Annual Reports of the Various City Officers of the City of Minneapolis for the Year 1889

Minneapolis: City of Minneapolis, 1890 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Printed by Harrison & Smith. Black pebble-grained cloth with leather back & corners, gilt titles & decorations, [vi], 478 pp, 1 folding table, 1 folding plate, 14 other plates. Four of the plates are missing, otherwise good, leather rubbed through at corners, a few marginal tears, but still solidly bound. The 1880s were a period of rapid growth for the city of Minneapolis, and a prosperous time for the country as a whole. The city undertook major public works projects during this time, including development of the water works and sewer system, acquisition of land for parks in advance of development, and construction of the first Minneapolis Public Library building (at 10th & Hennepin) as well as the combined city hall and county courthouse. The latter building is still in use as city hall, although the county courthouse moved across the street to a new building decades ago. City hall and the library are depicted by line cuts in the preliminary pages. There are also three half-tone photos of the new north side pumping station, and line cuts with details of the sewer system, but the maps of the water and sewer systems are missing. Contents: Introductory section contains names of city officers and aldermen, salaries for city employees (from $480 per year for a janitor to $4500 per year for the city attorney and city engineer), and addresses by outgoing mayor H. H. Ames and incoming mayor E. C. Babb. This is followed by sections with annual reports by the comptroller, engineer, attorney, clerk, supervisor of water works, fire chief, board of police commissioners, health department, municipal court judges, work house superintendent, superindendent of the poor, city hospital, inspector of buildings, inspector of lights, inspector of meats, city sealer of weights and measures, library board, board of education, board of park commisioners, board of court house and city hall commissioners, and assessor. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fair/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.