Manual of the City Councils for 1898-1899, Part 1

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INDEX TO MANUAL OF COUNCILS. All matter revised to May 10, 1898.


A


PAGE


Acts relating to members of Councils 32-37


Appropriations for 1898.


.92-93


Appraisers, Mercantile. 96-97


Appropriations for Channels of Delaware and Schuylkill


69


Area of Large Parks in the United States.


100


Fairmount Park 107-8


Wards


42


Assessors, Real Estate.


88-89


Assets of City


94


B


Bath Houses, Public. 53


Births and Marriages Registry 56


Board of Health 54-58


Revision of Taxes


85-6


Boiler Inspection ..


60


Boundaries of Wards 40-42


Bullitt Bill 135-6


Board of Highway Supervisors. 64


BOARDS.


Building Inspectors. 58-59


City Trusts. 105-6


Civil Service Examiners. 44-45


Harbor Commissioners 59-60


Health (State) 132


(City)


54


Highway Supervisors


64


Pardons (State).


131


Port Wardens.


77-79


Charities (State)


131


Revision of Taxes 85-6


Surveyors


.68-69


BUREAUS.


Boiler Inspection. 60


Building Inspection 58-59


Charities. 76


City Ice Boats 61


= Property .. 52-54


Collectors Delinquent Taxes. 84-85


Public Education


iv


INDEX.


PAGE


Correction


77


Electrical


52


Fire. 50-51


= Escapes 5I


Gas Lease 64-67


Health. 54


Highways


.61-64


Lighting


64


Police.


46-50


Registry of Births, etc 56


(Surveys).


68


Street Cleaning 67


Surveys. 67-69


Water


70-75-85


C


Cab Service. 142


Central Police Station. 47


Charities and Correction .76-77


City Assets.


94


Charter (Bullitt Bill)


I35-6


Commissioners 101


80


" Debt


Editors.


14I


Expenditures .91-96


Finances. 38-39


Hall, occupants.


" Commissioners 109-IIO


Ice Boats. 61


Loans, Outstanding 95-96


Morgue .. 53


Obligations 94


Parks 106-7


Property 52-54


Receipts. 91


Repair Shop. 72


Solicitor 82


Squares 108-9


Tax Rates


90


= Trusts. 105-6


Civil Service Examining Boards. 44-45


Clerk of Quarter Sessions. I18


Orphans' Court. I20


Clerks of Councils, 1854 to 1898 I26-7


Markets .. 54


Commissioners for Erection of Public Build-


ings 109-10


City


IOI


Fairmount Park


106-7


Treasurer 97-98


.91-92


" Controller 94


INDEX.


V


PAGE


Commissioners to erect New City Hall.


109-10


Sinking Fund


SI


Board of Charities.


131


Harbor


59-60


Committees of Councils


14-19


Common Pleas, Prothonotary of II7


Courts


118-120


Coroner.


104


Cost of Department 91


County Prison


I14-15


CITY COUNCILS.


Alphabetical Lists


19-29


Chairman of Joint Standing Committees. 13


Chambers. 400-402


Clerks of . 1-2-126-7


Committees.


14-19


Common


6-12


Alphabetical List


23-29


New Wards and Members 37


Qualification of Members. 36


Elections by


30


Organization of Common


.34-36


Select.


.30-32


Resignation of Members


Rules of Common 153-160 Joint. 161-173


of Select 143-152


Select, Members and Officers.


3-5


Alphabetical List 19-22


33


= New Wards and Members


Terms of Members of Common 36


..


=


Select


30


Vacancies, Common Members


36


Select Members


32


COURTS.


Common Pleas. 118-120


Officers, Prothonotary 117


Magistrates


Orphans 128-9


Philadelphia


Quarter Sessions.


118-120


Supreme.


121


Superior Court


121


United States.


121-2


D


Debt of City.


94


Delinquent Tax Collectors ..


84-85


I20


118-120


Qualification of Members 33


125-6


Presidents of.


33-36


vi


INDEX.


PAGE


Directors Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. 122 Distances to other Cities. xii


District Attorney ... 105


Dwelling Houses and Buildings in City 86-87


DEPARTMENTS.


Charities and Correction 76


City Commissioners


Controller 80


Treasurer 97-98


Coroner. 104


Departments, Cost of.


91


District Attorney.


77-79


Law 82-83


Mayor 43-45


Parks 106-107


Port Wardens. 81


Prisons 114-15


Public Safety.


46


Works.


61


Education


77-79


Receipts


.91-92


Receiver of Taxes 83-85


Recorder of Deeds. 98-99


Register of Wills.


100


Revision of Taxes. 85-86


Sheriff.


103-4


E


Executive Departments. begins at page 43


Eastern Penitentiary. 116


Education. 77-79


Editors, City. 141


Elections by Councils 30


Election Laws. 101-103


Electrical Bureau. 52


Elevator Inspectors 59


Exchanges. 140


Examining Boards Civil Service. 44-45


Expenditures of City. 91-92


F


Facts about Philadelphia. 136-7


Fairmount Park 107-8


Finances of City. 91-96


Fire Bureau 50-51


Escapes 51


Marshal 51


Free Library


III-112


Fish Commission 132


Education 105


INDEX. vii


G


Gas Lease.


PAGE 64-67 = Trustees of Northern Liberties IIO-II


Girard College 106


Estate


106


H


Hall, City.


38-39


Harbor Commissioners. 59-60 Health Bureau. 54


Heights of Principal Buildings. 110


Highway Bureau.


61-64


Highway Supervisors 64


Holidays, Legal. 139


Hospital, Wills. 106


House Drainage. 56


of Refuge. I13-14


" Representatives, Philadelphia List. 133-34


Hygiene Laboratory


57-58


I


Ice Boats, City.


61


Independence Hall 138


Insane Hospital, State 130-I


INSPECTORS.


Asphalt Streets


63


Boilers.


60


Buildings. 58-59


Coal and Petroleum Oils.


County Prison 45


I14-15


District (Buildings) 58-59 Electrical Construction 63 Eastern Penitentiary II6 Elevators


Highways.


62


Nuisance Inspectors.


55


Meat and Cattle


47


Medical Inspectors. 5.5


Milk


56


Sewers


63


Water


70


J


Joint Rules of Councils.


161-173


Joint Standing Committees.


14-19


L


Laboratory of Hygiene. 57-58 Law Department. 82-83 Lazaretto 57


59


House Drainage. 56


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INDEX.


PAGE


Lease of Gas Works 64-67


Legislature, State. I32-34


Legal Holidays.


139 Library, Free. III-12


Licenses for Carts, Wagons and Cars. 63


Vaults, Buildings, Sewers, etc. 63


Mercantile. 96-7


Liabilities of City 94


Lighting Bureau. 64


Loans of City 95


M


Magistrates' Courts. 128-9


Mayors of the City (1701 to 1898) 124-5


Mayor's Office .. 43-45


Marriage License Clerk. 120


Members of Select Council. 3-4-5 " Common Council. 6-12


Mercantile Appraisers. 96-97


Messenger Service, American District. 140


Western Union I40-41


Morgue.


53


Municipal Hospital. 56


N


Nautical School Ship I13 New City Charter 135-6


Northern Liberties Gas Company IIO-II


O


Oath of Office.


.31-34


Officers of Select Council. I


Common Council. 2


Oil Inspector


45


Orphans' Court. 120


Clerk of 120


Organization of Councils


30-36


P


Pardons, State Board of.


131


106-7


Park Commission.


Parks and Squares .. 108-9 = in the United States 109


Passenger Railway Companies


122-23


Pennsylvania Fish Commission. 132


Hospital for Insane, Norristown 130-I


Legislature .. ... .. 132-34


Museum School Industrial Art 112-13


Nautical School II3


State Departments.


131-32


INDEX.


ix


Penitentiary


PAGE


I16 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Directors. I22


Physicians, Vaccine. 57


Police Bureau 46-50


Magistrates. 128-9


= District and Station Houses 47-50


Port Wardens 81


Postage Rates 138-9


Presidents of Councils. 125-6


Principal Buildings in the World IIO


Prisons.


114-15


Prothonotary Common Pleas. IL7


Public Bath Houses 53


Public Building Commissioners ICQ-IIO


Education 77-79


Parks


108-9


=


Safety


46


Works


61


Purveyors, Water 71


Q


Quarter Sessions Clerk


I18


R


Railway, Passenger. I22-23


Rates of Postage .. 138-9


Water .. 72-75


Real Estate, Owned by City. 87-88


$6


Assessors


88-89


Receipts City. 91


Receiver of Taxes 83-85


Recorder of Deeds. .98-99


Register of Wills. 100-120


Registry of Births and Marriages. 56


66 Survey Bureau. 68


Revision of Taxes. 85-86


Rules of Common Council 53-160


Select I43-152


Joint


161-173


S


School Boards, Sectional 79


Senate of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia List. 132


Select Council Rules. 143-152 Service, Cab. 142 Sheriff. . 103-104


Sinking Fund Balances. 92 Sinking Fund Commissioners 81 State Government .. 131-32


Board of Health 132


" Inspector of Oils. 45


x


INDEX.


PAGE


Street Cleaning Bureau


67 Street Guide. xi Statements, City Financial Superior Court. 121


.91-96


Supreme Court 121


Survey, Bureau of .. 67 -: 9


Surveyors, Board of. 68-69


T


Tax Department. 83


Delinquent Bureau. 84


¥ Rates, 1869, 1898.


90


Treasurer, City.


97-98


Trusts, City. 105-6


Trustees Northern Liberties Gas Company. 110-11


U


United States Courts .121-2


46


Offices in Philadelphia 121-2


Senators


134


Congressmen 134


V


Vaccine Physicians 57


Valuation of Real Estate for Taxation


....


88-90


and Personal Property


for Taxation


90


W


Wards, Areas of .. 42


Boundaries of. 40-42


Water Bureau


70-75-85


Purveyors. 71


Rates.


72-75


Wills Hospital 106


xi


STREET GUIDE.


No. NORTH from Market. No. SOUTH from Market.


I Market, Filbert sts.


- Commerce, Church. 100 Arch, Cherry.


200 Race, Branch, New.


300 Vine, Wood.


400 Callowhill, Willow.


- Noble, Margaretta.


500 Buttonwood. - Spring Garden.


600 Green.


700 Bainbridge. Monroe.


Mount Veruon.


- Wallace, Melon. 700 Fairmount ave. - Olive.


- Fitzwater, German. 800 Catharine, Queen.


900 Christian, Marriott. 1000 Carpenter.


800 Brown, Parrish.


- Ogden.


900 Poplar, Laurel.


- Beaver, George. .


I200 Girard ave., Stiles.


1300 Wharton.


1400 Reed.


1500 Jefferson. 1600 Oxford.


1500 Dickinson. - Greenwich. 1600 Tasker.


1700 Columbia ave.


1700 Morris, Pierce.


1800 Montgomery ave.


1800 Moore, Siegel.


1900 Berks.


1900 Mifflin.


2000 Norris, Otis.


2000 Mckean.


2100 Diamond.


2100 Snyder ave.


2200 Susquehanna ave.


2200 Jackson.


2300 Dauphin.


2300 Wolf.


2400 York.


2400 Ritner.


2500 Cumberland.


2500 Porter.


2600 Huntingdon.


2600 Shunk.


2700 Lehigh ave.


2700 Oregon ave.


2800 Somerset.


28co Johnsou.


2900 Cambria.


2900 Bigler.


3000 Indiana ave.


3000 Pollock.


3100 Clearfield.


3100 Packer.


3300 Westmoreland.


3300 Thirty-third ave.


3400 Ontario. 3500 Tioga.


3400 Thirty-fourth ave. 3400 Thirty-fifth ave. 3600 Thirty-sixth ave.


3700 Thirty-seventh ave.


3800 Thirty-eighth ave.


3900 Pike.


39co Thirty-ninth ave.


4000 Fortieth ave.


4300 League Island.


3600 T'enango. 3700 Erie.


3800 Butler.


4000 Luzerne.


3200 Curtin.


3200 Allegheny ave.


1100 Washington ave. - Ellsworth. I200 Federal, Marion.


1300 Thompson, Seybert. 1400 Master.


I Market, Jayne sts. - Merchant, Minor. 100 Chestnut, Sansom. - Library, Dock. 200 Walnut, Locust. 300 Spruce, Union. 400 Pine. 500 Lombard, Gaskill. 600 South.


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


xii


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


DISTANCES.


I mile from Delaware avenue to Eleventh street; 2 miles to Twenty-third street; 3 miles to Thirty- seventh street; 4 miles to Forty-seventh street ; 5 miles to Fifty-sixth street. 1 mile from Market street to Fairmount avenue; 2 miles to Berks street ; 3 miles to Lehigh avenue; 4 miles to Erie avenue. I mile from Market street to Washington avenue; 2 miles to Snyder avenue ; 3 miles to Bigler street.


DISTANCES TO OTHER CITIES.


M.


M.


Albany, N. Y.


232


Atchison, Kans


1,288


Atlanta, Ga


792


Atlantic City, N. J.


56


Augusta, Me ..


478


Baltimore, Md.


96


Bismark, N. D


1,677


Boisé City, Idaho


2,611


Boston, Mass


307


Buffalo, N. Y.


431


Burlington, Iowa


1,028


Carson City, Nev


2,922


Charleston, S. C 724


Chicago, Il1 .


822


Cincinnati, Ohio


667


Cleveland, Ohio.


504


Concord, N. H.


353


Denver, Colo.


1,881


Detroit, Mich


682


Galveston. Tex


1,700


Havana, Cuba, via


Tampa & Key West ... 1,431 Helena, Mont. 2,834 Indianapolis, Ind. 727


Jacksonville, Fla ......


924


Key West, Fla .


.1,478


Little Rock, Ark


1,303


Los Angeles, Cal.


3,017


Louisville, Ky


777


Memphis, Tenn


1,073


Milwaukee, Wis


907


Miama, Fla.


1,290


Mobile, Ala


1,147


Nassau (N. P.), via Miama, Fla. .500


New Orleans, La


1,254


New York, N. Y.


90


Omaha, Neb.


1,330


Palm Beach, Fla.


1,225


Pittsburg, Pa


354


Portland, Ore


3,135


Prescott, Ariz.


2,662


Provideuce, R. I


279


Richmond, Va


254


St. Paul, Minn


1,232


St. Louis, Mo.


9.58


Salt Lake City, Utah.2,483


San Francisco, Cal ... 3,197 Santa Fé, N. Mex ..... 2,083 Savannah, Ga .. 815


Tacoma, Wash.


-3,143


Tampa, Fla.


1,200


Vicksburg, Miss.


1,198


Washington, D. C. 132 Wheeling, W. Va .. 406 Wilmington, N. C .... 503


OFFICERS OF


Select Council,


From First Monday in April, 1898, to First Monday in April, 1899.


SELECT COUNCIL.


PRESIDENT, JAMES L. MILES, Franklin Building, Twelfth and Walnut Streets. CHIEF CLERK, JOS. H. PAIST, 1821 MT. VERNON STREET. ASSISTANT CLERK, H. W. ROBERTSON, 248 W. Logan Square. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, JAS. FRANKLIN, 1523 Christian Street, STENOGRAPHER AND TYPEWRITER, HAROLD GODFREY, 408-411 City Hall.


Messenger, ANDREW M. SYRES, 1448 S. Seventh Street. Janitor, PRESTON MASON, 524 N. Sixth Street. Office Boy, WM. J. FLANAGAN, 436 S. Fortieth Street.


OFFICERS OF


Common Council,


From First Monday in April, 1898, to First Monday in April, 1899.


PRESIDENT, WENCEL HARTMAN, 125 S. Seventh Street.


CHIEF CLERK, GEO. W. KOCHERSPERGER, 1903 NORTH ELEVENTH STREET.


FIRST ASSISTANT CLERK, WILLIAM BARTLEY, 2837 Girard Avenue.


SECOND ASSISTANT CLERK, GAVIN NEILSON, 137 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Germantown.


SECRETARY FINANCE COMMITTEE, WM. H. BAKER, 1333 Hanover Street.


COMMITTEE CLERK (HIGHWAYS AND SURVEYS), WM. H. FELTON, 4135 Westminster Avenue.


SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, CHARLES B. HALL, 2010 Pine Street.


STENOGRAPHER AND TYPEWRITER, WM. H. LELAR, 247 Pine Street.


Messenger, D. K. ENGELMAN, 1903 N. Eleventh Street. Janitor, ERNEST HITCHINS, 226 Acorn Street. Office Boy, FRANK SIMONE, 752 S. Eighth Street.


CITY HALL, BROAD AND MARKET STREETS.


SELECT COUNCIL CHAMBER, NO. 402. PRESIDENT'S ROOM, 404. CLERK'S OFFICES, 406-408.


COMMITTEE ROOMS, 504-506-508.


OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF SELECT COUNCIL .- 1898-99.


President, JAMES L. MILES, Chief Clerk, JOS. H. PAIST, Asst. Clerk, H. W. ROBERTSON.


Franklin Building. 1821 Mt. Vernon street. 248 W. Logan Square.


Sergeant-at-Arms, JAMES FRANKLIN, Stenographer and Typewriter, HAROLD GODFREY, 4c6 City Hall.


1523 Christian street. Doorkeeper, THOS. H. HAMILTON, 1627 North Eleventh street.


Messenger, ANDREW M. SYRES, 1448 South Seventh street. Page, LEWIS TOLSON, 1333 S. Colorado street.


Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


I


R. William S. Vare.


190I


Real Estate.


520 Tasker street.


2 IR. Jos. L. Nobre ...


1900


Real Est. Assessor. 1243 Moyamensing ave ...


3 R. Harry Hunter.


1899


Gentleman .


771 South Twelfth street.


4 D. Wm. McMullen ..


1900


Gentleman


631 South Ninth street ...


5 R. Jas. B. Anderson.


1899


Attorney-at-Law.


321 Pine street .....


204 West Washington sq. 607 Arch street.


6 D. James Nolan ..


1900


Teamster


621 Arch street ....


R. Samuel F. Houseman


1899


424 South Broad street .....


R. Geo. W. Sunderland ... 8


1900


Real Estate Broker 231 South Eighth street ... 216-217 Franklin Bldg.


705 Betz Building. City Hall.


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


3


Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


9 IO II


R. Robert R. Bringhurst. R. James P. McNichol ...


1900 1901 1900


Undertaker


38 North Eleventh street. 2022 Race street ..


Contractor


Clerk


132 Green street.


12 R. Geoge W. Joerger 190I


R. James L. Miles ...


1900


Attorney-at-Law ... Cashier


839 Franklin street


403 Franklin Building. 3650 Market street.


16 I7 18


R. George T. D'Autrechy R. William Rowen .. R. Edward Buchholz


1901


Plasterer.


14II Hanover street ..


19 20 21


R. John Stackhouse ..


Real Estate.


Manufacturer.


Printer


Mfg. Malt Vinegar .. Journalist ..


4645 Penn st., Frankford. 4027 Brown street.


Tucker and Bermuda. 1232 Market street.


25


R. Arthur H. MacOwen .. R. Wilbur F. Short. R. James A. Briggs ...


1899 1900 I90I 1899


Mfg. Agent


Insurance ...


1530 Lehigh avenue ..


403-404 Betz Building. 917 Betz Building 1635 Thompson street.


719 So. Twenty-second st. 1607 Sansom street.


1900


Victualler


I90I


Builder.


2355 E. Susquehanna ave 2356 Fletcher street. 1820 North Broad street .. 1611 Filbert street.


4


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


38 North Eleventh street. 704 Betz Building. 21012 Walnut street.


412 Green street.


R. W. J. St. Clair


190I


1900


Banker


TOOI Brandywine street ... 1815 Vine street


115 South Fifth street.


213 Susquehanna ave.


104 East Girard avenue. 2007 Germantown ave.


1531 North Thirteentli st. 1345 Arch street. Lyceum ave. bel. Fleming Main & Centre, M'nk. 251 Rittenhouse st., G't'n 27 South Fifth street.


22 23 24


R. Joseph M. Adams R. Geo. B. Edwards.


R. J. Emory Byram ...


1899 1901


Manufacturer ..


Oil Inspector ..


3016 Richmond street ..... 1144 South Ninth street ... The Bartram


Neff and Thompson sts. 311 City Hall.


26 R. Edward W. Patton R. L. G. Fourier 27 28 D. A. Raymond Raff 29 30 R. William McCoach.


3I R. Watson D. Upperman R. Franklin M. Harris ... 32


1901


Convey'r & Mangr 918 North Fifth street ... 1448 Lawrence street.


1899 Funeral Director ... Merchant ..


2007 Germantown ave .....


I901 1899 1901


Pl'inb'r & Gas Fitt'r 412 Green street.


13 14 15 R. William G. Huey .. R. Henry Clay.


R. Jos. H. Klemmer


1900 1899 Carpenter & B'l'der 2331 North College ave .... Plumber.


1900


N


Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


33 34 35 36 37 38 39


R. Samuel Lamond


I90I 1899


Foreman Manufacturer


R. Henry Brooks.


R. Joseph H. Brown ....


1900


Gentlemen ..


R. Hugh Black.


1899


Teamster


Coal Dealer


935 W. Dauphin street ..... 4207 Ridge avenue.


1023 W.Susquehanna ave 4207 Ridge avenue.


40


Republicans, 35. .


Democrats, 3. Total, 38.


The stated meetings of Select Council are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 3 o'clock P. M., in their Chamber, City Hall. Special meetings are held when business requires.


After November, 1898, there will be two additional members, viz ; One from the 39th and one from the 40th Ward.


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


5


443 East Somerset street. Tulip st. & Lehigh ave. 55th & Wyalusing ave. 5300 Girard avenue .. 8012 Frankf'd av. Holm'g. 2329 Wharton street ... 2329 Wharton street.


R. John Dougherty. 1899


R. Hamilton W.Sherlock 1900


Grocer


6


CITY HALL, BROAD AND MARKET STREETS. COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBER, 400. PRESIDENT'S ROOM, 490. CLERK'S OFFICES, 492-494-497. COMMITTEE ROOMS, 496-590-592-594.


OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL .- 1898-99.


.


GAVIN NEILSON, 2d Asst Clerk, 137 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Germantown. WM. H. BAKER, Sec' y Finance Com., 1333 Hanover St. WM. H. FELTON, Com. Clerk, 4135 Westminster Ave. CHARLES B. HALL, Sergeant-at-Arms, 2010 Pine St.


WM. H. LELAR, Stenographer and Typewriter, 247 Pine St.


H. A. KAMMERER, Doorkeeper, 2205 Fairmount Ave. Pages : RICHARD J. WARWICK AND OLIVER HUTZELL.


~ Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


R. Frank I. Mitchell


1899


Dry Goods & Not'ns 1923 South Sixth street ...


1923 South Sixth street.


R. John C. Steger


1899


Bookkeeper.


1821 South Fourth street. 20 South Delaware ave. 2025 South Tenth street ... 2025 South Tenth street.


R. Chris. M. Leonard.


1899


Produce Dealer ......


R. Harry Y. Shugart ..


1900


Bricklay'r & Buil'r 733 Reed street. .. 733 Reed street.


R. S. Creadick, M. D


1900


Physician .. ...


1314 South Fifth street ....


1314 South Fifth street.


R. Gustave Hahn.


1900


Printer ..


1825 South Eighth street. 1825 South Eighth street.


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


WENCEL HARTMAN, Pres't, 125 S. 7th St. GEORGE W. KOCHERSPERGER, Chief Clerk, 1903 N. IIth St. WILLIAM BARTLEY, 1st Ass't Clerk, 2835 Girard Ave.


Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Wall Paper Merch.


Horseshoer.


2


R. John F. Slater 1899


D. Andrew W. Falbey ....


1899


D. Patrick Donohue.


1900 1899


Saloonkeeper .. Physician


953 South Sixth street ......


3 R. Chas. S. Means, M. D.


D. Harry Quinu.


1899


Saloonkeeper ..


4 5


R. C. D. B. Balbirnie R. Henry S. Martin.


1900 1899


6 7 R. Chas. Seger ....


1899


Gentleman


1715 Pine street.


Caterer ..


1345 Lombard street ...


Broker.


2212 Lombard street.


Publisher.


1026 Rodman street ..


717 Sansom street.


8


R. David S. B. Chew R. Wencel Hartman ..


1899


Treasurer ..


1716 Walnut street ...


2216 Locust street.


125 South Seventh street


9 R. Charles Roberts.


1716 Arch street.


431 Walnut street.


Twenty-first & Vine sts.


1900


1900


Foreman


477 American street .......


488 American street.


12 R. Henry Erdin


I3 R Ellsworth H. Hults, 1899


R. James C. Collins.


1900


Insurance Broker ... Merchant.


603 Brown street ..


327-329 North Front st.


7


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


Place of Business


410 Dickinson street ...... 1537 South Fifth street .... 1004 South Eleventh st.


233 Federal street ...


1130 Moyamensing ave. Sixth & Carpenter sts.


701 South Eleventh st. 276 South Third street. I203 Pine street.


621 Pine street ...


D. Wm. Van Osten.


Restaurant


10 North Fifth street ..


Io North Fifth street.


1345 Lombard street.


R. Andrew F. Stevens. Jr. R John S. Hammond ..... R. C. J. Perry ..


899 1899


1900


Attorney-at-Law .... Pres. S. G. Ins. Co .. Broker ..


1900 1899 1899


Druggist ..


Attorney-at-Law ....


112 North Twenty-first st. 1102 Betz Building.


IO R. William H. Garrett .... Bennett L. Smedley .. R. George McCurdy .. R. Edwin E. Smith.


1899 Electrical Supplies 305 Buttonwood street ..... 532 Walnut street.


863 North Seventh street. 203 Walnut place.


218 North Thirteenth st. 1318 South Second street


I R. Jos. R. C. McAllister .. R. James M. Hazlett


1900 1900


Gentleman


Saloon


738 South Twelfth street. 738 South Twelfth street.


701 South Eleventh st ..... 276 South Third street.


1899


Chemist ..


Real Estate.


1899


225 South Sixth treet.


146 North Thirteenth st .. 2050 Vine street ..


Residence


Ward


13 14 15


R. J. Lunkenheimer, Jr ... R. John T. Stauffer .. R. W. J. Scott, M. D. IR. Alexander Abrahams. R. Geo. Gluyas Mercer ... R. Melville B. Parker. R. Chas. Ouram .. R. George Thomas. R. Theodore Borden R. H. L. Montgomery .. R. Samuel B. Gilpin. .. D. George Q Spiel ..


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


Wines and Liquors 813 Vine street.


Liveryman ..


Physician.


Manager ..


Lawyer ...


Spring Manufact'r. 818 N. Twenty-seventh st. 18th st., & Penna. ave.


Druggist ..


Bookseller.


1900


Heaters, Plumbing 2045 Wallace street ...


I900


Manage1. ..


1899


Merchant.


1899


Musician


Apothecary.


Bricklayer & Cont. 322 Richmond street.


1899


Conveyancer .


424 Wildey street


Painter & Decorat'r 2208 East Norris street ..


R. Thomas Firth R. Elmer S. Little.


R. Joseph A. Eslen. R. W. Harris Seltzer .. R. John Doak, Jr ...


R. W. B. Cornelius, M. D. Vacancy ..


1899 1899


Physician


2610 North Front street ... 2612-22 North Front st. 2512 North Sixth street ... 2512 North Sixth street.


00


MANUAL OF COUNCILS.


637 N. Nineteenth street. 1312 Chestnut street. 207 Girard avenue.


847 N. Twenty-ninth st ... 977 North Fifth street ..... 509 West Girard avenue .. 509 West Girard ave. 341 Girard avenue.


16 17 R. August Hohl. 18 R. Isaac D. Hetzell.


1900 1899


R. Richard T. Irwin R. Wm. H. Mingle. R. Martin W. Bougher ... 19


341 Girard avenue. 320 Richmond street. 1609 Frankford avenue. 2208 East Norris street. 401 Richmond street. Taylor and Emerald sts. 1824 Frankford avenue.


Printer & Publisher 2029 Lawrence street .. .... 605 Sansom street. 426 Market street.


Dyer


1899 1899 Grocer. 401 Richmond street ... 1899 Dyer and Finisher. 123 Susquehanna ave .. 1899 Conveyancer 1899 1913 Howard street ... 1899 Asbestos Manuf'r ... 404 West Huntingdon st ..


813 Vine street. 1344 Parrish street. 301 N. Thirteenth street .. I207 Parrish street ... I222-1228 Cherry street. 301 North Thirteenth st. 1300 Mt. Vernon street. 641 North Sixteenth st .... 636 Drexel Building.


668 North Fifteenth st ..... 668 North Fifth street. 633 North Sixteenth st


1899 1899 1900 1900


1900


1899 1899


1899


Ward


Members


Terms Expire


Occupation


Residence


Place of Business


20


R. Chas. K. Smith


R. T. J. Morton, M. D.


Physician


1453 North Tenth street.


R. Geo. W. Conrad


Clerk.


1411 Franklin street.


R. Morris M. Caverow ... R. George Hawkes ...


1899


Manufacturer.


Secretary ....


Conveyancer


1930 Franklin street ..


R. William F. Dixon ..


R. Josiah Linton


Merchant ..


R. Howard M. Levering.


Druggist.


Merchant.


Gentleman


4953 Rubicam avenue ..


Nurseryman


R. Wilson H. Brown


1900 1900


Life Insurance.


Merchant.




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