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152,900
12,860
1886
125,000
10,579
1894
154,000
13,381
1887
125,000
10,868
1895
176,547
13,767
1888
125,000
10,759
1896
186,000
14,442
1889
130,000
11,231
1897
191,600
16,162
Children Enrolled.
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In the decade of 1880-90 down to and including 1886, the sum of $3,500 was annually appropriated for evening schools. In 1887 the amount of the appropriation was $4,500. In 1888 it was increased to $12,000; 1889, $10,000; 1890, $7,000; 1891, $10,000; 1892, $9,500; 1893, $9,500; 1894, $12,000; 1895, $11,500; 1896, $9,988.88; 1897, $11,000.
Following is a list of those who have served on the School Committee, with the years of their respective service :
Joseph Hathaway, 1826, 1827, two years.
James Ford, 1826-1829, 1833, 1835-1840, 1855, 1856, thirteen years.
Jason H. Archer, 1826, 1827, 1830, 1850, four years.
John Lindsey, 1826, 1827, two years.
William B. Canedy, 1826, 1827, two years.
Thomas M. Smith, 1828-1831, four years.
Arthur A. Ross, 1828, 1829, two years.
Edward T. Taylor, 1828.
John Eddy, 1828, 1829, two years.
Hezekiah Battelle, 1829.
Arnold Buffum, 1830.
Foster Hooper, 1830, 1831, 1860-1865, eight years.
Thomas Wilbur, 1830-1834, 1850, six years.
Bradley Miner, 1831, 1832, two years.
Leander P. Lovell, 1831.
Orin Fowler, 1832-1835, 1837-1840, eight years.
Harvey Chace. 1832-1834, 1836, four years.
Nathan Durfee, 1832-1835, four years.
Harvey Harnden, 1833, 1834, two years. Edmund French, 1833.
Asa Bronson, 1834, 1835, 1839, 1849, four years.
Philip R. Bennett, 1834.
Simeon Clough, 1835.
Stephen K. Crary, 1835.
George W. Briggs, 1835, 1837. two years.
David Anthony, 1836.
Joseph F. Lindsey, 1837-1841, 1844, six years.
Benjamin B. Sisson, 1837, 1838, two years. Eliab Williams, 1838-1840, three years.
Jonathan S. Thompson, 1840.
George M. Randall, 1840-1843, four years. Ellis Gifford, 1841.
John M. Smith, 1841.
Samuel S. Chase, 1841.
William H. A. Crary, 1841-1843, 1845- 1847, six years.
John Westfall, 1842, 1843, two years.
Louis Lapham, 1844, 1846, two years.
Benjamin D. Dean, 1844.
George G. Lyon, 1844.
George Nelson, 1844.
David Perkins, 1844-1847, four years.
Samuel B. Hussey, 1845.
Charles Aldrich, 1846-1848, three years.
George O. Fairbanks, 1848-1850, 1866- 1868, six years.
B. W. Hathaway, 1848.
Henry Willard, 1849, 1850, two years.
Samuel Longfellow, 1849-1851, three years.
Eli Thurston, 1850-1855, 1858, 1859, eight years.
Jesse Eddy, 1850, 1851, two years.
Emery M. Porter, 1851, 1857-1859, four years.
Azariah S. Tripp, 1851-1864, 1868-1870, seventeen years.
Robert T. Davis, 1851.
James M. Aldrich, 1851-1860, 1872-1878, seventeen years.
David A. Wallace, 1852, 1853, two years. Jerome Dwelly, 1852-1856, 1859, 1860, 1864-1878, twenty-two years.
Job G. Lawton, 1853, 1854, two years.
Benjamin H. Davis, 1853-1855, three years.
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Joseph E. Dawley, 1855, 1856, 1859-1862, six years.
S. Angier Chace, 1855-1859, five years.
Ebenezer T. Learned, 1855, 1856, two years.
Almadus W. Tripp, 1857-1859, three years.
James W. Hartley. 1857, 1858. two years.
Robert E. Barnett, 1857, 1858, two years. William Maclaren, 1857-1863, seven years. Warren Hathaway, 1858, 1859, two years.
Seth Pooler, 1859, 1860, 1867, 1868, four years.
J. Lewis Diman, 1859, 1860, two years.
Charles A. Snow, 1860-1864, five years. John B. Gould, 1860.
Simeon Borden, 1860-1863, 1872-1874, seven years.
Charles J. Holmes, 1862-1865, 1868-1870, sixteen years.
Andrew D. Bullock, 1862-1864, three years. Thomas Holmes, 1865.
Frederick A. Boomer, 1865-1867, 1869- 1871, six years.
William Connell, 1865-1873, nine years. George W. Locke, 1866.
Charles W. Buck, 1866-1868, three years. William A. Adams, 1866, 1867, 1876-1879, six years.
Benjamin Earl, 1866-1869, four years. Alfred A. Wright, 1866.
Samuel M. Brown, 1867-1869, three years.
Robert Adams, 1869-1871, three years.
Robert Henry, 1869-1871, three years.
Crawford E. Lindsey, 1870-1872, three years.
Milton Read, 1870, 1871, two years.
S. Wright Butler, 1871-1873, three years. Lydian S. Adams, 1872-1875, four years. William A. Kennedy, 1872-1874, three years. Mary G. Leland, 1873.
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Thomas F. Eddy, 1874, 1876-1878, four years.
George W. Bronson, 1874, 1879-1881, four years.
Susan H. Wixon, 1874-1876, 1890-1895, nine years to date.
Walter Scott, 1875.
Albion K. Slade, 1875, 1876, two years.
William H. Bric, 1875-1880, six years.
Andred J. Jennings, 1875-1877, three years.
Iram N. Smith, 1877, 1878, two years.
Charles E. Mills, 1877-1879, three years. John J. Archer, 1878-1880, three years. James E. McCreery, 1879.
Thomas L. Ramsbottom, 1879-1884, six years.
Amos M. Jackson, 1879-1887, nine years. William G. Bennett, 1880-1895, sixteen years to date.
Louisa G. Aldrich, 1880-1895, sixteen years to date.
Harriet T. Healy, 1880-1894, fifteen years. Leontine Lincoln, 1880-1895, sixteen years to date.
Marcus G. B. Swift, 1881-1883, 1888-1890, six years.
John Q. A. Tourtellot, 1881-1883, three years.
Ebenezer W. Hunt, 1882.
Patrick J. Hurley, 1883-1889, seven years. Spencer Borden, 1884, 1885, two years.
Hugo A. Dubuque, 1884-1890, seven years.
William R. Warner, 1885-1887, three years.
Benjamin Cook, 1886-1890, five years.
Jeremiah F. Locke, 1888-1890, three years. Dwight E. Cone, 1891, 1892, two years.
John Brady, 1891-1893, three years.
Percy S. Grant, 1891-1893, three years. John Brown, 1891-1893, three years.
Payson W. Lyman, 1893-1895, three years to date.
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Edward S. Adams, 1894-1895, two years William J. Waring, 1894-1895, two years to date. to date.
William J. Martin, 1894-1895, two years to date.
Mary E. Hyde, 1895, to date.
Several of these persons served more than ten years; Jerome Dwelly, 22 years; Azariah S. Tripp, 17; James M. Aldrich, 17; Charles J. Holmes, 16; Harriet T. Healy, 15; James Ford, 12; Louisa G. Aldrich, 16; Leontine Lincoln, 16; William G. Bennett, 16.
The Public Library .- It is a notable honor to the State of Massa- chusetts that the first free public library in the world was established within her boundaries in the year 1853. In 1860 the authorities of Fall River adopted measures for the founding of a library, and an ordinance was passed and an appropriation made for that purpose. A library room was provided in the City Hall, and adapted to the reception of books and patrons. The Fall River Athenaeum, established in 1835, transferred to the city its collection of about 2,400 volumes, and con- tributions of books were made by other associations and individuals. The library was opened to the public May 1, 1861. That a welcome reception awaited the establishment of such an institution is seen in the fact that during the first year the subscribers numbered 1,248, to whom were delivered 30,252 volumes. When the City Hall was remodeled, the library was provided with temporary quarters in Pocasset Hall, but on June 15, 1874, was returned to the City Hall, where better accom - modations had been arranged. On March 19, 1886, occurred the fire in the City Hall, which rendered it necessary to store the books in the Flint block on South Main street, until a proper place could be pro- vided for their reception. During this period a temporary reading- room was opened by the trustees in the Borden block, and was con- tinued until January, 1887. On August 9, 1886, the library was opened in the old skating rink on Danforth street, and there remained until January 17, 1887, when it was removed to its present spacious apart- ments in the Brown building. During the past ten years these rooms have well served their purpose, being light, commodious, and easy of access; but the time arrived when the increasing patronage of the in- stitution, and its great importance to the welfare of the community rendered it necessary to provide a permanent home, which should be owned by the city, and supply accommodations for the School Com- mittee, whose rooms in the City Hall had long been inadequate for that department. On January 7, 1895, Mayor William S. Greene, in
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his address to the Common Council, gave expression to these facts, and recommended that the mayor be empowered to petition the Legislature for authority to create indebtedness outside of the legal city debt limit, to be known as a public library loan, for the purpose of purchasing a site and erecting a fire-proof library building. The matter was referred to the Committee on Public Instruction and to the trustees of the library, who reported favorably upon the project. An act, entitled "An act to authorize the city of Fall River to incur indebtedness beyond the limit fixed by the law for the purpose of erecting a public library building," was passed in 1895. On January 20, 1896, the commission reported that it had purchased a site on which stood the residence of the late Mrs. Mary B. Young. This property was then owned by Sarah B. Brayton, and through her generosity and public spirit it was secured for $50,000, when its market value would be twice that sum. The great desirability of this site, and the increasing favor with which the community entertained the undertaking, led to a determination to build a better structure than was originally intended, for which purpose a second appropriation of $75,000 was made, under an act passed early in 1896. The building was at once begun, and is approaching completion while this work is in press. When completed it will be not only one of the finest of the more recent buildings in the city, but among the most imposing and best adapted of the minor library buildings of the country. The Fall River Public Library has never profited by indi- vidual generosity, and its rapid growth is therefore wholly creditable to the community. The whole number of books in the library at the close of 1897 was 52,621, and the number of volumes issued during that year was 125,897.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.
The Newspaper Press, Fire Department, Civil List, Etc.
The long career of the Fall River Monitor, the first newspaper in the village, has been noticed on a preceding page. It was first issued on January 6, 1826, by Nathan Hall, and has only recently ceased publi- cation. It was always a weekly journal. There was no other paper in the place until 1830, when the Anti-Masonic crusade of that period brought into existence the Moral Envoy, which was published about a year by George Wheaton Allen, a native of Batavia, N. Y. In 1831 it was succeeded by the Village Recorder, published by Noel A. Tripp. This paper was issued fortnightly from the Monitor office for a short time when it was made a weekly. It was merged with the Monitor after an existence of about three years. In 1836 the first Democratic paper was started by William Canfield, and named the Patriot. B. Ellery Hale was editor a few months, after which the editorial work was mostly performed by such men as Dr. P. W. Leland, Dr. Foster Hooper, Jonathan Slade and Louis Lapham. It will be inferred that these men made the Patriot an interesting journal, and during its career of about five years it acquired considerable influence. In 1841 it was succeeded by the Archetype, published by Thomas Almy and Louis Lapham. This paper lived only about one year, and was fol- lowed by the Gazette, which was published by Abraham Bowen and edited by Stephen Hart. This journal also had only a brief existence and was succeeded by the Argus, published by Thomas Almy and edited by Jonathan Slade. The office was burned in the great fire of 1843 and the paper suspended publication. At about that time a small Democratic paper called Flint and Steel was issued under editorial con- trol of Dr. P. W. Leland, who made it interesting and influential during the short period of its publication. It was succeeded by the Mechanic, started in 1844 by Thomas Almy, which was discontinued the next year. The Wampanoag was started as a semi-monthly in 1842, but
JOHN C. MILNE.
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suspended a year later. A paper called All Sorts was started in 1841 as a weekly and continued until 1860. Abraham Bowen was publisher.
On the 3d of April, 1845, Thomas Almy and John C. Milne1 started the Fall River Weekly News as a Democratic paper. It was ably edited and soon gained influence and fair patronage. In 1853 it be- came Republican and ever since has zealously and successfully cham- pioded the principles of that party. In 1859 the firm purchased a daily paper then called The Daily Beacon, which was started in 1857 by Noel A. Tripp as the Daily Evening Star. Almy & Milne continued the publication under the title, Daily Evening News, and issued it in con- nection with the Weekly News. This was the first daily paper in Fall River to survive and was continued by the same firm until the death of
1 John C. Milne was born in Milfield, Scotland, May 18, 1824. His parents died while he was quite young, and to the tender care of his grandparents he was indebted for very early educa- tional training and careful religious instruction. In 1832 he emigrated with them to Nova Scotia where, at the age of eight years, he entered the printing office of his uncle, and soon became a rapid and accurate compositor. In 1835 he removed with his grandparents to Fall River, and for nearly three years worked in the calico dye-house of Andrew Robeson & Sons, toiling arduously from daylight to dark, winter and summer ; but he was fortunate during a part of that period in being able to attend a school three hours each day, which was established through the gener- ous beneficence of Andrew Robeson for the benefit of the boys working in his factory. In 1838 he obtained work in a Fall River printing-office, where, with the exception of six months in the Pierce Academy at Middleborough, and a short period in a printing office in New York city, he remained until 1845. After leaving the academy he continued his studies persistently outside of his working hours, reciting to the Rev. George M. Randall, afterwards bishop of Colorado; in this manner he was fittted for college. To enable him to thus continue his studies, Thomas Almy, proprietor of the printing-office and Mr. Milne's lifelong friend and subsequent business partner, kindly aranged his hours of labor in such a way that he could select his time for both study and work. Being destitute of means he was forced to abandon his cherished purpose of attending college, and in 1845 was encouraged to join with Mr. Almy in starting the Fall River News, as above stated. Mr. Almy died in 1882, after a most harmonious and successful busi- ness partnership with Mr. Milne of thirty-seven years. The difficulties experienced in those days, when the young men undertook the task of building up a newspaper in Fall River, were laborious and self-denying ; but by persevering application and the most rigid economy they finally achieved success. In 1849 Mr. Milne was married to Abby A., daughter of George W. and Betsey (Howland) Gifford, of Fall River. They have had nine children, five of whom are living : Mrs. Mary J. Fenner, Joseph D. Milne, Mrs. Abby G. Carr, Mrs. Jennie D. Remington and Hannah E. Chadwick. Mr. Milne was member of the City Council five years. He is a director in the Slade and Osborn Mills, and has been a director in the Pocassct National Bank since its organization in 1854. He is also president of the Citizens' Savings Bank and a member of the board of investment. He represented the city five years in the State Legislature, 1884 to 1888 inclusive, serving on several committees, the most important of which were the cominit- tees on public charitable institutions, and on banks and banking. On both of these he was, during the later years of his service, the chairman on the part of the House. He devoted much time to the interests of the charitable institutions, of one of which he was appointed trustee by Governor Ames. Mr. Milne is not only a man who is held in the highest honor and estcem by his fellow citizens, but one who has always carried the purity of his character into his lifework as an editor, seeking ever to disseminate only such reading as would conserve to the highest moral welfare of the community. His present high station as a journalist and a respected citi- zen has been attained through his own ability and force and his innate qualities as a conscientious man.
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Mr. Almy in May, 1882, with the exception that in 1864, Franklin L. Almy was admitted a partner, the firm then becoming Almy, Milne & Co. Franklin L. was not a relative of Thomas, but was connected with the establishment from the first issue of the News. Upon the death of the senior member of the firm, the name of Almy & Milne was again taken and so remains after a business association of more than fifty years. Both the daily and Weekly News have been enlarged from time to time, and improved to meet modern demands of its clientage. The Evening News is now among the most influential and ably edited journals in Southern Massachusetts and its policy has never failed to meet with the approbation of the best element of the com- munity. In the days of anti-slavery agitation it was noted for its zeal- ous support of the cause of freedom. On all of the important moral questions of the day it has never hesitated to stand boldly for the right, even at frequent loss in financial returns. It has consistently advo- cated the temperance cause, carrying its support into the business management of the paper by excluding profitable advertising for the liquor interest, while the religious and educational affairs of its field have been earnestly promoted in its columns.
The next newspaper started in Fall River after the advent of the News was the Massachusetts Musical Journal, a semi-monthly, pub- lished in the year 1855-6 by E. Tourjee, who subsequently gained extended musical fame as founder of a Boston Conservatory of Music; he in the same year published The Key Note.
In 1857 Noel A. Tripp and B. W. Pierce started a daily paper called The Evening Star, the name of which was changed to The Beacon the next year, which, as above stated, was purchased by Almy & Milne and became the Daily News. A paper called The People's Press was a semi-weekly, started in 1859 by Noel A. Tripp, which lived about five years and was merged with the Monitor.
The Fall River Herald had its origin in the desire of the local De- mocracy for an organ to represent its interests and those of the work- ingmen. A subscription paper was circulated in 1872, largely among the Irish Democracy of means, and stock was soon taken to the amount of $6,000. An office was secured, a plant purchased, and on July 2 of the year named the first number of the paper, called the Border City Herald, was issued, with William Hovey editor. The paper met with favor, but its business affairs for a period were not successfully man- aged, debt accumulated and dissolution of the company was anticipated.
FRANKLIN L. ALMY.
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In 1897 a new board of directors obtained articles of incorporation, took personal management of the business, and changed the name of the paper to Fall River Daily Herald. From that time forward the paper prospered and is now one of the leading dailies in this section. Mr. Hovey was succeeded as editor by Judge Lapham, whose Democratic editorials greatly pleased the old-line members of that party. Among later editors of the Herald were Walter Scott, who succeeded Judge Lapham, Ernest King, William B. Wright, Joseph E. Chamberlain and George Salisbury, who afterwards published the Fall River Weekly Advance; Michael Reagan, who succeeded Mr. Salisbury in 1887. On December 30, 1889, the Herald took possession of its commodious four- story building at 231 and 233 Pocasset street, where the paper is at present published. In 1895 an important change in the management and policy of the paper occurred. A controlling share of the corpora- tion stock passed into the hands of George R. H. Buffinton, who had wide and successful experience in newspaper management. Mr. Buffin- ton proceeded to organize a new corporation, with capital of $30,000, and to change the politics of the paper from Democratic to Independent Republican. In this he was eminently successful, and the Fall River Daily Herald, under the editorship of Thatcher T. Thurston, commands a position of influence second to that of no paper in Bristol county.
The Fall River Daily Globe Publishing Company was organized in 1885. The first meeting of stockholders was held on March 31, and the following were elected the first officers: President, C. S. Greene; treasurer, James E. Sullivan; directors, C. S. Greene, Francis Quinn, Robert Howard, Jeremiah R. Leary, Michael Sweeney, James E. Sul- livan, Michael McManus, Daniel J. Sullivan, and Michael E. Stanton. The projectors of this company believed that there was an open field in Fall River for an enterprising paper the special characteristics of which would be its broad liberality on all questions of public and municipal policy, and a consistent support of Democratic politics. The first ed- itor of the Globe was Owen P. Kelley, with D. F. Lingane business manager. Mr. Kelley was succeeded in the editorial chair by Mr. Lingane, and he by George H. Brennan. In 1891 W. F. Kennedy, the present editor, took the position. Mr. Lingane was succeeded by Charles R. Cummings as business manager, since which time G. R. H. Buffinton, W. H. Hanscom and C. F. Kelley, the present manager, have served in this capacity. The Globe is energetically managed, ably edited and has met with marked success.
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The Daily Journal and Democrat was published a short time by Henry Seavey, but it did not find a profitable reception. The Advance was started as a victualler's organ in March, 1879, by a man named Trellease, who soon transferred it to Salisbury & Newell. In August, 1881, Mr. Salisbury purchased his partner's interest and continued the publication until his death.
Henry Seavey started the Labor Journal in 1873, which did not have a long existence. In the same year the first French paper in Fall River was started and called L'Echo du Canada; it continued about two years. The Saturday Morning Bulletin was started in 1872 as a weekly family paper and had a brief existence. The Daily Record was established December 12, 1878, by W. O. Milne & Co., and was discontinued July 29, 1879. The Fall River Daily Sun was started May 11, 1880, by the Sun Publishing Company, with Ernest King editor; it was suspended March 24, 1882.
The Fall River L'Independent was established in March, 1885, as a weekly French paper by A. Houde & Co., the first number bearing date March 29. P. U. Valliant was editor for a short time and was succeeded by Remi Tremblay. In the fall of 1885 Edward Higginson became sole proprietor, but sold out in 1889 to O. Thibault, the present publisher. The daily edition was begun in October, 1893, with Mr. Tremblay editor and part owner. He was succeeded in the editorship, in July, 1894, by G. de Tounancour, and at that time Mr. Thibault again became sole proprietor. After Montreal, Quebec and New Orleans, Fall River has the largest French population in America, and this paper in its daily edition is almost exclusively circulated in the city, while the weekly edition goes into all of the New England States.
In 1885 Samuel E. Fiske, of Fall River, where he carries on a print- ing business, established the following ten newspapers: The Fall River Advertiser; the Somerset Times; the Swansea Record; the Freetown Journal; the Westport News; the Dighton Rock; the Rehoboth Senti- nel; the Berkley Gleaner; the Norton Bulletin; and the Raynham Enterprise. These papers are printed in Fall River and all contain substantially the same general news, with local matter from each town. Rev. O. O. Wright was editor of the list from 1885 to 1887, when he was succeeded by Jeremiah Gray, who served until 1898.
Fall River ยท Fire Department .- In a preceding chapter was given a list of the engines and other apparatus for extinguishing fire owned by the corporation at the date of city organization, with details of the de-
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velopment of the department down to that time. The whole apparatus then had an approximate value of a little under $20,000. Since that time the old engines, etc., have been gradually disposed of and super- seded by modern machinery of the most improved character. The oldest piece of apparatus now in use is hook and ladder truck No. 3, which was purchased in 1871. When the city was incorporated and the Fall River Fire Department created, in 1854, 245 firemen were appoint- ed and apportioned as follows: Cataract Engine Co., 50 men; Niagara Engine Company, 70 men; Ocean Engine Co., 60 men; Mazeppa En- gine Co., 70 men; Cataract Hose Co., 25 men. These men were to receive $8 a year.
Th following summary gives the dates of purchase of apparatus and other details since the year 1852. Upon the annexation of Fall River, R. I., hand engine Cascade No. 1 of that town became the property of this city and was the last hand engine acquired.
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