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THOMAS CRANE
PUBLIC LIBRARY QUINCY, MASS.
CITY APPROPRIATION
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 2)
Inaugural Address of the Mayor and City Government of 1910
Together with the
ANNUAL REPORTS
of the Officers of the
City of Quincy Massachusetts
For the Year 1910
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QUINCY
QUINCY, MASS. ADVERTISER STEAM JOB PRINT 1910
City (Government, 1911
Mayor, WILLIAM T. SHEA
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. Commissioner of Public Works RANDOLPH BAINBRIDGE
City Treasurer JOHN CURTIS
City Clerk HARRISON A. KEITH
Collector of Taxes JOHN J. O'HARA
City Solicitor JOHN W. MCANARNEY
Chief of Poilce FRANK E. BURRELL
Chief Engineer of Fire Department PETER J. WILLIAMS
Overseer of the Poor JAMES H. ELCOCK
City Engineer EZEKIEL C. SARGENT
City Physician HENRY C. HALLOWELL
Inspector of Animals FRANCIS ABELE, JR.
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS ASSESSORS
Meet, every Monday and Thursday at 9 A. M.
WARREN W. ADAMS, Chairman,
ALEXANDER FALCONER, JOHN A. DUGGAN,
Term expires First Monday of Feb., 1914 First Monday of Feb., 1913 First Monday of Feb., 1912
PARK COMMISSIONERS
CHARLES E. GILL
ROBERT E. FOY
HERBERT T. WHITMAN
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BOARD OF HEALTH WILLIAM H. CALLAHAN, Chairman F. RAMON BURKE, Clerk
CORNELIUS M. DUGGAN Sanitary Inspector, EDWARD J. LENNON Inspector of Plumbing JEREMIAH J. KENILEY Inspector of Meats and Provisions JAMES F. ALLEN
Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk EDWARD J. MURPHY
JAMES M. CANTFILL
TRUSTEES OF THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Meet First Wednesday of month at 7.30 P. M.)
ELLERY C. BUTLER, Chairman HARRISON A. KEITH, Secretary
GEORGE W. MORTON, Treasurer HENRY MCGRATH
CHARLES R. SAFFORD JAMES F. BURKE
MANAGERS OF WOODWARD FUND AND PROPERTY WILLIAM T. SHEA, Mayor
JOHN CURTIS, City Treasurer HARRISON A. KEITH, City Clerk HENRY O. FAIRBANKS, City Auditor RICHARD R. FREEMAN, Elected by the Council.
MANAGERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES
Meet Second Tuesday of each Month at 7.30 P. M.
ALBERT W. FAY, Chairman JOHN Q. CUDWORTH ALFRED O. DIACK JOSEPH H. VOGEL
OTTO GELOTTE WELLINGTON W. MITCHELL, Clerk JAMES NICOL, Superintendent.
MANAGERS OF ADAMS ACADEMY
LUTHER S. ANDERSON
WALTER S. PINKHAM
GEORGE M. SHEAHAN PFRRY LAWTON RUPERT F. CLAFLIN
JOSEPH L. WHITON, JR.
DOCK AND WATER FRONT COMMISSIONER FRANK FESSENDEN CRANE
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
MICHAEL B. GEARY, Chairman DENNIS J. FORD
HENRY W. FRENCH,
HARRISON A. KEITH, City Clerk
Term expires April 1, 1912 Term expires April 1, 1913 Term expires April 1, 1911
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ASSISTANT ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FRANK C. PACKARD
DANIEL J. NYHAN JAMES P. DILLON
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS WARREN S. PARKER
PERMANENT POLICE Lieutenant-DANIEL R. MCKAY
SERGEANTS
MARK E. HANSON
DAVID J. BARRY
PATROLMEN
GEORGE A. CAHILL
JEREMIAH HINCHON
ALFRED W. GOODHUE
JAMES W. MURRAY
JOHN HALLORAN
PATRICK A. MILFORD
TIMOTHY S. GOLDEN
EDWARD JOHNSON
JOHN T. LARKIN
RDWARD J. CURTIN
MICHAEL F. DONOVAN
CLAES A. BROBERG
CHARLES OLSON CHARLES T. CROOKER
ERNEST H. BISHOP
HENRY F. RILEY
DANIEL H. DORAN DANIEL J. FORD
JEREMIAH DINNEEN
GEORGE F. PHILLIPS JOHN P. DUFFY
RESERVE POLICE
HENRY W. THORNE
JAMES H. WHELAN
HENRY F. CORBETT
THOMAS A. MALONE
WILLIAM J. HEBERT
JEREMIAH D. DHOOGE
JOHN J. AVERY
DAVID L. FARRELL
SPECIAL POLICE
SAMUEL D. De FOREST
CALVIN T. DYER
EDWARD J. SANDBERG
HENRY J. MATTHEWS
DAVID L. GORDON
WILLIAM J. DeCOSTE
JAMES MCNAMARA
DANIEL M. SHEA
MALCOLM C. STEWART
CHARLES J. A. NELSEN JEREMIAH J. CONNELLY
JOHN J. DUANE
City Council
CHARLES M. BRYANT, President
Fenno Street
COUNCILMEN AT LARGE
GEORGE A. BOLSTER
ERNEST W. BRANCH
CHARLES M. BRYANT
CHARLES E. CHERRINGTON
EDWARD J. SANDBERG
22 Verchild Street 72 Putnam Street Fenno Street 6 Clive Street 20 Buckley Street
WARD COUNCILMEN Ward One
CHARLES A. ERICSON JAMES M. NOWLAND JOHN R. S. ROSS
127 Glendale Road Edgemere Road 1290 Sea Street
Ward Two
FRANK J. DUFFY EDWARD P. HISTEN HARRY G. STUDLEY
12 Beacon Street Dysart Street Cherry Street
Ward Three
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MURDOCK A. CAMPBELL ROBERT B. CRAIG JOHN R. RICHARDS
Liberty Square 91 Independence Avenue 76 Centre Street
Ward Four
HARRY T. BOYD DANIEL F. FORDE JOHN D. SMITH,
28 Centre Street 13 Rail Street 27 Nelson Street
Ward Five
CHARLES W. BAILEY ARTHUR C. GARDNER WILLIAM J. LESLIE
HORACE T. JENKINS EDWARD F. PARLEE ERNEST E. SODERGREN
65 Lincoln Avenue 40 Berlin Street 202 Highland Avenue
Ward Six
146 Billings Street 54 Division Street 42 Hunt Street
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Clerk of Council and Committees GEORGE T. MAGEE, 2 Carruth Street. Residence Telephone : 263-L Quincy.
City Auditor HENRY O. FAIRBANKS, Hotel Greenleaf Office Telephone : Quincy 51.
City Messenger HARRY W. TIRRELL, Manet Avenue, H. N. Residence Telephone : Quincy 432-3
MANAGER OF WOODWARD FUND AND PROPERTY RICHARD R. FREEMAN
TRUSTEE OF CITY HOSPITAL
ARTHUR C. GARDNER GEORGE A. BOLSTER
STANDING COMMITTEES Finance, Accounts, Claims, Contracts and Salaries Branch, Smith, Richards, Gardner, Bolster, Ericson and Histen
Streets, Ways, Sidewalks, Bridges and Lights Gardner, Sandberg, Ericson, Studley, Craig, Boyd and Parlee
Sewers, Drains, and Water Supply Nowland, Branch, Boyd, Campbell, Leslie, Sodergren and Duffy
Fire Department and Police Cherrington, Craig, Ross, Studley and Sodergren
Public Buildings and Grounds Sandberg, Parlee, Nowland, Jenkins and Bailey
Ordinances, Licenses, Printing, Rules and Orders Bailey, Richards, Cherrington, Ross, Duffy, Forde and Jenkins
Legislative Matters, Elections and Returns Smith, Leslie, Histen
Health, Poor, State and Military Aid Bolster, Campbell, Forde
CITY COUNCIL Regular meetings held on the First and Third Monday of each Month at 7.35 P. M.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Finance, Accounts, etc.
Ordinances, Licenses, etc.
Fire Department and Police
Sewers, Drains, Water Supply
Streets, Ways, etc.
Monday evenings Tuesday evenings Wednesday evenings Thursday evenings Friday evenings
Meetings of the Committees on Health, Poor, State and Military Aid, Legislative Matters, Election and Returns, Public Buildings and Grou .ds, Special and Joint Committees will be held at the call of the Chairman, or at such times as may be designated by the Council.
CITY TELEPHONES
Mayor's Office
212
Overseer of Poor 214 R
City Clerk
230
Water Department
73
Com. of Public Works
100
Sewer Department
549
City Treasurer
14
Supt. Mt. Wol. Cemetery
55-3
City Engineer
115
Central Fire Station
1
Assessors
313
Police Station
142
Tax Collector
213
Superintendent of Schools
330
Board of Health
214 L
City Auditor 51
SCHOOL COMMITTEE Office No. 8 Washington Street
Regular Meetings on the last Tuesday of each Month at 8 P. M.
Office open : Every week day except Saturday, from 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Saturday, 8 to 12 A. M.
Regular Hours of Superintendent :-
Mondays and Fridays 8 to 9 A. M .; Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 to 5 P. M.
MR. JOHN L. MILLER
Chairman
MR. ALBERT L. BARBOUR
Secretary Term expires 1913
1911
At Large-DR. EDWARD H. BUSHNELL
66
1912
Ward 2-MR. ARTHUR B. FOSTER
66
1913
Ward 3-MR. JOHN L. MILLER
1913
Ward 4-MR. JAMES F. BURKE
66
1911
Ward 5-DR. WILLIAM G. CURTIS
66
1912
Ward 6-MR. HERBERT S. BARKER
66
1911
At Large-DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
At Large-MR. ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB
66
1912
Ward 1-MR. JOHN D. MACKAY
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STANDING SUB=COMMITTEES FOR 1911 For the Different Schools
High-Messrs. Miller, Curtis Bushnell Adams-Messrs. Newcomb, Burke Miller Atherton Hough-Messrs. Foster, Mackay, Hunting Coddington-Messrs. Hunting, Markay Newcomb Cranch-Messrs. Newcomb, Bushnell, Hunting Gridley Bryant-Messrs. Burke, Foster, Miller John Hancock-Messrs Mackay, Bushnell, Newcomb Lincoln-Messrs. Mackay, Burke, Hunting. Massachusetts Fields-Messrs. Curtis, Barker, Foster Quincy-Messrs. Barker, Curtis, Newcomb Washington-Messrs. Bushnell, Foster, Burke Willard-Messrs. Burke, Hunting, Foster Wollaston-Me srs. Curtis, Miller, Barker Books, Supplies and Sundries-Messrs. Newcomb, Curtis, Mackay Text Books-Messrs. Hunting, Bushnell, Mackay Transportation -Messrs. Burke, Foster, Barker Evening Schools-Messrs. Bushnell, Mackay, Burke Special Subjects-Messrs. Barker, Miller, Newcomb Rules and Regulations-Messrs. Curtis, Barker, Bushnell Teachers-The Chairman, Messrs. Hunting, Mackay Finance and Salaries-The Chairman, Messrs. Barker, Burke
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1911
FIRST TERM: Monday, January 2-Friday, April 7. SECOND TERM: Monday, April 17-Friday, June 23. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS close Thursday, June 15. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS GRADUATION: Friday, June 16. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION: Wednesday, June 21. THIRD TERM: Tuesday, September 5-Wednesday. Dec. 20. THE NEW YEAR: Tuesday, January 2, 1912.
HOLIDAYS: February 22, April 19, May 30, June 17, and the re- mainder of the week from Wednesday noon next preceding Thanksgiving.
Mayor's Address
QUINCY, MASS. January 2, 1911
WILLIAM T. SHEA
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Mayor's Inaugural Address
Gentlemen of the City Council :-
We have assembled at this hour to have administered to us our oath of office and to enter upon the performance of our duties as the executive and legislative branches, respectively, of the City Government of Quincy for the year 1911.
I feel I should at this time express to my fellow citizens my appreciation of the honor they have conferred on me in electing me for a fourth term to the office of Mayor, and assure them that I shall endeavor to the best of my ability to prove worthy of their confidence.
It is customary for the Mayor at this time, briefly, to di- rect the attention of the Council to the condition of the ad- ministrative departments, with such recommendations con- cerning the same as he may deem necessary ; and also to submit for its consideration a detailed statement of the financial condi- tion of the city.
In accordance therewith I submit the following :-
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STATEMENT OF DEBT.
Municipal debt, Dec. 31, 1909
. $541,205 00
Bonds matured the year
.
· 107,375 00
$433,830 00
Bonds issued and authorized
137,740 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1910
$571,570 00
STREET IMPROVEMENT LOAN.
Debt Dec. 31, 1909
$50,300 00 ·
Bonds matured the year
3,300 00
Debt Dec, 31, 1910
$47,000 00
WATER DEBT.
Debt Dec. 31, 1909
$661,000 00
Bonds matured the year
45,500 00
$615,500 00
Bonds issued during year
50,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1910
$665,500 00
SEWER DEBT.
Debt Dec. 31, 1909
$577,500 00
Bonds matured the year
22,000 00
$555,500 00
Bonds issued in year
50,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1910
. $605,500 00
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PARK DEBT.
Park debt Dec. 31, 1909
$28,000 00
Paid during the year
2,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1910
$26,000 00
RESUME.
Total debt Dec. 31,1909
$1,858,005 00
Paid during the year, .
.
180,175 00
$1,677,830 00
Added during the year
. 237,740 00
Total debt Dec. 31, 1910
$1,915,570 00
MATURING DEBT.
1911
1910
Municipal,
$120,970 00
$107,375 00
Street Improvements,
3,300 00
3,300 00
Water,
48,500 00
45,500 00
Sewer,
25,000 00
22,000 00
Parks,
2,000 00
2,000 00
$199,770 00
$180,175 00
MUNICIPAL DEBT.
The Municipal debt Dec. 31, 1910, is divided as follows :
Schools,
$282,038 75
Streets and bridges,
239,945 25
Public buildings,
6,259 00
Fire apparatus.
18,062 00
Other debts,
25,265 00
Total,
. . $571,570 00
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HOW DEBT MATURES.
The Municipal debt falling due in two years is compared below :
1911
1910
January
$10,500 00
$11,750 00
February
4,000 00
4,000 00
March
1,000 00
5,000 00
April .
4,500 00
5,625 00
May
10,200 00
6,000 00
June
2,500 00
3,500 00
July
32,225 00
22,980 00
August
8,670 00
8,420 00
September
11,400 00
9,500 00
October
12,000 00
10,600 00
November
1,550 00
1,000 00
December
22,425 00
19,000 00
Total
. $120,970 00
$107,375 00
HOW APPORTIONED.
The Municipal debt coming due in 1911 is divided as fol-
lows :
Schools
$50,751 75
Streets
45,776 25
Fire apparatus
2,617 00
Public buildings
7,563 00
Miscellaneous
14,262 00
Total
- $120,970 00
CITY VALUATION.
The valuation of the three preceding years is as follows :
1908 Net Valuation,
.
$28,014,034
1909 Net Valuation,
31,118,635
1910 Net Valuation,
.
. 32,319,555
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A COMPARISON.
Summary of total debt Dec. 31, 1910, as compared with total debt Dec. 31, 1909 :
1911
1910
Municipal,
$571,570 00
៛541,205 00
Street Improvements,
47,000 00
50,300 00
Water,
665,500 00
661,000 00
Sewer,
605,500 00
577,500 00
Parks,
26,000 00
28,000 00
$1,915,570 00
$1,858,005 00
Increase in Total debt for the year,
57,565 00
Increase in Municipal debt for the year,
30,365 00
LOANS ISSUED IN 1910.
Municipal, Sundry Appropriations
$137,740 00
Water, (construction $40,000, meters $10,000)
50,000 00
Sewer construction,
50,000 00
Total,
. $237,740 00
APPROPRIATIONS 1910.
For which loans were authorized :
Police auto .
$3,500 00
Houghs Neck school
2,000 00
Fire alarm wires
2,500 00
Police signal wires
1,000 00
Montclair school lot
7,700 00
Protection of records .
3,000 00
John Hancock school heating
6,000 00
Scavenger Equipment
3,000 00
Steam roller
3,000 00
Purchase insurance building
4,500 00
Hancock street paving
20,000 00
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Granolithic sidewalk ..
1,100 00
Concrete sidewalks
17,600 00
Fire alarm boxes
1,725 00
Awards and claims
2,500 00
Wollaston school lot
9,400 00
Playground equipment
500 00
Crosswalks .
800 00
Whitwell street sidewalk
1,400 00
Surface drainage . ·
12,140 00
Assessors' plans, Ward Four
1,000 00
Oak street
400 00
Police station plumbing
400 CO
South Walnut street
.2,800 00
Larry place
500 00
Bedford street
2,250 00
Germain avenue
3,350 00
Plymouth street
1,600 00
.
Ritchie road
2,175 00
Ballou street
725 00
Hill street
750 00
Fayette street
1,325 00
Belmont street
3,300 00
Birch street
1,575 00
Royal street
1,950 00
East Howard street sidewalk
330 00
Goffe street sidewalk
120 00
Phipps street
900 00
Cleaning brooks
100 00
Assessors extra clerical
100 00
Auto Fire department .
5,500 00
Willard street wall
600 00
Claremont avenue .
1,800 00
Oakland street
825 00
$137,740 00
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Loans were also authorized (bonds to be dated 1911) as follows :
Wollaston school
$75,000 00
Montclair school
· 45,000 00
Various streets
14,000 00 ·
Total
. $134,000 00
LOANS UNDER SPECIAL ACTS.
Water department
$50,000 00
Sewer department
50,000 00 ·
Total
. $100,000 00
LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Our limit for general Municipal indebtedness is two and one-half per cent. on the average net valuation of the city for the last three years.
Average net valuation for said years, . . $304,840 75 Limit of borrowing capacity for city in 1911, . 762,101 00
Municipal debt Dec. 31, 1910, .
·
571,570 00
Net borrowing capacity Dec. 31, 1910
190,531 75
LIMIT OF TAX LEVY.
The law allows us to assess $12 per $1,000 on the net val- uation for the preceding year for the current expenses of the city for the present year.
Net valuation of the city in 1910
$32,319,555
$12 on $1,000 (amount available for current
expenses, .
$387,834
The total city Municipal debt outside of the debts author- ized by special Acts amounts to $571,570 and of that amount $120,970 falls due this year.
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STREETS.
To keep the streets of the city in good condition is a dif- ficult problem, and one requiring constant attention. Good results have been obtained by the Street department during the past year. The work of laying surface drains has been con- tinued, and has proved very beneficial to the streets.
I believe this work should be continued this year and recommend that an appropriation be made for that purpose.
In my message of last year I made several suggestions in regard to streets. My views on these matters are the same this year, and in addition I would recommend that Hancock street between Saville and Dimmock streets be straightened and widened in accordance with a plan I sent to last year's Council.
SEWERS.
The rapid growth of the city makes necessary the expen- diture of large sums of money for sewer construction. Last year four and three-fourths miles of sewer were built and 340 house connections made, and there still remain applications which if granted would call for the expenditure of at least $30, 000. The matter of sewer construction is very properly car- ried on under the bonding method and outside the debt limit.
For this work the Legislature of 1895 authorized the issu- ing of bonds to the amount of $400,000, of which $398,000 has been spent; the Legislature of 1902 authorized the issuing of bonds to the amount of $200,000, of which $196,000 has been spent, and the Legislature of 1905 authorized the issuing of bonds to the amount of $200,000, all of which has been expend- ed.
These issues are practically exhausted and I recommend that application be made to this year's Legislature for authori- ty to issue additional bonds to carry on the work of further sewer construction.
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SIDEWALKS.
During the past year three and five-eighths miles of perma- nent sidewalks were built. I believe this work is appreciated by our citizens and a substantial appropriation should be made to continue the same during the present year.
SCHOOLS.
All the school buildings, except the Adams, are in good condition. The Adams building is old, out of date, and should be replaced by a new one. The School Committee have recom- mended that a new building be erected in the Bigelow Park district. This recommendation should receive your early and serious consideration.
Last year $21,000 was appropriated for the erection of a four-room school building at Houghs Neck. The building has been erected and the city, considering the amount of money expended, has, in my opinion, a very good and satisfactory building. This opinion is concurred in by men competent to judge of such matters, who, at my request, from time to time during the construction of the building, inspected the same.
Appropriations have been made for the erection of new school buildings in the Wollaston and Montclair districts. Work on these buildings will be commenced early in the year.
PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS.
Next to schools I believe properly equipped and main- tained playgrounds to be of the most vital importance in the development of the children of the city.
The city in 1909, having accepted the provisions of chap- ter 513 of the Acts of 1908, it is incumbent upon it to equip and maintain at least two playgrounds under the provisions of that act. Last year a start was made along these lines in Ward Four. This year the work should be continued and in addition to the one in Ward Four, another playground should be equip- ped and maintained, possibly in Ward Two.
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The public bathhouse in Ward Two should be enlarged, as it is wholly inadequate to meet the demands made upon it. An appropriation should be made for the purpose.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
This department is fast becoming one of the most impor- tant in the city.
Prior to last year the city let the scavanger work by con- tract. This manner of doing the work having proved unsatis- factory it was abandoned. The work is now being done by the city.
Some delay was necessarily experienced by the department in securing its equipment and in arranging details incidental to its assuming this work. It is now, however, being carried on by the department in a satisfactory manner, and I believe that the results this year will justify the change from the former method of doing the same.
In the spring of last year a tuberculosis camp was estab- lished in Quincy. Arrangements were made with the parties interested in the same whereby several of the city's patients were cared for in the camp at an expense less than it has here- tofore cost the city to care for them elsewhere.
Although the hospital can only accommodate nine perma- nent patients it has proved of great assistance to the Board of Health, as well as a public safeguard against the spread of tu- berculosis, and its work should be appreciated by our citi- zens.
I hope the city will some day in the near future see the wisdom of maintaining a hospital for contagious diseases, one which will accommodate more patients than the present camp is capable of accommodating.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Large demands are made on this department each year owing to the number of buildings being erected in the city. Notwithstanding the department has met these demands as promptly as the means at its disposal would allow, a large num- ber of applications for water are on file in the water office, and I trust an appropriation will be made early in the year to carry on the work of this department.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
While this department is in good condition its efficiency will be greatly improved by the addition of the auto fire truck, the purchase of which was recently authorized by the Council of 1910.
This department could be further improved by the addition of more permanent men.
POLICE.
This department has done good work during the past year.
The new combination ambulance and patrol automobile has added greatly to the efficiency of the department. 1 e work of this department, however, is made hard owing to the small number of men at its command.
I believe the number of regular patrolman should be in- creased and recommend that action to that effect be taken.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Unfortunately the demands on this department are con- stantly increasing; the Overseer, however, has relieved the wants of needy applicants as far as the funds at his disposal would allow.
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WIRES AND SHADE TREES.
In my inaugurals for the past three years I have called the attention of the Council to the necessity of establishing a de- partment to have charge of and exercise supervision over the public wires and shade trees of the city. Each year I am more strongly convinced of the necessity of such a department, and trust that it will be established during the present year.
WATER FRONT.
Quincy's position in Boston harbor is unexcelled by any city as to its opportunities for future developments, and I have endeavored to keep in touch with all matters pertaining to a healthy business growth on our water front. With the immense tract of land owned by the Railroad Company at Atlantic needing only the completion of a track connecting Mattapan, Hyde Park, Dedham and Framingham to give our water front freight connection with the centre of our state, with the United States Government survey of the last link of the Intra- Coastal Canal from Narragansett bay to Boston harbor practi- cally finished, with our improved channel, our great ship- building plant at Fore river, our world famous granite, we have right here in our city the greatest incentive to still fur- ther improve our water front of any city in New England. We have commenced to buy locations for public landings and expect in the near future to have all sections of the city provi- ded for. I am investigating the matter of a public dock and firmly believe that our granite industry demands the building of such a dock with improved facilities for loading and unload- ing, and that such an improvement would be of great benefit to our granite business.
I recommend the appropriation of at least three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the use of the Water Front Commissioner to be spent with the approval and consent of the Mayor, in studying and advancing the water front of Quincy and the city's interests in any waterway matter.
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CITY HALL.
Last year I called the attention of the Council to the neces- sity of providing more room at City Hall. My views on the subject are the same and I believe the necessity to be still greater.
Again I recommend that the Council take action in the matter.
NO LICENSE.
Our citizens have again by a large majority expressed themselves in favor of No License. The law has been enforced during the past year, and it will continue to be during the pres- ent year.
BACK TAXES.
I am giving careful consideration to the matter of back taxes, one which has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. These taxes have been accumulated during many years, and I believe it unwise to continue carrying so much of them as are clearly uncollectable as a city asset, and believe that they should be abated.
Gentlemen: We have been elected the representatives of the citizens of Quincy and entrusted by them with the duty of adminstering their affairs.
In discharging those duties we should be guided solely by our oath of office and no ulterior consideration of any kind should influence our actions.
However much we may differ as to method and questions of immediate policy, we should unite in one common cause, - the permanent welfare of our city.
We are here to legislate for the benefit of the whole city and all its citizens, and not for sectional or political advan- tage.
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Treasurer's Report.
Quincy, January 1, 1911. To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy, Mass .:
Herewith, I submit the annual statement of the City Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1910.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1910
$85,181.91
Board of Health-Garbage
511.00
Scavenger Maintenance
1,260.65
Burial Places
7,535.70
City Hospital
255.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Sup- pression
1,707.06
Highways
4,104.18
Interest-Tax Collector
18,782.09
Interest-Treasurer
2,532.98
Massachusetts, State of
Corporation Tax
15,315.23
Bank Tax
945.14
Military Aid
116.00
State Aid
4,350.00
Burial Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
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