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Outside of districts defined in the by-laws or set apart on a legally adopted city plan as of a business character, no part of any such bill board, sign or device not on a building shall be nearer than fifty feet to any public way, to another such bill board, sign or device or to the boundary of adjacent premises unless the written consent of the owner of said premises for the term of the permit is attached to the application therefor.
No such bill board, sign or other device for which a permit is lawfully required shall be erected, displayed or maintained on private property in the City of Qunicy until an application for a permit therefor has been made to the Division of Highways of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works or the agency author- ized by law to issue such permits, the permit issued and a copy of the application and of the permit filed with the building inspector or other officer designated to receive the same.
Every such application for a permit for the erection, display or maintenance of a bill board, sign or other advertising device, shall specify the outside vertical and horizontal dimensions, the material and construction thereof and of its supports; and its proposed location, so as to show clearly its distance from the neighboring public ways and intersections thereof, and, unless it is proposed to be on the wall of a building, its distance from the ground and from the boundaries of adjacent premises, and whether or not it is within fifty feet of another such bill board, sign or device, within eight feet of the wall of a building, or within view of a public park or recreation ground, church or public building less than three hundred feet distant.
Such application shall have attached to it the written consent. of the owner or tenant of the premises on which it is proposed to locate the device, and of the owner of adjoining premises if within fifty feet of the proposed location and not in a business district as herein described, both for the term of the permit applied for.
It shall be the duty of the building inspector or other au- thorized officer, on receipt of a copy of such application, to in-
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form the said agency charged with the duty of issuing permits, within thirty days of the date of the notice, whether or not the application or the location or device described therein appears to be contrary to any of the municipal regulations for outdoor advertising, and, if so, in what respects; also, what other objec- tions, if any, there may be to the granting of said permit. This information shall be on a form containing a copy of said regu- lations. No permit shall be issued or renewed until all the provisions hereof have been complied with.
The foregoing requirements shall not apply to a sign or sign board legally maintained in a public way under the provisions of section 8 of chapter eighty-five of the General Laws of Massa- chusetts; nor to any advertising device maintained in conformity with a valid permit granted before the taking effect of this by-law until ninety days after the expiration or revocation of said permit; nor to signs or other advertising devices on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or used by common car- riers, except advertising signs or other advertising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof; nor to a sign board not exceeding two square feet in area on any face and not nearer than six feet to another sign; nor shall the special requirements applicable only outside of business districts as herein described or the requirements relative to permits apply to signs that adver- tise goods produced or sold, activities carried on, or persons or institutions carrying on the same, on the premises on which said signs respectively are located, or advertise the premises them- selves or a part thereof as for sale or to let, and that carry no other advertising matter.
The area of a billboard, sign or other advertising device in the preceding paragraphs refers to that inclosed by the outside outline of the structure, not including the supports, on a plane parallel to its face.
It shall be the duty of the building inspector to take such action as may be necessary under sections 30-A, 31 and 33 of chapter ninety-three of the General Laws of Massachusetts to secure the enforcement of the foregoing requirements; and it shall be the duty of the board of health, on complaint from any officer or citizen of the town of an unauthorized billboard, sign or other device for the purpose of outdoor advertising within the city lim- its, to ascertain promptly whether said advertising device violates any of said requirements. If so, and it is not protected by an existing permit, the board shall proceed without delay under au- thority of sections 123 to 125 inclusive of chapter one hundred and eleven of section 30-A of chapter ninety-three of said General Laws, to cause the removal of said billboard, sign or device as a nuisance; and the office or board in charge of city highways is hereby directed to co-operate at the request of the board of health in securing removal of the same.
If said advertising device appears to be maintained under a valid permit, the board shall report the violation of this by-law to the agency granting the permit, and request that the same be revoked and not renewed; and proceedings for removal of said device shall not be begun until ninety days after the expiration or revocation of said permit.
If any provisions hereof are found unconstitutional or illegal by any court, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby.
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C. COUNCIL RESOLVE NO. 329
CITY OF QUINCY IN COUNCIL
No. 329.
JULY 28, 1924.
Resolved, That the Mayor request the Planning Board to make a study of traffic conditions in the city, with the purpose of finding some solution for the serious conditions at present existing in the highways of the city.
Adopted July 28, 1924.
Attest,
Approved July 30, 1924.
EMERY L. CRANE
GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor.
A true copy, Attest :
EMERY L. CRANE,
City Clerk.
D. FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE SEPT. 17, 1924
CITY OF QUINCY IN COUNCIL
SEPT. 17, 1924.
PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk, Planning Board, Dear Sir :-
At a meeting of the Finance Committee Monday night, it was voted that Councillors Comins and Hughes be appointed as a spe- cial committee of the City Council to sit in with the Planning Board, and make a comprehensive study relative to rounding cor- ners of streets necessary in the city.
Will you kindly notify the committee when you desire them to attend meeting of Planning Board.
Yours very truly, (Signed)
GEO. T. MAGEE, Clerk.
E. PILGRIM HIGHWAY, HOUSE BILL NO. 229
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LAYING OUT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SOUTHERN ARTERY TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE TERRITORY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THEREOF
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, hereinafter called the commission, is hereby authorized to lay out and con- struct convenient and adequate ways for motor vehicles and other
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traffic in the cities of Boston and Quincy and in the town of Milton in the following locations :-
First .- From Brook road in the town of Milton southeasterly along Adams street in Milton and its continuation in Quincy to the Furnace Brook Parkway, said Adams street being widened there- for to a width of not less than one hundred feet.
Second .- Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Hancock street in the city of Quincy, north of Furnace Brook Parkway, thence proceeding over private property and crossing Furnace Brook Parkway, Butler road, Merrymount road, Greenleaf street, Edgemere road, and Edgefield road to the junction of Valley and Sea streets in said Quincy, thence to a connection with the Pil- grim Highway hereinafter described, including a branch there- from leading to Hancock street at or near its junction with Fur- nace Brook Parkway, the width of said way to be not less than seventy feet.
Third .- Beginning at a point in Morton street in the city of Boston (Dorchester District) at the southeasterly end of the widen- ing of said street to eighty feet between Selden and Fuller streets, thence southeasterly along Morton street to Codman street; thence along Codman street and private land to Washington street, thence along Codman street to Adams street; thence along Adams street to the junction of Granite avenue and Marsh street; thence along Marsh street and other private land crossing Hallett street to Neponset avenue at a point opposite the Old Colony Boulevard; the width of said new way to be not less than eighty feet.
Fourth .- Beginning at a point in the Furnace Brook Parkway in the city of Quincy near Black's Creek Bridge, thence proceeding over public and private ways and private land to Quincy avenue in said city along substantially the following route :- along the private way known as Pilgrim Boulevard; thence across private land to Sea street; thence along Sea street and private land to Canal street; thence over private land to a point near the junction of Brackett and Field streets; thence over private land to the junction of Bay View and River streets; then over Pilgrim High- way to Washington street; thence along North street to South street; thence over private land to Quincy avenue at a point about thirteen hundred feet westerly from the boundary line be- tween said city of Quincy and the town of Braintree. From Fur- nace Brook Parkway to Washington street, said new way shall be not less than eighty feet in width; from Washington street to Quincy avenue, said new way shall be not less than seventy feet in width.
The commission may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws or acquire by purchase or other- wise such lands or rights therein as it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act.
Section 2. The cost of laying out and constructing said pro- posed new ways, including any damages awarded or paid on ac- count of any taking of land or property therefor or for damage to any property and any sums paid for lands or rights purchased, and the salaries and wages of all employees of the commission, including the interest on all money borrowed by the state treasurer on the credit of the commonwealth as provided in section five and all other expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sec- tion one, shall be deemed to be the cost of the work, and shall in the first instance be paid by the commonwealth; provided, that
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such cost shall not exceed in the aggregate two million one hun- dred thirty-five thousand dollars. per cent of such cost shall be borne by the commonwealth and shall be paid in the manner provided in section six. When the work authorized under section one is completed and the full cost thereof ascertained
per cent. of such cost shall be paid by the cities and towns de- termined to be specially benefited by such work in the manner provided in section three.
Section 3. The supreme judicial court, upon application of the commission and after notice and a hearing, shall appoint three commissioners, who shail, after due notice and hearing, and in such manner as they deem just and equitable, determine the pro- portion in which any city or town which they deem to be specially benefited by the work performed under the provisions of section one, shall pay money into the treasury of the commonwealth, to meet per cent. of the cost of said work, and shall return their award into said court; and when said award shall have been accepted by said court the same shall be a final and conclusive adjudication of all matters herein referred to said commissioners and shall be binding on all parties. Said court shall fix and de- termine the compensation of said commissioners and such com- pensation, together with such incidental costs of hearings, experts and printing as may be incurred by the commissioners shall be deemed part of the cost of the work authorized under section one. The amount of money so required shall be estimated by the state treasurer in accordance with the proportions determined as afore- said and shall be included in and made a part of the sum charged to such city or town, and shall be assessed and collected by the state treasurer in the apportionment and assessment of the annual state tax. Such assessments may be paid from the proceeds of taxation or of loans issued under section seven.
Section 4. When the work authorized under section one shall have been completed, all parts of said proposed new ways shall become public streets or ways of the respective cities or towns within which they lie and shall be kept in good condition and re- pair by them. Said commission shall notify the mayor of such city or the selectmen of such town whenever in its opinion any part of said proposed ways which is to be maintained by such city or town is not being maintained in proper condition and shall specify in said notice what repairs or improvements are necessary and the officers of the city or town in charge of streets or ways shall forthwith make the specified repairs and improvements. If such officers do not make such repairs or improvements within sixty days of said notice or within such further time as said com- mission may allow, the commission may make the repairs or im- provements which shall be paid for out of the general revenue of the commonwealth. The commission shall certify the amount of such expenditures to the state treasurer and the same shall be assessed, collected and paid over to the state treasurer in the same manner and at the same time as state taxes.
Section 5. The state treasurer shall, upon request of the com- mission and subject to the approval of the governor and coun- cil, issue and sell at public or private sale temporary notes of the commonwealth to an amount to be specified from time to time by the commission, sufficient to provide means for the payment of the cost of the work authorized under section one, as defined in section two. All such temporary notes shall be issued, and may
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be renewed, for such maximum term of years as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth and shall bear interest payable semi-annually at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor and council. The total amount of any notes issued thereunder shall not exceed the sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate at any one time out- standing.
Section 6. To meet per cent. of the expense of said work required to be paid by the commonwealth, there shall be annually appropriated from the receipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund in each of the years nineteen hundred and twenty-six and nineteen hundred and twenty-seven not exceeding the sum of dollars.
Section 7. To meet the pavments required hereunder to be made by any city or town for the cost of the work provided for under section one, such city or town may borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggre- gate the amount of such payments, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, City or Town of (name of city or town), Southern Artery Loan, Act of 1925. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable within ten years from their respective dates. Indebtedness incurred by any city or town hereunder shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject, in the case of the city of Boston, to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by said city and in the case of any other city or town to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 8. The commission may widen and improve the Quincy shore reservation in the city of Quincy from Squantum street to Black's Creek Bridge, so as to provide a roadway not less than forty feet in width and an additional twenty feet along the portion of said reservation commonly used for bathing to be used for the parking of pleasure vehicles, and may expend therefor a sum not exceeding two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.
Section 9. To meet said expenditures authorized in section eight, the state treasurer may, with the approval of the governor and council, issue bonds to an amount not exceeding two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars as part of the Metropolitan Parks Loan, Series Two. Such bonds shall be issued as coupon or registered bonds for such terms of years as shall be recommended by the governor in accordance with the provisions of section three of article LXII of the amendments to the constitution, and shall bear interest semi-annually on the first days of January and July at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treasurer with the approval of the governor and council.
Section 10. There shall be annually appropriated from re- ceipts in the Motor Vehicles Fees Fund a sum sufficient to meet the commonwealth's share of one-half of all interest and serial payments upon the bonds issued under section nine of this act.
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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
BOARD OF MANAGERS
FREDERICK F. GREEN, Chairman. term expires 1928
CHARLES R. YOUNG, Secretary.
term expires 1929
JOHN R. RICHARDS
term expires 1927
CARL E. CARLSON.
term expires 1926
RUSSELL T. BATES
term expires 1925
CONSULTING STAFF Physician EDWIN E. LOCKE, M.D.
Surgeon FRED B. LUND, M.D.
Gynecologist CHARLES H. HARE, M.D.
Neurologist JOHN T. THOMAS, M.D.
Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat GEORGE H. POWERS, JR., M.D.
Pathologist and Bacteriologist FRANK B. MALLORY, M.D.
Roentgenologist SAMUEL W. ELLSWORTH, M.D.
Orthopedist HENRY J. FITZSIMMONS, M.D.
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VISITING STAFF
Surgeons
NATHANIEL S. HUNTING, M.D. F. RAMON BURKE, M.D.
WALTER L. SARGENT, M.D.
DANIEL B. REARDON, M.D.
WILLIAM J. MCCAUSLAND, M.D. JOHN T. REYNOLDS, M.D.
Associate Surgeons
FRED A. BARTLETT, M.D.
ELMON R. JOHNSON, M.D.
WILLIAM R. HURLEY, M.D.
RICHARD M. ASH, M.D.
JAMES H. COOK, M.D. ROSCOE S. K. HANIGAN, M.D.
Physicians
CHARLES S. ADAMS, M.D.
CORNELIUS J. LYNCH, M.D.
JOHN M. MACLEOD, M.D.
WILLIAM G. CURTIS, M.D.
EDWIN E. SMITH, M.D. JOHN H. ASH, M.D.
Diseases of the Eye GEORGE H. RYDER, M.D.
Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat WILLIAM J. HARKINS, M.D.
Anaesthetist ALFRED P. THOMPSON, M.D.
Roentgenologist FRANK E. WHEATLEY, M.D.
OFFICERS OF HOSPITAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL
Superintendent of Hospital and Training School ETTA M. BAGLEY, R.N.
Assistants
RUTH J. ADIE, R. N., Executive Assistant. LILLIAN A. SUTTON, R. N., Training School Supervisor. LOUISE A. BYNON, R. N., Surgical Supervisor. MARGARET F. MAIN, R. N., Practical Instructor ELEANOR J. WALES, R. N., X-Ray and Laboratory Technician. KATHERINE KRASINSKI, R. N., Night Supervisor. OLIVE DOROTHY LEONARD, Dietitian.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
To His Honor, the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- The Board of Managers of the Quincy City Hos- pital herewith respectfully submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1924, being the thirty-fifth annual report since the founding of the hospital and the fifth report since the institution was taken over by the city.
During the past year the new service building was completed and turned over to the use of the hospital. This addition to our hos- pital buildings has filled a long needed want and places our insti- tution on an equal basis with the best hospitals in the state.
The Board has given considerable study to the further develop- ment of the hospital property and feels that the time has arrived when a maternity ward and a ward for the handling of private cases should be added to the present group. The income that would be derived from these proposed new wards would, we be- lieve, practically make the hospital a self supporting institution.
There have been a few changes made in the staff during the past year. Dr. Hanigan has been promoted from the medical staff to associate surgeon in the place of Dr. Diehl, who resigned. Dr. John H. Ash has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Dr. Hanigan. Dr. James P. Murphy has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Fenimore S. Andrews. The new members of the staff have practised their profession in this city for many years and come very highly rec- ommended.
We are glad to report that the contract for the installation of a "Booster" has been awarded to the H. V. Hadley Co., of Boston, low bidders for the work. This will meet a much needed require- ment in bringing the water pressure up to a point that will afford adequate fire protection to the hospital.
After a thorough investigation and study the Board voted to take no action on the matter of installing an oil burning equipment. The upward tendency of the price of oil and the downward trend of the cost of coal satisfies us that in the interest of economy no action should be taken at this time.
The Board is also pleased to report that the receipts of the hos- pital during the past year were the greatest in the history of the institution. The total receipts during the past year were $73,- 641.39, or $7,880.96 more than those of the previous year.
In conclusion, the Board desires to thank the Superintendent for her ever willing and courteous co-operation. We also wish to thank the various aid associations, societies and individuals who have contributed to the successful management of the institution during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK F. GREEN, CHARLES R. YOUNG, JOHN B. RICHARDS, RUSSELL T. BATES, CARL E. CARLSON, Board of Managers, Quincy City Hospital.
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To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy.
The thirty-fifth annual report of the Board of Managers of the Quincy City Hospital is herewith presented.
The year has been a busy one in the history of the Hospital. There have never before in any one year been so many improve- ments installed, and necessary alterations and repairs made. That the Hospital should be neglected does not seem possible, but with the City authorities devoted to the erection of new school buildings and construction of streets, there is little thought or money for any other purpose. A Hospital is only needed when one is sick, and as there is only a small percentage of our citizens who need Hospital treatment, the necessity for improvements does not seem to arouse sufficient interest to excite public sentiment. It is only when obliged to go there that anyone seems to appreciate this in- stitution.
As the new Service Building was nearing completion, it was realized that, with the investment of $160,000.00, including a high powered boiler plant, and the most modern of machinery to meet every requirement of the hospital, a competent person should be placed in charge to properly care for the same. Very fortunately, Mr. Rufus W. Billings, a resident and tapayer, who possessed all the natural qualifications, was prevailed upon to accept the posi- tion. The installation of all the machinery in the building, and the completion of the contracts were made under his direct super- vision. The City's interests were at all times carefully guarded, and nothing but first class work was accepted. Payments on these contracts were never made unless he first approved.
Soon after Mr. Billings was employed, he was directed to make a general survey of all the buildings of the Hospital. On April 7, 1924, he submitted the following report to the Superintendent, Miss Bagley, who forwarded the same to the Board of Managers. After the Board had considered it, they decided to forward the same to the Mayor, requesting he ask an appropriation from the City Council to meet the requirements for the preservation and im- provement of the Hospital, and the safety and protection from fire of patients and employees.
General Report on Buildings, Quincy City Hospital Outside
Buildings should be painted.
Roof over present nurses' dining room should be shingled and a guard rail installed.
Fire escape iron work is rusty and needs painting.
At present, visitors' entrance needs new stair stringers and hand rails should be made.
Main entrance to offices and piazzas needs minor repairs.
Proposed new entrance (location, nurses' dining room), new stairs and hand rail should be made.
Windows and frames are in poor condition, needing resetting and possibly new frames.
Minor repairs needed on building sides, such as loose shingles.
A gutter should be installed on Ward D building over sun parlor roof which is canvas covered. This to protect canvas from drop- ping icicles.
Present platform runs should be re-set to allow wheel chair
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patients to wheel themselves to and from. Present pitch is too great to allow this.
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