Steady Decrease In Last Five Years

The following are the amounts expended in caring for the city's poor: By Nowland, during...l883 $1,127 54 By Nowland and Fall

during 1884 2,056 53

By Fall, during 1885 2.792 17

By Fall and Sipley, during 1886 2,330 96

By Sipley. during 1887 2,191 51

 1888  2,394 28

 1889 1,507 43

 1890 1,465 77

 1891 1,113 67

 1892 1,199 38

 1893 1,664 44

 1894 2,416 19

 1895 2,240 68

 1896 1,952 54

 1897 2,190 23

 1898 2,160 33

 1899 1,878 86

 1900 1,691 08

 1901 1,359 30

Although the city has been growing, it is noticeable that there has been a steady decrease annually during the past five years.

The big drop from 1888 to 1889 and the failure to return to the old figures since that time is attributed to a change in the system of buying wood, the city now having its own wood pile instead of buying from the various  dealers.