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8,000 Michigan State Tel. Co. 5's and 32 shares preferred 8,400 00
120 Shares Pennsylvania R. R. 7,200 00
66 Shares Fitchburg R. R. (Preferred)
7,260 00
27 Shares Boston & Albany R. R. 4,900 00
16 Shares American Tel. & Tel. Co. 1,712 00
9 Shares Central Vermont R. R. 500 00
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Sheen property, Greenleaf Street
6,826 92
Linden Street House
2,868 64
Hardwick property, Quarry Street
4,000 00
Collateral Loans
7,400 00
Mortgage Loans
206,200 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1912
3,279 49
$299,126 05
Respectfully submitted, HENRY F. TILDEN, Treasurer Woodward Fund.
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Police Department
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
To His Honor, Eugene R. Stone, Mayor of the City of Quincy :
I herewith submit the annual report of the Police De- partment of the City of Quincy, for the year ending December 31,1912:
ROSTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
January 1, 1912.
Chief of Police
Frank E. Burrell
Captain
Daniel R. McKay
Lieutenant
Mark E. Hanson
Inspector
Alfred W. Goodhue
Sergeant
Ernest H. Bishop John T. Larkin
PATROLMEN.
James W. Murray
Charles Olson
Jeremiah Hinchon
Daniel H. Doran
Timothy J. Golden
Edward Johnson Patrick A. Milford
Charles T. Crooker Michael Donovan
Claes A. Broberg
Henry F. Riley Jeremiah Dinneen Daniel J. Ford John P. Duffy George F. Phillips John J. Duane
Sergeant
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David L. Farrell Henry F. Corbett
Henry W. Thorne John J. Avery
Jeremiah D. Dooghe
CHAUFFEURS.
George A. Cahill, James H. Whelan
WAGON MAN.
John Halloran.
RESERVE POLICE.
Thomas A. Malone
Daniel M. Shea
Michael F. Canavan
Joseph A. Delorey
Alexander T. Black
James McNamara William J. Hebert George W. Fallon Joseph F. Sweeney Nils Dahlberg
SPECIAL POLICE.
Edward J. Sandberg
David L. Gordon
Calvin T. Dyer
Samuel J. DeForrest
William J. DeCoste
Jeremiah J. Connolly Charles J. A. Nelson
Malcom C. Stewart
Henry J. Matthews
Total number of arrests 1.257
SEX.
Male 1,209
Female
44
Married
482
Single
771
Adults
1,146
187
Minors Residents Non-residents
107
960
293
OFFENCES.
Adultery
4
Assault and battery
78
Assault on officer /
8
Assault with weapon
7
Assault with intent to rape
5
Abduction
1
Admitting minors to poolroom
3
Assuming to be practioner of medicine(
2
Attempt to break and enter
3
Attempt to extort money
3
Attempt to rescue prisoner
1
Bastady
20
Bicycle riding on the sidewalk
2
Board of Health Rule, violating
1
Breaking and entering
1
Breaking, entering and larceny
11
Breaking and entering with intent to steal
1
City Ordinance, violating
7
Contempt of Court
1
Cruelty to animals
4
Criminal libel
1
Default
20
Dipsomaniac
1
Disorderly conduct on public conveyance
12
Disturbing the peace
25
Drunkeness,
673
Entering with intent to steal
1
Evading car fare
11
1
Attempt at larceny from the person
4
Being present at a game on the Lord's Day
188
False statement made to Assessors
Fish and Game laws, violating Fornication
Gaming nuisance
1
Gaming on Lord's Day
34
Giving short weight
1
Hunting, unlicensed
5
Hunting on Lord's Day
4
Idle and disorderly
8
Illegal use of milk cans
9
Illegal use of registered bottles
2
Indecent exposure
1
Keeping unlicensed dog
5
Larceny
51
Larceny, attempt
·
1
Larceny in a building
1
Lascivious act
1
Lewd and lascivious
2
Lord's Day, working without permit
2
Malicious injury Realty
3
Malicious to personal property
1
Murder
1.
Neglect to pay poll tax
1
Neglect of family
13
Neglect to send child to school
7
Out of town, officers, arrest for
7
Operating engine unlicensed
1.
Operating auto while intoxicated
1
Operating auto without right
1
Peddling without license
4
I robation, violation of,
10
Practicing medicine, unlicensed
2
Railer and brawler
4
Rape
3
Revolver, carrying unlicensed
Robbery
1 6
4
189
Safe keeping, Persons locked up for Selling leased property
3
Stubbornness
3
Selling vegetables other than by weight
1
Threat to assault
5
Tramp
15
Trespass
1
Trespass of fowl
4
Vagrant
32
Violation of park rules
2
Violation of plumbing ordinance
1
Walking on railroad tracks
1
NATIVITY OF PERSONS ARRESTED.
Austria
2
Australia
1
Canada
23
Cape Breton
2
England
27
Finland
91
Greece
3
Ireland
190
Italy
127
New Brunswick
3
Nova Scotia
33
Norway
9
Prince Edward Island
15
Poland
1
Russia
39
Scotland
32
Spain
1
Sweden
36
Syria
18
Turkey
1
14
9
Violation of auto laws
190
United States Wales West Indies Germany
580
1
1
12
Amount of fines imposed
$7,729 80
Amount of fines paid
4,295 80
POLICE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Number of telephone calls 3,534
Number of auto patrol calls 1,110
68
Raids 16
Number of miles covered by auto ambulance and police
patrol 4,684
DISPOSITION OF OFFENCES.
Appealed from sentence
36
Appealed from fine 26
Appealed from fine withdrawn
1
Appealed from sentence withdrawn
1
Bound to the peace
3
Committed to institutions 155
Committed to House of Correction on sentence 15
Committed to House of Correction in default of fine 87
Committed to Dedham Jail in default of bail 26
Committed to State Farm, Bridgewater
13
Committed to Woman's Prison, Sherborn
1
Committed to Girl's Industrial School, Lancaster
1
Committed to Concord Reformatory
1
Committed to House of Good Shepherd
1
Defaulted
120
Defaults removed
23
Delivered to out of town officers
7
Delivered to friends
.
7
Number of ambulance calls
191
Discharged
32:
Dismissed complaints
62
Dismissed for want of prosecution
7
Dismissed for want of probable cause
2
Fined
767
Fines remitted
3
Hearing on liquor seizures
11
Held for Grand Jury
24
Held for Superior Court
2
Paid fines
387
Paid costs of prosecution
24
Placed on probation
41
Released at Police Station
123
Released at District Court
2
Sentence suspended
20
Suspension revoked
18
Settled by mutual agreement
2
Cases now pending
182.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Accidents reported
12
Accidents investigated
6
Auto law violations
122
Boats found adrift
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Bicycles stolen, recovered
4
Bridges unsafe, reported
2
Breaks in buildings discovered
4
Complaints investigated
87
Cow found astray
1
Catch basin covers reported out of order
2
Dangerous places reported
11
Dangerous electric wires reported
18
Defects in streets reported
30
Defects in sidewalk reported
22
Defects in water gate reported
3.
192
Dead bodies found
2
Demented persons cared for
5
Disturbances suppressed without arrest
39
Dogs killed
159
Doors found unsecured
285
Fire alarm boxes found open
27
Fire alarm boxes, glass found broken
27
Fire alarm given
8
Fire alarm given. Still alarm
4
Fires discovered
10
Fires extinguished without alarm
10
Goods left out at night and reported
10
Gas leaks in street reported
3
Horses found astray
10
Horses found cast in stall
6
Horses found loose in stall
3
Horses, runaway caught
3
Horses killed
2
Hydrants out of order reported
6
Injured persons cared for
4
Keys found in store doors
4
Lanterns displayed in dangerous places
28
Leaks in water mains reported
41
Lights reported out. Arc.
170
Lights reported out. Series.
2,323
Lights reported out. Gas.
229
Lights reported out all night on moon schedule
7
Lights reported out on moon schedule, part of night
12
Lost children returned to parents
25
Obstructions removed from street
21
Obstructions removed from sidewalk
15
Obstruction in street reported
3
Obstruction on sidewalk reported
3
Runaway boys cared for
3
Sick persons cared for
8
193
Suspicious places reported
6
1
116
3
REPORT OF CAPTAIN DANIEL R. MCKAY.
Number of cases investigated
400
Number of fires attended 19
8
Total amount of stolen property recovered
$2,777 75
REPORT OF INSPECTOR ALFRED W. GOODHUE.
Enforcement of the Liquor Law.
Number of cases before the Court
38
Exposing and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors 5
Keeping common liquor nuisance
16
Keeping common gaming nuisance
3
Violation of Express Iaw. Delivery with knowledge of intent to sell 1
Sale of intoxicating liquor
2
Warrants taken out, but not served
2
Dismissed for want of prosecution
6
Imprisonment imposed. Six months, House of Correc- tion 1
Discharged
2
Amount of fines imposed
$1,446 20
RECAPITULATION.
Total number of arrests for the year 1,253
Amount of fines imposed.
$7,729 00
Amount of fines paid $4,295 80
Amount of cash turned over to City Treasurer
3,684 29
Water running to waste reported Windows reported unfastened Stolen auto recovered
Lost children returned to parents
194
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The City has grown so fast that the use of the Automo- bile Ambulance and Patrol has now become a necessity. A touring car with a capacity of five or six passengers would be great addition to the Department. The present car IS badly in need of painting and the running parts should be given a thorough overhauling.
The necessity of an increase in the Police Force is very apparent. Squantum, Atlantic, the Quarry District, the Fore River District, and the Park and Downs locality at Wollaston have all asked for additional protection and I think that some of them at least should be granted. The City Square beat should be a fixed post, where a man could be sure to be found at any hour of the day or night. Montclair is also putting in a claim for more protection.
The Police Station should be given a thorough renovation, particularly the cell room, which has not been painted since it was first occupied as a Police Station. I take this opportunity to thank His Honor the Mayor, the several heads of depart- ments, His Honor, Judge Albert E. Avery, the Court officials and the several newspapers for their fair and impartial reports of the various cases coming under their observation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. BURRELL, Chief of Police.
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Public Burial Places
January 1, 1913.
Hon. Eugene R. Stone, Mayor.
Dear Sir :-
The Board of Managers of Public Burial Places respect- fully present the following report for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The Board organized in February with Mr. Albert W. Fay as chairman, and Mr. John Q. Cudworth as clerk.
The appropriation for the care and maintenance of Mount Wollaston Cemetery has been judiciously expended. More in- terest is being taken each year by the lot holders, and we sug- gest that the appropriation be increased in order that much needed improvements may be made. If this is allowed much more could be done in regrading the old sections, especially near the entrance. The ponds should also be cleaned, and walled.
There is urgent need of a new tomb, the present one being in no way adapted to the requirements.
The water mains were extended the past year, and this improvement was greatly appreciated.
We call special attention to the single grave section. The demand has been so great that there will be only enough graves to meet the requirement of the present year. We rec-
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ommend that the adjoining property be purchased for this pur- pose, as it is an advantage to have this section in one part of the cemetery.
The Charles E. French Fund furnishes the only income for the care of Hancock Cemetery, which has been cared for as well as possible with this amount.
The resources, receipts, and expenditures of the depart- ment are as follows :
Balance on hand January 1, 1912
$8 05
Appropriation
1,335 65
Regrading and Foundation receipts
$7,095.28
$4,568 25
Payrolls
1,310 00
Salaries
98 61
Office Expenditures
686 54
Equipment and Maintenance
$6,663 40
Balance on hand January 1, 1913
$431 88
RECEIPTS PAID TO THE CITY TREASURER.
$1,999 00
Care of lots
2,561 00
Lots sold
475 00
Graves sold
1,247 00
Graves opened
130 00
Miscellaneous receipts
4,750 00
Income from Trust Funds
1,001 58
$6,412 00
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PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1911
$30,488 00
Plus amount added in 1912
3,025 00
$33,513 00
Plus accrued interest
1,229 79
$34,742 79
Amount paid for care of lots
1,229 79
Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1912
$33,513 00
C. E. JOHNSON FUND.
Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1911
$150 00
Plus accrued interest
6 06
$156 06
Less amount paid for care of lot
6 06
Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1912
150 00
CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND.
Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1911
$3,000 00
Plus accrued interest 99 80
$3,099 80
Amount paid for care Hancock Cemetery
99 80
Amount of Fund Dec. 31, 1912 $3,000 00
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STATISTICS.
Total number of interments, 1912
296
Mount Wollaston Cemetery
293
Hancock Cemetery
3
Adults
193
Under 21 years of age
103
Died in Quincy
215
Died in other places
81
Total number of lots cared for
874
By Perpetual Care
256
By yearly contract
618
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT W. FAY, Chairman.
ALFRED O. DIACK,
JOHN L. HAMILTON,
CHARLES C. HEAR'N,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
JOHN Q. CUDWORTH, Clerk.
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Report of Overseer of Door
January 1, 1913.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The Overseer of the Poor in compliance with the city ordinances respectfully presents his report for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The calls for aid have increased this year, the average number in our City Home was increased and the calls for tem- porary aid were more than in previous years.
I wish to acknowledge the co-operation and assistance of the various charitable organizations of the city and also the Associated Charities.
During the year, Dr. Henry C. Hallowell, who for many years has been City Physician, died. Dr. Hallowell was a man who will be greatly missed by the people of Quincy and es- pecially by the poor, to whom he rendered faithful service for many years. He was a man of tender heart, ready at all times to meet the wants of the poor.
Our Almshouse is in fairly good condition, the Super- intendent and Matron have endeavored to keep it up to the re- quirements.
A detailed statement of the cost of the Almshouse and Outside Poor will be found in the following statement. .I st
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The following is the financial statement for the year :
Appropriation Transfer
$13,000 00 2,535 89
Expended Outside Poor
$9,414 11 $15,535 89
Expended Almshouse . 5,808 19
Total Expenditures to Dec. 31, 1912
15,222 30
Balance
$313 59
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Burials
$15 00
Carriages and Ambulance Service
2 50
Clothing and supplies
277 23
Coal
489 01
Express
1 40
Fish
82 12
Furniture
110 24
Grain
308 52
Groceries
3,883 96
Hardware and supplies
73 56
Ice
83 75
Lighting
190 27
Medicine
54 34
Medical attendance
5 00
Papers
16 50
Plumbing and repairs
47 82
Shoeing
84 10
Supplies
68 06
Superintendent's Expenses
15 73
Superintendent's salary
750 00
Telephone
1
28 63
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Veterinary services
8 00
Wages of maids
420 00
Oil
7 50
Credit by supplies to Outside Poor
1,215 05
$5,808 19
EXPENSES OF THE OUTSIDE POOR.
Board
$411 54
Burials
224 00
Carriage and Ambulance Service
30 00
Clothing
28 02
Coal and wood
718 75
Groceries
1,656 69
Medicine
26 42
Medical attendance
34 00
Moving and storage
52 36
Hospitals
944 73
Oil
8 25
Office expenses
112 67
Rent
1,139 50
Other cities and towns
1,894 29
Shoes and rubbers
131 80
Telephone
48 68
Transportation
66 00
State institutions
671 36
$8,199 06
Groceries supplied from Almshouse
1,215 05
Net cost of Outside Poor
$9,414 11
$7,023 24
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ALMSHOUSE.
Number of inmates January 1, 1912 14
Number admitted during year
35
Number readmitted 14
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Total number during year
63
Discharged during year
45
Died during year
2
Total 47
Number in Almshouse December 31, 1912
16
Number families aided temporarily 210
Number having settlement in Quincy 108
Number having settlement in other cities and towns 17
Number having no settlement (State Charges)
85
Number cases fully supported
68
In Almshouse
63
In Institutions
2
In Private families
3
Discharged.
Almshouse
45
Private families
0
Institutions
0
Died.
Almshouse
2
Private families
30
Institutions
0
Number fully supported December 31, 1912
21
Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. ELCOCK, Overseer of the Poor.
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Report of City Physician
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1913.
To His Honor, the Mayor of Quincy :
Sir:
I beg to submit the following as my report of services ren- ·dered as City Physician from May to December 1912, inclu- ·sive.
Visits to City Home
45
Visits to Outside Poor
137
Cases of childbirth
1
Office visits
6
Visits Police Station
12
Deaths at City Home
1
Deaths outside
1
As a result of examination of residents at City Home, "two were found afflicted with tuberculosis and removed, one to Lakeville and one to our local camp at Mt. Pleasant.
Respectfuly submitted,
JOHN H. ASH, M. D.
City Physician.
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Fire Department
Quincy, Mass., Jan. 1, 1913.
To His Honor, the Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts :
In compliance with the provisions of the City Charter, I have the honor to present herewith my third annual report of the Fire Department, its makeup and work done during the year ending December 31, 1912.
ORGANIZATION.
The force consists of one Chief, three Assistant Chiefs, one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Superintendent of Fire Alarm, twenty-two permanent men and sixty call men.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
Frank C. Packard Daniel J. Nyhan Louis K. Badger
PERMANENT MEN.
Charles P. Costa, Captain John Faircloth, Lieutenant William A. Gavin, Supt. of Fire Alarm
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Herbert Griffin Frank Genero Andrew Scully John Dineen
William Carroll James Connell Alfred L. Mead William Sands
James P. Dillon William Lahey
Michael Barry
Faxon Billings James Gallagher James F. Malone Charles Anderson Michael E. Scully Richard Colbert William Gerry Daniel Radley Daniel McNiece
Richard Williams Richard Callahan
APPARATUS AND CALL ME'N AT CENTRAL STATION.
One steamer ; one combination hose wagon; one combina- tion ladder truck; one combination auto; one spare hose wagon ; two hose pungs; and one ladder sled; one chief's car.
Call Men on Combination Hose No. 1-Charles Martin, John F. Desmond, Malcolm A. McDonald, Alexander A. Rob- ertson, William Erikson, Edmund G. Hayden, James E. Max- im, Arthur Pinel.
Call Men on Combination Ladder No. 1-John Murphy, Arthur Merritt, Mark Myatt, John P. Minihan, Murdock Mc- Donald, William Coffin, Samuel Tutton, John Curry.
Central Station answered to 166 bell alarms and 95 still and telephone calls.
WOLLASTON STATION.
One hose wagon No. 2 and one combination ladder truck No. 2 Call Men on Hose No. 2-G. H. Rhodes, S. P. Hanson, J. F. Metherall, Frank O'Brien and A. Ryan.
Call Men on Combination Ladder No. 2-Albert P. Shay, Frederick L. Bent, Albert E. Stephenson, Joseph L. Fra- tus, Bliss Foss, Herbert S. Mackay, Charles E. Hayden.
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Wollaston station answered 62 bell alarms and 53 still and telephone calls. 1
WEST QUINCY STATION.
One hose wagon No. 3; one ladder truck No. 3; and one ladder sled.
Call Men on Hose No. 3-John Callahan, Richard Joyce, Walter Barry, Albert Beliveat, Edward Drohan, John J. Joyce.
Call Men on Ladder No. 3-Henry Hughes, Edward Lane, Edward Farrell, Willard Burke, James Cregan, James Sullivan, Edward Desmond.
West Quincy Station answered 59 bell alarms and 29 still and telephone calls.
ATLANTIC STATION.
One auto combination 'No. 2.
Call Men on Combination No. 2-Cornelius O'Connell, Daniel Golden, Walter Hill, Myles Creamer, John Creedon, Frank Call, Thomas Kerrigan.
Atlantic Station answered 45 bell alarms and 35 still and telephone calls.
QUINCY POINT STATION.
One combination hose wagon No. 4.
Call Men on Combination No. 4-Isaac P. Bent, Charles W. Hayden, Chris. H. Oliver, H. F. Tucker, Maurice I. Gat- comb, Clarence Metcalf.
Quincy Point Station answered 42 bell alarms and 11 still and telephone calls.
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HOUGHS NECK STATION.
One combination hose wagon No. 2 and one spare hose wagon.
Call Men on Combination Hose No. 2-Walter H. Stur- gis, Ernest M. Norteman, John P. Sullivan, Benj. Comeau, William E. Norteman, Henry Hudson.
Houghs Neck -Station answered 2 bell alarms and 1 still alarm.
The Department during the year laid 70,600 feet of hose, raised 3,601 feet of ladder and used 5,238 gallons of chemical - and worked at fires 251 hours and 24 minutes.
HORSES.
There are twenty-two horses in the department, some of them should be replaced by new ones, unless the City, the com- ing year purchases auto combinations to take the place of horse drawn apparatus, a move which I would recommend.
HOSE.
Number of feet of hose in the department, 14,100; 12,000 feet of hose in good condition and 2,100 in fair condition. 1000 feet should be purchased this coming year.
FIRE ALARM.
In regard to the Fire Alarm, I will submit the report of the Superintendent and his recommendations.
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ALARMS AND LOSSES.
Number of alarms
378
Number of alarms (bell)
166
Number of alarms (still and telephone)
212
Amount of property at risk
$545.857 00
Insurance on same
444,375 00
Insurance paid
66,859 17
In conclusion, I wish to thank His Honor, Mayor Stone for the interest he has taken in the department; the City Audi- tor, City Treasurer, City Clerk and the members of the City Council for favors shown the department during the year. And I also thank the members of the department, both permanent and call men, for the faithful and efficient manner in which they have performed the duties, which they have been called upon to do.
Respectfully submitted,
AMOS L. LITCHFIELD,
Chief Engineer Fire Department,
City of Quincy, Mass.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM.
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Quincy, Mass., Jan. 28, 1913.
Mr. A. L. Litchfield,
Chief of Fire Department, Quincy, Mass.
Dear Sir :
The following is a report of appliances for sounding alarms of fire, stock on hand, tools, etc.
APPLIANCES FOR SOUNDING ALARMS OF FIRE.
1 six circuit automatic repeater.
1 bar switch.
13 test switches.
1 mil-amp meter.
1 volt meter.
1 amp meter.
6 lightning arresters.
6 Rogers protectors.
6 double throw switches.
6 resistance coils.
1 circuit breaker.
6 test jacks.
131 fire alarm boxes.
302 cells of storage batteries.
1. one-half horse charging motor.
1 rheostart.
1 bank of lamps (12 in number).
1 fifteen inch combination gong and indicator.
3 Gamewell whistle machines.
4 Gamewell bell strikers.
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6 gongs in fire houses.
1 punching register.
7 gongs and 3 tappers in private houses of members of department.
1 Gamewell striker (stored at Central Station).
2 six-inch Stevens gongs (stored at Central Station).
STOCK ON HAND.
1000 ft. of No. 14 R. C. copper wire.
1-2 mile of No. 10 iron wire covered.
75 toe bracs.
300 ft. 2 wire circular loom.
4 dozen carriage bolts 4 3-8 inch.
21 four pin cross arms.
75 glass insulators.
12 double groove glass.
17 ten and one-half inch Through bolts.
1 twelve and one-half inch Through bolts.
11 sixteen and one-half inch Through bolts.
16 iron house brackets.
100 four and one-half inch lags.
2 carboys of acid.
1 plumber's furnace.
75 ft. one-half inch conduit pipe.
4 box back boards.
1 gal. white point.
1 paint brush.
1 fire alarm stencil.
TOOLS, ETC.
1 horse, wagon, harness and blanket.
1 hatchet.
1 screw driver.
1 strap and vise.
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1 pair hooks for climbing
2 throw lines.
1 body belt safety strap.
1 bit stock.
1 saw.
1 chisel.
1 long steel bar.
1 long scoop.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. GAVIN,
Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
Quincy, Mass., Jan. 2, 1913.
Mr. A. L. Litchfield,
Chief of Fire Department,
Quincy, Mass.
Dear Sir :
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I would recommend the following improvements and additions to our fire alarm system. I am doing so for the rea- son that our present repeater is now overloaded and for the reason that we have the same wooden battery rack and switch board which was installed some fifteen years ago, and is now out of date, as the National Board of Fire Underwriters re- quire iron, glass and porcelain racks for the storage battery, as well as a slate board instead of the wooden one now in use.
I would therefore recommend that a 12 circuit automatic non-interfering repeater be installed in the same room as the old repeater, but that same be placed in the middle of the room and this room used exclusively for this purpose.
I would also recommend that a new 12 circuit charging
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board be installed in the partition between the battery room and the repeater room. Inasmuch as we have no modern pro- tection against high tension currents, I would recommend that a slate protector board be likewise installed in the same parti- tion with the charging board.
Our present protectors have been in service over 20 years, and were built before the day of the high tension alternating current. They are therefore not suitable, or designed to take care of the present high tension current which is on every street of our city, and, on account of the large amount of wood work around the station, the fire hazard is very great.
I would also recommend that circuits Nos. 1, 3 and 4 be cut up making three extra circuits. At the present time No. 1 circuit has 28 boxes, No. 2 circuit has 27 boxes and No. 1 cir . cuit has 21 boxes, and a break in these circuits throws out too large a proportion of our city.
All of these improvements have been recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and should be made without delay.
I would also recommend that all of the old type of boxes which were installed when the system was first put in more than thirty years ago be replaced with a modern type. From time to time during the past few years a few boxes at a time have been taken out and replaced with a modern type, but the time has come when in my opinion all of the old boxes should be removed at once, as it is now difficult to get new parts to replace those that may be damaged from burn outs from high currents and lightning storms.
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