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The following is the report of the Pathological laboratory for the year 1929:
The laboratory was opened on June 1, and therefore the number of examinations made covers the seven-month period, from June 1, 1929, to December 31, 1929.
Urinalysis
Urinalyses
1,613
Renal function tests
3
Total
1,616
Miscellaneous
Exudates
5
Transudates
7
G. C. smears
12
Sputa
9
Blood cultures
4
Mouth smears
3
Widals
2
Throat cultures
5
Autogenous vaccines
2
Hb.
49
R.B.C.
48
W.B.C.
161
Diff.
47
Color indices
48
Icterus indices
1
Bleeding times
3
Clotting times
4
Blood groupings
7
Blood matchings
8
Blood sugars
15
N.P.N.
4
Spinal fluids
9
Vomitus
3
Feces
4
Autopsies
10
810
Total
2,426
The laboratory employs a full-time technician, and when the new building opens it will be necessary to add to our technical force to take care of the increased number of specimens.
FRANCIS P. MCCARTHY, M.D.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE HOSPITAL LIBRARIAN
More than four years ago Mr. Truman R. Temple, librarian for the Thomas Crane Public Library of Quincy, Massachusetts, col- laborated with Miss Ruth Adie, superintendent of the Quincy City Hospital, to extend book lending to the patients and those con- nected with the hospital. The service was continued under Galen W. Hill, present librarian.
In the hospital a small closet was set aside for the use of the hospital librarian. A book wagon was provided by the library and fifty books installed as the nucleus of the experiment. The hospital then had eighty-five beds.
The librarian assigned to the work gave over two afternoons a week to the service, and so sucessfully has the plan worked out that five months ago the service was increased to three afternoons weekly: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Today the hospital's library comprises some three hundred and fifty books, and is being constantly added to from the new publi- cations. Books for the hospital are carefully chosen for their therapeutic value, and when a patient expresses a desire for a particular type book not at hand, the librarian is free to draw on the thousands of books at the Thomas Crane Library. Current magazines of the better, popular type are provided by the Hospital Aid. Also the post office allows the librarian to cull any desired magazine from those uncalled for there.
The library is popular, indeed, with the children. They cheer at the appearance of the book wagon and choose their stories and picture books with an enthusiasm that is good to see.
Altogether, the experiment has been a great success and we pioneers in the work are happy with the results.
During the year 1929 we circulated in the hospital:
Juvenile non-fiction
388 books
Juvenile fiction
694
Adult non-fiction
251
Adult fiction
5,166
Total
6,499
A. ZAYMA CONNOLLY, Hospital Librarian.
REPORT OF THE QUINCY HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
"Brevity being the soul of wit," the President's report will at least be brief.
The meetings have been held through the courtesy of the Quincy Women's Club at the club house with a fine attendance each meet- ing.
The high lights of the year are the raising of funds from the "White Elephant" sale given by Mrs. Mary Cheever. For the first time we received one hundred dollars from the "King Fund," for which we are deeply grateful, also many gifts from individuals.
A bit of "Social Service" work has been the sending of one of the student nurses of the Quincy Hospital to Simmons College to finish her course in Public Health Nursing.
Respectfully submitted,
MARTHA N. WOODRUFF, President.
191
REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
REPORT OF THE WOLLASTON BRANCH HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
The "Aid" has met the first Thursday of each month, excepting July and August, for sewing from ten to four o'clock. Our work is about the same from year to year. This year we made one thou- sand and four pieces of sewing and five hundred and fifty-six dozen pads.
We have given two "Teas" to the nurses in the nurses' new home in January and March.
ANNIE W. LOWE, President.
LIST OF GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Name Year
Name
Year
Miss Ella White 1892
Miss Maude LeVatte 1907
Miss Elsie White 1892
Miss Mary E. Stearns 1908
Miss Nellie Coolidge 1893
Miss Lillian Hart 1908
Miss Anna O'Brien 1893
Miss Susan Marshall 1908
Miss Anna Kimball 1894
Miss Jeanette Falconer 1908
Miss Priscilla McMartin 1894
Miss Adeline Woodin 1909
Miss B. E. Clarity 1894
Miss Mary L. Lindsay 1910
Miss Martha Anderson 1895
1895
Miss Bertha Morrill 1910
Miss Margaret Ross 1895
Miss Mary Bruce 1910
Mrs. Mary Wood 1895
Miss Edith Burkett 1910
Miss Marion J. Jackson 1896
Miss Barbara Le Vatte 1910
Miss D. Viola Harrington ... 1897
Miss Florence Mason 1910
Miss Annie Manning 1897
Miss Jennie Russell 1911
Miss Emma Lewis 1897
Miss Etta Meyer 1911
Miss Anna L. Stewart 1897
Miss Alma Reed 1912
Miss Edith Wiley 1898
Miss Grace Wilson 1912
Miss Mary F. O'Brien 1898
Miss Olive Marcille 1912
Miss Catherine Carter 1899
Miss Sara McIntosh 1912
Miss Helen Thompson 1899
Miss Mary Walsh 1912
Miss Ida A. Simpson 1899
Miss Linda Hill 1912
Miss Winifred Hernan 1899
Miss Marion Mills 1912
Miss Estele Robinson 1900
Miss Catherine Black 1912
Mrs. Marietta Hatch 1900
Miss Ruth Banard
1913
Miss Mildred Freeman 1901
Miss Florence Hanscom 1914
Miss Margaret Walker 1901
Miss Victoria Ljungquist .... 1914 Miss Alice McGlue 1914
Miss Mary Kinney 1901
Mrs. Barbara Patterson 1901
Miss Hansnore Neilson 1914
Miss Nellie Bulyea 1902
Miss Martha Morrill 1915
Miss Anna Walker 1903
Miss Christina Shand 1915
Miss Bessie Worrell 1903
Miss Leona Garder 1915
Miss Jean Allen 1904
Miss Sigrid Swanson 1915
Miss Eva Blair 1904
Miss Irene Corbett 1916
Miss Helen E. Powers 1905
Miss Gertrude Flaherty 1916
Miss Annabel Orr 1905
Miss Barbara Cameron 1916
Miss Blanche H. Fair -
Miss Margaret Twohig 1916
weather 1905
Miss Estelle Babcock 1916
Miss Maude McNeil 1906
Miss Viola Robertson 1916
Miss Lottie Stumbles 1906
Miss Alice Billings 1917
Miss Mary Ellison 1907
Miss Ruth Pinel 1917
Miss Helen Young
1907
Miss Valeria Vaszkis 1917
Miss Margaret Carey 1910
Miss Lucy Hernan
192
CITY OF QUINCY
Name Year
Miss Clara McCully 1917
Miss Elsie R. Hay 1925
Miss Sarah Cassell 1917
Miss Barbara Hobbs 1925
Miss Etta Linnehan 1925
Miss Eleanor Lorette 1925
Miss Evelyn Moriarty 1918
Miss Gertrude Russell 1918
Miss Helen M. Seiders 1918
Miss Nettidean Coombs 1918
Miss Agnes Black 1919
Miss Lillian Read
1919
Miss Martha Decoster 1926
Miss Verna Tibbetts 1926
Miss Helen Casey 1926
Miss Hazel Schools 1926
Miss Edna I. Elliot 1926
Miss Marion Connors 1927
Miss Margaret Riley 1927
Miss Ruth Horrigan
1927
Miss Ethel Fostello 1927
Miss Ida Giovannangeli 1927
Miss Philomena Campbell ... 1927
Miss Katherine MacKay 1920
Mrs. Helen Quimby 1920
Miss Alma Girvan 1928
Miss Helen Smith 1920
Miss Helena Reed 1928
Miss Ida Taylor 1928
Miss Ceciline Nash 1928
Miss Rebecca MacDonald. 1928
Miss Louise Cameron 1921
Miss Margaret F. Main 1921
Miss Ellen Duggan
1921
Miss Gladys Irwin 1921
Miss Bernice Hobson 1921
Miss Frances Sampson 1921
Miss Muriel Cameron
1922
Miss Agnes Gustafson
1922
Miss Agnes Johnson
1922
Miss Lillian Coleman 1922
Miss Jessie Nicholson 1922
Miss Edna Tubman 1922
Miss Madeline Roberts 1922
Miss Katherine Krasinski ... 1923 Miss Grace Newcomb 1923
Miss Ann Thompson 1923
Miss Joanna MacHardy 1923
Miss Mary Keeley 1923
Miss Lila Cairns 1924
Miss Elizabeth Durant 1924
Miss Irene Esterbrooke 1924
Miss Irene J. Macleod 1924
Miss Marie MacPherson 1924
Miss Margaret Miller 1924
Miss Eleanor Parsons 1924
Miss Janet Setchell 1924
Miss Anne Billings 1925
Miss Esther Burns 1925
Miss Marguerite
Cookin-
ham 1925
Miss Lottie Dahlberg 1925
Miss Agnes M. Fraser 1925
Miss Freda M. Belville 1929
Miss Helen T. Cunniff 1929
Miss Georgianna Francis. 1929
Miss Grace M. Cutter 1929
Miss Rebecca M. Gilmore 1929
Miss Helen C. Haldane 1929
Miss Minnie E. Harron 1929
Miss Anne F. Leary 1929
Miss Rose E. Levangie 1929
Miss Marion Leach 1929
Miss Anne H. Leonard 1929
Miss Gladys Malia 1929
Miss Florence J. Meek 1929
Miss Mabel F. MacDonald ... 1929
Miss Dorothy M. Macleod .. 1929
Miss Dorothy A. McCready .. 1929
Miss Anne C. McLean 1929
Miss Margaret S. Nicker- son 1929
Miss Edna C. Ripley 1929
Miss Winifred M. Sharon ... 1929
Miss Kathleen M. Stewart .. 1929
Miss Doris S. Thompson 1929
Miss Ellen P. Young 1929
Miss Acsenea M. Zelenk 1929
Miss Mary Murphy 1925
Miss Charlotte Nash 1925
Miss Eileen Garrity 1926
Miss Catherine Murphy 1926
Miss Blanche M. Murphy .1926
Miss Elizabeth Connors 1919
Miss Nettie Denton 1919
Miss Hazel Gordon 1919
Miss Agnes Richard 1919
Miss Sadie Amos 1920
Miss Sara Ross 1920
Miss Lucy Williams 1920
Miss Bertie Baxter 1920
Miss Alice Taylor 1920
Miss Frances Collins 1920
Miss Pauletta Kristofferson.1921
Miss Pearl Buick 1921
Miss Lillian Pratt 1928
Miss Hazel Our 1928
Miss Edith Fostello 1928
Miss Anna Hagelburg 1928
Miss Constance Larkin 1928
Miss Christine M. Battista .. 1929
Miss Grace Sears 1927
Miss Rose Bussing 1921
Name Year
Miss Maggie Gray 1918
Miss Ruth F. Hinton 1918
193
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 1, 1930.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor of City of Quincy:
DEAR SIR :- I respectfully submit the annual report of the Po- lice Department for the year ending December 31st, 1929.
Personnel of Force Chief, Ernest H. Bishop Captain, Daniel H. Doran
John J. Avery George A. Cahill
George W. Fallon
Jeremiah Hinchon Edward Johnson Thomas A. Malone James H. Whelan
Sergeants
Michael F. Canavan John M. Casey
Henry F. Corbett Joseph A. Delorey
David L. Farrell
Henry F. Riley Daniel M. Shea
Joseph F. Sweeney
Patrolmen
Albert J. Ames
James H. Baker
Joseph Belanger
William I. Bjornholm
Jeremiah D. Dhooge
Thomas J. Brennan
Jeremiah Dinneen
Claes A. Broberg
Michael F. Donovan
Edward S. Bryan
John P. Duffy
Walter R. Buckley John E. Buell
Thomas J. Duffy
Patrick A. Byron
John J. Erwin
George M. Cahill
Joseph H. Erwin
Anthony Caperci
Thomas J. Fallon
Alfred J. Cappellini
George W. Fay
Daniel J. Collins
Joseph L. Ferguson
Jeremiah J. Connelly
Charles L. Ferrazzi
William Ferrazzi
Jerome P. Connelly John E. Connelly
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Michael F. Connolly Patrick Coyne Tilden Crooker
John J. Fitzgerald John J. Flaherty Daniel J. Ford
Edward R. Cruise
Dennis L. Ford
Stephen J. Cullen
Lawrence J. Galvin
Angelo P. Gaudiano
Edmund K. Cunniff
Edward P. Cunniff
Arthur M. Curry
David E. Curtin
John P. Duffy, Jr.
Lieutenants
194
CITY OF QUINCY
James J. Gilmartin
Philip J. Grady
Francis J. Mullin
Joseph P. Griffin
James J. Mullin
Richard N. Hart
John O'Brien
William F. Hebert
James O'Connell
Ernest W. Hodge
George E. Ogle Leonard Palmisano
Joseph F. Hughes
Joseph L. Paradise
Chester N. Inman
Patrick J. Quinn
Gaudias J. Joubert
Edward G. Riley
Thomas U. Kantola
Joseph A. Rogers
Philip F. Kelly
John R. Saville Frank L. Schaller, Jr.
James W. H. Kemp
Thomas F. Kerwin
John J. Sheehan
George K. Lindgren
James J. Sullivan
John Looby
John J. Sullivan
Timothy F. McAuliffe
Clarence B. Tarr
William P. McIntyre
Walter F. McKenna
Thomas F. McNally
James McNamara
James A. D. MacKay
Fred E. Young
Reserves
James E. Ford Leo J. Hannon
Joseph C. Pangraze
Harry P. Pitts
Carl I. Seppela
Andrew J. Thompson
William C. Wright
George L. Wyman
On Pension List
James W. Murray George F. Phillips
Detailed as Chauffeurs
Walter F. McKenna
Joseph L. Paradise Chester N. Inman
Detailed to Wagon Duty
Jeremiah D. Dhooge
Daniel J. Ford John J. Flaherty
Detailed to Motor Cycles
James H. Baker Edward S. Bryan
Ernest W. Hodge James A. D. MacKay James W. H. Kemp
Walter A. Adams Joseph W. Benn Peter J. Cahill, Jr.
John H. Daniels
George F. Denneen
James A. Flaherty Joseph P. Flaherty
Alexander D. Thompson
Thomas J. Thompson
Henry W. Thorne
Jeremiah J. Walsh John L. Wright
John J. Hughes
John O'Connell
Charles O. Hinchon
Joseph L. Moriarty
Edward J. Curtin John T. Larkin
195
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Detailed as Guard at City Hall Jeremiah Dinneen
Detailed to Liquor Work Lieut. James H. Whelan
Detailed to Detective Work
Lieut. John J. Avery Lieut. George W. Fallon Lieut. Jeremiah Hinchon
Detailed as Clerk at Police Headquarters Tilden Crooker
Arrests by Months for Year of 1929
Month
Arrests
Males
Females
January
196
186
10
February
157
151
6
March
335
326
9
April
335
321
14
May
346
332
14
June
331
317
14
July
402
390
12
August
563
546
17
September
349
336
13
October
429
416
13
November
423
409
14
December
344
328
16
4,210
4,058
152
Nativity of Persons Arrested
United States
3,374
Foreign born
836
Number of Arrests for 1925
Total number of arrests
4,010
Number of arrests (males)
3,868
Number of arrests (females).
142
Arrests for drunkenness
1,157
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor.
102
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
101
Number of Arrests for 1926
Total number of arrests.
3,716
Number of arrests (male)
3,599
Number of arrests (females)
117
Arrests for drunkenness
963
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor.
77
Arrests for violation of liquor laws.
46
196
CITY OF QUINCY Number of Arrests for 1927
Total number of arrests.
4,012
Number of arrests (males)
3,842
Number of arrests (females)
170
Arrests for drunkenness
878
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor. 70
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
73
Number of Arrests for 1928
Total number of arrests
4,182
Number of arrests (males)
3,990
Number of arrests (females)
192
Arrests for drunkenness
992
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor. 99
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
49
Number of Arrests for 1929
Total number of arrests.
4,210
Number of arrests (males)
4,058
Number of arrests (females)
152
Arrests for drunkenness
825
Arrests for operating under influence of liquor. 68
Arrests for violation of liquor laws
81
Offences
Abortion
1
Adultery
11
Allowing minor to work after 8.30 P. M.
1
Animals, cruelty to
1
Assault and battery
98
Assault on police officer
2
Assault with dangerous weapon
1
Bastardy
11
Board of Health rule, violation of
2
Breaking and entering and larceny
33
Breaking and entering with intent
1
Breaking and entering, night-time
2
Building Laws, violation of
1
Buying junk from minors
1
Breaking glass in building
2
Breaking glass in street
2
Capias from Superior Court
4
Carrying revolver, unlawfully
5
City Ordinance, violation of
399
Concealing leased property
6
Concealing personalty
2
Conspiracy
3
Dangerous weapon in possession
1
Default
56
Desertion of family
7
Disorderly conduct, street
9
Disorderly conduct, public conveyance
1
Disorderly conduct, public place
3
Auto taken without authority
23
197
Disorderly house, keeping
1
Disturbing the peace
3
Drunkenness
825
Escaped from institution
4
Evading fare
2
Extortion
3
Failure to pay wages
28 1
False weight, giving
1
Fish and Game Law, violation of
6
Fire alarm, circulating false
3
Food Law, violation of
3
Forgery
3
Fornication
2
Fraud
1
Fugitive from justice
3
Gaming, cards
4
Gaming, on Lord's Day
14
Idle and disorderly
6
Indecent exposure
3
Injury to property
40
Keeping unlicensed dog
5
Larceny
118
Larceny, attempt
12
Larceny of auto
9
Lewd and lascivious person
2
Lewdness
2
Liquor Laws, violation of:
Liquor, illegal sale
30
Liquor, illegal transportation
4
Liquor, keeping and exposing
34
Liquor, manufacturing of
6
Liquor, nuisance
7
Loitering
1
Lottery, promoting
2
Maintaining gaming nuisance
1
Malicious mischief
7
Masher Act
2
Motor Vehicle Laws, violation of
68
Neglected child
12
Neglected children
12
Neglect of family
50
Neglest to support illegitimate child
1
Neglect of parents
4
Obscene literature, distributing
1
Parole, violation of
2
Peddling without license
11
Probation, violation of
2
Rape
2
Receiving stolen property
2
Robbery
5
Runaway girls
2
Safe-keeping
50
Selling leased property
2
Lord's Day Act, violation of, store open
1
Malicious injury to property
2
Minor selling newspaper after 8.30 P. M.
Motor Vehicle Laws, operating under influence
1 1,979
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
False pretence
198
CITY OF QUINCY
Selling mortgaged property
2
Selling second hand autos without being licensed
2
Stubborn child
7
Suspicious person
20
Taking clams without permit
87
Threat to assault
10
Tramp
3
Transient Vendor Law, violation of
2
Trespass
8
Truant
2
Unlicensed warehouse
1
Unnatural act
2
Uttering
2
Vagrant
7
Disposition of Cases
Appealed
74
Appealed from sentence
22
Appealed from fine
52
Appeal withdrawn
16
Appeal withdrawn from sentence
6
Appeal withdrawn from fine
10
Bound to peace
6
Continued
581
Committed
200
House of Correction, default of fine
77
Concord Reformatory
1
Lyman School
4
Sherborn
2
Shirley
6
State Farm
11
Dept. of Public Welfare
3
Walpole School
1
Taunton
2
Boston State Hospital, Psychopathic
2
Default
61
Default removed
9
Delivered to friends
30
Delivered to out-of-town police
71
Discharged
132
Dismissed, complaints
206
Dismissed for want of prosecution
35
To Superior Court on Capias
5
Fined
1,035
Fines paid
742
Fines remitted
4
Held for Grand Jury
21
Placed on file
588
Placed on probation
116
Released
232
Sentenced
1,325
Sentence suspended
471
Sentence revoked
55
Summoned for out-of-town police
1,111
To make restitution
34
To make weekly payments
17
Cost paid
214
House of Correction, sentence
300
199
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Signal System
Wagon calls
2,250
Ambulance calls
888
Pulmotor calls
8
Raids (liquor)
42
Miscellaneous
Accidents reported
532
Accidents investigated
9
Articles found and returned to owner
42
Breaks in stores discovered
50
Dangerous wires reported
44
Defect in bridge reported
1
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported
400
Disturbance suppressed without arrest
141
Doors found open and made secure
2,510
Fire alarm boxes found open
202
Fire alarms sounded
19
Fires discovered
26
Gas leaks reported
21
Gas pumps found open
53
Injured and sick persons cared for
59
Investigations made
1,817
Keys found in doors
71
Lanterns displayed at dangerous places
748
Leak in water main reported
125
Lost children restored to parents
60
Obstructions removed from street
66
Other animals destroyed
24
Stolen bicycles recovered
14
Unlicensed and dangerous dogs destroyed
252
Water running to waste
13
Windows found open and made secure
832
Value of stolen and lost property recovered, automobiles included
$159,317 00
Electric lights reported not burning
2,037
Gas lights reported not burning
56
List of Property in Care and Custody of the Chief of Police Belonging to City on Jan. 1st, 1930
Articles
Value
Gamewell Signal System and apparatus, boxes and cables
$25,000 00
Typewriters and Neostyle machine
500 00
Fingerprint file cabinet and equipment
250 00
Rogues gallery cabinet and photography outfit.
1,150 00
Steel storage cabinets, filing cabinets, steel safe.
500 00
Equipment, pistols, clubs, badges, buttons, etc.
6,000 00
Marlin Riot guns and Lewis Machine gun.
650 00
Office supplies
500 00
Electric clocks and thirty day clocks
350 00
Beds, springs, mattresses, linen rugs, bureaus
800 00
Chairs, tables, desks, desk lamps, settees.
1,000 00
Telephone booths, gas-stove, step-ladders, spittoons. 350 00
Clothes lockers, dishes and pans
500 00
Fires extinguished without alarm
20
200
CITY OF QUINCY
First-aid equipment
200 00
Gymnasium equipment
1,000 00
Garage tools
1,500 00
Cadillac patrol and ambulance
1,000 00
Buick Coupe
1,200 00
Reo Speed-wagon
500 00
Oldsmobile Coaches (3)
3,000 00
Harley-Davidson cycles (6), sidecars (5)
3,000 00
Life-saving devices, boats and ladders
300 00
Traffic beacons, safety signs and automatic signals
30,000 00
Street signs and other signs in stock
800 00
Search and flood lights
200 00
U. S. Flag, State Flag, City Flag, cabinets for same.
300 00
Signal paper, paper towels, etc.
200 00
Disinfectants, liquid soaps, powders, etc.
150 00
Ford Coupe
564 00
Chevrolet Coupe
632 00
Whippet Coupe
$82,728 00
Time Lost on Account of Sickness and Injury
Days
Days
7 men lost
1
1 man lost.
26
5 men lost.
2
1 man lost.
28
4 men lost.
3
1 man lost. 32
5 men lost
4
1 man lost 33
35
8 men lost
6
1 man lost
37
2 men lost.
7
1 man lost
40
2 men lost
8
1 man lost
41
1 man lost.
9
1 man lost
47
2 men lost.
10
I man lost
48
1 man lost.
11
1 man lost.
49
5 men lost
13
1 man lost.
51
1 man lost.
14
1 man lost
54
man lost
15
1 man lost
55
2 men lost
16
1 man lost
77
4 men lost
17
1 man lost.
83
1 man lost.
21
1 man lost.
99
1 man lost.
22
1 man lost.
104
1 man lost.
23
1 man lost.
365
Total days lost
1,832
Days not paid for
413
Number of hours of extra work without pay ....
7,425
Permits Issued
Permits for Sunday labor issued
57
Permits for Sunday labor refused
18
Permits to carry pistols issued
250
Permits to carry pistols refused
13
Miscellaneous permits issued
187
Miscellaneous permits refused
27
4 men lost
5
1 man lost
632 00
201
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Notices Served
Curfew Law violation
50
Dog Ordinance
275
Snow and Sidewalk Ordinance
500
Automobile Sales and Transfers
Received and filed
8,500
Waiver of four day law issued
650
Waiver of four day law refused
25
CONCLUSION
Two patrolmen were retired on pension the past year and three others resigned.
The pensioned men were both long in the service of the Depart- ment, had worked hard and faithfully with never a black mark against them, and they richly deserve the opportunity to rest from the trying and difficult duties that confront every police officer who seeks to give his best efforts in his service to his city.
The signal system has been extended and improved by the addi- tion of four new call boxes and flash lights and the relocation of others.
The traffic signals continue to do their work with efficiency and economy. A great deal of work has been done on this system dur- ing the past year to make the signals meet the requirements of the State Board of Public Works, which has established a code to which all automatic signals in the Commonwealth must conform.
This work was done within the Department at a great saving to the city, the only expense being for the purchase of materials, which were assembled and installed by Patrolman John P. Duffy, Jr. The latest automatics purchased by the city were also installed by Patrolman Duffy and the men of the Fire and Police signal service at a substantial saving to the city.
Two of the latest type of electric flashing beacons have been in- stalled during the year, as well as a suspended flashing caution signal. One beacon has been placed on Farrington street at its intersection with Beale street, and the other on Quincy street at the intersection of Water street. Both of these locations are po- tentially dangerous and unless due care is used in approaching them, serious accidents are liable to occur. With these beacons warning of this danger, there is not reason for accidents at these points.
The suspended flashing warning signal was installed at the dan- gerous crossing at Dimmock street and Upland road. It was neces- sary to use a suspended signal at this point due to the narrowness of these streets.
Six new type of head light illuminating one-way street signs have been erected the past year. These have proven to be so effec- tive that I intend to install several others during the coming year.
On Dec. 13th, three light autos were put into service. These were intended primarily for the use of the sergeants on the night shift, but are also being used by the patrolmen on three of the longer day routes. While these cars have only been in service a short time, it is already evident that they will add materially to the efficiency of the Department.
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CITY OF QUINCY
The Cadillac patrol-wagon is in poor condition after ten years of service and should be replaced by a new up-to-date one, as the cost of upkeep is becoming very large.
I wish to thank His Honor Mayor McGrath and the members of the City Council for the splendid spirit of cooperation that they have shown in meeting the needs of the Department.
I am extremely grateful to the District Attorney and the mem- bers of his staff, Judge Avery and his associates, and the other officials of the court for the kindness that they have shown and the assistance they have rendered to the Department.
I think it would not be out of place in closing this report to ex- press to the officers and men of this Department my appreciation of the interest that they have shown in their work and the welfare of the Department.
To these men who have given the best that was in them to the service of the citizens of Quincy, I wish to extend my thanks and to assure them of my appreciation of their efforts.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST H. BISHOP, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
QUINCY, MASS., JANUARY 1, 1930.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor, City of Quincy, Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I respectfully submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1929.
Personnel of Department
Chief of Department, Alfred L. Mead
Deputy Chiefs
Name
Born
Date of Appointment
O'Neil, John
April 10, 1889
5, 1913
Sands, William
Sept.
12, 1879
8, 1912
Captains
Name
Born
Date of Appointment
Creedon, Peter
Aug.
13, 1896
2, 1920
Gallagher, James
Dec.
7, 1870
Feb. Jan.
1, 1909
Lieutenants
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