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Field engineering services were supplied for the construction of the following projects: Sanitary sewers 26; storm drains 37; streets (new construction 6, reconstruction 10, resurfacing 46, curbing instal- lation 30, widenings 7, sidewalks 83, tennis courts resurfaced 2, parking area 1.)
ACCEPTED STREETS CONSTRUCTED 1956
Street
Location
Length
Width Kind of Construction
Broady Avenue
Palmer St. northeasterly
629
33
Class "D"
Casco Street
Darrow Street southerly
380
33
Class "D"
Glenview Road
Broadway to Chubbuck St.
463
40
Class "D"
Hilda Street
Dockray Street northeasterly
125
40
Class "D"
Littlefield Street
Edgewater Drive to Rock Island Rd.
760
33
Class "C"
Station Street
From 100' southwesterly to Greystone St.
180
33
Class "A"
2777 I.f. = . 052 mi.
STREETS REBUILT 1956
Street
Location
Length
Type of Construction
Baxter Avenue
Southern Artery easterly
920
Class "A"
Chapman Street
Hancock Street westerly
310
Class "A"
Elm Street
Mechanic Street to Hancock Street
240
Class "A"
Gay Street
School Street to Summer Street
810
Class "A"
Harvard Street
Opposite No. 272
72
Class "A"
Huckins Avenue
East Squantum Street to Newland Street
260
Class "A"
Massachusetts Ave.
Washington Street westerly
200
Class "A"
Moore Street
Baxter Avenue northerly
150
Class "A"
Newcomb Street
South west of Coddington Street
265
Class "A"
Russell Park
Hancock Street easterly
200
Class "A"
3427 l.f. = . 0649 mi.
WIDENINGS CONSTRUCTED 1956
Street
Location
Elm Street
Corner Mechanic Street
Elm Street
Corner Quincy Avenue
Franklin Street
Corner Water Street
Granite Street
Entrance to Parking Area
Mayflower Road
Corner Huckins Avenue
Corner Brook Street
Newport Avenue Sea Street
Between Fensmere and Island Avenue
STREETS ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL 1956
Street
Location
Bowdoin Street
Hobart Street to Wilson Avenue
Calvin Road
Moffat Road easterly
Churchill Road
Mt. Ararat Road westerly
Essex Street
Crabtree Road northerly to previously accepted part
Evans Street
West Squantum Street northerly
Gould Street
West Elm Avenue to East Elm Avenue
Littlefield Street
Rock Island Road to Casco Street
Mt. Ararat Road
Adams Street southerly and southwesterly
Newbury Avenue
Atlantic Street to Russell Street
North Central Avenue
Exeter Street northwesterly to North
Central Avenue at point of intersection with Sherman Street
Upton Street Wampatuck Road
Previously accepted part to dead end Sea Street to Norton Road
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CORNERS WIDENED BY CITY COUNCIL 1956
Street
Location
Campbell Street Franklin Street Willard Street
At Adams Street At Water Street At West Street (Water Department purposes)
LAND TAKEN BY CITY COUNCIL FOR PARK PURPOSES
Location
Between Franklin Street and Presidents Avenue
LAND TAKEN BY CITY COUNCIL FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES 1956
Location
Northerly side of Hollis Avenue and at end of Henry Street
Miscellaneous Engineering Data 1956
Granolithic sidewalks constructed
1,052 feet
Sewers constructed
12,562 feet
Surface drains constructed
10,514 feet
Manholes
39 feet
Catch basins
63 feet
Granite curbing
8,112 feet
Bituminous concrete sidewalks built
11,074 feet
Streets resurfaced
48,477 feet
Bituminous concrete sidewalks rebuilt
30,018 feet
Parking area built at Atlantic Fire Station.
Tennis courts resurfaced at LaBrecque and Wendell Moses Playgrounds.
WATER DIVISION Summary of Statistics - 1956
POPULATION :
Estimated on December 31, 1956
85,000
CONSUMPTION :
Average daily consumption of water in gallons
7,304,100
Gallons per Capita
86
MAIN PIPE:
Main pipe laid (in feet)
14,972
Total miles of mains now in use
222.7
Leaks repaired in mains
48
SERVICE PIPE:
New Service pipe laid in 1956 (in feet ) Ave. 45'
10,125
Length of service pipe now in use (in feet)
898,948
Average length of service (in feet) SWS to house
46.1
Number of taps made during year
225
Total number of services now in use
19,464
Services cleaned out because of poor pressure
16
Services renewed
274
Service leaks repaired
284
Number of sprinkler connections for fire purposes
117
Services thawed out
13
Services discontinued during the year
68
METERS :
Total number of meters now in use
19,351
Meters installed in 1956 (new Services)
197
Percent of services metered
99.42
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FIRE HYDRANTS:
Hydrants in use in Dec. 31, 1956
2,086
Hydrants broken by automobiles
24
Hydrants moved
6
New Hydrants installed Hydrants discontinued
9
Hydrants replaced
14
GATE VALVES:
Total number of valves in use Dec. 31, 1956
3,839
Average Daily Consumption of Water in Gallons for 1956
January
6,989,800
July
8,017,900
February
6,779,200
August
7,715,500
March
6,937,900
September
7,268,200
April
7,582,900
October
7,118,500
May
7,593,500
November
6,909,000
June
7,772,600
December
6,940,800
Storage Reservoirs in Distribution System
Name
Year Built
Elevation of High Water
Capacity in Gallons
Cranch Hill Standpipe
1936
233.5
2,000,000
Penns Hill Standpipe
1926
233.5
1,000,000
Penns Hill Tank
1934
256
200,000
Hough's Neck Tank
1914
205
400,000
Squantum Tank
1926
211
300,000
Break Neck Hill Standpipe
1934
269
197,000
Water Pipe in Use December 31, 1956
WHEN LAID
2"
4"
6"
8"
10'
12"
16"
20"
Totals
Laid in 1956
2,595
6,726
74
5,577
14,972
15,206
62,774
516,804
306,901
111,171
115,977
37,474
16,516
1,182,823
Abandoned in 1956
128
296
3,075
2,384
1,065
6,948
In use
Dec. 31, 1956
15,206
62,646
516,508
303,826
108,787
114,912
37,474 16,516
1,175,875
Fire Hydrants
New Hydrants set in 1956- 12; hydrants replaced in 1956- 14. Fire hydrants in use December 31, 1956: Public, 1935; private, 151.
New Main Extensions
Old Mains Replaced
Total Pipe Laid in 1956
4"
4"
128 ft.
6"
2,579 ft.
6"
80 ft.
6"
2,595 ft.
8"
5,110 ft.
8"
2,790 ft.
8"
6,726 ft.
10"
10"
2,384 ft.
10"
74 ft.
12"
836 ft.
12"
1,065 ft.
12"
5,577 ft.
8,525 ft.
6,447 ft.
14.972 ft.
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Average Daily 1956
7,304,100
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DIVISION OF SEWERS
During the year 1956, 12,562.82 feet of sewer mains were laid in Quincy. At the end of the year 188.237 miles of sewer mains were in operation.
Of the new sewer laid, the break-down is as follows: 8-inch pipe, 8,786.33 feet; 10-inch pipe, 842.67 feet; 12-inch pipe, 539.93 feet; 15-inch pipe, 1,800.89 feet; 18-inch pipe, 593 feet. During the year 73 manholes were installed.
In 1956 total surface drains installed came to 10,514.83 feet. The break-down as to size is as fol- lows: 10-inch pipe, 1,551.21 feet; 12-inch pipe, 3,616.19 feet; 15-inch pipe, 1,662.06 feet; 18-inch pipe, 1,599.57 feet; 24-inch pipe, 541 feet; 42-inch pipe, 40 feet; 54-inch pipe, 1,423 feet; 72-inch pipe, 81.8 feet. A total of 39 manholes and 63 catch basins were installed.
At the end of the year Quincy's drainage system, including culverts, included 134.238 miles; 1,801 manholes, 4,952 catch basins and 20 tidegates.
During the year there were 274 connections to the common sewer and four drains. A total of 11,060.30 feet of particular sewers were laid. Connections in operation at the end of the year came to 18,735.
HIGHWAY AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
Water Street, Pleasant to Granite; and Copeland Street, Willard to Miller, were reconstructed and necessary drainage installed, by contract.
WIDENINGS
The widening of Elm and Mechanic Streets was completed, by contract.
The widening at Newport Avenue and Brook Street was completed by city forces; as were widenings at Sea Street and Great Hill School, Franklin and Water Streets, and at Granite Street entrance to Parkingway.
STREET RESURFACING
A substantial amount of street resurfacing was completed in 1956: mostly under contract with some by city forces.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
The usual work of cleaning brooks and drains and repairing drain lines was carried out during the year. Catch basins were cleaned by educators and a hired cleaner. Cleaning and patching streets and sidewalks was carried out by highway crews. The heavy use of sand in winter storms and the heavy traffic of contractors' trucks working on the Southeast Expressway increased street cleaning activities. Highway, sanitary, sewer, water and forestry forces tackled the big problem of plowing and removing snow after three terrific storms occurring in rapid succession in late winter, when 49 inches of snow fell.
SANITARY DIVISION
Garbage and rubbish collections were made throughout the City as usual. However, during 1956 garbage collections were stepped up during nine weeks of the summer to two collections per week. Con- trary to procedure followed since the forty-hour week for employees was accepted by the City Council, no rubbish collections were omitted in weeks in which a holiday occurred, beginning with the July 4 holiday and continuing for the balance of the year.
#Statistics on street construction and reconstruction, curbs, sidewalks, sewers and drains will be found in the report of the Engineering Division.
CEMETERY DIVISION
Ground in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery available to grade for new lots continued to diminish in 1956, with only about an acre left by the end of the year. This means that within three to five years additional areas will have to be acquired if the operation of a cemetery continues to be a municipal service.
During the year 598 graves were opened for burials and five for removals. Foundations were poured for 250 monuments, and 362 graves were sold. About 4,000 graves have been filled in and seeded.
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The Cemetery Division, in addition to Mount Wollaston, also maintained Hancock Cemetery and the two Sailor Snug Harbor cemeteries. During the year the Hall Cemetery was acquired by the City of Quincy and placed under the care of the department. The department has about ten men less on the regular payroll than it had a decade ago.
In 1956, 2,317 lineal feet of streets were resurfaced.
Receipts
Sale of lots and graves
$ 18,100.00
Care of lots
595.00
Interments
26,085.00
Foundations for monuments
3,323.23
Perpetual care
20,442.00
Perpetual care income
18,326.00
Other trust fund income
250.00
$87,122.95
FORESTRY DIVISION
The Forestry Division continued the removal of elm trees affected with Dutch Elm disease. This was done by Forestry forces and under contract by MacQuinn Tree Service. Approximately one hun- dred twenty-five new trees were purchased and set out on new streets and in some locations where trees were destroyed by hurricanes. Line clearance work was done for the Electric Company. The department engaged in the usual trimming of shade trees. Work was begun on clearing a peat bog on Hobart Street to prepare for the establishment of a tree nursery. Street parks were planted and maintained by Forestry men. The department also assisted in the placing and trimming of Christmas displays on various traffic islands, City Hall and the Thomas Crane Public Library lawn. During the snow storms, sidewalk plow- ing was done by the Forestry Division.
QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL
The year of 1956 was significant in the history of the Quincy City Hospital because the City Council on September 4 authorized a $1,750,000 bond issue to construct a new addition, the cost of which is esti- mated close to $2,000,000. A federal grant of $250,000 will cover the balance of the cost, it is expected.
Tentative plans called for a six-story wing that will add 100 beds to relieve crowded conditions that have posed a problem to the administration for several years. It will also include a surgical department, an accident department, a centralized admitting suite of offices and a new kitchen. City Manager Ed- ward T. Lewis designated Carroll and Paul Coletti as the architects.
The deficit, which is covered by tax revenue, was $366,420.05 in 1956 as against $343,502.41 in 1955.
The total admissions, total days' treatments, operations and laboratory examination fell off; but acci- dents and X-ray examinations and treatments were up in 1956.
The greatest increase was in the crowded and limited area of the accident room where 11,791 patients, an increase of 980, were treated. The addition of clerical assistance from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. daily helped in expediting the handling of patients and their relatives through this department.
The faculty of the School of Nursing, with the assistance of the Doctors' Wives Club and the Nor- folk South Medical Society Women's Auxiliary, did an excellent job in recruiting prospective student nurses. For two successive years the school enrolled 40 new students. The City Council also stimulated the recruiting of student nurses by appropriating funds of $15, $20 and $25 monthly stipends respect- tively to first, second and third year student nurses.
The Hospital received continued approval for the intern training program from the American Medi- cal Association; and, for the first time, was approved for a one-year residency training program in medi- cine. Continued approval was also received for the schools for training medical technicians, X-ray technicians and nurse-anesthetists. On July 1 the first Fellowship in Denistry was established by the appointment of Dr. Segundina Soriano.
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During the year, with the assistance of a part-time director of volunteers, 20,972 hours of free serv- ice were given to the hospital in the following categories: regular adult volunteers, 5,359; Cherry Cart, 3,482; Junior Welfare League, 81; Junior volunteers, 8,562; Red Cross production volunteers, 3,478.
In September, 41 students entered the School of Nursing, while 21 were graduated. Of the 21 grad- uates, 17 chose to remain at the hospital.
Since July 1, the hospital has had the services of a full time assistant roentgenologist. Late in the year it was announced that, through the generosity of Albert M. Grass, president of the Grass Instru- ment Company in Quincy, an electroencephalograph machine will be placed at the disposal of the hos- pital shortly after the first of the year.
In September a special care unit was opened in Rice One, following alterations and the installation of proper equipment. The consequent concentration of nursing care for the more seriously ill has relieved the nursing shortage somewhat; has made available special nurses for other seriously ill patients in private rooms.
During the early part of the year the hospital laundry was closed and laundry was let out on con- tract. The new arrangement expedited laundry service at a reduction in cost. The new entrance lead- ing directly into the post-mortem room was completed at a cost of $12,000.
SUMMARY December, 1956
Available Funds
Expended
Encumbered
Balance
Personal Services
$ 1,604,799.00
$1,595,030.53
$
-
$ 9,768.47
Pensions
6,111.00
6,110.92
.08
Other Expenses
601,886.11
564,472.85
29,888.01
7,525.25
Capital Outlay
49,990.00
30,068.10
7,234.25
12,687.65
Total:
$2,262,786.11
$2,195,682.40
$37,122.26
$29,981.45
January 1 - December 31 1955
1956
Cash Receipts
Other Income
$1,722,821.81 26,486.63
$1,796,606.77 32,655.58
Total Receipts
$1,749,308.44
$1,829,262.35
Charges to Accounts Receivable
1,960,933.21
2,110,250.49
Payroll
1,569,901.34
1,595,030.53
Other Expenses and Pensions
497,210.13
570,583.77
Capital
25,699.38
30,068.10
Total Expenditures
2,092,810.85
2,195,682.40
Total Receipts
1,749,308.44
1,829,262.35
Deficit-Excess of Expenditures over Receipts
$ 343,502.41
$ 366,420.05
PATIENT STATISTICS
Admissions:
Year
Year
Room Patients
1,300
1,359
Semi-Private Patients
1,037
Ward Patients
9,472
8,252
Service Patients
1,115
1,043
Total Patients
11,887
11,691
Out-Patient Clinic
2,793
2,835
Private Out-Patients
4,260
4,617
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1955
1956
Total Out-Patients
7,053
7,452
Accidents
10,811
11,791
Ambulance Calls
1,810
1,822
Physical Therapy Treatments
2,407
2,850
Prenatal Visits
550
480
Newborn
1,908
1,904
Operations
6,014
5,710
Laboratory Examinations
107,484
102,265
X-ray Exams and Treatments
16,282
20,912
Daily Average, Patients
228.8
226.6
Daily Average, excluding Newborn
197.7
196.9
Daily Average, Newborn
28.4
29.6
Total Days' Treatments
83,530
82,952
Days' Treatments, excluding Newborn
72,167
72,094
Deaths
325
357
Autopsies
156
161
Autopsy Percentage
48%
45%
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Quincy Housing Authority administers the operation of three housing projects, providing living accommodations for 616 families, with approximately 2000 children and an estimated total income of $3,850,000.
Westacres, in West Quincy, built by the City of Quincy with bond proceeds in 1948 at a cost of $399,864.15, consists of nine frame buildings of four living units each.
On March 1, 1956, rents were increased from $50 to $55; tenants furnishing their own heat and utilities.
The State Housing Board, on the request of the Quincy Housing Authority and the City Council, authorized postponement of the sale of Westacres, required by state law, to Dec. 31, 1956. The Authority asked for further postponement of the sale, and prepared a budget covering the entire year of 1957. However, the State Housing Board approved the budget for only the first three months of 1957.
The Authority, using its own personnel, painted the outside of the nine houses during the year at a total cost of $5,720.93, after rejecting a bid from a commercial concern for $9,000 for the work.
In November the Commonwealth took part of the parking area for the Southeast Expressway at an agreed price of $6,500.
Since the project was completed it has paid the city $114,500.49, including the 1956 payment of $11,432.31, as surplus from operations.
Snug Harbor, the state-aided development in Germantown, consists of 100 frame buildings of four units each. The project has remained 100 percent occupied since its completion in 1950 under Chapter 200.
In his annual report for 1956 J. Girard White, executive director, wrote:
"Although Chapter 200 of the Housing Authority Law was written primarily to pro- vide decent, safe and sanitary housing for families of low income, the time will soon be upon us when the law will have to be amended to provide for housing families of so-called "middle income". This is brought about chiefly by the great advances in wages throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (as well as other sections of the country), and also by the fact that the children of the families for whom the law was written are rapidly reaching the earning power age. Many of these families, although having reached the "middle in- come" bracket, are yet unable to obtain decent housing through rentals, first because they have children and secondly, rents are still far out of proportion to earnings. Insofar as pur- chasing homes is concerned, the income of these same families is not sufficient to enable them to comfortably (economically speaking) purchase at the prevailing cost of decent real estate.
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"Eligibility for admission to Snug Harbor is based primarily on income and need for housing. The maximum income limit for admission for a family consisting of one minor child is $3,650 per year with a continued occupancy limit of $4,100 per year. 18% of net income is the basis for determining rent. The maximum income limit for admission for a family consisting of two children is $3,775 per year with a continued occupancy limit of $4,200 per year. 16% of income is the basis for determining rent. A large family, consist- ing of three or more minor children, pays 14% of net income for rent. The maximum in- come limit for admission is $3,950 with continued occupancy limits set at $4,300 per year. An additional deduction of $100 for each minor child in excess of three is made in deter- mining rent and net income. Tenants purchase their own fuel, gas and electricity."
Because of the increasing average earnings the State Housing Board in 1956 approved increases of $200, $175 and $100 in the continued occupancy limits. The average rent is $44.68.
During the year the Authority instituted a system of fines (50 cents for the first offense and $3 for subsequent offenses) for late rent payments. The system reduced the number of late payments by ap- proximately 90 percent.
In October the Authority forwarded the City $14,400 in lieu of taxes on Snug Harbor.
During the year 30 percent of the tenants vacated Snug Harbor, most of them purchasing homes in surrounding towns. The project of painting the houses began, in 1955, was completed in November, 1956.
Riverview, also in Germantown, a federally-aided low rent development, has remained 100 percent occupied since completion in 1952. The project includes 45 frame buildings of four units each.
Rents are determined in accordance with income and size of family (approximately 21% of net in- come). Although preference is given to veteran families, Riverview is not essentially a veterans' develop- ment. As of the date of this report, there are seventy veterans, two servicemen and one hundred eight non-veteran families occupying the development.
The admission income limit for a two person family is $2,500 with a continued occupancy limit of $3,125; three to four person families have an admission income limit of $2,700 with continued occupancy set at $3,375; five and more person families have an income limit of $3,000 with continued occupancy limits set at $3,750. An exemption of $100 is allowed for each minor child in determining eligibility. Be- cause of the continued high average weekly wage of workers in this area, the Public Housing Adminis- tration has been requested to increase limits by $700 for admission and $875 for continued occupancy.
The annual redetermination of rents and incomes, made effective January 1, 1957 reflected sixty-nine increases in rents and nine decreased rents, with twenty-five families determined to be ineligible because of excessive income.
Rents in Riverview average $48.39, with the Authority furnishing refrigeration and all utilities. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, Riverview turned over $6,425.82 to the City of Quincy in lieu of taxes.
In addition to operating the three housing projects, the Authority now has in the planning stage a 45-unit Housing for the Elderly project at Germantown, to be erected under Chapter 667. In August, 1956, the State Housing Board approved the Authority's Part II application for $379,000. By the end of the year 100 applications had been received from prospective tenants.
Quincy Results of Presidential Election Nov. 6, 1956
PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT: * Eisenhower and Nixon, R, ** 27,241; Hass and Cozzini, S, 65; Holtwick and Cooper, P, 11, Stevenson and Kefauver, D, 15,398.
GOVERNOR: * Foster Furcolo, D, 21,322; Sumner G. Whittier, R, 21,365; H. A. Blomen, S, 70; M. R. Shaw, P, 33.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Charles Gibbons, R, 21, 359; * Robert F. Murphy, D, 20,488; H. E. Basset, P, 132; F. A. Votano, S, 203.
SECRETARY OF STATE: * Edward J. Cronin, D, 20,863; Richard I. Furbush, R, 20,667; E. F. Dodge, P, 162; Lawrence Gilfedder, S, 159.
TREASURER: * John F. Kennedy, D, 20,563; Robert H. Beaudreau, R, 21,036; Isaac Goddard, P, 150; W. N. Hogseth, S, 133.
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AUDITOR: * Thomas J. Buckley, D, 22,279; Joseph A. Nobile, R, 19,329; J. B. Lauder, P, 115; Anthony Martin S, 160.
ATTORNEY GENERAL: * George Fingold, R, 21,821; Edward J. McCormack, D, 20,291; F. M. Ingersoll, S, 116; H. B. Rand, P. 66.
CONGRESSMAN, 13 District: * Richard B. Wigglesworth, R, 23,354; Richard E. McCormack, D, 19,047. COUNCILLOR, 2nd District: * Charles J. Gabriel, R, 20,511; Joseph F. X. Doherty, D, 21,202.
SENATOR, 1st Norfolk District: * Charles W. Hedges, R, 23,710; Dace J. Moore, D, 18,356.
REPRESENTATIVE, First Norfolk: * Clifton H. Baker, R, 13,810; * Amelio Della Chiesa, R, 17,323;
*Carter Lee, R, 13,088; Thomas R. Burke, D, 12,652; Thomas J. Gilmartin, D, 9,754; Anthony F. Palmer, D, 10,797.
REPRESENTATIVE, Second Norfolk: * William W. Jenness, R, 5,986; Anthony F. Mclaughlin, D, 3,704.
REPRESENTATIVE, Third Norfolk: * William A. Connell, D, 3,092; * Herbert B. Hollis, R, 1,683; *George H. Thompson, R, 1,432; Warren P. Burrell, R, 1,200; Everett E. Callahan, D, 2,353; Gor- don J. O'Brien, D, 2,360.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER: * Russell T. Bates, R, 24,282; * Clayton W. Nash, R, 19,358; John J. Mc- Kenna, D, 19,669; Howard H. Murphy, D, 13,764.
SHERIFF: * Samuel H. Wragg, R. 20,965; Peter M. McCormack, D, 20,286.
LIQUOR LICENSE QUESTIONS: All Alcoholic - Yes, 27,135; No, 10,058; Wines and Beer - Yes, 25,935; No, 9,055; Package Stores - Yes, 28,175; No, 7,405.
ACT LIMITING SALARIES OF QUINCY MAYOR TO $10.000 and councillors to $1,500: Yes, 25,- 342; No, 8,709.
*Elected.
** R. Republican: D. Democrat: P. Prohibition: S. Socialist Labor.
Total Quincy vote, 43,337; or 90 percent of total enrolled vote.
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
The year 1956 saw many changes in the Personnel Department. Miss Gertrude McGill, who had been the Personnel Director of the City of Quincy since the position was set up, resigned from her duties on March 9, 1956, to accept employment in the personnel field in the National Branch Office of the Girl Scouts of America. Donald Blatt, City Manager, appointed Gerard B. Mullin, Statistician in the Health Department, to replace Miss McGill. However, on May 4, 1956, Mr. Mullin resigned to accept the position of Health Director's Assistant for the City of Hartford, Conn.
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