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1891 Tax List for the City of Newport, R. I.With City Officers |
City Officers Page 189
Hon. Mayor Thomas Coggeshall City Clerk
City Treasurer
Chief of Police
Street Commissioner
City Solicitor
Judge of Probate
Probate Clerk
City Sergeant
Overseers of the Poor
Overseers of City Asylum
Keeper of City Asylum
Inspector of Buildings
License Commissioners
Inspector of Nuisances
Inspector of Milk
City Physician
Board of Health
Health Officer
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City Officers Page 190
Harbor Master William F. Townsend Collector of Taxes and Clerk to Assessors
Assessors of Taxes
Public School Committee
Superintendent of Public Schools
Truant Officer
Chief Engineer of Fire Department
Assistant Engineers
Inspector of Kerosene
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Superintendent of Hacks
Clerk to Highway Department
Surveyor of Highways
City Surveyors of Land
Surveyors of Round Timber and Spars
Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber
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City Officers Page 191
Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber John Howard George A. Hazard Joshua Hammond James A. Eddy Timothy Buckley Commissioners of the Newport City Fund and the Fry Orphan Fund
Commissioners of the Newport School Fund
Trustees of the Newport Poor Fund for Aged Persons
Coroner
Fence Viewer
Pound Keeper
Bell Ringers
Keeper of Powder House - Chief Engineer of Fire Department Keeper of City Clocks
Keeper of Jews' Synagogue - City Treasurer Overseer of Sand and Gravel at Fort Wolcott - Street Commissioner Superintendents to Superintend the Building of Chimneys and Placing
Stoves and Stove Pipe
Constables under the General State Law and authorized to Serve Civil
Process
Beach Constables
Janitor of Police Station
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City Officers Page 192
Gate Keeper at Poplar, Elm and Fourth Streets John E. Twigg Commissioner of R. I. Bridge
Commissioner of Wrecked and Shipwrecked Goods
Weighers of Neat Cattle
Field Drivers
Constable to Enforce the Dog Law
Corders of Wood
Weighers of Coal and Other Merchandise
Gauger of Casks
Packer of Fish
Auctioneers
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City Officers Page 193
Undertakers John S. Langley Thomas Kavanagh Stafford Bryer Michael Cottrell Mort. D. Sullivan Patrick H. O'Neill Edward P. Marsh Robert C. Cottrell Henry G. Bryer Frederick A. Clarke J. Gottlieb Spingler Michael E. Fitzgerald Samuel W. Marsh Charles H. Sullivan Frederick E. Langley |
Newport Police Page 194
Hon. Mayor Thomas Coggeshall Chief of Police
Permanent Police Force
Policemen
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Newport Police Page 195
Policemen Isaac J. Barker, Patrolman No. 14 Peter Ring, Patrolman No. 15 Samuel H. Dugan, Patrolman No. 16 Charles W. Oxx, Patrolman No. 17 James R. Crowley, Patrolman No. 18 Alexander Steele, Patrolman No. 19 Allen M. Weaver, Patrolman No. 20 William H. Dewick, Patrolman No. 21 Charles G. Esleeck, Patrolman No. 22 W. H. Matthewson, Jr., Patrolman No. 23 Maurice E. Crane, Patrolman No. 24 William J. T. Northup, Patrolman No. 25 William J. Dunbar, Patrolman No. 26 Frank J. Eckhart, Patrolman No. 27 Charles H. Ackers, Patrolman No. 28 Janitor of Police Station
General Police Signal, 1. 2. 1. on Fire Alarm. |
Public Schools Page 196
School Committee John H. Cozzens, Chairman Terms expire January, 1892 Anthony S. Sherman Daniel B. Fearing Thomas P. Peckham George J. Magill Terms expire January, 1893 Gardner S. Perry William P. Clarke Nathan Barker Christopher F. Barker Terms expire January, 1894 George Gordon King William P. Sheffield, Jr. Jeremiah W. Horton John H. Cozzens Benjamin Baker, Secretary Benjamin Baker, Superintendent of Public Schools, Office at Clarke Street School. Hours, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Residence, 10 Mt. Vernon Court. Standing Committees
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Public Schools Page 197
Sub-Committees Rogers High School
Coddington School
Clarke Street School
Potter School
Lenthal School
Willow Street School
Farewell and Edward Street Schools
Parrish [sic] School
Calvert and Cranston Avenue Schools
Evening School
Committees Upon Grades First Grammar
Second Grammar
Third Grammar
Fourth Grammar
First Intermediate
Second Intermediate
First Primary
Second Primary
Third Primary
Kindergarten
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Fire Department Page 198
Board of Firewards Henry W. Cozzens, Chief Engineer, Chairman Joseph G. Stevens, 1st Assistant Engineer, Secretary John E. Lake, 2d [sic] Assistant Engineer Henry H. Tilley, 3d [sic] Assistant Engineer Andrew J. Kirwin, 4th Assistant Engineer Henry W. Cozzens, Superintendent of Fire Alarm William O. Goddard, Superintendent of Hose Department James H. Goddard, Supply Wagon Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1
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Fire Department Page 199
Steam Fire Engine Company No. 2 Station, Bridge Street, corner of Third Benjamin S. Peabody, Foreman Seth B. Hammett, Assistant Daniel J. Moriarty, Engineman Robert M. Pike, Assistant Thomas J. Tew, Driver Hose Reel Company No. 4
Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5
Hose Reel Company No. 6
Steam Fire Engine Company No. 7
Hose Reel Company No. 8
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