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A new form of aid has been approved by the Social Security Board for families where the man is called under the Selective Service Act or families of National Guardsmen called to service. The man being away from home will be considered "absent from home" and if his pay cannot support the family, it may be sup- plemented by A. D. C.
We again wish to express our appreciation of the continued co- operation manifested during the past year by the various depart- ments and organizations throughout the community.
For the details of expenditures, reference is made to report of the Auditor of Accounts.
Respectfully submitted, ANTHONY J. VENNA, Commissioner of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Appropriations and Transfers
Salaries
$22,630 00
Expense
2,827 00
Auto Maintenance
2,300 00
City Home
7,210 00
Equipment
573 00
Outside Aid
124,277 81
Food Stamp Plan-Salaries
2,400 00
Food Stamp Plan-Expense
1,437 50
$163,655 31
Expenditures
Salaries
$20,249 21
Expense
2,637 16
Auto Maintenance
2,196 20
City Home
7,197 06
Equipment
545 87
Outside Aid
94,908 88
Food Stamp Plan-Salaries
2,287 94
Food Stamp Plan-Expense
1,435 73
$131,458 05
Receipts for 1941 Outside Aid
State Department of Public Welfare
$26,076 44
Other Cities and Towns
2,216 83
Individuals
988 24
$29,281 51
Aid to Dependent Children
State Department of Public Welfare ....
$18,554 37
$18,554 37
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE REPORT
Receipts
Balance City Appropriations January 1, 1941 $ 43 54
Appropriated by City Council 1941 175,000 00
Balance Federal Grants January 1, 1941 $ 28,208 64
$175,043 54
Federal Grants 1941 179,998 26
208,206 90
$383,250 44
Expenditures
Payrolls $366,645 25 Quincy Hospital (September 1, 1941- December 31, 1941) 1,086 00
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N. E. Deaconess Hospital
65 65
Massachusetts General Hospital
125 30
Pondville Cancer Hospital
55 00
Burials
2,240 00
Settled cases outside
4,987 60
Medical care-doctors
1,900 00
Specialists
215 00
Dispensary Medical Supplies
1,662 75
Nursing care
1,723 00
Glasses supplied
443 75
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ..
143 00
Dental care-extractions
168 00
Dentures supplied
477 50
Foot treatment
75 00
Surgical appliances
3 75
Fuel (emergency cases)
88 80
$382,160 35
Balance
$1,090 09
Administrative Expenses
Balance as of January 1, 1941
$ 364 28
Federal Grants O. A. A. Administration
6,008 05
City Appropriations 1941
6,900 00
$13,272 33
Expenditures
Salaries
$8,339 28
Office Expense
1,262 17
New Equipment-Addressograph
1,125 00
Auto Maintenance
653 13
$11,379 58
Balance
$ 1,892 75
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Receipts
Appropriations
$80,000 00
Federal Grants-
Balance January 1, 1941
5,581 13
Federal Grants during 1941
28,247 34
$113,828 47
Expenditures
Cash-(Payrolls)
$93,499 26
93,499 26
Balance
$20,329 21
Administrative Expenses
Appropriations
$ 1,545 00
Federal Grants-
Balance January 1, 1941
275 12
Federal Grants during 1941
1,675 50
$3,495 62
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REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Expenses 4
Salaries
Auto Maintenance
$ 3,036 33 132 66
Office Expense
184 11
$3,353 10
Balance
$142 52
City Home
Number of inmates January 1, 1941
27
Number of inmates admitted during the year 1941 89
Total number during the year 1941 116
Number discharged during the year 1941
93
Number of inmates in City Home January 1, 1942
23
Aid to Dependent Children
Number of families aided under Chap. 118-January 1, 1941 156 Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118- January 1, 1941 639
Cases closed .during the year 1941 67
Cases added during the year 1941
43
Number of families aided under Chap. 118-January 1, 1942
132
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118-
January 1, 1942 561
Outside Aid
Number of families aided under Chap 117-January 1, 1941 Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117-
355
January 1, 1941
1,071
Number of families having settlement other cities and towns 27
Number of families added during the year 1941
343
Number of families discharged during the year 1941
489
Number of families aided under Chap. 117-January 1, 1942
209
Number of cases cared for in Mass. Hospital School, Canton
1
Number of cases cared for by Division of Child Guardian- ship
4
Number of cases cared for in private families-Minors 3
Number of cases cared for in private families-Adults
1
Number of cases cared for at Tewksbury Infirmary
2
Number of cases cared for at Pondville Hospital
1
Number of cases cared for in Private Hospitals
44
Number of cases cared for in Mass. Eye & Ear and Mass. General-(Outpatient) 14
SUMMARY REPORT Old Age Assistance
Number of cases aided under Chap. 118a G. L. as of January 1, 1941 1,104
Number of cases aided under Chap. 118a G. L. as of January 1, 1942 1,122
Number of cases added during 1941 (New cases 195; rein- stated 34) 229
Number of cases closed during 1941
211
(Deaths-96 Transfers-55 Discontinued-60)
Number of families having no settlement 156
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CITY OF QUINCY
Number of cases where burials were partly defrayed 21
Number of cases hospitalized at Quincy City Hospital 164
Number of cases hospitalized at Mass. Eye & Ear In-
firmary
10
Number of cases hospitalized at Mass. General Hopital
2
Number of cases hospitalized at Pondville Cancer Hospital
1
Number of cases hospitalized at N. E. Deaconess Hospital 2
Number of cases receiving care at Wellington Hospital Home
39
Number of cases receiving care at Abbey Guest House
21
Number of cases receiving care at Wollaston Rest Home
11
Number of cases receiving care at Whidden Home
4
Number of cases receiving care at Falconer Home
8
Number of cases receiving care at Tredenick Home
5
Number of cases receiving care at Mullaney's Home
5
Number of cases receiving care at McAuley's Home
3
Number of cases receiving
care at Ostlund's Home
2
Number of cases receiving
care at Cook's Home
3
Number of cases receiving
care at Horne's Home
4
Number of cases cared for by physicians
272
Number of cases cared for by nurses
35
Number of cases receiving medicine at dispensary
210
Number of cases receiving surgical appliances
12
Number of cases receiving dental care
24
Number of cases receiving dentures
21
Number of cases receiving
treatment of specialists
8
Number of cases receiving glasses
413
Number of cases receiving repairs to glasses
5
Number of cases receiving foot treatments
10
Number of cases receiving fuel emergency
6
Analysis of cases on aid January 1, 1942
1,122
Quincy settled
811
Settled other cities and towns 160
Unsettled cases
151
Cases rejected
50
Analysis of cases rejected :
Insurance
3
Information lacking 7
Too much property 2
Withdrew application 5
Not in need 13
Obtained employment 5
No five years' residence 3
Died before aid was
Fraudulent information given 1 granted 1
Children able to aid
10
...
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REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
February 28, 1942
THE HONORABLE THOMAS S. BURGIN City of Quincy, Massachusetts
My dear Mayor Burgin:
I wish to submit the annual report for the year 1941 as fol- lows:
Number of house visits 1246
Number of patients treated at clinics 915
Number of patients referred to hospital from clinics 84
Number of patients referred to dentist 10
Number of patients referred to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 36
Number of vaccinations
18
Number of minor operations and special treatments
92
Number of police calls
25
To the W. P. A. nurses and to Miss Gillespie of the Quincy Visiting Nurses Association I wish to extend my thanks for their kind cooperation.
Respectfully yours,
ASTRO A. DI BONA, M. D., City Physician.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1942
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN, Mayor of City of Quincy.
DEAR SIR:
I respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31st, 1941.
Personnel of Force Chief, John J. Avery
Captains
Daniel H. Doran George W. Fallon William Ferrazzi (Acting)
Lieutenants
George A. Cahill
Anthony Caperci
David L. Farrell
James W. H. Kemp
Thomas A. Malone William F. McIntyre Edward G. Riley
Fred E. Young
Sergeants
Charles O. Hinchon
James J. Mullin
Henry F. Riley
Carl I. Seppala
John J. Sullivan John J. Fitzgerald (Acting) Joseph F. Hughes (Acting)
Radio Supervisor John P. Duffy
Patrolmen
Walter A. Adams
William H. Corcoran Tilden Crooker
Albert J. Ames
Joseph Belanger
William E. Crooker
Joseph W. Benn
Edward R. Cruise
Thomas J. Brennan
John S. Cryan
Laurence J. Broderick
Stephen J. Cullen
John J. Bryan
Edmund K. Cunniff
Walter R. Buckley John E. Buell Patrick A. Byron
David E. Curtin
George M. Cahill
George F. Denneen John F. Denneen
Harold A. Cain
Alfred J. Cappellini
William J. Devine
William F. Dillon Thomas J. Duffy John J. Erwin
Joseph H. Erwin Thomas J. Fallon
Frank C. Carullo William Carullo Walter T. Cobe Jerome P. Connelly Michael Connolly
John C. Cunningham
Arthur M. Curry
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Joseph L. Ferguson
Charles L. Ferrazzi
Alexander McDonald
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Francis X. McDonald
Joseph E. Fitzgerald
Norborth W. McKearney
James A. Flaherty
Walter F. McKenna
John J. Flaherty
Thomas F. McNally
Joseph P. Flaherty
Daniel H. Ford
John O'Brien
Dennis L. Ford
James O'Connell
James E. Ford
John O'Connell
Walter C. Frye
George E. Ogle
Lawrence J. Galvin
Leonard Palmisano
Angelo P. Gaudiano
Joseph C. Pangraze
Edmund F. Genero
Joseph L. Paradise
James J. Gilmartin
Harry P. Pitts
Bruno Giudici
Kenneth C. Poulin
Philip J. Grady
Joseph P. Griffin
Leo J. Hannon
Richard N. Hart
John R. Saville
Ernest W. Hodge
Thomas J. Scanlan
John J. Hughes
Chester N. Inman
Frank L. Schaller
Fred L. Jones
John O. Seller
Gaudias J. Joubert
John J. Sheehan
Thomas U. Kantola
James J. Sullivan
Robert E. Kelliher
Clarence B. Tarr
Philip F. Kelly
Alexander D. Thompson
Thomas F. Kerwin
Ralph R. Lewis
Wilfred C. Lewis
Joseph W. Lind John Looby
William C. Wright
John E. Wuerth
George L. Wyman
Reserves
Henry F. Bilodeau Harold R. Boyd James C. Byrne John C. Capaccioli Warren J. Corbett Frederick J. DeCoste William H. Deehan John A. Djerf John J. Dolan
Harold D. Ferguson Charles R. Griffin Edward J. Griffin
Tullio D. T. Sforza Robert G. Smith
Pensioned
Michael F. Donovan George W. Fay Jeremiah Hinchon George F. Phillips
Ernest H. Bishop John M. Casey Daniel J. Collins Henry F. Corbett Edward J. Curtin
Ralph H. Hatfield Herbert W. Hayden Alfred B. Knasas
Ralph T. Moreau
Morgan J. O'Regan John Pepi Dante A. Pettinelli
Howard M. Rogers
Leighton P. Rogers
James A. D. MacKay Daniel McAuliffe Timothy McAuliffe
Patrick J. Quinn
Joseph A. Rogers
George L. Ross
William N. Schaetzl
Andrew J. Thompson Henry W. Thorne
Frank W. Vallier
Jeremiah J. Walsh
William McAuliffe
Francis J. Mullen
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CITY OF QUINCY
Arrests by Months for Year of 1941
Month
Arrests
Males
Females
January
173
161
12
February
194
173
21
March
211
203
8
April
192
179
13
May
360
319
41
June
248
232
16
July
324
307
17
August
250
234
16
September
254
237
17
October
168
158
10
November
245
222
23
December
232
219
13
2851
2644
207
Nativity of Persons Arrested
United States
2391
Foreign born 460
Signal System
Wagon calls
1447
Ambulance
276
Pulmotor calls
3
Report of Traffic Bureau
Accidents reported
876
Persons injured
903
Persons killed
4
Prosecutions
611
Warnings given to motor vehicle violators
236
Red tags issued
6,728
Blue tags issued
4,815
Report of Radio Department
Messages transmitted from Headquarters
25,815
Messages received at Headquarters 31,507
Report of Juvenile Bureau
Juvenile Court cases.
153
Informal hearings before Probation Officer
52
Informal hearings at Police Headquarters
123
Malicious damage to property
63
Miscellaneous investigations
87
Restitution made to owners
$134 00
Property recovered, value
$557 00
Report of Liquor Department
Inspections (Liquor)
3,000
Licenses suspended after investigation 2
Complaints investigated
20
165
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Report of License Bureau
Store license inspections 695
Report of Photography Bureau
Prisoners printed and photoed
127
Accidents and street scenes 237
Claims against City 119
Report of the Bureau of Investigation
Breaks investigated 164
Deaths investigated 22
Larceny cases investigated
82
F. B. I. investigations
106
Miscellaneous cases investigated
1,095
Robbery cases investigated
. .
1
Stolen property recovered, value
$8,250 00
Activities of Police Boat
Stolen boats recovered 4
Sail boats found helpless and taken into tow
4
Power boats found disabled and taken into tow
4
Assistance rendered to persons on disabled crafts
51
Launchings attended
6
Fire discovered 1 .
Complaints investigated
10
CONCLUSION
Death entered the ranks of the Department during the year with the loss of Lieut. James H. Whelan and Patrolman Thomas J. Thompson. Officer Thompson covered the upper Washington Street route. He was stricken with sickness and died at the Quincy Hospital on January 13, 1941. Lieut. Whelan was on duty at the Police Headquarters on the last half on November 2nd, 1941 when he was stricken with illness, a physician called and attended him and ordered him taken home, where he passed on with the wagon officers at his bedside. Both of these men were very good Police Officers and their deaths were an extreme loss to the Department.
During the latter part of the year, Lieut. William Ferrazzi was appointed Acting Captain, as a Council order increased the number of Captains from 2 to 3 Captains. He was also appointed by me as War Duty Officer of the Police Department, having been recommended after attending the National Police Academy Re- training School of the F. B. I. at Washington, D. C.
Sergeants Edward G. Riley, William F. McIntyre, Fred E. Young, Anthony Caperci and James W. Kemp were promoted to Lieutenants and Patrolmen John J. Fitzgerald and Joseph F. Hughes were designated as Acting Sergeants pending an examin- ation that was to be held later.
Reserve Officers John J. Bryan, John F. Denneen, Kenneth S. Poulin and William McAuliffe were appointed Permanent Patrol- men, and later John Pepi, Harold D. Ferguson and Edward Griffin were appointed Reserve Officers to fill vacancies.
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I recommend 12 men be added to the Department by reason of the increased amount of traffic due to the Fore River Shipbuild- ing Company war contracts, as well as the proposed new shipyard at Hingham, which will call for extra officers on traffic duty, both on cycle as well as on foot. To persons not familiar with Police Department duties, there is little chance for them to pass fair judgment as to the justification of our claim for additional officers. I can only urge the necessity of the men, believing that the last half detail should be of the same numerical strength as the first half.
I believe that the life of any automobile in the Police Depart- ment used continually as Radio cars is one year and recommend the replacement of eight autos used in that line of work.
In conclusion, I wish to thank Mayor Burgin, the City Council, the heads of the various City Departments, for their assistance given me. I am also grateful to the District Attorney and the members of his staff, to the Justices of the Court, the Probation Officer and members of his staff, to the Clerk of the Court and his office staff for their consideration and advice.
To all members of the Department who have worked to reach and maintain a high standard of efficiency, I am sincerely thank- ful and to assure my appreciation that our best efforts to merit their confidence in the future will be given.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. AVERY, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
February 9, 1942.
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN, Mayor
City of Quincy, Quincy, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I respectfully submit the report of the Quincy Fire Depart- ment for the year ending December 31st, 1941.
The report contains the personnel, apparatus, list of alarms, the value of property at risk, the insurance carried, the insurance paid on fire losses, as near as possible, recommendations for the ensuing year and other pertinent information that may be of interest.
Personnel
The personnel of the department consists of 112 men who rank as follows: Chief of Department, three Deputy Chiefs, eleven Cap- tains, ten Lieutenants, and eighty-seven Firemen. One Deputy Chief is assigned as War Officer during the present emergency, one Captain is assigned as Head of Fire Prevention Bureau, one Private is assigned as Clerk of Fire Prevention and three Privates are assigned to Fire Alarm as operators.
Personnel of Department William J. Sands, Chief of Department Deputy Chiefs
Creedon, Peter J. Fenby, Robert
Barry, Edward
Cain, Anthony
Curtin, William
Della Lucca, Louis Gorman, Thomas
O'Neil, Edward Wholey, William
Lieutenants
McNiece, James Mullaney, Frederick Murphy, Thomas
Quinn, John Walsh, Joseph
Privates
Childs, William Ciardi, Joseph Colligan, James
Colligan, Thomas
Collins, John
Connelly, Charles
Cotter, Thomas Crozier, Patrick
Albee, Lowell Barton, James Bennett, James Bertrand, Ernest Buckley, William Burns, Matthew Carella, Oriental Carroll, William
Captains
Kinniburgh, Matthew Maloney, Thomas
O'Connell, Timothy
Byron, John Capiferri, Joseph
Daly, James
Gerry, William
Dorlay, George McEachern, Alexander
O'Neil, John L.
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Cullen, Frederick Daley, Ambrose Daly, Francis Donovan, Ernest
Dorlay, John F.
Mullaney, Charles
Dreyer, Philip
Mullaney, Robert
Dunlea, Leo
Noonan, Frederick
Dwyer, Edward Edwards, Percy Egan, William
O'Connell, John
Frazier, Francis
O'Connell, Edward
Galvin, James
Pangraze, Robert
Faulkner, Ralph
Perkins, Charles
Ganzel, John
Peterson, Elmer
Glennon, William
Phelan, Michael
Hall, Alton
Phelan, George
Hannon, Bernard
Pitts, William
Hanrahan, Edward
Quinlan, Martin
Hanrahan, Lawrence
Radley, Daniel
Hayford, Arthur
Reinhalter, John E.
Hirtle, Walter
Rizzi, John
Hodgkinson, Benjamin
Rizzi, Joseph
Joyce, Richard
Rouillard, Frederick
Lagerquist, Waldo
Rouillard, Theodore
Landry, Francis
Salvucci, Arthur
Lane, Daniel
Sarno, James
Lane, Joseph
Shay, Albert
Lane, Edward
Stanton, Patrick
Lynch, Jeremiah
Sullivan, John
MacDonald, James
Swanson, Albert
Maguire, Joseph
Thompson, William
McEachern, Allan
Tobin, John W.
McDermott, John
Tobin, Aloysius
McNeilly, Matthew
Walter, Edward
McNulty, Arthur
Reserve Men Cook, Walter
Men On Pensions
James Gallagher, Deputy Chief Daniel McNiece, Captain Henry Hughes, Lieutenant Leroy Nickerson, Lieutenant Andrew Scully, Lieutenant
Privates On Pensions
Anderson, Charles Barry, Michael Bersani, Thomas Clancy, Onesime Connell, James Creamer, Myles
Decelle, John Farrell, Edward Genero, Frank
Lahey, William
Litchfield, Charles
O'Brien, Frederick
Rogers, Emeric Illmonen, Bruno
McPherson, James Metcalf, Clarence Moran, James
Morrison, Timothy
Novelli, William O'Brien, James
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
APPARATUS
Type
Location
Make
Year Purchased
Service
Hose Comb.
(Booster Pump)
Hose 1
Headquarters
LaFrance
1929 Approx. 13 yrs.
Hose 2
(Reserve) LaFrance
1930
"
12
Pumping Engines
Engine 1
Headquarters
Seagrave
1925
17
Engine 2
Atlantic
Seagrave
1927
66
15
60
Engine 3
Quincy Point
Maxim
1936
6
Engine 4
Wollaston
Seagrave
1925
66
17
"
Engine 5
West Quincy
Maxim
1936
6
Engine 6
Houghs Neck
Maxim
1936
6
Aerial Ladder-100 foot
Ladder 1
Headquarters
Seagrave
1940
2
City Service Ladders
Ladder 2
Wollaston
Seagrave
1925
17
66
Ladder 3
West Quincy
Seagrave
1925
17
66
Ladder 4
Houghs Neck
LaFrance
1930
12
66
Ladder 5
Atlantic
Seagrave
1927
15
Special Service
Truck No. 1
Headquarters
G. M. C.
1937
5
Supply Truck
Headquarters
Chevrolet
1941
Department Cars
Buick Sedan
Headquarters
Buick
1940
2 "
Pontiac Coupe
Headquarters
Pontiac
1941
1 yr.
RECORD OF ALARMS
Total Alarms for 1941
2,078
Bell Alarms
367
Telephone Alarms
1,610
Still Alarms
99
False Alarms
65
Multiple Alarms
12
Reported Fires
8
Increase in Alarms from 1940
822
Increase in False Alarms in 1940
24
Response to Milton
9
Response to Boston
1
(Under Mutual Aid Agreement)
RESPONSE TO ALARMS BY COMPANY
Hose 1
780 Alarms
Ladder 2
246 Alarms
Engine 1
466
66
Engine 5
414
Ladder 1
289
Ladder 3
167
Engine 2
403
Engine 6
222
Ladder 5
195
Ladder 4
113
Engine 3
201
Engine 4
528
Special Service
683
Years
170
CITY OF QUINCY
Hose Laid
Classification of Fires
Engine 1
33,900 feet
Dwellings
267
Engine 2
48,300
Mercantile
156
Engine 3
16,400
66
Grass, dumps, etc. 1,230
Engine 4
54,000
Automobiles
120
Engine 5
22,650 66
Miscellaneous
240
Engine 6
16,200
False
65
Hose 1
74,950
Total
2,078
Total Footage Laid .. 266,400
Number lines laid 620
Total number feet of ladders raised 9,128
Total hours absent from quarters 2,797 hrs. 6 min.
Engines pumped 495 hrs. 14 min.
Gallons chemicals used 42 gallons
Hydrants in use 933 hrs. 6 min.
Carbon dioxide used 554 pounds
Fire Prevention Bureau Report
Total number of inspections made
11,174
Total number of permits issued 1,970
IN MEMORIAM
To those faithful members who answered their last call, but whose loyalty and faithfulness in the performance of their duties will remain foremost in the annals of the Quincy Fire Department.
Lieutenant George Nimeskern - Born October 16, 1893. Died May 14, 1941 while on duty.
Lieutenant Paul Avery - Born October 2, 1888. Died May 27, 1941.
The following members of the department were retired after years of excellent service: Lieutenant Henry Hughes, and Privates Frederick O'Brien and Charles F. Litchfield.
The following promotions were made to fill vacancies caused by death and retirement: Privates Joseph Capiferi, James Mc- Niece, John Quinn and Alexander McEachern to Lieutenants.
A third Deputy Chief was created by the City Council and on November 29th, 1941, Captain Robert Fenby was promoted to fill the newly-created position. He was also designated to attend the Training School for Chemical Warfare held by the Army at Edgewater Arsenal, Maryland.
A new Deputy Chief's car and a new Supply Truck were pur- chased and placed in service.
The Quincy Point Fire Station was begun and during the period of construction, Engine 3 was assigned to cover their dis- trict from Headquarters.
To aid the regular department in the event of a war emer- gency, an Auxiliary Fire Force was organized and training classes begun under the supervision of the department drill masters.
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Valuations, Insurance and Losses
Value of property involved
$4,227,740 00
Insurance on same ..
3,612,025 00
Loss insured and uninsured
402,009 77
Insurance loss
269,027 26
Fire Loss by Months
Month
Buildings
Contents
Totals
January
$3,730 09
$2,087 25
$5,817 34
February
....
12,949 18
21,897 21
34,846 39
March
15,680 43
5,618 95
21,300 38
April
13,205 63
16,304 25
29,509 88
May
12,384 68
7,230 00
19,614 68
June
15,132 50
22,506 50
37,639 00
July
22,676 43
91,516 00
114,192 43
August
13,193 00
23,233 25
36,426 25
September
1,697 75
614 00
2,311 75
October
19,242 99
7,699 38
26,942 37
November
23,976 54
40,327 40
64,303 84
December
6,492 17
2,613 19
9,105 36
$160,361 39
$241,648 38
$402,009 77
Total fire loss for 1940
$268,979 86
Total fire loss for 1941
402,009 77
Increase
133,029 91
Recommendations
1. That a Mechanic be appointed to maintain the apparatus of the department.
2. That a new station be erected at Houghs Neck to replace the present frame structure.
3. That three new 1,000 gallon pumpers be purchased, also a 65-foot junior aerial ladder to replace Engines 1, 2, 4 and Ladder 2 respectively.
4. That a Rescue Squad with ten men be placed in service to respond to all bell alarms.
In conclusion I wish to express my sincere thanks to His Honor, the Mayor, the City Council, the various City Department heads and the officers and members of the fire department.
Respectfully submitted
WILLIAM J. SANDS, Chief of Department.
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CITY OF QUINCY
FIRE AND POLICE SIGNAL DEPARTMENT REPORT
January 1, 1942
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN, Mayor, City of Quincy Quincy, Massachusetts
MY DEAR MAYOR:
I respectfully submit the annual report of the Fire and Police Signal Department for the year ending December 31, 1941.
This Department, consisting of four maintenance men and one superintendent, has through the past twelve months maintained the fire alarm, police signals and traffic systems at maximum per- formance with minimum expense.
Ten new fire alarm boxes were added and three new box cir- cuits were completed. Two new police boxes were placed in service and three new recall lights were installed. Four traffic inter- sections were equipped with pedestrian control signals and many improvements were made at other points.
Defense communications are in service but must of necessity be confidential.
Very truly yours, THOMAS J. SMITH, Superintendent Fire and Police Signals
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
January 2, 1942
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN,
Mayor of the City of Quincy.
DEAR SIR:
I herewith submit the thirty-fifth annual report of the Building Department for the year ending December 31, 1941.
WARD TABULATION OF BUILDING OPERATIONS
Ward Permits
Estimated Cost
1
364
$521,722 00
2
263
1,579,153 00
3
147
106,224 00
4
175
193,118 00
5
338
639,825 00
6
299
511,916 00
1,586
$3,551,958 00
Permits Issued
Permits
Estimated Cost
189 One Family Dwellings
$848,590 00
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