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Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$1,943.95
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910 .... $1,008.40 Amount collected during year 1910. . 621.28 $621.28
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911 ....
$387.12
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Particular Sewers on Commitment Book of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910. ... $1,545.08
Amount collected during year 1910. . 861.55 $861.55
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$683.53
Committed Interest on Particular Sewers on Commitment Book of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910. ... $184.45 Amount collected during year 1910. . 99.39 $99.39
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ..
$85.06
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910. ... $73.58
Amount collected during year 1910. . 40.79
$40.79
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911.
. .
$32.79
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910. ... $13.53
Amount collected during year 1910. . 6.77
$6.77
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$6.76
Street Watering of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910. ... $1,871.06
Amount collected during year 1910. . 1,256.50
$1,256.50
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911 ...
$614.56
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Gypsy Moth Assessments of 1909.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1910 .... $733.00 Amount collected during year 1910. . 543.05 $543.05
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911.
. . .
$189.95
Tax of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$672,267.50
Amount abated during year 1910 ...
3,407.50
Balance
$668,860.00
Amount collected during year 1910. . 387,062.31 $387,062.31
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. . .$281,797.69 Amount of interest collected. $239.62
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$7,149.59
Amount abated during year 1910 ...
.09
Balance
$7,149.50
Amount collected during year 1910. . 3,336.08 $3,336.08
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ..
$3,813.42
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of
1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$1,745.94
Amount collected during year 1910. .
756.38
$756.38
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$989.56
310
Particular Sewers on Commitment Book of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$2,829.74
Amount collected during year 1910. . 1,025.44 $1,025.44
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. . ..
$1,804.30
Committed Interest on Particular Sewers on Commitment Book of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$351.80
Amount abated during year 1910 ... .06
Balance
$351.74
Amount collected during year 1910. . 154.65
$154.65
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$197.09
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$81.53
Amount collected during year 1910. . 12.51
$12.51
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. . . $69.02
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$19.51
Amount collected during year 1910. . 1.35
$1.35
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$18.16
311
Street Watering of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$4,193.28
Amount collected during year 1910. . 2,348.37 $2,348.37
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$1,844.91
Gypsy Moth Assessments of 1910.
Total amount committed by Assess-
ors
$1,043.62
Amount abated during year 1910. .. .30
Balance
$1,043.32
Amount collected during year 1910. . 580.82
$580.82
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1911. ...
$462.50
Excise Tax of 1910.
Amount committed by Assessors, viz:
Old Colony Street Railway Co. $5,048.85
Amount collected during year 1910. . 5,048.85 $5,048.85
Sewers.
Amount collected during year 1910 on Sewer Construction $6,175.03
Amount of interest collected during year 1910. . 68.81
Amount collected during year 1910 on Sewer Connection 4,299.62
Amount of interest collected during year 1910 .. 15.58
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Permanent Sidewalks.
Amount collected during year 1910 on Perma-
nent Sidewalks $1,499.97
Amount of interest collected during year 1910. . .82
Costs collected during year 1910 2,104.11
Total amount of cash collected during year 1910 $730,907.40
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. O'HARA,
Collector of Taxes.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Quincy, Mass., March 10, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor of Quincy:
I hereby submit my report for the year ending 1910.
Scales Examined.
Platform over 5,000 1bs.
8
Platform under 5,000 Ibs.
20
Counter balance
29
Spring balance
64
Balance scales
2
Beam over 1,000 lbs.
1
Computing scales
14
Scales condemned
0
Weights examined
294
Weights found (large) heavy
6
Weights found light
12
Weights condemned
3
Yard measures
33
Oil and molasses pumps
8
Miscellaneous charges
.30
Slot weighing machines 1
314
Measures Examined.
Dry measures
74
Dry measures, large
0
Dry measures, small
2
Dry measures, condemned
5
Wet measures
90
Wet measures, large
0
Wet measures, small
1
Wet measures, condemned
3
Total for testing
$33.55
Cash paid City Treasurer
33.55
The amount expended was as follows:
1910.
Feb. 23, Allen Bros.
$16.65
June 3, W. & L. E. Gurley
4.20
June 3, N. Y. B. Dep. Co.
.15
June 3, F. F. Greene
5.06
June 3, Quincy Hack & Stable Co.
15.00
June 3, Commonwealth of Mass.
10.00
June 3, Adams Express Co.
.20
Dec. 15, S. Penniman & Son
12.00
Dec. 15, John S. Krocher
25.00
Dec. 15, M. I. Gatcomb, use of horse and ex- pense of office
36.74
Total $125.00
Yours respectfully,
MAURICE I. GATCOMB,
Sealer of Weights and Measures ..
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Board of health
January 1, 1911.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
The Board of Health respectfully submit their annual report for the year 1910.
The organization of the Board was as follows :-
William H. Callahan, Chairman,
Francis Ramon Burke, M. D., Secretary,
Cornelius M. Duggan.
The Inspectors of the Board were as follows :-
Edward J. Lennon, Sanitary Inspector, .J. J. Keniley, Inspector of Plumbing, James F. Allan, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Edward J. Murphy, Inspector of Milk.
The appropriations for maintaining the department were as follows :-
Care of Brooks $500.00 Collection of Ashes 3,000.00
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Collection of Garbage 4,500.00
Scavenger Equipment
3,000.00
Scavenger Maintenance
3,000.00
Abating Nuisances, Contagious Diseases and Miscellaneous 6,277.11
Sanitary Inspection 780.00
Clerical Services
520.00
GARBAGE.
The collection of garbage has been carried on the same as in previous years except that more teams have been necessary and the expenditure has been slightly larger. At times we have been able to use one of the scavenger horses for helping out on the collection of garbage. During the winter months it has been necessary to put on two extra teams at one time and we have been able to make use of the horses used in the Scavenger Department.
ASHES.
The collection of ashes since October, 1910, has not been done by contract work, but the city has collected the ashes with its own teams. During the winter months some of the horses of the Scavenger Department have been avail- able for this purpose. More ashes are being collected than in any year previous and we presume that the amount will steadily increase in the future.
SCAVENGER WORK.
Previous to 1910 the scavenger work of the city was done by contract under the direction of the Board of Health. This method has not proven satisfactory. In May, 1910, the city appropriated $3,000.00 for equipping an outfit for the
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carrying on of the scavenger work under the direction of the Board of Health. At the same time $2,500.00 was appro- priated for the running expenses, this being necessary until some return should come in from the work. In December this appropriation was exhausted and it was found necessary to have $500.00 transferred from the receipts of the depart- ment to carry on the work for the balance of the year. An equipment was purchased consisting of five horses, two tank wagons, two double vault wagons, one single vault wagon, one single tool wagon, one pump with fittings, harnesses, blankets, disinfectant and sundries at an expenditure of $3,000.00. One of the double vault wagons was very small, but it was all we could buy with the balance that was left. It has proved inefficient. The work started May 23, 1910. Up to January 1, 1911, there has been expended $2,963.96. There have been 645 orders filled to date, 20 orders now on hand and not done. Bills to the amount of $2,625.00 have been sent out by the Board. This shows an expenditure of about $375.00 in excess of the work done. This being the first year that this work was undertaken it took some time before the department was running smoothly and much valu- able time was lost at the start. The method of having the scavenger department directly in the hands of the city has proved most satisfactory. Orders are filled promptly, work is done satisfactorily. If the Board had had a satisfactory double vault wagon they would not have been so handi- capped.
NUISANCES.
The abatement of nuisances the past year has been carried on much as in previous years. Complaints received at the office were promptly investigated and abated. Five hundred and eighty-six inspections were made by the Sani- tary Inspector. One hundred and twenty-eight premises
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have been ordered put in proper sanitary condition and fifty- three premises ordered connected with the public sewer. Five hundred and twelve vaults and two hundred and sev- enty-four cesspools have been cleaned by the city since they assumed the scavenger work in May.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.
The work of medical inspection of schools has been carried on as in former years. There are five inspectors engaged in this work and each school is visited once each week. One hundred and thirty-six children have been exam- ined, twenty-three excluded and forty-four given notes to parents or advised to see their family physician. We wish to again recommend that the compensation of the five in- spectors now engaged in the work be increased to two hundred dollars.
LICENSES GRANTED.
The following licenses were granted by the Board in 1910 :-
Undertakers 9
Garbage
6
Tallow 2
Stables, permits granted to erect 10
Stables, permits granted to occupy 8
Stables, applications laid on table 3
Stables, applications refused 2
No. of houses disinfected for diphtheria 39
No. of houses disinfected for scarlet fever 44
No. of houses disinfected for tuberculosis 34
No. of houses disinfected for cerebro-spinal meningitis. 1
No. of schoolhouses disinfected 1
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
In the spring of this year a tuberculosis camp was started in Quincy enabling the city of Quincy to take care of many of its tubercular patients. Previously it has been necessary to send these patients away from Quincy and in many cases the expense has been very heavy. Although this hospital will only accommodate nine permanent patients, it has proved a great help to the Board of Health as well as a public safeguard in the spread of tuberculosis. The city pays $1.00 a day to this camp for its patients. The tubercu- losis patients that cannot be accommodated there have been sent to hospitals outside of Quincy as formerly. It is to be hoped that some day in the near future the city of Quincy will maintain such a hospital itself which can accommodate many more patients than the present hospital is able to do. Regarding contagious diseases other than tuberculosis, in the city of Quincy the past year, the number of cases re- ported have been practically the same as for the past two or three years, even although the city has grown exceedingly in population.
The Board recommends the establishment of a special contagious hospital in the City of Quincy for the care of all contagious diseases except tuberculosis and small pox.
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BY MONTHS
1910.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Deaths,
Diphtheria,
4 2
5
3
0
3
2
2
5 14
4 2 26
2 2
27 3
Measles
49 78 70 20 14 15
9
812
922307 4
Cerebro Spinal Meningi- tis
0 0
1
0 0
0
0
0 2
0 1
0 0
0 1 2 0 3944
Tuberculosis,
510
6
3
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
Opthalmia Neonatorum
0 1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
Whooping Cough
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2 0
4
15
1
Chicken Pox
5 0 3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
14
0.
Anterior Poliomyelitis
0|
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
5
0
Total,
79 96 88 41 30 22 14 11 27 42 19 69 538 58
3
Scarlet Fever,
·
10
2 21110
3
0
1
1
110 9
·
1
0
1100
0
Small pox
0 0
0
0
0
0
1 0 3
411
55
72 3
Typhoid Fever
320
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
By Wards.
1910
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Lo Ward 5
+ Ward 6
55
Scarlet Fever
9
13
6
5
30
9
72
Typhoid Fever
4
6
2
9
4
2
27
Measles
97
54
41
23
78
14
307
Cerebro Spinal Menin- gitis
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Tuberculosis
7
4
10
10
5
3
39
Small Pox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Opthalmia Neonatorum
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
Whooping Cough
1
4
7
3
0
0
15
Chicken Pox
2
6
1
1
1
3
14
Anterior Poliomyelitis
0
0
3
0
1
1
5
Fotal
126
99
78
78
121
36
538
Total
Diphtheria
6
10
7
26
322
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
For Last Ten Years.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
Diphtheria
104
82
60
71
91
70
78
136
71
55
Scarlet Fever
24
17
25
32
46
53
50
67
44
72
Typhoid Fever
47
29
27
13
32
11
22
32
22
27
Measles
40 316 128 109
16 378
37
59
141
307
Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis
1
1
1
1
9
1
4
2
1 46
1
Tuberculosis
0
0
0
40
44
48
34
57
39
Small Pox
6
13
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Opthalmia Neona-
torum
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
3
3
Whooping Cough
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
19
15
Chicken Pox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
8
14
Anterior Poliomy-
elitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
Total
222 458 241 266 241 563 231 365 357
538
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RETURN OF DEATHS.
Death rate 11.05 per 1,000, based on population of 32,642.
Total number of deaths from all causes (exclusive of
381 still-births)
Still-births 32
Deaths by Sexes (Still-births excluded).
Number of deaths of males 201
Number of deaths of females 180
Deaths by Months (Still-births excluded).
Deaths in January .... 31 Deaths in July. 27
Deaths in February .. 35 Deaths in August. 43
Deaths in March. 39 Deaths in September. . 34
Deaths in April 34 Deaths in October. ... 21
Deaths in May 26 Deaths in November .. 30
Deaths in June 26 Deaths in December ... 35
Causes of Death (Still-births excluded).
Deaths from phthisis or consumption 44
from small-pox
0
from measles
4
from scarlet fever 3
from diphtheria and croup
3
from whooping cough 1
from typhoid fever
3
from cerebro-spinal meningitis
0
from erysipelas 2
from puerperal fevers 4
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from influenza 0
from malarial fevers
0
from cholera infantum 5
from dysentery 2
from diarrhoea and cholera morbus 21
from pneumonia 58
from bronchitis
4
from diseases of the heart 69
from diseases of the brain and spinal cord 32
from diseases of the kidneys 12
from cancer
18
from tetanus
1
from diabetes
4
from septicaemia
1
from appendicitis * 1
Deaths from Violence.
Deaths from homicide 3
from suicide 6
from accident
19
from unknown or ill-defined causes 26
from all other | causes not specified above (still- births excluded) 35
381
Deaths by Ages (Still-births excluded).
Males Females Total
Deaths of persons under one year 47 39
86
from one to two years
9
9
18
from two to three years
3
0
3
from three to four years
1
3
1
from four to five years
0 0
0
325
from five to ten years
4
7
11
from ten to fifteen years
2
1
3
from fifteen to twenty years
7
5
12
from twenty to thirty years
16
10
26
from thirty to forty years
15
13
28
from forty to fifty years
16
12
28
from fifty to sixty years
22
12
34
from sixty to seventy years
21
27
48
from seventy to eighty years
24
26
50
over eighty years
13
15
28
ages unknown
1
1
2
Total
201
180
381
Deaths According to Nationality.
American
250
Provincial
29
Foreign
98
Unknown
4
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. CALLAHAN, Chairman.
FRANCIS RAMON BURKE, Secretary.
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INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1911.
To the Board of Health,
Gentlemen,
As Inspector of Plumbing in the City of Quincy, I have the honor to submit to you my sixteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1910.
Number of permits issued 650
Nature of Buildings.
Dwelling houses
408
Factories
4
Stores
5
Pool room
1
Sanatorium
1 3
Laundries
Offices
7
Business block
Schools
Club houses
Garage
1
Steamboat landing
1
Milk room
1
Churches
2
New beach cottages
124
Old beach cottages 53
Railroad station 1
1 2 2
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New dwellings connected with sewer 124
Old dwellings connected with sewer 187
New dwellings connected with cesspools 62
Old dwellings connected with cesspools 35
Alterations and additions to existing plumbing 26 Permits cancelled 7
The regulations adopted by your Board obliging the installing of water-closets in all buildings where city water can be obtained has in my opinion removed a great nuisance, as vault closets are no longer allowed to be erected where this regulation can be enforced. The use of Flushometer Valves for the flushing of water-closets where they receive their supply direct from the pressure should not be allowed as they do not work properly when connected in this man- ner, the pressure being too great for the proper working of the valve. If they are supplied from a tank the result is different and the closet receives a proper flush. The Board of Health is empowered by the ordinance to decide what device is proper for the flushing of water-closets other than a tank. I would recommend that no water-closet be allowed to be flushed direct from the city pressure.
I would also recommend that that part of the ordinance which calls for the proper construction of a box around cleanouts when placed under the cellar bottom be inserted in the building laws as this work is done by the builder and should be placed in the ordinance governing his work.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) J. J. KENILEY,
Inspector of Plumbing.
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INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS.
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1911.
To the Board of Health,
Gentlemen,
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Meats and . Provisions for the year ending December 31, 1910.
Number of inspections 222
Number of licenses renewed 34
Number of new licenses granted 25
1 beef carcass (inspected at slaughter) 950 lbs.
1 veal carcass (inspected at slaughter) 96 1bs.
6 swine carcasses (inspected at slaughter) (est'd) 1,050 1bs.
Number pounds of beef seized 63 1bs.
Number pounds of poultry seized 14 lbs.
Number pounds of veal seized 17 1bs.
Number pounds of fruit seized 6 lbs.
I would here recommend, if constitutional, to charge a fee for each hawker's permit, the money to be turned into the City Treasury. This would have the effect of keeping out of the city many undesirable pedlars.
I wish to thank the Police Department for the splendid work they have done the past year in guarding the entrances to the city, especially at Atlantic, thus compelling hawkers to either come to City Hall and get a license or keep out of the city. To the Chairman and members of the Board of Health, I tender my thanks for the many courtesies received during the year.
Respectfully yours, JAMES F. ALLAN,
Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
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INSPECTOR OF MILK.
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1911.
To the Board of Health of the City of Quincy.
I have the honor to submit the following report for the year 1910.
Appropriation
$50.00
Apr. 5, Lyman A. Chapin, supplies $ .70
Aug. 15, Spargo Print 2.00
Dec. 6, Clerical services 5.00
Dec. 30, Geo. W. Prescott Co. 5.00
Postage, transportation, etc. 37.30
$50.00
No. licensed to peddle milk
64
No. stores licensed to sell milk
58
No. licensed to sell oleomargerine
5
Amount received from fees and turned over to City Treasurer $42.50
During the past year I have inspected practically every cow stable in the city and with few exceptions found both stables and cows in good condition.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) E. J. MURPHY,
Inspector of Milk.
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Report of Inspector of Animals
Quincy, Mass., March 1, 1911.
Hon. William T. Shea, Mayor.
Dear Sir : As Inspector of Animals, I present the follow- ing report for the past year :
Cows -- By order of Dr. Peters, chief of the Cattle Bureau, an inspection of the cows in the city was made in November, 1910. In February, 1911, another inspection was made under order of Mr. Fred Walker, the new chief of the Cattle Bureau. Three Quincy cows have been killed for tuberculosis. An im- proved condition in the care of cows is noted, bedding being more generally used, with greater cleanliness resulting.
DoGs-Early in 1910 there was one case of dumb rabies.
HORSES-We have had an unusual number of cases of glanders which necessitated the State's closing the watering troughs of the city. Eleven cases from five wards have been killed. Adjoining towns have also suffered from this epidemic. Mange has been added to the list of diseases which must be reported to the State. Three stables containing mange have been reported.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS ABELE, JR.
Inspector of Animals.
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Report of City Solicitor
Quincy, Mass., February 1, 1911.
Hon. William T. Shea, Mayor.
Dear Sir : The work of this department during the past years has been largely of a routine nature, such as attending sessions of the City Council, rendering oral and written opin- ions to the Council and its Committees, preparing city con- tracts, advising the various city administrative officials as to matters pertaining to their respective departments, adjustment of minor claims for damages on account of injuries to person and property, and attending hearings before Legislative Com- mittees.
Perhaps the most important matter this department has had to do with during the past year, was the re-apportionment of the Metropolitan Park District expenses for the next five years. Early in the year the Supreme Court appointed Ernest H. Vaughan, Esq., of Worcester, Charles G. Bancroft, Esq., of Natick and Frederick B. Hall, Esq., of Taunton, Apportion- ment Commissioners. Hearings were given by the Commis- sioners to all the cities and towns of the district. These hear- ings commenced in the latter part of the Spring and were not
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completed till late in the Fall. The report of the Commis- sioners was made early this year, and was confirmed by a Single Justice of said Court-an appeal taken to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court by the cities of Boston and Cambridge from the portion of the report dealing with the expense of the Charles River Basin. So far as Quincy is concerned the findings of the Commissioners does not materially change its proportion of said expenses except as to the item of Boulevard expenses. The Commissioners increased the amount those municipalities hav- ing boulevards should pay, and as a boulevard seems somewhat as a town or city way, there is considerable justice in the posi - tion taken by the Commissioners.
The city is still waiting to hear from the Grade Crossing Commission, as to its decision on the Saville and Water Streets crossings. The Commission gave several hearings during 1910 to the city's expert Prof. Breed, and the railroad engineer, but evidently are still unable to decide on the method of abolishing these crossings. The city has done all it can do in the prem - ises until it hears from the Commission.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. McANARNEY,
City Solicitor.
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Report of Park Commissioners
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The report of the Board of Park Commissioners for the year of 1910 is hereby submitted.
Members met early in March and organized as follows : Chairman, Dexter E. Wadsworth; Secy., Charles E. Gill.
On April 7th, death removed from our midst Mr. Wads- worth. It was a great loss to the City of Quincy and the community at large.
The vacancy on the Board was filled by the appointment of Mr. Herbert T. Whitman. Reorganized as follows: Chair- man, Charles E. Gill; Secy. Robert E. Foy.
Parks and playgrounds were ready for use in April. New backstops and appurtenances were built on several of the ball fields of a more substantial nature than in the past and should be permanent and lasting. Ball fields at Wards 3 and 6 were improved by filling and grading, a much needed im- provement.
Public Bath House accommodated over 21,000 bathers dur- ing the summer season, but many women and children were unable to take advantage of the bathing privileges owing to lack of accommodations, and again we urge the necessity of an addition to the present building with at least room for 75 additional lockers for the use of women and children.
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This building has been connected with the sewer thus im- proving the unsanitary conditions.
A part of the bathing beach was sanded and the result has been very satisfactory. Work of that nature should be continued by next year's board.
A small appropriation should be made by The Council to im- prove the approach to the bath house.
The approach at the present time is inconvenient and un- satisfactory.
Some progress has been made with skating ponds. Sever- al locations have been secured from private parties who are public spirited enough to give the use of their property to the public and the board hopes in time to make arrangements for at least one skating pond in each ward and by so doing encourage this healthful and popular winter sport.
Almost no active work has been done for several years in the way of planting trees and shrubs in our parks and play- grounds. We suggest that an appropriation be made for that purpose.
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