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CITY OF QUINCY
,
SCHEDULE No. 9
Street
Location
Ward
Side
Straight
Curved
Total
Block Corners
North Central Ave.
Beale St. to Brook St.
5 Both
779
779
24
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
January 2, 1943
MR. GERHARD F. SCHAFER, Sponsor's Agent
Works Progress Administration
Quincy, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
The Works Progress Administration activities for the year 1942 were carried on with a reduced personnel due to better private employment conditions brought about by the demands of national defense.
W. P. A. Personnel January, 1942. 264
W. P. A. Personnel January, 1943. 123
W. P. A. Workers Earnings, 1942. $162,420.00
PROJECTS
Civilian Defense-"Manual"'
Location
Removal Car Rails Sagamore Street, Atlantic
City Hospital Hunting & Sears Buildings
Trainee School Quincy Trade School
The removal of obsolete car rails along Squantum, Billings and Sagamore Streets and Newbury Avenue is a National Defense Project and the only one maintaining a 48-hour per week schedule.
The enclosure and facilities on the last porch of the Hunting Building at the Quincy City Hospital have been completed. This with the other two porches which we have constructed makes it possible for them to add 60 beds to their equipment and gives them 4000 feet of additional valuable space that previously could only be used to advantage in the summer months. A formula room on the westerly end of the Hunting Building is also in the process of construction and will probably be completed in February, 1943.
The Sears Building which has become the property of the Quincy City Hospital is being renovated by the W. P. A. The obsolete stucco outside covering is to be completely removed and replaced by a new shingle application. Other necessary repairs will also be made on the inside of the building. When finished it should be a valuable addition to the hospital.
Our Trainee School for Defense Industry is operating at the Quincy Trade School. Until recently this service has been a fine effort to help the defense program. Formerly, young or middle aged trainees were assigned to the school, but at present our per- sonel is definitely too old to embrace the trainee activity. Our average age bracket is in the vicinity of 62 years and it is obvious that as a general rule persons of this age cannot successfuly ab- sorb the trainee course.
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REPORT OF WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Civilian Defense-"Clerical"
Homes Registration
Chamber of Commerce Roms
Hospital Service
Quincy Hospital
Rationing Board
50 Saville Row
Police Records
Police Station
Defense Recreation
Newbury Ave., Community Bldg.
Library Picture Index
Library
Library Book Repair
Map Indexes
Library City Hall-Water Works, Penn St. Police Station
Finger Prints
Administration Office
Federal Music
67 Saville Row State Wide
Our Homes Registration Department has done a very fine job of necessary defense work in making it possible for the defense workers to learn of the available living accommodations in this area.
The Hospital Service is supplying service to supplement the reg- ular employed help at the Quincy City Hospital.
The Civilian Defense Project is assisting the local Rationing Board, Civilian Defense Administration Office, Library and Po- lice Department.
Miscellaneous
Federal Surplus Commodities 166 Washington Street, Rear National Youth Administration
Other activities allied to the W. P. A. program included assist- ing in the distribution of Federal Food Stamps totaling $77,371.00 divided as follows: $51,961.00 orange and $25,410.00 blue. We also assisted in the distribution of milk and clothing to the amount of $23,000.00.
The earnings for the year by those connected with the National Youth Administration amounted to $31,500. Most of these young people were given machine shop training, and 270 of them, mostly girls, were qualified, after training, for some of the defense in- dustries in Quincy.
Summary
This present fiscal year ending in June, 1943, will probably see the finale of the W. P. A. relief program in Massachusetts. Since its inception, this program of work relief has done much to leave the city of Quincy many permanent improvements, such as play- grounds, tennis courts, skating rinks, recreation parks, granite and other types of retaining walls, a beautiful Municipal Stadium and miles of sidewalks, curbstones and streets. New playground buildings have been built as well as six very fine ball parks of which any municipality might be proud. Twenty-four school build- ings have been renovated and nearly every public building in the city directly improved. Flood control projects not visible to the average citizen, such as extensions of our drainage and sewerage systems, were carried out; also the improvement to Town Brook, Sachem Brook and Furnace Brook. We may also mention as part of our efforts the beautification of Faxon Park and the planting of thousands of new trees throughout the city after the hurricane of 1938.
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Our workers have done much for the military development of Squantum Naval Air Base, the Hingham Ammunition Depot and the Weymouth Lighter-than-Air Base. Particularly, the work done during the last nine years at Squantum has helped in no small degree to make the air base there the important factor that it now is in the war effort.
The above were some of the many manual projects which could not have been financed by the local government and which brought many lasting improvements to our city aside from the material relief to our heavily burdened Welfare Department.
Many White Collar Projects have also helped the City of Quincy such as planned recreation, court, library, assessors, cemetery, veterans and police records, surveys, etc. In this manner many people were given employment who could not have been taken care of on our manual projects. Thousands of our citizens participated in a big program of sports and hobbies sponsored by our Recrea- tion Department, and many of our youths were helped in baseball, soccer, basket ball, football and all athletic activities.
The development of Quincy under the work relief program cannot be estimated alone by the material values which were left to the city. The real monuments are those laborers and skilled persons who were given work at a time when their morale as well as their financial resources were at the lowest ebb and thus were able to take their places once more in their own individual fields with courage and assurance as the opportunities came to them. I be- lieve everyone will agree that this phase of our work far out- weighs any possible material advantage which may have accrued to our city.
Between 1934 and 1941 the Federal Government through E. R. A. and W. P. A. channels has spent over $1,000,000 a year in Quincy. A decided employment trend started upwards during the latter year, which of course greatly reduced the number of per- sons on our payroll. The Federal Government has been very cooperative and liberal with Quincy in its allotment of federal funds, and the aims of the program to help the community carry on in its hour of need has been accomplished insofar as mass un- employment is concerned. We have much to show for the federal expenditure of funds in worthwhile projects completed in our city. The problem now will be how to employ those persons 60 years of age and over who wish to work and should be allowed to con- tinue to earn their own living when the W. P. A. program is ter- minated.
I wish to thank you as Sponsor's Agent and all the department heads for the splendid cooperation which has been given to us during this time. That assistance and encouragement have been large factors in enabling us to make the program a success. I wish also to thank Mr. Rudolph A. Lofgren, Assistant General Project Supervisor, for his loyalty and wholehearted efforts in carrying on the work.
Very truly yours, PATRICK J. DUGGAN, W. P. A. General Project Supervisor Quincy, Massachusetts
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REPORT OF CITY PLANNING BOARD
REPORT OF THE CITY PLANNING BOARD
January 2, 1943
HONORABLE CHARLES A. ROSS Mayor of the City of Quincy
Dear Sir:
We are herewith submitting the twenty-eighth annual report of the City Planning Board.
Mr. Henry H. Pierce resigned from the Board and Mr. J. Ev- erett Robbie was appointed to fill the vacancy.
Many discussions of the various phases of zoning for our city were held at the meetings by the Board during the year to con- form with the resolve passed by the City Council, namely,
That the City Council is in favor of an adequate zoning ordinance for our city and requests the Planning Board to initiate at once the necessary procedure to establish such an ordinance.
Various meetings were held with members of the City Council and interested persons so that the Board might have the opinion of others in order to submit an ordinance that would be for the best interests of all concerned.
The City Engineer made surveys of each of the wards and pre- sented plans so that each section could be discussed as an individ- ual problem.
So much time was entailed in the study and drawing up of the necessary provisions that it was impossible for the Board to recom- mend to the City Council a proper ordinance in time for them to submit it to the voters in the December election if they had so wished. It is the hope and desire of the Board to submit to the City Council in the future an ordinance that will overcome the obstacles that have defeated the zoning ordinances in the past.
It is gratifying to note that another of the Board's recommenda- tions has become a realty, namely, the widening of East Howard Street and the extension of Des Moines Road.
We wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to all those who have given of their time and counsel in order that the Planning Board might continue to be of real benefit to the City.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER A. SCHMITZ, Chairman DELCEVARE KING HARRY H. KERR J. EVERETT ROBBIE FRED E. AHEARN
Gerhard F. Schafer, Clerk
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SURVEY
January 2, 1943
HONORABLE CHARLES A. ROSS Mayor of the City of Quincy
Dear Sir:
We herewith submit the twenty-seventh annual report of the Board of Survey.
During the year hearings were held on the following petitions:
The Estate of Augusta E. Nickerson for the laying out of an extension of Flagg Street (Wollaston).
Two petitions from the Oakvale Realty Trust; one for approval of certain streets on the northeasterly side of Quincy Avenue near the Southern Artery, and the other on the westerly side of Quincy Avenue at the junction of Water Street.
Tentative approval, subject to the proper execution of the necessary work required by the Board, was granted to all except the one on the easterly side of Quincy Avenue.
After learning the costs of the improvement of the layout on the northeasterly side of Quincy Ave. and the conditions brought about by the war, the Oakvale Realty Trust decided to temporarily discontinue the development of that property.
One-family houses were constructed on the 49 lots on the other property of the Oakvale Realty Trust.
After receiving tentative approval for the extension of Flagg Street (Wollaston), the petitioner decided not to improve the prop- erty at the present time.
A petition was received and a hearing held on changing the name of Montilio Street to St. Moritz Road. This petition was denied by the Board.
Respectfully submitted, LOUIS F. LANGELIER, Chairman JOHN J. MANNING SAM WOOD
Gerhard F. Schafer, Clerk
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DIVISION
HONORABLE CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor of City of Quincy Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
The annual report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1942, is herewith respectfully submitted.
JAMES P. DONOVAN Commissioner of Public Works.
Since the Government has stressed conservation in the matter of printing I refer you to the City Auditor's report for all expendi- tures and to the report of the City Engineer for locations and types of construction. Our activities include the Maintenance of Highways, Care of Municipal Buildings, Stable and Garage and the Street Lighting Schedule, the Forestry work and the Sanitary Department's maintenance and New Construction of Streets and Buildings.
Municipal Buildings
The care of City Hall includes all expenses of the offices in the annex on Saville Row. 1
The Public Buildings are the Police and Fire Stations, Welfare, Dispensary and the Community Building Atlantic.
In addition to the maintenance the Council made an appropria- tion for a new boiler at the Ward 6 Fire Station and the conversion for oil burning units to coal burning equipment in the Central Fire, West Quincy and Quincy Point stations.
The flower beds at City Hall were unusually attractive this year and the favorable comments were a source of great pride to the men in the Forestry Division.
Gypsy Moth and Forestry
This department is required by law to care for and spray trees and destroy nests of Gypsy and Browntail Moths in the City. This work has been done as usual. Six tons of Arsenate of Lead 'being used in the 300,000 gallons of water for spraying the shade trees. Approximately 400 new trees have been planted along our highways, 200 of these trees coming from the City Nursery on Penn Street. Trees about the City have been trimmed or removed when necessary. The trees trimmed for the Quincy Electric Light & Power Company and New England Telephone and Telegraph Company have been done at the company's expense.
The department has maintained about seventy-eight flower beds and street parks together with the traffic circle at the Fore River Bridge. All the plants have been raised at the City Greenhouse. The sum total for this work was expended from the Highway Miscellaneous Activities Street Parks account.
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CITY OF QUINCY
This fall we have planted at the Penn Street Nursery over 10,000 pansy plants for planting in the flower beds in the spring of 1943. Also 15,000 plants in the greenhouses.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has awarded the City of Quincy a Blue Ribbon for the most beautifully kept traffic circle in the country.
Stable and Garage
The only additional expense in the maintenance of the plant has been the repairs of the main doors and the heater repairs. We have a special appropriation for the conversion of the heater from an oil plant to coal burning equipment.
We usually board horses in the winter so that we may use them on the sidewalk plows, but this year owing to the shortage of both men and horses we have not been able to send the sidewalk plows on the usual routes.
Sanitary Department
This department is responsible for the collection of rubbish and garbage, the scavenger work and the care of dumps. The garbage is sold to various farmers and nets the City an income as shown in the report of the City Treasurer. This report also shows the Deposits and Collections for Scavenger Work. We are now using the Quarry off Quarry Street as a dump. The Penn Street dump has been filled and levelled and due to the many fires which occurred there it was a source of great annoyance and expense. The City does not own a bulldozer and the rental of such a piece of equipment varies the cost of the maintenance of the dumps an appreciable degree.
Street Lighting
The Boulevard along the waterfront is maintained by the Metro- politan Park Division, consequently the lighting is not included in our schedule. Shades were put on all the street lamps so that there would be no direct lighting.
We tried to light the business sections adequately, but owing to dim out regulations and a depleted appropriation we were unable to meet all demands.
Highway
General Maintenance includes Street Cleaning, Tar Patching, Snow Removal, Drains and Tidegates, Equipment, Tools and Lan- terns, Sidewalks, Brooks, Bridges, Fences, Signs, and Street Mark- ings, Parking Area and Flower Beds.
In connection with the Tar Patching we collect ashes from Schools, Houses, Banks, City Hall and the Hospital, which are used for temporary filling.
Our Miscellaneous account takes care of emergencies and other miscellaneous items. This year money was spent for Defense, a Sea-wall and the Squantum Causeway. The Public Landing was housed and repaired during the winter months. We also built steps when beaches could not be reached from the Highways.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Our Department is always ready to help toward the success of any public undertakings, such as the President's Ball or the Com- munity Fund Drive. The Schools giving Pet Stock showing always call on us when they need extra equipment.
The Department credits that accrue to the Department are for the distribution of gasoline to the City Departments, the Tar Patching of Trenches which is charged to the Sewer and Water Departments and the charges for the use of Equipment, rollers, compressors, etc. The credits scheduled in the Treasurer's report and which do not accrue to the benefit of the department are for work done for the Utility Companies when it is necessary to repair our streets, for the sale of Junk and when Contractors use our City Equipment.
In addition to the general upkeep of the Department we built and rebuilt thirty streets, the locations and types of construction are shown in the City Engineer's report, which also lists the streets where granite curbing was installed.
New Buildings
The Hospital Superstructure is being built under Docket Mass. 19-150 which carries a Government grant of $50,000. The con- crete foundation was installed under a separate contract and the cost paid by the City.
The Temporary Structure is a one story, forty-five bed unit with ward equipment as follows: Charter desk, and room, Utility room, Diet kitchen, Hopper room, General Ward Equipment, Medi- cal and Surgical Supplies, Reference Desks and Linens.
This addition is made necessary by the increase in population and general war conditions.
The Squantum Fire Station which is being built on Huckins Avenue is of Colonial Design and constructed of wood with cement foundation.
The Apparatus room with its brick walls houses the Fire Equip- ment necessary for the protection of the property in this section.
A Utility room and stair hall are located in the basement and with a background of plastered walls, knotty pine woodwork and an attractive fireplace a long felt need has been produced for the use of the Community.
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CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEWER DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
January 2, 1943
MR. EZEKIAL C. SARGENT,
Commissioner of Public Works,
Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I respectfully submit the report of the Sewer Division of the Public Works Department for the year ending December 31, 1942:
For financial statement, see Auditor's report.
Particular Sewers
Two hundred seventy-eight connections were made to the com- mon sewer located by wards as follows:
Ward I 56 Ward IV 42
Ward II 37
Ward V 38
Ward III 33
Ward VI 70
Milton 2
Total number of feet laid 14,819.10
Total cost
$15,319.92
Average cost per connection
$55.11
Average cost per foot.
$1.034
Average length per connection
53.3 feet
Classification :
Single Houses 204
Business Buildings 10
Two-family Houses 26
Barracks 5
Three-family Houses 1
Fire Station
1
Multi-unit Dwellings 28
Animal Hospital 1
Construction
All sewer construction work done by this division for the year is shown in the tabular form included with this report.
Respectfully submitted.
WALTER S. MCKENZIE, General Foreman, Sewer Division
1942 SEWER EXTENSIONS
Ward
Street
Location
Size
Manholes
Length
1
Brackett Street
Canal Street to Southern Artery
8"
6
1393.88
2-3
Faxon Lane
Water Street to Blanchard St.
8"
3
721.37
3
Forum Road
Hardwick Road Northerly
8"
5
506.05
3
Hardwick Road
Faxon Lane to Forum Road
8"
2
441.47
2
Harrington Avenue
Sta. 4+72 to Sta. 7+49.3
8"
2
276.72
3
Hyde Street
Faxon Lane to Forum Road
8"
4
561.96
2
Keyes Street
Main Street to South Street
8"
2
561.20
1
Manet Avenue
Darrow Street Southerly
1
158.80
1
Newton Street
Babcock Street Northerly
8"
1
99.40
6
Private Land
Bloomfield Street to Parke Ave.
8"
2
200.00
1-3
Quarry Street
Sta. 6+54 to Sta. 7+96.5
8"
0
142.50
6
Quincy Shore Boulevard
Bay State Road to Airport Road
8"
3
894.30
5
Rice Road
Wendell Avenue Northeasterly
12"
2
398.50
1
Shoreside Road
Shellton Road Easterly
8"
2
341.95
4
Upton Street
Sta. 5+44.55 to Sta. 8+40
8"
3
295.45
4
Wesson Avenue
Sta. 10+00 to Sta. 11+03.5
8"
1
103.50
39
7097.05
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Total length of sewer built in 1942: 7097.05 feet or 1.34 miles Total miles of sewer built to January 1, 1943: 165.56 miles Total manholes built to January 1, 1943: 4148
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1943
HON. CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor Quincy, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
The report of the Water Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1942, is herewith submitted.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES P. DONOVAN, Commissioner of Public Works
WATER RATES 1942
Commitments for year 1942
$468,771.68 12.23
Recommitments
$468,783.91
Collections
$439,342.31
Water liens to Treasurer
21,516.34
Abatements
1,926.77
$462,785.42
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$5,998.49
WATER RATES 1941 AND PRIOR
Outstanding January 1, 1942
$2,119.41
Collections
$2,043.50
Water liens to Treasurer
75.91
Outstanding January 1, 1943
WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Outstanding January 1, 1942
$3,319.63
Commitments
14,470.55
Recommitments
1.60
Collections
$14,689.20
Water liens to Treasurer
480.87
Abatements
327.32
$15,497.39
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$2,294.39
$2,119.41
$2,119.41
$17,791.78
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER LIENS
Outstanding January 1, 1942
$41,525.08
Commitments
23,756.12
Adjustments
174.04
$65,455.24
Collections
$27,200.77
Tax Title Credits
2,486.29
Abatements
463.35
$30,150.41
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$35,304.83
WATER RESERVE
Surplus as of January 1, 1942
$59,556.86
Collections
483,275.78
Appropriation balances
10,260.60
Appropriations
$170,217.00
State Assessments
181,379.74
Council Transfers
25,000.00
Adjustments
98.95
Surplus as of January 1, 1943
$376,695.69 $176,397.55
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Population
Estimated on December 31, 1942 79,000
Consumption
Average daily consumption of water in gallons for
the year 1942 5,604,400
Gallons per capita per day 73
Main Pipe
Main pipe laid during the year 1942 in feet. 5,861
Main pipe taken up or abandoned in 1942 in feet. 240
Total number of miles in use. 203.3
Leaks repaired in mains
30
Service Pipe
New services laid in 1942 in feet
9,844
Total length of services now in use in feet. 786,862
Number of taps made during the year.
214
Number of services now in use ...
16,997
Number of services frozen
88
Services cleaned on account of poor pressure
281
Services renewed
141
Number of services for fire purposes only.
68
Meters
Meters installed in 1942
186
Meters now in use
16,971
Meters taken out for repairs and test.
1,662
Per cent of services metered
99.9
$553,093.24
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CITY OF QUINCY
Fire Hydrants
New hydrants installed in 1942 (Public 17; private 5)
22
Total hydrants now in use
1,927
Hydrants changed
4
Hydrants broken by automobiles
12
Hydrants moved
3
Gate Valves
New gates installed in 1942
18
Gates repacked
36
Total gate valves now in use
3,349
WATER PIPES LAID From January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942
Ward
Location
From-To
Gates
6"
8"
Hy- drants
6
Airport Road
Quincy Shore to Bay State
1-8"
233
1
3
Faxon Lane
Blanchard to Hyde St.
2-8"
500
1
3
Faxon Lane
Hyde St. to Quincy Ave.
5
Fenno Street
1-8"
642
2
1 Field Street
At Elec. Light Co. plant
1-6"
216
1
3
Forum Road
Hardwick Rd. to Hyde St.
2-6"
303
1
3
Forum Road
Hyde St. northerly
1-8"
222
3
Hardwick Road
Faxon Lane to Faxon Rd.
2-6"
458
1
2
Harrington St.
Extension
180
1
3
Hyde Street
Faxon Lane to Faxon Rd.
2-6"
608
1
2
Keyes Street
Main to South St.
2-8"
564
1
2
Lebanon Street
Wash. St. easterly
240
1
6
Quincy Shore Blvd.
Airport Rd. to Bay State
2-8"
1144
2
4
Upton Street
Extension westerly
126
5
Washington St.
Connection with Milton
1-8"
96
4
Wesson Avenue
Extension
1-6"
113
5
Langley Circle
196
WATER PIPE ABANDONED IN 1942
Ward
Street
Location
Feet
Size
2
Lebanon Street
Washington street easterly
240
2"
201
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
120
202
WATER PIPES IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1942
When Laid
Hy- drants
2"
4"
6"
8"
10"
12"
16"
20"
Total
Previous to Dec. 31, 1941
1905
15674
62752
472292
272267
104676
88929
35648
15542
1067780
Laid in 1942
22
-
2334
3527
-
-
5861
Abandoned in 1942
-
240
-
-
-
240
In use Dec. 31, 1942
1927
15434
62752
474626
275794
104676
88929
35648
15542
1073401
Total: 203.29 miles
CITY OF QUINCY
GATES IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1942
When Laid
2"
4"
. 6"
8"
10"
12"
16"
20"
Total
Previous to Dec. 31, 1941
90
214
1491
812
314
305
100
6
3332
Laid in 1942
-
8
10
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