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[Document 16 — 1955.]
ANNUAL REPORT
PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954.
Boston, December 31, 1954.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with section 15 of chapter 185, Acts of
1875, the Parks and Recreation Commission herewith
submits its annual report for the year 1954.
Respectfully submitted,
Frank R. Kelley,
Chairman, Board of Parks
and Recreation Commissioners.
Thomas J. Carty,
Daniel G. O'Connor,
O. Philip Snowden,
Theodore C. Haffenreffer,
Associate Commissioners.
City Document No. 16.
Expenditures for Maintenance, January i to December 31, 1954.
Parks, Gardens — Squares.
Aquarium .
Aquarium, grounds
Arborway .
Arnold Arboretum
Back Bay District
Back Bay, yard
Belmont Square
Blackstone Square
Boston Common, Bandstand
Boston Common, Convenience Stations
Boston Common, Deer Park, Tool House
Boston Common Festival
Boston Common, Frog Pond
Boston Common, grounds
Boston Common, Information Booth
Boston Common, Log Cabin
Boston Common, Playland
Brighton District
Castle Island
Central Square .
Charlestown District
Chestnut Hill Park .
Christmas trees and decorations
City Square
Columbus Park .
Columbus Park Stadium
Commonwealth Avenue, main
Concord Square
Copley Square .
Daisy Field
Dorchester Heights
Dorchester Park
Douglas Court Play Area
East Boston District
East Boston Stadium
Eaton Square
Edison Green
Egleston Firehouse
Fens .
Fens Rose Garden
Fens Stadium
Frankhn Park, Administration Buildings, shops
etc
Franklin Park, blacksmith shop
Franklin Park, carpenter shop
Franklin Park, garage
$33,894 22
2,042 50
6,300 59
3,222 30
22,092 24
44,918 12
116 00
3,648 80
2,085 53
15,378 28
2,536 96
4,395 12
37,587 61
3,411 00
283 57
898 78
23,274 72
5,619 00
2,959 08
9,501 92
294 00
5,953 59
1,709 47
24,248 04
4,988 77
14,828
125
348
98
2,912 10
8,240 18
342 25
7,598 58
16,040 82
394 25
167 00
3 96
23,035 29
11,484 29
14,113 62
21 10
5,195 99
24,290 96
63,662 36
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Parks and Recreation Department.
Franklin Park, golf course
Franklin Park, greenhouse
Franklin Park, grounds .
Franklin Park, harness shop .
Franklin Park, lawn mower shop
Franklin Park, paint shop
Franklin Park, plumber shop .
Franklin Park, Refectory Building
Franklin Park, repair shops
Franklin Park, Rose Garden .
Franklin Park, storehouse
Franklin Park, yard .
Franklin Square
George Wright Golf Course
George White Stadium
Hayes Square ....
Herbert J. Wolf Square .
Highland Park ....
Hill and Cook Street Play Area
Horatio Harris Park
Irving W. Adams Park
Jamaica Pond Boat Landing .
Jamaicaway
John Harvard Mall
Kelley's Circle .
Lincoln Square .
Madison Park .
Mary Cummings Estate .
Massachusetts Avenue
McLean Park
Michael J. Brophy Park .
Murray Park
Myrtle Street .
Myrtle Street Boat Landing
North End District .
Olmstead Park .
Orchard Park
Park Drive, Administration Building
Parks, General .
Paul Revere Mall
Plympton Street Pool
Preble Street Traffic Circle
Prescott Square
Public Garden .
Putnam Square .
Recreation Division .
Riverway ....
Ross Estate
South Boston District
Strandway ....
Thomas Park
$24,843 28
75,122 43
24,161
31
648
36
14,429
15
16,386
60
5,087
90
5,387 22
69,954
79
12,747
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39,773
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42,581
36
2,011
90
65,450 87
353
45
97
37
1,008
36
291
75
94 30
1,041
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2,900 52
489
18
15,225 05
572 60
63
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66
95
2,998 80
232 83
60 66
1,056
50
1,145
75
230 30
730 33
15
34
10,315
67
43
95
847
80
2,592 31
36,424 79
2
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580 70
280 89
203
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54,706
57
203
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304,732 63
2,917
80
2,265
65
8,647
52
159
41
793
88
City Document No. 16.
Walnut Park
Washington Park
Webster Square
West End District
Winthrop Square
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
Zoological Garden,
animal range
antelope house
bear dens .
bird house
camel house
elephant house
elk range .
general
lion house
SI, 040 94
1,575 00
75
5,771 41
2.022 85
10,489 75
9.023 51
8,188 93
42,377 31
11 02
18,642 92
19,685 05
66,879 42
8,766 17
Total . .$1,501,716 75
Playgrounds.
Almont Street Playground
American Legion Playground .
Billings Field Playground
Brookside Avenue Playground
Cassidy Playground ....
Ceylon Street Playground
Cherry Street Playground
Christopher J. Gibson Playground
Christopher J. Lee Playground
Fallon Field Playground .
Foster Street Playground
Francis Parkman Playground
Franklin Field Playground
Frederick D. Emmons Playground
General Playground ....
George H. Walker Playground
Green and Lamartine Streets Playground
James L. Cronin Playground .
James F. Healy Playground .
James and Margaret Tobin Playground
Jefferson Playground
John J. Connolly Playground
John A. Doherty Playground .
John J. Doherty Playground .
John F. Holland Playground .
John W. Murphy Playground
John H. L. Noyes Playground
John J. Ryan Playground
John Winthrop Playground
Kiley Street Playground .
King Street Playground .
L. Gertrude Howes Playground
$10,763 30
5,668 83
9,832 07
3,261 30
6,065 03
3,424 35
714 00
12,569 34
5,500 74
9,826 69
193 60
3,498 87
32,282 10
3,742 70
50,752 88
6,954
978
4,439
7,567
1,937 39
8,531 66
7,457 36
312 72
6,360 55
4,068 24
7,258 80
8,040 46
155 36
3,007 15
1,583 23
479 11
3,522 29
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Parks and Recreation Department.
Lester J. Rotch Playground .
London Street Playground
Mary Draper Playground
Mary Hannon Playground
Mary E. Hemenway Playground
McConnell Park Playground .
McKinney Playground
McLaughlin Playground . *
Mission Hill Playground .
Paris Street Playground .
Parker Hill Playground .
Portsmouth Street Playground
Readville Playground
Rev. Father Buckley Playground
Rogers Park Playground .
Ronan Park Playground .
Smith's Pond Playground
Stanley A. Ringer Playground
Thomas J. Roberts Playground
Troy Street Playground .
Tyler Street Playground .
Wallingford Road Playground
Wesley G. Ross Playground ,
West Canton and Carlton Streets Playground
William Amerena Playground
William J. Barry Playground .
William E. Carter Playground
William Eustis Playground
William E. Garvey Playground
William F. Smith Playground
William Gary Walsh Playground
17
33
28
36
60
32
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$7,385 70
2,999 00
6,409 06
1,560 90
9,386 02
6,188 52
7,310 92
292 00
10,295
2,258
3,710
7,399
2,677
639
7,940
9,556 54
9,394 56
6,144 28
7,152 44
1,185 33
714 00
294 60
6,209 12
92 37
3,047 40
9,982 92
7,019 99
11,394 52
7,368 29
8,664 38
7,159 96
Total $402,583 13
Gymnasia.
Brighton Gymnasium $8,653 50
Cabot Street Gymnasium 50,336 43
Charlestown Building Gymnasium . . . 1,596 00
Columbia Road Gymnasium 14,703 46
Curtis Hall Gymnasium 27,781 94
Hyde Park Gymnasium 14,515 50
John J. Doherty Pool 739 50
John J. WiUiams Gymnasium .... 24,455 50
Lexington Street Gymnasium . , , . 9,691 30
Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Building . . . 18,225 45
North Bennet Street Gymnashim . . . . 45,615 68
Paris Street Gymnasium 58,406 05
Roslindale Gymnasium 11,223 60
Tyler Street Gymnasium 11,613 95
Vine Street Gymnasium 24,950 70
Total $322,508 56
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Baths and Beaches.
Baths, General
Broadway Municipal Building
Charlestown Pool
Dover Street Bath House and Laundry
L Street Bath House and Beach
North End Park Beach, Bath and Pool
Repair Room, Sewing Room, and Stock Room
Sl,730 70
31,547 37
46,946 76
159,849 08
134,952 67
43,964 64
31,415 75
Total $450,406 97
General Expenses.
Central Office — Administration .
Fuel
Street Trees
Automobiles, Tractors, Wagons, etc.
Miscellaneous
Total
$155,569 59
38,066 99
71,358 73
80,282 67
5,847 25
$351,125 23
Recapitulation.
Parks and Gardens
Playgrounds
Gymnasia .
Baths and Beaches
General Expenses
■,501,716 75
402,583 13
322,508 56
450,406 97
351,125 23
Total $3,028,340 64
CASH RECEIPTS.
For Twelve Months Ending December 31, 1954.
Park Division
Franklin Park Golf Course
George Wright Golf Course
Permits for signs, openings, etc.
Refunds on labor and equipment
Commission on public telephones in Park
Department Buildings ....
Settlement of claims for damages
Towels, soap in playground houses .
Unclaimed deposits on locker keys and towels
at Franklin Park Golf Course
Rentals from property and concessions
Boston Common Tree Fund, income
Mary P. C. Cummings Trust Fund, income
Randidge Trust Fund, income .
Babcock Music Fund, income .
Foss Flag Fund, income ....
Foss 17th of June Fund, income
520,430 00
35,139 00
127 50
814 19
441 81
484 50
1,639 71
38 00
10,318 50
125 80
6,090 56
1,768 77
97 21
85 00
85 00
Bath Division.
Towels, soap, etc., income $25,580 68
$77,685 55
25,580 68
$103,266 23
Parks and Recreation Department.
Above receipts were credited as follows:
General Revenue ....
Trust Funds, income
,013 89
,252 34
$103,266 23
Expenditures of Loans, Revenue, Special Appropriations and Trust
Funds, January I, 1954, to December 31, 1954.
and
Recreation.
Baker, Gardner Streets, West Roxbury
Common and Parks in Existence on Januarj^ 12, 1887,
Maintenance and Improvements of . . .
Eradication of Dutch Elm Disease ....
Gallivan Boulevard, Washington Street, Dorchester,
Gary Walsh Playground, Restoration of
Establishment of Parks and Playgrounds
Marj^ P. C. Cummings Trust Fund, income .
Park and Playground Improvements, etc., revenue
Randidge Trust Fund, income
Reconstruction and Repair of Parkways and Roadways
Rehabilitation of the Franklin Park Zoo .
Trees Afflicted with Dutch Elm Disease, Removal of
Hurricane Emergency
Total
$100 00
175,441 74
44,920 80
43,736 20
4,933 40
71,095 30
5,589 09
103,975 80
34,129 60
26,506 73
175,847 62
,276 28
Franklin Park Golf Course.
1954.
Opening Date, April 3. Closing Date, December 6.
Registered Attendance, 34,005
Annual Permits, 5 at $30
Annual Permits, 632 at $15 .
Daily Permits, 244 at $1.50 .
Daily Permits, 9,631 at $1.00
Twilight Permits, 1,606 at $0.50
$150 00
9.480 00
366 00
9,631 00
803 00
Total $20,430 00
George Wright Golf Course.
1954.
Opening Date, April 3. Closing Date, December 6.
Registered Attendance, 45,851.
Annual Permits, 58 at $40
Annual Permits, 459 at $30 .
Daily Peimits, 4,885 at $2.00
Daily Permits, 7,892 at $1.00
Daily Permits, 50 at $0.50
Lockers, 454 at $3.00
$2,320 00
13,770 00
9,770 00
7,892 00
25 00
1,362 00
Total
$5,139 00
City Document No. 16.
Attendance Records — 1954.
Playgrounds, Shower Baths, Beaches and
Swimming Pools, Gymnasiums.
Playgrounds, Summer Attendance . . . 6,950,000
Playgrounds, Winter Attendance (Skating) . 353,000
Shower Baths 2,100,000
Beaches and Swimming Pools .... 1,050,000
Gymnasium, Class and Individual Attendance . 243,465
Total
10,696,465
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
STATISTICS TO DECEMBER 31, 1954.
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PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT —
CEMETERY DIVISION.
The following annual report is presented for the
Cemetery Division from January 1, 1954, to December
31, 1954.
Department Cemeteries.
The burying grounds, cemeteries and tombs which
are owned by and in charge of the City of Boston are as
follows, with a total area of about 7,040,708 square feet:
Square Estab-
Feet. lished.
Bennington Street, East Boston .... 157,500 1838
Bunker Hill, Charlestown 48,202 1807
Phipps Street, Charlestown 76,740 1630
Copp's Hill, Hull street. City .... 89,015 1659
Kings Chapel, Tremont street. City . . . 19,344 1630
Granary, Tremont street. City .... 82,063 1660
Central, Common, City 60,693 1756
South End South, Washington street. City . 64,670 1810
Hawes, Emerson street, South Boston . . 11,232 1816
Union, East Fifth street. South Boston . . 5,470 1841
North, Uphams Corner, Dorchester . . . 142,587 1633
Eliot, Eustis street, Roxbury .... 34,830 1630
South, Dorchester avenue, Dorchester . . 95,462 1814
Westerly, Centre street. West Roxbury . . 39,450 1683
Walter Street, West Roxhury .... 35,100 1711
Evergreen, Commonwealth avenue, Brighton . 604,520 1848
Market Street, Brighton 18,072 1764
Mount Hope, Walk Hill street, 125 acres and 14,330
square feet 1851
Fairview, Fairview avenue, Hyde Park, about 50 acres, 1892
City Tombs.
Twenty-jfive in the South Ground; six in Phipps Street
Ground, Charlestown; one tomb for infants in South Ground;
one tomb for infants and one for adults in Copp's Hill Ground;
one for adults and one for infants in the Granary Ground;
one for infants in Kings Chapel Ground; one for infants in the
Central Ground; two receiving tombs in East Boston; one re-
ceiving tomb in Dorchester North; one receiving tomb in
Dorchester South; one receiving tomb in Evergreen Cemetery,
Brighton; one receiving tomb in Mount Hope Cemetery, and
one receiving tomb in Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park.
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City Document No. 16.
Cemetery Division Receipts, January 1 to December 31, 1954.
Cemeteries.
General
Receipts.
Perpetual
Care
Receipts.
Interest on
Perpetual
Care.
Mount Hope
Fairview
Evergreen
Dorchester North.
Dorchester South.
Westerly
Central
Phipps Street ....
Bunker Hill
Granary
Copp's Hill
Kings Chapel ....
592,971 38
19,052 20
16,661 70
100 00
118 65
521,820 00
8,840 00
9,860 00
$19,314 02
5,288 33
6,882 56
401 70
136 92
176 16
62 50
6 44
1 05
62 50
62 50
62 50
Totals.
$128,903 93
$40,520 00
2,457 18
Total, General Fund, December 31, 1953.
Interest, General Fund, 1954
Revenue (General Receipts), 1954.
Discounts on Securities Purchased.
Payments from Fund during 1954:
Premiums and Accrued Interest. . .
Refunds
,862,732 46
112,908 13
128,903 93
803 72
$493 90
370 00
1,105,420 24
863 90
Total, General Fund, December 31, 1954 $4,104,556 34
Total, Perpetual Care Funds, December 31, 1954 1,096,978 05
Total Cemetery Funds.
,201,534 39
Parks and Recreation Department.
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Summary Statement of Cemetery Activities, January 1 to
December 31, 1954.
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Mount Hope
1,414
263
176
2
3
197
21
30
463
63
64
8,704
1,051
1,080
2
2,093
1,344
2,705
312
84
89
23
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Fair view
1
1
1
4
Dorchester North. . . .
Dorchester South ....
1
Phipp.s Street
1
1
1
Bunker Hill
Westerly
Totals
1,858
248
590
10,840
6,142
2
486
24
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Cemetery Division Expenditures for Maintenance,
December 31, 1954.
Office .
Mount Hope
Fair view
Evergreen .
Dorchester North
Dorchester South
Bennington Street
Hawes & Emerson
Westerly
Central
Eliot .
South End South
Copp's Hill
Granary
Kings Chapel
Bunker Hill
Phipps Street
Market Street
Park .
ear End
ng
$15,757
04
159,774
23
42,287
13
32,074
08
3,618
10
3,475
15
3,159
69
166
90
330
80
287
90
1,255
95
1,092 30
3,295
25
3,676
51
3,647
80
1,647
85
1,931
10
97
80
3,067
62
$280,643 20
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