The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . re considered, this firstCity Government in personnel stands unmatched in the long line ofsuccession to the present time. And a foundation was made worthyof the hands that laid it, and which has endured to this day. ADMINISTRATION OF HENRY CHAPIN. Two terms—from April i, 1S49, to April 7, 1S51. The city election of 1849 resulted in the choice of Henry Chapin, Sthe Free-Soil candidate, who received 1,158 votes to 656 for Isaac Davis,the Democratic nominee. J(^hn W. Lincoln was the opposing candidatein 1850. Under Mr. Chapins
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . re considered, this firstCity Government in personnel stands unmatched in the long line ofsuccession to the present time. And a foundation was made worthyof the hands that laid it, and which has endured to this day. ADMINISTRATION OF HENRY CHAPIN. Two terms—from April i, 1S49, to April 7, 1S51. The city election of 1849 resulted in the choice of Henry Chapin, Sthe Free-Soil candidate, who received 1,158 votes to 656 for Isaac Davis,the Democratic nominee. J(^hn W. Lincoln was the opposing candidatein 1850. Under Mr. Chapins administration the Ash street school-house wasbuilt, and the erection of the new Thomas street school-house begun;the paving of Main and Front streets continued ; a sewer constructed * Incorporated in 1824, with authority to assess taxes for the support of schools,t Incorporated in 1S45, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining an aqueduct toconduct water from Bell pond for the use of the Incorporated in See sketch in Biographical PETER C. BACON. The Worcester of 1898. 23 ill :^Iain street; Chestinit street was extended to Pleasant street; thestone bridge on the :\Iillbury road was built, and the aqueduct wasextended into Pleasant street; two new iire engines were purchased;the office of city solicitor was established. The total expenditures foreach year were, in 1849-50, $96,021 ; in 1850-51, $87,300. The appro-priations were, for the first year: Schools, $16,000; highways and pav-ing, $14,768; Fire Department, $3,779. For the second year: .Schools,$18,000; highways, $17,750; Fire Department, $3,600. ^Ir. Chapins radical tendencies in respect to the temperance andslavery questions excited a strong opposition among a certain class,which was manifested during the second year of his administration indarmg attempts at outrage. Bombs were exploded in the buildingin which the mayors office was located, and under the windows ofthe city marshal, fo
Size: 1365px × 1831px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidworcesterofeight00ricefra
