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We shall not give up our claims to consideration of the building line on North Street until it is an assured fact.
To any one familiar with the new layout at Adams Street at the Furnace Brook Parkway it is apparent that the island on Adams Street across the approach from Common Street is in the way and should be reduced to give more direct opportunity for travel in this street.
A tabulation of our various recommendations during the period our Board has been in existence may be of interest.
The plan of the center in this report is one which has taken a long period of time to compile, with one thousand changes since its beginning in the location of buildings. We have it available for civic grouping and working plan in zoning the business center of the city.
Our citizens can see now that the new High School building is a strong addition to our municipal group.
When we consider that the corner of Temple and Washington Streets and the adjoining block on Temple Street are to be improved with modern construction and the fact that a dignified church edifice is planned for the near future near by on Washington Street, with the Masonic Temple and Elks' Home on Hancock Street, this center is in a period of real develop- ment.
From the winter appearance of Upland Road extension it is difficult to judge what the elimination of the grade crossing will give us. Modification of the railroad plan to provide for a ramp into its subway on the location of the old building at the rear of City Hall will be an improvement and there are possibilities that our long deferred comfort station may be planned somewhere upon available ground there.
In 1925 occurs the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Old Braintree, now Quincy. We consider that it is not outside the province of our Board to call this to the attention of our citizens.
We should like to see, another season, the playground at Norfolk Downs developed as it should be. A natural layout for improvement we had brought out in our original recommendation at the time of the purchase of this property.
It is hoped that the city playgrounds or parks, or both, will take more definite steps for the encouragement of public tennis to a much larger degree than at present.
It will not be many years before some progressive planning board will recommend for the tired business inan municipal golf links.
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In contributing some portion of our material to be presented this season we are putting it into an Appendix as matter which need not necessarily be used in making up a city report.
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.
APPENDIX
RESOLVE FOR WHITE WAY
QUINCY, MASS., May 4, 1922.
The Honorable Mayor and City Council, Quincy, Mass.
The Planning Board, appreciating the inadequate lighting through its principal business streets, again wishes to recommend for the consideration of your Honorable Board a White Way, and begs to offer the following resolutions: -
That, Whereas, Nearly all municipalities of 20,000 inhabitants and over have adopted a White Way, and whereas these cities and merchants have derived decided benefits therefrom, and whereas no city of the size of Quincy should have unsightly pole lines running through its important streets, being a menace from a fire hazard,
Resolved, That the City establish a White Way on Hancock Street com- mencing at a point near Saville Street and ending at a point near School Street, with branches on Saville and Depot Streets, as far as the Depot, also on Washington Street to a point near the end of the Library lot, and on Coddington Street to the end of the new High School lot, and make such other arrangements for extension as may be deemed advisable in the future.
Resolved, That the White Way be composed of single luminous arc lights mounted on brackets supported on ornamental iron poles, these poles supporting trolley wires, and to be placed approximately 100 feet apart. All cables supplying these lights, together with all other public service wires, to be laid underground in duct.
Therefore, be it resolved that this improved lighting be laid out and instituted as soon as the city's finances, in your judgment, will permit.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD E. PALMER, For the Planning Board.
P. F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
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BILLBOARD ORDINANCE
CITY OF QUINCY. IN COUNCIL.
JUNE 5, 1922.
No. 183.
Be it ordained by the City Council, as follows: ---
SECTION 1. No person or corporation shall erect or maintain a billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising device, except as provided in Section 32 of Chapter 93 of the General Laws, on any location within three hundred feet of any public park or playground or Metropolitan Park or Parkway, if within public view from any portion of such parks, playgrounds, or park- ways; or within three hundred feet of any other public way and within public view from any portion of the same, if such billboard, sign or device exceeds five feet in height or eight feet in length, and no billboard, sign or device placed within three hundred feet of any such public way and within public view shall be nearer than fifty feet to any other such billboard, sign or device; or at any corner of any public ways and within a radius of one hundred fifty feet from the point where the center lines of such ways intersect; or in any place unless the lowest portion of such billboard, sign or device is at least three feet from the ground and the entire structure, in- cluding its braces and supports, is maintained in good repair, painted and free from accumulations of rubbish and filth and from the pupæ, eggs and caterpillars of gypsy and brown-tail moths and other tree and shrub de- stroving pests; provided, that this section shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in question or the business transacted thereon, or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as For Sale or To Let.
SECTION 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
Passed June 19, 1922. Attest:
Approved June 23, 1922.
EMERY L. CRANE, Clerk of Council.
WILLIAM A. BRADFORD, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest :
EMERY L. CRANE,
City Clerk.
FINDINGS OF COMMISSION
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, WILLIAM F. WILLIAMS, Commissioner
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, December 26, 1922.
Mr. EMERY L. CRANE, City Clerk, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR: - We are returning to you herewith, without our approval and without prejudice as to future resubmission, your by-law in regard to advertising billboards. The Attorney General makes the following sug-
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gestions as to how your by-law should be amended to conform to the General Laws: -
First. - Section 1 should include "association," "firm," or similar
words. This is merely a suggestion.
Second. - There is a question as to whether the last part of Section 1 is inconsistent with General Laws, chapter 93, section 30.
Third. - Section 2, your penalty clause, is inconsistent with General Laws, chapter 93, section 33.
It had been hoped that when we returned the by-laws for these corrections we could at the same time make suggestions as to the extent of approving local by-laws. This has been delayed because the Newton by-law which it had been agreed upon to make a test case has not been tried.
I would also respectfully call your attention to chapter 266, section 126, which allows any person under certain conditions to move signs on the highways.
In closing I would call your attention to a recent ruling of the Attorney General in which he says that all signs and billboards that are wholly or partly within the highways or streets, excepting State highways, are under local supervision, and this division has no authority over them (see chapter 85, section 8).
Yours truly, F. E. LYMAN, Associate Commissioner.
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 177 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS., November 21, 1922. Mr. WILSON MARSH, Chairman, Planning Board, 61 Irving Place, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- The Boston Chamber of Commerce respectfully brings to the attention of your Board as City Planners the accompanying report. The purpose of the advocated Metropolitan Planning is directed toward strengthening the local Planning Boards. The Chairman of the Newton Planning Board has written the Chamber that the activities of his own Board are weakened for lack of the type of Metropolitan planning which the Chamber advocates. A copy of Mr. Gibson's letter is given on page 11 of the accompanying report.
The creation of the Metropolitan Water Board and the Sewerage Board twenty-five years ago was brought about at a time of crisis when the local cities and towns of the district were helpless. It was impossible then for any one community to solve the pressing problems of water supply and sewerage disposal, because none of these matters could be accommodated within the boundaries of any one of the municipalities affected. In this crisis these Metropolitan Boards did their work promptly and well.
A new crisis is now arising in the District created by traffic which cannot find accommodation. On our broken system of main thoroughfares and inadequate local railways the business of the growing district cannot be accommodated. Evidently it lies beyond the power of any one municipality in the district to set these matters right. The time has evidently arrived when in the interest of public safety, convenience and economy a Metro- politan Board should be delegated to undertake systematic planning in co-operation with the local Boards. The Chamber has attempted to outline the delegation of powers necessary to undertake the needed planning, as you will see in the accompanying report.
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If, on looking over this report, you see any points which need further explanation or if you note matters which have escaped our attention, we shall consider it a great favor if you will communicate with us. We desire in every way to assist a satisfactory program for meeting the present crisis.
RJH Enclosure.
Yours very truly, F. S. SNYDER, President.
COUNCIL ZONING ORDER
CITY OF QUINCY. IN COUNCIL.
DECEMBER 18, 1922.
No. 383. Ordered:
That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be and the same is hereby appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Planning Board for investigating and planning a zoning system for the city of Quincy, and that the above amount be transferred from the miscellaneous revenue of the city and made a special appropriation for the above named purpose.
Adopted December 18, 1922. Attest:
Approved December 21, 1922.
WILLIAM A. BRADFORD, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest:
EMERY L. CRANE,
Cily Clerk.
RECOMMENDATIONS IN ANNUAL REPORTS
1915
Building line, Washington Street. Adopted.
Building line, Adams Street to bridge. Adopted.
Building line, Franklin Street. Adopted.
Building line, Squantum Street. Adopted.
Extend dead end streets, including Vassal Street. Adopted.
Remove City Square fountain. Adopted.
Relocate tracks on Hancock Street between Temple and Saville Avenue. Adopted.
Bay State run cars to School Street. Adopted.
Bay State double track on Washington Street - Temple to Hancock. Adopted.
Street car waiting room.
Comfort Station.
Land at Holmes Street and Billings Road, for bridge. Later abandoned.
1916
Extend Greenleaf Street. Pilgrim Highway. Widen North Street. New City Hall.
EMERY L. CRANE,
Clerk of Council.
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1917
New street, Town Brook valley.
Footpath, Granite Street to Depot - footpath from Square.
Building line, Holbrook Road.
Plan for general surface drainage. Adopted.
Hall Place extension postponed.
Footpath from Common Street to Parkway. Daniel Baxter Triangle. Adopted.
Footbridge Merrymount Park to Pine Island.
DesMoines Road extension.
Headland at Point Holes for playground.
New schools should have playground increased. Adopted.
Street car tracks removed, Depot, Saville and Temple Streets.
Island platform in Square.
Rebuild Willard Street. Adopted.
1918
Municipal garage and city stables at Quincy Adams.
Faxon Playground. Adopted.
Reforesting, white pines. Adopted.
Memorial Arch.
North Street extension to Quincy Avenue.
Blacks Creek tide gate.
1919
White Way.
Band stand in Park.
Rebuild Hancock Street. Adopted.
1920
Hall Playground, Norfolk Downs. Adopted.
Comfort Station, Houghs Neck.
Building line, Maple, Hancock and Temple Streets. Adopted.
1921
Blue Hill River Road.
Billboard restriction. Adopted.
City Home, exclusive use.
Burns Memorial, location. Still under consideration.
Dante Memorial, location. Still under consideration.
REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT Water Rates
Total assessment for the year 1922
$217,633 16
Amount collected .
$204,764 89
Amount rebated
1,793 05
Amount uncollected
11,075 22
$217,633 16
Amount due from previous years
$14,358 78
Amount collected .
$6,693 38
Amount rebated .
4,421 91
Amount uncollected
3,243 49
$14,358 78
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Service connections:
Total assessment for the year 1922
$16,416 25
Due from previous years
4,700 75
$21,117 00
Amount collected .
$16,403 77
Amount rebated
812 48
Amount uncollected
3,900 75
$21,117 00
Total receipts for the year from water rates
$211,458 27
Municipal departments
23,286 94
.
$234,745 21
For statement of appropriation accounts see the report of the Auditor.
Summary of Statistics
Population, 52,000.
Total consumption for the year, 1,542,636,000 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 4,226,400 gallons.
Gallons per day per capita, 835.
Main pipe laid during the year, 19,001 feet.
Main pipe taken out or abandoned, 5,274 feet.
Total length now in use, 785,833 feet or 148.85 miles.
Total length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 5.82 miles.
Number of fire hydrants installed during the year, 41.
Number of fire hydrants now in use (32 private hydrants), 1,318.
Number of stop gates installed, 50.
Number of stop gates now in use, 2,041.
Service pipe laid during the year, 21,172 feet.
Service pipe discontinued, 552 feet.
Total length of service pipe now in use, 543,352 feet or 102.90 miles.
Number of taps made during the year, 482.
Number of taps now in use, 11,812.
Number of meters set during the year, 345.
Number of meters now in use, 10,660.
266
Meters in Use December 31, 1922
INCHES
Total
NAME
5/8
34
1
11/2
2
3
4
6
8
Crest
Crown
Detector .
780
77
10
1
2
Empire
10
Gem
6,664
28
33
23
27
14
4
4
1
6,798
Hersey
18
2
278
Keystone
274
3
1
-
-
-
1
Lambert
745
21
6
8
7
Nash
356
Protectus
276
29
32
18
1
Trident
.
32
2
2
Union
735
Watch Dog
331
6
2
Worthington
Total
-
-
-
-
7
14
4
5
3
31
26
4
-
-
1
-
-
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
342
King
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
10
6
5
10,642
10,222
170
89
23
63
46
1
-
1
1
39
.
735
339
-
CITY OF QUINCY
-
33
870
1
1
8
341
787
2
2
-
20
Gates in Use December 31, 1922.
INCHES
Total
WHEN LAID
2
4
6
8
10
12
16
20
Previous to December 31, 1921 Laid in 1922
114
277
1,093 23
325
96
54
37
4
2,000
18
4
4
-
1
50
Total
114
278
1,116
343
100
58
37
4
2,050
Abandoned in 1922
1
2
6
In use December 31, 1922
113
276
1,110
343
100
58
37
4
2,041
.
-
-
-
-
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1
Water Pipe in Use December 31, 1922
WATER PIPE (INCHES)
Total
WHEN LAID
Number of Hy- drants
Number of Gates
2
4
6
7
8
10
12
16
20
Previous to December 31, 1921 Laid in 1922 .
1,282 41
2,000 50
Feet 31,160 485
Feet 93,274 150
Feet 387,754 6,007
Feet 994
Feet 152,884 7,873
Feet 48,888 2,879
Feet 31,241 1,607
Feet 23,232
Feet 2,679
Feet 772,106 19,001
Total Abandoned in 1922
1,323 5
2,050 9
31,645 865
93,424 1,687
393,558 2,552
994
160,757 -
32,848 51,767 200 -
23,232
2,679
791,107 5,274
In use December 31, 1922
1,318
2,041
30,780
91,737
391,239
994
160,757
51,567
32,848
23,232
2,679
785,833
CITY OF QUINCY
268
.
-
Water Pipe taken out or abandoned in 1922
WATER PIPE (INCHES)
Ward
STREET
Location
Gates
2
4
6
8
10
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
5
Elmwood Avenue
From Farrington to Fayette Street
1 4-inch
195
6
East Squantum Street
From Hancock Street to Newbury Avenue
2 6-inch
-
-
-
-
-
.
From North Central Street, southerly
300
5
Farrington Street
.
From Hancock to Felton Street
1 4-inch
592
-
1
6
Glover Avenue .
.
Near Sacred Heart Church .
5
Hamden Circle .
From Rawson Road to Cummings Avenue
2 6-inch
607
5
Newport Avenue
From South Central Ave. to Oakland Avenue
1 2-inch
273
-
-
.
From Fenno to Ridgeway Street .
1 6-inch
204
1
Irving Place
From Saville Street
1 6-inch
662
6
Tirrell Street
From corner of Russell Street
6 6-inch
50
Total
.
.
865
1,687
2,522
200
-
-
1,000
5
Fenno Street .
From Thornton to Wendall Street
-
-
-
6
Hancock Street .
.
5
Wendall Avenue
.
-
-
-
-
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
269
-
-
-
-
200
1,192
270
Fire Hydrants in Use December 31, 1922
MAKE
Two-way
Three-way
Four-way
Total
Bailey
Chapman
486
7
469
10
Coffin
270
Corey
10
Glamorgan .
40
Kennedy
248
Ludlow
2
3
5
Mathews
10
1
11
Pratt & Cady
6
Smith
14
Walker
.
Total
133
1,175
10
1,318
.
227
96
131
-
.
-
-
40
-
CITY OF QUINCY
1
-
-
·
12
258
-
10
5
243
1
1
-
6
14
New Fire Hydrants set in 1922
Ward
STREET
Make
Location
4
Bryant Street
Corey
600 feet west of Adams Street
5
Cedar Street
Corey .
Corner of Francis Street
4
Campbell Street
Ludlow
Corner of Kimball Street
5
Eustis Street
Corey
Opposite No. 29
1
Everett Street
Corey .
Corner of Hudson Street
6
East Squantum Street
Coffin .
Opposite No. 25
6
East Squantum Street
Coffin
Opposite No. 49 .
6
East Squantum Street
Coffin .
Corner of Newbury Avenue
5
Fenno Street
Corey
100 feet east of Thornton Street
5
Fenno Street
Corey .
Near National Sailors Home
5
Ferndale Road
Corey
Between Hancock and Oxenbridge Streets
1
Furnace Brook Parkway
Corey .
200 feet west of Everett Street
1
Furnace Brook Parkway
Corey .
330 feet west of Maypole Road
5
Hamden Circle
Corey .
Opposite No. 125
6
Holbrook Road
Corey
100 feet east of Revere Street
6
Hovey Street .
Coffin . .
250 feet east of Wadsworth Street
1
Homer Street
Corey
Corner of Sea Street .
6
.
Holyoke Street
Corey .
.
.
1
Maypole Road
Corey .
Corner of Squanto Street
1
Narragansett Road
Corey
Opposite Manomet Street
1
Neponset Road
Corey .
20 feet south of Shore Avenue
5
Oakland Avenue
Corey .
100 feet west of Newport Avenue
.
.
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
271
.
.
.
150 feet east of Clive Street
.
New Fire Hydrants set in 1922 - Concluded
Ward
STREET
Make
Location
5
Oakland Avenue .
Corey
500 feet west of Newport Avenue
1
Passonagasett Knoll
Corey
.
Opposite Assabet Road
1
Passonagasett Knoll
Corey
400 feet east of Aassabet Road
3
Pembroke Street .
·
.
.
3
Plymouth Street .
Corey .
.
300 feet south of Verchild Street
6
Pierce Street
Smith
Corner of Glover Avenue
6
Russell Street
Corey
.
.
6
· Russell Street
Corey
.
6
Ruthven Street
.
Corey
Corner of Ardell Street
1
Ridgeway Drive
·
.
Coffin .
225 feet north of Highfield Road
1
Sea Street
.
.
Corey
Opposite No. 752
1
Upland Road
Corey
.
1
Upland Road
Corey .
.
600 feet north of Granite Street
1
Victoria Road
.
.
.
.
1
Waban Road
Corey
.
.
6
Wadsworth Street
Corey
·
.
1
Whitwell Street
Corey
Opposite No. 202
1
Whitwell Street
Corey .
Corner of Maywood Road
Neponset Road
Ludlow
Corner of Squanto Street
-
.
.
·
Corey
100 feet south of Verchild Street
.
.
·
.
Corey
200 feet north of Samoset Avenue
·
.
·
.
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Corner of East Squantum Street
300 feet west of East Squantum Street
300 feet north of Granite Street
Opposite Squanto Street
70 feet south of Atlantic Street
.
Water Pipes laid from January 1 to December 31, 1922
WATER PIPE (INCHES)
Ward
STREET
Location
Gates
2
4
6
8
10
12
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet 230
Feet
Feet
1
Algonquin Road
From Sea Street
1 8-inch
4
Bryant Street .
Extension westerly
4
Campbell Street
Extension westerly
1 6-inch
144
5
Cedar Street .
From end of Oakland Avenue
1 8-inch
-
-
-
1
Dixwell Avenue .
.
From Farrington to Fayette Street
2 6-inch
-
-
1
Everett Street .
From Putnam Street to Parkway
2 6-inch
272
1
Everett Street .
·
From Revere Street easterly
1 6-incli
180
-
.
From Hancock Street to Newbury Avenue
2 12-incli
1
Euclid Avenue .
From Roslin Avenue northerly
145
-
-
-
.
From Thornton to Wendell Street
2 10-inch
16
1,192
5
Ferndale Road
From Oxenbridge Road
1 8-inch
6
392
5
Farrington Street
From North Central Avenue southerly
5
Francis Avenue .
From Willow Avenue to Cedar Street
1
Furnace Brook Parkway
From Everett Street northerly
1 8-inch
6
251
1
Furnace Brook Parkway
From Maypole Road westerly
7
348
6
Holmes Place
From Holmes Street
121
-
1
Hudson Street
Corner of Everett Street
2 6-inch
-
-
112
-
1
.
-
-
.
-
-
-
-
-
1,000
6
East Squantum Street
Extension to Avon Way
-
556
195
5
Elmwood Avenue
.
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
-
.
300
206
-
--
-
-
5
Fenno Street
From Putnam to Hudson Street
-
-
-
6
Eliot Avenue ·
.
-
312
878
349
1
273
274
Water Pipes laid from January 1 to December 31, 1922 - Concluded
WATER PIPE (INCHES)
Ward
STREET
Location
Gates
2
4
6
8
10
12
Feet
Feet
Feet 156
Feet
Feet
Feet
6
Harriett Avenue
Extension northerly
.
.
6
Holyoke Street .
From Clive Street
.
.
1
Homer Street ·
From Sea Street southerly .
1 6-inch
255
6
Holyoke Street
Extension to Revere Street
1 6-inch
-
-
·
Extension to Wadsworth Street
1 6-inch
420
-
·
Near Sacred Heart Church .
1 6-inch
28
6
Hancock Street .
.
5
Hamden Circle .
From Rawson Road to Cummings Avenue ·
2 12-inch
7
6
Glover Avenue .
From Hancock to Felton Street .
.
1 8-inch
69
592
1 Lawton Road
.
From Putnam Street easterly
1 8-inch
238
1
Maypole Road
Extension .
2 6-inch
463
From Hill Street easterly
1 6-inch
215
1
Neponset Road .
North and south of Squanto Street
2 6-inch
321
1
Narragansett Road
Extension
1 8-inch
753
5
Newport Avenue
.
From South Central Avenue to Oakland Street From Highland Avenue westerly .
1 8-inch
171
-
122
5 North Central Avenue 1 Moreland Street
· Extension westerly ·
1 6-inch
50
-
1 Longwood Avenue .
From Moreland Street northerly . .
48
-
48
5 Oxenbridge Road
.
From Ferndale to Willett Street .
1 8-inch
-
126
5
Oakland Road
.
From Newport Avenue to Cedar Street
1 8-inch
-
-
6
603
-
CITY OF QUINCY
-
.
2 8-inch
-
246
1 Lafayette Street
.
.
.
-
-
.
.
.
.
.
-
-
.
1 10-inch
-
273
2
Mound Street .
.
-
.
.
.
1 10-inch
-
452
607
-
-
.
From Dixwell Avenue to Presidents Lane
-
·
180
200
6
Hovey Street
.
.
.
6 Park Avenue
Extension northerly
3
Pembroke Street
From Verchild Street southerly
1 8-inch
6
3
Plymouth Street
Extension southerly
1 8-inch
14
265
6 Revere Street
From Holbrook Road to Eliot Avenue . From Highfield Road
1 6-inch
437
1
Ridgeway Drive
From East Squantum to Tirrell Street .
2 6-inch
572
6
Russell Street
·
Extension to Ardelle Street
1 6-inch
180
-
6
Ruthven Street .
Extension westerly
1 8-inch
12
662
6
Tirrell Street .
Corner of Russell Street
1 8-inch
50
1
Victoria Road
Extension northerly
.
1
Waban Road
Moreland Street to Boulevard
1 6-inch
380
-
-
5
Wendell Avenue
From Fenno to Ridgeway Street .
1 8-inch
192
6
Wadsworth Street
From Atlantic to Hovey Street
1 6-inch
203
1
Centre Road
From Darrow to Littlefield Street
1 4-inch
150
-
-
-
485
150
6,007
7,873
2,879
1,607
-
-
260
-
-
6
227 257 790
1
1 Passonagasett Knoll
Extension northerly
1 8-inch
-
-
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
275
-
1
Upland Road
From Granite Street
-
.
286
128
5
Summit Avenue
.
.
.
-
Total
276
CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
DECEMBER 31, 1922.
This department was unable to complete its schedule of sewer construc- tion this year through lack of sufficient labor; 1.6 miles of sewers were built, however, in various suburbs of the city. The sewers in Holyoke Street, Hovey Street, Ocean Street, Russell Street and Williams Street were built and paid for by Mr. Nathan H. Glover, owner of the abutting property, under the inspection and regulations of this department. In connection with the abolition of the grade crossing at the Quincy Station the old sewer in Irving Place was abandoned and a new sewer was installed by the New York & New Haven Railroad in Upland Road extension. This was built under the inspection of this department and is about 75 per cent completed, and all houses along the line have been connected with it.
The construction of the new high school made it necessary to abandon a short piece of sewer in Saville Avenue and build a new line to divert the flow into Huntly Road.
For financial statement, see the Auditor's Report.
Particular Sewers
In line with the increase in building construction, a total of 488 sewer connections were made this year, connecting 496 buildings, a record num- ber in any one year.
Single houses 345
Manufacturing
3
Two-family houses
119
School
1
Four-family houses
2
Library
1
Mercantile
17 Stores and tenements
3
Garage
5
Average cost per connection
$40 50
Average length of connection (feet)
46.15
Average cost per foot of connection
$0 88
Building connections, by wards:
Ward 1
112
Ward 4
22
Ward 2
20
Ward 5
201
Ward 3
28
Ward 6
105
Assessments
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