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CANVASS.
A careful canvass of the water-takers of the city has been taken by the meter readers, and as a result we find a wonderful growth of the city, as also of the Water Department. No can- vass has been taken previous to this since 1884, and for compari- son I give the figures of the last canvass together with the one completed this year :--
1887
1884.
Number of dwellings,
7,232
5,264
66 families,
15,520
11,570
persons,
69,857
51,298
That this rapid increase is not confined to the last four years will be seen by a comparison of the last ten years.
Meters in use in 1877, 2,423; in 1887, 6,854. Number of metered water bills rendered to the Treasurer in 1877 was 4,428 ; in 1887, 12,942.
During the past year new location books have been opened and all the locations have been transferred from the old to the new books. This has been attended with some extra expense, as it has been found necessary to employ an additional clerk a
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portion of the time. The money has been well expended, as the old books had become completely worn out, having been in con- stant use since the Department has been in existence.
CONSUMPTION VS. WASTE.
The quantity of water needed for daily use in the city, and that actually consumed are problems difficult to solve. That large water bills are caused by leakage and waste are facts which we know to exist. Meters serve to check the waste of water, but to assume that they stop all waste would be foolish. Meter or no meter, water will be wasted as long as there is any to be used.
PREVENTION OF WASTE.
To prevent waste and unusually large water bills, I take the liberty to suggest to the water-takers the following advice : Keep your faucets well packed ; if you have a tank, examine it fre- quently to know if the float is in good condition. If your tenant persists in allowing water to run to waste by allowing a faucet to remain open, attach self-closing faucets to all your fixtures; if your pipes are so arranged as to freeze in cold weather, alter the condition of things, or allow the water to run and pay for it without expecting the city to make an abatement.
REMARKS.
The new ordinance whereby owners of property are compelled to procure a permit from the Water office before making any additions to fixtures, went into effect immediately after its adop- tion by the City Council and proves to be of much benefit to the department.
Six hundred and fifty notices have been sent during the year to water-takers, calling their attention to excessive use or waste of water. Meter readers are instructed to take note of all places where water appears to be wasted and report the fact in each case to this office. The policy of your Registrar is to notify parties
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in all cases where the increase is such as to call his attention or that of the meter reader to the increase. Where the increase is gradual and continues through the entire six months, it is im- possible to notice it, as it would necessitate the comparison of all readings with the reading of the corresponding months of the year previous. If water-takers will exercise a little care and see that their fixtures are all in good order, and tenants cautioned not to allow waste, they will seldom have cause to visit the Water office with complaints of large bills.
Respectfully submitted. GEO. E. BATCHELDER,
Water Registrar.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
TO THE
COMMITTEE ON WATER.
CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, Worcester, Dec., 19th, 1887. 5
To the Joint Standing Committee on Water:
In compliance with provisions of Section 2, Chapter 17, of the City Ordinances the following report is submitted.
The dams at the Lynde Brook and Holden reservoirs have been carefully examined at various times during the year and found to be in excellent condition. I am of the opinion that the waste- way at the Holden dam should be extended, at a flat grade, for a distance of about 40 feet from its present terminus, as great difficulty is experienced in keeping the channel below the dam in good condition, owing to the force of the water as it is discharged from the wasteway. This can be done at comparatively small expense and will greatly improve the condition of things. I would also suggest that the work of clearing the trees and brush from the sides of the reservoir, and inside of the ten-rod line, be continued as rapidly as possible, as it is important to keep the storage basin as free as posible from leaves and other vegetable matter, that if deposited, will decay and have a tendency to contaminate the water.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. ALLEN,
City Engineer.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Worcester.
The undersigned herewith submits the Annual Report of the Expenditures and Earnings of the Highway Department for the year ending November 30, 1887; also a schedule of the property in charge of the same at that date, together with some of the more important work on various streets.
The City Council passed an order for widening the roadway at the northeasterly end of Main street, from the estate of S. M. Richardson to a point near Sudbury street. On the westerly side the sidewalk has been made narrower, curbstones reset, walks re- laid and trees removed. After commencing the work, some of our citizens, feeling aggrieved at the loss of the old trees, served an injunction on your Commissioner, which caused delays and some criticism. A hearing on the matter was held before the Honorable Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and the order was confirmed. The expense was $942.88; and owing to the delay in laying the " high service" water pipe the street could not be repaved until next season.
The heavy rains of July and August did much damage to the streets in the northwest part of the city ; Pleasant street in par- ticular was so badly washed that it had to be closed for a short time ; and the other streets that were damaged were Bailey, Win- ter Hill, and the roads at North Worcester. The streets that have had the largest outlay for repairs, all with gravel, are Belmont, Highland, Grafton, Park avenue, Lincoln, Millbury, Shrewsbury, Grove and Millbury avenue. The streets that have
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required the largest outlay for repairs with macadam, are Pres- cott, Summer, Pleasant and Green. The streets that have been either wholly or partially macadamized are Lamartine, Millbury and Southbridge. The bridges that have been repaired are Prescott-street bridge at an expense of $31.25; Oread foot- bridge (for painting), $62.58 ; Mill-street bridge, $48 ; Jamesville bridge, over B. & A. R. R., $262.35; Webster-street bridge, $23.67; Foster-street bridge, $34.15; and June-street bridge, $121.10.
As to the Franklin street bridge: By an order passed by the City Council May 2d, 1887, the Joint Standing Committee on Highways and Sidewalks was directed to proceed to construct the Franklin street bridge in accordance with the decree of the County Commissioners and the agreement with the several rail- road companies interested therein. By vote of the Committee on Highways and Sidewalks, your Commissioner was ordered to commence work as soon as the railroad officials would sign the agreement, which they did not do until the 3d of September, far too late in the season for work of this character. The work has been pushed, and, the season being favorable, the contractors, Webb & Batchelder, will finish the stone work, with good weather, in about twenty days. The grading cannot be finished until the bridges are put on by the railroad companies. The expense up to the 1st of December was $14,521.11.
Hermon street has been improved by moving the abutments of the railroad bridge back to the line of the street, and by a change in the grade, allowing more head room under the bridge, and by paving the same from the westerly side of the bridge to South- bridge street with "block " paving. The work was done jointly by the city and railroad company, the city moving one abutment " at an expense of $1,325.85, besides the work done by the High- way Department, amounting to $1,360.90.
We have set 13,680 feet of curbstone in the last year, and used 460 M. of brick in constructing sidewalks. This increase of sidewalks every year necessarily involves a larger expenditure for snow and ice. The streets, on the whole, are in good repair.
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BLOCK PAVING.
The order for paving Madison street with block paving, be- tween the easterly track of the Norwich and Worcester Rail- road and Southbridge street ; also to pave Southbridge street with block paving, between Madison street and the Boston and Albany Railroad bridge, and to pave with block paving that por- tion of Bloomingdale road lying in front of the Boston and Albany freight-house. The expense for labor and material is as follows : --
MADISON STREET.
253 1% square yards new blocks,
$456 84
25.5
old 66
5 10
72.5 feet new curbstone,
29 00
Grading, gravel, &c.,
100 90
$591 84
SOUTHBRIDGE STREET.
4668.5 square yards new blocks,
$8,403 28
441.4 66 old
73 66
267.6 feet flagstone, new,
133 80
108.6
relaid,
10 86
1286.6 66
curbstone, new,
513 84
38.7
reset,
3 87
16.6
" circle curbstone, new,
9 13
60
square yards cobble paving, new,
12 00
47.7
gutter, 66.
21 46
12.3
66 relaid,
2 46
1
long corner, new,
4 00
4
66
reset,
1 00
Labor, grading,
1,360 92
Gravel, sand, &c.,
108 25
Engineering,
32 37
$10,690 90
BLOOMINGDALE ROAD.
1935.6 square yards block paving, new,
$3,484 08
4.8 66 relaid,
96
Labor, grading, gravel and sand,
440 83
$3,925 87
Total for block paving,
$15,208 61
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CURBSTONE, GUTTER PAVING AND CROSSWALKS.
Amount of new curbstone set,
12,122.6 lineal feet.
circle curbstone set,
17.5
66 curbstone reset,
1,540
66
Total number of lineal feet set,
13,680.1
Amount of new gutter paving,
5,374.5 square yards.
gutter paving relaid,
850.7
new crosswalk paving,
442.1
crosswalk paving relaid,
116.9
new cobble paving,
245.9
66
block
103.1
66
old 66
106.8
66
brick paving relaid,
206.1
66
66
Total amount of paving laid, 7,446.1
Amount of new flagstone,
1,839.7 lineal feet,
66 flagstone relaid,
423.8
66
Total amount of flagstone laid,
2,363.5
Number of new street corners,
39
street corners reset,
6
Total number of corners set, 45
The location and cost of the above work is as follows :-
ASSONET STREET.
Both sides, from Plymouth street to Gold street court. Expense, $1,179 23
BLOOMINGDALE ROAD.
South side, from the easterly terminus of the curbstone as now set, to the curbstone as set in front of the estate of Graton & Knight. Expense,
$451 57
BELMONT STREET.
South side, from Elizabeth street to Eastern avenue. Expense, $461 03
BELLEVUE STREET.
East side, from Austin street to Pleasant street. Expense,
$540 08
CEDAR STREET.
South side, from Fruit street to North Merrick street. Expense, $461 11
CLINTON STREET.
West side, from Chatham street northerly 90 feet, and on the south parallel with Chatham street 90 feet. Expense, $150 07
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
163
EAST CENTRAL STREET. North side, from Eastern avenue to the east line of the estate of Rev. Denis Scannell. Expense,
$677 70
HANOVER STREET.
West side, from Glen street to Belmont street. Expense, $436 48
HAWLEY STREET.
East side, from Pleasant street to Austin street. Expense, $717 50
JAQUES AVENUE.
Both sides, from Piedmont street to Queen street. Expense, $300 97
LINCOLN STREET.
East side, from Green lane to Washington avenue. Expense, $796 64
MAIN STREET.
Southerly side, from Gardner street easterly 60 feet. Expense, $12 81
NORWOOD STREET.
Northerly side, from Main street 200 feet westerly from Main street, and on the southerly side from a point 200 feet west of Main street to Woodland street. Expense, $499 28
PENN AVENUE.
West side, from Grafton street to Harrison street. Expense, $616 23
PRESCOTT STREET.
West side, from Lincoln square to Lexington street. Expense, $1,022 04
PLEASANT STREET.
North side, from Merrick street to Hudson street. Expense, $1,077 79
SOUTH RUSSELL STREET.
West side, from Larch street to Austin street. Expense,
$293 15
SILVER STREET.
Northwest side, from May street to Claremont street. Expense, $408 99
WOODLAND STREET.
West side, from May street to Oberlin street. Expense, $608 87
WINDSOR STREET.
East side, in front of the estate of F. W. Wellington. Expense, $192 53
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Total expense for curbstone and gutters, $10,904 07
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CROSSWALKS.
Main street,
Expense,
$248 55
Mechanic street,
164 70
Westminster street,
40 28
Lamartine street,
108 72
Sargent street,
7 55
Belmont street,
31 30
Lincoln street,
37 23
Prescott street,
46 30
Woodland street,
4 20
Norwood street,
32 62
Park street,
8 33
Penn avenue,
29 09
School street,
66
102 92
Fruit street,
2 40
Cedar street,
31 59
Elm street,
30 50
Queen street,
46 75
Pleasant street,
79 34
Austin street,
33 10
Park avenue,
126 32
Hawley street,
66
30 46
Ripley street, '
50 70
Millbury street,
200 63
South Russell street,
66
20 16
North Merrick street,
66
128 55
Clinton street,
27 04
Chestnut street,
66
13 50
Russell street,
62 75
Main street,
92 65
Wellington street,
66
131 06
Millbury street,
132 20
Pleasant street,
30 10
Wellington street,
72 46
Jackson street,
21 70
Total for crosswalks,
$2,323 63
Patching sundry brick walks,
$160 40
Relaying gutters, resetting curb and flagstones,
422 14
Sand and gravel,
28 50
Repairs on tools,
200 00
Engineering,
291 62
$1,102 66
Total expense to the City for curbstones, gutters and crosswalks,
$14,330 36
60
97 88
Pleasant street,
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MAINTENANCE.
Repairing streets, roads, bridges, cleaning streets, macadam- izing, &c.
Repairs at crusher and stables,
$245 48
Repairs on bridges,
583 10
Street cleaning,
7,188 83
Snow and ice,
7,512 51
Incidental labor,
769 30
$16,299 22
MACADAM.
The expense of macadamizing the whole or a portion of the following-named streets, is as follows : -
Summer
street,
$1,135 22
Prescott
street,
116 22
Millbury
2,224 30
Green
186 25
Lamartine
66
1,200 59
Sundry streets,
127 71
Southbridge
931 51
Pleasant
398 01
Total for macadamizing, $6,319 81
REPAIRS ON STREETS AND ROADS.
Austin
street,
$114 05
Bigelow
street,
27 22
Ararat
19 95
Bowdoin
66
78 95
Agricultural
207 61
Barclay
49 64
Asylum
12 65
Byron
32 50
Assonet
10 35
Barber
9 96
Ascension
78 20
Boynton
66
29 35
Ashland
3 10
Blossom
66
20 40
Ætna
66
24 20
Chandler
241 29
Arlington
20 40
Catharine
66
30 40
Belmont
1,011 35
Crescent
62 85
Brooks
36 40
Cambridge
297 46
Bloomingdale
339 65
Canterbury
32 35
Boylston
16 35
Coral
66
14 20
Bailey
30 82
Chester
33 00
Burncoat
344 00
College
92 65
Bradley
66
51 95
Claremont
6 20
Blithewood
66
18 20
Chatham
66
31 30
Beacon
66
38 45
Clarkson
9 25
Bridge
49 95
Church
66
35 55
Beaver
20 40
Crystal
24 15
Barrett
road,
97 05
Cliff
66
54 80
Ballard
street,
344 10
Cypress
10 60
Bellevue
66
10 25
Charlton
25 10
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Central
street,
56 10
Heard
street,
53 20
Chestnut
66
41 20
Harvard
place,
11 76
Clover
24 70
Hemans
street,
11 37
Court hill,
15 86
Hayward
36 40
Cutler
street,
21 30
Harrington
avenue,
31 47
Clinton
10 00
Irving
street,
84 30
Columbia
66
28 95
Ingalls
31 05
Castle
14 70
Jaques
avenue,
35 00
Clifton
66
34 84
James
street,
55 30
Cherry
66
17 90
Jackson
66
23 36
Dewey
66
17 20
John
66
70 82
Dryden
11 37
Kingsbury
66
19 16
Eastern
avenue,
73 82
Kendall
6 6
20 45
East Central
street,
96 91
Kilby
66
8 75
Elm
143 61
King
66
12 40
Edgeworth
57 52
Lincoln
66
980 45
Ellsworth
37 20
Lodi
66
7 90
Foster
353 35
Leicester
137 75
Fowler
188 50
Lagrange
66
5 05
Fox
66
31 20
Ludlow
103 80
Fremont
66
28 40
Ledge
66
10 01
Flagg
74 65
Linden
66
21 45
Forest
36 40
Lovell
66
18 75
Fruit
60
91 20
Millbury
434 04
Gardner
66
13 29
Main
66
154 38
Grafton
29
Main
" widening, 942 88
Grove
296 14
May
66
61 91
Green
lane,
8 25
Mower
66
11 37
Gage
street,
4 80
Malden
66
21 65
Garden
19 80
Millbrook
68 65
Greenwood
86 55
Milton
60 08
Gold
66
15 01
Myrtle
66
12 52
George
10 00
Mason
66
30 95
Gates
lane,
29 49
Mill
26 75
Grand
street,
12 55
Millbury
avenue,
597 61
Hollywood
66
9 96
Mendon
street,
21 30
Highland
66
1,196 90
Mulberry
66
8 10
Houghton
11 78
Moreland
187 05
Hammond
66
19 31
Melrose
66
3 91
Hamilton
72 00
Madison
66
2 26
Harrison
66
14 75
Mott
25
Harvard
66
[ 13
North
47 25
Hope
avenue,
115 75
Nixon
6 94
Hollis
street,
17 30
Norfolk
66
9 90
Hanover
66
4 20
Norwich
41 85
High
66
7 25
Normal
66
3 05
193 15
Granite
173 40
Mountain
9 20
Downing
27 90
Jefferson
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
167
Nelson
27 35
State
street,
43 00
Norwood
place, street,
4 40
Sigourney
14 56
Orient
21 96
Shepard
18 91
Oread
66
30 70
Sundry
streets,
3,040 73
Oxford
15 95
Taft
street,
19 88
Orange
23 96
Townsend
66
20 40
Old Boylston
17 70
Union
avenue,
54 25
Oread
place,
15 20
Union
street,
9 25
Pleasant
street,
819 16
Upland
18 75
Providence
66
123 90
Vernon
66
58 77
Piedmont
165 81
Vine
66
19 69
Penn
avenue,
3 07
Water
19 95
Plantation
street,'
338 10
Wall
66
10 70
Park
avenue,
1,088 37
Woodland
66
31 10
Pond
street,
48 11
West Boylston
66
69 25
Pearl
66
32 75
Washburn
66
17 90
Perry
78 96
Winter
69 22
Pattison
66
28 82
William
14 00
Parker
avenue,
8 55
Washington
66
5 70
Parker
street,
9 96
Ward
66
16 50
Queen
66
16 80
Winthrop
13 50
Rice
court,
48 45
Webster
66
10 28
Richards
street,
44 60
West
77 15
Shrewsbury
66
54 80
Wachusett
26 85
Southbridge
148 02
Washington
square,
25 95
Stafford
66
139 50
Washington
street,
30 45
Sever
14 45
Whittier
23 20
Stebbins
66
37 25
Windsor
61 55
Salisbury
306 85
Spring
66
26 33
Total, for repairing streets
and roads,
$21,660 94
Sycamore
12 60
South Irving
26 80
Total for maintenance,
$44,279 97
EXPENDITURES.
Salary of Commissioner, Labor, as per pay-roll,
$2,090 56
50,731 59
" hired teams,
12,604 68
66 sundry persons,
117 78
13,98722 lineal feet curbstone,
3,780 66
2,719 22 lineal feet flagstone,
1,087 76
2,7582888 tons crushing stone,
1,103 52
Wall stone and gravel,
900 47
Cobble stones,
662 24
64 street corners,
128 00
418 44
Whipple
66
103 05
Suffolk
Summit
66
9 55
Hay and grain,
3,846 49
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420,000 paving bricks,
3,669 19
7,22818% square yards paving blocks,
11,566 08
Paving,
6,044 86
Tools and repairs,
2,289 55
Shoeing,
575 30
Lumber,
937 56
Rolling stock,
108 75
Live stock,
926 50
Engineering,
1,144 40
Drain pipe, cement, powder, &c.,
61 63
Advertising, writing, printing, &c.,
564 94
Insurance on stock,
75 00
Fuel, lights, medicines and attendance at stables,
219 81
Maintaining water troughs,
33 00
Coal used at crusher,
100 78
New England Telephone Co., use of bell,
11 50
Photograph materials for engineering department,
97 43
Refreshments for men,
7 00
Traveling expenses, telegraphing, &c.,
46 35
Damages to persons and property,
483 60
Total expenditures,
$106,016 98
APPROPRIATION AND EARNINGS.
Highways, Sidewalks and Paving. Appropriation,
$80,000 00
STREET CONSTRUCTION.
Sundry streets,
$265 27
Green lane,
462 49
Hollywood street,
150 15
Holden road,
452 65
Hermon street and bridge,
1,360 90
Jo Bill road,
2,150 57
Leicester street,
469 76
Maywood street,
574 13
Norwood street,
390 19
Silver street,
51 22
Southbridge street,
50 00
Union street bridge,
65
Abbott street,
162 15
King street,
133 70
Bigelow street,
154 85
Lodi street,
464 73
Norfolk street,
435 80
Franklin street bridge,
4,982 28
Total for street construction,
$12,720 49
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169
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL FURNISHED.
City Hall,
$73 99
School Department,
315 69
Police,
8 64
Water,
12 20
City Hospital addition,
500 80
Hope Cemetery Commission,
226 27
Sundry persons,
5,183 71
$6,321 30
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
There have been laid 153 brick and concrete walks and drive-ways for private parties on the following named streets :-
Assonet Street,
760 17
Belmont street,
365 23
Bellevue street,
543 08
Bloomingdale street,
1,112 93
Cedar street (two orders),
605 01
East Central street,
434 30
Hawley street,
491 16
Hanover street,
357 61
Jaques avenue,
329 85
Kendall street,
46 43
Lincoln street,
798 60
Main street,
72 85
Norwood street,
140 51
Pleasant street,
989 03
Prescott street,
769 12
Park and Green streets,
149 60
Penn avenue,
651 34
South Russell street,
291 29
Silver street,
374 67
Woodland street,
602 79
Walnut street,
37 05
Total for sidewalk assessments,
$9,922 62
Total appropriation and earnings,
$108,964 41
COLLECTIONS 1887.
Sidewalk assessments, Street construction, Sundry bills,
$8,630 96
12,720 49
5,447 94
$26,799 39
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SCHEDULE
Of real and personal property in charge of the Highway Depart- ment Nov. 30, 1887 :-
REAL ESTATE.
50,331 feet of land on Salem street,
$16,609 25
Stables, sheds, and stone crushing building,
10,050 00
Land and gravel pit, 335 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Stone crusher, engine, boiler and scales,
$2,520 00
Tools,
2,161 45
Rolling stock,
2,295 00
Live stock,
5,925 00
Harnesses, blankets, &c.,
1,016 00
Hay and grain,
1,609 75
Bricks, stone, sand, &c.,
1,985 50
Lumber,
746 50
Manure,
200 00
Total for real and personal property, $45,453 45
Respectfully submitted,
L. B. STONE, Commissioner of Highways.
WORCESTER, January 2, 1888.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Gentlemen of the City Council : .
In compliance with the City Ordinance the Board of Over- seers of the Poor present their annual report.
"The duties and responsibilities of Overseers of the Poor are sometimes simple, often complicated, but always imperative. One applicant may be reasonable in requests for aid, while another will urge his demands regardless of reason or justice.
In some cases, after much perplexity, little satisfaction is gained in either giving or receiving; our aim in all cases is to give reason- able and needful aid without encouraging a spirit of pauperism. The necessities of the unfortunate and needy or the criticisms of generous minded persons in their behalf, cannot be fully met under the present statutes, governing the actions of the Over- seers of the Poor."
CITY RELIEF DEPARTMENT.
At the commencement of the year, after mature deliberation on the part of this Board, an appropriation for the city relief was asked for, which was thought to be necessary, and as small as it would be safe to last through the year and satisfy the urgent calls of liberal minded citizens.
But other counsels prevailed and the sum was reduced so low as to cause some distrust of our ability to make it suffice, but a de- termination was made that under no circumstances would we
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exceed the appropriation, consequently the most rigid economy has been the rule, in some cases causing sharp criticism from those unacquainted with the cause. The result is shown in our footings. The same rule was adopted in our disbursements on account of those persons settled elsewhere and on the State, and our unceasing endeavors to recover therefrom the amount ex- pended on their account has been successful to a large extent as is shown by the sum of unexpended balance.
The tables annexed will show the amount, kind and detail of the work accomplished during the year and are recommended to your careful consideration.
The total number of families having applied for and received aid during the year is seven hundred and twelve, comprising ten hundred and sixty-two males and ten hundred and thirty-nine females, or tweny-one hundred and one persons.
Of the above, five hundred and nineteen families, consisting of seven hundred and forty-five males and seven hundred and sixty-one females, or fifteen hundred and six persons, have legal pauper settlements in this city or elsewhere, and one hundred and ninety-three families, consisting of three hundred and seven- teen males and two hundred and seventy-eight females, or five hundred and ninety-five, were State paupers, or had no known place of settlement.
The whole number having a legal pauper settlement who have received full support for the whole or a part of the year is two hundred and fifteen, or one hundred and nineteen males and ninety-six females.
The number provided for at the several insane hospitals during the year has been twenty, ten males and ten females.
Sixty-two State paupers have been sent to the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, after having been aided here to a greater or less extent.
Eighty-seven families, consisting of one hundred and fifty-two males and one hundred and seventy-three females, or three hundred and twenty five persons, having a legal settlement in other cities and towns, but living here, have been aided here during the year" in accordance with the wishes or instructions of the Overseers of the Poor of the several places where they have their settlement.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In providing for the cases above mentioned by the Department for temporary aid, at the office of the Clerk of the Board, there have been drawn eighteen hundred and sixty-six orders for the following named articles :-
For Fuel,
$1,314 25
Groceries,
2,070 54
Clothing,
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