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Beale Street
Park Street
5
294
22
3,591 54
Highland Avenue
So. Central Avenue.
Lincoln Avenue
5
1,234
24
4,773 99
Newport Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Douse Road
5
2,306
33
10,217 90
Prospect Avenue
So. Central Avenue.
Warren Avenue
5
600
28
1,329 66
So. Central Avenue.
Newport Avenue
Belmont Street
5
1,827
25
3,748 58
Webster Street
Quincy Shore Reser
Westerly
6
144
25
701 64
Total
22,059 feet = 4.18 miles
$71,798 67
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
247
.
Easterly
No. Central Avenue.
310 ft. easterly ..
No. Central Avenue.
..
Warren Avenue
700
28
So. Central Avenue.
Sachem Street
900
18
..
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS-1927
Street
Location
Length
Sq. yds.
Cost
Albion Road
Lunt Street to Flynt Street.
202
112
$224 00
Arnold Road
Marshall Street to Quincy Shore Res.
2,080
1,150
3,450 00
Brook Street
Farrington Street to Belmont Street.
822
450
1,371 00
Bedford Street
Glendale Road to Euclid Avenue.
285
160
480
00
Billings Road
Vassall Street easterly to Sachem Brook
203
110
330
00
Euclid Avenue
Bedford Street to Dimmock Street.
433
240
720
00
Federal Avenue
Goddard Street to President's Avenue.
300
167
500
00
Freeman Street
Vassall Street to Billings Road.
2,380
1,320
3,960 00
Flynt Street
Albion Road to Billings Road.
1,610
900
2,700 00
Goddard Street
Independence Avenue to Federal Street ..
470
260
780 00
Goddard Street
Verchild Street to Independence Avenue ..
845
470
1,410 00
Hancock Street
Myrtle Street to Walnut Street ..
100
120
360 00
Kemper Street
Elm Avenue to Waterston Avenue.
1,321
734
2,200 00
Merrymount Road
Hancock Street easterly to Pond.
400
300
900 00
Newport Avenue
Brook Street northerly
54
60
180 00
Parke Street
Marion Street to Grand View Avenue.
600
333
1,000 00
Safford Street
Holbrook Road southerly.
85
66
200 00
Sea Street
Manet Avenue southerly to Church
460
300
900
00
Sea Street
Atherton Hough School
260
200
600
00
Washington Street
Broadway to Beacon Street ..
412
400
1,200
00
Whitwell Street
City Hospital
318
300
900 00
Woodbine Street
North and south sides of Hancock Street.
785
500
1,500 00
Woodward Avenue
Huntley Road to Whitney Road.
434
250
750
00
Dimmock Street
Upland Road to President's Lane ..
172
100
300 00
Pray Street
Washington Street to Curtis Avenue.
428
333
1,000 00
West Elm Avenue
Gould Street to Franklin Avenue.
1,537
870
2,610 00
Beale Street
Everett Street to North Central Avenue.
922
512
1,536 00
Phillips Street
Elm Avenue to Waterston Avenue.
265
147
441 00
....... ....
248
CITY OF QUINCY
Centre Street
Corner of Copeland Street.
100
100
300 00
Copeland Street
Corner of Centre Street.
130
130
400 00
Cranch Street
Between Deldorf Street to Rock Avenue.
1,500
750
2,250 00
Glendale Road
President's Lane westerly about 420 feet.
430
250
750 00
Hancock Street
New Masonic Temple at Russell Park ..
300
320
1,500 00
Kemper Street
Waterston Avenue to Fenno Street ..
1,400
800
2,400 00
Belmont Street
Brook Street northerly.
90
50
150 00
Marlboro Street
Elm Avenue westerly ..
200
150
500 00
Phillips Street
Elm Avenue to Waterston Avenue ...
1,540
850
2,550 00
Quincy Avenue
In front of Quincy Motor Company.
90
100
300 00
Whitney Road
Woodward Avenue westerly
212
120
500 00
Glover Avenue
Hancock Street to Faxon Road.
2,770
1,540
4,620 00
Billings Road
Corner of West Elm Avenue ..
120
100
300 00
Granite Street
At South Junior High School.
280
200
1,000 00
Marlboro Street
Waterston Avenue to Fenno Street.
1,540
940
2,820 00
Greene Street
Elm Avenue to Waterston Avenue
1,250
765
2,290 00
Beach Street
Land of Herbert J. Polk.
100
67
200 00
Woodward Avenue
Whitney Road to Greenleaf Street.
330
215
645 00
Washington Street
Near Fire House
300
235
705 00
E. Squantum Street ......
Hunt and East Squantum Street.
185
125
315 00
Fenno Street
Estabrook Road westerly ..
1,700
1,050
3,150 00
Channing Street
Billings Road to Quincy Shore ..
80
60
180 00
Atlantic Street
Near East Squantum Street
100
56
168 00
Waterston Avenue
Phillips Street westerly. ....
150
90
270 00
Waterston Avenue
Marlboro Street to Kemper Street.
24,217
$62,895.00
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
249
..
650
400
1,200 00
Bigelow Street
Revere Road to Cherry Avenue.
150
150
456 00
W. Squantum Street ....
Cornet Harriet Avenue ..
185
125
375 00
Washington Street
Cleverly Court southerly ..
35
35
105 00
250
AMIESITE SIDEWALKS-1927
Street
Location
Ward
Length
Width
Cost
Adams Street
Hancock Street to R. R. Bridge.
1
1,979
6.5
$1,430 00
Bennington Street
Independence Avenue to Verchild Street.
3
690
6.50
500 00
Buckley Street
Arthur Street to Nelson Street.
4
648
7.0
500 00
Dimmock Street
Munroe Road to Glendale Road ......
1
1,631
7.50
1,360 00
Water Street
Granite Street to Franklin Street ..
3
800
6
530 00
Willard Street
Robertson Street to Rogers Street.
4
1,136
8.0
1,000 00
$5,320 00
...
4
..
CITY OF QUINCY
DRAINS-1927
Street
Location
10"
12"
15"
18"
20"
24"
36"
Man- holes
C'teh B'ns
Estim. Cost
Alstead Street
Tirrell Street to Metropolitan Parkway ...
620
4
1
$1,500
Babcock Street
Manet Avenue westerly to Manet Avenue.
83
850
130
4
9
3,000
Barry Street
Reardon Street to Harris Street ..
195
1
2
550
Baxter Avenue
Hill Street to Ward Two Playground.
440
4
900
Beale Street
Near Greenwood Avenue.
2
200
Beech Street
Extension to Newcomb Avenue
210
1
4
750
Brunswick Street
Bellevue Road to Bayside Road.
58
368
4
1,000
Campbell Street
Kimball Street to Connell Street.
108
392
1
6
1,400
Cherry Avenue
Bigelow Street to Washington Street.
40
133
4
700
Cherry Street
Curtis Avenue to Newcomb Avenue ..
325
1
4
1,000
Cheriton Road
Hancock Street to Tyler Street.
350
1
3
1,000
Cliff Street
Adams Street to Connell Street.
80
550
1
6
1,650
Edwin Street
Faxon Road to Hollis Avenue
60
573
1
6
1,700*
Ellington Road
Hancock Street to Oxenbridge Road.
670
1
5
1,600
Farrell Street
Whitwell Street to Curtis Street ..
252
1
2
700
Felton Street
Billings Road to Glover Avenue ..
43
1
2
400
Flagg Street
Greene Street to Kemper Street ...
84
176
5
900
Florence Street
Flagg Street to Fenno Street ..
38
1
2
350
Franklin Avenue
Randlett Street to North Fenno Street.
85
181
5
900
Granite Street
Kent Street to Centre Street.
150
6
2,000*
Hamden Circle
Willet Street to Hamilton Street ...
332
130
2
10
1,800
Harris Street
Reardon Street to Barry Street ..
280
1
2
600
Herbert Road
Gilbert Road to Quincy Shore Reservation
48
420
1
4
1,100
Hollis Avenue
Hancock Street to Newbury Avenue ..
169
607
4
8
2,300
Holmes Street
Billings Road to Hayward Street.
193
7 .
1,000
Holyoke Street
East Squantum Street to Clive Street.
65
527
1
6
1,600
Manet Avenue
Sea Street to Babcock Street.
250
1
3
800
Milton Road
Colby Road to Edwin Street.
44
150
1
4
3,700±
Narragansett Road
Manomet Road to Passanagesset Road.
1,062
8
2,500
Newton Street
Sea Street to Stoughton Street.
20
4
12
3,000
Rock Island Road
River Road to River View.
747
2
8
2,200
Samoset Avenue
Sea Street to Merrymount Road.
2,378
5
20
6,000
Sharon Road
Colby Road to Milton Road ..
45
690
1
5
2,500§
Standish Road
Huckins Avenue to Moon Island Road.
460
625
2
14
3,400
Tirrell Street
Atlantic Street to Alstead Street.
176
292
3
11
2,300
Vassall Street
Willet Street to Hamilton Street ..
436
507
-
2
17
3,300
..
200
3
600
Curlew Road ..
Sea Street to Albatross Road.
...
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
251
.
-
.
2
300
Phipps Street
Water Street to Faxon Park Road.
577
306
547
...
DRAINS-1927-Continued
Street
Location
10"
12"
15"
18"
20"
24"
36"
Man - holes
C'tel B'ns
Estim. Cost
Waban Road
Moreland Road to Furnace Brook Parkway
325
1
1
1,000
Woodbine Street
Greenwood Avenue to Weston Avenue.
300
1
3
800
Washington Street
Pray Street to Chubbuck Street ..
190
3
1
1,000
Pray Street
Washington Street to Curtis Avenue ..
130
484
1
6
2,000
Chubbuck Street
Washington Street to Sixth Avenue.
361
1
700
Colby Road
Milton Road westerly ..
22
369
2
1,000
Connell Street
Cliff Street to Robertson Street.
80
Curtis Avenue.
Beech Street to Cherry Avenue.
257
1
500
Greenwood Avenue
Beale Street to Brook Street
40
4
500
Kimball Street
Shirley Street to Robertson Street.
220
1
2
700
Wilson Avenue
Safford Street to Newfield Street.
220
78
2
2
1,400
Taylor Street
Hobart Street to Wilson Avenue.
549
1
7,000
Hobart Street
Taylor Street to Belmont Street.
529
3
5,000
Mascoma Street
Wilson Avenue to Hobart Street. ·
466
1
3
2,000
Newfield Street
Wilson Avenue to Hobart Street ..
680
2
2
2,700
Hamilton Avenue
Bowdoin Street to Harvard Street ..
33
2
400
Washington Street
Easterly side near Mill Street.
168
2
600
Bayfield Road
East Squantum Street to Quincy Shore Reser
2,110
21
5,000
Freeman Street
Vassall Street to Billings Road
876
53
2
11
2,800
Faxon Field Drain
Coddington Street to Edgefield Road.
2
6,000%
Highland Avenue
Hobart Street to Sherman Street ..
28
210
800
2
800
Montclair Drain
Belmont Street to Newfield Street.
5,000
Montclair Drain
Holbrook Road to Wilson Avenue.
1,000
Hayden Street
Willard Street to West Street. ..
258
4
800
West Street
Doble Street to 135 ft. west of Hayden Street ...
133
263
1,000
Doble Street
Larry Street to West Street ..
625
2,200
Larry Street
Furnace Brook Parkway to Larry Street ..
239
1,200
Eddie Street
Adams Street 150 ft. easterly
23
2
300
Daniel Webster School.
265
2
500
Centre Street
West Street to Copeland Street.
100
1
200
Parke Ave., Squantum. Standish Road to Mayflower Road ..
107
2
1,100
Merrymount Park
Across the Morton Parkway.
130
250
Furnace Brook Pkwy ... Furnace Brook Parkway to Larry Street.
-
-
400
Russell Park
Hancock Street to Woodward Avenue ...
810
1
8
2,20
Saville Street ..
Hancock Street to Railroad ..
380
1
4
1,000
Warren Avenue
Between Newton Avenue and Old Colony Avenue ..
40
2
300
Total
4,959
19,644
3,307
561
864
1,584
1,156
80
315
120,850
.
*Piling and cradle. ¡Cleaning stone culvert. ¿Piling and cradle.
§Piling and cradle. | Piling and cradle.
252
CITY OF QUINCY
-
--
..
525
104
...
30
2
300
REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES
253
REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES
JANUARY 1, 1928.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- The Manager of Public Burial Places respectfully presents the following financial report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1927:
Expenditures
Manager's salary .$ 2,400 00
Superintendent's salary
2,200 00
Clerk's salary
650 00
Cemetery-labor
18,061 25
Cemetery-supplies
1,242 55
Telephone
72 31
Office-supplies
116 41
Truck upkeep
499 62
Miscellaneous
97 00
$25,339 14
Receipts
Care of lots
$ 3,710 00
Sale of lots
8,195 00
Sale of single graves
1,905 00
Interments
6,327 00
Foundations & grading
2,163 43
Perpetual care fund-interest
4,139 54
Other trust funds-interest
165 79
$26,605 76
Appropriation
Expended
Grading-Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
$2,500 00
$2,497 50
Care-Hancock Cemetery.
500 00 500 00
During the year ending December 31, 1927, there were 455 burials in Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
The sum of $11,190.00 was added to the Perpetual Care Fund, a detailed statement of the investment will be found in the City Treasurer's report.
Respectfully submitted,
WELLINGTON W. MITCHELL, Manager of Public Burial Places.
254
CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
QUINCY, MASS., JAN. 1, 1928.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor of City of Quincy.
SIR :- Respectfully submit the annual report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1927.
During the year 1250 places of business have been visited by the Sealer and Deputy and the work of sealing performed. The larg- est sum $918.13 ever collected for this work has been collected and turned into the treasury.
There has been a great increase in the number of gasoline pumps installed in this city the total being 323. The sealing and testing of these pumps require a great amount of time and sometimes many calls, but no fees are charged after the annual sealing.
Cities and towns are allowed to issue licenses for the sale of fish, fruit and vegetables to hawkers and pedlars, but for no other commodities.
We have issued 114 licenses, fees for which amount to the sum of $570. Hawkers' and pedlars' licenses for the sale of other com- modities are issued by the State, Division of Standards, for which the fee is $52.00. If the said license is issued to be used in the City of Quincy only, $25.00 is paid to the City by the State, from the $27.00 required for such license.
The Sealer and Deputy have been active in enforcing this law, and the resulting fees will be turned into the City Treasury from the State.
Following will be found the summary of work done by the de- partment.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES M. CANTFILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
255
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
SEALING
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed
Condemned
Platform scales, over 5,000 lbs.
1
34
0
3
Platform scales, 100 lbs to 5,000 lbs.
10
410
11
17
Counter scales, 100 lbs or over
0
2
0
1
Counter scales, under 100 lbs.
1
328
6
3
Beam scales, 100 lbs or over.
0
19
0
0
Spring scales, 100 lbs. or over
0
97
0
18
Spring scales, under 100 lbs.
4
477
3
39
Computing scales, 100 lbs. or over
0
5
0
0
Computing scales, under 100 lbs.
15
409
7
9
Personal weighing slot machines.
0
67
0
10
Prescription scales
0
35
0
0
Jewelers scales
0
4
0
0
Avoirdupois weights
295
3141
0
4
Apothecary weights
0
405
0
18
Metric weights
0
118
0
0
Troy weights
0
46
0
0
Liquid measures
0
590
0
5
Oil jars
0
652
0
0
Gasoline measuring pumps
1
323
1
11
Gasoline measuring meters
0
2
0
0
Kerosene measuring pumps
0
23
1
1
Oil measuring pumps
0
352
93
7
Molasses measuring pumps
0
14
0
0
Quantity measures on pumps
208
1314
0
0
Yard sticks
0
164
0
7
Compartments on gasoline trucks.
0
7
0
0
Taxi meters
0
5
0
0
Cloth measuring devices
0
6
0
0
Totals
538
9094
122
153
Total sealing fees .... $853.92
Total adjusting fees 64.21
Total fees collected .. $918.13
256
CITY OF QUINCY
REWEIGHING-INSPECTING-TESTING
Articles
Number
Number Correct
Under
Over
Bread
149
89
46
14
Butter
76
71
4
1
Coal-in paper bags
113
41
46
26
Coal-loads in transit
22
3
4
15
Confectionery
18
16
....
2
Dry commodities
342
281
59
2
Flour
41
23
11
7
Fruit, vegetables.
386
204
152
30
Ice
17
5
11
1
Meats, provisions
204
113
87
4
Totals
1368
846
420
102
INSPECTIONS
Clinical thermometers
176
Coal certificates
23
Ice scales
13
Junk scales
13
Markings on bread
90
Markings on food packages.
383
Metal ice cream containers
12
Milk jars
75
Pedlars licenses
106
Pedlars scales
26
Transient venders licenses
16
Milk cans (wholesale)
55
Glass graduates
65
Total
1053
TESTS MADE
Gasoline devices
89
Re-weighing for municipalities
1
Oil jars
37
Total
127
JAMES M. CANTFILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
257
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 1, 1928.
To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy :-
The Commissioner of Public Welfare respectfully submits the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1927:
The following is the financial statement for the year 1927:
Appropriations
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,600 00
Office
500 00
Auto upkeep
400 00
City home
10,000 00
Mothers' aid
21,000 00
$268 68
Outside aid
33,000 00
1,075 00
Hospital bills
2,000 00
Special appropriation-Welfare auto.
$400 00
Expended
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,600 00
Office-office $179.85, telephone $155.12 ..
334 97
Auto upkeep-trans. $32.52
432 52
City home-trans. $151.09.
10,150 41
Mothers' aid
19,947 95
Outside aid-trans. $381.58
34,456 58
Hospital bills-trans. $208.50
2,208 50
Special appropriation-Chrysler auto .... $400 00
Transferred from Mothers' Aid-C. H. $151.09, O. A. $381.58, Hospital bills $208.50
$741 17
Transferred from Office to Auto Upkeep.
32 52
Receipts for 1927
Board at city home
$45 00
City home produce
136 72
Department of Public Welfare (mothers' aid)
3,127 12
Department of Public Welfare (outside aid)
2,405 43
Individuals-outside aid
795 50
Other cities and towns (mothers' aid) ..
544 00
Other cities and towns (outside aid) ....
2,610 30
$73,243 68
$72,530 93
$9,664 07
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CITY OF QUINCY
City Home
Burial
$120 00
Clothing
302 47
Coal
1,067 62
Express®
15 87
Furniture
322 49
Grain
310 46
Groceries
2,923 63
Hardware
117 31
Ice
136 40
Lighting-gas, cooking $236.90, elec- tricity $241.74
478 64
Medical attendance
4 00
Medicine
158 92
Miscellaneous
287 34
Nursing
22 20
Papers
22 07
Repairing harness and shoeing.
21 00
Repairing tools and equipment.
395 21
Truck ($195.00-C. H. $45.00, M. A. $75.00, O. A. $75.00)
45
Salary of warden
750 00
Supplies
199 00
Taxi service
1 00
Wages (matron, cook, maid, laborer). ... 2,449 78
10,150 41
Mothers' Aid
Cash
$15,028 00
Clothing
17 50
Coal
439 80
Groceries
833 06
Medicine
15 95
Miscellaneous
35 91
Moving
30 00
Nursing
7 00
Other cities and towns
2,888 03
Shoes
149 70
Taxi service
2 00
Labor (delivery of wood)
400 00
Trucking wood from park (P. W. D.) ....
26 00
Truck (at city home $195.00, $75.00
M. A.), (city home $45.00, O. A.
$75.00)
75 00
19,947 95
Outside Aid
Board and care
$6,034 86
Burial
155 00
Cash
16,807 50
Clothing
405 59
Coal
716 85
Groceries
2,970 13
Hospital
1,837 74
259
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Dentistry
17 50
Nurse's care
31 50
Medicine
58 95
Miscellaneous
84 10
Moving
51 24
Other cities and towns
4,557 92
Rent
57 80
Shoes
184 40
Taxi service
2 00
Transportation to Tewksbury
2 50
Labor (delivery of wood)
380 00
Trucking wood from park (P. W. D.) ....
26 00
Truck (at city home $195.00, $75.00
O. A. share), (city home $45.00,
M. A. $75.00)
75 00
34,456 58
City Home
Number of inmates January 1, 1927. 13
Number admitted during the year 1927. 39
Total number during the year 1927. 52
Number discharged during the year .. 11
Number died during the year. 3
Number of inmates in city home January 1, 1928 23
Mothers' Aid
Number of families aided under Chapter 118.
21
Total number of individuals
84
Number of families having no settlement.
2
Number of families having settlement in other cities or towns
2
Cases closed during the year.
1
Cases added during the year.
2
Number of families aided under Chap. 118-Jan.
1, 1928
22
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118-Jan. 1, 1928
91
Outside Aid
Number of families aided under Chap. 117, Jan. 1, 1927 65
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117, Jan. 1, 1927
314
Number of families having no settlement
12
Number of families having settlement in other towns
9
Number discharged during the year
16
Number added during the year ..
25
Number of individuals being aided under Chap. 117 Jan. 1, 1928 363
Number of families being aided under Chap. 117- Jan. 1, 1928 74
In Massachusetts Hospital School at Canton
5
260
CITY OF QUINCY
Under care of Child Guardianship Division. 9
Being cared for in private families, minors 4
Being cared for by private societies, minors 4
Being cared for in private families, adults.
3
Being cared for in private hospitals.
1
8 Adults in state hospital
Persons buried during the year 1927.
6
I wish to especially mention a few of the many changes and improvements made by this department during the year just closed.
Many of the rooms at the City Infirmary were in deplorable con- dition. These rooms were refinished, being painted, floors refin- ished and new floor coverings in the dining room, sitting room and living room. All the work was done by the inmates with ex- ception of the papering. The reception room on the first floor was without furniture. This room was furnished with a three piece set, table and rug for the floor. Curtain materials were bought and Mrs. Vaughn made the curtains. Five new beds, mat- tresses and springs were bought and all the old beds refinished and enameled.
Through the kindness of Miss Laura Hayward, an upright piano was installed in the women's sitting room on the second floor.
During the summer the inmates worked a very successful garden which supplied all the fresh vegetables needed for the table at the home. Mrs. Vaughn also had over two hundred jars canned for winter use.
At this time I wish to call attention to the fact that we have ten more inmates at the City Infirmary than we had the first of last year. The present infirmary was built over forty years ago, and at the present time the institution is very inadequate for our present needs. We have no way of caring for chronic cases. Here- tofore we have been able to place them in state institutions, such as Bridgewater and Tewksbury. but now they are refusing us ad- mittance in these places, on account of them being overcrowded with state cases, so we are obliged at the present time to board a few cases out at the expense of from $12.00 to $15.00 a week, and in one or two hospital cases, which are being cared for in other cities, as high as $4.00 a day.
I would recommend that provisions be made to build an addi- tion to our present building or a new building in another location, that would not be so near Quincy Square.
Many perplexing situations have arisen and I have tried at all times to be fair in my decisions after hearing both sides of the case.
At this time I wish to express my appreciation to the following for their hearty cooperation and kind assistance during the past year: Miss Waddell and her assistants. Chief Probation Officer Fahey and his assistants. Dr. Richard Ash, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn, who have so ably performed their duties at the City Infirmary, Mrs. Mary Wall, secretary of the Welfare Office, and all others in authority.
Respectfully submitted,
CHANNING T. FURNALD, Commissioner of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
QUINCY, MASS., JANUARY 14, 1928.
To His Honor Thomas J. McGrath, Mayor :
The following is the report of the Park Commission for the year 1927, the membership of which is composed of the following: Yrjo M. Matson, Thomas J. Larkin and Loretto D. Tocci, your ap- pointees. The first above-named was elected chairman and secre- tary of the Board.
Merrymount Park
This is the largest and most used of our parks as is very ap- parent from the number of permits issued for the various athletic and other functions conducted therein.
For Merrymount Upper Field one hundred and seventy permits were granted for baseball, four for football, and fifteen for soccer. For Merrymount Lower Field sixty-one permits were issued for baseball, ten for soccer. For Merrymount Third Field seven per- mits were issued for baseball, and twelve for picnics. Two picnics were held on Pine Island.
Band Stand
Ten band concerts were held in the Merrymount Band Stand by the Quincy Kiwanis Club.
Tennis Courts
At the Merrymount tennis courts, four thousand eight hundred and forty-eight persons signed up for tennis games during the season. The use of the courts was restricted to one hour per person, from the hours of 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. However, many persons used the courts early from sunrise to 7 A. M., it being unnecessary to mark up for games played prior to 7 A. M. In ad- dition to the foregoing use of the Merrymount tennis courts, the same were used by the High School girls under the direction of the dean, Miss Josephine D. Baker, during the months of May, June, and September and October on Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day afternoons of each week from two to five o'clock. A self- explanatory letter from Miss Baker is incorporated herewith, viz .:
"November 4, 1927.
"Mr. Y. M. Matson, Park Commissioner, City of Quincy, Massachusetts.
"Dear Mr. Matson:
"On September 23, 1927, you granted me a permit for the High School girls to use the Merrymount Court and the South Quincy
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Court on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Since that time by managing hour relays from three to five we have had twenty-four girls on the Merrymount Courts on each of the three days and ten girls on Mondays and Wednesdays on the South Quincy Court. On most of those days High School teachers instructed the girls in the game. In all, we taught ninety-two girls tennis once a week. Really, with our 'extras' we had more than that.
"Even now, when the tennis season is closing, I want to keep the Merrymount Courts on Mondays and the South Quincy Courts on Wednesdays for a few more weeks. The other days we will no longer hold.
"By next year may we have better nets? And is it too much to hope that we may have courts-many of them-in the field near the school? We could accomplish so much more.
"Thank you for your cooperation.
"Yours truly, "JOSEPHINE BAKER."
Adams Memorial
On April 19th, the Adams Memorial was dedicated at Merry- mount Park with His Honor the Mayor in charge of the exercises, an address being given by His Excellency the Governor, Alvan T. Fuller.
Merrymount Oval
As in years passed the great American gridiron classic game of football was played on the Oval, thirty-eight permits being issued therefor. Four games of soccer were also played on this field. The events occurring on this field have drawn large attendances of spectators. It was estimated that on Children's Day, held under the direction of the School Department, the attendance was five thousand. At the football game of Quincy High School vs. Ja- maica, Long Island, High School, the attendance was estimated at thirty-five hundred. In spite of the rain, the attendance at the football games on' Thanksgiving Day, between the Trojans and Atlantic football team, was also estimated at thirty-five hundred. During the football season the High School team also practised here nearly every afternoon. The High School track team also used this field considerably.
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