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2,481.83
Material
2,050.00
1,482.55
567.45
Truck
1,365.75
1,365.75
All others
2,968.17
2,001.44
966.73
All others
$2,001.44
Telephone
$21.97
Tools
42.40
Insurance
381.69
Eastern Mass. St. R. R ..
10.00
Printing
69.55
Oil
47.27
Gas
220.70
Equipment
130.00
Teams
668.00
Rope
35.64
Shed repairs
30.79
Upkeep horse
40.29
Truck
68.97
Trailer
185.95
Flags
7.22
Wages
18.00
Sundries
23.00
$2,001.44
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
Gentlemen: The seventh annual report of the City Planning Board is herewith submitted.
The chairman and clerk were re-elected, and Mr. James E. W. Geary was reappointed to membership for five years.
Nine regular meetings have been held and it has been the en- deavor to consistently follow the date of the first Tuesday in each month. In addition to the regular meetings the Board has taken several views of matters under consideration, notably the site for the Comfort Station at Houghs Neck and the possible eventual route of the Pilgrim Highway.
The Board has also through its chairman and clerk viewed and passed upon sites for the various memorial signs in squares named for heroes of the great war.
This year has seen completion of Willard Street from West Street through to Braintree by the State. This artery should be- come better known to cities and towns to the south as the direct thoroughfare to Boston. In the summer season it is a route of especial scenic beauty to our own citizens.
In this connection might be stated here that a matter in which Braintree is particularly interested is the continuation of an auto- mobile road through the southerly edge of the Blue Hill Reserva- tion connecting Five Corners, so called, with Green Lodge Road in Milton, making a new thoroughfare direct to Dedham.
Our plan of the building line on Temple, Washington, Hancock and Maple Streets has been accepted and with North Street will make the much desired safeguard in these thoroughfares. We can only urge that the authorities determine upon their own initiative what is best in the way of lines upon Franklin Street and place them accordingly. There will always be differences of opinion from abutters and the public convenience should not be blocked by dissensions of individuals.
It is very evident that the unusual and extensive appropriation for the new High School building takes precedence over lesser re- quirements of the city and that the alterations in the auditorium at City Hall will help, but there is still the ever present knowledge that a new City Hall must come; a Police Station, and at least two Comfort Stations should soon be provided for.
The Board has prepared and completed a large scale map of the business portion of the city extending from Butler Road on the north to Elm and School Streets on the south, and lying between Valley Street on the east, and Presidents Hill on the west. This will be used in the study of requirements in the way of these new public buildings and later to assist in zoning the city.
In collaboration with Inspector of Buildings Warren S. Parker a plan for industrial zoning within the city has been worked out.
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The matter of residential and business zoning will require a long period of intensive consideration.
Following the determined stand of the State Federation of Planning Boards we are in harmony with our local licensing board regarding the restriction of billboards within the city limit.
In accordance with our standing suggestion that 2,000 pine trees be planted each year for three years, Superintendent Andrew Stewart of the Park Department procured them from the State and they have been added to those of 1920 in Faxon Park. We wish here to issue a note of warning looking to their protection. Several hundred have been destroyed by unwarranted brush fires and trees have been uprooted, we will say charitably, through the heedless- ness of visitors in the park. It has been arranged that this section shall be covered by State signs for the future and we ask the co- operation of all those who use the park in seeing that their instruc- tions are carried out.
A new bill will be presented to the coming Legislature for the consideration of our Pilgrim Highway. Plans have again been modified upon this as will be seen by our accompanying map. The changes have been beneficial both as to location and cost. By a short look into the future our neighboring city of Brockton, which also feels the congestion of Cape traffic, can see that it would be relieved of the major portion of this by co-operation in our plan to eventually have this highway carried through to Quincy Avenue. The course of traffic made possible by the Old Colony Boulevard and the new Neponset Bridge will naturally swing along Quincy Shore thence through to the Cape both by the way of Plymouth and through Abington, Bridgewater, Middleboro and Wareham.
New private developments of large tracts within the city are under way and it would seem that the residential growth of the city in the next few years is to be phenomenal. Development of a far- reaching nature will ensue if plans now under consideration are carried out in the drainage of the meadows on Coddington Street. With the generous gift of the plot upon Woodward Avenue adjoin- ing Faxon Field this area is thrown open to the High School lot.
By carrying drainage to the outfall in the rear of the City Home instead of into the canal a drop of three feet is gained and by a double system of piping the surface water can be handled from City Square and beyond, with drainage of the meadow assured. There are extensive possibilities in the improvement of this level tract so convenient to the centre of the city.
In the opinion of this Board the property about the City Home should be retained only for purposes of the Home. The City Sta- bles and Municipal Garage with their adjuncts should eventually be removed to a more convenient location, preferably near the rail- road. We have the opinion of an expert interested in the growth of the city that development in this direction is the natural gate- way of Quincy towards its water front.
The Planning Board was represented at Winchester for the sessions of the State Federation of Planning Boards by invitation of the Governor. Wollaston was favored early this season by an instructive address on City Planning and zoning by Flavel Shurt- leff of the National Association. Our Board has taken membership for the coming year in the National Association and the times
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point to a more active and intelligent understanding of City Plan- ning by those who give it thought.
We want to see the Black's Creek dam a reality with all im- provements it means along the margin of that basin.
Our frontispiece is a photograph of the new High School. With the removal of the former Home Making School building from the front of the Coddington School we shall have a dignified grouping of public buildings upon that side of Coddington Street.
The photograph of the Parkway branch of our Public Library at West Quincy shows progress Library Trustees are making-and more to come.
Much good has come of State and District conferences among our Planning Boards and it is our intention early in the coming year to invite the Weymouth and Braintree Boards and a represen- tative from Milton to a District Conference.
The subject of suitable locations for Robert Burns and Dante Memorials is still before us and will require further consideration to obtain such ample and satisfactory surroundings as they would require.
Respectfully submitted, CITY PLANNING BOARD,
WILSON MARSH, Chairman, EZEKIEL C. SARGENT, JAMES E. W. GEARY, EDWARD E. PALMER, CHARLES H. FINN.
PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF FORE RIVER
BRIDGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1921
Receipts :
Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1921.
City of Quincy, assessments No. 111 to No. 117, inclusive 2,310.00
Town of Weymouth, asses ments No. 111 to No. 117, inclusive 700.00
Town of Hingham, assessments No. 111 to 117, inclusive 770.00
Town of Cohasset, assessments No. 111 to 117, in- clusive 420.00
Town of Scituate, assessments No. 111 to No. 117, inclusive 140.00
Town of Marshfield, assessments No. 110 to 117, in- clusive 75.00
Town of Hull, assessments No. 111 to No. 117, in- clusive 140.00
County of Norfolk, assessments No. 111 to No.
117, inclusive
1,400.90
Interest on deposit with Massachusetts Hospital Life Ins. Co ..
142.50
Interest on deposits
.88
Telephone tolls collected. 9.70
$6,403.26
Disbursements:
Harry W. Pray, salary as bridge tender
$1,800.00
Harry W. Pray, board of boy assistant. 300.00
Harry W. Pray, paid boy assistants. 192.00
Harry W. Pray, paid for supplies.
21.45
Ellsworth W. Sweares, salary as assistant bridge- tender
1,303.09
Weymouth Light & Power Company, lighting. 34.56
36.00
Quincy Electric Light & Power Company, lighting New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service .. Hingham Journal, printing.
4.60
Willard F. Hall, police duty during repairs
48.13
Sears & Taylor, repairs.
192.10
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, repairs.
176.72
Aberthaw Construction Company, repairs
1,320.00
Ezekiel C. Sargent, tarvia and sand applied to flooring 357.88
Hingham Taxi Service, automobile hire 20.00
294
$295.18
54.00
295
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
Bradford Hawes, services as Trustee.
16.67
William A. Bradford, services as Trustee
100.00
William H. Cowing, services as Trustee.
83.33
William L. Foster, services as Trustee and Trea3- urer
125.00
William L. Foster, paid for office supplies.
.90
Balance, cash on hand December 31, 1921.
216.83
$6,403.26
WILLIAM L. FOSTER, Treasurer. Trustees of Fore River Bridge.
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER RATES
Total assessment for year 1921
$209,268.43
Amount collected
$200,265.11
Amount rebated
1,715.84
Amount uncollected
7,287.48
$209,268.43
Amount due from previous years
$15,349.95
Amount collected
$6,545.50
Amount rebated
1,733.15
Amount uncollected
7,071.30
$15,349.95
SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Total commitment for 1921
$13,627.99
Due from previous years
3,795.05
$17,423.04
Amount collected
$12,550.31
Amount rebated
141.98
Amount uncollected
4,700.75
$17,423.04
Total receipts for water rates
$206,800.61
Amount received from Municpal Depart ...
23,194.80
$229,995.41
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
Clerical:
Appropriation
$3,528,00
Expended
3,528.00
Superintendent:
Appropriation
$2,496.00
Expended
2,496.00
Inspector:
Appropriation
$2,184.00
Expended
2,184.00
·
Meter Readers:
Appropriation
$7,180.00
Expended
7,180.00
General Maintenance:
Appropriation
$28,000.00
Expended
24,673.35
Balance
$3,326.65
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REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
Relay :
Appropriation
$13,000.00
Expended
9,710.45
Balance
$3,289.55
New Equipment:
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Expended
4,173.85
Balance
$1,826.15
Meters:
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended
2,751.17
Balance
$248.83
Service Connections:
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Receipts
12,580.31
21,580.31
Expended
18,251.85
Balance
$3,328.46
Construction Account:
Appropriation
$35,000.00
Expended
30,681.27
Balance
$4,318.73
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Population
50,075
Total consumption for the year
1,550,149,160 gallons
Average daily consumption
4,246,984 66
Gallons per day per capita
85.8
Main pipe laid during the year, 13,983 feet.
Main pipe discontinued, 5,388 feet.
Total length now in use, 146.23 miles.
Total length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter 5.9 miles.
Number of hydrants added during the year, 33.
Number of hydrants now in use, including 92 private hydrants, 1,282.
Stop gates added during the year, 44.
Stop gates now in use, 2,000.
Service pipe laid, 14,812 feet.
Service pipe discontinued, 322 feet.
Total length now in use, 98.87 miles.
Number of taps added during the year, 332.
Number now in use, 11,342.
Number of meters added, 236.
Number of meters now in use, 10,334.
For further information see the accompanying tables.
WATER PIPE IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1921
When Laid
Hyds.
Gts.
2"
4"
6"
7"
8"
10"
12"
16"
20"
Total
Previous to Dec. 31, 1920
1,253
1,964
31,635 505
94,484
5,597
384,978 994 148,487 47,182 29,840 4,774 1,706 1,401
23,232
2,679
763,511 13,983
Total
.1,286 2,008
32,140 94,484
Abandoned 1921.
4
S
980
1,210
390,575 2,821
994
153,261 377
48,888 31,241
23,232
2,679
777,494 5,388
In use Dec. 31, 1921 ..
1,282 2,000
31,160
93,274
387,754
994
152,884 48,888 31,241 23,232
2,679
772,106
GATES IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1921
When Laid
2"
4"
6"
8"
10"
12"
16"
20"
Total
Previous to Dec. 31, 1920 Laid in 1921
112
279
1,081 16
309 17
92
50
37
4
1,961
3
44
Total
115
279
1,097
326
96
54
37
4
2,003
Abandoned in 1921.
1
2
4
1
S
In use Dec. 31, 1921.
114
277
1,093
325
96
54
37
4
2.000
298
CITY OF QUINCY
4
4
Laid in 1921 ..
33
44
WATER PIPE LAID FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1921 METERS IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1921
Name
5/8"
3/4"
1"
114"
11/2
2"
3"*
4"
6"
8^
Total
Crest
.
...
26
4
. .
..
1
. .
. .
. .
1
1
2
Detector
77S
78
10
1
1
. .
. .
1
1
10
Gem
6,641
23
31
23
27
13
4
4
1
. .
20
Keystone
273
3
1
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
277
King
340
1
1
. .
. .
.
. .
.
.
.
2
782
Nash
740
21
6
. .
8
7
. .
. .
. .
2
2
Protectus
276
28
32
18
. .
.
31
2
2
. .
·
. .
. .
1
466
Union
466
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
339
Worthington
331
6
2
. .
..
..
..
. .
. .
Total
9,920
166
87
23
63
44
8
10
6
7
10,332
. .
.
. .
7
15
4
5
3
. .
31
Crown
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
.
. .
. .
6,767
Hersey
18
2
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
. .. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
·
354
Trident
. .
T
1
38
Watch Dog
. .
8
. .
. .
. .
. .
342
Lambert
.
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
299
34
.
. .
868
Empire
WATER PIPE ABANDONED IN 1921
Ward
Street
Gates
2"
4"
6"
8"
2
Elm Place. ..
·
. Washington St. easterly.
..
642
...
. . . .
.. .
5
Elmwood Ave ..
. Cor. Farrington St ....
1-4"
58
. . . .
.. .
5
Farrington St .. .
. Elmwood Ave. northerly.
1-6"
· ·
.
. . . .
. . .
5
Fenno St ..
. Florence to Marlboro.
.
. . .
. .
. . .
5
Franklin Ave ..
West Elm to East Elm.
.
. . .
. ..
· ..
. . .
320
5
Kemper St ..
. Beach to Bass.
1-6"
. ..
5
Newport Ave ....
. Brook to Beale
1-4"
391
5
Rawson Rd .. ·
. Willet to Hamden Circle ..
1-2"
338
. . .
2
Washington St ..
. North to Chubbuck ...
2-6"
. . .
. .
1,250
377
5
West Elm St ....
. Mason to Franklin Ave ..
1-8"
· . .
. ..
. . .
8
980
1,210
2,821
377
·
·
·
. .
. . .
396
.
6
River St ...
. Hancock St. westerly.
.
·
CITY OF QUINCY
300
...
612
5
Mason St .. ·
. Beach to West Elm.
.
. . .
308
.
453
243
·
301
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
FIRE HYDRANTS IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1921
Make
2 Way
Way
Way
Total
Bailey
1
. .
. .
1
Chapman
101
131
232
Coffin
8
470
11
489
Corey
12
214
226
Glamorgan
. .
10
10
Kennedy
. .
40
40
Ludlow
5
244
240
Mathew
2
3
5
Pratt & Cady
10
1
11
Smith
5
5
Walker
. .
. .
Totals ·
139
1,132
11
1,28;
NEW HYDRANTS SET IN 1921
Ward
Street
Make
Location
5
Albion Rd .. . . Smith
Opp. Flynt St.
1 Braintree Ave .. . . Coffin
Cor. Utica St.
1 Braintree Ave .... . Corey
350 North of Utica St.
5 Clay St ..
Coffin
Near No. 41
5
Clay St ..
Coffin
Near No. 11
1 Dixwell Ave ..
.Corey
300 ft. North of Whitwell
2 Elm Place.
Corey
Opp. Chubbuck St.
3
Federal Ave .. Corey
3 Federal Ave. . . Corey
5 Fenno St.
. Chapman
Opp. Florence St.
3
Franklin St .. . . Corey
Vear Kendrick Ave.
1 Glendale Rd .. . Corey
5 Hancock St ... . Corey
100' South of Woodbine St.
2
High School Ave. Corey
150' South of Elm St.
5
Mason St ........ Corey
Cor. of Davis St.
1 Mayflower
Rd .... Corey
1 Merrymount Rd .. Chapman
275' East of Park Lane
5 Newport Ave.
. Corey
Opp. No. 329
5 Quincy St.
Corey . Opp. No. 150
6 River St ...
Corey
250' West of Hancock St.
5 Rawson Rd .. Corey
. Opp. No. 24
1 Samoset Rd Corey
Opp. Neponset Rd.
1 Samoset Rd
Corey
Cor. Virginia Rd.
6 Sharon Rd Corey
150' East of Colby Rd.
5 Summit Ave. Corey
Opp. No. 28
5 Taylor St. . . Corey
100' North of N. Cen. Ave.
5 Vassall St ..
Smith
Cor. Quincy Shore Res.
5 West Elm Ave ... Corey
200' West of Mason St.
. .
5 Farrington St. . Ludlow
200' North of Elmwood ave.
1 Farrell St .. .
Corey
200' west of Whitwell
. Cor. Lurton St.
Opp. No. 8S
5 Franklin Ave. . Corey
Cor. West Elm Ave.
300' North of Dimmock St.
1 Hawthorne St .... Corey
250' South of Darrow St.
Near Fur. Brook Parkway
. .
14
14
3
5
WATER PIPES LAID FROM JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1921
W'd
Street
Location
Gates
2"
6"
8"
10"
12"
6
Albion Road
From Lunt to Tyler St.
2-6"
511
. .
. . .
. . .
1
Algonquin Rd.
Norton Rd. westerly.
1-8"
. . .
196
. . .
. . .
6
Ardell St ..
Ext. northerly
. . .
...
140
. . .
. . .
...
6
Arnold Rd ..
Ext. westerly.
...
. . .
60
. ..
.. .
...
6
Border St.
From Waunbeck to Shoreham.
1-6"
200
. . .
. . .
.. .
1
Brockton Ave ..
Ext. westerly .
. ..
. . .
·
.
. . .
...
1
Braintree Ave.
From Utica St.
1-8"
. . .
...
...
. . .
5
Clay St ..
. .
. . .
. . .
.. .
. .
6
Colby Rd ..
Ext. to Milton Rd ...
2-6"
...
. .
. . .
1
Dixwell Ave.
From Whitwell St.
2-8"
30
517
...
..
2
Elm Place.
From Washington St.
2-2"
344
29S
. . .
. . .
...
5
Elmwood Ave.
Cor. Farrington St ...
1-8"
. ..
. . .
58
. . .
.
. . .
6
274
. ..
. . .
..
Fenno St ...
Marlboro to Florence St ..
1-12"
20
. . .
.. .
453
5
Florence St ...
Cor. Fenno.
1-6"
100
. . .
. ..
.
. .
16
58
292
. . .
5
Flynt St ..
Cor. Albion Rd.
1-6"
. .
. .
. . .
. . .
1
Furnace Brook Parkwa Mayflower Rd. to Pilgrim Pky.
1-8"
.
. .
262
. . . 23
. . .
5
Hancock St ..
Cor. Hayward
1-10"
·
.
. ..
.
5
Hamden Circle. .
Cor. Rawson Rd ..
1-12"
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
Highfield Rd ..
. From Pilgrim Parkway
1-8"
. ..
. . .
. ..
. . .
6
Holbrook Rd ..
Ext. westerly.
Hancock to N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R ..
2-12"
.. .
. . .
...
529
1
Hawthorne St ..
From Darrow St ...
1-6"
253
. ..
CITY OF QUINCY
. . .
1
Farrell St ...
Ext. to Whitwell St ...
1-8"
. . .
41
3
Federal Ave.
Cor. Lurton St ...
1-6"
. . .
...
243
5
Franklin St ..
. West Elm to East Elm Ave.
6
454
. . .
. . .
1
Carrolls Lane.
Extension
...
.
.
·
...
288
. . .
...
. . .
Hayward St ...
Farrington St ..
North of Elmwood Ave ..
1-10"
. . .
228
183
354
·
.
200
. . .
. . .
131
24
224
.
302
2 High School Ave ......
From Elm St ....
1-8"
. . .
6
287 24S
. . .
. .
3
Lurton St ...
East and West from Federal Ave.
1-8"
. . .
...
. . .
1
Lennox St ..
. ..
...
60 290
. . .
. .. .
...
...
. ..
...
.
1
Moffat Rd ...
Ext. southerly
. . .
.. .
. .
...
.
1
Merrymount Rd.
Park Lane easterly
1-8"
...
6
255
. . .
. . .
1
Mayflower Rd ..
From Furnace Brook Parkway
1-S"
6
206
600
5
Newport Ave.
Brook to Beale St ...
1-10"
30
. ..
.
2
New St ....
Off Baxter Ave ..
1-6"
228
. ..
...
. . .
.
. . . .
.
·
. ..
1
Pawsey Rd.
Cor. Rockland.
. . .
. ..
. . .
. . .
1
Pelican Rd ..
Ext. easterly.
. . .
. . .
144
...
. . .
5
Kemper St ..
Beach to Bass St ..
1-6"
320
. . .
. . .
6
River St ..
From Hancock St ..
1-6"
338
.
. . .
396
1
Samoset
Ave ..
Virginia to Victoria Rd ..
1-8"
. . .
. .
. ..
...
1
Samoset Ave. .
Pilgrim Parkway to Neponset Rd ....
1-8"
7
243
. . .
...
5
Summit Ave.
Ext. westerly. .
. . .
. .
. . .
. . .
6
Sharon Rd.
Ext. easterly .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. ..
1
Utica
Cor. Braintree Ave ..
78
. . .
...
.
1
Victoria Rd.
From Samoset Ave ..
1-6"
169
. . .
.
.
.
5
Vassall St.
Cor. Quincy Shore Res.
1-6"
16
.
. .
.
5
Vassall St.
Freeman to Oxenbridge Rd ..
1-8"
...
.
250
. ..
.
5
Cushing St ..
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.
. . .
. . .
. . .
Total
505
5,597
4,774
1,706
1,401
.
·
4
Old Coach Rd ..
From Dunn's Hill.
1-2"
161
5
Kemper St ..
Cor. Fenno.
1-6"
60
1
Peterson Rd ..
Extension
. . .
. . .
78
Quincy Shore Res.
Channing St. to Vassall.
...
Rawson Rd ..
Willett to Hamden Circle.
. . .
.
. . .
. . .
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
303
MOSES L. BROWN.
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.
5
Mason St ...
Beach to West Elm Ave ..
.
.
. . .
.
. .
. . .
1
Neponset Ave.
From Samoset Rd.
1-6"
212
. . .
·
. . .
. . .
. . .
132
. . .
.
.
. . .
...
204
150
. . .
. ..
...
97
.
2-10'
.. .
6
390
...
99
4
Ext. easterly .. · McDonald St ..
.
242
315
REPORT OF THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
(For Financial Statement see Auditor's Report)
This year common sewers were built in forty-two different streets in various sections of the city. In consideration of a policy the city is endeavoring to carry out, that is, the installation of all public utilities previous to the permanent improvement of the street surface, common sewers were built in the following named streets: Beale Street, Billings Street, Buckingham Road, Canal Street, Carle Road, Centre Road, Colby Road, Grafton Street, Sum- mit Avenue, Waterston Avenue, and Wendell Avenue. House con- nections to all existing buildings were also made at the same time. This is a remarkably good policy and should be maintained each year.
Four and nineteen one-hundredths miles of sewers were laid as shown in detail on the appended schedule.
Particular Sewers
A departure was made this year from the old methods of in- stalling house connections. The practice of apportioning the cost of this work over a period of years at the request of the individual was abandoned, and instead a deposit of $50.00 must be made at the time of application or previous to the starting of the work.
This method does away with slow collections and saves a con- siderable amount of clerical work in connection with a large num- ber of comparatively small accounts. The amount of deposit as fixed this year was sufficient in 90 per cent. of the connections in- stalled, to more than cover the cost. On the whole it has worked out very satisfactorily.
Number of connections made
341
Average cost per connection
$40.43
Average length of connection
43.77 ft. .9238
Average cost per foot
House connections in wards as follows:
Ward 1 76 Ward 4. 17
Ward 2. 11
Ward 5. 151
Ward 3. 24
Ward 6. 62
Maintenance
The work of cleaning, flushing and general maintenance has been carried on this year as usual. This work is reserved as far as possible for the winter season when the department is not busy on new construction work.
Assessments
Our record plans for the year 1921 were far enough advanced so that the department was enabled to make up and send out early in January, 1922, a betterment tax of $30,597.55, covering all the streets that were sewered in 1921.
MOSES L. BROWN,
Commissioner of Public Works.
304
Location
From
To
Ward
Length
No. Size Manholes
Adams St.
Beale St.
Southeasterly
5
104.00
10"
1
Albion Rd.
Tyler St.
Lunt St.
5
487.40
8
1
Bayfield Rd. (North) . Bayfield Rd.
Quincy Shore Reservation.
6
1,052.10
8
6
Bayfield Rd. (South) . Bayfield Rd.
Quincy Shore Reservation.
6
1,055.40
8
6
Beale St.
Adams St.
Summit Ave.
5
1,449.70
8
6
Billings St.
Quincy Shore Res
East Squantum St.
6
1,100.00
8
5
Buckingham Rd.
Hancock St. .
Northeasterly
5
403.30
8
1
Canal St.
. Newcomb St. .
Easterly
1
594.80
10
4
Carle Rd.
Station 2 plus 24.7
Near Warwick St.
6
325.30
8
2
Centre Rd., H. N.
:. Darrow St.
Sea St.
1
1,080.00
8
3
Cherry Ave.
Station 2' plus 00
Near Washington St.
1
400.00
8
2
Colby Rd.
Milton Rd.
Westerly
6
373.50
8
1
Copley St.
Randlett St.
Easterly
5
165.40
8
1
Cushing St.
Woodbine St.
Beale St.
5
509.00
8
2
Darrow St., H. N.
River Rd.
Rock Island Rd.
1
945.00
8
4
Dixwell Ave.
Whitwell St.
Lawton Rd
1
334.00
8
2
Everett St.
Beale St.
Acton St
5
809.70
8
2
Farrell St.
Whitwell St.
Southwesterly
1
283.00
8
0
Fenno St.
Thornton St.
North Fenno St.
5
754.75
15
3
Fenno St.
Fenno St.
Wendell Ave.
5
414.50
12
2
Franklin Ave.
Sewall St.
North Fenno St.
5
616.00
8
3
Grafton St.
Station 6 plus 25.0. . Putnam St.
Easterly
1
153.5
8
1
Hilda St.
Adams St.
Dockray St.
5
723.80
8
2
Landers Rd.
Station 2 plus 03.1. . Southerly
5
134.90
6
1
Merrymount Rd.
Park Lane
Easterly
1
181.8
8
1
Norfolk St.
Granger St.
Northerly
5
158.5
8
1
305
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.
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.
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2
178.00
8
7
Greenleaf St.
Main St.
. .
REPORT OF SEWER DEPARTMENT
.
Old Colony Ave.
Station 11 plus 55.1. Northwesterly
5
465.9
10
306
Randlett St. . .
Franklin Ave.
Copley St.
5
239.5
8
0
Ridgeway St. ..
Franklin Ave.
Wendell Ave.
5
643.2
8
2
River Rd., H. N ..
.
Bird St.
Darrow St.
1
232.5
15
3
River Rd., H. N ..
Bird St. . .
Darrow St.
471.15
12
Sewall St. .
Wendell Ave.
Franklin Ave.
5
609.00
10
3
Sharon Rd.
Station 5 plus 12.3
Easterly ..
6
137.7
10
0
Standish Ave.
Hancock St.
North westerly
5
656.3
10
3
Standish Ave.
Hancock St.
Northwesterly
222.3
8
Strand
Randlett St.
Quincy Shore Reservation.
5
320
8
2
Summit Ave.
So. Central Ave.
Westerly
5
400.00
8
2
Summit Ave.
Hillside Ave.
Southeasterly
5
398.7
8
Turner St., H. N ..
River Rd.
Centre Rd.
1
448.1
8
1
Warren Ave. .
Old Colony Ave.
Standish Ave.
5
479.0
10
3
Waterston Ave.
Wendell Ave.
Willow St.
5
568.15
8
3
Wendell Ave. ..
North Fenno St.
Sewall St.
5
615.6
10
5
Williams Ter.
Grossman St. ..
Williams Ct.
3
153.0
8
2
Willow Park
Waterston Ave.
Southeasterly
5
277.0
8
1
22,124.45 ft.
99
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CITY OF QUINCY
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.
Total, 4.1902 miles built during the year 1921. Total miles to date, 90.79
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
January 25, 1922
To His Honor the Mayor:
The Board of Park Commissioners begs leave to submit the following report for the year 1921:
Merrymount Park
Owing to the fact that the annual appropriation fell far short of the amount necessary to take proper care of this park, only the very urgent needs were looked after. There was an unusual de- mand for permits for the use of baseball and football fields, but the Commissioners were unable to keep the fields in shape late in the season, owing to lack of funds. Quite a lot of annoyance was caused the players by the fact that very many field days were held on upper Merrymount on Saturdays.
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