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83 33
William L. Foster, services as trustee, secretary and treasurer 125 00
Total disbursements
$12,279 34
Balance carried forward
295 62
$12,574 96
WILLIAM L. FOSTER, 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 1925, 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, 1925.
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REPORT OF CITY PLANNING BOARD
The City Planning Board report for 1925 will be published dur- Ing June, coincident with the Tercentenary History of Quincy.
There will appear in it the concluding chapter of the latter pub- lication contributed by this board; also reference to its participa- tion in the Tercentenary celebration. The extensive work required in compiling the History has prevented its issue before, hence the delayed report.
Seven months of the Planning Board's work in 1925 were de- voted exclusively to joint endeavor with the Citizens' Committee upon Zoning.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925.
TRUSTEES 1925
COL. GEORGE E. ADAMS, Chairman.
GEORGIANA C. LANE, Secretary EDWIN F. LIVINGSTON, Treasurer.
ĮWILLIAM C. CLARK. JOSEPH C. O'CONNOR.
REV. JAMES H. SANKEY.
LIBRARIAN TRUMAN R. TEMPLE
STAFF
¡JEAN CAMERON, First Assistant
#ELEANOR AKIN, General Assistant. MABEL S. BAXTER, Baxter Branch.
§ CHARLOTTE BARSTOW, General Assistant. GERTRUDE CALLAHAN, Cataloger. ZAYMA CONNOLLY, Temple Branch.
LOUISE DINEGAN, Parkway Branch.
JOSEPHINE GHIGLI, Manet Branch. SARAH KINGMAN, Children's Librarian. ALICE MCCARRON, Parker Branch. +EDITH HYLAND PAYSON, Cataloger. CATHARINE SAVILLE, Wollaston Branch. MARGARET STEARNS, General Assistant. MARGARET THOMPSON, Hospital Librarian.
*LOUISE WARREN, Temple Branch. RUTH WILMORE, Atlantic Branch.
JANITOR JOHN V. MEAD.
*Resigned in February
¿Resigned in May
#Resigned in September
$ Deceased
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library submit here- with their fifty-fifth annual report.
There has been a steady and healthy growth of the library dur- ing the year 1925, this being reflected in the increased circulation as well as in the greater number of volumes in the library. It is gratifying to be able to report that the unit cost per circulation is even less than heretofore, notwithstanding increased general ex- penses.
The service rendered the City Hospital meets a long felt want and the General Palmer Branch, the most recent one opened, takes care of the needs of the Adams Shore and Germantown districts. Made up, as our city is, of so many widely scattered communities, our library system has a much different problem for solution than that of the average municipality. However, as soon as a branch can be established at Montclair, the completion of which will make a total of ten, each locality will have library facilities readily ac- cessible.
In the preparation for the tercentenary exercises, wide use was made of the library which proved of great value to those having need of data and information of historic importance. During ter- centenary week in June, a new regulation flagpole erected on the library lawn was dedicated, at which time Rev. Mr. Sankey, one of our board, made a generous gift to the library of a garrison flag for use in fair weather and a storm flag for inclement weather.
In September, Mr. Clark, who had always taken a keen interest in his duties as trustee, resigned as a member of the board, his business interests necessitating his removal from Quincy. In De- cember the library lost a valuable member of the staff in the death of Miss Barstow. Talented and devoted to her work, of a most kindly nature, she had made a host of friends who feel her loss deeply.
The greatest problem the trustees have had to solve was to ob- tain a successor to Mr. Temple, who resigned in December to be- come librarian at Reading, Pa. The departure of Mr. Temple to a new field of endeavor has brought forth expressions of regret from our citizens generally. His interest in this community has been widespread and his influence has been everywhere felt. Not merely content with placing our library system on so high a plane that its reputation has spread throughout the different states, he has given unselfishly of his abilities and time whenever and wherever called upon, and by so doing has endeared himself to us all. The loss to Quincy will be the gain of the community he goes to serve.
To obtain a new librarian was all the more difficult because of the well-known fact that other parts of the country are hiring library talent away from New England. After interviewing numer- ous candidates and reviewing the records of others, the board se- lected Galen W. Hill, who has been librarian of the Millicent Li- brarv at Fairhaven, Mass., for the last twelve years. He brings a valuable education and training in the library field and a successful experience to his work in our city.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. ADAMS, Chairman, GEORGIANA CUSHING LANE, Secretary. .
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TREASURER'S STATEMENT, 1925 Thomas Crane Endowment Fund
Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
$18,000.00 31/2% Mass. State bonds (cost) $19,656 75
Balance in National Mt. Wollaston Bank, Dec. 31, 1924
$100 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank, Dec. 31, 1924
286 27
Received interest on bonds
315 00
Received interest on deposits in Quincy Savings Bank
45
Received from sale of Mass. State bonds ...
17,358 00 50 78
Received interest on certificate of deposit .. ... Received interest fron Mass. Co-operative Bank
67 80
Received interest from Pioneer Co-opera- tive Bank
19 23
Received interest from Wollaston ·Co-op- erative Bank 7 30
Received interest on American Tel. & Tel. bonds
75 00
Paid David J. Roach, care of building and grounds
$265 71
John V. Mead, care of building, grounds ....
256 67
William A. Bradford, valves and labor.
5 79
M. Martin, labor
15 40
Quincy Lumber Co., lumber
20 27
Library Bureau, oak additional sections
23 75
Soiset Bros., truck
50 00
John G. Thomas, tiles and labor ..
21 70
Thomas S. Burgin, premium on Treasurer's bond
25 00
Estate of Laban Pratt, mortgage (land taken into library grounds)
6,970 74
Leace W. Eddy, appraiser
120 00
Wollaston Co-operative Bank
1,943 80
Pioneer Co-operative Bank
1,980 90
Massachusetts Co-operative Bank.
2,000 00
Massachusetts Co-operative Bank, interest
11 70
Arnold & Sears, Inc., for 3 $1,000 5% Am. Tel. & Tel. bonds
2,940 75
Arnold & Sears, Inc., accrued interest on bonds
60 83
Joseph Breck & Sons, repairs on lawn mower
56 36
Pigeon Hollow Spar Co., flagpole and erection
340 00
Robert L. Sturtevant, landscape gardener ....
10 00
Thomas S. Burgin, W. T. Donovan and W. Porter & Co., insurance ..
900 00
Robert Miller & Co., decorations.
29 95
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co., repairs.
34 66
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Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925
Balance in National Mt. Wollaston Bank
$100 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank.
104 85
$18,288 83
$18,288 83
Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1925:
10 matured shares of Pioneer Co-opera- tive Bank
$2,000 00
10 matured shares of Massachusetts Co- operative Bank
2,000 00
10 matured shares of Wollaston Co-op- erative Bank
2,000 00
3 $1,000 American Tel. & Tel. 5% bonds (cost)
2,940 75
$8,940 75
George W. Morton Fund
'Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
2 $1,000 Kansas City Terminal bonds, 4s $1,880 50
3 $1,000 Massachusetts Gas, 41/2S 2,912 38
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank. 595 72
Received interest on bonds. 215 00
Received interest on deposits in Quincy Savings Bank 23 24
Paid Thomas S. Burgin, W. T. Donovan and W. Porter Co., insurance.
$330 12
77 75
Heater & Spratt Typewriter Co., typewriter Library Book House, books
5 25
Johnson Flower Store, flowers.
5 00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925:
2 $1,000 Kansas City Terminal bonds, 4s
1,880 50
3 $1,000 Massachusetts Gas, 41/2S.
2,912 38
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
85 84
$5,626 84
$5,626 84
Cotton Center Johnson Fund
'Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
2 $1,000 Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph bonds, 5s (cost price) $1,890 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank 181 07
Received interest on bonds. 100 00
Received interest on deposits in Quincy Savings Bank 5 33
Paid Library Book House, books.
$179 05
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925:
2 $1,000 Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph bonds, 5s (cost price).
1,890 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank.
107 35
$2,176 40 $2,176 40
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Alice G. White Fund
Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
Liberty bond (cost price) $938 99
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank Dec. 31, 1924
$115 70
Received interest on deposit in Quinsy Sav- ings Bank 5 41
Received for Liberty bond.
1,040 31
Received interest on certificate of deposit ..
5 43
Received interest on Am. Tel. & Tel. bond
25 00
Paid Arnold & Sears, Inc., for $1,000 5% Am. Tel. & Tel. bond.
$980 25
Arnold & Sears, Inc., accrued interest on bond
20 28
Oliver Ditson Co., books
35
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank Dec. 31, 1925
155 77
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925:
1 $1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. bond (cost price) $980 25
$1,191 85
$1,191 85
Crane Memorial Fund
Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
Liberty bonds (cost price). $9,696 59
Liberty bonds (received as part of prin- cipal) 1,500 00
$11,196 59
Balance in National Mt. Wollaston Bank, Dec. 31, 1924
$324 49
Received rent of Pratt property.
825 00
Sale of Liberty bonds.
13,189 66
Refund of over payment of interest on Pratt mortgage
312 62
Interest on certificate of deposit.
44 92
Interest on bond, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co.
25 00
Interest from Homestead Co-operative Bank
33 10
Interest from Volunteer Co-operative Bank
35 60
Interest from Quincy Co-operative Bank.
45 40
Interest from Henry Wilson Co-operative Bank
34 20
Interest on deposits in Quincy Savings
Bank
7 15
Paid Ernest W. Branch, making levels at Wollaston
$6 60
W. Porter & Co., insurance on Pratt prop- erty building
59 50
Estate of Laban Pratt, interest on mortgage Estate of Laban, Pratt, mortgage ..
323 25
Quincy Co-operative Bank for 10 shares.
1,994 50
Henry Wilson Co-operative Bank for 10 shares
1,984 50
Homestead Co-operative Bank for 10 shares
4,000 00
2,000 00
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Homestead Co-operative Bank for interest Volunteer Co-operative Bank for 10 shares
$0 60
1,999 00
Arnold & Sears, Inc., 1 $1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. bond
980 25
Arnold & Sears, Inc., accrued interest on bond
20 28
National Mt. Wollaston Bank, safety de- posit vault
5 00
Nathan Ames, supplies
33 75
Truman R. Temple, part of salary ..
500 00
Grover C. Maclin, railroad fare Cleveland- Boston
59 16
George L. MacKay, railroad fare York-Boston
New
25 50
G. W. Hill, railroad fare Fairhaven-Quincy Balance in National Mt. Wollaston Bank ....
80 60
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank.
800 45
$14,877 14 $14,877 14
Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1925:
10 matured shares of Henry Wilson Co- operative Bank
$2,000 00
10 matured shares of Quincy Co-opera- tive Bank
2,000 00
10 matured shares of Volunteer Co-op- erative Bank
2,000 00
10 matured shares of Homestead Co- operative Bank
2,000 00
1 $1,000 American Tel. & Tel. 5% bond (cost)
980 25
$8,980 25
What is left of the Laban Pratt property, so called, has practically been paid for from, and is now, a part of this fund and was assessed in 1925 for.
$17,900 00
$26,880 25
EDWIN F. LIVINGSTON, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library :
I submit below the Librarian's report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925.
The statistical summary for the year indicates a healthy growth. There has been an increase of ten per cent. in the number of books used in the home; but many of the results achieved by a public library cannot be expressed in figures. A notable instance of that is the service established this year at our local hospital. Although instituted late in October, it has already been the subject of favor- able comment publicly expressed by the medical profession. It is welcomed also by the nurses as well as by the patients for whom it is more directly designed. Properly selected books have an un- questioned therapeutic value aside from lightening the tedium of the monotonous hours of convalescence. This advance brings us one step nearer the goal upon which our eyes have been fixed, the meeting of every right and proper request for the printed page by residents in the community.
What has been said of the work at the hospital applies also to that done with the classes in Americanization. The latter has gone on now for four or five years without much change. It has not added appreciably to our statistics; but, if discontinued, I believe that it would be felt to be a distinct loss. I believe that we have left with each member of these classes seeking the privilege of citi- zenship a definite idea of what the public library can and will do for them.
Our relations with the grade schools have become even more closely cemented than before. The classes have come to the library as usual for a series of lessons in its resources and their use. The classroom collections have been enlarged in size and increased in number until more than one hundred and fifty teachers are making use of collections which total some seven or eight thousand vol- umes, and which have circulated nearly sixty thousand volumes for home use. In addition to this there is a very considerable use of the books in the rooms which does not appear in the tabulations. We continue to hear enthusiastic reports from the teachers and masters concerning the far-reaching influence of the library upon the pupils of the city.
Our institution has made itself felt in a new direction this past year. Quincy has celebrated the tercentenary of her founding in a dignified and notable manner. In making preparation for this celebration officials and committeemen have made large use of the resources of our Quincy Room. Here have been gathered the works of the many authors who have at one time or another claimed Quincy as a home. Every scrap of information available concern- ing Quincy history is also treasured here with the result that it has become a distinctive feature of the library of which we are proud. We hope that the residents of the city who have printed material of this nature will be more ready to give it into the keep- ing of the library now that it is known that it will be preserved with proper care for the use of posterity.
In June a small branch library was established at 512 Sea street, for the accommodation of the residents of the Adams Shore dis- trict. It was named for General Palmer, a resident of Germantown, who contributed liberally of his services and fortune to the Colonial
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cause at the time of the Revolution. He died in poverty. The naming of the branch is an effort toward saving from an unde- served and pathetic oblivion the name of a worthy citizen of Quincy.
Attempts were also made to open another branch in the popu- lous district around Montclair. Unfortunately, no suitable building was available; but it is hoped that plans now on foot will mature successfully during the coming year. There is no more promising field for expansion of our library service than in this rapidly de- veloping area.
There have been an unusual number of changes in the staff. In February Miss Kingman came from the library at Brockton to take charge of the Children's Room in place of Miss Files, who had left to accept a position in the Springfield library at an advanced sal- ary. The same month Miss Warren was advised by her physician that a change of climate was necessary to her welfare, and we re- gretfully accepted her resignation. In June Miss Cameron was obliged to return to her home in New York State because of illness in her family; and Mrs. Payson gave up her half time work in the catalog room to devote her whole time to home duties. In Sep- tember Miss Akin left to enter upon a year of study at the Pratt Institute School of Library Science. To fill these vacancies Miss Dinegan and Mrs. Connolly were appointed to staff positions in September after service as apprentices and a course in the Sim- mons College Summer School. Miss Stearns and Miss Thompson, graduates of the New York Public Library School in the class of 1925, also assumed duties with us this fall. Miss Stearns is largely busied in the catalog room, while Miss Thompson's particular share in the library is the organization of the service at the Quincy Hos- pital.
On December 20th we were pained to learn of the death of Miss Barstow who had been with us since 1922. Miss Barstow had quali- ties of mind and heart which especially endeared her to her asso- ciates in work as well as to the public with whom she came directly into contact. The quality of her service was high; but it was so quietly and unostentatiously rendered that it was not fully appre- ciated until missed. The library and all branches were closed in respect to her memory during the hours of her funeral service.
The writing of this report is my last official act as the head of this library. Before it is set in type I shall be at work amid other scenes. I cannot lay down my pen without expressing my appre- ciation of the people with whom I have worked in Quincy. The borrowing public have always been distinguished by their tendency to praise and appreciation rather than to fault finding. And I have fully realized that I was the recipient of praise that was more than half rightfully due my staff. Without their loyal, cheerful co-operation the library could not possibly have achieved the very creditable record it has for results accomplished with meagre funds. It is not easy to relinquish such an organization to another without a pang of jealousy. The various Boards of Trustees under whom I have served these seven years have seemed to do everything in their power to smooth the rough places. None of them has ever shown a tendency to adopt an obstructionist policy. Always have they adopted the attitude of helpful, sympathetic advisers. To all: public, staff and trustees, I bid a reluctant farewell.
Respectfully submitted, TRUMAN R. TEMPLE, Librarian.
ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Statistical Summary
Population served 60,811 (Census of 1925)
Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies, consisting of:
Central Library
Branches
9
Stations (delivery)
3
Schools (buildings)
19
Number of days open during year:
For lending
304
For reading
334
Hours open each week for lending
72
Hours open each week for reading
76
Total number of staff
12
Total valuation of library property.
$270,000
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year 42,473
16,803
59,276
Number of volumes added by purchase ....
2,895
3,527
6,422
Number of volumes added by gift.
55
55
Number of volumes added by binding
86
86
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn.
2.830
515
3,345
Total number at end of year
42,679
19,815
62,494
Volumes of fiction lent for home use
198,037
107,057
305,094
Number of volumes lent for home use
235,862
198,880
434,742
Number of registered borrowers
17,542
Number of publications issued
Number of periodicals received: 156 titles; 274 copies.
$38,803 90
Endowment funds
4,034 94
PAYMENTS FOR
Books
$9,353 31
Periodicals
735 29
Binding
1,799 90
Library service
18,316 03
Janitor service
3,345 71
Rent
2,005 93
Light
974 48
Printing
548 81
Heat
1,318 66
Librarian's petty cash
331 57
Other maintenance
4,101 56
Unexpended balance
7 59
$42,838 84
BRANCH LIBRARIES
The hours of opening unless otherwise indicated are as follows: Afternoons, from one o'clock until six o'clock; evenings, from seven until nine.
Parkway Branch, corner Metropolitan Parkway and Copeland street, West Quincy-Every afternoon; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings.
Atlantic Branch, 137 Sagamore street-Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons and evenings.
5
City appropriation
$42,838 84
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Wollaston Branch, 41 Beale street-Every afternoon, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday evenings.
Temple Branch, 625 Washington street, Quincy Point-Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoons; Monday and Friday evenings.
Baxter Branch, 270 Water street, South Quincy-Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoons and evenings.
Parker Branch, Francis W. Parker School Building-Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoons; Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Squantum Branch, Squantum School Building-Tuesday and Sat- urday afternoons.
Manet Branch, 1071 Sea street, Houghs Neck-Monday, Wednes- day, Friday afternoons; Wednesday, Friday evenings.
General Palmer Branch, 510 Sea street-Tuesday and Saturday afternoons; Tuesday evenings.
Books in Library, January 1, 1926
Adult
Juvenile 100
Total
General works
588
688
Periodicals
3,147
..
3,147
Philosophy
713
15
728
Religion
932
184
1,116
Sociology
3,513
2,052
5,565
Language
313
313
Science
1,042
752
1,794
Useful arts
2,159
832
2,991
Fine arts
1,870
601
2,471
Literature
4,546
2,295
6,841
History and travel
4,927
3,242
8,169
Biography
3,252
927
4,179
Fiction
15,677
8,815
24,492
Total
42,679
19,815
62,494
Circulation by Classes, 1925
BRANCHES
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
Main Hall
Wollas- ton
Park- way
Atlan- tic
Tem- ple
Manet
Parker Baxter
Squan- tum
Gen. Palmer
Chil- dren's Room
Schools
Total
General
4,789
1,776
1,008
259
476
306
325
713
161
4
500
10,317
Philosophy
1,043
229
33
41
25
20
5
4
4
6
11
3
1,424
Religion
786
176
59
54
138
36
48
31
1
5
204
578
2,116
Sociology
1,952
2,162
3,082
1,186
1,372
1,790
1,405
1,390
316
121
4,583
8,709
28,068
Language
458
47
60
4
71
2
5
27
6
6
686
Science
1,202
533
354
200
208
158
274
159
20
11
575
1,961
5,655
Useful
arts.
2,794
808
608
291
238
263
187
201
67
8
485
1,272
7,222
Fine arts
2,523
756
338
232
143
239
202
203
102
115
616
531
6,000
Literature
4,925
2,802
6,608
1,670
1,917
2,213
1,602
2,231
705
346
4,500
5,578
35,097
History
1,976
1,069
1,116
552
504
588
318
452
79
84
1,130
6,005
13,873
Travel
2,867
1,702
1,804
953
829
657
1,031
858
225
37
1,631
2,209
14,803
Biography
1,771
1,288
744
526
447
307
361
418
86
9
752
3,441
10,180
Fiction
69,151
53,766
27,425
23,834
20,627
21,991
18,180
11,810
5,991
2,197
16,256
28,103
299,331
Total
*96,237
67,114
43,239
29,802
26,995
28,570
23,943
18,497
7,757
2,943
31,249
58,396
434,742
ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
*Includes 724 books circulated at Hospital.
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REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR
HON. PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor of Quincy. JANUARY 4th, 1926.
DEAR SIR :- During the past year the City Solicitor has carried on the work of the Law Department of the city in accordance with the requirements of the statutes and ordinances in relation thereto.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN D. SMITH, City Solicitor.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
JANUARY 1, 1926.
HONORABLE PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor of Quincy, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I herewith submit the nineteenth report of the Building Department for the year ending December 31, 1925.
During the year the business of this department shows an in- crease of 45 per cent. over that of the year previous.
The number of living apartments erected during the year was 1,163. Seventy-seven business blocks have been erected on our main thoroughfares adjacent to community centers, thereby creat- ing a condition which is both desirable and convenient for the home owner and at the same time a desirable addition to the revenue of the city. Only two of these structures were erected in strictly residential sections. This condition is not a desirable de- velopment and should, I believe, hereafter be controlled by a care- fully prepared ordinance regulating the location of these struc- tures. The City Council have appropriated the sum of $8,500 for this purpose, and it is hoped that the committee appointed will prepare an ordinance that will be satisfactory to the people and at the same time wisely control the future development of our city. It has been the policy of the Inspector of Buildings to revise the Building Ordinance at intervals of three or four years, and this would probably have been done this year, but it was thought advis- able to await the result of the work of the Zoning Committee.
During the fall of the past year the Building Department was assigned a separate office, and Miss Agnes H. Monahan was ap- pointed clerk. These improvements are much appreciated and the department is much better equipped to handle the increased busi- ness for the future. As the city is developing very fast it is nec- essary that additional help should be employed to assist in the in- spection of the various structures, and I do respectfully request your honor that a deputy be appointed in the near future to pro- vide for this condition.
Tabulations of Building Operations for 1925
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