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1889.

The Thirty-Seventh

ANNUAL REPORTOF THE

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

OF THE

City of ConcordFOR THE YEAR ENDING

DKCKNIBKR 31, 1889

Together with other Annual Reports and Papers relating to

THE Affairs of the City

Republican Press Association, 22 North Main Street

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MUNICIPAL REGULATIONSFOR PAYMENT OF BILLS AGAINST THE CITY.

All persons furuishing materials or service for the city, or aid

to the city poor, should be particular to take the name of the

person ordering such service, material, or aid, and should know

that the person is duly authorized to contract said liability.

The city will not be holden for merchandise sold or delivered

on city pauper account, except on the written order of the Over-

seer of the Poor, and for no longer time than until his successor

shall have been appointed and qualified.

Duplicate copies will be required of all bills payable by the

city, furnished on county pauper account.

All bills against the city must be approved by the person

authorizing the charge ; and unless this is done, no action can

be had upon the bill by the Committee on Accounts, and no

order will be given for its payment.

When bills are certified to as above, and left with the city

clerk before 12 o'clock of the day of meeting of the Committee

on Accounts, they will be audited by them, and, if approved,

be ready for payment on the Thursday following.

Meetings of the Committee are held on the Thursday next

preceding the second Tuesday in each month, at 2 o'clock p. m.

JOSEPH A. COCHRAN, City Clerk.

CITY GOVERNMENT,CONCORD, N. H.

Inaugurated fourth Tuesday in January, biennially.

1889.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.MAYOR.

Elected by inhabitants biennially in November.Salary. 11,000 per annum.

STILLMAN HUMPHREY.

Office : 102 North Main street.

ALDERMEN.

Elected by inhabitants of each ward biennially in November. No salary as such, but

allowed $60 each for committee service.

TTard i—WILLIAM W. ALLEN.Ward 2—JOHN T. BATCHELDER.Ward 5—GEORGE H. vSPEAD.

Ward ^—JOHN C. ORDWAY,WILLIAM E. HOOD,JAMES K. KENNEDY.

Ward 5—GEORGE F. UNDERHILL,LOREN S. RICHARDSON.

Ward 6—HERMON D. WEBSTER,JOSIAH E. DWIGHT,OILMAN B. JOHNSON.

Ward 7—FRANK P. QUIMBY.

4 CITY OF CONCORD.

CITY CLERK.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, S800 per annum and fees.

JOSEPH A. COCHRAN.

Office: City Hall Building.

COMMON COUNCIL.

Elected by inhabitants of each ward biennially in November. No salary as such, but

allowed $30 each tor committee service.

President—WILLIAM J. FERNALD.

Fardi—JOHN O'NEILL.

Ward 5—GEORGE G. JENNESS.Fard 5—GEORGE R. PARMENTER.Ward 4—JOSEPH WELCOME,

BENJAMIN BILSBOROUGH,OILMAN K. CROWELL.

Ward 5—WILLIAM J. FERNALD,PATRICK H. COLEMAN.

Ward 6—JOSEPH C. ORDWAY,GEORGE H. MILTON,LEONARD W. BEAN.

Ward 7—DANIEL K. ABBOTT,*GEORGE W. CHESLEY.t

CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Elected by Common Council biennially in January. Salary, S50 per annum.

LEWIS L. MOWER.

Office : 87 South State street.

JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

Aldermen appointed by Mayor, and Councilmen appointed by President of CommonCouncil, biennially in January.

On Finance—The Mayor ; Aldermen Ordway and Underbill

;

Councilmen Milton and Colman.

• Resigned. t Elected to fill vacancy,

CITY GOVERNMENT. O

On Accounts and Claims—Aldermen Hood and Richardson;

Councilmen Ordway and Parinenter.

On Lands arid Buildings—Aldermen Quimby and Kennedy;

Councilmen Bean and O'Neill.

On Public Instruction—Aldermen Allen and Ordway ; Council-

men Jenness and Bilsborough.

On Parks and Commons—Aldermen Richardson and Johnson;

Councilmen Welcome and Chesley.

On Roads and Bridges—Aldermen Dwight and Batchelder

;

Councilmen Parmenter and Bean,

On Fire Dejyartment—Aldermen Kennedy and Webster ; Coun-

cilmen Bilsborough and Milton.

On Lighting Streets—Aldermen Undei-hill and Dwight ; Council-

men Coleman and Ordway.

On Cemeteries—Aldermen Ordway and Spead ; Councilmen

O'Neill and Crowell.

STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.

Appointed by Mayor biennially in January.

On Elections and Returns—Alderman Spead.

On Engrossed Ordinances—Alderman Batchelder.

On Bills, Second Reading—Alderman Johnson.

On Police and Licenses—Alderman Webster.

ON SEWERS AND DRAINS.

Elected biennially in January by Board of Aldermen.

The Mayor, Aldermen Hood, Quimby, and Allen.

STANDING COMMITTEES IN COMMON COUNCIL.

Appointed by President of Common Council biennially in January.

Oil Elections and Returns—Councilmen Chesley and Jenness.

On Bills, Second Reading—Councilmen Coleman and Milton.

On Engrossed Ordinances—Councilmen Crowell and Welcome.

6 CITY OF CONCORD.

CITY TREASURER.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Bond to the acceptance of Board of

Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $250 per annum.

WILLIAM F. THAYER.Office: First National Bank.

CITY MESSENGER.Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, $500 per annum.

EDWARD H. DIXON.

COLLECTOR OF TAXES.

Elected annually in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Bond within six days

to satisfaction of the Board. Salary, live mills for each dollar of first §60,000;

seven and one half mills for each dollar over *60,000.

GEORGE A. FOSTER.

Office: White's Block, Capitol street.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.Union School-District.

Three elected annually in March by inhabitants of Union School-District. Salary.

$225 per annum for the Board.

JOSEPH C. A. HILL, Term expires March, 1890.

DANIEL B. DONOVAN, " " 1890.

Rev. CEPHAS B. CRANE, " " 1890.

JOHN C. ORDWAY, " " 1891.

SHADRACH C. MORRILL, " " 1891.

PARSONS B. COGSWELL, " " 1891.

WILLIAM M. CHASE, ''" 1892.

WARREN CLARK, " " 1892.

JAMES L. MASON, " " 1892.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.Union School-District.

Appointed by Board of Education annually in July. Salary, »1,300 per annum.

LOUIS J. RUNDLETT.Office: Sanborn's Block, Capitol street.

CITY GOVERNMENT. /

SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

WEST CON'CORD—District No. 3.

One Member elected annually in March by inhabitants of district. Salary, $18 per

annum for the Board.

RICHARD S. EMERY, Term expires March, 1890.

MARY C. ROWELL, " " 1891.

ELLA R. HOLDEN, " " 1892.

EAST CONCORD—District No. 12.

One member elected annually in March, by inhabitants of district. Salary, $18 per

annum for the Board.

ELBRIDGE EMERY, Terra expires March, 1890.

CYRUS R. ROBINSON, '• " 1891.

WILLIAM A. COWLEY, " " 1892.'

PENACOOK—District No. 20.

One member of Board of Education elected annually in March by inhabitants of dis-

trict. Salary, $27 per annum for the Board.

Dr. J. H. FRENCH, Term expires March, 1890.

A. W. ROLFE, '' " 1891.

JOHN C. FARRAND, '' " 1892.

TOWN DISTRICT.

Comprising all districts in the city except Nos. 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 20. Elected annually

in March by inhabitants of district. Salary, reasonable charge for actual services.

FALES P. VIRGIN.ISAAC N. ABBOTT.ALBERT SALTMARSH.

TRUANT OFFICERS.

Appointed biennially in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Salary as such,

none.

G. S. LOCKE.JAMES E. RAND.JOHN-E. TUCKER.E. A. F. HAMMOND.*JOHN AHERN.*D. O. ANDREW.CHARLES H. SANDERS.

* Resigned.

CITY OF CONCORD.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

TRUSTEES.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, none.

Ward i—ABIAL ROLFE.Ward 2—JOSEPH T. CLOUGH.TFard5—PAUL R. HOLDEN.Ward 4—WILLIAM L. FOSTER.Ward 5—CHARLES R. CORNING.Ward e—JAMES S. NORRIS.Ward 7—WILLIA xM W. FLINT.

LIBRARIAN.

Appointed annually by Trustees of Library. Salary, .$800 per annum, including

assistant.

DANIEL F. SECOMB.

Fowler Library Building.

ASSESSORS.

Elected biennially by inhabitants of each ward. Salary, |3 per day of actual service.

Ward i—ABIAL ROLFE.Ward 2—ALBERT STEVENS.Ward 5—TIMOTHY CARTER.Ward 4—GILBERT H. SEAVEY.Ward 5—CURTIS WHITE.Ward 6—GEORGE W. ABBOTT.Ward 7—JONATHAN B. WEEKS.

Chairman

—

Gilbert H. Seavey.

Clerk

—

Abial Rolfe.

CITY GOVERNMENT.

CITY WATER-\A/^ORKS.

WATER COMMISSIONERS.

Two annually appointed in March, for three years, by Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Salary, none.

STILLMAN HUMPHREY, Mayor, ex-officio.

JOHN KIMBALL, Term expires March 31, 1889

WILLIAM M. CHASE,JAMES L. MASON,JOSEPH H. ABBOT,SAMUEL S. KIMBALL,GEORGE A. YOUNG,

President

—

John Kimball.

Clerk

—

Arthur H. Chase.

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SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER-WORKS.

Elected annually in April by Water Commissioners. Salary, $1,500 per annum.

V. CHARLES HASTINGS.

Office: White's Block, Capitol St.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.CHIEF ENGINEER.

Appointed annually in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $200 per

CHARLES C. BLANCHARD.*CHARLES A. DAVIS.

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ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.Appointed annually in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

FOR PKECINCT.

Salary, $100 each per annum.

ANDREW L. LANE.JOHN J. McNULTY.WILLIAM E. DOW.

' Deceased. t Elected to fill vacancy.

10 CITY OF CONCORD.

FOR PENACOOK.

Salary, $15 per annum.

WILLIAM W. ALLEN.

FOR EAST CONCORD.

Salary, f 10 per annum.

JOHN E. FRYE.

FOR WEST CONCORD.

Salary, SIO per annum.

MILES McSWEENEY.

STEWARD CENTRAL FIRE STATION.


annum.

NAPOLEON B. BURLEIGH.

ASSISTANT STEWARD CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

Appointed annually in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, t600 per

annum.

FRANK M. EATON.

SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM.


annum.

NAPOLEON B. BURLEIGH.

SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY CLOCKS.


annum.

RICHARD H. AYER.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 11

POLICE DEPARTMENT.POLICE JUSTICE.

Appointed by Governor and Council. Salary, S600 per annum, fixed by legislature.

BENJAMIN E. BADGER.

Office : 130 North Main St.

SPECIAL POLICE JUSTICE.

Appointed by Governor and Council. Salary, $2 per day of actual service.

ROBERT A. RAY.*

CITY SOLICITOR.Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, $500 per annum.

HARRY G. SARGENT.

Office: North Main St.

CLERK OF POLICE COURT.

Appointed by Police Justice. Salary, $200 per annum, fixed by legislature.

GEORGE M. FLETCHER.

CITY MARSHAL.Appointed biennially in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Bond of

required. Salary, $1,200 per annum.

GEORGE S. LOCKE.

Office: corner North Main and Warren Sts.

ASSISTANT CITY MARSHAL.

Appointed biennially in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Bond of $300

required. Salary, »800 per annum.

JOHN E. TUCKER.Office: Penacook.

Resigned Sept 1,1889.

12 CITY OF CONCORD.

REGULAR POLICE AND NIGHT WATCH.Appointed biennially in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $800 each

per annum.

James E. Rand, Captain of Night Watch.

Edgar A. F. Hammond,* Delbert O. Andrew,John Ahern,* Charles H. Sanders,

Daniel S. Flanders, Jacob E. Hutchins,*

Jeremiah P. W. Roach,

f

Horace Robinson.

f

O. H. Bean,

Jacob E. Hutchins,

John E. Baker,

MacD. Aldrich,

George W. Chesley,

James G. Leighton,

Amos B. Sanborn,

UNIFORMED POLICE SQUAD.

Chas. L. Gilmore, Captain.

George H. Silsby,

W. A. Little,

John T. Batchelder,

W. A. Flanders,

Oliver Hobbs,

Irving B. Robinson,

Sylvester P. Danforth.

SPECIAL POLICE.

Appointed biennially in January

per

Henry E. Chamberlain,

Eli Hanson,

Robert Crowther,

Joseph E. Plummer,

Ross W. Cate,

Elmer C. Leavitt,

Hugh Tallant,

Simeon Partridge,

Miles McSweeney,

George W. Waters,

Resigned.

by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $2 each

day for actual service.

Ward 1

.

B. F. Philbrick,

George W. Corey.

Ward 2.

Henry Giddis,

Moody S. Farnum,

Horatio S. Hussey,

James A. Hussey.

Ward 3.

Oscar F. Richardson,

Dana M. Carter,

Harrison Partridge.

t Appointed to fill vacancy.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 13

Ward 4.

Samuel M. Griffin,

William S. Davis,

John T. Kimball,

Charles T. Huntoon,

Edward H. Dixou,

George A. Foster,

Alvah C. Ferrin,

Frank E. Heath,

Frank H. Locke,

Edwin C. Sanborn,

Fred M. Eaton,

Joseph C. Eaton,

John H. Carr,

David L. Neal,

Eugene Savage,

Dana N. Allen,

Amos S. Abbott,

Joseph W. Robinson,

Francis H. Upton,

Thomas Hill,

John H. Mercer,

John F. Bartlett,

Richard P. Sanborn,

Joseph H. Ford,

James E. Randlett,

Henry A. Rowell.

Ward 5.

Charles E. Savory,

James P. Ward,

Elmer E. Welch,

Reuben C. Danforth,

Edward Dow,

N. B. Burleigh.

Ward 6.

Edward H. Houston,

Norris A. Dunklee,

George A. Huntoon,

Cyrus A. Abbott.

Ward 7.

George W. Chesley,

George E. Davis,

Thomas Sheehan,

A. S. Trask,

Horace Plummer.

RAILROAD POLICE.

Edward W. Harvey,

Charles H. Noyes,

Stilman D. Walker,

Heury J. Eaton,

Arthur L. Currier,

Nazarus Saltus,

Don A. Parker,

Lyman W. Sargent,

PvUgene A. Bennett,

Fred C. Jones,

Ambrose B. Biown,

Henry E. Chandler,

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Chester J. Byron,

Oilman K. Crowell,

James H. Burns,

Finley R. Butterfield,

Dennis J. Donovan,

John S. Wilson,

James B. Colby.

SPECIAL POLICE AT RAILROAD.

James M. Jones,

Orrin C. Hodgdon,

Charles H. Butters,

John H. Hamilton,

Charles Norris,

Michael E. Haggarty,

Elmer Lowry,

Charles H. Rowe,

George Peaslee,

Granville P. Mason,

Winslow D. Hodgdon,

Robert P. Blake,

Walter L. Riford,

Nathaniel P. Eastman,

Ernest E. Garland,

George A. Collins,

Wm. La Plant,

Albert F. Smith,

Henry W. Clough,

Henry T. Coombs,

Henry K. Randlet,

Warren W. Phinney,

Frank W. Hancock,

Henry C. Mace,

Otis S. Aldrich,

Charles P. Webster.

SPECIAL POLICE AT CONCORD HORSE RAILROAD.

Nathan H. Dunbar,

Benjamin F. Sherburne,

Ephraim E. Royce,

William G. Crosby.

STREET DEPARTMENT.

COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Bond satisfactory to Board of Mayor

and Aldermen. Salary, »1,200 per annum.

DANIEL K. ABBOTT.

Office: Brown & Abbott's Stable.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 15

LICENSED DRAIN-LAYERS.

Appointed annually in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. No salary.

Lvmau R. Fellows, O. H. T. Richardson,

Leonard W. Bean, Alvah C. Ferrin,

E. H. Randall, William A. Lee,

George Goodhue, Michael Bateman,

E. F. Paige, Isaac Baty,

Nathaniel F. Gale, Fred P. Huckins,

Hiram J. Morrill, John Murdock.

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.

Elected biennially in January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

FOR WARD 1.

Salary, *25 per annum.

CHARLES E. FOOTE.

FOR WARD 2.

Salary, $10 per annum.

JOHN T. BATCHELDER.

East Concord.

FOR WARDS 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7.

Salary, fl50 per annum.

JOSEPH A. COCHRAN.

City Hall.

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CITY PHYSICIAN.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, 91 for each visit to paupers.

DR. EDGAR A. CLARK.

Office: 36 South State Street.

ASSISTANT CITY PHYSICIAN.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, SI for each visit to paupers.

DR. ALFRED E. EMERY.

Office: Penacook.

HEALTH OFFICERS.

One elected annually in March by City Council for three years. Salary, $25 per annum.

HERBERT C. CUMMINGS, Term expires March, 1890.

GRANVILLE P. CONN, " - 1891.

EDWARD N. PEARSON, " " 1892.

SANITARY OFFICER.

Nominated by Board of Health in April, and confirmed by the City Council. Salary,

$700 per annum.

HENRY A. ROWELL.

Office: Water Office, Capitol street.

REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.

The City Clerk is made Registrar by General Laws. Fees, 15 cents for each birth,

marriage, and death received, recorded, and returned to State Registrar.

JOSEPH A. COCHRAN.

Office: City Hall.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 17

PARK COMMISSIONERS.

Two appointed annually for three years by Board of Mayor and Aldermen in January.

No salary.

Joseph B. Wolker,

18 CITY OF CONCORD.

OMAR L. SHEPARD, Term expires Jauuary, 1890.

JOHN E. GAY, '' " 1891.

JAMES M. GROSSMAN, " " 1892.

WARDS 4, 5, AND 6.

CHARLES T. HUNTOON, Term expires Jauuary, 1890.

CHARLES G. REMICK, " " 1891.

FRANK J. BATCHELDER, " " 1892.

FRANK G. PROCTOR, Term expires January, 1890.

ISAAC N. ABBOTT, " " "

1891.

EDWIN W. ROBINSON, " " 1892.

UNDERTAKERS.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Salary, none.

FOR OLD AND BLOSSOM HILL CEMETERIES. "

GEORGE L. LOVEJOY.*H. A. KENDALL.JOSEPH H. LANE.GEORGE W. WATERS.

FOR WOODLAWN CEMETERY, PENACOOK.

J. FRANK HASTINGS.OLIVER J. FIFIELD.

FOR EAST CONCORD CEMETERY.

JOSEPH E. PLUMMER.

FOR WEST CONCORD CEMETERY.

JAMES M. GROSSMAN.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 19

FOR MILLVILLE CEMETERY.

WILLIAM H. CURRIER.

FOR SOUCOOK CEMETERY.

JONATHAN P. LEAVITT.

WARD OFFICERS.

MODERATORS.

Elected biennially in November by voters of each ward. Salary, §3 each per annum.

Ward i—JAMES H. FRENCH.Ward 5—WILLIAM A. COWLEY.Ward 5—ADAM P. HOLDEN.Ward 4—BENJAMIN E. BADGER.TFard 5—CHARLES C. DANFORTH.Ward 6—ROBERT A. RAY.Ward 7—BENJAMIN GREEN.

SELECTMEN.

Elected biennially in November by voters of each ward. Salary, $5 ^ach per annum.

Ward i—NATHANIEL S. GALE.D. WARREN FOX.HENRY ROLFE.

TFanZ2—ISAAC F. POTTER.GEORGE McC. SANBORN.GEORGE A. HOYT.

TFard5—DAVID A. BLANCHARD.CHARLES W. BLANCHARD.HENRY L. WORTHINGTON.

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Ward 4—MARTIN E. YOUNG.WILLIAM H. HURD.ALBERT I. FOSTER.

Ward 5—CURTIS WHITE.ANTONIO J. SOUZA.CHARLES E. PALMER.

Ward 6—ABE L. CASHMAN.GEORGE A. HUNTOON.FRED E. CLOUDMAN.

Ward 7—FREDERICK C. THOMPSON.EDWIN W. ROBINSON.FRANK G. PROCTOR.

WARD CLERKS.

Elected biennially in November by voters of each ward. Salary, $5 each per annum.

Ward i—ARTHUR FARNHAM.Ward 2—MARTIN F. ROWELL.Tr«rd5—HENRY H. CHASE.Ward 4—FRED S. JOHNSON.Ward ,5—ROBERT H. ROLFE.*

GEORGE E. CHESLEY.fWard 6—HOWARD M. COOK.Ward 7—GEORGE B. WHITTREDGE.

INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM.

Appsinted ainiually In January by Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Fees, one fourth

cent per gallon for inspection, paid by owner of oil.

J. HENRY HAMILTON.

' Resigned. t Appointed to till vacancy.

CITY (JOVKI^XMKN'l . 21

FISH AND CAME WARDENS.

Elected annually in January .by City Council. No feos.

nathanip:l e. martin,martin e. young,j. irving hoyt.fales p. virgin,daniel c. tenney.

FENCE-VIEWERS.

Elected annually iu January by City Council. Fee.*,^$2 each per day, paid by parties

interested.

GEORGE W. CHESLEY.CHARLES P. ROWELL.MOSES H. BRADLEY.

POUND-KEEPER.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Fees, two cents each for impoundingsheep, and five cents each for all other creatures, paid by owners of creatures.

GEORGE PARTRIDGE.

SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Fees, for sealing each scale beam, steel-

yard, or scale, 25 cents, and for each measure, 10 cents, five or more to one person

half price, paid by owners of scales or measures.

REUBEN C. DANFORTH.

Office: City Hall.

SEALERS OF LEATHER.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Fees, reasonable price, paid by person

employing.

JOHN C. THORNE.CYRUS R. ROBINSON.DAVID E. EVERETT.

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CULLERS OF STAVES.

Elected biennially in January by City Council. Fee;*, bbl. staves, 28 cts.; hhd. staves,

34 cts.; pipe staves, 40 cts.; butt staves, 45 cts.; hoops, 50 cts.; heading, 33 cts. per

M.—paid by party for whom culling is done.

GEORGE F. HEYWARD.

WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Ff-es, reasonable price per load, paid by

Orin T. Carter,

Joseph H. Abbot,

Ira H. Maxfield,

Arthur G. Steveos,

D. Arthur Brown,

George R. Puriugton,

Sylvester Stevens,

John N. Hill,

John H. Burghardt,

Hiram O. Marsh,

Thomas Hill,

John H. Meicer,

A. H. Campbell,

O. F. Richardson,

Henry E. Chamberlin,

John P. Jewell,

J. E. Sprague,

Seth R. Dole,

Lewis B. Hoit,

J. Frank Hoit,

Patrick H. Larkin,

Henry W. Ranlet,

Omar L. Shepard,

George B. Whittredge,

Samuel B. Davis,

Robert H. Potter,

Wm. W. Flint,

Charles T. Page,

Wm. F. Carr,

Daniel Eastman.

SURVEYORS OF MASONRY.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Fees, reasonable price, paid by party

employing.

Nahum Robinson,

Giles Wheeler,

Edward Dow,

Peter W. Webster,

Alvah C. Ferrin,

William H. Kenney,

Lyman R. Fellows,

Leonard W. Bean,

O. H. T. Richardson.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 23

SURVEYORS OF PAINTING.

Elected annually In January by City Council. Fees, reasonable price, paid by party

employing.

Edward Dow,

Giles Wheeler,

Edward A. Moultou.

Charles E. Savory,

Beujamin Bilsborough.

SURVEYORS OF STONE.

Elected annually in January by City Council. Fees, reasonable price, paid by party

employing.

Simeon Abbott,

Edward Dow,

George W. Emerton,

Giles Wheeler,

Albert H. Knowles,

Charles L. Rowe,

George F. Sanborn.

SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, AND BARK.

Elected biennially in January by City

boards, 4 cents per M; boards and

4 cents per cord or load, or 40 cents

employing.

Arthnr G. Stevens,

Charles W. Batchelder,

John Ballard,

Albert A. Currier,

James F. Nelson,

Weston Cofran,

A. Frank Holt,*

Jonathan B. Weeks,

Charles Couch,

John H. Rolfe,

William Ballard,

John T, Batchelder,

William A. Chesley,

Silvester P. Danforth,

Jeremiah S. Noyes,

William G. Hancock,

Council. Fees, for surveying shingles and clap-

timber, 16 cents per M; measuring cord wood,per hour for over twenty cords; paid by person

W. Annis Bean,

Charles H. Day,

Edwin D. Clough,

Thomas D. Avery,

Jacob E. Hutchins,

Timothy Carter,

Hiram O. Marsh,

Edward Runnels,

W. W. Cochran,

Philip Flanders,

Gilbert H. Seavey,

Cyrus Runnells,

David E. Everett,

Charles H. Brown,

Lowell Eastman,

Joseph T. Clough,

Deceased.

24 CITY OF CONCORD.

Charles W. Hardy,

Nathaniel S. Shaw,

Charles Kimball,

Stephen K. Little,

Alfred Clark,

Daniel A. Brown,

Joseph S. Abbot,

John F. Scott,

John Whitaker,

J. Frank Hastings,

John H. Burghardt,

Nathaniel H. Shattuck,

Edgar D. Eastman,

Peter W. Webster,

George W. Abbott,

Alvertus Evans,

George Partridge,

Andrew Bunker,

Oliver J. Fifield,

Fales P. Virgin,

Andrew S. Faruum,

John C. Linehau,

Curtis White,

John N. Hill,

Abner C. Holt.

Levi M. Shannon,

Charles H. Sanborn,

Charles M. Brown,

Joseph E. Hutchinson.

Thomas Hill,

Thomas W. Pillsbury,

Charles T. Page,

Fred A. Eastman,

John H. Mercer,

John P. Jewell,

Cyrus P. Fletcher,

Fred G. Chandler,

John Potter,

George C. Morgan,

Fred I. Carlton,

Edward H. Dixon.

CITY GOVERNMENT. 25

MAYORS OF THE CITY OF CONCORD.

The original charter of the city was adopted by the inhabitants March 10, 1853, and

until 1880 the mayor was elected annually. Since 1880 the mayor has been elected for

two years at each biennial election in November.

Hon

TRUST FUNDS.

CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT

AS CUSTODIAN OF TRUST FUNDS.

The income from these trusts is paid only upon the Mayor's special order, certifying

that the requirements of the trusts are fulfilled.

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,

From Trust Funds held by the city, during the year 1889.

ABIAL WALKER TRUST.

For the benefit of the School Fund. Income to be divided in due proportion amongall the school-districts in the city.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $1,000.00

Invested in note of Concord,—city pre-

cinct, due 1895, 6 per cent., . . 1,000.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Cash, interest on city note, ..... $60.00

EXPENDED.

Credited to School Fund, $60.00

TRUST FUNDS. 27

C. PARKER LYON TRUST.For the benefit of the Public Library. Annual income to be expended in the purchase

of books for the Public Library.

Capital, Jau. 1, 1889, .... $1,000.()0

Invested in note of Concord,—city pre-

cinct, due 1896, G per cent., . . 1,000.00

INCOMK RECEIVED.

Casli, for interest, $60.00

EXPENDED.

Paid W. P. Fiske, treasurer city library, . . $60.00

FRANKLIN PIERCE TRUST.For the benefit of the Public Library. Annual income to be expended in the purchase

of books for the Public Library.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889 $1,000.00

Invested

—

In City of Concord bond, due

1890, at 6 per cent., . $500.00

Union Guaranty Savings

Bank, 4 J per cent., . 500.00

$1,000.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Cash, for interest, $52.50

EXPENDED.

Paid W. P. Fiske, treasurer city library, . . $52.50

DAVID OSGOOD TRUST.

Income to be applied to the purchase of school-books for poor children.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00

Invested in city of Nashua bond, due 1890,

6 per cent., ....INCOME RECEIVED

Balance from last year,

Cash, for interest.

Balance on hand, ....

200.00

$45.55

28 CITY OF CONCORD.

COUNTESS OF RUMFORD TRUST.

For tlie benefit of the Concord Female Charitable Society. Income to be applied to

the charitable uses aud purposes of said society, and under its direction.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $2,000.00

Invested in note of Isaac A. Hill, dated

Jan. 27, 1877, secured by mortgage of

real estate aud surety, 6 per cent., . 2,000.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Cash, for interest Si 20.00

EXPENDED.

Paid S. W. Pillsbury, treasurer of the Society, . $120.00

OLD CEMETERY FUND.

One half of proceeds of sales of lots. Income to be devoted to the care, protection

and ornamentation of the Old Cemetery, through its committee.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $715.00

Invested

—

In Concord Water-Woiks bonds,

due in 1892, at 6 per cent., $700.00

Merrimack Co. Savings Bank, 15.00$715.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, for Cemeterv Committee, . $42.60

TRUST FUNDS. 2D

BLOSSOM HILL CEMETERY FUND.One Iialf of proceeils of sales of lots. Income for the care, protection, and ornamenta-

tion of Blossom Hill Cemetery, through its committee.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $8,477.17

Added during 1889, .... 988.75$9,465.92

Paid Hiram Farriugtou, special appro-

priation for purchase of land, .... 455.62

$9,010.30

Invested in U. S. bonds, 4 per cent., . $550.00

Merrimack county bonds, 5 " . 900.00

N. H. bonds, 6 " . 200.00

City of Concord bonds, 6 " . 200.00

N. H. Savings Bank, 4 " . 1,348.35

Union Guaranty Savings Bank, 4i per cent , 5,811.95

$9,010.30

INCOME RECEIVED.

Cash, for interest, 1889, $382.44

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Reraick, for Cemetery Committee, . $382.44

WEST CONCORD CEMETERY FUND.One half of proceeds of sales of lots. Income to be devoted to the care, protection, and

ornamentation of West Concord Cemetery, through its committee.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, . . . .

Added during 1889,

30 CITY OF CONCORD.

EAST CONCORD CEMETERY FUND.One half of proceeds of sales of lots. Income to be devoted to the care, protection, and

ornamentation of East Concord Cemetery, through its committee.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, ....Added during year, ....Invested in N. H. Savings Buuli, .

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance on hand from last year.

Interest to Jan. 1, 1890,

Balance on hand, .....MILLVILLE CEMETERY FUND.

Provided by subscription from interested parties. Income to be devoted to the care,

protection, and ornamentation of Millville Cemetery, through its committee.

Capital, -1150.00

Invested by deposit in Loan and Trust

Savings Band, 4 per cent., . . 150.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance on hand from last year, . . $18.06

Interest to July 1, 1889, . . . 7.56

$25.62

$97.50

TRUST FUNDS. 31

THEODORE FRENCH TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of liis lot, in Old Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $100.00

Invested in U. S. bond, due 1907, at 4

per cent., 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Received interest for 1889, . . . S4.00

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, for expense incurred, . . $4.00

JAMES McQUESTEN TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 65, Block F, Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00

Invested in Merrimack county bond, due

1890, at 5 per cent 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Received interest for 1889, . . , 10.00

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, for expense incurred, $10.00

Balance on hand, . . . . . 19.59

$29.59

$29.59

32 CITY OF CONCORD.

SARAH M. K. ADAMS TRUST.

So much of the income of the trust as necessary, to be devoted to the care of lot No.

179, Block M, Blossom Hill Cemetery; balance of income, for building cemetery

fence, etc., under conditions.

Capital, March 1, 1889, .... $700.00

Invested in deposit at Merrimack County

Savings Bank, at 4 per cent., . . 700.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Received interest for 1889, . . . 30.73$96.03.

EXPENDED. •

Paid C. G. Remick, for expense incurred, . $21.75

Balance on hand, ..... 74.28— $96.03

EDWARD L. KNOWLTON TRUST.

So much of the income of the trust as necessary, to be devoted to the care of lot No.

177, Block M, Blossom Hill Cemetery; balance of income, for building cemetery

fence, etc., under conditions.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $1,000.00

Invested in deposit at N. H. Savings Bank

at 4 per cent., 1,000.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Received interest for 1889, . . . 43.24$186.36

EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, ..... 170.96$186.36-

TRUST FUNDS. 35

ELIZA W. UPHAM TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 27, Block H, Blossom llill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... S200.00

Invested iu Merrimack County Savings

Bank, 4 per cent., .... 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Received interest for 1889, . . . 8.62

$22.04

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Reraick, for expense incurred, S9.50

Balance on hand, . . . . . 12.54

$22.04

GEORGE G. FOCC TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 36, Block R, in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00

Invested in two shares of stock of the

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,

given by testator, .... 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Received from sale of rights, . . . 1.39

EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, ..... 27.20

$35.20

$35.20

34 CITY OF CONCORD.

MRS. C. H. NEWHALL TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 16, Block L, in Blossom Hill Cemeterj-.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $175.00

Invested by deposit in Merrimack Count}'

Savings Bank, 4 per cent., . . . 175.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year, .... S10.78

Keceived interest for 1889, . . . 7.48

EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, 11.26

S18.26

$18.26

MARY CROW TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 21, Block H, in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00

Invested in 7 per cent, bond negotiated by

Johnson Loan & Trust Co., . . . 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year, .... $19.45


EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, . . . • . 28.45

.45

$33.45

TRUST FUNDS. 35

MARY D. HART TRUST.

Income devoted to care of lot No. 52, Block H, Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889 $200.00

Invested in two shares of stock of Pemige-

wasset Valley R. R., given b}' donor, . 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.



EXPENDED.



$31.90

$31.90

ASA FOWLER TRUST.

Income, so far as necessary, to be devoted to the care of lots Nos. 85 and 86, new addi

tion. Blossom Hill Cemetery, and balance for improvement of cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $500.00

Invested by deposit in Loan and Trust


INCOME RECEIVED.



EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, 27.98

$35.98

$35.98

36 CITY OF CONCORD.

MARY WILLIAMS TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of lot No. 2, block F, Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jau. 1, 1889, .... $50.00

Invested by deposit in Merrimack County


INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last 3'ear, .... $1.17


EXPENDED.



$3.24

$3.24

ABIGAIL SWEETSER TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of her lot, No. — , in the Old Cemetery

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00



INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year, ....

TRUST FUNDS. 37

TRUE OSGOOD TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of lots Nos. 40 and 41, in Old Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... 8100.00


Savings Bank, 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.



EXPENDED.


Balance on hand, ..... .10

S5.94

$5.94

SETH EASTMAN TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of his lot in the Old North Cemetery,

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $100.00

Invested in one share of Abbot-Downing

Company stock, given by testator, . . 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.



813.00

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, expense incurred, . . . $13.00

38 CITY OF CONCORD.

SARAH E. IRISH TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of lot No. 86, Block K, in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... SlOO.OO

Invested by deposit in New Hampshire

Savings Bank, 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Cash, for interest to Dec. 31, 1889, . . 4.12

$7.58

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remiek, for expense incurred, 7.15


$7.58

MARY E. WALKER TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of her lot in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00

Invested by deposit in New Hampshire

Savings Bank, . . . . . 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


Cash, for interest to Dec. 31, 1889, . . 8.32

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remiek, expense incurred, . $8.00


$17.26

$17.26

TRUST FUNDS. 39

CEORCIANA P. ELA TRUST.Income to be devoted to the care of the Samuel Clark lot in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $100.00


Savings Banlf, 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance on hand from last year, . . . $1.45

Cash, for interest to Oct. 1, 1889, . . 4.08

$5.53

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, expense incurred, . $5.45


S5.53

WILLIAM PACE TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of his lot in Tine Grove Cemetery, East Ccncord.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889 $25.00


Savings Bank, 25.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance on hand from last year, . . . $1.84


82.88

Balance on hand, . . . . . . • 2.88

JOHN AND BENJAMIN A. KIMBALL TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of tlieir lots Nos. — , Block — , Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, Jan. 1, 1889, .... $200.00


Savings Bank, . . . . . 200.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year, . . . . 11.83


EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, expense incurred, . $8.00

Balance on hand, . . . . . 1-94

$9.94

$9.94

$200.00

TRUST FUNDS. 41

HIRAM RICHARDSON TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of liis lot, No. — , North Division, Old North Cemetery.

Capital, $500.00

Invested in Union Guaranty Savings Bank,

4^ per cent., 500.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year, . . . . $6.66

Cash, for interest, 29.43

EXPENDED.

Paid C. G. Remick, for expense incurred, 127.75


$29.43

B. L. LARKIN TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of Lot 24, Block R, Pine Grove Cemetery.

Capital, $50.00

Invested in Union Guaranty Savings Bank,

4|- per cent., 50.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Balance from last year.

Cash, for interest, .... $ .16

42 CITY OP CONCORD.

MARY M. FARNUM TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of C. D. Farnum's one half lot, No. 36, Block H, BlossomHill Cemetery.

Capital, $100.00

Invested in Union Guaranty Savings

Bank, 4^ per cent., .... 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.

Cash, for interest, . . . . . . $1.66

LYDIA F. EDCERLY TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of her lot, No. 20, Block E, Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, $100.00


Bank, 4J per cent., .... 100.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


HARVEY J. GILBERT TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of his lot in Old North Cemetery.

Capital, $50.00


Bank, 4^ per cent., .... 50.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


MRS. JOSIAH COOPER TRUST.

Income to be devoted to care of lot No. 80, Block K, Blossom Hill Cemetery.

Capital, $75.00


Bank, 4J per cent., .... 75.00

INCOME RECEIVED.


TRUST FUNDS. 43

WILLIAM T. LOCKE TRUST.

Income to be devoted to the care of his lot in Old North Cemetery.

Capital, $100.00

Invested by deposit in Union Guaranty

Savings Bank, 4^ per cent., . . 100.00

PENACOOK SEWER PRECINCT SINKING FUND.

RECEIVED.

From city of Concord, .... S500.00

Invested by deposit in Union Guaranty

Savings Banic, 500.00

1889.

Population of the City (Census 1880) . . 13,485

Valuation of the Cit}^ .... 110,048,556

Tax assessed for the year, as corrected . $184,963.08

Rate of Taxation, $12.50 per $1000.

Rate for Union School District, $3.30 additional per

$1,000.

Rate for Precinct, $2.80 additional per $1,000.

46 CITY OF CONCORD.

POLLS, VALUATION, AND TAXES ASSESSED.

The number of polls, and the tax assessed on the real and

personal estate in the city of Concord, since 1860

:

Valuation. Tax.

$4,307,192 $47,082.25

4,423,936 46,290.48

4,308,668 50,945.01

3,775,206 60,293.82

3,832,800 89,931.97

5,549,002 158,787.29

4,934,082 • 116,192.97

5,006,774 145,173.49

6,378,365 126,889.71

6,681,459 146,791.64

6,751,928 133,953.94

6,891,993 137,844.70

6,917,054 141,122.97

9,012,650 158,281.13

9,000,526 171,045.61

9,216,195 175,234.68

9,222,625 163,768.29

9,405,117 177,040.27

9,241,485 162,038.53

10,604,465 155,964.99

10,150,586 172,831.12

10,062,894 153,285.55

10,308,052 151,941.54

10,023,216 169,498.95

9,877,874 148,290.26

9,774,714 153,613.92

9,703,458 158,994.83

9,852,337 151,292.66

$811,420 $12,297.05

403,208 4,885.71

474,524 6,710.86

2,179,318 38,010.68

2,996,000 51,593.24

2,492,950 41,644.63

626,700 8,321.32

1,627.03

Year.

POLLS, VALUATION, AND TAXES. 47

Tax.

$13,913.12

5,196.86

6,489.73

46,651.73

61,857.75

44.547.73

10,178.48

1,887.68

1889.

48 CITY OF CONCORD.

MUNICIPAL FUNDED DEBT.

CITY BONDS PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS:

When due.

January 1, 1890,

October 1, 1890,

January 1, 1891,

October 1, 1891,

November 1, 1891,

October 1, 1892,

November 1, 1892,

October 1, 1893,

November 1, 1893,

October 1, 1894,

November 1, 1894,

October 1, 1895,

Rate of interest.

FUNDED DEBT. 4ft

AVAILABLE ASSETS.

Cash in treasun',

Taxes of 1888, uncollected,

• " 1889,

Liquor, &c., in Agency,

Due for rent at West Concord,

Due from Merrimack couuty,

Indebtedness above assets, Jan.

Indebtedness above assets, Jan.

$47,8o0.3l

225.00

21,719.00

818.50

40.00

4,569.00

1, 1890,^

1, 1889,

$75,221.81

7,456.51

17,574.53

Decrease for the year, $9,918.02

PRECINCT FUNDED DEBT.

CITY PRECINCT BONDS (STATE-HOUSE LOAN) PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS

When due. Rate

50 CITY OF CONCORD.

WATER PRECINCT BONDS.

April 1,

SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 51

UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS.

Whe

52 CITY OF CONCORD.

shire, approved August 14, 1889, entitled " An act authorizing

the city of Concord to borrow money in aid of its school-dis-

tricts." These school-districts have,- by their votes and by their

agents duly authorized, bound themselves to the city to season-

ably pay to the city sufficient sums of money to enable it to

meet the payments of interest and principal upon their indebted-

ness, and all incidental expenses, as the same shall become due.

PENACOOK SEWER PRECINCT.

Sewer

PRECINCT PROPERTY. 5a

PROPERTYBELONGING TO THE CITY HAVING AN ACTUAL CASH VALUE,"'bUT

NOT CONSIDERED AS AVAILABLE ASSETS.

Real Estate.

City hall lot and half of building,

City farm pasture and quarries, .

Penacook park, ....Market-place on Warren street, .

City store-house and lots, .

Engine-house, West Concord,

Engine-house, East Concord,

Alert hose-house, Washington street,

Good-Will hose-house,

Central fire station.

Pioneer engine-house, Penacook,

Gravel banks. East Concord,

House and lot on Plains,

Ward-house, West street, .

Children's play-ground,

White park, ....Fire Department.

Steamer " Governor Hill," .

Steamer " Kearsarge,"

Steamer " Pioneer," .

Hook and Ladder carriage,

Kearsarge hose-carriage,

Eagle hose-carriage, .

Alert hose-carriage,

Good-Will hose-carriage.

East Concord hand-engine, .

West Concord hand-engine,

Leather and fabric hose,

Implements in charge of fire companies

Fire alarm, ....Three horses, ....Harness and stable fixtures,

Supply wagon and sleigh, .

Wagon and sleigh for Central station

$25,000.00

3,000.00

1,500.00

10,000.00

5,000.00

8,500.00

3,000.00

3,200.00

6,500.00

35,000.00

7,500.00

100.00

300.00

4,500.00

1,500.00

4,000.00

•$118,600.00

$4,000.00

3,000.00

3,000.00

1,500.00

600.00

600.00

400.00

420.00

400.00

400.00

4,000.00

3,000.00

7,000.00

600.00

500.00

200.00

100.00

$29,720.00

54 CITT OF CONCORD.

Street Department.

APPROPRIATIONS

.

55

REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1889.

r payment of state tax, .

56 CITY OF CONCORD.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR. 1889.

For settees for public grounds, . . $250.00

reception of President Harrison, . 300.00

widening Pleasant street, . . 10,000.00

repairing Borough bridge, . . 2,500.00

roads and bridges, . . . 2,500.00

purchasing horses for fire department, 500.00

Blossom Hill cemetery, . . 30o!oO

painting Pioneer engine-house, . 150.00

$16,500.00

PRECINCT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1889.

For payment of precinct bonds,

interest state-house loan,

lighting streets, .

water hydrants, .

sewers,

sewers (special), .

rebate precinct tax (special),

$2,000.00

1,860.00

7,500.00

5,760.00

4,000.00

2,000.00

3,006.12

$26,126.12

PENACOOK SEWER PRECINCT APPROPRIATIONS.

For payment of sinking fund, . . $500.00

interest on precinct sewer bonds, . 640.00

$1,140.00

57

REPORT OF COLLECTORS OF TAXES.

The undersigned Collector reports as follows

:

The tax-lists for the years 1885, 1886, and 1887 have all

l»een settled. There is a balance remaining uncollected on the

tax-list of 1888 of about $225.00.

THOS. M. LANG, Collector.

'To the City Cotmcil :

The undersigned. Collector of taxes for the year 1889, respect-

fully submits the following report

:

List committed to collector as corrected, $190,723.08

'Collected and paid treasurer.

58 CITY OF CONCORD.

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60 • CITY OF CONCORD.

REPOET OF COMMITTEE OK FII^AIS^CE.

The books of the city treasurer have been examined, and com-

pared with those of the city clerk, by the Committee on Finance,

and all the accounts are found to be correctly kept, with proper

vouchers on file for all payments. All the bills allowed by the

Committee on Accounts and Claims have been paid, and no

claims against the city which the city would be liable to pay are

known to remain outstanding, with the exception of those men-

tioned under the heading of unfunded debts ; and the balance

in the hands of the treasurer is forty-seven thousand eight hun-

dred fifty dollars and thirty-one cents (S47,850.31).

STILLMAN HUMPHREY,JOHN C. ORDWAY,GEORGE F. UNDERHILL,GEORGE H. MILTON,PATRICK H. COLEMAN,

Committee on Finance.

CITY EXPENSES. 61

CITY EXPENSESFROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31,

1889.

Being cm itemized account, made up ftorn the hooks of the City

Clerk, ofthepai/mentsmade by the City Treasurer on account of

RUNNING- EXPENSES.

The arrangement of the details of expenditure which follows

is intended to furnish such information as is desired by the pub-

lic, and is in accordance with suggestions received from various

sources. Items of payment to the same individual at sundry

times are included in the aggregate amount given, if paid for

the same objects. Every effort has been made to ^certain and

pay all the bills for the current year ; and in all cases, so far as

known, payments of rent, etc., have been made to December31, 1889, and salaries and committee service have been paid for

the full municipal year. The expenses of the year, which are

included in the general running expense, may be seen in the

aggregate at the end of the detailed account here given. This

is intended to include interest, but not the payment of maturing

bonds.

STATE TAX.

Paid Solon A. Carter, state treasurer, . . $31,485.00

COUNTY TAX.

Paid George A. Stone, county treasurer, . . $24, 29 1.67

INTEREST.

Paid coupons and interest account, . . . $4,657.50

62 CITY OF CONCORD.

CITY POOR.

Appropriation, .....Received of Merrimack Co., wood sold,

" town of Northfield, support

of J. C. Abbott, .

" J. A. Cochran, cash,

Surplus carried to transfer account.

$3,000.00

302.99

48.00

6.58

$S, 357.57

912.56

Paid as follows :

Margaret Smith, aid, . . . $96.00

J. H. Eastman, board of G. H. Eastman, 45.00

Jedediah C. Abbott, aid, . . . 48.00

Andrew J. Abbott, rent, . . . 37.50

Harriet Crummet, aid, . . . 32.00

Foote, Brown & Co., groceries, . 57.11

E. A. Bacon, board of Powell child, . 20.00

Mrs. K. Elliott, board of Mrs. T. E. Hoit, 64.00

Mrs. Timothy Tilton, boaid of Currier child, 50.50

Mrs. J. L. Tilton, aid, . . . 17.00

C. E. Foote, cash paid, . . . 10.93

Foote & Morse, groceries, . . 7.90

J. Frank Hoit, groceries, . . . 1.22

Dr. H. C. Cummings, medical attendance, 3.75

O. F. Richardson, milk, . . . 6.07

George W. Chesley, wood, . . 11.00

Alvah Atwood, board of Atwood children, 66.00

Noah P. Webster, aid, . . . 64.55

Daniel Sullivan, aid, . . . 42.00

City of Manchester, care of Gray child, 39.00

Foote, Brown & Co., groceries, . 25.42

George L. Lovejov, undertaker, . 31.00

State Industrial School, boarding, . 49 50

Dr. E. A. Clark, city physician, . 87.00

Orphans' Home, Millville, for A. Webster, 32.42

Mrs. Geo. T. Wilson, aid, . . 6.00

D. O.Smith, aid, .... 110.50

;2, 445.01

CITY EXPENSES. 63

Alfred Provo, for Thomas Raiuey,

Fitield & Hubbard, undertakers,

Flora V. Wilson, aid,

Harry Harris, livery,

Fred Reed, groceries,

A. P. Fitch, medicines,

W. W. Allen, dry goods, .

State Industrial School,

City of Manchester, for Gray child, .

Dr. A. E. Emery, assistant city physician,

Pilsbury & Day, wood,

J. A. Cochran, cash paid,

Almira Chesley, care of Mrs. S. Bean,

Ranlet & Marsh, coal,

David Webster, groceries,

Concord Water Works, water, .

Dr. A. C. Alexander, medical services,

G. B. Emmons, provisions.

Town of Boscawen, aid rendered,

W. F. Carr, groceries,

Abby Merrill, care of Mrs. A. E. Hoit,

N. H. Asylum for the Insane, board.

$15.00

I'J.OO

3.00

5.00

8.41

2.25

1.43

187.50

38.56

23.00

257.43

11.18

5.00

8.00

42.00

2.50

64.00

9.50

123.30

39.80

6.00

511.78

$2,445.01

Aid to Dependent Soldiers ai

T. A. Wilder, .

J. H. Eastman,

Jolin Bresnahen,

M. D. French, .

Mrs. R. A. Brow

d their Families.

6222.28

102.00

58.50

47.25

6.00

Deficiency brouglit from transfer account.

^436.03

$436.03

64 CITY OF CONCORD.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.Appropriation,

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

J. F. Scott, labor and supplies, . . $6.95

R. J. McGuire, veterinary surgeon, . 11.00

Bert. D. Taylor, supplies, . . . 2..i0

A. S. Jackson, lantern, . . . 17.00

Stevens & Duncklee, supplies, . . 31.97

Geo. L. Theobald, pigs and straw, . 31.42

Frank J. Batcbelder, printing, . . 2.25

Brown & Abbott, use of horses, . . 12.50

Clapp & Co., supplies, . . . . 2.75

Geo. Goodhue, supplies, . . . 2.45

Humphrey & Dodge, hardware, . . 17.28

AYhite, Huntley & Co., repairs, . . 36.35

C. H. Martin & Co., medicines, . . 10.41

J. J. Wyman, neats foot oil, . . 3.00

Manchester Locomotive Works, repairs, 51.15

Merrill Dyer, labor 16.50

Geo. Abbott, Jr., painting, . . . 7.60

Eureka Fire Hose Co., supplies, . . 23.00

H. C. Dimond & Co., life-saving apparatus, 20.00

Geo. L. Theobald, straw, . . . 7.91

Wright & Willis, firemen's parade, . 32.50

Stillman Hum[)hrey, sundry bills for fire-

men's parade, . . . . . 109.26

E. Newton, firemen's parade, . . 4.00

J. G. Knight, " . . 6.50

Pilsbury & Day, firemen's parade, wood, 10.25

M. H. Johnson, edgestones, . . . 6.80

Jas. R. Hill Harness Co., swing harnesses, 150.00

N. B. Burleigh, cash paid out, . . 3.31

City Steam Laundry, washing, . . 4.70


Brown & Abbott, use of horses, . . 29.00

J. Shackford, straw, .... 15.68

John R. Miller, labor, .... .85

American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose, . 398.60

A. S. Jackson, supplies, . . . 4.00

Boston Woven Hose Co., hose, . . 385.00

J. H. Rowell & Co., concrete, . . 28.54

J. M. Stewart & Co., supplies, . . 1.40

65

66 CITY OF CONCORD.

Kimball & Danforth, lumber, . . $15.87

Clapp & Co., castings, .... 2.00

C. M. Boynton, supplies, . . . 1.50

F. H. Whitney, straw, .... 25.87

Concord R. R., waste, . . . . 1.50

J. A. Dadmun, supplies, . . . 2.00

N. B. Burleigh, cash paid for sundries, . 3.72

C. H. Faruum, straw, .... 44.28

Oscar Pelkey, 3.00

Humphrey & Dodge, supplies, . . 21.50

C. C. Kenrick, one pair horses, . . 450.00

Expense of committee purchasing horses, 14.48

Geo. F. Thompson, sawing wood, . . 12.50


Clapp & Co., castings, .... 1 .80

Mrs. Geo. Jones, storage, . . . 9.00

White, Huntley & Co., repairs, . . 17.65

W. F. Landon, supplies, . . . 13.30

Brown & Abbott, use of horses, .' . 30.00

C. H. Martin & Co., medicine, . . 4.97

Uuderhill & Kittredge, medicine, . . 8.62

Richardson & Adams, rubber apron, . 1.75

Frank Coffin, hay, .... 4.84

Batchelder & Co., supplies, . . . 2.39

Ford & Kimball, weights, . . . 8.21

D. M. Camp, one empty barrel, . . 1.40

H. C. Sturtevant & Sou, supplies, . . 1.25

Muuns & Paige, repairs, . . . 3.71

Abbot-Downing Co., repairs, . . 5.00

Kimball, Danforth & Forrest, lumber, . 24.11

Ranlet & Marsh, coal, central station, . 210.75

ice, " . 11.34

Concord Water-Works, water, central station, 45.00

Concord Gas-Light Co., gas, . . 328.14

N. B. Burleigh, steward, . . . 600.00

F. E. Winegar, assistant steward, . . 50.00

F. M. Eaton, " " . • 550.00

Oscar Thomas, teamster, . . . 354.83

F. M. Heath, " . . . . 504.98

FIRE DEPARTMENT. 67

H. C. Robinson, teamster,

J. H. True, ''. . .

Pilsbury & Day, straw,

Board of Engineers.

Pay-rolls,

Kearsarge Steamer.

Pay-rolls, .....Eagle Hose.

Pay-rolls, .....Alert Hose.

Seavey Instate, rent of barn, .

Concord Gas-Light Co., gas, .

Concord Water-Works, water,

W. F. Landou, electrical supplies,

Geo. Goodhue, labor and supplies,

C. C. Hill, use of horse,

J. F. Scott, labor and lumber (1888)" repairs,

Geo. Goodhue, labor and repairs

J. M. Stewart & Sons, chairs,

John H. Seavey, steward,

A. S. Jackson, pipe,

Ranlet & Marsh, coal, .

Pilsbury & Day, coal, .

Pay-rolls, ....Fred Earle, steward.

Pioneer Steamer.

W. W. Allen, supplies, .

" coal,

Eli Hanson, use of horse,

Concord Gas-Light Co., coal,

Concord Water-Works, water.

Chandler Eastman & Sous, one sleigh,

C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, lumber,

Concord Axle Co., labor and repairs,

^5.17

68 CITY OF CONCORD.

Penacook Sewer Precinct, sewer,

W. W, Allen, sundry bills,

Enoch E. Rolfe, steward,

Pay-rolls, ....Jackman & Lang, insurance, .

Old Fort Hand Engine Co.

John E. Fr3^e, supplies, .

Chas. P. White, steward,

Samuel Eastman, water.

Pay-rolls, ....Hook and Ladder.

Pay-rolls, ....Abbot-Downing Co., runners,

Good Will Hose.

Concord Gas-Light Co., gas, .


Chas. E. Berry, supplies,

Stevens & Duncklee, furnace (1888

Brown & Abbott, use of horse,

Stevens & Duncklee, supplies,

George A. Ordway, steward, .

" for extra work

W. E. Adams, use of horse, .


Pilsbury & Day, coal, .

Pay-rolls. ....Cataract Hand Engine Co.

J. H. Harrington, coal, .

" straw,

Davis Post, G. A. R., rent, .

J. W. Welch, sundry supplies,

Barnard Donahoe, storage,

G. & H. Partridge, wood,

J. M. Crossman, repairs,

$14.90

20.85

30.00

581.00

24.00

$19.50

15.00

8.00

246.00

$805.99

65.00

$51.85

9.00

5.00

301.60

20.00

6.44

30.00

6.00

100.00

39.75

53.50

486.00

$72.13

3.00

6.00

9.80

20.00

9.00

21.58

$880.26

$288.50

$870.99

$1,109.14

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. 69

Jas. E. Fannon, steward, . . . $15.00

Concord Water-Works, water, . . 9.00

Pay-rolls, 24G.00

Fire Alarm.

Bert. D. Taylor, labor on bell-tower, 1888, $54.54

Edwin Rogers, gong and supplies, 1888, 214.57

bell striking machine, 1888, 630.00

" supplies, . . . 15.85

Peavey Bros., zincs, .... 20.00

N. B. Burleigh, superintendent, . . 200.04

$411.51

$l,i;55.00

$13,982.6'

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

Appropriation for highway department,

1889,

Appropriation for paving.

Received from street sprinkling and

other sources.

Appropriations for sidewalks and cross

ings, 1889, ....Received account collections for side-

walks, ......

Deficit brought from transfer account,

$28,000.00

2,500.00

1,153.05

$31,653.05

$2,000.00

955.17

$2,955.17

$34,608.22

2,091.78

$36,700.00

Paid as follows

70 CITY OF CONCORD.

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

Comprising parts of Wards 2 and 3, all of Wards 4, 5, 6, and 7.

DANIEL K. ABBOTT, Commissioner of HigJmays, in charge.

General Repairs.

Labor pay-rolls, .... $8,688.18

Dickermau & Co., grain and cement, . 242.14

F. H. Savory & Co., grain, . . . 95.81

F. S. Abbott, teamster, .... 150.00

L. R. Fellows & Son, masonry, . . 14.50

L. W. Bean, masonry, .... 13.16

A. C. Ferrin, masonry, .... 193.69

E. E. Fisher, powder, .... 2.25

James W. Welsh, express, . . • 1.50

J. E. McShane, horse-shoeing, . . . 22.35

G. A. Dnraore, blacksmithing, . . . 7.70


W. S. Davis & Son, repairs, . . . 23.70

Concord "Water-Works, water for troughs, 201.33

Nathan Marden, watering-trough, . . 3.00

A. J. Smith, watering-trough, . . . 3.00

G I. Colby, watering-trough, . . . 3.00

Concord Railroad, freight, . . . 9.60

J. S. Noyes, hay 94.17

C. H. Martin & Co., paints, &c., . . 5.61

George Tyler & Co., tools, . . . 5.80

M. H. Bradley, gravel 130.00

N. P. Richardson, gravel, . . . 4.60

George B. Little, labor, .... 4.00

H. W. Clapp & Co., traps, &c., . . 396.00

J. R. Hill Harness Co., blanket, . . 2.50

B. T.^Putney, stone, .... 30.00

Ira C. Evans, printing, .... 6.50

R. W. Cate, blacksmithing, . . . 58.45

R. J. Maguire, veterinary services, . . 7.50

W. F. Carr, oil, &c., .... 2.22

J. T. McKeen, blacksmithing, . . . 9.95

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

J, C. Thorne, rubber boots,

Jeremiah Whitney, gravel.

Page Belting Co., lacing, .

Amos Blanchard, oil, &c.,

C. L. Worthen, carpenter work,

John Hadlock, road-machine,

John Hadlock, castings,

E. B. Hutchinson, boards,

T. J. Sanford, supplies,

George Goodhue, castings.

White & Huntley, repairs,

D. K. Abbott, cash paid out,

Bridges and Culvfrts.

Ira P. Kempton, labor,

John Whittaker, lumber, .

E. L. Batchelder, lumber,

N. P. Richardson, lumber,

John A. White, labor,

J. N. Flanders, plank,

Foote, Brown & Co., paints,

A. H. Urann, painting,

Mary Adams, lighting Free bridge,

A. C. Sanborn, oil for bridge lamps

E. A. F. Hammond, lighting lower br

Dodge & Fellows, lumber.

71

idge.

Macadfunizhiff.

Labor pay-rolls,

S3. 00

•20.00

1.88

3.69

14.50

260.00

24.25

5.74

18.00

6.05

52.55

2.50

$11,141.35

$51.00

781.33

16.53

21.70

3.60

7.21

39.36

47.50

52.00

6.00

54.84

240.00

$2.

Morrill & Dan forth, insurance on crusher, .

Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co., insurance

on boiler, .

Farrel Foundry Co., castings,

M. H. Bradley, rent of land,

Ranlet & Marsh, coal,

G. T. Comins, wood,


H. H. Farnum, drawing stone.

$1,321.07

003.92

30.00

15.00

11.20

60.00

68.25

7.00

3.00

97.00

$2,295.37

72 CITY OF CONCORD.

Sidewalks and Crossings,

Labor pay-rolls,

Rowell & Co., concreting,

Rowell & Co., concrete patching,

Frank C. Blodgett, curbstone, .

M. H. Johnson, curbstone,

Ola Anderson, curbstone,

MeiTill Dyer, setting curbstone,

Foss & Merrill, surveying.

Cleaning and Si)rinkling Streets.

Labor pay-rolls.

Labor pay-rolls, catch-basins, .

F. S. Abbott, teamster,

Daniel Crowley, teamster,

F. H. George, repairs on sprinkler,

Abbot-Downing Co., repairs,

Howard M. Cooke, collecting sprinkli

subscriptions, ....Winter Expense,

Labor pay-rolls, ....Fred M. Eaton, teamster, .

F. S. Abbott, "...Daniel Crowley, "...Paving.

Labor pay-rolls, ....Crowley & Quinn, paving blocks,

Ola Anderson, .....

^171.93

3,541.84

120.25

244.80

668. GO

55.80

497.30

78.48

$2,905.65

293.27

12.50

237.50

1.50

10.50

.$5,379.00

"5.00

$1,172.20

. 50.00

. 50.00

. 50.00

$987.00

585.00

415.60

$3,535.92

$1,322.20

4,987.60

EAST CONCORD RIVER DISTRICT.

JosiAH S. Locke in charge.

Josiah S. Locke, pay-roll, . . . $34.75

Charles C. Graham, water-trough, . . 3.00$37.75

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

EAST CONCORD VILLAGE DISTRICT.

Andrew S. Farnum in charge.

Andrew S. Farnum, pay-rolls, .

F. D. Drew, labor, ....H. W. Clapp & Co., traps, &c.,

Cyrus R. Robinson, water for trough,

F. P. Virgin, water-trough 1888-1889,

. $734.94

74 CITT OF CONCORD.

MILLVILLE DISTRICT.

Alfred Clark in charge.

Alfred Clark, paj'-rolls,

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. 75

PENACOOK DISTRICT.

Eli Hanson iu char

Eli Hanson, pay-rolls, .

H. W. Clapp & Co., traps, etc., .

N.* S. Gale & Co., hardware,

S. G. Sanborn, blacksmithing,

Penacook Street Light, lighting bridges

John E. Rines, brick, .

C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, watering-trough,

George Nellar, masonry,

W. B. Cunningham, merchandise,

ge.

$2,349.48

450.75

122.48

15.40

50.00

64.00

3.00

55.39

9.75

53,120.25

BOROUGH DISTRICT.

B. F. Vakney iu charge.

B. F. Varney, pay-rolls. $918.23

PENACOOK INTERVALE DISTRICT.

J. T. GiLMAN in charge.

J. T. Gilman, pay rolls, ..... $77.70

POTTER STREET DISTRICT.

J. T. Tenney in charge.

John T. Tenney, pay-rolls, .... . $36.24

SANBORN DISTRICT.

M. C. Sanborn in charge.

Moses C. Sanborn, pay-rolls. . $28.81

VIRGIN DISTRICT.

F. P. Virgin in charge.

F. P. Virgin, pay-rolls, $127.50

76 CITY OF CONCORD.

LONG POND DISTRICT.

Robert Crowley in charge.

Robert Crowley, pay-rolls, . . . $26.00

Robert Crowley, watering-trough, . . 3.00

*29.00

WEST CONCORD VILLAGE DISTRICT.

George Partridge in charge.

George Partridge, pay-rolls, .

C. Eastman & Sons, snow-plow,

B. T. Putney, dynamite, &c.,

J. M. Crossraan, blacksmithing,

F. C. Blodgett, stone-work, .

B. T. Putney, stone,

George Partridge, curb-stone,

H. W. Clapp & Co., traps, &c..

Total expenditures.

INCIDENTALS AND LAND DAMAGES.

Received of John E. Tucker, license, . $1.00

of N. F. Lund, agent, liquors

sold, 2,477.92

of E. H. Runnells, grass sold, 20.00

of Kimball & Danforth, rent of

land for sheds, . . . 6.00

of Emma Osgood, rent of land, 3.00

Surplus carried to transfer account,

Paid as follows :

Humphrey & Dodge, supplies,

John C. Ordway, work on repoit, .

J. A. Cochran, cash paid for work on

report, .....Jackman & Lang, insurance, .

A. A. Culbertson, setting glass,

R. P. Staniels & Co, insurance,

J. A. Cochran, return births, deaths, and

marriages, ....Ranlet & Marsh, coal, .

" " ice,

Lydia A. Dyer, personal damage, .

Eliza K. Lord, " ''

J. A. Cochran, cash paid out,

John Ahern, salary as truant oflicer.

Concord Water-Works, water.

Concord Gas Light Co.,

New P^ngland Telephone Co.,

Thos. M. Lang, collector, office expenses

Jackman & Lang, rent,

Thomas Woodward, one awning, .

Benj. Bilsborough, painting, .

Gust Walker, Phenix hall, for voting,

J. F. Scott, lumber,

R. C. Danforth, labor on weights and

measures, ....I. W. Hill, ringing bell,

O. W. Crowell, "...

$19,499.92

6,685.91

$12,814.01

S21.82

10.00

8.00

12.00

2.00

41.00

130.80

94.50

61.85

100.00

250.00

37.46

100.00

44.00

361.44

155.07

19.18

41.67

11.00

69.46

10.00

13.50

6.90

5.00

2.00

78 CITY OF CONCORD

G. P. Mason, ringing bell,

J. H. Lane, "...Jas. R. Hill Harness Co., land damage

Heirs of Sevvall Hoit, " "

Foss & Merrill, surveying,

E. H. Randall, repairing fountains,

Morrill & Danforth, insurance,

George Prescott, lettering signs,

Dr. A. E. Emery, medical services,

George Goodhue, supplies and repairs,

M. C. H. Seavey, land damage,

C. H. & Alma J. Herbert, land damages

R. P. Sanborn, tax refunded,

C. H. Ordway, copy of records,

G. P. Mason, ringing bell July 4, .

I. W. Hill,

John H. Mead, repairs,

E. B. Hutchinson, work on collector';

office, '.....L. S. Richardson, for committee presi

dential reception, .

Thos. Woodward, decoration presidential

reception, ....H. H. Cochran, work at city clerk's office,

vacation, ....Chandler Eastman, laud damages, .

A. W. Fiske, tax rebate,

William E. Chandler, land damages,

J. B. Sanborn, law books,

J. H. Ballard, insurance,

John F. Scott, fixing seats in State House

park, .....Humphrey & Dodge, settees for park,

O. W. Crowell, ringing bell July 4,

Clark & Wilcox, expense selling land,

Stillman Humphrey, cash paid out, Amoskeag suit, ....

J. H. Lane, ringing bell July 4,

Expense of Building Committee to Lowell

$1.50

1.50

1,500.00

150.00

22.10

17.90

70.00

4.50

2.00

10.65

500.00

275.00

8.50

6.40

2.50

5.00

1.50

68.91

79.77

45.00

12.00

425.00

7.75

3,928.19

3.50

6.00

18.01

112.88

2.00

24.00

11.21

2.50

8.86

POLICE AND WATCH. 79

Foss & Merrill, siirve3'iug,

J. A. Cochran, cash paid out,

Pilsbury & Day, ice, .

M. E. Blasier & Co., door numbers,

A. S. Smith, for Stickney Hill cemetery

T. R. Parker, damage by sewer,

W. A. Greenough & Co., directories,

Stillman Humphrey, office expenses,

Georgia Raudlett, tax refunded,

S. Kidder Boyce, damage to horse,

John P. Locke, tax refunded,

E. H. Dixon, sundries, .


George A. Foster, office expenses," " making rebate book,

E. H. Randall, repairs, .

Concord Water-Works, rent of collector's

office, .....Dr. E. A. Clark, medical services,

John C. Linehan, sub-registrar.

Pay-roll physicians, return births, mar

riages, and deaths,

George A. Foster, expenses on rebate

taxes, .....Foss & Merrill, surveying,

N. F. Lund, paid for liquors, &c., .

$118.40

26.16

25.10

25.95

25.00

15.00

8.00

24.08

1.68

450.00

2.41

4.15

66.75

50.01

15.00

8.30

58.33

3.00

8.10

167.50

35.00

54.30

2,678.42

$12,814.01

POLICE AND WATCH.Appropriation, ....Received of B. E. Badger, police justice

John Ahern, fees,

G. S. Locke,

Arthur Silsby, "

J. E. Rand, "

D. S. Flanders, "

$7,500.00

2,731.94

14.42

716.81

3.00

27.75

5.48

80 CITY OF CONCORD.

Received of J. P. W. Roach, fees, .

D. O. Andrews, "

Robert A. Ray, fines and

costs, ....52.14

2.91

10.00

Surplus carried to deficiency account.

Paid as follows :

Geo. W. Corey, assistant marshal," " sundries,

Jas. Wright, cleaning office, .

F. W. Landon, electric gong,

John F. Cassidy, in case of Frank PWebster,

Lamp for Penacook station, .

John R. Miller, labor, .

Harry Hurris, livery stable, .

Benjamin Bilsborough, setting glass,

John R. Miller, repairs,

George A. Foster, livery stable,

John E. Tucker, cash paid out,

Humphrey, Dodge & Smith, supplies,

John R. Miller, repairs,

John E. Tucker, cash paid out,

John Chadwick, livery, .

" " rent, and use of tele

phone, ....Harry Harris, livery,

W. J. Fernald, furniture,

J. H. Harrington, .

Norris A. Dunklee, livery stable

Sleeper & Hood, police suit, .

Knox, the hatter, police hats,


Stevens & Duncklee, supplies,

Geo. L. Theobald, carting, .

Humphrey & Dodge, police supplies,

A. W. Silsby, police court, .

Norris A. Dunklee, livery stable,

$11,014.4.5

1,853.57

S9,160.88

S51.62

11.00

44.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

.69

6.25

5.72

24.80

24.75

2.54

4.70

1.25

1.50

8.50

50.50

1.50

6.50

2.25

38.75

17.50

56.76

40.50

10.73

1.00

35.80

22.00

48.25

POLICE AND WATCH. 81

G. & H. Partridge, supplies, . . . $12.05'

Norris A. Dunklee, livery stable, . . 37.00'

Wm. P. Jacksou, cleaning office, . . 4.00'

Wm. Wright, cartage, .... LoO^

Dodge & Bickford, livery stable, . . 2.00

Brown & Abbott, " . . 1.50

Norris A. Dunklee, " . . 88.75

F. B. Holt, supplies, .... 3.24

D. Evans & Co., supplies, . . . 22.50

Norris A. Dunklee, livery stable, . . 18.50

Davis Bros., coal, .... 18.80

N. S. Gale & Co., stove and fixtures, . 20.87

F. B. Holt, supplies, . . . . 1.15

N. A. Dunklee, livery, .... 17.50

Humphrey & Dodge, supplies, . . 85.66


J. F. Hastings, oil, .... 2.67

Ranlet & Marsh, coal and ice, . . 27.95

Batchelder & Co., supplies, . . . 4.09

Geo. S. Locke, city marshal, . . . 1,182.50

John E. Tucker, assistant marshal, . 748.38

James E. Rand, watchman, . . 799.99

E. A. F. Hammond, " . . 66.66

John Ahern, ''. . 202.18

D. O. Andrews, ". . 799.99

Charles H. Sanders, " . . 770.92

D. S. Flanders, ". . 773.47

J. P. W. Roach, .

'•. . 522.90

Jacob E. Hutchins, ". . 70.08

Horace Robinson, ". . 45.99

W. A. Little, police service, . . 35.00

Eli Hanson, " ''. . 35.60

John E. Baker, 't u^ ^ 138.00

Elmer E. Welch, " c;, 23.60

Robert Crowther, " ". . 13.00

Benj. E. Badger, police justice, . . 600.00

Robert A. Ray, associate justice, . . 2.00

Geo. M. Fletcher, clerk police court, . 200.00

Frank K. Jones, rent city marshal's office, 200.00

82 CITY OP CONCORD.

Pay-roll, special police, .

CoQcord Gas Light Co., gas.


$853.70

86.76

6.00

COMMITTEE SERVICE.

$9,160,88

Appropriation,

SALARIES. 83

SALARIES.Appropriations, ....Deficiency from the transfer account,

Paid as follows :

Stillraan Humphrey, salary as mayor,

Jas. H. Rowell, coni'r of highways,

Daniel K. Abbott, com'r of highways,

Joseph A. Cochran, city clerk,

Thomas M. Lang, collector of taxes,

George A. Foster, collector of taxes,

William F. Thayer, city treasurer,

H. G. Sargent, city solicitor,

L. L. Mower, olevk of council,

Hiram E. Quimby, Ward 3, records,

J. W. Robinson, city messenger, .

E. H. Dixon,

Board of Education, Union School Dis

trict, .....Board of PxUicatiou, District No. 3,

" '^ " 12,

20,

Town school board,

J. A. Cochran, overseer of the poor,

Chas. E. Foote, " " Ward 1,

John T. Batchelder, " "2,

Abial Rolfe, assessor, Ward 1,

Albert Stevens, "2,

Timothy Carter, "3,

Gilbert H. Seavey, " 4,

Curtis White, "5,

George W. Abbott,

J. B. Weeks,

Pay-rolls, selectmen,

"• ward clerks,

" moderators,

Fred S. Johnson, Ward 4, records,

R. H. Ayer, superintendent of clocks,

$7,500.00

456.12

$1,000.00

100.00

1,100.00

800.00

198.25

1,050.00

250.00

483.33

50.00

1.00

29.54

470.50

225.00

18.00

18.00

27.00

300.00

150.00

25.00

10.00

272.00

133.50

138.00

264.00

162.00

192.00

207.00

105.00

70.00

21.00

1.00

85.00

$7,956.12

$7,956.12

84 CITY OF CONCORD.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY.

Appropriation, . . . . .

Deficiency from transfer account, .

Paid as follows :

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 85

Additional iu Union School District,

CITY OF CONCORD.

Ada M. Colby, assistant,

HaiT}' M. Clough, services,

Mary G. Secomb, "

Mabel P. Bunker, services,

Winnie I. James, "

J. W. Robinson, janitor,

Henry K. Ranlett, "

Hunt & Wilson, books,

Edson C. Eastman, "

James E. Abbee, "

Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,

Little, Brown & Co.,

Charles Scribner's Sons,

Ford, Howard & Hurlburt,

C. L. Webster & Co., .

Cassell & Co.,

Library Bureau,

DeWoife Fiske & Co., .

Estes & Lauriat, .

J. N. McClintock,

C. F. Batchelder, .

Morrill & Uanforth,

R. P. Staniels & Co., .

John R. Miller, .

E. B. Hutchinson,

Andrew Bunker, .

Kimball, Dan forth & Forest,

Concord Gas Light Co.,

J. M. Stewart & Sons, .

Ira C. Evans,

Silsby & Son,

Concord Water-AVorks,

C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, .

Humphrey, Dodge & Smith,

Ranlet & Marsh, .

Pilsbury & Day, .

Frank J. Pillsbury,

C. R. Corning,

Emile Pingault,

$300.00

41.94

9.12

17.37

18.25

60.00

37.50

400.15

395.75

393.37

5.50

151.49

104.09

5.00

27.00

6.00

25.65

23.60

10.00

2.00

80.70

46.25

41.50

87.46

174.56

84.00

13.23

164.88

74.18

166.05

614.13

7.00

6.80

13.77

16.25

116.25

2.50

18.50

28.00

BOARD OP HEALTH. 87

J. H. Lamprey,

88 CITY OF CONCORD.

WEST CONCORD CEMETERY.Approi)iia,tion, . . . .

Paid O. L. Shepard, for committee,

^200.00

liOO.OO

WEST CONCORD WARD AND ENGINEHOUSE.

$709.43

Appropriation,

WHITE PARK. 89

DECORATION DAY.

Appropriation, $300.00

Paid as follows :

E. H. Dixon, for E. E. Sturtevant Post, $195.00

J. H. French, for W. I. Brown Post, . 7.5.00

J. M. Grossman, for Davis Post, . . .80.00

$.300.00

RESERVOIR, EAST CONCORD.

Appropriation, .....Deficiency brought from transfer account,

Paid as follows :

A. C. Ferrin,..'....Brown & Abbott, .....P. W. Webster,

$225.00

90 CITY OF CONCORD.

GOOD-^A^ILL HOSE COMPANY HOUSE(SPECIAL).

Appropriation, $1,000.00

Surplus carried to deficiency account, . 45.61

$954.39

Paid as follows :

J. F. Scott, contract, .... $715.00

" extra work, . . . 74.42

George Goodhue, labor and supplies, . 79.97

F. W. Landou, electrical appliances contract, 60.00

Plans, 25.00

$954.39

PIONEER ENGINE HOUSE, WARD i.

Appropriation, . . . , . . . $150.00

Amount carried to transfer account, . . . 150.00

PUBLISHING TOWN RECORDS.

Appropriation, ....... $500.00

Amount carried to transfer account, . . . 500.00

PRECINCT.

Unexpended balance of 1888,

Appropriation for interest on state-bouse

loan, 1,860.00

Appropriation for water hydrants, . . 5,760.00" " lighting streets, . . 7,500.00" " sewers, . . . 6,000.00

$22,021.39

Balance of precinct fund unexpended, . . 1,204.60

$20,816.79

$901.39

91

Paid as follows :

Lighting Streets.

Concord Electrical Light Co.,

Concord Gas Lig^ht Co., electric lights,

" " " gfis, .

Willis D. Thompson, glass,

S437.49

2,792.98

3,339.11

$6,569.58-

9.00

Hydrants.

Concord Water-Works, .

Interest.

Paid interest on state-house loan, .

Sewers.

Paid pay-rolls on file for labor,

Foss & Merrill, engineers,

A. C. Ferrin, labor,

Humphrey & Dodge, sewer-pipe,

Samuel Holt, brick,

George L. Theobald, teaming,

Clapp & Co., coverings, .

Ross W. Cate, sharpening tools,

E. B. Hutchinson, lumber,

John H. Sanborn, labor and lumber

Woodworth & Co., cement,

E. A. Gushing, teaming,

Clapp & Co., coverings, .

Brown & Abbott, teaming,

Ross W. Cate, sharpening,


A. Blanchard, oil, .

Geo. L. Theobald, teaming, .

A. C. Ferrin, labor.

Cash in hands of committee, .

S3, 336. 72

100.00

583.64

1,702.86

251.10

18.30

56.53

30.27

34.19

9.09

102.05

22.70

4.87

107.08

28.23

29.15

3.68

5.75

25.00

75.00

55,760.00

$1,950.00

$6,528.21

$20,816.79

CITY OF CONCORD.

REBATE ON CITY PRECINCT TAXES.

Special appropriation,

Paid George A. Foster, collector,

$3,006.12

3,006.12

LIGHTING STREETS, PENACOOK.

Appropriation, . . . .

Paid Andrew Linehan, treasurer,

$550.00

550.00

PENACOOK SEWER PRECINCT.

Appropriation for sinking fund, .

Appropriation for interest, .

Bonds issued, ....Premium on sale of bonds, .

Unexpended balance of last year.

Received for work on private sewers

$500.00

640.00

5,000.00

372.92

87.75

302.25

$6,902.92

Paid as follows

:

Sinking fund, ....

PENACOOK SEWER PRECINCT, 93

Eli Hauson, teaming, .

S. G. Sanborn, blacksmitliing,

Jolin E. Rines, brick, .

John Whittaker, lumber,

George Miller, mason work,

Crowley & Quinn, stone,

Freight on the same.

Republican Press Association

John Chadwick, livery,

Sundry bills as per report,

Balance, casli on hand,

$96.40

81.16

48.00

14.30

15.75

15.00

8.50

25.25

7.00

130.58

54.97

$6,902.92

94 CITY OF CONCORD.

RECAPITULATION.

Paid:

State tax,

County tax,

Interest, .

City poor.

Fire department.

Incidentals and land damages

Aid to dependent soldiers and theii

families,

Roads and bridges, .

Committee service, .

Police and watch,

Salaries, .

Printing and stationery,

Legal expenses.

Sidewalks and crossings,

Schools, .

School-house taxes, .

Public library, .

Board of Health,

West Concord cemetery.

Decoration Day,

Penacook Park,

Reservoir, East Concord,

Beds at City hospital.

Blossom Hill cemetery,

White park.

West Concord engine-house

Good-Will hose-house,

Precinct, including sewers, lights, etc

Lighting streets, Penacooli

Penacook sewer precinct.

Rebate precinct taxes,

$31,485.00

•24,291.00

4,657.50

2,445.01

13,982.64

12,982.64

436.03

36,700.00

1,140.00

9,160.88

7,956.12

2,367.53

180.73

2,500.00

40,805.82

10,100.00

5,200.00

767.11

200.00

300.00

475.80

487.85

1,200.00

3,300.00

1,000.00

709.43

954.39

20,816.79

550.00

6,545.70

3,006.12-$246,704.09

TRANSFER ACCOUNT. 95

ACCOUNTS KEPT BY THE CITY CLERK FOR CONVENIENCE OR REFER-

ENCE, BUT NOT INVOLVING EXPENSE TO THE CITY.

TRANSFER ACCOUNT,

Made up from unexpeuded balances of appropriations, and drawn

upon as allowed by city ordinance, to meet deficiencies by

transfer to other appropriations.

To balance from transfer account of 1888, . . S3,454. 60

To amount brought from city poor account, . . 912.56

" " incidental and land damage, 6,685.91

" " police and watch, . . 1,853.57

" " legal expenses, . . 52.04

" " West Concord ward and

engine-house, . . 90.57

" " Pioneer engine-house, Ward 1, 150.00

" " publishing town records, . 500.00

" " Good-Will Hose Co. house. 45.61

$13,744.86

Cr.

By amount carried to aid to dependent sol-

diers and their families account, . $436.03

By amount carried to fire department, . 981.94" highway department, 2,091.78" salary, . . 456.12"' printing and stationery, 767.53" board of health, . 17.11" Pcnacook park, . 115.30" reservoir East Concord, 262.85

Balance carried to transfer account 1890, 8,516.20

$13,744.86

96 CITY OF CONCORD.

DOC TAX.

Amount of dog tax foi- 1889, . . . S594.00

Balance from 1888 494.00

Paid Milton G. Bailey, sheep killed, . $9.00

A. C. Leavitt, " . 7.00

John C. Kilbnrn, " . 4.00

Josiah S. Locke, ". . 25.00

Everett Runnels, " . 3.00

W. O. Field, chickens killed, . . 16.20

Balance unexpended to be carried to the

school account, .... 1,023.80

STONE QUARRIES.

Received of B. T. Putney, . . . Si 00.00

Crowley & Quinn, . .' 100.00

F. S. Blodgett, . . . 100.00

F. R. Clark, rent of land 1888, 25.00

George W. Waters, rent of land, 25.00

$1,088.00'

$1,088.00-

$350.00

DEPARTMENT REPORTS,

Cxt^ of Concorb, (Tt. ^,

WATER DEPARTMENT.1889-

BOAED OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.

STILLMAN HUMPHREY, Mayor, ex-officio.

JAMES L. MASON to March 31, 1890.

JOSEPH H. ABBOT to March 31, 1890.

SAMUEL S. KIMBALL .... to March 31, 1891.

GEORGE A. YOUNG to March 31, 1891.

JOHN KIMBALL to March 31, 1892.

WILLIAM M. CHASE to March 31, 1892.

OFFICERS.

JOHN KIMBALL, President.

ARTHUR H. CHASE, Clerk.

V. C. HASTINGS, Superintendent.

SIBIMAKY OF STATISTICS.

Concotrb, (Ueut? I^amps^tre, H^aUx^^lXfoxke,

Population of city by census of 1880, . . 13,845

Population of that portion of the city included

within the water-precinct, estimated, . . 13,000

Date of construction, 1872 ; additions since.

Works are owned by the city.

Source of supply, Penacook lake, a natural body of water

containing 265 acres, situated about three miles and a

half from the state-house, and about 125 feet higher than

Main street in front of the state-house.

Mode of supply, gravity.

WATER DEPARTMENT. 101

FINANCIAL.

MAINTENANCE.

Keceipts.

From consumers (mostly

for domestic uses and

at fixed rates) . . $:34,r22.09

From city water pre-

cinct, for use of hy-

drants 5,760.00

From rents, &c 3-26.25

From pipe, &c., sold . . 29.19

i|40,2:]7.53

Expenditures.

For management and

repairs |3,314.76

For new distribution

pipes

For new service pipes

Abatements . . .

,035.68

,431.00

34.86

S7,S16.30

Amount I'equired to pay

interest on bonded in-

debtedness .... 24,400.00

Amount required to pay

temporary loan and

interest*

7,240.00

Balance 781.23

$40,237.53

CONSTRUCTION.

Cost of Land Damages, Flowage, and Water-Rights.

Paid B. F. & D. Holden, for water-riohts . |60,000.00

W. P. Cooledge, for mill-privilege and land

AV. P. Cooledge, for Hutchins house and lot

Humphrey & Farnum, for kit-shop privilege

Mary C. Rowell, for land

Concord Manufacturing Co., for water-rights

Flowage-rights about Penacook lake

5,500.00

2,250.00

5,000.00

1,500.00

3,000.00

4,094.61

Cost of property and rights of Torrent Aqueduct Asso.,

dam, gate-house, and appurtenances .

conduit and upper gate-house ....mains (one from the dam to Rumford st,, one from

the dam to Penacook st., and the other from near

the dam to Stark st.) .....

$81,344.61

20,000.00

20,886.52

22,653.11

107,029.34

Amount carried forward $251,913.58

102 CITY OF CONCORD.

Amount brought forward

Cost of distribution pipes

service pipes . . . .

engineering and superintendence

incidentals ....Cost of the works, Jan. 1, 1890 .

Bonds of the city have been issued to pay

follows

:

When due.


(R^povt of t^t ^u\>mnk\xbtnt

To the Board of Water Commissioners :

I herewith present to you the aunual statement of my accounts

as Superintendent for the year ending December 31, 1889 :

RECEIPTS.

For water from consumers, . . . t


Telephone Exchange, . . .. S108.00

John Chadwick, rent, . . . 18.00

Sewall & Day, Manila cord, . . 8.37

Geo. W. Chesley, chestnut plank, . 56.63

J. B. Edson, charts, . . . 6.00

Peck Brothers, brass goods, . . 119.90

Walworth Mfg., valves, pipe, and tools, 269.22

Gilchrist & Gorhain, pipe, . . 192. .54

Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants, 73.30

Peet Valve Co., valves, . . . 20.26

National Tube Works, pipe, . . 150.24

Whittier Machine Co., . . . 106.15

Geo. Goodhue, pipe, etc., . . 59.34

Muuus & Paige, pipe, . . . 8.60

National Meter Co., meters, . . 37.40

Hersey Meter Co., . . . 19.25

Boston Lead Co., lead pipe, . . 113.94

Humphrey & Dodge, hardware. . 65.48

W. D Thompson, hardware, . . 39.53

Scribner & Britton, , . . 5.85

N. S. Gale 5.93

Stevens & Dnncklee, . . . 17.34

Ford & Kimball, old lead and castings, 106.89

John C. Thome, rubber boots, . 5.00

O. Ballou, 12.00

N. C. Nelson, repairing clock, . 2.00

Thos. Watkins, .... 8.50

E. B. Hutchinson, labor and lumber, 72.64

Davis & Farnura Mfg. Co., pipe and

castings, .... 40.24

Granite Railway Co., old lead, . 11.50

Isaac Baty, old lead, . . . 8.07

Brown & Abbott, team work, . 45.95

W. B. Cunningham, . . . 11.25

A. L. Proctor, .... 13.55

Geo. F. Sewall, .... 2.30

Geo. L. Theobald, . . . 4.05

Davis Brothers, team work, . . 3.25

A. R. Ayers, room paper, . 3.73


W. A. Huntress, .

lOG CITY OF CONCORD.

EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

Main and distribution pipes have been laid and hydrants set,

during the year, as follows :

In Dnrgin street,

south from School street, 265 feet 6-in. pipe, and 1

hydrant.

la Perley street,

from Joseph A. Gervais's house, west to vSouth street, 260

feet 4-in. pipe and 1 hydrant.

In Blake street,

from Green street east, 300 feet 4-in. pipe.

Ill Prince street,

from Green to No. Spring street, 515 feet 4-in. pipe.

In Perry Ave.,

south from Washington street, 335 feet 4-in. i)ipe and 1

hydrant.

In Highland street,

west from Bradley street, 432 feet 4-in. pipe.

In Walker street,

west from Bradley street, 488 feet 4-iu. pipe.

In Charles street,

south from Franklin street, 181 feet 4-in. pipe.

In Lyndon street,

nortli from Beacon street, 230 feet 4-iu. pipe.

In Ferry street,

east from Wm. P. Ford & Co.'s foundry, 672 feet 4-in.

pipe, and one hydrant.

In Maple street, PenacooJc,

west from High street, 214 feet 4-in. pipe.

In Fifth Ave.,

near S. Paul's School, 585 feet 2-in. pipe.

//;, Forest street,

58 feet '2-in. pipe.

//;. Bye street, Penacook,

293 feet 2-in. pipe.

Lowering the grade of Warren street near the jail by the

street department necessitated laying 327 feet 4-in. pipe and

relaying the service pipes, at an expense of $277.95.


SUMMARY OF THE FOREGOING.

Pipes.

fin., 200 feet.

1-in., 1,082 feet.

2-in., 936 feet.

4-m., 3,627 feet.

6-in., 265 feet.

6,110 feet.

—equal to 1.15 miles.

Hijilrants.

Perley street,

Durgin street,

Washington street,

Ferrv street.

Whole number hy-drants now in use, 174

Stop-Gates.

4-in.

6-in.

18

Whole number gates

now in use, 389

SERVICE PIPES.

There have been laid durlDg the year, and connnected with

the main pipe, 143 service pipes, consisting of,

—

134 f-ineh, or 3,015 feet.

6 2-inch, 202 "

2 4-inch, 67 "

1 6-inch, 6 ''

143 3,290

Whole number service pipes, 2,309.

Whole number of feet, 53,602, equal to IO^^^^q miles.

There have been repaired during the year 15 leaks.

The following table shows the height of water at the lake on

the first day of each month :

January,

February,

March, .

April, .

May,

June,

182.75


(Report of t^e TX^ater Commi00tonev0»

To the City Council:

The "Water Commissioners herewith present their report of

the operations of the Water Department for the year 1889 :

The construction account Jan. 1,

1889, was $487,797.93

Increase during the year, . . . 4,466.68

Cost of the works Jan. 1, 1890, . . 1492,264.61

The receipts and expenditures for 1889 appear in the fore-

going report of the superintendent in detail :

Gross receipts for 1889, . . . $40,237.53

" 1888, . . . 38,441.32

Increase for 1889. .... $1,796.21

The actual increase for 1889 was $2,396.21

Accounted for as follows :

from the extension to Millville, . $92.55

from the extension to Penacook, . 415.74

from the compact part of the citv, 1,887.922,396.21

In anticipation of an increase of receipts

the commissioners decreased the amount

charged the water precinct for water

for hydrant service, . . . 600.00

Leaving the increase as stated above $1,796.21

The increase of population in the city has required an exten-

sion of the distribution and service pipes 6,110 feet, but 2,772

feet of f and 1-inch pipe has been taken up, so that the actual

increase is 3,338 feet. The commissioners have reason to

expect that a similar increase will be required for 1890.

The number of leaks during the year was fifteen, as against

WATER DEPARTMENT. 109'

eleven last year, but three of the leaks were caused by lightning,

reducing the number to twelve from all other causes.

In our report for 1888 we stated that there was a temporary

indebtedness of $7,000. This indebtedness, with interest

amounting to 240, has been paid from the earnings for 1889.

leaving a balance on hand of $781.23.

The pressure in the most elevated parts of the precinct is

hardly sufficient to meet the requirements of the citizens resid-

ing there, and properly to protect the property there located.

The commissioners have had this matter under consideration,

but as yet have not decided upon a plan. It is probable that

some additional expenditure will be required for this purpose ia

the near future.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

james l. mason,joseph h. abbot,samuel s. kimball,gp:orge a. young,john kimball,william m. chase,stillman humphrey,

Water Co'/nmissioner&.


TEEASURER'S REPORT.

W. F. Thayer, Treasurer^

In account with Concord Water-Works.

Balance on hand, January 1, 1889,

Income of Water-Works,

$492.49

40,202.67

$40,695.16

EXPENDITURES.

Interest on Water-Works bonds,

Notes paid, ....Interest on Water-Works notes,

Maintenance and extension, .

Balance in hands of Treasurer,

$24,455.00

7,000.00

240.00

7,781.44

1,218.72

$40,695.16

W. F. THAYER, Treasurer.

WATER DEPARTMENT. Ill

APPENDIX,

I.

Receipts for Each Year since the Completion of the Works.

For the year ending January 81, 1871, .


Brought forward,

lO-inchi distribution,

8-inch "

6-inch "

4-incb "

2-inch "

U-inch "

1-iuch "

|-inch "

Total,

-equal to 42.96 miles.

57,305 feet.

4,765

23,170

59,232

57,648

936

93

14,398

9,304

226,851

IV.

Water is Now Supplied for the Following Uses :

2,837 families,

1,416 water-closets,

345 bath-tubs,

604 wash-bowls,

170 heating apparatus,

9 water motors,

3 elevators,

59 urinals,

692 yard hydrants,

174 fire hydrants,

22 private fire hydrants,

3 drinking-fountains,

10 public watering-troughs,

5 street sprinklers,

14 churches,

1 library,

11 public schools,

3 private schools,

8 city buildings,

1 State-house,

1 state prison,

1 post-office,

1 Masonic hall,

1 Odd Fellows hall,

4 banks,

5 hotels,

2 railroads,

1 gas-works,

3 foundries,

1 Electric Light Co.,

4 billiard halls,

2 undertakers,

30 meters,

1 tannery,

2 bakeries,

98 offices,

105 stores,

10 drug stores,

12 markets,

5 restaurants,

5 greenhouses,

9 fountains,

10 barber-shops

28 mechanic shops,

6 plumber shops,

26 stationary engines,

6 printing establishments.

1 organ and piano manufactory,

3 carriage manufactories,

2 book-binders,

3 photographers,

2 coal-yards,

1 brick-yard,

1 dye-house,

4 laundry,

10 livery stables,

630 horses,

157 cattle,

6 saloons,

1 jail,

6 cemeteries.

WATER DEPARTMENT.

FIRE-HYDRANTS.

nS'

STREETS.

Turnpike.

Water.Hall.State.

Green.South.

Spring.

Bradley.

Rumford.

LOCATIONS.

Soutli-west corner North Main and PenacookEast side North Main, near J. B. Walker'sJunction North Main and FiskNortli-west corner North Main and Franklin

" '* WashingtonEast .side North Main, opposite ChapelNorth-west corner North Main and CourtEast side Nortli .Main, opiiosite MontgomerySouth-east conur Ncu-tli Jlain and BridgeSouth-west corner North Main and ParkNorth-west corner North Main and Capitol

" " School ,

East side North Main, opposite Phenix Hotel buildingEast side North Jlain, in rear Eagle HotelEast side North .Main, in rear Woodward blockNorth-west coiner .NOrfli Main and WarrenSouth-ea^t cornei North 3Iain and DepotNorth-west corner North Main and PleasantNorth-east corner Soutli .Main and FreightNorth-west corner S.nitli .Main and FayetteEast side South .Main, opjiosite ThompsonNorth-west corner South Main and Cross

" " Thorndike" " PerleyEast side South Main, opposite Abbot-Downing Co.'sNorth-west corner South Main and WestWest side Turnpike, opposite Gas

" near J. B. Weeks's ...West side Water, near Capt. James Thompson'sWest side Hall, below Rolfe and Rumford AsylumNorth-west corner North State and Penacook

WalkerChurch

" " TremontNorth-east corner North State and WashingtonWest side North State, opposite CourtNorth-west corner North State and Maple '.

North-east corner North State and CentreEast side North State, opposite state-houseSouth-west corner North State and SchoolNorth-west corner North State and Warren

" " PleasantEast side South State, opposite WallNorth-west corner South State and ThompsonSouth-west corner South State and MonroeEast side South State, opposite LaurelSouth-east corner South State and DowningNorth-east corner South State and AVestJunction of South State and Turnpike

.

East side Green, opposite PrinceWest side South, opposite WallNorth-west corner South and F"ultonWest side South, opposite Monroe

" " Laurel" " Downing

Allison" " Abbot farm" " Smith farm

South-west corner South Spring and OakWest side South Spring, opposite Cross '.'.'........

„ ".J „"

." Perley proposed extension

East side Bradley, opposite HighlandWest .side Bradley, opposite WalkerWest side Rumford, opposite PerkinsNorth-east corner Rumford and Franklin


FIRE-HYDRANTS—Oonimtted.

STREETS.

Water departmknt.

FIRE HYDRAKra—Concluded.

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STREETS.


STREET DEPARTMENT.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIO:^^ER OFHIGHWAYS.

During the season Main street from Bridge to Centre lias been

paved with block paving, and Capital street has been paved

with concrete from State to Green, the latter at an expense of

$949.75.

The macadamizing on Warren street from State to Spring

has been recoated, as has also Main street from Thorndike to

Cross street. North Main street from Washington to Church

street, and State street from Walker to Penacook street, have

been newly macadamized.

Horse Hill bridge has been entirely planked and new stringers

put in, as have also Twin bridge at Penacook and Borough

bridge.

While the Free bridge is practically safe for present travel, it

is fast growing weaker, and should be replaced at an early day

by a new one, as the present bridge cannot be repaired with

economy. The iron bridge at East Concord has got to be en-

tirely replauked and new stringers put in.

It has been necessary to put in a great many new catch

basins at Penacook the past season, which work will not have

to be repeated for some time to come.

The extensions of Walker street and Capitol street have been

built the past year.

The constant call for new streets, and the cost of building

them, necessitates a considerable increase in the expenses each

year.

Respectfully submitted.

DANIEL K. ABBOTT,Commissioner of Highways.

STREET DEPARTMENT. 117

Below is a list of the property belonging to the city and

under the control of this department, which varies somewhat

from vear to year :

Lumber, stone, etc., at city storehouse.


John C. French, .


SPRI]SrKLi:N^G THE STREETS.

The following account of the receipts and expenditures for

sprinkling the streets, for the season of 1889, is inserted for the

information of the public :


H. 0. Marsh,


D. D. Brainerd,


Mrs. J. A. Gove,


F. K. Jones,

G. F. UnderhiU,

B. C. Carr,

J. L. Clark,

J. F. Moseley,

Merrimack Street.

$3.00 G.Main,3.00 C. B. Moseley,

3.00

2.00

2.00

Pine Street.

$2.00

2.00

$17.00

W. D. Thompson,H. A. Dodge,E. H. Woodman,F. Reed,

$2.003.00

5.00

3.00

Mrs. A. Dodge, $2.00

$15.00

Recapitulation.

North Main street,

South Main street,

North State street,

South State street,

Gi'een street,

Warren street.

Pleasant street.

School street,

Capitol street,

Park street, .

South street.

Freight street.

Bridge street.

North vSpring street.

South Spring street,

Fiske street,

.

Fayette street,

Depot street.

Centre street,

Washington street,

Laurel street,

Merrimack street.

Pine street, .

$377.50

128.00

85.00

59.00

34.00

44.00

106.00

28.00

13.00

10.00

64.00

6.00

11.00

33.00

9.00

33.00

8.00

6.00

44.00

12.00

26.00

17.00

15.00

$1,168.50


Since the above report was handed in, a few have paid their pro-

portion, which will go into the account next year.

The collection of subscriptions for the street sprinkling has been

attended to as heretofore by Mr. Howard M. Cook, and the results

are as satisfactory as could be expected under the present system.

The fuU account of individual subscriptions is presented for the

information of the public.

All wliich is respectfully submitted as supplementary to the

report, byDANIEL K. ABBOTT,

Commissioner of Highways.


REPOET OF THE COMMITTEE O^SEWERS ANT> DRAI^^S.


Your committee having in ciiarge the construction and care

of the public sewers of our city would submit the following

report for the year ending December 31, 1889 :

Whole amount appropriated, . . $6,000.00

Amount expended, .... 6,528.21

Excess of expenditures over appropria-

tions, $528.21

An itemized account of the same will be found under the

proper head in the precinct expenditures. It will be noticed

that a little larger sum has been expended in this department

than was done last year, rendered necessary on account of the

unusual growth of our city and other pressing reasons for bet-

ter sewerage in different localities.

We have been able to construct the sewer that has been so

long needed in the western part of the precinct, from Tahanto

to Liberty street on Warren street, and from School to Orchard

street on Pine street, thus relieving a large and populous sec-

tion of the city that has long needed sewers, both for house

drainage and for removing water from the streets, that could

not before be done.

We found the same difficulties and troubles existing at the

south end " Brook Sewer" so called, near Water street, that

had caused our predecessors so much annoyance, and how best

to remedy it with the least expense so as to give permanent

relief has been our aim. Plans that were considered feasil)le

at first, were, upon further investigation, rejected as being likely


to furnish only tempoian' relief. In the meantime your com-

mittee decided to repair the break in the sewer by rebuilding a^

section of it of double thickness and putting in an overflow.

While this cannot in any way remove the cause for complaint,

it will, in case of a heavy rain-fall, instantly relieve the sewer

of the tremendous strain, thus preventing another break, 'con-

sequently a large expense to the city. For this reason your

committee have deemed this advisable as a temporary arrange-

ment, and, as we reported a few months since, we recommend

that a survey be made and plans prepared for a system of sew-

erage that would not only relieve the extraordinary pressure

now made upon the present Brook sewer, but would also

accommodate some portions of our city that cannot now reach

the public sev/ers, viz., from the county jail and Odd Fellows'

Home southerly to the Old Fair Ground so called.

We have, agreeably to instructions, engaged engineers to

make a survey of the section above described, and we hope to

report plans for the same at an early day. This work seems to

be of so much importance, that we recommend that early action

be taken and an appropriation be made to enable us to build a

sewer of suitable dimensions from some point on Allison street

to the river, early the coming season.

The Committee on Sewers and Drains for 1888, in their

report, say that "the important matter will have to be consid-

ered soon of extending the large brick sewer from the foot of

Depot street to Main and thence up Warren to Spring street."

The same necessity now exists, only in a greater degree, and

should have our attention.

The 20-inch main sewer at the north end of the precinct,

running across the intervale near the shops of the New England

Granite Co., has not one half of the capacity of the branch

sewers discharging into it, consequently is not able oftentimes

properly to convey to the river the increasing sewerage and

drainage in that growing section of our city. Some plans based

upon a survey should be adopted as early as may be, so that

when work is commenced there it might be continued upon some

definite plan that will embrace that whole district.

During the year we have laid 3,972 feet of sewer pipe of all

sizes, and have rebuilt a portion of the 30 by 36 brick sewer


uear Water street. An approximate cost of each line we have

given below as near as practicable :

Warren street, 596 feet 12-iuch pipe, 484 feet 10-inch

pipe, 50 feet 6-inch pipe.

Pine street between School and Warren, 500 feet

lO-inch pipe, between Orchard and Warren 270

feet 8-inch pipe, . ••

. . . . $3,450.00

School street, west of Pine, 185 feet 10-inch pipe, 350.00

•Jackson street, 50 feet 8-inch pipe, . . . 35.50

Kear of South Main street, 85 feet 10-inch pipe, 455

feet 12-inch pipe, 624.00

"Rear of Horse-Car stables, 312 feet 8-inch pipe, , 210.50

Franklin street, 584 feet 12-inch pipe, 72 feet 10-inch

pipe, 800.00

South State street, 245 feet 10-inch pipe, . . 190.00

Lyndon street, 84 feet 8-iuch pipe, . . . 48.00

Repairing Brook sewer, ...... 490.00

The variation in the amount of the subdivisions and the full

sum expended arises from the many incidental charges for tools,

teaming, surveying, sharpening tools, lumber, &c., that could

not properly be assigned to any particular section.

We have aimed to have the work done in a substantial man-

ner and at as low a price as such work could be done. Wehave been unable to build all of the sewers petitioned for

:

these will come up for early consideration next spring. No doubt

other sewers will be asked for, as new streets are opened and

occupied with dwellings, so that liberal appropriations will

probably be required to meet all of the reasonable demands.

STILLMAN HUMPHREY,WILLIAM E. HOOD,FRANK P. QUIMBY,W. W. ALLEN,

Committee on Sewers and Drains.


EEPOET OF PEKACOOK SEWEK PRE-ciisrcT.

To the City Council of Concord :

The system of sewerage that was established, survej'ed, aud

partially constructed last year has been further advanced the

past summer, aud should be still further carried on until all

parts of our village have the benefits of a complete sewerage

system. Considerable extra and unlooked for expense was

incurred in our work the past year, on account of a change in

the plans for the Charles street sewer, made necessary by the

strong objections to the making the Contoocook river, above

the Contoocook Co.'s dam, the outlet of said sewer. This

obliged us to relay the Warren Street sewer at greater depth

and with larger pipe, and greatly increase the depth of the one

on Charles street. But we believe the change was for the

public good, and that the tax-payers of the precinct would will-

ingly pay the increased expense rather than have aeother out-

let in the compact part of the village, in comparatively still

water.

It was the intention to improve aud put in permanent shape

the main outlet at the Merrimack river, and also the one on the

north side of the Contoocok river. The stone has been pur-

chased and delivered to l)uild a bulkhead at the former, aud

pipe for the latter, to carry the sewage out into deep aud

running water, but the wet season and early high water have

prevented. This should be attended to at the first favorable

opportunity.

The following is the amount of pipe laid the past summer

:

High street, 520 feet 8 inches.

Maple street, 320 feet 8 inches.

Summit street, 56 feet 8 inches.


Union street, 326 feet 8 inches.

Brook sewer, 225 feet 8 inches.

Elm street, 254 feet 8 inches, and 114 feet 10 inches.

Elm street to the Contoocook river, 300 feet 10 inches.

Bye street to Summer street, 285 feet 8 inches.

Summer street, 282 feet 8 inches.

Cross street, 480 feet 8 inches.

Spring street, 154 feet 8 inches.

Charles street, east end, 125 feet 8 inches.

Charles street, west end, 1,260 feet 10 inches.

Washington street, 350 feet 8 inches.

Warren street, relaid with 200 feet of 12 inch pipe (formerly

10 inch.), together with all necessary man- and lantern-holes.

W. W. ALLEN, Superintendent.

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.

The school reports are not prepared until the close of the

school year in March, and are consequently omitted from this

volume.

PUBLIC LIRRARY. 135

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

KEPOET OF THE TEUSTEES.

To the City Council

:

We beg to present to your honorable body the annnal report

of the trustees of the public librar}^

The year 1889 has been, at times, full of surprises and

problems, owing to the removal of the books to the new Fowler

Library building and to the incidents attendant thereto. The

first year brought a demand for books and other reading mat-

ter that had not been provided for oi'* even thought of. Attimes the situation has been perplexing, but explanations on

the part of the Librarian and his assistants demonstrated to the

patrons the impossibility of always providing the books of one's

choice. In many instances the books indicated on one's card

could not be supplied owing to the limited number of books in

the library. The supply of books is too limited for the public

demand, and as this demand will grow every year, but one thing

will meet the exigency, namely, the largest appropriation on the

part of your honorable body consistent with public policy, so

that the supply of books may meet the requirements of the day.

The trustees were called upon to try the experiment of liberally

ma'intainiug a public reading-room, where the leading newspapers

and magazines could easily be attainable. The result has justi-

fied the experiment. Its readers increase in number, and its

popularity is assured.

The reference-room, one of the most essential parts of any

library, is constantly used by the teachei's and scholars of our

schools, as well as by mature readers and those in search of

special or encyclopaedic knowledge. To this department the

CITY OF CONCORD.

trustees have devoted much time and expended as much money

as circumstances warranted.

The public are interested in the welfare of the library, the

outlay comes back to the people, the books belong to them :

therefore, representing a population increasing in numbers and

increasing in knowledge, we respectfully submit our report, con-

fident that our immediate needs will be understood, and that

measures will be adopted whereby our public library may be

given strength to gain a proud standing in the laud.

Respectfully,

ABIAL ROLFP:, Ward 1

JOSEPH T. CLOUGH, '' 2

PAUL R. HOLDEN, " 3

WILLIAM L. FOSTER, '' 4

CHARLES R. CORNING, " 5

JAMES S. NORRIS, '^ 6

WILLIAM W. FLINT, " 7

PUHLIC LIBRARY. 137

LIBRAKIAJS^'S KEPORT.

To the Board of Trustees

:

The Library has been open for the delivery of books every

week-day during the year, as follows :

47 days,

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 139


BOOKS SENT TO PENACOOK AND BOSCAWEN.

Of the whole number of books issued, 9,601 were sent to

Peuacook and Boseawen.

In January,

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 141

DONATIONS.

Seven hundred books and pamphlets have been presented to

the library from citizens of Concord, state and city officers,

members of Congress, and the executive departments at Wash-ington.

Nearly four hundred volumes of the above were the gift of

William P. Fowler, Esq., among which was a nearly perfect file

of the North American JRevieio from January, 1820, to January,

1866, including nineteen bound volumes, the remainder being in

the original quarterly numbers.

This gift has recently been supplemented by the gift of

another file of the same from January, 1806, to January, 1878,

by Samuel C. P^astraan, Esq., making, with the numbers already

in possession of the library, an almost unbroken file of the Re-

view for seventy years.

THE READING-ROOM.

has been open every day through the year on week-days, through

library hours, and on Sunday from one to five o'clock, p. m.

Probably forty persons per day, on an average, have availed

themselves of its use on week-days. The Sunday attendance

has been much smaller.

Copies of the leading American magazines are placed on the

table when received, and the following newspapers are placed on

the files :

Dailies.

Concord Evening Monitor ; People and Patriot.

Boston Journal ; Traveller ; Herald.

New York Tribune ; Sun ;' Herald.

Philadelphia Times.

Atlanta Constitution.

Chicago Tribune.

Tri- Weekly.

London Mail.

Weeklies.

Springfield Republican.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.'

Louisville Courier-Journal.

New Orleans Picayune.


The Oregonian.

West Shore.

Public Opinion.

Illustrated Weeklies.

Harper's Weekly.

Frank Leslie's.

Scientific American.

Loudon News.Monthlies.

The Unitarian.

Shaker Manifesto.

The Oregonian and West Shore weeklies, and the Unitarian

and Shaker Manifesto monthlies, are presented to the reading-

room.PERIODICALS.

The following list of periodicals has been ordered for the

coming year to supply the increasing demand for magazine liter-

ature :

Harper's New Monthly.

The Century.

Lippincott's Magazine and Scribner's Monthly, 5 copies

each.

St. Nicholas and Wide-Awake, 4 copies each.

The Atlantic Monthly.

Overland Monthly.

The Cosmopolitan.

The Forum.

North American Review and Popular Science Monthly, 3

copies each.

The Outing and The New England Magazine, 2 copies

each.

New p]ugland Hist, and Gen. Register.

Magazine of American History.

Granite Monthly and Andover Review, 1 copy each.

These are issued instead of books to such patrons as maywish for them.

Respectfully submitted,

D. F. SPX'OMB, Librarian.

January 1, 1890.

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 143

TREASUKER'S REPORT.

To the City Council

:

The balance in the hands of the Treasurer, January 1, 1889,

was $168.85, to which have been added appropriations, $1,200,

a special to meet the extra expenses of the previous year, and

regular of $4,000, and sale of books $4.75, making a total of

$5,373.60, as available funds for the purposes of the library.

Of this sum $5,127.90 has been expended as per itemized

account in the expenses of the city, leaving a balance of

$358.20 in the hands of the Treasurer.

balance sheet.

Dr.

Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1889,

Received from city,

" sale of books,

Paid as per city account,

Cash on hand,

Cr.

$168.85

5,200.00

4.75

$5,127.90

245.70

$5,373.60

$5,373.60

trust account.

Dr.

Received interest on Pierge fund," " Lyon fund,

Cr.

By cash on hand, ....Respectfully submitted,

$52.50

60.00

$112.50

. $112.50

WM. P. FLSKE,Treasurer.


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,

To the City Council

:

In submitting to your notice our third annual report, wewould again return our thanks for your most cordial support;

and in behalf of our citizens it is a pleasure to assure you that

the rules and regulations you have approved have been received

with almost universal favor.

The work of the board and its health officer is fairly well out-

lined in the ordinances you have enacted, and which are but

well defined provisions of our statute law.

Our work may seem arbitrary to those whom it becomes nec-

essary to admonish that they have failed to comply with the

requirements of the law;yet we submit there is no personality

in our actions.

All classes are treated alike. The service of our health offi-

cer is free to all. His services can be secured by the rich and

the poor, and he is ever ready to assist every one in bringing

about the best possible conditions at the least possible trouble

and expense. A health officer is a servant of the public, and,

like any other police officer, has only in view the best interest

of the city and the health of the people.

In matters of this kind it is of great importance that every

officer shall be strictly impartial in the administrative and exec-

utive department of his labor ; and it is of equal importance

that the same spirit shall be exhibited by the public.

Personal animosities and neighborhood contentions have no

place in the work of a health officer, nor should he be expected

to be always on the watch for the possibility of local and neigh-

borhood strife entering into and becoming a part of the reasons

for a complaint.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 146'

In all matters pertaining to the welfare of our city and the'

health of our citizens the people should show themselves- siipe-'

rior to personal, partisan, or sectarian selfishness; but, "with'

malice toward none, with charit}' for all, with firmness in the

right, as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we

are in," trusting that our labors will continue to keep Concord

in such sanitary condition that every one can point with honest

and just pride to her hygienic position.

Obviously it would be impossible to formulate rules and reg-

ulations for the guidance and protection of the public health

without an organized body charged with the execution of the

same. Divided authority and the uncertain sounds of a multi-

tude of counsellors will always result in a deplorable condition

of affairs, whether it be in matters pertaining to health or to

business.

NEW HEALTH OFFICER.

With the increased duties imposed upon the health officers,

as determined by the city council last March, it became neces-

sary for the board to secure the service of a practical workmanto supervise the construction of service drains and sewers ; and

we congratulate our citizens that we were able to obtain so effi-

cient service as has been afforded by Mr. Henry A. Rowell, whohas devoted his entire time to the sanitary work of the city since

his appointment.

In this connection the board would take occasion to recall

your attention to the very efficient service of Mr. Rowell's pred-

ecessor, Mr. Howard M. Cook, who did so much, during his two

years of diligent and faithful labor, in laying out the work, mak-ing systematic inspections, formulating rules and blanks, and

serving notices upon owners and occupants of buildings of the

reforms required by the ordinances of the city as well as the

statutes of the state..

Such systematic labor for two years rendered it possible for

the present health officer to accomplish far greater and better

results in the past year than would have been otherwise prac-

ticable.


REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER.

We would respectfully invite your attention to the report of

the health officer herewith appended, and to the recommenda-

tions he suggests, all of which meets with the approval of this

board ; and we would also make a further suggestion, in regard

to drain-layers, that any one having been licensed to lay drains,

and who shall disregard the requirements of the ordinance, in

avoiding inspection of his work or failing to obtain a permit as

prescribed, it shall be held as a good and sufficient reason for

the Committee on Sewers and Drains to revoke said license.

The board have good reason to assure the council that your

effort to secure a personal supervision over our sewers and

drains merits the approval of every citizen, elevates the san-

itary standard of our city, and increases the value of our real

estate.

CITY BUILDING FOR POLICE PURPOSES.

We would coogratultite the city upon the progressive move-

ment that has been made during the past year towards securing

a modern and approved building for the police department.

It is a pleasure to note the work of the committee having this

matter in charge, and to express the hope that the building so

strongly condemned last year by this board and the police

department will very soon become " a thing of the past." In

the erection of a new and improved building we believe no one

will ever regret the expense necessary to carry out a humane

principle, even though it be for the temporary detention of those

who are so unfortunate as to be the victims of a vice, or of the

more perverse and hardened criminal.

In this connection we would renew our suggestion of last

year in relation to the city's duty to provide an ambulance to

meet the many calls for such a means of conveyance for the

sick, the helpless, and the injured.

LIVERY AND OTHER STABLES.

Early in the winter some of our stable-keepers submitted to

your council a proposition to have the restrictions governing

their premises so far removed as to allow them to keep hogs

and pigs under their stables during the winter months.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 147

The parties interested had a hearing before a committee of

vour conucil, and the proposition was rejected. Your board of

health believe this to have been a wise course, and to have been

a decision the people will sustain.

Let us ever be progressive,—make improvements everywhere.

Let us make methodical and systematic changes, and we shall

not find it necessary to retract or repeal rules and regulations.

As our city increases in size and population, it will become

necessary' to enact further rules and regulations, for, while a

stable may not be considered actually unhealthy in the sense of

producing disease, yet in all large cities the statute declares

them to be a nuisance, and in many places even a license to

erect and maintain a private stable is refused.

In this connection the board would respectfully urge upon

the council the necessity of a thorough reform in the stables of

the Central Fire Station. The conditions required when this

station was erected were not such as we would now recommend,

and the committee and the chief of the fire department should

be ordered to devise and encourage a new departure whereby

this station and its stable shall not become a nuisance to the

neighborhood.

The rules and regulations you have approved to govern livery

and other stables apply with equal force to the public property

of the city ; and the conditions that would render a stable a

nuisance in one part of the city must be subject to the same

charge in another section, and ownership has nothing to do

with the case.

REGARDING DOGS.

In the excellent report of our police department your atten-

tion has been called to the complaints of our citizens about the

unrestrained manner in which dogs are permitted to run at

large. We believe this to be a matter that should receive your

impartial attention, and the recommendations of the city mar-

shal, or some other stringent regulations, should be adopted.

Scarcely a physician in our city but can bear witness that

many of our citizens are greatly alarmed every year in con-

sequence of children and others being attacked by dogs, in the

streets, upon the sidewalks, and in the yards of residents, and

investigation generally fails to show any adequate provocation


on the part of the one injured- There should be something more

than a small tax imposed as a restriction, for dogs, like other

animals, should not be allowed to trespass beyond the limits of

their owners' premises, and when found away from their homes

should be treated in the same manner as horses, oxen, or a herd

of cattle would be when found running at large upon another's

premises. There is no more reason in allowing yards, lawns,

and gardens to be entered upon and injured by dogs, than to

have cattle roving about and destroying flowers, shrubs, and

other property. It may be said that any person aggrieved can

have recourse to the common law governing matters of dam-

ages ;yet it is a well known fact that custom and courtesy have

so long governed public opinion in this matter that for a man

to have a dog case in court is generally regarded as only an-

other form of showing his personal animosity.

FIRE ESCAPES.

In our report last year your attention was called to the law

governing the construction of fire-escapes, and it was suggested

that rules and regulations should be made that would* make it

the duty of some one to see that the law was complied with;

but nothing has been done to render the law more effective.

In fact, public buildings for school purposes are being erected

without any means of escape, as contemplated by the state law

and by a recent vote of the city council. It is well understood

that the committee having the matter in charge have provided

the usual means of entrance and exit, but no outside stairways

have been constructed as contemplated by the state law of

1883, and the action of the city council above referred to.

Examples of this kind are not for the best interests of our

city, for architects and others will be liable to regard the stat-

ute as a dead letter until the servants of the city are made to

comply with its provisions.

The board awaited your action regarding the ap[)oiutment of

a chief engineer of the fire department with a great deal of

interest, as the employment of a competent person, who should

give his entire services to its duties, would allow him to carry

out the provisions of the law, and thereby protect the lives and

property of our citizens.


GARBAGE.

We believe the problem that will next confront the health

department will be the question of what shall be clone with the

garbage of our city, including all forms of waste and effete

material.

There is an ever increasing amount of waste i)roducts that

must be removed. Individual effort is oftentimes of no avail,

and combinations of a voluntary character among individuals

having similar conditions to ov^ercome are only practical for

short periods unless the voluntary action is merged into a cor-

porate power ; therefore the individual should not object to a

reasonable tax to support a system that would regularly take

away from his premises the rubbish of all kinds that will nat-

urally have to be removed in order to place his house and

grounds in a hygienic condition. The average annual cost

would probably be less than most citizens now pay for the car-

rying away of ashes and other refuse that must be disposed of.

The organization of a department to deal with this waste

material is but a small matter, compared with the solution of the

problem of what shall be done with the garbage when it shall

have been gathered up by the city teams. We cannot throw it

into the river, or dump it on vacant lots, without creating a nui-

sance at some point, which is neither right nor desirable.

Certain portions of garbage, when properly managed, have a

commercial value. Such material as the leaves that come from

our shade-trees, street sweepings, refuse from the catch-basins,

mud from the gutters and pavements, when composted, have a

value for fertilizing purposes;yet the evolution of taking this

matter from the streets and returning it to the soil requires an

amount of capital invested in a plant that no business manwould advise the city to expend.

There is an immense quantity of ashes to be carted away that

might be used to fill low ground, except that it is the custom

for people to mix all kinds of animal and vegetable material

with the ash heap. Such mixing of animal, vegetable, and

mineral waste renders the whole mass offensive in hot weather.

The problem is still unsettled, yet is being investigated by

municipal and health authorities in many places. So far as we

are able to judge from reports that have been published, it is


our opinion that some form of cremation eventually will offer a

practical solution.

WHAT CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE.

The board or its members are oftentimes asked what consti-

tutes a nuisance, and therefore it ma}' not be amiss to define

the term. This would hardly be necessary were it not a fact

that many people seem to regard it as one of their inherent

rights to do what they please, so long as they do not trespass

upon the domain of others. Very often such people seem to

forget that there is any difference between the sanitary condi-

tions of the town and the city. It does not occur to them that

there must be vast differences in the social compact between the

farm-house with its wide-spread acres, and the house-lot in the

city that is measured in square feet, and that conditions that

might constitute a nuisance in the one place might be of im-

portance as a necessary adjunct of the other.

Strictly speaking, any use of property annoying to another's

rights is a nuisance. Still, two things are necessary,—a right

and an injury. To illustrate : No matter how much your refined

taste may be violated by the architectural structure of your

neighbor's house, it is not a nuisance because no right is vio-

lated. So one may not like the looks of a neighbor's pig-pen,

still one can look the other way ; but so soon as that pig-pen

gives off offensive odors, as it will in hot weather, it is a nui-

sance, because every person has a right to pure air.

The nuisance need not be injurious to health : it is enough

that it is annoying and offensive to the senses.

Most nuisances may be classified as violations of our right to

pure air and pure water, the practical inference being that in

the management of our own affairs we should not be unmindful

of the rights of our neighbors ; and we would add that in no

place can the golden rule be better applied than in matters

relating to the sanitary conditions of local districts in a small

city.

CONCLUSION.

In conclusion, your board would take this opportunity to

urge upon all our citizens tiie importance of thorough sanita-

tion. Not only observe the condition of one's own premises.


but it is well to pay some attentiou to the conditions existing

in vacant lots, courts, alleys, and drive-ways used in commonby several parties. Such places may not have any one espe-

cially interested who will look after their hygienic state. Pure

air, pure water, and a pure soil are prerequisites that every cit-

izen has a right to expect, but such conditions can only be

maintained by the united will of the people that this standard

shall not be deteriorated by a want of harmony of thought and

action. Let every person consider for a moment that as an

elementary part of Concord's population it represents a corre-

sponding part of her popular voice in a work of this kind.

Sanitary reform is in no wise different from the progressive

steps in every great and good work. Nothing of this nature

ever outgrows or goes beyond the sentiment of the people.

Enthusiasm on the part of a few who have given a great deal of

time and thought to a subject must not be mistaken for the will

of the people, who, for the want of proper information, mayhonestly differ upon very simple questions affecting the public.

It is as useless in sanitation as it is in any other social prob-

lem, to get so far in advance of public opinion as to have a reac-

tion. An enthusiasm leading to such results will sooner or later

receive a rude shock, for people are not inclined to give a uni-

versal acceptance to any one's theory of reform until they

become educated and familiar with its principles. Then they

become the exponents of public sentiment, and demand a

reform with a force evolved from public opinion ; therefore, no

one can meet it with indifference. At the present time the

press is placing before the people a great deal in the way of

sanitary information, and we may confidently expect public

sentiment to keep pace with the reforms necessary to keep our

city in as healthy a condition as is possible. Therefore it surely

behooves us to keep the matter of the future hygienic state of

our city ever in mind, as ours is a government by the people

and for the people, while we are but the servants of the public

for a public trust.

G. P. CONN, M.D.,H. C. CUMMINGS, M. D.

E. N. PEARSON,Secretary.


REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER.

To the Board of Health :

Gentlemen : The health officer herewith submits the report

of the affairs of his office from the time when he assumed his

duties on May 1, 1889, to the end of the year, December 31,

1889.

investigations and complaints

ate 383, and the nature of the

following subdivisions :

6

12

14

27

The number of requests for

for existing nuisances aggreg

complaints will be shown by the

Bad well water,

Bad drainage, .

Dead animals, .

Defects in sewers,

Dumping rubbish, ...... 6

Filthy stables, ....... 9

Filthy cellars, 17

Filthy water-closets, . . . . .11Offensive garbage, ...... 7

Throwing out slops, ...... 7

Accumulating vegetable matter, ... 12

Stagnant water in cellars, ..... 9

Keeping hens, . . ... . . . 8

Accumulating rubbish, ..... 21

Keeping hogs, . . . . . . .16Offensive cesspools, . . . . . .11Filthy premises, ...... 7

Offensive sink-drains, ..... 43

Offensive manure-heaps, . . . . ..12Offensive privies and vaults, . . . .108Offensive catch-basins, . . . . .16Dropping manure in street, .... 4

From the foregoing it will be seen that the number of com-

plaints brought to the attention of the office would average more


than one for each day iu the year ; but every case has received

its fair consideration.

A large majority of the complaints were proved to be well

founded, and wherever a nuisance was found to exist its abate-

ment was ordered at once. It is a pleasure to be able to add

that in most cases the parties responsible readily complied with

the orders of the health officer, and immediately provided for

the correction of the objectionable matters brought to their

notice—a fair indication that the public desire to sustain the

officers in their efforts to enforce the ordinances relating to

public health.

SANITARY INSPECTIONS.

The system of regular inspections for the purpose of ascer-

taining the sanitary condition of the entire compact portion of

the city has been continued, and considerable progress has

been made in tabulating and arranging for reference the infor-

mation thus gained. This work has included the inspection of

271 private dwelling-houses,

306 tenement-houses,

41 stables,

7 meat-markets,

11 store cellars,

2 hotels,

10 business blocks,

making a total of 648. There have also been 364 inspections

of premises, which have been previously examined, for the pur-

poses of determining whether the orders and, suggestions of the

officer have been heeded, and for the investigation of new

sources of complaint. As a result of investigations in partic-

ular cases, and of information gained by regular inspections,

there have been issued from this office 466 formal notices em-

bodying the orders and suggestions of the board in cases of

the following nature :

Abatement of nuisances, ..... 78

Cleaning of vaults and privies.

Providing water-closets.

Connecting with publi-c sewers,

Removal of hogs,

92

112

163

21


There have been 134 cases in which vaults and privies have

been removed and water-closets substituted, and 75 additional

water-closets have been provided within the sewer district.

These closets have been set in the following classes of build-

ings

:

Private dwellings, ...... 67

Tenement-houses, ...... 123

Business blocks, ...... 17

Hotels, 2

The number of families supplied would be in excess of this

number, as it is not uncommon in tenement-houses to find two

or more families with but one water-closet.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

Cases of contagious diseases have been reported by physi-

cians in each month since Mav 1 , as follows :


seemed necessary. Investigations in these and other cases

have revealed the fact that many cases have existed, and prob-

ably others do exist, where the only tra,p used as a guard for

connection with the public sewer has been situated in the pipe

outside the house. This is believed to be a dangerous omis-

sion, as the house pipes are liable in time to become charged

with noxious gases which can escape directly into the dwelling.

To this error is undoubtedly chargeable many of the throat

troubles which afflict women whose work requires frequent

standing at the sink where the poisonous gases constantly rise.

In all cases, a soil-pipe at least four inches in diameter should

be carried from the sewer-pipe in the cellar upward through the

roof of the house ; and if this were made an absolute require-

ment by the health ordinance, there would be far less risk of

contagious diseases. Cases have been found where the small

lead pipes from the house have been inserted in the end of the

large sewer-pipe in the cellar, with no attempt to close the open-

ing from the sewer-pipe. As a result, the cellar must naturally

become filled with sewer gases, which eventually find their way

through the floors to the rooms above. A more offensive, if

not more dangerous, result follows the stoppage of the sewer,

when its filthy contents are discharged directly into the cellar ;

but even then the danger is not fully realized, as is shown by

the fact that in some cases a considerable time has been allowed

to elapse before the difficulty has been remedied. If no care

is exercised, the stoppage of a sewer-pipe may easily occur,

especially where a "• slop-basin" is used.

The interior of the pipe becomes coated with the greasy sub-

stances in the sink-water, and the coffee grounds, vegetable

peelings, bits of dishcloth, and other materials adhere to this

until the opening is entirely closed. A noteworthy case of this

kind was seen by the health officer where a six-inch pipe was

completely filled, like a candle-mould, for four feet in length,

the most of its contents proving a want of care in allowing mat-

ters to go into the pipe which should have been burned or

buried. Cases have also occurred where the stoppage was

directly attributable to the malicious acts of individuals, as

where a full sized lobster was found in the pipe, and where a

quart bottle had been inserted through a T.

156 CITY OF CONCOKD.

Only one case of impure well water has been found ; but in

that case an investigation revealed the startling fact that two

sinks emptied their slops into a rotten plank drain running

within six feet of the well. Tliat sickness existed in the fam-

ilies using the well was a natural consequence, as the analysis

of the water by Prof. Angell, to whom a sample was sent,

proved it to be unmistakably polluted with sink drainage. Thewell was ordered to be abandoned, and the premises have since

been connected with the city water-works.

SEWER CONNECTIONS.

In accordance with the city ordinance, the sanitary oflicer has

endeavored to [)rovide for the enforcement of all the regula-

tions relating to sewers and drains. It has consumed a great

deal of time, but illustrations have not been wanting to show

the necessit}' for oversight on the part of some municipal officer.

A few cases have occurred where parties, through ignorance

or wilfulness, have attempted to make connections with the

main sewer without a permit, but in every case they have been

made to conform to the regulations as soon as the fact became

known. Severe measures have been avoided, when possible

otherwise to accomplish the desired results ; but it may at some

time be advisable to make an example of any one who knowingly ignores the health ordinances in this regard. In one case

a man was found to be laying a sewer-pipe from his cellar to

the main sewer, with the end of the pipe at the cellar lower

than at its connection. In another case, a pipe being laid from

&. cesspool to the sewer was found to have its sewer connection

high enough to have turned the stream from the sewer directly

into the cesspool. Of course such mistakes are corrected, but

they might not be until after much harm was done, did not the

inspecting officer discover it.

There have been 118 permits granted to make connections,

and most of these have been directly inspected by the health

oflicer, and such changes and additions made at the time as

were required to complete them properly' and satisfactorily.

It is recommended that such change be made in the city

ordinances as will place the granting of permits to enter the

sewers within direct control of the ins[)ecting officer in order

IIKALTH UEPARTMKNT. 157

that he may be informed in ample season to be enabled to makeinspection as occasion may require. As the permits are now-

issued by the Committee on Sewers and Drains, it is not always

practicable in the busy season to notify the officer of every per-

mit so as to give him proper opportunity to make examination

before the work is too far advanced.

As a rule, the drain-layers licensed by the city council have-

properly attended to their duties, and have worked in harmonywith the health officer in inviting proper inspection. It becomes,

necessary, however, to report tlie case of one individual whoholds a license, who has persistently disregarded the require-

ments of the ordinances, and has apparently avoided any

inspection of his work. This may arise from an assumption

that his work does not need inspection, but of that the inspector

should be allowed to be the judge, but it is hardly possible

when it is discovered repeatedly that lateral sewers have been

laid and completed before the permit has been asked for. Such

action is demoralizing, and makes a grievance for other licensed

drain-layers who desire to observe the regulations.

The inspections which have been made of lateral sewers con-

nected to the main sewer have been as follows, tlie material

being Akron pipe in all cases :

Length of 6-inch pipe, 1595 feet.

'' 5 " 4303 "" 4 " 2.54 "

'^ 3 " 52 "

making a total of 6204 feet as used in 86 different lat-

eral sewers,—an average of about 72 feet each.

The premises thus provided with sewer connections furnisli

lateral sewers for

66 private dwellings,

72 tenements,

4 school-houses,

5 stores,

6 stables,

2 meat-markets,

1 hot-house,

1 photograph room.


aud 39 of the above have beeu connected with new houses

erected during the year.

A part of the sewers referred to have been laid at Penacook,

witliin the new sewer precinct .there, and the fact that 42 sewer

permits have ah-eadv been granted in that village shows a gen-

eral appreciation of the great improvement.

In six cases plank and cement pipe drains have been taken

up in various part& of the city and replaced by Akron pipe.

At the suggestion or order of the board of health, there have

been abandoned and discontinued during the current year,

—

30 cesspools,

51 surface drains,

10 old wells used as cesspools,

7 drains discharging under stables.

A considerable sum has been expended in extending the

main sewers to localities where needed, as will be seen by the

report of the Committee on Sewers and Drains, and a consid-

erable section is thus permanently provided with drainage facil-

ities.

The extension of Warren street sewer from Tahanto street to

Liberty street provides sewer accommodations for sixteen pri-

vate houses now erected, of which thirteen have already con-

nected.

The Pine street extension from Orchard to School street pro-

vides for nine dwelling-houses, of which five have already con-

nected.

The Franklin street extension to High street provides for fif-

teen houses, seven of which have made connections, aud there

have been eight connections to the new sewer in the rear of the

east side of South Main street, besides others of less number in

other localities.

From the foregoing statement of the business transacted in

connection with this office it will be seen that the duties of the

sanitary officer are varied in character, but all intended to pro-

mote and encourage progress in providing for the health and

safety of the public.

An equable temper and much self-control are required in deal-

ing with many of the persons whose attention is called to an


infraction of tlie law, especiall}' where a suspicion exists that

some individual has entered a complaint. Every effort has been

made to enforce the laws with as little friction and hard feeling

as possible, and in most instances it is believed that such efforts

have been crowned with success.

For the uniform support and assistance extended to the offi-

cer by the members of the board of health, he returns his most

grateful acknowledgments.


HENRY A. ROWELL,Sanitary Officer.


KEPOET OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.

To the City Council

:

The services of the City Physician, for the year ending Jan-

uary 1, 1890, have been required as follows :

Whole nunaber of visits made, .... 116

Prescriptions given at office, .... 6

Obstetric cases attended, ..... 1

Nothing ha^ occurred in connection with these duties worthy

of special mention, unless it may be of interest to state that naease of any of the so called contagious diseases has been treat-

ed, which fact we may no doubt largely ascribe to the faith-

ful work of our health department.


E. A. CLARK, M. D.,

City Physician.

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POOR DEPARTMENT. 203

POOR DEPARTMENT.

Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Overseer of the

Poor, for the Year ending December 31, 1889.


Gentlemen : The undersigaed herewith submits the twenty-

second annual report of expenditures for the poor, including

Wards 1 and 2, for the 3'ear ending December 31, 1889, as

follows :

Families and individuals having a settlement in the city have

been aided, in part or in full, during the time, to the amount

set opposite their respective names.

Margaret Smith,

Mrs. William Cotter,

Thomas Rainey,


Paid the N. H. Asylum for the Insane as

follows :

For board and expenses of John W. Cotter, $130.61

James M.Kenna, 128.86

Wm. Coleman, Jr., 130.06

Paid for city poor

state :

in other towns in the

'George H. Eastman, Bartlett, .

Emma J. Gray, for child, Manchester.

Mrs. O'Clair, Boscawen, .

Philip Wentworth, Boscawen, .

John Osier, "

Paid State Industrial School

:

Waldo Wentworth, ....William R. Fitts, ....Walter H. Brown, ....John Murphy, ....Amount expended for city poor.

$45.00

79.24

22.50

77.46

23.34

$46.50

78.00

39.00

43.50

$389.53

$247.54

$207.00

$2,036.44

COUNTY POOR.

Michael McLaughlin,

Caroline M. Edmunds,

Jedediah C. Abbott,

George G. Currier, .

Mrs. J. L. Tilton, .

Noah P. Webster and son

Mrs. G. T. Wilson,

Clifford children,

Ann C. Chamberlin,

John Storin,

Kate Dornan, .

Tliomas Haley,

Orlando Philbrick, .

Bridget Collins,

Mary Byrne, .

$15.00

130.00

29.50

13.57

17.50

59.58

27.22

100.00

122.00

78.00

129.14

84.25

93.50

48.00

97.00

POOR DEPARTMENT. 205.

Mrs, Johu Williams,


Mrs. William Cotter,

Aid to Dependent Soldiers and Their FamiliesDuring the Year 1889.

CriAUGEAliLE TO CITY.

207

James H. Eastman,


POLICE DEPARTMENT.

REPOET OF THE CITY MARSHAL.


Gentlemen : I respectfully present the following report ol

the doings of the Police Department for the year ending

December 31, 1889:

ORGANIZATION.

The police force of Concord at the date of this report consists

of the following officers :

City Marshal—G. Scott Locke.

Assistant City Marshal—John E. Tucker (on duty nights).

Captain of Night Watch—James E. Rand, "

Delbert O. Andrews, "

Charles H, Sanders, "

JeremiahP.W. Roach, "

Horace Robinson, "

Daniel S. Flanders (on day duty).

UNIFORMED POLICE SQUAD.

The following named special officers are subject to call

:

Charles L. Gilraore, George W. Chesley,

Amos B. Sanborn, Jacob H Hutchins,

John T. Batchelder, James G. Leightou,

John ¥.. Baker, MacD. Aldrich,

Willie A. Flanders, Orren H. Bean,

Silvester P. Danforth, Oliver Hobbs,

Irving B. Robinson, Willie A. Little.

Whole number of arrests (including Penacook), . . 545

Whole number of arrests at Penacook, .... 42

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 209

Brought before the court, . . ...Sentenced by the court, .....Discharged by the court, ....Nol prossed, .......Discharged without being brought before the court,

Whole number of lodgers (including Penacook),

Whole number of lodgers at Penacook,

Stray teams found, .....

436^

420

8

109

472

67

5

G. S. Locke, paid City Treasurer on account of fees received,

$716.81.

Taking the last census for a basis, the police service costs per

capita the city of Portsmouth, $0.89^3^3- ; Manchester, $0.86^^8^, ;

Dover, $0.58^^0 ! Nashua, $0.48t%V ? Concord, $0,403^0-

Amount of property recovered

1480.05.

and restored to

Number of doors found open and secured.

Number of searches made for spirituous liquor.

Number of lost children returned to their parents,

Number of boys cautioned to attend school,

Called to quell disturbances, .

Assault, ....Assault of an indecent nature,

Assault on a police officer.

Aggravated assault,

Assault with intent to kill,

Adultery, ....Aiding and abetting prize fighting.

Bastardy, ....Bigamy, ....Breaking and entering, .

Common drunkard.

Common seller of spirituous liquor,

Cruelty to animals, .

Committing a nuisance, . _ .

Deserting an infant child,

Drunkenness,

14

58

77

9

21

33

29

6

2

6

1

2

9

1

13

14

2

3

1

1

252


Disposing of leased property, .

Defrauding boarding-house keepers,

Escape from bouse of correction.

Evading railroad fare,

Exposing ills person.

Forgery,

For out of town officers, .

Fornication, .

Horse-stealing,

Idle and disorderly persons.

Insane, ....Keeping spirituous liquors for sale,

Keeping malt liquors for sale.

Keeping cider for sale, .

Keeping open Sundays, .

Malicious trespass.

Neglecting to support his family,

Neglecting minor children.

Prize fighting.

Placing obstructions on railroad track.

Rude and disorderly conduct,

Rape, ....Safe keeping, .

Stealing,

Stealing a ride,

Selling spirituous liquor.

Selling cider, .

Stubborn child.

Threatening bodily harm.

Tramps,....Number of arrests made by G. S. Locke,

J. E. Rand,

John E. Tucker,

D. O. Andrews,

C. H. Sanders,

D. S. Flanders,

J. P. W. Roach,

Horace Robinson,


this state. The preservation of order and the suppression of

crime will compare favorably with any city.

This report shows that this department has not been idle.

AVhen the amount of territory covered and the distance travelled

are considered, a better idea is given how industrious the officers

have been. I know of no Police Department that has worked

harder than the Concord officers for the past year, and I take

pleasure in thanking each officer for his courteous treatment

and his hearty cooperation in all the duties pertaining to this

depai'tment.

In conclusion, I wish to extend to His Honor Stillman Hum-phrey, the mayor and chief of police, and your honorable body,

ray sincere thanks for the considerate treatment received at your

hands. To the citizens who have sustained the force by their

influence, and to the reporters who are always on the alert, and

to Harry G. Sargent, city solicitor, for the prompt and efficient

aid he has given, this department are under many obligations.

G. SCOTT LOCKE,City Marshal.

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 213

REPORT OF THE POLICE JUSTICE.


The Police Justice herewith submits his aunual report for the

year 1889 :

The number of civil actions entered before him was 126

The number of arraignments before him for criminal

offences was ....... 455

The nature and disposition of the prosecutions brought on

behalf of tl*e city are set forth in the report of the City Marshal

for the year 1889.

The Police Justice charges himself as follows :

For costs from criminal prosecutions, . . . $1,790.69

For fines from same, ...... 2,018.50

For fees for civil actions, ..... 67.57

$3,876.76

And discharges himself as follows :

Paid City Marshal for his fees in criminal prosecu-

tions and witness fees in same, .... $969.68

Paid witnesses, costs in criminal prosecutions not

brought in behalf of the city, and for complaints

and warrants not drawn by the City Solicitor, . 175.14

Paid City Treasurer, 2,731.94

$3,876.76

B. E. BADGER,Police Justice.

Concord, N. H., Dec. 31, 1889.

214 CITT OF CONCORD.

EEPOET OF THE SPECIAL JUSTICE.

To the City Council

:

The Special Police Justice submits the following report

:

I have held court one day, March 14, during the past year,

and there have been two criminal arraignments before me.

Two drunks ;—the defendants pleaded guilty, and were fined.

I charge myself as follows :

To fines in criminal cases, .... $6.00

To costs in criminal cases, .... 18.88

I discharge myself as follows;

By cash paid G. S. Locke, officers, and wit-

ness fees, $14.88

By cash paid city treasurer, . . . 10.00

$24.88

$24.

ROB'T A. RAY,Special Police Justice.

Concord, September 1, 1889.

CITY SOLICITOR. 215

KEPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.

To the City Council :

At the date of ray last annual report there were two cases

pending in the supreme court in which the city was interested

as a party. One of these cases. Concord against the Concord

Horse Railroad, was decided at the March Law term, 1889, and

the position taken by counsel for the city was sustained. The

temporary injunction against the railroad was made permanent.

Since that time the railroad has complied with its charter as

construed by the court, and applied to the mayor and aldermen

to locate the turn-out which was complained of, and the same

has been properly laid out and located.

In the case of Haskell v. Concord^ which has been referred to

Hon, Jeremiah Smith, of Dover, a view of the premises where

the alleged injury occurred has been taken, and the final hear-

ing of the case will soon be concluded. At the present time

there are several suits pending in the supreme court in which

the city is interested as a party. Two of these—the suit of

Lowell Eastman and the suit of Nancy L. Button—are claims

for damages to real estate which has been taken by the city for

highways. Under the statute these cases will be tried by the

county commissioners. The suit of the Amoskeag Manufactur-

ing Company is an action brought for an abatement of taxes

assessed on their land and water-power in Concord, which has

been paid b}' them under protest. The matter has been re-

ferred by the supreme court to a board of three commissioners,

consisting of Hon. E. G. Eastman and Winthrop N. Dow, of

Exeter, and Joseph Barnard, of Hopkinton. A hearing has been

commenced, and will soon be completed.

The actions of John C. Smith against Concord, and Maria

Harrison against Concord, are brought to recover for injuries


caused by alleged defects in the highway. In the Smith case

the damages claimed are $1,000, and the defect is alleged to

have been caused by the track and motor of the Concord Horse

Railroad. The Horse Railroad have assumed in connection with

the city the defence of the suit, and if any verdict is recovered

against the city, which I do not anticipate, it will be paid by

the Horse Railroad.

In the Harrison case damages are claimed in the sum of

$10,000, and the case will be in order for trial at the next April

term of the supreme court.

In October, 1889, certain parties who had purchased the Cen-

tral House, on Centre street, attempted to build an additional

story in the night-time, without the permission of the mayor and

aldermen, thereby violating the provisions of the city ordinance

establishing a fire precinct. On complaint of the board of fire

underwriters the mayor immediately caused proceedings to be

commenced, and the supreme court granted a temporary injunc-

tion against the proprietors of said building. Subsequently said

proprietors made a proper application to the mayor and alder-

men for permission to construct said additional story, which

was granted, and on payment of costs by the proprietors the

injunction was dissolved.

Numerous claims against the city for injuries caused by

alleged defects in the highways are continually being presented,

and as the number and length of the streets continue to in-

crease, the number of such claims are not likely to decrease in

the future. In these cases it is very important for the interest

of the city that all the facts and circumstances surrounding

each case should be ascertained while fresh in the minds of the

parties who have any knowledge in relation thereto. It not

infrequeutly happens that parties file claims against the city

nearly six mouths after the injury complained of occurred. In

such cases it is manifest that the city labors under a serious dis-

advantage in investigating the merits of the case, or in prepar-

ing to defend against the same. I would therefore recommend

that the commissioner of highways, or some other proper officer,

be instructed to investigate all the facts in connection with any

accident occurring in the use of the higliways in the city as

soon as the same comes to his knowledge from anv source,

CITY SOLICITOR. 217

whether any claim is filed against the city or not, and immedi-

ately thereafter report such facts to the city solicitor, with the

names of any persons whom he shall find to have any knowl-

edge in relation thereto.

HARRY G. SARGENT,Solicitor.


KEPOET OF CITY LIQUOR AGEIS'T.


In compliance with section 11, chapter 109 of the General

Laws of this state, and the resolution of the Board of Mayorand Aldermen, of May 26, 1888, establishing this agency, I

respectfully report the transactions of this office for the year

1889.

On hand January 1, and purchased during year

:

"Wines and liquors on hand January 1, per report,

209|- gallons, 72 bottles, and malt liquors 454

bottles, $883.26

Purchased of M. S. Brown, N. H. state liquor

commissioner, Boston, 515| gallons, 192

bottles, and malt liquors, 432 bottles, . 1,672.27

Total, 725 gallons, 264 bottles, and malt liquors,

886 bottles.

Freight, cartage, and express on purchased, . 17.16

Empty bottles on hand January 1, 79 4.76

Purchased, 510 24.1428.90

589Total stock, $2,601.59

MATERIAL AND EXPENSE ITEMS, OTHER THAN STOCK.

On hand January 1, per report, .... $95.65

Purchased stove, pipe, and fixtures, . . $15.00

screen doors and windows, office

Centre street, . . . 5.00

implements, furniture, &c., . 4.79

blank books and stationery, . 6.51

price-lists and circulars, . . 7.25

CITY LIQUOR AGENT. 219

Purchased wrappiug paper and corks, .


ON HAND.

Wines and liquors, 194} gallons, . $700.38

Less shortage and breakage for 3'ear, lOi

gallons, . . . . . . 30.60

Net, 184i gallons and 248 bottles, . . $669.78

64 empty bottles, 3.35

Other property, including furniture, implements, casks,

fuel, and other material, ..... 115.77

Due from M. S. Brown, on purchase account, for goods

returned, 29.60

$818.50COST OF SOLD AND EXPENSES.

Wines, liquors, and malt liquors, . . . $1,836.36

Empty bottles, 25.55

Other property, 36.60

Other expenditures, 965.08

$2,863.59

Cash received for sales, ....". $2,516.92

Cash deposited with city treasurer per his

receipts, $2,482.92

Cash on hand, 34.00

$2,516.92


N. F. LUND,City Liquor Agent.

Concord, N. H., Dec. 31, 1889.

State of New Hampshire,

Merrimack County ss.

January 1, 1890.

Personally appeared N. F. Lund, and made oath that the

foregoing account by him rendered is correct, according to his

best knowledge and belief. Before me,

J. A. COCHRAN,Justice of the Peace.

WHITE PARK. 221

REPOET OF THE PARK COMMISSIONT]RS.


The Park Commissioners beg leave to submit this their first

annual report.

At a meeting of the board held early in the summer it was

decided, in order to fulfil the agreement made by the city upon

the acceptance of White Park from the donor, Mrs. Nathaniel

White, that work should be commenced at once.

In the absence of a definite plan, it was decided that the

work done should be confined to the removal of the most un-

sightly features of the ground in order that a better and more

comprehensive study could be made for a plan, which the com-

missioners felt was the first step that should be taken, that the

work might be pursued with the best results.

The work the past season, excepting the careful preserva-

tion of the fine springs upon the ground and the construction of

an artificial pond, has been preparatory to more complete work

in the future. The services of Mr. Charles Eliot, of Boston,^

Mass., a prominent landscape architect, were secured later in

the season to make surveys and plans of the ground, and sub-

rait the same to the commissioners.

A preliminary plan was prepared and submitted by Mr. Eliot,

who is now at work perfecting same, and it will soon be laid

before the commissioners for their final consideration. It is

intended to show that the grounds can be developed year by

year, and thereby, with small expense, make this a beautiful

and attractive spot.

It will be seen by the report given elsewhere, that the com-

missioners had, as available funds at the beginning of the year,

$4,200, to which has been added the amount of the city appro-

priation, $1,000, for 1889, and from interest and other sources

S242.96, making A total of So,442. 96. There has been expended


for laboi- upon the grounds, and for incidentals during the year,

$1,838.84, leaving a balance of $3,604.12.

The commissioners feel assured that no mistake is being made

in the development of White Park, and thus offering to our cit-

izens, by its close proximity, the rare enjoyment of a " wood-

land park, with the shade of its dense canopy of trees as cool

and refreshing, and with springs of water as abundant and pure,

as can be found elsewhere in the state," making it a valuable

acquisition to our city ; they therefore respectfully ask that an

appropriation be made for the coming year.

Respectfully submitted :

STILLMAN HUMPHREY,JOHN F. JONES,BENJAMIN C. WHITE,HENRY W. CLAPP,JOSIAH MINOT,WILLIAM P. FISKE,

Park Commissioners.

WHITE PARK. 223

TKEASUKEE'S KEPOKT.

William P. Fiske, Treasurer,

In account with Park Commissioners.

To city appropriation, 1887, . . $1,000.00

" " 1888, . . 1,000.00

" " 1889, . . 1,000.00

cash received from Mrs. N. Wliite, 1,700.00

gift of Mrs. C. H. Newhall, . 500.00

received from interest on funds

in savings-bank, . . 238.96

received from sale of grass, . 4.00

$5,442.96

Cr.

By paid J. N. McClintock, survey, . $50.00

incidental expenses, . . 4.15

Humphrey & Dodge, . . 63.24

Brown & Abbott, . . . 70.00

Curtis White, superintendent, 295.00

for labor on grounds, . . 1,212.03

M. H. Johnson, stone work, . 107.25

Concord Water-Works, pipe, &c., 15.82

Walworth Mfg. Co., . . 17.60

Foss & Merrill, ... 3.75

balance cash on hand, . . . 3,604.12

$5,442.96


WM. P. FISKE,

Treasurer.


CEMETERIES.

To the City Council

:

The Cemetery Committee respectfully submit the following^

report for the year ending December 31, 1889

BLOSSOM HILL CEMETERY.RECEIPTS.

1888, as per report,

CEMETERIES. 225

P'rom sale of lots, ,


A. H. Ames, repairs,

CEMETERIES.


Edward A. Dow, care

CEMETERIES.


h. M. Chesley, care of 1

CEMETERIES


A. P. Sherburne, care of lot, $1.00

CEMETERIES.

G. G. Hatch, dressing and care of lot


Paid Cbas. Saltraarsh, 137i days,

Jeremiah Stevens, 7^ *'

McMaliiDSon, 163i "

Henry Deupaey, 165f "

Emanuel Charapaigne, 17^ da^

Paul Coemier,

Charles Tucker,

Abel Coemier,

Michael Vino,

Warren Tucker,

Clove Babiuo,

Albert Drew,

Sylvanus Malanson,

Charles Kendall,

Theodore Hannaford,

G. J. Benedict, Supt.,

31

8

7

5

1

2

1

1

8i5

and use of hor

from April 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890,

Hazeu Bradley, for loam

E. H. Runnells, teamino-,

C. P. Little, teaming,

G. J. Benedict, loam and

Manure, .

Pots for hot-bed,

W. H. Benedict, services,

H. M. Cook,

Printing bill.

Grass seed.

Lawn fertilizer.

Printing bill.

Repairs on tools,

A. L. Shackford, labor,

S. Cart&i' Morgan, "

Freight and teaming.

Canvas, .

500 bill-heads, .

Foss & Mei'rill, services,

Scribner & Britton, bill.

Salt,

Lawn-mower, .

md turf.

gradi "g.

$206.03

12.44

244.85

257.37

26.25

46.50

12.00

10.50

7.50

1.50

3.00

1.50

1.50

12.75

8.35

909.16

243.19

299.07

50.00

10.25

147.50

10 45

6.30

2.50

15.25

1.00

1.00

1.25

21.40

3.00

3.50

.90

3.00

2.00

12.00

2.95

5.40

8.50

CEMETERIES. 235

Paid sod cutter aud hose,

4 rakes, .

Step-ladder,

Sickles,

2 standing sprinklers,

1 small sprinkler,

2 saws,

1 wheel-barrow,

1 ladder, .

Sundry smaller tools.

Repairs on tool-house.

Stationery and stamps.

Lumber and nails,

E. B. Hutchinson, plank

Water bill,

H. W. Turcott, exchange of lot

A. C. Stacy, for lot,

1 pair grave straps, .

C. W. Rolfe, hot-bed sash

Advertising, . •

E. B. Hutchinson's bill.

Expressman,

A. G. McAlpine, labor,

Humphrey & Dodge,

Bill-heads,

Oil and paint, .

Lumber, .

Keg of lead.

Trees and shrubs for decorations.

Plants aud seeds for decorative pui

for 1889,

Bulbs for spring decoration, 1890,

City treasurer, one half sale of lots,

Cash in hands of the committee,

poses

SI. 20

1.00

1.40

2.35

6.25

1.00

2.60

2.00

1.00

17.69

1.10

5.90

2.18

.95

78.00

10.00

28.00

1.50

33.75

1.75

20.78

.75

53.77

19.95

2.00

1.55

2.00

.87

168.97

56.76

S3,572.19

32.70

$125.73

988.75

1,398.15

$6,824.51


OLD NORTH CEMETERY.

RECEIPTS.

Balance in hands of committee, Dec. 31, 1888, as

per report, . . $154.58

Account of interest on balance, .... 6.75

From Wm. F. Thayer, Treasurer, interest on invested

funds, 42.60

From Wm. F. Thayer, Treasurer, on account of

trust funds, as follows

Paul Weutworth fund,

T. French,

S. Eastman, "

A. Sweetser, ."

T. Osgood, "

Mrs. E. A. Pecker, "

H. Richardson,

Mrs. Wm. Abbott, repairs,

Mrs. Chas. Alexander, "

Timothy K. Blaisdell estate,

Mrs. S. M. Morse, repairs on Cady lot,

Mrs. Susan C. Evans, repairs,

Mrs. A. J. Lund, "

Mrs. W. F. Locke,

Mrs. Fred. McCauley, "

Mrs. J. W. Prescott,

Mrs. M. F. Rogers, '•

Mrs. Franklin Low, "

Milan D. Curamings, '•

G. R. Hills,

W. H. Horner,

Mrs. L. M. Curtice, care of lot,

A. J. Prescott, care of lots and dressing.

Joseph Stickney, care of lot and dressing

Mrs. Wm. Butterfield, repairs,

C. G. Coffln, dressing and care of lot,

$6.00

4.00

13.00

17.75

5.84

2.00

27.75

SIO.OO

12.80

12.00

16.50

10.00

5.00

11.95

15.20

14.50

10.00

26.00

3.50

1.00

1.50

1.00

3.00

7.00

.75

2.50

$76.34

CEMETERIES. 237

Received from

G. L. Lovejoy, grave digging,

H. A. Kendall,

Mrs. H. M. Wyatt, moving remains,

J. P. George, "

R. F. Robinson, "

John Ballard, "

E. McQuesten, "

G. R. Hills,

. $53.75


Account of error, receipts, 1888, H. T.

ChickerincT $4.00

Cash in hands of committee, .

$357.68

170.04

$527.72C. T. HUNTOON,CHAS. G. REMICK,FRANK J. BATCH?:LDER,

Committee.

Concord, N. H., Dec. 31. 1889.

Note. It will be seen by the foregoing report tliat we have

expended for bulbs, plants, and seeds, $125.73 ; and have re-

ceived from sale of same to lot owners, for cemetery decora-

tion, $124.53.

EAST CONCORD CEMETERY.

To the City Council

:

The Committee of Pine Grove Cemetery respectfully submit

the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889 :

Cash in bank, Dec. 31, 1888, .

CEMETERIKS. 239

WEST CONCORD CEMETERY.

Your committee would respectfully submit the foUowiuc

report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889 :

Received,

—

Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1889, .

Received for lots sold, ...." hay sold, ...." interest on cemetery fund to

Jan. 1, 1889, .

Paid,—

Paid city treasurer one half sale of lots,

for care and improvements,

Concord Manufacturing Co.,

Concord Water Works,

Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1890, .

S .24


Paid Robert Sunderland,

CEMETERIES. 241

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEEFOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BLOSSOM HILL

CEMETERY.

To the City Coxincil

:

The special committee for the improvement of Blossom Hill

cemetery respectfully submit the following report for the year

ending December 31, 1889 :

The work of the past season has been a continuation of the

front wall. Beginning at the south line of the approach to the

proposed gateway entrance, the wall has been extended on the

line of the street a distance of about 615 feet to the south-east

corner of the enclosure, at an expense, including surveys, of

S2,719.80. A corner post of suitable design at this boundary

point will complete the wall south of the approach to the gate-

way, unless the city should determine to enlarge the groundssomewhat by the purchase of an additional strip of land south-

erly, toward Penacook street, to straighten and improve the

south line—a suggestion which has received some consideration

from the committee, but upon which proposition no recommen-dation has as yet been agreed upon. It is presumed the city

will lower the grade of Rumford street at an early day to cor-

respond with the height of the wall as established by the en-

gineer, which will improve the appearance of the grounds fromthat direction.

The work has been done by J. R. McDonald, under the direc-

tion of the sub-committee, and the wall is believed to have been

laid in a thoroughly substantial manner. The grading required

for the laying of the wall has been done under contract with

Blown & Abbott and E. H. Runnells. The necessity for a

general levelling of and bringing to grade the inequalities of

tlie surface for a varying number of feet back from the line of

the completed wall and almost its entire length is an urgent16


one, but little cau be done in this direction at present without

an increased appropriation.

Details of expenditure will be found in the report of the

treasurer.

There still remains to be built about 350 linear feet of front

wall, to extend northerly that section laid in 1888, from the

point where it was left uncompleted to the north-east corner of

the cemetery, where another ornamental post to correspond

with that at the other corner will be required. These posts will

also correspond in general design with the work of the arched

gateway proposed. In addition to this the approaches to the

main gateway should be constructed the coming season. This

will require about 70 feet of curved (convex) wall on each side

of the entrance way, or a total of 140 feet. This will presum-

ably be somewhat more expensive to build than the straight

wall. Definite plans should also be made for the arched gate-

way.

Your committee renew the hope expressed in a former report

that some individual or number of individuals may contribute

the means for erecting a memorial gateway that shall serve as

an enduring tribute to the memories of the departed, and evi-

dence the tender love and generosity of the donors.

Whilfr your committee do not feel disposed to unduly urge

upon an already burdened city the necessity for an increased

appropriation for this work of improvement, they regret that it

does not progress more rapidly ; that the date of its completion

at the rate now followed must be considerably remote. Do we

realize that this now hallowed spot was consecrated thirty years

ago ; that since that time a generation has passed away ; that

of the committee who made the selection, all but one ; that five

of the six clergymen who participated in the exercises of con-

secration, and the mayor who presided on that occasion, are

now numbered with the silent ; that within this sacred enclos-

ure repose the remains 'of between four and five thousand of

our much loved dead, endeared to us by the tenderest and

most holy memories ; that the time is not far distant when this

silent city of the dead may outnumber the city of the living;

that while in the latter so many pleasing evidences of thrift

abound, this resting-place of those who made our city so comely

CEMETERIES. 243

aud attractive, and sanctified these homes of ours, is still in a

condition (surrounded here aud there by remnants of unshapely

aud tumbling pasture wall) hardly compatible with our love?

While the expenditure of individual means for the adornment

of private enclosures has been liberal aud tasteful, surely the

appropriations of the municipality for the improvement of its

general appearance have been by no means lavish or excessive.

When this measure, the improvement of the cemetery, was be-

fore the former city council, one of its members and one from

an outlying ward urged the appropriation of a sufficient sum to

speedily complete the needed improvements, and distribute over

a short term of years the paj'ment of the debt incurred. That

suggestion may not, perhaps, be unworthy of consideration at

this time.


JOHN C. ORDWAY,Secretary of the Committee.

Concord, Dec. 31, 1889.


TREASUREK'S REPORT.

William F. Thayer, Treas. Special Committee Blossom Hill

Cemetery.

RECEIPTS,

FIKE DEPARTMENT. 245

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

KEPOET OF THE CHIEF-ENGIKEER.

To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council :

I herewith submit the annual report of the Fire Department,

showing the work done in the year 1889, the loss by fire, and

amounts received from insurance on property damaged ; a list

of officers and members, apparatus, hose, hydrants, and reser-

voirs, and their location ; rules governing the Fire Department

;

also a table of the fire alarm boxes.

The work of the Department up to October 28 was under the

efficient management of Chief Charles C. Blanchard, when he

was called to his long home by death after a sickness of three

weeks. After his death Assistant-Engineer Andrew L. Lane

performed the duties of Chief until the election of the present

incumbent by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen December 10,

1889.

FIRES AND ALARMS.

The Precinct Department responded to twelve box alarms

and nine still alarms.

The Penacook Department responded to five alarms.

The East Concord Department responded to two alarms.

The West Concord Department responded to one alarm.

Total, twenty-eight.

ALARMS AND FIRES IN PRECINCT.

February 15, 7 : 26 p. m., box 25, test alarm by Chief Blanch-

ard, for drill.

February 17, 2 : 4 p. m., box 18, Washington street, dwelling-

house owned by Mrs. Cavis S. Hill, occupied by Jason Howe.

Loss on house, $400 ; insurance, none. Loss on contents, none;

insurance, none. '


February 23, still, chimney fire, George E. Chesley, Prince

street ; no loss.

February 23, still, chimney fire, Dr. Pratt's house, Warren

street ; no loss.

March 17, 12 :48 p. m., box 52, house, barn, and shed owned

and occupied by John H. Lamprey. Loss on buildings, $800;

insurance, $800. Loss on contents, $150 ; insurance, 150.

March 26, still, chimney at house of Geo. W. Drew, Cam-

bridge street ; no loss.

April 11, still, house of H. F. Paul, South street ; no loss.

April 28, still, chimney. Downing street ; no loss.

June 18, 11:54 a. m., box 13, dwelling owned by Walter

Bates. Loss on house, $14.70; insurance, $14.70.

June 21, 6 : 35 A. m., box 32, Giles street, brushwood ; no loss.

June 21, still, chimney. Bowery Avenue ; no loss.

September 30, still, chimney, house of Geo. Smith, Prince

street ; no loss.

October 1, 7:20 p. m., box 24, fire in shed of the American

House. Loss, $31 ; insurance, $31.

October 7, 6:37 a. m., box 17, Tremont street, dwelling

owned by Mary Spain. Loss, $25 ; insurance, $25.

October 12, 8 : 20 p. m.. School street extension, house owned

and occupied by Lewis Martin. Loss on house and contents,

$400 ; no insurance.

October 18, 5:44 p. m., box 42, chimney, Mrs. Halpin's

house, Monroe street ; no loss.

October 23, 11 : 40 a. m., chimney, Avery block. South Main

street. Loss, $2.50 ; insurance, $2.50.

October 24, still, 1 : 30 p. m., house on Warren street owned

by Mrs. S. A. Dustin. Damage to house, $40 ; insurance, $40.

Damage to E. E. Clarke, $75 ; insurance, $75.

November 15, 12:20 a. m., box 25, Phenix hotel. Loss on

room and furniture, $51.74; insurance, $51.74.

November 16, still, chimney, house occupied by Mr. Sargent,

Centre street ; no loss.

November 24, 4:43 a. m., box 14, stables and car-house of

the Concord Horse Railroad. Total loss on buildings, $3,600.

Loss on contents, $1,800. Insurance on buildings, $3,600.

Insurance on contents, $1,800.

FIRE DEPARTMENT. 247

November 24, 12:30 a. m., American House. Loss on fur-

niture, $1G.55 ; insurance paid, $16.55.

PENACOOK.

January 28,8:15 p. m., burniuiy chimney, Crescent street,

Boscawen ; uo loss.

April 18, 8 p. M., fire in yard Concord Axle Co., Boscawen;

no loss.

April 21, 11 : 25 a. m., dwelling-house of Francis Jimmery on

West Canal street, caused by burning chimney. Loss, $500;

insurance paid, $500.

October 2, 3 :40 p. m., chimney, house of Rev. J. W. Bean on

Spring street ; no loss.

November 7, 11 : 15 a. m., dwelling-house of Mrs. Martha J.

Morrill, caused by burning chimney. Loss, $62.87 ; insurance

paid, $62.87.

east conooru.

March 18, 1 a. m., dwelling-house. Potter street, owned and

occupied by Chas. D. Rowell. Loss on building and contents,

$400; insurance paid, $78.

November 49, 10 p. m., house and barn, owned and occupied

by Nathaniel P. Richardson. Total loss, buildings, $600. Con-

tents, $300. No insurance.

WEST CONCORD.

April 2. 3 A. M., dwelling-house, owned by Concord Mfg. Co.

Loss, $140 ; insurance paid, $140.

Summary.

Precinct, ....Penacook, ....East Concord, ....West Concord, . . . ,

Totals, .....In the Precinct Department are 4,400 feet Paragon, 100 feet

jacket, 800 feet American jacket, 700 feet Boston woven hose.

Insurance• Paid.


Penacook, 1,200 feet fabric, 1,000 feet leather. West Concord,

1,000 feet leather hose. East Concord, 600 feet leather hose.

HYDRANTS.

There are 174 public and 22 private hydrants, 4 public

hydrants being put in this year.

APPARATUS AND FORCE.

The force of the Department is as follows : In the Precinct,

at the Central Station, two second-class Amoskeag steamers,

—

" Kearsarge" with " Kearsarge Hose" (16 men), and Gov. Hill

relief steamer with Eagle Hose (13 men). The hose-carriages

are both of Amoskeag manufacture with reels. Hook and lad-

der carriage " City of Concord" (20 men). All the apparatus is

drawn b}' horses. All the men in these companies are call men.

Permanent men are* steward, assistant steward, and three

drivers. There are six horses beside the steward's horse held

within reasonable distance. Alert Hose (12 men), at the North

End. The Alerts use a modern hose-wagon, and are provided

with a horse kept constantly at the hose-house.

Good-Will Hose (12 men), South End. The Good-Will use

a modern hose-wagon, purchased by members of the company,

and are provided with a horse in the house. Each company

has a swing harness. All the men are call men.

The "Pioneer" steamer at Penacook (28 men) is a fourth-

class Silsby, with a second-class Amoskeag hose-carriage. The

steamer can be drawn by horses or by hand, as necessity

requires.

The "Old Fort" at East Concord, and the "Cataract" at

West Concord, are hand-engines, with jumpers for hose. Each

company has 30 men. All the companies in the Department

are supplied with hose-sleighs, except " Old Fort" at East Con-

cord.

We desire to thank all the officers and members of the Depart-

ment, and the Mayor and City Council, for their willing support

accorded to us in our duties as Chief of the Department.

CHARLES A. DAVIS,

Chief of Fire Department.


SUMMARY OF MEMBERS.

IN PRECINCT.

Engineers, ........ 4

Steamer and Hose members, . . . . . 16

Hose members, . . . . . . . 37

Hook and Ladder members, ..... 20

Steward, assistant steward, and regular drivers (3), 5

WITHOUT PRECINCT

Engineers,

Members at Penacook, .

Members at East Concord,

Members at West Concord,

Total,

3

28

30

30

91

173

SUMMARY OF APPARATUS.

Steam fire engines, .

Hand engines.

Hose carriages (four-wheeled)

Hose wagon, .

Hose reels (two-wheeled),

Hose sleighs, .

Hook and Ladder truck, .

Hook and Ladder sleigh,

Supply wagon,

Supply sleigh,


KOLL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Charles A. Davis,

Cliief Englneei'.

Carriage manufacturer. 25 Washington Street.

A.sslstant 3i:ng:iiieers.

PRECINCT.

Cor. State and Pearl Streets!

West Street.

19 Perley Street.

William E. Dow,


KEARSARGE" STEAM FIRE ENGINE AND HOSE COM-PANY No. 2.

William C. Green, Foreman. Charles C. Barrett, Clerk.

Sylvester T. Ford, Asst. Foreman. James H. Sanders, Engineer and Treasurer.


ALERT" HOSE COMPANY No.

OFFICERS.

Fred S. Johnson, Foreman.

Frank H. Silver, Asst. Foreman.

John Seavet, Steward.

Fred Leighton, Clerk.

James K. Kennedy, Treasurer.


'CITY OF CONCORD" HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY No. 1.

"Will W. Kennedy, Foreman.

Edwabd E. Lane, Asst. Foreman.

Fred U. Lane, Clerk.

Bert D. Taylor, Treasurer.

Fred Rushlow, Steward.

MEMBERS.

Badge No. Names.

Will W. Kennedy,

Edward E. Lane,

Fred U. Lane,

Frank P. Burnham,

Frank T. Bean,

Chas. E. Palmer,

Burt Taylor,

Lucius D. Caldon,

Will A. King,

Chas. T. Flanders,

George A. Huntoon,

Henry V. Tittermore,

Benjamin Ouellette,

Philip Plummer,

Thomas F. Symonds,

Fred Rushlow,

George S. Kellom,

John G. Wells,

Frank J. Hodgdon,

John Trenoweth,

Occupations.

Upholsterer,

Carriage builder, A. D. Co.,

Clerk,

Blacksmith, A. D. Co.,


Carriage builder, A. O. Co.,

Carpenter,


Machinist, N. R. R.,


Carriage builder. Holt's,

Teamster,

Woodworker, Concord R. R.-

Wood-worker, Concord R. R.

Barber,

Painter, A. D. Co.,

Stone-cutter,

Painter, A.D. Co.,

Blacksmith, A D. Co.,

Stone-cutter,

Residences.

Rumfbrd st.

5 Fremont st.

19 I'erley st.

11 Downing st.

Avon St.

112 School St.

Franklin st.

9 West St.

13 Prince st.

4 Avon St.

13 Laurel st.

41 Downing st.

10 JefTerson st.

, 77 North Spring st.

28 Grove st.

1 Pierce st.

90 Washington st.

30 Grove st.

Laurel st.

Franklin st.

Hook and Ladder truck made by Abbot-Downing Co., Concord, N. H., drawn by

two horses.


PIONEER " STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, No. 3.

Penacook.

John H. Rolfe, Foreman.

Abial W. Eolpe, Asst. Foreman.

John B. Dodge, Cleric and Treasurer.

Henry Rolpe, Foreman of Hose.

Geokge S. Locke, Engineer.

Enoch E. Rolfe, Steward.

MEMBERS.

Names.

John H. Rolfe,

Abial W. Rolfe,

John B. Dodge,

Henry Rolfe,

George S. Locke,

Herbert M. Sabin,

Enoch E. Rolfe,

Frank O. Emerson,

Walter H. Rolfe,

David S. Marsh,

Samuel G. Sanborn,

James Kelley,

Ed. B. Fresco tt,

George H. Sager,

George H. Tucker,

Harper S. Allen,

Thomas C. French,

Fred C. Ferrin,

Whitney D. Barrett,

Ruel G. Morrill,

Allen C. Bean,

Arthur D. Farnum,

William P. Chandler,

Lester W. Prescott,

Ed. C. Durgin,

Peter A. Keenan,

Leslie H. Crowther,

Daniel Smith,

Lawrence W. Rolfe,

Fred M. Dodge,

Occupations.

Post-Master,

Door manufacturer,

Glazier,

Car-painter,

Saw manufacturer,

Machinist,

Cabiuet-maker,

Stationary engineer,

Machinist,

Furniture dealer.

Blacksmith,

Axle-maker,

Butcher,

Machinist,

Axle-maker,

Door-maker,

Carpenter,

Cabinet-maker,

Axle-maker,

Butcher,

Teamster,

Blind-maker,

Carpenter,

Saw-maker,

Carpenter,

Cabinet-maker,

Cabinet-maker,

Marketman,

Student,

Student,

Residences.

Summer st.

Penacook st.

Merrimack st.

Penacook st.

Merrimack st.

Washington st.

Church St.

Elm St.

Merrimack st.

Centre st.

Main st.

Church St.

Main st.

High St.

Washington st.

Merrimack st.

Charles st.

High St.

Merrimack st.

Washington st.

Centre st.

Merrimack st.

High St.

Main st.

Summer st.

High St.

Union st.

Summer st.

Summer st.

Merrimack st.

Steamer " Pioneer " is a fourth-class Silsby. Hose carriage is a four-wheel Amoskeag.


"OLD FORT" ENGINE COMPANY, No. 2.

East Concord.

OFFICERS.

H. H. Carpkntkk, Foreman. John C. Hutghins, Treasurer.

O. W. Coon, Asst. Foreman. C. C. Robinson, Clerk.

Joseph E. Plummek, Steivard.

Names.

H. H. Carpenter,

O. W. Coon,

John C. Hutchins,

Cyrus E. Robinson,

Joseph E. Plummer,

Elbridge Emery,

George H. Curtis,

Daniel B. Sanborn,

Ami Dubia,

Charles C. Chesley,

Anthony P. Gate,

Henry H. Bean,

William L. Bachelder,

Albert H. Moores,

William H. Smith,

James L. Potter,

Martin F. Rowell,

Samuel G. Potter,

George O Robinson,

Irwin Robinson,

Henry P. Hutchins,

Samuel Davis, Jr.,

Jedediah C. Carter,

Fred Rollins,

Charles P. White,

Ross W. Gate,

James Carter,

William E. Virgin,

Charles H. Staniels,

Arthur Swain,

Wesley Fields,

MEMBERS.

Occupations.

Hose-maker,

Butcher,

Enuiineer,

Hos(>-maker,

Painter,

Farmer,

Cabinet-maker,

Fanner,

Watchman,

Blacksmith,

Blacksmith,

Farmer,

Farmer,

Butcher,

Machinist,

Farmer,

Farmer,

Milk-dealer,

Hose-maker,

Wood-worker,

Fireman,

Clerk,

Stone-cutter,

Painter,

Machinist,

Horse-shoer,

Farmer,

Wood-worker,

Storekeeper,

Moulder,

Farmer,

Residences.

Portsmouth st.

Portsmouth st.

Penacook st.

Penacook st.

Penacook st.

Potter St.

Portsmouth st.

Shaker st.

Eastman st.

Penacook st.

Shawmut st.

Shawmut st.

Potter St.

Portsmouth st.

Eastman st.

Potter St.

Potter St.

Appleton St.

Penacook st.

East Clinton st.

Penacook st.

Pembroke st.

Portsmouth st.

Shaker st.

Penacook st.

Penacook st.

Potter St.

Penacook st.

Penacook st.

Shawmut st.

Penacook st.

Hunneman 5-inch cyli hand engine, with hose jumper—drawn by hand.


CATARACT" ENGINE COMPANY No. 3.

West Concord.

Frank C. Blodgett, Foreman.

James Fannon, Jr., Asst. Foreman.

George W. Kemp, Clerk.

Andrew J. Abbott, Treasurer.

Patrick Ryan, Jr., Foreman of Hose.

Hiram E. Quimby, Steward.

MEMBERS.

2^ames.

Frank C. Blodgett,

James Fannon, Jr.,

George W. Kemp,

Andrew J. Abbott,

Patrick Ryan, Jr.,

Hiram E. Quimby,

John V. Spead,

Fred li. Bessie,

William A. Little,

Herbert B. Peabody,

Abial C. Abbott,

AVilliam Lynch,

James W. Welsh,

Sylvanus E. Danforth,

Patrick Conway,

Cornelius A. Giles,

Thomas Hearn,

John Crowley,

James Cotton,

Michael T. Hayes,

Fred K. Blodgett,

Miles McSweeney,

Occupations.

Quarryman,

Stone-cuttter,

Mill operative,

Farmer,

Stone-cutter,

Stone-cutter,

Quarryman,

Stone-cutter,

Section boss.

Stone-cutter,

Quarryman,

Quarryman,

Expressman,

Carpenter,

Engineer,

Stone-cutter,

Fireman,

Blacksmith,

Stone-cutter,

Quarryman,

Stone-cutter,

Mill operative.

Residences.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st.

Hopkinton road.

Main st.

Main st.

High St.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st. •

High St.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st.

Main st.

Hutchins St.

Main st.

High St.

Main st.

Main st.

Hunneman 6-inch cylinder hand engine, two hose jumpers and hose sleigh in charg*

of this company, drawn by hand.


REGULATIONS OP THE CONCORD PRECINCTFIRE DEPARTMENT.

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS, AUGUST, 1888.

Article 1. Any engine or hose company running out a line of hose

from a hydrant or steamer shall be entitled to the pipe, although the

hose of other companies may be attached in order to reach the fire ; and

any company coming to a fire, and finding an mcomplete line of hose laid

out from a hydrant or steamer, shall attach to and lengthen out such

line in lieu of laying a line of its own.

Art. 2. When two or more engine or hose companies are playing in

a continuous line, the pipe shall belong to the company attaching to

the hydrant or steamer, as provided in the foregoing article ; but any

company furnishing the entire line, and receiving water from a steamer,

the pipe shall belong to such company so receiving.

Art. 3. Each engine and hose company shall have equal claim to the

hydrants ; but it is enjoined upon the engine companies to draught tlieir

own water from a reservoir, wherever a suitable one can be found within

a reasonable distance.

Art. 4. No company shall take possession of a hydrant or reservoir,

unless their hose and apparatus for attaching to the same are at hand and

ready for use. The company which shall be thus ready shall be entitled

to such hydrant or reservoir ; but, upon the order of an engineer, another

company may attach a second line of hose from such hydrant or steamer,

in case the same may be necessary, such company having first laid its

hose, and being ready to attach the same.

Art. 5. No engineer shall interfere with or attempt to give orders

relative to the location or use of a line of hose when he has ascertained

that another has command of it, unless by consent of the engineer in

charge of it, or by orders of the officer in command at the fire ; and it

shall be his duty to inquire whether there is an officer in charge.

Art. 6. In proceeding to, working at, or returning from fires, noisy

demonstrations are strictly prohibited, and it is required of officers of

companies to maintain perfect order and decorum in their respective com-mands during all such service.

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Art. 7. No company, while returning from a fire, will be allowed to

proceed faster than a walk, and it must at all times keep on the right of

the street. Drivers are strictly enjoined, in proceeding to a fire, to use

the utmost care and caution consistent with promptness. Racing between

companies is forbidden under any circumstances. Any collision or

casualty occurring to horses or apparatus will be considered a sufficient

cause for the suspension of the driver in charge at the time.

Art. 8. No member of any company shall leave the city without first

informing his foreman ; no foreman or assistant engineer, without first

notifying the chief engineer,—in each case the party so leaving providing

a substitute.

Art. 9. In case of fire, the foreman first arriving shall be in commanduntil the arrival of an engineer.

Art. 10. Any order issued by the chiif or an assistant engineer shall

be promptly obeyed.

RULES FOR DRIVERS.

The drivers shall be required to occupy sleeping apartments in the

Central Station, each being allowed two nights off each week, from 9

o'clock p. M. to 6 o'clock a. m., upon particular nights to be designatd,

by the steward.

They shall be at or near the station at all times, except when employed

by the superintendent of streets, or absent by permission of the steward

or an engineer, and shall perform such duties as the steward or chief-

engineer may direct.

They shall groom and take proper and trusty care of their horses

;

shall keep the stables clean, and the harnesses and all things pertaining

to their department In order ; shall have the horses harnessed as directed,

and not leave the station without everything In readiness for Immediate

service ; shall exercise their horses when required by the steward or chief-

engineer, and practise care and economy In feeding and general manage-

ment.

In case of fire, the drivers shall be subject to the orders of any engi-

neer.


FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FIRE-ALARM BOXES.

For the purpose of uniformity in numbering the fire-alarm boxes, the

city is divided into five districts, viz. :

District 1 Embraces that section of the city north and west of

Washington street, box 17 of this division being located on the south side

of the street.

District 2. Embraces all between School and Washington streets.

District 3. Embraces all between Pleasant and School streets.

Districts 4 and 5. Embrace all south of Pleasant street.

The first figure of the box number will indicate the district.

District No. I.

13. Franklin and Rumford.

14. State and Penacook.

15. Main and Church.

16. Franklin and Jackson.

17. Alert Hose House.

18. Greeley & Todd's store.

District No. 2.

23. Main and Chapel.

24. Main and Centre.

25. Main and School.

26. Centre and Union.

27. School and Merrimack.

District No. 3,

32. AVarren and Pine.

34. Central Fire Station.

35. Main and Pleasant.

36. Pleasant and Spring.

37. Junction Pleasant and Washington.

District No. 4.

41. South and Thompson.

42. Good-AVill Hose House.

43. Main and Fayette.

45. L. B. Hoit's Store.


46. Perley and Grove.

47. South, opposite Downing.

48. Thorndike and South.

49. West and Mills.

District No. 5.

52. Turnpike and Allison.

Private Boxes.

5. Concord and Northern Railroads—north end Passenger Depot.

6. The Abbot-Downing Company.

7. New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.

8. Page Belting Company.

33. State House.

Names of key-holders will be found on the boxes.

FIRE-ALARM SIGNALS.

1. Alarms rung in from boxes 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 52,

will not be responded to by the Alert Hose until signalled. The signal

to proceed to the fire will be a second alarm ; the signal of dismissal, three

strokes of the bells.

2. Alarms rung in from boxes 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, and 26 will not

be responded to by Good-Will Hose until signalled. They will be gov-

erned by the same signals as the Alert Hose.

3. Eleven consecutive strokes of the bells, following any regular box

alarm, or during any fire, is a call for the relief steamer (Gov. Hill),

and will be responded to by Eagle Hose, which has that steamer in

charge. The relief steamer will, however, respond to the first alarm

from Box 7 (N. H. Asylum for the Insane) without special call.

4. Two rounds of each eleven strokes of the bells, with an intermission

of one minute between the rounds, without any regular box alarm, will

signalize the requirement of a steamer from outside the Precinct, and

will be responded to by Kearsarge and Eagle Hose companies alone.

In case further aid is necessary, the box-alarm 34 (Central Station) will

follow.

(These rounds of eleven strokes, which are signals for the relief

steamer, or a call from out of town, must not be confounded with an

alarm from private boxes 5, 6, 7, or 8.)


From the above, it will be seen that the companies are subject to calls

as follows

:

Steamer Kearsarge and Hose—To all calls except the relief steamer.

Eagle Hose—To all calls, including the relief.

Hook and Ladder—To box alarms only.

Alert Hose—To box alarms only above Pleasant street, all private

boxes, and upon second alarm to boxes below.

Good-Will Hose—To box alarms only below Centre street, all private

boxes, and upon second alarm to boxes above.

The signal for dismissal (three strokes) is used only for the purpose of

notifying the companies not on duty that their services are not required,

and does not imply that the fire is out, or that the companies on duty are

dismissed.

TESTING SIGNALS.

For the purpose of testing the condition and accuracy of the fire-alarm

telegraph, a box alarm will be rung in every Monday afternoon at 4 : 30

o'clock precisely. It will be one single round only, indicating by the

strokes on the bells the number of the box ; and the box will then be cut

out, and no additional round sounded. The boxes used for this purpose

will vary each week, alternating in the circuits.

Upon each other week-day a single blow upon the bell will be struck

from the button of a box, alternating as before mentioned.

THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH

Is the " Gamewell " patent. It embraces nineteen miles of wire on the

main lines, and seven miles of extension wire for call-bells.

On the main line are twenty-five fire-alarm boxes belonging to the city,

and four private boxes,—in all, twenty-nine. There are three alarm

bells,—one of 3,724 pounds (bell-metal), one of 3,740 pounds (bell

metal), and one of 2,000 pounds (American steelj. There are also seven

engine-house gongs, four mechanical tappers, one four-circuit repeater,

and three indicators.

On the extension line are twenty-three call-bells.

The battery consists of 103 cups for the main line, and five cups for

the extension.

The alarm was put in in 1880 by Edwin Rogers, 27 Federal street,

Boston, Mass.


PUBLIC RESERVOIRS.

1. Main street, opposite Abbot-Downing Co.'s,

2." near Thorndike street,*

3. " corner of Pleasant street,*

4. " middle front state-house yard,

6. " rear city hall,

6. State street, corner of Washington street,*

7. Rumford street, near Josiah Minot's,

8. Orchard street, corner of Pine street,*

9. School street, corner of Summit street,* .

10. Centre street, corner of Union street,

11. Gas-holder, rear of Main street,*

12. Franklin street, corner of Lyndon street,*

*Brick, cemented.

Capacity- -Cubic feet.

1,000

1,500

1,500

1,500

2,000

2,000

1,000

4,000

3,500

1,100

44,000

1,500

INDEX.

A-Ccounts and claims 2

committee 5

Adams, S. M. K. trust 32

Aldermen 3

Alert Hose, expenses 67

Alert Hose, list of members 252

Appropriations, 1889 55

Assets of city 49

Assistant city marshal 11

Assistant physician 16

Assistant engineers 9

Assistant steward central station 10

Beds at hospital, expense 89

Benson, Matilda, trust 40

Blossom Hill cemetery, report 224

trust 29

improvement expense 89

special committee, report 291

Births in year 1889 162

Board of education. Union School District 6

health 16

expense 87

report 144

water commissioners, report 99

Bonds of precinct 50

Borough district 75

Bridges and culverts, expense 71

Caldwell, Benj . F., trust 41

Cataract Engine Co., expense , 68

members • 256

Cemetery, Blossom Hill, trust 29

improvement 89

special committee, report 241

committees 17

East Concord trust 30

Millville trust 30

Old Korth trust 28

report 236

West Concord trust 29

Cemeteries, standing committee 5

Central highway district 70Central station, expenses 66

264 INDEX.

Chief-engineer 9

Chief-engineer's report 245

City appropriations 55

and precinct debts, recapitulation 50

bonds outstanding 48

clerk 4

expenses 61

government officers 3

liquor agent 219

marshal 11

marshal's report 208

assistant 12

messenger 6

poor 203

poor expenses 62

physician 16

assistant 16

report 160

precinct bonds 50

solicitor — 11

report 215

treasurer 6

report 58

Cleaning and sprinkling streets, expense. 72

Clerk, city 4

of common council 4

of police court 11

of wards 20

Collector of taxes 6

report 57

Common council 4

Commissioner of highways 14

report 116

Commissioners, water-works 9

Committees, joint standing 4

Committee service, expense 82

on accounts and claims 5

cemeteries. 5

elections and returns 5

engrossed ordinances 5

finance 4

fire department 5

lands and buildings ; 5

lighting streets. ^ 5

parks and commons 5

police.and licenses 5

public instruction 5

roads and bridges 5

sewers and drains 5

report 128

Concrete receipts 117

Council men 4

Countess of Rumford trust 28

County poor 204

County tax 61

Crow, Mary, trust 34

Culler of staves 22

INDEX. 2G5

X>eaths in year 1889 187

Debts of city 48

Decoration day, expenses 89

Department reports 97

Dog tax 96

Drain-layers 15

Eagle Hose Co., members 251

expenses 67

East Concord Cemetery report 239

trust 30

school committee 7

reserv oir expense 89

river district 72

village, highway district 73

Eastman, Seth, trust 37

Educational reports 133

Egypt, highway district 74

Ela, Georgiana P., trust 39

Elections and returns, committee 5

Engineers of fire department 9

expense 64

Engrossed ordinances, committee on 5

Expenses for 1889 61

recapitulation 94

Fence-viewers 21

Finance committee — 4

report 60

Fire-alarm boxes 257

expenses 69

superintendent 10

telegraph 257

Fire department, committee 5

expenses 64

oflHcers 9

property 53

regulations 257

report 245

roll of members 250

Fire hydrants 113

Fires and alarms 245

Fish and game wardens 21

Fogg, George G., trust 33

Fowler, Asa, trust 35

French, Theodore, trust 31

Funded debt 48

Oale, Daniel E., trust 40

Good Will Hose, expenses 68

house (special) 90

members 252

Hart, Mary D., trust . 35

Health department reports 144

expense 87

Health officers 16

report 152

Highways, commissioner of. 1

266 INDEX.

Highway department, expenses 69

property 54

report 116

Hook and Ladder Co., expenses 68

members 253

Horse Hill highway district 73

Hot Hole Poud highway district 73

Hydrant expenses 91

Hydrants, location of 113

Incidentals and land damage, expense 76

Inspector of petroleum 20

Interest paid 61

by precinct 91

Irish, Sarah E., trust 38

Joint standing committees 4

Justice police court 11

special 11

liearsarge steamer, expenses 67

members 251

Kimball, John and Benjamin A., trust 39

Knowlton, Edward L., trust 32

Land and buildings committee 5

Larkin, B. L., trust 41

Legal expense 84

Librarian 8

report 135

Library, trustees— 8

report 135

Licensed drain-layers 1&

Lighting streets, committee 5

expenses 91

Peuacook 92

Little Pond Road highway district 73

Long Pond liighway district 76

Long Pond North highway district 73

Lyon, G. Parker, trust 27

n^Iacadamizing expenses 71

Marriages for year 1889 171

Marshal, city 11

Mast Yard highway district 73

Mayor, how elected and salary 3

Mayors of Concord, list of 25

McQuestion, James-, trust SI

Messenger, city 6

Millville district 74

Moderators, list of 1*

Mortality report 198

Mountain highway district 74

Municipal funded debt 48

IVewhall, Mrs. C. H., trust 34

Night watch 12

North Concord highway district 74

Number four highway district 74

INDEX. 267

Old Fort Engine Co., expenses . 68

members 255

Old North cemetery report 236

Old North Cemetery trust 28

Osgood, David, trust 27

True, trust.'.

37

Overseers of the poor 15

Overseer of the poor, report 203

I*age, William, trust 39

Park commissioners 17

Park, White, improvement 89

Parks and commons, committee 5

Pauper expenses 62

Paupers, city 203

county 204

Paving 72

Pecker, Mrs. E. A , trust 40

Penacook highway district 75

intervale highway district 75

park 17

expense 88

superintendent 17

school committee 7

sewer precinct 52

expense 92

report 128

Petroleum, inspector 20

Physician, city 16

assistant 16

Pierce, Franklin, trust 27

Pioneer steamer, expense 67

engine-house 90

members 254

Police and licenses, committee 5

watch, expenses 79

court, clerk 11

department, reports 208

justice 11

report 213

Policemen 12

Police, special 12

at Concord Horse Railroad 14

Polls from I860 to 1889 46

Poor, overseers of the 15

Population of city 45

Bound-keeper 21

Potter street highway district 75

Precinct appropriations 56

expenses 90

funded debt 49

property 54Printing and stationery, expense 84

Property belonging to city 53

Public instruction, committee 5

library, expenses 85

report 137

^68 INDEX.

Public library trustees 8

Public reservoirs 262

Publisliiuo; town records 90

nailroad police 14

Rate of taxation 45

Keal estate owned by city 49

Rebate on city precinct taxes 92

Registiar's report 162

Registrar of vital statistics 16

Regular appropriations, 1889 55

Regulations for claims 2

Report of Blossom Hill cemetery 224

special committee 241

board of health 144

chief-engineer 245

city marshal 208

city physician 160

city solicitor 215

city treasurer 58

city liquor agent 218

collector of taxes 57

commissioner of highvyays 116

East Concord cemetery 238

finance committee 60

fire department 245

health officer 152

librarian 137

Old North cemetery 236

overseer of the poor • 203

park commissioners 221

police justices 213,214

registrar of vital statistics 162

sewers and drain committee 128

superintendent of water-works 103

treasurer of library 143

treasurer of water-works 110

treasurer of parks 223

trustees of public library 135

water commissioners 99

West Concord cemetery 239

Reservoir, East Concord, expense 89

Roads and bridges, committee on 5

Roll of fire department 250

Richardson, Hiram, trust 41

Running expenses 61

Recapitulation 94

Salaries 83

Sanborn highway district 75

Sanitiiry olHcer 16

School committees 7

School District No. 20 bonds 51

Schools, expense of. 84

Schools, supei-intendent of. 6

School-house taxes 85

Sealers of leather 21

Sealer of weights and measures 21

INDEX. 260

Selectmen 19.

Sewers and drains, committee 5

expense 91

report on 128

Sidewalks and crossings, expenses 72

Solicitor, city 11

Solicitor's report 215

Special appropriations, 1889 56

police 12

justice 11

Sprinkling streets 119

Standing committees 5.

State-house loan outstanding 48

State tax 61

Stone quarries, receipts 96

Steward, Central tire station 10

Street department, property 54

report 116

sprinkling 119

Superintendent of city clocks 10

tiie alarm 10

Penacook park 17

schools 6

water-works 9

report loa

Superintending school committees 7

Surveyors of masonry 22

painting 2o

stone 23

wood and lumber 23

Sweetzer, Abigail, trust 36

Tax collector (>

report of 57

county 61

rate 45

state 61

Taxes assessed from from 1860 to 1889 46

Town-district school committee 7

Transfer account 95

Treasurer, city 6

report of. 58

of library, report 143

of water- works, report noTruant officers 7

Trust funds 26Adams, S. M. K 32

Benson, Matilda 40

Cemetery, Blossom Hill 29East Concord 30

Millville 30

Old North 28

West Concord 29Caldwell, B. F 41

Cooper, Mrs. Josiah 42

Crow, Mary. 34

Eastman, Seth 3X

270 INDEX.

Trust, Edgerly, Lydla F 42

Ela, Georgiana P 39

Farnum, Mary M 42

Fogg, George G 33

Fowler, Asa 35

Frencli, Theodore 31

Gale, Daniel E 40

Gilbert, Harvey J 42

Hart, Mary D 35

Irish , Sarali E 38

Kimball. John and B. A 39

Knowlton, Edward L 32

Larkin , B. L 41

Locke, William T 43

Lyon, G. Parker 27

McQuesten, James 31

Newhall, Mrs. C. H 34

Osgood, David 27

Osgood, True 37

Page, William 39

Pecker, Mrs. E. A 40

Penacook sewer precinct sinking fund 43

Pierce, Franklin 27

Richardson, Hiram 41

Rumtbrd, Countess of 28

Sweetzer, Abigail 36

Up ham, Eliza W 33

Walker, Abial 26

Walker, Mary E 38

Went worth, Paul 30

Williams, Mary 36

Trustees of library 8

report of 135

Undertakers 18

Uniformed police squad 12

Union School district bonds 51

Valuation from 1860 to 1889 45

Virgin highway district 75

Vital statistics, births 162

deaths 187

marriages 171

registrar of 16

Walker, Abial, trust 26

Mary E., trust 38

Ward clerks : 20

officers 19

Water commissioners 9

department 99

report 108

precinct bonds 50

Water-works, expense 101

receipts 101

superintendent 9

treasurer's report 110

Weighers ot hay, coal, etc 22

INDEX. 271

Wentworth, Paul, trust '

30

West Concord cemetery, report 239

expense 88

trust 29

en^rine-house 88

school committee 7

village highway district 76

White Park improvement 89

Williams, Mary, trust 36

Winter expense 72

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