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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge a city. (search)
n, Vermont. Publisher. Isaac Bradford.1873-74-75-76.1834.Boston, Mass. Mathematician. Frank A. Allen.1877.1835.Sanford, Maine. Merchant. Samuel L. Montague.1878-79.1829.Montague, Mass. Merchant. Jas. M. W. Hall.1880.1842.Boston, Mass. Merchant. Jas. A. Fox.1881-82-83-84.1827.Boston, Mass. Lawyer. William E. Russell.1885-86-87-88.1857.Cambridge, Mass. Lawyer. Henry H. Gilmore.1889-90.1832.1891.Warner, N. H. Manufacturer. Alpheus B. Alger.1891-92.1854.1895.Lowell, Mass. Lawyer. Wm. A. Bancroft.1893-94-95-96.1855.Groton, Mass. Lawyer. From the above it will be seen that all of our mayors have been New England men, and that of the entire number sixteen were born in Massachusetts. Two of the number were born in Cambridge, and five were Boston boys. Sixteen were born under town-meeting rule, and received their first impressions of community government in that way, while the six who were born under municipal charter government were familiar in early life only with the simple
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The characteristics of municipal government in Cambridge. (search)
The characteristics of municipal government in Cambridge. Hon. William A. Bancroft, Mayor of Cambridge. The government of a city depends upon the disposition of a majority of its citizens holding the same views and acting together. The object of good city government is the efficient and economical administration of a city's affairs. This object is often thwarted by political or private interests inconsistent with it. Partisanship may be eliminated from the conduct of city affairs, and so may the influence of private interests. It is doubtless true that both are rarely eliminated altogether, but it is true also that so far as they are eliminated there is a corresponding rise in the standard of efficiency and economy. The distinctive feature of municipal government in Cambridge is its non-partisanship,—not bi-partisanship, such as is exemplified by a board made up, in accordance with a requirement of law or by agreement, of an equal number of Democrats and of Republicans, but
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge parks. (search)
kers on the Water Board, had already been somewhat developed, and the esplanade of the Charles River Embankment Company, near Harvard Bridge, was in process of construction. The inadequacy of these grounds was most evident. East Cambridge, for instance, with its fifty-five people to each inhabited acre, had not a single breathing-space. Consequently, so strongly was the need of persistent and lasting effort for the development of the park system felt by the city government, urged by Mayor Bancroft in his inaugural address, that in August of the following year, 1893, Rev. John O'Brien, George Howland Cox, and Henry D. Yerxa were appointed park commissioners, and since that time they have labored diligently to make Cambridge what all wish the city to be. Of course, the commission has been obliged to struggle with the difficulties of a city well on the road to a permanent form, not with the easier problem of laying out grounds with freedom of choice, as had been, of late, possible in
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge clubs. (search)
racter of its membership, and by the fact that it is non-sectarian and non-political. The Cantabrigia Club was organized in March, 1892, and Mrs. Estelle M. H. Merrill was elected president. The object of the club, as set forth in its constitution, is threefold, social, literary, and humanitarian. In its work it shall endeavor, not only among its members, but in the community, to promote good fellowship and the highest form of social life; to encourage mental and moral development, and to aid by its organized effort such worthy causes as may secure its sympathy. Its work is divided among eight committees,—on literature, art, science, music, civics, the home, philanthropy, and current events, each presided over by a chairman. The membership of the club is more than six hundred, and its influence in the community has been marked. The officers of the club are: Mrs. William A. Bancroft, acting president; Miss Grace S. Rice, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Agnes D. Wilder, treasurer
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Government of the city of Cambridge, 1896. (search)
Government of the city of Cambridge, 1896. Mayor. Hon. William A. Bancroft. 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. Cler. 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. Edgerlysley, 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