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R.L. Polk & Co.'s St. Paul city directory R.L. Polk & Co
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M. H. CRITTENDEN & CO., PRACTICAL ROOFERS, IN PITCH AND GRAVEL AND IRON, AND MANUFACTURERS OF
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NOYES BROS. & CUTLER,
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Wholesale Arnggists.
DEALERS IN
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS,
Illuminating Oils, Oil Cans and Tanks, Painters" Brushes, Glass- ware, Shop Furniture, Glass Labels, Corks, etc., Druggists' Sundries, Surgical and Dental Instruments,
AND BUYERS OF GINSENG, SENEKA AND BEESWAX.
68 and 70 sibley, cor. of Fifth Street, SAINT PAUL.
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GEORGE L. FARWELL, HARDWARE,
TIN PLATES AND METALS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Agency Howe Scales.
FULL STOCK AT LOWEST MARKET RATES.
136 East Third Street. SAINT PAUL.
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Merchants Hotel,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
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A. ALLEN, Proprietor.
Has a Steam Elevator with all modern improvements, with Rooms graded from $2.50 to $3.00 per Day.
SPECIAL RATES TO
EXCURSION PARTIES.
One Block from all the Depots and Steamboat Landings.
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THE
Daily Hotel Reporter OF
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
OFFICES : 68 EAST THIRD STREET, SAINT PAUL, and 219 HENNEPIN AVE., MINNEAPOLIS.
FRED'K H. ERTEL, Prop.
ISSUED EVERY MORNING, EXCEPT MONDAY.
THE DAILY HOTEL REPORTER
Furnishes daily a correct and complete list of arrivals at all the principal Hotels of St. Paul and Minneapolis, thus enabling merchants and business men o keep advised of the arrival of any of their customers in the city.
Besides having a large circulation among the business community and the Hotels, the " Reporter" is distributed gratuitously on all boats and trains centering in the dual cities. The mail list contains
1,000 FIRST-CLASS HOTELS
in all parts of the United States and Canada. As an advertising medium it is unexcelled, and a card inserted in its columns proves of more material benefit to its patrons than it would in journals of greater pretensions. It is continually placed before a class of people who have the means to supply their wants. The
LOW RATES FOR ADVERTISING
is a special recommendation in its favor, and deserves the earnest consid- eration of all business men. .
SUBSCRIPTION RATES :
Per Month,
50 Cents.
Per Annum,
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$3.00
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Address all communications
F. H. ERTEL,
P. O. Box 2640, St. Paul,
or P. O. Box 405, Minneapolis.
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KENNY BROS.,
COR. THIRD AND WACOUTA STREETS, SAINT PAUL, MINN., MANUFACTURERS OF
LOCOMOTM
STEAM BOILERS, GASOMETERS,
WATER AND OIL TANKS, IRON JAIL AND VAULT WORK, SMOKE STACKS AND BRITCHENS. All Kinds of Plate and Sheet Iron Work Made to Order. BOILERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE ON SHORT NOTICE.
Repairing Promptly Attended to, and Good Work Guaranteed. P. O. BOX, 1125.
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Cash Assets, nearly One Million Dollars.
Patronize Home Institutions !
The ST. PAUL
fire and Marine Insurance Co.
OFFERS SUPERIOR INDEMNITY TO ALL WHO SEEK INSURANCE.
ALL FAIR LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID,
Without delay, on an Equitable Basis.
INSURE AT HOME.
And know that you are getting Reliable Protection in case of Fire C. A. EATON,
C. H. BIGELOW,
Secretary.
President.
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ST. PAUL (Min.)
CITY DIRECTORY
1879-80.
COMPRISING
AN ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS-A CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL TRADES, PROFESSIONS AND PURSUITS-A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY, CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS, TERMS OF COURT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, BANKS, IN- CORPORATED INSTITUTIONS, SECRET AND BENEVO- LENT SOCIETIES, &c.
R. L. POLK & CO. AND A. C. DANSER, PUBLISHERS, PRINCE BLOCK, 122 EAST THIRD STREET. 1879. JACOB W. WEEKS.
RALPH L. POLK.
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MINNESOTA STATE GAZETTEER M.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
When a sufficient time shall have elapsed, the publishers will issue a second edition of this work. They now announce that it will be one of the most complete publications of the kind ever issued in any tate. Many new and valuable features will be added, amongst which may be mentioned a complete Shipper's Guide of Minnesota. The sketches of the towns and villages will be prepared with great care, and will embrace all that may be worthy of note, the price of land, the crops, stage communication and fare, &c.
With the most ample facilities for con- ducting an enterprise of this magnitude, with the knowledge that it supplies a real want, with the belief that if the work be properly done it will be liberally supported by the people of the state, the publishers will spare neither money nor labor in making the second edition of their Gazetteer a work creditable to the State of Minnesota.
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GENERAL INDEX.
PAGE
Abbreviations 88
Alphabetical list of names .. 83 to 494
tion
13
Alterations, removals, &c .... 22-23-24
Business Directory ....... 495 to 535
Index to Advertisements.
....
.11-12
Index to Miscellaneous Informa-
PAGH
Introductory
. 15 to
21
Miscellaneous Information.25 to
71
Streets and Avenues. ..
.. 73 to
82
Wards and Boundaries
.71
72
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Allen A .
5
American House.
xviii
Amos J. H.
. opp. 406
Armbruster J ..
540
Bassett Jean & Co.
Beck & Rank ..
xvii
Belote & Linsley
.opp. 385
Biggs E. H.
Front Cover.
Bjarnstad Julius
x
Blackford S.
. Bottom Lines.
Blodgett & Osgood. Bottom edge & xx
Bodin Bros. & Croonquist ...... xxvii
Booth W. R. ..
Top Edge.
Boston
One
Price
Clothing
House.
. Front Cover.
Brache C ..
540
Brewer N. R.
xiii
Brewster H. A
KXV
Brown A.
.opp.
407
Griggs & Co.
Top Lines.
Groff & Berkey
. Top Lines.
Bryant E. R .. Bottom Lines and xxxi
Buchanan H. W.
xxvi
Gross Wm ..
Bottom Lines.
Burnham & Jones
opp
174
Cave Brewery.
opp. 167
Haren & Burgess
xxxi
Cavender A. H.
Chanson Louis
. opp. 287
Chicago
One Price
Clothing
. back cover
House.
Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis Ry ...
C O D Laundry. Bottom Lines and . xxix Cochran Thos., Jr .. .... Front Cover.
Conservatory of Music.
Xx
Cooper & Nelson.
xxiv
Crittenden M. H. & Co.
2
Cullen James.
xiv
Daily News.
xii
Dennison Mnfg Co ...
536
and Back Bone.
Dewey & Koehler
. opp. 166
Dingle Joseph
. xvi
Dunnigan J. J.
. opp. 175
Dyer & Howard.
. Top Lines.
Ege A. Louis.
XX
Engel & Veyl
XXV
Erren & Fletcher
XXV1
Ertel F. H ...
6
Fahey Fergus.
82
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. . Back Cover.
Farwell George L.
4
Fisher W. F
· xxviii
Fogg Frederic A.
538
Francis A. O. .
Bottom Lines.
Galenic Medical Institute .....
xxi
Henderson E. E. & Co.
. opp. 236
Herwegen Mrs. C.
xxiv
Herzog Philip
opp. 543
Holzheimer A ..
Back Cover.
Homopathic Pharmacy
xxviii
Hotel Reporter.
6
Hough Sherwood.
.. opp 248
Howe Machine Co., Bottom Lines
and xxxi
Iltner C. H.
540
Jans 'T.
540
Johnson Bros
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Haeussler Martin
539
Caldwell Chas. C.
xviil
Halsted John T.
Xxxi
xxiii
Heber John ..
540
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Ry
i
Hilyard J. K.
587
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Kahlert J.
540
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Pottgieser Nicholas, sr.
. xviii
Kampfer F.
. opp. 249
Presley B. & Co .... opp 384
Keil Wm ..
xxviii
Quinby & Hallowell. 2 Radcliff A. M. .. 589
Keller A. E
. opp. 166
Reichardt J. C.
541
Kerst Peter
XXV
Retzmann Henry
539
Kingsbury & Draper
.Top Lines
Klinefelter & Son
xxvi
Rosenkranz Wm ..
xxii
Knauft F.
589
St. Germain F,.
537
St Paul Business College ... opp. 406
Krahmer E. F. & Son.
587
Laabs John A.
xxii
and 500, and corner cards in
classified.
Lane E. F.
xxvii
Larson H. P. & O.
xxi
Lawton Geo. O
Leitner J. P
. Top Lines
Leslie C. T.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insur- ance Co ... 8
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani-
toba Ry.
iv
St. Paul & Duluth R.R ..
vii
St. Paul & Sioux City R.R.
vili
Matheis J.
Front Cover
Mead, Thompson & Rotert.
..
585
Mellgren & Cowham
.opp. 407
Menomonee House opp.
407
Merchants Hotel
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Metropolitan Hotel
.opp 385
Meyer & Gall .
.opp. 406
Miller B. P. & Co.
.opp. 407
Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry
V
Minnesota House.
540
Morand F
cxili
Munger R. C.
. Front Edge
Nelson John
xxxii
Nippolt A ..
xxiii
Northern Pacific R. R.
Taylor J. G.
opp. 249
North Mississippi Ice Co
.xxvi
Thurston C. B
Top Lines
Tipper G. H.
. . xxiii
Northwestern Fuel Co .. Front Cover
Nothhelfer Anthony ..
xxxii
Tostevin J. F
Back Cover
Noyes Bros & Cutler .. Top Lines and
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Olsen C. C.
540
Olson L.
24
West F. C.
xvii
Wheeler & Wilson 8. M. Co. Bottom Lines
Ottumwa Route.
vi
Palmes George, Bottom Lines and
XV
Pasel Otto C.
82
Whitcher S. C.
XXix
Pepper & Son ..
Bottom Lines
Wilcken & Romer.
89
Perkins, Lyons & Co ..... Back Cover
Wilson Alex ....
541
Pioneer Press
xi
Wright E. M. D
xix
Polson O ..
. xxiv
Potter & Bass .... Inside Back Cover
St. Paul Conservatory of Music. xxx St. Paul Daily Globe
Liedman Chas.
.opp. 237
xxiv
Liedman John.
540
Lion Drug Store
xxvii
Low Albert.
XV
McClanathan Mrs. M. E
587
Scheldrup & Wold.
xxvii
Schilling C. F .:
539
Schoch & Wechsler.
xxviii
Schultz & Hansen ...
. Bottom Lines.
Schurmeier J. H.
opp. 543
Scott P. W ..
xix
Seeger R.
opp. 407
Simon A. H.
539
Skok Thomas.
xxix
Smith E. G.
xvii
Smith John.
xxix
Stahlmann C.
...
.opp. 167
Stockholm House
540
Tye & Co .. ...
. Inside Back Cover
Valentine & Mannhart.
.xxxil
Olsen Miss A. B.
X
Walter Chas. J.
xvi
Washington House
540
Wright Mrs. Martha C.
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Rheaume & St. Pierre ... opp. 501
St. Paul Dispatch x St. Paul Drawing Academy .. . xxii
Manner Wm.
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Sandell John .
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INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
PAGE
48
Ancient Order of United Work- men
54
Agricultural Society
68
Alms House and Hospital 65
Asylums and Hospitals. 58
59
Banks
80
31
Medical Societies. 59
Benevolent and Charitable Socie- ties. . .56
57
Miscellaneous Societies 60
Board of Aldermen. 25
Board of County Commissioners, 64
Board of Health 26
Police Department
27
Board of Public Works ¥6
Post Office Department .29-80
Building Societies
36
37
Public Schools
. 45-46-47
Cemeteries.
45
Railroads ..
.38-39-40
Chamber of Commerce
35
Reform School.
66
Churches.
41-42-48-44
Schools, Select.
48
City Government .. 25 State Board of Health. 67
City Printer ..
27
Consuls.
70
County Courts
64
State Fish Hatchery .
34
County Officers.
64
State Government.
65
Courts ..
26
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, District Courts.
69
Executive Department.
26
Telegraph Companies.
35
Express Companies
41 27
Temperance Societies
55
70
Gas Co ..
United States Custom House .... United States Internal Revenue, 70
Gymnastic Association
62
University of Minnesota.
66
Hack Ordinance. 28
Water Company.
36
Hermann's Soehne.
58
Independent Order of Odd Fellows 51
A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONS AND TRADES,
Compiled from this edition of the Directory, showing the number employed in the various branches of skilled labor.
Blacksmiths 150
Painters 220
Physicians 54
Cigar Makers
180
Plasterers 65
Engineers 126
Plumbers
65
Farriers
70
Printers
240
Harness Makers 77
Shoe Makers 400
Lawyers ..
108
Tailors
380
Tinsmiths
93
Masons
230
Traveling Agents
214
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Insane Hospital.
65
Insurance Companies.
87-38
Judicial.
69
Knights of Honor.
55
Knights of Pythias 54
Libraries ..
63, 67 and 68
Masonic Societies
48-49-50
Military
71
Newspapers.
.31-32-33-34
Normal School.
66
State Historical Society
67
State Board of Immigration.
67
State Library
68
65
State Prison .
67
Supreme Court
69
Telephone Exchange Co
85
Fire Department.
Fire Department Association .. 28 United Ancient Order of Druids, 52
Fish Commissioners 67 34
Y. M. C. Association
60
Academies and Seminaries. .... Academy of Natural Sciences ... 68
Carpenters. 680
Machinists 150
Chicago, Milwaukee>St.Paul RAILWAY. POSTAL, EXPRESS & TELEGRAPH, AND ONLY THROUGH LINE Via MILWAUKEE for
CHICAGO, NEW YORK.
NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADAS, INCLUDING ALL Eastern, Southern and Southwestern Points.
A thoroughly ballasted and Steel Rail Track, Palace Coaches and Sleeping Cars, perfect in every particular, equipped with the WESTINGHOUSE IMPROVED AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKE, together with the BEST KNOWN SAFETY PLATFORMS AND COUPLINGS, are distinguishing features of this Popular Route.
PALACE SLEEPING CARS, Owned and controlled by the Railway Company, and EQUAL to the BEST Pullman Cars, and always in perfect order, run through to CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE.
FIRST-CLASS BATING HOUSE
Are located at convenient points on the line, and ample time given for meals, among which are FOX'S Hotel, at Portage, known by every traveler, and COL. JOHNSON'S Hotel, at Milwaukee Depot, known to all Minnesotians, " and the rest of mankind."
CHICAGO DEPOT, Corner Canal and West Madison Streets. Horse Cars and Stage Lines, for all parts of the city, constantly passing.
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS EAST, WEST AND SOUTH, FOR SALE BY, AND SLEEPING CAR BERTHS SECURED, On application to CHARLES THOMPSON, Tk't Agent. Office 118 E. Third Street, cor Jackson Street, AND AT THE DEPOT, foot of Jackson Street. J. A. CHANDLER, General Agent, 118 E. Third, cor Jackson.
N. B .- Tickets over this FAVORITE ROUTE can be obtained at the Ticket Offices of all connecting Railway Lines.
S. S. MERRILL, Gen'l Manager. A. V. H. CARPENTER, Gen'l Pass. Agent. A. HOPPE, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent.
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INTRODUCTORY.
The fifteenth volume of the City Directory, being the first issued by the present publishers, is herewith presented to the public. While they have endeavored to maintain the standard of accuracy of the Directories issued by their predecessor, Mr. W. M. Campbell, whose works were compiled with more than usual care, it will be observed that such changes have been made as in their opinion tend to improve the general features of the work. Neither effort nor expense has been spared in making the Directory reliable and satisfactory. In each succeeding edition continued improvement will be aimed at by the publishers, one of whom has recently removed to the city, and will make it his future home. A permanent office has been estab- lished at No. 122 East Third street, where Directories of the principal cities of the United States and Canada are kept on file for the use of citizens and strangers visiting the city.
POPULATION.
Those most competent have estimated the increase of population for the past year at figures termed by some too high, but the facts as shown in this edition of the Directory fully sustain their estimate.
The total number of names in this volume is 15,580. To form an accurate estimate of the population, we make the liberal reduction of six per cent., or in round numbers 1,000 names; the remaining 14,580 multiplied by 3}, the usual multiple, gives us 51,030. In taking as a basis for population our average, 3} per name, we find that we are as a rule rather under than over the estimate, as derived trom other sources. For instance, the Directory of 1871 contains 5,652 names, which by our method of calculating shows the population to have been 19,782, while the United States census for 1870 gave the city 20,080, 248 more than the Directory.
It has been particularly observed, that many dwellings marked as vacant when the first canvass was made, were occupied by permanent residents who had come in from other cities and States before the second visit. It will appear from the increased number of names in this edition of the Direc- tory, the school enumeration and from other sources, that there has been a remarkable increase of population within the past year.
The city is to be congratulated on the public improvements she has made and is making, and on the many important enterprises that have been under- taken and are yet to be developed within her borders before the close of the year. Reference to our building statistics will give a fair idea of what is going on in that direction.
ST. PAUL TO-DAY.
At no period in the city's history has the outlook been brighter. A most bountiful harvest has just been gathered throughout the vast agricultural region tributary to us, and this entire northern and northwestern country, the development and growth of which during the past few years have been so rapid, seems about to enter upon an era of still greater prosperity. Already the trade of the city is greatly stimulated, and business in all departments is most active. The extension of our railway lines, now being so vigorously carried forward, is opening a wider field for our commerce, and calling for increased facilities for trade. To meet these constantly growing demands improvements of great magnitude are being made, and others are to be com- menced in the near future. Scarcely a week goes by but that an entirely new
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ST. PAUL CITY DIRECTORY.
enterprise of importance is inaugurated. The utmost confidence in the city's rapid growth pervades all classes, while few venture to estimate the possi- bilities of her future. Nor is this confidence confined to our own community. It is shared almost universally by the large number of strangers who have been among us this summer, especially by those who have visited the country traversed by our railroads, and who have witnessed its vast extent and limitless resources. The following exhibit of the city's affairs to-day is certainly most gratifying. In the increase of population, the vigorous condition of business, the improvements begun and projected, the finances, the bright prospect for the immediate future, we can all take a pardonable pride.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
The city of St. Paul is divided into six wards, each of which is represented in its Common Council by two Aldermen, except the fourth ward, which has three Aldermen, and the sixth ward one. It has a paid fire department, running four steamers, with a like number of hose carts, and a force of forty- five men, exclusive of one Chief, one Assistant and one Superintendent of Fire Alarm; its police force consists of one Chief, one Captain, one Sergeant and twenty-eight patrolmen, which is increased from time to time as occa- sion may require, by the appointment of specials. It has a Board of Public Works, consisting of three members, with a clerk, who are charged under the direction of the Common Council, with all matters pertaining to the streets and sewers of the city. Connected with the Board of Public Works, and acting under its direction is an Engineering Department, consisting of one Chief Engineer, three Assistant Engineers and a sufficient force of subordi- nates to make it effective. A Board of Health, consisting of one health officer, a City Engineer and the senior Alderinen of each ward, and two Assistant Sanitary Inspectors; a Municipal Court, which, in addition to an exclusive criminal jurisdiction within the city, has a civil jurisdiction to the amount of two hundred dollars; and, with but one exception, its taxes are less than any city in the West, being but thirteen mills on the dollar for all purposes upon an assessed value of about one-half. of the real value, and its last issue of bonds sold at a premium of one and thirty-seven hundred (1.37) per cent. above par.
OITY FINANCES.
From the report of the City Comptroller, we are enabled to present the following financial standing of the city : $1,426,177.67
Total credit
Total debit. 1,426,177.67
Total liabilities 1,360,855.98
Total assets. 867,035.45
Liabilities over assets. 493,820.53
Total revenue receipts, including balance on hand Jan. 1, 1877 .. 417,157.57
Total expenditures 857,851.97
Balance in hands of City Treasurer, January 1, 1878. 59,805.60
Following is the assessment of real and personal estate in the City of St. Paul, for the year 1877 :
Real estate valuation ...
$18,993,545
Personal estate valuation 5,452,871
Total valuation .. 24,446,416
Being about 50 per cent. of the cash valuation.
The tax on the personal estate valuation is divided equally (one sixth) to each ward, in the distribution of tax collections.
Total amount of outstanding city revenue bonds, January 1, 1878,8504,815.77 Total amount of preferred city bonds .. 59,210.00
Total amount of 8 per cent. city bonds 263,125.00
Issued to St. Paul & Chicago Railroad Company (6 per cent.) .... 100,000.00
Total amount of outstanding bonds issued to the Lake Superior and Mississippi R. R. Co 200,000.00 Outstanding city bonds (local improvements). 100,000.00
Outstanding city bonds (Como Park). 100,000.00
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TAX LEVY, YEAR 1878.
State Purposes
.2 40-100 mills.
County 1 66
.2 46
City
.6 36-100
School
.2 24-100
Total tax levy for all purposes .18 mills. Assessed valuation of real and personal estate, at about fifty per cent. of the cash valuation ... $23,061,000 It will be seen the taxes of St. Paul are very light, a remarkable showing for a rapidly growing city. The administration of the municipal govern- ment has certainly been economically managed.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The officers of this important branch of the city's affairs, are the Mayor, President of the Council, and a committee of six. The chairman of the committee on fire department, reports the following expense account for the year ending April 80th, 1879 :
Repairs and other sundry outlays.
3,812.81
Two horses for No. 4.
450.00
One horse and wagon for Chief Engineer.
175.00
New material, permanent supplies ..
1,151.78
Repairs to houses.
61.93
Salaries of full paid men.
15,780.00
Salaries of half time men
4,150.00
Total
$24,581.52
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
Expenses of battery, etc.
$91.78
Extension of lines and new material .
281.89
Salary of Superintendent.
800.00
Total.
$25,255.19
Credit by cash for old material sold.
91.70
Balance
$25,168,49
VALUE OF PROPERTY, ETC.
The total appraised value of property belonging to the depart- ment April 30th, 1879, was ... 75,281.29 Total amount of hose on hand, white anchor, reliable, 8,450 feet; not reliable, 8,855 feet; aggregate, 6,805 feet.
FIRES.
There have been during the year 88 fires and alarms, being an increase over 1877 of 18. Of this number 69 were actual fires, 10 chimney and 9 false alarms.
Total loss of property
$84,699.16
Total insurance paid
69,857.29
Loss over insurance paid. $15,841.87
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