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Griffin, Joseph P.
May
8, 1924
Tarr, Clarence B.
Dec.
6, 1924
IN MEMORIAM
Patrolman John Halloran, died on August 3, 1924, aged 68 years, 5 months, 10 days.
Patrolman Alexander T. Black, died on December 2, 1924, aged 50 years, 5 months, 1 day.
ARRESTS FOR YEAR 1924 BY MONTHS
Months
Arrests
Males
Females
January
169
164
5
February
150
145
5
March
191
186
5
April
218
211
7
May
367
359
8
June
358
347
11
July
437
423
14
August
358
351
7
September
372
364
8
October
287
274
13
November
271
264
7
December
263
249
14
3.441
3,337
104
104
CITY OF QUINCY
Nativity of Persons Arrested
United States 2288
Foreign Born
1153
Number Arrests 1920
Total Number of arrests
1644
Number of arrests (males)
1576
Number of arrests (females)
68
Arrests for drunkenness
313
Arrests for violation of liquor laws. 25
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor
19
Number of Arrests 1921
Total number arrests
1957
Number of arrests (males)
1867
Number of arrests (females)
90
Arrests for drunkenness
543
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
86
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor
36
Number of Arrests 1922
Total number of arrests
2161
Number of arrests (males)
2086
Number of arrests (females)
75
Arrests for drunkenness
741
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
62
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor
59
Number of Arrests 1923
Total number of arrests
2501
Number of arrests (males)
2393
Number of arrests (females)
108
Arrests for drunkenness
774
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
73
Arrests for operating under the influence of liquor
70
Number of Arrests 1924
Total number of arrests
3441
Number of arrests (males)
3337
Number of arrests (females)
104
Arrests for drunkenness
942
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
92
Arrests for operating under the influence of liquor ...
76
Offences
Assault and battery
121
Assault on officer
4
Assault with dangerous weapon
2
Assault with intent to kill
1
Accessory before the fact
1
Adultery
4
Army, absent without leave
7
Army, deserter
3
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
105
Army, overstaying leave of absence
Abduction
1
Abandoning child
1
Appropriation, unlawfully
4
Animal, cruelty to
9
Alien Fire Arms Law, violation of
1
Accessory after the fact
1
Bastardy
Bicycle riding on sidewalks
1 12
Breaking and entering with intent
4
Breaking and entering, attempt at
3
Breaking and entering and larceny
68
Breaking glass in building
23 1
Burning insured property
1 5
Capias from Superior Court
125
Disorderly. conduct, public conveyance
4
Disorderly conduct, railroad property
1
Disorderly conduct, public place
8
Disorderly conduct, public hall
Disturbing the peace
Desertion of family
Disorderly house, keeping
942
Disturbing public assembly
5
Evading fare
4
Exposure of person
2
Escaped from institution
1
Fish and Game Laws, violation of
3
Forgery
1
Forgery and uttering
4
Fugitive from justice
1
Failure to pay wages.
6
Fire setting, attempt to burn building
1
Furnishing minors with rifles
1
Gaming Lord's Day
20
Gaming Lord's Day, present
6
House of ill-fame
1
Idle and disorderly
9
Injury to property
12
Indecent exposure
3
Interfering with a funeral
1
Interfering with progress of electric car
2
Keeping unlicensed dog Larceny
77
Larceny, attempted
2
Larceny from building
2
Lord's Day Act, violation of, working
4
Lewdness
3
Liquor laws, violation of:
Liquor, illegal sale
51
1
Default
Disorderly conduct, street
11 3
City Ordinance, violation of
12
Concealing personalty
Carrying revolver unlawfully
Breaking glass in street
9
Board of Health Rules, violation of
2
2
2 30 8 1
Drunkenness
106
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Liquor, illegal transportation
Liquor, illegal keeping and exposing
Liquor, illegal nuisance
7
Loitering
2
Murder
Manslaughter
1
Malicious mischief
7
Motor vehicle laws, violation of
1432
Motor vehicle laws, operating under influence of liquor
76
Masher Act
4
Neglect of family
48
Neglect of children
1
Neglect to support parents
10
Neglected child
3
Practicing optometry, not registered
2
Peddling without license
1
Practicing medicine, not registered
5
Probation, violation of
69
Profanity
1
Perjury
3
Rape
2
Receiving stolen property
2
Rescuing a prisoner.
1
Robbery
1
Robbery, attempted.
2
Runaway boy
4
Runaway girl
1
Safe keeping
31
Stubborn child
9
Suspicious person
8
Selling mortgaged property
2
Threat to assult.
11
Tramp
8
Trespass
51
Truant
2
Unlawful diversion of electric current.
6
Vagrant
3
Volstead Act, Violation of.
3
Signal System
Wagon calls
2,790
Ambulance calls
565
Fire calls
2
Pulmotor
5
Raids (liquor)
58
Disposition of Cases
Appealed
113
Appealed from sentence
34
Appealed from fine
73
Appeal withdrawn
25
Appeal withdrawn from sentence.
10
Appeal withdrawn from fine.
8
Bound to the peace.
5
Continued
429
Committed
215
House of Correction, sentence.
161
1 33
2
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
107
House of Correction, default of fine.
121
House of Correction, default of bail
8
State Farm
16
Concord reformatory
3
Lancaster
1
Lyman school
15
Shirley
5
Sherborn
2
Boston State Psychopathic Hospital.
4
Taunton State Hospital
2
Department Public Welfare
1-
Default
42
Default, removed
5
Delivered to friends.
19
Delivered to out-of-town police
73
Discharged
112
Dismissed, complaints
187
Dismissed for want of prosecution.
51
Delivered to Superior Court on capias
3
Fined
1265
Fines, paid
822
Fines, remitted
6
Cost, paid
45
Held for Grand Jury
24
Placed on file
487
Placed on probation.
121
Released
230
Sentenced
1456
Sentence, suspended
395
Sentence, revoked
23
Settled by mutual consent.
1
Summoned for out-of-town police.
455
To make restitution.
41
To make weekly payments.
24
Walpole school.
. ....
4
Union Training school.
1
Miscellaneous
Accidents reported
1129
Articles found and returned to owner.
29
Breaks in stores discovered.
33
Dangerous wires reported.
59
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported.
366
Defects in bridges reported.
6
Doors found open and made secure
1288
Disturbance suppressed without arrest.
28
Fires discovered.
46
Fire alarm boxes found open.
131
Fires extinguished without alarm.
7
Fire alarms sounded
13
Gas leaks reported.
4
Injured and sick persons taken care of.
26
Insane persons committed.
37
Investigations made
1632
Leak in water main reported.
73
Lanterns displayed in dangerous places.
96
Lost children restored to parents.
56
.
108
CITY OF QUINCY
Runaway horses stopped. 1
Stolen bicycles recovered 43
Stray horses found 5
Water running to waste 22
Windows found open and made secure. 371
Windows reported broken.
8
Unlicensed and dangerous dogs destroyed. 371
Obstructions removed from street. 63
9
Keys found in doors.
20
Val. of lost & stolen property including autos recovered $37,216 71 Lights reported not burning Electric 2,698
Gas
224
Permits Issued
Permits for Sunday labor issued
236
Permits for Sunday labor refused 112
Permits to carry pistols issued
375
Permits to carry pistols refused
158
Permits for parades, rallies, advertising banners, etc. 185
Miscellaneous permits refused
163
Notices Served
Curfew law violations
187
Dog ordinance
282
Snow and sidewalk ordinance
2,500
Automobile Sales and Transfers
Received and filed
10,000
Waivers of four-day law issued
1,465
Waivers of four-day law refused
231
Sickness Report During Year 1924 TIME LOST BY DAYS
Days
Days
7 men lost
1 2 men lost
13
10 men lost
2 1 man lost
15
4 men lost
3 2 men lost
17
2 men lost
4 1 man lost
18
3 men lost
6
1 man lost
19
1 man lost
7
2 men lost
20
man lost
8 1 man lost
21
1 man lost
9
1 man lost
27
1 man lost
10
1 man lost
31
men lost
11
man lost
47
2 men lost
12
1 man lost
341
Total number of days lost
786
Number of days not paid for
278
Other animals destroyed.
109
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
List of City Property in Care and Custody of the Chief of Police January 1, 1925
Articles
Value
Gamewell Signal System and apparatus signal boxes, underground cables, connections, etc ..
$15,000 00
Roll-top desks (4)
300 00
Typewriter desks (2)
40 00
Steel safe
100 00
Chairs (20), tables (2)
75 00
Typewriters (3)
200 00
Large platform desk
40 00
Clocks (2)
40 00
Fingerprint file cabinet and equipment.
175 00
Beds, springs, mattresses and linen.
150 00
Wardrobe and hat tree.
10 00
Electric fans
25 00
Extension bookcases
40 00
Equipment, pistols, clubs, buttons, badges, etc.
3,000 00
Marlin riot guns
600 00
Lewis machine gun
75 00
Gasoline tank and pump.
100 00
Cadillac patrol and ambulance
2,500 00
Buick coupe
1,800 00
Reo speed wagon
600 00
Indian motorcycles (4)
800 00
Disinfectants, liquid soaps, soap powder, etc.
200 00
Exhibit cabinets
75 00
Rogues' gallery
150 00
Toilet paper, paper towels, signal paper, etc.
150 00
Life-saving devices, including boat and ladders.
, 00
Tools, oil, shovels, etc ..
100 00
Office stationery, report papers, ink, pens, etc.
300 00
Traffic beacons and safety stands
5,000 00
Street and other signs in stock
300 00
Steel clothes lockers
250 00
Auto sales cabinet
200 00
Steel storage cabinet
75 00
Steel miscellaneous filing cabinet
300 00
Search and flood lights (2)
50 00
Pictures, mirrors, maps, etc.
100 00
Atlas
40 00
U. S. flag, Mass. flag, department flag and banner and cabinets for same
150 00
Platform scale
25 00
$33,010 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
Traffic
Each year demands and receives greater effort to effectively handle vehicular traffic in our city, and with that enormous and continual growth, which we all see, it means more congestion and more dangers for the motorists and pedestrians, if we permit the slightest let-up in our efforts.
The present year promises even greater growth in traffic than at any time, and with the Tercentenary Celebration, we are sure to have more visitors than ever.
All preparations possible for this have been made, but we can- not afford to hide longer, for economical reasons, the fact that more traffic officers will be an absolute necessity this coming spring.
Quincy's police department may well take pride in the reward of their efforts for safer traffic conditions during 1924.
The following should satisfy anyone of justification in that pride. The records of 1923 show that Quincy had vehicular accidents which cost ten human lives. At the beginning of the year 1924, your police held several earnest conferences on the subject and deter- mined effort was started to close the year with the lowest possible number of fatal accidents. The answer for that effort on Decem- ber 31st was that only three persons lost their lives.
The intoxicated chauffeur continues to be a serious menace all over the state and Quincy gets a goodly share because of our geographical location. The number of persons arrested for drunken driving in Quincy has been, 19 in 1920, 36 in 1921, 59 in 1922, 70 in 1923, while the present year shows another jump to 76.
A fleet of four motorcycles has been effectively in use when weather permitted for regulating traffic. They have proven to be of great value in this work, and have been equally valuable, by a systematical arrangement, to visit each day all residences reported unoccupied during the long vacation period.
Parking of vehicles in our streets is a serious matter and has required and received expert attention. I am satisfied that only arbitrary action can improve it, unless suggestions, which were long ago and repeatedly made, but involving large expenditures, are carried out.
Discipline
Time and time again, it has been clearly shown that no organi- zation can successfully function without a proper system of disci- pline, together with a system of leadership.
Connected with my leadership I feel that my efforts for that goal have been rewarded and that the Quincy police have benefited thereby. I am sure that our department is second to none in effi- ciency, numerical strength considered.
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If my leadership has been stern it has also been fair and must continue to be fair in such demands.
The ambitious and faithful officer knows that such rule will surely bring reward to him. To the officer who may believe that undue emphasis is placed on such requirements a proper knowl- edge of such necessity is bound to appear before long. The man who cannot see the benefit and necessity of a rigid but fair demand for a system of discipline should retire to occupations of an en- tirely different nature.
I take just pride in the discipline of the Quincy Police Depart- ment, knowing that in most cases the officers possess the qualifi- cations of gentlemen, some of which are as follows:
He will not say of a man behind his back what he would not say to his face.
He does not assume that his opponent is a scoundrel; he must have the fact proved.
He recognizes his responsibility for his utterances.
He depends for his effectiveness and not upon an offensive man- ner.
He is careful not to exaggerate.
He plays fair, works fair and talks fair.
He controls himself; thus he is equipped to control others.
He is considerate of those weaker than himself, and not afraid of those stronger than himself.
Liquor Law
No let-up or lack of interest in the proper enforcement of the liquor laws will be tolerated, and I am equally sure it has not been attempted by this branch of the service. Another patrolman has been added to the liquor squad under the active guidance of Acting Inspector Phillips. Officer Phillips never neglects to set the proper example to the men under him, by personally making every effort to beat the bootlegger and the equally bad "go-between." He, him- self, works hard and long and does not watch from the sidelines. Our reward from the efforts of Phillips and his assistants is not only knowledge that he is feared by the lawless element but that he has established a new record for Quincy.
The records on December 31st show 95 prosecutions, 87 convic- tions, 5,039 gallons liquor seized and either destroyed or forfeited.
Detective Bureau
The record for the year 1924 shows that the usual determina- tion by our inspectors has been maintained.
Unlike most occupations, their work required exteremely uncer- tain and long hours, which a detective cannot neglect in order to
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successfully meet requirements so necessary where the major part of their assignments must begin without the slightest clew.
Inspectors Doran and Avery have closed the year with great credit to the department and themselves, as the following items from their reports show:
Investigations made 796
Court attendance 597
Value, lost and stolen property recovered. $20,021 21
Equipment
The department is better equipped than ever before and much additional equipment is ready to be placed in service early this year.
Our signal cabinet at headquarters is the most important part of the signal system and is old, its mechanism well worn, and I hope will stand up under the increasing strain upon it until we are installed in new quarters.
Recently. a signal box has been placed in commission at Rock Island, and in the early spring others, which are now provided for, will be placed at Merrymount and in the vicinity of Station street at West Quincy.
All members have just been provided with the latest, most ap- proved police revolver, replacing a pattern which has long since proved to be unsafe and unreliable. They are also being provided with a new and more appropriate badge, replacing those now in use since 1892 and which can be used when in civilian attire.
Very handsome and efficient electric traffic beacons are in stor- age and will be placed in commission in the spring. These will be of great assistance in the proper handling of vehicular traffic and a valuable guide to strangers passing through our city at night. These lights. of two designs, are known as "The Talking Lamp" and "Direct-U-Lite." They will be located at the following points: Billings road at Hancock street, Billings road at Beach street, New- port avenue at Beale street, School street at Hancock street, School street at Franklin street, and on Pilgrim boulevard at Sea street.
Our automobiles are in good mechanical condition, and all except the Reo auxiliary truck have been recently painted.
We have four motorcycles and I recommend turning in three of these for new and safer machines. To keep these cycles in use too long, I believe, is not alone unsafe, but unfair to the operator, who frequently must drive at a very rapid rate of speed. This also proves to be false economy, because of the increased up-keep bills which age brings from them. I also urge additional numbers in our motorcycle squad whose value on the road cannot be disputed.
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The Tercentenary Celebration next summer is sure to cause a de- mand for a larger number of these efficient and rapid moving aids to the traffic service.
Recommendations
Again I recommend that the red light notification system be installed. It is a most valuable asset and help toward efficient policing. The cost of installation is small.
I recommend that earnest consideration be given at once not only to the unsanitary, unfit and unhealthy conditions of our sta- tion, but also to its dangerously weakened state and the danger of the State Health authorities ordering its use discontinued.
Conclusion
To all members of the department who have worked to reach and maintain a high standard of efficiency, I extend my sincere thanks.
To all who have cheerfully given advice and assistance, I assure my appreciation and promise our best efforts to merit their confi- dence in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED W. GOODHUE, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 1, 1925.
HON. PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- The Manager of Public Burial Places respectfully presents the following report for the year ending December 31, 1924:
Appropriation
Manager's salary
$2,000 00
Superintendent's salary
2,080 00
Clerk's salary
400 00
Cemetery labor
9,000 00
Cemetery supplies.
800 00
Cemetery horgekeep.
600 00
Office telephone.
50 00
Office supplies.
220 00
Miscellaneous expense.
1,650 00
$16,800 00
Cemetery grading
$3,500 00
Hancock cemetery
600 00
4,100 00
Income from perpetual care fund.
$3,363 52
Income from sundry trust funds.
146 82
Income from foundation and grading.
2,121 03
5,631 37
$26,531 37
Expenditures
Manager's salary.
$2,000 00
Superintendent's salary
2,080 00
Clerk's salary.
400 00
Cemetery labor.
14,716 00
Cemetery supplies
723 83
Cemetery horsekeep.
555 44
Office supplies
143 53
Office telephone
49
Miscellaneous expense.
1,423 00
$22,091 58
Cemetery grading
$3,500 00
Hancock cemetery.
600 00
4,100 00
$26,191 58
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Receipts
Care of lots.
$3,852 00
Sale of lots.
8,115 00
Sale of graves
1,240 00
Opening graves
4,497 00
Income from perpetual care trust fund ..
3,363 52
Income from sundry trust funds.
146 82
Foundations and grading
2,121 03
$23,335 37
During the year ending December 31, 1924, there were 393 in- terments in Mount Wollaston cemetery.
For Perpetual Care and Trust Funds, see the reports of the City Treasurer and City Auditor.
Respectfully submitted,
WELLINGTON W. MITCHELL, Manager of Public Burial Places.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JANUARY 1, 1925.
To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy :-
Owing to the removal from office, by Mayor Bates, of the Commissioner of Public Welfare, December 24th, 1924, the fol- lowing figures are submitted without comment:
RECEIPTS FOR 1924
Individuals
$562 00
City Home Produce
23 60
Discount
1 17
Dept. of Public Welfare (Mother's Aid)
6,362 97
Dept. of Public Welfare (Outside Aid) ...
896 49
Other Cities and Towns (Outside Aid) ..
632 78
$8,479 01
City Home
Clothing
$330 43
Fuel:
Gas
291 87
Coal
853 31
Furniture
24 00
Express
5 35
Grain
434 82
Groceries
2,838 04
Ice
101 55
Lighting
234 29
Medical Attendance
5 00
Medicine
15 30
Miscellaneous
229 88
Land Dressing
105 00
Oil
1 00
Papers
6 00
Shoeing-Repairing
71 00
Repairing Tools and Equipment.
74 38
Salary-Warden
750 00
Supplies-Sundries
1,100 39
Transportation
1 00
Wages
2,338 43
$9,811 04
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Mothers' Aid
Burial
Cash
$40 00 13,884 00
Clothing
38 91
Fuel:
Coal
358 25
Wood
147 75
Groceries
855 02
Hospitals
13 50
Medical attendance
29 00
Medicines
6 35
Miscellaneous
96 00
Moving
25 00
Other cities and towns
2,426 13
Rent
643 00
Shoes
342 63
Trucking Wood
307 68
$19,213 22
Board
$6,740 07
Burial
386 00
Cash
10,684 00
Clothing
149 33
Fuel:
Coal
654 25
Wood
147 75
Groceries
2,361 23
Hospital
1,458 30
Medical attendance
61 00
Medicine
161
65
Miscellaneous
7 21
Moving
31 00
Other cities and towns
329 97
Rent
2,065 10
Shoes
337 12
Transportation
116 00
Trucking Wood
330 51
$26,180 49
City Home
Number of inmates, January 1, 1924. ... 20
Number admitted during the year.
17
Total number during the year 1924.
37
Number discharged during the year.
18
Number died during the year .. ...
3
Number of inmates in City Home Jan. 1, 1925
16
Mothers' Aid
Number of families aided by Chapter 118-Jan. 1, 1924.
27
Number of individuals in Mothers' Aid families.
160
Number of families having no settlement
2
Number of families having settlement in other cities or towns
1
Cases closed during the year
9
Cases added during the year
5
Number of families aided by Chapter 118-Jan. 1, 1925 ....
23
Total number receiving aid under Chapter 118, January 1, 1925
144
..
Outside Aid
118
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Outside Aid
Number of families aided under Chapter 117 152
Number of individuals 555
Number of families having settlement in other cities or towns
12
Number of families having no settlement in Quincy.
68
Number discharged during the year
98
Number of families being aided under Chapter 117, Jan. 1, 1925
54
In Massachusetts Hospital School at Canton.
9
Under care of Child Guardianship Division.
7
Being cared for in private families, minors
6
Being cared for in private hospitals, adults
3
Being cared for by private societies, minors
5
Being cared for in private families, adults
6
Adults in State Hospital
Persons buried during the year 1923
10
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
QUINCY, MASS., January 1, 1925.
HON PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor, City of Quincy, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I respectfully submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1924.
ORGANIZATION
Chief of Department-Alfred L. Mead.
Assistant Chief-Frank C. Packard.
Captain-John J. Faircloth.
Lieutenants-Herbert Griffin, James C. Gallagher, John Dineen, William Sands, Daniel McNiece, Andrew Scully, John Des- mond, Henry Hughes, Michael Scully, Edward O'Neil, John O'Neil.
Supt. of Fire Alarm-William A. Gavin.
Permanent Men
Frank T. Genero James J. Galvin
James W. Connell
Patrick A. Caven
Charles E. Anderson
Matthew S. Tutton
Wm. G. Carroll John Curry
Wm. M. Lahey
Matthew E. Burns
William B. Gerry Paul C. Avery
Richard T. Callahan
Joseph D. Capiferi
Anthony R. Cain
John E. Reinhalter
Daniel T. Radley
Clarence Metcalf
Daniel F. Lane
Christopher H. Oliver
Michael P. Barry
John P. Sullivan
James P. Dillon
John J. Byron
Richard H. Joyce
Wm. J. Thompson
Edward H. Barry
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Chas. F. Litchfield
Peter J. Creedon
Murdock C. McDonald
Myles Creamer
James Moran Bernard J. Tobin,
Edward L. Lane
Patrick J. Stanton
Onesime A. Clancy
Matthew Kinniburgh, Jr.
Albert P. Shay
Timothy J. Morrison
John P. Minnihan
Fred J. O'Brien
Edward Farrell
Wm. A. Curtin
Joseph A. Lane Wm. J. Childs James Barton, Jr. Wm. J. Buckley
Timothy O'Connell
John F. Dorley
Thomas J. Murphy
Cornelius O'Connell
Charles F. Perkins
Charles W. Hayden
John W. Quinn
William J. Riepke
Benj. F. Hodgkinson
Louis E. Della Lucca
John J. Decelle, Jr.
Joseph Walsh
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APPARATUS Central Station One chief's car. One auto combination pumping engine.
One auto combination hose truck.
One auto combination ladder truck.
One auto combination hose truck.
Wollaston Station
One auto combination ladder truck.
One auto combination hose truck.
Atlantic Station One auto combination pumping engine.
Quincy Point Station
One auto combination pumping engine. West Quincy Station
One auto combination hose truck.
One auto combination ladder truck.
Houghs Neck Station
One auto combination hose truck.
One steam fire engine.
Squantum One portable house with hand reel (350 feet of hose.)
Fire Alarm
One Dodge truck.
One Dodge truck (in reserve).
FIRE ALARMS
During the year there have been 667 alarms.
Bell alarms, 189.
Still and telephone, 478.
False alarms, 37.
The Central station responded to 369 alarms, 165 bell, 204 still. The Wollaston station responded to 156 alarms, 55 bell, 101 still. The Atlantic station responded to 153 alarms, 51 bell, 102 still.
The Quincy Point station responded to 109 alarms, 64 bell, 45 still. The West Quincy station responded to 114 alarms, 34 bell, 80 still. The Houghs Neck station responded to 53 alarms, 23 bell, 30 still. Total number feet of hose laid
71,300
Central Station laid.
25,150
Wollaston Station laid
10,550
Atlantic Station laid.
10,150
Quincy Point Station.
13,350
West Quincy Station
7,000
Hough's Neck Station
5,100
Number of feet of ladders raised.
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