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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
3§
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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