Town of Newton annual report 1888, Part 14

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 758


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Timothy Stuart, Wards 1 and 7, 4 carts, 10 04 miles.


Central Stables, Ward 2,


2 carts, 6 55 miles.


Wm. H. Mague,


Wards 3 and 4,


4 carts, 10 30 miles.


John P. Keating, Ward 5,


1 cart,


2 61 miles.


Thos. R. Frost, Ward 6,


3 carts,


8 61 miles.


Total


14 carts, 38 11 miles.


The appropriation was expended as follows :-


Amount appropriated by order of the


City Council for the year 1888, . $6,000 00


Amount received from abutters . . 3,125 16


Amount transferred from appropri-


ation for miscellaneous expenses .


550 00


Total appropriation $9,675 16


Paid Water Department, for use of


water . $2,000 00


Timothy Stuart, watering wards 1 and 7 . . 2,120 00


Wm. H. Mague, watering wards 3 and 4 . . 2,085 00 Thos. R. Frost, watering ward 6 . .. 1,481 52


Central stables, watering ward


2. . 1,080 00 J. P. and J. M. Keating, water- ing ward 5 539 00


Newton Cemetery, watering Walnut street 24 00


Solicitors and printing 92 74


Total


$9,422 26


Balance unexpended


$252 90


WATER DEPARTMENT.


The City Engineer as Engineer of the Water Board has had submitted to him the question of high service. The in- vestigation of the question required that levels should be run over all the streets at Oak Hill and the elevation of the highest hills obtained. Several schemes were designed and estimated upon and the plans submitted to the Water Board, and are now under consideration by them.


The engines at the pumping station have been covered with magneso calcite, put on by Childs & Nightingale, under the supervision of the City Engineer.


. The samples of water for the State Board of Health have been taken regularly once a month and sometimes oftener. Samples were taken from the Charles River, the filtering basin, and the reservoir.


Surveys have been made, levels taken, and lines and grades for the laying of water mains have been established, on fifty-one streets, covering a total length of three and eight-tenths. There have been located two hundred and fifty-five services and extensions laid during the year. Plans and diagrams have been made of all special work of this department.


The regular meetings of the Water Board have been at- tended, and such subjects investigated, or work superintended, as specially directed by the Water Board, Registrar or Super- intendent.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


As the Board of Health contemplated placing all the agen- cies of their Board under one man, the City Engineer was not re-appointed as Agent of the Board of Health for the inspect- ion of plumbing, but continued to act under the appointment of the previous year.


May 1, Mr. W. S. French, an assistant engineer from this department, was appointed as Agent of the Board of Health, performing the duties previously assigned to the City Engineer, Agent Mosman, and the Clerk of the Board.


Previous to the appointment of Mr. French, the inspection of plumbing was continued as in previous years. Continual patient work among plumbers and owners has resulted in a more thorough understanding of the meaning of the rules and their necessity. Each year the general public is coming to know more of the necessity of complying with sanitary laws, not only for their personal benefit but for the public welfare. So long as the work remained in this department I am pleased to say that the plumbers showed a desire to co-operate with the Board.


Since the appointment of Mr. French the services of the City Engineer have been retained for the purposes of consul- tation.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


I would respectfully tender my acknowledgement to His Honor the Mayor, the Water Board, the Board of Health, and the various committees of the City Council, for the support which they have given.


I wish also to acknowledge the courtesies shown by the various heads of departments, and the co-operation of the assistants of this department.


Respectfully submitted.


ALBERT F. NOYES, City Engineer.


ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.


ORDINANCE IX.


City Engineer.


Office estab- lished.


SECTION 1- The office of the City Engineer is hereby established.


Duties.


Charge of Plans.


Make plans, surveys, etc.


SECT. 2. He shall have charge of all the plans of the streets, drains, sewers, water-works, and lands of the city ; and shall classify them, and put them in convenient form for reference and use. He shall make all plans, surveys, measurements, and levels pertaining to the streets, drains, sewers, lands, water-works, etc., and perform such other duties properly belonging to his office as may be required of him by the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, or any committee of the City Council. Drains and sewers shall be constructed and repaired under his supervision and direction.


Orders, etc.


SECT. 3. He shall prepare all orders, resolves, and other papers relating to street widenings, exten- sions, and alterations, which the Joint Standing Committee on Highways may require, and shall furnish the City Solicitor with descriptions of lands at his request.


Accounts.


SECT. 4. He shall keep a set of books showing all the debits and credits to every estate, the whole or a portion of which may be taken to lay out,


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widen, or extend a street, or which may be assessed under any betterment law ; and all bills for assess- ments made under any betterment law shall be made out by him, and deposited with the City Treasurer for collection.


SECT. 5. He shall annually, in the month of Reports. January, present to the City Council a report for the year ending on the last day of December pre- ceding, giving in detail the cost of all special work of the highway department, the expenses of his own department, the number of persons employed therein, and a description of the work done.


ORDINANCE XVI. -


Highway Department. - Streets and Ways.


SECT. 4. Under the direction of the City Engi- Drains and neer, he (the Superintendent of Streets ) shall at- sewers, tend to the making and repairing of drains and sewers.


ORDINANCE XXIV. Buildings.


SECT. 5. No person shall proceed to erect or Applications make alterations in the location or grade of any to City Engi- fence, wall, or building, a part of which is to abut lines and upon a public street, lane, square, or alley, without grades. first applying to the City Engineer for the lines and grade of the street, lane, square, or alley upon which he intends to build. Such application shall be made at least fifteen days before the work is begun; and the City Engineer shall within said time furnish the required lines and grade without charge, if in his power so to do. In default of such application the City shall be discharged from all responsibility for damages resulting from such default,


neer for street


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Violation.


SECT. 6 Whenever the City Engineer ascertains that any structure has been placed in violation of the preceding section, he shall at once give notice to the Mayor and Alderman, in writing, of such viol- ation ; and, upon receipt of such notice, the Mayor and Aldermen may forthwith issue an order to the party offending, directing that the structure be re- moved within the time therein specified ; and in case of non-compliance, the Mayor and Aldermen shall direct that the incumbrance be removed at the expense of the delinquent.


Penalty.


SECT. 7. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections of this ordinance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.


By vote of the Board of Health, June 8, 1885, the City Engineer was appointed Agent of the Board for the Inspec- tion of Plumbing, and authorized to enforce the following rules of the Board : - ,


RULES AND REGULATIONS


OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH.


TO BE ENFORCED BY THE AGENT FOR INSPECTION OF PLUMBING.


RULE 1. Every tenement shall be provided with a suit- able water-tight privy-vault, or with a water-closet connected with a water-tight underground drain of proper size to carry off the contents, and with a similar drain to carry off the waste water to a cesspool.


b. Every privy-vault or cesspool shall be built in a thor- ough and substantial manner, and located so that the inside of the same shall be at least three feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot or street. Cesspools must be of sufficient size to contain at least eighty cubic feet, eighteen inches below the surface of the ground, and, when not water-tight. must be at least twenty feet from the cellar-wall of any tenement or dwel- ling, and two rods distant from any well, spring, or other source of water-supply used for culinary purposes.


RULE 17. Unless the Board of Health shall permit other wise, the drainage-system of a hotel, tenement-house, dwelling-


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house, stable with sleeping-apartments, or factory, in the City of Newton, Mass., shall be constructed as follows : -


SECT. 1. - FILING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. No person shall proceed to construct, add to, or alter any portion of the drainage-system of said buildings ( except to repair leaks ), until they have filed at the office of the City Engineer, upon blanks in such form as the Board of Health shall order, a notice of the work to be performed. No person shall com- mence work on such drainage or plumbing until the plans are ap- proved by the Board of Health. Plans and specifications will be approved or rejected within five days of the time of filing. After a plan has once been approved, no alteration of the same will be allowed, except on a written application of the owner SECT. 2. - NOTICE. The Board of Health must be notified when any work is ready for inspection, and all work must be left uncovered and convenient for examination until inspected and approved.


SECT. 3. - INSPECTION. All plumbing-work in new build- ings, for new work in old buildings, shall be tested by the Board of Health, with the hydraulic or such other test as the Board may direct; and in case the work does not stand the test, and the same is not repaired within ten days, the water shall be turned off, by order of said Board, and not let on again till the plumbing has been pronounced satisfactory by the said Board.


SECT. 4. - MAIN DRAIN. Every building herein referred to shall be separately and independently connected with a com- mon sewer or cesspool.


That portion of the house-drain which is outside of the building, and more than four (4 ) feet from the foundation_ walls, shall be constructed of extra heavy cast-iron soil-pipe, or of the best quality of vitrified drain-pipe.


That portion of the house-drain which is inside the walls, or under the building, and that portion outside of the building,


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and within four feet of the foundation-wall, must be of iron pipe with a fall of at least one-half (1-2) inch to the foot. It must run along the cellar-wall, and be securely fastened thereto, or suspended from the floor-timbers in iron hangers.


When impracticable, it shall be laid in a trench, beneath the basement or cellar floor, provided with movable covers, and walled up to such a width as to admit of access to all joints.


SECT. 5. - TRAPS. The house-drain must have a trap located beyond all house connections, of the same size as the drain, provided with a hand-hole for convenience in cleaning.


SECT. 6. - FRESH-AIR INLETS. There must be a fresh-air inlet-pipe entering the drain on the house-side of the main trap, of not less than four inches internal diameter, extending there- from to the external air, and terminating at a point not less than three( 3) feet above the ground, away from all windows.


SECT. 7 .- SOIL-PIPE. All pipes receiving the discharge from water-closets must be of iron at least four (4) inches internal diameter, and continued of undiminished size at least two (2) feet above the roof, away from all windows, and left open at the top.


SECT. 8. - BRANCHES. All brances over ten feet in length must be continued of undiminished size to the roof, and carried up at least four inches internal diameter through the roof, and project at least two feet above it, and left open.


SECT. 8. - CONNECTIONS. All connections with horizontal pipes shall be made by 1-8 bends and Y branches, and all changes in direction shall be by curved pipe. No trap shall be placed at the foot of a vertical soil-pipe.


SECT. 10. - WASTE-PIPES. All waste-pipes from sinks, basins, bath-tubs, wash-tubs, etc., of two inches or less internal diameter, shall be of lead : all over two inches must be of iron.


SECT. 11. - RAIN-WATER CONDUCTORS. Wherever rain- water conductors are connected with any pipe of the drainage-


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system of the house, that portion within the house, or under ground, or five feet above the ground, to be of cast-iron pipe with lead joints, and in all cases provided with an extra deep trap where it enters the house-drain. No rain-water conductor shall be used as a soil-pipe.


SECT. 12. - TRAPS. Every pipe connecting a water- closet with the soil-pipe must be trapped close to the connection with the water-closet. Every waste-pipe must be trapped close to the fixture, and separately from any water-closet.


SECT. 13. - SAFE-WASTES. All waste-pipes from safes under fixtures must be run separately to basement or cellar, and left open: in no case must they be connected with the soil- pipe or any other waste-pipe.


SECT. 14. - REFRIGERATOR-WASTES. No waste-pipe from a refrigerator or other receptacle in which food or provisions are stored shall be connected with a drain, soil, or other waste pipe, but must be separated therefrom by an open sink or tray furnished with a trap.


SECT. 15. - TANK-OVERFLOW. All overflow-pipes from tanks must be left open and in sight. In no case shall it be run into a soil or waste pipe.


SECT. 16. - VENTILATION OF TRAPS. All traps must be furnished with a vent-pipe run from the crown of the trap.


The vent-pipe from a water-closet trap must be at least two inches in diameter : other vent-pipes must be as large as the waste-pipe from the trap. All ventilation-pipes from a soil or waste pipe must be run, of undiminished size, separately or combined together, to the roof, and carried up, and at least four inches internal diameter, through the roof, and at least two feet above it, and left open, or may be run into a soil-pipe above all connections. In no case shall a soil, waste, or ventilating pipe from a soil or waste pipe be connected with a chimney. No


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brick, earthenware, or sheet-metal pipes shall be used for ventilation-pipes from a soil or waste pipe.


SECT. 17. - CAST-IRON PIPES. All cast-iron pipes must be free from holes and other defects, of a uniform thickness of not less than 1-8 inch for a diameter of four inches or less and not less than 5-32 of an inch for 5 and 6 inch pipe, and shall have the full weight of the following table for the cor- responding diameters : -


Internal diameter. Ordinary pipe. 2 inches 3 1-2 1b. per ft.


Extra heavy pipe 5 1-2 1b. per ft.


3 inches


·


4 inches


6 1-2 " 66


.. 66 9 1-2 "


. 13


66 66


.


5 inches


.


6 inches


8 66 10 4 1-2 "


17 20


66


.


And before being connected shall be thoroughly coated in side and out with coal-tar pitch, applied hot by immersion, or some equivalent substance satisfactory to the City Engineer.


SECT. 18. - QUALITY OF JOINTS. Every joint in earthen pipe shall be made in hydraulic cement, care being taken that the inside of the joints and of the pipe is properly cleaned out before connection is made with the house. Every joint in lead pipe shall be made in solder, and wiped joints are to be used where practicable. Every joint of an iron and a lead pipe shall be made by a brass ferrule of same size as lead pipe, set in the hub of the branch of the iron pipe, and calked with lead ; the lead pipe to be attached to the ferrule by a wiped solder joint. Every joint in a cast-iron bell and spigot pipe to be made with packed oakum and molten lead well calked, at least 1 1-2 inches deep, and made water and air tight, and no paint or putty shall be allowed until tested. Where screw- joints are used, they shall be packed in red-lead, and made steam-tight,


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SECT. 19. - WATER-CLOSET SUPPLY. No water-closet shall be supplied directly from the house supply-pipe, but shall be supplied from a special water-tank or cistern used for no other purpose.


RULE 18. - Whoever shall violate any provision of these rules, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dol- lars, and a like penalty for every day after the first offence shall be committed.


RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NEWTON WATER DEPARTMENT


RELATING TO THE CITY ENGINEER.


SECTION 2. ORGANIZATION.


1. Besides the offices of the Water Registrar and Su- perintendent established by ordinance, the permanent organi- zation of the department shall be as follows : -


A Civil Engineer, an Inspector of Meters and Fixtures, a Pumping Engineer, a Fireman, a main-pipe Foreman, a service- pipe Foreman, three Teamsters, and a Clerk in the office of the Water Board. It is understood that the City Engineer is the Civil Engineer of this department.


SECTION 6. - ENGINEER.


1. Upon receipt of orders therefor from the Board, the City Engineer shall, within twenty-four hours, establish lines and grades for the extension of all water-mains, and shall take such measurements of main and service pipe extensions, and their appurtenances, as will enable him to correctly locate and plat the same : he shall keep the returns from the Pumping Engineer closely posted up, and shall plat therefrom a diagram showing the engine duty.


2. He shall make a daily report to the Water Registrar of the progress and condition of the work under his charge.


3. He shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time by vote require of him.


CITY OF NEWTON.


ANNUAL. REPORT


OF


THE CITY MARSHAL,


For the Year ending December 31, 1888.


BERTY AND UNION 500


FOUNDED 1630. IN


CITY 1873


1889


NONANTUM CORPORA FOY


A


NEWTON, MASS., NEWTON GRAPHIC PRESS, 1889.


CITY MARSHAL'S REPORT.


OFFICE OF CITY MARSHAL. WEST NEWTON, December 31, 1888.


To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWTON :


I have the honor to submit for your consideration the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Newton Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1888.


ARRESTS.


Whole number of arrests


. 630


Arrests on warrants


279


Arrests without warrants


351


Held for trial


597


Released without trial


33


Males .


588


Females


4.2


Americans


265


Foreigners


365


Residents


. 428


Non-residents


. 202


Minors .


. 131


4


ARRESTS AT EACH POLICE STATION.


· Station No. 1, Newton 51


Station No. 2, Nonantum


· 59


Station No. 3, West Newton .


· 444


Station No. 4, Newton Centre


76


·


ARRESTS MADE EACH MONTH.


Males.


Females.


Total


January .


26


4


30


February


27


2


. 29


March


44


3


47


April


40


2


42


May


55


2


57


June


.


54


5


59


July


86


3


. 89


August


85


4


89


September


52


5


·


57


October .


30


1


.


31


November


45


5


· 50


December


44


6


50


588


42


630


LOCAL POLICE WORK.


Newton


81


Nonantum


107


Newtonville


44


West Newton


192


Auburndale


29


Lower Falls .


14


Newton Centre


99


Newton Highlands


14


Upper Falls .


50


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


630


.


.


.


.


630


*


5


OFFENSES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE.


Assault . 5


Assault and battery


54


Assault, felonious


1


Assault on officer


9


Breaking glass


2


Bastardy


4


Breaking and entering


6


Crime against nature


1


Contempt of court .


1


Cruelty to animals .


6


Default warrant


1


Disturbing the peace


62


Disturbing religious meeting


2


Dipsomania .


1


Destroying personal property .


1


Drunkenness .


271


Embezzlement


1


Evading car fare


8


Illegal posting notices


2


Insane .


10


Keeping disorderly house


1


Larceny, simple


. 34


Larceny, felonious .


2


Lewdness


1


Malicious mischief .


1


Neglected children .


4


Non-support of family


3


Obtaining money by false pretences


5


Perjury .


1


Profanity


4


Rape


1


Runaways


3


Stubborn children . . . 10


.


.


6


Suspicious persons .


4


Threatening bodily harm


4


Tramps .


.


3


Trespass


11


Violation of city ordinances


49


Violation of dog law


.


4


Violation of liquor law .


26


Violation of rail road law


.


3


Violation of the Lord's day


4


Violation of the law of the road


1


Violation of milk law


1


Witness


2


630


FEMALES WERE ARRESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES : -


Assault and battery


6


Assault on officer .


4


Disturbing public worship


2


Drunkenness .


11


Dipsomania .


1


Insane .


5


Larceny, simple


6


Neglected children .


2


Trespass


1


Violation of liquor law .


.


4


42


NATIVITY OF PRISONERS.


United States


· 362


Ireland .


198


Canada .


25


England


· 24


Germany


4


Scotland


.


11


·


.


·


·


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


·


.


.


.


7


Sweden .


3


Belgium


1


Italy


1


China


1


LODGERS.


At Police Station No. 1.


. 290


66


66


66


2.


· 59


66


66


3.


519


66


66


4.


. 133


1001


Females


13


Foreigners


Number of lodgers in 1884


. 1502


66


66


66


" 1885


. 1438


66


66


66


" 1886


. 1199


66


66


66


“ 1887


. 950


NATIVITY OF LODGERS.


United States


409


Ireland .


393


England


97


Canada .


33


Scotland


30


Germany


25


Sweden .


6


France .


1


Poland .


2


Denmark


2


Italy .


3


1001


.


.


630


. 555


8


REPORTS MADE BY PATROLMEN TO CITY MARSHAL.


Accidents 102


Buildings found open and secured .


61


Buildings erected


198


Cases investigated .


210


Defective streets 33


Defective side walks


15


Defective water pipes


7


Defective drains


2


Disturbances suppressed


34


Dangerous buildings


3


Fire alarms .


44


Fires extinguished without alarm


16


Lost children restored .


8


Nuisances


3


Notices served by the department


18,479


Street obstructions removed


. 11


Sick and injured persons assisted


. 23


Stray teams put up


MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.


Amount of property reported stolen in the City . $2,529 60


Amount of property recovered 2,055 35


Witness fees earned by officers, paid by clerk of court to the city treasurer 1,321 94


Amount of fines imposed by court


2,646 80


Imprisonment imposed by court .


13 years


Extra duties done by officers 268


Number of search warrants for liquor served


37


Number of liquor seizures .


24


Number of search warrants for stolen property served


7


Gallons of liquor seized 123


1


.


8


.


.


8


Intoxicated persons helped home


.


9


The following cases were reported to the medical examiner : - April 18. Charles M. Davis


May 2. Lucy H. Estey


Heart Disease. Killed on the B. & A. R. R. at Newtonville. Concussion of Brain.


June 22. Timothy McNamara


July 6. Sherburne Nay


July 20. William Gray


July 20. Margaret Hooly


Drowned in Crystal Lake. Drowned in Crystal Lake. Suicide, Hanging.


August 26. Lucy E. Lewis


October 8. Samuel Hall


Heart Disease. Natural Causes.


October 20. R. M. Pulsifer


November 9. George Tuck


Suicide, Drowned in Charles River.


Heart Disease.


December 8. John Lynn POLICE ORGANIZATION.


Charles F. Richardson, City Marshal.


Charles E. Davis, Captain, day duty at headquarters.


Charles P. Huestis, Sergeant, night duty at headquarters. James D. Henthorn, Patrolman, day duty at Newton. Charles O. Davis, Patrolman, day duty at Nonantum.


Noah F. Bosworth, Patrolman, day duty at Newtonville. John Ryan, Patrolman, day duty at West Newton. Frank B. Fletcher, Patrolman, day duty at Newton Centre. William C. Emerson, Patrolman, night duty at Newton. Charles T. Bartlett, Patrolman, night duty at Chestnut Hill. George E. F. Baker, Patrolman, night duty at Newton. John W. Conroy, jr., Patrolman, night duty at Nonantum. John W. Quilty, Patrolman, night duty at Nonantum. Thomas C. Clay, Patrolman, night duty at Newtonville. Edson C. Holmes, Patrolman, night duty at West Newton. A. F. A. G. Libby, Patrolman, night duty at West Newton. William G. Bosworth, Patrolman, night duty at Auburndale. Robert S. Harrison, Patrolman, night duty at Lower Falls,


Suicide, Pistol.


10


A. M. Fuller, Patrolman, night duty at Newton Centre. R. H. Moulton, Patrolman, night duty at Newton Highlands. John Purcill, Patrolman, night duty at Upper Falls.


William P. Soule, Patrolman, night duty at Newton Centre.


July 2, Charles F. Richardson was promoted from Cap- tain to City Marshal ; on the same day Charles E. Davis was promoted from Sergeant to Captain ; and Charles P. Huestis was promoted from Patrolman to Sergeant. The addition to the force was William P. Soule, appointed May 21.


STREET LAMP LIGHTING.


At this date there are seventy-two ( 72 ) electric arc lights. Seven hundred and fifteen ( 715 ) gas lights, and five hundred . and nine ( 509) oil lights used for street lighting, a total of twelve hundred and ninety-six ( 1296 ) lights.


The regular lighting of the street lamps for the year 1889, if lighted by the moon schedule, will be as follows, both dates included : -


First lighting, January 18, to February 6. Second lighting, February 16, to March 7. Third lighting, March 18, to April 6. Fourth lighting, April 16, to May 5. Fifth lighting, May 16, to June 4. Sixth lighting, June 14, to July 3. Seventh lighting, July 14, to August 2. Eighth lighting, August 14, to September 2. Ninth lighting, September 12, to October 1. Tenth lighting, October 11, to October 30. Eleventh lighting, November 9, to November 28. Twelfth lighting, December 8, to December 27.


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Appropriation for police department for 1888 . $24,700 00 24,594 94


The amount expended


Balance


$105 06


The amount expended


$24,594 94


Fees paid by clerk of court to City Treasurer . 1,321 94


Total expenses for the department


$23,273 00


STATION HOUSES.


. In 'Station No. 1 and Station No. 4, I would recommend that the bunks be changed in order to prevent accidents to prisoners.




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