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No.
Insurance
Insurance Paid.
Fire. Valuc. Damage. Insurance. 1, $1,500 $106.80 $1,200
Paid.
Value. Damage. Insurance.
$1,000
$20
$700
2, 3,000
550
2,300
1,000
250
0
3, 2,500
0
2,500
2,000
5
2,000
4,
5, 1,000
50
850
0
0
0
6, 8,000
4,500
5,050
4,000 2,000
1,500
7,
0
0
0
0)
33.50 1,000
8,
0
0
0
0
20
0
9, 3,000
10
0
2,000
30
0
10,
11,
12, 3,800
1,434
2,500
75
0
0
13, 7,000
1,050
4,000
2,500 1,150
2,100
14, 1,000
10
0
0
0
0
15, 8,000
10
0
0
0
0
16, 1,100
0
0
0
0
0
17, 1,500
10
1,000
200
5
0
18, 2,000
0
0
1,000
20
500
19,
20,
21.
22,
500
500
300
300
25
25
50
25
23,
800
5
0
250
0
0
24,
40
40
25,
26,
27,
28,
100
100
0
0
0)
0
29,
2,000
15
1,600
15
150
0
0
30, 2,500
18
1,600
18
600
0
300
31,
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-BUILDINGS.
No.
Insurance Fire. Value. Damage. Insurance. Paid.
Insurance Valuc. Damage. Insurance. Paid.
-CONTENTS - 32, 33, 34, 35,
36,
37
38, $800
0
$700
0
0
0
39, 2,800
$1
0
$3,000
0 $2,500
40,
41, 1,000
32
600
32
225
0
200
42, 43, 44,
.
45, 46, 47
0
5
0
0 0
0
48, 49, 50,
51, 1,900 1,350
1,000
3,000 1,800
1,600
52.
300
100
200
250
250
140
53, 1,000
1,000
700
1,000
1,000
500
54, 2,000
500
1,700
200
50
0
55,
3,000
478
2,500
478
0
0
0
56,
57, 58, 59,
60,
61,
62,
150
0
0
500
0
0
63, 7,000
0
0
0
0
0
64,
65, 66, 67, 68
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BUILDINGS
-CONTENTS.
No.
Insurance
Fire. Value. Damage. Insurance. Paid.
Insurance Value. Damage. Insurance Paid.
69, $20,000 $475 $16,000 $475 John H. Gillis, occupant,
$600 $500
0
W. H. Brasee, occupant,
12,000
500
$9,500 $500
Quincy Clothing Co., occupant, 6,473 1,600
5,000 1,600
70,
300
25
0
75
15
0
71, 3,000
80
1,900
80
400
10
0
72,
73, 1,200
600
1,200
600
Alex Robertson, occupant, James Roche, occupant,
300
100
0
74, 1,500
5
1,000
5
1,000
0
700
75,
0
0
0
500
3
0
76.
77,
600
20
700
0
0
0
78,
30
15
0
0
0
0
79,
200
100
()
25
20
0
80,
1,800
62
1,200
62
800
10
400.
10
81,
450
150
300
150
150
25
0
82,
3,000
10
3,000
10
3,000
0
2,000
83,
84.
0
0
0
5
0
0
85,
86,
87,
88, 89,
1,500 1,125
1,300 1,125
0 0
0
90
91,
92,
93,
300
74
200
74
16
16
0
94,
40
40
0
0
0
0
95,
50
5
0
0
0
0
96,
0
5
0
0
5
0
97,
0
0
0
0
0
0
98,
4,000
175
3,000
0
0
0
99, 1,000
300
1,000
1,000
50
0
100,
800
100
0
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CONTENTS.
No.
Insurance
Insurance
Fire. Value. Damage. Insurance. Paid. Value. Damage. Insurance Paid.
101,
102,
103, $3,500 $650.53 $1,500 $650.53
$847 $1,500
104, 2,250
3
1,000
0
0
105, 3,000
0
2,200
1,200
16
1,000 $16
106,
243.75
300
243.75
656.25
700
656.25
107,
2,500
100
2,000
400
5
0
108, 9,500
10
7,000
10
2,500
10
2,500
10
109,
600
50
1,200
0
0
0
110, 2,000
10
0
1,000
15
0
111, . 400
0
400
125
0
0
112, 2,300
836
2,500
836
800
600
0
113,
200
25
0
0
0
0
114, 3,000
100
2,300
100
1,700
45
1,000
45
115,
800
75
400
300
25
300
116, 2,000 .
75
1,000
75
1,500
60
300
117,
2,000
555
1,600
555
800
291
500
291
118,
425
260
300
260
0
0
0
119,
120,
2,850
100
2,000
0
0
0
121,
3,000
1.55
2,500
0
0)
0
122,
800
20
1,000
2,000
20
500
123,
124,
25
25
0
0
0
0
125,
126,
127, 2,000 1,313
1,800
3,000
200
0
128,
50
. 50
0
0
0
0
129, 12,000
0
10,000
1,500
112
1,000
130,
131,
132,
500
275
300
275
100
50
0
133,
25
25
0
10
8
0
134,
0
0
0
5
0)
0
135, 4,000
3
1,200
3
1,700
17
1,000
17
136,
137,
0
0
0
1,500
15
1,000
1
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CONTENTS.
7
No.
Insurance Fire. Value. Damage. Insurance. Paid.
138,
0) $10
0
Insurance Value. Damage. Insurance. Paid. $75 0
0
139, $16,000 6,100
14,000 $6,100
78,000 $21,000 $48,000
140,
141, 1,200
126
1,000
126
500
0
0
142,
143,
300
5.80
300
0
0
0
144, 3,500
110
3,000
110
1,200
25
1,000 $25
145,
146,
5,500
900
4,500
900
3,000 1,461.15 2,000 1,461.15
147, 3,000
112.50
1,500
112.50
600
40
0
148,
0
399
2,500 1,000
1,200
149, 2,200
74
2,000
74
500
120
300
120
150,
151, 1,250
0
1,000
0
0
0
152, 20,000
0
15,000
5,000
0
3,500
153, 4,000
3
2,000
3
3,000
2
1,000
FIRE ALARM-Location of Signal Boxes.
Box.
12 Palmer street, near H. C. Weeden's, Germantown.
13. Corner Shelton road and Sea street.
14. Hose No. 5 house, Houghs Neck.
19. Corner Chestnut street and Revere road.
21. Corner Whitwell and Granite streets.
23. Hancock street, near Hall's stable.
24. Whitwell street, near City Hospital.
25. Corner Newcomb and Canal streets.
26. Unitarian Church, opposite City Hall.
27. Corner Elm and Washington streets.
28. Corner Greenleaf and Hancock streets.
29. Corner Butler road and Putnam street.
31. Phipps street, near Payne street.
32. Corner Independence avenue and Franklin street.
35. Corner Hancock and School streets.
36. Junction Pleasant and Quincy streets.
37. Corner Franklin and Water streets.
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38. Corner Liberty and Plain streets.
39. Corner Penn and Liberty streets.
138. Corner Brooks road and Centre street.
41. Corner School and Granite streets.
42. Corner Copeland and Granite streets.
43. Corner Common and Copeland streets.
45. Corner Crescent and Willard streets.
46. Copeland street, opposite Woodward's shop.
47. Corner Bates avenue and Grove street.
48. Corner Robertson and Willard streets.
49. Corner Doble and Willard streets.
441. Smith street, rear C. H. Hardwick's on Quarry street.
442. Quarry street, near G. H. Hitchcock's office.
443. Corner Hayden and West streets.
445. Corner Quarry and Common streets.
446. Opposite Willard school, Copeland street.
51. Tubular Rivet Factory.
52. Junction Elmwood avenue and Farrington street.
53. Junction Winthrop and Warren avenues.
54. Corner Fenno and Hancock streets.
56. Beale street, opposite Wollaston Hotel.
57. Corner Beach and Willow streets.
58. Corner Beale and Adams streets.
59. Corner Beale street and Central avenue.
151. Corner Billings road and Beach street.
152. Corner Billings and Rawson roads.
153. Wollaston avenue, near Sailors' Home.
61. Junction Squantum and Hancock streets.
62. Corner Atlantic and Hancock streets
63 Hancock street, near Atlantic depot.
64. Corner Billings street and Newbury avenue.
65. Corner Faxon road and Squantum street.
67 Corner Atlantic and Squantum streets.
68. Squantum.
71. Corner Mill and Washington streets.
72. Washington street, opposite church, Quincy Point.
73. Corner Winter and Howard streets.
74. Corner River and Washington streets.
75. Corner Main and Sumner streets.
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76. Washington street, opposite C Patch & Son
76. Duplicate, Power House, Quincy & Boston Street Ruilway.
171. Whicher's factory, Union street.
172. Corner Glencoe place and New road.
173. Newcomb square, Quincy avenue.
174. Junction North and South streets.
718. Private, Johnson's lumber yard.
QUINCY FIRE DEPARTMENT RUNNING RULES.
Engine Co. No. 1, Combination Co. No. 1, Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, will respond to all Boxes on First Alarms.
Hose Co. No. 1 will respond to any Box if pulled while Central Fire Station apparatus is answering another alarm. General Alarm, -Boxes 12 and 14 excluded.
Hose Co. No. 2 will respond on First Alarms to Boxes 13, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 151, 152, 153, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68. General Alarm,-All Boxes.
Hose Co. No. 3 will respond on First Alarms to Boxes 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 138, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 58, 441, 442, 443, 445, 446. General Alarm, - Boxes 12, 14, 68 excluded.
Hose Co. No. 4 will respond on First Alarms to Boxes 13, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 35, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 76 duplicate, 171, 172, 173, 174, 718. General Alarm,-Box 68 excluded.
Hose Co. No. 5 will respond on First Alarms to Boxes 12 and 14.
Combination Co. No. 2 will respond on First Alarms to Boxes 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 151, 152, 153, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68. General Alarm,-Boxes 12 and 14 excluded.
Apparatus not responding to a Box when pulled, will respond to any Box if pulled before recall, except Combination Co. No. 2, and Hose Co. No. 3 will not respond to Boxes 12 and 14, and Hose Co. No. 4 will not respond to Box 68, except by special call.
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Signals.
General Alarm, Twelve (12) blows, followed by Box number.
Special Call, Nine (9) blows, followed by Box number.
Recall, Two (2) blows.
Chief Engineer's Call, Three (3) blows.
Fire Alarm Test, One (1) blow, 7 A. M. and 5 P. M.
No School, 2-2 three times.
Military Call, Four (4) three times.
Seven (7) blows, signal for Electric Light Co. to shut off current.
Police Call, Three (3) blows three times.
Lost Child Call, Five blows (5) twice, assistance asked, report at Police Station.
Superintendent of Water Works Call, Six (6) blows.
Curfew Law, Two (2) blows, 8.55 P. M.
For brush and grass fires, send word by telephone or other- wise, to the nearest Fire Station.
Out of city calls : Braintree, 132; Weymouth, 135; Mil- ton, 158; Boston, 162.
Respectfully submitted, PETER J. WILLIAMS,
Chief Engineer, Quincy Fire Department.
Report of Overseer of the Poor.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The appropriation for this department for the year 1899 was $9,500.00, in addition to which it was necessary to ask for an additional sum of $1,500.00, thus making a total of $11,000.00. This, to the casual observer, might appear as a case of "exceed- ing the appropriation," and conclusions might be drawn which would be entirely erroneous : but, upon careful consideration, it will be found that the causes were such that the Overseer of the Poor was in no way responsible, and the remedy lies with the Council, either by a larger appropriation, or by giving to this de- partment the use of its receipts and balances.
At the close of the year it is impossible to have all accounts adjusted for payment, as bills are constantly coming from the state and from other cities and towns during the year, for which provision must be made; and, as under the present system of depriving a department of its receipts, apparent results are obtained which are misleading and incorrect. To show the exact standing of this department for the past six years, I have prepared, from the Auditor's and Treasurer's accounts, the sub- joined table on page 249, which will, I think, be self-explanatory, showing, as it does, that, since 1893, the receipts and unexpended balances would have been more than sufficient to meet all claims. But, as, at the end of the financial year, all balances are covered into the Treasury, and, on the incoming year, are held subject to draft by transfer by the Council to such department or appropriation accounts as may be the fortunate ones to make
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the first demand, it follows that the departments, from whose appropriation the balances may have originated, would, later in the year, if bills were presented, find the Treasury empty, and no other course to follow than to ask an additional appropriation.
This has been the case the past year, for, as shown, the un- expended balance and receipts for 1898, amounting to $2,928.51, from which the bills of the same year (1898), amounting to $2,305.09, should have been paid, leaving a balance of $623.42, was exhausted; which, in connection with the fact that the ex- penses of the department naturally increase with the population, and the large and unavoidable increase in the number of insane, which alone required an increased amount of over $1,700.00, made it necessary to ask for the additional appropriation, while, as a matter of fact, the receipts of 1899 were drawn upon to the amount of $558.76, to pay bills of 1898, leaving a balance of $1,553.37 to pay such bills of 1899 as will inevitably be presented.
The number of families requiring aid has increased from 153 to 189, consisting of 611 persons.
The number of insane from 29 to 42 ; and in this connection I might say that the proposition which is made to allow the State to assume the maintenance of these cases, thereby reliev- ing the cities and towns of the direct responsibility, would, in my opinion, tend to an equitable and desirable result.
The amount paid to the Quincy City Hospital was $421.46, which was paid on account of 1898 by transfer by the Council, and does not, therefore, appear in the financial account of the department for the year, and is shown only in the Auditor's and Treasurer's accounts of expenditures for 1898, and is an illustra- tion of the manner in which some items, which should be in- cluded directly in the yearly itemized account of the department, cannot be shown by the Overseer in his report.
The collections for the year were $2,112.13, of which $1,310.51 was from the State, $637.84 from cities and towns, and $163.78 from miscellaneous sources.
Of the total appropriation of $11,000.00, the amount ex- pended on December 31st was $10,999.53, of which $8,837.95 was for the outside poor (including $4,889.68 for the insane, etc.), and $2,161.58 for the almshouse.
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All repairs at the almshouse have been done under the supervision of the superintendent, Mr. Franklin Jacobs, and, being of a minor nature, have been included in the miscellaneous account. The much-needed improvements in the sanitary ar- rangements of the almshouse, which have been requested in these reports for several years, have not as yet culminated in any visi- ble results.
I would ask that the sum of $13,700.00 be appropriated for the year 1900, based upon the following estimates. We have at present 42 patients in the insane and other hospitals, requiring $7,200.00; for the almshouse, $2,500.00; for outside poor, $4,000.00.
FINANCIAL.
Appropriation, .
. $9,500 00
Appropriation, .
.
1,500 00
--- $11,000 00
Expended outside direct, . . $6,752 94
Expended outside from almshouse,
2,085 01 .
Expended almshouse, net,
2,161 58 .
Balance unexpended,
47
.
- -$11,000 00
Expense of Outside Poor.
Provisions,
. $2,193 63
Fuel,
870 26
Insane,
4,889 68
Clothing,
125 80
Rent,
299 25
Burials,
100 00
Boston City Hospital,
233 03
Medicine, .
79 60
Miscellaneous,
46 70
$8,837 95
248
Expense of Almshouse.
Salary of superintendent,
$500 00
Wages,
207 50
House supplies,
2,602 87
Clothing, bedding, etc.,
139 50
Stable supplies,
135 84
Fuel,
240 89
Water,
45 43
Telephone,
40 57
Lumber, tools, etc.,
64 63
Repairs on wagons, shoeing, etc.,
91 20
Medicine, .
24 36
Miscellaneous, .
153 80
$4,246 59
Cr. by supplies to outside poor,
2,085 01
Net cost,
$2,161 58
Almshouse.
Number of inmates of the almshouse, January 1, 1899, 15
Admitted during the year, .
21
Total,
36
Died during the year, .
0
Discharged during the year,
17
Total,
17
In the almshouse, December 31, 1899, 19
Number of families aided,
189
Number of families settled in Quincy,
146
Number of families settled in other cities and towns,
20
Number of families State paupers,
23
Number of insane, dipsomaniacs, etc.,
42
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. H. BASS,
Overseer of the Poor.
A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Year.
Appropriation.
Receipts.
Unexpended Balance.
Expended.
Expended for Previous Year.
etc.
Cost of Insane, Number of Inmates of Insane, etc. Almshouse.
1894
$8,000 00
$1,481 30
$1,927 85
$6,072 15
$88 90
$1,839 19
23
18
1895
8,500 00
404 05
298 67
8,201 33
1,813 73
2,611 92
24
28
1896
9,000 00
1,135 57
474 54
8,525 46
879 56
3,565 82
25
34
1897
9,000 00
1,195 90
44 04
8,955 96
880 64
3,510 43
29
33
1898
9,500 00
1,962 51
966 00
8,534 00
1,302 66
3,179 87
29
44
1899
11,000 00
2,112 13
47
10,999 53
1,875 97
4,889 68
42
36
$55,000 00
$8,291 46
$3,711 57 $51,288 43
$6,841 46 $19,596 91
249
Total appropriation, .
$55,000 00
Total direct expenditure, .
51,288 43
Unexpended balances,
$3,711 57
Total receipts,
$8,261 46
Total expenditures from receipts for previous years,
6,841 46
Balance of unexpended receipts,
$1,450 00
Total credit to department,
$5,161 57
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Board of Health.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The Board of Health submits its annual report.
At its first meeting, held February 6, 1899, the board organ- ized temporarily with Matthew Lyons as chairman and C. W. Garey, M. D., as secretary.
At a later meeting the board organized permanently, elect- ing A. W. Thompson as chairman and C. W. Garey as secretary.
The office of Health Inspector having become vacant, the board applied to the Civil Service Commissioners for a list of eligible candidates for this position. After holding an examina- tion, the commissioners presented a list with two names thereon ; and one of them, Edward J. Lennon, by reason of his being a veteran, had the preference, and was chosen to fill the vacancy.
The constantly increasing growth of the city and the com- pletion of the sewerage system sufficiently to allow house con- nections, have increased the work of this board more than ever before in any one year.
It became necessary, in order that the Inspector of Plumb- ing could perform his increased duties of testing the plumbing of old houses to be connected with the public sewer, to purchase a suitable testing apparatus.
New regulations relative to the connection of old houses with the public sewer were framed, which, up to the present time, seem to answer all the requirements.
Public Health.
It has been necessary, for the protection of the public health, to order all the houses in certain localities to be connect- ed with the public sewer, and there are many more such locali-
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ties that should be connected as soon as the sewerage system is in working order.
This board recommends that the sewer be extended this coming season to serve that part of West Quincy located near Cross and Miller streets, and Quarry street extension.
The regulation prohibiting the drainage from any cesspool or vault into the water courses of the city, should hereafter be stringently enforced, as herein lies an active source of sickness and ill health. In thinly settled localities this is not, perhaps, of such importance, but as these places become thickly populated, as they are fast becoming in our city, the increased amount of sewage is a source of great danger, unless a proper disposition thereof is made.
Disinfection.
In order to meet the increased demand for a more thorough and scientific fumigation of houses and school buildings, it be- came necessary to discard the old apparatus, which was uncer- tain and slow in action, and to procure a Regenerator which does this work in the best known manner. Below is a table showing the contagious diseases reported during the year, and a summary of the same for the last five years preceding, including the num- ber of deaths for each disease, the total deaths and the death rate per thousand.
Diphtheria, Membraneous Croup.
Scarlet Typhoid Total Death rate Fever. Fever. Measles. Totals. Deaths. per 1,000.
January,
1
.7
4
2
14
February,
0
6
2
4
12
March,
4
8
1
8
21
April,
1
8
1
24
34
May,
1
7
3
83
94
June,
2
3
0
175
180
July,
6
2
4
7
19
August,
6
0
16
0
22
September,
5
13
0
18
October,
16
6
10
32
November,
19
3
6
0
28
December,
16
9
0
0
25
Total for 1899,
77(6)*
59(0)*60(9)*303(0)*499 381 14.20
253
Diphtheria, Membraneous Croup.
Scarlet Typhoid
Total Death rate
Fever. Fever. Measles. Totals. Deaths. per 1,000 .
Total for 1898, 19(3)
57 (0) 40(5) 93(0)
334
14.14
Total for 1897, 24(2)
41(2) 13(4) 439(0)
349
16.16
Total for 1896, 112(14)
68(2) 28(8)
18(0)
346
16.24
Total for 1895, 105(15)
58(4) 19(5) 33(0)
343 16.56
Total for 1894, 81(31)
16(1) 29(6) 30(0)
365
19.11
*The figures in parentheses indicate number of deaths.
An examination of this table will show you, among other things, that the death rate for Diphtheria is very low as compared with that of other years; that the number of Typhoid cases is rather above the average ; and that Measles have been more pre- valent this year than for any year during the last six, with the exception of '97.
Much stress should not be laid on the number of Measles reported, as it is usually a harmless disease and its spread does not reflect upon the sanitary condition of the city; but the Diphtheria and Typhoid, although by no means excessive, show a condition which is not the best, but one that will greatly improve as our sewer system is extended.
Medical Supervision of Schools.
It is the opinion of the board and those members of the School Committee with whom we have talked, that some pro- vision should hereafter be made so that a system of medical supervision of the school children could be carried out more extensively in the future than has been done in the past.
Parents do not exercise sufficient care in keeping their children out of school when they show any symptoms of a con- tagious or infectious disease that is prevalent in their neighbor- hood.
Scavenger Work.
Previous to this season the City Scavenger has been obliged to dump his cesspool and vault matter in any out of the way place he could procure. These places have been a constantly growing source of complaint until it became necessary to abolish this system and do something different.
The Sewer Department, at our solicitation, constructed a catch-basin close by and connected with a man hole, into which
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all the cesspool and vault matter, that does not contain ashes and other foreign material, has been discharged since July of this year.
This manner of disposition has worked successfully so far, and it seems probable that we have found the solution of this trouble.
It is necessary however, that all ashes, tin cans, rags, bottles, etc., should be kept out of the vaults in order that this system can meet with the best success.
We have at present this one catch-basin, located at the end of Gilmore street in Ward Five, which is quite convenient to Wollaston and parts of Atlantic and Quincy centre, and as soon as the sewer is sufficiently extended, two or three more should be constructed in other parts of the city as it will be many years before the sewer is sufficiently patronized to dispense with this service.
Forty eight licenses, granting the privilege to cart swill through the city, were issued this year. This swill business grows less year by year as the Boston source of supply is cut off and will soon be limited to the removal of our own production.
Garbage Contracts.
A new contract for the disposal of the city garbage was made this year on more advantageous terms than heretofore.
The plan of letting out by contract the collection of garbage from Houghs Neck has worked very successfully this season in that there have been no complaints from this locality.
Both of these contracts were made after soliciting sealed bids and were given to the highest bidder.
As this plan, of letting out by contract the collection of garbage from the Houghs Neck district, has worked so well, we would recommend the soliciting of sealed bids for the collection of the entire city garbage, the same to be done under the super- vision of the Board of Health, if said contracts can be made to the city's advantage.
Collection of Garbage.
The present force of two teams and three men used in the collection of garbage from the whole city is inadequate for the work demanded.
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Collections are made from 1084 houses and stores, twice each week throughout the year and three times each week from many of the stores and markets during the summer season. We are obliged to refuse many applying for this service, even though the teams work overtime almost every day ; and now that the city employes work but eight hours a day it is impossible to maintain this service, with any credit to the city and satisfaction to its people, without more equipment.
Dumps.
In addition to the two public dumps already in use, a third has been established in an old slate quarry at Norfolk Downs, through the kindness of the owner. This dump meets a growing demand from this locality.
Brooks and Drains.
In order that the work of cleaning the brooks and drains may be performed to the best advantage, the appropriation for this purpose should be made to the Board of Health, and not to the Commissioner of Public Works. This work, by the statute laws, must be performed by this department, and it is decidedly unreasonable to appropriate the money to some other depart- ment.
Public Hearings.
During the month of May six charges were preferred against the Inspector of Plumbing. A public hearing was held which extended through ten evenings, after which, by a majority vote, the board decided the charges were not sufficiently sustained to warrant the Inspector's discharge.
A public hearing was given those people of Quincy who live and have business interests in the neighborhood of Willard and Crescent streets and Bates avenue, relative to nuisances present in their vicinity. The board had recognized these con- ditions, and had been unable to remedy them for two reasons :
First- All the money that the Board of Health has had to spend for brooks and drains, in the last ten years, would hardly suffice for this one undertaking.
Second-Believing these nuisances in question to have been
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caused in a great measure by the negligence of the Street depart- ment of years gone by, in allowing the water courses to be filled up, the board had expended its efforts in trying to have this work done by the Street department.
The expenditure of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), the most money that could be expended by the board in any one year to abate a nuisance, without a previous appropriation, would complete such a small part of the work, that it seemed advisable to wait such a time as the City Council would appropriate suffi- cient money to complete the work in one year.
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