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Gc 974.802 P53phco 1898-1899 Philadelphia (Pa.). City Councils.
Manual of the City Councils for ...
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biladelphia
Manual
of the
City Councils
for
1898=99
Compiled by
Chict Clerk of Select Council
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CALENDAR 1898-99.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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