The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . d adjacent buildingsbadlv shattered. The cause was a leak in the gas-pipe. ADMINISTRATION OF ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK. From January 3. 1859, to January 2, 1S60. Alexander H. Bullock, the Citizens candidate for mayor, was electedover William W. Rice, Republican, at the election in December, 1858,by a vote of 1,655 to 1,599. The amount expended for schools in 1859 was $35,000. A school-house was erected in Tatnuck, costing $4,200, and one at Northvillefor $2,550: $26,043 was paid for salaries of teachers. The mayor bya gift of $i
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . d adjacent buildingsbadlv shattered. The cause was a leak in the gas-pipe. ADMINISTRATION OF ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK. From January 3. 1859, to January 2, 1S60. Alexander H. Bullock, the Citizens candidate for mayor, was electedover William W. Rice, Republican, at the election in December, 1858,by a vote of 1,655 to 1,599. The amount expended for schools in 1859 was $35,000. A school-house was erected in Tatnuck, costing $4,200, and one at Northvillefor $2,550: $26,043 was paid for salaries of teachers. The mayor bya gift of $i,ooo,t which was the amount of his salary, established the * Alexander Hamilton Bullock was born in , JIassachusetts, March 2, was graduated at Amherst College in 1S36. He served in both branches of theLegislature, and was governor of Massachusetts 1S66-69. He died .suddenly January 17,iSS Governor Bullock was a polished orator of the Everett school. t Increased by accumulated interest and the gift of S500 by Colonel A, G. Bullock m1S96 to ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK. The Worcester of 1898. 33 Bullock medal fund, the benefits of which were for meritorious pupilsof the high school. Of late years the income of this fund has byconsent of the donor been applied to increasing the high school library. A lot of land annexed to the City Farm was purchased for $1,000,and one adjoining the city barn for $2,000. The expenses of the Fire Department were $8,500. A new housewas built for $3,800. The sum of $15,000 was expended upon theroads and bridges. The debt this year was $99,429. Towards the close of the year Doctor John Green and the Lyceumand Library Association offered to give, upon certain conditions, to thecity, libraries containing respectively 7,000 and 4,500 volumes, to formthe nucleus of a public library. The offer was accepted by the CityGovernment, and an ordinance establishing the Free Public Librarywas passed December 23. A lot of land on Elm street was
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