The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . l for several terms in neighboring towns, and in this wayand by surveying and other labor, was enabled to maintain himself forseveral years, until in 1846 he removed to Worcester and entered upon theoccupation of civil engineer, in which in after years he was destined to fillso prominent a place. In April, 1849, he entered into partnership with Elbridge Boyden underthe firm name of Boyden & Ball, architects and engineers, which connectionwas maintained until i860. During this period Mr. Ball platted many ofthe real-estate c
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . l for several terms in neighboring towns, and in this wayand by surveying and other labor, was enabled to maintain himself forseveral years, until in 1846 he removed to Worcester and entered upon theoccupation of civil engineer, in which in after years he was destined to fillso prominent a place. In April, 1849, he entered into partnership with Elbridge Boyden underthe firm name of Boyden & Ball, architects and engineers, which connectionwas maintained until i860. During this period Mr. Ball platted many ofthe real-estate changes consequent to the development of the rapidly grow-ing city, and was also identified with such limited public works as werethen in progress. But it was later under the mayoralty of that public-spirited and clear-sighted man of affairs, D. Waldo Lincoln, that Mr. Ball gained his mostsolid and lasting reputation in the planning and construction of the waterworks from Lynde brook in Leicester to supply the imperative and increas- *See portrait on page 42. .if. JOHN S. BALDWIN. The Worcester of 1898. 555: ing needs of the city, the first of the great system of aqueducts now inuse. An immediate result of this service was the election of Mr. Ball asmayor for the year 1865, an office which he did not seek, accepted withmisgivings, and relinquished with relief and thankfulness, but the dutiesof which he discharged with faithfulness and ability. The events of hisadministration are recounted in another part of this volume. From 1863 to 1867 Mr. Ball was water commissioner, and from 1S67 to1872 city engineer, and these duties, with a previous term in the CityCouncil, comprised his direct services to Worcester in its corporatecapacity. The present extensive sewerage system was instituted and considerablyadvanced under his official supervision. The success of Mr. Ball and the experience acquired in the local works ledto his selection toconstruct or to report upon similar undertakings
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