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7,171
Number of New Buildings Wired
1921
1922
Single houses
186
316
Two-apartment houses
55
123
Three-apartment houses
Four-apartment houses
3
4
Mercantile houses
45
15
Manufacturing
3
5
Stables, etc.
3
1
Garages
75
76
Miscellaneous
6
16
376
559
-
-
1
3
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Number of Old Buildings wired
1921
1922
Single houses .
Two-apartment houses
65
97
Three-apartment houses
4
11
Four-apartment houses
Mercantile houses
33
14
Manufacturing .
17
6
Stables, etc.
4
Garages
1
9
Miscellaneous
7
16
427
424
Additional Wiring in Old Buildings
1921
1922
Single houses
138
180
Three-apartment houses
7
13
Mercantile houses
102
83
Manufacturing .
17
32
Stables, etc.
2
-
Garages
20
10
Miscellaneous
62
49
380
410
Alterations, Rewiring and Repairs
1921
1922
Single houses
76
42
Two-apartment houses
35
17
Three-apartment houses
11
3
Four-apartment houses
1
Mercantile houses
75
28
Manufacturing
4
7
Stables, etc.
4
6
Garages
10
8
Miscellaneous
.
78
30
293
142
-
7
-
-
2
Four-apartment houses
32
41
Two-apartment houses
300
260
Respectfully yours,
FRANK LINTS.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF BOARD OF SURVEY
JANUARY 1, 1923.
To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
GENTLEMEN: - The Board of Survey respectfully submits herewith its eighth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
The Board organized February 1, 1922, with the Hon. Eugene R. Stone as chairman and Patrick F. O'Brien as clerk.
The Board held six meetings during the year.
The following layouts of streets were approved after viewing the premises and giving public hearings: -
Oakland Avenue, westerly from Newport Avenue, Ward 5. Willow Avenue, westerly from Newport Avenue, Ward 5. Cedar Street, westerly from Newport Avenue, Ward 5. Francis Street, westerly from Newport Avenue, Ward 5. Private way, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5.
Greene Street extension, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5. Florence Street extension, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5. Janet Street extension, southerly of Fenno Street, Ward 5. Marlboro Street extension, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5. Thornton Street extension, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5. Meadow Brook extension, southerly from Fenno Street, Ward 5. Holyoke Street, westerly of East Squantum Street, Ward 6. Holbrook Road, extension westerly of Harvard Street, Ward 6. Three streets, south of South Street and Scammel Street, Ward 2.
Respectfully submitted,
HON. EUGENE R. STONE, Chairman, HERBERT S. BARKER, WILLIAM H. TEASDALE,
Board of Survey.
PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
REPORT OF DOCK AND WATERFRONT COMMISSIONER
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REPORT OF DOCK AND WATERFRONT COMMISSIONER
QUINCY, January 1, 1923.
RECEIVED BY WATER FROM JANUARY 1, 1922, TO JANUARY 1, 1923
For Quincy Point Tower Station:
Amount of soft coal (gross tons)
1,654
Amount of fuel oil (barrels) . . 159,149
For J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc .: Amount of coal of all kinds (tons)
14,955
For City Fuel Company :
Amount of coal of all kinds (tons)
25,000
For Quincy Lumber Company:
Amount of lumber received (feet) .
. 3,452,445
Number of laths . 464,200
Total number of vessels of all kinds passing through the draw at the Fore River bridge 1,495
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD M. WIGHT, Commissioner.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 2, 1923.
To His Honor GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor, and Members of the City Council.
DEAR SIRS: - I herewith respectfully submit the twenty-third annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1922.
The following is a statement of the work done by this department during the year 1922.
Street lines and grades have been given at the request of property owners of 120 estates.
Plans and estimates have been prepared as follows :-
Proposed new streets
10
Proposed street widenings
4
Proposed building lines .
5
Plans for City Planning Board
3
Plans for Board of Survey
5
Plans for legislative hearings
3
Assessors' plans
20
Miscellaneous plans
30
NEW STREETS
Petitions and requests for new streets were numerous but only three were accepted by the City Council (see schedule).
REBUILDING STREETS
Requests for the rebuilding of streets came from all sections of the city but only a few were constructed.
Willard Street, being a main artery, was rebuilt from Robertson Street to Crescent Street, which makes the street fairly passable from the Milton line to the Braintree line.
Hancock Street was rebuilt from Squantum Street to the Metropolitan Boulevard. At the outlet from Teel Pond across Hancock Street a 30- inch concrete pipe on pile foundation was built, which provides a per- manent and free passage of this water. Granite curbing was placed on each side of the street, and the roadways widened 2 feet to help the vehicu- lar traffic. An 8-inch tar macadam roadway was built from curb to curb, which in case of settlement could be more readily repaired than granite blocks with grouted joints.
About 20 miles of streets were scarified, shaped, and rolled, with the idea of putting tarvia on top, but this was not done and the streets soon went out of repair (see schedule).
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
SURFACE DRAINAGE
The sum of $25,000 was appropriated for surface drains. Some repairs were made on Town Brook, Furnace Brook and Sachem Brook, but the greater part was spent on drains in streets (see schedule).
A special appropriation of $32,000 was made for drainage at Faxon Field. This drain takes care of all the water that now flows into the field as far away as Hancock Street and Greenleaf Street, besides the water in the low area of Faxon Field. The pipes are laid on pile foundation and a double set of tide gates will control the tidewater from backing up and coming out on to the field.
NEPONSET BRIDGE
There has been an urgent demand for the rebuilding of the Neponset Bridge for many years. The high cost of labor and material during the war period kept ahead of the appropriations asked for, so that it was not until this year that the work was begun. The plan calls for a concrete arch bridge, granite-faced piers and a steel drawbridge. The bridge will be completed in 1923.
ELIMINATION OF GRADE CROSSINGS
The work in connection with the Saville Street grade crossing was started with the extension of Upland Road southerly to Granite Street.
A wooden foot bridge was built over the railroad tracks just north of the Quincy Railroad Depot.
PERMANENT SIDEWALKS
On the petition of abutters, considerable work was done on building sidewalks (see schedule).
CITY PLAY-GROUNDS
During the year considerable improvements were made on the play- grounds, installing apparatus for the children and building wooden view- ing stands at the ball grounds.
For financial statement, see Auditor's report.
Yours respectfully, PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, City Engineer.
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SCHEDULE Surface Drains
Surface drains have been constructed in the following streets: -
SIZE OF PIPE (INCHES)
Catch Basins
Manholes
NAME
30
24
20
15
12
10
8
Adams Street
-
150
400
400
60
6
Bellevue Road
-
-
-
750
40
4
Centre Street
174
2
Centre Street
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,766
Franklin Street
95
300
550
90
10
2
High School Avenue
Huntley Road
Main Street
Roberts Street
134
-
166
80
-
2
1
Sea Street
5
2
-
1,100
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
CITY OF QUINCY
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
300
566
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Upland Road
-
-
-
-
300
4
1
-
-
Hancock Street
300
1
7
1
-
-
7
Faxon Field
-
-
1
-
-
New Streets
The following streets have been laid out during the year as public highways: -
NAME
Location
Ward
Length (Feet)
Width (Feet)
Appro- priation
Dunn's Hill Road
.
Common Street to Old Coach Road
4
200
20
$2,000
Harrington Avenue
Sumner Street, south 500 feet
2
500
40
3,800
Milton Road .
.
Colby Road to Boulevard
6
150
40
1,000
.
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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244
Street Rebuilding
The following streets have been rebuilt during the year: -
NAME
Location
Ward
Length (Feet)
Width (Feet)
Appro- priation
Arthur Street
.
.
.
.
4
1,000
40
$4,500
Arnold Street
Washington to Murdock Street
2
385
34
1,500
Canal Street ·
Washington to Brackett Street
1
800
40
4,000
Franklin Street
School to Water Street .
3
750
60
40,000
Garfield Street
Quarry to Smith Street
3
1,300
40
3,000
Hancock Street
Squantum Street to Boulevard
6
3,000
64
58,000
Main Street .
Union to Sumner Street
2
1,600
40
8,000
North Street .
Washington to South Street
2
1,700
40
8,000
Upland Road
Dimmock to Adams Street
1
1,300
40
6,000
Washington Court
.
Washington Street to Avalon Avenue
2
600
40
2,500
Wibird Street
Canal to Washington Street .
1
300
33
1,500
Willard Street
Crescent to Robertson Street .
.
4
2,200
49.5
14,000
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
CITY OF QUINCY
Smith to Buckley Street
.
.
Permanent Sidewalks
Granolithic sidewalks have been constructed during the year, as follows: -
STREET
Location
Length (Feet)
Width (Feet)
Square Yards
Hancock Street .
West side of Hancock Street, northerly
126
11.5
164
Hancock Court
North side of Hancock Street, westerly
50
5.0
28
Newport Avenue
West side of Beale to Brook Street
370
630
Pope Street
South side from near Montclair Avenue, westerly .
1,013
5.0
563
Russell Park
South side of Woodward Avenue, westerly
382
4.0 6.5
170
Sea Street
South side of Rock Island Road to Sea Avenue
1,644
1,188
Upland Road
East side of Dimmock Street, northerly
460
-
561
Whitwell Street
North side of Maywood Avenue to hospital .
832
6.4
703
Total
.
.
·
·
.
.
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
-
4,007
.
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Hon. WILLIAM A. BRADFORD, Mayor.
DEAR SIR: - The following is respectfully submitted as the report of the Public Works Department for the year ending December 31, 1922: -
Net Appro- priations
Expenditures
Balances
Clerical .
$2,644 00
$2,248 00
$396 00
Office expenses
450 00
449 49
51
Repair of public buildings
4,032 28
4,032 28
Care of City Hall
10,602 91
10,602 91
Maintenance of highways
192,909 96
186,487 04
6,422 92
Street sprinkling
34,831 43
34,691 50
139 93
Street lighting
47,518 57
47,518 57
Rebuilding streets
15,170 45
14,399 30
771 15
Gypsy moth:
Superintendent
1,872 00
1,872 00
Care of trees
2,596 63
2,596 63
Labor
5,553 37
4,786 10
767 27
Materials
1,500 00
1,347 16
152 84
Automobile
350 00
134 27
215 73
Other expenses
2,000 00
1,566 73
433 27
.
·
$450 00
Office
$283 50
Telephone
94 19
Equipment
14 00
Magazines, etc.
35 80
Expenses
22 00
Total expenditures
449 49
Balance
$0 51
Maintenance, Public Buildings
Total credits .
$4,032 28
Fire Department:
Labor
$456 82
Material
1,387 52
$1,844 34
-
-
-
Commissioner's Miscellaneous
Total credits
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
247
Police Station :
Labor .
$30 25
Material
1,600 34
$1,630 59
Central Fire Station
$219 03
Ward 2 Hose House
28 3
Ward 4 Hose House
166 33
Ward 5 Hose House
199 68
Ward 6 Hose House
978 77
Houghs Neck Hose House
252 18
Almshouse
557 35
Police Station
1,630 59
Total expenditures
$4,032 28
Care of City Hall
Total credits .
$10,602 91
Janitor
$1,200 00
Assistant janitor
1,608 00
Repairs
2,780 45
Lighting .
1,965 34
Heating
984 54
Supplies .
624 20
Cleaning
301 00
Post office
6 00
Furniture
325 59
Installing telephone
195 00
Fire alarm
18 06
Safe
7 00
Ventilators
22 50
Awnings .
$1 00
Vault
6 00
Salaries
403 33
Flags and decorating
61 90
Fence
13 00
Total expenditures
$10,602 91
Highways, Maintenance
Total credits
$192,909 96
Labor
$105,553 75
Superintendent
2,264 00
Stable
8,952 09
Automobiles .
7,427 85
Pensions
5,258 63
Sidewalks
3,994 63
Brooks
3,871 04
Bridges
3,349 95
Rollers
2,050 00
All others
43,765 10
Total expenditures
186,487 04
Balance
$6,422 92
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Highways, Labor
Total credits .
$106,572 74
Timekeeper
$1,848 25
Street cleaning
29,679 21
Basins
2,558 08
Gravel
4,547 19
Tar patching .
16,627 07
General work
31,763 77
Snow
7,493 40
Equipment
962 89
Fences
555 25
Paving
2,790 44
Signs
129 50
Vacations
3,275 40
Drains
2,823 70
Compensation
413 10
Merrymount Park
62 50
All others
24 00
Total expenditures
105,553 75
Balance
Stable
Total credits
$10,000 00
Labor
$4,499 32
Repairs
1,003 86
Hay and grain
1,243 56
Heating
376 38
Lighting .
190 57
Upkeep of horses
1,443 46
Telephone
153 28
Supplies
41 66
Total expenditures
8,952 09
Balance
$1,047 91
Maintenance, Automobiles
Total credits
$7,426 85
Gasoline
$2,415 29
Oil .
735 13
Garage
157 50
Tires and tubes
1,106 28
Parts
2,775 00
Supplies
143 06
Registration
48 00
Advertising
2 50
Curtains
10 78
Whistle
5 00
Taxes
10 84
Finish
9 00
Sundries .
8 47
.
.
Total expenditures
$7,426 85
$1,018 99
.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Maintenance, Sidewalks
Total credits
$4,000 00
Labor
$3,092 10
Teams
223 88
Material
531 70
Edgestone
146 95
Total expenditures
3,994 63
Balance
$5 37
Care of Brooks
Total credits .
$4,000 00
Labor
$3,712 59
Material
94 15
Advertising
22 50
Equipment for men
28 50
Tools
13 30
Total expenditures
3,871 04
Balance
$128 96
Care of Bridges
Total credits
$4,785 54
Labor
$127 14
Material
25 32
Fore River Bridge
2,978 50
Footbridge
58 67
Beale Street
160 32
Total expenditures
3,349 95
Balance
$1,435 59
Street Lighting
Total credits .
$47,518 57
Electric lighting
$46,312 45
Gas lighting
1,052 00
Island
18 55
Merrymount Park
27 95
Subway .
2 87
Sundries .
34 75
Total expenditures
$47,518 57
Highways, All Others
Total credits
$46,292 07
Teams
$9,684 29
Equipment
1,880 55
Tools
1,683 72
Drains
104 38
.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Snow
$4,266 26
Material
17,090 36
Fuel
3,087 84
Fences
383 67
Signs
500 58
Lanterns
991 68
Telephones
26 66
Public landing
174 50
Transportation
88 50
Curb inlet
25 00
Water Department
10 14
Office
23 38
Saville Street steps
21 56
Boundary posts
27 0
Equipment for men
5 10
July 4th .
00
Pay rolls
829 42
Damages
26 85
Engineering
40 90
Traffic signs
530 00
Printing .
18 56
Photographs
9 50
Advertising
3 25
Dispensary fence
109 89
Compensation
52 00
Settees
211 20
Moving poles
15 49
Automobiles
650 00
Horses
925 00
Merrymount Park
46 91
Rockland Street
52 96
Sundries
93 00
Total expenditures
$43,765 10
Balance
$2,526 97
Street Sprinkling
Total credits
$34,831 43
Labor
$12,102 12
Teams
4,632 84
Oil
4,802 85
Tar .
5,527 55
Tarco B
6,428 70
Gravel
900 00
Equipment
135 84
Advertising
21 80
Assessment
108 00
Printing .
31 55
Book
25
Total expenditures
34,691 50
Balance
$139 93
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Rebuilding Budget
Total credits .
$15,170 45
Labor
$3,879 19
Teams
1,204 98
Material
4,490 14
Equipment
720 13
Edgestone
121 23
Damages
3,699 01
Legal services
124 10
Engineering
136 00
Sewer Department
14 52
Order
10 00
Total expenditures
14,399 30
Balance
$771 15
EXPENDITURES
Upland Road
$8,117 67
East Howard Street
4,134 51
Wibird Street
1,413 96
Main Street
165 70
Hall Place
156 40
East Squantum Street .
140 96
Legal
124 10
Engineering
136 00
Sundries .
10 00
$14,399 30
Tar Concrete Sidewalk Repairs
Total credits
$7,000 00
Contractor
$6,826 25
Inspector
54 00
Labor
102 00
Advertising
8 75
Sundries .
9 00
Total expenditures
$7,000 00
Surface Drains
Total credits .
$25,020 02
Labor
$11,139 72
Teams
859 20
Catch basins
1,061 60
Cement
419 16
Brick
1,049 34
Pipe
2,967 68
All others
3,566 73
.
Total expenditures
21,063 43
Balance
$3,956 59
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CITY OF QUINCY
Accepted Streets, 1920
Balance
Baxter Avenue, materials
$64 80
Eustis Street, materials
42 30
Kemper Street, land award
15 00
Safford Street, material
31 32
Summit Avenue, sidewalk construction
.
305 47
Vassal Street:
Labor .
. $103 93
Equipment
21 00
Award
510 00
Sundries
2 75
637 68
Expended
$1,096 17
Transfer .
4,995 46
$6,091 63
Accepted Streets, 1921
Balance
Transferred
$3,814 44
Expended
10,540 62
Balance
2,467 75
Expended:
Bass Street :
Labor
$92 21
Teams
49 50
Material
5 00
Billings Street:
Labor
$106 63
Material
30 00
Edgestone
23 00
Buckingham Road:
Labor
$73 88
Loam
5 00
Edgestone
13 60
$92 48
Carle Road:
Labor .
$71 41
Edgestone
11 26
Colby Road:
Labor
$2,478 03
Teams
1,156 91
Material
3,295 55
Equipment
320 00
Sundries .
08
.
·
$16,822 81
$146 71
$159 63
$82 67
$6,091 63
$7,253 57
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
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Center Road:
Labor
$148 26
Grafton Street:
Setting edgestone .
$50 94
Awards
18 00
Sundries .
75
$69 69
Grossman Street:
Labor
$369 75
Material
288 64
Equipment
30 00
Hanna Street:
Labor
$115 60
Lancaster Street:
Setting edgestone .
$23 30
Summit Avenue:
Labor
$518 20
Teams
99 00
Sign
35 00
Sharon Road:
Labor
$153 83
Teams
9 00
Edgestone
16 00
Claim
10 00
Taylor Street:
Labor
$302 00
Loam
5 00
Edgestone
49 66
$356 66
Waterston Avenue:
Labor
$21 15
Material
5 00
$26 15
Rebuilding Streets, 1921
Net appropriation
$167 88
Canal Street:
Water service
$4 95
Walker Street:
Loam .
4 81
Rodman Street: Labor .
41 20
Station Street:
Labor .
$41 20
Material
75 72
116 92
$688 39
$652 20
$188 83
$167 88
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Vane Street, special:
Rebuilding cellar
$527 43
Filling
21 20
Repairs
3 90
$552 53
Packards Lane:
Material
$20 59
Streets Repaired
Adams Street.
Arthur Street.
Liberty Street.
Billings Street.
Moscow Street.
Brook Avenue.
Mechanic Street.
Berlin Street.
Mill and Pond Streets.
Botolph Street.
Beacon Street.
North Central Avenue.
Broadway.
Newbury Avenue.
Beale Street.
Nightingale Avenue.
Bromfield Street.
Palmer Street.
Cummings Avenue.
Presidents Avenue.
Coddington Street.
Centre Street.
Revere Road.
South Central Avenue.
Squantum Causeway.
Standish Avenue.
Squantum Street.
South Street.
Taylor Street.
Vassal Street.
Washington and Chubbuck Streets.
Warren Avenue.
West Elm Avenue.
Woodbine Street.
Wayland Street.
West Squantum Street.
Turn-out repairs: Beale Street. Farrington Street. Billings Road.
Sidewalks Repaired
Avon Way. Brooks Street. Buckingham Road. Beach Street. Buckley Street.
Cranch Street. Davis Street. Dixwell Avenue.
Rockland Street.
Canal Street. Columbia Street. Clay Street.
Elmwood Avenue.
East Elm Avenue.
Franklin Street.
Farrington Street.
Federal Avenue. Garfield Street.
Glover Avenue.
Glencoe Place.
Hanna Street. Highland Avenue. Hancock Street. Hollis Avenue. Hamilton Street.
Holmes Street. High Street.
Independence Avenue.
Newport Avenue.
Dimmock Street. Euclid Avenue. East and West Elm Avenue. East Howard Street. Fayette Street. Granite Street. Glendale Road. Huntington Square.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Highland Avenue. Merrymount Road. Monroe Road. Presidents Lane. Prospect Street. Quincy Avenue.
Rawson Road. Roselin Avenue. Sea Street. Summit Avenue. Taylor Street. Vassal Street.
Paved Gutters
Break Neck Hill.
Clay Street.
Hancock Street. Pine Street.
Presidents Lane. Plymouth Street. South Central Avenue. Walnut Street.
Bridges Bridge Street, replanked.
Gypsy Moth
Net Appro- priations
Expenditures
Balances
Total credits
$13,872 00
Labor .
$4,786 10
Superintendent
1,872 00
Material
1,347 16
Trees
2,596 63
Automobile
134 27
Teams
585 79
Insurance
317 44
Telephone
19 73
Tools
31 73
Ladders
39 45
Pole brushes .
8 86
Hose
132 25
Printing
38 80
Sprayer
329 20
Canvas
18 00
Clerical
18 00
Equipment for men
3 80
Sundries
8 68
Total expenditures
12,302 89
Balance
$1,569 11
City Hall Additions
Total credits
$27,718 08
Contract
$17,655 00
Architect
1,779 12
Heating
1,414 00
Repairs
337 68
Furniture
3,536 63
Flooring .
769 50
Electric work
600 28
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Installing telephones
$1,549 89
Advertising
46 51
Sundries .
29 47
Total expenditures
$27,718 08
Hayward House Alterations
Total credits .
.
$18,441 07
General contract
$8,206 40
Heating .
4,601 00
Plumbing
1,767 00
Electric work
779 00
Fire escapes
575 00
Architect
984 26
Moving building
890 00
Printing
37 51
Labor, grading
219 35
Water Department
46 02
Sewer Department
239 73
Shades
92 20
Hardware
3 60
Total expenditures
$18,441 07
High School Grading
Total credits
$4,711 01
Labor
$1,365 19
Loam
2,542 50
Teams
617 64
Engineering
182 68
Sundries
3 00
Total expenditures
$4,711 01
New High School Building
Architect
$28,443 43
General contract
348,599 36
Heating
60,265 00
Plumbing
27,521 67
Electrical work
9,597 35
Inspectors
4,252 00
Blue prints
528 44
Test pits
558 15
Bronze tablet
196 50
Chemist
156 53
Temporary water service
63 47
Advertising
87 78
Photographs
65 65
Telephone
26 59
Report
96 50
Sundries .
33 62
·
.
·
$480,492 04
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
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Portable School Building
$13,869 31
Construction .
$10,250 00
Plumbing
640 28
Furniture
2,401 65
Shades
118 57
Drain
280 15
Printing .
11 25
Material
40 00
Labor
115 41
Fire extinguisher
12 00
Total expenditures
$13,869 31
Faxon Field Playground
Total credits .
$1,975 00
Labor
$1,464 23
Teams
510 77
Total expenditures
$1,975 00
Street Lighting
In Use December 31, 1921
Added
In Use December 31, 1922
Cost per Year
Gas lights
50
50
$23 00
Electric lights:
Incandescents
1,561
74
1,635
16 80
Novalux units .
250
9
259
75 00
Cluster Shedd Memorial
1
1
16 80
Public landing .
1
1
16 80
Flood lights
3
-
3
75 00
Spot lights
4
2
6
60 00
Clock lights
2
2
36 00
Mazda lights
2
1
Public landing, Houghs Neck.
Flood lights, Unitarian Church, City Square. Spot lights:
Junction of Adams and Beale Streets.
Junction of Beach and Beale Streets.
Junction of School and Elm Streets.
Junction of Cottage Avenue and Hancock Street. Opposite Shaw's Furniture Store, City Square. Opposite Alhambra Theatre.
Mazda lamps on island, City Square. Clock lights:
Carle Road and Bunker Hill Avenue.
.
.
.
-
2
24 00
-
-
-
Total credits
258
CITY OF QUINCY
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY PLANNING BOARD OF QUINCY
To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
GENTLEMEN: - In presenting its eighth annual report the City Planning Board wishes to make acknowledgment to the authorities for so much of an office as they have been favored with in the remodeling of City Hall.
The organization for this year has been the same as last with the re- appointment of Mr. Edward E. Palmer for a period of five years.
Ten regular meetings have been held upon the regular meeting date.
The Board has had a representative at all conferences and hearings before legislative committees, state commissions and upon occasions where interests of the city and the Board's connection with the subject required. Among others, the district conference of Metropolitan Planning Boards held at Malden gave promise of definite action for the Metropolitan Plan- ning Board. This was later taken up at the annual meeting of the State Federation of Planning Boards in November. A communication from the Boston Chamber of Commerce, subjoined to this report, gives an idea of the plan presented by them at the hearing of the Public Utilities Com- mission December 6.
A local conference of Planning Boards called at Quincy April 22, in which representatives from Braintree and Weymouth and also the town counsel of Milton participated, was of interest in emphasizing projects affecting these combined communities.
At a council of social workers Mr. F. N. Nissen presented the playground situation in behalf of the chairman of this Board who was unable to be present.
There will be found in the Appendix a copy of the billboard ordinance in which our Board was interested. The State Department of Public Works has recently rendered their decision upon it which we also submit.
In studying for zoning of the city in co-operation with Messrs. McGrath and Comins, a special committee of the council, we have obtained ordinances and generally the accompanying maps from Brockton, Brookline, Cam- bridge, Winthrop, Springfield where the interim ordinance is in effect, Newton which was recently passed, and from the Department of Com- merce at Washington a model statute. With much study in the next few months it is hoped that suitable ordinances can be presented for public consideration.
City officials, the Board of Survey and City Planning Board will have opportunity January 16 as guests of the First Parish Club to hear Mr. Flavel Shurtleff upon "City Planning and Zoning." There will be oppor- tunity for discussion after the talk and views.
We are appending a resolve presented to the Council in May last covering our recommendations for the White Way.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
In considering our Pilgrim Highway, anticipating a report this winter from the joint commission to which it was referred, we have had our at- tention called to the possibilities of directing some portion of the intensive traffic through Milton and Quiney to an entirely feasible route utilizing the only overhead bridge upon the Granite Branch on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. So long as our motor traffic can remain fluid an immense amount can be handled in our thoroughfares. The particular hindrance to the Adams Street traffic is at the East Milton grade crossing. Any plan that will reduce this will be an immense relief. This is a study that may be heard from later.
We stand by our recommendation that the opportunity offered to make Feuno Street an 80-foot thoroughfare to ultimately give access to the pro- posed state bath houses upon the Quincy Shore Reservation should prevail. Also that the building line of 5 feet on either side of Beale Street from the bridge to Hancock Street, with the exception of the two blocks immediately at the corner of Hancock Street. should be established. We have under consideration a building line upon Chestnut Street and Revere Road to ease up the blind approach at the junction of these two streets.
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