The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . GEORGE F. VERRY. The Worcester of 1898. 51 ADMINISTRATION OF EDWARD EARLE. From February 6, 1S71, to January i, 1S72. On the death of Mayor Blake, Honorable Henry Chapin was appointedmayor ad interim tintil authority to hold a special election was obtainedfrom the Legislature, and on the 30th of Janiiary, Edward Earle^ waschosen by a vote of 2,078 to 1,742 for Frank H. Kelley. In 1871 the expenses of the schools amounted to $119,715. The police force was increased to thirty-eight men, and the expensesof this department were
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . GEORGE F. VERRY. The Worcester of 1898. 51 ADMINISTRATION OF EDWARD EARLE. From February 6, 1S71, to January i, 1S72. On the death of Mayor Blake, Honorable Henry Chapin was appointedmayor ad interim tintil authority to hold a special election was obtainedfrom the Legislature, and on the 30th of Janiiary, Edward Earle^ waschosen by a vote of 2,078 to 1,742 for Frank H. Kelley. In 1871 the expenses of the schools amounted to $119,715. The police force was increased to thirty-eight men, and the expensesof this department were $32,000. The sinking fund was established July 24: all balances, all receiptsfrom real estate belonging to the city if sold, and $30,000 yearly to beapplied to the reduction of the debt. The City Hospital was established ]Ma}- 25. The Abijah Bigelowhouse on Front street was hired, and the first patient was receivedOctober 26. The expenses this year were $3,860. The fiire alarm telegraph was constructed in 1871, and first used onthe 28th of June. All the streets in
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