Massachusetts year book and city and town register, 1895, Part 50

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Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Worcester, Mass. : F.S. Blanchard & Co.
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Net Income.


Dividends


Past Year.


Passengers


Carried.


Tons Freight


Carried.


Grade


Crossings. I


Boston & Albany


$9,190,276 16,586,808


$6,000,218 10,839,860


$2,010,578


8%


12152100 3900772 33384862 7389273


243


*Boston, R. B. & Lynn.


301,383 644,633


205,862


42,500


5


2812567


14


Fitchburg .


6,865,155


4,803,911


517,296



7116592 4061817 88258


27122


30


*Hoosac Tunnel & Wil.


40,101


27,629


2,007+ 944


15903


21650


*Nantucket ..


1,885 5,396,776


3,963


5244


3


New York & New Eng.


New York, N. H. & H ..


25,686,365


17,932,709 62,698 24,921


571,624+ 2,373,677 13,884 3,328


10 31/2


8146122 2991342 44448324 8717879


9


Union Freight


268805


* Worcester & Shrews.


634067


4


*Narrow gauge. +Deficit. §On preferred stock. [[Does not include leased roads.


UNITED STATES NAVY YARD.


Charlestown (Boston). Entrance, Junction Wapping and Water streets.


Commandant, Commodore Jos. N. Miller; Commander Receiving Ship Wabash, Capt. Albert Kantz; Capt. of Yard, Capt. John W. Philip; Ordnance Officer, Commander Chas. J. Barclay; Equipment Officer, Capt. J. H. Sands; Surgeon, John L. Neilson; Pay Inspector and General Storekeeper, Edwin Putnam; Pay Inspector and Purchasing Pay Officer, Geo. A. Lyon; Paymaster, Theo. S. Thomp- son; Chief Engineer, Edw. Farmer; Commandant's Secretary, John W. Hudson; Commander of Barracks, Maj. Robert L. Meade.


UNITED STATES SUB-TREASURY.


Rooms 60 to 65, Post Office Building, Boston.


Assistant Treasurer, Martin P. Kennard, salary $5000; Chief Clerk, Andrew J. Hastings, salary $2500; First Paying Teller, John P. Downing, salary $2500; Sec- ond Paying Teller, Chas. F. Woodman, salary $2200.


Special agents, Treasury Dept. (Customs Division), 85 Post Office building, C. J. Smith in charge. Associate, A. C. Jenkins; Inspectors, Fred W. Hentz, T. H. O'Neil, G. T. Buckingham, W. F. Bunn; Chinese Inspector, J. B. Whittemore.


213


Grafton & Upton.


40,514


31,599


31,340


615349


168


Boston & Maine .. .


1,340,509


3


Central Vermont ...


412,681


3


6


22,000


1,684,865


1,254,634


Fitchburg ..


*Worcester & Shrews


77.038 29,847


4,115,011


103


346


TABULATED STATEMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. 1894.


COMPANIES.


Capital Stock.


Funded Debt.


Total Per- manent In- vestments.


Cost of Construc- tion.


Gross Income.


Gross Ex- penditures.


Net Income Available for Divid's.


Surplus Sept. 30, 1894.


Divi- dends.


Miles Track Owned.


Albany Street Freight (Boston).


$50,000


$49.066


Athol & Orange


60,000


$50,000


43,817 177,925 24.171


$49,066 43,817 113,727


10.860


Beverly & Danvers.


12,000


121.000


121,000


$7,260


$1,005 7,260


$1,005* 7,260


6%


4.154 4.230


Boston & Revere Electric.


50,000


50,000


88,636


73,815 47,219


1,062


1,100


38*


3.300


Bridgewater & East Bridgewater.


10,000


750,000


1,261,360


705,640


214,370


225,639


3,730


$16,605


6


34.676


Brockton & Bridgewater.


20,000


Brockton & East Bridgewater


10,000


30,000


101,720


75,479


5,700


5,700


4,200


5,180


6


4.615


Brockton & Stoughton


15,000


49,189 2,908


35,620 2,908


10,324


13,073


2,749*


3.010


Conway Electric.


13,050


54,729


43,404


3,800


3,525


275


3,537


5.000


Dartmouth & Westport ..


100,000


202,436


155,274


43,908


28,804


15,104


15,104


9.540


East Middlesex (Malden, etc.)


297,700


225,000


505,507


344,518


18,000


17,862


18,000


6


18.310


East Side (Brockton) .


45,000


100,000


128,936


73,897


6,800


6,575


1,800


3.5


6.660


E. Wareham, Onset Bay & P. Ind.


21,000


22.459


14,357


6,677


6,622


696


3,024


3


3.020)


Fitchburg & Leominster.


250,000


30,000


313.577


178,306


89,260


82,728


20,635


19,825


8+


13.252


Framingham Union .


60,000


50,000


116,813


18,650


18,391


258


6,529


7.353


Gardner Electric


49,400


60,227


49


370


320*


3.497


Globe (Fall River)


650,000


1,425,000


2,073,739


1,557,417


240,647


229,136


18,011


1


25.287


Gloucester .


180,000


60,000


302.776


170,635


66,751


53,437


18,714


19,294 23,624


3


9.560


Haverhill & Amesbury.


150,000


300,000


643,092


517,878


98,345


91,724


12,620


13,675


4


33.900


Highland (Westfield) .


12.000


15,463


9.347


2,006


2,090


84*


2.092


Holyoke


250,000


276,096


149,741


75,427


72,070


23,356


43,663


8


8.872


Hoosac Valley (North Adams) .


50,000


50,000


132,910


95,822


26,848


26,212


636


6,646


6.232


Hull .


20,000


20,000


45,169


27,973


7,648


6,576


1,072


2,433


2.050


Interstate (of Rhode Island)


422,500


125,000


854,057


551,505


21,723


23,506


1,782*


23.990


Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill.


1,520,000


1,346,000


2,881,214


1,320,900


269,740


278,238


8,498*


71,217


48.156


Lowell & Suburban.


600.000


1,000,000


977,819


277,029


270,033


30,996


22,296


6T


53.111


Lynn & Boston ...


1,000,000 200,000


2,668,000


1,694,431 6,461,957 165,500


4,591,077 165,500


1,238,409


1.230,629


87,780


85,528


8


121.807


Malden & Melrose .


MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


6.760


-


Attleboro, N. Attleboro & Wrentham


60,000


3.210


Boston & Chelsea.


121,000


Braintree


35,000


61,519


Brockton. .


396,000


Brockton & Holbrook


70,000


Clinton .


30,000


Cottage City


25,000


85,070 39,392


21,191


Marlboro.


50,000


50,000 60,000


141,497 121,275


86,455 51,800


17,472


16,935


536


2,316


7.943


Milford & Hopedale.


60,000


31,100


41,310 128,985


84,031


25,072


29,349


2,023


3,462


10.5a


6.143


Newburyport & Amesbury ...


80,000


350,000


519,423


317,959


62,690


65,683


2,993*


7,882


19.729


Newton.


158,725


135,000


321,919


196,722


70,759


69,276


14,173


20,476


8


9.110


Newton & Boston


100,000


83,500


246.152


117,905


33,478


32,938


539 1,349*


591


5.170


Newtonville & Watertown


50,000


65,500


136,670


103,075


11,114


6,513


4,600


4,600


5.140


Northampton


225,000


25,000


241,094


132,324


50,089


43,278


18,811


11,032


86


10.710


North End (Worcester) .


75,200


163,953


100,480


30,786


40,250


9,464*


5.130


North Woburn.


100,000


146,022


111,167


20,919


22,612


1,692*


7.550


People's Electric (Holyoke)


10,000


68,795


49,210


24,191


17,878


6.312


14,697


3.200


Quincy


37,200


28,347


28,347


2,373


2,359


1,687


4.5


4.520


Quincy & Boston.


200.800


272,168


141,216


57,615


55,868


11,794


19.448


9


13.000


Rockland & Abington.


120,000


185,460


122,562


52,761


44,117


8,644


11,278


12.493


Somerville ..


153,000


153.000


153,000


9,180


9,180


9,180


6


5.405


Springfield


1,000,000


1,335,720


691,420


373.902


350,479


103,423


129,348§


8


39.250


Taunton.


350,000


200,000


760,778


527,601


63,547


39,054


24,492


15,474


16.107


Union (New Bedford)


260.000


260,000


633,395


320,941


175,230


170,559


20,271


20,708


6


18.283


Wakefield & Stoneham


100,000


221,397


136.686


32,870


28,566


10.303


6,691


6


12.100


Whitman .


40,000


25,000


65,000


57,823


4,050


4,050


2,800


2,763


3.500


Winnisimmet (Chelsea)


50.000


50,000


50,000


3,000


3,000


3,000


123


6


2.209


Worcester Consolidated.


700.000


650,000


1,464,872


1,021,092


354,999


354,193


25,306


96,060


3.5


30.577


Worcester, Leicester & Spencer ..


375,000


458,420


222.214


78,020


87,574


9,195


8,504


5


13.980


Worcester & Millbury. .


186,100


281,505


139,935


40,860


45,685


1,535


182


4


8.020


Worcester & Shrewsbury


20,000


20.000


11,700


2,799


2,673


125


668


.700


Woronoco (Westfield)


25,000


37,450


19,577


10.365


12,824


2,458*


2.016


Total


26,971,275


19,188,000


49,815,693


24,844,981


11,236,428


11,034,646


1,812,668


760,687


5.97


996.366


STREET RAILWAYS.


*Deficit. +Including renewal fund of $6,000. §Including renewal fund of $50,000. $5 1-2 per cent. on $142,000 capital stock, 2 1-2 per cent. on $250,000 capital stock. TOn $400,000 capital stock. @On $60,000 capital stock. bOn $150,000 capital stock. c8 per cent. on preferred stock, 7 1-2 per cent. on common stock.


The Albany Street Freight (Boston), the Milford, Beverly & Danvers, Siasconset (Nantucket) and Hopedale are not in opera- tion. The Athol & Orange, Conway Electric and People's (West Newbury) are in process of construction. The Attleboro, North Attleboro & Wrentham is in the hands of a receiver; statement included in the Interstate, as that company has bought its property. The Whitman and the Brockton & Holbrook are consolidated with the Brockton. The Boston & Revere Electric is operated by Lynn & Boston. Construction not begun on Bridgewater & East Bridgewater, Brockton & Bridgewater, Brockton & East Bridgewater, Brockton & Stoughton, and the People's Electric (Holyoke).


347


6


3.200


Natick Electric.


68,500


25,424


13,494


12,510


2,850


1,681


6.500


Natick & Cochituate.


15,485.000


9,175,000


22,882,430


7,616.201


6,823,879


6,725,522


1,291,731


29.355


C


261.334


People's (West Newbury).


5,600


307


307


.028


Plymouth & Kingston.


70,000


35,000


158,528


101,223


34,147


31,728


6,618


3,091


6


9.180


Siasconset (Nantucket)


30,000


13,473


12,097


1.140


Pittsfield Electric


40,000


57.507


56,070


· 6,313


7,663


2.130


Norfolk Suburban (Hyde Park, etc.)


75,000


West End (Boston)


GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO'S.


GAS COMPANIES.


NAME.


Capital.


Assessed Valuation.


Price


Per Cent


Rate of


Dividend.


Adams Gas Light Co.,


$17,300


$17,300


$3 45


10


Amesbury & Salisbury Gas Co. (Amesbury),


60,000


18,700


1 65


5


Amherst Gas Co.,


25,000


6,550


5 48


Arlington Gas Light Co., also sup. Belmont and Winchester,


70,000


35,150


2 49


5


Attleboro Gas Light Co.,


46,400


26,200


1 85


8


Bay State Gas Co. (Boston in part),


2,000,000


661,500


1 98


10


Boston Gas Light Co. (Boston, city proper),


2,500,000


4,543,400


99


10


Brockton Gas Light Co.,


178,500


96,700


2 10


6


Brookline Gas Light Co., also sup. part of Boston,


1,000,000


737,300


1 17


2


Cambridge Gas Light Co., also sup. part of Som- erville,


700,000


839.700


1 36


10


Charlestown Gas and Electric Co., also sup. parts of Somerville, Medford and Everett.


500,000


718,400


1 46


10


Chelsea Gas Light Co., also sup. part of Everett,


300,000


344,650


1 74


21/2


Chicopee Gas Works (Chicopee Centre),


30,000


30,384


1 61


12


Citizens' Gas Light Co. (Quincy),


33,000


10,000


2 01


Citizens' Gas Light Co. (Wakefield), also sup. Reading and Stoneham,


95,300


13,650


1 97


Clinton Gas Light Co.,


73,000


59,000


2 12


Cottage City Gas & Electric Light Co.,


25,000


10,400


1 26


Danvers Gas Light Co.,


20,000


4,000


2 48


2


Dedham & Hyde Park Gas & Electric Light Co. (Dedham),


100,000


33,150


2 03


Dorchester Gas Light Co. (Boston, Dorchester District), also sup. Milton,


400,000


298,500


1 28


8


East Boston Gas Co. (Boston, E. Boston),


220,000


229,943


1 51


10


Easthampton Gas Co.,


30,000


33,000


2 58


3


Fall River Gas Works Co.,


288,000


285,100


1 37


10


Fitchburg Gas Co.,


150,000


137,425


1 81


10


Framingham Gas, Fuel & Power Co. (So. Fram- ingham),


75,000


42,000


2


48


+Gardner,


Gloucester Gas Light Co.,


80,000


80,000


1 59


9


Greenfield Gas Light Co.,


50,000


29,000


2 19


Haverhill Gas Light Co., also sup. Bradford,


75,000


165,150


1 39


10


+Ipswich Gas Light Co.,


16,000


5,400


3 07


Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co. (Boston, Ward 23),


250,000


224,400


1 70


10


Lawrence Gas Co., also sup. Methuen and North Andover,


590,000


524,000


1 37


61/2


+Leominster Gas Light Co.,


50,000


20,000


3 80


4


+Lexington Gas Light Co.,


30,000


13,213


6 00


1


Lowell Gas Light Co., also sup. Dracut and Tewks- bury,


500,000


1,001,240


1 06


12


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., also sup. Swampscott and Saugus,


400,000


441,500


1 30


8


Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. (Malden), also sup. parts of Medford and Everett,


220,000


199,050


1 70


6


Manufacturers' Gas Light Co. (Fall River),


50,000


55,000


1 28


10


Marblehead Gas & Electric Light Co.,


40,000


13,800


2 62


8


Beverly Gas & Electric Co.,


92.000


81,200


2 19


Athol Gas & Electric Co.,


25,000


12,000


2 38


+Chicopee Falls,


10,000


3 47


Holyoke,


260,000


. 45


10,850


4 38


per 1000 Feet.


GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANIES.


NAME.


Capital.


Assessed Valuation.


Price


per 1000


Per Cent


Rate of


Dividend. ]]


Marlboro Gas Light Co.,


$50,000


$41,765


$2 16


Milford Gas Light Co., also sup. Hopedale,


72,300


86,400


1 84


10


Nantucket Gas Light Co.,


36,000


6,000


1 96


Natick Gas Light Co.,


20,000


14,200


1 80


New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,


550.000


466,400


1 56


6


Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.,


140,000


130,200


2 00


51%


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co. (Newton), also sup. Wellesley and Weston,


250,000


387,595


1 51


8


North Adams Gas Light Co.,


50,000


32,500


1 59


8


Northampton Gas Light Co ..


50,000


64,900


1 86


8


North Attleboro Gas Light Co., also sup. Wren- tham,


68,100


58,100


2 00


6


Norwood Gas Light Co.,


12,000


11,000


Otis Co. ( Ware),


Pittsfield Coal Gas Co.,


62,500


76,800


12


Roxbury Gas Light Co. (Boston, Roxbury Dist.),


600,000


633,400


: 08


Salem Gas Light Co., also sup. Peabody,


300,000


286,000


1 59


4


South Boston Gas Light Co. (Boston, So. Boston),


440,000


386,100


1 30


6


+Southbridge Gas & Electric Co.,


50,000


30,200


2 81


6


Spencer Gas Co.,


85,000


24,400


1 60


Springfield Gas Light Co.,


500,000


610,850


1 40


8


+Stoughton Gas & Electric Co.


24,000


9,000


4 95


6


Taunton Gas Light Co.,


80,000


65,900


1 47


10


Waltham Gas Light Co.,


140,000


286,800


1 67


6


Webster Electric Co., also sup. Dudley,


45,000


31,800


2


Westfield Gas Light Co.,


54,000


61,200


1 96


8


+Williamstown Gas Co.,


20,000


6,350


5 58


Woburn Gas Light Co.,


45,100


51,000


1 57


6


Worcester Gas Light Co.,


500,000


664,800


1 40


8


+Extra dividend of thirty per cent.


1 From sales to general consumers only.


2 Non-illuminating.


ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES.


NAME.


System.


Capital.


Assessed Valuation.


Rate per


Cent. of


Dividend.]


Abington & Rockland,


Adams Electric Light & Power Co.,


Amesbury Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.,


West., T .- H.


50,000


27,000


5


Andover Electric Co.,


T .- H.


30,000


19,500


*


Athol Gas & Electric Co.,


T. - H. T .- H.


Wat., West. Sun, N. E.,


22,000


not taxed


*


Boston Electric Light Co.,


West., T .- H., Brush, Am.


1,596,200


15,000


15,600


*


T .- H., West. T .- H.


200,000


254,000


6


Cambridge Electric Light Co.,


Ed., West., Nat., T .- H. T .- H.


$51,500


$8,500


9,500


Amherst Gas Co.,


West.


Beverly Gas & Electric Co.,


Blue Hill Electric Co. (Canton),


Bridgewater Electric Co., Brookline Gas Light Co., also sup. Boston, Brighton Dist.,


40,000


23,350


1 90


2


Plymouth Gas Light Co.,


13,650


1 99


1


Feet.


349


350


MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


NAME.


System.


Capital.


Assessed Valuation.


Rate per


Cent. of


| Dividend.


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co.,


Brush, T .- H.


Chelsea Gas Light Co.,


T .- H.


Chicopee Electric Light Co.,


T. - H.


$10,000


$15,000


Citizens' Gas Light Co. (Wakefield),


T .- H.


Clinton Gas Light Co.,


Schu., T .- H.


T .- H.


30,000


2,250


*


Edison Electric Illuminating Co. (Bos- ton),


Ed.


2,070,800


1,208,800


81%


Edison Electric Illuminating Co. (Brock- ton),


Ed., T .- H.


100,000


Edison Electric Illuminating Co. (Fall River),


Ed.


90,000


90,600


8


Electric Light & Power Co. (Abington), also sup. Rockland,


41,200


Eliot Falls Electric Light Co., sup. Wellesley,


T .- H.


81,800


*


Fall River Electric Light Co.,


T .- H.


120,000


120,000


+6


Fitchburg Gas Co.,


T .- H.


Framingham Electric Co., also sup. Ash- land and Sherborn,


T .- H.


80,000


40,000


*


Franklin Electric Light Co. (Turner's Falls),


T .- H.


10,000


9,000


5


Gardner Electric Light Co.,


T .- H.


30,000


26,000


813


Gloucester Electric Co., also sup. Rock- port,


T .- H.


50,000


43,000


*


Schu.,


Ed.,


West.


23,800


4,500


Greenfield Electric Light & Power Co., also sup. Deerfield,


T .- H., West.


30,000


27,000


*


Haverhill Electric Co., also sup. Brad- ford,


T .- H., Brush Schu., Ed. T .- H.


15,000


2,500


*


Hull Electric Light & Power Co.,


West.


60,000


20,000


*


Hyde Park Electric Light Co.,


T .- H.


100,000


93,585


21/2


Lawrence Gas Co., also sup. No. Andover and Methuen,


T .- H., Ft. W. Ed.


Lee Electric Co.,


T .- H.


20,000


12,000


Leicester Electric Co.,


T .- H.


25,000


13,950


*


Leominster Electric Light and Power Co., Lowell Electric Light Corporation, also sup. Dracut and Tyngsboro,


T .- H., Ed.


300,000


201,380


17


Lynn Gas & Elect. Co., also sup. Swamp- scott and Nahant,


T .- H.


Malden Electric Co., also sup. Melrose, Medford and Everett,


T .- H.


150,000


140,000


8


Marlboro Electric Co.,


Schu., Ed.


30,000


58,615


Milford Electric Light & Power Co., also sup. Hopedale,


T .- H.


40,000


37,000


Millbury Electric Co.,


T .- H.


15,000


15,000


Milton Light & Power Co.,


T .- H.


30,000


30,000


Natick Electric Co., also sup. Wayland,


T .- H.


40,000


30,000


New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co., also sup. Fairhaven,


Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.,


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., North Adams Gas Light Co.,


T. - H., Am., West., Ed. T .- H., Math. T .- H. T .- H.


*


Cohassett Electric Co., also sup. Scituate, Cottage City Gas & Electric Light Co., Dedham Electric Co.,


Ball


T .- H.


60,000


47,200


6


Easthampton Gas Co.,


Wat.


127,500


87,950


3


Holyoke Water Power Co.,


Hudson Electric Light Co.,


T .- H.


50,000


50,800


*


Great Barrington Electric Light Co.,


6


351


GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANIES.


NAME.


System.


Capital.


Assessed Valuation.


Rate per


Cent. of


| Dividend.|


Northampton Electric Lighting Co.,


T .- H.


$58,700


No. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., also sup. Attleboro and Wrentham,


Schu., T .- H., West.


80,000


$40,350


North Shore Electric Co. (Revere), also sup. Winthrop,


T .- H.


125,000


72,200


Orange Electric Light Co.,


T .- H.


45,000


16,500


Palmer & Monson Electric Co.,


T .- H.


30,000


19,600


Pittsfield Electric Co.,


T .- H., West.


100,000


100,000


5


Plymouth Electric Light Co.,


T. - H.


90,000


41,150


*


Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.,


T .- H., West


89,700


47,300


*


Salem Electric Lighting Co., also sup. Peabody,


T .- H.


175,000


195,000


6


Somerville Electric Light Co., also sup. Arlington and Belmont,


T .- H.


200,000


118,500


6


Southbridge Gas & Electric Co.


T .- H.


South Hadley Falls Electric Light Co., also sup. part of Chicopee,


T .- H.


7,000


4,500


*


Spencer Gas Co.,


Ball


Stoughton Gas & Electric Co.,


Ball


Am., West.,


Brush, T .- H.


174,400


88,600


Taunton Electric Lighting Co.,


Br'sh, West.,


50,000


25,000


7 6


Union Electric Light Co. (Franklin), United Electric Light Co. (Springfield),


Ed.,


West.,


500,000


321,600


6


Uxbridge & Northbridge Electric Co., Waltham Gas Light Co.,


West.


39,200


12,000


Ware Electric Co.,


T .- H.


20,000


20,000


6


Webster Electric Co., also sup. Dudley,


T. - H.


45,000


31,800


Westboro Electric Light & Power Co., Westfield Gas Light Co.,


T .- H.


25,000


9,300


Weymouth Light & Power Co., also sup. Hingham,


T .- H.


75,000


40,300


Whitman Electric Co.,


T .- H.


35,000


23,200


Winchendon Electric Light & Power Co.,


T. - H.


12,000


6,000


*


Woburn Electric Light Co., also sup. Win- chester and Stoneham,


T .- H., Br'sh, Ed.


120,000


35,033


*


T .- H.


200,000


253,300


8


In the case of the several gas companies doing electric lighting, the capital will be found in the table of gas companies.


*No dividend declared.


+Extra dividend of 15 per cent. from reserve.


#Includes dividend declared but unpaid, $2750.


MUNICIPAL, GAS OR ELECTRICAL PLANTS.


Towns owning street lighting plants: Danvers, Needham, Wellesley.


Towns owning plants for streets and for general purposes: Braintree, Hing- ham, Hull, Marblehead, Middleboro, North Attleboro, Peabody, Reading, Wake- field.


Towns and cities that have mooted the question of municipal ownership and have either decided adversely or are still considering the subject: Brockton, Brookline, Chicopee, East Bridgewater, Everett, Fall River, Framingham, Haverhill, Hudson, Malden, Melrose, Methuen, New Bedford, Norwood, Ply- mouth, Spencer, Springfield, Stoughton, Weymouth, Whitman, Winchester, Woburn,


T .- H., A.&H. T .- H.


20,000


15,600


T .- H.


T. - H.


Schu., T .- H.


Worcester Electric Light Co.,


6


*


Suburban Light & Power Co. (Boston),


STATE ELECTIONS.


States.


How often Held.


Month and Day.


Month and Day.


Alabama


Biennial. Biennial .. Biennial ..


First Monday in Sept. ..


California*


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Colorado


Biennial.


Connecticut.


Biennial ..


Delaware*


Florida


Georgia


Biennial .. Biennial .. Biennial Biennial.


Idaho.


Illinois


* Indiana.


Iowa ..


Biennial .. Biennial.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Kentucky:


Louisianat.


Maine. .


Biennial .. Biennial .. Biennial.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Mississippi*


Missourit


Montana


Nebraska.


Nevada


New Hampshire New Jersey.


New Yorkt.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


North Carolina* North Dakota .. Ohio§


Oregon *.


Pennsylvania*


Rhode Island ..


South Carolina.


Biennial . .


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Tennessee


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Vermont


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov ...


Washington


West Virginia*


Wisconsin


Wyoming


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


TERRITORIES.


Arizona


New Mexico,


Biennial .. Biennial ..


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. First Monday in August


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


* Governor and State officers are elected quadrennially, and the Legislature (or members of the Assembly) every two years.


+ Legislature and State officers are elected quadrennially; members of Con- gress biennially.


# Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected for three years, Legislature for two years.


§ Terms of office two years, but are elected alternately.


T.Congressional election held 2d Monday in September.


" Congressional election held 1st Mondoy in June.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov ... . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov .. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. First Wednesday in Oct. .. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 3d Mon. April. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. T Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Second Monday in Sept. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. . . Tu. after 1st. Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. | Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. First Tuesday in Sept. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Maryland.


Biennial .. Annual . .


Massachusetts . Michigan ..


Minnesota


Biennial Biennial ..


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Biennial. Biennial .. Quadren'l Biennial .. Quadren'l Biennial. Annual . . Annual ... Biennial .. Biennial. Annual. .. Biennial .. Annual ... Annual ..


First Monday in June . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. First Wednesday in April. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Texas .


Biennial .. Biennial. Biennial .. Biennial .. Biennial .. Quadren'l Biennial .. Biennial .. Quadren'l


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. .. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. . . Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Utah .


Oklahoma


Biennial .. Quadren'l


Elections-State.


Elections-Congres- sional and Presidential.


Arkansas


First Monday in August. . .


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov. Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


Kansas.


Biennial .. Biennial.


Tu. after 1st Mon. Nov.


South Dakota ..


Virginia


UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.


THE EXECUTIVE.


President .- GROVER CLEVELAND (D), of N. Y .; salary, $50,000; term expires March 4, 1897.


Vice President .- Adlai E. Stevenson (D), of Ill .; salary, $8,000; term expires March 4, 1897.


THE CABINET.


Secretary of State .- Walter Q. Gresham (D), of Illinois; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Treasury .- John G. Carlisle (D), of Kentucky; salary, $8,000. Secretary of War .- Daniel S. Lamont (D), of New York; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Navy .- Hilary A. Herbert (D), of Alabama; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Interior .- Hoke Smith (D), of Georgia ; salary, $8,000. Postmaster General .- Wilson S. Bissell (D), of New York; salary, $8,000. Attorney General .- Richard Olney (D), of Massachusetts; salary, $8,000. Secretary of Agriculture .- J. Sterling Morton (D), of Nebraska; salary, $8,000.


Treasurer of the United States .- Daniel N. Morgan, of Conn. ; salary, $6,000. Superintendent of Census .- Carroll D. Wright, of Mass. (acting) ; salary, $6,000. Commissioner of Education .- William T. Harris, of Mass .; salary, $3,000. Commissioner of Pensions .- William Lochren, of Minn .; salary, $6,000. Commissioner of Patents .- John S. Seymour, of Conn .; salary, $5,000. Commissioner of Indian Affairs .- Daniel M. Browning, salary, $4,000. Public Printer .- Thomas E. Benedict, of N. Y .; salary, $4,600.


Commissioner of Labor .- Carroll D. Wright, of Mass .; salary, $5,000.


Civil Service Commissioners .- John R. Proctor, of Ky .; Theodore Roosevelt, of N. Y. ; Charles Lyman, of Conn. ; salary, $3,500.


Interstate Commerce Commissioners .- William R. Morrisson, Ill., Chairman; salary, $7,500; Martin A. Knapp, N. Y .; Wheelock G. Veazey, Vt .; Judson C. Clements, Ga .; James D. Yeomans, Iowa; salary, $7,000 each.


Commissioner of Internal Revenue .- Joseph S. Miller, of W. Va .; salary, $6,000. Librarian of Congress .- Ainsworth R. Spofford, of Ohio; salary, $4,000.


THE SENATE.


Fifty-fourth Congress ; begins March 4, 1895: ends March 4, 1897. Salary of Senators and Representatives, $5,000 and twenty cents mileage.


President of the Senate .- The Vice President, ex-officio, Adlai E. Stevenson, Ill.




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