10. Who is: (a) John G. Carlisle? (b) Clara Barton? (c) Ballington Booth? (d) Booker T. Washington? (e) William T. Stead? (f) Cecil Rhodes? (g) Charles A. Dana? (h) Dr. Jameson? (i) Fridtjof Nansen? (j) Dr. Roentgen? EXAMINATION FOR CHAINMEN, HELD MAY 2, 1896. DIVISION I. 1. What is your age? 2. What schooling have you had and when did you stop going to school? 3. What is your occupation and how long have you followed it? 4. Give the names of all the persons by whom you have been employed during the last five years, and state what kind of work you have done at each place. 5. Where are you working now? 6. If not at work now, state where you worked last and when and why you quit. 7. Have you ever been employed in the service of the city of Milwaukee? If so, state when and in what kind of work, by whom you were employed and in what department. 8. If you have been so employed, but not now, state when and why you quit such employment. 9. Have you had any experience as chainman or rodman? If so, state what experience. 10. What references can you give for honesty, industry and accuracy in your work? DIVISION II. 1. Write in words the following numbers: 27,058; 2,059,070; $307,500.50. 2. Write in figures the following numbers: Forty thousand, seven hundred and fifty-nine. Two million, eighty-nine thousand and twenty-five. Eight hundred and ninety thousand, four hundred and fifty. 3. Add together the following numbers: 28,953; 437,870; 20,895; 89,078; 386,039. 4. From 275,390 subtract 87,408. 5. Multiply 8,925 by 359. Give the work in full. 6. Divide 278,831 by 427. Give the work in full. 7. Each side of a square is twenty-five rods. How many feet is it around the square? Give the work in full. 8. Two bicycles cost together $120. One cost three times as much as the other. What did each cost? Give the work in full. 9. What is the area of a right-angled triangle, the base of which is 12 feet and the height 22 feet? Give the work in full. 10. What is the circumference of a circle, the diameter of which is 20 feet? Give the work in full. EXAMINATION FOR HOUSE-DRAIN INSPECTOR, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS, HELD MAY 2, 1896. DIVISION I. 1. What is your occupation and how long have you followed it? 2. Give the names of all the persons by whom you have been employed during the last five years and tell what kind of work you have done at each place. 3. Where are you working now? 4. If not now at work, state where you were working last and when and why you quit. 5. Have you ever had the superintendence of other workmen? If so, state when and where. If 6. Have you ever been in the employ of the city of Milwaukee? so, state when and in what kind of work, by whom you were employed and in what Department. 7. If you have been so employed, but are not now, state when and why you quit such employment. 8. What references can you give for honesty, industry and efficiency in your work? DIVISION II. 1. Write in figures the following numbers: Twenty-seven hundred and forty-eight; Forty-nine thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven; Fifty-four thousand and twenty-nine dollars and ninety cents. 2. Add together the following numbers: 38,490; 5,761; 2,098; 83,467; 9,099. 3. From 27,568 subtract 18,429. 4. Multiply 8,742 by 324. Give the work in full. 5. Divide 25,783 by 59. Give the work in full. EXAMINATION FOR STREET SWEEPING INSPECTORS, HELD MAY 2, 1896. DIVISION 1. 1. What is your occupation and how long have you followed it? 2. Give the names of all persons by whom you have been employed during the last five years and tell what kind of work you have done in each place. 3. Where are you working now? 4. If not now at work, state where you were working last and when and why you quit. 5. Have you ever had the superintendence of other workmen? If so, state when and where. 6. Have you ever been in the employ of the City of Milwaukee? If so, state when and in what kind of work, by whom you were employed and in what department. 7. If you have been so employed, but are not now, state when and why you quit such employment. 8. What references can you give for honesty, industry and efficiency in your work? DIVISION II. 1. Write in figures the following numbers: Twenty-seven hundred and forty-eight; Forty-nine thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven; Fifty-four thousand and twenty-nine dollars and ninety cents. 2. Add together the following numbers: 3. From 27,568 subtract 18,429. 4. Multiply 8,742 by 324. Give the work in full. 5. Divide 25,783 by 59. Give the work in full. 6. How many square feet of surface are there in a roadway 651 feet long by 45 feet wide? Give the work in full. 7. How many square yards of surface are there in the same roadway? Give the work in full. 8. How many squares of 10,000 square feet each, are there in a roadway one mile long and 54 feet wide? Give the work in full. 9. A roadway 3,598 feet long contains 143,920 square feet. What is the width of the roadway? Give the work in full. 10. If a man earns three dollars a day every day including Sundays, from May 1, to November 1, how much will he earn in that time? Give the work in full. DIVISION III Embraced 12 technical questions. EXAMINATION FOR PARK POLICE, MAY 29, 1896. 1. What is your age? DIVISION I. 2. What schooling have you had and when did you stop going to school? 3. What is your occupation and how long have you followed it? 4. Give the names of all the persons by whom you have been employed during the last five years and state what kind of work you have done at each place. 5. Where are you working now? 6. If not now at work, state where you worked last and when and why you quit. 7. Have you ever been employed in the service of the city of Milwaukee? 8. If so, state when and in what kind of work, by whom you were employed and in what department. 9. If you have been so employed, but are not now, state when and why you quit such employment. 10. What persons can you name as references for honesty, industry and faithfulness in your work? DIVISION II. 1. Give the location of five of the principal parks of the city. 2. How would you direct a traveler from the C. & N. W. Ry. Station to Lake Park? 3. Give the exact location of the C., M. & St. P. Ry. Station. 4. Give the exact location of the City Hall. 5. Give the exact location of the Allis Works. 6. What is the Capital of Wisconsin? 7. What is the largest city in Wisconsin? 8. What is the largest city in the United States? 9. What is the Capital of the United States? 10. Copy neatly and accurately the following: All applicants must be persons of good moral character, of correct and orderly deportment and of temperate and industrious habits. 11. Write in figures the following numbers: Eight hundred and twenty-nine; One thousand; Eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 12. Add together the following numbers: 9,378; 205; 4,007; 1,429; 7,828. 13. Divide 8,342 by 43. Give the work in full. 14. From 935 subtract 187. Give the work in full. 15. Multiply 85 by 27. Give the work in full. EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF FOOD ANALYST, DIVISION I. 1. Write a letter addressed to Dr. Walter Kempster, Commissioner of Health, with proper introduction and conclusion, stating: (a) date and place of your birth; duration of your residence at Milwaukee; whether you are married or single. (b) what schools you have attended; at what age you left school; of what schools, if any, you are a graduate. (c) what occupations you have followed; by what persons or firms you have been employed at any time during the past five years. (d) whether you speak, read and write any other modern language than the English, and if so, what language. |