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1842-Anderson, Maxey and Ewing.
1848 James, Weller and Read.
1850-Hurt, Mayfield and Bostick.
1860-Hurt, Horn and Bostlok.
Richard Garrett was elected Superintendent of the Water Works in November, 1833. In November, 1834, John M: Seabury was elected Superintendent. On the 18th of November, 1835, a contract was made with John Hall, who undertook to do all the blacksmith work, furnish a supply of water, lay down pipe, &c. In January, 1838, John M. Seabury was again elected Superintendent, and served for five consecutive years. There was no Superintendent for the years 1843 and 1844. Alfred A. Adams was elected in December, 1844, and continued in office till the close of 1849. In January, 1850, John M. Seabury was elected, and con- tinued in office for three successive years, when Henry A. Cooper was elected, who served during the years 1854 and 1855. In January, 1856, John M. Seabury was elected Superintendent, which office he now holds- having occupied the position longer than any other one gentleman.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE Fire Department of Nashville is a volunteer organization, and is as efficient as any other of the same kind in the Union. There are five Fire Companies and one Hook and Ladder Company, comprising a force amounting in the aggregate to about six hundred members.
The name and location of the companies are-
Nashville Fire Company, No. 1, Capt. W. W. Finn; Hall and Engine House, North end of Market- House.
Broad Street Fire Company, No. 2, Capt. Wm. Stockell ; Hall and Engine House, South College, near Broad.
Deluge Fire Company, No. 3. Capt. Jas. T. Bell ; Hall and Engine House, South end of Market-House.
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1857-Horm W. A. Davis and Haile.
1858-Paul, W. A. Davis and Haile.
1844-Lindaley, B.F.Brown, Weller, Hughes.
1845-Knowles, Harris and Goodlett.
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Capitol Hill Fire Company, No. 4, Capt. H. Strickland ; Hall & Engine House, West side of Capitol Hill.
Washington Fire Company, No. 5, Capt. M. C. Cotton ; Hall and En- gine House, South Cherry Street.
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, Capt. Davis; House, North Market Street, near Union.
All of these Companies are well supplied with apparatus of the most approved kinds, remarkable for their beauty and fineness of finish.
The value of the entire property represented by the Fire Department of the city is not less than $60,000.
The fact that but one very disastrous fire has occurred since the or- ganization of the department, when alarms are so frequent in the city, speaks at once for the efficiency of this organization. During the fire which occurred here in the Spring of 1856, which destroyed the Nashville Inn, a number of wholesale houses on the North side of the Square, and the Court-House, the wind was blowing almost a hurricane from the North, and but for the almost super-human efforts of our Firemen, that portion of the city from the Square south must have been reduced to ashes. The management of the organization is in the hands of judicious men, who take a just pride in its efficiency, healthy condition and affairs. The Fire Department is one of the most popular institutions of the city.
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Each of the above companies annually elect nine of their members to ' represent them in what is called the " Fire Association," a body to whom all matters, effecting the general interests of the Fire Department, are submitted. The Association elects one of its members President.
WORK HOUSE.
DURING the year 1859, a new establishment was erected equal if not superior to any of similar character in the Union. The old building was too small, badly ventillated, and no means, when crowded, of separating the sexes. The present building affords ample room, is furnished in a very comfortable manner, with every necessary arrangement and appoint- . -ment for the health and comfort of the inmates. Order and cleanliness are visible everywhere, while the officers of the house take good care that the inmates are kept properly employed. Divine service is held here every Sabbath afternoon-some one of the ministers of the city officiating.
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THE NASHVILLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
THIS Company was chartered 14th November, 1849. The Works were erected, and main pipes laid down in 1850, and the first Gas made in Feb- ruary, 1851. This company has been managed by almost the same Board
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of Directors and officers since its organization. One remarkable fact about it is, that it has been a paying concern since the Works began operations. This stock, which now sells very readily at 10 to 15 per cent. premium, was sold in 1852 at 75 cents on the dollar. The quantity of Gas made during the first year, (1851,) was less than six million cubit feet, and the quantity of Gas made during 1869, was near fifteen million cubit feet : showing that Nashville must have increased her population very much. The Works are situated on North Water Street, near the lower landing. The company owns 244 feet of ground, on which their gas-holders and works for generating the Gas are situated ; besides some 18 miles of main and service pipes ; between 8 and 9 hundred meters; in all, making the investment about $150,000. There are about 200 public street-lamps, which belong to the city of Nashville.
This company has reduced the price of Gas from $4 to $3 50 per thous- and cubit feet, since the 1st of January, 1860.
Directors : W. Barrow, R. J. Meigs, Sam'l. Prichitt, Wm. F. Cooper Jas. Correy, Dan 1. F. Carter.
Officers : W. Barrow, President ; Jas. H. Kendrick, Secretary ; Wm. King, Superintendent ; Thos. F. Kendrick, Clerk ; Martin Butler, Fore- man at the Works.
Office : No. 11, North Cherry Street.
CEMETERIES.
In the early days of the city of Nashville, very little attention was paid to the adornment of places of sepulture. The founders of the city provided no general place of interment, until about thirty years since, they secured the grounds of the present City Cemetery, at that time far enough from the business and improved portions of Nashville to be free from the objections attending a grave-yard immediately in a city. But the city has spread out in every direction to such an astonishing extent, that the spot is now surrounded on two sides by dwellings and other im- provements, while the tracks of two railroads run through it. The grounds only contain a little more than twenty acres, and are rapidly filling up.
The question of opening new grounds for burial purposes, was agitated three or four years ago, and many locations in different directions from the city were spoken of in connection with this object. Finally, the grounds now comprising " Mount Olivet Cemetery " were selected, as be- ing admirably adapted for the purpose-in fact the best site in the neighbor- hood of the city, at the proper distance from it. An arrangement was made with the proprietors, satisfactory to those who felt an interest in the laudable enterprise, by which these grounds were secured. They em- brace one hundred and twenty-five acres in extent, and are two miles and a half from the city-sufficiently far, it is believed, to be secure from its
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encroachments in that direction for all time to come. A considerable por- tion of the land is cleared, but the larger portion is covered with native forest trees. These grounds present a pleasing variety of landscape, beautifully diversified with "hill and dale, and lawn and running brook" -sufficient in extent to answer the demands of a vast population for gen- erations to come and protected by charter as well as by natural position, from all encroachments by railroads or turnpikes.
The whole tract has been laid out by a skillful artist, in accordance with the suggestions of a refined taste and the picturesque location of the grounds-thousands of cedars and other ornamental shrubbery have been planted-and an Osage Orange hedge has been started, designed to enclose the whole premises. About one third of the tract is now prepared for use, the avenues graded and Macadamized, the lots surveyed and marked by permanent stone corners. The remainder will be prepared and open- ed as the demands of the public may require.
CHURCHES.
Christ, (Episcopal), corner Spring and High streets.
Church of the Advent, (Episcopal), Odd Fellows' Hall, corner Summer and Union streets.
Trinity Church, (Episcopal), Ewing Avenue.
Roman Catholic Church, corner Summer and Cedar streets.
First Presbyterian, corner of Spring and Summer streets.
Second Presbyterian, North College street.
Cumberland Presbyterian, South Summer street.
First Baptist, North Summer street.
Cherry Street Baptist, South Cherry street.
Primitive Baptist Church, South College street.
McKendree, (Methodist Episcopal), Spring street.
Spruce Street, (Methodist Episcopal), Spruce street.
Elysian Grove, (Methodist Episcopal), South Cherry street.
Andrew Charge, (Methodist Episcopal), Castleman street, South Nash- ville.
German Methodist Episcopal Church, North College street.
Claiborne's Chapel, in Claiborne's addition, near Lebanon pike.
Christian Church, Spring street, near Vine.
Colored Baptist Church, for colored people, West Nashville, near the Chattanooga Railroad Depot.
Second Methodist, for colored people, Cherry street, south of Broad. 1 Methodist Church, for colored people, McLemore street.
Christian Church, for colored people, North Vine street.
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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
THE above named institution, whose object is the improvement of the moral, mental and spiritual condition of young men, was organised in January 1855 ; it has struggled along, with varied success, until it has at last established itself as one of the institutions of the city. Its present membership is 175.
They have a circulating library of about four hundred volumes, com- prising many valuable standard works, to which additions are being con- stantly made. They have also a reading room furnished with leading newspapers and periodicals from all portions of the country. They have recently fitted up a very comfortable and eligible room at No. 45, College street, up-stairs. These rooms are open every day.
H. HILL MCALISTER, PRESIDENT, corner Broad and College street.
P. L. NICHOL, Recording Secretary, County Court Clerk's Ofice.
N. D. CROSS, Corresponding Secretary, No. 24, Deaderick street.
W. H. MORROW, Treasurer, No. 49, N. Market street.
W. BRYCE THOMPSON, Libarian, No. 26, N. Summer street.
MASONIC REGISTER.
CUMBERLAND LODGE, NO 8 .- Stated Meetings of Cumberland Lodge No. 8, are held third Saturday nights of every month, at Firemen's Hall upper end of the Market House.
OFFICERS .- Sumner Kirkpatrick, W. M. ; Edwin Fields, S. W .; R. A. Holly, J. W .; T. D. Flippin, Sec. ; J. C. M'Crory, Treas. ; W. H. Mor- row, S. D .; G. W. Goodrich, J. D. ; M. E. DeGrove, S. and T.
PHOENIX LODGE, No. 131 .- Regular Meetings of Phoenix Lodge, No. 131, are held on the fourth Saturday nights of every month, at Firemen's Hall, upper end of the Market House.
OFFICERS .- M. B. Howell, W. M. ; H. Sheffield, S. W .; J. Lumsden, J. W. ; A. Nelson, Sec. ; L. D. Baker, Treas. ; D. H. Bailey, S. D .; E. D. Richards, J. D.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
TENTH LEGION DIVISON, No. 10 .- Meets every Tuesday night at the Cottage Church on St. Cloud's Hill.
TEMPLE DIVISION, No. 22 .- Meets every Friday night at Temperance Hall, No. 53% College street.
ELYSIAN GROVE DIVISON, No. 195 .- Meets every Wednesday night at Temperance Hall, Market street, South Nashville.
The Grand Division of Tennessee holds its annual session in Nash- ville on the third Thursday in October.
Communications for any department of the order in Nashville should be addressed to the undersigned.
W. BRYCE THOMPSON, G. S. Box 159, Nashville, Tenn.,
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TRABUE LODGE, No. 10 .- Meeets every Monday night.
OFFICERS .- Clinton Byrne, N. G .; B. F. Brown, V. G .; J. E. Rains, Sec. ; T. C. Coleman, Per. Sec. ; Wm. Cameron, Treas.
TENNESSEE LODGE, No. 1-Meets every Tuesday night.
OFFICERS-James M. Hinton, N. G. ; Wm. Hailey, V. G. ; J. M. M'Gin- nis, Sec. ; T. L. Marshall, Treas.
NASHVILLE LODGE, NO. 2 .- Meets every Thursday night.
OFFICERS .- E. A. Harbet, N. G .; P. S. Woodward, V. G. ; W. A. Wherry, Sec. ; J. W. Page, Treas.
SMILEY LODGE, No. 90 .- Meets every Friday night at Tanksley's store, South Cherry street.
OFFICERS .- W. G. Turner, N. G .; A. A, Hatcher, V. G. ; - Sec. ; W. M. Mallory, Tress.
AUBORA LODGE, (German), No. 105 .- Meets every Friday night.
OFFICERS .- G. Wetterau, N. G. ; C. Kircher, V. G. ; H. Metz, Sec .; G. Sieferley, Treas.
RIDGELY ENCAMPMENT, No. 1 .- Meets the first and third Wednesday nights in each month.
OFFICERS .- P. B. Coleman, C. P .; N. J. Thaxton, H. P .; W. G. Wynne, S. W .; R. H. M'Ewen, Jr., J. W. ; J. C. Perriam, Scribe ; B. R. Cutter, Treas.
OLIVE BRANCH ENCAMPMENT, No. 4 .- Meets the second and fourth Wednesday nights in each month.
OFFICERS .- W. N. Carr, C. P .; J. Webb Smith, H. P .; Thomas T. Saunders, S. W. ; Rob't Thompson, J. W. ; W. S. Cheatham, Scribe ; J. N. Ward, Treas.
NASHVILLE CITY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
REGULAR MEETINGS-Held on the first Wednesday of every month. President, DR. A. H. BUCHANAN. Vice-President, DR. S. S. MAYFIELD. Secretary and Treasurer, DR. G. L. BLACKIE.
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. DR. CHARLES K. WINSTON, President. DR. GEORGE A. G. MAYFIELD, Vice-President. DR. W., L. NICHOL, Secretary and Treasurer. Meets the 1st Tuesday in April, annually.
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SUBURBAN TOWNS.
THE suburban towns of Nashville are Edgefield, West Nashville, North Nashville, McGavock, Brownsville, and Watkin's Grove. Some of these have become large and important places, and in each of them there is no inconsiderable population. They afford beautiful locations for residences, within a short distance of town, and many of our business men have bought and built, securing quiet and retired homes, away from the dustand din of the city. In Watkin's Grove, the city has a large and splendid square, donated by Samuel Watkins, Eeq.
NURSERIES, GARDENS, &c.
No country can be found where better fruit can be produced than in Mid dle Tennessee. Repeated experiments have conclusively shown this fact, and we may add that every variety of fruit that grows within the tropics may be produced here in excellent form and quality. There are a number of Nurseries, Fruit, Flower and Shrubbery Gardens in close proximity to the city, at which may be obtained fruit and ornamental trees, of all kinds, flower-plants, shrubs, etc., etc. As an evidence of the increasing interest which prevails in the cultivation of fruits, flowers, and shrubbery, it is only necessary to state that the demand is constantly increasing.
LIVE STOCK.
NASHVILLE and its vicinity abounds in public-spirited men who are largely interested in raising superior live stock of every description, and this point has become the most important of Southern cities as a market for all of those valuable animals intended for the use of man. Blood horses, harness and saddle horses, jack stock and mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, cashmere goats, ect. etc., constitute a very material interest in our midst. Many of the most renowned horses in the annals of the Ameri- can turf were bred and raised hereabouts, and a number possessing the best strains of blood known to the country are now owned here. A large number, also, of the most fashionably bred trotting horses of the day have, within a few years past, been imported or raised in this vicinity. All, in short, of the animals above named, in most excellent form, may be found here. Situated in the midst of one of the finest grass-growing countries of the world, the territory about us abounding in living streams, and upon the border of the cotton growing region, the live stock interest could hardly fail to elicit great attention, or become one of much impor- tance. To ascertain its extent it is only necessary to attend any one of the Agricultural Fairs which are held in Middle Tennessee at the recur- rence of every Autumn.
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PRODUCE MARKET.
SITUATED in the midst of one of the most fertile sections of the South, . embracing a scope of country hundreds of miles in extent, with a most favorable climate and soil, adapted to nearly every variety of product, Nashville is necessarily one of the most important of south-western Produce markets. The amount of produce shipped annually from this point, is far beyond what a casual observer would suppose. We have taken pains to ascertain something in relation to the shipment of leading staples from this market, and although we do not pretend to strict accura- cy, an investigation of the subject will show that our estimates are not far out of the way.
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COTTON .- Within a few years past many farmers in Middle Tennessee, who had previously made cotton, have abandoned its cultivation and turned their attention to grain and stock. Noth withstanding this, how- ever. the shipment of cotton from this point, during the year commencing September 1st, has been upwards of 25,000 bales. This is of course, exclusive of a considerable amount purchased in the interior, with Nashville capital, and shipped to the East and South without reaching this city. The Central Southern Railroad will add considerably to the cotton business of this market.
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TOBACCO .- Between five and six thousand hogsheads of tobacco was shipped from this point during the past year. Besides this amount, it is safe to say that about five thousand hhds. more are controlled from this point, of which our regular shippers take no account. The average weight of hhds. is about 1,600 pounds. There is a large amount, also, of loose tobacco purchased here annually.
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WHEAT .- It has not been until within a few years that wheat-growing was pursued by Tennessee farmers to any considerable extent. But & revolution has occurred in this branch of husbandry. In a good year the amount of wheat purchased here is very large. It has reached as high as 2,000,000 bushels in one season.
CORN .- The amount of corn usually shipped, yearly, to all points from this market is estimated, by competent judges, to be 6,000,000 bushels. A large amount, it would appear, but we have the opinion and authority of several extensive dealers, in making the statement.
BACON .- Nashville is one of the great bacon markets of the South. She annually furnishes to Georgia, South Carolina, and other localities, from 7 to 10,000 casks of bacon. Tennessee bacon is in higher favor in Southern markets than that from any other State.
In addition to the main staples, above mentioned, other grains, wool, feathers, fruits, root-crops, &c., &c., form no inconsiderable items in the produce market of this city.
As high as 25,000 hogs have been slaughtered here, in one season, by one firm.
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LARD .- The amount of lard sold here annually is very large. A single firm, that of Woods & Armistead, manufacturers and dealers in lard- oil, use 2,500 tierces of lard annually, in the manufacture of oil, at a cost of from $85,000 to $100,000. Their manufactory is on the Franklin turnpike, in the vicinity of the city. Their oil is clear of deleterious sub- stances, less liable to gum apon machinery than ordinary lard-oil, is ex- tracted pure from the best material, and is an excellent article for greasing wool, burning in Lamps, &c.
VEGETABLE MARKET.
THE vegetable markets of the city are not as good as they should be, either in quantity or quality, and here is a field where the enterprise and industry of persons who understand vegetable gardening well, might reap a rich reward. Those engaged in the business in this vicinity, who manage it judiciously, are making a large per cent. upon their investment. More than double the amount at present sold, could be disposed of, and with a livelier competition our vegetables would be of a quality much superior to what, in general, they are at present.
The lands in the vicinity are exceedingly fertile, and by making use of the appliances, which are here so abundant, with proper cultivation they produce equal to any in the Union, while as regards prices they are, we believe, cheaper than those around any other city of the importance of Nashville.
SEWING MACHINES.
. THERE are six agencies of Sewing Machines here, representing as many different kinds. The use of this great labor-saving implement, in house- hold economy, is becoming univeral. We refer to the advertisements of those who are teperented in this work.
COAL SUPPLY.
THE city is nearly surrounded, though at some distance, by extensive coal fields. The main supply is from the upper Cumberland river, being brought down in barges. Coal is also brought from mines on the Ohio river, owned by some of our citizens. The coal mines of the Cumber- land mountains annually furnish, by rail, a large amount of coal to this city, and with the completion of the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad to mines along its route, another source for a supply of coal will have been opened. With the active competition that must prevail between these various coal interests, there is little reason to apprehend exorbitant rates in the price of fuel.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CORPORATION OF NASHVILLE.
SUBJOINED is the official statement made to the City Council on the 30th of September last. Recently, the corporation sold her stock in the N. & C. Railroad, amounting in the aggregate to $525,000 00, for which 40 cents in the dollar was obtained. Out of the proceeds of this sale, the debt due the Pennsylvania : Insurance Co. ($44,500,) has been paid, as well as most of the outstanding checks, notes for. negro hire, &c. By a late law of the city authorities, the remainder of the funds are to be used as a sinking fund to eventually liquidate the funded debt of the city, or & large portion of it. In addition, the city owns nearly one hundred thous -. and dollars' worth of real estate, which she does not need, and which will soon be sold.
The public works, lands, improvements, &c., owned by the city in its corporate capacity, are worth at least one million of dollars, which, we are satisfied, is a low estimate, and is exclusive of the $100,000 worth to be sold.
So that we may safely and truthfully say, that the city of Nashville is in a healthier financial condition than almost any other city in the coun- try-perhaps in a better condition than most cities of the same population.
RECEIPTS.
From A. Nelson, Revenue Collector,
$115,813 86
« J. L. Glenn, Water Tax Collector, 27,386 21
W. A. Glenn, Kocorder,
For Licenses, $17,767 53
Fines, 5,296 07
23,063 60
R. A. Cole, Wharf Master,
4,817 03
Isham Dyer, 2d Clerk of the Market,
4,117 80
County Court Clerk, for Tipling Licenses,
2,071 90
Notes Discounted,
20,449 71
= Outstanding Checks, 27,679 01
$225,399 12
DISBURSEMENTS.
For Fire Department,
$ 7.452 47
" Street
10,976 54
Miscellaneous Department,
6,698 95
" Police
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15,503 98
Market-House
1,258 90
Cemetery
120 00
Slave
11,410 45
Hospital
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464 72
Gas
6,275 55
Work House
21,847 84
Charity
965 48
Salary
10,036 00
= Water Works,
39,878 40
Bills Payable,
4,443 78
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Bond Account,
7,914 87
Interest Account,
49,061 02
School Debt, 4,681 14
" Outstanding Checks, beginning Municipal Year, 26,409 03
$225,399 12
STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOL FUND .- RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of School Fund, Oct. 1, 1858,
$24,192 22
From A. Nelson, Collector, 28,025 62
State of Tennessee, 2,173 30
Davidson County,
1,000 00
Sale of Real Estate, 215 83 .
$55,606 97
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount paid out by Treasurer, =
$34,046 46
due by Corporation,
19,330 69
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2,229 82
$55,606 97
LIABILITIES FOR MUNICIPAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1860.
Bonds to Penn. Insurance Co., past dus,
$44,000 00
" " J. L. Hadley,
10,000 00
Note to C. K. & B. Winston. " " M. Jacker & Co., for Water Pipe,
12,138 31
Notes for Negro Hire,
5,360 20
to D. D. Dickey, for Water Pipe,
1,953 67
= " J. Hughes, for Steam Boat,
2,625 00
Note to Jos. Vaulx, for Wharf Rent,
250 00
" N. A. Downs,
1,073 30
Notes Discounted,
10,000 00
Bond to Planters' Bank, W. & Ala. Railroad,
3,730 25
" Union Bank, "
3,184 62
Note to M. G. L. Claiborne, for Real Estate, " W. L. Nance,
1,500 00
Outstanding Checks,
27,679 01
Due School Fund,
21,560 51
$146,554 87
The above is exclusive of the ordinary expenses of the Corporation. FUNDED DEBT OF THE CITY. Bonds of the corporation issued to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, in 1849, Of which $100,000 is due 1st April, 1869,
$500,000 00
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100,000
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100,000 = 1877,
100,000 16 46 1879.
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Bonds issued for Water Works, Nov. 2d, 1830, past due, and held by the Penn. Ins. Co., 44,000 00
Bonds issued to Water Works, and held by the Union Bank, of which there falls due November 10, 1860, $20,000, and on Nov. 10, 1865, $20,000,
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