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For repairs,
992 97
Amount of stock on hand belonging to School Department at shop No. 36 School street, Nov. 30th, 1876.
407 feet 14 inch Pine,
$18 31
572 66 1 Whitewood,
20 48
500 66 Whitewood, cut short, 15 00
540 Birch, cut short,
18 90
309
Sheathing,
12 36
236 66 Spruce,
3 54
22 Ash,
1 10
22 66 Cherry,
1 54
20
Hard Pine,
1 00
124 Tops for No. 2 desks,
37 20
79
66 3
21 70
64
4
16 00
215 Large shelves,
42 00
100 Small
66
20 00
6 Pairs No. 2 desk irons,
11 40
10 " 6
back seat,
24 66 4 old,
12 00
2
4 66 back seat,
1 00
1 Grindstone,
7 00
1 Saw frame and 4 saws,
25 00
2 Shovels and 1 iron bar,
3 00
1 Iron vise,
1 25
2 Bench vises,
2 00
2 Pairs of clamps,
2 50
1 Pair of hand screws,
1 50
1 Jack screw,
2 00
2 Kettles for thawing pipes,
1 75
36 Gross screws, assorted sizes,
14 40
2 Casks nails, 80 lbs. spikes,
9 50
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 483
5 Boxes glass,
18 75
27 Pickets, 6 feet,
1 35
1 Coes Wrench,
1 25
2029 feet Birch, 1 inch,
71 61
372
13 02
Total,
$429 41
FOR CLEANING SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
40 Pails,
2 Kettles, 5 gallons.
1 Doz. mops.
MATERIALS SOLD.
School building,
$15 00
Old Desk,
10 00
Old desks and seats,
198 00
Old iron,
4 62
Wool clippings,
6 60
Lumber,
27 86
Flagging stone,
8 40
Total,
$270 48
.
In conclusion, permit me to express my deep sense of the obligation I am under to the several gentlemen of the Committee of Public Buildings for their counsel and advice, and to Chief Engineer Combs for many favors and courtesies shown.
Respectfully submitted.
C. H. PECK,
Sup't of Public Buildings,
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484
TABLE
SHOWING THE LOCATION, SIZE AND VALUE OF THE SCHOOL-HOUSES AND SCHOOL-HOUSE LOTS, BELONGING TO THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
LOCATION.
Material.
Stories.
Size.
Rooms.
No. of School
Condition.
Value.
Estimated
Size of Lots
value per
Estimated
Amount.
and Lots.
of Houses
Total value
High,
Brick
3
130 x 87
14
Good,
$150,000
31.672
$1 50
$47,508
$ 197,508
Walnut St.,
3
50 x 70
6
66
30,000
9.487
1 50
14,210
44,210
Belmont St.,
2
90 x 92
10
32,600
31,440
25
7.860
39,860
Dix St.,
66
2
96 x 60
10
66
34,500
24,000
25
6.0' 0
40,500
Woodland St.,
2
96 x 60
10
28,000
40,000
25
10,000
38,000
Lamartine St.,
2
96 × 60
12
30,000
48,041
20
9,608
39,608
Washington St.,
2
2
96 x 60
11
.6
32,500
40,670
25
10,167
42.667
Thomas St.,
3
2
75 x 52
8
25,000
12.625
40
7,260
25,260
East Worcester,
3
62 x 50
6
18,000
18,150
50
4 030
9.030
Providence St.,
4
62 x 50
8
20,000
58,000
30
4,020
17,520
Ash St.,
2
75 x 32
9
Good,
23,000
29,184
17,200
1 25
21,500
34,500
Pleasant St., Salem St.,
2
62 × 50
4
13,500
12,555
40
5,022
18,522
Edgeworth St.,
2
62 x 50
5
17,000
5
1,538
18,538
New Worcester,
2
50 x 36
4
66
10,000
18,300
50
9,150
12,1 0
Summer St.,
Wood
2
51 x 48
Poor,
3,000
34,500
5
1,725
24,725
Quinsigamond,
66
2
41 x 30
2
66
6,000
13 200
15
1,980
7,980
Adriatic.
Wood
2
45 x 30
4
Fair,
3,600
25,000
10
2,500
6,100
Union Hill,
2
38 x 28
2
2,000
11.000
10
1,100
3,100
Northville,
Brick
1 2
43 x 32
2
5,000
11,500
300
5,300
Tatnuck,
1
28 x 22
1
Old,
500
4,988
100
600
Leesville,
1
25 x 30
300
5,050
75
375
Blithewood,
1
36 x 28
1
Good,
1,500
1 acre.
100
1,600
Bloomingdale,
Brick
1
40 x 32
1
Fair,
3,000
14,000
200
3,200
Adams Square,
1
40 x 32
1
Good, 66
2,800
22,360
300
3,100
Burncoat Plain,
1
31 x 28
1
2,500
21,500
200
2,700
North Pond,
Wood 66
1
38 x 22
1
1,200
12 acre.
100
1,300
Chamberlain,
174
584,500
6123 acres.
239.017
823,517
[Drawing Schools in this building. Ward 8 Ward- Room and rooms for Evening Hall in French Roof, also two school rooms and Ward 2 Ward-Room in Basement.
Hall in French Roof, also two school rooms. Hall in French Roof, also three school rooms.
Hall in French Roof, also two school rooms and Ward 4 Ward Room in Basement. 2 L's 52 x 21 each.
L 40 x 33 and 3 school rooms in French Roof.
South Worcester,
3
52 x 50
5
13,000
9,060
50
29,000
49,000
59 x 51
6
Fair,
13,500
13,400
10
2,918
25,918
Hall and school room in French Roof. One school room in Sovereigns of Industry [Building.
L 51 x 33 and hall in French Roof.
L 28 x 35.
66
2
Good, 66
6,000
34,875
500
6,500
Valley Falls,
Wood
2
75 x 32
6
Good,
23.000
30,760
14,900
20
2,980
12,980
75 x 56
10
..
20,000
25,000
75
18,750
38.750
1 00
12 625
37,625
Sycamore St.,
50 x 30
2
7,500
7,188
75
5.391
12,891
Ledge St.,
2
52 x 30
5,000
sq. feet.
foot.
REMARKS.
.
1
Fair,
1,600
20.300
300
1,900
1
40 x 32
66
66
3
4
Brick
Mason St.,
73 x 30
1
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
ENGINE AND HOSE HOUSES.
NAME.
LOCATION.
No feet in Lot.
REMARKS.
Gov. Lincoln No. 1,
Bigelow Court,
5,310
< Head-quarters of the Chief Engineer and assistants in this ¿ building.
S. E. Combs No. 2,
Cor. Beacon and Lagrange sts.,
8,000
School st.,
7,688
A. B. Lovell No. 3, Rapid No. 4,
Webster st.
City Hose No. 1,
School st.,
With Steamer 2. On B. & A. R. R. Land.
Ocean Hose No. 2,
Bloomingdale,
Eagle Hose No. 3,
Carlton st.,
1,270
Niagara Hose No. 4,
Exchange st.,
500
Yankee Hose No. 5,
Myrtle st.,
1,277
Ward 6 ward room in this building.
Tiger Hose No. 6, Protector Hose No. 7,
Lamartine st.,
47,096
Ward 5 ward room in this building.
Babcock Extinguisher,
John st.,
1,837
With Steamer 1.
Thomas st.
Pleasant st.,
On School-house lot.
OTHER BUIDINGS.
City Hall,
Cor. Front and Main sts.,
common
Armory, City Stable,
Salem st.,
Free Public Library,
Elm st.,
Boylston st.
Thomas st.,
10,525
School st.,
8,265
Wellington st.
Building formerly occupied by 5th Battery, Salem street.
Building occupied by Street Light Department, Salem street.
485
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
- S City Offices, Police Station and Police Court Room, Ward 7 ward room in this building. Ward 3 ward room in this building.
Waldo st.,
7,258 17,959 9,902
City Farm, Water Works Shop, City Shop, City Hospital,
Bigelow Court,
Hook and Ladder No. 1, Hook and Ladder No. 2, Bell Tower,
Pleasant st.,
6,106
ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER.
CHAPTER LXXVI.
ELECTION OF CITY ENGINEER.
1. Election of City Engineer. | 2. Repeal.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Com. mon Council of the City of Worcester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
Election of City Engineer.
SECTION 1. The City Council shall, in the month of January annually, in Convention and by Joint Ballot, elect a City Engineer.
Repeal.
SEC. 2. Section five of Chapter eight of the Ordinances of the City of Worcester is hereby repealed.
Passed Dec. 19, 1876.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM SIDEWALKS.
1. Parties who shall remove snow and | 3. Shall cause ice to be removed, or walk ice from sidewalk. made safe.
2. Time when the snow shall be re- moved.
4. Penalty. 5. Repeal.
Be it ordained, &c., as follows :
Parties who SECTION 1. The tenant, occupant, and in case
shall remove
snow and ice there shall be no tenant or occupant, the owner, from sidewalk. agent, or person having care of any building or lot
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of land bordering on any highway, street, lane, court, square, or public place within said city where there is any footway or sidewalk duly established, shall cause all the snow to be removed from such footway or sidewalk, so far as the same shall abut on said build- ing or lot of land.
SEC. 2. If the snow shall cease to fall in the day time before four o'clock in the afternoon, it shall be snow shall removed, as provided in section one, within four removed. hours from the time it shall cease to fall; if the same shall cease to fall after four o'clock in the afternoon, or during the night, it shall be removed, as aforesaid, before twelve o'clock noon next succeeding; and this section shall apply to snow which may have fallen from any building abutting on said sidewalk or foot- way.
SEC. 3. Whenever any sidewalk, or footway, or Shall cause ice any part thereof, mentioned in section one, abutting to be removed, or walk made on any building, or lot of land, shall be encumbered safe. with ice, the occupant, or the owners, agent or person having charge of such building or lot, shall cause such sidewalk or footway to be made safe and con- venient for travel, so far as it abuts upon said lot of land or building, by removing the ice therefrom, or by covering the same with sand or some other suita- ble substance.
SEC. 4. Whoever violates any of the provisions Penalty. of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay to the use of the city, for each violation thereof, a sum not exceed- ing twenty dollars.
SEC. 5. Sections 41 and 42 of chapter 47 of the Repeal. ordinances of the city, and all ordinances inconsist- ent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Passed Jan. 30, 1877.
Time when the
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
. RELATING TO FINANCE, AND ESTABLISHING SINKING FUNDS.
1. Renewal of bonds and debts at matu- [ 2. Repeal.
rity. 3. When to take effect.
Be it ordained, &c., as follows :
The ordinance relating to finance, and establishing sinking funds, passed December 20th, A. D. 1875, is hereby amended as follows :
Renewal of bonds and debts at maturity.
SECTION 1. Upon the maturity of the existing funded debts of the city, the same shall be renewed in securities of the city, payable on the first day of June, A. D. 1905, except so far as the same may have become a part of the sinking funds as hereinaf- ter provided, and except also so far as the same or any portion thereof may be paid at maturity.
Repeal.
SEC. 2. Section three of the ordinance relating to finance and establishing sinking funds, passed December 20th, A. D. 1875, is hereby repealed, and section one of this ordinance is hereby substituted therefor.
When to take effect.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed March 13, 1877.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
RELATING TO DOGS.
1. Authority of Board of Aldermen to 2. Penalty for allowing dogs to go at issue order for muzzling dogs. large without being muzzled after order.
Be it ordained, &c., as follows :
Authority of SECTION 1. Whenever in the opinion of the Mayor Board of Alder- men to issue or- and Aldermen the public safety requires, they may der for muzzling issue an order that for a specified time thereafter no dogs. dog owned or kept in the city shall go at large in any
489
ORDINANCES.
of the public streets of the city, unless said dog shall be securely muzzled.
SEC. 2. If the owner or keeper of any dog kept Penalty for al- in said city, after notice of said order and during the lowing dogs to go at large with- out being muz- zled after order. time specified therein, permits the same to go at large in any of the public streets of the city without being securely muzzled, said person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed March 27, 1877.
APPENDIX.
GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER, FOR 1877.
MAYOR. CHARLES B. PRATT.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1 .-* WILLIAM DICKINSON.
2 .- JOHN M. WILLIAMS.
66 3 .-* GEORGE P. KENDRICK.
4 .- SAMUEL D. HARDING.
66 5 .-* STEPHEN SAWYER.
66 6 .- MOWRY A. LAPHAM.
7 .-* WARREN MCFARLAND.
8 .- SUMNER PRATT.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ENOCH H. TOWNE.
Office, No. 2 City Hall; Residence, 23 Clinton Street. CITY MESSENGER. CHARLES MARVIN.
Office, No. 1 City Hall ; Residence, 1 Clinton Street.
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COMMON COUNCIL. .
President .- GEORGE E. BOYDEN. Clerk .- S. HAMILTON COE
Ward 1 .- George E. Boyden, Ward 5 .- John R. Thayer, William O'Connell, *Thomas Monahan. Ward 6 .- Loring Coes, Ellery B. Crane, *William H. Dexter, Benjamin Walker, *William S. Clark. Ward 2 .- Orrin H. Weston, *Samuel A. Porter, *Edwin H. Hill. Ward 3 .- Paul Henry, Ward 7 .- Wm. H. Heywood, Caleb Colvin, * Albert A. Lovell. John B. O'Leary, * Andrew Athy. Ward 4 .- John J. O'Gorman, Ward 8 .- Charles Belcher, *Philip Moore, *Joseph A. Titus, *Francis Plunkett. *Thomas M. Rogers.
PAGE TO COMMON COUNCIL .- Joseph T. Kessell.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1877.
On Finance .- The Mayor, Aldermen Harding and Williams ; the President of the Council, and Councilmen Porter, Rogers and Walker.
On Accounts .- Aldermen Dickinson and Sawyer; and Coun- cilmen Colvin, Moore and Coes.
On Claims .- The Mayor, Aldermen Pratt and Dickinson ; the President of the Council, and Councilmen Porter, Crane and Thayer.
On Water .- The Mayor, Aldermen Harding and Lapham ; the President of the Council, and Councilmen Dexter, O'Gorman and Heywood.
On Sewers .- The Mayor, Aldermen Sawyer and Williams ; the President of the Council, and Councilmen Coes, Walker and O'Connell.
On Fire Department .- Aldermen McFarland and Lapham ; Councilmen Titus, O'Connell and Porter.
*Aldermen and Councilmen marked * elected for two years.
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On Education .- The Mayor, Aldermen Williams and Dickin- son ; the President of the Council, and Councilmen Rogers, Plunkett and Hill.
On Printing .- Aldermen Harding and McFarland ; Council- men Clark, Weston and Monahan.
On Highways .- Aldermen Pratt and Kendrick ; Councilmen Heywood, Belcher and Henry.
On Sidewalks .- Aldermen Kendrick and Pratt; Councilmen Belcher, Henry and Heywood.
On Lighting Streets .- Aldermen Sawyer and Harding; Coun- cilmen Lovell, Athy and Colvin.
On Military Affairs .- Aldermen Williams and Kendrick ; Councilmen Monahan, Dexter and O'Leary.
On Charities .- Aldermen Dickinson and Williams; Council- men Weston, Clark and O'Leary.
On Free Public Market .- Aldermen Harding and McFarland; Councilmen Rogers, O'Gorman and Titus.
On Public Buildings .- Aldermen Harding and Lapham ; Councilmen Crane, Dexter and Moore.
On Mayor's Inaugural Address, and Unfinished Business .- Aldermen Lapham and Sawyer; Councilmen Athy, Plunkett and Rogers.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Health .-- The Mayor, and Aldermen Lapham and Ken- drick.
On Bills in Second Reading .- Aldermen Sawyer and Dickinson.
On Enrollment .- Aldermen Williams and Lapham.
On Elections and Returns .- Aldermen Sawyer and Williams.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
On Bills in Second Reading-Councilmen Thayer, Titus and Clark.
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On Enrollment .- Councilmen Crane, Moore and Monahan. On Elections and Returns .- Councilmen O'Leary, Coes and Titus.
CITY SOLICITOR. FRANCIS T. BLACKMER, Office, No. 7 Post Office Block, Pearl Street.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. WILLIAM S. BARTON, Office, No. 6 City Hall ; Residence, 23 High Street.
AUDITOR, HENRY GRIFFIN. Office, No. 7 City Hall.
ASSESSORS. Wm. L. Clark, 3 years ; Chairman and Secretary. Josiah P. Houghton, 2 years. R. James Tatman, 1 year.
Office, No. 12 City Hall.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
Ward 1 .- I. N. Metcalf,
Ward 5 .- Thos. K. Timony,
66 2 .- Sam'l E. Staples,
66 6 .- Henry J. Howland,
66 3 .- Robert Fleming, 66 7 .- Chas. E. Brooks,
4 .- P. C. Conlin, 8 .- Alexander Marsh.
CITY ENGINEER.
PERCY DANIELS. Office, No. 11 City Hall.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. CHARLES H. PECK. Office, No. 464 Main Street.
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS. DAVID F. PARKER. Office, No. 3 City Hall.
WATER COMMISSIONER.
FRANK E. HALL. Office, No. 5 City Hall.
WATER REGISTRAR.
J. STEWART BROWN. Office, No. 5 City Hall.
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY.
Albert Tolman, Chairman. Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Secretary. Albert Curtis, Superintendent.
William Bush, 5 years, Albert Curtis, 3 years, Albert Tolman, 4 years, Stephen Salisbury, Jr., 2 years, Henry Chapin, 1 year.
COMMISSIONERS OF SHADE TREES AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Edward Winslow Lincoln, Chairman and Secretary.
O. B. Hadwen, 3 years. Edward Winslow Lincoln, 2 years. Stephen Salisbury, Jr., 1 year.
COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
D. Waldo Lincoln, Chairman. Henry A. Marsh, Secretary. Wm. S. Barton, Treasurer.
Alexander H. Bullock, 3 years, D. Waldo Lincoln, 2 years. Henry A. Marsh, 1 year.
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APPENDIX.
DIRECTORS OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
T. L. Nelson, President. Nathaniel Paine, Secretary and Treas.
Wm. R. Huntington,
3 years. William Cross, 6 years. Geo. E. Francis,
Nathaniel Paine,
Charles H. Doe,
J. Evarts Greene,
Peter C. Bacon,
Edward H. Hall,
4 years.
T. E. St. John,
1 year.
Samuel S. Green, Librarian.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. CHARLES B. PRATT, ex-officio, President.
A. P. MARBLE, Superintendent and Secretary. Office, No. 464 Main Street.
Members whose term expires January, 1880. Thomas J. Hastings.
Sarah B. Earle.
William T. Harlow,
Anne B. Rogers. Jason Chapin.
Thomas J. Conaty.
Richard O'Flynn.
John Timon.
Alzirns Brown.
Joseph M. Bassett. Edwin T. Marble.
Charles B. Knight.
Rufus Woodward.
CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT.
HARTLEY WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
SAMUEL UTLEY,
Associate Justices.
GEORGE M. WOODWARD,
THEODORE S. JOHNSON, Clerk.
AMOS E. ALLEN, Assistant Clerk. TRUANT COMMISSIONERS. CHARLES B. PRATT, Mayor.
A. P. MARBLE, Superintendent of Schools.
W. ANSEL WASHBURN, City Marshal. HENRY E. FAYERWEATHER, MARTIN HOWARD, Truant Officers.
.
Members whose term expires January, 1879. Charles R. Johnson, Caleb B. Metcalf.
James P. Kelley.
Eugene Moriarty.
Francis Plunkett.
Jeremiah Murphy. Jas. J. McCafferty. Francis P. Goulding.
Franklin B. White.
Thomas E. St. John. E. B. Stoddard.
5 years.
John J. Power,
2 years.
T. L. Nelson,
Edward Earle,
Members whose term expires January, 1878.
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APPENDIX.
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MARSHAL.
W. ANSEL WASHBURN. Office, City Hall.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS.
E. D. MCFARLAND. Office, City Hall; Residence, Crystal Street.
JOSEPH M. DYSON. Office, City Hall; Residence, No. 5 Sudbury Street.
WATCHMEN AND DAY POLICE.
AMOS ATKINSON, Captain of Night Police. JOHN W. HADLEY, Captain of Day Police.
DETECTIVE.
EZRA CHURCHILL.
PATROLMEN.
Barker, Chas. W.
Johnson, Wm. H.
Barker, George V.
Keefe, Dennis,
Benchley, C. H.
Keyes, Warren C.
Bliss, Geo. S.
Lamb, Matthew B.
Bonn, Albert N.
Maloney, James M.
Colby, Reuben M.
March, Addison Martin, Austin
Diggins, Patrick
Matthews, David A.
Drohan, Walter N.
McNamara, Michael
Fairbanks Edson
Mecorney, Henry H.
Finneran, William
Mooney, Nicholas J.
Flint, Jos. H.
Oliver, Napoleon Piper, Wm. A. Ramsdell, C. A.
French, Cornelius
Ranger, Sumner W.
Gates, Jaalam, Goggin, David
Thomas, Quincy A.
Green Marshall S.
Tyler, Elliott
Hagan, P. S.
Walsh, Matthew J.
Harper, Louis
Willard, Geo. A.
Hubbard, Martin J.
Williams, Daniel
Johnson, Orrin A.
Woodard, James
Foster, Thomas R.
Garland, Charles A.
Sandner, Henry
Deady, Michael
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APPENDIX.
CONSTABLES. .
W. Ansel Washburn, Joseph M. Dyson,
Edward J. Russell,
Theodore H. Bartlett,
Charles Marvin,
Edwin D. McFarland,
Ezra Churchill,
Charles N. Hair,
Amos Atkinson,
John M. Meggett.
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY HOSPITAL.
F. H. Kelley, President. Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Secretary.
Sumner Pratt, Alderman. F. H. Kelley, 4 years.
Stephen Salisbury, Jr., 3 yrs.
Benjamin Walker, 2 Councilmen. Albert Curtis, 2 years. John R. Thayer. Joseph Sargent, 1 year.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CHARLES B. PRATT, Mayor, A. P. MARBLE, Sup't of Schools, W. ANSEL WASHBURN, City Marshal,
ex-officio, Members.
Charles B. Pratt, President. George W. Gale, Clerk.
Charles F. Rugg and Walter Henry, 3 years. Calvin L. Hartshorn and James Draper, 2 years. George W. Gale and George Geer, 1 year.
CITY PHYSICIAN. . WILLIAM H. WORKMAN. .
Office No. 1 Elm Street.
KEEPER OF ALMSHOUSE. BENJAMIN F. PARKHURST.
UNDERTAKERS.
George Sessions, George G. Hildreth, Waldo E. Sessions, Andrew Athy,
John Fay.
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS. Wm. A. Barrows, N. Worcester, Silas Penniman, Lincoln Sq., Samuel Houghton, Salem Square.
WEIGHIERS OF COAL.
W. H. Cole, at Jourdan's,
Win. G. Strong,
L S. Nichols, 66
Frank J. Dadmun, at Union St. A. W. Johnson, at Southbridge St. C. O. Graves,
F. W. Fairbanks,
Win. S. Jourdan, 66
A. O. Young, at Central St.
L. J. Childs, at City Coal Yard. E. W. Wellington, at Manchester St. E. A. Sumner, at Union St. Arthur E. Dennis,
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
S. Penniman, Lincoln Square, Samuel Houghton, Salem Square. Wm. A. Barrows, New Worcester, Edwin Chapin, South Worcester.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
Nahum R. Hapgood, Leander R. Hapgood.
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FENCE VIEWERS.
Charles W. Burbank, Ebenezer Cutler, Charles Ballard.
MILK INSPECTOR.
Russell R. Shepard, No. 3 Pleasant Street.
FIELD DRIVER. William L. Nichols.
POUND KEEPER .- Cornelius Marsh.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Russell R. Shepard, Office, No. 3 Pleasant Street.
WARD OFFICERS.
Ward 1 .- WARDEN, Samuel F. Babbitt. CLERK, George L. Sanford.
INSPECTORS, L. G. White, S. Harry Knox, H. N. Evans.
F. H. Knight,
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APPENDIX.
Ward 2 .-- WARDEN, Geo. E. Stearns. CLERK, Geo. W. Gale. INSPECTORS, William H. Rice, George A. Barnard, Forrest E. Barker.
Ward 3 .- WARDEN, Lyman Brown. CLERK, John P. Fay. INSPECTORS, William Loughlin, Paul Langlois, James Connors.
Ward 4 .- WARDEN, P. H. Carroll. CLERK, Thomas Mclaughlin.
INSPECTORS, William Myers, Patrick McCarty, Daniel J. Ward.
Ward 5 .- WARDEN, J. A. Kelley. CLERK, Geo. C. Reidy. INSPECTORS, Dennis F. Quinn, Timothy Conlon, A. C. Cadoret.
Ward 6 .- WARDEN, Charles L. Redding. CLERK, Augustus Coolidge.
INSPECTORS, Henry D. Barber, Jonathan C. French, John W. Hoppin.
Ward 7 .- WARDEN, Calvin L. Hartshorn. CLERK, Arthur E. Dennis.
INSPECTORS, John W. Hadley, John A. Rice, Daniel W. Knowlton.
Ward 8 .- WARDEN, Thomas Talbot. CLERK, Woodbury C. Smith.
INSPECTORS, W. A. Gile, H. H. Comings, R. J. Tatman.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS. Office, No. 80 Front Street.
SIMON E. COMBS, Chief. SAMUEL H. DAY, Clerk.
William Brophy, S Samuel H. Day, John W. Loring, S Assistant Engineers. Gilbert N. Rawson.
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS. 1877.
Mayor, .
$1,500
City Clerk,. 1,500
City Treasurer and Collector, 2,500
City Engineer, 1,400
City Solicitor,.
1,800
City Physician,
700
Auditor of Accounts, 1,400
City Messenger, .. 1,100
Commissioner of Highways, with team, 1,900
Water Commissioner, with team, 1,900
Water Registrar, .. 1,200
Superintendent of Public Buildings, 1,200
Clerk of the Common Council,
300
Clerk of the Overseers,.
1,350
One Assessor and Clerk of the Board,
1,300
Two Assessors-each, 1,300
Asst. Assessors-each,.
three dollars per diem.
Milk Inspector,. 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures,. 300 City Marshal, with team, 1,600
Asst. Marshals, with team-each, 1,200
Captain of Day Police,.
$2.50 per day.
Captain of Night Police,
$2.50 per night.
Detective,
$2.50 per day.
Patrolmen,. $2.25 per day or night.
Chief Engineer, 1,200
1st Asst. Engineer and Electrician, 800
Assistant Engineers-each,. 200
Foremen of Companies-each,. 125
Asst. Foremen of Companies-each, 115
Engineers of Steamers-each,. 200
Asst. Engineers of Steamers,. 200
Hosemen and Members of Hook and Ladder Companies-each 100
TABLES
SHOWING THE
POPULATION, VALUATION, TAXES,
APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER STATISTICS
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER, MASS.
FROM 1850 TO 1876.
PREPARED BY THE AUDITOR.
JOR
TER
172
+
WORCESTER: PRINTED BY CHAS. HAMILTON, CENTRAL EXCHANGE. 1876.
TABLES.
Year.
Population.
Valuation.
Per Capita.
Тахев, Municipal and Overlayings.
Taxes, County.
1850
17,049
$11,082,501.00
$650.04
$78,915.02
$4,730.77
1851
18,096
11,925,055.00
658.99
78,315,29
9,450.29
1852
19,143
12,576,365.00
656.97
79,968.39
9.450.29
1853
20,190
14,981,800.00
742.04
98,964.91
9.450.29
1854
21,237
17,077,800.00
804.15
138,022.52
11,340.35
1855
22,284
18,058,950.00
810.40
116,889.80
11,340.35
1856
22,821
18,916,000.00
828.89
130,808.36
14,175.44
1857
23,359
18,473,200.00
790.84
125,177.08
17,010.52
1858
23,897
16,386,150.00
685.70
100,986.05
16,065.50
1859
24,435
16,816,430.00
688.21
103,779.49
17,010.52
1860
24,973
16,406,900.00
656.99
119,067.68
17,010.52
1861
25,990
16,230,600.00
624.49
109,909.82
23,329.48
1862
27,007
16,131,100.00
597.29
149,163.81
21,601.39
1863
28,024
16,698,750.00
595.87
147,057.75
19,441.25
1864
29,041
16,382,800.00
564.13
160,317.96
19,454.44
1865
30,058
18,937,900.00
630.05
222,047.51
19,577.79
1866
32,267
22,599,050.00
700.38
297,665.44
18,426.16
1867
34,477
23,936,900.00
694.29
315,401.59
18,426.16
1868
36,687
26,220,200.00
714.70
297.069.05
17,274.52
1869
38,896
31,251,350.00
803.46
395,845.75
23,032.69
1870
41,105
34,018,450.00
827.60
534.508.80
27,639.23
1871
42,737
38,141,250.00
892.46
608,219.52
27,639.23
1872
44,369
42,242,550.00
952.07
676,574.00
33,536.37
1873
46,001
47,294,834.00
1,028.13
749,766.15
41,920.46
1874
47,633
49,185,544.00
1.032.59
751,177.38
50,304.56
1875
49,265
49,299,781.00
1,000.70
751,461.90
41.920.46
1876
*50,000
48,219,397.00
964.39
654,672.93
34,570.15
* Estimate.
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TABLES-Continued.
Year.
Taxes, State.
Taxes, Total.
Per Capita.
Appropriations Raised by Tax.
Rate per cent. on $1,000.
Total Number of Polls.
1850
$83.645.79
$4.91
$78,375.00
$6.90
4,783
1851
87,765.58
4.85
74,500.00
6.75
4,844
1852
89,418.68
4.67
89,418.68
6.50
5,118
1853
$5,604.00
114,019.20
5.65
95,500.00
7.00
5,510
1854
5,604.00
154,966.87
7.30
131,600.00
8.50
5,906
1855
8,406.00
136,636.15
6.13
110,500.00
7.00
5,842
1856
11,208.00
156,191.80
6.84
125,810.00
7.70
5,852
1857
16,812.00
158.999.60
6.81
121,000.00
8.00
5,604
1858
6,725.00
123,776.55
5.18
98,950.00
7.00
5,360
1859
5,601.00
126,391.01
5.17
100,000.00
7.00
5,784
1860
4,667.68
140,745.88
5.63
116,500.00
8.00
6,327
1861
5,973.00
139,212.30
5.36
108,000.00
8.00
6,245
1862
35,838.00
206,603.20
7.65
143,250.00
12.00
6,513
1863
47,784.00
214,283.00
7.65
140,370.00
12.00
6,949
1864
47,784.00.
227,556.40
7.84
156,500.00
13.00
7,290
1865
96,021.00
337,646.30
11.23
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