CITY GOVERNMENT. Mayor.-WM. S. STOKLEY, Recorder.-. JAMES GIVEN. City Controller.-SAMUEL P. HANCOCK. City Treasurer.-PETER A. B. WIDENER. City Solicitor.-CHARLES H. T. COLLIS. Receiver of Taxes.-THOMAS J. SMITH. City Commissioners-JAMES BAIN, ALEX. McCUEN, THOMAS M. LOCKE, City Council. SELECT COUNCIL. President.-WILLIAM E. LITTLETON. Clerk-JOSEPH H. PAIST. Ass't Clerk.-ROBERT BETHELL. Wards. 1 Wm. K. Park, R. 2 William Warner, R. 3 John C. McCall, D. 4 Henry Marcus, D. 5 John Cochran, D. 6 John C. Bickel, D. 7 J. A. Shermer, R. 8 A. L. Hodgdon, R. 9 George A. Eno, R. 10 Wm. B. Hanna, R. 11 Samuel G. King, D. 12 W. E. Littleton, R. 13 J. L. Shoemaker, R. 14 Robt. W. Downing, R. 15 W. W. Barnell, R. Wards. Wards. 16 Vacant. 17 Thos. H. Spence, R. 27 Joseph P. Boon, R. Republicans, 21; Democrats, 6. COMMON COUNCIL President.-A. WILSON HENSZEY. Clerk.-JOHN ECKSTEIN. Ass't Clerk.-ABRAHAM STEWART. I Wm. Calhoun, R. Amos Slack, R. D. M. Blackburn, R. 2 Thomas Hamilton, D. A. Peterman, R. W. W. Baxter, R. 3 Wm. H. Fagen, D. Owen Kaney, D. 4 J. F. Stockdale, D. Shep. G. Young, D. 5 Philip Fitzpatrick, D. E. S. Yard, R. 6 J. S. Bispham, R. 7 John Bardsley, R. Wm. Greer, R. Wm. Divine, R. 8 J. C. Martin, R. Geo. A. Shafer, R. 9 James Vories, R. Cyrus Horne, R. 10 George W. Hall, R. A. W. Henszey, R. 11 Thomas H. Gill, D. 12 A. H. Ladner, D. 13 J. H. Kennedy, R. Samuel Allen, R. 14 W. F. Mitchell, R. H. C. Hawkins, R. 15 John F. Glenn, R. J. J. Martin, R. W. S. Reyburn, R. Joseph L. Caven, R. 16 Wm. Siner, R. Wards. 17 Wm. H. Ehret, D. F. McBride, D. 18 F. Doebly, R. W. T. Waples, R. Jacob M. Davis, R. 19 Sam'l A. Miller, R. Daniel Currie, R. George Dorlan, R. Gilbert Weir, R. 23 Jos. Cartledge, R. Wm. Wright, R. 24 Geo. E. Hall, R. Benj. F. Stokes, R. Edward Lyster, R. 25 Wm. Baird, D. Peter Gold, R. Wm. H. White, R. Departments of the City Government. Chief of Police.-Kennard H. Jones. CAPTAINS Of Police. POLICE AND FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH. Commissioners.-Jacob Loudenslager (Pres't), Geo. W. Plumly, Hamilton Disston, Jos. R. Lyndall, William A. Porter, William F. McCully, Joseph R. Edmundson. Secretary.-John R. Cantlin. Chief Engineer.-William H. Johnson. Chief Commissioner.-Mahlon H. Dickinson. Bride. Henry Davis (President), Charles E. Barrett (Secretary), James Steel, James A. McCrea, M.D., René la Roche, M.D., James West, Horatio G. Sickel, Thomas Stewardson, M.D., Conrad S. Grove, Edward Bennett, Wm. Read, Wm. H. Ford, M.D. Health Officer.-John E. Addicks. Registration Clerk.-George E. Chambers. James Armstrong, Benj. Bullock, Joseph H. Collins, Robert T. Gill, Jacob Naylor (Treas urer), George W. Simons, John P. Verree, Isaac Ray, M.D., Ellis P. Phipps, Wm. K. Gilbert, M. D.; Samuel McMenamy, John M. Whitall (President). BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, Dec. 1, 1872. Wards. 1 A. S. Jenks. 5 Lewis C. Cassidy. 8 Simon Gratz. 9 James Freeborn. 10 D. Weatherly, Jr. 11 Thomas A. Fahy. 12 M.H.Stanton (Prest). 13 John B. Green. 14 Thomas R. Davis. 15 James S. Whitney. Wards. 16 Wm. J. Gillingham. 17 John McAvoy, M.D. 18 Chas. M. Lukens. 19 James Milligan, Jr. 20 R. J. Lehman. 21 M. Blynn. 22 Edward Armstrong. 23 Richardson. L. Wright. 24 Norris J. Hoffman. 25 James H. MacBride. 26 Wm. Ridings. 27 Daniel Steinmetz. 28 Chas. F. Abbot. 29 James Long. Secretary.-Henry W. Halliwell. INSPECTORS OF THE COUNTY PRISON. John B. Biddle, M.D. (President), Joseph W. Bullock, Joseph K. Chandler, James A. Freeman, Henry C. Howell (Treasurer), Casper Wistar, William B. Page, M.D., J. Rodman Paul, M.D., Edmund Smith (Secretary), Robert P. Gilling ham, John Price Wetherill. MANAGERS OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. A. H. Franciscus (President), Thomas A. Barlow, Samuel Leonard, Samuel Kilpatrick, Samuel C. Willets, John Fry, Wm. M. Wilson, John Robbins, Jr., Samuel E. Stokes, Wm. A. Duff (Secretary). INSPECTORS OF THE EASTERN PENITENTIARY. Richard Vaux (President), Thomas H. Powers, Alexander Henry, Furman Sheppard (Treasurer), John M. Maris (Secretary). BOARD OF BUILDING INSPECTORS. STEAM-ENGINE AND BOILER INSPECTION. DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS. Wm. Welsh (President), Gustavus S. Benson, Alexander Biddle, James Campbell, James L. Claghorn, Charles H. T. Collis, J. Gillingham Fell, Wm. H. Drayton, A. Wilson Henszey, Wm. E. Littleton, William B. Mann, John H. Michener, Henry M. Phillips (Vice President), Wm. S. Stokley, George H. Stuart, Henry W. Arey (Secretary). GIRARD ESTATE. Superintendent.-Charles S. Smith. Assistant Suferintendent-James A. Kirkpatrick. Agent.-Samuel S. Cavin. BOARD OF PORT WARDENS. Samuel J. Christian (President), Geo. W. Hacker, Richard Wood, Walter G. Wilson, Wm. M. Greiner, Francis C. Hill, William Cramp, Sr., W. B. Gallagher, Galloway C. Morris, John J. Kersey, George Truman, Jr., Jacob Walker, Robert Greer, Ludlam Matthews, Geo. Robinson, Preston Brearly, George Stockham, Richard H. Morris. Master Warden.-James G. McQuaide. Harbor Master.-Alex. P. Colesberry. Clerk of Board.—George B. Miller. COMMISSIONERS OF SOUTH STREET Bridge, Moses A. Dropsie (President), William Struthers (Secretary), John Baird, L. N. Brognard, Quintus C. Brown, Samuel Field, John K. Findlay, John Chief Engineer.-Samuel L. Smedley. COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Lewis C. Cassidy, Mahlon H. Dickinson, Samuel L. Smedley, Wm. E. Littleton, Samuel C. Perkins (President), Wm. S. Stokley, Thomas J. Barger, John L. Hill, Richard Peltz, Samuel W. Cattell, Hiram Miller, Thomas E. Gaskill, Wm. Brice, A. Wilson Henszey. Secretary.-F. de Haes Janvier. Secretary.-David F. Foley. DRUG INSPECTORS. James N. Marks, Chas. L. Eberly, James T. Shinn, Henry B. Lippincott. COAL-OIL INSPECTOR. William J. P. White. TRUSTEES OF CITY ICE-BOAT. Galloway C. Morris, Thomas J. Martin, Robt. Patterson, Clement A. Griscom (President), Geo. W. Mears. Secretary.-E. T. Halliwell. County Officers. Sheriff. Wm. R. Leeds. Prothonotary of the District Court. F. Theodore Walton, Wm. B. Mann. Clerk of the Orphans' Court. Joseph C. Tittermary. Prothonotary of the Common Pleas. John A. Loughridge. Clerk of Quarter Sessions. J. G. L. Brown. 112,457 The census of 1777 was taken by order of Sir William Howe when the British army was in possession of the city. At that time many Whigs and patriots were absent, and it is estimated that the population in the same year before the entry of the British was about 30,000. In 1854 the boundaries of the city were by the Consolidation Act extended over the whole of the county, so that the distinction between the city with the suburbs or adjoining incorporated districts and the county was abolished. Public Debt of the United States, Less Cash in Treasury and Sinking Fund. 1871 Nov. I............... Dec. I............ 1872 Jan. 1.......... Feb. I...... July ... August 1....... Sept. I Nov. I......... Dec. 1........... ..$2,251,713,448 03 2,148,251,367 85 2,243.836,411 14 .......... 2,228,204.949 50 2,225,813,497 98 ........... 2,210,331,529 34 ............. 2,197,743,440 72 Date. 1871. Dec. 11. 46 22. 1872. Jan. 5. 25. "26. Feb. 11. 14. FIRES IN PHILADELPHIA, 1871, 1872; Loss, $15,000 and over. John Dalton's woollen-mill.......... Factory st. above Twenty-fifth. Moore & York's furniture factory Potter, Son & Co.... Shoe and leather warehouse of Geo. F. Roedell & Co.. 29. Umbrella-factory of G. W. Carr & Co Levant st. above Spruce............. Second Street Road.. 305 North Third st. Twelfth and Willow sts.......... Mar. 2. T. M. Adams & Co., hame factory Sixteenth and Carpenter sts......... " 4. " 12. Lumber-yards of H. R. Deacon, Chestnut st. below Third. L. C. Wilmouth, and others.....Twentieth and Market sts..... "16. E. P. Moyer & Bros., harness " 20. 29. April 2. 4. factory Simmons & Slocum's house.... Market st. above Seventh... Opera Store and factory of the Weikel Stewart's Franklin coal-oil works pany.. Arch st. above Tenth........... Front st. below Race............... American and Master sts Loss. $17,000 28,000 18,000 18,000 20,000 100,000 75,000 15,000 20,000 300,000 56,000 75,000 50,000 80,000 25,000 30,000 31,000 " 9. 13. Baugh & Sons' phosphate works... 15. Saw-mill and steel works of Henry May 10. 19. Jayne's Building. 25. 26. " 27. June 11. Clement & Dunbar's planing-mill. Wilde's cotton and woollen mill... 22. Stuart & Hunt's coal-oil works..... 24. Little, Wood & Lancaster's dyeworks.... " 28. Varnish-works, etc..... "" 7. Warehouse of T. B. Bickerton & 11. Store of Keystone Collar Co., and Martien's printing office.... "22. Bookbinding establishment of J. E. Potter & Co...... Car and tube works of Allison & Sons.... 66 25. 25. Planing-mill of Mahaffey & Yohe Aug. 4. Simons' wagon-works.. Oct. 3. 14. 20. 30. Nov. 13. Warehouses of John Boyle and " 150,000 19. Planing-mill of D. B. Kelly, and & Lincoln.... Brown st. above Fourth......... 34,000 Agnew, John, fire-engine builder, Oct. 26, aged 81 years. Bache, Hartman, Col. of Engineers, U. S. A., and Brevet Brig. Gen., Oct. 8, aged 74 years. Baker, Chas. H., formerly hardware merchant, for some years President of the Philadelphia Insurance Company, Sept. 21, aged 80 years. banker in New York and New Orleans, Dec. 26, Barker, Jacob, formerly broker, financier and 1871, aged 92 years. Bell, John, M.D., physician, author and savan, Aug. 19, aged 77 years. Biddle, Edward, formerly of Humphreys & Biddle, merchants at Liverpool, Mar. 23, aged 56 years. Blackburn, Alexander W., once reporter for the press, lieutenant of police, fire detective, fire marshal, Nov. 30, 1871, aged 56 years. Budd, Thomas A., lawyer, June 1, aged 73 years. Brown, David Paul, counsellor-at-law, one of the oldest members of the Philadelphia bar, July 11, aged 76 years. Butler, John G., fire commissioner, formerly Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Jan. 25, aged 35 years. Canavan, Joseph J., morocco manufacturer, Aug. 18, aged 37 years. Canby, Samuel T., member of Board of Health, director of Corn Exchange Bank, and retired merchant, Oct. 23, aged 63 years. Chambers, Andrew R., formerly currier and leather merchant, Dec. 3, 1871, aged 66 years. Chase, Rev. Robt. F., formerly of St. Mathias, Ascension and St. Peter's Memorial Chapel, P.E. churches, at Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 3. Clark, Edward L., member of the firm of Thos. Watson & Sons, cracker bakers, Dec. 12, 1871, aged 48 years. Clark, John, contractor, Lieutenant-Colonel, Councilman in 1860, member of the Legislature, 1267, Speaker of the House, 1869, May 30, aged 49 years. Curtis, Rev. T. F., D.D., Baptist clergyman, for many years editorial contributor to the Public Ledger, at Cambridgeport, Mass., Aug. 9. Darley, W. H. W., musician, organist of St. Luke's P.E. church, July 31, aged 71 years. Dickson, Levi, formerly wholesale grocer, Mar. 13, aged 67 years. Dickson, Samuel Henry, M.D., Professor of the practice of medicine in Jefferson College, Mar. 31, aged 74 years. Eckfeldt. Jacob R., chief coiner U. S. Mint, Aug. 9, aged 70 years. Eisenbrey, John, Jr., formerly manufacturer of cabinet-makers' veneers, etc., Sept. 6, aged 65 Grant, Samuel, formerly of Grant & Stone, shipping merchants, Sept. 23, aged 90 years. Guillou, Constant, counsellor-at-law, Oct. 20, aged 60 years. Hacker, Morris, miner and shipper of coal, Mar. 19, aged 40 years. Hennessey, Rev. Michael, assistant priest at Roman Catholic church of St. Theresa and St. Francis, Fairmount, Mar. 21, aged 31 years. Horstmann, William J., manufacturer of military goods, President of German Society and school of design, died in San Francisco, Cal., May 10, the Institutes of Medicine, April 5, aged 95 years. aged 52 years. Jackson, Samuel, M.D., emeritus professor of Keefe, John, manufacturer, formerly a leading politician in Southwark, Sept. 9, aged 88 years. Landell, George, formerly a shipbuilder and lumber-merchant, June 9, aged 84 years. Lawrence, R. V., pastor of Wharton Street M. E. church, July 1, aged 47 years. Lewis, Wm. D., Jr., Brev. Brig.-Gen., formerly Colonel of 110th P.V., Jan. 19, aged 44 years. Lex, Chas. E., lawyer, formerly President of Girard College, city solicitor, member of councils, May 16, aged 60 years. Macomb, Wm. H., Commodore U. S. N., Aug. 12, aged 54 years. McDermott, Rev. Cornelius, assistant pastor St. John's R.C. church, Aug. 24, aged 32 years, Malone, Dr. Benjamin, commission merchant and Vice President of Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Dec. 28, 1871, aged 64 years. Mason, Wm. G., engraver, July 13, aged 75 years. Meade, George G., Maj.-Gen. U. S. Army, "The Hero of Gettysburg," Nov. 6, aged 57 years. Millward, Wm., formerly leather manufacturer, member of Congress for the Third District, 18541858, U. S. Marshal, 1861, and Director of the U. S. Mint, Nov. 28, 1871, aged 55 years. Nicholson, Wm. C., Commodore U. S. N., July 25, aged 72 years. Orne, James H., carpet merchant, Nov. 30, 1871, aged 54 years. Papé, Rev. Gabriel, for 30 years rabbi and pastor of the Beth-Israel (Polish) synagogue, Crown st. above Race, Jan. 5, aged 53 years. Paul, Rev. Alfred, pastor First Presbyterian church of Hestonville, Nov. 18. Parrish, Edward, M.D., druggist and professor of pharmacy, died at Ft. Sill, Indian Territory, Sept. 9, aged 50 years. Rea, John, formerly upholsterer, the projector and owner of the United States Hotel, once situated on Chestnut st. between Fourth and Fifth, Dec. 29, 1871, aged 96 years. Read, Thos. Buchanan, poet and painter, May 11, aged 50 years. Roberts, Edward, formerly of A. S. & E. Roberts, wholesale druggists and chemists, Nov. 3, aged 73 years. Saunders, Rev. Ephraim D, D.D., Presbyterian clergyman, formerly principal of Courtland Saunders Institute, a large donor to the Presby terian Hospital, Sept. 13, aged 62 years, Standbridge, John C. B., organ-builder, Dec. 15, 1871, aged 69 years. Sully, Thomas, artist, historical and portrait painter, Nov. 5, aged 91 years. Watson, Johannes, fire-proof safe manufacturer, formerly of Evans & Watson, Feb. 13, aged 65. |