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TERMS OF MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
ONE MEMBER FOR EVERY 2,000 VOTES.
Each ward of City is entitled to a member of Com- mon Council for every 2,000 names on completed Can- vassers' List of the year the election is held for Common Councilmen .- Act of March 20, 1872.
TERM OF MEMBERS TWO YEARS.
Members of Common Council shall be elected on the third Tuesday of February, for two years, from first Monday in April of each year. Act of March 10, 1875.
VACANCIES, HOW FILLED.
Members to fill vacancies may be elected either in February or November, and take their seats imme- diately thereafter. Members elected from wards en- titled to additional representatives, take their seats on the first Monday of April. Those elected from newly created wards, take their seats immediately after their election, to serve until first Monday of April following, and thereafter from the first Monday of April for the two years succeeding.
RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS.
Any member may tender his resignation, to take effect at a given time stated. The President is re- quired to direct the Chief Clerk to notify the Sheriff of such resignation within one week after the same. -Act of April 27, 1864.
QUALIFICATIONS.
MEMBERS CANNOT BECOME SURETY.
Members of Common Council caunot become surety for any city official. Penalty, forfeiture of office and fine of $500 .- Act of March 31, 1860.
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MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE, ETC.
No member of the State Legislature, nor one hold- ing office or employment from or under the State at the time of his election as a member of Council, shall be eligible as a member of Councils .- Act of Febru- ary 2, 1854.
INELIGIBLE TO POSITIONS CHOSEN BY COUNCILS.
Members of Councils are not eligible to any office, employment, or agency, directly or indirectly chosen by Councils during the term for which they shall have been elected to Council -Act of March 18, 1863.
REMOVAL FROM WARD.
A removal from the ward from which a member is elected, to another ward, shall operate as a for- feiture of the office .- Act of March 18, 1863.
No member of Council shall hold any office or em- ployment in the choice of said Councils during the term for which he shall be elected, nor hold any office, city or county, in the choice of the people, while serv- ing as a member of Council .- Act of March 11, 1869.
PERSONAL INTEREST IN MEASURES.
A member of Council voting upon a measure in which he has a personal or private interest, without disclosing the fact, shall, in case his vote carries the measures, forfeit his office .- Act of May 23, 1874.
NEW WARDS AND MEMBERS.
It is provided that when a new ward is created at the next general or municipal election, occurring not less than forty days after the decree of proper Court declaring creation of the new ward, shall elect as many members of Common Council as by law enti- tled, and on second Monday after his election shall be admitted to his seat. All Councilmen residing in new wards, previously elected by voters of old wards, shall serve out their terms for which they were elected. If any election should occur for Councils, previous to the expiration of their terms, they shall be counted as part of the whole number to which said ward is entitled. The term of members of Com- mon Council shall be two years from date of the first Monday in April succeeding their election, as well as including that portion of term following the election as provided for .- Act of February 12, 1889.
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CITY HALL.
City Hall was practically commenced 16th of August, 1871, the corner-stone was laid 4th July, 1874. It is the largest single building on this continent. Covers an area of 41/2 acres. A colossal statute of William Penn 37 feet in height surmounts the tower.
DIMENSIONS OF BUILDING.
North to south 486 feet 6 inches
East to west ... 470 feet
Area. 47/2 acres
Height of tower. 547 feet 31/4 inches
Width of base. .90 feet
Clock face. ·361 feet above pavement
Clock face, diameter of
20 feet 750
Rooms.
Floor rooms 1472 acres
OCCUPANTS OF CITY HALL.
FIRST FLOOR.
Receiver of Taxes .- Nos. 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114 and 116.
Revision of Taxes .- 180.
Recorder of Deeds .- 1 54.
Park Commission .- 127 and 129.
City Property .- 128 and 130.
City Commissioners .- 134, 136 and 138.
City Treasurer .- 133 and 143.
City Controller .- 140, 142, 144, 146 and 148.
Register of Wills .- 162, 162a, 164, 166, 168 and 170.
Bureau of Water .- Permits, 196.
SECOND FLOOR.
Mayor's Office .- Nos. 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208.
Public Works .- 210 and 218.
Public Safety .- 215, 217, 221 and 225.
Superintendent of Police .- 227 and 229.
Bureau of Highways .- 232. .
Bureau of Street Cleaning .- 238.
Prothonotary Courts of Common Pleas .- 264 to 288.
THIRD FLOOR.
Building Inspectors .- Nos. 313, 315, 317, 319.
Boiler Inspection .- 301, 303, 305, 305A. Oil Inspector .- 311.
Charities and Correction .- 395A.
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FOURTH FLOOR. COUNCIL CHAMBERS. COMMON COUNCIL, NO. 400. SELECT COUNCIL, NO. 402. CLERK'S OF COUNCIL'S OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ROOMS.
Finance Committee .- 496.
President Select Council .- 404.
Chief Clerk Select Council .- 408. Assistant Clerk and Serg .- at-Arms Select Council .- 406. Stenographer Select Council .- 411.
Messenger and Janitor of Select Council .- 401A. President of Common Council .- 490. Chief Clerk Common Council .- 496. Secretary Finance Committee .- 496.
Clerk of Highway and Survey Committees .- 497. Assistant Clerks and Serg .- at-Arms Com. Council .- 494. Messenger and Janitor of Common Council .- 497A. Committee Rooms .- 504, 506, 508, 590, 592, 594. Supreme Court .- 450, 452, 454, 456 and 460.
Bureau of Survey .- 410, 412, 416 and 418.
Orphans' Court .- 425 to 436.
City Solicitor. 462 to 488.
Sheriff .- 467 to 487.
Commissioners for the Erection of Public Buildings .- 453. FIFTH FLOOR.
Bureau of Health .- Nos. 513, 515, 517. Chief of Detectives .- 533.
Milk Inspector .- 513.
SIXTH FLOOR.
Bureau of Health .- Nos. 610, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616. District Attorney .- 654.
Clerk of Quarter Sessions .- 677, 681, 682, 685, 687.
Coroner .- 602, 604, 606, 608.
Electrical Bureau .- 618, 620, 626 and 628.
Magistrates' Court .- 625.
Lieutenant of Reserves .- 631.
Captains of Police .- 629.
SEVENTH FLOOR.
Bacteriologists .- 708.
EIGHTH FLOOR.
Reporters .- No. 825. Secretary Civil Service .- 875.
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Boundaries of Wards.
Ist .- Beginning Wharton st. and Delaware river, to Passyunk Road, to Mifflin st., to river Delaware and to place of beginning.
2d .- Between river Delaware and Broad ; Wharton to Passyunk avenue, to Ellsworth, to Broad, to Chris- tian, to Delaware river, to Wharton.
3d .- Broad to Fitzwater, to Passyunk ave., to Ger- man, to Second, to Mead, to Swanson, to Catharine, to Delaware river, to Christian, to Broad.
4th .- Starting at Broad and Fitzwater, along Fitz- water to Passyunk ave., to German, to Mead, to Swanson, to Catharine, to Delaware river, to South, to Broad, to starting point.
5th .- 7th and river Delaware, and South and Chest- nut.
6th .- 7th and river Delaware, and Chestnut and Vine.
7th .- 7th and river Schuylkill, and South and Spruce.
8th .- 7th and river Schuylkill, and Chestnut and Spruce.
9th .- 7th and river Schuylkill, and Chestnut and Arch.
Ioth .- 7th and river Schuylkill, and Arch and Vine. 11th .- 3d and river Delaware, and Vine and Poplar. 12th .- Sixth and Third, Vine and Poplar.
13th .- Sixth and Tenth, Vine and Poplar.
Ixth .- Tenth and Broad, Vine and Poplar.
15th .- Between Broad and river Schuylkill, and Vine and Poplar.
16th-Starting at Laurel and river Delaware ; Laurel to Frankford ave., to Girard ave., to Sixth, to Poplar, to Delaware river, to Laurel.
17th .- Oxford, Frankford ave., Girard ave., and Sixth.
18th .- Beginning at Laurel st. and river Delaware ; Laurel to Frankford ave., Norris to Aramingo canal ; to Lenigh ave. to river Delaware.
19th .- Beginning at Frankford ave. and Norris ; Frankford ave. to Oxford, to Sixth, to Germantown ave., to Lehigh ave., to Kensington ave., to Front, to Norris, to Frankford ave.
20th .- Beginning at Broad and Poplar ; to Sixth, to Susquehanna ave., to Eleventh, to Montgomery ave., to Broad, to Poplar.
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21st .- Beginning at School lane and river Schuyl- kill ; School lane to township line, to County line, to river.
22d .- On the N. E. and N. W. by County line road ; S. W. by Wissahickon and Roberts aves. ; S. and S. E. by Wingohocking and Tacony creeks.
23d .- Frankford creek, Castor road, Dark run lane, Delaware river.
24th .- River Schuylkill, Market st., Meadow, Haver- ford, Forty-fourth st., Belmont ave., City ave.
25th .- Lehigh ave., Kensington ave .; Delaware river, Frankford creek.
26th .- Passyunk ave. and Ellsworth, along Passyunk to Broad, to Back channel, to Eighteenth, to Wash- ington ave., to Broad, to Ellsworth, to Passyunk ave.
27th .- Beginning at Gray's Ferry ave. and Schuyl- kill river, to Forty-seventh st., to Paschall ave., to Forty-sixth st., to Kingsessing ave., to West Chester railroad, to Fiftieth street, to Baltimore ave., to Cobb's Creek, to Market st., to Schuylkill river and to place of beginning.
28th .- Broad st. to Schuylkill river, Susquehanna to Lehigh ave.
29th .- Between Broad and river Schuylkill, and Poplar and Montgomery avenue.
30th .- Starting at Broad and South ; along South to the Schuylkill, to Ellsworth, to Gray's Ferry road, to Washington ave., to starting point on Broad st.
31st .- Front, Norris, Kensington ave., Lehigh ave. ; Aramingo canal.
32 .- Schuylkill river and Montgomery ave. ; Eleventh, Susquehanna ave.
33 .-- Lehigh and Kensington aves .; Frankford and Wingohocking creeks, Bristol township line, German- town ave., Lehigh ave.
34th .- Market, Meadow, Haverford, Forty-fourth, street, Belmont ave., City ave., Cobb's creek.
35th .- Bucks county line, Delaware river, Castor road; Dark run lane, Tacony creek ; Montgomery county line.
36th .- Washington ave., and Eighteenth, to Gray's Ferry ave., to Ellsworth, to Eighteenth st., to Schuyl- kill river.
37th .- Broad st., Germantown ave., and Susque- hanna ave.
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38th .- Broad st. and Germantown ave., Roberts and Wissahickon aves., School lane, Schuylkill river, and Lehigh ave.
39th .- Beginning at Mifflin st. and river Delaware ; along Mifflin st. to Passyunk road, to Broad st. to Back Channel, (including League Island) to Delaware river, to place of beginning.
40th .- Beginning at Gray's Ferry ave. and Schuyl- kill river; to Forty-seventh st., to Paschall ave., to Forty-sixth st., to Kingsessing ave., to West Chester railroad, to Fiftieth st .. to Baltimore ave., to Cobb's Creek, to Darby Creek, to Bow Creek, to Back Chan- nel and County Line, to Delaware river, Schuylkill river and place of beginning.
AREAS OF THE WARDS. (Expressed in square miles and decimal parts.)
Wards.
Square Miles.
Wards.
Square Miles.
1
.700
21
7.129
2
.442
22
19.904
3
.191
23
3 205
4
.229
24
4.150
5
.321
25
4.126
.321
26
1.400
7
.439
27
3.591
8
.435
28
1.024
9
.400
29
1.400
10
.359
30
.519
11
.210
31
.713
12
.193
32
809
13
.259
33
4.444
14
.237
34
5-575
15
1.049
35
39.511
16
.281
36
6.081
17
.251
37
.52
18
.650
38
3.99
19
.698
39
4.809
20
.734
40
8.089
Total area of City of Philadelphia, 129.583
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
MAYOR'S DEPARTMENT.
City Hall, Room 202, North Corridor.
MAYOR,
Hon. CHARLES F. WARWICK
Salary, $12,000. Elected February 12, 1895. Term expires first Monday of April, 1899.
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
Appointments subject to confirmation by Select Council.
SECRETARY, JOHN K. MCCARTHY.
Salary, $3,000. Salaries.
Chief Clerk, HARRY C. GILL $1,500 Contract and License Clerk, JOSEPH F. JONES .. 1,200 Stenographe, and Typewriter, HENRY W. PEIRSON, 1, 200 Asst. Stenographer and Typewriter, H. M. FISLER .. 1,000 Messenger, WM. G. LEE. 720
THE MAYOR.
The Mayor is elected by the people every four years and at time of his election must be at least twenty- five years of age and a citizen and resident of the State five years before he may be elected. He is not elegible to a succeeding term. He appoints the heads of the
Department of Public Works,
Department of Public Safety, and
Department of Charities and Correction,
and is required to call them together once a month for consultation. He may, on giving his reasons to Select Council (which body confirms his appoint- ments) remove any head of Department, Director, etc., appointed by him.
He can disapprove any item in an appropriation bill.
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He at any time may appoint three competent per- son to examine the accounts of any Department, Trust, Officer or Employe, and this without giving any notice.
He may, by a system, select and promote regardless of political opinions applicants for office.
When a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor, a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term at the next municipal election, occurring more than thirty days after the commencement of said vacancy. unless such election should occur in the last year of said term, in which case a Mayor pro tempore shall be chosen by Councils in Joint Convention. The person elected shall remain in the office until the expiration of the term or until a successor has been duly qualified. Until the vacancy is filled the President of Select Council shall act as Mayor. The Mayor has authority to call special meetings of Councils or either branch when public necessity requires. (Extract from Bullitt Bill, Approved, June 1, 1885).
Civil Service Examining Boards.
City Hall, Room 875.
Examiners appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by Heads of Executive Departments.
Salary.
Secretary of Examining Boards, Harry L. Neall ..... $2,000
SCHEDULE A .- Includes those exempt; from examina- tion under Act June 1, 1885, etc.
SCHEDULE B .- Clerks, copyists, book-keepers, auditors, recorders, stenographers, typewriters, storekeepers and others performing clerical services. Wm. G. Carroll (Ch'n), Wm. H. Staake, George B Eastburn.
SCHEDULE C .- The police, park guards, firemen, House of Correction guards, pilots, City ice boats, Thomas Cochran (Ch'n), Charles Richardson, Charles H. Howell.
SCHEDULE D, CLASS 1 .- Engineers, architects, sur- veyors, draughtsmen, skilled mechanics. John C. Birk- enbine (Ch'n), Ambrose E. Lehman, Chester E. Albright.
CLASS 2 .- Assistant Comm. Highways, purveyors, foremen, sanitary and market inspectors, overseers, etc. Lewis W. Klahr (Ch'n), Howard B. French.
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CLASS 3 .- Mechanics. Edward B. Kelly (Ch'n), J. Clark Miller.
SCHEDULE E. CLASS I .- Physicians, surgeons. H. C. Chapman, M.D., (Ch'n), James M. Anders, M.D., Judson Daland, M.D.
CLASS 2 .- Chemists, Druggists. Chas. Bullock (Ch'n), B. H. Shoemaker, Jas. Buckman.
CLASS 3 .- Superintendents, moral instructors, nurses, heads training schools, matrons, housekeepers, helpers, House Correction attendants, Almshouse, Phila., Hos- pital attendants. Frances C. Van Gasken, M.D. (Ch'n), Mrs. Mary E. Mumford, Miss Gertrude A. Barrett.
CLASS 4 .- Police and veterinary surgeons. medical in- spectors, etc. Dr. Jos. R. Clausen (Ch'n), Bernard Berens, M.D.
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SCHEDULE E. - Electricians, telegraph operators. Henry G. Kepler (Ch'n), Wm. B. Gill.
SCHEDULE G. - Messengers, doorkeepers, janitors, stablemen, drivers, watchmen, laborers, and employees.
Office of State Inspector of Oils. Room, 311 City Hall.
State Inspector of Coal and Petroleum Oils, THOMAS J. POWERS. Inspector appointed by the Mayor. Deputy Inspectors. JAMES A. BRIGGS, PETER LANE, JR.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
City Hall, Broad and Market Sts. Rooms 217-225, East Corridor.
Bureaus under charge of this Department : Police, Fire, Electrical, Health, Building Inspectors, Boiler Inspection, City Property, Fire Escapes. Inspection of Markets, Food, Milk and other matters connected with the public health.
Appointments made by Director, subject to con- firmation by Select Council.
DIRECTOR, FRANK M. RITER. Appointed by the Mayor. Salary, $10,000. SECRETARY, JAMES HOYT, Salary, $2.400.
Salaries.
Book-keeper, HIRAM HORTER, JR. $2,000 00
Clerk, Lewis Hopper .. 1,200 00
Messenger, Rob't P. Crouse. 812 25
NOTE .- The security required of the Director is $25,000. To be eligible to the position he must be 30 years of age and a citizen of the State 5 years next before his appointment and live in the City during his term of office.
BUREAU OF POLICE.
City Hall, Room 227, East Corridor.
Appointments by Director of Public Safety, subject to confimation by Select Council.
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ROBERT J. LINDEN, Salary, $4,600.
FIRE MARSHAL, JAS. S. THOMPSON, Salary, $1,800.
POLICE SURGEON, DR. THOS. H. ANDREWS, Salary, $1,800.
Salaries.
Chief Clerk, Wm. Culbertson. $1,800 00
Assistant Clerk, George L. Rubicam 1,100 00
Assistant Cterk, Benj. F. Shantz .. 1,100 00
Clerk Central Station, John B. Moffit
Clerk to Supt. of Police, Chas. Henry. 1,500 00
1,200 00
Ass't Clerk to Sup't of Police, Samuel W. Roop
1,100 00
Clerk of Detectives, John M. Townsend.
1,500 00
Complaint Clerk, J. W. Delaney.
1,000 00
Store House Clerk, Isaac W. Lanning 900 00
Messenger, Wm. Foster .. 821 25
Driver Supply Wagon, Edward Latille. 750 00
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CAPTAINS OF POLICE. Room 215, East Corridor.
The force consists of 5 Captains, 16 Detectives, 34 Lieutenants, 82 Sergeants, 110 House Sergeants (telegraph operators), 46 Patrol Sergeants, 46 Patrol Drivers, 46 Patrol Officers, 8 Pilots, 6 Engineers, 6 Firemen, 6 Van Drivers, 17 Hostlers, 1899 Policemen, 200 substitutes, 16 Police Matrons.
Ist Div .- Chas. B. Edgar, 2d Div .- Edw. W. Malin, 3d Div .- Harry M. Quirk, 4th Div .- Thos. Brown, 5th Div .- Geo. W. Thompson. Salaries, $2,200.
DETECTIVES.
Room 533 East Corridor.
Peter Miller, Captain. .$2,100 Jas. P. Hamm, Kerlin C. Bond, Thos. G.
Crawford, Henry Whitcomb, James I. Don- aghy, Frank P. Geyer, John Murray, James Tate, Robert J. McKenty, William Allmen- dinger, Adam Ulrick, Thos. Alexander, each 1,450 Frank Gallagher. 1,200
George A. Tall 1,000
NIGHT DETECTIVE.
Wm. H. Brown
912 50
COURT DETECTIVE.
Harry T. Stanwood. 1,200
MEAT AND CATTLE INSPECTION.
Franklin M. Lowry, Detective. 1,350
Vacancy, Ass't 1,000
A. F. Schreiber, Veterinarian ..
1,000
John W. Adams, Consulting Veterinarian 500
CENTRAL STATION. Reserves .-- Lieut. Sylvester Keyser. Room 625, Sixth Floor. Magistrates at Central Station, THOMAS SOUTH, J. M. R. JERMON. FIRST POLICE DIVISION. Captain, CHARLES B. EDGAR.
Second, Third, Fifth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fifth Dis- tricts, Schuylkill Harbor and Van Stables, Delaware Harbor No. 2.
SECOND POLICE DIVISION. Captain, EDWARD W. MALIN. Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eight, Ninth, Twentieth Districts, Reserves and Delaware Harbor.
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THIRD POLICE DIVISION. Captain, HARRY M. QUIRK. Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Thirtieth Districts.
FOURTH POLICE DIVISION. Captain, THOMAS BROWN.
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty- third, and Twenty-eighth Districts. FIFTH POLICE DIVISION. Captain, GEORGE, W. THOMPSON.
First, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-first, Twenty- ninth and Thirty-second Districts.
POLICE DISTRICTS.
District. Wards Embraced. C
First .- Thirtieth.
Second .- Second, Third and Fourth.
Third .- Fifth.
Fourth .- Sixth.
Fifth .- Seventh and Eighth, W. of Broad.
Sixth .- Ninth and Tenth, E. of Broad.
Seventh .- Eleventh and Twelfth.
Eighth .- Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
Ninth .- Fifteenth.
Tenth .- Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Eleventh .- Eighteenth,
Twelfth .- Twentieth.
Thirteenth .- Twenty-first,
Fourteenth .- Twenty-second.
Fifteenth .- Twenty-third.
Sixteenth .- Twenty-fourth.
Seventeenth .- Twenty-sixth, Thirty-sixth.
Eighteenth .- Nineteenth. Nineteenth .- Seventh and Eight, E. of Broad.
Twentieth .- Ninth and Tenth, W. of Broad.
Twenty-first .- Twenty-seventh.
Twenty-second. - Twenty-eighth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth.
Twenty-third .- Twenty-ninth.
Twenty-fourth .- Twenty-fifth.
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District.
Wards Embraced.
Twenty-fifth .- First.
Twenty-sixth .- Thirty-first.
Twenty-seventh .- Thirty-fifth. Twenty-eighth .- Thirty-second.
Twenty-ninth .- Thirty-fourth. Thirtieth .- Thirty-third. Thirty-second .- Twenty-seventh and Fortieth.
DISTRICT STATION-HOUSES AND OFFICERS IN CHARGE.
Districts. Lieutenants.
Station-houses.
First David McCoach ...
Second Lewis Gillingham
Third P. J. O'Brien
Fourth
Jeremiah Burke
Fifth
Edw. L. Usilton
Sixth., Andrew Egan
Seventh Chas. H. Heaton.
Eighth
[ Sarg't, Edw. H. Fulmer (acting)
Ninth A. M. Richards.
Tenth. William C. Steck
Eleventh Henry Tuttle.
Twelfth. Thomas Hampson
Tenth & Thomp- son.
Thirteenth. Wm. H. Lush
Manayunk.
Fourteenth Alex. Buchanan Germantown. Fifteenth .. Albert Hanson Sixteenth J. B. Taylor Frankford. S Thirty-ninth and Lancaster ave. Seventeenth Benj. A. Tomlinson Twentieth, bel. Federal. Fourth and York.
Eighteenth. John Coon
Nineteenth John Mitchell
Twentieth George C. Wilkins
Lombard, below Eighth. Fifteenth, below Vine.
Fitzwater street, bel. Twentieth. Second, above Christian Union, below Fourth. Fifth, ab. Race. [ Fifteenth, above Locust.
Eleventh, above Race.
Fairmount ave., above Third. ( Buttonwood, ab. Tenth.
Twenty-third and Brown.
Front & Master. Girard ave., near Otis.
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Districts. Lieutenants.
Twenty-first ... John Lattimer.
Station-houses. Thirty-seventh and Woodland avenue.
Twenty-second ... Harry Wolf.
§ Lehigh and Park avenues.
Twenty-third ...... E. M. Lyons.
Twenty-fourth .... Sam'1 Clase
Twenty-fifth. .Wm. L. Harmer.
[ Jefferson, above Twentieth, [ Belgrade and Clearfield. §1507 Moyamen- sing avenue.
Twenty-sixth .. Leonard McGarvey
Twenty-seventh ... Wm. L. Dungan
Twenty-eighth .... John J. Halliwell ...
Twenty-ninth ..... J. B. Robinson.
Thirtieth Henry Enders
Thirty-second ... Frank Callahan
Delaware Har-
bor ........ Wm. Warnock
Delaware Har-
bor, No. 2 ...... Serg't. P. B. Smith in charge
Washington ave- nue Wharf.
Schuylkill Har-
Chestnut
street
bor Wm. H. Francis Wharf, W. side.
SALARIES.
Lieutenants $1,775 Sergeants. 1,350
House Sergeants. 1,140
Policemen, $1.75 to $2.75 per day according to term of service.
When on actual duty, and $40 for clothing.
BUREAU OF FIRE.
Under Department of Public Safety. Headquarters, 1328 Race Street.
CHIEF ENGINEER, JAMES C. BAXTER, JR., Salary, $3,600. ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER. EDWARD A. WATERS, Salary, $2,500.
Trenton avenue and Dauphin. Tacony. Twentieth and Berks.
and Sixty-first Thompson.
( Front and West- moreland.
f Sixty-fifth and Woodland ave. Vine street Wharf.
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Assistant Engineers. Sam'l Dunlap, Jacob B. Andress, John Smith, Wm. G. McDade, Geo. Nallinger, Henry Hollwarth, Samuel Graham, John J. Meskill. each $1,800
Inspector, Jos T. Hammond
1,200
Secretary, Wm. C. Zane.
1,350
Messenger, John Spence.
700
SALARIES.
Foremen
each $1,250 00
Enginemen
per day, 3 00
Firemen
2 75
Drivers.
2 75
Tillermen
3 00
Assistant Foremen.
...
3 00
Hose and Laddermen, graded, 2.50, 2.60, 2.75.
" $2.25, 2.40
The Fire Department consists of :
Forty-six steam fire engine companies.
Nine hook-and-ladder companies. Five chemical engine companies. One fire boat.
One water tower.
57 foremen.
57 assistant foremen.
48 enginemen.
48 firemer.
70 drivers.
9 tillermen.
437 hose-and-laddermen.
No person who is not a citizen of the United States, or who cannot read and write the English language, and who shall not have resided in the State at least one year preceding his appointment, shall be eligible as a member of the police force or as a fireman.
BUREAU OF FIRE ESCAPES. Under Department of Public Safety. Office, No. 1328 Race Street. JAMES S. THOMPSON, President.
WM. C. HADDOCK, JAS. C. BAXTER, JR.,
WM. J. GILLINGHAM,
JNO. H. KESSLER,
WM. G. BUTTON, F. G. MYHLERTZ,
CHAS. D. SUPPLEE,
GEO. W. PAYNE,
H. M. BOORSE, PAUL J. ESSICK, JR.,
THOS. R. ALLEN, EDWIN H. HANNUM, SAM'L H. COLLOM, GEO. W. BOURNE, ROBT. C. HILL.
EDWIN CLARK,
WM. C. ZANE, Clerk.
The membership of this Bureau is made up of the Chief Engineer, Fire Marshal, and members of the Bureau of Building Inspectors.
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MANUAL OF COUNCILS.
ELECTRICAL BUREAU. City Hall, Rooms 620, 626 and 628. East Corridor. CHIEF OF BUREAU, DAVID R. WALKER. Appointed by Director of Public Safety. Salary, $5,000.
Salaries.
MANAGER, JOHN C. SAGER $3,000
Assistant Manager, Ed. Burke. 1,600
Robt. W. Jaggard. 1,500
Clerk, John S. Wetter. 2,000
First Assistant Clerk, F. W. Williams 900
Second Assistant Clerk and Messenger, S. L. Leary. 750
Stenographer, Wm. M. McGowan. 500 Chief Line Inspector, D. J. MacNamara. 1,240
Inspectors, F. E. Maize, C. V. Leitch, Wm. E. Moore, E. J. Titus, John A. Kelly, Leo D. Fir- man, Frank P. Stemler, George J. Wells, each 1,220 Draughtsman, H. B. McIntire. 1,000
Operators, W. H. Carpenter, W. M. Stuard, W. H. Uber, F. W. Young, Jr., J. E. Weiss, A. G. McCallum, T. A. Kerney, C. T. Edwards, A. S. Casey, J. W. Lindsey, Wm. Koons, Robt. G. McGill, William C. Ash, Wm. R. Harm- stead, Hugh R. Blaney, Horace Mcclintock, Nicholas T. Gilbert, Charles S. Culp, Wilmer G. Daniels, Joseph A. Zavorski .. .. each .... $1,140 Electrical Plumber, Ed. Bracken 1,040 Battery Man, Fred. Frey. 900 Assistant Electrical Plumbers, John Miller, John A. Boyd. each
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