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Grossman Street
Corner Williams Court
1
Hancock Court
Opposite No. 15
5
Hancock Street
Opposite No. 478
5
Harvard Street
6
Hamilton Avenue
5
Highland Avenue
5
Highland Avenue
Corner Hobart Street
5
Highland Avenue
250 feet south of Wilson Avenue
5
Highland Avenue
1
Highfield Road
50 feet north of Wilson Avenue Half way between Samoset Avenue and Pilgrim Boulevard
4
Connell Street
6
East Squantum Street.
5
Exeter Street
30 feet south of Norfolk Street
6
Freeman Street
5
Chapman Street
14
14
100 feet north of Granger Street 200 feet west of Revere Street Opposite No. 125
260
CITY OF QUINCY
New Fire Hydrants Set in 1924-(Continued)
Ward
Street
Location
5
Hillside Avenue
Corner of Grove Street
6
Holmes Street
Opposite No. 59
1
Hudson Street
50 feet north of Butler Road
3
Hughes Street
Opposite No. 19
,
3
Hughes Street
Opposite No. 36
3
Hughes Street
Opposite No. 62
5
Janet Road
Opposite No. 28
1
Linden Court
At end of street
1
Longwood Road
Opposite No. 13 Opposite No. 30
3
North Payne Street.
Corner of Franklin Street
3
North Payne Street.
Opposite No. 31
5
Oakland Avenue
Corner of Furnace Brook Parkway
1
Overlook Road
Opposite No. 25
5
Old Colony Avenue
Opposite No. 17
3 Payne street
Corner of Franklin Street Corner of Franklin Street
3
Pearl Street
100 feet north of Lurton Street
5
Pine Street
188 feet south of Elmwood Avenue
3
Plymouth Street
75 feet north of Lurton Street
1
Pontiac Road
Opposite No. 19
1
Putnam Street
50 feet north of Wilson Avenue
4 Shirley Street
Opposite No. 88
4 4
Standish Avenue
Opposite No. 8
5 6
Tirrell Street
175 feet north of Carlisle Street
Virginia Road
Opposite No. 20
Warwick Street
Corner of Marshall Streeet
4 White Street
20 feet north of Kimball Street
4 White Street
Opposite No. 24
4 White Street
Corner of Adams Street
White Street
Corner of Connell Street
4 6
Wilson Avenue
Opposite Mascoma Street Half way between Taylor and
5
Wilson Avenue
Highland Avenues
Willow Avenue
5 4
Willard Street
Opposite No. 38 Opposite No. 690
3
Pembroke Street
5 Pine Street
135 feet north of Elmwood Avenue
5
Piermont Street
50 feet north of Granger Street
6 Pratt Road
25 feet east of Beach Road
Shirley Street
300 feet west of Adams street
Taylor Street
Half way between Wilson Avenue and Hobart Street
1 6
--
6
Lunt Street
Water Pipes Laid from January 1, 1924, to December 31, 1924
Ward
Location
From, To
Gates
2
4
6
8
10
12
3
Abigail Avenue
Madison Avenue, easterly.
1 6-inch
342
5
Albany Street
Granger Street, northerly ..
1 6-inch
406
1
Alleyne Street
Adams Street to Thayer Street ..
1 8-inch
6
190
1
Assabet Road
Pontiac Road, northerly ...
1 6-inch
453
5
Belmont Street
Wilson Avenue, southerly.
1 12-inch
6
250
1
Butler Road
Putnam Street, westerly
1 8-inch
383
4
Campbell Street
Tirrell Street, westerly.
1 4-inch
129
6
Carlisle Street
Existing pipe, Beale Street.
2 6-inch
330
5
Chapman Street
Kimball Street, east. and west ...
2 6-inch
735
4
Cliff Street
Kimball Street, east. and west ..
1 8-inch
6
346
4
Connell Street
Quarry Street extension, easterly ....
1 2-inch
250
12
1080
5
Elmwood Avenue
Pine Street to Norfolk Street. ...
1 6-inch
322
-
5
Exeter Street
Brook Street to Elmwood Avenue ......
1 10-inch
5
440
5
Fenno Street
Merrymount Ave. to Florence Street
1 12-inch
5
1041
4
Filbert Street -
Dunns Hill Street, westerly ..
1 6-inch
803
1
Furnace Bk. Parkway. ...
Putnam Street, easterly.
3
Gordon Street
Granite Street, southerly.
1 6-inch
300
5
Granger Street
Harvard Street, east, and west ..
1 8-inch
178
539
5
Greene Street
Fenno Street, north-south
2 6-inch
496
5
Greenwood Street
Adams Street, easterly ..
-
-
261
-
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
261
-
..
Newbury Avenue to Sharon Road .....
1 12-inch
6
E. Squantum Street.
Norfolk Street to Pine Street ..
183
5
Farrington Street
309
4
Dayton Street
Existing pipe, westerly ..
75
Inches
Water Pipes Laid from January 1, 1924, to December 31, 1924-Continued
Ward
Location
From, To
Gates
2
4
6
8
10
12
5
Grove Street
Summit Avenue to Hillside Avenue ..
1 8-inch
382
6
Hamilton Avenue
Revere Street, westerly ..
1 6-inch
216
1
Hancock Court
Hancock Street, westerly
438
6
Hancock Street
Newbury Street to Quincy Sh. Res
410
5
Harvard Street
Granger, northerly ..
3 6-inch
5
174
5
Highland Avenue
Wilson Avenue, north-south
1 10-inch
739
97
1
Highfield Road
Samoset Avenue to Pilgrim Bvd.
2 6-inch
557
6
Hillside Avenue
Grove Street, easterly.
2 8-inch
5
244
5
Hobart Street
Highland Avenue to Taylor Street ....
280
5
Holbrook Road
Barham Street to Johnson Street.
212
1
Hudson Street
Revere Street, northerly.
1 6-inch
296
3
Hughes Street
High Street to Fairfield.
2-8-inch
15
720
5
Janet Road
Marlboro Street, westerly.
1 6-inch
278
4
Kimball Street
Connell Street to Shirley Street.
28-inch
621
1
Lafayette Street
Existing pipe, easterly.
200
1
Linden Place
Greenleaf Street, southerly.
1 8-inch
5
226
3
Lurton Street
Pembroke Street to High.
1 8-inch
410
3
Madison Avenue
Abigale Avenue, southerly.
311
5
Marlboro Street
Fenno Street to Janet Road.
211
1
Manet Avenue Extension
Existing pipe, southerly ..
200
5
Norfolk Street
Exeter Street, southerly.
1 6-inch
138
3
North Payne Street
Franklin Street, easterly.
1 8-inch
5
381
5
Oakland Avenue
.
Furnace Brook Park, northerly.
1 8-inch
5
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262
350
1
Longwood Road
Samoset Avenue, southerly
Inches
5
Old Colony Avenue
Beale Street to Standish Avenue.
1 8-inch
6
550
1
Overlook Road
Highfield Road, southerly.
12
390
3
Pearl Street
Franklin Street, easterly ..
1 8-inch
6
163
3
Pembroke Street
Existing pipe, Lurton Street.
1 8-inch
6
298
5
Pine Street
Existing pipe, Exeter Street.
2 8-inch
5
621
5
Piermont Street
Grainger Street, northerly ..
1 8-inch
5
241
1
Pelican Road
Existing pipe, easterly
144
3
Plymouth Street
Lurton Street, northerly.
1 8-inch
5
192
1
Pontiac Road
Samoset Avenue to Pilgrim Blvd.
28-inch
6
614
.
Putnam Street
Existing pipe, Furnace Bky.
1 6-inch
156
6
Pratt Road
Existing pipe, westerly ..
1 6-inch
496
5
Standish Avenue
1 8-inch
12
435
6
Tirrell Street
1 8-inch
6
205
1
Thayer Street
Alleyne Street, northerly.
120
5
Taylor Street
Wilson Avenue to Hobart Street.
1 6-inch
450
1
Virginia Road
Shore Avenue to Squantum Road
2 8-inch
6
555
6
Wedgewood Street
Cross Street, westerly.
162
4
Willard Street
Existing pipe, southerly
1 6-inch
306
5
Willow Avenue
Oakland Avenue, easterly
1 6-inch
221
611
516
4
White Street
Kimball Street, east and west ..
4 6-inch
1221
3
Endicott Street
Trescott Street, southerly
163
Total
550
129
12327
10836
1322
2887
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Total number of gates ......... 66 30 6-inch 28 8-inch 3 12-inch
3 10-inch
1 2-inch
1 4-inch
263
-
4
Shirley Street
Old Colony Avenue, southerly
Windsor Road, northerly.
266
5
Thornton
Existing pipe, easterly ..
--
Wilson Avenue
Taylor Street to Revere Street.
1 10-inch
Existing pipe, Beach Road.
120
1
---
Water Pipe Taken Out or Abandoned in 1924
Ward
Location
From, To
Gates
2
4
6
8
1
Alleyne Street
Adams Street to Thayer Street.
1 4-inch
196
-
1
Butler Road
Putnam Street, westerly ..
1 8-inch
383
6
E. Squantum
Newbury Avenue to Sharon Road ... ...
1 4-inch
1080
5
Farrington Street
Brook Street to Elmwood Avenue .....
2 6-inch
440
5
Fenno Street
Merrymount Ave. to Florence Street
1 6-inch
1041
4
1 Filbert Street
Dunns Hill Street, westerly.
803
3
Gordon Street
Granite Street, southerly.
300
5
Greenwood Street
Adams Street, easterly.
261
1
Hancock Court
Hancock Street, westerly ..
438
6
Hancock Street
Newbury Street to Quincy Sh. Res ..
410
1
Hudson Street
Butler Road, northerly
1 4-inch
86
1
Linden Place
Greenleaf Street, southerly.
350
3
No. Payne Street ..
Franklin Street, easterly ..
381
5
Old Colony Avenue
Beale Street to Standish Avenue.
6
550
3
Pearl Street
Franklin Street, easterly ...
1 4-inch
163
5
Standish Avenue
Old Colony Avenue, southerly
1
Thayer Street
Alleyne Street, northerly.
266
5
Willow Avenue
Oakland Avenue, easterly.
96
-
-
1826
2201
2290
1368
Gates 4 4-inch 3 6-inch 1 8-inch
264
CITY OF QUINCY
435
Inches
265
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
SEWER DIVISION
For financial statement, see the Auditor's report.
Construction work has been carried on through the whole sea- son, and the accompanying list shows where the work has been done.
The number of house connections has increased during the sea- son, and we put in 627 house connections connecting 634 buildings as follows:
Single houses 392
Garage & service stations .. 4
Two-family houses 192
Church
1
Three-family houses
1
Clubhouse
1
Four-family houses
4
Laundry
3
Mercantile
11
Manufacturing
....
1
Business blocks
24
Connections by wards:
Ward 1
89
Ward 4
44
Ward 2
49
Ward 5
208
Ward 3
79 Ward 6 158
Average cost per connection
$45 09
Average length per connection (feet)
43 193
Average cost per connection (per foot)
1 03
List of Sewers Built During 1924
Location
From
To
Ward
Length Inches
Size No. Man- holes
Arnold Road
Quincy Shore Res
Westerly.
6
461.00
8
1
Audrey Street
Endicott Street
Westerly
3
99.00
8
0
Beech Street
Existing sewer
Newcomb Avenue
2
461.50
8
2
Bird Street
Existing sewer
Sea Street
1
650.50
8
3
Centre Street
Existing sewer
McDonald Street
4
816.18
8
3
Cleaves Street
Watkins Street
Southerly
5
217.10
8
1
Common Street
Existing sewer
Quarry Street
4
2,359.00
8
9
Copley Street
Randlett Street
Northwesterly
5
183.10
8
0
Cross Street
Furnace Brook Parkway
Common
4
695.00
10
3
Dimmock Street
Glendale Road
Easterly
1
160.80
8
0
Dunn's Court
Quarry Street
4
215.00
8
1
Edgewood Circle
Woodward Avenue
Easterly
1
440.00
10
3
Edwin Street
Existing sewer
Westerly
6
122.70
8
0
Endicott Street
Trescott Street
Southerly
3
195.90
8
1
Fairfield Street
Lurton Street
Hughes Street
3
260.90
8
0
Farrington Street
Holbrook Road
West Squantum Street
650.00
8
3
Southerly
4
843.30
8
4
Fenno Street
5
413.80
8
4
0
Greene Street
Fenno Street
Northerly
225.80
8
1
Private Way off Grove St.
Westerly
4
1,070.00
8
6
Hancock Street
Standish Avenue
5
1,184.40
8
4
Hill Street
Mound Street
Silver Street
2
58.50
8
1
Hillside Avenue
Grove Street
Easterly
5
200.00
8
1
Hollis Avenue
Hancock Street
Easterly
40.00
8
0
Holbrook Road
Existing sewer
Highland Avenue
234.00
10
1
Hollis Avenue
Existing sewer
3
775.00
8
3
Hughes Strect
Existing sewer
High Street
5
548.60
8
2
Johnsons Lane
Common Street
Filbert Street
4
168.70
8
1
Kent Street
Granite Street
Centre Street
4
1,172.90
8
7
Kidder Street
Granite Street
Garfield Street
3
298.50
8
1
Kittredge Avenue
Murdock Avenue
Washington Street
2
370.00
8
3
Lurton Street
Pembroke Street
High Street
3
575.00
8
1
...
..
..
..
..
....
25666 6
282.30
8
2
Janet Road
Marlboro Street
Florence Street
... ...
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...
...
Florence Street
Meadow Brook Road.
6
165.00
8
Gilbert Road
Hollis Avenue
Herbert Road
Grove Street
....
Merrymount Avenue
.....
..
..
.......
Filbert Street
Dunns Hill Road.
Southerly
...
...
Gilbert Road
List of Sewers Built During 1924-Continued
Location
From
To
Ward
Size No. Man- Length Inches holes
Morton Street
Common Street
Easterly
4
395.50
8
2
Newbury Avenue
Existing sewer
Newbury Avenue
6
150.00
8
1
Newton Avenue
Warren Avenue
Southerly
5
424.90
8
1
North Payne Street ..
Franklin Street
Easterly
205.50
8
0
Oakland Avenue
Newport Avenue
Westerly
5
300.00
8
1
Old Colony Avenue.
Warren Avenue
Easterly
5
517.30
8
1
Palmer Street
Sea Street
South and East
1
2,220.00
8 - 10 - 14
Pembroke Street
Verchild Street
Fairfield Street
3
284.10
8
1
Phipps Street
Existing sewer
Kendrick Avenue
3
987.00
8
6
Plymouth Street
Existing sewer
Lurton Street
3
183.80
8
1
Private Way off Hancock St ....
Hancock Street
Easterly
6
40.00
8
0
Quarry Street
Grogan Avenue
Easterly
4
1,442.30
8
6
Quincy Shore Res.
Morse Street
C
224.00
8
0
Rogers Street
Centre Street
Sea Street
1
441.30
8
2
Sea Avenue
Existing sewer
1
430.90
8
2
Silver Street
Hill Street
Charles Street
2
498.70
8
2
Standish Avenue
Newton Avenue
Northwesterly
5
485.70
8
1
Taber Street
Rodman Street
Northwesterly
3
102.00
8
0
Taylor Street
Existing sewer
Northwesterly
5
1.06.00
8
0
Turner Street
Rock Island Road
Easterly
1
532.90
8
2
Walnut Terrace
So. Walnut Street.
Southwesterly
2
192.60
8
1
Waterston Avenue
Briggs Street
Wollaston Avenue
5
258.95
8
2
Wendell Avenue
Waterston Avenue
Northwesterly
5
509.40
8
2
William Street
Curtis Avenue
Northeasterly
2
285.40
8
1
Winthrop Park
Sumner Street
South Street
2
694.30
8
0
..
5.435 miles in 1924.
Total number of miles of sewers to date, 99.318.
THOMAS SWITHIN, Commissioner of Public Works.
WALTER S. MCKENZIE, General Foreman.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Private Way off Quarry St .......
..
Southerly
4
175.00
8
1
..
.....
..
..
..
28,701.03 feet
Total
......
..
..
..
Quarry Street
Northwesterly
Northerly
..
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE TRUSTEES OF WEY- MOUTH FORE RIVER BRIDGE
For the Year ending December 31, 1924
Balance brought forward from 1923.
$1,964 54 Receipts :
City of Quincy, assessments Nos. 145-155 inclusive
$3,630 00
Town of Weymouth, assessments Nos. 145-156 inclusive
1,200 00
Town of Hingham, assessments Nos. 145-156 inclusive
1,320 00
Town of Cohasset, assessments Nos.
145-156 inclusive
720 00
Town of Hull, assessments
Nos. 145-
156 inclusive 240 00
Town of Scituate, assessments Nos.
145-156 inclusive
240 00
Town of Marshfield, assessments Nos.
137-149 inclusive
130 00
County of Norfolk, assessments Nos.
145-156 inclusive 2,400 00
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., assessments Nos. 145-156 inclusive 1,800 00
Interest on deposits
12 61
Total Receipts
$11,692 61
$13,657 15
Disbursements:
Harry W. Pray, services as bridge-tender $1,500 00
Harry W. Pray, paid boy gate-tender. 150 00 ... Harry W. Pray, board of boy gate-tender 250 00 Harry W. Pray, paid boy, vacation supply 15 50
Harry W. Pray, cash paid for sundry supplies
12 10
Wm. W. Cushing, services as bridge- tender
1,555 50
George A. Stitt, services as bridge- tender 278 56
Timothy J. Carey, services of two boy gate-tenders 76 67
Emma O. Pierce, board of two boy gate- tenders 167 16
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TRUSTEES OF WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER BRIDGE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service
58 76
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.,
lighting
36 00
Weymouth Light & Power Co., lighting .. 34 56
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Inc., four signs made and put up ...... Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,
87 12
Inc., repairs
2,211 78
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,
Inc., building platform. 25 00
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Inc., designing, making and install- ing turning mechanism. 4,750 00
W. H. Ellis & Son Company, repairs ........
1,538 11
City of Quincy, applying tar and sand ....
200 00
George Hillman Eggleton, engineering services
228 39
Gustave B. Bates, services as Trustee ..
100 00
Theron L. Tirrell, services as Trustee.
100 00
William L. Foster, services as Trustee and Treasurer
125 00
Total Disbursements
$13,500 21
Balance carried forward 156 94
$13,657 15
WILLIAM L. FOSTER,
Hingham, December 31, 1924.
Treasurer.
Trustees of Weymouth Fore River Bridge,
Gentlemen:
I have examined the accounts of William L. Foster, Treasurer of the Trustees of Weymouth Fore River Bridge, for the year 1924, reconciled the bank account, and I hereby certify that the same are correct with proper vouchers.
(Signed)
J. IRVING BOTTING,
Town Accountant.
Hingham, December 31, 1924.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF CITY PLANNING BOARD
MOSWETUSSET
"Moswetusset," or "Sachem's Knoll," as it is sometimes called, lies upon the right of the causeway leading to Squantum as you first enter upon it. In the earliest transfers of the adjoining prop- erty this knoll is named Massachusetts Hummock.
This hummock or knoll lies in the shape of an Indian arrow head, which is called in their language "Mos," and a hill in their language is "Wetusset," hence the great Sachem's seat was called Moswe- tusset, from which, with a small variation, the Colony, Province, and later this Commonwealth received its name of Massachusetts.
In Young's Chronicles, we read that "upon the river Neponset near the Massachusetts Fields dwelleth Chicatawbut, who hath between fifty and sixty subjects." His residence, according to Wood's map, made in 1633, was here clearly shown.
Chicatawbut was chief of the Massachusetts tribe of Indians whose domain extended from the Charles River on the north and west to Weymouth and Canton on the south.
During the winter of 1616-17 this tribe was visited by a plague, which some writers declare to have been smallpox, by which it was practically exterminated with the exception of Chicatawbut and his followers above mentioned.
It was an auspicious time for the arrival of the Pilgrims to these shores, and our forefathers found the remaining members of the tribe peaceable and open to the good influences of kindness and fellow feeling, and all through the fierce and bloody wars with their race in subsequent years, these Indians remained loyal and true. W. S. P.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY PLANNING BOARD
To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council,
Gentlemen :-
Of primary importance at this time we place report of the Di- vision of Metropolitan Planning tending to relief of Quincy Square. This is in line of the Council Resolve No. 329 as published in the appendix herewith.
This report has been given careful study of the Planning Board both in conferences with the Division and upon the ground. It is a practical plan for relief and we recommend whole-hearted cooperation not only of the City Council and Administration of- ficials but of organizations and individuals interested.
There is opportunity for concerted registration of opinion from our State legislators and those who use our highways to the South. It is not a time for independent plans to be interposed nor for reactionary influences to be introduced. The Northern Gateway for Boston was secured by concerted action and now that a State Commission has presented this report for its Southern Gateway this board in no uncertain terms presents this endorsement.
In connection with these plans the board renews a study and presents map, profile and key map from Adams Street at its junc- tion with Squantum Street, in Milton to the Quincy Shore Drive at its widest point. This study goes back to 1908 when a Metro- politan Planning Commission recommended it and was later the subject of a recommendation of our board resulting in a taking of property at Norfolk Downs upon which a substantial payment was made and subsequently defaulted. It would be Quincy's con- tribution to relief of the traffic situation and has endorsement of the Division of Metropolitan Planning.
Second in importance is the long-suffering necessity of a new Police Station. This has already been emphasized and the need is undisputed. Its location will be made the subject of a later communication.
Next is our annual plea for action of the City Government in the matter of at least two Comfort Stations for the City. We have plans both for buildings and locations in the Centre and at Houghs Neck, and again call your attention to the fact that it is a Statutory requirement that a City shall maintain these.
We have compiled a list of some 130 street corners that might have building lines or should be rounded off for the public safety. This will be the subject of a conference with the Council Commit- tee appointed Sept. 17, 1924, and a list of the more urgent cor- ners presented for action. Our plan for improvements of streets and corners in and about City Square reported in 1923 still awaits your consideration.
Our resolve upon a white way has been called to attention of the Chamber of Commerce in connection with its conference with the General Electric Co.
We present, following this report, a draft of Billboard ordinance submitted by the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards,
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and recommend either its passage or reference to the Licensing Board for any modification or perfecting clauses.
There have been an increasing number of complaints made the past season of confusion over the duplication of street names. This has been intensified by new construction and occupancy on minor streets bearing not only similar names to the older ones but not even having a change in title, as street, road or avenue. This situation was referred by the City Council to the Board of Survey. Our board is prepared to assist in compiling a list of names affected if the subject can be reported for action.
In our frontispiece will be noted a photograph of historical in- terest and a description of it. This would appear timely at the Ter- centenary period. In view of the historical prominence of its name there should be either its inclusion in the Metropolitan Park system, which now bounds it upon two sides or an appropriate State tablet perpetuating its interest. It is hoped that the Cen- tenary of America's first railway can be appropriately considered in connection with such observance as the City may make.
BUILDING ZONES
By the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chapter 40, 1920, as amended by Chapter 40, 1922, the State Leg- islature of Massachusetts has made it possible for the cities and towns of the Commonwealth to protect the private property of its citizens against the harmful use of neighboring property. For years the owners of property and homes have been unable to pre- vent the erections of business blocks, public garages or factories, adjacent to their property, thereby greatly depreciating the value of the property and creating an indirect damage for which there was no redress.
The Planning Board is of the opinion that this act of the legis- lature permitting the cities or towns by the passage of a proper ordinance to divide the cities or towns into zones, thereby prohib- iting the erection of certain classes of buildings in given zones, is of inestimable value to the City of Quincy and that such an ordinance should be adopted as soon as possible.
With this object in view the Board is preparing data to enable it to present in proper form the existing physical conditions of the different sections of the city, to assist the City Council in framing a zoning ordinance for the city.
The field work for this survey is about one-half completed. We hope to have the work completed in the early spring.
There is now before the City Council an ordinance, introduced by Councilman McGrath, as a tentative ordinance to bring the sub- ject before the citizens of Quincy. One public hearing has been held on this ordinance, and we hope that the hearings may soon be continued and that with further hearings and additional data, a satisfactory ordinance can be passed this year.
Respectfully submitted,
CITY PLANNING BOARD,
WILSON MARSH, Chairman, EZEKIEL C. SARGENT, JAMES E. W. GEARY, EDWARD E. PALMER, CLIFTON H. TABER.
PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
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APPENDIX INDEX
A. A TRIBUTE
B. BILLBOARD ORDINANCE
C. COUNCIL RESOLVE No. 329
D. FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE SEPT. 17, 1924
E. PILGRIM HIGHWAY, HOUSE BILL NO. 229
A. A TRIBUTE
With closing of its tenth annual report of the City Planning Board comes the termination of nine years' association of its clerk, City Engineer Patrick F. O'Brien. Called back to the special work he left to undertake labors in the municipal field, he carries the good-will, esteem and friendship of all those with whom he served upon this Board.
First, a gentleman; an engineer well up in his profession, and a genial citizen, singularly free from the habits that fasten them- selves upon many of us in this rapidly whirling civilization, he leaves a memory of devotion and self-sacrifice, without a single dis- cordant element.
The board records and its reports will show throughout their existence the study, skill and perseverance of his day. As evidence of our appreciation, we, the members since its organization, sub- scribe to this testimonial, carrying with it Godspeed.
1915 CHARLES W. BAILEY (Chairman) EUGENE C. HULTMAN GEORGE W. ABELE
CHARLES A. HADLOCK WILSON MARSH (Chairman), 1916
1916 JOHN R. RICHARDS
1917 EZEKIEL C. SARGENT JAMES E. W. GEARY EDWARD E. PALMER
1919 CHARLES H. FINN
1924 CLIFTON H. TABER
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B. PROPOSED FORM OF BILLBOARD ORDINANCE
Except as provided herein, bill boards, signs, or other devices for the purpose of outdoor advertising shall be permitted to be erected, displayed or maintained within public view in the City of Quincy only in conformity with the following requirements: No such bill board, sign or device, unless on the wall of a building whose main purpose is other than advertising, shall exceed thirty- two square feet in area, or on the wall of a building shall project beyond the boundary of said wall. Every such bill board, sign or device not supported on the wall of a building shall be mounted vertically on smooth uprights, without braces; shall, with its supports, be kept well painted on all exposed wood and iron sur- faces, and, with the ground about it, neat and free from objection- able matter; no part of it shall be more than six feet or less than one foot above the average level of the ground immediately in front thereof; nearer than eight feet to the wall of a building or to another such bill board, sign or device; nearer than three hundred feet to any public park or recreation ground, church or public building, if within view of any portion of the same; nearer than one hundred and fifty feet to a point where the center lines of two public ways intersect; or between an established building line and the corresponding public way.
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