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1960 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
City of Quinry, Massachusetts
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SECTION ONE - Historic Quincy
QUINCY, U.S.A.
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PREFACE 5
THE MAYOR 6
MESSAGE OF THE MAYOR 7
THE CITY COUNCIL 11
DIRECTOR OF CITY OFFICIALS
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SECTION TWO - Municipal Department
THE CITY CLERK 16
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS 16
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 17
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT 18
CIVIL DEFENSE 18
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
26
PLANNING BOARD
30
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
30
MANAGERS OF HISTORICAL PLACES
36
QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL
37
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
38
PARK COMMISSION
42
RECREATION COMMISSION
43
CEMETERY BOARD OF MANAGERS
44
VETERANS' SERVICES
45
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
46
QUINCY RETIREMENT BOARD
50
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
52
BUILDING INSPECTION
56
PLUMBING INSPECTION
57
WIRE INSPECTION
57
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 58
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
61
Q.R.
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 3.52 65
STREET CONSTRUCTION
65
SANITARY DIVISION QUA 66
WATER DIVISION
SEWER DIVISION 1960 69
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ENGINEERING DIVISION
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SECTION THREE - Financial Statistics 73
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS 74
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
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TREASURER 93
BOARD OF ASSESSORS 106
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
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PUBLIC WORKS
lection One HISTORIC QUINCY
Recreation Director WILLIAM E. RYAN and CONNIE McHUGH, waterfront instructor, congratulate winners of swimming events in water carnival.
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QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A. 1625-1960
THE QUINCY OF YESTERDAY
Explored by Captain John Smith, 1614
Visited by Captain Myles Standish, 1621 Settled by Captain Wollaston, 1625 Incorporated as part of Braintree, 1640
Incorporated as a separate town, 1792 Chartered as a city, 1888
Birthplace of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Hancock
THE QUINCY OF TODAY
Population - federal census - 87,409
Population of trading area - 350,000 Six miles from heart of Boston Twenty-six miles of waterfront Nationally famous off-street parking facilities
Assessed valuation 1960 - $178,081,525
Value of building permits 1960 - $5,472,315 Value of residential construction - $1,132,646 New single family homes 1960 - 67
Home of great Fore River shipyard
Home of first railroad in America
Home of first productive iron works in America
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PREFACE
This is the simple story of municipal government in the City of Quincy during the year of 1960. It is told with words, pictures and figures. In this report the people of Quincy are told how their tax money was spent by the officials they chose to rep- resent them.
So long as the individual knows what his government is doing, and has the power to change his elected officials when they ignore the mandate of the electorate, his freedom is secure.
That is the American Way and it has proved a good way.
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THE MAYOR
Honorable AMELIO DELLA CHIESA Mayor of Quincy 1954-1961
Ward Councilor 1944-1949 Councilor at Large 1950-1957 Council President 1948 State Representative 1953-1962
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MESSAGE OF THE MAYOR
As 1960 comes to an end, may I express my thanks to city officials and employes and to the citizens of Quincy for their support and coop- eration during the past 12 months. At the same time may I express my hope and confidence that this city, old in years, rich in history and ex- perience and youthful and vigorous in spirit, enjoys another year of progress and achievement in 1961.
The City of Quincy not only did balance last year's budget but completed the year with a surplus. The City ended 1959 with a balance of $1,072,499.37 in the Excess and Deficiency Fund, one of the highest amounts in recent years.
The city also ended 1959 with balances in many other accounts.
Due to the above balances, the City was able to transfer $265,000 to Veterans Services, Welfare Department and to the Quincy Police Department for the 21-week Fore River strike. This figure is equivalent to $1.48 on the tax rate.
$45,000 was paid by the city in three land damage cases. Included in the $45,000 was land taken in connection with building a water tank in West Quincy; and for Squantum marsh land taken for recreational purposes.
The following amounts were transferred from free cash and other accounts :
Street resurfacing
$100,000
New traffic lights
20,000
Purchase of snow removal equipment 107,500
Fill for the dump 20,000
Salary Survey
15,000
Sewer cleaner, Library expense and Dutch Elm disease tree removal
15,000
Hurricane Donna
52,000
Snow removal and salt for use on iced streets
131,000
Electric accounting machine (Auditor)
5,900
Skating rinks - Squantum and Quincy Point
10,500
Billing machines (Assessors' Dept.)
12,000
Hospital ambulance 8,500
Triple combination pumper for the Fire Dept. 25,780
The Quincy tax rate for 1960 was $74.70, an increase of 70 cents over the previous year. The 1960 rate was established without the use of any reserve funds. Holding the new tax rate to an increase of less than one per cent, in face of many factors over which the administration has
no control, represents, I think, a distinct achievement.
The school budget increased $326,518.
Due to a state enacted bill, the cost of truck hire was increased $25,000.
The over-lay, set aside to cover anticipated tax rebates, was $50,000 higher than last year.
An item of $12,500 had to be set up to cover a court judgment because of an accident in- volving fire apparatus.
The 1959 salary increase of $250 which covered only 48 weeks was, in effect, 52 weeks in 1960.
The 1959 nurses' increase covering 9 months was for 12 months in 1960.
The increase for fireman and police covered 6 months in 1959, a full year in 1960.
Pensions, temporary loan interest and group insurance premiums were proportionately in- creased in 1960.
The City was required to pay $215,000 extra for Metropolitan sewers.
Under a state law, payment of this amount might have been spread over a five-year period but the administration elected to pay this sum in its entirety, thereby saving interest charges.
The 1960 Quincy tax rate was based on an assessed valuation of $178,000,000. If Quincy had the $272,000,000 assessed valuation of Newton, a city of the same size, Quincy would have had a tax rate of $48.80.
If we had the Edison Plant, barred from Quincy some years ago, to add its $44,500,000 assessed valuation, our rate would have been $59.63.
In 1959, $350,000 was transferred from the E & D Fund, but in 1960 we did not request a transfer from this fund to ease the tax rate.
The new $2,250,000 hospital addition was dedicated February 1st, 1960.
This addition consists of 114 new beds, 11 operating rooms, 4 delivery rooms, a dining- room and a kitchen modernly equipped. Cemetery :
The legislative committee on Metropolitan Affairs, held a hearing on January 13, 1960, on the proposed transfer of about 42 acres of Blue Hills reservation land for a Quincy Cemetery. This Bill was passed in the House of Represen-
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tatives, but was referred to a study by the Senate. I have re-introduced similar legislation this year.
I have from time to time appealed to Quincy citizens to pay taxes and hospital bills so as to improve the city's year end financial picture.
Outstanding hospital bills as of December 1, 1960, amounted to over $1,300,000.
With costs of municipal government contin- ually increasing, it is necessary to collect as much revenue as possible.
The amendments to the Barrington salary schedule will increase the cost from the original estimate of $525,000 to $559,000 even though some 200 employees originally included in the Barrington report are now contained in the general school salary increases.
The School Department budget, as a result of action of the School Committee, will go from last year's figure of $6,025,949 to a 1961 figure of $6,669,610, an increase of $643,661.
This increase alone amounts to $3.52 on the tax rate.
The bonded indebtedness of the City of Quincy now stands at $11,808,000.00. This in- cludes $5,261,000.00 for schools; $2,057,000.00 for sewer construction; $1,257,000.00 for street construction ; $2,050,000.00 for hospital con- struction ; $627,000.00 for parking areas; $396,- 000.00 for other buildings (including health center, fire stations, veterans housing and Public Works buildings) ; and $160,000.00 for all other which includes the $115,000 water department debt.
The bonded indebtedness on January 1, 1960 was $12,829,000.00, a reduction of $1,021,000.00 in one year.
During the year 1961, we will retire $1,146,- 000.00 of the above debt which has accumulated over the past years, so that our debt as of the end of 1961 will be $10,662,000.00.
I am not unmindful of the fact that during the year I anticipate that our normal construc- tion program of public works will involve further borrowing.
The anticipated income against our present debt is as follows :
From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for School
Construction, approximately
$1,200,000 Street and sewer betterments 500,000
Parking meter receipts ($25,000) per year or until the last bond is retired 275,000
Rents - veterans housing (West Acres) 140,000
Water 115,000
Total $2,230,000
Our present borrowing capacity within the debt limit :
Aggregate net valuation - 3 preceding years $554,727,065
Average valuation - 3 preceding years 184,909,021
Debt limit - 5% thereof 9,245,450
Gross outstanding debt inside debt limit 6,686,000
Net borrowing capacity -
December 31, 1960 2,559,450
This will increase during 1961 when the valuations change and we retire part of the debt inside the limit.
Authorized and borrowed by the 1960 Mayor and City Council for :
Sewer and drains $ 200,000
Amount retired in 1960 :
Inside the debt limit $ 803,000
Outside the debt limit 418,000
Total $1,221,000
The City Council provided funds to purchase new equipment, resurfacing, construction and re-construction of streets, sidewalks, curbing, sewers, drains, water mains and other capital improvements.
To itemize some of our accomplishments let me quote the following and cost of each :
Sidewalks (resurfacing) $124,150
Curbing work (under contract) 47,981
Street resurfacing (under contract) 94,105
Street construction (under contract) 118,630
Water Mains 71,048
Sewer and Drain construction 205,298
Sea Walls 82,000
This work includes 71 sidewalk projects, 15 curbing projects, 50 streets resurfaced, 12 streets accepted in 1959 and 1960 and constructed last year, 17 water main installations, or a total of 7150 feet ; 22 storm drain projects and 23 sanitary sewer main jobs and 4 sea wall projects.
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I have been informed that the street con- struction account will have an approximate balance of $30,000.
Last year, Quincy spent over $16,000 in Dutch Elm Disease, the total available.
During the past 12 years, Quincy has spent over $120,000 fighting the disease that has been taking its toll from the City's elms.
Thousands of dollars were also expended to purchase a new digger and to resurface streets and sidewalks at the Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
Quincy has no reason to regret the money spent for the many fine public improvements which we have enjoyed in the past and will continue to enjoy in the future.
As interesting as the past may be, we should look to the future. Consequently, I should like to propose to the City Council several projects that I feel are deserving of our attention and consideration.
1. The widening of Quarry Street from Fur- nace Brook Parkway to Granite and School Street, should be started this year.
The Quarry Street development was origi- nally estimated at $220,000 for which Chapter 90 money has already been allotted. I understand that the cost to widen and construct Quarry Street will be higher than the original estimate.
The city of Quincy will be required to pay all land damages in connection with the Quarry Street project.
2. Incinerator :
Construction and operating cost estimates for a municipal incinerator were submitted on February 13, 1960 by Metcalf and Eddy, engi- neering firm engaged by the city to make the incinerator study.
According to the report, a circular type incinerator would cost $1,486,000. Its annual operating cost, including labor, fuel and main- tenance, is estimated at $92,535, plus debt service charge of $92,000.
A traveling grate type incinerator would cost $1,756,000 for construction and $81,000 annually to operate, plus debt charges of $111,000.
Each type would have a capacity of 400 tons and would be operated by two furnaces,
Proposed site of an incinerator is in the vicinity of the quarries on Quarry Street.
It is my opinion that if an incinerator is erected in Quincy, consideration will have to be given to changes in the present method of collecting rubbish and garbage.
I wish to thank the Incinerator Study Com- mittee consisting of Representative Joseph E. Brett, Chairman, Councilor David S. McIntosh and former Councilor Edna B. Austin.
3. West-of-the-Tracks:
I am heartily in favor of this much-needed and progressive step. Every effort should be made to keep Quincy competitively strong if we are to hold our own with outlying shopping centers.
This project consists of three stages:
A. The improvement of the access to the Ross Parkingway by widening one underpass, build- ing another and extending Whitwell Street across Granite Street, directly into the Parking- way.
B. The taking of property west-of-the-tracks, and providing additional off-street parking accommodating 1,095 cars, and probably the con- struction of the Upland Road extension.
C. The construction of the new off-street parking area. Tied into the over-all projects are plans to build a business area with an assessed valuation of several million dollars.
This project is a challenge, if met, will pay off in additional taxes, more jobs for our people and will make Quincy a shopping center com- parable, if not superior, to the finest shopping areas in the state.
Quincy has been a leader in maintaining the health of its shopping areas. This is a chance to make an excellent record even better. This project could very well be the begining of an elaborate revenue paying industrial expansion.
The preliminary steps have already been taken by the city enabling both the Quincy Electric Company and the Boston Edison Company to proceed, in the near future we hope, with the construction of huge generating plants, one at Broad Meadows, the other in the Squantum area.
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce, the Quincy Taxpayers Association and other practical-minded groups recognize the need to do everything humanly possible to attract in-
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dustrial expansion in all potential areas in our city that are zoned for such purposes.
4. Three years ago, I mentioned the need for uniform and more scientific methods of asses- sing real estate in our city. The practice of evaluating property in Quincy should be in accordance with the Constitution of the Com- monwealth.
By not assessing all property on the basis of its market value, Quincy is not only violating the law, but is, in the long run, imperiling its borrowing capacity which is dependent on its assessed valuation.
Deeper than this, however, is the fact that our present system does not treat all of our residents fairly. Even a casual survey of our books will show inequities and discrepancies that are almost unbelievable.
With revaluation the tax rate is lowered and a lower tax rate serves as an inducement to business and industry to locate here.
Consider the plight of cities within our own Commonwealth with high tax rates.
Hardly a day passes that we do not hear of the factory closing its doors or that some other form of enterprise is moving to a different location, usually outside the state or to a com- munity that boasts of a lower tax rate.
Until such time as someone takes action, this condition will become more acute. I know that politically, it may be unwise to suggest this course of action. However, to do nothing does not make it right.
There is presently, some property in the City
of Quincy assessed at 15 per cent of the actual value and other residences assessed at as much as 90 per cent of value.
When this long overdue step is taken it will correct a terribly unfair situation. This is not designed to take more tax dollars from home owners, but to spread the real estate taxes more honestly and equitably.
May I call attention to other needed im- provements worthy of study during the coming year. These include: a new city hall, enlarge- ment of the police station, a new X-ray building at the hospital, an enlarged gymnasium at North Quincy High School, a North Quincy branch for the Thomas Crane Public Library, a new fire station in the Germantown area, a causeway to Rock Island, a new nursery at the hospital, added space for the Trade School, a new central garage, skating rinks in various areas, enlarging the school offices and a new greenhouse.
Meanwhile the State Housing Board has already given tentative approval to the Quincy Housing Authority's application to build 75 more housing units for the elderly ; and a five- acre site has been approved in the vicinity of Mary and Keating streets.
We know that the cost of running our cities is constantly rising. This is due to increased living expenses, increased cost of materials, labor and practically everything essential to operating a municipality.
The success which we are to achieve in the future depends entirely upon our own desire and ability to work intelligently, harmoniously and in the best interests of our beloved city during the coming year of 1961.
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THE QUINCY CITY COUNCIL 1960-1961
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Front Row, left to right: John J. Quinn, Carl W. Anderson, President William C. Ellis, David S. McIntosh, Charles L. Shea;
Rear Row: George B. McDonald, George G. Burke, James S. McCormack, Joseph J. LaRaia.
Chairman of standing committees of the city council: Finance, Councilor Anderson; Ordinances, Councilor LaRaia; Public Works, McDonald; Public Safety, Councilor Anderson; Public Health, Hospital and Welfare Councilor McIntosh; Veterans Service, Councilor Quinn; Pensions, Coun- cilor Shea; Public Parks and Recreation, Councilor Burke; Libraries and Historical Places, Councilor McCormack; Land Conveyances, Councilor McIntosh.
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
(Elected by the Voters)
HON. AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Mayor
CITY COUNCIL
WILLIAM C. ELLIS, President
CARL W. ANDERSON
GEORGE G. BURKE
JOSEPH J. LaRAIA
GEORGE B. McDONALD
JAMES S. McCORMACK DAVID S. McINTOSH
JOHN J. QUINN CHARLES L. SHEA
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Chairman, ex-officio
A. WENDELL CLARK, Vice Chairman CHARLES DJERF
JAMES F. McCORMICK, SR.
EDWARD S. MANN
ALICE MITCHELL CHARLES T. SWEENY
(Appointed by the school committee)
Superintendent of schools PAUL GOSSARD
(Appointed by the City Council)
City Auditor ALEXANDER SMITH City Clerk JOHN M. GILLIS
Assistant City Clerk THOMAS R. BURKE
Clerk of Committees PERCY N. LANE
(Appointed by the Mayor)
Executive Secretary EDWARD T. LEWIS City Solicitor DOUGLAS A. RANDALL Assistant City Solictor STEPHEN T. KEEFE, JR. Commissioner of Public Works CHARLES R. HERBERT
Director of Civil Defense .. LAURENCE H. MATTIE Director of Veterans' Services
WILLIAM VILLONE
City Historian WILLIAM C. EDWARDS
Director of Hospital DR. JOSEPH P. LEONE
Harbor Master
.KENNETH YOERGER
Health Commissioner
DR. RICHARD M. ASH
Purchasing Agent
THOMAS V. MORRISSEY
Shellfish Constable
. CARMELLO MOREALE
Treasurer and Collector FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR.
Board of Assessors
WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN, Chairman ARNOLD O. EASTMAN JOHN J. HANNON
(Selected through Civil Service)
Building Inspector
ALRICK A. WEIDMAN
Commissioner of Welfare ANTHONY J. VENNA
Director of Planning JAMES E. LEE Fire Chief THOMAS F. GORMAN
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 Water Division . ROBERT BARRY
Wire Inspector
. WILLIAM PITTS
Plumbing Inspector
JOHN F. HAGERTY
Director of Recreation
WILLIAM F. RYAN
Personnel Director
KENNETH GARDNER
BOARDS
ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND
(Board of Managers)
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, ex-officio FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR., ex-officio WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Clerk MELVIN THORNER WILLIAM C. ELLIS
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
(Board of Supervisors)
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Chairman THOMAS S. BURGIN ROBERT M. FAXON DR. MORGAN SARGENT WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Clerk
BOARD OF APPEALS, BUILDING
JOHN J. GALLAGHER, Chairman JAMES R. HANLON HARRY PAVAN ROBERT S. BOOTH, Alternate
BOARD OF APPEALS, ZONING
GEORGE J. KILDUFF, Chairman WALTER H. HOLLAND JOHN H. FALLON WILLIAM H. COUCH, Alternate IVAR LOFGREN, Alternate NICHOLAS BARBADORO, Alternate HENRY F. NILSEN, Clerk
MANAGERS OF HISTORICAL PLACES
D. FOSTER TAYLOR, Chairman GEORGE L. ANDERSON MRS. GEORGE H. BONSALL MILDRED L. TYLER WILLIAM P. FARRAR WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Historian
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS F. GORMAN, Chairman DR. RICHARD M. ASH WILLIAM FERRAZZI ALRICK A. WEIDMAN JOHN M. GILLIS
BOARD OF CEMETERY MANAGERS
JOHN J. MAHONEY, Chairman GORDON D. CARR ROBERT L. BLAIR
ANGELO P. BIZZOZERO JOHN M. CASEY, JR. ROBERT M. DEWARE JAMES J. COADY, ex-officio
BOARD OF HOSPITAL MANAGERS
FRANK E. MacDONALD, Chairman GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE PAUL E. HURLEY
AUGUSTUS E. SETTIMELLI EDNA B. AUSTIN
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
LOUIS. A. GEORGE, Chairman MATTHEW CUSHING REV. VICTOR V. SAWYER JOHN L. HANNON COSTANZO PAGNANO J. GIRARD WHITE, Director
PARK BOARD
J. ERNEST COLLINS, Chairman WILLIAM J. MITCHELL KENNETH P. FALLON, JR.
RECREATION COMMISSION
FREDERICK A. FOYE, Chairman KENNETH P. FALLON, JR. J. ERNEST COLLINS KATHERINE G. McCOY WILLIAM J. MITCHELL GILBERT L. CROFTS CHARLES T. SWEENY
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
RETIREMENT BOARD GEORGE H. BONSALL, Chairman ALEXANDER SMITH, ex-officio LEON E. RAICHE THOMAS J. CAVANAUGH
THOMAS CRANE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
D. FOSTER TAYLOR, Chairman L. PAUL MARINI
SAMUEL P. COFFMAN CHESTER WEEDEN MRS. CLARA COSTANZA DR. JOHN E. McGINTY GERTRUDE F. CALLAHAN, Librarian
FENCE VIEWERS GUSTAF A. BERGFORS HERBERT A. SHAUGHNESSY PAUL S. CAROSI
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
WILLIAM F. MAHER
CHARLES H. THORNER WALTER C. FULLER
JOHN M. GILLIS, ex-officio
WOODWARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
(Board of Managers) AMELIO DELLA CHIESA, Chairman ALEXANDER SMITH, ex-officio FREDERIC A. MOONEY, JR., ex-officio JOHN M. GILLIS, ex-officio JACK McCRACKEN, elected by the City Council
(Board of Trustees) REV. BRADFORD E. GALE, Chairman QUINCY MINISTERS KATHERINE BACON, Principal
PLANNING BOARD
WALTER A. SCHMITZ, Chairman FRED E. BERGFORS, SR. JOHN P. FLAVIN C. FRANCIS N. ROBERTS ERNEST N. GELOTTE JAMES. E. LEE, Director
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HEALTH MRS. SAMUEL SLOANE
NATHANIEL M. SHERMAN JOHN D. BURNS DR. EDWARD F. FITZGERALD DR. MORGAN SARGENT
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Sailing is the most popular activity sponsored by the Quincy Recreation Department.
Foto by Howell
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
Vital Statistics
1959
1960
Births
2,701
2,771
Deaths
1,111
1,103
Marriages
894
865
Sporting Licenses
Fishing
955
839
Hunting
769
721
Sporting
343
342
Minor Fish
106
96
Female Fishing
152
131
Duplicate
20
11
Miscellaneous
2
6
Dog Licenses
Males
1,732
1,613
Females
161
107
Females, Spayed
1,361
1,167
Kennels
16
15
Transfers
7
5
Clam Licenses
Commercial
103
77
Non-Resident
396
466
Family - Res
814
793
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
No.
Type of License
Fees Collected $ 845.00
169
Common Victualer
127
Lord's Day
635.00
362
Gas, Garages, Repair Shops
5,733.00
93
Motor Dealers, Parking Spaces
1,700.00
193
Sunday Entertainment, Amusement, Public Halls
2,704.00
21
Junk Shops, Junk Wagons, Second Hand
425.00
9
Bowling, Pool, Billiard
1,400.00
151
Liquor
73,365.00
66
Pinball
1,495.00
12
Auctioneers
24.00
9
Ammunition
9.00
1 Pawn Shops
50.00
57
Cabarets
285.00
22
Hackney
121.00
1 Old Gold
25.00
4
Carnival
105.00
6 Employment
12.00
1
Roller Rink
25.00
4 Theatre
150.00
44 Lodging House
88.00
TOTAL
$89,196.00
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PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
The Personnel Department carried an extra heavy workload in the year 1960 due in part to the Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard strike. This strike, the longest on record at the Fore River yard, idled 11,000 employees for a period of twenty-two weeks from January 22, 1960 to June 23, 1960.
During this period approximately five hundred applications for employment were processed and some one hundred persons were given emergency employment of six weeks or less in various departments of the Public Works and Hospital. Married men with families to support were given preference in these positions.
During the year the City of Quincy employed 1,344 persons and terminated 1,185. These figures include permanent, temporary and emergency seasonal employees in thirty-five municipal depart- ments, excluding the School Department.
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