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August: Number of Permits issued .
New Dwellings
31
Old Dwellings
17
New Beach Cottages
2 8 2
New Dwellings connected to sewer.
19
New Dwellings connected to cesspool
12
Old Dwellings connected to sewer .
14
Old Dwellings connected to cesspool.
3
New Beach Cottages connected to cesspool.
2
Old Beach Cottages connected to cesspool
8 2
September: Number of Permits issued.
57
New Dwellings
32
Old Dwellings
17
New Beach Cottages
0
Old Beach Cottages
2
Halls . .
2
Telephone Exchange.
1
Machine Shop ..
1
Business Block .
1
Forge Shop.
1
New Dwellings connected to sewer .
24
New Dwellings connected to cesspool.
8
Old Dwellings connected to sewer. Old Dwellings connected to cesspool.
3
Old Beach Cottages connected to cesspool
2
Halls connected to sewer ..
2
Business Blocks connected to sewer.
1
Forge Shop connected to sewer. . Machine Shop connected to sewer
1
October: Number of Permits issued .
47
New Dwellings.
31
Old Dwellings
9
Barber Shop
1
New Business Blocks.
3
Stable (Old Building)
1
1 60
Old Beach Cottages.
Block of Stores.
Business Block Stores connected to sewer
14
1
208
New Store Buildings
2
New Dwellings connected to sewer.
23
New Dwellings connected to cesspool. 8
Old Dwellings connected to sewer. 4
Old Dwellings connected to cesspool . 5
Barber Shop connected to sewer.
1
Business Blocks connected to sewer
3
Old Stable connected to sewer.
1
New Blocks connected to sewer
2
November: Number of Permits issued.
New Dwelling
19
Old Dwellings
19
New Building (Angle Iron Shop)
1
New Building (Drug Store).
1
Laundry
1
Garage.
1
Church .
1
Business Blocks.
2
New Dwellings connected to sewer. New Dwellings connected to cesspool.
13
6
Old Dwellings connected to sewer. .
13
Old Dwellings connected to cesspool.
6
Angle Iron Shop connected to sewer.
1
Drug Store connected to sewer.
1
Laundry connected to cesspool.
1
Garage connected to sewer
1
Church connected to sewer .
1
Business Blocks connected to sewer.
2
December: Number of Permits issued.
43
New Dwellings
28
Old Dwellings
12
New Store Building.
1
New Business Block .
1
New Garage.
1
New Dwellings connected to sewer.
23
New Dwellings connected to cesspool .
5
Old Dwellings connected to sewer .
8
Old Dwellings connected to cesspool .
4
Stores connected to sewer. .
1
Business Block connected to sewer. .
1
Garage connected to sewer. . .
1
Old dwellings connected to sewer and the use of cesspools and vaults discontinued, 89.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. KENILEY, Inspector of Plumbing.
45
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1916. To the Board of Health,
Gentlemen: - I herewith submit my report for the year 1915. Milk has always been a staple article of consumption with all classes, and is among the best and cheapest foods on the market, containing 871/2 per cent water, 4.8 per cent sugar, 3.7 per cent fats, 3.3 per cent casein and .7 per cent ash or mineral matter. Water in milk serves to keep the several food ingredients in a condition of suspension. Milk sugar is readily taken into the system as a source of energy. Milk fats furnish both fat and energy. Casein supplies the body with an easily digestible material for the formation of flesh. The ash or mineral matter in milk serves to build the bony frame-work of the body. Few people realize the great food value of pure milk and a careful study of what it contains will convince the most skeptical, that milk contains all the ingredients that are necessary for the building-up of the human body.
With a few exceptions, there are many dairymen in Quincy, who cannot see the wisdom of absolute cleanliness in their dairies and seem to feel that the health department is placing unnecessary hard- ships on them in demanding that the barns be whitewashed, well ventilated and proper manure pits constructed, also that the cows be kept clean, especially their udders.
I have made every effort this year to stamp out all danger of milk becoming contaminated. It is only necessary to call your attention to a case of one of the largest producers of milk in Quincy. In his herd of cows, were some that were giving off streptocci and bacillus coli in such numbers that the physicians in Quincy were reporting cases of septic sore throat and intestinal disorders among young children. The cows in this particular case were put in groups of five and samples of their milk were taken for analysis. In this way, it was possible to pick out the offending animals, which were either destroyed or sold for beef.
As an additional safe-guard, I sincerely believe in pasteurizing. By pasteurizing, I mean heating the milk to 145 degrees and holding it at this temperature for thirty minutes. By this means, the bacterial germs of typhoid, diphtheria, scarlet fever, septic sore throat and tuberculosis are killed and the high bacterial count is reduced.
The farms of those producing milk in Quincy and in many cases outside of Quincy have been inspected and although some were in very bad shape, great improvement has been made and the producers have shown a willingness to comply with whatever suggestions have been made.
The result of analytical work on samples of milk taken from pro- ducers was 4.5 per cent fats, 13.30 per cent solids and 150,000 bac- terial per cubic centimeter. The state standard for fats is 3.35 per cent and for solids 12.15 per cent and the local board of health permit 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
There were 182 stores and 55 dealers licensed to sell milk in Quincy during the year 1915. For list of expenditures and receipts see audi- tor's report.
Yours respectfully, DANIEL SCOULER, JR., Inspector of Milk.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Quincy, Mass., January 1, 1916.
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen: - Owing to the sudden death of Mr. James F. Allen, I was appointed Meat Inspector by Mayor Campbell to take effect May 1st, 1915.
I hereby submit my report from May 1st to December 1st, 1915.
Number of Inspections made 321
Number of Licenses issued . 112
Owing to a decision handed down by the attorney-general of this state that fish dealers came under the general heading of provisions dealers I was ordered by the city clerk to refund the fish dealers their license fees, which I did, therefore only 102 license fees were actually collected and turned into the city treasury.
Meats and Vegetables Condemned as Unfit for Food
Pounds of Lamb
5
Bushels of Celery
3
Bushels of Lettuce.
2
Bushels of Spinach
1
Pounds of Tomatoes
3
Cantelope Melons.
6
Pounds of Tokay Grapes
5
Appropriation . $100.00
Spent by me during my term of office:
Stamps and Stationery .
$5.78
Care Fares.
1.40
Automobile and Carriage Hire.
39.00
Clerical Hire.
10.00
$66.43
Spent by James F. Allen
11.33
Total expense of this department up to December 1st, 1915
$77.76
Balance left of Appropriation on December 1st, 1915. 22.24
Received from 102 Licenses. 204.00
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER G. FIELD, Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
1
Printing. 10.25
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
February 4, 1916.
Hon. Gustave B. Bates, Mayor, Quincy, Mass.
Dear Sir: - I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1915. Yours respectfully,
GEO. E. THOMAS, Inspector of Buildings.
Permits Issued
Number of permits issued January 1st to December 31st, 1915, inclusive. 958
Estimated Valuation
357 Dwellings
$1,169,450.00
22 Cottages
11,350.00
29 Mercantile.
141,180.00
8 Manufacturing.
416,220.00
9 Stables
1,470.00
178 Automobile Houses
43,986.00
224 Alterations.
108,101.00
42 Removals. 14,385.00
89 Miscellaneous
26,381.00
Total $1,932,523.00
Statement
Cash received each month for permits issued January 1st to Decem- ber 31st 1915, inclusive, and paid to the City Treasurer:
January.
$58.00
February .
78.00
March
179.00
April.
161.00
May
139.00
June.
122.00
July . .
97.00
August.
132.00
September
103.00
October.
117.00
November
116.00
December.
95.00
Total.
$1,397.00
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REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER
June 1, 1916.
Hon. Gustave B. Bates, Mayor, Quincy, Mass.
Dear Sir: - I 'send herewith information relating to Annual Report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1915.
This information is usually compiled and forwarded before Febru- ary 1st of the fiscal year, but this year the retiring City Engineer did not make out his report and did not call my attention to it, so that May 3, 1916 was the first information I had that the report was missing.
I am very sorry that this delay occured and hope that it has not embarrassed you in sending the report to the printer.
Yours respectfully, P. F. O'BRIEN, City Engineer.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Quincy, Mass.
To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy: -
The sixteenth annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1915 is hereby submitted.
The annual appropriation has been expended as follows:
Appropriation .
$2,500.00 3.88
Balance of 1914.
Expended
Pay Rolls.
$1,991.63 337.86 171.10
Miscellaneous.
$2,500.59
Balance, December 31, 1915 .. $3.59
The following is a statement of the work done by this department during the year.
At the request of property owners on accepted streets, street lines and grades have been given in front of 98 estates.
Plan and estimates have been prepared for the City Council or Council Committees as follows:
Proposed Street Widenings. 4
Acceptance of Private Ways.
26
Establishment of Building Lines. 1
The following streets have been laid out during the year as public highways of the City.
$2,503.88
Supplies. .
Ward
Length
Width
Bellevue Road. . . . Huckins Avenue to Sycamore Road.
6
697 ft.
40
Bradford Street .. .. Eliot Street to Madison Avenue.
3
239
40
Briggs Street. .
. Elm Avenue to Waterston Avenue.
5
474
40
Glenwood Way.
.. Washington Street to Grafton Street.
2
340
40
Lunt Street. . . . Billings Road to Albion Road. .
6
855
40
Montclair Avenue .. .... West Squantum Street to Harriet Ave ..
6
1573
40
213
4178 ft. or 0.97 miles
214
Street Widenings
Howard Ave. Easterly side Howard Ave. to end.
School Street was widened at the intersection of Hancock Street.
Commissioner of Public Works
Lines and grades have been given for construction work as requested by the Commissioner.
All new streets built during the year have been laid out by this department. Lines and grades have been given for the widening of Hancock Street from Granite Street to School Street.
Plans and specifications have been prepared and grades given for the construction of a sea-wall at Houghs Neck, opposite the end of Bell Street. This wall is three hundred and forty-eight feet long and contains four hundred and thirty-eight cubic yards of granite masonry.
Paved Streets
6065 square yards of granite block paving have been laid on Han- cock Street widening between School and Granite Streets, a distance of 1650 feet, 400 yards of old paving have been laid on Adams Street between Hancock Street and Alleyne Street, a distance of 600 feet.
SURFACE DRAINS
Grades have been given and record plans have been made of drains for surface water as follows: -
Street
Location
Length of Pipe 18" 12"
10"
Catch Man 8" Basins Holes
Babcock Street. .
. Opposite the Willows.
200 206
50
1
Granite Street. Water Street near Kidder Street.
160
414
5
Hancock Street ..
Corner School Street . . .
210
215
Independence Avenue. . Plymouth Street to Federal Avenue ..
145
300
5
Kendrick Avenue.
Franklin Street, easterly .
150
1
Liberty Street. .
Corner Penn Street
30
1
Madison Avenue.
. Bradford Street to Abigail Avenue.
213
4
Montclair Avenue . Montclair Ave. to Division St.
402
3
Phipps Street . . Near Payne Street .
72
Private Way . .
Sea Avenue to near Water Tower ..
102
1
Private Way. .
Sagamore Street to Billings Street.
370
300
2
1
Prospect Street .
. Sagamore Street to Private Way .
250
2
Richie Road. .
Richie Road to Bradford Street.
Rock Island Road ..
Sea Street to [Creek
812
810
200
12
Sagamore Street. .
Coe Street to Railroad.
602
2
2
24" 20"
Bradford Street. . Eliot Street to Madison Avenue ..
Briggs Street. . . Briggs Street cor. Elm Avenue.
Chubbuck Street. . Broadway to Chubbuck Street. .
455
Faxon Road.
Near East Squantum Street.
455
1
Huckins Avenue.
. Near Squantum Street.
50
EDGESTONES
Lines and grades have been given for the following edgestones laid and reset during the year:
Straight
New Curved
Old Relaid Block Straight Curved Corners
Block Corners
Street
Location
Beale Street. . . Hancock Street, westerly . 353.
13.
6.
Billings Road . . . . Hancock Street, casterly . .
817.6
63.90
12.
Hancock Street . Granite Street to School Street ..
Hancock Street . Temple Street to Washington St ... . . 226.
15.
Jackson Street. . Pleasant Street, southerly . 319.3
8. 10.1
Temple Street . . Hancock Street to Washington St .... 225. 10.
Upland Road. .. Saville Street to Dimmock Strect .... 588.3
11.2
20.
Washington Street ... . Hancock Street to Temple Street .. .. 223. 42.
Washington Street ..... Chubbuck Street, westerly .. 174. 24.8
795. 59 7. 216
PERMANENT SIDEWALKS
Lines and grades have been given and final measurements taken for permanent sidewalks constructed during the year as follows: -
Granolithic Sidewalks
1
Street
Side
Location
Walks Sq. Yds.
Drives Sq. Yds.
Beale Street.
.Southerly .
. Hancock Street, westerly
275.29
31.03
Billings Road.
. Northerly .
Hancock Street, easterly .
796.27
56.30
Copeland Street . .
. Southerly .
Opposite Willard Shhool.
280.02
Copeland Street . .
.Southerly
Granite Street, westerly
123.86
East Howard Street . .
. Easterly .
Howard Avenue, northerly .
424.12
East Squantum Street .. Easterly .
Dorchester Street, to Park Avenue.
65.14
Elm Avenue.
Easterly .
Briggs Street to Green Street.
134.59
Hancock Street
Easterly .
Opposite Unitarian Church.
241.00
Hancock Street . .
Easterly .
Granite Street to School.
2,348.60
22083
Hancock Street . .
Westerly .
Granite Street to opposte Revere Road
Howard Avenue.
Northerly .
East Howard Street, easterly .
Jackson Street .
Easterly .
Pleasant Street, southerly .
201.59
25.19
Liberty Street.
Westerly .
. Centre Street to Brooks Avenue
811.17
95.56
Temple Street.
. Northerly .
. Opp. Unitarian Church . .
205.45
Upland Road. .
. Easterly .
. Saville Street to Dimmock Street
449.52
63.47
Washington Street.
. Westerly .
Chubbuck Street, westerly .
159.07
Walker Street. .
Easterly . .
. Corner Newhall Street .
48.71
Whitney Road.
. Northerly . .
Hancock Street, easterly .
156.26
32.00
Washington Street.
. Westerly .
Opposite Unitarian Church.
172.52
217
424.12
218
Sewer Department
Lines and grades have been given for the construction of 2.08 miles of sewers laid during the year. Assessment and record plans for this work have been made and filed with the sewer department. There are on file at present 585 sewer assessment and record plans.
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
Grades have been given for regrading portions of the Mt. Wollaston Cemetery as requested by the Superintendent. A portion of the land purchased in 1913 for the enlargement of the cemetery has been re- graded and divided into burial lots.
Building Inspector
This department has checked sizes of members in proposed build- ings and foundations as requested by Inspector of Buildings.
City Solicitor
Surveys and plans have been made for accident cases and claims filed against the City as requested by the City Solicitor or Chief of Police. The City Engineer has attended court sessions and legis- lative hearings when necessary.
Assessors
The assessors plans have been corrected to agree with about 2000 transfers of property made during the year. 750 new buildings have been measured and plotted.
House Numbering
House numbers have been assigned to new buildings when located.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF SURVEY
To His Honor the Mayor, and Members of the City Council,
Gentlemen: - The Board of Survey respectfully presents here- with the First Annual Report for the year ending December 31st, 1915.
This Board was appointed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 704 of the Acts of the Year 1914, and organized on February 6th, 1915, with Mr. Charles L. Gilliatt as Chairman, and City Engineer Ezekiel C. Sargent as Clerk.
An appropriation of $300.00 was included in the Annual Budget to meet the expenses of the Board. The appropriation has been expended as follows:
Appropriation .
$300.00
Stationery, advertising and printing .
$123.05
Pay roll .
174.00
Balance
2.95
$300.00
$300.00
The Board has held numerous meetings throughout the year, and has approved the lay-out of the following streets: Cushing St. from Beal St. to Woodbine St.
Chapman St. from Beale St. to Woodbine St.
Clay St. extension from Webster St. to Chapman St.
Cliveden St. from Hancock St. westerly a distance of about 209 feet.
Piermont St. from Granger St. to Sherman St.
Acton St. from Norfolk St. to North Central Avenue.
Everett St. from Elmwood Ave., to Sherman St.
Exeter St. from Harvard St. to North Central Avenue.
Sherman St. from Milton St. to North Central Avenue.
Harvard St. from Sherman St. about 92 feet southerly.
Pine St. from the northerly end of the present street to Sherman St. Norfolk St. from the northerly end of the present street to Sherman St.
Milton St. from Beale St. to land of O. R. Beale.
Albany St. from Granger St. to Chatham St.
Chatham St. from Milton St. to Piermont St.
Granger St. from Milton St. to Harvard St.
Washington St. from Milton Line to Milton St.
Edgewood Circle from Woodward Ave. a distance of about 485 feet easterly.
Forbush Ave. from Palmer St. to Chesley Place.
Grossman St. from Water St. to land of the heirs of Jeremiah Nightingale.
Clifton St. from Merrymount Rd. a distance of about 240 feet southerly.
Williams Court, from Grossman St. westerly.
The plans of above streets have been signed and filed in the office of the City Engineer.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. GILLIATT, WALTER E. PIPER, PERRY LAWTON.
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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF QUINCY
To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
Gentlemen: - The Planning Board respectfully presents here- with its first annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1915.
The Planning Board was appointed on January 18th, 1915, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 494 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1913, which act provides in part as follows:
Section 1. "Every City of the Commonwealth and every town having a population of more than ten thousand at the last preceding national or state census, is hereby authorized and directed to create a board to be known as the planning board whose duty it shall be to make careful studies of the resources, possibilities and needs of the city or town, particularly with respect to conditions which may be injurious to the public health, or otherwise injurious in and about rented dwellings, and to make plans for the development of the mu- nicipality with special reference to the proper housing of its people.
Sec. 4. Provides that "The city council or other governing body in cities is authorized to make suitable ordinances, and towns are authorized to make suitable by-laws for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and they may appropriate money therefor.
The City Council on March 15, 1915, passed "An ordinance relative to the creation of a Planning Board for the City of Quincy" - which ordinance was approved by His Honor the Mayor on March 17, 1915, and provides that the Planning Board shall consist of five members who shall hold office as follows: One for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years from the first Monday in February, 1915, and beginning with the year 1916 the Mayor shall in the month of January appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council, one member of said board who shall hold office for five years from the first Monday in February following. An appropriation of $250.00 was included in the annual budget to meet the expenses of the board.
The Planning Board organized on February 6, 1915, with Mr. Charles W. Bailey, Chairman, and City Engineer Ezekiel C. Sargent, Clerk, and have held 20 meetings during the year. Through the courtesy of his Honor the Mayor, the meetings have been held in the Mayor's office at City Hall.
The subject of City Planning, while not new to many persons who have made a study of the development of European cities, is certainly new in its application to New England communities where villages have grown to towns, and towns to cities without any par- ticular regard for their future needs or requirements, and where large sums of money are continually expended to correct conditions which might have been remedied a few years before at small expense, or could not have existed at all if development had been guided along the lines of a comprehensive plan.
The Massachusetts planning board act was passed for the express purpose of creating a board in each community to carefully study these conditions, that improvements might be made consistent with developments, that the community's resources shall be conserved.
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The powers of Planning Boards are purely advisory and the results of their investigations can only be of value through the adoption of their recommendations by the governing body.
The Quincy Planning Board has devoted much of its time in investigating existing conditions in our city, and in the collection of data, and while the board has not, as yet, undertaken the preparation of a city plan; they have, however, considered many problems which appear to be of importance, and in need of immediate attention.
Population
The board has prepared a chart showing the estimated future population of the city as based upon the records of popluation for the past fifty years. The estimates, we believe are conservative, but indicate approximately the probable increase for the next twenty years.
1865.
6,718
1870
7,442
1875.
9,155
1880.
10,570
1885.
12,145
1890.
16,723
1895
20,712
1900.
23,899
1905.
28,067
1910.
32,642
1915
40,674
1920.
48,785 estimated
1925
58,513
66
1930
70,181
1935.
84,176
66
Highways
One of the most essential requirements of any city is a proper arrangement of its street system, with principal highways of sufficient width to provide for the continually increasing traffic of a growing community.
The City of Quincy is so situated that the greater part of the traffic of the south shore towns must pass through its centre in its course to and from the City of Boston.
Washington Street, Adams Street, Hancock Street, Quincy Avenue, School Street, Franklin Street and Independence Avenue are high- ways which at present accommodate this travel passing through Quincy Centre; while Willard Street in West Quincy bears the heavy through traffic in the westerly portion of the City.
The City has, during the past few years, widened that portion of Hancock Street from Adams Street to Washington Street to a width of 80 feet, and from Granite Street to School Street to a width of 65 feet, so that this highway through its entire length is not less than 64 feet in width.
Washington Street from City Square to Chubbuck Street, a dis- tance of about one and one-half miles is at present but 4912 feet in width, while from Chubbuck Street to the Weymouth Fore River Bridge it is 66 feet in width. To widen this street at the present time to uniform width of 66 feet, would necessitate the immediate expendi-
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ture of a large amount of money, which the city in its present financial condition can ill afford. Yet it is evident to all familiar with the present conditions that this street must be widened in the future. The Planning Board, therefore, recommends that a building line be established on this street, in accordance with the plans herewith sub- mitted, that the line for future widening may be defined and the city saved during the next few years.
This method of procedure, as recommended by the Planning Board, has already been adopted by the present city government on School Street between Hancock Street and Franklin Street, where building lines have been established under the authority of Section 103 of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws, which statue makes it possible for the city to establish a building line and to provide that existing build- ings may remain, thereby eliminating a large part of the expense for immediate damage.
The Planning Board believes that similar action should be taken on other streets in the city: Adams Street from Hancock Street to Newport Avenue is entirely too narrow for present requirements, and building lines could be established on this portion of the street without disturbing any of the existing buildings, thereby insuring the con- struction of a 60 foot street in the future at a minimum cost.
Franklin Street between School Street and Independence Avenue should be protected in the same manner, by establishing building lines on this portion of the street at least 60 feet apart. East and West Squantum Streets for a considerable portion of the distance between Farrington Street and Atlantic Street is but 33 feet in width. This street is one of the oldest in the city, and is the only connecting highway between Milton and the northerly portion of the city. The Planning Board is of the opinion that this street should be at least 50 feet in width and that a building line should be established on this portion of the street, and respectfully submits herewith for your consideration, a tentative plan for this work.
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