Manual of the City Councils for 1898-1899, Part 8

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Appraiser's Clerk, Arthur F. Conley, paid by the Register.


Transcribing Clerk, Robert T. Harvey 1,500 Transcribing Clerk. Webster Myers. 1,000 Account Clerks, Samuel A. Caldwell, Jesse W. Pallatt, Robert J. McEwen .. each 1,000 Recording Clerks, Charles B. Macneal, James L. Cooper, Frank Wildeman. each 1,000 Miscellaneous Clerks, J. Aug. C. Goebel, Donald Macgregor, George Rabe each 1,000


Inventory Clerk, Wesley F. Platt. 1,000 Compare Clerks, Charles T. Preston, Harry J. Walton .. .each 1,000


Stenographer, Robert M. Boyle 1,000


Messenger, Thomas Harbot. 800


Custodian of Records, Thomas G. Hall 800


Janitress, Bridget Hayes. 500


HORATIO B. HACKETT,


Register of Wills, ex-officio Clerk of Orphans' Court.


First Assistant, *Alfred J. Fortin $2,500


Second,


*Edw. Nichols


2,000


Third, *Jas. S. Bird 1,400


Fourth,


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*Robt E. Ferguson


1,200


Fifth,


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*Howard S. Bear


1,200


Sixth, *Geo. W. Rorke. 1,200


Seventh, "


*Jas. B. Sheehan 1,200


Eighth,


*Geo. J. Murphy


1,200


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Ninth,


*John Leonard.


1,200


Tenth,


.€


*Theodore Smithers


1,200


Messenger and Custodian, H. M. Oliver 800


*Salaries by Act of Assembly.


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CITY COMMISSIONERS. City Hall, 134, 136 and 138, East Corridor.


The Commissioners are elected by the people for three years; two by the majority party, and one by the minority. Terms of present Commissioners ex- pire January, 1900.


Salaries, $5,000 each, fixed by Act of Assembly.


R. JOSEPH G. RICHMOND,


R. JACOB WILDEMORE,


D. THOS. J. RYAN. APPOINTMENTS.


Salaries fixed by Council.


Salaries.


Chief Clerk, Joseph H. Winters $2 500 Election Clerks, E. B. Cobb, James Dawick, .. each 1,200 Messenger, William Harvey. 1,250 Miscellaneous Clerk, Harry Kuenzel. 840


ELECTIONS AND LAWS THEREON.


QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTIONS.


Residence .- A voter must have resided in State one year, in election division at least two months before the election. Where a citizen previously a resident has removed and returned, he must have resided in State six months before election.


Taxes .- No citizen can vote who is over 22 years old without having previously paid a State and county tax within two years, assessed at least two months before election, and paid one month before the election.


Age .- Every male citizen between 21 and 22 years, having proper qualifications of residence, native birth or claiming naturalization of his father during his minority, may vote without being assessed.


Naturalized Citizens may vote if they have the qualifications of residence in State and district and payment of taxes, and have been naturalized one month before the election.


Proof of Right to Vote .- If name is not on registry the person claiming must make affidavit of his claims and prove his right by a qualified voter of division. Proof of payment of taxes made by pro- ducing tax receipt or affidavit that it had been lost or destroyed. A naturalized citizen must produce his naturalization papers unless he has been for five con- secutive years a voter in division.


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There are 971 Election Divisions in the City.


General Elections on Tuesday next following first Monday in November, in each year.


Elections for City. Ward, Borrough and Township Officers on the third Tuesday in February of each year.


The holding of elections at the place fixed by law is mandatory, and cannot properly be omitted.


In case of destruction of a designated building on eve of an election, or the refusal of the occupant of the premises designated to permit the election officers to occupy them for the purpose of holding an election, the election can be held at the nearest convenient place to the election division, as a matter of necessity; but, in all cases, the necessity must be absolute, dis- regarding all mere ideas of convenience.


District Election Boards shall consist of one Judge (from the majority party in the division) and two Inspectors, one from the majority, and one from the minority party, each Inspector to appoint one Clerk; the Judge receives fifteen dollars, and the Inspectors and Clerks five dollars each.


To entitle a person to vote, he shall have resided in the division 2 months before the election. Any per- son who shall have moved from one division to another within sixty days shall not be entitled to vote in either.


Residence is a question of intention, but to consti- tute a change of residence, some act must be done in pursuance to the intention.


To entitle a person to vote, he shall have paid a State or County tax within two years, which was assessed 61 days and paid at least one month before the election. If he has lost his receipt, he may make affidavit of the fact.


The presentation of a tax receipt is good evidence of the payment of the tax.


A tax on real estate or on personal property, entitles to vote, without a poll tax.


A mercantile, liquor or peddler's tax does not give the right to vote.


No person can be an Election Officer who holds, or for two months prior to the election has held, any office, appointment, or employment in or under the


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United States, or of this State, or of any municipal board, commission, or trust in any city, save only Jus- tices of the Peace, Aldermen, Notaries Public, and per- sons in the military service of the State ; nor shall any Election Officer be eligible to any civil office to be filled at an election at which he shall serve, save only to such subordinate, municipal or local office below the grade of city or county officer. An assessor can- not act as an Election Officer.


SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.


City Hall, Rooms 467 to 487, inclusive, West Corridor.


SHERIFF, ALEXANDER CROW, JR.


Elected November, 1896, for three years. Term ex- pires December 31, 1899.


Salary, $15,000; by Act of Assembly.


APPOINTMENTS


Salaries fixed by Councils. Salaries.


Real Estate Deputy, Walton Pennewill. $6,000 Cterk to Real Estate Deputy, Charles J. Thomson, 1,500 Personal Deputy, Geo. Sterr, Jr. 2,000


Execution Clerk, Robert Grier. 1,200


Appearance Clerk, John E. Engel


1,000


Assistant Appearance Clerk, Chris. J. Perry. 900


Deputy Sheriff's. Salaries, $1,000 each.


George K. Hogg,


William C. Felton,


Daniel McMonagle,


John J. Curley,


John Ertel, Harry R. Wildey.


Clerks to Deputy Sheriff's. Salaries, $900 each.


Jay Mastbaum,


Samuel S. White,


Louis E. Sutton,


Harry W. Mace,


Albert Bechtold,


Thomas P. Murgitroyde.


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Writ Servers. Salaries, $750 each.


Charles A Morrison, William H. Jackson,


George Wilhelm,


Matthew Scarlett,


Frederick Hinckle,


Charles S. Cook,


George H. Taylor,


Robert H. Roy,


William A. Shipps,


William E. Leininger,


Jonathan B Stroud, William J. Donohugh,


Julian B. Slevin, Albert C. McEwen,


Jacob Myers, T. Wallis Aitken,


John Cunningham, Edward Showaker.


Fee Clerk, George DeB. Myers $1,000 Quarter Sessions Deputy, Frank K. Bruner. 700


Asst. Quarter Sessions Deputy, William Samon .. 700


Deputy Sheriffs, Common Pleas Courts. Salaries, $100 each.


No. I .- Horace D. Gaw, No. 3 .- Henry I. McIntire,


No. 2 .- A. J. Reilly. No. 4 .- Eli G. Sellers.


Orphans' Court Deputy, H. M. Wadsworth, $100 per year. Salaries.


Solicitor to Sheriff, Alexander Simpson, Jr .. $2,000 Assistant Solicitor to Sheriff, William Grew Auctioneer, A. G. Lippincott. 600


1,500


Messenger, John Querns .. 700


Stenographer, etc., Nason C. Christie. 900


Bilt Poster, Thomas Jennings. 1,000 Use and Driver of Van, John M. Sparks 1,800


Janitor, Horace J. Burden 600


CORONER'S DEPARTMENT.


City Hall, Rooms 602, 604, 606, 608, North Corridor. CORONER, SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE. Elected for three years. Term expires January, 1899. Salary, $5,000, by Act of Assembly,


Deputy Coroner, THOMAS DUGAN. Salary, $2,500, by Act of Assembly. All other salaries fixed by Councils.


Salaries.


Chief Clerk, A. L. English $1,500 Detective, James G. Woodrow 1,200


Assistant Clerk, John S. Donal 1,100


Physicians, Henry W. Cattell, M. D., Thos J. Morton, M. D. .. each, 1,800 District Deputies, John Kurtz, John P. Wolf, Thos. R. Neff, Jas. C. Dorsett. each, 1,000 Wagon Driver, John W. Shuman. 1,8co Stenographer and Typewriter, Jeanne L. Locke. 800 Undertaker, J. Lewis Good.


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DISTRICT ATTORNEY.


City Hall, Room 654, South Corridor. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, GEORGE S. GRAHAM. Salary, $10,000, by Act of Assembly. Elected November, 1895. Term, three years ; ex- pires first Monday in January, 1899. ASSISTANTS. Salaries fixed by Councils. Thos. W. Barlow, Special Assistant. Salary, $5,000.


Salaries.


First, Samuel A. Boyle $5,000


Second, Thos. D. Finletter 4,000


Third, Ziba T. Moore 3,000


Charles F. Myers 1,500 Detectives, 3 G. W. Painter


1,200


Indictment Clerk, P. H. Evans 2,000


Assistant Indictment Clerk, J. Uber Clark 1,200 Office Clerk, L. B. Fife. 1,200


Fee Clerk, Israel P. Black. 500


CITY TRUSTS.


No. 120 South Third street, Girard Bank Building.


Board of Directors of City Trust, created by Act of June 30, 1869. Has charge of Girard Estate, Girard College, Wills' Hospital, and other Trusts of City. Meets second Wednesday of each month, at 3.30 P. M.


PRESIDENT, LOUIS WAGNER, Vice President, JOSEPH L. CAVEN.


Directors. Appointed by Court of Common Pleas.


Alexander Biddle, 1307 Walnut street.


Edward S. Buckley, 209 South Third street. John M. Campbell, 215 South Sixth street. Joseph L. Caven, 523 Chestnut street. Benj. B. Comegys, 421 Chestnut street. John H. Converse, 500 North Broad street. John K. Cuming, Broad and Columbia avenue. Wm. L. Elkins, 423 Walnut street. John H. Michener, 307 Chestnut street. Dallas Sanders, 401 Drexel Building. Edwin S. Stuart, 9 South Ninth street. Louis Wagner, 3d Nat. Bank, Broad and Market sts. * Hou. Charles F. Warwick, Mayor. * James L Miles, Pres't of Select Council. * Wencel Hartman, Pres't Common Council. Secretary, Frank M. Highley.


* By virtue of their respective offices.


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GIRARD ESTATE-PHILADELPHIA. Office, 120 South Third street.


Superintendent. Geo. E. Kirkpatrick Solicitor F. Carroll Brewster


GIRARD ESTATE-SCHUYLKILL AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.


Engineer, Heber S. Thompson. Pottsville Assistant Superintendent, Emil C. Wagner ... Girardville Solicitor, Samuel H. Kaercher Pottsville


GIRARD COLLEGE. Girard and Corinthian avenues.


Visitors allowed any day except Sundays and holidays.


PRESIDENT, A. H. FETTEROLF, Ph.D., LL.D. Vice President, WINTHROP D. SHELDON, A. M.


WILLS' HOSPITAL. Race street, above Eighteenth.


Clinic Hours .- 2 to 3 o'clock, P. M. (Sundays ex- cepted). Hours for Visiting Patients .- From 11 A. M. to 12 M., daily, except Sundays.


Steward ..


Richard H. Lytle


Pathological Curator ... ... W. F. Norris, M. D.


House Surgeons. [ Edmund D. Shortlidge, M. D. (F. A. Ford, M. D.


Matron Mrs. R. H. Lytle


PARK COMMISSION.


City Hall, Rooms 127 and 129, East Corridor. In charge of Fairmount and Hunting Parks. Appointed by Court of Common Pleas. A. J. Cassatt, A. Loudon Snowden,


P. A. B. Widener, Chas. W. Henry.


John G. Johnson, James McManes,


Saml. Gustine Thompson, Wm. S. Stokley,


D. W. Sellers, Thomas D. Pearce.


(By virtue of their respective offices.)


Hon. Charles F. Warwick, Mayor. Jas. L. Miles, Pres't Select Council. Wencel Hartuian, Pres't Common Council. John C. Trautwine. Jr , Chief of Water Bureau. A. S. Eisenhower, Chief of City Property Bureau. Geo. S. Webster, Chief of Survey Bureau.


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PRESIDENT, JAMES MCMANES. Vice-President, D. W. SELLERS. Treasurer, CHARLES W. HENRY.


SALARIED OFFICERS.


Secretary, T. S. Martin. $2,500


Park Solicitor, Sam'l C. Perkins. 1,200


Executive Office, Belmont (West Park).


Superintendent, Jesse T. Vogdes 3.750


Headquarters Park Guard, " Sedgley," (Near Girard Ave., Old Park.)


Captain of Guard, Louis M. Chasteau 1,825


FAIRMOUNT PARK.


The Area of Fairmount Park is 2,791 acres.


Old Park 117 Acres


East Park 510


West Park 1,232


Wissahickon Park 416


Outlying lots paid for out of Park Loan. 143


Extent of Water Surface of Schuylkill river


in limits of Park 373


Total areas 2,791


FAIRMOUNT PARK.


NOTE .- Hunting Park, 43 acres (not included).


The nucleus of Fairmount Park was the acquire- ment by the City of five acres of Morris' Hill at Twen- ty-fifth and Spring Garden streets, in June, 1812, for water works and park purposes. In 1828, by addi- tional purchases of land, the Park contained twenty- eight acres. Subsequently the Lemon Hill estate was purchased in 1865, and was dedicated as Fairmount Park. In 1867 intervening ground was taken by the City. About the same time one hundred and forty acres of land, on the west side of the Schuylkill river, known as Lansdowne, above Girard avenue, at one time the country seat of Governor John Penn, was purchased. Within its boundaries were the colonial residences known as "Eaglesfield," "Sweet Briar," "Lansdowne," and "Solitude." Solitude is now occupied by the Zoological Gardens. In 1868, George's Hill, containing eighty-three acres, was presented to the City by Jesse and Rebecca George. Other lands on the east and west side of the river, and on both sides of the Wissahickon creek, up to what is known as " Indian Rock," were acquired by purchase and incorporated into the Park limits.


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The Parks are connected at Girard avenue by a bridge of iron, which was opened for travel July 4, 1894. The house of William Penn, erected on Letitia street, near Front and Market streets, stands close to the western end of Girard avenue bridge, having been removed within a few years and re-erected at the point mentioned.


Belmont Mansion, in West Park, was erected about 1745. It was formerly the home of Richard Peters, a representative in Congress and Judge of the United States Courts. Washington, Franklin, Rittenhouse, Robert Morris, Jefferson and Lafayette were frequent visitors to the home of Mr. Peters. On the East Park drive is " Mt. Pleasant," the former residence of Bene- dict Arnold, built in 1762; and west of Mt. Pleasant is " Rockland," built in 1810. North of Mt. Pleasant is " Ormiston,"" ,a country seat built prior to the Revo- lution, and near it is "Edgely," the original Laurel H111.


Strawberry Mansion was formerly the country seat of Judge Hemphill.


The Wissahickon Drive, along the creek of that name, is full of traditonal spots. " Hermit's Lane'"' " Hermit's Glen." " Hermit's Well," " Lover's Leap," " Washington's Rock," "Devil's Pool " and "Indian Rock," all having their stories and legendary ro- mance.


PUBLIC PARKS AND SQUARES


In Philadelphia, in charge of Bureau of City Property Almshouse Park, Bartram's Gardens. .27th Ward. John Dickinson Square, Mifflin Square. Ist Disston Park, Pleasant Hill Park. 35th Fairhill Park, Norris Square, Thouron Square 19th


Stephen E. Fotteral Park


Fox Square, Harrowgate Park. 28th


25th


Franklin Square 6th


Girard Park, Knight's Park, Passyuuk Square, Whartou Square.


.26th


Ist and 26th League Island.


Market Square, Stenton Park, Vernou Park, Waterview Park. 22d


Independence Square,


Starr


Garden,


Washington Square 5th


Jefferson Square


2d


Juniata Park, McPherson Square.


33


Logan Square ..


10th


.4


Wister Morris Park 24th


Northwood Park 21st


Ontario Park .20th


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Rittenhouse Square.


8th Ward.


Allegheny Square ..


25th


Penn Treaty Square.


18th


Portion of Almishouse Property 27th


Greble Park.


Ist


Union Square. 12th


Weccacoe Park


3d


Womrath Park 23d


The total area of the small parks amount to about 275 acres.


PARKS IN THE UNITED STATES.


The largest parks in the cities of the United States are as follows :


Acres.


Fairmount, Philadelphia.


.2,791


Golden Gate, San Francisco .1,372


1,040


Central, New York.


864


Druid Hill, Baltimore


7ca


Jackson, Chicago. 586


Franklin, Boston. 561


Prospect, Brooklyn.


515


COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ERECTION OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


City Hall, Room 453, South Corridor.


The Board of Public Building Commissioners have charge of the erection of the New City Hall. Com- mission created by act of Assembly, August 5, 1870. Vacancies occurring filled by the Board.


Commissioners.


Wm. Brice, Hon. Wm. S. Stokley,


M. H. Dickinson, Thos. E. Gaskill,


Charles Seger,


John S. Stevens,


Franklin M. Harris, Richard Peltz, Sam'1 C.Perkins, LL.D., Hon. Chas. F.Warwick., Wencel Hartman, James L. Miles.


Wm. H. Wright. PRESIDENT. SAM'L. C. PERKINS, LL. D. TREASURER, CLAYTON MCMICHAEL. (City Treasurer.) SALARIED OFFICERS. ARCHITECT. W. BLEDDYN POWELL. Salary, $4,000.


Forest, St. Louis


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Salaries.


Superintendent, L. D. C. Tyler.


3,000 Secretary, Wm. B. Land


Assistant Superintendent, Jno. M. Bunker. 2,750 Solicitor, Henry J. Scott.


1,500 900 Clerk, Jno. C. Thompson.


Architects Draughtsman, C. Remington.


1,800


Thos. C. Peterson 1,080


M. H. Dickinson


720


Clerk and Messenger, Wm. J. Greene .. 1,200


Superintendent Warming, etc., J. W. Phillips 1,200


Chief Engineer, Jas. Bannister 1,400


Total expenditures upon the City Hall to Jan. Ist, 1898, $21,476,670.49. Appropriation for 1898, $1,000,000. Height of tower, 547 feet, 372 inches.


Comparative Heights of the Principal Buildings of the World.


City Hall, Philadelphia. ·547 feet.


Cologne Cathedral .510


Strasburg Cathedral. 468


St. Peter's Rome 448


St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. .411


Salisbury Cathedral. 404


Forazzo, of Cremona 396 Friburg Cathedral. 385 Amicus Cathedral 383


Church of St. Peter, Hamburg 380


The Cathedral, Florence. 376


Hotel de Ville, Brussels


374


Tarre Asinelli, Bologne. 370


St. Paul's, London. 360


Church of St. Isaac, St. Petersburg 336


Cathedral, Frankfort on M'ain .326


Bell Tower, St. Mark's Venice.


323


Hotel des Invalides, Paris. .310


Boston Church, Lincolnshire. .292


U. S. Capitol, Washington. 287


Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. 230


Trustees Northern Liberties Gas Company.


Office and Works: 50 Laurel street.


Twelve members constitute the Board of Trustees of the Northern Liberties Gas Company, who are elected, to wit: two Trustees by stockholders (annually) on second Tuesday of May, for three years ; and two by Councils, in Joint Convention, at last meeting in May (annually), for term of three years. Meetings of the Board are held monthly, on second Monday of each month.


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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES. PRESIDENT, ALEXANDER M. FOX. Secretary and Treasurer, WM. P. FODELL. Trustees elected by Councils.


Term expires.


Joseph B. Hancock 1899


Samuel Disston.


Mahlon H. Dickinson 1899


1900


Samuel H. Cramp. 1900


John H. Michener. 1901


Wm. Henry Holmes .1901


Elected by Stockholders.


Jacob Naylor. 1899


Alfred F. Moore 1899


Alexander M. Fox. .1900


William M. Fox


1900


Alexander L. Crawford.


1901


Francis Budd


1901


FREE LIBRARY.


BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA :


The Library was established under a charter granted in February, 1891, and is governed pursuant to Ordi- nances of December 31, 1894, and November 11, 1895, and the Act of Assembly of June 7, 1895.


The Board is composed of the Mayor, ex-officio; the Presidents of City Councils, ex-officio; one citizen to be elected annually by each branch of Councils, and Wm. Pepper, R. H B. Bowie, J. H. Converse, Saml. Wag- ner, J. C. Strawbridge, J. Parker Norris, Wm. Platt Pepper, David Pepper, Isaac Norris, P. A. B. Widener, William L. Elkins, Simon Gratz, Clarence H. Clark, Sam'1. R. Shipley, T. L. Montgomery, Thos. Dolau, W. J. Latta and Isaac H. Clothier, together with Jos. G. Rosengarten,* elected by Common Council, and Edwin S Cramp,* elected by Select Council.


Vacancies in the Board (excepting ex-officio mem- bers and those elected by Councils) shall be filled al- ternately by the Board and the Mayor, nominations by the Mayor to be subject to confirmation by Select Council.


The expenses are provided for by an annual appro- priation to the Mayor, and such trust funds as shall be donated. The principal funds for the support of the Library are bequests of Geo. S. Pepper, R. G. White, George B. Roberts and Jonathan Livezey.


*Elected March, 1898.


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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.


President Wm. Pepper, M.D., LL.D.


Vice-President . John H. Converse Secretary R. H. Bayard Bowie Treasurer Sam'l. R. Shipley


Librarian. John Thomson


The Free Library system consists of :


The Free Library-1217-21 Chestnut street.


Wagner Institute Branch-17th and Montgomery av. Broad and Federal Branch-Broad and Federal sts. Frankford Avenue Branch-1858 Frankford avenue. Roxborough Branch-Roxborough, Philadelphia. West Phila. Branch-40th and Ludlow streets.


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Germantown Branch-Vernon Park, Germantown. College Settlement Branch-7th and Lombard sts.


Evening Home Branch-Van Pelt st. above Chest- nut and 21st sts.


Chestnut Hill Branch-Germantown ave near Rex. McPherson Park Brauch-Indiana ave and F st. Nicetown Branch-4013-15 Germantown avenue.


The Free Library and Branches are open daily (ex :ept Sundays and legal holidays) from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.


The circulation for the year ending September 30, 1897 was 1,587,157 volumes.


The Library and its Brauches contain about 160,000 books.


The Bindery and Cataloguing Department are located at the Central Library.


PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM AND SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART.


Museum : Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park. School : Broad and Pine street.


PRESIDENT, THEODORE C. SEARCH.


Honorary Vice-President. WM. WEIGHTMAN Vice Presidents .. WM. PLATT PEPPER, JOHN T. MORRIS Treasurer ROBERT K. MCNEELY


Assistant Treasurer.


JAS. L. ALLAN


Secretary and Director of Museum. DALTON DORR


Principal of School. LESLIE W. MILLER


Board of Trustees. EX-OFFICIO.


The Governor of the State.


The Mayor of the City.


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BY APPOINTMENT.


By State Senate. Byron P. Moulton


By House of Representatives. Alexander Crow, Jr.


By Select Council. Charles H. Harding


By Common Council. Merrill A. Furbush By Commissioners of Fairmount Park ... S. G. Thompson ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS. To serve for Three Years.


John T. Morris, Charles H. Cramp,


Stuart Wood, John Story Jenks,


Theo. C. Search. To serve for Two Years.


Robert K. McNeely, John B. Stetson,


William Wood, Isaac H. Clothier. Alfred C. Lambdin, M. D. To serve for One Year.


A. C. Harrison, Thomas Dolan,


Wm. Platt Pepper, C. N. Weygandt,


Charles E. Dana.


PENNSYLVANIA NAUTICAL SCHOOL.


In control of the U. S. School Ship Saratoga. Office. No. 16, N. Delaware avenue.


Board of Directors.


Chas. Lawrence, Geo. A. Cotton,


Benj. P. Obdyke, Thos. Potter, Jr.,


Joel Cook, Rich'd G. Oellers,


CHAS. LAWRENCE, President.


FRANK S. LAWRENCE, Secretary of Board.


HOUSE OF REFUGE.


Reformatory Institution for Boys and Girls. Boys' Dep't located at Glen Mills, Delaware Co. Girls' Dep't located at 22d and Poplar sts., Philad'a. Supported by State and City. Managers appointed by Mayor, Courts of Common Pleas, and elected by the contributors.


Visitors admitted to Boys' Dep't any day except Sundays and Holidays.


Officers and Managers. PRESIDENT, GEORGE TROUTMAN.


Vice-Presidents S JAS. V. WATSON, \ Jos. G. ROSENGARTEN


Treasurer THOS. A. ROBINSON Secretary RICHARD A. LEWIS Assistant Secretary. .HENRY H. COLLINS


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Elected January 10th, 1897, | Elected January 8th, 1896, for Three Years.


William H. Vodges, William C. Smyth, James Dougherty, Amos Bonsall,


R. T. Cornwell, West Ches- ter. J. Dundas Lippincott. Geo. M. Booth, Chester.


Elected January 9th, 1895, for Three Years.


George Watson,


Thomas L. Gillespie,


Charles Richardson,


Henry Cope,


Jos. W. Hawley, Media.


Henry H. Collins,


Alfred C. Harrison.


for Three Years.


John J. Henry, Thomas E. Baird,


Francis W. Lewis, M. D., Morris Earle, Benjamin Brooke,


George Vaux, Jr., Wm. H. Castle.


Appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. Joseph G. Rosengarten, N. Dubois Miller, William H. Staake.


Appointed by Mayor of Philadelphia.


John H. Watt, Monroe Smith.


Honorary Members. Benjamin R. Smith, Samuel R. Shipley, Benjamin B. Comegys.


Counsellors. George W. Biddle, John G. Johnson Solicitor N. Dubois Miller


Consulting Physician Vacancy


Executive Office, No. 1116 Girard street. Agent and Book-keeper John M. Schwartz


Officers of House.


BOYS' (WHITE AND COLORED) DEPARTMENT. Superintendent. F. H. Nibecker


BOYS' DEPARTMENT.


Assistant Superintendent. Robert W. Jebb


Visiting Agent L. L. Haupt


Physician. Dr. P. N. Eckmau


Matron Lizzie Davison


GIRLS' DEPARTMENT.


Superintendent ..


Mary A. Campbell


Assistant Superintendent .. Isabella L. Walker Visiting Physician. Dr. Clara Marshall


DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS.


Philadelphia County Prison. Office, Tenth and Reed streets. Main Prison, Tenth and Reed streets. Convict Department, Holmesburg. In charge of BOARD OF INSPECTORS, appointed by the Courts of Common Pleas.


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Inspectors. . PRESIDENT, R. D. BARCLAY, 1726 Pine street. Secretary, Emlen Hutchinson, 2006 W. Delancey Place. Treasurer, Charles Hill, Third and Ontario streets.


Geo. W. Hall, 1131 Arch street.


Justus C. Strawbridge, 801 Market street.


R. F. Cullinan,


R. W. Downing, Broad Street Station. 1200 Chestnut street.


R. R. Corson,


W. B. Hackenburg,


S. E. Cor. 4th & Walnut. 516 Market street.


Sam'l. H. Cramp, W. Frederick Snyder,


1229 N. Broad street. 434 Waluut street.


OFFICERS ELECTED AND SALARIES FIXED BY THE INSPECTORS.


GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. R. C. MOTHERWELL, JR. Salary, $2,500.




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