The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ib-uting reservoir was completed in 1867. In 1864 Dale Hospital for invalid soldiers was established here, andcontinued a few months. The old Medical College mow one of thebuildings of the Worcester Academy) on Union hill and fourteenbarracks erected adjacent were occupied. ADMINISTRATION OF PHINEHAS BALL. From January 2, 1S65, to Januarj- i, i366. In December, 1864, Phinehas Ball- was elected mavor, receiving1,664 votes to 1,598 for D. Waldo Lincoln. Mr. Ball was the popularchoice, in consequence of his connection with the
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ib-uting reservoir was completed in 1867. In 1864 Dale Hospital for invalid soldiers was established here, andcontinued a few months. The old Medical College mow one of thebuildings of the Worcester Academy) on Union hill and fourteenbarracks erected adjacent were occupied. ADMINISTRATION OF PHINEHAS BALL. From January 2, 1S65, to Januarj- i, i366. In December, 1864, Phinehas Ball- was elected mavor, receiving1,664 votes to 1,598 for D. Waldo Lincoln. Mr. Ball was the popularchoice, in consequence of his connection with the introduction of wateras the engineer of the undertaking. The year 1865 was distinguished by witnessing the end of the warof the Rebellion, and the successfiil re-establishment of the governmentin all parts of the Union; the assassination of President Lincoln, andthe return of the war veterans to their homes and peaceful sent during the four years 3,927 men to the war, at a totaldirect money cost of $586,054. See sketch in Biographical JAMES B. BLAKE. The Worcester of 1898. 4S On the I St day of June the Honorable Alexander H. Bulloek delivereda eulogy on the martyred president by invitation of the City Govern-ment. The exercises were held in Mechanics Hall. On July 4 a grandovation was given the returned veterans, with an all-days celebrationof national independence. The debt of the citv January i, 1866, was $433-777. as follows: Citydebt, $89,140; library debt, $2,637; water debt, $175,000; temporaryloan, $15,000; war debt, $151,000. The valuation was $18,937,000;the assessed tax, $221,702; the tax rate, $17 per $1,000; number ofpolls, 7,851. There were 76 schools with 6,719 pupils, employing 93teachers, of whom 7 were males; the expenditures amounted to $54,3 were 114 miles of streets and 47 bridges in the city. The fireloss of 1865 was $42,200. The engine-house on School street was builtat a cost of $8,140. Eighty-eight thousand doll
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