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1
8"
527.00
Robertson Street
Willard Street to O. C. R. R. Co
1
8"
392.00
Seymour Street
Ballou Street to Sunnyside Road.
4
8"
380.80
Standish Road
Bellevue Road northeasterly
6
8"
700.00
Sunnyside Road
Bryant Street to Milton Line.
4
8"
664.20
Wallace Road
Ballou Street to Sunnyside Road ..
4
8"
314.50
Wampatuck Road
Norton Road to Sea Street
1
8"
550.00
Wedgewood Street
Bayside Road to Bellevue Road.
6
8"
857.70
2 42232236 2 4 3 2 3 2 6
West Street
Conant Street to Doble Street.
4
8"
1,043.50
5
Totals
25,547.35
125
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Total-4.84 miles
303
SURFACE DRAINS CONSTRUCTED-1931
Street
Location
Ward
8"
10"
12"
15"
18"
21"
24"
27"
36"
60"
Aberdeen Rd
E. Squantum St. to Marsh.
.6
39.8
63
170
2
Alstead St ..
At Quincy Shore Blvd .. ....
.6
22
26
48
2
1
Ballou St ..
Bryant St. to Wallace Rd.
4
526
526
2
Beale St.
Wollaston Station Yard .. 5
327
327
3
Beale St ..
Widening
299
38
3
1
Border St ..
Bayside Rd. to Standish Rd. ..... 6
60
425
485
4
1
Bowdoin St.
At Wilson Ave ..
.6
10
10
1
.5
170
170
1
1
Carlson St.
Priv. land to Granite St .. ...
.1
57
285
342
3
1
Chapman St. ...
To Marsh .5
294*
294
1
Chatham St.
Albany St. to Piermont St ... .5
280.5
280.5
2
1
Coddington St ......
Through Faxon Field. 1
23
254
277
2
E. Squantum St ... Aberdeen Rd. to Ocean St ........ 6
372
372
6
1
E. Squantum St ... Huckins Ave. to Aberdeen Rd ... 6
507
148
655
5
3
Elliot Ave.
Highland Ave. easterly. ... 6
38
38
2
Elmwood Ave ....
Farrington St. to Fayette St .... 5
195
195
2
Elmwood Ave .. ....
N. Central Ave. to Belmont St .. 5 At Wilson Ave .. .. 5
262.4
262.4
3
Fayette St.
40
40
2
Fayette St ..
Wilson Ave. northerly. ............. 5
169.6
169.6
2
1
Size of Drains
Total Catch Man- Lengths Basins holes
102.8
2
1
Agawam St.
Main Drain westerly.
.6
30
140
299
8
2
Bird St .....
At Rock Island Rd.
.1
38
1,637*
1,637
Conrad St.
Franklin St. to Braintree Line .. 3
Brook St ...
Highland Ave. easterly.
....
*Replacement
......
Franklin St.
Kendrick Ave. to Braint'e Line .. 3
300
305
751.7
382.5
1,739.2
11
5
Fur. Brook Pkwy .. Black's Creek to Longw'd Rd .. 1
9
427
Glendale Rd.
Sturtevant Rd. westerly ..
......... 1
Gordon St ..
Through School Yard.
3
237
306
762
56
110
1,029
10
4
Granite St.
Whitwell St. to Scotch Pd. Pl ... 1
732
8
1
Hamilton Ave ..
Highland Ave. to Bowdoin St .... 6
120
612
683
8
3
Hampden St ..
Bayside Rd. to Bellevue Rd ...... 6
120
563
176
292
4
4
Hancock St.
At Atlantic Fire Station .. .. 6
71
45
166
186
2
High St.
Ben'gton St. to Braintree Line .. 3 Samoset Ave. to Quincy Sh. Bd .. 1
119
357
360
454
4
1
1
Highland Ave ..
Elliot Ave. to Hamilton Ave .... 6 At No. Central Ave. .5
560
279.8
2
Highland Ave.
Beale St. to Brook
.5
279.8
220.5
3
Highland Ave.
Furnace Brook Pkwy. easterly .. 4
141
420
885
12
3
Jenness St.
Furnace Brook Pkwy. easterly .. 4
331
554
253
2
1
Longwood Rd ..
1
323
255
2
1
Maypole Rd
Squanto Rd. to Waban Rd .. .1
30
225
820
8
3
Middlesex St
Bayside Rd. to Bellevue Rd ...... 6
120
700
707
6
3
Monmouth St ..
Bayside Rd. to Bellevue Rd ...... 6
90
617
478
4
1
Moreland Rd.
Longwood Rd. to Waban Rd ...... 1
60
418
640
6
Neponset Rd
Shore Ave. southerly ...
.. 1
70
570
152
Nicholl St.
Franklin St. easterly.
3
152
247
2
N. Quincy H. Sch. School Yard
6
247
Orchard St ...
Bayside Rd. to Brunswick St .... 6
143
422
31
596
6
2
Palmer St.
Opposite No. 76.
1
38
Piermont St.
Brook to Sherman St. .5
425
Pilgrim Rd.
Sunnyside Rd. to Milton line .... 4
44
275
-
319
4
1
-
Harvard St.
5
20
836
7
1
454
291
560
4
Highland Ave ..
Hobart St. northerly ..
.5
220.5
561
8
2
Hilltop St.
Fur. Bk. Pkwy. to Moreland Rd.1
65
188
323
3
Manet Ave ..
School St. to Carlson St .... .. 1
306
2
Granite St.
101
72
72
1
1
237
3
2
436
1
1
38
425
5
291
Near Sherman St.
Highfield Rd.
Sea St. to Pond
SURFACE DRAINS CONSTRUCTED-1931-Continued
Size of Drains
Total
Street
Location
Ward
Catch Man- Lengths Basins holes
8"
10"
12"
15"
18"
21"
24"
27" 36"
60"
Pratt Rd.
Mayflower Rd. to Standish Rd .. 6
153
358
99
3
1
Riverside Ave .. ....
Sea St. southerly.
1
66
657
723
6
1
Sagamore Ave .....
Harriet Ave. southerly.
6
267
267
4
1
Sch. & Gran. Sts .. Fort St. to Quarry St.
1,116
5
8
Seymour St ...
Ballou St. easterly
76
76
2
Sherman St.
Priv. land Pine to N. Cent'l Av .. 5
204
972.7
1,176.7
10
5
South St.
Clarendon St. to Hersey St ..
2
385
385
11
1
Southern Artery .. Edison St. easterly
2
104
104
1
1
Squanto Rd.
Waban Rd. to Maypole Rd ..
.1
66
325
391
6
Standish Rd.
Waumbeck St. to Shoreham St.6
30
197
227
2
1
Sunnyside Rd.
Wallace Rd. to Pilgrim Rd ...... 4
62
162
224
3
2
Utica St.
Rivers'e Av. east. to Town Riv .. 1 Mill St. easterly. 2
116
537
653
5
2
Waban Rd ...
Squanto Rd. to Moreland Rd .... 1
65
38
103
3
1
Wallace Rd ..
Ballou St. to Sunnyside Rd ........ 4
60
324
384
4
Waterston Ave ...
Ridgeway St. to No. Fenno St .. 5
315
315
2
2
Wedgewood St ..
Bayside Rd. to Bellevue Rd ...... 6
70
215
285
5
2
Wesson Ave ..
Willard St. easterly.
23
170
193
2
6
832
832
1
237
4,185
18,802.7 3,356.3
438.5
310
2,365
110
176
832
30,812.5
286
88
*Metal Pipe
=5.84 miles
.
.........
.1
109
135
310
562
511
8
I
Ridgeway St.
At Franklin Ave ....
5
......
376
376
3
Sturtevant Rd.
Extension to Glendale Rd ........ 1
140
441
581
6
2
Vine Ave ...
4
Wilson Ave.
Montclair Drain.
4
99
REPORT OF MANAGER OF BURIAL PLACES
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REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES
JANUARY 1, 1932.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- The Manager of Public Burial Places respectfully submits the following financial report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1931.
Receipts
Care of lots
$2,641 00
Sale of lots
6,080 00
Sale of graves 3,190 00
Opening graves
7,517 00
Foundation and grading
2,504 33
Perpetual care-interest
7,343 45
Other trust funds-interest
158 21
Expenditures
Manager-salary
$2,400 00
Superintendent
2,200 00
Clerk-salary
700 00
Cemetery-labor
21,160 25
Truck-upkeep
265 93
Cemetery-supplies
1,276 09
Office-supplies
106 17
Telephone
77 02
Miscellaneous
23 33
Appropriation Expended $2,500 00
Grading, Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.
Additional transfer from foundation and
grading
244 75
$2,744 75
$2,662 13
Hancock Cemetery
500 00
500 00
During the year ending December 31, 1931, there were 491 burials in Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
The sum of $12,265.00 was added to the Perpetual Care Fund. A detailed statement of the investment will be found in the City Treasurer's report.
Very truly yours, W. W. MITCHELL, Manager of Public Burial Places.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
JANUARY 1, 1932.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I hereby submit the annual report of the department, Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1931.
SEALING
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed
- Condemned
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
....
38
....
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs
13
353
3
14
Counter scales under 100 lbs.
11
279
....
....
Beam scales over 100 lbs.
....
....
....
Spring scales over 100 lbs.
....
74
....
5
Spring scales under 100 lbs
9
509
4
26
Computing scales over 100 1bs
18
462
2
8
Prescription scales
...
....
....
Weights, avoirdupois
110
1,911
....
14
Weights, apothecaries
190
....
....
Measures, liquid
598
....
....
Measures, oil jars
....
2,840
....
....
Measures, vehicle compartments
3
....
....
Measures, gasoline pumps
3
261
7
15
Measures, gasoline meters
249
249
35
Measures, kerosene pumps
16
....
....
Measures, oil pumps
76
457
....
Measures, molasses pumps
65
1,037
....
....
Measures, yard sticks
154
....
....
Measures, taxi meters
17
....
....
Measures, cloth devices
....
....
....
Totals
554 10,176
16
149
RE-WEIGHINGS
Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Bread
32
15
17
....
Butter
32
24
8
....
Bag coal
49
3
31
15
Coal in transit
17
3
5
9
Fruits and vegetables
77
31
31
15
..
5
....
....
Computing scales under 100 lbs
88
....
11
Personal scales
43
....
....
Weights, metric
...
...
8
....
....
Measures, stops on pumps
...
...
5
....
....
....
551
....
28
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Grain and feed
2
2
....
....
Meats and provisions
13
11
2
....
Kindling wood
1
....
1
....
Totals.
223
89
95
39
Court cases
3
Convictions
3
Total fines
$53.00
INSPECTIONS
Inspected
Clinical thermometers
293
Coal certificates
19
Ice scales
6
Junk scales
3
Marking of bread
20
Marking of food packages
56
Pedlars' licenses
31
Pedlars' scales
8
Transient venders
3
Glass graduates
39
Totals
478
Tests of gasoline measures
16
Coal and coke re-weighed at homes upon request.
3
RECEIPTS
Hawkers' and pedlars' licenses:
From state for special city licenses ....
$200 00
From city for fruits and vegetables. 495 00
$695 00
Sealing fees
978 50
Total
$1,673 50
Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. CANTFILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
Appropriations
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Office and rent
1,400 00
Auto upkeep
500 00
Extra help
1,000 00
Old age assistance
16,150 00
City Home
13,000 00
Mothers' aid
24,000 00
Outside aid (Trans. $40,000.00)
80,000 00
Hospital bills
5,000 00
$146,200 00
Expended
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Office and rent
1,311 71
Auto upkeep
310 13
Extra help
1,388 56
Old age assistance
15,949 11
City Home
11,878 56
Mothers' aid
18,867 72
Outside aid
114,344 18
Hospital bills
3,794 97
Transfer from hospital bills to extra help
1,200 00
Receipts added to outside aid.
40,000 00
$214,194 94
Receipts
Sale of produce from City Home.
$56 12
Dept. of Public Welfare (mothers' aid) ..
$6,152 53
Dept. of Public Welfare (outside aid) ..
5,105 14
Individuals (outside aid)
981 83
Other cities and towns (mothers' aid) ...
1,802 84
Other cities and towns (outside aid) ....
6,704 41
$20,802 87
City Home
Clothing
$488 36
Coal
975 00
Express
7 50
Furniture
200 10
Grain
397 60
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Groceries and provisions
3,096 21
Hardware
326 03
Ice
206 05
Lighting:
Gas
375 50
Electricity
309 85
Medical attendance
00
Medicine
208 26
Miscellaneous
670 40
Oil
1 92
Papers
24 00
Repairs-tools and equipment
420 11
Salary-superintendent
1,399 92
Shoes
173 85
Supplies
152 21
Wages:
Labor
520 00
Cook, maids
1,076 02
Special refrigeration
842 67
$11,878 56
Mothers' Aid
Cash
$14,316 00
Clothing
17 29
Coal
452 10
Groceries and provisions
1,348 07
Labor ..
520 00
Medical attendance
19 00
Medicine
75 00
Miscellaneous
22 00
Other cities and towns
1,927 01
Shoes
171 25
18,867 72
Outside Aid
Board and care
$8,387 35
Burial
470 00
Cash
36,065 72
Clothing
374 05
Coal
5,117 41
Groceries and provisions
46,616 01
Hospital
9,261 29
Labor (wood delivery)
520 00
Medical attendance
145 50
Medicine
1,043 69
Miscellaneous
275 21
Moving
21 00
Other cities and towns
5,215 22
Rent
23 40
Shoes
795 13
Taxi service
1 20
Transportation
12 00
114,344 18
$11,035 89
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City Home
Number of inmates, January 1, 1931. 36
Number of inmates admitted during the
year 1931 31
Total number during the year 1931 67
Number discharged during the year 1931 35
Number of inmates in City Home, January 1, 1932 .... 32
Mothers' Aid
Number of families aided under Chap. 118, Jan. 1, 1931
22
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118, Jan. 1, 1931 108
Number of families having no settlement
1
Number of families having settlement-other cities and towns
6
Cases closed during the year 1931
2
Cases added during the year 1931
8
Number of families aided under Chap. 118, Jan. 1, 1932
31
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118, Jan. 1, 1932 138
Outside Aid
Number of families aided under Chap. 117, Jan. 1, 1931 Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117, Jan.
156
1, 1931
897
Number of families having no settlement.
120
Number of families having settlement in other cities or towns
112
Number of families added during the year 1931.
181
Number of individuals added during year 1931
581
Number of families discharged during year 1931
30
Number of families aided under Chap. 117, Jan. 1, 1932
337
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117, Jan. 1, 1932
1,478
In Massachusetts Hospital School at Canton.
4
Division of Child Guardianship
21
Being cared for in private families, minors
5
Being cared for in private families, adults
6
Being cared for by private societies, minors
1
Being cared for by private societies, adults
2
Being cared for in Tewksbury Infirmary
6
Being cared for in Pondville Hospital
4
Being cared for in private hospitals
21
The past year again has shown a great increase in relief to the needy of this city-a great deal more so than previous years-this has been due, as heretofore, to unemployment and sickness. Our City Infirmary is filled to its utmost capacity, and we are boarding a great many cases in private boarding homes.
The unemployment situation has become acute, many companies refusing to employ men over 45 years of age, also requiring them to pass a very strict physical examination; this has caused a great many men to be out of employment, who would in years gone by have been self-supporting.
The reduction in wages has brought hardships to a great many people with large families. We have a great many instances where
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a man and a wife and eight children is receiving only $16.00 a week, with holidays and sick days out, and it is absolutely impos- sible for that family to get along, and this department has been obliged to aid such cases.
In March, the department was moved to more spacious quarters, thus enabling each and every one to perform their duties more efficiently. The law of Old Age Assistance became effective July 1st, and with the demands for Old Age Assistance and also in- creased demands for other outside aid, each and every one in this department has been worked a great deal overtime.
The number of those eligible for Old Age Assistance has ex- ceeded beyond any of the estimates that have been made. They have not only exceeded the expectations of this city, but over the State.
At Thanksgiving, this department distributed over 150 baskets, and at Christmas-time over 300, being assisted by volunteer work- ers, both men and women, from different parts of the city, also the Family Welfare Society.
The usual improvements have been made at the City Infirmary; new linoleum in the kitchen and the laundry, also a new refrigera- tion box with refrigeration which is working very satisfactorily.
I again wish to say that it is the department's sincere desire to see that the activities of the department are so shaped that the greatest good may be done for those needing its service, and yet at the same time not to lose sight of the fact that economy in the expenditure of the taxpayers' money must be practised.
I wish at this time to thank all those affiliated with me in the work of the Welfare Department, His Honor, the Mayor, the Coun- cil, the officials of all of the departments and all others in au- thority.
Respectfully submitted by CHANNING T. FURNALD, Commissioner of Public Welfare.
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CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Mayor, THOMAS J. MCGRATH.
DEAR SIR: We have the honor of submitting to you the forty- third annual report of the Park Department, which is accompanied by the report of the Supervisor of Playgrounds.
The year was the most successful in the history of this Board. The various activities under the supervision of this department all have shown a substantial growth. The Recreation Department should have special mention. It has our constant interest as it is through the work of the Recreation Department that the park system is becoming better known and ever more useful to all classes of our citizens.
The use of public parks and playgrounds was formerly confined to the summer season; but now the department is an all the year round proposition and the recreation facilities of the parks are de- veloping for fall and winter activities as well as for summer, as was formerly the case. The recreation permits issued by the mem- bers of the Board show a noticeable increase in the number of people taking advantage of the many facilities which the city offers through this department.
Much more than ever before has that universally implanted de- sire of every human soul for scenic beauty become manifest during the past year. It is this self-same desire for the beautiful in nature that prompts great numbers of people to surround their homes with flowers and shrubbery; that induces them to leave the city and enjoy the countryside and forests; and it is this inborn craving and desire of every human being to enjoy nature's beauty and imbibe with it the inspiration and elevation that goes with it. This statement of the above mentioned fact has been the moving thought in everything this Board has undertaken during the past year.
We have tried to make our parks just as beautiful as possible. By so doing we have tried to bring the beauties of nature into the city. Man's happiness does not consist in merely eating and drink- ing, and in the fruitless possession of earthly goods. Man's real happiness consists in furnishing food to those mental appetites that can be gratified without impairing the welfare of his neighbors. . Looking at our work from this angle, boulevards, parks, fine trees, shrubbery and flowers are not a luxury, but become a necessity in the work of helping along our citizens' general happiness. There- fore, as said in the beginning, it is a pleasure to report and to work on this Board, appreciating Your Honor's and our citizens' cooperation in our work.
Our Board has given special attention during the past year to those parks which for years have delighted the eye of the public and which have been the breathing spots, the lungs of our city, so to speak. No effort has been spared to make them beautiful. Flowers, planted by the hands of Forestry Superintendent Andrew Stewart and Foreman Julio Cardarelli have indeed been much ap- preciated by our citizens.
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Many a fine compliment has been paid your administration by people from all walks of life, which fact has been an encourage- ment to this Board, and which has furnished ample proof for the assumption that our citizens, as a body, are such as do appreciate things beautiful in life, and delight in seeing nature in her festive attire, clothed by the hands of an All-wise Creator.
In all parks much attention was paid to recreational facilities, such as tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and football fields. Al- though rather handicapped at times by lack of funds, our Board has been trying to provide as many places for outdoor exercise as it possibly could. Naturally, we have tried not to confine outdoor exercise to the summer months only; during the winter months we provided opportunity for skating activities at Manet Lake, Sailors Home Pond, Butler's Pond, St. Moritz, and Abbott's Ice House.
For the past eight years this Board and the Boards preceding have recommended a bowling green for the older citizens of our city who were interested in this old country sport. This year, through your efforts and the cooperation of our City Council, this was made possible and will be ready for use this spring. In spite of any criticism you may get from those who have no interest in this sport, your Board and a large number of citizens are indeed grateful.
We have arranged the report of the various recreation centers in the wards where they are located with the work accomplished on each, and our recommendations to assist each ward councillor to better familiarize himself with their needs.
In closing, the Board is ever mindful of Your Honor's splendid cooperation. It has been a pleasure to serve you as a Park Board. Our success in our accomplishments are in no small measure due to your faith in us.
Ward I-Houghs Neck
This is one of the most ideal playgrounds in the city, with ample space for all sports. Interest was keen in all activities during the summer and fall. The team from this playground won the championship in slugball. Baseball and football were the leading sports. The infield was graded and 30 loads of sifted loam spread, making a regulation turtle back diamond which made a fast brand of baseball possible. Playground pageant and ex- hibit held at the end of the playground season. Two supervisors.
River Street Beach
A popular place during the bathing season, scene of many pic- nics and penny sales. Beach under care of park workers.
Faxon Field
Lined off for soccer and field hockey for girls. Used by High School for drills.
A park such as Faxon Field is a permanent memorial. Like waterways, highways and streets, which seldom are shifted from their original location, it becomes a fixture upon the land. Al- though the needs of the people may bring about some changes in a community, the parks are rarely sacrificed. Examples of such permanence are seen in Boston Common, New York's Cen-
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tral Park, and the New England town commons of colonial days, which are allowed to remain untouched in the centers of busy, crowded cities. The gift of Faxon Field, of an area about half the size of Boston Common, assures an open space in the center of Quincy for all time, a gift that cannot be measured only in years, but in the number of children and adult citizens of future generations who will enjoy it.
Faxon Tennis Courts
Five courts under the direction of a paid instructor through the generosity of Henry M. Faxon, who also maintained the up- keep. Tennis championships of Quincy High School and junior and senior open tournaments for the City of Quincy were played off here. The Park Department is greatly indebted to our good friend for the many pleasant hours our people were able to enjoy on these courts.
Manet Lake
One of our natural skating ponds, cleaned out weeds and other growth, then flooded. Hockey rink erected and equipped with goal nets.
Rink used by teams in the Amateur Hockey League.
William Cushing Baker Park
Through the efforts of the late Councillor Alfred N. LaBreque and the cooperation of the Mayor and City Council this combina- tion playground and beach was dedicated with appropriate serv- ices just prior to the playground season and named after William Cushing Baker, a Civil War veteran and old-time resident of Germantown. A large number of the citizens and city officials were present. Rossini's Boys' Band, under the auspices of the Park Board, rendered a program of popular and patriotic music. Two instructors in charge during season.
Adams Shore Playground
Playground apparatus erected in the rear of the school. Two instructors in charge; proved a popular gathering place for the small children in the district. Was much appreciated by the citizens in this section.
Merrymount School Field
The need of a playground and athletic field was much needed in this district. On petition of the Merrymount Improvement Association, the city purchased the land necessary to lay out a baseball field and erect playground apparatus. A section of the Ward 2 bleachers was moved here and a backstop erected. About three inches of sifted loam sown with grass seed in the spring will make this one of the best in the city. Baseball played here by teams in the playground and City Amateur Leagues. Two in- structors in charge.
Ward 2-Baseball Field
This field was taken over by the Public Works Department and abandoned as a ball field. Bleachers dismantled, erected at the Merrymount School Field and the John Wendall Moses Play- ground. It is the purpose of the administration when all gravel is removed to erect a stadium which will be dedicated to all sports, making this spot, with its natural bathing beach, a recre- ation center to be proud of.
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North Street Playground
Ideal shaded spot for children to safely play during the summer months. Received weekly attention of park workers.
Quincy Point Bathhouse
Open from June to September. Proved a popular place for mothers and children during the vacation period. Usual repairs made. Two attendants, one male and one female, on duty from 10.00 A.M. to 6.00 P.M. daily. Until such time as the Ward 2 field is completed and the ground graded, the bathhouse should be closed, the Board feels, under the present conditions, this is a move in the right direction.
Avalon Beach
This beach, as in other seasons, proved a popular resort for the citizens of this district. Two swimming instructors held daily classes in swimming and life saving, which were encouraged by awarding buttons and emblems in cooperation with the Red Cross. The Swimming Carnival, sponsored by the Association of Quincy Point, was held on Sunday, August 21. It proved to be a big suc- cess, and upwards of 10,000 people were in attendance. Prizes were awarded in all events. Members of the Park Board acted as judges. Four rafts, one water chute and a life boat are park equipment. By a special act of his Honor the Mayor and the City Council a comfort station was erected. The piers on each side of the beach were pointed and rebuilt. Pier No. 2 was filled in, en- closed with a chain link fence, playground apparatus erected and supervised by two instructors.
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