APPENDIX XIII.

TRUSTEES FOR FORTY YEARS.

The Honorable Edward Everett was President of the Board from 1852 to 1864; the late George Ticknor in 1865; William W. Greenough, Esq., from 1866 to April, 1888; Samuel A. B. Abbott, Esq., since the latter date.

The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization; that for 1853 made what is called the first annual report. It consisted of one alderman and one common councilmen, and five citizens at large, till 1867, when a revised ordinance made it to consist of one alderman, two common councilmen, and six citizens at large, two of whom retired, unless reëlected, each year, while the members from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878 the organization of the Board was changed to include one alderman, one councilman, and five citizens at large, as before 1867; and in 1885, by the provisions of the amended city charter, the representation of the city government upon the Board, by an alderman and a councilman, was abolished, leaving the Board as at present, consisting of five citizens at large.

ABBOTT, SAMUEL A. B., 1879-91.
Allen James B., 1852-53.
APPLETON, THOMAS G., 1852–57.
Barnes, Joseph H., 1871-72.
BIGELOW, JOHN P., 1852-68.
BOWDITCH, HENRY I., 1865-68.
Bradlee, John T., 1869-70.
Bradt, Herman D., 1872-73.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1868-69.
BRAMAN, JARVIS D., 1869-72.
Brown, J. C. J., 1861-62.
Burditt, Charles A., 1873-76.
Carpenter, George O., 1870–71.
CHASE, GEORGE B., 1877-85.
Clark, John M., 1855–56.

Clark, John T., 1873-78.

CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN, 1878-88.

Clapp, William W., jr., 1864–66.
Coe, Henry F. 1878.

Crane, Samuel D., 1860-61.
CURTIS, DANIEL S., 1873-75.
Dennie, George, 1858-60.
Dickinson, M. F., jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 1863-64.
Erving, Edward S., 1852.
EVERETT, EDWARD, 1852-64.
Flynn, James J., 1883.

Frost, Oliver, 1854-55; 1856-58.
FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD, 1875–79.

Gaffield, Thomas, 1867-68.
GREEN, SAMUEL A., 1868-78.
GREENOUGH, WILLIAM W., 1856-88.
Guild, Curtis, 1876-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1869–70.
Haynes, Henry W., 1858-59.
HAYNES, HENRY W., 1880–91.

HILLARD, GEORGE S., 1872–75; 1876–
77.

Howes, Osborne, jr., 1877-78.
Ingalls, Melville E., 1870-71.
Jackson, Patrick T., 1864–65.
Jenkins. Edward J., 1885.
Keith, James M., 1868-70.
Kimball, David P., 1874-76.
Lawrence, James, 1852.
Lee, John H., 1884-85.
Lewis, Weston, 1867-68.
LEWIS, WESTON, 1868-79.
LEWIS, WINSLOW, 1867.
Little, Samuel, 1871-73.
Messinger, George W., 1855.
Morse, Godfrey, 1883-84.
MORTON, ELLIS W., 1870–73.
Munroe, Abel B., 1854.
Newton, Jeremiah L., 1867-68.
Niles, Stephen R., 1870-71.
O'Brien, Hugh, 1879-82.
Pease, Frederick, 1872-3.

SIR: In conformity to Chap. 3, Sec. 22, of the Revised Ordinances, I herewith submit the annual report for the Department of Markets.

The work of the department during the year has been of the usual routine nature.

The portions of the buildings (Faneuil Hall and New Faneuil Hall) used for market purposes are in good repair, and several expensive repairs have been made and are in contemplation, all of which is done at the expense of the lessees. The rents have been promptly paid, the ordinances for the government of the markets cheerfully complied with, and the reputation of the market for honorable dealing has been fully sustained; the lighting of the market by incandescent electric light has given universal satisfaction, and has been a saving of expense to the city as well as great improvement to the appearance of the markets. The leases which were made April 1, 1887, for five years will expire

on the first of April, 1892, and will have to be considered by the City Council before that date. I would again call attention to a recommendation made in a previous report to the necessity for a change in the system of drainage for the markets which, while it will involve considerable expense, should, in my opinion, be completed at an early day.

During the year I have condemned and ordered to be destroyed as unfit for food, nineteen hundred and seventyfour (1,974) pounds poultry, three hundred and thirty (330) pounds veal, and one hundred and eighteen (118) pigeons.

In the same time the market police have made eighty-two (82) arrests and convictions for the following offences, viz. : larceny, 32; drunkenness, 35; assault and battery, 5; violation of city ordinances, 3; cruelty to animals, 3; embezzlement, 2; obtaining goods under false pretences, 1; passing counterfeit coin, 1.

The income from the Department of Markets for the thirteen months ending January 31, 1892, has been as follows:

From rents of stalls and cellars in Faneuil.

Hall and New Faneuil Hall Markets

From rents of outside stands

$91,990 38

1,524 25

497 03

147 84

$94,159 50

The expenditures during the same time have been as follows:

For salary of Superintendent of Market

$2,708 00

For salary of Deputy Superintendent of
Market

1,625 00

For salary of Weigher at City Scales

1,083 36

For salary of three market police .

3,900 00

For extra police

345 00

673 36

For gas and electric light

For sundry expenses, including telephone service, water, fuel, brooms, repairs, and electric service, clocks, stoves, etc. .

Total expense

Leaving an unexpended balance of appropri

ation of

707 39

$11,042 11

$166 90

The property in the department belonging to the city is as follows, viz.: electric wires and fittings for furnishing electric light in Faneuil Hall and New Faneuil Hall Markets, cost, $1,672.00; one Morse safe, $150.00; one Howard watch clock, $200.00; one watch clock, $50.00; two roll-top desks and roll case, $125.00; two clothes presses, $30.00; bookcase, chairs, carpets, stoves, and small supplies, $75.00. Total, $2,302.00.

Respectfully submitted,

GEORGE E. MCKAY,
Superintendent.