The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation
Arthur Gilman, Ed.

Government of the city of Cambridge, 1896.

Board of aldermen. President, John R. Fairbairn.

Russell Bradford.

Marshall N. Stearns.

Henry White.

Charles M. Conant.

Peter F. Rourke.

Peter P. Bleiler.

Clarence H. Douglass.

Charles P. Keith.

Watson G. Cutter.

James A. Wood.

Clerk, Edward J. Brandon.

Common Council.

President, John L. Odiorne.

Ward One.

Melville C. Beedle.

William F. Brooks.

George E. Saunders.

Walter C. Waudwell.

Ward Two.

Sedley Chaplin.

William R. Davis.

Charles H. Montague.

Clement G. Morgan.

Ward Three.

John J. Ahern.

Cornelius Minihan.

John J. Scott.

Frank H. Willard.

Ward Four.

David W. Butterfield.

Daniel S. Coolidge.

Eben H. Googins.

Hamilton H. Perkins.

Origen O. Preble.

Ward Five.

Albert S. Apsey.

Robert A. Parry.

Clerk.

Edward A. Counihan.

Page.

Charles M. Jones. [402]

city clerk.

Edward J. Brandon.

assistant city clerk.

Albert M. Pear.

city messenger.

Francis L. Pratt.

clerk of committees.

John McDUFFIE.

city auditor.

Harry T. Upham.

city treasurer.

William W. Dallinger.

Board of health.

E. Edwin Spencer, M. D., Chairman.

Charles Harris.

Edmund M. Parker.

City Physician, E. Edwin Spencer. M. D.

Clerk. James B. Soper.

Health Officer, Edwin Farnham, M. D.

assessors.

Joshua G. Gooch.

Samuel L. Montague.

Andrew J. Green.

assistant assessors.

Warren Ivers.

John M. Davis.

Daniel B. Shaughnessy.

Arthur M. Stewart.

Edwin K. Hall.

School committee.

William A. Bancroft. Mayor, ex officio Chairman.

Ward One.

Frank W. Taussig.

William T. Piper.

Elizabeth Q. Bolles.

Ward Two.

Robert O. Fuller.

Caroline L. Edgerly.

Alphonso E. White.

Ward Three.

Edward B. Malley.

William H. Clancy

Anne Clark Stewart.

Ward Four.

Mary E. Mitchell.

Charles F. Wyman.

William A. Munroe. [403]

Ward Five.

George P. Johnson.

Carolyn P. Chase.

Frederic W. Taylor.

Secretary, Sanford B. Hubbard.

Superintendent of Schools, Francis Cogswell.

Commissioners of the sinking funds.

Charles H. Saunders, Chairman.

John C. Bullard.

George H. Howard.

Andrew J. Lovell.

J. Henry Russell.

Frank A. Allen.

Cambridge water Board.

James M. W. Hall, President.

Stillman F. Kelley.

Wellington Fillmore.

Frank A. Allen.

George H. Howard.

Clerk of the Board, Walter H. Harding.

Acting Superintendent of Water-Works, Edwin C. Brooks.

Assistant Superintendent of Water-Works, Charles B. Parker.

Pumping Engineer, Edwin C. Brooks.

Water Registrar, Walter H. Harding.

Park Commissioners.

Henry D. Yerxa, President.

Rev. John O'Brien.

George Howland Cox.

General Superintendent of Parks, George R. Cook.

trustees of Cambridge public Library.

William Taggard Piper, President.

Augustine J. Daly.

William J. Rolfe.

Thomas W. Higginson.

Samuel L. Montague.

Albert M. Barnes.

Jabez Fox.

Librarian, W. L. R. Gifford.

Overseers of the poor.

William W. Burrage, Chairman.

Charles Walker.

Stephen Anderson.

Alexander Millan.

Charles Bullock.

Secretary, David P. Muzzey.

Visitor, Vespasian Danforth.

Superintendent of Almshouse, Martin L. Eldridge.

Assistant City Physician, Lewis L. Bryant, M. D. [404]

Cemetery Commissioners.

George S. Saunders, Chairman.

William A. Bertsch.

Charles O. Welch.

Nathan C. Lombard.

John H. H. McNAMEE.

Herbert A. Chase.

Clerk of the Board, Edward J. Brandon.

Superintendent of Cemetery, Charles S. Childs.

Registrars of voters.

Isaac Bradford, Chairman.

William J. Breen.

Isaac S. Pear.

James Cox.

city solicitor.

Gilbert A. A. Pevey.

city Engineer.

Lewis M. Hastings.

Superintendent of sewers.

Theodore L. Pike.

Inspector of wires and Superintendent of lamps.

Charles F. Hopewell.

Harbor Master.

William J. Marvin.

Superintendent of streets.

Charles A. Brown.

Suprintendent of public buildings and Inspector of

buildings.

William H. Gray.

Board of Engineers of fire department.

Chief Engineer.

Thomas J. Casey.

Call District Chiefs.

Nathaniel W. Bunker.

Charles W. Brackett.

William B. Cade. [405]

police department.

Chief of Police.

Lothrop J. Cloyes.

Captains of Police.

mark J. Folsom.

John F. Murray.

Thomas H. Lucy.

Inspector of milk.

Frank A. Dunbar, M. D.

Sealer of weights and measures.

Albert F. Roberts. [406]

the celebration of the completion of

the half-century.

General committee.

The Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, the Common Council, and the following Citizens:—

Mr. Henry O. Houghton,

Hon. John Read,

Hon. Charles H. Saunders,

Mr. Mason G. Parker,

Hon. Leander M. Hannum,

Mr. John H. Ponce,

Mr. Edmund Reardon,

Mr. John Hopewell, Jr.,

Mr. Theodore H. Raymond,

Mr. Henry D. Yerxa,

Dr. Charles Bullock,

Mr. Otis S. Brown,

Rev. David N. Beach,

Mr. George Howland Cox,

Col. Thomas W. Higginson,

Hon. William B. Durant,

Hon. William E. Russell,

Mr. Edwin B. Hale,

Mr. Edward B. James,

Gen. Edgar R. Champlin,

Rev. George W. Bicknell,

Hon. John W. Coveney,

Mr. Benjamin G. Hazel,

Rev. Thomas Scully,

Mr. William E. Thomas,

Mr. Walter H. Lerned,

Mr. John H. Corcoran,

Mr. George Close,

Rev. John O'Brien,

Mr. William Goepper,

Mr. Joseph J. Kelley,

Mr. John S. Clary,

Mr. Justin Winsor,

Mr. George H. Howard,

Mr. James S. Price,

Mr. John T. Shea,

Mr. Charles W. Dailey,

Mr. James F. Aylward,

Mr. Joseph P. Gibson,

Mr. William A. Munroe,

Mr. Warren F. Spalding,

Mr. Isaac S. Pear,

Dr. James A. Dow,

Mr. John D. Billings,

Mr. Charles W. Cheney,

Hon. Chester W. Kingsley,

Mr. Stillman F. Kelley,

Mr. David T. Dickinson,

Mr. Thomas F. Dolan,

Mr. John E. Parry,

Mr. George A. Allison,

Mr. John C. Watson.

Chairman, Hon. William A. Bancroft; Secretary, Eben W. Pike; Treasurer, President John L. Odiorne.

Chief Marshal.

Hon. John Read.

executive committees.

Finance.

President John R. Fairbairn, chairman; President John L. Odiorne, clerk; William E. Thomas, assistant clerk; Messrs. Stillman F. Kelley, Henry O. Houghton, John H. Ponce, and John Hopewell, Jr. [407]

schools.

Alderman James A. Wood, chairman; Councilman George E. Saunders, clerk; Councilman Daniel S. Coolidge, Messrs. William A. Munroe, Thomas W. Higginson, Rev. Thomas Scully, Joseph J. Kelley, Charles Bullock, and John C. Watson.

public meeting.

Mr. George A. Allison, chairman; Councilman Albert S. Apsey, clerk; Alderman Henry White, Councilman John J. Scott, Messrs. Edwin B. Hale, Edgar R. Champlin, James F. Aylward, and Theodore H. Raymond.

entertainment.

Alderman Watson G. Cutter, chairman; Councilman Charles H. Montague, clerk; Alderman Charles P. Keith, Councilmen Robert A. Parry, Cornelius Minihan, and Hamilton H. Perkins, Rev. David N. Beach, Messrs. M. G. Parker, William Goepper, Joseph P. Gibson, Thomas F. Dolan, John D. Billings, and John H. Ponce.

Decorations and illumination.

Alderman Charles P. Keith, chairman; Councilman William F. Brooks, clerk; Councilman David W. Butterfield, Messrs. Charles H. Saunders, John H. Corcoran, Charles W. Dailey, Warren F. Spalding, and John E. Parry.

tree.

Hon. Chester W. Kingsley, chairman; Councilman John J. Ahern, clerk; Alderman Clarence H. Douglass, Councilman Sedley Chaplin, Messrs. Thomas W. Higginson, Rev. George W. Bicknell, Rev. John O'Brien, and Isaac S. Pear.

Fireworks.

Alderman Charles M. Conant, chairman; Councilman Clement G. Morgan, clerk; Councilman William R. Davis, Messrs. John Read, Edward B. James, Benjamin G. Hazel, James M. Price, Dr. James A. Dow, and David T. Dickinson.

reception.

President John R. Fairbairn, chairman; Mr. James F. Aylward, clerk; President John L. Odiorne, Messrs. Charles H. Saunders, William E. Russell, Edgar R. Champlin, George Close, Joseph J. Kelley, Edmund Reardon, George A. Allison, Henry D. Yerxa, John Hopewell, Jr., and James J. Myers.

salute.

Alderman Peter F. Rourke, chairman; Councilman Eben H. Googins, clerk; Councilman Melville C. Beedle, Messrs. John Read, Edward B. James, John W. Coveney, John T. Shea, Charles W. Cheney, and David T. Dickinson.

procession.

Alderman Peter P. Bleiler, chairman; Councilman Walter C. Wardwell, clerk; Alderman Marshall N. Stearns, Councilmen William R. Davis, [408] Frank H. Willard, and Origen O. Preble, Messrs. Otis S. Brown, John Read, William B. Durant, Rev. David N. Beach, George Close, Leander M. Hannum, George H. Howard, John S. Clary, John D. Billings, Edmund Reardon, and Walter H. Lerned.

Incidentals.

Mr. Henry O. Houghton, chairman; Councilman George E. Saunders, clerk; Alderman Watson G. Cutter, Councilman Robert A. Parry, Messrs. Stillman F. Kelley, and Henry D. Yerxa.

banquet.

Alderman Henry White, chairman; Councilman Walter C. Wardwell, clerk; Councilman Albert S. Apsey, Messrs. William B. Durant, Charles H. Saunders, George H. Howard, Isaac S. Pear, and Otis S. Brown.

The Mayor and Mr. H. O. Houghton, chairman of the citizens' committee, are members ex officio of all executive committees.