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Providence Rhode Island in 1880

List of employees in the Public Lamps Department in the City of Providence Rhode Island in 1880 from the 1880 Directory of City Government for your genealogy research to help find ancestors.

Public Lamps Department 
 

Samuel B. Swan, Superintendent of Lights

 
Lamplighters 

George H. Allen James J. McElroy
Edward H. Armington Peter McElroy
William S. Armstrong John J. McGuckin
Everett L. Belcher John G. McKay
Daniel S. Brown William Morgan
Edward H. Burgess Dennis Murphy
John Burns John O'Neill
Dennis Carney Frank O'Toole
Henry Carney Robert C. Pierson
Andrew J. Cartwright Michael Queenan
Melvin D. Cartwright John Reilly
George Crittenden C. E. Remington
James Croonan Croasdale Robinson
George P. Crossman John C. Robinson
William Day Frederick W. Ruckert
Franklin A. Dunbar John Ryan
James F. Eddy Michael Ryan
Marshall M. Francis Charles P. Shearman
William F. Gilmore David G. Shippee
James E. Graham Edward H. Smith
James G. Greene Daniel F. Sullivan
Peter Healy Eugene F. Tabor
John Jones F. Augustus Talbot
Dennis Karney Henry Thompson
Michael Kelly William H. Tilley
George W. Kingsbury William H. Walcott
Michael Maher Michael Walsh
William A. Malloy Frederick H. Watkins
Edwin M. Massie Albert J. Webb
Davis Mathewson William S. Webb
Neil McCann Thomas Winn
 
William H. Horton, Lantern Cleaner, Electric District
John Goodwin, Helper
Earl C. Downing, Repairer of Glass and Tin Work
George W. Hill, Teamster
 

Men in Charge of Gas Cocks and Burners

Edward T. Chubbuck Austin Gay
James W. Hayward George Sloan

 
Lamp Committee of the Board of Aldermen

Robert E. Smith Charles F. Sampson

 
Joint Committee on Lamps

Thomas M. Rounds, Chairman Charles F. Hull
Henry B. Eddy Charles F. Sampson
   
Number of Public Lamps, December 31, 1879:  Gas, 2,647; Naptha, 1,665; total 4,312.  Total expenses for 13 months, as per quarterly reports $138,774.78.

 

Source:  Providence City Manual, 1880, Prepared by Henry V. A. Joslin, City Clerk.  Providence:  Providence Press Company, City Printers, 1880

 

 


  

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