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Wilkinson, Eliza C.
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Williams, Mary
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Wilson House Drug Store 111 00
Winchell, Charles E.
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Windsor Print Works
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Winger, Benj. F., estate
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Witherell, Arthur J.
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City Ward Lines
Ward 1 .-- Includes the villages of Blackinton and Greylock east to the point where the old Williamstown road crosses the Hoosac river near the Fitchburg railroad crossing in Braytonville. The line then runs north to Clarksburg town boundary. From the rail- road crossing the line follows the Hoosac river eastward past the fair grounds to Brown street, passing southward along that street and along the east boundary of the cemetery, thence due south to the Adams line.
Ward 2 .- The western boundary of Ward 2 begins at Clarksburg and runs south to the junction of the old Williamstown highway and the Hoosac river, with the river from that point to Brooklyn street for the southern boundary. Thence the line runs northerly along to Liberty on Liberty to Philips street and northerly along Phillips street across the hospital grounds due north to the Clarksburg line.
Ward ?.-- The easterly boundary of Ward 3 starts at the Clarks- burg line and follows Franklin street to Eagle, down Eagle to the Hoosac river, thence westerly along the river to Brooklyn street, up Brooklyn to Liberty, to Phillips thence due north to the Clarks- burg line.
Ward 4 .-- The easterly boundary of Ward 4 is the line between Florida and North Adams south to a point opposite the Five Roads thence due west to the East Mountain school, then north-westerly to East Main street, down East Main through Willow Dell to the Hoosac river, thence along the river to Eagle street, up Eagle and Franklin streets to the Clarksburg line.
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Ward 3 .- Bounded on the east by the Florida town line, on the south by Adams as far west as the south branch of the Hoosac river, thence northerly along the river to a point opposite J. H. Flagg's property on State street. The boundary line then runs due east to Ashland street and north-westerly along Ashland street to Washington avenue, to Church, down Church to the junction of Main, thence in a general easterly direction along East Main to the East Mountain school and thence due east to Florida line.
Ward 6 .- Starting at the Holden street bridge the lines of ward run alongside the north branch of the Hoosac river to and through Willow Dell to East Main, thence to the junction of East Main and Church, and down Church to Washington avenue; thence along Washington avenue to Ashland street; thence northerly along Ashland street to Quincy, westerly through Quincy to its termination thence northerly across Summer street to and through Holden street to the bridge.
Ward 7. Starting at the Brown street bridge the boundary of Waru 7 runs along the north branch of the Hoosac river to Holden street thence through Holden across Main to the western terminus of Quincy street; thence through Quincy to Ashland southeasterly through Ashland to the point opposite J. H. Flagg's property on State street, thence southerly along the south branch of the Hoosae river to the Adams line: thence westerly to a point equi-distant from the Adams turnpike to the Notch road; thence due north through the Tinney and Witherell properties to the easterly bound- ary of the cemetery; thence along Brown street to the bridge, the point of beginning.
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MASSACHUSETTS POPULATION
Massachusetts census show that the state has 3,003,635 population and 674,161 voters. By the original figures given last September at the completion of the first count the total population of the stato was figured at 2,998,958. There has been an addition in the state of 4,677, chiefly from Boston. Boston was given a population of 595,380. Spring- field gets 73,540.
The corrected returns of population in the 33 cities and 14 counties of the s.ate as they were printed in the census of 1905, are as follows:
Cities.
Population
Beverly
15,223
Boston
595,380
Brockton 47,994
Cambridge 97,434
Chelsea 37,289
Chicopee
20,191
Everett
29,111
Fall River 105,762
Fitchburg
33,021
Gloucester
26,011
Haverhill 37,830
Holyoke 49,934
Lawrence
70,050
Lowell
94,889
Lynn
77,042
Malden
38,037
Marlboro
14,073
Medford
19,686
Melrose
14,295
New Bedford
74,362
Newburyport
14,675
Newton
36,827
North Adams
22,150
Northampton
19,957
Pittsfield
25,001
Quincy
28,076
Salem
37,627
Somerville 69,272
Springfield
73,540
Taunton
30,967
Waltham
26,282
Woburn
14,402
Worcester
128,135
By Counties
Barnstable
26,831
Berkshire
98.330
Bristol
269,257
Dukes
4,551
Essex 381,181
Franklin 43,362
Hampden 196,013
Hampshire 62,227
Middlesex 608.454
Nantucket 2,930
Norfolk 167,537
Plymouth
127,932
Suffolk
652,362
Worcester
362,668
Total for state 3,003,635
B. & M. R. R. FARES.
Fitchburg division west to Troy. The old and new fares to the the principal points follow :
The fare from this city to Boston has been reduced from $3.61 to $2.82; to Ayer, from $2.82 to $2.15; to Lowell, from $3.31 to 2.49; to Manchester, N. H., from $3.71 to $2.89; to Concord, N. H., from $4.07 to $3.24; to Fitchburg, from $2.47 to $1.89; to Gardner, from $2.06 to $1.60; to Worcester, from $2.79 to $2.10; to Athol, from $1.59 to $1.25; to Orange, from $1.49 to $1.15, to Green- field, from $1.01 to 75c; to Shelburne Falls, from 60c to 50c; to Charlemont, from 41c to 30c; to Zoar, from 32c to 25c; to Hoosac Tunnel, from 20c to 15c; to Pownal, Vt., from 22c to 20c; to North Pownal, Vt., from 29c to 25c; to Petersburg Junction, N. Y., from 41c to 35c; to Hoosick Falls, N. Y., from 54c to 44c; to Eagle Bridge, N. Y., from 66c to 50c; to Johnsonville, N. Y., from 84c to 65c; to Troy, N. Y., from $1.28 to 39c; to Mechanicville, N. Y., from $1.19 to 90c; to Rotterdam Junc tion, N. Y., from $1.79 to $1.38; to Sara- toga, N. Y., from $1.64 $1.29; to Northampton, from $1.15 to $1.00; to Holyoke, from $1.33 to $1.18; Spring- field, from $1.45 to $1.33; to Keene, N. H., from $2.16 to $1.55; to Bellows Falls, Vt., from $2.43 to $1.95; to Sherbrooke, P. Q., from $7.94 to $6.62; to Portland, Me., from $6.11 to $5.12; to Portsmouth, N. H., from $5.01 to $3.97; to Salem, from $3.96 to $3.12; to Lynn, from $3.81 to $3.02.
An Act to Abolish the Board of Public Works of the City of North Adams and for other Purposes.
CHAP. 76.
ACTS 1897.
Be it enacted as follows:
Section 1. The board of public works of the city of North Adams is hereby abolished, and the powers and duties now exercised and discharged by said board, except the powers and duties exercised and discharged by the members of the board as overseers of the poor and commissioners of public burial places, shall hereafter be exercised and discharged by one commissioner of public works, who shall be appointed by the mayor without confirmation by the city council, during the current year upon the passage of this act, and thereafter on or before the first Monday in February in each year. He shall hold his office for the term of one year unless sooner removed from office by the mayor in the manner prescribed in section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars each year. A person not a citizen or resident of said North Adams may be appointed such commission- er or superintendent of outdoor work.
Section 2. The mayor of said city shall appoint without con- firmation. by the city council of North Adams during the current year upon the passage of this act, and thereafter on or before the first Monday in February in each year, one overseer of the poor, who shall exercise and discharge all the duties and powers pre- scrihed by law for overseers of the poor, and shall also be the city almoner of said city and exercise and discharge all the duties and powers now exercised and discharged by the auditor of said cit of North Adams as city almoner. He shall also be the commis sioner of public burial places of said city. He shall hold his off~> for the term of one year unless sooner removed by the mayor in the manner prescribed in section twenty-nine of chapter one hun- dred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars each year. The city physician of said city shall hereafter be appointed solely by the mayor.
Section 3. The chief engineer of the fire department of said city shall also be assistant inspector of buildings, and as such assis- tant inspector be under the direction and control of the inspector of buildings. He shall devote his whole time to the city and shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars each year.
Section 4. Anything contained in chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety- five, so far as it interferes with this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. (Approved Feb. 18, 1897.)
City Clerk's salary increased from thirteen hundred to sixteen hundred dollars 2 year .- By vote of city, December, 1904.
Firemen's salaries increased 1901. Chief Engineer's salary increased 1904.
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