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Street Superintendent : 



1886 to 1895: —The first street superintendent was E. Turner, ap- 

 pointed November 10, 1886. May 14, 1887, Turner resigned and J. W. 

 Vore was appointed. April 26, 1890, C. C. Brown was appointed, vice Vore 

 resigned. April 13, 1894, J. A. Buchanan was appointed, vice Brown, re- 

 signed. Buchanan still holds, July, 1895. 



Health Officer : 



1887 to 1895: — Dr. Theron Nichols, first incumbent, appointed Feb- 

 ruary 19, 1887 ; no salary. Dr. W. L. McAllister, appointed August 27, 

 1887, vice Nichols, resigned ; salary $50.00 per month. Dr. H. H. Sherk, 

 appointed April 26, 1890, vice McAllister, term expired. October 6, 1892, 

 a cit, board of health was created by ordinance, and Drs. H. H. Sherk, 

 J. M. Radebaugh, R. J. Mohr, and H. K. Macomber were appointed as such 

 board. Dr. Sherk was thus continued as health officer ; and on October 24 

 he was appointed to serve also as building and plumbing inspector. Dr. 

 F. F. Rowland, appointed April 23, 1894, vice Sherk, resigned, and still 

 holds, July, 1895. 



Official Newspaper^ or City Printer : 



1886 to 1895 '• —The Union Junior oi ^wa^ 29, 1886, contained the first 

 official publication of city ordinances, and they took effect the next day at 

 noon. Hence it was the first official newspaper. The Pasadena Star, ap- 

 pointed July 8, 1886. [For printing city ordinances, resolutions, etc., the 

 Star had bid 24 cents per square and the Valley Union bid 50 cents per 

 square. Hence the choice.] The Daily Union was appointed to the same 

 service on June 2, 1888, having now made the lowest bid. But when in 

 1889 the Union suspended publication, this business went to the Daily Star 

 again ; and the Star still holds it, 1895. 



Chief of Fire Department : 



1887 to 1895 : — On October 8, 1887, a city fire department was author- 

 ized and the office of " Chief" created. Robert Hentig was appointed to fill 

 it ; salary $10.00 per month. On June 9, 1889, Hentig tendered his resig- 

 nation. On August 16, 1888, J. D. Jones appears in the records as Fore- 

 man and Acting-Chief of the Fire Department. Then on September 10, 

 1889, Jones is discharged, and Hentig reappointed. A. S. Turbett was 

 appointed November 30, 1889, vice Hentig, resigned, and still holds the 

 place— July, 1895. 



City Librarian : 



On January 14, 1890, a public vote was carried to issue bonds for the 

 purchase by the city of the public library property. This made the post of 

 librarian a city office ; and on April 21, 1890, Mrs. S. E. Merritt was ap- 

 pointed to fill it — as she does yet, 1895. [For Library Trustees, see page 

 210]. 



In 1894 the city clerk published a full and exhaustive tabulation of 

 city finances, including debts, salaries, current expenditures of every sort, 

 tax levies, etc., etc. This was printed in a neat manual of thirty pages, 

 which contained also a complete directory of all city officers, departments, 

 etc. And from it I compile the following exhibit of current expenses of the 

 city during the fiscal year eliding February 28, 1894: 



