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MAIN STREET. At Aaron Parker's Block, 15} lineal feet of curb stone and 71 lineal feet of curb stone reset, and 27 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to MAIN STREET.
20.18
At Clark's Block and in front of John D. Lovell's and others' stores, 800 yards of cobble paving, and 45 lineal feet of curb stone. Amounting to 287.09
SALEM, AT MADISON STREET.
121 lineal feet of curb stone reset, and 54} square yards of new gutter. Amounting to 60.92
EVERETT STREET.
West side, from Cedar to William street, 306 lineal feet of curb stone, 136 square yds. gutter, and one round corner. Amounting to 394.71
PROVIDENCE STREET.
At estate of Willard F. Pond, 62 lineal feet of curb stone, and 33 square yards of gutter, (he paying for the labor of setting.) The expense to the city amounting to 47.50
MAIN STREET.
At Lincoln House, 78₺ square yards stone, paving relaid, amounting to, 35.27
MAIN STREET.
At Oread st. crosswalk, 482 square yards cobble paving and 71 lineal feet flag stone. Amounting to 91.26
MAIN STREET.
Crosswalk at Allen street, 71 lineal feet flag stone and 482 square yards cobble paving. Amounting to 91.26
MAIN STREET.
Crosswalk at Benefit street, 71 lineal feet flag stone and 482 square yards cobble paving. Amounting to 91.26
BURNSIDE COURT.
Crosswalk at Southbridge st., 75 lineal feet of flag stone, and
44 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to
82.38
MYRTLE STREET.
Crosswalk at Southbridge st., 51 lineal feet of flag stone and 34 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 77.38
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SOUTHBRIDGE STREET.
Crosswalk at Myrtle st., 73 lineal feet of flag stone, and 49 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 89.01
Crosswalk at Madison st., 74 lineal feet of flag stone, and 50 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 98.32
Crosswalk on east side, at Madison st., 358 lineal feet of flag stone, and 279 square yards of cobble paving. Amount- ing to 380.87
HERMON STREET.
Crosswalk at Southbridge st., 56 lineal feet of flag stone, and
51 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 68.78
MADISON STREET.
Crosswalk at Portland st., 51 lineal feet of flag stone, and 36 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 54.88
SOUTHBRIDGE STREET.
At sundry places, 178} lineal feet of curb stone, and 10 round corners, Amounting to 197.10
SUMMER STREET.
At Dea. I. Washburn's, 224 lineal feet of curb stone, (he paying the cost of setting). Amounting to 147.20
EXCHANGE STREET.
At Theatre building, 78 lineal feet of curb stone, and 44} square yards of gutter. Amounting to 117.43
CHANDLER AND SOUTH IRVING STREETS. 67 lineal feet of curb stone, and four round corners. Amount- ing to 79.10
HIGHLAND AND BOYNTON STREETS.
Foot walk on south side of Highland st. from Boynton st. to west side of Common, and east side of Boynton st. to house of Hon. Stephen Salisbury, and on east side of Boynton street. Amounting to 289.07
MAIN STREET.
Crosswalk at Hammond st., 71 lineal feet of flag stone, and 482 square yards of cobble paving. Amounting to 91.26
SUMMER STREET.
Crosswalk at Belmont st., 133 lineal feet of flag stone, and 95 square yards cobble paving. Amounting to 147.74
CHESTNUT STREET.
Crosswalk at Pearl st., 67 lineal feet of flag stone, 12 lineal feet of curb stone, 62 square yards cobble paving, and 1 round corner. Amounting to 134.57
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CARROLL STREET.
Two cross gutters, 61 square yards cobble paving. Amount- ing to
75.50
SUNDRY REPAIRS,
Drawing brick and paving stones. Amounting to 654.96
Making the total amount expended by the City, of $13,616.95
In addition to the above work which has been done at the expense of the city, the department has laid for ninety-four parties, 4,667 square yards of sidewalk, and relaid 163 square yards of old walk, using 25,058 pressed bricks and 212,750 hard-paving bricks, at an expense to the parties for material and labor, of $10,776.46, bills for which have been rendered to the City Treasurer for col- lection.
The total amount of work accomplished by the de- partment for the city and for private parties, is $24,- 393.41.
The receipts of the Department have been as follows :
Appropriation for highways, $18,000.00
snow, 3,200.00
sidewalks,
15,000.00
macadamizing, 5,000.00
$41,200.00
Balance unexpended, 1867,
6,480.85
Total resources,
$47,680.85
Sidewalks furnished private parties, bills returned to Treasurer,
$10,776.46
Scrapings,
800.26
Labor, &c., on sewers,
2,913.11
water works,
761.70
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public schools,
2,504.68
Manure, Poor dep't,
275.00
6 oxen sold,
837.00
2 horses "
150.00
Sundry labor, &c.,
332.81
$19,351.02
Total receipts,
$67,031.87
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The expenses have been as follows :
Pay roll of labor,
$25,836.88
Salary of Commissioner,
1,200.00
Horses and oxen bought,
4,155.00
Harnesses, carts, &c.,
1,568.00
Hay and grain,
3,338.80
Shoeing,
481.66
Tools and repairs,
3,347.98
Use of fire horses,
1,613.33
Lumber,
1,135.33
Cleaning streets and cesspools,
2,691.34
Bridges,
300.24
Corbett st. terrace,
1,932.51
Plantation st.,
470.60
Snow and ice,
3,116.16
42,040 pressed brick,
1,005.62
273,750 hard
2,559.75
Paving stone,
1,502.14
Curb stones, &c.,
4,507.95
Sundries,
3,403.29
Total expenses,
$64,166.58
Balance unexpended,
2,865.29
$67,031.87
SUMMARY.
Expended on curbstones, gutter, &c., for city,
$13,616.95
sidewalks, private,
10,776.46
macadamizing,
5,837.66
grading for do.
2,931.03
snow,
3,116.16
Corbet st. terrace,
1,932.51
Plantation street,
470.60
Excess of stock,
3,970.30
$42,651.67
Ordinary repairs of streets and bridges,
$21,514.91
$64,166.58
Very respectfully,
D. F. PARKER, Commissioner of Highways.
Worcester, Jan. 1869.
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SCHEDULE
Of Real and Personal Property belonging to the High- way Department in the City of Worcester, Jan. 1, 1869 :
REAL ESTATE.
50,000 ft. land with the City Stables thereon, $20,000.00
12 acres land on Lamartine st., 3,000.00
1 acre of land bought of E. Rich, Pleasant st., 150.00
Gravel pit at junction of Grove and Pratt sts.,
250.00
on Pleasant st.
25.00
near Paxton line,
25.00
Total real estate,
$23,450.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Stock-13 horses,
$4,500.00
8 oxen,
1,200.00
5,700.00
6 sets double harnesses,
600.00
1 set lead
20.00
2 single
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20.00
2 cart
50.00
8 ox yokes,
32.00
6 double carts,
1,350.00
4 0x
300.00
2 single
100.00
1 light
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250.00
1 stone lifter,
250.00
1 two-horse wagon,
75.00
1 street roller,
225.00
1 one-horse wagon,
200.00
21 whiffletrees,
30.00
20 neck yokes,
18.00
12 horse blankets,
54.00
11 curry combs and brushes,
33.00
8 surcingles,
6.00
1 keg axle grease,
3.00
30 lanterns,
52.50
3 gallons castor oil,
15.00
4 oil cans,
2.00
1 side lace leather,
3.00
1 grindstone,
10.00
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5 draft chains, 12.50
5 heavy ‘
15.00
3 scraper "
6.00
6 stake
4.50
3 whiffletree chains,
3.00
300 lbs. cable
15.00
300 lbs. nails,
20.00
1 set tackles and falls,
10.00
36 shovels, new,
36.00
40
old,
5.00
12 snow shovels,
10.00
12 66 new,
18.00
8 long shovels,
8.00
2 manure hooks,
1.50
3 spades,
3.00
20 picks,
30.00
6 pick handles,
3.00
12 crow bars,
25.00
2 pinch bars,
2.00
11 stone hammers,
47.50
12 cinder =
18.00
7 stone drills,
14.00
Light stone tools,
8.00
13 chopping axes,
9.00
1 spirit level,
2.00
1 adze,
2.00
4 ladders,
8.00
1 water pot,
1.00
1 horse sled,
75.00
2 ox sleds,
35.00
1 pung,
8.00
2 stone drags,
10.00
9 drag plank,
13.50
5 sidehill plows,
60.00
4 “ scrapers,
16.00
4 snow 66
13.00
1 patent
45.00
1 snow plow,
13.00
4 gravel screens,
28.00
4 feed baskets,
2.00
4 iron bound baskets,
4.00
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7 posts cups,
7.00
1 pump and lead pipe,
10.00
1 iron vise,
5.00
3 monkey wrenches,
3.00
5 water pails,
1.50
3 stoves,
12.00
Lot of rope,
2.00
4 striking hammers,
10.00
7 garden rakes,
3.50
10 plow points,
7.50
1 hay rack tongue, &c.,
10.00
Lot street scrapings,
2.50
signs,
30.00
Lot carpenter's tools,
8.00
1500 lbs. old iron,
15.00
40 meal bags,
18.00
2 bushel baskets,
1.00
Set of grain measures,
1.00
2 hay cutters,
18.00
8 hay forks,
6.00
6 hay rakes,
1.00
1 trowel,
1,00
2 feed troughs,
6.00
3 grain chests,
15.00
30 tons hay, at 20,
600.00
500 lbs. straw,
5.00
15 tie chains,
10.00
14 halters,
12.00
10 fly nets,
5.00
6 pairs ox-bows,
3.00
2 brooms for stables,
2.00
1 oil pan,
6.00
1000 lbs. F. coal,
7.50
3 finished cart tongues,
18.00
4 unfinished
8.00
150 bushels oats, at 80c,
120.00
4 wheelbarrows,
8.00
1 office desk,
60.00
300 loads stone at ledge,
300.00
100
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Holden road,
100.00
100 66 66 Leicester «
100.00
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600 loads of, paving stone,
1500.00
200 feet of curb stone,
100.00
100 “ flag stone,
30.00
7 long corners, at 8.00,
56.00
3 short ‘ at 4.50,
13.50
Lot of block paving stone,
40.00
2 sets cesspool stone,
12.00
10 street posts, at 2.00,
20.00
125 street bounds,
42.00
Lot of covering stone,
20.00
17,000 pressed brick, at 30.00,
510.00
61,000 hard brick, at 15.00,
915.00
25 bridge stringers, at 10.00,
250.00
Lot of round timber,
30.00
11,000 feet of bridge plank, at 27.00,
297.00
300 feet of oak plank, at 40.00,
12.00
300 feet of pine
30.00,
9.00
1000 “ 66 boards,
27.00
1500 “ street railing,
37.50
Lot of old plank,
25.00
Total of personal property,
$15,821.00
real estate,
23,450.00
" amount in department,
$39,271.00
Very respectfully,
D. F. PARKER, Commissioner of Highways.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
Gentlemen of the City Council :
The Board of Overseers of the Poor submit the follow- ing Report :
With a single exception, that of the Superintendent of Schools, an ex-officio member, no change has occurred in. the Board the past year. The advantage of this has been singularly apparent in the harmony of its action, as has been heretofore mentioned.
The hopes expressed in our last report, of the im- provement of the settlement laws have been but partial- ly realized. Changes were made which were advanta- geous to the State department, at the expense of the cities and towns, which, although bearing harder on our own community than some others, may eventually be advantageous to the Commonwealth at large.
Other reforms were urged, from the effect of which from our geographical position, being the centre of so many rail roads, we are sufferers, which were not adopt- ed for fear of making worse, a code of laws that are al- ready too much complicated.
It is with pleasure we note the annual increase in our city's population. We are also pleased to say that the proportion of them who are not self-sustaining is proba- bly no larger here than in other places. Still, the num- ber increases, as our figures show. And if not compelled by law, we are prompted by charity to see that they are suitably provided for. And you may possibly not be aware that upwards of two thousand persons have found
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food and shelter at our station house during the past year, and more than twelve hundred have received aid directly from the Clerk of the Board. The proportion of them who now have a settlement in this city on ac- count of the alterations in the soldiers' settlement law, and the change made in chapter 69, sections 4, 5, and 12 of the General Statutes, by which an alien may now gain a legal settlement without being naturalized, is much larger than ever before.
Our bills for the support of the State Nautical and Re- form Schools, you will observe, are not diminished, and the number of unruly boys sent there from our city is steadily on the increase from year to year, and still con- tinues, as has been before mentioned, to come principal- ly from that class of our population who have no legal settlement in this city, but being committed there by our Courts, from this place, are by the laws of the Com- monwealth made chargeable to us. And although we would find no fault with their arrangement, still I would suggest that it would be no more than simple justice that we should be obliged by law to maintain no more than our own paupers there, those having a settlement in this city, and that those having no settlement should be pro- vided for at the expense of the State, in a similar manner as all other State paupers.
Upwards of four hundred families have applied for and received aid during the past year, and contrary to what might naturally be expected in a season of such appa- rently general prosperity, the applications of males have been largely in excess of those of females, and about three fourths of the whole of them have been from per- sons having no legal settlement, which, if the strict let- ter of the law were followed, would have been easily dis- posed of, but charity and humanity demand that some-
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thing be done for them, and it has been no easy task for the Clerk, to whose discretion these cases must in most instances be left, to discriminate correctly between those who were actually suffering, and those who were impos- tors. As in many instances it has proved on investiga- tion that those soliciting aid were neither worthy of nor entitled to receive it, although they had made the most clamorous applications, while many others, much more modest in their claims, have been found suffering all the deprivations of the most abject poverty and want.
The whole number of families who have applied for aid for the first time this year, has been 221, and 137 of these applications were made by the male head, while but 84 were made by the female, and of this number but 32 of the families were those of citizens, and 20 of their applications were made by the husbands, and but twelve by the wives. Twenty-two of these families had a mili- tary settlement, while the whole number of those who had a settlement otherwise, was but 59, thus showing that about 33 per cent. has been added to the list of le- gal settlements of the city poor, by the military settle- ment law, and at least as large a number may confident- ly be expected from the alterations made in chapter 69 of the General Statutes, thereby transferring the burden of their support from the Board of State Charities, di- rectly to the cities and towns where they may happen to reside.
The whole number of families aided where they were of confirmed intemperate habits, was 41, and of these, 34 cases were by male applicants, while but seven were made by females, and they were about equally divided between those who had a settlement, and those who had none, there being 20 intemperate male applicants aided who had no settlement, and only one female.
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Nine insane persons have been provided for during the year, six of them males and three females. Most of them are cases of long standing, and probably incurable. They have all been recently visited at the Hospital, and are apparently well cared for. Some of these cases are quite expensive, particularly one of the males, who is so destructive in his clothing that his bills have amounted to nearly one dollar a day during the entire year.
There are now five cases at the Worcester Hospital, two of which will probably remain but a short time, but there is not much probability that the other three will ever recover.
I am pleased to be able to inform you that the ex- penses of maintaining Paschal Curtis, who was for a long time an inmate of the Hospital, and whose bills, amount- ing to $420.00, which had been paid by this Board, have been reimbursed by his mother, Mrs. Lydia Curtis, and it is hoped that her example may be thought worthy of imitation by others who have had their relatives simi- larly provided for.
I am also pleased to inform you that all the old claims of the City against the Board of State Charities for aid rendered to, and burials of, several state paupers, some of them as far back as 1863 and '4, have been approved and paid, also that a new method has been adopted by them in the manner of notification and forwarding such accounts, which although causing more labor in the out- set, will probably be easier settled, and much more satis- factory in the end.
The Truant School has, as in 1867, been kept entirely distinct from the accounts of the Alms House depart- ment, and with the exception of $389.08, the amount expended in the alterations in the dormitory, has been for the ordinary expenses of that institution, for a de-
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tailed report of which I respectfully refer you to the re- port of the Committee who have the school under their particular charge, which will accompany this report and be presented by its Chairman, the Superintendant of our Public Schools .*
From what has already been presented, you will have observed that the calls at the Clerk's Department are steadily on the increase, and with the present unsettled measure of values is likely to be more so, and there have been drawn by him during the year 854 orders on differ- ent persons for aid distributed. Sixteen persons and families have drawn weekly allowances in cash, granted by the full Board, in sums varying from $1 to $3 a week, and many more poor families have been aided by a regular weekly or monthly allowance in food or fuel, as has been found necessary by the Clerk on strict in- vestigation, monthly and quarterly reports of which have received the approbation of the Standing Commit- tee on Relief, to whom they were referred.
Eighty-nine persons have been sent to the State Alms House at Monson, at a cost of from $1.45 to $5.00 each, and 38 persons have been returned to other States in accordance with chapter 71 section 25 of the General Statutes on the order of the Clerk by the several rail- roads on which they had been brought into our city.
Twenty State paupers have been buried during the year, the expense of which has been reimbursed to the City by the Board of State Charities.
The disbursements at the Clerk's office during the year have been as follows :
Cash allowances,
$1,142.93
Fuel,
631.58
Groceries,
994.58
*This report is to be found in the Appendix to the Report of the School Committee.
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Boots, shoes, and clothing,
50.25
Medical attendance and medicine, 104.59
Insane Hospital bill, 1,440.15
State Ref. and Nautical School bills, 601.36
Paid other towns for aid to Worc'r paupers, 328.81 Paid for burials,
265.00
Transportation of paupers,
293.98
Books, stamps. printing, stationery, &c., 79.98
Total, $5,933.21
The Alms House and City Hospital are still under the efficient management of Mr. and Mrs. John Farwell. They have recently been visited by the whole Board, with the Committee on Charities of the City Council. The whole establishment was fully inspected by them, and every thing in and about the premises found to be in its usual satisfactory condition. The inside of the house has been whitened throughout, and all the wood- work re-painted during the past season, and an addition has been made to the wood-shed, 18 by 24 feet, as it had been found insufficient for storing the necessary amount of fuel for the season's consumption. Some small altera- tions have been made in the barn, which add much to the comfort of the animal and to the convenience of the structure.
Five fat cattle have been sold from the farm during the year, and two others are retained for the sustenance of the inmates. Ten patent gates have been set up on various parts of the farm, similar to those at its entrance, at a cost of about $8 each, and are pronounced superior to any thing of the kind heretofore in use. Many other small improvements have also been made, and the whole establishment gives evidence of the care, as well as of the competency of its present management.
The whole number of inmates during the year has been 53, and the average number 21.
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The total disbursements for the year have been
$6947.80
The total receipts from products of the farm, 1,1€8.51
And for board of the Truant School, 1,406.13
Refitting dormitories of Truant School,
389.08
Total receipts, $2,963.72
Making the net expenses for the year
$3.984.08
And amounts to $3.65 a week for each inmate.
The above is the expense incurred with no deduction to balance $3,506.56 difference in the valuation caused principally by larger amount of stock and produce on hand now than in December, 1867, which, if deducted, leaves the expenses for the year but $477.52, and shows the actual cost per week for each inmate to have been but 44 cents over and above what they have consumed of the products of the farm. Most of the inmates are aged and infirm, and it has been found necessary for a large part of the year to employ assistance in carrying on the most laborious parts of the farm work. Some as- sistance has been rendered during the summer months by the boys in the Truant School, which has been duly credited to that department, and charged in the expen- ditures on account of the farm.
The valuation of the property at the farm has just been made, and is as follows :
Articles pertaining to the Truant School, $376.50
Household furniture, &c., 3,610.81
Live stock, farm tools, and products, 6,270.00
All the real estate, 38,000.00
Making a total valuation of
$48,757.31
The valuation in 1867 was
45,250.75
Difference in favor of 1868, $3,506.56
Which sum is but $477.52 less than the net cost or expenses of the Institution for the year.
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The expenditures of the Department for the year have been as follows :
Disbursements at the Clerk's office, $5,933.21
Net expenses at the Alms House, 3,984.08
Salary of the Clerk of the Board,
800.00
Salary of Sup't of Alms House, 550.00
Salary of the City Physician,
200.00
Total, $11,467.29
The receipts of the department have been :
Appropriation by the City Council,
$10,000.00
Am't rec'd from persons and towns,
1,601.34
" Commonwealth, 794.78
Am't due from other towns,
82.70
Commonwealth, 21.40
Total,
$12,500.22
Total expenditures for the year,
11,467.29
Cash unexpended,
$1,032.93
Difference in valuation in favor of 1868,
3,506.56
Unexpended balance,
$4,539.49
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
JAMES B. BLAKE,
JAMES M. DRENNAN,
A. P. MARBLE,
GEORGE W. GALE,
Overseers -
JOHN. C. NEWTON,
of
GEORGE GEER,
the Poor.
GEORGE W. RUGG,
DAVID F. PARKER,
WALTER HENRY,
Report of the City Marshal.
MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Jan. 1, 1869. To the Hon. City Council of the City of Worcester :
The City Marshal has the honor to present herewith his Annual Report of the operations and condition of the Police Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1868. Whole number of arrests for the Fourth Quarter, 1868, 532
Males,
504 Residents,
410
Females,
28 Non-residents,
122
Americans, ·
133
Minors,
107
Foreigners,
399
Committed,
61
Whole number of lodgers for Fourth Quarter, 1868,
Males,
452
Residents,
71
Females,
33
Non-residents,
414
Americans,
153
Minors,
85
Foreigners,
332
EXPENSES OF THE DEP'T FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, 1868.
Salary of Marshal and Assistants, $887.50
Pay Roll of Police, 6,311.15
Incidental expenses,
126.93
Total, $7,425.58
EARNINGS OF THE DEP'T FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, 1868.
Warrants served by Assist. Marshals Wilson and Washburn, $1,012.20 Witness fees of Police Officers, 323.40
Extra services of Officers at balls and exhibitions,
34.50
Total, $1,370.10
Whole number of arrests for the year 1868, not including 172 arrests made by the State Constabulary, and in many cases assisted by the Police, 2,080
485
234
Males,
1,942
Residents,
1,543
Females,
138 Non-residents, 537
Americans,
598
Minors, 367
Foreigners,
1,482
Committed, 398
NATIVITY OF CRIMINALS ARRESTED IN 1868.
Ireland 1161, American 691, England 68, Scotland 30, Canada 91, Germany 16, Africa 1, France 5, Wales 2, Italy 2, Mexico 1, Austria 1, Prussia 1, Sweden 1. Total 2080.
Whole number of complaints made by the Marshal and Assistants for the year 1868, 2,103
Discharged from custody withcut complaint for what seem- ed to be good reasons,
134
Whole number of lodgers for the year 1868,
1,926
Males,
1,770
Residents,
120
Females,
156
Non-residents,
1,806
Americans,
711
Minors,
438
Foreigners,
1,215
Adults,
1,488
Whole number of arrests and lodgers for the year 1868,
4,006
NATIVITY OF LODGERS FOR THE YEAR 1868.
Americans 828, Ireland 602, England 221, Germany 82, Scotland 86, Canada 68, France 21, Russia 14, Prussia 10, Africa 4, Australia 4, Mexico 2, Denmark 2, Austria 3, Italy 2.
The following are the offences for which arrests were made during the year 1868 :
Drunkenness 1080, assault and battery 215, larceny 127, disturb- ance of the peace 133, drunkenness, 2d conviction, 70, keeping unli- censed dog, 54, truancy 31, trespass 29, violation of the City Ordi- nances 24, vagrancy 23, playing cards on Lord's Day 22, gaming on Lord's Day 17, keeping open shop on the Lord's Day 15, assault on officer 14, common drunkard 12, burglary 11, coasting in public street 10, stubborn and disobedient children 8, receiving stolen goods 7, evad- ing railroad fare 7, obtaining money and goods by false pretences 11, breaking glass 6, insane 6, fornication 6, adultery 6, larceny from build- ing 6, common loafer 5, attempt at rescue 5, carrying concealed weap- ons 4, refusing aid to officers 4, neglect of family 4, mayhem 4, disturb- ing religious meeting 4, refusing to carry passengers 4, assault with a dangerous weapon 3, threatening personal violence 3, sin- gle sale of liquor 3, common nuisance 3, resscue from officers 3, embezzlement 3, bastardy 3, ran away from home 3, sporting
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on Lord's Day 3, aiding an escape 3, cruelty to animals 3, in- juring a building 3, rape 3, suspicious persons 3, driving away a team 2; pick pockets 2, indecent exposure of person 2, murder 2, larceny from person 2, interfering with officers 2, lewdness 2, con- tempt of Court 2, injuring shade trees 2, pasing counterfeit money 2, ran away from Reform School 2, lewd and lascivious cohabitation 1, noisy and disorderly house 1, deserter from U. S. Navy 1, obstructing public street 1, carrying swill without license 1, common railer and brawler 1, malicious mischief 1, keeping intelligence office without li- cense 1, selling stale meat at public market 1, selling liquor 1, liquor nuisance 1, keeping house of ill-fame 1, suspicion of larceny 1, peddling without license 1, assault with intent to kill 1, assault with intent to ravish 1, gaming 1, keeping liquor with intent to sell 1. Total, 2080.
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