Inaugural address of the mayor, with the annual report of the officers of the city of Quincy for the year 1923, Part 15

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CITY OF QUINCY


I especially wish to call to your attention the tactful, cheerful and un- complaining work of Miss Nettie Denton, although clinics that some- times last until 6.30 P.M. are necessarily a severe mental and physical strain.


Very truly yours, E. B. FITZGERALD, M.D., Child Welfare Physician.


REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR


JANUARY 1, 1924.


Dr. M. T. SWEENEY, Health Commissioner.


DEAR SIR: - As Inspector of Plumbing I have the honor to submit my thirtieth annual report.


Number of applications received from January 1, 1923, to December 31, 1923


925


Received for permits


$2,040


Nature of New Buildings for which Permits were issued


New dwellings


512


Stores


4


New summer cottages


17


Hall and stores


1


Garages .


9


Offices


2


Gas-filling stations


5


Machine shop


1


Block of stores


2


Restaurant


1


Library


1


School


1


Factories .


4


Storehouse


1


Hospital service building


1 Clubhouse


1


Nature of Old Buildings for which Permits were issued


Old dwellings .


285


Milk room


1


Old summer cottages


32


Hair dressing parlor


1


Dental parlors


2


Foundry


1


Machine shop


1


Warehouse


1


Restaurant


1


Laundry .


1


Churches


3


Fish market


1


Sales room


1 Offices


2


Business blocks


3 Stores


17


Factories .


5


Garages


.


3


Hotel


1


New Buildings connected to Sewer


New dwellings


. 384


Store


1


New summer cottages


5


Offices


2


Garage


1


Machine shop


1


Filling stations


4


Restaurant


1


Block of stores


3


Factory


1


Hospital service building


1


School


.


1


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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


New Buildings connected to Cesspools


New buildings


. 128


Library


.


1


New summer cottages


12


Factory


.


1


Garages


8 Store


Filling station


.


Old Buildings connected to Sewer, New Connections


Old dwellings .


62


Laundry


1


Old summer cottages


20


Office


Churches


2


.


Old Buildings connected to Cesspool, New Connections


Old dwellings


42


Garage


1


Summer cottages


6


Store


1


Water tests made


903


Peppermint tests made


1,061


Inspections made


12


Air test


1


·


.


.


1


·


.


1


1


Respectfully submitted, J. J. KENILEY, Inspector of Plumbing.


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CITY OF QUINCY


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


JANUARY 1, 1924.


Hon. GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.


DEAR SIR: - I herewith submit the seventeenth report of the Building Department of the city of Quincy for the year ending December 31, 1923.


The conditions of the year 1922 have continued through the year 1923, with increased number of permits and estimated costs of approximately 25 per cent above the figures for 1922. The building of dwellings still continues, fully 67 per cent of which were erected in Wards 5 and 6. Ap- proximately 17 per cent of these dwellings were built in Ward 1.


In Wards 2, 3 and 4 there has been a substantial increase above the previous years, with the prospect of a further increase for the coming year.


The number of new apartments erected the past year was 837, prac- tically one-half of which are in the two-family type of house.


The mercantile buildings erected this year have been of a more desirable type of building, practically all of which have been of the first or second class construction.


Our business sections have been extended along our main thorough- fares, and quite a few ancient structures within these areas have been removed and modern structures erected on these sites.


The private garage has also been in evidence the past year, as each home, to be complete, necessitates the erection of these structures for housing the automobile which today has become a necessity as a means of conveyance. The automobile has been the main cause of the building up of areas which in the past were considered remote sites for dwellings. The garage laws relative to location of the private garages have been amended so as to relieve the condition which the general public considered a grievance.


As in the past, a number of alterations to existing structures have been made. The alterations have consisted of improving old conditions and arranging for the occupancy of additional families, and on the whole have been of a material advantage to the condition of our city in relation to public safety, fire menace and sanitary conditions.


The new high school is now in process of completion, and the addition to the Massachusetts Field School building is progressing rapidly, the walls having been constructed, and the structure about ready to receive the roof.


These structures have, with few exceptions, been erected according to the regulations of the city, without, undue friction between the Inspector and contractors. Practically all of the violations of the ordinance have been done by contractors from the adjoining towns in which no regulations were in force, and at the request of the Inspector these conditions have been remedied. -


In closing I want to thank the contractors and others connected with the building trades for the goodwill and courtesy extended to this office in the past, and I hope our relations will continue the same in the future.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


Tabulations of Building Operations for the Year 1923 WARD 1


Permits issued (465) :


Estimated Cost


60 one-family dwellings


31 two-family dwellings


$547,500 00


1 three-family dwelling


29 cottages


45,200 00


1 first-class mercantile


95,000 00


10 second-class mercantile


236,800 00


5 third-class mercantile


2,660 00


1 third-class manufacturing


600 00


10 storage


2,383 00


176 garages


81,391 00


103 alterations


104,825 00


31 removals and demolished


7,285 00


5 second-class miscellaneous


131,943 00


2 elevators


6,500 00


$1,262,087 00


WARD 2


Permits issued (148) : 10 one-family dwellings 19 two-family dwellings


. $179,200 00


1 four-family dwelling


4 second-class mercantile


22,600 00


1 third-class mercantile


800 00


7 storage


7,375 00


72 garages


44,162 00


30 alterations


23,610 00


3 removals and demolished


2,900 0.0


1 miscellaneous


443 00


281,090 00


WARD 3


Permits issued (148) :


14 one-family dwellings -


15 two-family dwellings


$159,500 00


1 three-family dwelling


2 second-class mercantile


11,000 00


2 third-class mercantile


765 00


7 manufacturing


4,100 00


5 storage


630 00


64 garages


58,603 00


30 alterations


28,760 00


7 removals and demolished


2,620 00


1 miscellaneous


2,700 00


268,678'00


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CITY OF QUINCY


WARD 4


Permits issued (104) :


17 one-family dwellings


$119,500 00


5 two-family dwellings


1 cottage


800 00


5 third-class mercantile


1,950 00


2 manufacturing


1,200 00


2 storage


250 00


46 garages


11,545 00


23 alterations


7,825 00


2 removals


1,250 00


1 miscellaneous


443 00


$144,763 00


WARD 5


Permits issued (437) :


99 one-family dwellings


78 two-family dwellings


$1,170,600 00


2 four-family dwellings


1 thirty-three family dwelling


2 cottages


4,000 00


4 second-class mercantile


60,500 00


4 third-class mercantile


2,600 00


3 second and third-class manufacturing


46,500 00


9 storage


5,200 00


175 garages


78,573 00


45 alterations


230,305 00


9 removals


1,865 00


5 miscellaneous


43,443 00


1 elevator


1,000 00


1,644,586 00


WARD 6


Permits issued (390) : 102 one-family dwellings 76 two-family dwellings


$1,065,050 00


5 cottages


9,100 00


1 second-class mercantile


15,000 00


2 third-class mercantile


800 00


2 manufacturing


6,000 00


7 storage


3,340 00


150 garages


74,710 00


37 alterations


85,400 00


4 removals


1,550 00


1 miscellaneous


443 00


3 elevators


4,215 00


1,265,608 00


Total .


. $4,866,812 00


.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


.


Permits issued (1,692)


532 dwellings


. $3,241,350 00


37 cottages


59,100 00


41 mercantile


450,475 00


15 manufacturing


58,400 00


40 stables, etc ..


19,178 00


683 garages .


348,984 00


268 alterations


480,725 00


56 removals


17,470 00


14 miscellaneous


179,415 00


6 elevators


11,715 00


1,692


$4,866,812 00


Statement


Cash received each month for permits issued from January 1, 1923, to December 31, 1923, inclusive, and paid to the City Treasurer is as follows:


January


$159 00


February


39 50


March .


229 50


April


340 50


May


346 00


June


378 50


July


317 00


August


415 25


September


363 00


October


472 73


November


338 50


December


373 00


$3,772 48


Respectfully submitted,


WARREN S. PARKER, Inspector of Buildings.


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CITY OF QUINCY


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES


JANUARY 1, 1924.


Hon. GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.


DEAR SIR: - I respectfully submit my annual report as Inspector of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1924.


Inspection in Buildings


The following specified schedule of electrical inspections was made of lights and other appliances installed:


1922


1923


Number of permits issued with fee


1,550


1,477


Number of permits issued without fee


226


149


Total number of permits issued to electrical contractors


1,776


1,626


Cash received from Electrical Contractors from January 1, 1923, to December 31, 1923, inclusive


1922


1923


1922


1923


January


$74 00


$122 00


August


$155 00


$104 00


February


71 00


78 00


September .


137 00


139 00


March


102 00


138 00


October


154 00


124 00


April


124 00


145 00


November .


135 00


122 00


May


149 00


127 00


December


129 00


114 00


June


.


155 00


113 00


July


165 00


151 00


$1,550 00


$1,477 00


.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES


1922


1923


Number of electrical contractors doing work .


305


212


Inspections made as per permits issued


3,511


4,023


Number of defects noted


1,028


939


Number of unfinished installations


249


216


Number of installations reinspected


174


187


Number of defects in installations reinspected


932


868


Total inspections made


3,685


4,185


Permits issued to Quincy Electric Light and Power Com-


pany to install service and electrical appliances .


1,268


1,434


Number of lights wired


19,893


38,223


Number of motors wired (horse power-848)


169


188


6 electrical ranges installed, total watt capacity


11,620


39,000


10 rectifiers, total watt capacity .


10,910


15,050


1 X-ray machine, total watt capacity


6,600


1,100


701 electric irons, watt capacity .


83,060


420,600


2 popcorn machines, watt capacity


5,160


13,000


16 electric signs, watt capacity


5,185


36,748


Temporary lights wired for parties, fairs, and street deco- rating


7,171


3,400


Number of New Buildings Wired


1922


1923


Single houses .


316


335


Two-apartment houses


123


199


Three-apartment houses


3


4


Four-apartment houses


4


4


Mercantile houses


15


29


Manufacturing .


5


5


Stables, etc.


1


1


Garages


76


100


Miscellaneous


16


7


559


684


237


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CITY OF QUINCY


Number of Old Buildings Wired


1922


1923


Single houses .


260


375


Two-apartment houses


97


117


Three-apartment houses


11


28


Four-apartment houses


7


16


Mercantile houses


14


31


Manufacturing


6


29


Stables, etc.


4


4


Garages


9


24


Miscellaneous


16


8


424


632


Additional Wiring in Old Buildings


1922


1923


Single houses .


180


103


Two-apartment houses


41


19


Three-apartment houses


13


5


Four-apartment houses


2


3


Mercantile houses


83


52


Manufacturing .


32


20


Stables, etc.


-


1


Garages


10


14


Miscellaneous


49


25


410


242


Alterations, Rewiring and Repairs


1922


1923


Single houses


42


43


Two-apartment houses


17


21


Three-apartment houses


3


4


Four-apartment houses


1


2


Mercantile houses


,28


21


Manufacturing .


7


7


Stables, etc.


6


7


Garages .


8


4


Miscellaneous


30


8


142


117


Respectfully submitted,


A. J. SOUDEN, Inspector of Wires.


239


REPORT OF BOARD OF SURVEY


REPORT OF BOARD OF SURVEY


JANUARY 1, 1924.


To His Honor Mayor GUSTAVE B. BATES and Members of the City Council.


GENTLEMEN: - The Board of Survey respectfully submits herewith its ninth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1923.


The Board organized on January 19 for the year 1923, and voted Hon. Eugene R. Stone, chairman, and Patrick F. O'Brien, clerk.


The Board held nine meetings during the year.


The adoption of a plan that would be acceptable to the interested parties, the Glover estate and the Pope estate at Atlantic, was one that required time and study. Several hearings were held and plans made by the Board, the Glover estate and the Pope estate.


Finally a settlement was reached whereby both parties gave land for street between the estates.


Two streets, Holyoke Street in the Atlantic district and Holbrook Road in the Montclair district, were recommended to the City Council for action, but nothing has been done to date. Hearings were held on the following streets:


Stevens Street, School Street to Quincy Avenue.


Williams Street Alstead Street


Catherine C. and Alice C. Pope estate.


Tirrell Street


Carlisle Street


Hughes Street extension


Lurton Street extension


Byron C. Miller estate.


Respectfully submitted,


HON. EUGENE R. STONE, Chairman, WILLIAM G. TEASDALE, WILLIAM G. SHAW,


Board of Survey.


PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.


240


CITY OF QUINCY


REPORT OF DOCK AND WATERFRONT COMMISSIONER


QUINCY, January 1, 1924.


Received by Water from January 1, 1923, to January 1, 1924


For Quincy Point Power Station:


Amount of soft coal (tons)


4,127


Amount of fuel oil (barrels) .


. 180,693


For City Fuel Company:


Amount of anthracite coal (tons)


21,900


Amount of soft coal (tons)


. 11,060


For J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc .:


Amount of anthracite coal (tons)


· 20,760


Amount of soft coal (tons) .


. 4,450


For Quincy Lumber Company: Amount of lumber received (feet)


4,868,255


Amount of laths


360,400


Amount of shingles


200,000


Total openings of draw at Fore River Bridge


2,272


Respectfully submitted, EDWARD M. WIGHT, Commissioner.


241


REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


QUINCY, MASS., January 1, 1924.


To His Honor, GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor, and Members of the City Council.


DEAR SIR: - I herewith respectfully submit the twenty-fourth annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1923.


The following is a summary of the work done by this department during the year 1923.


Lines and grades have been given at the request of property owners of 140 estates.


Plans and estimates have been made as follows:


Proposed new streets


15


Proposed street widening


8


Proposed building lines .


9


Plans for City Planning Board


5


Plans for Board of Survey


4


Plans for legislative hearings


3


Plans for assessors .


54


Miscellaneous plans


32


New Streets


The usual requests for new streets were made by people living on un- accepted streets, but no action was taken until late in the year, when some of the streets were accepted, but no appropriations were made, as it was too late for construction.


The streets in the Quincy Point district, built by the United States government, were formally accepted by the City Council as city streets (see Schedule).


Rebuilding Streets


Coddington Street was rebuilt on the northerly side from Woodward Avenue to Valley Street, a distance of about 1,200 feet. 'The southerly side was rebuilt two years previously.


The rebuilding of Hancock Street between the Boulevard and Neponset Bridge was begun late in the year and continued until cold weather (see Schedule).


Surface Drains


The drainage on Independence Avenue between Goddard Street and Federal Avenue has caused trouble for years, so an additional line was put in to relieve the situation.


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CITY OF QUINCY


The drainage on Granite Street at the crossing with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad required the attention of a force of men every storm to keep the street open for travel. A new line of pipe was put in and the old line cleaned and repaired.


A tide gate and drain pipes were put in at Parkhurst Street, Houghs Neck, to improve the unhealthy condition of a slough hole that was a source of trouble for a long time (see Schedule).


Permanent Sidewalks


Granolithic walks were constructed in locations where requested (see Schedule).


A new kind of sidewalk was constructed on Coddington Street as a sample, which has a good hard even surface. It is of the tar concrete type, with a special kind of tar product being used. The cost is about one-half that of granolithic.


Automobile Parking


The attention of the authorities has been called to the necessity of providing parking places for automobiles so as to keep them from blocking the main thoroughfares.


Suggested widenings of streets adjacent to the business district have been made, and the taking of the Edwards meadow by the city, supplying a parking space for 1,000 automobiles, has been considered by the City Council, but no definite action has been taken.


Legislative Hearings


Considerable interest is taken each year at the State House.in matters pertaining to the city of Quincy. The building of the Furnace Brook Parkway between Hancock Street and Newport Avenue, going under the tracks of the Old Colony Railroad was passed by the Legislature, an appropriation of $135,000 being allowed. When this section is completed it will connect the Quincy Shore Reservation with the Blue Hill Reserva- tion.


City Playgrounds


The city playgrounds are receiving attention and are being enlarged and improved both for the use of the children and for athletics.


Viewing stands are now installed at all the playgrounds.


Efforts are being made to have playgrounds at Montclair, Squantum and Houghs Neck.


Grade Crossings


Nothing being done in the elimination of grade crossings in Quincy. The work started in the extension of Upland Road to Granite Street opposite the Quincy Depot has been finished and the road opened to travel. The wooden footbridge on Saville Street, over the railroad tracks, is com- pleted and opened to the public but is not generally used.


Neponset Bridge


The new bridge being constructed on Hancock Street over the Neponset River is nearing completion and will be an attractive structure.


The bridge is a concrete arch type, with granite-faced piers and a steel draw span.


Total length of bridge, 776 feet; two roadways 28 feet each; two side- walks 6 feet each; and two cartracks along center of bridge.


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


New High School


The construction of the new high school which was begun in February, 1922, was stopped in January, 1923, because the contractor doing the work went into bankruptcy. Work could not be started again until a settle- ment was made with the Bonding Company.


New bids for the work were received and a new contract awarded to the John A. Bowen Company.


Work was begun again September 1, 1923, and is progressing rapidly, the contractor agreeing to have the building completed by June 30, 1924.


For financial statement, see Auditor's report.


Yours respectfully,


PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, City Engineer.


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SCHEDULE, 1923 Surface Drains


Surface drains have been constructed in the following streets:


SIZE OF PIPE (INCHES)


STREET


30


24


20


15


12


10


8


Independence Avenue


-


-


238


Lawry Street


.


.


114


238


-


-


-


.


.


.


-


150


Bellevue Road


130


2


1


Sycamore Road .


715


21


1


Parkhurst Street .


36


200


600


Granite Street


.


Kemper Street


152


1


-


-


500


4


Willett Street


290


18


2


Dimmock Street .


300


2


1


Berlin Street


366


2


Wayland Street


.


1


-


320


2


1


Cummings Avenue


1


-


-


86


2


Saville Avenue


1


1


-


150


2


-


.


2121 2 2


CITY OF QUINCY


-


-


201


Upland Road


.


-


-


-


-


-


2


1


172


1


-


1


Marlboro Street .


1


Merrymount Road


-


20


1


-


-


-


Basins


Manholes


Federal Avenue


.


New Streets


The following streets have been laid out during the year as public highways:


STREET


Location


Ward


Length (Feet)


Width (Feet)


Cost


Abbey Road .


Washington Street to Graham Street


2


280


40


Avalon Avenue


.


.


.


2


1,121


40


Baker Avenue


Washington Street to Avalon Avenue


2


637


40


Charles Street


Silver Street to Baxter Avenue


·


·


2


260


33


Commonwealth Avenue


North Street to Ruggles Street


2


325


40


Dee Road


.


.


North Street to Arnold Street


2


700


40


Graham Street


·


.


Washington Court to Dee Road


.


.


.


860


70


Ruggles Street


Murdock Avenue to South Street


2


1,280


40


Washington Court


Extension easterly


2


162


Whiton Avenue


Washington Court to Dee Road


2


1,081


40


Arnold Road


Marshall Street to Boulevard


6


1,052


40


$8,000


Bayfield Road


East Squantum Street to Boulevard Baxter Avenue to Beech Street


6


1,360


30 and 40


14,000


Curtis Avenue


.


.


.


2


718


40


8,000


Federal Avenue


Extension to Lurton Street


.


.


3


69


40


600


Filbert Street


.


Dunn's Hill Road southerly ·


4


858


20


3,500


O'Connell Avenue


.


Bates Avenue westerly .


4


400


33


2,400


Watson Road


Broadway to Chubbuck Street


.


2


440


40


3,500


·


.


--


.


Washington Street to Avalon Avenue


2


610


40


Fifth Avenue .


.


.


River Street to Charles Street


2


660


40


2


1,136


40


Pilgrim Parkway


.


River Street to Washington Street .


·


.


.


·


.


.


·


.


REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


·


.


.


245


.


.


.


Washington Court to Dee Road


.


.


·


Lawn Avenue


2


Built by U. S. government


.


Street Rebuilding


The following streets have been rebuilt during the year:


STREET


Location


Ward


Length (Feet)


Width (Feet)


Cost


Coddington Street .


Woodward Avenue to Valley Street


1


1,200


60


$5,186


Revere Road


.


.


.


.


.


1


600


33


3,172


Hancock Street


.


.


.


.


·


.


· Permanent Sidewalks


STREET


Location


Length (Feet)


Width (Feet)


Square Yards


Cost


Copeland Street


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


School Street to Water Street


575


7.5


483


1,825 00


Quincy Avenue


In front of 64 to 74


127


10.0


133


400 00


Hancock Street


In front of 678 to 682


94


11.0


103


175 00


Hancock Street


In front of 1605 to 1611


81


12.0


106


150 00


Whitney Road


·


·


·


Corner Woodward Avenue .


106


5.0


78


250 00


Sterling Street


Vershire Street to Ardell Street


216


5.0


127


400 00


Coddington Street


Woodward Avenue to Valley Street


1,150


8.0


1,000


890 00


.


.


.


School Street to Water Street


3


750


60


9,357


Quincy Avenue


.


.


Hancock Street to Water Street


3


900


64


2,859


Standish Avenue


.


.


Warren Avenue to Old Colony Avenue


.


5


700


50


1,074


.


Hancock Street to Cottage Street


Squantum Street to Hunt Street


6


800


64


7,781


Franklin Street


.


120


7.5


106


$254 00


Franklin Street


.


.


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


CITY OF QUINCY


246


.


Corner Garfield Street


247


REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS


REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS


Hon. GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor.


DEAR SIR :- The annual report of the Public Works Department for the year ending December 31, 1923, is herewith submitted:


HIGHWAY DIVISION


Net Appro- priations


Expenditures


Balances


Clerical .


$2,644 00


$2,644 00


-


Office expenses


450 00


317 81


$132 19


Repair of public buildings


5,000 00


3,788 23


1,211 77


Care of City Hall


9,500 00


9,234 66


265 34


Maintenance .


193,007 38


189,345 67


3,661 71


Street sprinkling


38,000 00


37,878 53


121 47


Street lighting


50,500 00


50,204 69


295 31


Rebuilding streets


15,312 50


14,925 51


386 99


Concrete walks


1,000 00


550 72


449 28


Gypsy moth:


Superintendent


1,872 00


1,872 00


Trees


2,972 57


2,972 57


Labor .


4,551 68


3,615 00


936 68


Material


1,815 43


1,815 43


Sprayer


200 00


118 49


81 51


All others


1,284 57


1,178 97


105 60


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Miscellaneous


Telephone


$90 44


Printing .


18 00


Pay rolls


29 90


Order books


14 00


Time books


8 00


Stationery


17 50


Paper and blotters


33 77


Carbons


6 25


Pens


7 40


Pencils


7 40


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-


248


CITY OF QUINCY


Ink .


$1 05


Rubber stamp and bands


5 00


Diaries


9 49


Files


12 87


Ledger


17 98


Post office


2 93


Adding machine


1 65


Typewriter


2 00


Staples


1 00


Clips


1 00


Express


2 18


Magazine


5 00


Dues


3 00


Cash


10 00


$317 81


Public Buildings


Central Fire Station


$288 98


Ward 2 Hose House


333 89


Ward 4 Hose House


299 98


Ward 5 Hose House


248 79


Ward 6 Hose House


84 41


Houghs Neck Hose House


371 72


Police Station


548 21


Almshouse .


1,505 52


Dispensary


: 77


Waiting room


3 96


$3,788 23


City Hall


Janitor


$1,560 00


Assistant janitor


1,923 00


Supplies


579 21


Lighting


1,797 31


Heating


1,224 81


Repairs


648 37


Furniture


699 90


Telephone


21 44


Coal office .


300 00


Window cleaning


165 00


Lawn


12 00


Flag


11 90


Decorating


62 00


Fountain


13 75


Cleaning


209 97


Post office


6 00


$9,234 66


249


REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS


Labor


Street cleaning


$19,674 90


Basins and drains


7,763 19


Gravel


338 00


Tar patch


11,907 99


Snow .


20,597 31


Repairs


34,932 50


Equipment


124 76


Fences


484 56


Paving


1,256 30


Signs


281 55


Vacation


2,783 03


Compensation


334 00


Sanding


3,274 93


Coal


3,152 23


Inspectors:


Adams Street


2,801 90


Gas Company


293 50


Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway


84 00


Public landing


34 50


$110,119 15


Stable


Labor


$5,984 85


Repairs


1,170 22


Heating


582 62


Lighting


508 50


Upkeep of horses


1,513 88


Supplies


51 43


Insurance


263 00


Telephone


98 66


Drain


23 53


Flag


5 25


$10,201 94


Automobiles


Labor


$2,203 56


Gasoline


2,197 88


Oil


445 95


Tires and tubes


1,250 76


Parts


1,610 43


Supplies


221 86


Storage


87 50


Garage


39 81


Painting


188 44


Lights and lenses


39 74


Chains


165 08


Plank


20 89


Registry


52 75


Curtains


63 84


250


CITY OF QUINCY


Pump .


$310 70


Rented cars


745 00


Tools


52 30


Felt


33 29


Bodies


160 00


Chassis


195 00


Bumper


10 00


Spark plugs


77 13


Cushions


12 00


Jack


6 50


Heater


37 50


Canvas


6 00


Whistle


6 00


Creeper


11 00


Drum


15 00


Equipment


2 50


$10,268 41


Sidewalks


Labor


$2,742 45


Teams


573 38


Material


1,081 54


Board walk


109 71


Granolithic repairs


95 48


Equipment


27 00


$4,629 56


Concrete Walks


Contractor


$502 02


Labor


48 70


$550 72


Brooks


Labor


$2,517 78


Equipment


59 00


Material


12 00


Tools


21 99


$2,610 77


Bridges


Atlantic Railroad Bridge, repairs


$89 49


Fore River Bridge, assessments


5,940 00


Labor


202 39


Material


99 15


Sundries


1 36


$6,332 39


All Others


Teams


$8,748 82


Equipment


1,649 28


Tools


1,376 46


251


REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS


Drains


$1,958 32


Snow


10,040 19


Materials


8,354 95


Fuel


964 81


Fences


302 50


Signs .


377 66


Lanterns


561 30


Telephone


89 24


Public landing


218 47


Transportation .


120 08


Equipment for men .


82 05


Dynamite


20 95


Printing and atlas


101 25


Oil burner (tar pit)




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