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April 25, 2.15 P. M., box 56 .- House of Mrs. Hannah W. Bailey, Value of building, $5,000 00
Damage to building, none
Insurance upon,
4,000 00
Value of contents,
2,500 00
Damage to contents, none
Insurance upon,
Lighting. 2,000 00
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May 1, 3 P. M., box 32 .- House of John Curtis,
Value of building,
$1,700 00
Damage to building, 675 00
Insurance upon,
1,600 00
Insurance paid,
675 00
Value of contents,
700 00
Damage to contents,
175 00
Matches.
May 9, 11.35 A. M., box 441 .- Office of Frank Hardwick & Son,
Value of building,
$500 00
Damage to building, 2 89
Insurance upon,
300 00
Value of contents,
300 00
Damage to contents, none
Burning brush.
May 9,-Still alarm, brush fire, J. Q. A. Field.
May 9, 3.15 P. M.,-Still alarm, brush fire, Independence avenue.
May 11, 1 A. M., box 64 .- Coffee mill of George Daman,
Value of building, $7,000 00
Damage to building, 75 00
Insurance upon. 5,000 00
Insurance paid,
12,000 00
From one of the roasters.
May 26, 3 A. M., box 41 .- House of Mrs. John Woods,
Value of building,
$500 00
Damage to building, 500 00
Insurance upon, 850 00
Insurance paid,
650 00
Value of contents,
25 00
Damage to contents,
10 00
Unknown.
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May 28, 2 A. M. Box 38 .- House of Elise Park,
Value of building, $2,600 00
Damage to building, 750 00
Value of contents, 2,000 00
Damage to contents,
600 00
Unknown.
May 29, 5 P. M., box 26 .- Court House building and stores of H. H. Faxon,
Value of building,
$8.000 00
Damage to building, 25 00
Insurance upon,
7,000 00
Gasoline explosion.
June 7, 3.55 P. M., box 26 .- Load of hay,
Damage, $15 00
Caused from gas jet.
June 9, 3.50 P. M., box 62 .- Neponset bridge,
Damage, none.
June 20, 6.53 A. M., box 64 .- House of G. A. Charrock,
Value of building, $2,250 00
Damage to building, 40 00
Insurance upon, 2,000 00
Value of contents, 1,000 00
Damage to contents,
20 00
Unknown.
June 22, 8.30 P. M., box 61 .- House of Amanda C. Fro- lund,
Value of building,
$3,500 00
Damage to building,
145 00
Insurance upon, 3,000 00
Insurance paid,
145 00
Unknown.
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July 4, 12.45 A. M., box 35 .- Lawn tennis building,
Value of building,
$85 00
Damage to building, 25 00
Value of contents, 15 00
Damage to contents,
15 00
Incendiary.
July 4, 2.20 A. M., Still alarm-Hen house of Mrs. J. Kelley, Value of building, $40 00
Damage to building, 40 00
Supposed to be set on fire.
July 9, 12.35 A. M., box 172 .- False alarm.
July 12, 10.30 P. M., box 45 .- Store house of Badger Bros. Value of building, $2,000 00
Damage, none
Unknown.
July 18, box 49 .- House of E. V. Trask,
Damage, none.
July 23, 8.50, box 62 .- Stable John Hayes,
Value of building,
$500 00
Damage to building,
250 00
Insurance upon,
150 00
Insurance paid,
50 00
Value of contents,
150 00
Damage to contents,
75 00
Insurance upon,
75 00
Insurance paid,
75 00
Accidental.
July 28, 11.25 P. M., box 49 .- House of E. V. Trask,
Value of building,
$1,500 00
Damage to building, 500 00
Insurance upon, 1,500 00
Supposed to be set.
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July 30, 3.28 P. M., box 57 .- House of John Woodman, Value of building, $2,500 00
Damage to building, 25 00
Insurance upon, 2,200 00
Value of contents,
700 00
Damage to contents, none
Insurance upon,
700 00
Oil stove.
August 5, 8.25 P. M., box 43 .- House of E. V. Trask,
Value of building, $1,500 00
Damage to building, 50 00
Insurance upon,
1,500 00
Set.
August 8, 1.40 P. M., box 64 .- Atlantic depot,
Value of building, $2,000 00
Damage to building, 700 00
Value of contents, 300 00
Damage to contents,
250 00
Spark from engine.
August 15, 11.25 P. M., box 61 .- House of R. J. Barry,
Value of building, 4,500 00
Damage to building, 40 00
Insurance upon, 3,000 00
Value of contents,
2,500 00
Damage to contents, 59 00
Insurance upon,
500 00
Lamp exploded.
August 27, 6.13 P. M., box 26 .- Restaurant,
Value of building, $750 00
Damage to building,
3 00
Insurance upon,
700 00
Damage to contents, none
Unknown
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September 6, 12.15 P. M., box 45 .- Machine shop of Badger
Bros.,
Value of building,
$7,000 00
Damage, none
Spark from engine.
September 12, 1.10 P. M., box 28 .- Adams Academy,
Value of building,
$29,000 00
Damage, none.
September 13, 4.30 P. M., box 47 .- Stable of John Cronin, Value of building, 250 00
Damage to building, 250 00
Value of contents, 150 00
Damage to contents,
150 00
Unknown.
September 20, 12.15 P. M., Still alarm-Coddington school, Value of building, $15,000 00
Damage, none.
September 23, 12.30 P. M., Still alarm,
Value,
$50 00
Damage, 25 00
September 26, 8.30 P. M., box 26 .- House of E. C. Bumpus, Value of building, $6,000 00
Damage to building, 319 00
Insurance upon,
5,000 00
Value of contents,
7,000 00
Damage to contents, 150 00
Lightning.
September 28, 7.28 P. M., box 441 .- Brush fire.
October 1, 6.20 P. M., box 26 .- House of E. C. Bumpus, Value of building, $6,000 00
Damage, none
Defective flue.
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October 6, 5.18 P. M., box 442 .- Brush fire near Fegan & Bal- lou's quarry.
October 6, 5.18 P. M., box 442 .- Shed of J. Donovan,
Value of building, $25 00
Damage to building, 3 00
Value of contents, 10 00
· Supposed to be set.
October 19, 3.18 P. M., box 46 .- House of John Woddick, Value of building, $1,400 00
Damage to building, 20 00
Unknown.
November 1, 11.45 P. M., box 61 .- House of Thomas Hannan,
Value of building, $2,500 00
Damage to building, 50 00
Insurance upon, 2,000 00
Value of contents, 300 00
Damage to contents.
25 00
Table cloth caught fire.
November 3, 3.20 P. M., box 72 .- House of John A. Mahoney Quincy Point.
November 4, 10.20 P. M., box 56 .- House of Walter White- more,
Value of building, $3,000 00
Damage to building, none
Insurance upon,
2,200 00
Value of contents,
1,500 00
Insurance upon,
Cloth dropping on kitchen stove.
November 19, 8.40 P. M., box 152 .- Stable of John Bren- nan,
Value of building, $3,000 00
Damage to building,
500 00
Value of contents, 1,000 00
Damage to contents, 250 00
1,000 00
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November 21, 12.30 P. M., box 56 .- House of F. C. Perkins,
Value of building, $2,700 00
Insurance upon. 2,300 00
Value of contents,
1,000 00
Cold air box in furnace.
December 11, 11 P. M., Still alarm-Chimney of Mrs. King- man.
December 12, 5.35 P. M., Still alarm-Brush fire near old car- house.
December 13, 7.20 A. M.,-Still alarm.
December 25, 6.10 P. M., box 45 .- House of Mrs. Flaherty,
Value of building, $1,700 00
Damage to building, none
Insurance upon,
1,600 00
Value of contents,
500 00
Damage to contents. 5 00
Unknown.
December 30, 2.55 A. M., box 138 .- House of O. Linstin,
Value of building, $1,400 00
Damage to building, 530 00
Insurance upon,
1,950 00
Value of contents,
20 00
Insurance upon contents, none
Drying out plaster
Respectfully submitted,
PETER J. WILLIAMS, Chief of Fire Department ..
Water Department.
QUINCY, December, 31, 1895.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Quincy :
GENTLEMEN :- The Board of Water Commissioners respect- fully submitts he following, its fourth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1895.
The Board organized at its first regular meeting in Febru- ary, by electing John T. Cavanagh, Chairman and James H. Stetson, Secretary. The resignation of Mr. F. E. Hall as Super- intendent having been accepted on January 10th to take effect February 1st, Mr. Cavanagh accepted the position of temporary Superintendent at the request of the Board. On March 8th, William G. A. Pattee was appointed a member of the Board. On March 13th Mr. Cavanagh was appointed acting Superintendent and thereupon resigned as Chairman, Mr. Pattee being elected to fill the vacancy for the year.
The principal work, as in other years, has been the extend- ing of street mains. During the year 6.61 miles of pipe have been laid and 54 hydrants added. The Board has not completed the laying of the 16" pipe on Common street as it did not deem it necessary until some steps were taken toward the erection of a stand pipe on Third Hill Wollaston.
The unexpended balance for construction January 1st, 1895, was $1,322.06, the amount appropriated was 845,000.00, the balance on hand December 31, 1895 is $14,074.69. With
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this amount 306 new services were added, water mains were ex- tended to Houghs Neck also through West, Willard, Charles and Robertson streets and Highland avenue and several other minor extensions.
The total amount received for the sale of water for the year ending December 31, 1895, is $45,480.67. We estimate the probable gross receipts from this source for the year 1896 to be $49,500.00 and the amount required for the maintenance account at $15,500.00. The amount of water bills uncollected January 1, 1895 was $9,008.63. During the year most of these bills were collected so that on January 1, 1896 the back bills were either paid or the water turned off, except in some few cases where this was impossible on account of more than one house being supplied by the same service.
The Board is of the opinion, that it would not only be a saving to the City, but an accommodation to the water takers to have the City Ordinance amended so that the regular bills may be paid annually and the meter bills quarterly, and that the use of the receipts may be applied to the extending of service pipes : also that the department should have credit for the new hy- drants set each year, and that the premium received from the sale of Water Bonds should be credited to the depart- ment.
The water in the reservoir reached its lowest point on October 12 being 9.66 ft. below the overflow which was .28 feet below the lowest point of last year.
The average daily consumption of water for the year was 904,152 gallons, an increase of 106,153 gallons over the average daily use of 1894. The total consumption for the year was 330,015,439 gallons. The maximum quantity used was 1,668,482 gallons on June 24 and the minimum quantity was 625,766 gallons, February 17.
In December the City Council voted to enter the Metro- politan Water Supply system, and it was therefore deemed in- expedient to construct the stand pipe on Third Hill, Ward 5, as its place will be taken by a much larger and more ornamental one erected by the Metropolitan Commissioners.
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Several conferences have been had with the Metropolitan Commissioners and we were lead to believe that our present system can be reinforced this coming season if the consumption requires it, and that we will be able to receive the full benefit« of the Metropolitan Supply within three years. With this as- surance we feel it to be unwise to spend any great amount of money on the present basin or pumping station.
Total length of street mains, Decem- ber 31, 1895 . · 63.01 miles Total number of service connections, December 31, 1895 2,560 . Total number of hydrants set to December 31, 1895 332
For minor details of work done by this department, see report of the Superintendent annexed hereto.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
RECEIVED.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1895 .
$1,322 06
Appropriation . 45,000 00
Received service account, 1894
.
7,473 16
$53,795 22
EXPENDED.
Pipe and special castings
$14,641 84
Laying pipe etc.
17,132 77
Hydrants, valves, boxes and supplies 7,945 92
Balance unexpended
14,074 69
$53,795 2%.
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MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
$14,500 00
EXPENDED.
Office expenses, including superin- tendence, clerical assistance, . rent, stationery, printing, postage, and miscellaneous expenses $4,227 11
Pumping station expenses, including pay roll, fuel, repairs and sundry items 4,787 70
General maintenance of reservoir, stand-pipe, mains and hy- drants etc. 5,243 23
Balance unexpended 241 96
Total
$14,500 00
BOND ACCOUNT.
Amount of bonds issued to Dec. 31,
1893
.
$700,000 00
Amount of bonds issued in 1894 30,000 00
Amount of bonds issued in 1895 45,000 00
Amount of bonds issued to date $775,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$775,000 00
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Amount brought forward,
$775,000 00
Amount of bonds paid in 1893 .
$1,000 00
Amount of bonds paid in 1894 24,000 00
Amount of bonds paid in 1895 25,000 00
Total amount paid . $50,000 00
Bonds outstanding Dec. 31, 1895 $725,000 0@
Respectfully submitted, W. G. A. PATTEE, Chairman. J. T. CAVANAGHI. J. H. STETSON, Secretary. Water Commissioners.
Report of Superinten= dent.
To the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Quincy:
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to present herewith the annual report of the Superintendent for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1895.
In January a full account of stock in the several depart- ments of the works was taken which will be found recorded in the office.
At the pumping station a number of improvements were made. The disposal of the 100,000 gallons of hot water, used per day for condensing purposes, which has been running over private land, has been a question of much study. The problem was solved by laying a 6 inch pipe from the boilers to Town Brook, a distance of about 800 feet, and this plan was found to work entirely satisfactorily.
The boilers have been tested and were found in good con- dition. The pumps have been varnished and two coats of paint have been put on the walls of the engine and boiler rooms. The fire alarm whistle was replaced at the pumping station by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
It has been difficult to keep the windows and door of the gate-house from being broken, and in order to prevent this iron gratings were put on for the summer months and replaced by
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wooden shutters in the winter. Since this has been done no trouble has been had from this source.
The chemical and microscopical examinations of the water in the reservoir have been made each month, copies of which are filed in the office.
Particular attention has been paid to clearing the pipes of any stagnant water which collects in the dead ends. This work has been done each month throughout the year, with the excep- tion of two months in the fall, when the water was so low in the reservoir that it was not deemed wise to waste the amount necessary to do this work. Once each month a careful inspec- tion has been made of each hydrant, especially during the winter months and in this manner they have been kept in complete working order.
The only serious leak that has occurred this year was at the Atlantic bridge, caused by the pipes being frozen. A new box- ing has been made and placed around the pipes, so that no trouble is expected from this source for several years.
On April 29th a contract was made with the McNeal Pipe and Foundry Company of Burlington, N. J., to deliver 574 tons of east iron pipe in sizes from 4 to 16 inches, at $21.16 per gross ton. This is the lowest price that similar pipe has been bought for in this section. All of this was delivered at the pipe yard within the specified time.
On September 1st, the office was moved to the Adams Building, rooms 20 and 21, which afford better accommodations and are more conveniently situated to the City Hall.
In November notice was received from Mr. Henry H. Faxon that the rent of the shop and stable would be raised from $22 to $30 per month, to take effect on December 1st. At the direction of the Board a building 25x75 feet, to be used as shop and stable, and nearly an acre of land for yard room was rented of the estate of C. P. Tirrell on Hancock street, for $22 per month and the change was accordingly made.
It was thought expedient to hire a blacksmith to do the work of the Department and therefore a shop was built. Doing
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the work in this manner was found to be more convenient and a saving to the Department.
I would advise the purchase of a new safe for the office as the present one is much too small.
In order to make some necessary extensions late in the season, twenty-four lengths of 6 inch pipe were borrowed from the town of Weymouth and twenty-eight lengths from the town of Braintree. This pipe must be returned, and as there is none on hand other than the 16 inch, I would advise the purchase of some at once.
I subjoin the following tables, the record of consumption, amount of rain fall and of pipes, gates and hydrants in use, etc., all of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN T. CAVANAGH, Acting Superintendent.
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The daily average consumption in gallons is given by months for 1893, 1894 and 1895 :
1893.
1894.
1895.
January
593,892
665,730
707,432
February
592,859
649,929
721,573
March
636,674
679,022
743,15€
April
619,433
672,334
770,1-
May
658,774
805,912
957,85
June
804,757
985,312
1,216,6
July
·
1,019,338
1,121,689
1,032,1
August
915,400
960,640
1,172,8
September
804,241
870,015
1,009,1
October
760,648
750,728
834,3
November
680,724
703,061
851,1
December
653,638.
698,540
823,1
Daily average by the year
729,490
797,999
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RAINFALL.
The rainfall in inches as measured at the Pumping Stai for each month beginning January 1893 was :
1893.
1894.
18
January
1.81
1.73
February
5.6
3.01
March
3.17
1.10
2
April
2.7
3.79
4
May
4.85
3.71
June
2.88
.44
1
July
1.85
3.04
1
August
6.1
1.98
3.8-
September
1.05
2.94
1.57
October
3.62
6.68
6.88
November
2.23
4.20
8.06
December
4.69
4.64
2.55
Total
40.55
37.26
14.0
.
.
.
.
.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET IN 1895.
Atlantic avenue, at terminus of street.
Bay View avenue, corner Prospect avenue. Bay View avenue, corner Private way. Bay View avenue, opposite Crosby street. Bell street, opposite River road. Centre road, corner Bird street. Charles street, corner Faxon road.
Charles street, between Faxon road and Pitts street. Charles street, corner Pitts street. Crosby street, corner Ratchford street. Highland avenue, corner Brook street. Island avenue, corner Sea street.
Island avenue, corner private way.
Island avenue, corner private way. Island avenue, corner private way. Island avenue, corner private way. Island avenue, corner private way. Island avenue, corner private way. Manet avenue, corner Babcock street. Manet avenue, near Newton street. Manet avenue, corner Malvern street. Manet avenue, near Oswego street. Manet avenue, corner Winthrop street. Manet avenue, opposite Babcock street. Merrymount road, corner Putnam street. Off Penn street, opposite Doble's factory. Prospect avenue, terminus of street. River road, corner Rogers street. River road, corner Bird street. Robertson street, corner Ballou street. Sea street, opposite estate J. Q. Adams. Sea street, opposite J. W. Dennen's house.
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Sea street, opposite Mount Wollaston Farm barn.
Sea street, on Break Neck hill. Sea street, opposite Palmer street. Sea street, near Manet Avenue. Sea street, opposite Manet avenue. Sea street, corner Bird street. Sea street, corner Rogers street.
Sea street, corner Bell street.
Sea street, opposite Winthrop street.
Sea street, corner Bay View avenue. Verchild street, opposite Goddard avenue.
West street, opposite Common. West street, opposite No. 41. West street, opposite Doble street. West street, opposite Hayden street. West street, opposite D. Falvey house. West street, corner Willard street. Willard street, corner Bunker Hill avenue. Willard street, corner Hayden street. Willard street, corner Malden street. Western road, corner Charles street. Western road, corner Darrow street.
GATES IN USE.
Number and Size of Gates in Use December 31st, 1895.
SIZE OF GATES IN INCHES.
WHEN SET.
2
1
6
7
8
10
12
16
20
Previous to January 1, 1892,
93
128
64
1
30
5
17
6
4
In 1892,
3
27
7
·
1
In 1893,
12
37
13
1
1
In 1894,
7
81
33
4
3
In 1895,
4
25
24
15
1
197
Totals
97
175
233
1
98
12
24
11
4
PIPES LAID IN 1995.
LENGTH OF EACH SIZE OF PIPE.
TOTAL
STREET.
LOCATION.
Gates.
Hydrants.
2
+
6
8
10
12
16
Atlantic Avenue,
1
From Bay View Avenue,
1
1
300
300
Bay View Avenue,
1 From Sea Street,
3
3
180
1244
Bell,
1 From Sea Street,
1
1
498
498
Bird,
1 From River Road,
3
510
510
Beaclı,
5 From Beach Street,
1
160
153
California Avenne,
4 From Bates Avenne.
1
153
247
Canal,
1
From Coddington Street.
1
1
101
104
Centre Road.
5 From Safford Street,
2
206
510
528
1422
Charles,
6 From Brooks Street,
4
1
1100
1100
Crosby,
1 From Sea Street,
1
212
212
Dimmock.
1 From Haneoek Street,
1
1
344
344
Highland Avenne,
2 From Howard Street,
2
7
54
488
Island Avenue,
1 From Sea Street,
36
Larry Place,
1 From Sea Street,
6
6
552
2883
3435
Manet Avenue,
1 From Island Avenne,
1
1
400
400
Morton,
1 From Manet Avenue,
441
Off Penn,
3 From Penn Street,
1
1
441
426
Prospect Avenue,
1 From Bay View Avenue,
1
1
426
River Road.
1 From Bell Street,
2
2
348
Robertson,
4 From Robertson Street,
1
907
907
Safford,
5 From Central Avenue,
1
266
Sca.
I From Coddington Street,
19
12
1214
512
3147
9438
20
14331
198
6
3
384
72
72
Howard,
4 From Larry Place,
1
50
50
Mears Avenue,
1 From Putnam Street,
310
310
Merrymount Road,
1 From Sea Street,
1
247
206
Central Avenue,
From Brooks Street,
36
348
266
Ward.
1424
160
Taber,
1 [From Sea Street,
1
338
338
Verchild,
3 From Franklin Street,
1
26
289
27 1803
1519
3322
West,
4 From Centre Street,
7
6
46
Weymouth,
1 From Sea Strset,
1
46
Willard,
4 From West Street,
4
3
1241
396
154
Willow,
5 From Elm Avenue,
1
2
880
880
Western Road.
1
From Sea Street,
Totals,
77
54
836
6849
8264
9502
9438
20
34909
Total number of feet, 34,909.
Number of miles, 6.61.
199
342
1637
154
TOTAL PIPE LAID. Length in feet and size of pipe laid to December 31, 1895.
DIAMETER OF PIPE IN INCHES.
WHEN LAID.
2
4
5
6
7
8
10
12
16
20
Hydrants
Gates.
Previous to June 1, 1892,
26846 64689.0 948
994 18040.0
6879
16122.0
5582.0 2679 122 348
In 1892,
774.6
956.7
14|
38
In 1893,
96
2644.2 2253.8
42038.0 11026.95 20886.6 27341.3 8264.0
4120.15 10017.5 24573.1 9502.0
516.5 3105.2 20.0
1409.2
51 64
In 1894,
92 128
In 1895,
836
6849.0
54 77
*Taken up,
27778 2176
77210.6
948 109556.85
994
66252.75
16317
19763.7
13386.6 2679 332 655
Totals,
25602 77210.6
948|109556.85
994
66252.75
16317
19763.7|13386.6 2679 332 655
.
Total miles, 63.01. *Taken up in 1893, 490 feet 2 in. pipe.
*Taken up in 1894, 1686 feet 2 in. pipe.
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5438.7
9438
Law Department.
Hon. Charles F. Adams 2d. Mayor of Quincy:
SIR :- The following suits were pending against the City of Quincy, January 1, 1895, and were described in my annual report last year.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Cities of Quincy and Boston.
Mary F. Hayward vs. City of Quincy.
Adeline W. Waterhouse vs. City of Quincy.
Peter J. Donaher et als vs. City of Quincy. Ciiy of Quincy vs. Marquis F. Dickinson et als. City of Quincy vs. Horace Wadleigh et als.
City of Quincy vs. Henry D. Hyde et als.
The first case is still pending. The Hayward case was set- tled before trial by the Park Commissioners. In the Water- house case a jury awarded the plaintiff $4,265.93. I settled the dispute in the Donaher case for $50 with your approval. The last three cases were the suits brought by the City of Quincy against the bondsmen on the Willard schoolhouse contract, con_ cerning which I referred to at some length in my report last year. After careful examination of the facts in these cases, and after many interviews with M. F. Dickinson, Jr., Esq., who represented all the bondsmen, I secured a settlement for $5,000, which was approved by the City Council and Mayor Hod- ges. The money has been paid into the City Treasury. I re- gard the settlement as a favorable one.
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During the past year, suits have been entered in the courts of the Commonwealth against the city as follows :
A. Mason Bachelder vs. City of Quincy.
Stephen Nagle vs. City of Quincy.
Mary MeClay vs. City of Quincy.
Ida E. Wilkinson vs. City of Quincy.
Maggie Tipping vs. City of Quincy.
Mary Nelson vs. City of Quincy.
Bridget Dolan vs. City of Quincy.
James E. Cotter vs. City of Quincy.
Mr. Bachelder's claim is for $1,000, damages done to his horse and sleigh because of an accident at the corner of School and Hancock streets February 10, 1894; occasioned, he alleges, by high ridges of snow alongside of the car tracks. The case is pending in the District Court of East Norfolk.
Mr. Nagle's suit is for $5,000 damages for personal injuries occasioned by an accident while he was driving a coal pung February 17, 1894, on Washington street between River and North streets. The plaintiff claims total disability as the result. The alleged defect in the street consisted of a ridge of snow and ice from two to three feet high placed there by the street railway plowing snow off their tracks. This case is on the list at Ded- ham.
I settled the suit of Mary McClay with the approval of Mayor Hodges for $75. This suit was to recover damages for injuries received by Mrs. McClay in falling on an icy sidewalk which was defective on Canal street. The plaintiff broke her wrist and was incapacitated for labor for some time.
The Ida E. Wilkinson case was an action for damages grow- ing out of an injury occasioned by the plaintiff falling on a defective sidewalk on Hancock street. The suit was settled by Mayor Hodges and myself for 8127.
The Tipping case is pending in the Superior Court at Ded- ham. The plaintiff seeks to recover $4,000 damages for falling on the sidewalk opposite the stairway leading to the offices of the Quincy Patriot and Ledger on Hancock street, January 20,
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1895, and claims that the sidewalk was defective because of large accumulations of uneven snow and ice.
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