UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (MASSACHUSETTS.) 



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ance of $1,500, which will be turned into the sink- 

 ing fund. Last year the city expended about 

 $9,703,248.52. 



The Fire Department consists of 513 active men, 

 eluding substitutes. The cost of operation for 

 902 was as follows: Salaries, $374,302.21; ex- 

 mses, $103,346.93; salaries and equipment of No. 

 3 Engine Company, $18,277.74. 

 City-Engineer Fendall reports the expenditure 

 .f $173,000 in repairs to cobble and improve 

 treets and $25,000 on the maintenance of and re- 

 airs to the city bridges. 



Building-Inspector Preston's report shows that 

 the amount spent for improvements to public 

 buildings for the city was $428,218.96, while for 

 repairs and rebuilding there was spent $178,898. 



The Street-Cleaning Department expended 

 $368,925.15, out of a total appropriation of $369,- 



The collector of water rents and licenses re- 

 ports the receipt of $17,055.83 from the sale of dog 

 licenses and $61,542.62 from the sale of wagon, 

 street-car, telegraph and telephone pole, theatrical, 

 pool, and other licenses. From water rents he 

 collected about $853,000. 



The chief engineer for the Subway Commission 

 reports the construction of 600,000 feet of duct 

 work in the year. Almost the only unfinished 

 work is the connection of the Pratt Street power- 

 house and substation of the United Electric Light 

 and Power Company with the subway system. 



In 1901, the net cost to the taxpayers on ac- 

 count of the jail, exclusive of salaries, was $13,- 

 716.10, being the lowest in the history of the in- 

 stitution. This record was surpassed in 1902, the 

 net cost for the year being $10,455.35, a decrease 

 of 24 per cent. 



Political. The Legislature, at its biennial ses- 

 sion, elected Arthur Pue Gorman, Democrat, to 

 succeed George L. Wellington in the United 

 States Senate. Mr. Gorman, who was Mr. Wel- 

 lington's predecessor, will take his seat on March 

 4, 1903. The Legislature also elected Murray 

 Vandiver to succeed himself as State Treasurer. 



At the November elections 6 members of Con- 

 gress were elected, of whom 4 were Republicans 

 and 2 Democrats. This was a gain of 2 Demo- 

 crats, the congressional delegation having been 

 solidly Republican. 



MASSACHUSETTS, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Con- 

 stitution Feb. 6, 1788; area, 8,315 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, was 378,787 in 1790; 422,845 in 1800; 472,040 

 in 1810; 523,159 in 1820; 610,408 in 1830; 737,699 

 in 1840; 994,514 in 1850; 1,231,066 in 1860; 1,457,- 

 351 in 1870; 1,783,085 in 1880; 2,238,943 in 1890; 

 and 2,805,346 in 1900. Capital, Boston. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1902: Governor, Winthrop Murray 

 Crane; Lieutenant-Governor, John L. Bates; Sec- 

 retary of State, William M. Olin; Treasurer, Ed- 

 ward S. Bradford; Auditor, Henry E. Turner; 

 Attorney-General, Herbert Parker; Insurance 

 Commissioner, Frederic L. Cutting; Adjutant- 

 General, Samuel Dalton; Savings-Bank Commis- 

 sioners, Warren E. Locke, James O. Otis; Prison 

 Commission, F. G. Pettigrove. Margaret P. Rus- 

 sell, Henry Parkman, Mary V. O'Callaghan, Ar- 

 thur H. Wellman; Chief of the Bureau of Labor 

 Statistics, Horace G. Wadhin; Secretary of the 

 Board of Education, Frank A. Hill; Secretary of 

 the Board of Agriculture, James W. Stockwell; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver Wen- 

 dell Holmes, who was appointed in August to 

 the bench of the United States Supreme Court. 

 He was succeeded by Associate Justice Marcus P. 



JOHN L. BATES, 

 GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Knowlton, and Henry K. Braley was promoted 

 from the Superior Court bench to fill the vacancy 

 caused by Justice Knowlton's promotion. Other 

 Associate Justices, James M. Morton, John La- 

 throp, James M. Barker, John W. Hammond and 

 William C. Loring; Clerk, Henry A. Clapp.' All 

 are Republicans. 



The term of the State officers is one year; they 

 are elected in November. The Legislature meets 

 annually on the first Wednesday in January. 

 The length of the session is not limited. 



Finances. The 



gross debt of the 

 ommonwealth, ac- 

 tual and contin- 

 gent, Jan. 1, 1902, 

 was $77,696,635. Of 

 this amount, $25,- 

 738,223 is repre- 

 sented by loans is- 

 sued for State pur- 

 poses exclusively, 

 and $51,958,412 by 

 loans issued for the 

 benefit of cities and 

 towns. Applicable 

 to the loans issued 

 for strictly State 

 purposes are sink- 

 ing-funds amount- 

 ing to $13,278,169, 

 making the net ac- 

 tual State debt $12,- 

 460,053. For the 

 redemption of the contingent debt there are 

 sinking-funds of $3,312,853, which makes the net 

 contingent debt $48,645,558. 



The Auditor's estimate of the sum needed for 

 the expenditures of 1902 was $6,376,242.60. The 

 reimbursement of towns for the care of the insane 

 added $15,000 more to the expenses of the execu- 

 tive department than was needed in 1901. The 

 Treasurer's department called for an increase of 

 $10,000 for premiums on securities for the Massa- 

 chusetts school fund, and a decrease of $1,000 

 on clerical assistance. For State and military 

 aid $18,600 more was required; and for the At- 

 torney-General's office $4,000 more. 



In the estimates for 1903 the high prices of 

 fuel and other supplies caused increases; and 

 in addition each department is compelled by the 

 new law to pay for its own printing. The Cattle 

 Bureau asks for $100,000 for exterminating con- 

 tagious diseases among animals. Last year the 

 appropriation was $58,000. The Insurance Com- 

 missioner asks $15,700 for salaries, $26,025 for 

 extra clerks, $4,000 for incidentals, and $4,600 for 

 printing. The Civil-Service Commissioners ask 

 for $25,550, an increase of $850 to cover printing. 

 The Tax Commissioner desires $25,400, with an 

 added sum of $9,500 for salaries; the Attorney- 

 General $40,000, as last year, for salaries and con- 

 tingent expenses; the Harbor and Land Commis- 

 sioners $43,200, an increase of $1,000; the High- 

 way Commission $34,950 for salaries, traveling 

 expenses, etc. The Fish and Game Commissioners 

 desire $5,630 for salaries. $1,550 for travel and in- 

 cidentals, $780 for clerical expenses, and $18,445 

 for enforcement of game-laws, distribution of fish, 

 etc. The Court of Land Registration asks $39,- 

 000; the Savings-Bank Commissioners the usual 

 amount, with $5,000 added. The Auditor's esti- 

 mate is $20,600, no increase: the Commissioners 

 of War Records $10,000, as last year; the editor 

 of Province Laws. $21,200, an increase of $1,900. 



Treasurer Bradford asks for an increase of 

 $15,000. He says that on April 1 $1,500,000 Bos- 



