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THOMAS CRANE
PUBLIC LIBRARY QUINCY, MASS.
CITY APPROPRIATION
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QUINCY
1956
1956 ANNUAL REPORT of the
City of Quincy, Massachusetts
Beautiful 82-foot schooner CECELIA J. launched by QUINCY ADAMS YACHT YARD in 1956 is the biggest and finest sailing yacht constructed in United States since World War Two. Courtesy MARIO BIASETTI
City of Quincy Massachusetts
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ANNUAL CITY REPORT 1956
This annual report is prepared under the direction of the City Manager
Credit: Pictures marked "QPL" are by courtesy of the Quincy Patriot Ledger
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE - HISTORIC QUINCY
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QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A.
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THE MAYOR 4
THE CITY COUNCIL PREFACE
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
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THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS
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SECTION Two - MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS
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HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
32
POLICE DEPARTMENT
39
CITY CLERK
42
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
45
LICENSE COMMISSION
42
CITY TREASURER
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES
46
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
47
FIRE DEPARTMENT
48
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
50
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
54
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERS
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WATER
24
CEMETERIES
26
SEWERS
26
HIGHWAY, SANITATION
26
FORESTRY
27
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
29
STATE ELECTION RESULTS
30
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT -.
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WIRE INSPECTOR
36
BUILDING INSPECTOR
36
PARK DEPARTMENT
37
RECREATION COMMISSION
38
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
39
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
39
VETERANS' SERVICES
D.R
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CIVIL DEFENSE
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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
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MANAGERS OF HISTORICAL PLACES
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
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SECTION THREE - FINANCIAL STATISTICS
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS
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OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR
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OFFICE OF THE TREASURER
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
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RETIREMENT BOARD
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QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 1625-1956
THE QUINCY OF HISTORY
Explored by Captain John Smith in 1614 Visited by Captain Myles Standish in 1621 Settled by Captain Wollaston in 1625 Incorporated as part of Braintree in 1640 Incorporated as a separate town in 1792 Chartered as a city in 1888 Birthplace of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Hancock
THE QUINCY OF TODAY
Population by State Census of 1955 - 84,495 Assessed Valuation 1956 - $164,007,225 Population of trading area - 350,000 Six miles from heart of Boston Twenty-six miles of waterfront Nationally famous off-street parking facilities Retail sales estimate 1956 - $130.000,000 Fast growing shopping center Value of 1956 building permits - $4,484,988
Value of 1956 residential construction - $2,059,378
New single family homes in 1956 - 171 Home of great Fore River shipyard Tax rate in 1956 of $60.60 same as 1955 rate
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THE MAYOR
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Honorable AMELIO DELLA CHIESA Mayor of Quincy 1954-1957
Ward Councilor 1944-1949 Councilor at Large 1950-1957 Council President 1948 State Representative 1953-1958
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THE CITY COUNCIL 1956-1957
Front row, left to right: THOMAS S. BURGIN, Mayor AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Vice Chairman EDNA B. AUSTIN. Rear row: JAMES R. MCINTIRE, CARL W. ANDERSON, DAVID S. MCINTOSH, CHARLES L. SHEA.
Chairmen of Standing Committees: Finance, Councilor Austin; Ordinances, Councilor Burgin; Public Works, Councilor McIntosh; Public Safety, Councilor Anderson; Public Health and Welfare, Councilor Shea; Public Service and Enterprises, Councilor Anderson; Veterans' Service, Councilor McIntyre.
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Section One HISTORIC QUINCY
Hot mid-summer days are no problem to Quincy folks -the city's 26 miles of waterfront provides many fine bathing beaches.
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Preface
This Annual Report is the story of Quincy's municipal government in the year of 1956. It is told in pictures, figures and words. Its purpose is to tell the people of Quincy how their elected and appointed officials operated their municipal machine and how these officials spent the taxpayers' money.
An attempt has been made to make this Report simple enough to be understood by any adult, interesting enough to be widely read and complete and detailed enough to give a clear, factual picture of Quincy's municipal administration during the year.
For Quincy the year of 1956 was one of transition. Late in 1955 the people of Quincy through their votes decided to change the form of government from Plan E to Plan A after a five-year trial of the so-called council-manager form of municipal government. Plan A. the mayor-council type of government, will become effective on Janu- ary 1, 1958.
Despite the fact that Quincy in 1956 operated under what might be termed a Lame Duck form of municipal government, the adminis- tration of the city functioned smoothly and with no apparent friction between the advocates of the two schools of political philosophy.
The people of Quincy have exercised their right of franchise under many forms of municipal government since they began going to the polls long ago in 1640. but they have always indicated their belief that the type of man they elected mattered more than the form of govern- ment under which he operated.
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
(Elected by the Voters)
CITY COUNCIL
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Mayor EDNA B. AUSTIN, Vice-Chairman CARL W. ANDERSON DAVID S. MCINTOSH
CHARLES L. SHEA THOMAS S. BURGIN JAMES R. MCINTYRE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Chairman, ex-officio A. WENDELL CLARK, Vice-Chairman DR. CHARLES DJERF PAUL K. DUFFEY CHARLES T. SWEENY DR. JOSEPH E. MCDERMOTT ALICE MITCHELL
CITY OFFICERS
(Appointed by the City Council)
City Manager DONALD H. BLATT, resigned
City Manager EDWARD T. LEWIS
City Auditor ALEXANDER SMITH
City Clerk DONALD P. CRANE
Assistant City Clerk ALLAN W. COLE
Clerk of Committees PERCY N. LANE
(Appointed by the School Committee)
Superintendent of Schools PAUL GOSSARD
(Appointed by the City Manager)
Administrative Assistant
KENNETH G. GARDNER
Chairman Park Commission J. ERNEST COLLINS
City Solicitor
DOUGLAS A. RANDALL
Assistant City Solicitor THOMAS F. MACDONALD
Commissioner of Public Works
CHARLES R. HERBERT
Director of Civil Defense JAMES D. ASHER
Director of Veterans' Services EDMUND F. GENEREAU Historian WILLIAM G. EDWARDS
Director of Finance
ALEXANDER SMITH
Director of Hospital
DR. JOSEPH P. LEONE
Harbor Master KENNETH YOERGER
Health Commissioner
DR. RICHARD M. ASH
Purchasing Agent
JOSEPH A. E. ERICKSON
Shellfish Constable CARMELLO MOREALE
FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR. Treasurer and Collector
Board of Assessors N. GORHAM NICKERSON, Chairman WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN ARNOLD O. EASTMAN
(Selected through Civil Service)
Building Inspector ALRICK A. WEIDMAN
Commissioner of Welfare ANTHONY J. VENNA
Director of Planning REGIS J. HARRINGTON
THOMAS F. GORMAN
Personnel Director
GERTRUDE M. McGILL, resigned
Police Chief WILLIAM FERRAZZI
Sealer of Weights and Measures HENRY H. HUGHES
Superintendent of Cemetery
ARTHUR W. DRAKE
Superintendent of Engineering HENRY F. NILSEN
Superintendent of Forestry A. WARREN STEWART
Superintendent of Highways AMBROSE IGO
Superintendent of Sewers
PATRICK TYMON
Superintendent of Il'ater Division ROBERT BARRY
Wire Inspector
WILLIAM PITTS
Plumbing Inspector
JOHN F. HAGERTY
Director of Recreation
WILLIAM F. RYAN
BOARDS
ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND
(Board of Managers)
EDWARD T. LEWIS, ex-officio
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, ex-officio
FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR., ex-officio WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Clerk GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE
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Fire Chief
DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND (Board of Supervisors) CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., Chairman THOMAS S. BURGIN WILLIAM C. EDWARDS. Clerk ROBERT M. FAXON N. GORHAM NICKERSON
BOARD OF APPEALS, BUILDING
JOHN J. GALLAGHER, Chairman PAUL N. SULLIVAN, Secretary JAMES R. HANLON
BOARD OF APPEALS, ZONING
HESLIP E. SUTIIERLAND, Chairman WALTER H. HOLLAND JOHN H. FALLON
(Alternates) WILLIAM H. COUCH IVAR LOFGREN GEORGE F. O'BRIEN IIENRY F. NILSEN Clerk
BOARD OF LITERARY REVIEW
REV. PETER COREA, Chairman
IDA G. GLASSER KATHERINE I. QUINN
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF HISTORICAL PLACES
D. FOSTER TAYLOR, Chairman GEORGE L. ANDERSON MRS. GEORGE H. BONSALL CLARK SAVILLE MILDRED L. TYLER WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Historian
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS F. GORMAN, Chairman, ex-officio DR. RICHARD M. ASH, ex-officio WILLIAM FERRAZZI. ex-officio ALRICK A. WEIDMAN, ex-officio DONALD P. CRANE, ex-officio
BOARD OF HOSPITAL MANAGERS
PAUL E. HURLEY, Chairman JOSEPH B. GROSSMAN, 2nd GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE WILLIAM J. MARTIN FRANK MACDONALD
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
LOUIS A. GEORGE, Chairman MATTHEW CUSHING REV. VICTOR V. SAWYER
GERALD J. HURLEY, deceased DANIEL J. DACEY COSTANZO PAGNANO J. GIRARD WHITE, Director
PARK BOARD
J. ERNEST COLLINS, Chairman WILLIAM J. MITCHELL KENNETH P. FALLON, JR.
RETIREMENT BOARD GEORGE H. BONSALL, Chairman ALEXANDER SMITH, ex-officio LEON E. RAICHE
RECREATION COMMISSION
J. ERNEST COLLINS, Chairman GILBERT F. CROFTS KENNETH P. FALLON, JR. KATHERINE G. Mc.COY WILLIAM J. MIICHELL JOSEPH E. MCDERMOTT FREDERICK A. FOYE
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
MARY E. HURNEY WILLIAM F. MAHAR CHARLES H. THORNER DONALD P. CRANE
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
PLANNING BOARD
WALTER A. SCHMITZ, Chairman FRED E. BERGFORS, SR. JOHN P. FLAVIN C. FRANCIS N. ROBERTS ERNEST N. GELOTTE REGIS J. HARRINGTON, Director
WOODWARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
(Board of Managers)
EDWARD T. LEWIS, ex-officio ALEXANDER SMITH, ex-officio FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR., ex-officio DONALD P. CRANE, ex-officio JACK MCCRACKEN, Elected by Council
(Board of Trustees) QUINCY MINISTERS REV. CHARLES WING, Chairman KATHERINE BACON. Principal
THOMAS CRANE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
L. PAUL MARINI, Chairman
D. FOSTER TAYLOR CHESTER WEEDEN
SAMUEL P. COFFMAN CLARA COSTANZA DR. JOHN E. McGINTY
GEORGIANA C. LANE, Honorary GERTRUDE F. CALLAHAN, Librarian
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HEALTH
MRS. SAMUEL SLOANE
NATHANIEL M. SHERMAN JOHN D. BURNS
DR. EDWARD F. FITZGERALD
WILLIAM J. MARTIN DR. MORGAN SARGENT
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THE CITY MANAGER
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EDWARD T. LEWIS
Elected City Manager by the Council April, 1956 Administrative assistant July 1953-April 1956 Career man in municipal service for 31 years
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EDWARD T. LEWIS CITY MANAGER
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The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Quincy, Massachusetts Madam Councillor and Gentlemen:
We, your municipal employees, herewith present the annual report of the administration of your city government in 1956.
Under the general policy-making direction of your honorable body, the municipal machine functioned smoothly and efficiently during the twelve months, and many real achieve- ments were obtained. Nothwithstanding the fact that it was the first year of the two-year period of transition between Plan E and Plan A, which becomes operative in 1958, the dis- ruptive influences that could be expected to exert themselves in such a transitional period were not evident. Neither was there any evidence that the change in managership, necessitated by the resignation of my predecessor, interrupted the con- tinuity of administrative operations.
Operating under a budget prepared by the immediate past City Manager, and under a policy dictated by your honor- able body, the City of Quincy was able to continue its compre- hensive capital outlay program in 1956; and, without any impairment of municipal services, hold the tax rate at the 1955 level of $60.60. In face of rising operational costs that had forced many Massachusetts communities to further increase the burden of local taxation, this can be considered a distinct accomplishment.
This year Quincy could see the beginning of the end of the tremendous capital improvement program begun shortly after the close of World War II.
The over-all program includes the Health Center, the power plant and 100-bed wing to the City Hospital, and a ten million dollar school construction program which is giving the City two new Junior High Schools, a large Trade School wing, five new elementary schools and new additions of many other school buildings.
The final phase of the program was well advanced this year when plans were shaping up for the construction of the $2,000,000 hospital wing and the Atlantic Junior and Myles
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Standish Schools. Meanwhile, construction of the Broad Meadows Junior High School was advanced to the point where it was scheduled for occupancy in September, 1957. The new Great Hill School and the second addition to the Snug Harbor School were occupied in 1956.
The school expansion program will have cost the tax- payers approximately ten million dollars when the final bonds are retired in 1977, but it is probable that these facilities will serve the City for many years before additional new con- struction of any considerable cost will be required. School debt charges will reach their peak in 1958, at $609,160. and then gradually taper off to $111,145. in 1977, it is esti- mated.
The impact of the numerous capital improvements on the bonded indebtedness was eased a bit in 1956 by three factors: a federal grant of $250,000. for the hospital wing; the use of federal land for a site for the Myles Standish School; and the State's offer to reconstruct the Southern Artery between Sea and Washington Streets.
Also of advantage to the City of Quincy was the mod- ernization of lighting in the retail district by the Quincy Electric Company at no cost to the municipality. The instal- lation of new mercury vapor lights at an estimated cost of $60,000. increased the effective illumination by four and a half times.
During the year plans were made for the installation of a booster water station and tank to supply the high-lying Pine Hill section with increased pressure; the park and recre- ational facilities were increased by the acquisition of two attractive sites, one on Forbes Hill and the other on the Houghs Neck waterfront, from the Metropolitan District Com- mission at below-market-value prices; and the City's first comfort station was opened in the John Hancock Parking Area. A substantial saving was effected by closing the laundry at the City Hospital and letting out the work on contract. The efficiency of the Public Works Department was substantially increased by the installation of sixteen (16) two-way radio units in vehicles.
The John Winthrop, Jr. Iron Works, the first productive blast furnace in the country, was developed after transfer of the title of the Hall Cemetery to the City. This interesting reminder of Quincy's rich historic past is an asset to the City.
Late in the year the City Council provided funds for a group insurance plan for municipal employees that should prove a boon in years to come for them and their dependents.
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Financially, the City ended the year with $827,658.91 in the Excess and Deficiency Fund, the community's rainy day reserve account. Of this amount, $347,004.23 was available free cash, and this sum would be increased by the amount of 1956 taxes collected during the first three months of 1957. To keep the 1956 tax rate at the same level as the 1955 rate, $160,000. was transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund before the rate was declared.
The City Manager wishes to express his thanks and appreciation to members of the City Council, department heads, supervisory personnel and the rank and file of municipal workers for their loyalty and cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted, Edward J. Lewis
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Vincent D'Elia's needle doesn't scare this little lad - of 15,000 children and adolescents who got free Salk ts during year from Quincy Health Department.
George J. McCarthy, telling off City Council, exercises America's priceless heritage - the right to criticize public officials.
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William Churchill Edwards, authority on Quincy history, is appointed first City Histo- rian after the post is created by City Council.
Donald H. Blatt, city manager April 12, 1955 to April 6, 1956, resigned to accept position of town manager, West Hartford, Connecticut.
QUINCY -PAST .. . PRESENT ... FUTURE
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Quincy's historically rich PAST i emplified by the John Winthrop blast furnace, first productive works in U. S. A .; uncovered in as a municipal project by Archa gist R. W. Robbins, using probing in center of bellows arch. City torian William C. Edwards, left amines bog ore unearthed at Workman Dick Muzzrole, lower 1 trowels for artifacts in old race:
Quincy's busy PRESENT is typified by U. S. S. Decatur, first of five high speed destroyers Fore River is build- ing for the Navy, shown on her trial trip. Famous Quincy Point shipyard had several hundred million dollars in contracts at beginning of 1957, in- cluding $87,000,000 atomic cruiser and two 100,000 ton super-tankers. Personnel in yard at end of 1956 was 6,000, an increase during the year of more than 1,000.
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Quincy's promising FUTURE is personified by these two sets of twins, Rose Ann and Ruth Ellen Galligan and Maria and Maureen Gulizia, at opening day class of new Great Hill School; first grade teacher is Mrs. Jessie Cummings. Quincy's big school expansion program is now in final phase with Broad Meadows Junior High under construction and Atlantic Junior High and Myles Standish elementary schools in plan- ning stage.
XPANDED PROGRAM OF RECREATION COMMISSION IS DESIGNED TO MEET NEEDS OF YOUNG AND OLD
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Senior Citizens present identification certificates to theater manager as they file past box office to enjoy moving picture party.
Center left: Commissioner Kenneth P. Fallon, Jr., Director William F. Ryan, City Manager Edward T. Lewis and sailing instructor Vincent Sullivan accept delivery of outboard motor to inaugurate new phase of water program.
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EVINUUNE
Above: James Gartland of Red Cross, and Recreation Commissioners Kather- ine McCoy and Kenneth P. Fallon watch artificial respiration demonstration by summer staff members Steve Bagnell, Louise Collins and Gretchen Hanlon.
Left: Mothers get swimming instruc- tion from Alice Roche, water safety instructor, in mothers' class at Wollas- ton Beach.
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QUINCY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY OF CITIZEN
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Quincy firemen risked their lives in climbing 1 aerial ladders to fight at close hand this $10,000. at Wollaston Baptist Church in June, 1956. Spe tors, lower right, watch fire fighters, perched perilc atop aerial, cut holes in roof peak to ventilate: is, to give intense heat concentration a mean escape. A fall from such a height usually is f Later a fireman carried down ladder to safety
charred cross, base obscured by smoke, discerı between two firemen on ladder. Fast work by t firemen saved church from total destruction by that was unwittingly set by boys at play. This action picture was taken by Richard Bosworth.
Much of routine duties of police and firemen humdrum; but in case of emergency these men ; ble their own lives to save lives and property of ot
City Manager Edward T. Lewis, sec- ond left, accepts keys to four new station wagons from Fauthal Hassan, auto dealer, while Chief William Fer- razzi, extreme left, looks on. Motor equipment fleet is kept efficient by replacement of several old vehicles by new ones each year. These wagons are multi-purpose vehicles; can be used in emergency as ambulances.
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City Clerk Donald P. Crane, ba camera, swears in eight new w traffic supervisors with City Mai Lewis, Chief Ferrazzi and M Della Chiesa as spectators." women supervisors protect pup crossings, leaving regular police cers for other duties.
UINCY'S TEN-YEAR $9,761,000 SCHOOL
EXPANSION PROGRAM IS NEARING COMPLETION
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road Meadows Junior High School, partially completed by the end of 1956, will hold 750 students; will be ready r occupancy by September, 1957. General contractor is James S. Kelliher; architects, Childs and Smith and arry J. Korslund.
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LATE WINTER BLIZZARDS BURY
QUINCY UNDER 49-INCH SNOWFALL
City officials ride to council meeting in police wagon as snow ties up traffic. Mayor Amelio Della Chiesa and Councilors Thomas S. Burgin and David S. McIntosh standing; Councilor Charles L. Shea and Recreation Director William F. Ryan in wagon.
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Youngsters coasting on Furnace Brook Golf Club hills do not worry about record $361,000 snow removal cost to City of Quincy - all time high for one year.
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Automobile at Quincy Center buried as three M. storms cover city with 49 inches of snow - record depth for one month in history of weather bureau.
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Snowdrifts six feet deep pile up on entrance to his First Parish Church under which lie bodies of Presi John and John Quincy Adams and their wives.
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Quincy Recreation Commission provides var- ied program for young and old. Kalah, game played by Egyptians in 3,000 B.C., is ex- plained to these boys by William J. Cham- pion, 76, who introduced it to United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Quincy Public Works Department, in addition to rendering its usual municipal services, in 1956 exercised general supervision over a capital outlay program involving projects that came to a total cost of about six and one third million dollars.
The program included projects in the planning stage and actually under construction. These projects, with their estimated over-all costs, are listed as follows:
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Project
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Broad Meadows Junior High School
$1,575,000
Atlantic Junior High School
1,500,000
Myles Standish Elementary School
500,000
Quincy Hospital Wing
2,000,000
Great Hill Elementary School
295,000
Second Snug Harbor School Addition
321,000
Municipal Comfort Station
23,000
South Quincy supplementary water tank and pumping station
150,000
Public Works Storage Shed
19,000
New Carpenter Shop
5,000
$6,388,000
Construction of the Broad Meadows Junior High School, contract for which was awarded to James S. Kelliher late in 1955, made steady progress in 1956. It is expected that it will be ready for occupancy by September, 1957.
In November 1956, the same general contractor through low bidding won the contract to construct the Myles Standish Elementary School on a site, located on the old Squantum naval air base property, given the city by the federal government. Korslund, LeNormand and Quann are architects. The federal government is paying a portion of the costs.
The same architects are preparing plans for the proposed Atlantic Junior High School to be built on on the old O'Neil playground.
The Great Hill School was opened for classes in September 1956. The second addition to the Snug Harbor School was completed and occupied in February. The city's first comfort station, located in the Hancock parking area, was completed and opened in May.
By the end of 1956 plans were well advanced for the construction of a booster pump and tower to increase the pressure in the Pine Hill area.
As the year closed, Paul and Carroll Coletti, Boston and Quincy architects, had been named by City Manager Lewis to design the proposed $2,000,000 wing to the Quincy Hospital that will increase its ca- pacity by 100 beds.
Plans were made to construct a steel storage building and a new carpenter shop at the rear of the city garage.
The slate roof on city hall was renewed and improvements made to various offices. Exterior painting was done at Quincy Point, West Quincy and Squantum fire stations.
ENGINEERING DIVISION
Plans and taking orders for 41 street acceptances, requiring field surveys, were prepared by the Engineering Division during 1956. Estimates were prepared, following field surveys, for 85 sidewalk resurfacings, 41 street resurfacings, 30 sanitary sewer extensions, 65 storm drain extensions, 12 street reconstructions, 40 curbing installations, five street widenings, four parking meter areas and 13 miscel- laneous projects.
Street betterment orders for 19 streets, totalling $94,162.60, were prepared. A total of 261 building grades were established.
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Plans and specifications were prepared for work to be done by contract for 38 streets to be resur- faced; 12 streets to be constructed under the Betterment Act; the construction of sewer on Sea Street and Calvin Road for the Broad Meadows School; also for drain at the Furnace Brook School. Specifica- tions were also prepared for protective work and fencing at the blast furnace on Crescent Street, West Quincy, the reconstruction of Baxter Avenue, the installation of drainage on Gay Street, the construction of various roadways in the Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, a portion of the Snug Harbor School yard, and the tennis courts at the Wendell Moses Playground and LaBrecque Field. The drains at the Fore River Ship Yard, and Newport Avenue and Arlington Street were constructed by private contractors, plans being provided by Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers. The Fore River drain was not completed in 1956, but will be finished in early 1957.
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