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HAND-BOOK 
 
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 A STRANGERS' GUIDE AND RESIDENTS' MANUAL. 
 
 By will. E. EATON. 
 
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 WAKEFIELD, MASS.: 
 
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 THE CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS. 
 1885. 
 

 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by 
 
 Will. E. Eaton, 
 
 In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
PRKKAXORY. 
 
 The present work, the first of its kind in Wakefield, 
 was undertaken and pubHshed with the advice and wishes 
 of many friends, for the purpose of supplying the citizens 
 of Wakefield, as well as the stranger, with a small hand- 
 book of the town, containing a concise sketch of the 
 town's history, and such other valuable matter relating to 
 the natural features, the industries, and the statistics of 
 AV^akefield, which are of interest and worth to townsmen 
 and others ; and to present this information in the small- 
 est possible space, and for a price within the reach of 
 all. My design, primarily, was that, through its influence, 
 good citizens might be attracted to our pretty town, and 
 make it a permanent home for themselves and families. 
 The history has been obtained to a great extent from the 
 "History of Wakefield," by the late Hon. Lilley Eaton. 
 
 I have endeavored, simply and clearly, to state facts 
 as they appear, and have studiously avoided unnecessary 
 matter. The tables of statistics, especially those relating 
 to the expenses of the town in each of its many depart- 
 ments, have been prepared with great care. The illustra- 
 tions were prepared by the Heliotype Printing Co., of 
 Boston, from photographs taken by Mr. George P. Abom 
 of Wakefield. 
 
IV. PREFATORY. 
 
 The result of much labor and considerable expense 
 appears in the following pages, and there remains noth- 
 ing for me to add, but to express my sincere and warmest 
 thanks to those who have in any way assisted me in the 
 preparation of this work. I offer this volume as a hum- 
 ble memorial of my interest in my native town. My 
 inexperience will, I hope, be sufficient excuse for any 
 errors which may appear. 
 
 Will. E. Eaton. 
 
 Wakefield, December 25, 1885. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Advertisements - - - - - - 117 
 
 Annual Expenses, since 1855, - . - - 76 
 
 Banking Institutions ..... ^3 
 
 Baptist Church ---.-. 37 
 
 Burial Grounds ------ 58 
 
 Business ------ 70 
 
 By-Laws ------ 87 
 
 Congregational Church ----- 36 
 
 Congressional District - ... - 95 
 
 Councillor District .... - g^ 
 
 Dates of Incorporation of neighboring Cities and Towns, 
 
 with Comparative Statemerits of Populations - 94 
 
 District Court - - - - - - 95 
 
 Ecclesiastical History ----- 36 
 
 Emmanuel Church - . . . . 43 
 
 Fire Department . . . . . 27 
 
 First Congregational Society of Greenwood - - 47 
 
 Gas Supply ...... 22 
 
 Hills 14 
 
 History ...... 102 
 
 Industries and Trades - - - - - 61 
 
 Interesting Facts - - - - - 114 
 
 Justices of the Peace . - - . . 92 
 
 Lakes - - - - - - - II 
 
 Medical Examiner's District .... 9^ 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church .... 40 
 
 Military Affairs ...... 55 
 
INDEX. VI. 
 
 Montrose Chapel Society .... 48 
 
 Newspapers ------ 49 
 
 Notaries Public ------ 93 
 
 Park ------- 30 
 
 Points of Interest .... - 73 
 
 Post Offices ------ 59 
 
 Property exempted from Taxation - - - 84 
 
 Public Buildings - - - - - 15 
 
 " (insured) - - - - - 85 
 
 " Halls ------ 17 
 
 " Library - - - - - - 18 
 
 " Reading Room - - - - - 19 
 
 " Schools -..--- 34 
 
 Railroad Fq^ilities - - - - - 21 
 
 Representative District ----- 96 
 
 Representatives since 1812 - - - - 96 
 
 Rules and Orders - - - - - 9' 
 
 Salaries of Town Officers - - - - 84 
 
 School Appropriations since 181 2 - - - 86 
 
 Senatorial District ----- 95 
 
 Societies and Clubs - - - - - 5' 
 
 St. Joseph's Church ----- 45 
 
 Streets ------ 14 
 
 Streets laid out - - - - - 115 
 
 Tabulated School Statistics . . - - 35 
 
 Town Farm and Almshouse ... - 29 
 
 Town Officers since i860 ... - 97 
 
 Universalist Church ----- 39 
 
 Valuation Table ... - - 82 
 
 Vital Statistics ------ 85 
 
 Wakefield, General Characteristics - - - 9 
 
 Water Supply ------ 23 
 
"No soft Italian scenes we boast, 
 Our Summer skies less clear; 
 
 But prized, the grandeur of our coast- 
 Our rocky hillsides dear. 
 
 No notes of foreign praise we swell, 
 Not 'Naples view, and rest !' 
 
 Our invitation is, — 'Come, dwell 
 In Wakefield, and be blest\" 
 
WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Nature has given to Wakefield remarkable advantages 
 of situation. With its multitudinous attractions on land 
 aud lake, it is as pretty and as picturesque a town as can 
 be found in Eastern Massachusetts. She rivals in beauty 
 and loveliness of scenery, in pure air and wholesome 
 atmosphere, her sister towns, and stands, with her special 
 natural and artificial advantages, first and foremost in the 
 suburban towns of busy and prosperous Boston. It is 
 true that Wakefield can not boast of being the home of 
 a Longfellow, a Washington, or other literary and mili- 
 tary heroes of distinction. No massive and majestic 
 temples of art adorn her streets ; no monuments of great 
 height tower above her grassy slopes in commanding and 
 significant splendor. Yet, notwithstanding she is wanting 
 in many of these special features — possessing as she does 
 so large a share of scenic beauty, so abundantly provided 
 with gas, and a pure and never-failing water supply, con- 
 taining school facilities of unusual and acknowledged 
 excellence, having within her limits manufactures and 
 industries of no inconsiderable importance, so conve- 
 
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 niently connected with bands of iron with the leading 
 business centres in this section of the country, being 
 situated as she is in the very midst of a circle of large 
 and flourishing commercial cities, having unrivalled lake 
 and hill scenery, together with excellent boating facilities, 
 containing within her bounds such a magnificent park, 
 and with her many benevolent, financial and literary 
 institutions — it is not at all surprising that Wakefield has 
 gathered into her peaceful and quiet domain, from all 
 ends of the earth, a goodly number of people, and man- 
 ufactories, which are yearly on the increase. 
 
 Wakefield, containing 4,568 acres, is bounded on the 
 north by the town of Reading, on the east by Lynnfield 
 and Saugus, on the south by Melrose, and on the west 
 by Stoneham and Reading. Its central village is in 
 latitude 42 deg., 30 min., 26 sec, north, and in longitude 
 71 deg., 4 min., 42 sec, west from Greenwich. 
 
 Her early history may be found elsewhere in these 
 pages. From early colonial times, down to the present 
 day, she has steadily grown in opulence, prosperity and 
 importance. Her children have won fame and eminence 
 within and beyond her boundaries. 
 
 As early as the year 1645, ^^ ancient historian, familiar 
 with the locality, remarked that Wakefield "is well watered, 
 situate about a great pond, and her habitation is fallen in 
 the very centre of the country." To one interested in 
 the study of antiquity, and the persevering efforts with 
 which a settlement begun in the centre of a dense prime- 
 val wilderness struggled out from insignificance into one 
 the most prosperous and attractive representative towns 
 
HAND-P.OOK OF WAKEFrELD. I I 
 
 of Massachusetts, our pretty and inviting village furnishes 
 an excellent opportunity for such study. Much deserving 
 tribute of veneration and respect is due to those hardy 
 settlers of 1639 and later, whose heroic and noble efforts 
 made less difficult the achievements of the generations 
 which followed them. 
 
 Let us look about the town for visible evidences of the 
 town's weal and affluence. We see dispersed here and 
 there, on every side, public buildings of varied and 
 pleasing architectural design, and substantially built 
 dwelling houses, neat and convenient, with beautiful and 
 alluring surroundings. Large and costly residences, 
 beautiful to look at, and some even approaching magnifi- 
 cence, are clustered about the centre and more thickly- 
 settled sections of the town, and on the shores of the 
 lakes, — all evidences of a happy, prosperous and con- 
 tented people. 
 
 The sanitary condition of the town will bear favorable 
 comparison with that of neighboring cities and towns. 
 Steps will be probably be taken within a few years look- 
 ing to the establishment of a permanent public system of 
 sewerage. Our streets are clean, and everything about 
 the town has a wholesome and tidy appearance. 
 
 LAKES. 
 
 There are two lakes within the limits of the town, 
 which in themselves, with their surroundings, present 
 attractions unequalled in this neighborhood. The largest 
 of them is Lake Quannapowitt, located a little distance 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEMELD. 
 
 to the north of the central part of the village, and about 
 which a local writer has the following appropriate lines : 
 
 "Fair Lake ! how oft I've wandered o'er 
 Thy grassy banks and pebbled shore, 
 While on thy surface sunbeams played, 
 And distant trees, in lengthened shade. 
 Met the mild skies ethereal blue, 
 When can I cease to think of you?" 
 
 This beautiful sheet of clear, blue water covers about 
 264 acres. Its southern and northern shores are covered 
 by a smooth and sandy or gravelly margin sloping gently 
 and gracefully down to the water's edge. In shape the 
 lake is quite irregular, but is stated approximately to be 
 about one mile in length, and one-half mile in width. 
 "Cemetery Point" juts out on the west shore at a point 
 about half way up the lake, giving a varied and rather 
 pleasing aspect to the western border of the pond. Its 
 outlet is the Saugus river which, forming a part of the 
 northern and eastern boundaries of the town, flows on its 
 circuitous way through Saugus into the great Atlantic, 
 being joined on its way by Mill river, the outlet of 
 Crystal Lake. 
 
 Lake Quannapowitt was well stocked with bass, salmon 
 and other fish several years ago, and the piscatory sport 
 may be called good at the present time. Fishing is 
 carried on under the direction and supervision of a Board 
 of Fish Committee, annually elected by the town, and it 
 has been through their zealous efforts in a large degree 
 
HAND-BOOK OP^ WAKEFIELD. 1 3 
 
 that this sport is allowed to become more enjoyable, and 
 in a certain sense more profitable as the years draw on. 
 Only the inhabitants of Wakefield are permitted to fish 
 in this lake, and they only after having obtained a permit 
 from the Committee. I'he fishing season commences on 
 the first of July, and closes on the first of November 
 each year. During this period fishing is permitted on 
 Wednesdays from sunrise until sunset, and on Satur- 
 days from 12 o'clock m. until sunset. The banks of 
 Lake Quannapowitt, though nowhere wild and precipi- 
 tous, present scenes and views of rare and varied beauty. 
 Many fine residences enhance the natural prospect of 
 the eastern shore, or, as it is frequently called, "Lake- 
 side." The Public Park fronts on the south shore of the 
 lake. 
 
 Crystal Lake, which in size is considerably smaller than 
 her sister lake, contains about sixty-four acres, and is so 
 hemmed in by surrounding elevations of land and artifi- 
 cial attractions, in the shape of handsome dwelling-houses 
 and pleasant and spacious grounds, as to afford much 
 beautiful and romantic scenery. The rise of land to the 
 west of the pond furnishes many fine building sites. On 
 the north shore is located the sightly pumping station of 
 the Wakefield Water Company, with the unique residence 
 of the Superintendent of the Works. Here, by means 
 of two large Knowles pumps in the station, pure, crystal 
 water is furnished to the inhabitants of Wakefield and 
 Stoneham for fire and domestic purposes. The Boston 
 and Maine Railroad skirts its eastern margin, and passen- 
 gers on the trains witness panoramic scenes of exceeding 
 
14 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEP^IELD. 
 
 beauty. Two small islands dot the surface of the 
 lake at its lower end. 
 
 "From rounded Cedar's airy crest, 
 
 View lake, with leafy hem, — 
 Two fairy islands on its breast, 
 
 Shining a crystal gem." 
 
 HILLS. 
 
 Who is there that has had an opportunity to range 
 about the woody, rock-bound hills that extend along our 
 eastern and western borders, who failed to perceive that 
 Wakefield is encompassed by some of Nature's most 
 delightful and inviting scenery? Many are the pleasant 
 walks and rambles which radiate from the town around 
 and about these hills. The principal elevations are Cow- 
 drey's Hill, Cedar Hill, Hart's Hill, Prospect Hill, 
 Castle Rock (just over the Wakefield-Saugus line) 
 and Tudor's Hill. 
 
 STREETS. 
 
 The streets of Wakefield number ninety, and are 
 lighted by sixty-eight street hghts, and a considerable 
 number of kerosene lamps. The streets are kept in 
 unusually good condition at much labor and expense. 
 The digging up of the principal town ways, in 1882, for 
 the laying of the water pipes of the Wakefield Water 
 Company, placed them is rather poor condition for some 
 time, but under the management of an efficient Board of 
 Road Commissioners the streets have again assumed their 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 1 5 
 
 wonted evenness and solidity. The town annually appro- 
 priates $5,000, or more, to keep our highways and bridges 
 in proper shape. The many and pleasant drives in and 
 about the town have long been a source of boasting for 
 ourselves, and a genuine pleasure for visitors. 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINQS. 
 
 Although Wakefield boasts no distinction for her public 
 buildings she has those which are worthy of more than a 
 passing notice, and which our people point to with not a 
 little pride. The principal of the architectural structures 
 and most central public building is the Town Hall, located 
 on the corner of Main and Water streets, a public edifice 
 unsurpassed in the town for the beauty of its architec- 
 tural design, the thoroughness of its workmanship, 
 the convenience of its numerous apartments, and the 
 elegance of its spacious audience hall. 
 
 This stately edifice was the munificent gift of the 
 late Cyrus Wakefield. The dedicatory exercises of 
 the Town Hall Building occurred February 22, 1871, 
 at which time Mr. Wakefield formally presented the title- 
 deeds and keys of the building to the representatives of 
 the town. 
 
 Next to the Town Hall, in beauty of design, stands the 
 Baptist Church, on Main street, prominent among the 
 adorning features of our main thoroughfare. The High 
 School Building, the Congregational and the Universalist 
 churches, the Episcopal Chapel, and St. Joseph's and the 
 Methodist churches, are representative and significant 
 
i6 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIF.LD. 
 
 TOWN HALL. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. I 7 
 
 Structures of beauty and usefulness. Among the large 
 business blocks, may be mentioned Walton's Block, 
 Gate's Building, Butler's Block, Connell and Curley's 
 Block, Wakefield's Block, Perkins' Block, Kingman's 
 Block, Brown's Block, Millers' Building, the Bank Build- 
 ing, and many others of less dimensions. 
 
 The large audience hall in the Town Hall building 
 Tanks first in beauty, as well as in seating and stage 
 accommodations. The seating capacity is 1164 divided 
 as follows : floor, 704, and galleries, 460. Memorial 
 Hall, situated in the north east corner of the same build- 
 ing, on the first floor, is handsomely and appropriate!) 
 furnished. This hall contains marble tablets, encased in 
 a black walnut finish, on which are inscribe'd the names 
 of those honored soldiers of Wakefield who died victims 
 of the Great Rebellion. The walls are hung with the 
 portraits of many veterans, of the late war, including an 
 excellent picture of the late Maj. H, M. Warren, in 
 whose honor Post 12, G. A, R. A^as named. Several 
 years ago this hall was fitted up with tables and other 
 appurtenances and has since been utiHzed as a Public 
 Reading Room, and here our youth as well as those 
 persons of more mature years can inform and amuse 
 themselves through th*e perusal of the daily, weekly, 
 monthly and other publications here provided. King- 
 man's Hall, in Kingman's Block, over the Post Office, is 
 
15 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKI,D. 
 
 much used for social parties, assemblies and similar 
 purposes. Albion Hall on Albion street, formerly occu- 
 pied by the Methodist Society, is now utilized by the 
 Knights of Labor. It has a fine floor for dancing. Odd 
 Fellows' Hall, located in Walton's Block on Main street, 
 Armory Hall, in the old Town Hall building at the corner 
 of Main and Salem streets, Perkins' Hall on Mechanic 
 Street, Grand Army Hall in the east end of Wakefield's 
 Block, with entrance on Lincoln street, old G. A. R. 
 Hall in Walton's Block, and St. Joseph's Hall on Murray 
 street, are public assemblage places of importance, besides 
 having their regular uses. 
 
 PUBL.IC LIBRARY. 
 
 Wakefield was one of the first towns in the Common- 
 wealth to avail herself of the provisions of an act of the 
 Legislature authorizing towns to establish and support 
 public libraries. 
 
 The Beebe Town Library was established in 1856 and 
 was at that time called the "South Reading Library." 
 The change to its present name was made in 1868 in 
 honor of the late Lucius Beebe, Esq., a generous contrib- 
 utor to its funds. The Library is located in a spacious 
 room in the northwest comer of the Town Hall building 
 on Main street, and contains some over 8000 volumes. 
 Mrs. Hattie A. Shepard is the accompUshed and efficient 
 hbrarian. The Library is open regularly on the evenings 
 of Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 until 9 
 
HAND-KOOK OF WAKEFFELD. 1 9 
 
 o'clock, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from 
 2 until 5 o'clock. The Public Library has become a 
 permanent institution, is firmly fixed in the popular 
 regard, and thousands of books distributed weekly afford 
 unbounded profit and pleasure to young and old. 
 The government and general superintendence of the 
 Library is in charge and under direct supervision of a 
 Board of Trustees, chosen annually by the town, and 
 who serve without compensation. 
 
 PUBLIC RKADING ROOIVI. 
 
 Wakefield is noted for the attention which it gives to 
 institutions calculated to develop and improve the moral 
 and intellectual condition of her citizens. The Public 
 Reading Room was established in Memorial Hall, Town 
 Hall building, in 1883, in conformity with a vote of the 
 town passed May 7th, 1883. Here on large tables may 
 be found all the valuable and popular daily, weekly and 
 monthly publications of celebrity and usefulness. Its 
 central location, its proximity to the Public Library, and 
 convenient and pleasant accommodations for teachers, 
 scholars and the public at large, make the room a pleas- 
 urable and beneficial resort. The Reading Room is 
 open every week-day evening from 7 until 10 o'clock, 
 with the exception of a short time during the summer 
 months, when special rules are in order, and on Monday, 
 Wednesday and Saturday afternoons of each week from 
 2 until 5 o'clock, and is Free to All. 
 
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 Periodicals on the Tables of the Reading Room. 
 
 Quarterlies. — North American Review. 
 
 Monthlies. — Eclectic ; Popular Science ; Century ; At- 
 lantic ; Blackwood's Review ; Harper's ; Chambers' 
 Journal ; Hall's Journal of Health ; School Journal ; 
 Poultry ; American Agriculturist ; Carpentry and 
 Building; Godey's Lady's Book; All the Year 
 Round ; Our Continent ; Wheelman. 
 
 Fortnightly. — Literary World. 
 
 Weeklies. — Metal W^orker ; Forest and Stream ; Courier 
 Des Etats-Unis ; American Bee Journal ; Youths' 
 Companion ; Scientific American ; American Archi- 
 tect ; Woman's Journal ; Washington World ; Har- 
 per's Bazaar; Harper's Weekly; Frank Leslie's 
 Illustrated ; Popular Science ; Weekly Telegram ; 
 Judge ; Puck ; Life ; Punch ; Springfield Republi- 
 can ; Irish World ; Pilot ; Wakefield Citizen and 
 Banner ; Wakefield Bulletin ; Transcript. 
 
 Dailies. — Boston Herald ; Boston Globe ; New York 
 Graphic. 
 
 Trustees of Beebe Town Library and Reading Room. 
 
 Thomas Winship, Joseph M. Skulley, George H. 
 Teague, Solon O. Richardson, John R. Mansfield, Ches- 
 ter W. Eaton, Charles A. Dean, Otis Y. Waterman, 
 Jacob C. Hartshorne, Cyrus Wakefield, * William H. 
 Morrison, William N. Tyler, Thomas L. Wlialen, Geo. 
 H. Towle, William F. Young, Eugene O'Hea, Stephen 
 W. Lufkin, S. K. Hamilton, R. H. Mitchell. 
 
 * Removed to Manchester, N. H. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 2 1 
 
 RAILROAD FACILII^IKS. 
 
 Wakefield is quite a railroad centre. The natural 
 character of the country in and about \\'akefield flanked 
 on either side by towering hills, seems to compel the 
 various railway lines coming from the north, northeast 
 and east, to converge at the Junction and to pursue 
 their way together between the steep slopes of Hart's 
 Hill and the margin of Crystal Lake, through the pretty 
 village of Greenwood to the busy metropolis. 
 
 AVakefield is in direct communication with all the 
 principal cities in f^astern Massachusetts, including Bos- 
 ton, Salem, Newburyport, Maiden, Somerville, Haverhill, 
 Lawrence, Lowell and with Concord, Manchester and 
 Dover, N. H. and Portland, Me., and in close connection 
 with all the attractive sea-shore resorts on the seacoast 
 of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Inhere 
 are three lines at present running through the town, all 
 controlled by the Boston & Maine R. R. Corporation ; 
 the direct line from Boston to Portland being known as 
 the main line ; from Boston to Newbur)q)ort, known as 
 the "Newburyport Branch" or the "Danvers Railroad;" 
 and from Boston to Salem, via Wakefield, known as the 
 *'South Reading Branch." 
 
 With all the above named cities, besides other cities 
 beyond and in other states, and towns and villages of 
 lesser importance between the cities above named, Wake- 
 field has easy and rapid communication. 
 
 At present our town has 22 mward and 22 outward 
 trains on every week-day, and 1 2 trains for Boston, and 
 
2 2 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 9 returning on Sundays, from the Upper Depot. From 
 the Centre Station there are lo outward and lo inward 
 trains each day, Sundays excepted. The average running 
 time of inward trains is about 32 minutes, the quickest 
 time being 26 minutes. The average running time of 
 the outward trains is 31 minutes. There are seven 
 depots within the town hmits where cars may be taken 
 for Boston. Thus it will be seen that Wakefield is within 
 one-half an hour's ride of busy Boston, and therefore 
 affords an excellent home for business men of the city, 
 who may desire residences for their families in our town. 
 
 OAS SUPRIvY. 
 
 Wakefield was without gas for the lighting (»f streets 
 and for general use until i860, when the Citizens' Gas 
 Light Company of Reading, Wakefield and Stoneham 
 was incorporated, with a capital of ^100,000. The gas 
 house and buildings utilized in the manufacture and stor- 
 age of the gas, are situated on Railroad St. This industry 
 although of modern origin, is a most useful one. By it 
 our public streets are made almost as safe in night as in 
 the day time, and our public halls, our private residences 
 and places of business are furnished with a steady and 
 brilliant light. The Company's pipes cover over twenty 
 miles of streets in the three towns, and furnish the best 
 quahty of gas to consumers, at $3.50 per 1000 feet. Our 
 well known and genial fellow citizen, Buchanan B. Bur- 
 bank, is the Superintendent of the Works. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 23 
 
 By an act of the Legislature of Massachusetts approved 
 May 4, 1872, the Quannapowitt Water Company was 
 incorporated for the purpose of furnishing the inhabitants 
 of Wakefield and Stoneham, with water for fire and 
 domestic purposes. The Company was given the author- 
 ity to take, hold, and convey, into and through these 
 towns the waters of Lake Quannapowitt, or Crystal Lake, 
 or both, in the town of Wakefield, together with the 
 tributary waters which flow to either of the said lakes. 
 Among the gentlemen prominently interested in the 
 Company at this time, were Cyrus Wakefield, Lucius 
 Beebe and James F. Emerson of Wakefield, and John 
 Hill, H. H. Mawhinney, Onslow Gilmore of Stoneham 
 and Francis H. Knight of Reading. It was explicitly 
 set forth in said Act of Incorporation that should "the 
 supply of water prove insufficient for more than one 
 town, for domestic purposes, the town of Wakefield 
 shall be first supplied," and that "nothing in this Act 
 shall be construed to preclude the right of the town of 
 Reading to take water from either or both of said lakes, 
 whenev<er so authorized by the Legislature." 
 
 For several years the Company took no active steps 
 toward the introduction of water into our town or Stone- 
 ham. Meetings were held only as often as the law 
 prescribed. 
 
 About the year 1881 the Quannapowitt Water Compa- 
 ny submitted a proposition to the town to supply it with 
 water for fire and domestic purposes, but it was not 
 
24 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 accepted by the town. Committees were appointed, 
 new propositions were presented, but still no action by 
 the town. Matters continued thus for many months 
 until finally at a town meeting, held July 3, 1882, it was 
 voted, 563 to 250, "that the town choose a committee 
 of five citizens, who shall be fully authorized, in the name 
 and behalf of the town, to make and sign a contract 
 with the Quannapowitt Water Company for the purpose 
 of providing the thickly settled portions of the town, 
 with not less than sixty (60) fire hydrants, and a suffi- 
 cient supply of water for fire protecdon on the proposed 
 line of water pipes of said company ; said hydrants to be 
 located and placed at such points as may be agreed upon 
 by the contracting parties, and that said Committee be 
 empowered and directed to make and execute said 
 contract for a term of ten (10) years, and for a sum not 
 exceeding the amount of three thousand ($3000) dollars 
 for each year of said contract, payments to be made at 
 the end of each six months' use of said hydrants, provid- 
 ed, however, that said contract shall not be binding upon 
 the town, until it shall have been made and executed by 
 said Committee, and the properly authorized officers of 
 said Water Company." 
 
 Messrs. William S. Greenough, Thos. Emerson, Chas. 
 W. Trow, Arlon S. Atherton and Buchanan B. Burbank, 
 as the Committee and as representatives of the town, 
 made and executed the contract with the company, and 
 their report accepted Apr. 2, 1883. 
 
 Precisely at 6.55 o'clock on the morning of May 12th, 
 1883, the Water Company commenced to open the 
 
HAND-P.OOK OF WAKEFIELD. . 25 
 
 trenches for the laying of the water pipes, and before the 
 close of the year the inhabitants of Wakefield and Stone- 
 ham were in possession of, and using pure water from 
 Crystal Lake. 
 
 The name of the Company was changed from Quanna- 
 powitt Water Company to Wakefield Water Company by 
 an act of the Legislature, passed xA.pril 23, 1883. 
 
 The work of construction was performed under the 
 superintendence of Percy M. Blake, C. E. of Hyde 
 Park. The street pipes were furnished by Messrs. 
 (joodhue and Birnie of Springfield, and laid under the 
 supervision of Supt. Edward J. Chadbourne ; the service 
 pipes by George Goodhue of Concord, N. H., and laid 
 under the direction of Supt. Chas. H. Rollins ; the pumps 
 by the Knowles Steam Pump Works of Boston ; and the 
 resen^oir, holding 565,000 gallons, by Kendall & Roberts 
 of Carabridgeport. The pumping station and engineer's 
 residence, located on the north shore of Crystal Lake 
 were constructed by the late George Packard. Mr. B. 
 B. Burbank was the Superintendent until May i, 1885 
 when he resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. George W. 
 Harrington the present Superintendent, as well as engi- 
 neer at the Pumping Station. Mr. D. H. Darling is 
 President and Mr. C. H. Evans the Treasurer and Secre- 
 tary of the Company, the capital stock of which is 
 $30,000. 
 
 Location of the Fire Hydrants in Wakefield. 
 
 1 Cor. Broadway and Lake. 3 Cor. Maple and Lake. 
 
 2 Foot of Oak on Lake, 4 Head of Oak on Albion. 
 
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 5 Cor. Cedar and Albion. 29 Cor. Wave ave. and Main. 
 
 6 On Albion, half way between 30 Cor. Lawrence and Main. 
 
 Cedar and Gould. 31 Cor. Salem and Main. 
 
 7 Cor. Albion and Gould. 32 On Salem front of Miss C. N. 
 
 8 Chestnut, front Mrs. Leggett's. Evans'. 
 
 9 Cor. Chestnut and Cedar. 2,^ Cor. Pleasant and Salem. 
 
 10 Cor. Railroad and Albion. 34 On Pearl, front of Mrs. Sarah 
 
 11 On Albion, west of Methodist Sweetser's 
 
 Church. 35 On Pleasant, front ot W. J. 
 
 12 In front of W. H. Wiley's Bridger's. 
 
 on Albion. 36 On Bryant, about half way 
 
 13 Cor. Albion and Main. between Pleasant and Main. 
 
 14 West Water, between Rail- 37 Cor. Bryant and Main. 
 
 road and Main. 38 On Park front Capt. E. D. 
 
 15 On Chestnut, front of T. J. Eldridge's. 
 
 Skinner's 39 Cor. Park and Pleasant. 
 
 16 On Chestnut, front of Dr. E. 40 Cor. Eaton and Pleasant. 
 
 P. Colby's. 41 On Eaton, front of Mason S. 
 
 17 Cor. Chestnut and Railroad. Southworth's 
 
 18 Front of C.H. Tufts on Avon. 42 Cor. Crescent and Main. 
 
 19 Cor. Avon and Main. 43 Front of W. G. Skinner's, on 
 
 20 Yale Avenue, front of D. P. Crescent. 
 
 Lane's. 44 Cor. Centre and Main. 
 
 21 Yale Avenue, front of Geo. 45 Cor. Otis and Pleasant. 
 
 H. Towle's. 46 On Crescent, at the head of 
 
 22 On Railroad between Avon Mechanic. 
 
 and Yale Ave. 47 In front of John Alexander's 
 
 23 Church, in front of Wm. Restaurant on Main. 
 
 Deadman's. 48 Cor. Lincoln and Crescent. 
 
 24 On Lafayette in front of John 49 Cor. Water and Main. 
 
 G. Morrill's. 50 Cor. Water and Crescent. 
 
 25 Cor. ofCommon& Lafayette. 51 Cor. Pleasant and Vernon. 
 
 26 Cor. Cordis and Main. 52 On Water, side of Rattan 
 
 27 Cor. Sweetser and Main. Buildings. 
 
 28 Cor. Bliss Ct. and Main. 53 Main, front of L. Beebe Est. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 27 
 
 54 Cor. Melvin and Water. 58 On Main, front of Freeman 
 
 55 On Main, front of Cyrus Emmons'. 
 
 Wakefield's. 59 Cor. Charles and Main. 
 
 56 On Main, front of Miss E. 60 On Main, at Junction, below 
 
 M. Gardner's. Mrs. Harriet X. Flint's resi- 
 
 57 Cor. Nahant and Main. dance. 
 
 KIRE OEP^RTMENX. 
 
 The fire department of \V'akefield is, without boasting, 
 a most efficient one. I'he means supplied for protection 
 against the ravages of fire have long been the pride of 
 our people. A glance at our town's history shows that 
 Wakefield has been remarkably exempt from large and 
 disastrous conflagrations. The large fire at the Rattan 
 Company's Works, on Water street, in 1881, was the 
 most serious fire which ever occurred in Wakefield. 
 This loss, however, was only temporary, as new buildings, 
 in which brick took the place of wood, were at once 
 erected. 
 
 The Department is now well provided with brave and 
 discreet officers and alert men and good machines. We 
 have one Silsby steam fire engine, purchased at a cost 
 of S3400, one Chemical, at present stationed in Montrose, 
 one hook and ladder company, one hose company, one 
 large Lowry hydrant, situated on the 12-inch main water 
 pipe, in front of the Town Hall, and sixty fire hydrants, 
 (the water for the hydrants being furnished by the 
 Wakefield Water Company, at an annual expense to the 
 town of $3000), many thousand feet of hose, and all 
 
28 HAND-BOOK OF WAKKFIKLD. 
 
 Other appliances necessary for a successful contest with 
 the fiery element. In addition to the regular depart- 
 ment, the town has 50 Johnson hand force pumps loca- 
 ted in specified localities in town, to say nothing of 
 several hundred of these valuable and useful pumps, 
 scattered over every section of the village, owned by 
 private citizens. Another organization for the protection 
 from fire needs to be mentioned. This is the Wakefield 
 Home Fire Protective Association, organized November 
 10, 1882, mainly through the earnest efforts of Mr. Rufus 
 Kendrick, and maintained and supported by private 
 enterprise. It is an independent, volunteer association, 
 numbering very nearly 420 members, who are assessed 
 one dollar each to defray the ordinary running expenses. 
 Rewards are paid for every honest effort at a fire, and so 
 victorious has the association been in its many and not- 
 able contests with fire, that it is doubtless one of the 
 best fire protections and extinguishers which we have in 
 our midst. The machinery of the company consists of a 
 supply wagon located at Hathaway 's stable on Mechanic 
 street, which carries not only a large supply of the John- 
 son hand force pumps, hose, water buckets, axes, steel 
 bars, ladders, poles, ropes, rakes, hooks, but also water 
 contained in six ten-gallon kegs, and in fact every other 
 known practical appliance for instant attack upon fires in 
 their varied conditions. The Fountain Engine Company 
 is another private institution, and often rivals the town 
 department in its promptness and efforts to save prop- 
 erty. The engine house of this company is on the 
 comer of Lincoln and Crescent streets. The town has 
 
HAND-HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 2() 
 
 also the old "Yale Engine" which in willing hands is 
 capable of doing good service at a fire. Reservoirs and 
 hydrants in every part of the town, together with the 
 two lakes, furnish an abundant supply of water for fire 
 purposes. 
 
 The excellence of our fire department has a great 
 effect in securing to owners of buildings, an appreciable 
 reduction in the cost of insurance. 
 
 Our citizens have always been ready to appropriate 
 liberal sums of money for the procuring of such new 
 machines and appliances as promised the best prevention 
 and protection against fire, as well as to insure the com- 
 fort of the people and the safety of their property. 
 
 TOWN I^J^RWL AND ALMSHOUSE 
 
 Our Town Farm, located in that section of Wakefield 
 known as Woodville, contains between ninety and one 
 hundred acres of land, divided into tillage, pasture, 
 mowing and woodland. In addition to the Town Farm 
 proper, the town owns quite a number of acres of swamp 
 and pasture land in the near vicinity of the farm which 
 is also under the control of the keeper of the Almshouse. 
 The soil of the farm, has, until within a few years, been 
 regarded as less fertile and inferior to the ordinary lands 
 of the town, but under the careful management of the 
 present keeper, Mr. George E. Donald, who is an expe- 
 rienced and practical farmer, the farm has nearly become 
 a self-supporting institution. The large and commo- 
 
30 HAND-BOOK OK WAKKFIKLD. 
 
 dious Almshouse in which Mr. and Mrs. Donald and the 
 inmates reside, presents a homelike and comfortable 
 appearance, without the semblance of extravagance. 
 Everything connected with the farm and its buildings is 
 neatly kept, and the general condition of affairs about 
 the premises reflects great credit on the present incum- 
 bent. 
 
 xA^ccording to the Report of the Overseers of the Poor 
 for 1885 the average number of inmates for that year 
 was eight and the average cost per week per inmate was 
 ^3.77 against seven inmates with an average cost of ^3.93 
 each in 1884. 
 
 The Farm and Almshouse were purchased of Capt. 
 Thos. Emerson, by the town, in 1825 for ^3,275. The 
 Keepers have been as follows ; namely : 
 
 1826- 
 
 ■'31 
 
 Allen Rowe. 
 
 1856- 
 
 -'57 
 
 Isaac Osgood. 
 
 I83I— 
 
 -'35 
 
 Samuel Snow. 
 
 1857- 
 
 -'58 
 
 Jacob Padver. 
 
 1835- 
 
 -'36 
 
 Thos. Houghton. 
 
 1858- 
 
 -'63 
 
 James W. Dean, 
 
 1836- 
 
 -'40 
 
 Wm. Newhall. 
 
 1863- 
 
 -'64 
 
 Horace Lewis. 
 
 1840— 
 
 -'43 
 
 John Eaton. 
 
 1864- 
 
 -'80 
 
 Joseph Tuttle. 
 
 1843- 
 
 -'46 
 
 Wm. Newhall. 
 
 1880- 
 
 -'82 
 
 J. C. Rounds. 
 
 1849- 
 
 -'50 
 
 Zenas Carey. 
 
 1882- 
 
 - 
 
 Geo. E. Donald 
 
 1850— 
 
 -'56 
 
 Wm. Xewhall. 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 OUR PAKK. 
 
 Among the pleasing and attractive landscape features 
 which greet with "glad surprise" the eye of the stranger 
 visiting Wakefield, is the Public Park, beautifully situated 
 on the south shore of Lake Quannapowitt, almost in the 
 heart of the town. Until within a few years very little 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. ' 3' 
 
 attention has been given to the improvement of the 
 "New Park," lying between C'hurch street and the lake, 
 which was purchased by the town in 1871. A paltry sum 
 of money was appropriated each year, which, together 
 with the meagre sum derived from the sale of grass, was 
 deemed sufficient to give the "Common Extension" a 
 fair and presentable external appearance. 
 
 In "Our Town," a paper which appeared in 1878, we 
 find the following allusion to the old Common : "Some 
 who read this paper will remember, when this enclosure 
 was indeed a common to man and beast, being unfenced 
 as well as ungraded,— when it looked as unpromising as 
 the new possession. A ditch passed through it, and 
 some parts of it being depressed, were the receptacle of 
 tin chips and rubbish. In the winter it served as a skat- 
 ing park." Such, in truth, was the condition of the Park 
 within the easy remembrance of scores of our citizens. 
 Nor was, there any particular interest taken in the matter 
 of preserving and beautifying the public land until 1883 
 when Cornelius Sweetser, late of Saco, Me., and a native 
 of Wakefield, in his will, bequeathed to the town the 
 sum of $10,000, to be used and expended in furnishing 
 and beautifying a public park. One of the conditions 
 under which this gift was bestowed, was that the town 
 should raise and appropriate an equal sum to be 
 devoted to the same use and purpose. 
 
 May 7, 1883, the town voted to accept the gift of 
 Cornelius Sweetser, as bequeathed in his will, and also 
 voted (132 to 4) to raise $10,000 in accordance with the 
 provisions of said will. 
 
32 HAND-HOOR OF WAKKllKLn. 
 
 At a special meeting, held Jan. 21, 1884, the town 
 voted to accept an act passed by the Legislature of 1882 
 authorizing towns and cities to lay out public parks within 
 their limits, and at the annual meeting held April 7, 1884, 
 Messrs. James H. Carter, David H. Darling and James 
 F. Emerson, were elected a Board of Park Commission- 
 ers for the year next ensuing. Under their supervision 
 two lots of land were purchased on the east shore of 
 Lake Quannapowitt, between the lake and Main street, 
 owned by heirs of John White and by Thomas Emerson, 
 for $2000 and Si 800 respectively. The whole Park, 
 excepting the extension last named, was graded ; new 
 gravelled and concrete walks and malls laid out ; new 
 fences constructed and old ones repaired and improved ; 
 and a thorough system of drainage established by the 
 Commissioners. A ''Rockery," with a fountain and basin 
 in the centre, was also built at an expense of about 
 $5000, on the "Litde Park" opposite the Baptist Church. 
 The work was carried out under plans prepared by Mr. 
 Ernest W. Bowditch of Boston, one of the leading land- 
 scape gardeners in the country. During the year 
 $13,830.23 was expended on the Park. 
 
 At the annual meeting in April 1885, the term of the 
 Park Commissioners having expired, Messrs. David H. 
 Darling, R. Pote Wait and Edwin Sweetser were elected 
 for the municipal year 1885-6. Mr. Sweetser is a nephew 
 of the late Cornelius Sweetser, the devisee of the munifi- 
 cent gift of $10,000. Under their directions the work of 
 improving the Park has been vigorously prosecuted. A 
 granite curbing has been constructed on the east and 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 33 
 
 south borders of the New Park, concrete walks laid out, 
 a public drinking fountain erected, a new music pavilion 
 of unique and elaborate design constructed, the latter at 
 a cost of about ;5 2,500, and the Park otherwise given a 
 beautiful and inviting appearance. Some over $6000 has 
 been expended by the present Board. 
 
 If there is any one thing of which Wakefield may 
 justly feel proud, it is her fine Park. The special 
 features, aside from the artistic manner in which it is 
 laid out, the careful manner in which is tended, and its 
 very central location, are its noble trees, and the scenery 
 afforded by the adjoining lake and distant views of forest 
 and hills. Seats are conveniently located under the 
 shade trees, and serve as enjoyable resting places for 
 thousands during the year. The extension of Pearl 
 street through a portion of the Park, to a junction with 
 Church street, was a matter of public convenience 
 and has done much to improve the appearance of the 
 Park at that point. As you proceed northward from 
 the village, the Universalist Church appears on the 
 right of the Park, while on the left is the Baptist Church, 
 the $70,000 High School House and the Congregational 
 Church. As another has truly remarked, it -looks "as 
 though the Common were hemmed in and guarded by 
 literature and religion." Wakefield is the only town in 
 this region which is in possession of a beautiful and 
 attractive public park. May her people live long to 
 enjoy it ! 
 
34 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 OUR F^UBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 No department of our town has a larger hold on the 
 people than the public schools. The citizens have always 
 looked upon our system of educational instruction with 
 feelings of pride and peculiar favor. The fountains of 
 intellectual training and culture for the younger portion 
 of our community, have been kept open and freely flow- 
 ing, generously sustained by the constant contributions of 
 the citizens, and our young people stimulated to acquire 
 such an education as will make them useful, intelligent 
 and respectable citizens. 
 
 The Wakefield Public Schools, according to the Town 
 Report for the fiscal year ending March ist, 1885, 
 comprise twenty-four schools, taught by twenty-six effi- 
 cient and accomplished teachers, and supported at an 
 annual expense of between $18,000 and $19,000. The 
 system of education, including all appointments of teach- 
 ers, the preparation of the various grades of study, the 
 disbursement of monies, &c., is under the direct control 
 of a Board of School Committee elected by the town. 
 
 During the twenty-one years since 1864, the number 
 of our schools has increased two-fold, and the number of 
 instructors has increased from thirteen, to twenty-six, 
 while the registers of the schools show an average attend- 
 ance of over one thousand pupils for the present year. 
 
 The following table gives the number of schools* 
 number of scholars, expense of schools, and average cost 
 per pupil for the past twenty years : 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIEI.D. 
 
 35 
 
 TABULATED SCHOOL STATISTICS. 
 
 
 
 
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 1864 
 
 12 
 
 14 
 
 525 
 
 $4,848 
 
 JO 
 
 $7 09 
 
 $2 14 
 
 $ 9 23 
 
 1865 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 562 
 
 5,067 
 
 24 
 
 7 06 
 
 I 95 
 
 9 01 
 
 1866 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 590 
 
 7,041 
 
 17 
 
 8 33 
 
 3 60 
 
 II 93 
 
 1867 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 650 
 
 8,951 
 
 70 
 
 8 47 
 
 5 30 
 
 13 77 
 
 1868 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 722 
 
 8,277 
 
 30 
 
 8 10 
 
 3 36 
 
 II 46 
 
 1869 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 572 
 
 9,479 
 
 27 
 
 10 75 
 
 5 82 
 
 16 57 
 
 1870 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 614 
 
 8,564 
 
 78 
 
 10 29 
 
 3 66 
 
 13 95 
 
 I87I 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 664 
 
 9,532 
 
 65 
 
 10 48 
 
 3 88 
 
 14 36 
 
 1872 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 646 
 
 17,349 
 
 18 
 
 13 65 
 
 13 21 
 
 26 86 
 
 1873 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 837 
 
 14,830 
 
 09 
 
 II 65 
 
 6 07 
 
 17 72 
 
 1874 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 890 
 
 16,453 
 
 53 
 
 13 52 
 
 4 96 
 
 18 48 
 
 1875 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 865 
 
 13,460 
 
 30 
 
 12 08 
 
 3 48 
 
 15 56 
 
 1876 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 916 
 
 13,567 
 
 61 
 
 II 86 
 
 2 95 
 
 14 81 
 
 1877 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
 866 
 
 12,220 
 
 01 
 
 II 33 
 
 2 79 
 
 14 12 
 
 1878 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 836 
 
 13,116 
 
 39 
 
 12 50 
 
 3 18 
 
 1568 
 
 1879 
 
 17 
 
 21 
 
 807 
 
 11,507 
 
 95 
 
 II 10 
 
 3 16 
 
 14 26 
 
 1880 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 
 931 
 
 13,070 
 
 33 
 
 10 51 
 
 3 53 
 
 14 04 
 
 I88I 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 869 
 
 12,863 
 
 44 
 
 12 04 
 
 3 81 
 
 15 85 
 
 1882 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 924 
 
 15,132 
 
 32 
 
 12 53 
 
 3 84 
 
 16 37 
 
 1883 
 
 23 
 
 25 
 
 lOIO 
 
 19,148 
 
 32 
 
 13 44 
 
 5 51 
 
 18 95 
 
 1884 
 
 24 
 
 26 
 
 1 1008 
 
 18,031 
 
 92 
 
 13 72' 4 16 
 
 17 88 
 
36 HAND-BOOK OV WAKEFIELD. 
 
 e:cclesiasxical history. 
 
 Congregational Church. 
 
 The first Church of Reading was organized in 1644, or 
 as some authorities state, the succeeding year. The first 
 meeting house was probably built the same year, and 
 stood on the Common, near the present junction of 
 Albion and Main streets. Here the religious wants of 
 the people were supplied, until nearly the end of the 
 century. In 1690 a new meeting house, which was the 
 second, was erected on the easterly side of what is now 
 the ''Old Burial Ground" a little west of the present site 
 of the Congregational Church. This edifice was consid- 
 erably larger than the first building, and furnished 
 accommodations for all worshippers until 1702, when by 
 vote of the town it was somewhat enlarged. In 1727 a 
 steeple was built upon the meeting-house, and a bell 
 purchased and hung in it. 
 
 The meeting-house erected in 1690 being too small 
 for the increasing number of ccaistant church attendants, 
 it was decided in 1767 to erect a new place of worship. 
 This was done the following year at an expense of about 
 $3,000. This was the third place of worship. This 
 church was remodelled in 1837, and in 1859 was removed 
 to its present site, enlarged and entirely remodelled out- 
 side and inside, and given the same appearance as at 
 present. 
 
 The Sabbath School, established in 181 8, became 
 under the superintendence of Dea. Aaron Bryant, who 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 37 
 
 succeeded Rev. Reuben Emerson, the founder of the 
 school, and whose labors extended over a period of 
 thirty years, an institution exercising a most beneficent 
 influence. There are about 300 members connected 
 with the school at present. 
 
 Pastors 
 First Cong. Church 
 
 Rev. Henry Green 
 Rev. Samuel Haugh 
 Rev. John Brock 
 Rev. Jonathan Pierpont 
 Rev. Richard Brown 
 Rev. WiUiam Hobby 
 Rev. Caleb Prentice 
 Rev. Reuben Emerson 
 Rev. Alfred Emerson* 
 Rev. Joseph D. Hull 
 Rev. Joseph B. Johnson 
 Rev. Charles R. Bliss 
 Rev. David N. Beach 
 
 
 When Ordained 
 
 When Died 
 
 or Installed. 
 
 or Resigned 
 
 1645 
 
 1648 
 
 
 1648 
 
 1662 
 
 
 1662 
 
 1688 
 
 
 1689 
 
 1709 
 
 
 I712 
 
 1732 
 
 
 1733 
 
 1765 
 
 
 1769 
 
 1803 
 
 
 1804 
 
 1850 
 
 
 1845 
 
 1853 
 
 
 1853 
 
 1856 
 
 
 1857 
 
 i860 
 
 
 1862 
 
 1877 
 
 
 1879 
 
 1884 
 
 Associate pastor for 1845-50. 
 Pastorate now vacant. 
 
 Bafi'ist Church. 
 
 The Baptist Society was founded June 1797, and the 
 first meeting-house was built in 1800. The structure 
 was 38x34 feet, and located on Salem street. Ebenezer 
 Nelson of Middleboro was formally installed pastor, Jan- 
 uary 31, 1804, although he had been in charge of the 
 preaching services since December, 1801. The first 
 
;^S HANU-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Baptist Church was organized January 31, 1804, starting 
 out with sixty-five members. In 1835 the meeting-house 
 was totally destroyed by fire, and the following year, 
 through the energetic labors of the Society, a new house 
 was erected on the corner of Main and Crescent streets, 
 on land now owned by Mr. James H. Carter. Like the 
 first, this church was destroyed by an incendiary fire on 
 the night of June 21, 1871. Work was commenced 
 almost immediately (the corner stone being laid Aug. 
 22, 1 871) on the present handsome structure. The 
 church is located in a very central and commanding site 
 on the corner of Common and Lafayette streets, and it 
 is one of the ornamental features of the town. 
 
 The building is of wood, built after the Romanesque 
 style, and is 105 feet long by 71 feet in width. The 
 tower and spire is the loftiest in the region hereabouts, 
 being 190 feet in height. The auditorium is 67x78, 
 exclusive of the gallery alcoves and the pulpit. The 
 church has comfortable seating accommodations for one 
 thousand people. There are few churches in this section 
 of New England, where better arrangements are made 
 for stability, convenience, comfort and beauty. Services 
 were held in the new edifice June 23, 1872, and the 
 dedicatory exercises occurred December 11, of the same 
 year. The church up to within a few years has been 
 served by only two deacons, the incumbents for many 
 years having been Messrs. Albert G. Sweetser and 
 Edward Mansfield. Nov. 20, 1882, two additional dea- 
 cons were chosen, namely : Messrs. Stephen W. Lufkin 
 and Robert N. Howard. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 39 
 
 Pastors 
 First Baptist Church 
 
 Rev. Ebenezer Nelson 
 Rev. Gustavus F. Davis 
 Rev. Joseph A. Warne 
 Rev. James Huckins 
 Rev. Isaac Sawyer, Jr. 
 Rev. Charles Miller 
 Rev. Larkin B. Cole 
 Rev. Charles Evans 
 Rev. Daniel W. Phillips, 
 Rev. George Bullen 
 Rev. James W. Wilmarth 
 Rev. Richard M. Nott 
 Rev. Charles Keyser, D. D. 
 Rev. R. R. Riddell 
 Rev. Roland D. Grant 
 
 When Installed 
 
 When Died 
 
 or Ordained. 
 
 or Resigned. 
 
 1804 
 
 1815 
 
 1818 
 
 1829 
 
 1829 
 
 1830 
 
 1833 
 
 1833 
 
 1835 
 
 1838 
 
 1838 
 
 1838 
 
 1840 
 
 1842 
 
 1842 
 
 1844 
 
 1850 
 
 1863 
 
 1864 
 
 1866 
 
 1867 
 
 1869 
 
 1872 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 1877 
 
 1878 
 
 1882 
 
 [883 
 
 Universalist Church. 
 
 The Universalist Society was founded April 29, 18 13. 
 No pastor was settled over the church for several years. 
 The Town House and other places were used as places 
 of worship until 1839, when the Society erected a neat 
 church on the borders of the Common at an expense of 
 $5,000. This church was dedicated November 21, 1839. 
 In 1859, twenty years later, the church was remodelled 
 and enlarged, $6,000 being expended in this work. 
 The church has been internally improved within a few 
 years, and the audience hall of the house is among the 
 best m the town. 
 
40 H4ND-P.OOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Pastors 
 
 When Ordained 
 
 When Died 
 
 First Universalist Church 
 
 or Installed. 
 
 or Resigned. 
 
 Rev. John C. Newell 
 
 1833 
 
 1835 
 
 Rev. H. W. Morse 
 
 1836 
 
 1836 
 
 Rev. Henry Jewell 
 
 1837 
 
 1840 
 
 Rev. Henry Lyon 
 
 1840 
 
 1840 
 
 Rev. Stillman Barden 
 
 1 841 
 
 1842 
 
 Rev. John H. Willis 
 
 1842 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Alexander Hichborn 
 
 1846 
 
 1848 
 
 Rev. John H. Moore 
 
 1849 
 
 1853 
 
 Rev. Benton Smith 
 
 1854 
 
 1858 
 
 Rev. Edwin A. Eaton 
 
 1858 
 
 1865 
 
 Rev. William W^. Haywood 
 
 1865 
 
 1870 
 
 ♦Rev. William F. Potter 
 
 187I 
 
 1875 
 
 Rev. Quincy W^hitney 
 
 1875 
 
 1878 
 
 Rev. W'iUiam H. Morrison 
 
 1880 
 
 i88s 
 
 * Mr. Potter commenced preaching in 1870, but was not called by vote of the 
 Society until the following year. 
 
 Pastorate now vacant. 
 
 Methodist Church. 
 
 The history of the Methodist Episcopal Church dates 
 back only about twenty-one years. The first preaching 
 occurred in the old Town House, in December, 1864. 
 In 1869 /Vlbion Hall was purchased at a cost of ^3,000, 
 and was occupied the following year. 
 
 Some of the earlier ministers of this church are thus 
 spoken of by a local historian : 
 
 "The closing months of Rev. D. Atkins' arduous but 
 successful pastorate were marked by a gracious revival, 
 from which twenty persons joined the church. Rev. M. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 41 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
42 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 B. Chapman's pastorate was marked by unity, spirituality 
 and general prosperity. The Hall was oppressively 
 crowded on Sunday evenings. The times were prosper- 
 ous. The pastor's salary reached the highest figure in 
 in the history of the church — $1200. Ikisiness was 
 good ; houses were going up on all sides. The project 
 of building a church was started. $6,000 was readily 
 subscribed. Disinterested parties estimated the Hall at 
 ^10,000. A let was purchased of J. F. Wiley for $2,'Soo. 
 The spring of '73 witnessed a contract made for a fine 
 Gothic church with Swiss trimmings, and the work hope- 
 fully begun, 
 
 "And all went merry as a marriage bell, 
 
 But hush — hark, a deep sound strikes like a rising knell." 
 
 The panic of '73 ! Workshops closed, people removed 
 from town, subscriptions made in times of prosperity 
 could not be collected, the Albion Hall property depre- 
 ciated in value. It was too late to retreat, the church 
 must be completed." And the church was completed at 
 a cost of $25,500. It was dedicated Feb. 27, 1874. 
 The cut on pag^'^p furnishes the reader with a better 
 idea of the architectural style and general features of 
 the outward appearance of the structure, than words can 
 express. From the time of the completion of the church, 
 to the present day, it has been one continual financial 
 struggle for the society. The debt was $13,000. Unpaid 
 interest increased this sum. 
 
 "Discouragement, like a dark night, fell around the 
 Httle struggling church. Internal difficulties easily arose. 
 
HAND- BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 43 
 
 The church was actually on the brink of ruin. The 
 Savings Bank demanded a settlement of its loan of $12,- 
 000. In effecting this the Bank forfeited $4,000. At 
 the close of Rev. G. C. Osgood's trying but successful 
 pastorate, the debt was in this and other ways reduced 
 to nearly $6,500, on which the church has been paying 7 
 per cent, interest." 
 
 The present debt of the church is $6,345, which the 
 pastor, Rev. T. C. Martin, is, by personal and energetic 
 solicidng, backed by an entirely harmonious people, 
 endeavoring to cast off from the shoulders of the society. 
 
 Pastors. Installed 
 
 Rev. T. C. Potter .... 1965 
 
 Rev. D. Atkins - - - - 1867 
 
 Rev. M. B. Chapman - - - - 1870 
 
 Rev. C. L. McCurdy ... - 1873 ^ 
 
 Rev. John Peterson . . . . 1875 
 
 Rev. E. A. Howard .... 1877 
 
 Rev. Gilbert C. Osgood - - - 1878 
 
 Rev. E. A. Manning - - - - 1881 
 
 Rev. Daniel Richards - - - - 1883 
 
 Rev. T. C. Martin - - - - 1884 
 
 Emmanuel Church. 
 
 This society was organized in 1869 as a Mission of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church. 
 
 Its first rector, the Rev. Samuel R. Slack, built up 
 quite a parish, but in 1873, after three years labor, re- 
 
44 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 signed, and, after a brief period, was followed by 
 the Rev. George Walker now of Peabody, whose inde- 
 fatigable zeal and hard work in behalf of the struggling 
 little Mission, soon found other claimants for his minis- 
 trations, and he resigned in 1879, to accept a call from 
 the parishes at Danvers and Peabody. Regular services 
 followed, conducted by Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss, then a 
 lay reader and student at the Cambridge Theological 
 School. In i83i Mr. Hodgkiss was ordained deacon, 
 and immediately accepted an appointment as Missionary 
 in charge at Wakefield. Up to this time the Society had 
 been worshipping in the various halls of the town, but 
 through the vigorous efforts of Rev. Mr. Hodgkiss a 
 building fund was raised and in the spring of that year, 
 the Society commenced the present edifice on Water 
 street. In August the church was completed and fur- 
 nished at a cost of something over $5,000, and services 
 were held in it August 20th, for the first time. Mr. 
 Hodgkiss succeeded in building up a good congregation 
 and Sunday School. In r832 he resigned to enter a 
 larger field of work at Brockton, For a year following, 
 regular services were maintained, when Rev. Frederick 
 Luson took up the work, but finding his health com- 
 pletely shattered he resigned in 1884. Since then the 
 Society has kept up regular services by the aid of Mr. 
 William H. Williams, a very sincere and zealous young 
 student at the Cambridge Theological School, and the 
 assistance of various clergymen of the Diocese. The 
 church has a beautiful memorial window, is richly fur- 
 nished in black walnut, while all its other appointments 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 45 
 
 are tasteful. It has no debt, its seats are free to all, and 
 its expenses are entirely met by the voluntary offerings 
 of the congregation at its services. A surpliced boy- 
 choir renders the beauty of the Episcopal service more 
 marked. The officers are Wm. E. Rogers, Warden ; 
 Adam A. Hawkes, Treasurer ; Robert B. Bartley, Clerk. 
 
 St. Joseph's Church. 
 
 The first Catholic mass which occurred in ^Vakefield, 
 of which we find record, was said by Rev. Thomas Sha- 
 han of Salem, in the dwelling-house now situated on 
 Crescent street, and occupied by Mr. John Day, but 
 which then stood on Main street, at the Junction, and 
 occupied by Mr. Malachi Kenney. In the summer of 
 1852, a lot of land was purchased on the corner of Gould 
 and Murray streets, and fronting on Albion street, and 
 in December of the following year, work was commenced 
 on the first church built under the auspices of the Catho- 
 lic denomination in Wakefield. Father Shahan acted as 
 pastor until September 1854, when he was succeeded by 
 Rev. John Ryan of Maiden. Rev. John McCarthy of 
 Woburn took charge of the church in 1862, Rev. Thos. 
 Skully of Maiden followed, taking charge Jan. i, 1866. 
 Then in order, came Rev. John McShane of Maiden, 
 May I, 1867; Rev. M. Z. Carroll of Maiden, January, 
 1868; Rev. Thomas Gleason of Maiden, July i, 1868; 
 and Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrick of Stoneham, September i, 
 1868. During the years from 1852 to 1873, the Wake- 
 
46 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 field church was simply a Mission, and was attached and 
 presided over, by the pastors of churches in neighboring 
 towns and cities. 
 
 About this time (1871) the old church, being inade- 
 quate to the wants of the Catholic people, was moved 
 back, and the present spacious edifice, with a seating 
 capacity for 820, was erected, under the careful eye and 
 management of Father Fitzpatrick, at that time in charge 
 of the parish. Services were held for the first time in 
 the new structure in November, 187 1, and the following 
 year every seat was taken up. 
 
 Rev. M. F. Flatley took charge in July, 1873, and 
 under his spiritual guidance, the church and society 
 made rapid advancement in numbers and influence. In 
 1873, Father Flatley instituted the Sunday School, which 
 at the present time numbers about 400 members. Fa- 
 ther Flatley was assisted during the latter part of his 
 service by Rev. John A. Donnelly, in the capacity of 
 assistant pastor. Father Flatley left in the fall of 1884 
 to enter upon a wider field of work at Maiden, being 
 succeeded by Rev. Patrick J. Hally, the present pastor. 
 Under Father Rally's judicious instruction and ministra- 
 tions, the Catholic Church of Wakefield is growing in 
 religious grace and prosperity. The entire debt on the 
 church has been obliterated, a new parish dwelling-house 
 erected on the church grounds, and plans are already in 
 existence looking to the establishment of a parochial 
 school in town, for the exclusive benefit of the children 
 of Catholic parents. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 47 
 
 First Congregational SocTE']■^• of CtReenwood. 
 
 A Sunday School was organized in (Greenwood about 
 twenty-seven years ago, under the superintendence of 
 Rev. H. V. Degen. About the same time a ladies' 
 society was formed, called the "Clreenwood Benevolent 
 Sewing Circle," which was instituted, as recorded on the 
 books of the society, "for social and intellectual improve- 
 ment." This society was favored with a large member- 
 ship, the attendance some evenings being over fifty, and 
 great interest was taken in the work. One of the last 
 acts of this organization was "to vote ?520 toward aiding 
 the company that is now forming, (April, 1861) and to 
 sell the articles left from the fair, at auction, and to pre- 
 sent that, with what remained in the treasury, to the 
 Greenwood Sabbath School." 
 
 The first religious meetings were held, a short time 
 previous to the formation of the Sunday School, in the 
 unfinished room in the Greenwood school-house, and in 
 Sweetser's Grove. During the winter of 187 7-' 78, Prof. 
 Park of Andover conducted the preaching services. In 
 January, 1873, the First Congregational Society of Green- 
 wood was formed, with Mr. A. P. Dodge, Treasurer and 
 Collector, and Mr. Ashton H. Thayer, Secretary. Rev. 
 C. A. G. Thurston preached two years, i873-'74, and 
 received a salary of $1200 per year. After the resigna- 
 tion of Mr. Thurston there was a correspondence be- 
 t^veen this society and that at Melrose Highlands, relative 
 to a union of the two, but this object was not attained. 
 The Rev. A. S. Garver preached from September, i, 
 
48 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 
 
 1875, ^^ntil September, 1879. During the years i879-'8i 
 there was no regular preaching service. About this 
 time Rev. W. H. Morrison was engaged by the Young 
 Folks' Society, and services were held by them for two 
 years. In the summer of 1882, the hall in the School 
 House was taken and utilized by the School Committee 
 for educational purposes, and the Society was compelled 
 to make a change of base. In the fall of 1883 work 
 was begun on the present neat and handsome chapel, 
 and up to the time of writing, about $3,800 has been 
 expended on it. The Society has at present an out- 
 standing debt of $1,000. The estimated cost of the 
 chapel, when completed, will be $5,000, including land 
 ($500). Since the erection of the chapel, until recently, 
 the preaching service has been conducted by Rev. Mr. 
 Morrison without remuneration. The Society is now 
 without a regular pastor. 
 
 Montrose Chapel Society. 
 
 The Montrose Sunday School was formed March 13, 
 1872. The Montrose Chapel Society was organized in 
 1877, and holds religious services weekly in Montrose 
 Hall, Montrose. The Society have this fall (1885) 
 secured a desirable lot of land on Salem street, and 
 have already commenced the erection of a pretty little 
 chapel. 
 
HAND- HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 49 
 
 The growth of Wakefield may be attributed to a con- 
 siderable extent to the influence of its local newspapers. 
 
 The first newspaper which was regularly received in 
 Wakefield, or South Reading, as it was then called, with 
 any considerable amount of local news and articles of 
 personal interest to the inhabitants, was the "Middlesex 
 Journal," which first appeared in 1854. The Journal 
 was a weekly publication, printed at Woburn and con- 
 tained a "South Reading Department." This paper 
 continued its weekly visits to our town until December, 
 24, 1864, when Edward Mansfield, Esq., who had for a 
 number of years, in his capacity as local correspondent 
 and news-gatherer, furnished the matter necessary to 
 make this department newsy and interesting, ended his 
 connection with the paper. 
 
 In the year 1858, Mr. \V. H. Hutchinson of Boston, 
 established the "South Reading Gazette," which after a 
 useful and entertaining service of three years, suspended 
 publication, and for several years Wakefield was without 
 a local paper. In 1868, A. Augustus Foster of Wakefield 
 commenced the publication of the "Wakefield Banner." 
 September i, 1872, the Citizen Newspaper Company, 
 purchased the paper, and changed the name to "Wake- 
 field Citizen." Mr. Chas. F. Richardson was the business 
 manager, and Dr. Azel Ames Jr., the principal editor, 
 while the paper was in the hands of this Company. 
 
 About this time the "Wakefield Advocate" was started 
 as a Greeley campaign sheet, and after a run of about six 
 7 
 
50 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 weeks, was purchased by Mr. William H. Twombly, who 
 soon after, dropped the name of "Advocate," and taking 
 lip the name abandoned by the Citizen Newspaper Co., 
 called it the "Wakefield Banner." 
 
 January i, 1874, Mr. Twombly purchased the "Citizen" 
 from the Citizen Newspaper Co., consolidated it with 
 the "Banner" and retaining both names, called the news- 
 paper the "Wakefield Citizen and Banner." This paper 
 enjoyed under the skilful and practical editing of Mr. 
 Twombly, who was an experienced newspaper man in 
 every sense of the word, a most prosperous career. 
 
 March i, 1880, Chester W^ Eaton Esq., purchased ot 
 Mr. Twombly his interest in the "Wakefield Citizen and 
 Banner," and under his able editing and management, it 
 has become one of the leading local newspapers in the 
 county. It is pre-eminently a local sheet, and devotes 
 its space to home affairs almost entirely, dabbling little 
 in politics and other matters treated at length in the 
 great dailies of the times. It is printed on good paper, 
 in size 26x40 inches, and in addition to its weekly col- 
 lection of local happenings, and original contributions in 
 verse and prose from subscribers and friends, publishes 
 a goodly amount of well-selected miscellaneous reading 
 matter, poetry, etc. Characterized by energy of purpose, 
 the assiduity with which home events are gathered and 
 put before the eye of the people, and the grave determi- 
 nation to excel in its somewhat limited field, renders the 
 sheet justly entitled to the liberal support and patronage 
 bestowed upon it by almost every family of Wakefield. 
 The editorial and publication rooms, as well as its large 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 5 I 
 
 job department, are located in Rooms No's 7 and 8, 
 Wakefield's Block, up one flight, and is one of the best 
 located and roomy offices in the state. Chester W. Ea- 
 ton Esq., is the present editor, owner and publisher, and 
 Mr. Will E. Eaton the assistant editor of this enterprising 
 home journal. 
 
 On the i8th of May, 1881, the '^Wakefield Bulletin" 
 edited by Mr. L. W. Standish, and owned and published 
 by Mr. W. H. Twombly, then, and at present, the editor 
 and publisher of the "Reading Chronicle," of our neigh- 
 boring town of Reading, first made its appearance. This 
 paper has since continued to fill the place of a local 
 news-gatherer, in an acceptable and entertaining manner. 
 Mr. Twombly at present attends to the arduous duties 
 devolving upon the editorship of this sheet, and by his 
 careful attention to the literary wants of the people, has 
 made the paper a permanent institution in the commu- 
 nity in which it circulates. The editorial rooms are 
 located in Perkins' Block, corner of Main and Albion 
 streets, up one flight. The "Bulletin" is printed at the 
 office of the "Chronicle" at Reading. 
 
 SOCIET^IKS AND CLUBS 
 
 The Societies and Clubs of Wakefield (and there are 
 many of them) exemplify the fact that Wakefield is 
 noted for the congeniality of her citizens. In these clubs 
 and organizations are drawn together the various little 
 groups, having similar desires in mental, social or physi- 
 
52 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIF.LD. 
 
 cal culture. Among these societies for religious, educa- 
 tional and divers purposes, the following may be enumer- 
 ated : 
 
 H. M. Warren, Post No. 12, C;. A. R. 
 
 Wakefield Amateur Rifle Association. 
 
 Maj. J. M. Gate Camp, No. 45, Sons of Veterans. 
 
 Co. A, 6th Reg't, Richardson Light Guard. 
 
 Wakefield Lecture Association. 
 
 Wakefield Choral Union. 
 
 Wakefield Mutual Benefit Association. 
 
 Souhegan Lodge, No. 38, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 Good Will Lodge, No. 22, Daughters of Rebekah. 
 
 Quannapowitt Council, No. 431, Royal Arcanum. 
 
 Wakefield Lodge, No. 356, Knights of Honor. 
 
 Crystal Lodge, No. 34, Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men. 
 
 Victory Colony, No. 23, United Order of the Pilgrim 
 Fathers. 
 
 Neptune Lodge, No. 137, Independent Order of Good 
 Templars. 
 
 Wakefield Division, Knights of Labor. 
 
 Wakefield Horticultural and Agricultural Society. 
 
 Chairmakers' Benefit Association. 
 
 Wakefield Athletic Club. 
 
 Wakefield Bicycle Club. 
 
 Quannapowitt Yacht Club. 
 
 Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club. 
 
 Quannapowitt Lawn Tennis Club. 
 
 Wakefield High School Cadets. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 53 
 
 The Equity Associates of Wakefield. 
 
 Wakefield Mutual Investment Association. 
 
 Golden Temple of Honor, No. 1 1 . 
 
 Golden Star, Social Temple, No. 1 7. 
 
 Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
 
 Wakefield Reform Club. 
 
 Wakefield Chautauqua, 
 and the many societies connected with the religious insti- 
 tutions in the town. 
 
 BANKirsTQ INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 National Bank of South Reading. 
 
 The "South Reading Bank" was organized as a "State" 
 Bank, May 16, 1854, with a capital of $100,000. Hon. 
 Thos. Emerson was the first President. Hon. Lilley 
 Eaton was Cashier until his death in 1873. The Direc- 
 tors were Thomas Fjiierson, Lucius Beebe, Samuel 
 Gardner, Geo. O. Carpenter, Edward Mansfield and 
 Cyrus Wakefield. This institution was reorganized as a 
 "National" Bank under the title of "The National Bank of 
 South Reading," June 21, 1865, with the same managers, 
 of whom only two are now living ; viz : Edward Mansfield 
 Esq., of Wakefield, and Maj. Geo. O. Carpenter of Bos- 
 ton. The twenty-year charter of the Bank expired last 
 June, but was immediately renewed for twenty years, 
 namely until the close of business on June 21, 1905. 
 
 The banking rooms are located in the Bank Building, 
 
54 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 on the corner of Albion and Railroad streets, opp. the 
 Upper Depot, and are open every week day, from 8 
 until 11.30 A. M., and from 2.30 to 4.30 P. M. 
 
 Officers : 
 Cyrus G. Beebe, President. 
 Thomas Winship, Cashier ; 
 
 Frank A. Winship, Ass't Cashier. 
 Directors, Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, Cxeorge 
 O. Carpenter, James F. Emerson, Daniel G. Walton. 
 
 South Reading Mechanic and Agricultural Institu- 
 tion. 
 
 The S. R. M. and A. Inst, was incorporated in 1833, 
 with a capital of $10,000. 4 per centum interest per 
 annum, is paid on deposits, beginning on the first of each 
 month. The banking rooms of the Institution are in the 
 Bank Building on the corner of Albion and Railroad 
 streets, opp. the Upper Depot, and are open from 8 till 
 11.30 A. M., and from 2.30 till 4.30 P. M. on every week 
 day. 
 
 Officers : 
 
 Thomas Emerson, President ; 
 
 George O. Carpenter, Vice President; 
 Thomas Winship, Treasurer. 
 Directoi's: Jonathan Nichols, James F. Emerson, Ben- 
 jamin Cox, Thomas E. Cox, E. Eugene Emerson, John 
 D. Morton. 
 
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 Wakefield Savings Bank. 
 
 The Wakefield Savings Bank was incorporated in May. 
 1869. The banking rooms may be found in Room 2, 
 Wakefield's Block, up one flight. Deposits begin to 
 draw interest the first of February, May, August and 
 November. The rate of interest payable on deposits is 
 4 per centum per annum. A dividend is declared semi- 
 annually ; namtily, on the first \Vednesdays in February 
 and August. The banking hours are from 2 to 5, and 
 from 6 to 8 o'clock P. M., on Mondays, Wednesdays and 
 Saturdays. Miss Nellie A. Britton is the competent and 
 courteous clerk in attendance. 
 
 Officers : 
 
 Solon O. Richardson, President ; 
 
 Thos. J. Skinner, Jacob C. Hartsharne, Vice Presets.; 
 
 Richard Britton, Treasw-er. 
 
 Trustees : Cyrus AV^akefield, Everett Hart, Samuel W. 
 Abbott, George H. Sweetser, James F. Emerson, William 
 S. Greenough, Joseph Connell, Wesley T. Harris, Thomas 
 Emerson, Amos W. Chapman, Chas. F. Hartshorne, 
 George H. Maddock. 
 
 JVIIIvITARY AKKAIR.S. 
 
 Our town boasts a glorious Military Record. From 
 early colonial days she has furnished her quota of men, 
 and her share, and many times, more than her share of 
 monies, provisions and the like, toward the defence of 
 colonial, state and national rights. Her warlike ardor 
 
56 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 dates far back, even to 1 644, when the first mihtary corps 
 was formed, in what is now Wakefield, called the "Read- 
 ing Infantry Company." 
 
 Our limited space forbids dwelling on the loyal record 
 of our sturdy ancestors who "fought, bled and died" in 
 the early French, English and Indian Wars, in the great 
 Revolutionary War of 1775, in the famous war of 181 2, 
 and in the more recent Mexican contest and late Civil 
 War, a full and more elaborate account of which may be 
 found in the History of Wakefield. 
 
 The present body known as Co. A, 6th Regiment, M. 
 V. M., Richardson Light Guard, was chartered in 1851. 
 It elected its first board of commissioned officers, Oct. 
 II, i<S5i, as follows : 
 
 Captain, John Wiley 2d. 
 
 ist Lieutenant, Nathaniel S. Dearborn. 
 
 2d Lieutenant, John S. Eaton. 
 
 3d Lieutenant, Benjamin F. Barnard. 
 
 4th Lieutenant, Samuel Kingman. 
 
 The Company adopted the name of "Richardson Light 
 Guard" in honor of the late Dr. Solon O. Richardson, 
 who, having consented to this use of his name, was, up to 
 the time of his death, a constant, liberal and earnest 
 supporter of this worthy organization. His son, our 
 well-known and public spirited citizen, Dr. Solon O. 
 Richardson, has continued a generous support. 
 
 Since the organization of the R. L. G., its members 
 have always been loyal in their defence and maintenance 
 of our Republican government. Thrice, as a company. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 57 
 
 has it hurried to the post of danger. On the i8th of 
 January, 1861, at a meeting of the command, when the 
 Governor desired to know how many of the company 
 were ready to respond, if suddenly called upon to enter 
 the service of their country, every member signified with- 
 out hesitation, his readiness to march at once to the 
 battle-field. A\'hat more honorable and more noble than 
 this? And this was not the only occasion that their 
 loyalty was put to the test. On the memorable 19th of 
 April, 1 861, at about 12 o'clock, noon, orders arrived for 
 the Company to proceed with all possible haste to Wash- 
 ington. On the 25th of April the regiment to which our 
 local company was assigned, arrived at the Capital, the 
 .w^;;y/ regiment there. • The Company performed valu- 
 able service during their various terms of enlistment. 
 
 Capt. Charles A. Cheney is the present efficient com- 
 mander of the Richardson Light Guard, which Company 
 ranks among the foremost in the State in point of marks- 
 manship, proficiency in the manual of arms, and 
 general military science and deportment. The Armory 
 is located in the "Old Town House" building, on the 
 corner of Main and Salem streets. 
 
 The successive captains of this company have been as 
 
 follows : 
 
 John Wiley, 2d elected 1851 
 
 James F. Emerson " 1^55 
 
 George O. Carpenter " 1856 
 
 John Wiley 2d " 1857 (2d time) 
 
 James F. Emerson 
 
 1858 (2d time) 
 
 JohnW. Locke " 1859 
 
 George O. Carpenter " i860 (2d tmie) 
 
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58 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 John W. Locke 
 
 elected i86i 
 
 (2d time) 
 
 H. D. Degen 
 
 1862 
 
 (March) 
 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 
 1862 
 
 (Sept.) 
 
 James F. Emerson 
 
 1868 
 
 (3d time) 
 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 
 1870 
 
 (2d time) 
 
 John M. Gate 
 
 1873 
 
 
 George K. Gilman 
 
 1876 
 
 (Aug.) 
 
 Albert Mansfield 
 
 1876 
 
 (Nov.) 
 
 Ghas. F. Woodward 
 
 1879 
 
 
 Fred W. Hentz 
 
 1882 
 
 (Mar.) 
 
 Roger Howard 
 
 1882 
 
 (Nov.) 
 
 Gharles A. Gheney 
 
 1884 
 
 
 BURIAL OROUXDS. 
 
 For more than 200 years subsequent to the settlement 
 of the town, all interments of the dead were made near 
 the south shore of Lake Quannapowitt. The first burial- 
 ground was located on the lot of land formerly occupied 
 by the old Town House. This burial place was utilized 
 for about fifty years. In 1688, when the town erected 
 its second church, a few rods northwest of the present 
 Congregational Church, the dead were interred on the 
 land west of this place of worship, and here was the 
 beginning of the second burial ground. This cemetery, 
 now known as the "Old Burial Ground," was the chief 
 place of sepulture, for what is now the town of Wake- 
 field, for more than one hundred and fifty years. 
 
 In 1846 the "Old Burial Ground" being wholly inade- 
 quate to the needs of the town, the enclosed land being 
 so fully occupied that eligible spots for single burials were 
 difficult to find, and the laying out of family lots was 
 next to impossible, a number of public-spirited citizens. 
 
HAND-ROOK OF WAKEFIELD. 59 
 
 realizing the demand for a new place of sepulture, took 
 steps for the formation of a private cemetery, and in 1846 
 became organized and incorporated under the name of 
 the " Proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery." A tract of 
 fourteen acres of land was purchased on the westerly 
 shore of Lake Quannapowitt, including the point of land 
 now known as "Cemetery Point," at a cost of $1,400, 
 The westerly portion of this lot was afterward disposed of 
 for $1,200. Additional territory has since been acquired 
 from time to time. Mr. B. F. Abbott was the superin- 
 tendent for a series of years, and was succeeded by Mr. 
 W. H. Hutchinson, the present incumbent. 
 
 Lakeside Cemetery, romantically fronting on fair 
 Quannapowitt, is altogether a most beautiful and inter- 
 esting spot. It abounds in avenues and walks, tastefully 
 laid out ; with trees, shrubbery and flowers on either side ; 
 and with spacious lots, enclosed by iron or granite work, 
 and adorned with marble and granite monuments or 
 memorials pleasing to the eye. 
 
 Jewish Cemetery. 
 
 In 1859, the Jewish Cemetery was laid out on Beacon 
 street, on the west shore of Lake Quannapowitt, by the 
 Temple Adath Israel Society of Boston. Since that time 
 the cemetery has been divided into three parts, the 
 largest of which is owned by the original purchasers, and 
 the remaining two lots by Jewish Societies of Boston. 
 
 POSX OKKICES. 
 
 In i8t2, when South Reading became incorporated 
 as a separate town, a post office was established in a 
 
6o HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 small building on Main street, near the present site of 
 Day and Turnbull's Block. Mr. John Rayner, brother- 
 in-law of our aged and respected citizen, Capt. Ira Wiley, 
 was the first postmaster. Then followed in order, Bur- 
 rage Yale, Eli A. Yale, Chas. H. Stearns, Lilley Jilaton, 
 Samuel Kingman and John W. Locke. 
 
 In 1852 when Samuel Kingman was appointed, the 
 office was opened in a small building, on the corner of 
 Main and Albion streets. The present Kingman's Block 
 was soon after erected, and here the Post Office has since 
 been located. Col. John W. Locke assumed the respon- 
 sibilities of the office December 20, 1874, and has since 
 continued in that position in an efficient manner. 
 
 The receipts at the Post Office for the quarter ending 
 October i, 1853, were ^44.62, while the receipts for the 
 corresponding quarter ending October i, 1885, were 
 ^1,648.84. 
 
 The first money order was issued July 7, 1874, and the 
 amount of money received at the office, including fees, 
 for the month of July, 1874, was about ^500, against 
 $1,750 for the corresponding month in 1885. 
 
 The whole number of money orders sold since the 
 commencement of Col. Locke's administration, has been 
 82,090. During the same time, 12,000 registered letters 
 have been issued. The first postal note was issued on 
 Saturday, September 3, 1883, since which time 1,742 
 have been sold. 
 
 The receipts for the sale of stamps average about $400 
 per month, for postals about $50, for stamped envelopes 
 about $150, and for box rents (per quarter) about $210. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 6 1 
 
 The gross earnings of the office for the first quarter of 
 1885 — Jan. I — April i, were $1,860.35. 
 
 The Post Office, from 1876 till 1882, was rated as a 
 second class office, but under recent apportionments, is 
 now rated as a third class office. The appointment of 
 the postmaster is made by the President. 
 
 The Post Office at Greenwood is more of a modern 
 institution. In 1855 Mr. James Oliver first made an 
 application for a Post Office, and soon after one was estab- 
 lished at Greenwood. Mr. Joseph W. Eaton was the 
 first postmaster. The present office is located in the 
 new depot on the line of the Boston and Maine R. R., 
 and Mr. Edward Eaton, the station agent, is the post- 
 master. 
 
 INDUSTRIES ^NO TIRADES. 
 
 Wakefield is one of the few towns in this country 
 engaged in the manufacture of rattan goods. The manu- 
 facture of rattan into the many forms of beauty and 
 usefulness has been for many years and is still her princi- 
 pal industry. The rattan business was begun in 1855 by 
 the late Cyrus Wakefield. From humble origin, the 
 business of the Wakefield Rattan Company has increased 
 rapidly, until now twenty-three large factories and store- 
 houses, covering many acres of ground, are utilized 
 to advantage. In busy times upwards of 1,000 persons 
 are employed. The Works are located on the north side 
 of Water street, on the line of the So. Reading Branch 
 R. R. The capital stock of the Company is $1,000,000. 
 J. B. Thomas is the President and Cyrus Wakefield the 
 
62 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. ^ 
 
 Treasurer. Mr. Amos W. Chapman is the general super- 
 intendent and pay master, and ]\Ir. Chas. W. Trow the 
 engineer and general manager. The chief salesroom of 
 the Company is at 115 Washington street, Boston. 
 Branch offices are located at New York, Chicago and San 
 Francisco. 
 
 Our shoe trade is second only to the manufacture of 
 rattan goods. 
 
 The oldest shoe firm in town is Thos. Emerson's Sons, 
 established in 1805 by Thomas Emerson. Workmen 
 were employed not only in this town and state, .but also 
 in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The busi- 
 ness was commenced in a room in the building situated 
 on the site of the present Almshouse, in which Mr. Em- 
 erson then resided. The present senior partner, Mr. 
 Thomas Emerson, was admitted into the firm in 1837. 
 Mr. James F. Emerson joined the firm in 1851, and the 
 firm name became Thos. Emerson & Sons. In 1854 the 
 founder of the firm retired, and the name was again 
 changed to the present title of Thos. Emerson's Sons. 
 In 1862, the introduction of the McKay sole sewing 
 machine produced a revolution in the system of shoe- 
 making, and rendered, in 1863, the purchase of the lot 
 and building at the corner of Yale Avenue and Main 
 street, necessary. The building was tKen enlarged to 
 its present size. The junior member of the firm, Mr. 
 Edwin Eugene Emerson, entered the firm in 1866. The 
 trade of this reliable house, now extends to most of the 
 states of the Union. The Boston office is located at 105 
 Summer street. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKM). 63 
 
 L. B. Evans' Son, Wakefield Co-operative Boot and 
 Shoe Co., E. H. Walton & Co., Henry Haskell, I. F. Ea- 
 ton, L. H. Day & Co., are among the other well estab- 
 lished shoe manufacturers. 
 
 The foundry establishment on Foundry street on the 
 west side of the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, 
 now occupied by the Smith & Anthony Stove Company, 
 was erected in 1854 by Messrs. Abner J. Blanchard, 
 Chas. Tarbell, William Stewart and J. F. Dane, who be- 
 gan business under the firm name of Blanchard, Tarbell 
 & Co. The capital stock of the concern was $20,000. 
 February 4, 1856, the demand for their goods was such 
 that it became necessary to increase their capital, and a 
 stock company was formed under the style of the Boston 
 & Maine Foundry Co. This company consisted of the 
 above named gentlemen, and the late Cyrus Wakefield, 
 Sewall G. Mack and others. Mr. A. J. Blanchard was 
 the agent and busmess manager. The capital stock was 
 increased to $30,000. The concern was prosperous until 
 June 29, 1866, when a serious fire checked the business 
 and involved the company in a heavy loss. New build- 
 ings were quickly erected and at the commencement of 
 1867, the foundry and its connections were the most 
 complete in New England. In 187 1 the Boston & Maine 
 Foundry Company failed, and the foundry came into 
 possession of the Franklin Foundry Company. In April, 
 1879, the foundry was purchased by the Smith and 
 Anthony Stove Company. Under its control the busi- 
 ness has made rapid headway, until at the present time, 
 the stoves, furnaces and ranges, made by this Company 
 
64 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 are known almost everywhere, and are excelled by none. 
 The capital stock of the Company is $100,000. Mr. 
 William E. Smith is President, Mr. E. W. Anthony, 
 Treasurer, and Mr. J. R. Prescott is the Secretary. Mr. 
 Erastus D. Weston is the foreman, and Mr. Joseph M. 
 SkuUy is the Clerk at the foundry. The Boston office 
 is at 52 and 54 Union street. Branch offices are 
 located in New York, Chicago, Omaha and San Fran- 
 cisco. The location of this large and enterprising in- 
 dustry in our midst, adds not a little to the material 
 prosperity of the town. 
 
 During the past decade there has been a wonderful 
 growth in the piano-forte industry of this country, and 
 we are sure that no instruments rank higher to-day than 
 those manufactured in this town, by the Henry F. Miller 
 & Sons Piano Company. The present business was 
 established by Henry F. Miller in 1863, he previously 
 having had twelve years experience with the then leading 
 piano-forte manufacturers. Mr. Miller had five sons asso- 
 ciated with him, Henry F. Miller Jr., Walter H. Miller, 
 James C. Miller, Edwin C. Miller, and William T. Miller. 
 In 1884, and immediately following the death of Mr. 
 Miller Sr., the firm was reorganized under the present 
 title of The Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Company, 
 with a capital stock of $150,000, organized under the 
 laws of the State of Massachusetts, with Henry F. Miller, 
 President, J. C. Miller Treasurer, W. H. Miller, Manager 
 of warerooms, W. T. Miller, Clerk. Mr. J. H. Gibson is 
 Superintendent of the Wakefield manufactory, and has 
 been closely identified with the development of the busi- 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 05 
 
 ness ever since its establishment. He has with him, as 
 Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Edwin C. Miller. The 
 factory, located on the corners of Water, Smith and Lin- 
 coln streets, is 165 ft. in length, by 65 ft. in width. It is 
 six stories high, and is furnished with all the modern 
 improvements for the various requirements of the busi- 
 ness. The Boston warerooms are at 156 Tremont street. 
 This celebrated firm has done much toward assisting the 
 growth ot Wakefield. 
 
 The Wakefield Real F^state and Building Association 
 has exerted a remarkable beneficial influence toward the 
 building up of our town. The Association was established 
 May 24, 1864, with a capital stock of $100,000 and was 
 at first controlled by a Board of Directors, consisting of 
 Cyrus Wakefield, Daniel Allen, Mason S. Southworth, 
 Oliver Perkins and James F. Emerson. Cyrus Wakefield 
 was President. Mason S. Southworth and James F. Em- 
 erson as Trustees, held the real estate of the Association. 
 In 1 87 1 the Association was incorporated. This Corpor- 
 ation, so long connected with the development of the 
 town, has for its object, the purchasing, leasing, selling 
 and improving of real estate. The office of the Associa- 
 tion is in Room 3, Wakefield's Block, up one flight. 
 
 Officers : 
 Cyrus G. Beebe, President ; 
 
 Mason S. Southworth, Treasurer and Clerk ; 
 
 Directors. Cyrus G. Beebe, James F. Emerson, John 
 G. Aborn, Junius Beebe, M. S. Southworth. 
 
 The manufacture of Sherry Wine Bitters is another of 
 the industries of Wakefield which deserves mention. The 
 
66 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 making of these "Bitters" was commenced on a limited 
 scale in 1808, by Dr. Nathan Richardson, grandfather ot 
 Dr. Solon O. Richardson, the present proprietor. The 
 business is carried on in a commodious factory on Me- 
 chanic street, and the merits of the Bitters, as a sure cure 
 for dyspepsia, and as a general health tonic, are univer- 
 sally appreciated. The sales office is at 235 Washington 
 street, Boston. 
 
 Of the large number of grocery stores in Wakefield, 
 none carries a larger and more complete stock, than the 
 well known firm of Cutler Bro's. Messrs. Nathaniel E. 
 Cutler and D. C. Cutler, under the firm name of Cutler 
 Bros.,, commenced business in this town, in W^akefield's 
 Block, April i, 1876. Mr. N. E. Cutler commenced busi- 
 ness life in 1855, with the firm of Hastings & Lawrence 
 of East Cambridge. In 1861 he formed a co-partnership 
 with Mr. Chas. Hastings, nephew of his employer, under 
 the firm name of Hastings & Cutler, and began business 
 in West Acton. This firm subsequently changed to 
 Cutler Bro's, and the place of business to Wakefield. In 
 1 88 1 ill health compelled the junior member to withdraw 
 and the business has since been conducted by Mr. N. 
 E. Cutler, under the old firm name. 
 
 The oldest, and one of the most reliable grocery houses 
 in Wakefield, is that kept by Mr. Everett W. Eaton, in 
 the Bank Building, on the corner of Albion and Railroad 
 streets, opposite the Upper Depot. Mr. Eaton began 
 business in the store still occupied by him in 1863. He 
 carries a large stock of finely ^selected groceries, and is 
 the Wakefield agent for the famous Saul's Flour. Mr. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 67 
 
 Wakefield's Block. 
 
68 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIF.LD. 
 
 Eaton caters to the best class of trade, and his goods are 
 the best in qiiahty and selection that the markets afford. 
 
 Another large grocery concern is that of Mr. Arlon S. 
 Atherton, located on Albion street. Mr. Atherton com- 
 menced business in 1872, buying out the store now 
 occupied by him, from Mr. Chas. B. Brown. Previous 
 to coming to Wakefield, Mr. Atherton was engaged in 
 the grocery business at AVarwick, Mass. 
 
 Among other leading grocery dealers may be mentioned 
 W. A. Cutter, on Mechanic street ; Greenough & Morrill 
 and Ira xA.tkinson on Main street, and D. H. Emerson on 
 Main street, at the Junction. 
 
 There are several large dry goods stores of importance 
 in Wakefield. 
 
 Mr. Everett G. Daland commenced business in 1879, 
 at 136 Main street, where he continued until the autumn 
 of 1881, when, owing to a large increase of trade, he 
 removed into the substantial brick building at 150 Main 
 street, where he may still be found. 
 
 Other concerns which do a large business in the same 
 line, are C. A. Janes & ("o.. Bowser & Co., and Clinton 
 O. Anderson, all located on Main street. 
 
 The clothing business is principally carried on by John 
 M. Gate, on the corner of Main and Center streets. Mr. 
 Gate began business in the spring of 1866, at the close of 
 the war, in the store now occupied by Mr. Richard Brit- 
 ton. He soon removed into the store at present utilized 
 by Misses Matthews and Faught, as a millinery establish- 
 ment, and in 1869, bought the large building now occu- 
 pied by him, removing thither in the spring of 1870. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 69 
 
 Mr. Cate is one of the veteran business men of the town. 
 
 At the head of the custom tailoring trade is Air. Wilham 
 B. Jones. Mr. Jones began business in Brown's Block, 
 now Day & TurnbuU's Block, in 1873, coming thither 
 from Boston where he had been connected for many 
 years with leading clothing houses in the capacity of 
 cutter. Mr. Jones is now located in Heath's Block on 
 Albion street, where he does a thriving business in men's 
 custom work. Mr. James Muse and Mr. H. Vesehoff are 
 custom tailors of note and enterprise, both doing business 
 in Walton's Block, on Main street. 
 
 Mr. Richard Britton leads in the retail boot and shoe 
 business. He bought out Mr. Nathaniel Clark, Nov. 22, 
 1875, ^^^ has since remained at the old stand at 189 
 Main street. 
 
 Other boot and shoe establishments are those of I. O. 
 Wiley and John W. Smith, on Main street, and Francis 
 Sherin on Albion street. 
 
 Mr. Geo. W. Aborn, our veteran coal and wood deal- 
 er, commenced business in 1863. He has enjoyed a 
 prosperous career. His office is on Railroad street, opp. 
 the Upper Depot. Mr. Aborn is also largely interested 
 in real estate. The Wakefield Coal Co., and A. A. Mans- 
 field with offices and yards at the Junction, and Denis 
 Greany on Vernon street, are also successful coal dealers. 
 
 Mr. David H. Darling of the firm of D. H. Darling & 
 Co., bankers, doing business at 85 Devonshire, corner 
 of Water street, Boston, represents a solid and trustworthy 
 concern. The Co. is made up of T. B. Meeker of the 
 New York Stock Exchange, W. B. Meeker and Clarence 
 
yo HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 H. Wilder, all of New York. Mr. Darling has been in 
 the banking business nearly ten years, and now holds a 
 seat in the Boston Stock Exchange. This firm deals 
 largely in investment securities. The New York office of 
 the firm is at 23 Nassau street, New York City. 
 
 Mr. Elroy N. Heath, dealer in stationery, letter files, 
 etc., at Room No. 5, Wakefield's Block, transferred his 
 extensive business from Boston to Wakefield in 1884. 
 His patent letter files, indexes, and advertising calendars, 
 have a wide-spread reputation. 
 
 BUSINESS. 
 
 The principal employment of the first settlers of Wake ■ 
 field was the cultivation of the soil, and subsequently the 
 making of shoes. But in more recent times, the town 
 has developed into more of an industrial village, with 
 manufactories of no inconsiderable importance. The 
 value of boots and shoes annually manufactured about 
 1868, exceeded $400,000.- At that time there were 
 twelve manufactories. It was estimated that about the 
 year 1870, the town annually manufactured goods worth 
 $1,500,000, which naturally g^ve occasion for a lively and 
 extensive mercantile business. 
 
 There is now (1885) one large corporation engaged in 
 the manufacture of rattan goods, utilizing not less than 
 twenty-four large and commodious factories and storage 
 buildings. This is the largest of our industries. The 
 shoe trade ranks next in importance and bids fair to out- 
 rival all the other trades in coming years, as it once did 
 in the past. There are now seven factories used for this 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 7 1 
 
 branch of trade. Next, in order, comes the manufacture 
 of stoves and the construction of pianos, which by steady 
 increase and extension, are doing much to enlarge the 
 material prosperity of the community. Many of the 
 townspeople are extensively engaged in the manufacture 
 of shoe-tools, carriages, animal medicines, corsets, crutch- 
 es, toy-boats, crackers, granite-work, show-cases, twine 
 and other useful and ornamental articles in constant de- 
 mand through the country. 
 
 The local trade of the town is quite extensive for we 
 find nine grocery concerns, four emporiums for dry and 
 fancy goods, and two for ready-made clothing and men's 
 furnishing goods, four custom tailoring establishments, 
 four boot and shoe stores, one furniture establishment, 
 three apothecary shops, four provision stores, two bake- 
 ries, two headquarters for periodicals and newspapers, 
 three fruit and confectionery stores, five coal and wood 
 dealers and three ice dealers, two jewelry concerns, seven 
 physicians, and two stove and tin ware shops. 
 
 Such are the railroad conveniences of the town where- 
 by it affords great facilities for the speedy transportation, 
 both of persons and freight, that our local manufacturers 
 find an easy market for their wares in Boston and the 
 large commercial centres within a short distance of 
 Wakefield. It is estimated that at least 700 Wakefield 
 citizens are engaged in business in Boston. To this 
 large number of busy tradesmen, clerks and artisans, the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad provides such convenient 
 transportation accommodations, that they can go to the 
 city in the morning, transact their business and return to 
 
72 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Wakefield at noon or night, as they please ; and thus they 
 may share in the advantage of Boston, for trade, com- 
 bined with the enjoyment and comforts of a country 
 home. 
 
 Boston, the acknowledged commercial centre of all 
 New England, is steadily growing, and expanding so 
 rapidly that the suburban towns are being brought into 
 use to furnish land for buildings, for new enterprises, and 
 homes for the employer and the employed. On the 
 north of Boston, Charlestown, Somer\'ille, F^verett, Mai- 
 den and Melrose, have already been largely benefited by 
 the new boom in business, and it is only a question of a 
 few years, possibly only a few months, when Wakefield is 
 inevitably bound to receive a new influx of business, and 
 with business comes an increase of population and gen- 
 eral prosperity. 
 
 Real estate is feeling a demand which has already 
 brought smiles to the faces of the. land owners as well as 
 new denizens to the town. New dwellings are constantly 
 in process of erection. 
 
 Already (within a year) the Boston and Maine Rail- 
 road Co, has reduced the fare between our town and 
 Boston to $11.50 for one hundred rides. This enables 
 the city merchant and the laborer to reside in our beau- 
 tiful town, and travel to and from business at a trifling 
 cost of transportation. Although the business interests of 
 Wakefield suffered a severe check during the financial 
 panic of 1873, they are now steadily and rapidly improv- 
 ing, and the town is progressing in wealth, beauty and 
 industrial enterprise — and toward that goal which our 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 73 
 
 citizens have long seen in the dim distance, and which 
 we are year by year more and more nearly approxi- 
 mating unto — the City of Wakefield. 
 
 I^OINTS OK INTKREST IN AND 
 AROUND WAKEKIKLD. 
 
 The country in and around Wakefield, within easy 
 walking or driving distance, rivals in loveliness and 
 grandeur of scenery that furnished by any other locality in 
 this section of the state. Among the many particularly 
 inviting spots to be visited we might give a passing men- 
 tion to the following : 
 
 Middlesex Fells. 
 
 The Fells is probably one of the points of interest 
 most visited by our people and strangers who are in 
 search of the deep and wild woodland of nature. It is 
 about four miles away, and may be reached by a pleas- 
 ant ride through Greenwood, Melrose and Wyoming, or 
 by a more circuitous route via Stoneham. Spot Pond, a 
 queenly slieet of lake water, may also be admired, being 
 situate near the Fells. 
 
 A delightful ride of several miles through the shady 
 and winding roads of the Fells will cau^e you to pass 
 many attractive residences, with clean cut lawns and 
 flower-decked surroundings, which betoken wealth, and a 
 gratification of the desire for things beautiful. 
 Castle Rock. 
 
 This well known rock is located about one and one 
 fourth miles from the centre, in Woodville, on the road 
 to Saugus and Lynn. From the top of this gigantic 
 
74 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 natural eminence, looking eastward, can be seen the 
 broad Adantic Ocean, spotted with the white sails of 
 craft of every description. A powerful glass lends much 
 to the clearness of the view. To the south on a clear 
 day can be seen the gilded dome of the capitol at Boston, 
 with Somerville, Charlestown, Everett and Maiden nest- 
 ling in the foreground. The view to the west and north, 
 in which the picturesque beauties of Wakefield come in 
 for a share of attention, is equally attractive. This rock 
 affords every facility to the picnicker. 
 Hart's Hill. 
 
 The view from Hart's Hill at Wakefield Junction, 
 looking westward, is said to excel many world-renowned 
 sights which are seen in the European World. From 
 the top of this elevation of Nature may be seen to the 
 west Mt. Wachusett, 2,018 feet high, 42 miles distant; 
 Hawes Hill, 1,285 ^^^^ high is west 2 deg. south, 53 
 miles away; Mt. Grace, 1,628 feet high, lies 14 deg. 
 north of west, 68 miles distant; Watatie Mt., 1,847 feet 
 high, can be seen west 19 deg. north, 45 miles distant; 
 while Mount Monadnock, 3,186 feet high, is in sight 
 west 26 deg. north, 58 miles distant. Between these 
 mountains are 'several lesser elevations of land which are 
 to be seen on a clear day. 
 
 Greenwood Grove and Union Grove. 
 
 These groves are located in that part of Wakefield 
 known as Greenwood, and are worthy of a visit. They 
 were formerly much more noteworthy than at present. 
 Tyler's Grove. 
 
 This grove can be found at the summit of Cowdrey's 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 75 
 
 Hill, and is a place much visited by picnic parties. It is 
 steadily gaining in popularity. 
 
 Birch Pond and Dungeon Rock. 
 Birch Pond, one of the sources of the water supply for 
 the great city of Lynn, and Dungeon Rock, where, as the 
 story goes, Capt. Kidd, the famous pirate, concealed his 
 ill-gotten wealth, are places of interest to the stranger. 
 
 Other Interesting Points. 
 
 Lake Quannapowitt, C rystal Lake, with its two charming 
 little islands, Cowdrey's Hill from the summit of which 
 can be seen, toward the northeast, the Danvers Insane 
 Asylum, miles distant, with placid Quannapowitt nestling 
 in the valley at the base of the hill, Humphrey's and 
 Pilling's Ponds in Lynnfield, and Martin's Pond in No. 
 Reading are places of concern to those who are so 
 fortunate as to visit them, and discover their charms of 
 rare scenic beauty. 
 
 With everything grand, romantic and inviting in the 
 way of scenery, Wakefield possesses all the elements and 
 attractions of a charming, country home. Here, amid 
 a clear and invigorating atmosphere, among a quiet, yet 
 energetic people, in a fertile region and healthful situa- 
 tion, with good roads and pleasant drives, with grace- 
 fully rounded hills, and crystal lakes in our very midst, 
 presenting a picture of beauty and loveliness rarely 
 equalled, here it is that we invite the busy merchant of 
 the crowded and bustling metropolis, and all others dis- 
 tant from us, who may desire to change their place of 
 residence, to "co7ne dwell in Wakefield and he blest." 
 
76 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 WAKEFIELD ST/ITISTICS | 
 
 For Ten Years, from 1855 to 1865. ) 
 
 J 
 
 Department. 
 
 1855- 
 
 1856. 
 
 1857- 
 
 1858. 
 
 J 
 
 Support of Schools 
 
 ^3,858 65 
 
 $4,362 78 
 
 $4,844 67 
 
 $4,649 95 
 
 2 
 
 Support of Poor 
 
 1,704 36 
 
 3,212 81 
 
 2,208 84 
 
 1,098 36 
 
 3 
 
 Fire Department 
 
 935 83 
 
 387 31 
 
 530 42 
 
 796 89 
 
 4 
 
 High'ys & Bridges 
 
 470 12 
 
 959 30 
 
 2,478 72 
 
 1,964 57 
 
 
 Town Officers 
 
 726 62 
 
 672 47 
 
 1,057 42 
 
 946 74 
 
 6 
 
 Town House 
 
 184 38 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 Town Library 
 
 
 78 30 
 
 150 00 
 
 •300 00 
 
 8 
 
 Street Lamps 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 Police 
 
 29 00 
 
 71 50 
 
 39 50 
 
 47 55 
 
 lO 
 
 Watchmen 
 
 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 New Buildings 
 
 
 3,766 37 
 
 307 42 
 
 
 12 
 
 New Streets 
 
 663 94 
 
 330 59 
 
 3,209 23 
 
 332 62 
 
 13 
 
 New Reservoirs 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 x\rmory Expenses 
 
 562 00 
 
 612 00 
 
 5§i 5° 
 
 465 00 
 
 15 
 
 Insurance 
 
 
 
 86 00 
 
 
 16 
 
 Print'g & Station'y 
 
 75 00 
 
 207 77 
 
 no 15 
 
 98 76 
 
 17 
 
 LegalAidjDamag's 
 
 64 50 
 
 12 95 
 
 190 75 
 
 
 18 
 
 Public Grounds 
 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Aid to Soldiers & 
 Families 
 
 
 
 ( 
 
 
 20 
 
 Rebellion Exp's 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Interest 
 
 1,026 22 
 
 1,143 85 
 
 1,251 77 
 
 1,342 92 
 
 22 
 
 Repairs of Bldgs 
 
 
 370 00 
 
 800 00 
 
 430 63 
 
 23 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 Totals 
 Net Town Debt 
 
 1,273 40 
 
 237 07 
 
 291 96 
 
 1,598 96 
 
 
 ^11,574 02 
 
 $16,525 07 
 
 $18,088 35 
 
 $14,072 95 
 
 
 $12,089 38 
 
 $14,028 58 
 
 $14,461 13 
 
 $15,912 14 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 77 
 
 Showing Principal Annual Expenses, and also 
 the Toiun Debt fo?' those Years. 
 
 1859. 
 
 i860. 
 
 186] 
 
 1862. 
 
 863. 1864. 
 
 M,335 52 
 
 ^5,059 90 
 
 $4,498 78 
 
 $3,609 14 
 
 $4,125 87 
 
 $4,142 37 
 
 I 
 
 1,295 44 
 
 1,17797 
 
 1,672 99 
 
 1,17231 
 
 1,318 17 
 
 1,210 39 
 
 2 
 
 86069 
 
 610 26 
 
 52586 
 
 414 10 
 
 949 66 
 
 436 64 
 
 3 
 
 1,334 85 
 
 77064 
 
 92989 
 
 1,043 55 
 
 2,646 51 
 
 2,r55 30 
 
 4 
 
 817 26 
 
 1,246 07 
 
 78576 
 
 1,235 61 
 
 91500 
 
 1,547 55 
 
 5 
 
 15000 
 
 231 07 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 300 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 13749 
 
 21335 
 
 290 46 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 25530 
 
 315 66 
 
 32294 
 
 621 04 
 
 8 
 
 31 00 
 
 129 17 
 
 12303 
 
 
 6225 
 32750 
 
 53 70 
 56350 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 2,064 49 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 991 70 
 
 3,375 00 
 
 449 69 
 
 
 
 7700 
 
 12 
 
 885 29 
 
 61 00 
 
 6800 
 
 
 
 182 24 
 
 13 
 
 38250 
 
 702 00 
 
 100 00 
 123 80 
 
 220 00 
 
 120 00 
 
 
 14 
 IS 
 
 13940 
 
 176 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 190 00 
 
 17850 
 
 267 00 
 
 16 
 
 4042 
 
 
 28585 
 
 210 00 
 
 
 380 00 
 
 17 
 
 1,485 74 
 
 800 00 
 
 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 6,550 00 
 
 9,590 82 
 
 9,096 29 
 
 10,278 45 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 
 10,520 00 
 
 3,253 64 
 
 18,101 86 
 
 20 
 
 1,414 67 
 
 1,373 09 
 
 1,599 64 
 
 2,546 54 
 
 2,757 52 
 
 3,400 78 
 
 21 
 
 521 15 
 
 215 88 
 
 113 60 
 
 157 80 
 
 33481 
 
 43637 
 
 22 
 
 777 18 
 
 2,233 67 
 
 1,12643 
 
 2,561 18 
 $33,924 20 
 ^37,547 26 
 
 1,55301 
 
 1,344 01 
 
 '2-Z 
 
 Si 7,827 30 
 
 $18,461 72 
 $19,903 16 
 
 $19,758 62 
 
 $28,175 02 
 
 $44,928 76 
 
 
 516,620 37 
 
 $24,750 91 
 
 ^33,764 70 
 
 $46,71805 
 
 
78 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 W/IKEFICLD STATISTICS. 
 
 For Ten Years, from 1865 to 1875, 
 
 
 Department. 
 
 1865. 
 
 1866. 
 
 1857. 
 
 1868. 
 
 I 
 
 School Expenses 
 
 ^S'lsi 05 
 
 ^5,679 55 
 
 $6,729 62 
 
 $6,842 22 
 
 2 
 
 Support of Poor 
 
 1,540 25 
 
 2,851 23 
 
 3,524 64 
 
 2,701 33 
 
 3 
 
 Fire Department 
 
 1,090 73 
 
 906 76 
 
 1,282 53 
 
 997 61 
 
 4 
 
 Highw'ys&Bridges 
 
 1,888 37 
 
 2,191 35 
 
 2,412 59 
 
 2,536 25 
 
 5 
 
 Town Officers 
 
 1,255 00 
 
 1,712 61 
 
 1,655 26 
 
 1,709 97 
 
 6 
 
 Town House 
 
 244 27 
 
 227 78 
 
 13830 
 
 198 40 
 
 7 
 
 Town Library 
 
 361 17 
 
 593 64 
 
 346 80 
 
 577 70 
 
 SjStrect Lamps 
 
 613 00 
 
 474 40 
 
 844 15 
 
 7H 74 
 
 9 
 
 Police Service 
 
 III 25 
 
 128 00 
 
 loi 50 
 
 250 75 
 
 lO 
 
 Watchmen 
 
 494 96 
 
 81 62 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 New Buildings 
 
 
 
 1,198 00 
 
 
 12 
 
 New Streets 
 
 
 1,415 53 
 
 920 01 
 
 624 20 
 
 13 
 
 New Reservoirs 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Armory Expenses 
 
 568 70 
 
 866 75 
 
 1,113 40 
 
 837 75 
 
 15 
 
 Insurance 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Print'g & Station'y 
 
 355 00 
 
 265 53 
 
 267 50 
 
 240 00 
 
 17 
 
 LegalAid,Damag's 
 
 .139 60 
 
 160 98 
 
 75 00 
 
 
 18 
 
 Public Grounds 
 
 
 
 
 118 41 
 
 19 
 
 Aid to Soldiers 
 
 4-368 45 
 
 5,439 00 
 
 3,555 50 
 
 2,735 28 
 
 20 
 
 Rebellion Expen's 
 
 
 
 100 00 
 
 2,200 00 
 
 21 
 
 Interest on Debt 
 
 3,584 90 
 
 3,33^ 44 
 
 3,262 78 
 
 2,958 95 
 
 22 
 
 Repairs of Bldgs 
 
 589 67 
 
 1,387 40 
 
 2,267 88 
 
 1,428 50 
 
 23 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 Totals 
 Net Town Debt 
 
 2,029 54 
 
 2,203 39 
 
 1,082 83 
 
 3,565 97 
 
 
 ^24,385 91 
 
 ^29,921 84 
 
 $31,078 29 
 
 $31,238 03 
 
 
 ^41,228 71 
 
 ^40,571 49 
 
 $37,420 22 
 
 ^39,737 20 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 79 
 
 Showing Pi'incipal Aniiual Expe?ises, and Town 
 Debt for those Years. 
 
 1869. 
 
 1870. 1871. 
 
 1872. 
 
 1873. 
 
 1874. 
 
 1 
 
 ^7,382 30 
 
 ^7,332 72 
 
 ^8,024 09 
 
 $10,315 74 
 
 $14,830 09 
 
 ^16,453 53 
 
 I 
 
 3,00075 
 
 3,141 46 
 
 4,611 70 
 
 3,969 51 
 
 4,608 12 
 
 4,576 62 
 
 2 
 
 1,070 20 
 
 1,922 79 
 
 4,382 56 
 
 3,257 93 
 
 5,331 78 
 
 4,855 15 
 
 3 
 
 3,970 62 
 
 4,209 20 
 
 6,438 60 
 
 11,269 00 
 
 6,857 00 
 
 7,305 49 
 
 4 
 
 1,947 90 
 
 2,077 46 
 
 2,180 67 
 
 2,655 08 
 
 3,162 15 
 
 3,414 80 
 
 5 
 
 17990 
 
 177 12 
 
 1 , 1 24 00 
 
 1,357 69 
 
 1,13438 
 
 1,206 86 
 
 6 
 
 35000 
 
 351 50 
 
 81668 
 
 1,044 79 
 
 721 82 
 
 76720 
 
 7 
 
 78403 
 
 1,058 37 
 
 1,248 86 
 
 1,675 65 
 
 1,441 00 
 
 1,203 38 
 
 8 
 
 9250 
 
 46435 
 
 459 10 
 
 60301 
 
 404 17 
 
 33765 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 1,281 13 
 
 290 00 
 
 1,936 50 
 
 1,820 00 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 44,525 12 
 
 32,804 67 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 985 70 
 
 3,708 20 
 
 7,219 14 
 
 1,15471 
 
 2,076 23 
 
 5,230 44 
 
 12 
 
 
 541 46 
 
 76285 
 
 82332 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 2,108 68 
 
 73350 
 
 903 15 
 
 69400 
 
 18083 
 
 400 00 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 1,808 25 
 
 95600 
 
 
 275 50 
 
 IS 
 
 284 00 
 
 230 00 
 
 495 87 
 
 1,376 18 
 
 53095 
 
 1,213 83 
 
 16 
 
 8132 
 
 83384 
 
 301 00 
 22,000 00 
 
 72500 
 
 57500 
 3,616 85 
 
 43200 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 2,622 88 
 
 2,393 40 
 
 2,13400 
 
 2,072 50 
 
 2,084 50 
 
 1,834 50 19 
 
 1,100 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 
 200 00 
 
 1,991 16 
 
 178 8020 
 
 3,000 98 
 
 3,052 23 
 
 5,465 59 
 
 9,300 06 
 
 10,922 53 
 
 10,438 13 21 
 
 2,205 63 
 
 1,336 28 
 
 3,15505 
 
 
 2,114 87 
 
 298 84 
 
 22 
 
 11,568 36 
 
 1,242 23 
 
 2,735 35 
 122,072 76 
 124,859 18 
 
 3,768 32 
 $90,303 16 
 139,476 63 
 
 2,980 46 
 
 5,967 31 
 
 23 
 
 ^42,735 75 
 
 $34,006 II 
 
 $67,490 39 
 
 $68,210 03 
 
 
 ^43,717 73 
 
 $44,057 60 
 
 121,857 02 
 
 106,754 54 
 
 
8o 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 WAKEFIE-LD STATISTICS. 
 
 For Ten Years from 1875 to 1S85, 
 
 
 Department. 
 
 1875- 
 
 1876. 
 
 1877. 
 
 1878. 
 
 I 
 
 School Expenses 
 
 $13,460 30 
 
 $14,262 15 
 
 $12,220 01 
 
 $13,116 39 
 
 2 
 
 Support of Poor 
 
 4,798 07 
 
 5,006 83 
 
 5,403 50 
 
 5,597 01 
 
 3 
 
 Fire Department 
 
 4-657 39 
 
 4,062 38 
 
 1.913 25 
 
 2,022 45 
 
 4 
 
 Highw's&Bridges 
 
 3,970 18 
 
 4,477 80 
 
 3,620 54 
 
 3,333 97 
 
 5 
 
 Town Officers 
 
 2,475 08 
 
 2,505 99 
 
 2,143 52 
 
 2,003 65 
 
 6 
 
 Town House 
 
 1,145 04 
 
 1,582 00 
 
 1,072 24 
 
 910 55 
 
 7 
 
 Town Library 
 
 583 04 
 
 653 90 
 
 633 20 
 
 687 03 
 
 8 
 
 Street Lamps 
 
 1,188 57 
 
 998 72 
 
 1,069 81 
 
 935 09 
 
 9 
 
 Police Service 
 
 609 75 
 
 266 45 
 
 657 35 
 
 350 90 
 
 lO 
 
 Watchmen 
 
 190 00 
 
 
 15 00 
 
 
 II 
 
 New Buildings 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 New Streets 
 
 1,157 52 
 
 872 62 
 
 589 77 
 
 540 99 
 
 13 
 
 New Reservoirs 
 
 900 00 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Armory Expenses 
 
 300 00 
 
 308 00 
 
 350 00 
 
 453 98 
 
 15 
 
 Insurance 
 
 
 1,532 25 
 
 745 00 
 
 
 16 
 
 Print'g& Stationery 
 
 514 65 
 
 480 67 
 
 531 18 
 
 439 23 
 
 17 
 
 Legal AidjDam'g's 
 
 5,030 81 
 
 292 94 
 
 
 640 95 
 
 18 
 
 Public Grounds 
 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 495 22 
 
 19 
 
 Aid to Soldiers 
 
 1,890 50 
 
 1,987 50 
 
 1,909 00 
 
 3,374 48 
 
 20 
 
 RebelHon Exp's 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Interest on Debt 
 
 9,084 96 
 
 8,555 94 
 
 7,340 28 
 
 6,243 39 
 
 22 
 
 Repairs of Bldgs 
 
 
 412 50 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 Concrete Work 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 Water Supply 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 Reading Room 
 
 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 Totals 
 Net Town Debt 
 
 974 74 
 
 1,200 73 
 
 919 51 
 
 778 09 
 
 
 $53,032 60 
 
 ^49,459 2>1 
 
 $41,158 16 
 
 $41,923 37 
 
 
 $99,943 84 
 
 $94,796 81 
 
 $83,806 58 
 
 ^76,343 47 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 8l 
 
 Showing Principal Antiual Expenses, atid Town 
 Debt for those Years. 
 
 1879. 
 
 1880. 
 
 1881. 
 
 1882. 
 
 1883. 
 
 1884. i 
 
 ! 1 
 
 Si 1, 507 95 
 
 Si2,333 33^12,86344 
 
 315,618 32 
 
 $19,148 32 
 
 $20,846 36 
 
 I 
 
 5,841 47 
 
 4,993 44 
 
 2,761 41 
 
 3,750 99 
 
 4,019 21 
 
 5,270 59 
 
 2 
 
 1,900 42 
 
 1,734 84 
 
 3,723 95 
 
 6,594 21 
 
 2,498 80 
 
 3,903 79 
 
 3 
 
 3,500 32 
 
 3,399 61 
 
 4,288 02 
 
 4,997 73 
 
 4,570 41 
 
 5,165 2>^ 
 
 4 
 
 1,825 00 
 
 1,975 00 
 
 1,675 00 
 
 2,125 00 
 
 2,17500 
 
 2,375 00 
 
 5 
 
 1,101 28 
 
 1,014 99 
 
 1,297 58 
 
 1,921 13 
 
 2,006 99 
 
 1,695 80 
 
 6 
 
 520 18 
 
 53484 
 
 53804 
 
 655 75 
 
 731 79 
 
 81777 
 
 7 
 
 94256 
 
 86344 
 
 1,003 II 
 
 1,026 80 
 
 1,428 65 
 
 1,415 98 
 
 8 
 
 25969 
 
 319 21 
 
 28058 
 
 341 57 
 
 38487 
 
 26485 
 
 9 
 
 
 1,103 00 
 
 1,800 50 
 
 1,774 00 
 
 1,800 00 
 12,122 37 
 
 1,800 00 
 6,536 53 
 
 10 
 II 
 
 59985 
 
 511 86 
 
 77500 
 
 1,389 53 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 23500 
 
 
 65400 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 36760 
 
 46340 
 
 451 15 
 
 47038 
 
 54845 
 
 381 60 
 
 14 
 
 232 50 
 
 
 802 50 
 
 400 00 
 
 
 245 00 
 
 15 
 
 50836 
 
 57346 
 
 683 II 
 
 71462 
 
 822 17 
 
 768 17 
 
 16 
 
 460 18 
 
 20435 
 
 30755 
 
 106 40 
 
 
 13480 
 
 17 
 
 14976 
 
 347 II 
 
 365 15 
 
 382 12 
 
 190 00 
 
 13,85000 
 
 18 
 
 2,786 25 
 
 3,472 74 
 
 3,354 50 
 100 00 
 
 3,459 50 
 
 2,607 75 
 
 2,563 00 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 5,704 98 
 
 5,236 31 
 
 4,12631 
 
 3,375 34 
 
 2,617 98 
 
 2,913 59 
 
 21 
 
 
 500 CO 
 
 993 89 
 
 500 00 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 1,010 16 
 
 1,044 95 
 
 99330 
 
 1,072 78 
 29258 
 47760 
 
 1,81400 
 
 3,352 55 
 35000 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 54541 
 
 1,473 71 
 
 1,271 63 
 M5,i6i 37 
 
 2,472 64 
 
 ^53,069 zz 
 
 2,162 67 
 $61,678 48 
 
 1,794 54 
 $72,259 80 
 
 26 
 
 ^38,989 16 
 
 $42,064 80 
 
 
 ^69,273 68 
 
 S6o,497 18 
 
 $50,435 92 
 
 $41,123 52 
 
 $46,763 II 
 
 557,913 16 
 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 tdbuvate^ \Ja\ua\,\o'a \6X\i 
 
 
 
 Personal, In- 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 No. 
 
 cluding Resi- 
 
 Real 
 
 Total 
 
 Years. 
 
 of Polls 
 
 dent Bank 
 Stock. 
 
 Estate. 
 
 Valuation. 
 
 i860 
 
 867 
 
 M95J34 
 
 $1,263,426 
 
 $1,759,160 
 
 1861 
 
 804 
 
 501,007 
 
 1,314,778 
 
 1,815,785 
 
 1862 
 
 686 
 
 467,596 
 
 1,264,780 
 
 1,732,376 
 
 1863 
 
 740 
 
 581,154 
 
 1,227,059 
 
 1,808,213 
 
 1864 
 
 752 
 
 445,8S2 
 
 1,244,829 
 
 1,690,681 
 
 1865 
 
 767 
 
 478,518 
 
 1,248,597 
 
 1,727,115 
 
 1866 
 
 870 
 
 534,775 
 
 1,264,849 
 
 1,799,624 
 
 1867 
 
 913 
 
 567,454 
 
 1,318,483 
 
 1,885,937 
 
 1868 
 
 980 
 
 559,634 
 
 1,359,268 
 
 1,918,902 
 
 1869 
 
 1098 
 
 647,121 
 
 1,432,996 
 
 2,080, 1 1 7 
 
 1870 
 
 1288 
 
 779,330 
 
 1,765,193 
 
 2,544,523 
 
 187I 
 
 1438 
 
 811,850 
 
 2,018,896 
 
 2,830,746 
 
 1872 
 
 1703 
 
 1,047,859 
 
 2,721,200 
 
 3,769,059 
 
 1873 
 
 i960 
 
 898,227 
 
 3,^6,235 
 
 4,044,462 
 
 1874 
 
 1484 
 
 785,285 
 
 3,200,050 
 
 3,985,335 
 
 1875 
 
 1392 
 
 677,640 
 
 3,200,030 
 
 3,877,670 
 
 1876 
 
 1422 
 
 816,485 
 
 3,208,025 
 
 4,024,510 
 
 1877 
 
 1294 
 
 759,310 
 
 3,205,370 
 
 3,964,680 
 
 1878 
 
 1263 
 
 761,836 
 
 3,037,815 
 
 3,799,651 
 
 1879 
 
 1 301 
 
 523,500 
 
 2,992,890 
 
 3,516,390 
 
 1880 
 
 1456 
 
 487,410 
 
 2,947,795 
 
 3,435,205 
 
 1881 
 
 1497 
 
 556,175 
 
 2,877,281 
 
 3,433,456 
 
 188?. 
 
 1559 
 
 416,004 
 
 3,010,430 
 
 3,426,434 
 
 1883 
 
 1654 
 
 407,906 
 
 3,052,000 
 
 3,459,906 
 
 1884 
 
 1533 
 
 449,777 
 
 3,091,995 
 
 3,541,772 
 
 1885 
 
 1667 
 
 479,700 
 
 3,247,100 
 
 3,726,800 
 
HANU-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD, 
 
 83 
 
 ^txoxa Y6^^ lo 1?)?)^, IxidusVoe, 
 
 Total amt assessed, 
 
 Rate per 
 
 No. 
 
 No 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 
 including overlay. 
 
 $1,000 
 
 Horses. 
 
 Cows 
 
 Dwell'gs. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Years. 
 
 $14,532 90 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i860 
 
 16,682 82 
 
 $7 20 
 
 197 
 
 222 
 
 539 
 
 3835 
 
 1861 
 
 16,923 II 
 
 8 40 
 
 182 
 
 227 
 
 546 
 
 3835 
 
 1862 
 
 27,336 20 
 
 13 00 
 
 195 
 
 238 
 
 544 
 
 ^^'! 
 
 1863 
 
 28,755 13 
 
 16 00 
 
 201 
 
 219 
 
 549 
 
 3828 
 
 1864 
 
 32,836 83 
 
 18 00 
 
 186 
 
 252 
 
 550 
 
 3828 
 
 1865 
 
 29,569 83 
 
 15 50 
 
 201 
 
 221 
 
 554 
 
 3828 
 
 1866 
 
 41,369 93 
 
 21 00 
 
 210 
 
 211 
 
 559 
 
 ^?'! 
 
 1867 
 
 29,104 07 
 
 14 00 
 
 201 
 
 219 
 
 570 
 
 3828 
 
 1868 
 
 40,156 93 
 
 18 00 
 
 229 
 
 234 
 
 602 
 
 3837 
 
 1869 
 
 36,297 80 
 
 13 00 
 
 255 
 
 223 
 
 660 
 
 ^!Zf 
 
 1870 
 
 41,091 07 
 
 13 50 
 
 282 
 
 236 
 
 737 
 
 3886 
 
 187I 
 
 75,018 12 
 
 19 00 
 
 299 
 
 218 
 
 832 
 
 3913 
 
 1872 
 
 79,676 29 
 
 18 50 
 
 307 
 
 218 
 
 941 
 
 3913 
 
 1873 
 
 78,304 85 
 
 18 60 
 
 263 
 
 193 
 
 1000 
 
 3913 
 
 1874 
 
 58,851 40 
 
 14 00 
 
 264 
 
 205 
 
 1006 
 
 3913 
 
 1875 
 
 55.359 05 
 
 13 20 
 
 258 
 
 175 
 
 1024 
 
 3916 
 
 1876 
 
 51,296 09 
 
 12 30 
 
 264 
 
 200 
 
 1043 
 
 3915 
 
 '^oH 
 
 48,013 74 
 
 12 00 
 
 229 
 
 191 
 
 1048 
 
 3920 
 
 1878 
 
 44,671 26 
 
 12 00 
 
 268 
 
 251 
 
 1027 
 
 3734 
 
 1879 
 
 49,630 78 
 
 13 60 
 
 309 
 
 239 
 
 1036 
 
 3734 
 
 1880 
 
 52,962 76 
 
 14 60 
 
 301 
 
 216 
 
 1042 
 
 3734 
 
 1881 
 
 60,534 56 
 
 16 80 
 
 306 
 
 226 
 
 1050 
 
 3734 
 
 1882 
 
 53,476 63 
 
 14 50 
 
 3^3 
 
 224 
 
 1060 
 
 3734 
 
 '^oP 
 
 63,276 12 
 
 17 00 
 
 322 
 
 215 
 
 1081 
 
 3740 
 
 1884 
 
 62,962 80 
 
 16 00 
 
 1 338 
 
 245 
 
 1 100 
 
 3740 
 
 1885 ^ 
 
84 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Salaries of "Town Officers. 
 
 Town Treasurer .... 
 
 $200 00 
 
 Town Clerk 
 
 100 00 
 
 Board of Selectmen . . ' . 
 
 400 00 
 
 *' Assessors .... 
 
 400 00 
 
 " Overseers of the Poor 
 
 250 00 
 
 " School Committee 
 
 250 00 
 
 " Auditors .... 
 
 100 00 
 
 " Road Commissioners . 
 
 200 00 
 
 " Registrars .... 
 
 100 00 
 
 " Fire Engineers . 
 
 75 00 
 
 " Health .... 
 
 50 00 
 
 Tax Collector 
 
 400 00 
 
 Constables and Police 
 
 350 00 
 
 Amoutnt of Property Hxempt 
 from TTaixation in Wakiefield. 
 
 Baptist Church .... 
 
 $50,000 
 
 Methodist Church .... 
 
 18,000 
 
 Congregational Church 
 
 21,000 
 
 Roman Catholic Church 
 
 20,000 
 
 Universahst Church 
 
 18,000 
 
 Episcopal Church .... 
 
 3,000 
 
 First Congregational of Greenwood 
 
 2,500 
 
 132,500 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 8s 
 
 Pu-blic Building?^ Insiared. 
 
 Town Hall 
 
 $50,000 
 
 " furniture 
 
 5,000 
 
 Beebe Town library 
 
 4,000 
 
 High School ..... 
 
 30,000 
 
 New Hamilton School House 
 
 11,000 
 
 " " furniture 
 
 1,000 
 
 North Ward School House 
 
 2,000 
 
 Westward '' ... 
 
 2,000 
 
 Centre School House 
 
 4,000 
 
 Centre (Academy) Building 
 
 3,000 
 
 Montrose School House 
 
 2,000 
 
 Greenwood School House 
 
 2,000 
 
 Franklin " " 
 
 4,000 
 
 Woodville " " 
 
 4,000 
 
 Almshouse and Barn 
 
 5,000 
 
 Si 29,000 
 
 Vital Statistics. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Births. 
 
 Marriages. 
 
 Deaths. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Births. 
 
 Marriages. 
 
 Death 
 
 1870 
 
 118 
 
 53 
 
 70 
 
 1878 
 
 117 
 
 37 
 
 98 
 
 187I 
 
 122 
 
 72 
 
 90 
 
 1879 
 
 90 
 
 44 
 
 72 
 
 1872 
 
 172 
 
 82 
 
 120 
 
 1880 
 
 130 
 
 58 
 
 103 
 
 1873 
 
 154 
 
 66 
 
 97 
 
 1881 
 
 121 
 
 72 
 
 119 
 
 1874 
 
 158 
 
 48 
 
 123 
 
 T882 
 
 117 
 
 71 
 
 96 
 
 1875 
 
 119 
 
 60 
 
 104 
 
 1883 
 
 136 
 
 66 
 
 I2T 
 
 1876 
 
 128 
 
 50 
 
 86 
 
 1884 
 
 146 
 
 82 
 
 99 
 
 1877 
 
 103 
 
 49 
 
 96 
 
 
 
 
 
86 
 
 HAND-BOOK OK WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Schiool Appropriations. 
 
 The annual appropriations for the regular 
 expenses of the public schools, since our town 
 corporated as South Reading in 1812, have 
 follows : 
 
 1S12 to 
 
 1 814, inclusive, 
 
 ^350 
 
 ISI5, 
 
 
 500 
 
 1816 to 
 
 1818, inclusive, 
 
 560 
 
 I8I9, 
 
 
 580 
 
 1S20 to 
 
 1822, inclusive. 
 
 520 
 
 1823, 
 
 
 300 
 
 1824 to 
 
 1825, inclusive. 
 
 500 
 
 1826 " 
 
 1830, 
 
 510 
 
 I83I " 
 
 1832, " 
 
 570 
 
 1833 " 
 
 1834, " 
 
 580 
 
 1835, 
 
 
 800 
 
 1836, 
 
 
 850 
 
 i^^37, 
 
 
 1,045 
 
 1838 to 
 
 1839, inclusive, 
 
 1,000 
 
 1840 " 
 
 1843, 
 
 1,200 
 
 1844, 
 
 
 1,400 
 
 1845 to 
 
 1846, inclusive, 
 
 1,600 
 
 1847, 
 
 
 i,Soo 
 
 1848, 
 
 
 1,780 
 
 1 849 to 
 
 1850, inclusive. 
 
 1,800 
 
 I85I, 
 
 
 2,100 
 
 1852 to 
 
 1853, inclusive, 
 
 2,400 
 
 1854, 
 
 
 2,800 
 
 1855, 
 
 
 2,900 
 
 1856, 
 
 
 3,550 
 
 185710 1859, inclusive, 
 
 i860, 
 
 1 861 and 1862, 
 
 1863, These four years 
 
 1864, include income 
 T865, for State School 
 1866, Fund. 
 1867, 
 
 1868, 
 
 1869, 
 
 1870 and 1 87 1, 
 
 1872, 
 
 1873, 
 1874, 
 
 1875, 
 1876, 
 
 1877, 
 1878, 
 
 1879, 
 1880, 
 1881, 
 1882, 
 1883, 
 1884, 
 188.5, 
 
 running 
 was in- 
 been as 
 
 ^3,Sco 
 
 4,200 
 
 4,300 
 
 f 3,560 
 
 J 4,125 
 
 ] 4,142 
 
 I 5,151 
 
 5,500 
 
 6,000 
 
 6,500 
 
 7,500 
 
 9,290 
 
 12,500 
 
 12,500 
 
 1 7,000 
 
 13,500 
 
 13,000 
 
 1 2,000 
 
 13,000 
 
 11,500 
 
 12,500 
 
 12,500 
 
 14,800 
 
 18,000 
 
 18,200 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 87 
 
 IBy-La^ws of thie Tov^.^n of Wak:e= 
 field. 
 
 Adopted at a Le(;al Town Meeting Held July 27, 1874, and 
 
 Approved at a Session of the Superior Court held on 
 
 February 23, 1875. 
 
 obstructing streets. 
 
 Art. I. No person except the Road Commissioners in the lawful 
 performance of their duties, or those acting under their orders, 
 shall obstruct any sidewalk or street, or any part thereof, or break 
 or dig the ground of the same, without first obtaining a written 
 license from the Selectmen or Road Commissioners therefor; and 
 the person so licensed shall put, and at all times keep up, a suitable 
 raihng around the parts of any sidewalk or street so obstructed or 
 dug up, as long as the same shall be unsafe or inconvenient for 
 travelers, and shall also keep as many lighted lanterns fixed to such 
 railing or fence every night from twilight in the evening through 
 the whole night as the Selectmen or Road Commissioners shall 
 direct. 
 
 obstructing sidewalks. 
 
 Art. 2. Whenever any sidewalk becomes obstructed or made 
 impassable by reason of the erecting or repairing of any building or 
 of doing any work, the persons doing or causing the same to be 
 done shall place a good and convenient temporary walk around such 
 obstructions. 
 
 awnings and signs. 
 
 Art. 3. No awning or sign shall be placed or continued over 
 any sidewalk unless the support and every part of such awning or 
 sign shall be at least eight feet above the sidewalk, without the 
 written consent of the Selectmen, which consent shall state the time 
 such obstruction shall be allowed. 
 
 DISORDERLY CONDUCT. 
 
 Art. 4. Three or more persons shall not stand in a group or 
 near to each other on any sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct 
 a free passage for foot passengers for a longer time than five min- 
 utes, nor after a request to move on made by any of the Selectmen, 
 Constables or Police Officers of the Town. 
 
 Art. 5. No person shall behave himself in a rude or disorderly 
 manner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language, in any 
 public place in this town, or near any dwelling house or other 
 
88 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 building therein, or be or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any 
 doorstep or other projection from any house or other building, so 
 as to annoy or disturb any person or obstruct any passage to the 
 same. And every person so being or remaining as aforesaid, when 
 ordered by any constable, police officer, watchman, or by the owner 
 or occupant of any building, shall immediately peaceably depart and 
 stay away therefrom. 
 
 DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS. 
 
 Art. 6. No person shall ride or drive unnecessarily on any of 
 the sidewalks of any street, nor allow his horse or vehicle to remain 
 upon a sidewalk a longer time than five minutes together, except by 
 permission of the Road Commissioners. 
 
 INJURY TO TREES. 
 
 Art. 7. No person shall tie or fasten any horse, cattle or team 
 to any of the trees planted in any public highway, street or public 
 lands in this town, nor drive into the same any nails, spikes, hooks 
 or staples, nor affix any signs thereto. 
 
 PASTURING CATTLE. 
 
 Art. 8. No person shall pasture any cattle or other animals in 
 any of the streets of the town with or without a keeper. 
 
 OBSTRUCTING CROSS-WALKS. 
 
 Art. 9. No person shall permit or suffer any horse, or other ani- 
 mal, carriage or vehicle of any description, belonging to him, or 
 under his charge, to stand or stop upon any cross-walk in this town 
 for any purpose, except the taking up or setting down of passen- 
 gers, or for a longer time than shall be necessary for such purpose. 
 
 MARKET STANDS. 
 
 Art. 10. No person shall stand for the purpose of effecting sales 
 or for feeding of teams, upon any of the streets of the town, next to 
 any private dwelling place, with wood, hay, produce, meat or other 
 products of the farm for sale, nor near to any other building when 
 objection is made by the owner or occupant thereof, provided that 
 any such persons for the aforesaid purpose may occupy that portion 
 of the streets next to any vacant public grounds, and that this by- 
 law shall not apply to casual calls upon families occuying private 
 dwelhngs. 
 
 FAST DRIVING. 
 
 Art. II. No owner or person for the time being having the 
 care or use of any horse or other beast of burden, carriage or 
 draught, shall ride, drive or permit the same to go at a faster rate 
 than nine miles an hour in any street, way or public place in this 
 town. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. §9 
 
 NUISANCES IN THE STREET, ETC, 
 
 Art. 12. No person shall place, or cause to be placed in any 
 public street or way of this town the contents of any sink, cesspool, 
 or privy, nor place any rubbish or garbage in the same, except for 
 the purpose of immediate removal therefrom. 
 
 Art. 13. No person shall throw a carcass of any animal into any 
 of the ponds, streams or waters within the limits of this town, or 
 suffer or leave any such carcass to decay on the surface of the 
 ground, or to be insufficiently buried therein, near any building, 
 street or public way or place. 
 
 Art. 14. No person shall at any time whatsoever carry into or 
 through any pubhc street, any contents of any sink, cesspool or privy 
 in any vehicle which shall not be effectually covered and water 
 tight, nor suffer the same to remain standing unnecessarily in any 
 such street, nor remove from their premises the contents of any 
 cesspool or privy between the hours of six o'clock in the morning 
 and six o'olock in the evening, unless by the written consent of the 
 Selectmen or Board of Health. 
 
 DEFACING FENCES, ETC. 
 
 Art. 15. No person shall make any marks, letters or figures 
 of any kind upon any wall, fence, post, tree, building, or structure, 
 without the permission of the owner thereof. 
 
 FIRE ARMS. 
 
 Art. 16. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowhng 
 piece, pistol, or fire arm, or set fire to any materials known as fire 
 works, or other combustible matter, or throw any such lighted fire 
 works in any of the streets or avenues of this town. 
 
 BONFIRES. 
 
 Art. 1 7. No person shall make any bonfire or other fire in any 
 of the streets, avenues or public ways of this town. 
 
 COASTING. 
 
 Art. 18. No person shall coast in any of the streets or public 
 walks of this town. 
 
 BATHING. 
 
 Art. 19. No person shall bathe or swim without personal cov- 
 ering, in any public or exposed place in this town. 
 
 BALL PLAYING. 
 
 Art. "20. No person shall throw stones or other heavy missiles, 
 nor play at base ball or foot ball within any of tiie public streets or 
 pubhc grounds of this towTi wdthout permission of the Selectmen 
 first obtained. 
 
90 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 PENALTIES. 
 Art. 21. Every violation of any of the foregoing by-laws shall 
 be punished by a tine of not less than two dollars, nor more than 
 twenty dollars, to be recovered by complaint before any District 
 Court or any Trial Justice of juvenile offenders in the County of 
 Middlesex. 
 
 DISPOSAL OF PENALTIES. 
 
 Art. 22. All penalties recovered for the violation of either of 
 the foregoing by-laws shall be paid into the Treasury of the town to 
 such use as the town, from time to time, shall direct. 
 Special By-Lazvs of the Town of Wakefield, concerjting Truant 
 Children and Absentees from School. 
 
 Section i. Any minor between the ages of seven and fifteen 
 years, convicted of being an habitual truant, or of wandering about 
 in the streets and public places of this town, having no lawful 
 employment or business, not attending school, and growing up in 
 ignorance, shall be committed to any institution of instruction or 
 suitable situation to be provided by the town, or provided by law, 
 for the purpose, for such time not exceeding two years as the Jus- 
 tice or Court having jurisdiction may determine. Any minor so 
 committed may upon proof of amendment, or for other sufficient 
 cause shown upon a hearing of the case, be discharged by such 
 Justice or Court. 
 
 Sec. 2. Justices of district courts, trial justices for juvenile offen- 
 ders, and judges of probate within and for the County of Middlesex, 
 shall have jurisdiction of the offences described in Section I. 
 
 Set. 3. The School Committee of the town shall appoint and 
 fix the compensation of two or more suitable persons, to be desig- 
 nated as truant officers, who shall, under the direction of said com- 
 mittee, inquire into all cases arising under these by-laws, and shall 
 alone be authorized, in case of violation thereof, to make complaint 
 and carry into execution the judgment thereon. The compensation 
 of such officers shall be paid from the treasury of the town. 
 
 Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the School Committe and of the 
 Superintendent and Teachers of the public schools to report the 
 names of any person or persons violating the provisions of these by- 
 laws to the truant officers of the town. 
 
 prosecutors and complainants. 
 
 Art, 23. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen, Constables, Po- 
 lice Officers and Watchmen, to prosecute every violation of the 
 foregoing by-laws, by complaint as hereinbefore mentioned. All 
 prosecutions shall be commenced within three months from the 
 date of the violation of the by-law. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 9 1 
 
 Riiles and Orders 
 
 To BE Observed in all Meetings of the Town. Adopted in 
 1853, AND Revised in 1881. 
 
 Rule i. — Every person speaking shall rise, and stand uncovered; 
 shall respectfully' address the Chair or Moderator; shall confine 
 himself to the question under debate, and avoid all personalities. 
 
 Rule 2. — All original questions shall be put, in the order in 
 which they are moved, unless, as in the case of amendments, the 
 subsequent motion be previous in its nature; except that the largest 
 sum and the longest time shall be put first. 
 
 Rule 3. — No motions shall be received and put until they are 
 seconded; and all motions shall be reduced to writing, by the per- 
 sons making them, when so requested by the Moderator. 
 
 Rule 4. — When more than one person shall rise to speak at the 
 same time, the Moderator shall name the one who shall have the 
 floor. 
 
 Rule 5. — All questions of order shall be decided by the Modera- 
 tor, subject to an appeal to the meeting — the question on which 
 appeal shall be taken before any other. 
 
 Rule 6. — ^The Moderator shall declare all votes — and whenever 
 a vote is doubted by seven voters, a count shall be had — which shall 
 be by tellers appointed by the Moderator. 
 
 Rule 7. — When a question is under debate, no motion, shall be 
 in order, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous ques- 
 tion, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to 
 postpone indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence, 
 in the order thus arranged. 
 
 Rule 8. — Motions to adjourn (except when the business of bal- 
 loting is unfinished,) shall always be first in order; and such mo- 
 tions, and motions to lay on the table and take up from the table 
 shall be decided without debate. 
 
 Rule 9. — The previous question shall be put in the following 
 form: "Shall the main question be now put?" and until this 
 question is decided, all debate on the main question shall be sus- 
 pended. Immediately after taking and adopting the previous ques- 
 tion, the sense of the meeting shall be taken upon any pending 
 amendments, in the order inverse of that in which they were moved, 
 and finally upon the main question. 
 
 Rule id. — On the previous question, no person shall speak more 
 than once, without leave; and all incidental questions of order, aris- 
 ing after a motion is made for the previous question, shall be de- 
 cided without debate. 
 
 Rule i i , — No person shall speak more than once on any ques- 
 
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 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 tion, until other persons, who have not spoken, shall speak if they 
 desire it. 
 
 Rule 12. — No person speaking shall be interrupted, but by a call 
 to order. 
 
 Rule 13. — All Committees shall be named and appointed by the 
 Moderator, unless otherwise directed by the meeting; and it shall 
 be the duty of the member Hrst named to call the Committee togeth- 
 er for organization. 
 
 Rule 14. — No motion once made and disposed of, shall be again 
 received at the same meeting, or at any adjournment thereof; but 
 any one may move a reconsideration — which, when decided, shall 
 not be reconsidered at that meeting, or at any adjournment thereof. 
 
 Rule 15. — When the Report of a Committee is placed in the 
 hands of the Moderator, it shall be deemed to be properly before 
 the meeting for its action thereon — and a vote to accept the same, 
 shall discharge the Committee, but shall not be equivalent to a vote 
 to carry out its recommendations, without a special vote to adopt it. 
 
 Rule 16. — No report of Committees shall be in order unless made 
 under an Article in the warrant which explains the subject to be 
 reported upon. 
 
 Juistices of thie F*ea.ce. 
 
 Appointed by the Governor and Council, Commission 
 runs seven years from date of appointment. 
 
 Names. 
 
 
 
 When Appointed 
 
 Azel Ames Jr., . . . . 1879 
 
 Nathaniel E. Cutler 
 
 
 
 1879 
 
 Abel F. Hutchinson 
 
 
 
 1879 
 
 Edward Mansfield 
 
 
 
 1879 
 
 Mason S. Southworth 
 
 
 
 1879 
 
 Otis V. Waterman . 
 
 
 
 1879 
 
 Samuel K. Hamilton 
 
 
 
 1880 
 
 William E. Rogers 
 
 
 
 1880 
 
 Richard Britton 
 
 
 
 i88r 
 
 Everett W. Eaton . 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
 Daniel Norcross 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
 Edward A. Upton 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 93 
 
 John W. Wellman 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
 Freeman Emmons 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 James F. Emerson 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 Winfield C. Jordan 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 Geo. H. Towle 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 William N. Tyler . 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 Franklin A. Gowen 
 
 
 
 1883 
 
 Clarence A. Parks 
 
 
 
 1883 
 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 
 
 
 1883 
 
 Alstead W. Brownell 
 
 
 
 1884 
 
 Dean Dudley 
 
 
 • 
 
 1884 
 
 Chester W. Eaton . 
 
 
 
 1884 
 
 John W. Locke 
 
 
 
 1885 
 
 Charles F. Hartshorne 
 
 Notaries ] 
 
 Piat 
 
 )lic 
 
 1885 
 
 Appointed by the Governor and Council, — Commission 
 runs seven years from date of appointment. 
 
 Names. When Appointed. 
 
 Samuel K. Hamilton . . . 1883 
 
 Chester W. Eaton . . . 1885 
 
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 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Of Neighboring Cities and Towns with Comparative 
 Statements of Populations. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Towns. 
 
 
 1870. 
 
 1875- 
 
 1880. 
 
 1885. 
 
 Arlington . - . 
 
 1807 
 
 3,261 
 
 3,906 
 
 4,100 
 
 4,673 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 
 
 
 1633 
 
 39,634 
 
 47,838 
 
 52,669 
 
 59,600 
 
 Danvers 
 
 
 
 
 1757 
 
 5,600 
 
 6,024 
 
 6,598 
 
 7,048 
 
 Lexington 
 
 
 
 
 1712 
 
 2,277 
 
 2,505 
 
 2,460 
 
 2,918 
 
 Lynn 
 
 
 
 
 1637 
 
 28,233 
 
 32,600 
 
 38,274 
 
 45,861 
 
 Lynnfield 
 
 
 
 
 1782 
 
 818 
 
 769 
 
 686 
 
 766 
 
 Maiden 
 
 
 
 
 1649 
 
 7,367 
 
 10,843 
 
 12,017 
 
 16,407 
 
 Medford 
 
 
 
 
 1630 
 
 5.717 
 
 6,267 
 
 7,573 
 
 9,041 
 
 Melrose 
 
 
 
 
 1850 
 
 3,414 
 
 3,990 
 
 4,560 
 
 6,101 
 
 North Reading 
 
 
 
 
 1853 
 
 942 
 
 979 
 
 900 
 
 878 
 
 Peabody 
 
 
 
 
 1855 
 
 7,343 
 
 8,066 
 
 9,028 
 
 9,530 
 
 Reading 
 
 
 
 
 1644 
 
 2,664 
 
 3,186 
 
 3,181 
 
 3,539 
 
 Salem 
 
 
 
 
 1629 
 
 24,117 
 
 25,958 
 
 27,563 
 
 28,084 
 
 Saugus 
 
 
 
 
 1815 
 
 2,247 
 
 2,578 
 
 2,625 
 
 2,471 
 
 Somerville 
 
 
 
 
 1842 
 
 14,685 
 
 21,868 
 
 24,933 
 
 29,992 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 
 
 
 1725 
 
 4,513 
 
 4,984 
 
 4,890 
 
 5,652 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 
 
 
 1812 
 
 
 5,349 
 
 5,547 
 
 6,060 
 
 Watertown 
 
 
 
 
 1630 
 
 4,326 
 
 5,099 
 
 5,426 
 
 6,238 
 
 Waltham 
 
 
 
 
 1737 
 
 9,065 
 
 9,967 
 
 11,712 
 
 14,609 
 
 Wenham 
 
 
 
 
 1643 
 
 905 
 
 911 
 
 889 
 
 871 
 
 Wilmington, 
 
 
 
 
 1730 
 
 866 
 
 879 
 
 933 
 
 991 
 
 Winchester 
 
 
 
 
 1850 
 
 2,645 
 
 3,099 
 
 3,802 
 
 4,390 
 
 Woburn 
 
 
 
 
 1642 
 
 3,560 
 
 9,568 
 
 10,931 
 
 11,750 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 95 
 
 District Cot_irt. 
 
 First District Court of Eastern Middf,esex. 
 
 Sessions are held at Wakefield, on ^Vednesdays and 
 Thursdays, and at Maiden on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fri- 
 days and Saturdays, at 9.30 o'clock A. M. This Court 
 has jurisdiction in Wakefield, Wilmington, North Read- 
 ing, Reading, Stoneham, Melrose, Maiden, Everett and 
 Medford. Justice: John W. Pettengill of Maiden ; salary, 
 ^1,500 per year. Special Justices: Thomas S. Harlow of 
 Medford and Solon Bancroft of Reading. Clerk: Wil- 
 liam N. Tyler of Wakefield ; salary, $1,000. 
 
 IVledical Examiner's District. 
 
 Wakefield is in District No. 3, which comprises the 
 towns of Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, 
 Reading and North Reading. Dr. George E. Putney of 
 Reading is the Medical Examiner of the District. 
 Congressional District. 
 
 Wakefield is in the 6th Congressional District. In this 
 district are also the towns and cities of Everett, Maiden, 
 Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham and Winchester in 
 Middlesex County; Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott and 
 Lynn of Essex County ; and Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop 
 and wards 3, 4, and 5 of Boston, in the County of Suf- 
 folk. 
 
 Cotancillor and Senatorial Dis= 
 trict. 
 
 Wakefield is in the 6th Councillor District and in the 
 6th Middlesex Senatorial District. In the Senatorial dis- 
 trict, beside Wakefield, are included the towiis of Bedford, 
 
96 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Billerica, Burlington, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, 
 Stoneham, Tewksbury, Wilmington, \\'inchester and Wo- 
 burn. 
 
 Representative District. 
 Wakefield constitutes the nth Representative District, 
 and is entitled to one Representative to the General 
 (Jourt. 
 
 Representatives since 1812. 
 John Hart, 1812 — '14, '20, '21, '23, '24 
 
 John Gould, . . . , . 181 6 
 
 Thomas Emerson, Jr 
 Lilley Eaton, 
 Lemuel Sweetser, 
 James Butler, . 
 Noah Smith, 
 Benjamin Emerson, 
 Jonas Evans, 
 Aaron Foster, Jr., 
 Joseph W. Vinton, 
 Jacob Tufts, 
 Jonas Cowdrey, 
 Robert H. Raddin, 
 Franklin Poole, 
 Samuel Kingman, 
 Edward Mansfield, 
 John B. Atwell, 
 James M. Sweetser, 
 James Oliver, . 
 Madison Sweetser, 
 John S. Eaton, 
 
 i825-'30, '38 
 18^1 ' 
 
 39. 41 
 -'35, '45. '48 
 1832 and 'S3 
 1835 and '36 
 [836 and '37 
 1837 
 1839 
 1840 
 1840 
 
 1843 
 1844 
 1846 
 
 1847 
 1850 
 1851 
 1852 
 
 1855 
 1856 
 
 1857 
 1858 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 97 
 
 John Wiley 2d, 
 
 i860 
 
 William H. Atwell, 
 
 1862 
 
 Daniel Allen, . 
 
 . 1864 and '65 
 
 James F. Mansfield, 
 
 . 1867 and '68 
 
 Benjamin F. Packard, 
 
 1870 
 
 Edward H. Walton, 
 
 1871 
 
 Richard Britton, 
 
 1872, '73, '74 
 
 Thos. Winship, . . • 
 
 1876, '77 
 
 Solon Walton, . 
 
 1878 
 
 Azel Ames Jr., 
 
 1879 
 
 Lucius Beebe, 
 
 1880 
 
 Solon 0. Richardson, 
 
 1881, '82 
 
 Arlon S. Atherton, . 
 
 1883, '85 
 
 Robert Blyth, 
 
 1884, '86 
 
 List of thie Important Xo^^/n 
 Officers since I860. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 i860 Thos. Green 
 
 John Purrington 
 Edward Mansfield 
 
 1 86 1 Thos. Green 
 John Purrington 
 Edward Mansfield 
 
 1862 Thos. Green (resigned) 
 Lucius Beebe 
 
 Henry Oliver 
 Thomas B, Walker, (elec- 
 ted to fill the vacancy), 
 
 1863 Horatio Dolliver 
 John S. Eaton 
 D. B. \\Tieelock 
 
 1864 D. B. Wheelock 
 Horatio Dolliver 
 Thomas B. Walker 
 
 1865 T. B. Walker 
 Edward Mansfield 
 D. B. Wheelock 
 
 1866 Thos. B. Walker 
 John S. Eaton 
 P. C. ^^^leeler 
 
 1867 John S. Eaton 
 James Oliver 
 James F. Mansfield 
 
 1868 James Oliver 
 James F. Mansfield 
 Richard Britton 
 
 1869 James Oliver 
 Richard Britton 
 James F, Mansfield 
 
 13 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIFXD. 
 
 1870 Richard Britton 
 
 1878 James Oliver 
 
 Joseph W. Adams 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 James OHver 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 1 87 1 John M. Gate 
 
 1879 James Oliver 
 
 Joseph W. Adams 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 1872 John S. Eaton 
 
 1880 Theodore E. Balch 
 
 Richard Britton 
 
 Arlon S. Atherton 
 
 Lucius Beebe 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 1873 Richard Britton 
 
 1 88 1 James Oliver 
 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 James OHver 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 1874 James Oliver 
 
 1882 Sumner Pennell 
 
 William S. Greenough 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 Wm. K. Perkins 
 
 Alstead W. Brownell 
 
 1875 William S. Greenough 
 
 1883 James OHver 
 
 Wm. K. Perkins 
 
 Otis V. Waterman 
 
 Robert L. Murkland 
 
 Alstead W. Brownell 
 
 1876 James Oliver 
 
 1884 Alstead W. Brownell 
 
 Robert L. Murkland 
 
 Isaac F. Eaton 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 1877 James OHver 
 
 1885 Alstead W. Brownell 
 
 R. L. Murkland 
 
 Isaac F. Eaton 
 
 B. B. Burbank 
 
 John S. Eaton 
 
 Town Clerks. 
 
 1 860 James O. Boswell 
 
 1 86 1 C. H. Shepard 
 
 1 862-1 864 J. C. Hartshorne 
 
 1 865- 1 867 Chester W. Eaton 
 1 868-1 872 Benj. F. Packard 
 1 872-1 885 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 
 Town Treasurers. 
 
 1 860- 1 864 Jas. F. Emerson 
 1864 James M. Evans * 
 
 * resigned 
 
 1864-1^ 
 1882-1^ 
 
 Jas. F. Emerson 
 Thomas J. Skinner 
 
 Collectors of Taxes. 
 
 i860 James Oliver 
 1 861 P. C. Wheeler 
 1 862-1 864 E. A. Upton 
 1 865-1 866 P. C. Wheeler 
 
 1 867-1 873 C. W. Eaton 
 1873-1876 Otis V. Waterman 
 1 876-1 883 Richard Britton 
 1 883- 1 885 Chas. F. Woodward 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 99 
 
 iS6o 
 1861 
 1862 
 1863 
 1864 
 1865 
 1866 
 1867 
 1868 
 1869 
 1870 
 1871 
 1872 
 
 James Oliver 
 Lilley Eaton 
 Adam Wiley 
 James Oliver 
 Stillman A. Eaton 
 Lilley Eaton 
 Everett Hart 
 D. B. Wheelock 
 Jos. W. Bancroft 
 U. B. Wheelock 
 Joseph W. Bancroft 
 Everett Hart 
 Stillman A. Eaton 
 Horatio Dolliver 
 D. B. Wheelock 
 Edward Mansfield 
 Horatio Dolliver 
 James Oliver 
 James Oliver 
 A. C. Perkins 
 Horatio Dolliver 
 James Oliver 
 Horatio Dolliver 
 
 A. C. Perkins 
 James Oliver 
 Samuel Gardner 
 Alexander Turnbull 
 James Oliver 
 Samuel Gardner 
 
 B. F. Packard 
 James Oliver 
 B. F. Packard 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 James Oliver 
 
 B. F. Packard 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 James Oliver 
 Geo. H. Sweetser 
 
 Assessors. 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 1877 
 
 1878 
 
 1879 
 1880 
 1881 
 1882 
 1883 
 1884 
 1885 
 
 James Oliver 
 Richard Britton 
 John Purrington 
 Richard Britton 
 James Oliver 
 David Perkins 
 Edward Mansfield 
 David Perkins 
 R. L. Murkland 
 James Oliver 
 David Perkins 
 David Batchelder 
 David Perkins 
 James Oliver 
 John S. Eaton 
 John S. Eaton 
 John Purrington 
 James Oliver 
 John S. Eaton 
 David Perkins 
 James Oliver 
 James Oliver 
 Chas. F, Hartshorne 
 David Perkins 
 James Oliver 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 David Perkins 
 David Perkins 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 John S. Eaton 
 David Perkins 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 Chas. F. Woodward 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 Chas. F. Woodward 
 John M. Gate 
 Chas. F. Hartshorne 
 Chas. F. Woodward 
 David Perkins 
 
lOO 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Overseers of the Poor. 
 
 i860 Hiram Sweetser 
 William Oliver 
 Stephen Lufkin 
 
 1 861 William Oliver 
 Hiram Sweetser 
 Stephen Lufkin 
 
 1862 J. W. Dean 
 Horatio DolHver 
 
 1863 Horatio DoUiver 
 J. W. Dean 
 
 E. S. Upham 
 
 1864 Horatio DoUiver 
 Charles H. Stearns 
 William Oliver 
 
 1865 Thomas Green 
 Hiram Sweetser 
 Horatio DoUiver 
 
 1866 John Winship 
 
 A. G. Sweetser 
 James Oliver 
 
 1867 James Oliver 
 John Winship 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 
 1868 James OUver 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 Lewis Fairbanks 
 
 1869 James Oliver 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 Cyrus N. \^^ite 
 
 1870 Cyrus N. \\Tiite 
 M. F. Leslie 
 
 S. F. Littlefield 
 
 1 87 1 Cyrus N. White 
 M. F. LesUe 
 
 B. F. Packard 
 
 1872 Cyrus N. White 
 James W. Dean 
 Stephen Lufkin 
 
 1873 Richard Britton 
 James Oliver 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 
 1874 James Oliver 
 Cyrus N, White 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 
 1875 JaiTies Oliver 
 Daniel G. Walton 
 Cyrus N. White 
 
 ig76 Cyrus N. White 
 B. W. Oliver 
 Ira Wiley Jr. 
 
 1877 Cyrus N. White 
 Wm. F. Young 
 Ira Wiley [r. 
 
 1878 Cyrus N. White 
 Joseph Connell 
 S. F. Littlefield 
 
 1879 Cyrus N. White 
 Samuel F. Littlefield 
 Wm. H. At well 
 
 1880 John M. Gate 
 Wm. G. Strong 
 Theodore E. Balch 
 
 1 88 1 John Purrington 
 John S. Eaton 
 James W. Dean 
 
 1882 John Purrington 
 John S. Eaton 
 Hiram Eaton 
 
 1883 Hiram Eaton 
 John G. Morrill 
 Joseph Connell 
 
 1884 Hiram Eaton 
 John G. Morrill 
 Michael Low 
 
 1885 Hiram Eaton 
 John G. Morrill 
 John S. Eaton 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 lOI 
 
 Board of Health. 
 
 1872 Chas. Jordan 
 Azel Ames Jr. 
 L. B. Evans 
 C. W. Eaton 
 J. R. Mansfield 
 
 1874 S. O. Richardson 
 Samuel W. Abbott 
 Azel Ames Jr. 
 Albert Day 
 John R. Mansfield 
 
 1875 ^- ^- Richardson 
 J. R. Mansfield 
 J. P. Tucker 
 
 1876 S. O. Richardson 
 J. R. Mansfield 
 J. P. Tucker 
 
 1877 S. O. Richardson 
 J. R. Mansfield 
 E. P. Colby 
 
 1878 S. O. Richardson 
 E. P. Colby 
 John R. Mansfield 
 
 1879 S. O. Richardson 
 E. P. Colby 
 John M. Cate 
 
 1 88 1 John Purrington 
 John M. Cate 
 Azel Ames Jr. 
 
 1882 John Purrington 
 John S. Eaton 
 Azel Ames Jr. 
 
 1883 John M. Cate 
 Hosea L. Day 
 John Homer 
 
 1884 John M. Cate 
 Hosea L. Day 
 John Homer 
 
 1885 Preston Sheldon 
 John R. Mansfield 
 Joseph W. Heath 
 
 School Committee. 
 
 Lilley Eaton, i86o-'63 
 Edward Mansfield, i86o-'68 
 James M. Sweetser, i860, '64 
 A. Augustus Foster, i86o-'63, 
 
 '70, '71 
 John Winship, i86o-'62 
 P. H. Sweetser, i86o-'64, '66- 
 
 '69, '71 
 Edward A.Upton, i86i-'66, '70- 
 
 '72, '82-'85 
 Everett Hart, i862-'64 
 Chester W. Eaton, i864-'69 
 George Bullen, 1865 
 Charles R. Bliss, i865-'67, '70- 
 
 '76 
 James O. Boswell, i867-'69 
 T. Albert Emerson, i867-'69 
 James W. Willmarth, i868-'69 
 Charles Jordan, 1 869-' 71 
 John W. Chickering, 1869 
 Lucius Beebe, i87o-'8i, '8^, '84 
 
 Cyrus Wakefield, 1872, '73 
 Samuel W. Abbott, i872-'74 
 Thomas Winship, 1872, '73 
 WilUam F. Potter, i873-'75 
 Henrv D. Smith, i873-'76 
 Chaplin G. Tyler, i874-'76 
 George W. Aborn, i875-'8o 
 Samuel K. Hamilton, i876-'8i, 
 
 '83-'85 
 Charles Keyser, 1S76, '77 
 Theodore E. Balch, i876-'8i 
 Edward P. Colby, i877-'82, '84 
 Quincy Whitney, 1877 
 Austin S. Garver, 1878 
 Wilham N. Tvler, i879-'84 
 Selim S. White, 1 881 -'85 
 Calista A. Winship, 1882 
 Sara L. Whittemore, 1882 
 Melvin J. Hill, i882-'85 
 Ashton H. Thayer, 1885 
 Preston Sheldon, 1885 
 
I02 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 A. Brief Skietchi of ttie History of 
 Wal^efield. 1639-1885. 
 
 Wakefield was originally a part of the old township of 
 Lynn. In 1639, ten years subsequent to the settlement 
 of Lynn, sundry individuals, inhabitants of that township, 
 petitioned the General Court for permission to settle in- 
 land. This request was granted on the ninth of Septem- 
 ber, and thus, in the year of our Lord 1639, was com- 
 menced the settlement, of what is to-day, the prosperous 
 town of Wakefield. 
 
 This grant to the township of Lynn, included a territory 
 ''four miles square" and was substantially the same com- 
 pass of land as that now covered by the towns of Wake- 
 field and Reading. "The petition of the inhabitants of 
 Lynn, for a place for an inland plantation, at the head of 
 their bounds, is granted them 4 miles square, as the place 
 will afifoard ; upon condition that the petitioners shall, 
 within two years, make some good proceeding in planting, 
 so as it may be a village, fit to contain a convenient num- 
 ber of inhabitants, which may in dewe time have a church 
 there ; and so as such as shall remove there, shall not 
 withall keepe their accommodations in Lynn above 2 
 years after their removal to said village, upon pain to for- 
 feit their interest in one of them at their election ; except 
 this Court shall see fit cause to dispense further with 
 them." The land mentioned in this grant was purchased 
 of the Indians for ^10.16, and the deed signed in 1640 
 by Sagamore David, and Kunkshamooshaw, whose wig- 
 wams were in the region of Lynn and Chelsea, and also 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. TO3 
 
 signed by his wife Abigail, James Quoiiopohit and others. 
 
 Under this grant a settlement was begun, and in 1644, 
 the town of Reading was incorporated. "Lynn Village" 
 was the name first given to this inland plantation. In 
 1640, the General Court decreed "that the inhabitants of 
 Lynn Village should be exempted from taxes as soon as 
 seven houses should be built and seven families settled." 
 Four years later, a sufficient number of houses having 
 been erected, and the requisite number of families having 
 become settled, the Court further ordered "that Lynn 
 Village should take the name of 'Redding' " This decree 
 constituted the act of incorporation of the old town of 
 Reading. 
 
 The name "Reading" was presumably taken from a 
 borough and market town of note, near London, England^ 
 from whence came some of the first settlers of Lynn. 
 
 The first locations of these early comers were on the 
 eastern borders of beautiful Lake Quannapowitt. This 
 nucleus of a village, situated in a pleasant valley flanked 
 on either side by gently sloping hills grew and thrived for 
 many years, with varying fortunes. In 1644, the first 
 church of the parish was organized, being the twelfth in 
 the colony. When eight years had elapsed from the time 
 of setdement, a general division of the lands took place. 
 In 1648, we find the first mention of the granting of a 
 license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the village. 
 "Permission is given to Francis Smith of Reading to 
 draw wine in the town, for refreshing travellers and oth- 
 ers, he paying excise." The first election of highway 
 surveyors also occurred this year. In 1651, the Court 
 
I04 H AMD-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 granted to the town of Lynn, the tract of land which is 
 now known as North Reading. In 1655, there were 
 twenty slaves in the village, — 14 males and 6 females. 
 The town ordered in 1657, "that there shall be two gen- 
 eral town meetings every year : one on the first second 
 day in February, yearly, and one on the first second day 
 in December, yearly ; and every inhabitant that shall ab- 
 sent himself from these meetings, shall pay 2 shillings and 
 6 pence, if he be not there by 9 o'clock in the morning." 
 
 In 1667, there were fifty-nine dwelling-houses in the 
 town. In 1668, the town ordered "that no man, after 
 this date, shall come into the town, here to inhabit, with- 
 out the consent of the town." The same year the water 
 rights of the river, the outlet of Crystal Lake, now flowing 
 through the factory grounds of the Wakefield Rattan Co., 
 were given to Jonathan Poole, free, as power for grinding 
 the town's corn. The Garrison House was erected in 
 167 1, for protection against the Indians. In 1685, the 
 town chose two moderators to preside at its town meet- 
 ings. This practice was in vogue for many years. A 
 highway to what is now Charlestown was this year laid 
 out. 
 
 In 1688 a war with the Indians broke out. Major 
 Jeremiah Swayne of Reading was appointed and com- 
 missioned by the Court, as Commander in Chief of all 
 the forces raised in defence. About 1691 the Court 
 empowered the same person to join persons in marriage 
 in Reading. 
 
 In 1692 commenced the delusion known as "witch- 
 craft." It originated in Salem village, in the family of 
 
HANr-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. IO5 
 
 the minister of the Parish, whose daughter and niece, 
 girls of ten and eleven years of age, and other girls in the 
 neighborhood, began to act strangely. As no satisfactory 
 name could be given to this disorder, they were gravely 
 pronounced to be bewitched. Reading was not exempt 
 from this terrible affliction ; for women were here arrested 
 and imprisoned for witchcraft, but were subseq-uendy 
 acquitted. 
 
 A free school was established in 1693. It was a school 
 "where young people were taught to read, wTite, and cast 
 up accounts." Jonathan Poole was the schoolmaster. 
 1700-1812 
 
 The early part of the i8th century saw a great revival 
 in school matters ; new schools were opened and teachers 
 of experience were obtained. In 1 706 five Indians from 
 a party who had attacked Dunstable, ventured within the 
 limits of the town, and surprised and attacked the family 
 of John Harnden in the night time, killing Mrs. Harnden 
 and three children, and carrying away the rest. The 
 latter were subsequently recovered. In 1 7 1 1 several of 
 the male inhabitants of the village embarked with an ex- 
 pedition against the French and Indians in Nova Scotia 
 and Canada. 
 
 In 1729, the north part of Maiden was annexed to 
 Reading. This section was probably the compass of land 
 now known as Greenwood. A perpetual common was 
 set apart in 1 737. The passage of the Stamp Act by the 
 British Parliament in 1765 was indignantly protested 
 against by the inhabitants of Reading. At a town meet- 
 ing held October 22, 1765, the town Representative to 
 
I06 HAND-BOOK OF WAKR FIRI/.O. 
 
 the (General Court was given emphatic instructions to 
 use every effort, and to join in every proper measure 
 looking to the repeal of the obnoxious act. 
 
 Ten years later witnessed the struggle of the Colonies 
 against continued unlawful and offensive taxes levied by 
 England, which finally resulted in our national independ- 
 ence. 
 
 The town voted in 1774, ''tj maintain the Charter 
 Rights in every constitutional way." IJelegates were 
 sent to the Provincial (Congress, whose sentiments the 
 towQ voted to adopt as their own, and strictly adhere to 
 them. What the patriotic people of Reading did in the 
 glorious struggle for their independence is thus summed 
 up in the "History of Wakefield." ''The records of each 
 parish, during the continuance of the war, breathe the 
 most earnest patriotism, the most determined resolution* 
 and are full of votes for raising and providing money, 
 provisions, clothing, fuel and men, in cheerful response 
 to all the calls of the Government." The town sent in 
 all to the war, about 400 men, not including minute men, 
 drafted from time to time, to guard prisoners and for 
 similar services. 
 
 In 1776 a census of Massachusetts showed that Read- 
 ing with but a single exception, (Sudbury) was the lar- 
 gest town in respect to population in Middlesex County. 
 In 1785 the First Parish, (what is now Wakefield) peti- 
 tioned the General Court, to be set off as a separate and 
 distinct town. This petition was not granted until 181 2. 
 
hand-kook of wakefield. io? 
 
 History From the Incorporation of South Reading in 
 1 812, 10 THE Time of the Change of Name in 1868. 
 
 1S12-1820. For many years previous to the final 
 separation and incorporation of South Reading as a 
 distinct town, the people of this enterprising and pros- 
 perous village, had been making strenuous efforts looking 
 to this separation. Finally, on the 25th of February in 
 the year 181 2, the town of South Reading was incorpora- 
 ted under authority of an act of the General Court of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 The first town meeting of South Reading was held in 
 the Town Hall, March 5, 1812, when John Gould was 
 elected Town C/<?r/^ / Lilley Eaton, Town Treasurer ;^xid 
 James Gould, Benjamin Badger, and John Gould, Select- 
 men, Assessors and Overseers. This year ^800 was 
 raised for common and ordinary expenses, $350 for 
 schooling, $450 for the highways. War was declared this 
 year with England, South Reading patriotically furnishing 
 her quota of soldiers, as well as h^r portion of arms and 
 accoutrements. 
 
 In 18 1 3, the town commenced printing its town expen- 
 ses. In redistiicting the state for Representative to 
 Congress in 18 14, the town was set off from Middlesex 
 County and annexed to Essex North District. A petition 
 was forwarded to the General Court remonstrating against 
 this action which had the desired effect, and South Read- 
 ing was re- annexed to the Middlesex District. 
 
 The first stage which passed regularly through the 
 town, connecting with Boston, commenced to run in 181 7 
 
lOi HAND- HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 
 
 1820 — 1830. In 1825, the present town farm and 
 almshouse was purchased. The South Reading Academy 
 was organized and incorporated in 1828. A temperance 
 society was organized the following year, and two years 
 later saw the organization of the South Reading Lyceum. 
 - 1830 — 1840. The South Reading Mechanic and 
 Agricultural Institution was organized in 1833. In 1837 
 the town paid off its debt with a suprlus in the treasury- 
 
 1840 — 1850. A new hearse-house was built in 1840. 
 In 1842 an attempt was made to preserve the shade trees 
 in the town, and to set out new ones. This movement 
 was supported by the South Reading Ornamental Tree 
 Society formed this year. 
 
 In the year 1844, work was begun on that part of the 
 Boston and Maine Railroad extension, between Wilming- 
 ton and Boston, passing through South Reading. This 
 extension was completed the following year, and pas- 
 senger trains were first regularly run on July 4, 1845. 
 When it was first proposed to run this railroad through 
 it was predicted "that South Reading would probably 
 furnish as many as thirty daily passengers^ How differ- 
 ent this daily travel between that of our town to-day, 
 when a thousand or more go to and from Boston every 
 day ! 
 
 The Bi- Centennial anniversary ot the town was proper- 
 ly celebrated by the people of South Reading, Reading 
 and North Reading, May 29, 1844, with distinguished 
 observances. 
 
 The town this year voted to establish an English High 
 School, with the provision that the whole expense of rent? 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 109 
 
 instruction etc., etc., for said school, should not exceed 
 $600 per annum. Voted also that if such a school be 
 established, the several primary schools in town shall be 
 taught wholly by female instructors. 
 
 The subject of a change in the town name was first 
 brought forward in December, 1846. The following is 
 the vote of the town on various names proposed : 
 
 Winthrop 71 
 
 South Reading 35 
 
 Florence ...... 6 
 
 Shawmut 
 Calais 
 Lakeville 
 Vernon 
 Greenville . 
 
 A petition was forwarded to the Legislature asking that 
 the name of the to\\Ti be changed from South Reading to 
 Winthrop. The Legislature, however, saw fit to refuse 
 this request, and it was not until 1868 that a change in 
 the town name was made. 
 
 The tow^n in 1847 purchased the academy building for 
 use of the High School. The names "Quannapowitt" 
 and "Wappahtuch" were given to the upper and lower 
 lakes respectively this year. 
 
 1850 — 1860. The town voted in 1852 to pay the 
 members of the engine company $5, beside their poll tax? 
 per annum, also voted to erect a new engine house for 
 the Yale engine which was purchased this year. This 
 house was built the subsequent year (1853). The first 
 regular fire department was established in 1854. In 1856 
 
TIO HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 a new almshouse was built and a public library was au- 
 thorized. In 1857 the town voted "that hereafter the 
 annual town meetings shall be held in April, instead of 
 March," which custom is still in vogue. In 1858 the 
 Greenwood school-house was removed to its present 
 location on Oak street. The following year the town 
 changed the name of that portion of its territory long 
 know as "East Ward" to "Montrose." The Yale engine 
 house was burned this year, and a new structure was 
 immediately erected. 
 
 i860 — 1868. The Common was fenced in i860 at a 
 cost of $636.75. The long misunderstanding between 
 the North and South came to a focus in 1861, and Civil 
 War, with its atttending terrors, burst upon the entire 
 country. South Reading responded to the call of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln for troops, and was, during the war, one of 
 the most patriotic towns in the North. A fuller account 
 of South Reading as relating to the Rebellion, may be 
 found under Military Record. 
 
 1868— 1885. 
 
 In 1868 the town again took action looking to a change 
 in the town name. Voted "that the Selectmen be direct- 
 ed to prepare a petition in the name and behalf of the 
 town, to be presented to the Legislature of Massachusetts? 
 praying that the name of the town of South Reading may 
 be changed to that of 'Wakefield.' " This was in honor 
 of one of the most liberal citizens of the town — the late 
 Cyrus Wakefield. Said petition secured prompt attention 
 from the Legislature and the following act was passed and 
 approved by the Governor, Feb. 25, 1868. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. Ill 
 
 " Be it enacted, etc. 
 
 Section i. The Town of South Reading, in the 
 County of Middlesex, shall take the name of Wakefield. 
 
 Section 2. This action shall take effect from and after 
 the thirtieth day of June, in the year one thousand eight 
 hundred and sixty-eight." 
 
 The change in name was elaborately and appropriately 
 celebrated July 4, 1868. 
 
 1870 — 1880 An engine house was built this year 
 (1870) in Montrose. 532,500 was appropriated for the 
 purchase of the present High School grounds at the cor- 
 ner of Lafayette and Common streets, and for the erec- 
 tion of a school building thereon ; also $7,000 for a similar 
 purchase and erection of a school-house on Franklin 
 street, at the Junction. Railroad street took its name in 
 1872. Town voted in 1872 "to purchase a hook and 
 ladder carriage at a cost not exceeding $1,000." Also 
 voted the sum of $20,000 for finishing and furnishing 
 the new High School house then in process of erection. 
 $4,500 was appropriated for the erecting of a new school 
 house in Woodville. 
 
 In 1872 a new receiving tomb was constructed in the 
 Old Burial Ground on Church street. The Hook and 
 Ladder carriage was purchased for $947.50. Action was 
 taken by the town to improve the New Park. Lake 
 Avenue was laid out, drains were constructed, and the 
 public common otherwise enhanced in beauty. The first 
 Board of Health was elected this year. The following 
 year the Maiden Bridge tax was abolished. A town flag 
 was bought for $72. One thousand copies of the "His- 
 
I I 2 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 tory of Wakefield" were published this year under author- 
 ity of a vote of the town, $3,300 being appropriated there- 
 for, of which sum, $3,258.55 was expended. In 1874 
 there were 40 miles of street. The present code of By- 
 Laws was this year put in force. In 1875 the population 
 of the town was 5,349, 2,511 being males and 2,838, 
 females. There were 1,274 families and 1,218 voters. 
 Of 1,010 dwelling houses. 951 were occupied, and 59 
 were vacant. The number of manufacturing establish- 
 ments in town was 82. The value of goods manufac- 
 tured was $1,302,311, against $735,220 in 1864. The 
 amount of capital invested was $1,263,530, against only 
 $303,400 a decade previous. The value of stock used 
 was $539,398. 1,059 persons were employed in the manu- 
 factories of the town, and the value of buildings used for 
 manufacturing purposes was $305,525. 
 
 A new lock-up was built in 1876 in the basement of 
 the Town Hall Building. The Board of Fish Committee 
 was first elected this year. A law was passed by the 
 Legislature, Feb. 16, 1877 prohibiting fishing in Lake 
 Quannapowitt until Jan. i, 1882. The following year a 
 15 years' lease of the lake was obtained by the town from 
 the Fish Commissioners of the state. Crystal Lake had 
 already been leased for a term of years to private indi- 
 viduals. The present Town Seal was first brought into 
 use in 1878. In 1880, in accordance with the desires of 
 a majority of the citizens, and in response to a petition, 
 numerously signed, two night watchmen were appointed, 
 and this system of police protection has since continued 
 to exist. A revision of the Rules and Orders adopted in 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. II3 
 
 1853, was made after careful consideration by a commit- 
 tee appfointed for the purpose, in 1881. 
 
 The great Rattan fire occurred on the night of March 
 12, 1 88 1.. The loss to the Company was $190,000, fully 
 covered by insurance. The steamer, Lucius Beebe, No. 
 T, was purchased in 1882 for $3,400. $500 was this 
 year appropriated for the enforcement of the liquor laws. 
 A classification of the statistics of the town was made in 
 1882, under the direction of the Town Clerk. The con- 
 tract for hydrant service between the Quannapowitt Water 
 Company, or, as it now is, the Wakefield Water Company, 
 and the town of Wakefield, was signed January 20, 1883. 
 The Hamilton School Building was erected in 1883, and 
 the total cost of the structure up to April, 1884, when 
 the building was completed and turned over to the town, 
 was $18,658.90. 
 
 At a town meeting held April 6, 1885, the town voted 
 to accept a gift of $10,000 devised under the will of 
 Cornelius Sweetser, late of Saco, Me., the money to be 
 safely invested and the income to be yearly expended in 
 providing such lectures as will tend to improve and ele- 
 vate the minds of the people of Wakefield. The use of 
 the C. Wakefield engine was this year abandoned, the 
 Chemical engine transferred to Montrose, and the Chem- 
 ical Engine Company changed to a Hydrant Hose Com- 
 pany. Voted also to store the Yale Engine at the engine 
 house in Montrose. 
 
 15 
 
TI4 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Interesting Facts. 
 
 •'Now will we gather up 
 Stray fragments that elucidate our story; 
 The breezy freedom of past years commingling 
 
 With these our busy times." 
 
 The Yale Engine was purchased in 1852. 
 
 The Chemical Engine was bought in 1871. 
 
 Boundary line between Wakefield and Lynnfield was 
 defined April 2, 1870. 
 
 A portion of Stoneham on the east side was annexed 
 to South Reading, April 5, 1856. 
 
 There are 94 streets, courts and avenues in Wakefield, 
 covering over 40 miles in length. 
 
 Name changed from South Reading to Wakefield, 
 June 30, 1868. 
 
 The High School Building lot on the corner of Com- 
 mon and Lafayette streets was purchased in 1871, and in 
 size is 146 X 204 feet, and containing 28,154 sq. ft. 
 Ground was broken September 1 6, 1 8 7 1 . Dedication oc- 
 curred October 10, 1872. 
 
 The History of Reading, by the Hon. Lilley Eaton, 
 was pubhshed in 1873. It embraces a very complete 
 history of Wakefield from its settlement in 1639 to 1873. 
 
 The public streets of the town now known as Main, 
 Lowell, Salem, Cordis, Pleasant, Mechanic, Eaton, Cres- 
 cent, Water, Nahant, Oak, Albion, Railroad, Chestnut, 
 Common, Church, Lafayette, Prospect, Cedar, Elm, Ver- 
 non, Pine and Greenwood, were given their names in 
 1847. 
 
HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 115 
 
 Streets Laid. Ou.t. 
 
 Greenwood street . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 in 1828 
 
 Crescent street 
 
 
 
 " 1838 
 
 Pleasant street 
 
 
 
 " 1839 
 
 Eaton street 
 
 
 
 " 1841 
 
 Chestnut street 
 
 
 
 " 1845 
 
 Railroad street 
 
 
 
 " 1845 
 
 Railroad, (south of depot) 
 
 
 
 " 1847 
 
 Wiley street . . . . 
 
 
 
 " 1849 
 
 Avon street . . . . 
 
 
 
 " 1850 
 
 Park street . . . . 
 
 
 
 " 1852 
 
 North Mechanic street . 
 
 
 
 " 1852 
 
 Sweetser street 
 
 
 
 " 1852 
 
 School street 
 
 
 
 " 1852 
 
 Richardson street . 
 
 
 
 " 1853 
 
 Melvin street 
 
 
 
 " 1853 
 
 Farm street . 
 
 
 
 " 1853 
 
 Forest street . 
 
 
 
 " 1853 
 
 Pearl street . 
 
 
 
 " 1853 
 
 Gould street . 
 
 
 
 " 1856 
 
 West Chestnut street 
 
 
 
 " 1856 
 
 W^ashington street (changed t( 
 
 3 Foundry 
 
 in 18 
 
 71) " 1857 
 
 Lake street 
 
 
 
 " 1857 
 
 Yale Avenue . 
 
 
 
 " 1866 
 
 Frankhn street 
 
 
 
 " 1867 
 
 South Cedar street 
 
 
 
 " 1868 
 
 Bryant street 
 
 
 
 " 1869 
 
 Myrtle Avenue 
 
 
 
 " 1869 
 
 Centre street . 
 
 
 
 " 1870 
 
 Traverse street 
 
 
 
 " 1870 
 
 Emerald street 
 
 
 
 . '« 1871 
 
 Fitch Court . 
 
 
 
 " 1871 
 
 Lawrence street 
 
 
 
 . " 1871 
 
 Highland street 
 
 
 . 
 
 " 1872 
 
 Cedar street 
 
 
 . 
 
 . " 1872 
 
1x6 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 
 
 Lake Avenue 
 
 Valley street 
 
 Highland street 
 
 Hart street 
 
 New vSalem street 
 
 West Water street, accepted 
 
 Pleasant street extension 
 
 Otis street 
 
 Summer street 
 
 Orchard street 
 
 Cottage street 
 
 Emerson street 
 
 Beacon street 
 
 Winn street . 
 
 Charles street 
 
 Spaulding street 
 
 Murray street 
 
 Auburn street 
 
 Otis street extension 
 
 Byron street 
 
 Central street 
 
 Lincoln street 
 
 Smith street 
 
 Lakeside Avenue 
 
 in 1872 
 
 " 1873 
 
 " 1873 
 
 " 1873 
 
 " 1874 
 
 " 1874 
 
 " 1875 
 
 " 1875 
 
 " 1875 
 
 " 1875 
 
 " 1875 
 
 " 1876 
 
 " 1876 
 
 " 1876 
 
 " 1876 
 
 '* 1878 
 
 " 1878 
 
 " 1879 
 
 " 1880 
 
 " 1881 
 
 " 1881 
 
 " 1881 
 
 " 1881 
 
 V 
 
^^^M^ 
 
 *./lDVDRTISING« 
 *DDPARTa)C-NT.« 
 
 ^^^i?^^^^r^^^ 
 
KYBRETT G. DALAND, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 DRY & FANCY GOODS, 
 
 CLOTHING, 
 
 H-A^TS sc FXJi^isrisiEiinsra-s. 
 
 Re\\at\e &odis so\i al t\ve Lowest SlaxYet 
 
 Wakefield Agent for BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS, MELROSE LAUN- 
 DRY, N. Y and S. L DYEING ESTABLLSHMENT. 
 
 450 MAIN STREET, 
 
 WAKEFIELD. 
 
CUTLER BROS., 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER? 
 
 Flour, Grain. Ifeij and Straw. 
 
 Poultry Supplies. 
 
 Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Colors Ground in Oil 
 and Japan, Dry Colors, Ready-Mixed Paints, 
 Housekeepers' Paints (in small pachages), Tube 
 Colors, Gold Leaf, Gold, Bronze, Carriage Paint- 
 ers' Supplies, cfe., ^"c. 
 
 Agents for Villa,, Bay State and, other first- 
 class Paste Paints. Also sole Agents for Averill 
 Chemical Paint. 
 Pure Lead, at Boston Pidces. 
 
 Window Glass and Cordage. 
 
 IN GREAT VARIETY. 
 
 Wooden Ware, LIard,ware and, Housekeepers' 
 Furnishings, Silver Plated Ware, 
 
 Horse Clothing, Lap Bohes, Harness and Car- 
 riage Dressing, Sheeps'-Wool Mats. 
 Patent Medicines, 
 
 Fanning Implements, 
 
 Field and Garden Seeds, 
 Fertilizers. 
 
 Sole Proprietors of the Celebrated 
 
 "Belle of Wakefield" Flour, 
 
 Wakefield's Block. Wakefield, Mass. 
 
The Wakefield Water Co, 
 
 DAVID H. DARLING, Freside-nt, CHAS. H. EVANS, Treas. 
 
 Cffi'P., Wahefield, JVo. 1 Wakefield's Block, up 
 
 one fiight. 
 Office, SioneliUDv, 84 Main Sired, over San- 
 horn cf Hill's Siore. 
 
 Office Hours, Wakefield : From 7 to 9 P M. on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- 
 day and Saturday. 
 
 Office Hours, Stoneham : From 2 until 4 o'clock, P. INI. on Thursdays, and 
 fro.n 7 until g o'clock, P. M. on Saturdays. 
 
 "V^-A^TEI^ 1^-A.TES- 
 
 The Company have adopted the following rates until further notice : 
 
 l>^velliiig Houses. 
 
 Occupied by one family, for the first faucet 
 
 For each additional faiicet to be used by the same family 
 
 When a house is occupied by more than one family, and less than ff)ur, 
 
 one faucet only being used for all, for each family 
 For the first water-closet . - . 
 
 For each additional water-closet 
 
 For first bath-tub _ - - - 
 
 For each additional bath-tub - - - 
 
 For first faucet used for set laundry txib 
 For each additional faucet - - - 
 
 Boai'diiig Houses. 
 For the first faucet . - . - 
 
 For each additional faucet . . - 
 
 For water-closet or bath-tub when used for boarders 
 
 Other charges as above. 
 
 Where two^ faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both 
 emptying into one bowl or sink, but one charge will be made for both. 
 
 Stores. 
 
 Occupied as office, shop, or similar purpose - $6 00 to $20 00 
 
 For each additional faucet - - - 2 00 to 5 00 
 
 For water closet or urinal - - - - 6 00 
 
 F*rivate J^ tallies. 
 
 For first horse - - • - - - $5 00 
 
 For each additional horse - - - - - 3 0° 
 
 For first cow - - - - - 2 00 
 
 For each additional cow - - - - - i 00 
 
 Hose. 
 For sprinkling streets, washing windows, and similar uses, to be used 
 only on premises and street opposite, not exceeding two hours per 
 day for six months in the year - - - ■ $5 ^^ 
 
 And for all other purposes and uses not enumerated in the foregoing rates, 
 information can be obtained at the office of the Company. 
 
 Geo. W . Harringion, Supt. 
 Amos Hill, Agent, Stoneham Division. 
 
 Annual Rates. 
 
 
 $6 00 
 
 - 
 
 2 00 
 
 our. 
 
 
 - 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 - 
 
 3 00 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 - 
 
 3 00 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 2 00 
 
 
 $10 00 
 
 - 
 
 3 00 
 
 
 ID 00 
 
Established in 1863, 
 
 EVERETT W. EATON, 
 
 Banh Building, Opposite Upper Depot. 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Flour, Grain, Produce 
 
 FINE GROCERIES. 
 
 We make special efforts to ohtain Choice But- 
 ter and the best grades of Tea and Coffee. 
 
 Goods delivered in njiy part of Wakefield. 
 
WM. B. JONES, 
 
 TAILOR, 
 
 Albion Street, - _ _ Wakefield. 
 
 Personal attention paid to the 
 
 Every garment made under my special supervision in my own 
 Always on hand a good assortment of 
 
 C X, O T H S , 
 
 Such as SUITIA'GS, OVERCOATS and TROW- 
 
 SRRIJVGS, of the very latest style and 
 
 viake, both Foreign and Domestic. 
 
 and good Workmanship an assured character- 
 istic of this Establishment. My best ef- 
 forts are always to please those who 
 may favor me with their 
 patronage. 
 
DR, S, 0, RICHARDSON'S 
 
 (Established 1808.) 
 
 Cures Dyspepsia ; 
 
 Removes Dizziness ; 
 
 Strengthens the System ; 
 
 Gives you an Appetite. 
 
 Its Good Effects are Immediate. 
 
 Sold by Apothecaries and Druggists at 
 
 OJ^E DOLLAR A BOTTLE. 
 
 The roots and herbs may be had in packages with fnll directions to prepare 
 them, either with or without spirits, at 
 
 50 CEMTS A PACKAGE. 
 
 Principal Office: 
 
 Washington ,St„ Boston, 
 
GEORGE W. ABORN 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 CO/L, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, k. 
 
 Also Dealer in and Agent for the Sale of 
 
 i^ej^Xj estate 
 
 of every Descriptioji-, and in all parts of Wake- 
 field. 
 
 Albion & Railroad Sts., 
 
 0pp. Upper Depot. 
 
LIBRARY LAMPS. 
 
 Just received a large assort- 
 ment of 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 AND 
 
 STAMD LAMPS. 
 
 ALS() 
 
 brown mazara 
 brown'warwick, 
 
 Decorated Dinner Sets 
 
 Of 115 pieces, 
 
 which we are selling 
 
 at the very low price 
 
 of $13.30 per set. 
 
 Also a full line of 
 
 Brown Inilns, 
 Brofii Cairo, and 
 f liite (Jranite Ware, 
 
 occupying the entire 
 second and third 
 floors of iny store. 
 
 Also a full assortment of 
 Choice, Staple and Fancy 
 Groceries, Flour, Grain, &c. 
 
 Please call and examine 
 our stock before purchasing 
 elsewhere. 
 
 A. S, ATHERTON, 
 
 ALBION ST. 
 
EIB^TH'S 
 
 HOUSEHOLD ALBUM 
 
 Should be in Every Home. 
 
 HE best arrangement ever devised for keeping Newspaper Clip- 
 -"- pings, Household Bills, Cooking Recipes and papers of every 
 kind where they may he found at onxe when wanted. No past- 
 ing into books, or bother to index them. Far better than scrap 
 books for young folks. 
 
 Size of the album is 81/2 inches long, 614 inches wide and 214 
 inches thick. Bound in either black, brown, red or blue, and will 
 prove a most useful as well as ornamental article. 
 
 Sent post-paid, for 75 cents, by the manufacturer, 
 
 ELROY N. HEATH, 
 
 WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
 Dealer in STATIONERY of all kinds at manufacturers' prices. 
 
South Reading Mechanic and 
 
 Agricultural Institution 
 
 RAILROAD STREET, opp. Upper Depot. 
 
 Incorporated, 1833. - - Capital $10,000. 
 
 Thomas Emerson, President. 
 
 Geo. O. Carpenter, Vice-President, 
 Thomas Winship, Treasurer, 
 
 Directors. — Jonathan T^ichols, James F. 
 Emerson, T. E. Cox, John D. Morton, Ben- 
 jamin Cox, Engene E. Emerson. 
 
THE 
 
 WAKEFIELD BULLETIN, 
 
 A I^iYe I^ocal Paper, 
 
 Devoted entirely to the interests of Wakefield and its immediate 
 vicinity. 
 
 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 IN ADVANCE. 
 
 Office, Perkiris' Block, corner of Main and Al- 
 bion Streets. 
 
 The senior proprietor has had many years' experience in the local 
 newspaper business and in this town, and knows well its business 
 and social relations. 
 
 W, H, TWOMBLY & SON, 
 
 ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE 
 
THE NT^TIONAL BA,NK 
 
 SOUTH READING. 
 
 Railroad Street, opp. Upper Depot. 
 
 Capital, ^100,000, . , Surplus, $25,000. 
 
 The Bank of South Reading, as a State Bank, was incorpo- 
 rated in 1854. 
 
 Cyrus G. Beebe, President, Thomas Winship, Cashier, 
 Directors. — Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, George O. Car- 
 penter, James F.Emerson, Daniel G. Walton. 
 
Established in 1875 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 BOOTS, 
 
 SHOES 
 
 AND 
 
 RUBBERS, 
 
 OF THE BEST MANUFACTURE. 
 
 The Mew Yorh Co. Perfect Fitting Fine Shoes ^ 
 for Ladies' wear a Specialty. 
 
 189 MAIN STREET, WAKEFIELD. 
 
D. H. Darling & Co., 
 
 BANKERS 
 
 INVESTMENT SECURITIES. 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 Seu) Yox\ aui Boslou 2>^oc-\ ^xctvauqes. 
 
 85 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Cor. of Water. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
EO. It. iUNBAR, 
 
 nZSTE J"OB 
 
 PRINTER, 
 
 AND DEALER IN 
 
 OF ALL KINDS. 
 
 Every variety of Social and Mercantile Printing executed at short notice, in 
 good style and at Boston prices or lower. Blocking done without extra charge. 
 
 Rubber Hand, Dating and Self-Inking stamps at less than Boston prices. 
 
 Your name with pads and indelible ink, for MARKING CLOTHING, 
 for 50 cts. 
 
 ROOM NO. 10, WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, 
 
 WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
 
THOMAS EMERSON'S SONS, 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF GENTS' & BOYS' 
 
 Fine Hand-Sewed, Machine- Sewed Sf Jfailed 
 
 iOOTS /?Nl> SPiOCS. 
 
 Factory on Main St., Wakefield. 
 
 Office at 105 Surmner St., Boston, Mass. 
 
WjlREFlELD SAVlf S B^NK. 
 
 WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET. 
 
 WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
 
 Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 
 5 and 6 to 8 P. M. 
 
 Solon O. Richardson, Presidetit. 
 
 Richard Britton, Treasurer. 
 
 Vice-Presidents, Jacob C. Hartshorne, T. J. Skinner. 
 
 Trustees, Cyrus Wakefield, W. S. Greenough, Everett Hart, A. 
 W. Chapman, Thomas Emerson, T. J. Skinner, Joseph Connell, 
 S. W. Abbott, C. F. Hartshorne, Geo. H. Sweetser, Wesley T. 
 Harris, Geo. H. Maddock. 
 
#THE NEW HUB RANGE.* 
 
 The Perfection of Becnifij and Utility. 
 
 The New Hub is made 
 A-ith Low Warming Clos- 
 ets. Low Reservoir for 
 HotWater,Cabinet Bases, 
 and Water Fronts. 
 
 The New Hub has Hub 
 Towel Dryer, Patent Re- 
 flex Grate, Large Broiling 
 Door, Reed's Pat. Check 
 Draft, Pat. Double Quick 
 Damper, Oven Shelf for 
 Basting Meats, Steel Fin- 
 ished Edges and Panels. 
 
 The Oven is the largest 
 made. For Sale Every- 
 where. Descriptive Cir- 
 culars sent on Application 
 to the Manufacturers. 
 
 THE ANTHONY STEEL-PLATE FURNACE. 
 
 Made in Five Sizes for 
 either Portable or Brick 
 Set Form. 
 
 It combines every im- 
 provement found in other 
 furnaces, besides, any new 
 and valuable features pe- 
 culiar to itself. 
 
 It is absolutely and per- 
 manently gas and dust 
 tight : delivers a uniform 
 degree of heat, without 
 wasting any in the cellar, 
 and can be run as easily 
 as a parlor stove. 
 
 For Heating capacity, 
 freedom from gas and 
 ease of management The 
 ANTHONY FUR- 
 NACE is unsurpassed. 
 
 Special descriptive cir- 
 culars and cuts sent on 
 application to the manu- 
 facturers. We also make 
 a full line of Parlor and 
 Office Stoves. 
 
 Manufactured by 
 
 Smith & Anthony 
 Stove Oo. 
 
 Salesrooms. 
 52 «fe 54 XJIVTOIV ST 
 
 Foundries at Wakefield, Mass 
 
 BOSTOIV, ]M^SS. 
 For Sale Everywhere. 
 
 S. F, LITTLEFIELD, A^t,, Watefleltl, Mass. 
 
Gate's Clotliincr House 
 
 Comer of Main St. and Center St., 
 
 Is one of the oldest business enterprises on the street— and we are here to stay. 
 We have our living to get, and we would like to live well — not extravagantly, 
 but decently well. In order to do this we must have the patronage of the citi- 
 zens of our town and vicinity, and we embrace this opportunity to extend a cordial 
 invitation to friends, acquaintances and the public genarally, to investigate our 
 claims to your favors. 
 
 We have a large and carefully selected stock of woolens for custom clothing. 
 We have, we think, the largest and freshest stock of hats, caps, and gloves, to be 
 found in this vicinity. We have a nice line of men's under wear, men's woolen 
 over shirts, white shirts, collars, cuffs, neck wear, hosiery, suspenders, mufflers, 
 silk handkerchiefs, &c., &c. 
 
 We have a very large assortment of men's and youths' ready made Pantaloons, 
 and also a good line of knee pants for the little boys, a good line of man's and 
 boys' ready made suits, odd vests, cardigan jackets, over alls, jumpers, &c. , &c. 
 
 We have a nice assortment of overcoats, which will be sold at a verj"^ low price. 
 We haven't got the gall to say that we can or will sell you better goods at lower 
 prices than our neighbors. But we do say, and we mean it, that we will sell you 
 as good goods at as low a price as the same quality can be sold for in Wakefield, 
 Boston, or any other place in this community, and don't you forget what we say. 
 
 When we were prosperous, we loved to push on the reins', to make things move. 
 We tried to be liberal. We certainly were not forgotten when the subscription 
 paper was on the war path. We liked to see our beautiful town thrive and grow, 
 and when we were away from town, we always loved to hear a good word 
 spoken of our beloved adopted home. It is a gem in the crown that surrounds 
 the head of the best state in the grandest country on this terrestial Globe. 
 
 We were a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. We hope we shall not be consid- 
 ered egotistical, when we say we did our duty to the full extent of our ability. 
 We went in iSo lbs. in our stocking feet, and came out weighing 135 lbs., and 
 didn't lose a day's duty while we were in the service of OUR country. We can- 
 not get a pension, and we don't expect a government ofifice,— but, we would like 
 to have the loyal liberty-lovmg patriotic citizens of Wakefield, come into our 
 store and buy something, so that we can keep the commissar^' supplied with 
 the necessities, yes, and occasionally, a few of the luxuries of life. 
 
 Don't forget that we shall be thankful for small favors. "Every little helps," 
 as the old saying goes. JOHN M. GATE, Agent 
 
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f.ATT/5N WARE}. 
 
 UTILITY, DURABILITY cf ECONOMY COMBINED. 
 
 ELE&ANT, DSEEUL HOUSEHOLD &OODS, 
 
 O-A-lsTE FXJI^ISriTXJI^E, ETC. 
 
 Ladies' Rock and Sewing Chairs, Gents' Reception, Library, 
 Easy, Arm and Rocking Chairs, Office, Dining and Rustic Chairs, 
 Ladies' Work Baskets and Stands, Settees, Tete-a-Tetes, Lounges, 
 RecHning Ch?irs, etc., etc. 
 
 b-a.sk:ets- 
 
 Clothes, Laundry, Market and School Baskets, etc., etc. 
 
 is^^f^TTiisrca-- 
 
 P'or Churches, .Schools and Public Buildings. 
 
 Includingall sizes, Plain, Fancy, Grooved, Striped and Bordered, 
 Carriage Rugs, Lap Robes. 
 
 iDiivfl:E2srsi03sr 3Sd:.A.TS. 
 
 For Churches, Schools, Hotels, Theatres, Street Cars, etc., etc. 
 Constantly in Stock, and Manufactured to Order, 
 
 Chair Cane, Reeds, Brooms, WMow Shanes & Fixtures. 
 
 WAKEFIELD RATTAN CO., 
 
 115 WASHINGTON, STREET, BOSTON. 
 Factories at Wakefield. 
 
CH/RLES I HAfiTSHOR!(E, 
 
 APPRilSm. 
 
 Real ^Istate and Insurance Igenoij, 
 
 Main Street, Wakefield, 
 
 Real Estate bought and sold on Commission. Houses rented, 
 and all business pertaining to Real Estate will receive prompt 
 attention. 
 
 Insurance on all classes of property, effected, to any amount, in 
 tirst-class companies, either Stock, or Mutual, on favorable terms. 
 Policies written in this office, and losses promptly adjusted. 
 
Established 1863. Incorporated 1884. 
 
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 ♦ iC-NRY f. ffilLLDRc^ 
 
 ENDOR.SE1) BV 
 
 LOUIS MAAS' "The Miller pianos are, in my estimation, the finest now- 
 made." 
 
 CARLYLE PETERSILEA, "Have never known any pianos to stand 
 so ell in tune," 
 
 WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD, "in my estimation positively superior 
 to make that I have ever played." 
 
 DE KONTSKI, "The Miller is certainly an exquisite piano, and is my 
 decided favorite." 
 
 CALIXA LAVALLEE. "The best instrument in every respect that I 
 have ever played in my life, either in Europe or America." 
 
 An elegantly illiLstrated catalogue, containing valuable information 
 to those desirous of purchasing, with full particulars about the 
 
 Artist Grand — Parlor Grand — Pedal Upright 
 Upright — and — Square 
 
 :pijl3^o-:f^ok.tes. 
 
 Will be sent Free to those who write for it. 
 
 Henril F. Miller & 3oiis Piano Co,, 
 
 Ma/iufactorij at Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 Warerooms and Offices at 156 Tremont St., 
 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
Itie, \]JoXe'^\e\^ ^&a\ l^zXoXz 
 
 AND 
 
 BUILDING ASSOCI/ITION 
 
 Organized 1869. iNcoRPOR^vrED 1871. 
 
 Has for its object the 
 
 Purchasing, Selling. Leasing and Improving 
 of Real Estate, 
 
 Thereby increasing the property of the town and improving the 
 condition of its citizens. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Cyrus G. Beebe, President. M. S. Southworth, Treasurer, 
 
 Cyrus G. Beebe, James F. Emerson, John G. Aborn, Junius 
 Beebe and M. S. Southworth, Directors. 
 
 ELIGIBLE LOTS FOR SALE 
 
 And money advanced to build thereon, if desired. Plans, Speci- 
 fications and Estimates for building purposes if requested, 
 TERMS EASY, with prices representing actual values. 
 OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, 
 
 Room 3, up one flight of stairs. 
 Wakefield, Mass. 
 
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 Every Saturday, the Wakefield Citizen and Banner, the Leading 
 
 Home Newspaper of Wakefield and vicinity, full of Local 
 
 News, Crisp Comment and Choice Selections, 
 
 •^»-^-g— CO IVIES <v^4<^ 
 
 To its Thousands of Readers, like an old Friend of the Family on 
 his vveeklv rounds. 
 
 WE HAVE FACILITIES AND APPLIANCES AT THE OFFICE OF 
 
 FOR EXECUTING rTHE 
 
 IN THE STYLE OF BOSTON OFFICES. 
 WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, ROOM 7. / -V WAKEFIELD. MASS. 
 
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