USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Quincy > Town annual report of Quincy 1881 > Part 7
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
Votes.
Noah Cummings, 321
Scattering, B2. 3
---
Managers of Adams Acude- my for 3 years.
Josiah P. Quincy, 1066
Edward Norton, 688
Thaddeus A. Snively, 648
Asa Wellington, 259
Scattering,
2
Trustees of Public Library for 3 years.
H. A. Keith, 1328
Henry Barker, 735
George Cahill, 555
Scattering,
10
Moragers of Mount Wollas- ton Cemetery for 2 years.
Joseph H. Vogel, 790
George L. Baxter, 710
Joseph A. Bass,
592
Patrick F. Lacy, 538
Scattering,
3
Commissioner of Sinking Fund for 3 years.
Abner B. Packard, 1083 Joseph W. Robertson, 254 Scattering, 2
Constables. Votes.
John L. Maxim, 1115 Washington M. French, 856 J. Warren Hayden, 833 James E. Maxim, 756
N. B. Furnald, 751
Leone C. Badger, 741
Michael Walsh,
737
William C. Seelye, 735
E. H. Richardson, 694
Edward A. Spear, 686
George H. Locke, 665
George B. Pray, 646
William Parker, 646
Alonzo Glines,
646
Samuel T. Allen, 635
Charles N. Hunt, 629
Joseph W. Lombard,
619
Patrick Garrity, 2d, 617
Stephen N. Swain, 557
Joseph T. French, 555
William B. Barry,
532
George O. Langley, 524
James Haverhan,
522
Frederick H. French, 444 Michael J. Carey, 437 Lawrence Ballou, 318
Henry A. C. Adams, 280
William A. Wilson,
252
Hugh Shevelin,
220
142
The following Town Officers were elected by a yea and nay vote :-
Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways. - William N. Eaton. William A. Hodges and Charles H. Porter.
Fence Viewers. - Charles S. French, George Veazie and . Ebenezer Adams.
Pound Keeper. - William A. Hodges.
Field Drivers. - Wm. Faxon, Thomas Williams, George Jones, John H. Lyons, W. H. H. Rideout, Walter H. Ripley.
Committee to whom the remaining Articles of the Warrant are referred. - John Quincy Adams. John Chamberlin, Wm. N. Eaton. William A. Hodges, Charles H. Porter, Ed- win W. Marsh, T. H. McDonnell, John H. Dee, Quincy Tirrell. John W. Hall, C. F. Adams, Jr., Seth Dewing, Jonas Shackley, Joseph W. Robertson, E. A. Perkins, Chase Parker. H. T. Whitman, G. W. B. Taylor, H. M. Federhen, Preston P. Kittredge.
In accordance with the vote passed at the opening of the meeting, the same adjourned to Monday, March 22, 1880, at one o'clock P. M.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Toun Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the town of Quincy, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Quincy, qualified to vote in town affairs, to
143
meet at the TOWN HALL in said Quincy, on MONDAY, the Twenty-second day of March instant, at 12.50 o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles ; viz., -
ART. 1. - To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. - To see if the town will authorize the purchase of the Totman farm and adjoining land of Hon. C. F. Adams, as recom- mended by the Committee on the New Almshouse for a site for an almshouse, or buy such other suitable parcel of land as the town may deem proper for that purpose, and appropriate money there- for.
ART. 3. - To see if the town will authorize the extension of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery eastwards so as to embrace the tract of land now used by the town for a poor-farm, as recommended by the Committee on a New Almshouse.
ART. 4. - To see if the town will alter the first and third By- laws of the town so that the financial year shall close on the last day of December and begin on the first day of January in each year.
ART. 5. - To see if the town will repeal, annul or amend the fourteenth By-law of the town which is as follows : A discount of four per cent shall be allowed on all taxes collected and paid on or before the fifteenth of September in each year.
ART. 6. - To see if the town will accept and adopt the pro- visions of the Betterment law.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, on or before the day and time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Quincy, this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty.
WILLIAM A. HODGES, WILLIAM H. EATON, CHARLES N. PORTER,
Selectmen of Quincy.
144
OFFICER'S RETURN.
NORFOLK, SS.
March 9. 1880.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Quincy herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned. by posting up attested copies of this warrant at ten or more public places in said town. ten days before the time set for said meeting ; and I have likewise caused the substance of said warrant to be published in the " Quincy Patriot." a public newspaper printed in said-town.
WASHINGTON M. FRENCH. Constable of Quincy. A true copy.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Toun Clerk.
RECORD OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
A meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Quincy was held pursuant to the foregoing warrant. March 22. 1880. at 12 o'clock and 50 minutes P.M.
Chose John Quincy Adams for Moderator.
Voted. To adjourn until immediately after the adjourn- ment of the Annual Town Meeting.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
RECORD OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 22, 1880.
The Annual Town Meeting was held this day, at one o'clock P.M., by adjournment from March 1. 1880.
Voted, That no motion to reconsider any vote shall be in
145
order unless the mover thereof shall give notice of his inten- tion so to do before the town has passed from the considera- tion of the article under which the question was taken.
Voted, That a committee of four for the floor of the house, and two for the gallery, be appointed by the Moderator to count and report the number of votes upon all matters when, by reason of doubt, the Moderator may find it necessary to order a count ; and Messrs. Ensign S. Fellows, Herbert M. Federhen, Benjamin F. Curtis, Edwin W. Marsh, Jason G. Witham and Jonas Shackley were appointed.
Voted, That the Moderator appoint three persons to act as Auditors for the ensuing year ; and John Chamberlin, William Lyman Faxon and H. A. Keith were so appointed.
The following articles of the warrant which were acted upon in their due order, were by vote indefinitely postponed : Art. 10. Concerning purchase of a new Hook and Ladder
Truck.
ce
12.
Extension of Water-pipes.
ce
14.
ce
Reservoir on Billings street.
ee
16.
Pay of L. W. Lovell, Engine Co., for 1877.
ee
22.
ce
Distribution of an Educational Address of C. F. Adams, Jr.
ce
25.
Re
27.
Laying out Arnold street as a town way. Laying out Belmont street and Lincoln avenue as a town way.
ce
28.
Sidewalks on Billings street.
ee
29. ce
Sidewalks on Brook street.
30.
Drain down Faxon avenue.
32.
Squantum causeway as a town way.
"e 35.
Repairing highways by contract.
38.
Appointment of Police by the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept the reports of the Auditors, Selectmen
146
and School Committee ; and that the same be placed on file, and the financial recommendations therein be considered under Article 39 of the warrant.
Voted, That the Collector of Taxes shall keep a cash-book, showing the dates and amounts of all payments by him to the Treasurer, and of all payments of taxes to him, with the names of parties making such payments.
Voted, That the Selectmen shall keep a cash-book, show- ing particulars of bills paid by them. They shall also keep one ledger, showing the amounts expended under the differ- ent accounts for which money is appropriated by the town, and one in which shall be opened accounts with all parties who owe the town.
Voted, That said books shall be kept in a permanent form.
Voted, That all receipts for payments to school-teachers, members of the fire department, persons laboring on high- ways and in cemeteries, and persons receiving State aid, shall be made out on printed forms, and the payments shall be receipted by the persons to whom the money is due.
Voted, That the Selectmen are authorized to employ cler- ical assistance to an amount not exceeding three hundred dollars in value.
Voted. That the highways be repaired under the direction of the Surveyors of Highways the ensuing year.
Voted. That the Overseers of the Poor shall direct the improvements of the town lands for the ensuing year.
Voted, To accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen after excusing B. F. Curtis and omitting H. P. Abbott.
Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen on guide- boards.
Voted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropri- ated for the purpose of keeping in repair or decorating the
147
graves within the limits of Quincy of soldiers or sailors who died in the military service of the United States, or the mon- uments or other memorials erected to their memory, the same to be expended under the direction of Post 88 of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Treasurer and Com- mander of the said Post shall furnish to the Selectmen a true and detailed account, duly itemized and certified by them, of the manner in which said sum was expended, within thirty days after Decoration Day.
Voted, That the Engineers, Members and Stewards of the Fire Department shall be allowed and paid the following sums for their services the past year ; viz., Chief Engineer, $25; Clerk, $25; 5 Assistant Engineers, $15 each, $75; 5 Stewards, $40 each, $200; Steward of the Hose Company, $100; Engineer of Steam Pump, $125; 215 Members of Engine Companies, $2150; total, $2700.
Voted, That the members of the Fire Department shall be paid only upon pay-rolls to be made up and certified ac- cording to the following form, which rolls shall be deposited with the Selectmen, and by them filed and preserved as vouchers for such payments, and as evidence of the faithful performance of the services paid for : -
[FORM. ]
QUINCY, May 1, 188 -.
Received of the town of Quincy the sums affixed to our respective names, for services rendered as members of the Fire Department of Quincy for the year ending April 30, 188 -.
NAMES.
AMOUNT. SIGNATURES.
We certify that the above-named persons have been members of the Co., No. - , from the first
148
Monday in May 18-, and that they have performed their duties as firemen through the year ending at date.
Foreman. Clerk. .
Quincy, April 30. 188 -.
Approved :
Chief Eng. Fire Dept. of Quincy.
Quincy. - 188 -.
Voted, That the town will purchase a chemical engine at an expense not to exceed one thousand dollars, under the direction of the Board of Engineers. The engine, when procured, shall be stationed at North Quincy, if a suitable house for it can be obtained, and shall be managed by a com- pany of not more than ten men.
Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the Board of Engineers shall purchase fifteen hundred (1500) feet of fire hose for the use of the Fire De- partment at an expense not to exceed sixteen hundred and fifty (1650) dollars ; and said sum is hereby appropriated therefor.
Votel. That the Board of Engineers shall construct a reservoir upon land of Benjamin F. Curtis, near the junction of Union and Main streets, at an expense not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five dollars, provided said Curtis will convey to the town the land necessary for the same without cost. in fee simple.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Voted. That the Selectmen are instructed to issue no licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage during the ensuing year.
149
Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that all special town meetings, where no sufficient reason to the contrary exists, shall be called by the Selectmen at 7.30 P.M.
Voted, That the Selectmen shall grant the free use of the Town Hall, whenever it shall be requested in writing by not less than two respectable citizens of the town, for a free lecture on any scientific, literary or moral topic, subject to such reasonable regulations as they may deem expedient.
Voted, That the Town Clerk shall prepare for publication the records in full of all the town meetings since January 1, 1873, and complete the same by entering in detail the number of votes cast at all elections for the several candi- dates for town officers, as declared at the time by the mod- erator, and printed in the "Quincy Patriot " and the same shall be printed under the supervision of the Town Clerk, and distributed as a town document to the voters of the . town ; and the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That hereafter the Town Clerk shall keep a record of the votes cast at all elections of town officers, as declared by the Moderator, and shall cause the complete record of each year to be printed annually as a part of the town book of the succeding year.
Voted, That William A. Hodges, John Quincy Adams and Edwin W. Marsh be a committee who shall take into con- sideration the matter of the purchase of Henry H. Faxon of about 3800 square feet of land adjoining the town-house lot, and examine the title to said strip of land, and recommend a suitable disposition of the same, and report to Mr. Faxon within ninety days what the tenor of their report will be at the next annual Town Meeting. Also to consider and report the expediency of enlarging the Town Hall.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to notify the
150
family of the late Thomas Crane, that the town of Quincy gratefully accepts their recent munificent proposal to erect an edifice in Quincy to his memory, to be used as a Public Library building ; and the Town Clerk is instructed to enter at large upon the town records the letter of Albert Crane, dated February 19, 1880, conveying such proposal in con- nection with this vote :
"26 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. Feb. 19, 1880. " To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Quincy, Mass. :
" Gentlemen, - The family of my father, the late Thomas Crane, of New York, are desirous of erecting some memorial to him. Though long a resident of New York. my father always retained a strong feeling for the town of Quincy, where his family originated and had resided for over a cen- tury, and where he himself passed the earlier portion of his life. After much deliberation, therefore, his family have thought that a memorial erected to him in Quincy would be both more appropriate than elsewhere, and most in consonance with the tender feelings and cordial interest he always man- ifested therefor in his lifetime, and which be constantly ex- pressed to us. Prior to his death in 1875, he had made annual visits to Quincy for many years, and his affection for his native place never in any degree lessened.
" His family, therefore, desire to make through you the fol- lowing proposition to the town of Quincy : They will erect an edifice to his memory, to be known as the Crane Memo- rial Hall or Library, to be held in trust forever by the town or by some corporation authorized by it, for the free use of the town as a Public Library building. On this memorial we will expend not less than twenty thousand dollars, - we to select the architect, who shall be one of standing and ability, the architectural design and the details of material and construction, - should the town, on its part, be willing
151
to dedicate a site therefor, satisfactory to us, in some con- venient and central locality. Of the few such sites that seem suitable, none has so favorably impressed us thus far as the plot of ground formerly owned by the late Dr. Eben- ezer Woodward, and now in possession of his nephew, we understand. This is urged simply in the way of suggestion.
" We shall be obliged if you will bring this matter to the notice of the citizens of Quincy in such a way as seems to you best, and at your earliest convenience, in order that, if this proposition be accepted, we may proceed at once to con- sider the necessary questions of detail and work of construc- tion at an early day.
" I remain yours very truly, ce ALBERT CRANE."
Voted, That said building, when completed and conveyed in trust to the town, shall be known as the " Crane Memorial Hall ;" the town library shall be deposited in it, and shall be thereafter called the "Thomas Crane Library."
Voted, That the Selectmen and the Trustees of the Public Library are hereby constituted a special committee to confer with the representatives of the Crane family, with full power on behalf of the town to arange all details respecting said Memorial and Library building, and to procure a suitable site for it, which shall. be satisfactory to them and to the Crane family, at an expense to the town of not more than ten thousand dollars.
Voted, That the Selectmen are instructed to apply forth- with to the General Court, now sitting, for an act incorpo- rating the Trustees of the Public Library with power to receive and hold for the designated purposes the proposed hall, the land under and around it, and any other property which may be hereafter given or bequeathed to the town for Public Library purposes.
152
Voted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be required, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of procuring a suitable site for the Crane Memorial Hall.
Voted, That the Overseers of the Poor are instructed to build a new almshouse, upon plans and specifications to be approved by them ; the same to be built under their over- sight and inspection, and at a cost in no event to exceed twelve thousand dollars, upon a site to be selected and obtained by a committee of seven, consisting of the Select- men, and four citizens to be appointed by the Moderator ; provided, however, and in order that the committee have time to determine deliberately and wisely upon the best pos- sible location therefor, the actual construction of the house shall be deferred until after the next annual Town Meeting. Messrs. William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton, Charles H. Porter, Edmund B. Taylor, Joseph W. Robertson, Henry H. Faxon and Jacob Hersey constitute said committee.
Voted, That this Annual Meeting now adjourn for the purpose of acting on the articles in the warrant for the special meeting.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
RECORD OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
The Special Town Meeting which was called at twelve o'clock and fifty minutes this day, March 22, 1880, and which was at that hour duly organized and adjourned, was now called to order by the Moderator thereof, John Quincy Adams, and the following votes passed : -
Voted, That the committee of seven to select a suitable site for the new almshouse which was constituted by vote under Article 24 of the Annual Town Warrant, is authorized
153
to purchase or otherwise obtain for the use of the town a suitable parcel of land for use as a site for a new almshouse, and to procure a proper deed, lease or other conveyance of the same to the town ; provided, however, and their author- ity is upon the express condition, that they can obtain a suit- able site at an expense on no account to exceed six thousand dollars.
Voted, That the sum of six thousand dollars, or so. much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the tract of town land, or so much as may be suitable for that purpose, lying southeasterly of Sea street and heretofore used and improved as a site for the almshouse and as the 'town farm, shall be included in the Mount Wollaston Cemetery whenever the almshouse shall be removed to another place.
Voted, That Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the warrant be indefi- nitely postponed.
Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
RECORD OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
The Annual Town Meeting, which had adjourned for the purpose of action on the business for which the foregoing special meeting was called, was now again called to order by the Moderator, John Quincy Adams ( March 22, 1880).
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen laying out a town way from Bridge street to a public way leading from Hancock to Adams street, is accepted ; and one hundred and fifty dollars are appropriated to construct and complete the same.
154
Voted, That the town will regrade Washington street, commencing nearly opposite South street to Thomas' Hall, and rebuild retaining-walls upon lands owned by John Feder- hen and J. L. Whiton, and appropriate the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars therefor, the money to be expend- ed under the direction of Surveyors of Highways.
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways are requested, if in their judgment such a sum of money may be judiciously laid out thereon at that time, to expend a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars upon the causeway from Squantum street to Beach avenue in Squantum : and the sum of three hundred dollars is appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways are instructed to repair Squantum causeway at an expense not exceeding one thousand dollars ; and the sum of one thousand dollars, or as much thereof as shall be needed, is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways are directed to continue the causeway on Sea street, between Quincy's woods and land of Babcock and others, and widen Sea street, and build a retaining-wall at the Bit, at an expense not ex- ceeding five hundred dollars ; and the sum of five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be needed, is hereby ap- propriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the provisions of the one hundred and fifty- eighth chapter of the acts of the year eighteen huudred and seventy-one, entitled " An act to provide for the election of road commissioners," are hereby accepted.
Voted, That the deeds heretofore executed and delivered by the Selectmen in behalf of the inhabitants of Quincy to the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company, to Edmund Pope and to the Weymouth Savings Bank, reconveying cer- tain parcels of land sold for non-payment of taxes, are here-
155
by ratified and confirmed ; and the Selectmen are authorized hereafter to execute deeds for the inhabitants in all like cases.
Voted, That the Overseers of the Poor are instructed to consider whether it is not possible to regulate and restrict the necessary expenditures for medicines, medical attend- ance, and especially for house rents for the poor of the town, so that these items may be reduced within reasonable bounds.
Voted, That the School Committee are directed not to divert any part of the sum voted for repairs to any other purpose.
Voted, That the Collector of Taxes be appointed by the Selectmen, and be paid a rate of compensation to be fixed by them.
Voted, To raise, and to assess on the polls and estates of the town, the sum of one hundred and seven thousand four hundred and twenty 34 dollars, to be appropriated as 100 follows : -
Pay of teachers, fuel, and care of school
buildings, . $26,100
Incidental expenses of schools, 2,000
Transportation of pupils,
600
Books and stationery for schools,
300
Repairs on school buildings,
2,000
Superintendent's salary,
2,000
Support of poor, .
8,500
Widening Granite street,
300
Repairs of town buildings,
500
Discount and abatement of taxes,
5,000
Interest on town debt,
5,000
Miscellaneous town expenses, .
2,000
Bridges,
1,200
Mount Wollaston cemetery,
1,000
156
Old cemetery,
$100
Repairs of highways,
8.500
Removal of snow and miscellaneous high-
way expenses, 2.000
Decoration of soldiers' graves, 200
Public Library,
2,200
Fire Department, 4.500
Police station and vagrant account, . 400
Street lights, .
2,500
Aid to indigent soldiers, .
400
Pleasant-street reservoir,
110
Net excess of expenditures over the appro- priations for 1879, 1,560 34
Pay of town officers,
3,600
Sinking fund,
3,000
New fire hose,
1,650
Reservoir at the junction of Union and Main
streets, 175
Land for " Crane Memorial Hall," for Pub- lie Library, 10,000
Land for new almshouse, 6,000
New street from Bridge street, 150
Regrading Washington street, at Quincy Point, 450
Repairing causeway from Squantum street to Beach avenue, . 300
Repairing Squantum causeway, 1,000
Repairing causeway on Sea street and build- ing a retaining wall, 500
Chemical engine for Atlantic, . 1,000
Printing records of town meetings, . 450
Health officer, 100
-
157
Committee on examination of title to land of H. H. Faxon, adjoining the town- house lot, .
75
$107,420 34
The appropriation for the pay of town officers allows $700 each for the Selectmen and Assessors, and the balance of the appropriation will cover all others.
The appropriation for street lights is based on an estimate for a new contract to be made with the Citizens' Gas Com- pany of this town, to commence June 1, 1880.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on Health and . Sewerage be referred to the Selectmen, who are requested to consider the recommendations thereof, and take such steps as may legally be in their power to make the same effective.
Voted, That the Selectmen are further instructed to cause an article to be inserted in the warrant for the next annual meeting, to see if the town will elect a board of health, or a health officer.
Voted, The thanks of the town are hereby presented to the members of the Committee on Health and Sewerage for the faithful and laborious manner in which they have per- formed their onerous and delicate duties.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.