SOUTH BOSTON. 121. Corner A and First streets. 123. Corner Broadway and Federal streets. 124. Broadway, near C street (Police Station No. 6). 125. Norway Iron Works, Federal street. 126. Corner Second and E streets. 127. Corner Eighth and E streets. 128. Washington Village (Hose House No. 10). 129. Corner Sixth and B streets. 131. Corner G and Eighth streets. 132. Corner Broadway and Dorchester street. 135. Corner Eighth and K streets. 136. Corner First and K streets. 137. Fourth street, between K and L (Steamer House No. 2). 138. House of Correction (Gate). 145. Corner P and Fourth streets. 151. Ferry house. EAST BOSTON. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson streets. 153. Corner Webster and Orleans streets. 154. Corner Maverick and Meridian streets. 156. Corner Sumner and Border streets. 157. Corner Border and Maverick streets. 161. Grand Junction Yard. 162. Corner Bennington street and Central square. 163. Corner Chelsea and Marion streets. 165. Corner Marion and Trenton streets. 174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga streets. 175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga streets. ROXBURY. 212. Corner Albany and Hampden streets. 213. Corner Norfolk avenue and Hampden street. 214. Corner Washington and Arnold streets. 234. Corner Dudley street and Grove Hall avenue. 241. Corner Warren street and Walnut avenue. 242. Corner Clifford street and Grove Hall avenue. 243. Centre street (Engine No. 14). 245. Junction Washington and Tremont streets. 246. Longwood. 247. Corner Tremont and Francis streets. 251. Corner Highland and Cedar streets. 252. Corner Dale street and Shawmut avenue. 253. Corner Warren street and Grove Hall avenue. 254. Corner Pynchon and Heath streets. 256. School-house, Heath street. 257. Corner Townsend and Warren streets. THE MERIDIAN BELLS.- Seventy-seven bells, at their various locations on churches and school-houses, and in engine-houses, are struck from the Fire-alarm Office precisely at noon every day. Care is taken to secure the utmost accuracy in the time, for which purpose a chronometer is used, and compared with the time of Cambridge Observatory as often as necessary. HARBOR DEPARTMENT. JOHN T. GARDNER, Harbor Master, Office, Eastern Depot Wharf. Salary, $1,500. [Chosen by concurrent vote annually, “if expedient." Statutes 1847, c. 234. Ord. p. 292.] Franklin Winchester, Assistant, to take charge of the Roxbury Canal. UNITED STATES HARBOR COMMISSION. At the suggestion of His Honor, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Mayor of the city, in 1859, the City Council ordered a scientific survey of Boston harbor to be made; and, in accordance with the unanimous vote of the City Council, Gen. Joseph G. Totten,* of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, Prof. A. D. Bache,† of the U. S. Coast Survey, and Commander Charles H. Davis, of the U. S. Navy, were specially detailed by the U. S. Government as a Commission to make the proposed survey of said harbor. The results of these surveys will be found in City Doc. 97, for 1860; City Doc. 12, for 1861; City Doc. 62, for 1862; City Doc. 35, for 1863; City Doc. 33, for 1864; City Doc. 28, for 1865; and City Doc. 50, for 1866. STATE HARBOR COMMISSION. Office, City Hall, School street. By statutes of 1866, ch. 149, the Governor was authorized to appoint before the first day of July, 1866, five competent persons, to hold their offices for terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, from July 1, 1866, they and their successors to have the general care and supervision of all the harbors, tide-waters and flats in the Commonwealth (except the * Upon the decease of Gen. Totten, in 1864, Gen. Richard Delafield, of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, was selected in his place. † Died in 1867. Back Bay lands), and to prescribe harbor lines, etc. This Commission was duly appointed, and now consists of the following persons: John N. Marshall, of Lowell, for five years. Darwin E. Ware, of Boston, four years. F. W. Lincoln, jr., of Boston, three years. Josiah Quincy, of Boston, Chairman, two years. ISLANDS. The following islands in the Harbor of Boston belong to the city, viz: 1. Deer Island. Containing 134 acres upland and 50 acres of flats, conveyed to the inhabitants of Boston, March 4, 1634-5. 2. Thompson's Island. Conveyed to Boston by act of March 25, 1834. 3. Great Brewster Island. Containing 16 acres, was purchased in 1848 for $4,000. 4. Gallop's Island. Containing 16 acres, purchased in 1860 for $6,600. 5. Apple Island. Containing 9 acres, purchased in 1867 for $3,750. HEALTH. EXTERNAL DEPARTMENT. The Quarantine Grounds comprise those portions of Boston Harbor lying between Deer Island and Gallop's Island; and hospitals are located on both islands. Samuel H. Durgin, Port Physician, resident at Deer Island. Salary, $600. [Chosen by concurrent vote. Ord. p. 344.] Edmund H. Stephens, Assistant, resident at Gallop's Island. Salary, $75 per month. [Nominated by Port. Physician, and approved by Board of Aldermen.] INTERNAL DEPARTMENT. Geo. W. Forristall, Superintendent of Health. Salary, $2,500. [Chosen by concurrent vote. Ord. p. 333.] Daniel B. Curtis, Assistant Superintendent. Salary, $2,000. [Appointed by Superintendent, and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. Ord. p. 333.] William H. Page, City Physician. Salary, $1,500. Office, Chardon street. [Chosen by concurrent vote. Ord. p. 340.] George Derby, James C. White, Paschal P. Ingalls, Henry Bartlett, William Read, Consulting Physicians. [Chosen by concurrent vote. Ord. p. 341.] Nicholas A. Apollonio, City Registrar, 12 Kingston street. Salary, $2,500, and $700 for clerk hire. [Chosen by concurrent vote. Ord. p. 536.] James W. Allen, Principal Clerk, 1 Ball street. Salary, $1,500. The City Registrar has the superintendence of the burial grounds and funerals. He records the births, deaths, and marriages, and grants certificates of all intentions of marriage. Henry Faxon, Inspector of Milk. Salary, $1,200. [Appointed, and salary fixed by Mayor and Aldermen. City Ordinances, p. 453.] CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY. [Stats. 1868, c. 68, and 1869, c. 349.] This cemetery, containing about forty-six acres, is situated in Dorchester, between Milton, Adams and Granite streets, and is under the charge of the following Board of Commissioners. Henry L. Pierce, elected for five years. Albe C. Clark, clerk, four years. William Pope, three years. Nathan Carruth, two years. |