such business as may legally come before the City Council.
In board of Common Council, concurred.
Adjourned to City Hall, to meet in convention.
The officers present were then marshaled into the City Hall by Col. William Sisson, accompanied by the selectmen, where a large number of the citizens were in attendance to witness the ceremonies, and to hear the inaugural address of Mayor Buffinton.
The meeting was called to order by Chester W. Greene, chairman of the board of selectmen, and the throne of grace was addressed by Rev. Benjamin J. Relyea.
The names of the city officers-elect were called by the clerk, and the oath of office administered by James Ford, Esq., justice of the peace.
Chester W. Greene then addressed the mayor in behalf of the board of selectmen.
Mayor Buflinton then delivered his inaugural address.
After which the boards of aldermen and Common Councilmen sepa- rated, each going to their respective rooms.
The mayors from 1854 to 1884 have been as fol- lows : James Buffinton, 1854-55; Edward P. Buffin- ton, 1856, 1860-66; Nathaniel B. Borden, 1857 ; Josiah C. Blaisdell, 1858-59; George O. Fairbanks, 1867-68 ; Samuel M. Brown, 1869-72; Robert T. Davis, 1873; James F. Davenport, 1874-77 ; Crawford E. Lindsey, 1878-79; William S. Green,1 1880-81 ; Robert Henry,2 1881; Henry K. Bealey, 1882-83.
The following members of Congress were residents of Fall River : Nathaniel B. Borden, 1837-40, 1843- 44; Rev. Orin Fowler, 1849-52; James Buffinton,
1 Resigned March 28, 1881.
2 Elected by City Council.
3 Re-elected for 1875-76, but died before the opening of Congress.
1855-56, 1859-64, 1871-74; Robert T. Davis, M.D., 1882-84.
Fall River was first honored, in 1838, by the choice of one of her citizens to the position of State senator of Massachusetts. Since that date she has had the following representative in this branch of the Legis- lature, viz. : 1838, Hon. John Eddy ; 1840-42, Dr. Foster Hooper; 1843, Dr. Phineas W. Leland ; 1845 -47, Hon. Nathaniel B. Borden; 1848, Rev. Orin Fowler; 1854, Col. Richard Borden ; 1855-56, Hon. Joseph E. Dawley ; 1857, Hon. Jeremiah S. Young ; 1859-61, Dr. Robert T. Davis; 1865, Hon. Josiah C. Blaisdell ; 1867-68, Hon. Samuel Angier Chace ; 1869 -70, Hon. John B. Hathaway ; 1871-74, Hon. Charles P. Stickney ; 1877-78, Hon. Charles J. Holmes ; 1879, Hon. Weaver Osborn; 1880, Hon. Thomas Webb; 1881, Hon. Milton Reed; 1882, Hon. Andrew J. Jen- nings ; 1883, Hon. John W. Cummings.
Selectmen and Representatives .- The following is a list of selectmen from 1803 to 1854, and represen- tatives from 1803 to present time :
1803 .- Thomas Borden, Benjamin Durfee, Robert Miller, selectmen.
1804 .- Samuel Thurston, Benjamin Durfee, Robert Miller, selectmen ; Abraham Bowen, representative.
1805 .- Nathan Bowen, Pardon Davol, Elijalı Blossom, Jr., selectmen ; Jonathan Brownell, representative.
1806 .- Jonathan Brownell, Abraham Bowen, Elijah Blossom, Jr., select- men ; Jonathan Brownell, representalive.
1807 .- Jonathan Brownell, Elijah Blossom, Stephen Leonard, select- men ; Abraham Bowen, representative.
1808 .- Nathan Bowen, Henry Brightman, David Wilson, selectmen ; Abraham Bowen, representative.
1809-David Wilson, William Read, Jr., Charles Durfee, selectmen ; Robert Miller, representative.
1810 .- David Wilson, William Read, Jr., Charles Durfee. selectmen ; Robert Miller, representative.
1811 .- David Wilson, William Read, Jr., Benjamin Bennett (2d), select- men; Robert Miller, representative.
1812 .- Hezekiah Wilson, William B. Canedy, William Borden, select- men ; Robert Miller, representative.
1813 .- William B. Canedy, William Borden, Isaac Winslow, selectmen ; Robert Miller, representative.
1814 .- Willian Borden, Benjamin W. Brown, S. Hathaway, selectmen ; Joseph E. Read, representative.
1815 .- Renjamin W. Brown, Sheffel Weaver, Bradford Durfec, select- men; Joseph E. Read, representative.
1816 .- Sheffel Weaver, William Ashley, William Read, selectmen ; IIezekiah Wilson, representative.
1817 .- Sheffel Weaver, Abraham Bowen, William Ashley, selectmen ; Hezekiah Wilson, representalive.
1818 .- Benjamin W. Brown, Charles Pitman, James G. Bowen, select- men ; Joseph E. Read, representative.
IS19 .- Benjamin W. Brown, Charles Pitman, James G. Bowen, select- men ; Joseph E. Read, representative.
1820 .- Sheffel Weaver. Benjamin W. Brown, Richard Borden (2d), selectmen; voted not to send representative.
1821 .- Robert Miller, Charles Pitman, Enoch French, selectmen ; Abra- bam Bowen, representative.
1822 .- Robert Miller, Charles Pitman, Enoch French, selectmen ; Robert Miller, representative.
1823 .- Joseph E. Read, Benjamin W. Brown, Edmund Chace, select- men ; William B. Canedy, representative.
1824 .- Enoch French, Hezekiah Wilson, William Read, selectmen ; William B. Canedy, representative.
1825 .- Enoch French, Hezekiah Wilson, William Read, selectmen ; James Ford, representative.
1826 .- Enoch French, Hezekiah Wilson, William Read, selectmen ; voted not to send representalive.
1827 .- Enoch French, Hezekiah Wilson, William Read, selectmen ; Jo- seph Hathaway, representative.
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1828 .- Enoch French, Sheffel Weaver, William Read, selectmen ; Enoch French, representative.
1829 .- Enoch French, Sheffel Weaver, William Read, selectmen ; Joseph E. Read, Enoch French, Anthony Mason, representatives.
1830 .- Sheffel Weaver, John Eddy, William Read, selectmen ; Frederick Winslow, Anthony Mason, Joseph E. Read, representatives.
1831 .- Samuel Chace, Robinson Buffinton, William Ashley, selectmen ; Nathaniel B. Borden, Foster Hooper, Frederick Winslow, represen- tatives.
1832 .- Samnel Chace, Leonard Garfield, William Ashley, selectmen; Simeon Borden, Azariah Shove, Anthony Mason, Barnabas Blossom, representatives.
1833 .- Samuel Chace, Matthew C. Durfee, Elijah Pierce, selectmen ; Simeon Borden, Azariah Shove, Smith Winslow, Isaac Borden, Earl Chace, representatives. .
1834 .- Azariah Shove, Smith Winslow, Samuel Chace, selectmen ; Na- thaniel B. Borden, Micah H. Ruggles, Anthony Mason, Jervis Shove, William Winslow, representatives.
1835 .- John Eddy, Israel Anthony, Luther Winslow, selectmen ; Micah H. Ruggles, Anthony Mason, Philip R. Bennett, Job B. French, Elijah Pierce, representatives.
1836 .- John Eddy, Israel Anthony, Luther Winslow, selectmen ; Micah H. Ruggles, Anthony Mason, Cafeb B. Vickery, William Ashley, Gilbert H. Durfee, representatives.
1837 .- John Eddy, Israel Anthony, Luther Winslow, selectmen ; Micah H. Ruggles, Cyrus Alden, Jolin Eddy, Constant B. Wyatt, Richard C. French, Philip S. Brown, representatives.
1838 .- John Eddy, Israel Anthony, Luther Winslow, selectmen; Fred- erick Winslow, Benjamin B. Sisson, Philip S. Brown, Hezekiah Battelle, representatives.
1839 .- John Eddy, Israel Anthony, Russell Hathaway, selectmen; Micah H. Ruggles, Iram Smith, George Brightman (2d), John A. Harris, representatives.
1840 .- Nathaniel B. Borden, Israel Anthony, William Read, selectmen ; John Eddy, Perez Mason, Nathan Durfee, Enoch French, represen- tatives.
1841 .- Matthew C. Durfee, Israel Anthony, William Read, selectmen ; Linden Cook, Nathan Durfee, Job B. French, representatives.
1842 .- Jervis Shove, Stephen K. Crary, George Brightman (2d), select- men ; Jonathan Slade, King Dean, William II. Ashley, representa- tives.
1843 .- Jervis Shove, Israel Anthony, Perez Mason, selectmen ; Jonathan Slade, William A. Wade, William V. Read, representatives.
1844 .- Thomas D. Chaloner, Israel Anthony, Perez Mason, selectmen ; Simeon Borden, Thomas D. Chaloner, Nathan Durfee, representa- tives.
1845 .- Thomas D. Chaloner, Israel Anthony, Perez Mason, selectmen ; Simeon Borden, James B. Luther, Benjamin F. White, representa- tives.
1846 .- Israel Anthony, Leander Borden, James M. Morton, selectmen ; Charles J. Holmes, Benjamin W. Miller, Albert G. Eaton, represen- tatives.
1847 .- Azariah Shove, Israel Anthony, Benjamin Earl, selectmen ; David Perkins, Benjamin Earl, Benjamin W. Miller, representa- tives.
1848 .- Benjamin Wardwell, Israel Anthony, Benjamin Earl, selectmen; David Perkins, Hezekiah Battelle, William R. Robeson, representa- tives.
1849 .- Thomas J. Pickering, David Perkins, Benjamin Earl, selectmen ; Simeon Borden, Benjamin Wardwell, James Ford (2d), representa- tives
1850 .- David Perkins, Thomas J. Pickering, Daniel Brown, selectmen ; Iram Smith, Azariah Shove, representatives.
1851 .- Thomas.I. Pickering, James Buffinton, Daniel Brown, selectmen ; Nathaniel B. Borden, Richard Borden, James B. Luther, Richard C. French, representatives.
1852 .- James Buffinton, George O. Fairbanks, Azariah Shove, Leander Borden, Chester W. Greene, selectmien; Nathan D. Dean, Iram Smith, Edward P. Buffinton, Sonthard II. Miller, representatives.
1853 .- James Buffinton, Chester W. Greene, Thomas T. Potter, George
0. Fairbanks, Azariah Shove, selectmen ; three trials, and no choice for representatives.
1854 .- Mark A. Slocum, Job G. Lawton, selectmen.
1855 .- Daniel Leonard, Asa P. French, Jonathan E. Morrill, Benjamin 11. Davis, selectmen.
1856 .- Brayton Slade, Jonathan E. Morrill, John S. Brayton, Job B. Ash- ley, selectmen.
1857 .- Jonathan E. Morrill, Vernon Cook, Brownell W. Woodman, John E. Grouard, selectmen.
1858 .- Josiah C. Blaisdell, Jonathan E. Morrill, selectmen.
1859 .- Stephen C. Wrightington, Thomas T. Potter, selectinen.
1860 .- Lloyd S. Earle, Stephen C. Wrightington, selectinen.
1861 .- Lloyd S. Earle, Stephen C. Wrightington, selectmen.
1862 .- Simeon Borden, Henry Pratt, selectmen. 1863 .- Simeon Borden, Henry Pratt, selectmen.
1864 .- Nathaniel B. Borden, Andrew D. Bullock, selectmen.
1865 .- S. Angier Chace, Fred. A. Boomer, selectmen.
1866 .-- Josialı C. Blaisdell, John B. Hathaway, selectmen.
1867 .- Abraham G. Hart, John B. Hathaway, selectmen.
1868 .- Abraham G. Hart, Weaver Osborn, Iram Smith, selectmen.
1869 .- Abraham G. Hart, Weaver Osborn, Iram Smith, selectmen.
1870 .- Edward T. Marvell, George O. Fairbanks, Abraham G. Hart, se- lectmen.
1871 .- Frederick A. Boomer, Weaver Osborn, George O. Fairbanks, se- lectmen.
1872 .- Thomas F. Holder, George O. Fairbanks, George H. Eddy, select- men.
1873 .- George O. Fairbanks, Charles J. Holmes, Weaver Osborn, select- men.
1874 .- George O. Fairbanks, Daniel McGowan, John Davol, Jr., select- men.
1875 .- Southard II. Miller, Nicholas Hathaway, William Carroll, select- men.
1876 .- George O. Fairbanks, Weaver Osborn, Albion K. Stade, select- men.
1877 .- Weaver Osborn, John B. Whitaker, Iram Smith, Franklin Gray, Pardon Macomber, selectmen ; Franklin Gray,1 Pardon Macomber,1 John B. Whitaker, Iram Smith, Weaver Osborn, representatives.
1878 .- Andrew J. Jennings,1 Pardon Macomber," John W. Cummings, Hiram B. Coffin, Patrick M. McGlynn, representatives.
1879 .- Andrew J. Jennings,1 Daniel Willin,? Marcus Leonard, Patrick M. McGlynn, John W. Cummings, representatives.
1880 .- James F. Davenport,1 Pardon Macomber,2 James Langford, Mar- cus Leonard, Patrick M. McGlynn, representatives.
1881 .- James F. Davenport,1 Silas B. Hatch,2 Frank W. Burr, Robert Howard, John Stanton, representatives.
1882 .- James F. Davenport,1 Job M. Leonard,2 Frank W. Burr, George W. Billings, John B. Whitaker, representatives.
1883 .- James F. Davenport,1 Job M. Leonard,2 Patrick E. Toley, T. Dwight Stowe, Charles B. Martin, representatives.
The town clerks from 1803 to 1854 have been as follows : 1803, Walter Chaloner; 1804-14, Benjamin Brightman ; 1814-16, William B. Canedy ; 1816, March to November 2, Nathaniel Luther; when at a town- meeting was made the following record : "Nathaniel Luther, the town clerk, being absent, made choice of Joseph E. Read to act as town clerk the remainder of the year (at all town-meetings and all other other business pertaining to the town clerk's duty) in the absence of Mr. Luther." 1816, November 2, to 1821, Joseph E. Read ; 1821-25, John C. Borden ; 1825, Nathaniel B. Borden ; 1826-31, Benjamin Anthony ; 1831-36, Stephen K. Crary ; 1836-46, Benjamin Earl; 1846-48, George S. Baker ; 1848-53, Samuel B. Hus- sey ; 1853, John R. Hodges.
The city clerks from 1854 to 1884 have been : John R. Hodges, 1854: Alvin S. Ballard, 1855 to 1864; George A. Ballard from 1864 to present time, nearly twenty years.
The present city officers are as follows :
Mayor .- Hon. Henry K. Braley.
Aldermen .- Ward 1, Vincent Thorpe ; Ward 2, John Southworth; Ward 3, William J. Hurley; Ward 4,
1 Wards 5 and 6 and Somerset.
2 Wards 7, 8, and 9, and Somerset.
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Hugh MeKevitt; Ward 5, Dennis Garvey ; Ward 6, Henry G. Langley ; Ward 7, Thomas S. Borden ;
Ward S, Thomas F. Eddy ; Ward 9, William J. Wylie.
Common Council (Henry H. Earl, President) .- Ward 1, Samuel B. Wilcox, George T. Durfee, Charles H. Albert ; Ward 2, Franklin P. Osborn, Edward F. Murphy, John H. Wells; Ward 3, James Powers, John Desmond, Michael Grandfield; Ward 4, Thomas Darey, Jr., Thomas Tyrell, Thomas Latham ; Ward 5, John T. Murphy, Michael J. Kelly, Michael H. Connelly ; Ward 6, Peter Harwood, John G. Blais- dell, Thomas Sanford; Ward 7, William S. Robert- son, Edward S. Adams, Charles E. Brown; Ward S, Henry H. Earl, William F. Thomas, Cyrus C. Rounse- ville; Ward 9, Jethro H. Wordell, Charles H. Boomer, Walter D. Read.
City Clerk .- George A. Ballard.
Treasurer and Collector .- James C. Brady.
Auditor .- Arthur Anthony.
Superintendent of Streets .- Anthony Thurston.
Assessors. - Edward Buffinton, Robert O'Hearn, William J. Waring.
Solicitor .- James F. Jackson.
Messenger .- Charles L. Dean.
City Marshal .- J. A. Hunt.
Chief Engineer of Fire Department .- John A. Mac- farlane.
City Physician .- James E. Sullivan.
Superintendent Oak Grove Cemetery .- J. E. Morrill.
Superintendent North Burial-Ground. - Stephen White.
Superintendent Public Buildings .- James M. Adam. Superintendent Public Schools .- William Connell, Jr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures .- William W. Dar- ling.
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