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EEPOKTS OF PROCEEDINGS
CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON
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FOR THE YEAR
COMMENCING JANUARY 2, 1956, AND ENDING DECEMBER 26, 1956
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INDEX
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
FOR
THE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 2, 1956, AND ENDING DECEMBER 26, 1956
Abbarno, Rev. James
invocation : 368
Acts of 1955, Massachusetts Legislature
Chapter 760. life, accident, hospitalization, medical and surgical
insurance for city and county employees; acceptance by Council
vetoed by Mayor (referred December 29, 1955)
Acts of 1956, Massachusetts Legislature
Chapter 60: naming of Manassah E. Bradley Memorial Stadium, 179;
vetoed by Mayor, 199
Chapter 358: authorizing payment of annuity to parents of Thomas
Slattery, 179
Chapter 396: payment of pension to Edward P. Connolly, 184
Chapter 465: sec. 8. payments to city for Sumner Tunnel, 213, 219
Chapter 510: increased compensation of Police Commissioner, 220
Chapter 665: authority to limit building to specified districts according
to use or construction, 276
Adelmann, Rev. Frederick J., S.J.
invocation: S
Administrative Services Department
appointments:
John A. Breen, Director, 111
Duncan T. Foley, Supervisor of Personnel, 111
John V. Moran, Purchasing Agent, 111
John G. Pickett, Supervisor of Budgets, 183
answers to questionnaire submitted by Congressional House Com-
mittee on Governmental Relations, 15, 20, 51, 133
assignments of work area and work load of building inspectors, 299
Classification and Compensation P!an: grade of environmental
sanitation inspector (Food), 44
County Classification and Compensation Plan: change in com-
pensation grade: van drivers, 20, 51, 326; court officers, 61, 81, 326;
officer personnel at Jail and House of Correction, 81, 82; classifica-
tion of "Correction Officer and Shoemaking Instructor", 111, 116;
parole agents, 183, 326; substitution of words "Supervisor of Per-
sonnel" for "Budget Commissioner", 187, 198; shortening of time
for longevity increments to take effect, 187, 198; amendments affect-
ing officers and personnel, 286, 299; position of foreman mechanic
with compensation grade allocation of 19, 326, 364
designation of Joseph P. Lally as Acting Director of Administra-
tive Services Department, 65
functioning of electrical inspection division, 166, 174, 371
information accompanying tax and water bills, 244, 254
Administrative Services Department, Continued
information on annual reports of departments, 283, 292
legislation re extension of term of bonds issued for public improve-
ments, 71, 374
ordinance creating office of Supervisor of Budgets within Administra-
tive Services Department, 58; rejected by Council vote, 104; sub-
mitted in new form, 108, 173, 179
printing of additional copies of 1955 edition of "Boston Streets,"
117; order vetoed by Mayor, 122; order re additional information in
next edition, 127, 132
reimbursement of employees' claims:
John .7. Lownie, Weights and Measures Department, 171, 184
Nicholas J. Telch, Public Buildings Department, 187, 207
removal of employees of Maintenance Division of Fire Depart-
ment from Classification and Compensation Plan, 116, 174
reports on Library Department, 51, 370
review of procedure of Compensation Review Board, 299
transfer from Reserve Fund: $50,000 to complete Addressograph-
Multilith process, 245, 282
transfers from other departmental appropriations:
Printing Section, $70,000: from Real Property Department, $20,000;
from Library Department, $10,000; from Election Department,
$5,000; from Hospital Department, $35,000, 358, 361
transfer within departmental appropriations:
$6,000 from Contractual Services to Personal Services, 363, 367
Ahearn, Francis X., Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 74, 120, 125, 137-164, 184, 220, 221-223, 243-
244, 245-246, 250-251, 290-291, 326-327, 339, 355, 371
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance, Claims,
Executive, Hospitals, Legislative Matters, Ordinances (Chairman),
Public Housing (Chairman), Public Lands, Rules, 10
committee reports:
Ordinances: 83, 104, 131, 173, 219, 223, 258, 289, 295, 304, 359 370,
Public Housing: 326, 327, 370
orders:
adequate lighting on Alpine st., Roxbury, 271
adequate lighting on Cunard St., Roxbury, 243
congratulations to Boston Symphony Orchestra, 282
establishment of Boston Development and Industrial Commission, 16
Executive Committee hearing on West End Urban Renewal Project,
334
inclusion in City Record of remarks of Councillors at Boston College
Seminar, 117 (with Coun. Foley)
legislation re approval by City Council of appointments to Board of
Zoning Adjustment, 361
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
Harold S. MacFarland, 319
Armin E. Siegfrievt, 12 (with Coun. McCormack)
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AHEARN
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APPOINTMENTS
Ahearn, Francis X., Councillor, Continued
orders:
one-way street: Turner st. from Washington st. to Fancuil St., 88
reconstruction of Manthorne rd., Ward 20, 85
reimbursement of city by state for interest costs on Sumner Tunnel
361
repair of public way between Beacon st. and Commonwealth ave.,
Chestnut Hill, 270
revision of present system of sanding streets, 1 5
safety precautions in front of Brighton post office, 327
sidewalk installation: Kenrick St., Ward 22, 250
street lighting:
Bennett St., Ward 22, 319
Oakland St., Ward 22, 319
study of recommendations re fixing of fees, licenses, etc., 220
study of statutory limit on borrowing power affecting urban renewal
funds, 283 (with Coun. Foley)
survey of traffic conditions at Union sq., Allston, 71
trucking on River St., Blue Hill av. and Morton St., 243
ordinances:
corrective change in ordinance fixing fees for licenses, permits, etc.,
376
licensing of hackney carriages and other vehicles, 290
providing further against littering of streets, 224
resolves :
appearance of Police Commissioner before Committee on Ordinances,
290
commendation of Narragansett Brewing Company for sponsorship
of "I Led Three Lives," 297
condolences to New England Province of the Society of Jesus, 75
(with all the Councillors)
congratulations to Harold Connolly, Olympic Gold Medal winner, 366
expression of gratitude to Herbert A. Philbrick, 297
extension of M T A to Riverside, 259 (with Coun. McLaughlin)
landscaping of traffic circle at Cleveland Circle, Brighton, 75
play area or playground at corner of Hobart st. and Ranelegh rd.,
Brighton, 360
postponement of certain hospital expenditures until completion of
survey, 89
review of off-street parking garage construction program, 298
sympathy to family of William F. Dwyer, 291 (with Coun. Kerrigan)
sympathy to family of Stuart C. Rand, 291 (with Coun. Kerrigan)
transfer of Cemetery Division Funds to General Fund, 89
Airways Transportation Company
notice of hearing before the Department of Public Utilities, 101, 116
Allen, Fred
order re permanent memorial to Fred Allen, 283
American Airlines
presentation of redwood gavel to President McCormack by Fred-
erick Doran, 19
resolution congratulating Airlines upon inauguration of direct
flight from Boston to San Francisco, 19
American Oil Company
release of restrictions on land on Albany st., 107, 132, 173
Animal Rescue League
report re collection and disposition of unlicensed dogs, 227
Appointments and Elections
Alphen, James H., Associate Assessor of Taxes, 111
Birmingham, Charles A., Trustee of Boston Metropolitan District, 87
Birmingham, Joseph F., member of Board of Commissioners of Sink-
ing Funds, 131
Blake, Harry J., Associate Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, 257
Brady, Thomas F., Overseer of Public Welfare, 131
Breen, John A., Director of Administrative Services Department, 111
Buckley, James P., Assistant Assessor, 19
Burns, Mrs. Frances, member of Public Health Council, 164
Bynoe, Victor C, Veterans' Bureau and Services Commissioner, 111
Callanan, Charles A., Superintendent of Construction of Department
of School Buildings, 289
Camerlango, Philip J., member of Board of Review, Assessing De-
partment, 111
Canham, Erwin D., Public Library Trustee, 55
Appointments and Elections, Continued
Carp, Herman, Commissioner of Real Property, 1 1 1
Cauley, John H., M.D., Health Commissioner, 111
Chapman, John J., Assessor, 111
Chase, Perlie Dyar, member of Compensation Review Board, 6
Cleary, Francis C, Director of Civil Defense, 257
Collins, Joseph K., Overseer of Public Welfare, 131
Colman, Albert V., member of Zoning Adjustment Board, 131
constables authorized to serve civil process upon filing of bond:
4, 17, 28, 44, 57 (annual list), 78, 79, 129, 167, 199, 210, 231, 253, 274,
320, 328
Daly, John A
Court, 324
Davis, Frederick A
Executive Secretary to Justices of Supreme Judicial
Planning Commissioner, 332
De Ippolito, Peter J., environmental sanitation inspector (temporary)
Di Paolo, Peter, member of Public Health Council, 164
Divver, Margaret, Planning Commissioner, 131
Donovan, George P., Assistant Commissioner of Real Property, 111
Driscoll, Daniel M., member of Fair Rent Board, 6
Driscoll, Katherine E., Overseer of Public Welfare, 131
Ellis, Merton P., member of Board of Appeal, 131
Fish, Samuel G., Planning Commissioner, 131
Flaherty, Thomas A., member of Board of Review, Assessing Depart
merit, 111
Foley, Duncan T., Supervisor of Personnel, Administrative Servicei
Department, 111
Foley, William J., Jr., manager of Old South Association, 12
Foran, John C, Assistant Assessor, 19
Foster, Elmer C, member of Public Health Council, 164
Frothingham, Huntington W., member of Board of Review of As
sessing Department, 111
Gildea, James E., Chairman of Compensation Review Board, 6; Col
lector-Treasurer, 111
Glennon, Leo J., alternate on Zoning Adjustment Board, 131
Grages, Harry P., Overseer of Public Welfare, 131
Grigalus, John J., member of Board of Appeal, 257
Hansen, George, member of Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds
131
Hardwick, Katherine D., Overseer of Public Welfare, 82
Heffernan, Roy J., member of Public Health Council, 164
Henderson, Elliott, member of Fair Rent Board, 6; member of Zoning
Adjustment Board, 131
Hepburn, Andrew H., member of Beacon Hill Architectural Commis- i
sion, 326
Hill, Robert G., member of Public Health Council, 164
Horan, Philip M., member of Zoning Adjustment Board, 131
Hornor, Albert A., member of Public Health Council, 164
Hughes, Thomas J., Building Commissioner, 294; member of Co- '■
ordinating Committee on Urban Renewal, 369
Hyland, George G., Commissioner of Public Works, 111; member of'
commission on establishment of retail market area, 214, 215
Joyce, Maurice F., Assistant Assessor, 19
Kcesler, William F., Assistant Commissioner of Real Property, 131
Kelley, Frank R., Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, 111
Kelly, Arthur J., alternate on Zoning Adjustment Board, 131
Kerrigan, John E., manager of Old South Association, 12
Kerrigan, Thomas J., temporary environmental sanitation inspector
(food), 55
Kougeas, Charles H., temporary environmental sanitation inspector,
373
Lally, Joseph P., Acting Director of Administrative Services Depart-
ment, 65
Lasker, David, member of Board of Election Commissioners, 111
MacLeod, William A., alternate on Zoning Adjustment Board, 131
Malloy, Walter J., City Clerk, 24
Malone, Joseph L., Director of Civil Defense, 217
Mayes, William F. F., member of Public Health Council, 164
Mazer, Henry, milk inspector, 10
McCormack, Edward J., Jr., President of City Council, 4 ; member of
Mayor's Rehabilitation Committee, 277
McCormack, John W., temporary environmental sanitation inspector
82
McCusker, James M., member of Board of Examiners, 131
McDonald, Patrick F., Trustee of Public Library, 131
McDonough, Frank, consultant to Compensation Review Board, 6
Measurers of Grain, 44
APPOINTMENTS
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AUTOMOBILE
Appointments and Elections, Continued
Messinger, Abner G., member of Boston Housing Authority, 218
Milhender, Joseph L., member of Public Health Council, 164
minor officers paid by fees, 79
Minot, Robert E., member of Beacon Hill Architectural Commission,
183
Moore, Lawrence J., Associate Assessor, 111
Moran, John V., Purchasing Agent in Administrative Services Depart-
ment, 111
Motley, William A., temporary environmental sanitation inspector, 258
Mullen, Edward F., member of Board of Review, Assessing Depart-
ment, 257
Murray, John A., Director of Demolition and Administrative Assistant
for Urban Renewal, 257
Nathan, Falk, member of Board of Examiners, 131
Nealon, Joseph B., member of Compensation Review Board, G
O'Connell, Joseph F., Jr., member of Board of Commissioners of
School Buildings, 3G9
O'Hearn, Edward W., member of Fair Rent Board, 6
Otis, W'lliam F., Planning Commissioner, 131
Pickett, John G., Supervisor of Budgets, 183
Pond, Thomas Temple, member of Art Commission, 131
Pope, Samuel L., member of Fair Rent Board, 6
Rand, Stuart C, Trustee of City Hospital, 131
Reilly, William Arthur, member of Commission on Establishment of
Retail Market Area, 214, 215
Rudnick, John D., temporary environmental sanitation inspector, 234
Scalli, Anthony J., temporary environmental sanitation inspector, 332
Shadrawy, Bernard F., Assistant Assessor, 19
Sherrard, Qlenwood J., member of Public Health Council, 164
Snowden, O. Phillip, Assistant Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
131
Stefani, Joseph, member of Fair Rent Board, G
Turchon, Peter, Consultant to Director of Demolition, 257
Weigher of Beef: 129
Weighers of Coal: 122, 129, 199, 221, 302
Weighers of Goods: 28, 106, 118, 129, 167, 199, 253, 302, 363, 368
\ppropriations
annual budget, 30, 90; list of detailed budget reductions, 95
Boston Housing Authority: $10,000 for plans and estimates for
Urban Renewal Program, 5, 11
City Debt Requirements, Interest, $70,500 from parking meter re-
ceipts, 1G4, 209
City Loans (for off-street parking facilities), redemption of, $250,000
from parking meter receipts, 164, 209
Construction of Buildings, Acquisition of Land, etc., $150,000,
64, 65, 203
county departments: supplementary budget of $145,200, 201, 209
Demolition or Restoration of Abandoned Properties, $25,000 from
Reserve Fund, 238, 244
Departmental Equipment, $150,000, 64, 65, 104
Fair Rent Board, $38,000, 5
Health Department, $28,000 for anti-polio vaccination program, 57, 61
order (referred February 7, 1955) for appropriation for budget con-
sultant, 375
Parks and Recreation Department: $240,000, 168; reduction by
Council to $10,000, 219; $4,033.28 from Sales of City Property Account
for playground at Gardner and Baker sts., West Roxbury, 363, 367, 373
Penal Institutions Department: $60,000, 168, 219
Police Department: $13,794.70 from parking meter fees for ten motor-
cycles, 200, 250
Public Works Department: construction of public ways, $150,000,
64, 65, 104; construction of bridges, $150,000, 64, 65, 203; construction
of sewerage works, $150,000, 64, 65, 104; snow removal, order for
$850,000, 100, amended figure $400,000, 104; order for $450,000, 123
Real Property Department: off-street parking facilities from parking
meter fees; Jamaica Plain, $55,000, 23, 26, 67, 121; Cleary sq., Hyde
Park, $56,000, 73, 125, 165; Codman sq., $90,000, 239
School Committee: additional appropriation of $5,141,647.88 for
school purposes, 163, 177
snow removal: $850,000, 100; amended figure, $400,000, 104, 123 ;
new draft for $375,000, 183, 203
Suffolk County: supplementary appropriations of $145,200 for county
departments, 201, 219
supplementary budget for city and county departments of $754,301,
168; approved with exception of two items, 203
Traffic Commission: automatic traffic signals, $20,000 from Sales of
City Property, 22, 120; $50,000 from Sales of City Property, 118, 176;
$10,000 from Parking Meter Fees for parking meters, 240, 282
Appropriations and Finance, Committee on
members: Couns. Foley (Chairman), McLaughlin (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Kerrigan, McDonough, Piemonte, White, 10
announcement of committee meeting: 85
budget for I9S6, 30, 90
list of detailed budget reductions, 95
order (referred February 7, 1955) re increase of committee membership
to seven, 375
reports: 90, 104, 120, 125, 176, 183, (2) 203, 204, 205, 209, 219, 223, 242
271, 281, 295, 327, 332, 370, 374
request that committee submit breakdown of county expenses, etc., 67
Art Commission
appointment of member: Thomas Temple Pond, 131
repair of Edward Everett statue, Dorchester, 117
restoration of historic wharf and Donald McKay clipper ship, 371
Assessing Department
appointments:
Assessor of Taxes: John J. Chapman, 111
Assistant Assessors:
James P. Buckley, 19
Francis X. Cuddy, 19
John C. Foran, 19
Maurice F. Joyce, 19
Bernard F. Shadrawy, 19
Associate Assessors of Taxes:
James H. Alphen, 111
Lawrence J. Moore, 111
Board of Review:
Philip J. Camerlengo, 111
Thomas A. Flaherty, 111
Huntington W. Frothingham, 111
Edward F. Mullen, 257
aggregate value of abatements granted last year, 235
assessment of real estate taxes on certain properties, 191
assessments on 69-83 Bedford St., 76-78 and 80-84 Kingston st and
11-13 Columbia st., 331
designation of Thomas A. Flaherty as Chairman of Board of Re-
view, 111
information on taxes or liens on certain property, 133
list of tax-exempt properties, 121, 129, 133
ordinance increasing salary of Chairman of Board of Review, 256
transfers to other departmental appropriations: Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements, $37,000, 368, 371
Assignment of Justices
assignment of Justices, (2) 288, 364
notices from Administrative Committee of District Courts, 59
Auditing Department
appropriations:
City Debt Requirements, Interest, $70,500 from parking meter re-
ceipts, 164, 209
City Loans, Redemption of, $250,000, from parking meter receipts
164, 209
loans in anticipation of revenue, $75,000,000, 4, 10 11- $15 000 000
328, 335, 338
School Building Reconstruction Program, 133, 137
transfers between departmental appropriations: Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements, $125,000 (from As-
sessing Department, $37,000, from Hospital Department $63 000
from Reserve Fund, $25,000), 369, 371
transfers from Reserve Fund: Bridges, Construction of, $4 169 10
323, 32G; Buildings, Construction of, $4,169.10, 323, 326; Department
Equipment, $4,169.10, 323, 326; Public Ways, Construction of
$4,169.10, 323, 326; Sewerage Works, Construction of, $4,169 10 323'
326
weekly deductions for Blue Cross-Blue Shield payments, 67, 80
Auditors
resolution re assumption of expense of auditors in motor vehicle tort
cases by Commonwealth, 89, 374
Automobile Insurance Law
communication from Corporation Counsel re Chapter 51 of
Acts of 195G, 63
BAILEY
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BOSTON
Bailey, Senior Major Edward J.
invocation: 181
Barry, Captain John
display of statue of John Barry, "Father of the American Navy,"
220
resolution extending greetings to Irish Republic and County of Wex-
ford on presentation of statue of Captain Barry, 229
Barry, Rev. Gerard D.
invocation: 252
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
appointment of members:
Andrew H. Hepburn, 326
Robert E. Minot, 183
resignation: John G. Greene, 326
Beef
appointment of weighers: 129, 165
Benedictis, Rev. Salvatore
invocation: 221
Blue Cross=Blue Shield
order re weekly deductions for Blue Cross-Blue Shield payments,
67, 80, 374
time of monthly payments, 243
Board of Appeal
appointment of member: John J. Grigalus, 257
notice of organization of Board: 172
notices of interest in contracts: Samuel J. Tomasello, 191, 203,
215, 249, 269
resolve protesting against Board ruling re zoning variance of land at
Farragut rd. and First St., 11
Board of Examiners
notice of organization of Board, 172
Bond Approvals
Boston American League Baseball Company, 83
Cady, Edward T., 10
constables' bonds: 10, 42, 51, 66, 69, 81, 103, 112, 119, 125, 131, 165,
172, 183, 188, 202, 214, 222, 227, 249, 294
Coughlin, Joseph D., 10
Danick, Daniel, 10
McCarthy, John J., 10
Sullivan, Leo J., 10
Bonds
order re legislation to extend term of bonds issued for public improve-
ments, 71, 374
retirement of Sumner Tunnel bonds of 1936, 123, 133
Bonds of Indemnity
E. Susi & Williams Corporation, 10
Borrowing Capacity of City for Year 1956
notice from Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds re borrowing
capacity of 831,432,070.95 for year 1956, 65
Boston American League Baseball Company
approval of bond, 83
petition for license for Sunday sports, 59, 83
salute to opening day of 1956 baseball season, 117
Boston & Albany Railroad
resolution opposing single track system between Framingham, Mass.,
and Schodack Junction, N. Y., 223
study of proposed improvements at Boston & Albany yards and
South Station, 244, 286
Boston & Maine Railroad
congratulations on equalization of northeastern freight rates, 126,
173
notices of hearings before the Department of Public Utilities, 81, 331
Boston & Maine Transportation Company
notice of hearing before the Department of Public Utilities, 227
Boston Arts Festival
resolve expressing pride in accomplishments of Boston Arts Festival,
132
Boston College
participation of City Council in seminars, 20
printing in "City Record" of remarks made bv Councillors at semi-
nars, 117, 123
Boston Common Garage
communication from Corporation Counsel re Council resolution
requesting restriction of garage to parking of cars, 63
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
notices of hearings before the Department of Public Utilities, 14, 43
Boston Edison Company
acceleration of replacements of gas lamps by electricity, 16
notices of hearings before Metropolitan District Commission, 14,
19, (2) 81, 87, 222, (3) 257, 294, 303, 369
notices of hearings before Department of Public Utilities, 24, (3) 65,
164, 171, 217, (3) 227, 234, 242, 264, 331
notices of orders of Department of Public Utilities granting petitions:
(3) 69, 125, 132, 188, 234, (3) 241, 264, 288, 359, 369
undergrounding of electric wires and conduits in future house
developments, 55
Boston "Globe"
congratulations to Globe and reporter Joseph A. Keblinsky, 215
resolution expressing wishes for continued success of Boston Globe, 172
Boston Housing Authority
appointments:
member of Housing Authority: Abner G. Messinger, 218
committee to promote re-sale of "New York Streets" area, 20, 26, 29
Consultant to Director of Demolition: Peter Tuiehon, 257
Director of Demolition and Administrative Assistant for Urban
Renewal, John A. Murray, 257
acceptance of bid on "New York Streets" area, 371
appearince of members before Council re progress in acquisition
of Old Colony Development, 19
appropriation: $10,000 for plans and estimates for urban renewal
projects, 5, 11
approval of sales of property by State Housing Board, 14, 24, 30,
59, 74, 81, 102, 111, 119, 131, 132, 164, 172, 176, 222, 242, 303, 337
attendance at Council Executive Committee hearing re West
End Urban Renewal Project, 250, 334, 335, 354
consultation with Park Commission Chairman re urban renewal
program developments, 283
group insurance for employees of Housing Authority, 19, 28
housing development for the aged, 84, 130, 283
increased rentals in housing projects, 125, 127
information re. rent increases and last annual cost of utilities for these
units, 172
legal opinion as to power of Council re contract of Authority with
Charles River Park, Inc., 354
Old Colony Housing Project: conveyance to Authority, 275, (2) 326
BOSTON
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CITY
Boston Housing Authority, Continued
ratification of final exceptions to certification of Chapter 372,
veterans' housing developments, 188
reappraisal of Housing Authority's system of auditing and collection
of funds, 283
planning advance payment for proposed South Cove Urban Re-
newal Project, 275
reasons for rent increases by Authority, 172
report by Kane Simonian on redevelopment of "New York Streets"
area, 250
resolve re appointment of Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal, 360
retention of storage facilities by residents of Orient Heights housing
development, 104, 370
suggestions to promote sale of "New York Streets" area, 166
transfer from Reserve Fund: $10,000 for Urban Renewal Program,
261, 271
Boston Metropolitan District
appointment of Charles A. Birmingham as Trustee, 87
Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Council request for assistance in examination of annual budget,
15, 30, 203
resolve expressing thanks to Directors and staff for assistance in ex-
amination of budget, 166
Boston Symphony Orchestra
resolve extending congratulations of Council on European tour of
orchestra, 282
Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Com=
pany
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 119
"Boston's Streets"
order re printing of extra 1955 edition of "Boston's Streets," 117
vetoed by Mayor, 122; new orders, 127, 132
printing of 1,000 copies of "Boston's Streets Supplement," 323, 326
Boys' Club
salute to Boys' Clubs of Boston and America, 88
Bradley Memorial Stadium
order accepting Chapter 60 of Acts of 1956 naming Manassah E.
Bradley Memorial Stadium, 179
veto by Mayor, 199
Bradley (R. M.) & Company
resolve extending Council's commendations to company, 270
Brock, Rev. Lawrence M.
invocation: 86
Budget for 1956
announcement of hearings on budget by sub-committees, 59
budget for 1956, 30, 90
Council request for assistance of Municipal Research Bureau in
examination of the budget, 15, 30; resolve expressing thanks of
Council for such assistance, 166
Finance Commission report on budget reductions, 102
ordinance re creating office of Supervisor of Budgets, 58, 104, 108
supplementary budget of .$754,301, 168; approved with exception
of two items, 203
supplementary county appropriation of $145,200, 201
Building Department
appointments:
Building Commissioner: Thomas J. Hughes, 294
Board of Appeal:
Merton P. Ellis, 131
Falk Nathan, 131
Board of Examiners of Gas Fitters: James M. McCusker, 131
assignment of work area and work load of building inspectors, 299
functions of Electrical Inspection Division, 166, 174, 371
information re struotures at 56-58 Cabot st., Roxbury, 228, 255
realignment of building inspectors' districts, 215
release of restrictions on land at Dover and Albany sts., 232, 242, 259
resignation of Charles A. Callanan as Commissioner, 294
Callahan, Rev. Richard
invocation: 373
Cemetery Division Funds
resolve re transfer of part or all of annual receipts to General Fund
of the city, 89
Charlestown High School
City Council resolution extending congratulations to football squad,
coaches, and others, 20
Chmaj, Rev. Francis D.
invocation: 44
Citizens' Committee
order re greater participation by City Council in Boston College semi-
nars, 20
order requesting copies of report on Police Department for Council
members, 11, 61
request for committee's report on recreational program, 71, 79
City Clerk Department
election of Walter J. Malloy as City Clerk, 24
appointment of City Clerk as member of Committee on Perambula-
tion of Boundary Lines, 270
contracts for reporting and indexing of City Council Minutes, 88
inaugural exercises of Mayor, City Councillors, and School Com-
mittee members, 1
list of jurors (City Document No. 32), 215
notice from Public Works Commissioner of transfer of certain streets
and parkways to Metropolitan District Commission, 325
notice of public hearing on contract with Dooley Brothers for col-
lection of garbage, 116
perambulation of Boston's boundary lines. 270
photographs of Council members for Municipal Register, 24
preparation of Jury List, 184
preparation of Municipal Register, etc., 7
printing in "City Record" of table of fees for licenses and permits,
165
City Council
Edward J. McCormack, Jr., President
Francis X. Ahearn
John F. Collins
William J. Foley, Jr.
John F. Kerrigan
Patrick F. McDonough
Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.
Gabriel Francis Piemonte
Joseph C. White
administration of oath of office, 1, 3
adoption of rules of City Council for 1956-1957, 9
adoption of temporary rules, 6
call for special meeting: 4
cancellation of March 19 meeting due to blizzard, 77
committees appointed:
Appropriations and Finance: Couns. Foley (Chairman), McLaughlin
(Vice Chairman), Ahearn, Kerrigan, McDonough, Piemonte,
White, 10
CITY
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City Council, Continued
committees appointed:
Claims: Couns. McLaughlin (Chairman), Foley (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Kerrigan, White, 10
Confirmations: Couns. Kerrigan (Chairman), Piemonte (Vice Chair-
man), Collins, McDonough, McLaughlin, 10
Executive: Couns. White (Chairman), Kerrigan (Vice Chairman),
and all the Councillors, 10
Hospitals: Couns. McDonough (Chairman), Foley (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Kerrigan, McLaughlin, 10
Inspection of Prisons: Couns. Foley (Chairman), McDonough (Vice
Chairman), McLaughlin, Piemonte, White, 10
Legislative Matters: Couns. Collins (Chairman), McLaughlin (Vice
Chairman), Ahearn, Piemonte, McDonough, 10
Licenses: Couns. McDonough (Chairman), Kerrigan (Vice Chair-
man), Collins, Foley, Piemonte, 10
Ordinances: Couns. Ahearn (Chairman), White (Vice Chairman),
Collins, Foley, Kerrigan, 10
Perambulation of Boundary Lines: Couns. Piemonte and McDonough
as Council members, the City Clerk, the Chief Engineer of the
Survey Division of the Public Works Department, 270.
Public Housing: Couns. Ahearn (Chairman), McDonough, Collins,
Foley, White, 10
Public Lands: Couns. Piemonte (Chairman), White (Vice Chairman),
Collins, Kerrigan, Ahearn, 10
Public Service and Recreation: Couns. McLaughlin, (Chairman),
Collins (Vice Chairman), Foley, White, McDonough, 10
Rules: Couns. Kerrigan (Chairman), Piemonte (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, McLaughlin, White, 10
contracts for reporting and indexing of City Council minutes, 88
election of City Clerk ; Walter J. Malloy, 24
election of President: Edward J. McCormack, Jr., 4
inclusion in City Record of Councillors' remarks at Boston College
seminar, 117, 123
invitation to attend ground-breaking ceremonies of Hebrew Home for
Aged, 326
invocations: 1, 3, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 27, 44, 57, 63, 68, 72, 78, 86, 98,
106, 118, 122, 129, 135, 167, 174, 181, 185, 199, 210, 216, 221, 226,
231, 237, 245, 252, 260, 273, 285, 292, 297, 301, 320, 328, 330, 339,
356, 362, 368, 373
meeting with Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce to visit certain
large firms, 125
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities re alterations
in bridge, 119
orders:
acceptance of Chapter 358 of 1956 authorizing payments of annuity
to parents of Thomas Slattery, 179
appearance of Dr. John F. Conlin before Executive Committee, 252
compensation for city as result of- taking by state of land in Dor-
chester for easement, 172
election of William F. O'Connell as stenographer-clerk in City Mes-
senger Department, 125, 128
information on annual reports by department heads, 283, 292
making of one-way street: Fidelis Way, Ward 21, 215
participation in Boston College seminars, 20
perambulation of Boston's boundary lines, 270
personnel administration at City Hospital, 273
petition to Department of Public Utilities re alterations on Massa-
chusetts Avenue Bridge, 23, 119
publication in "City Record" of City Council debates, 125, 133
purchases of tape recorder for use by Council committees, 26
reference of unfinished business, 6
retention of storage facilities by residents of Orient Heights housing
development, 104
salute to opening day of 1956 baseball season, 1 17
study of recommendations re fees for licenses, permits, etc., 295
preference of Councillors as to committee appointments, 7
presentation of gavel to President McCormack, 378
resolutions commending:
Fire Department Chaplain Barclay, 42
First Conference on Municipal Administration, 334
Galbreath Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation,
and R. M. Bradley & Company, 270, 304
Miss Henrietta Scott and students from Roxbury Memorial High
School, 70
resolutions of sympathy upon death of:
Fred Allen, 84
William F. Dwyer, 291
Edward W. Fallon, 359
Joseph L. Hurley, 127
James F. Hynes, 71
Michael Langone, 42
James H. Mooney, 243
New York Fire Department members, 103
Stuart C. Rand, 291
Miss Lucinda Rayburn, 184, 191
Father Louis Rinaldi, 228
Thomas Slattery, 42
Society of Jesus members, 75
City Council, Continued
resolves :
appearance of Finance Commission, Hospital Trustees, and hospital
officials before Hospital Committee, 208
appearance of Police Commissioner before Committee on Ordinances,
290
best wishes to Jewish community for Passover, 84
commendation of Narragansett Brewing Company for sponsorship of
TV series, "I Led Three Lives," 297
condolences to Speaker Sam Rayburn on loss of his sister, 184, 191
consultation with Mayor and School Committee re new school con-
struction, 71
display of flags on Flag Day, 191
employment for Hungarian refugees, 354
expediting use of funds for off-street parking facilities, 184
expression of gratitude to Herbert A. Philbrick, 297
H. B. 2575 re enlargement of Massachusetts Port Authority, 74, 75
proclamation of Israel Independence Week, 116
purchases from firms violating Federal labor laws, 208
recognition of honor to Joe Cronin, 234
salute to Boys' Clubs of Boston and America, 88
sympathy to certain citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, 84
thanks to Director and Staff of Boston Municipal Research Bureau,
166
wishes for continued success to Boston Globe, 172
resolves approving:
appointment by Mayor of technical experts to survey and report on
all mechanical garage systems in country, 319
assistance to staff studying Zeckendorf proposals, 259
autonomous management of certain facilities in Port of Boston area
by an independent public authority, 76
bringing situation in Poland before United Nations, 224
committee to promote resale of "New York Streets" area, 20
extension of MTA service to Riverside, 259
extension of night service of MTA to Columbia Point Housing Project,
61
Federal funds for Civil Defense, 215
granting of Israel's application for arms, 60
inclusion of John F. Kennedy's book, "Profiles of Cpurage" in Bos-
ton's public school studies, 11
legislation re increased payment by state for Sumner Tunnel, 360, 361
nomination of Congressman John W. McCormack for President, 103,
119
proclamation of "Poznan Memorial Day," 224
relocation of Jamaica Plain post office building, 366
review of off-street parking garage construction program, 298
revocation of pinball machine licenses pending investigation of use for
gambling, 334
transfer of Cemetery Division Funds to General Fund, 89
resolves congratulating:
American Airlines on inauguration of direct flight from Boston to
San Francisco, 19
American Federation of Technical Engineers, 209
Boston Arts Festival, 132
Boston Globe and reporter Joseph A. Keblinsky, 215
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 282
Charlestown High School squad, coaches and others, 20
Congressman John W. McCormack, 184, 203, 242
Harold Connolly, Boston Olympic Medal winner, 366
Coun. Piemonte, Dr. Charles Salemi, Joseph B. Silverio, and Fred
Moscone, 132, 176
Fire Department officers and men, 359
Hearst newspapers, American Legion, and Mayor Hynes, 252
Harold G. Kern and Hearst papers in Boston, 183, 203
Mayor John B. Hynes, 242 ,„„ ,»„
northeastern railroads on equalization of freight rates, 12o, 173
Olympic Gold Medal winners from Massachusetts, 365
Parks and Recreation Department on children's program at Castle
Island, 229 T u 1
Senator John F. Kennedy, Congressman John W. McCormack, and
Mayor John B. Hynes, 242
South Boston High School, basketball team and coach, 75
resolve extending felicitations to Miss Grace Kelly and Prince
Rainier, 117
resolves extending greetings to:
Harlow H. Curtice, General Motors President, 116
Irish Republic and County of Wexford, 229
resolves favoring enactment of legislation re:
disability caused certain members of Penal Institutions Department,
disability retirement benefits for Alphonse Simon, 67
payment of sum of money to estate of Angelo Gallo, 20
payment of sum of money to John J. Smith, 60
retirement of Edward P. Connolly, 19
resolves opposing:
off-street parking facility at Scollay sq., Pernberton sq., and Howard
st 2°3
ruling of Board of Appeal re zoning variance of land at Farragut rd.
and First St., 11 ,„ _ ., , . . „
single track system on Boston & Albany Railroad between Framing-
ham, Mass., and Schodack Junction, N. Y., 223
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CLAIMS
'Aty Documents
No. 28: appointments by the Mayor of minor officers paid by fees, 88
No. 29: annual list of constables authorized to serve civil process upon
filing of bond, 78, 88
No. 32: list of inhabitants qualified to serve as jurors, 215
No. 39: report of Committee to Perambulate Boundary Lines, 375
printing expenses of "Municipal Register" and "Organization of the
City Government," 7
printing of additional copies of 1955 edition of "Boston's Streets,"
117, 122, 127, 132
"ity Employees
skeleton force on Oood Friday, 85
"ity Messenger
election of William F. O'Connell as stenographer-clerk, 125, 127, 128
information re costs of tape recorders, 15, 19, 203
purchase of tape recorder, 26
veto of ordinance re establishing position of second Assistant City
Messenger, 4
City Planning Board
appointment of Commissioners:
Frederick A. Davis, 332
Margaret Divver, 131
Samuel G. Fish, 131
William F. Otis, 131
linking of South Boston trucking facilities with Central Arterial
Highway and relocation of naval training facilities, 283
notice of organization of Board, 203
off-street parking facilities, 139
proposed changes in zoning, 42, 100
release of report on staff problems of Planning Board. 218
request for report re status of zoning study, 165, 185, 221, 223
resignation of Commissioner William F. Otis, 332
resolution approving plan to expand and improve Planning Board, 334
study of new Federal building site, 250
study of proposed improvements at Boston & Albany yards and
South Station, 244, 286
City Record
commendation of Thomas O'Day re printing of Council Proceedings
as separate document for insertion in City Record, 376
order re inclusion of remarks of Councillors at Boston College seminar,
117, 123
printing of table of fees for licenses and permits, 165
publication in City Record of list of delinquent taxpayers, 12G
Civil Defense Department
appointment of Francis C. Cleary as Director of Civil Defense, 257
appointment of Joseph L. Malone as Director of Civil Defense, 217
allocation of Federal funds for Civil Defense, 215, 231
approval of loan of $100,000 for civil defense activities by Emergency
Finance Board, 19
resignation of Joseph L. Malone as Director, 257
Claims
(See also Pensions and Annuities)
compensation for accident: Alfred, Richard, and Janet Boulos,
Maurice Nolan, John P. Ferrari, 262
for expense of installing gutter: Martha H. and Roger L. Voisin, 69
for payment of towing expenses of car: Henrietta G. Matta, 323
for professional services: Dr. Maurice I. Cowin, 23
for refund on license fees:
Ameno, Hazel, 187
Blanciforti, Salvatore, 18
Caplan, Abraham S., 288
Chicos, Peter J., 18
Commonwealth Avenue Pharmacy, Inc., 59
Deerfoot Farms, 214
Ensoff, Samuel, 331
Fitzgerald (J. F.) Construction Company, 9
Golden (H. L.) & Co., Inc., 41
Grose, Mahlon A., 187
Keene, Doris, 124
Macardi, Mitchell, 214
Claims, Continued
for refund on license fees:
Rutigliano, Frank, 171
Salter, Abram, 288
Shorter, Leon, 59
Torlai, Joseph J., 171
Winslow Secretarial School, 187
for relaying house drain: J. D'Amico, Inc., 41
for retroactive pay: William A. Bothwell, 9
indemnification of hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses:
Abbott, John A., 81, 178; Arnao, Francis A., Ill, 120
Barry, Francis X., 263, 280
Carey, William J., 324, 332; Cavanagh, Frederick W., 288, 294
Crehan, John J., 222, 229; Crifo, Louis, 222, 229
Cunningham, William A.. 18, 25
DeRosa, Paul J., 74, 82, 111, 120, 222, 229, 241, 268, 324, 332
DeSisto, Prisco C, (2) 324; Dobler, Arthur S., 188, 206
Doneghey, James F., 288, 294; Dcwd, Joseph M., 74, 82
Femino, John P., Ill, 120, 263, 280
Fiorenza, Guido S., 188, 206, 263, 280
Gallagher, Owen J., 324, 332; Gearin, Paul F., 188, 206, 324, 332
George, James T., 188, 206, 324, 332
Harris, John F., 18; Hobin, Robert P., Ill, 120
Keenan, Julia A., Ill, 120; Kelley, Francis J., Ill, 120, 241
Kelly, Thomas E., 74, 82; Kennedy, Richard W., 18
Kilday, Charles F., 18, 25; Kilduff, Paul M., 222, 229
King, George H., (2) 164, (2) 178, 222, 288, 300
LaCasse, Raymond B., 81, 178, 337, 365; Laffan, Daniel P., 324, 332
Larkin, Thomas F., 188, 206; Lewis, James E., 222, 229
Mackey, Robert F., 18; Madden, James A., 324, 332
Maher, Alfred E., 45, 60; McCarthy, Charles J., 222, 229
Mullane, James H., 324, 332
Otto, Joseph J., 263, 280
Peluso, Anthony J., Ill, 120, 188, 206, 288, 294
Randall, Robert, 241; Regan, Joseph L., 257, 289
Schneider, Henry J., 373; Sennett, Leo R., 188, 206
Sheehan, David F., 222, 229; Spear, Gerard, 369, 374
Storey, Frank J., 74, 83; Sullivan, Walter L., 222, 229
Sweeney, Calvin W., 288, 294
Terrenzi, William A., 222, 229; Todd, George F., 324, 332
Vogel, Charles N., 18, 60, 69, 83, 175, 206, 294, 324, (2) 327, 365
Vogel, Joseph F., 188, 206, 369
Walsh, John J., Ill, 120, 263, 280, 374
personal injuries:
Abdelmasch, Henry J., 59; Acton, Dorothy E., 14
Albee, Gladys M., 23; Alden, Ellen, 234; Alito, Ernest, 298
Alsavich, Margaret V., 228; Amara, Angelo 6., 23; Ambrose, Jessie, 45
Anselno, Mrs. C, 369; Averv, Rose L., 214
Baker, Julia, 262; Baker, Samuel C. and Golda, 109
Barlas, Michael, 23; Baum, Freddy, 277; Baye, Esther, 80
Bazar, Fannie, 73; Beal, James, 256; Beaton, Donald A., 337
Bee, Winton D., 262; Belfiore, Martha, 234; Bellamy, Irene, 294
Beme, Lillian, 73; Berger, Estelle, 228; Berman, Nathan, 294
Berry, Donald G., 358; Biedermann, Robert, 69; Brackett, Ruth S., 9
Bragel, George, 256; Brody, Israel M. and Etta, 256
Brody, Jeanette, 124; Brophy, Charles A., 246; Bruno, Marilyn, 262
Buccacio, Salvatore, 23; Buckley, Florence, 18
Buonopane, Marie, 262; Butts, Rose, 217
Cadigan, Helen, 73; Cadigan, William J., 201
Callender, Martin, 228; Camerlengo, Anna, 73
Campbell, Eleanor, 262; Carapellussi, Victoria, 364
Cardinal, J. Mae, 119; Carr, Mrs. Emery, for son Michael, 256
Caruso, Joseph F., 240; Casey, Leo S., 59
Chambers, Mildred, 101, 358; Charkoff, Ida and Morris, 101
Chrysanthos, Miki, 9; Clav, Margaret, 201
Codero, Mary, 69; Cohen, Mrs. Joseph, 369
Cohen, Joseph M., 101; Colantonio, Helen, 69
Cole, John M., 228; Coleman, Lillian, 303; Collins, Charles G., 73
Colman, Isadore E., 262; Companero, Edoardo, 64
Companero, Edward, 64; Companero, Genevieve, 64
Companero, Marlene, 64; Conlev, Fay, 69; Conway, Mary, 277
Cosindas, Julia, 364; Costa, Ralph, Jr., 109; Covell, Walter, 234
Cowhig, Jessamine, 222; Coy, Nellie and Arthur W., 80
Crowley, John D., and son, 45; Crowley, Mary, 41
Cusco, James V., Mary J. and children, 228; Curry, Mildred A„ 201
Cutler, Harry, 262
Damiano, James V., 262; Daughan, Bertha M., 124
Davis, Adrion, 18; Davis, Mrs. E. Russell, 337
Davis, Emma, 18; Davis, Sadie, 18; Dearden, Charles, 69
DeBonis, Vincent J., 187; Deeb, Nabeeha, 119
DeMarco, Angelo and Gabriel, 73; Deshon, Sarah A., 288
DeTore, Alfred C, 364; Devorin, Ruth, 73, 101
DiBennedetto, Anna, 23; Doering, Mrs. A. C, 298
Domurat, Stanley J., 59; Donahue, Helen, 358
Donegan, Thomas P., 222; Dostoomian, Reuben, 73
Downey, Catherine T., 358; Doyle, Mary G., 214
Drake, Anne, 73; Duca, Ida, 369; Duffy, Margaret Lucey, 14
Dunn, Lottie M., 124; Dupertuis, M. Hattie, admx., 64
Edelstein, Sadie, 87; Edmunds, Margaret C, 9
Elsworth, Patricia, 14; Engino, Anthony, 228
Epstein, Ann, 337; Evangalista, Connie, 109
Federman, Maurice, 59; Feiner, Leon, 294
CLAIMS
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Claims, Continued
personal injuries:
Finkelstein, Sidney, 323; Finnegan, Helen, 101
Foley, Harriette C, 298; Foster, Frances, 109
Foster, Louise M., 288; Fox, Paula, 277; Frank, Hilda 187
Fraser, Millicent B., 59; Frazier, Rita E., 337
Freedman, Myer, 65; French, Elizabeth C, 14
Fullers, John, 09
Gallagher, Walter, 130; Gallese, Lena, 323; Gallo, Pasquale 171
Gargan, Alice M., 262; Gately, Elizabeth, 175; Gear, Mary 228
Gemellaro, Frank, 109; Gilmetti, Fred L., 73
Godfried, Yetta, 222; Gogen, Mary C., 59; Goldberg, Bessie, 228
Goldberg, Scott L., 240; Golden, Helen, 124; Goodman Mary A 14
Gorfine, Edward W., 240; Greenfield, Fav, 228; Grey, Dorothy "234
Griffin, Gertrude E., 130; Guillemette, Laura, 222
Hadley, Jack L., 228; Hardy, Ruth, 240; Hauptman, John, 337
Heifetz, Leonard, 337; Meiler, Aaron, 9; Henault, Martial, 234
Hennessey, Alice D., 228; Henry, Viola B., 201; Hoefer, Richard 69
Hoffman, Hyman, 222; Hoffman, Ivan, 222; Hoffman, Leo 222
Holtz, Madeline, 214; Home, Herbert, 214; Hovey, Frank, 101
Hughes, Greta N., 240; Hurwitz, Charles, 240
iaroboni, Edward, 101; Iacoboni, Mary, 101
Iacoboni, Roger, 101; Her, Geraldine Barter, 246
Izzo, Nellie, 23
Jacobs, Edward W., 303; Jeanetti (Giannetti), Albert, 358
Jeanetti, Camillo, 358; Johnson, Arthur H. et al., 337
Johnson, Frederick P., 87; Johnson, Marie D., 14
Johnson, Mary and Norman E., Jr., 73; Julian, Jean, 277
Karsoy, Abraham, 171; Kaufman, Melvin, 323
Kearns, .Beverly A., 109; Keefe, Mary T., 87; Keener, Jean 256
Kelly, Ellen M., 175; Kelly, George, 240; Kennedy, John, 246
Kenney, Daniel J., 87; Kiernan, Lorraine, 246
Kincaide, Catherine, 358; Kogas, Ann, 80; Kunze, Richard L 262
LaGrassa, Camille, 69, 298; Larnboy, Anne, 164
Lambrenos, George D., 130; LaMonica, Tina, 109
Lato, Rose, 18; Lavelle, Annie L., 217; Lawless, Geraldine M., 234
Levine, Ethel, 73; Liberman, Bella, 124; Lillard, Pearl, 41
Lindman, Rose, 202; Lipinsky, Beatrice. 41; Lipson, Harvey 323
Lord, Edward P., 124; Lutsky, Charles, 262
Lynch Disposal Co., Inc., 14
MacNeill, Irene, 41; Malames, Mary, 323; Malley, Mary E., 41
Mannix, Mary B., 171; Manzelli, Ann, 45; Marsters, Evelyn, 80
Martell, Evelyn, for daughter Laurel, 228; Mason, Kather'inc S 182
Matlin, Edward, 118; McAuliffe, Edith E., 288, 323
McCann, William J., 175; McCloskey, Stephen J., 217
McDonough, Anthony J., 14; McDonough, Lena, 277
McDonough, Patrick F., 228; McKeen, Oswald, 41
McKinnie, Edward N., 64; MeLeod, Mary A., 262
McManus, Ellen M., 130; McNeely, Bernard T., 228
Meisler, William, 303; Michelson, Esther, 130
Midgal, Tana A., 262; Morrill, Frances, 323
Morse, Walter K., Jr., 262; Mulone, Diega, 80
Mulrenin, Hazel R., 323; Mulvey, Ellen L., 80
Mulvoy, Thomas F., 80; Murphy, Bartholomew J., 59
Murphy, Josephine, 130; Murphy, Louise A., 14
Murray, Marilyn E., 364
Napoleon, Moquin, 373; Nee, Margaret Viola, 182
Neville, Marguerite L., 358
O'Brien, Ellen, 41; O'Brien, Rita, 246; O'Driscoll, James, 130
O'Driscoll, John, 130; O'Driscoll, Michael, 130
O'Driscoll, Ruth, 130; O'Handlev, Joseph P., et al., 23
O'Handley, June, 171; Olen, Hattie, 41; Olson, Hilma, 124
O'Mara, Margaret, 187; O'Neil, Mary, 323; Orkes, Louis, 256
O'Toole, Elizabeth G., 14
Pacitti, Angelina and Pasquale, 262; Panarese, Mary, 303
Parella, Melinda and Samuel, 240
Pascarelli, Anne and R. Francis, 240; Pearson, George, 303
Pellegrino, Vincent, 164; Penta, Margaret, 288
Pilato, Viola, 262; Ponzo, Anthony, Jr., 240
Potvine, Phyllis A., 246; Pratt, Everett C, Jr., 14
Preman, Sylvia, 74; Prescott, Agnes E., 59
Provenzano, Ethel, 109
Quigley, Mark, 41
Rainey, Harold, 14; Reardon, Alice G., 228
Renzetti, Almerinda, 323; Renzetti, Antoinette P., 323
Renzetti, Lerio A., 323; Reynolds, Charles A., 240
Ricco, John F., 222; Rice, Dorothy, 294; Richards, Leon, Jr., 14
Ridge, Barbara A., 369; Riley, Mr. and Mrs. William P., 64
Rizzo, Leo J., 73; Rollins, David, 214; Russo, Lucia, 262
Ryan, Mary A., 323
Sable, Ida, 337; Sacco, Delia H., 187; Saia, Susan, 9
St. Ives, Helena F., 130; St. Jacques, Eleanor, 9
Saltzman, David S., 18; Sapienza, Adeline, 23; Sasso, Oarmella, 323
Scannell, Barbara, 41; Sehoor, Barbara, 240; Seronick, Myrna, 187
Shapiro, Moses I., 234; Shaughnessy, Mary G., 80
Sheehan, Julia, 217; Shehadi, Helen N., 298
Sheinfeldt, Richard, 323; Sher, Freda, 87; Sherer, Annie, 323
Shore, Dora, 41; Siriznano, Rita, 9; Smith, Henry V., Jr., 45
Solomon, Paul, 323; Solov, Harry, 364; Staples, Joseph B., 130
Stella, Bervl A., 101; Stevenson, Nick, 246
Sullivan, Charles W., 256; Sullivan, Eileen J., 23
Sullivan, Joseph G., 294; Swartz, Gertrude, 214; Swartz, Sara, 277
Taylor, Vera, 119; Telese, Assunta, 240
Tentindo, Barbara, 69, 298; Thompson, Elizabeth, 228
Tolin, Edward, 256; Topzian, Mrs. Seran, 364
Vasapollo, Salvatore, 18; Venezia, Eleanor, 323
Vetters, Marion, 202; Vitale, Clara, 246; Vlahos, Louise, 130
Ward, Genevieve E., 228; Wecker, Ida, 234; Weiner, Shirley, 124
Claims, Continued
personal injuries:
Welch, John F., 59; Woodward, Dorothy B., IS
Zeissner. Leo, 41; Zoll, Judith B., 41
property damage:
Abranoski, Albert, 14; Aisenberg, Alan C, 262
Allardi. Alfred A., 217; Altieri (Frank) & Son, 369
Ambuter, David A., 369; Ames (Eli J.) Realty Corporation, 337
Apone, Salvatore, 303; Ascher, Fannie, 171; Atkins, Cecil E., 182
Avenue Cafeteria, Inc., 298
Bailey, Frank P., 80; Baillie, Charles H., 175; Baker & Co., Inc. 118
Baker, Samuel C. and Golda, 109; Bates, Florence, 246
Bean, Margaret B., 124, 171; Becker, J. C, 80
Beeman, Benjamin, 101 ; Benson, Nils A. W., 130
Bevis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 373; Biedermann, Robert, 69
Bossi, Joseph, 358; Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation 41
Bottini, Basty, 323; Bouzan, John W. L., 214
Boyajian. Mrs. Arax, 364; Brady, James J., Jr., 109
Bragel, Anna, 256; Brauer, Herman L., 171; Brewer, Earle E 87
Brickley, Edith C, 124; Bristol, Charles F., 87
Broderick, Marv E. and Edward J., jr., 118
Brody, Israel M. and Etta, 256; Brophy, Charles A., 246
Brueekner, Paul G. H., 59; Buckley, Josephine F., 109
Cadigan, William J., 201; Caggiula, Daniel E., 69
Campbell. Peter L., 18; Cannata, Edward N. and Joseph, 217
Capobianco, Charles, 294; Capuzzo. Alfred, 69; Oardillo, Mario 330
Carey, Daniel A.. 101 ; Carnegie, Marv P., 288; Carr, Mary J 9
Castelli, Joseph N., 262; Chambers, Francis W., 118
Chason, Sewall G., 80; Checker Taxi Co., 234; City Spa Inc 330
Cleary, P. Frank, 323; Codero, John, 118; Codero, Mary, 69"
Coffey, Marie L., 288; Cohen, Bertram, 23; Cohen, Robert 109
Cohen (Samuel) & Sons Co., 101; Cohen (Jacob) Beef Co.! 369
Community Ambulance Service, 69; Companero, Edoardo 64
Conlev, Rita M., 246; Coughlin, Frances, 330
Coulthurst, George, 73; Covell, George P., 59
Coy, Nellie and Arthur W., 80; Coye, Arthur W., Sr., 80
Crasco. John A., 256; Creedan, Catherine E., 101
Crowley, John D. and son, 45; Crowley, John J., 9
Cuoeo, James V., Marv and 3 children, 228
Daley, Anna F., 18; Dalton, John W., 59; Daniels, G. F„ 73
D'Antonio, Antonio J., 358; Davis, Emma, 18; Davis, Helen, 214
Davison, Marjorie, 164; Daynes, George W, 228, 240
Dearden, Charles, 69; Decas. George T., 201
DelCore, Guido A., 182; DeMarco, Angelo and Gabriel, 73
Denenberg, Mathew, 337; DiBlasi, Maurice J., 303
DiRosa, Domenic A., 130; Dooley, James, 118; Dorfman, Usher, 118
Dubois, Oscar T., 369; Dubrow, Louis, 201; Duerden, Carole, 217
Dyer, Lee, 41;
Earle, Helen D., 228; Edmonds, Noel F., 124
Egersheim, Robert, 369; Elia, Nago, 330; Elwyn, Sidney L 101
English, William D., 277
Fairbanks Co., 23; Fasano, Julia, 277; Feenev, Helen, 246
Feeney, John S., 201; Feld, Stephen E., 298
Fernandez, Joseph, 228; Ferrare, Vera, 277; Finnegan, Helen 101
Fishgal, Sadie, 182; Fitzgerald, Robert M., 201
Flash Realty Co., 364; Fleming, Arthur T., 118; Flvnn, John A., 109
Flvnn, John F., 214; Folev, John V., 101; Forman, Sayde, 201
Foster, Edward A., 101; Foster, Frank M., 358; Francis, Nathan, 124
Franklin, Lester W. and Eileen F., 262; Frappier, Roland R., 80
Freaney (James A.), Inc., 277; Freedman, Myer F., 64
Freeley, Austin R., 187; Fremiere, Gertrude G., 118
Frenchko, John, 217; Frey, Francis J., 124
Frustaglia, Pasquale A., 87; Fuller, John, 69
Furlong, Michael P., 9
Gale, Judith, 101; Gandolfo, Peter J., 130
Geier, Herbert J., 201; Georgenes, Helen, 262
Gerrish, Donald R., 101; Giambarrese, Gaetano, 234
Gilfeather, James D., 201; Gillis, John, 369; Giro's Cafe, Inc., 277
Glennon, Annie M., 187; Gogan, Richard J., 240
Goldman, Rose, 187; Gondelman, Samuel, 330
Goodman, Irving and Florence K., 330; Goodman, Mary A., 14
Gorman, Doris M., 201; Gosner, Alice B., 262
Grande, Orlando S., 201; Grant, James G„ 130
Grey, Walter R., 303; Grossman, Mrs. Harry, 298
Guarino, Angelina, 298
Haesaler, Carl A., 175; Haid, A. Josephine, 323
Hanson, George E., 73; Harrington, George L., 87
Harrington, Mary F., 263; Harris, Beatrice, 9
Harvev, Margaret, 118; Hasted!, Arthur E., 201
Hatfield, Kenneth, 18; Haugh, Thomas E., 101
Headley, D., 240; Heller, Aaron, 9; Herman, Joseph L., 240
Hession, John H., 73; Highland Furniture Co., 201
Hoefer, Richard, 69; Hoffman, Hvman, 222
Hounsell, John F., 288; Hovey. Frank, 101
Hurley, Joseph B. and Mary E.. 201
Iacoboni, Mary, 101; Italian Canteen, 240
Jacobs, Edward W., 303; Jacobs, Marjorie, 240
Jenks, James T., 234; Johnson (Arthur H.) et al., 337
Johnson, Martha, 294; Johnson (S. C.) & Son, Inc., 130
Jordan Marsh Co., 41; Josephson, Mark, 101
Juliano, Mrs. Richard, 214
Kakas (Fred G.) & Sons, Inc., 222; Keefe, Mary T., 87
Kennedy, Lorraine, 246; Kern, Anthony F., 298
Khouri, Antoon, 262; Kilmer, Joseph G., 9; Kirby, William P., 14
Kirkwood Cab Co., 358; Kliman, Minnie, 182
Kniager, Mr. and Mrs. Max, 294; Krasnakevich, John, 124
Krinsky, David E., 73
CLAIMS
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CLAIMS
Claims, Continued
property damage:
Lake, Service Corporation, 0; Lamb, Bessie, 101
Landy, Herbert H., 101; Laracy, Ethel P., 101
Lavine, Ralph D., 101: LeBrun, Richard, 101
LeCours, Rose M., 80; Leone, Barbara, 337; Lesser, Harrv, 23
Levine, Samuel B., 187; Levinsky, Rubin L., 246
Lievi, Joseph A., 101; Linda Realty Co., Inc., 373
Linnehan Fruit Supply, Inc., 14; Lipmann, Fritz, 101
Lloyd (Andrew J.) Co., 222; Lovering-Sawyer, Inc., 87
Ludlam, W., 23; Lynch Disposal Co., Inc., 14
MacDonald, John J., 182; MacMillan, Margaret M., 109
Macomber (George H.) Co., 109; MacWhorter, Paul, 41
Magennis, John F., 228; Mahoney, Dorothea A., 324
Mahoney, Florence V., 262; Mahoney, Thomas E., 217
Mansfield, Marie M., 9; Marcus, Lena, 109; Marks, Max, 109
Maryland Casualty Co., 369; Mathers, Dorothy F., 9
McAuliffe, Edith E., 288; McCarthy, Mary E., 234
McDermott, Mary M., 201; McDouald, Paul J., 364
McDonough, Anthony J., 14; MeDonough, Patrick F., 228
McGinnis (M.) Co., 124; McLaughlin, Mary E., 109
McManus, Ellen M., 130; McNeil, Francis T., 109
Melito, Joseph, 217; Michelson, Benjamin L., 256
Millette, Joseph A., 175, 182
Minichiello, George P. and Angelina R., 18
Mitchell, Christopher C, 23; Mitchell, Dorothy A., 23
Mitchell, Paul E„ 23; Molesworth, Jack E., 330
Moran, John B., 101; Morin, Edward J., 358
Morrison, Patrick J., 101; Mount Vernon Church, 298
Mulkern, Mrs. Martin, 222; Murphv, Helen M., 246
Murphy, Mrs. George W., 80; Murphy, William, 87
Myers, Vernon L., 262
National Fire Insurance Co., 214; Neelon, Robert E., 201
Niagara Fire Insurance Co., 109; Nolan, John T., 256
Norton, Francis J., 80
O'Conneil, Winifred P., 41; O'Connor, Thomas A., 87
O'Leary, Daniel, 201; Orkes, Louis, 256; O'Toole, Elizabeth G., 14
Ozer, Naomi, 109
Pacitti, Angelina and Pasquale, 262
Pagliuca, Guiseppe, 298; Pagliuca, Pasquale. 298
Palmer, Ida, 246; Parella, Melinda and Samuel, 240
Parisi, Joseph, 124; Parker, Charles, 288; Part, Maurice N., 171
Patilla, Maria, 171; Patterson, Clyde H., Jr., 369
Pendleton, James W., 240; Percival, Betty C, 101
Perella, Mrs. C. A., 23; Piccirilli, Joseph, 80; Pisco, F. Waldo, 101
Pitnof (David R.) & Son, 87; Pitnot, Esther, 241
Poalucci, Robert A., 109; Polins, Philip and Berniee, 330
Polito, Vincent D., 164; Porrazzo, Michael A., 201
Poulos, Eugene, 65; Pratt, Everett C, Jr., 14
Prendergast, Maurice J., 228; Principe, Celia, 214
Puzzo, William D., 240
Quaker Cab, Inc., 64; Quiglev, William F„ 373
R. A. Company, 64; Raftery, Timothy D., 201
Rainey, Harold, 14; Ralens, Harold, 80; Rea, James H., 182
Reddington, John J., 240; Reisman, Leon, 130
Renzi, Carolina, 87; Rich, Herbert A., 256
Richards, Leon, Jr., 14; Rideout, Henry J., 09
Rilev, Mr. and Mrs. William P., 64; Rizzo, Leo J., 73
Robbins, Edward E., Jr., 118, 164; Robinson, J. F. & F. I., Inc., 373
Romano, Angelo, 246; Romano, Rose, 262; Rorke, Joseph F., 59
Rosati, Mrs. M., 101; Rosencranz, Mollie Linda, 23
Russo, Thomas D., Inc., 369; Rvan, James F., 369
Ryan, Mary A., 323
Saccardo, Salvatore J., 246; Sadowski, Mary, 228
St. Ives, Helena F., 130; Salt, Gerald E., 64
Saltzman, David S., 18; Sampson, Jc-seph, 214
Sandler, Herbert, 256; Savage, Elizabeth M., 69
Schumacher, William A„ 303; Scopa, Mrs. Roland, 222
Seeto, James, 18; Service Fire Insurance Co., (Z) 64, 256
Sgroi, Dorothea, 240; Shaevel, Helen, 298; Shapiro, Irving, 101
Shattuck (Frank G.) Co., 175; Shedd, Robert B., 69
Sheehan, Mary E., 80; Sheehy, John J., 171
Sherry Motors, Inc., 130; Shifrin, Hyman, 80; Simpson, Alden, 73
Singleton, Harvey L., 73; Slesinger, Harrv, 101
Smith, Henrv V., Jr., 45, 87; Snook, George A., 246
Sobol, Lillian S., 240; Solov, Harry, 364; Spiller, William, 364
Stanhope Bindery, Inc., 294; Stanziani, Pasquale, 24
Stapleford, Robert, 80; Steele-Litvin, Inc., 201 ; Stein, Harry, 358
Stewart Brothers Co., 234; Stow, John, 80; Stringi, Joseph, 118
Stubelio, Sandris J., 69; Stumcke, C. E., 303
Sullivan, Charles W., 256; Sullivan, Katherine, 201, 234
Tabagh, Kamel, 234; Tango, James, 69; Tarantino, Stephen A., 298
Thompson, Curtis, 69; Toomey, Donald F., 130
Towle, Herbert C, 256; Turner, Charles O., 14
Turner, William J., 277
I). S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 59
United States of America, 118
Van Ham, D., 41; Verenis, Arthur, 323
Virginia Mutual Insurance Co., 124; Vitiello, Irene T., 23
Walsh, Liliane R., 277; Ware, Helen J., 288
Warren Chambers, 187; West Third Street Garage, 64
Weston, I. Anita, 59; White, Genevieve, 87
Williams, Florence, 330; Wiseman, Max, 64, 214
Woolworth (F. W.; Co., 201; Woods, Mrs. F. J„ 182
Wren, Curtis E., 262; Wyman, John K., 109
Yankee Lobster Co., 9; Yelen, Bernard, 23
Yellow Truck Leasing Corporation, 73; Yetman, Henry T., 214
Claims, Continued
property loss:
Abreau, Eileen, 369
Cosmopulos, Nicholas, 246
Davis, Charles, 267; Duffy, Susan, 45
Harrington, James F., 41
McDonough, Michael, 9
Shanefsky, Ida, 9
reimbursement of employees' claims:
Ahearn, John D., (2) 41, (2) 69; Allsopp, Lewis W., 323
Alongi, Sebastian, 118; Asmar, Henry C, (2)
Austin, Walter G., 298
Barton, Herbert P., 277; Bertucelli, Finlev J., 262
Bevins, Thomas A.. 41; Boyd, Joseph P., (2) 262, (2) 300
Bradley, William R., 80, 89; Brennan, John V., 69, 87, 124
Brennan, Martin J., Jr., 182, 198; Brundidge, Robert W„ 187, 217
Bulman, Francis G., 73; Burge, Stephen E., Jr., 262
Burke, Thomas F., 187; Byron, Thomas H., 277
Callahan, Robert W., 182, 198; Campo, Gregory, 358, 365
Casey, Edward J., 373; Cashman, John T., 262, 304
Cicconi, Joseph A., 234; Cole, John T., 14
Cooke, Thomas E., 14, 25; Corderv, John S., 187
Costello, Patrick, 187, 207; Creedon, John J., 364, 374
Cummings, Richard P., 187, 207; Currier, John H., Jr., 101, 262
Darerno, Carmine, 240, 269; Dashner, Joseph H., 14, 25
Davis, Richard P., 171, 184; Denehy, Daniel A., Jr., 303
Desmond, William J., 9, 21; DeVoe, Lawrence E., 262
DeYoung, Gardner, 187, 207; DiPietro, Henry, 369
Donallson, William D., 171; Donovan, Charles F., 364
Donovan, Robert W., 217, 236, 294; Drew, Robert B., 9
Driscoll, Walter A., 171; Durand, Henry M., 262
Dyer, Edward J., 373
Eastman, Chester W., 109, 373; Elmo, Edward P., 294
Enavie, Arthur J., (2) 262
Fallo, Philip F., 214, 218; Faul, Albert G., 14
Feeney, John J., 59; Flanagan, Joseph F., 80
Flynn, Edward J., 240; Foran, James F., 262
Frawdey, James A., 23, 60; Friel, Edward L., 64
Galiszzo, Domenic, 45; Goldberg, Charles, 369
Grady, Edward J., (2) 118, (2) 126; Grew, William R., 69, 75
Guzowski, William F., 330
Haley, William K., Jr., 358, 365; Hamford, Leonard F., 45, 60, 64
Hardy, John A., 323; Hayhurst, Robert G., 373
Hohn, Joseph, 14, 25; Hunt, George A., 262
Imbriano, Michael, (2) 214, (2) 218
Johnson, Leonard B., 256; Joyce, Robert F., 246, 269, (3) 323
Kalish, Lawrence, 201; Keefe, Paul W., 294; Kelley, Francis G., 14
Kennedy, Joseph P., 187, 207, 358
Lamb, Arthur J., 164; Lee, Ralph R., 303; Logue, William, 303
Lonergan, Raymond T., Jr., 124: Long, John J., 373
Lownie, John J., 171, 184; Lydon, James F., 201
MacDonald, Harold F., 222; Madden, John J., 214, 218
Magner, James A., 182, 198; Magrath, Robert D., 187
Maher, John F., Jr., 9, 130; Mahoney, LeRoy J., 9, 80
Maraggia, Albert F., 298; Marley, John J„ 323, 339
McCarthy, James E., (3) 240; McCarthy, Jeremiah A., 201
McCarthy, Joseph J., 14, 25; McCormick, Joseph S., 9
McCusker, Thomas P., 23; McHugh, John J., Jr., 187
McManus, Edward J., 262; McNeil, Alexander, 214, 241
Moulton, Emory W., 262
Nee, Bartley T., 277; Nee, Thomas, 182; Novak, Walter M., 164
O'Brien, William J., 298; O'Donnell, Alfred J., 118
O'Donnell, Michael J., 373; O'Shea, Daniel J., 130, 172
O'Toole, Thomas F., 298; Otto, Joseph J., 262
Parsons, Foster D., 303; Parziale, Anthony A., 262
Patterson, Edward T., (2) 201; Phillips, William E., 80, 89
Powell, Wilfred R., 222; Powers, Joseph L., 45, 60
Raedy, Joseph C, (2) 217; Regan, John, 323; Reis, Arnold N„ 45
Repussi, Alfred L., 222, 258; Ricci, Leonard, 124
Richardson, George V., 23; Riley, Michael J., 303
Roche, Arthur J., 256; Rodriquez, Manuel F., 124
Rodwell, Henry F., 234, 242; Rose, Leo B., 323
Rossi, Joseph A., 256, 269; Rotondi, Samuel, (2) 59, (2) 69
Ryan, George W., 294; Ryan, John W., 277
Sangster, George W., 14; Shannon, George F., 240, 269
Shea, Harry C, Jr., 45; Shea, Robert J., Jr., 240, 269
Skeene, Ernest M., 23; Skerry, John J., 9; Smith, Gerald, 201
Stuart, David, (3) 164; Sullivan Leo J., (2) 64, (2) 69
Sullivan, John J., 109; Supple, James J., 256
Sutton, Joseph, 222; Sweeney, John M., 358, 365
Telch, Nicholas J., 187, 207; Teparow, Benjamin, 222, 241
Toeci, Gerardo, 201; Toohey, John P., 201, 218
Torpey, Alfred J., 330
Vacca, Nicholas A., 262
Walsh, Daniel C, (2) 217, (2) 236
Washington, Benjamin, 201; Waters, Francis M., 187
Watts, William H., 234, 242, 358; Wenzel, Walter, 201
West, Lawrence A., 262; White, John F., 73; White, Ralph H., 303
White, Ralph R„ 80; Wilkins, Herbert U., 201, 218
retirement:
Connolly, Edward P., 19
Delaney, Thomas J., 324, 332
Malone, Edwin M., 171, 178
CLAIMS
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CONVENTIONS
Claims, Committee on
members: Couns. McLaughlin (Chairman), Foley (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Kerrigan, White
petitions referred: 9, (2) 10, (2) 14, (2) 18, 23, (3) 41, (2) 45, (2)
59, 04, (3) 69, 73, (2) 74, 80, (2) 87, 101, 102, (2) 109, 111, 118, (2)
124, 130, 131, (2) 164, (3) 171, (2) 175, 182, 187, 201, (2) 214, 217,
(2) 222, 228, (2) 234, 240, 241, 246, 256, 257, 262, (3) 263, 277, (2)
288, (3) 294, (2) 298, 303, 323, (2) 324, 330, (3) 337, 358, 359, (2)
364, 365, (2) 369, (3) 373, 374
reports: 10, 21, 25, 42, 60, 66, 69, 75, 82, 89, 120, 126, 172, 178, 184,
198, 206, 218, 229, 241, 258, 267, 280, 289, 294, 300, 304, 327, 332,
339, 370, 375
Classification and Compensation Plan
grade of Environmental Sanitation Inspector (Food), (referred
December 12, 1955), 26, 44, 133
removal of employees of Maintenance Division of Fire Department
from Classification and Compensation Plan, 116, 174
transfers from Compensation Plan Amendments, Citv, to various
city departments, $337,500, 200, 209
Clerk of Committees Department
notices of committee meetings to include all matters to be heard
by committee, 125
pocket edition of "Organization of the City Government," 7
temporary appointments in department, (2) 6, 24, 42, 75, 103,
132, 191, 218, 223, 235, 259, 295, 333, 371
Coal
appointment of weighers:
Charbonnier, Albert F., 302, 327
Custis, John P., 199, 215
Lessieux, Joseph, 122, 132
Reynolds, James, 122, 132
Rizzotto, Gloria, 129, 165
Torgersen, Fritzof O., 221, 229
Williamson, Jean, 129, 165
Coen, Rev. William R.
invocation: 216
Cogavin, Rev. Martin T.
invocation: 135
Collins, John F., Councillor
administration of oath of office, 3
committee appointments: Confirmations, Executive, Legislative
Matters (Chairman), Licenses, Ordinances, Public Housing, Public
Lands, Public Service and Recreation (Vice Chairman), 10
committee report: Legislative Matters, 61
orders:
advisability of making Jamaica way one-way, 74
appearance of Health Commissioner before Executive Committee
re Salk Vaccine Program, 112 (with Coun. McCormack)
assistance to committee studying Zeckendorf proposals, 259 (with
Coun. Foley)
installation of traffic signals: Firth rd., Washington St., South St.,
and Lee Hill rd., Ward 19, 250 (with Coun. McLaughlin)
legislation to extend term of bonds issued for public improvements, 71
Police Department policy on emergency hospitalization, 88 (with
Couns. McLaughlin and White)
report on redevelopment of "New York Streets" area, 250
rezoning district bounded by Perkins St., Jamaicaway and Parkton
rd., Jamaica Plain, 360 (with Coun. McLaughlin)
ruling by Corporation Counsel re legality of construction of motel
in an R-40 zone, 360 (with Coun. McLaughlin) -
resolves:
acceptance of bid on "New York Streets" area, 371
appointment of Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal, 360
appraisal to determine fair value of Sumner Tunnel, 208
commendation of first conference on municipal administration, 334
congratulations to northeastern railroads on equalization of rates to
Port of Boston, 173
equalization of freight rates on northeastern railroads, 126
legislation affecting Massachusetts Port Authority, 74
Collins, John F., Councillor, Continued
resolves:
legislation to increase purchase price for Sumner Tunnel, 361 (with
Coun. McDonough)
relocation of Jamaica Plain post office building, 366
speed-up of antipolio vaccine program, 84 (with Coun. McCormack)
Committee to Memorialize Veterans
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
Harry Beckman, Pasadena rd. and Blue Hill ave., Ward 14, 218
Arthur Caparelliotis, Parker and Ruggles sts., Ward 9, 298
John Komar, King and Train sts., Ward 16, 291
William C. Loughman, Tremont and St. Alphonsus sts., Ward 10,
130, 13.3
Harold S. MacFarland, Falkland and Hobart sts., Ward 22, 319
John P. McKeon, Hallet and Hill Top sts., Ward 16, 56; Hill Top,
Cedar Grove, and Hallet sts., Ward 16, 84, 130, 133
Sarkice T. Nadder, Readville and Knight sts., Ward 18, 282 (order
rescinded, 290); order to name Readville st. and Neponset Valley
Parkway, Ward 18, S. Thomas Nadder Square, 290
Victor G. Rundberg, Jr., Hallet and Minot sts., Ward 16, 179
Armin E. Siegfrievt, North Beacon and Everett sts., Ward 22, 12
Mariano F. Solimine, Copp's Hill ter. and Charter St., Ward 3, 70,
130, 133
Compensation Review Board
appointments:
James E. Gildea, 6
Perlie Dyar Chase, 6
Joseph B. Nealon, 6
Frank McDonough, consultant, 6
order re review of procedure of Board, 299
Confirmations, Committee on
members: Couns. Kerrigan (Chairman), Piemonte (Vice Chairman),
Collins, McDonough, McLaughlin, 10
reports: 15, 25, 56, 59, 66, 88, 103, 119, 126, 132, 165, 176, 215, 218,
229, 242, 269, 289, 327, 33S, 370, 374
Connolly, Rev. Fidelis
invocation: 226
Constables
annual list (City Document No. 29) submitted by the Mayor of con-
stables authorized to serve civil process upon filing bond, 78, 88, 119
bond approvals: 10, 42, 66, 69, 81, 103, 112, 125, 131, 165, 172, 183,
188, 202, 214, 222, 227, 249, 294
resignations:
Bearak, Saul I., 118
Linsky, Leonard, 260
with power to serve civil process upon filing bond:
Antonetti, Lawrence P., 4, 15, 51
Blakeley, Russell T., 320, 338, 359
Blaney, John, 274, 294
Canton, James A., 188
Cappadona, Josenh A., 129, 165, 214
Concannon, Francis J., 57, 66, 69, 119
Coneannon, James Michael, 199, 215, 222
Gilman, Louis Benjamin, 253, 269
Guarino, Arthur A., 231, 242, 249
Kellev, Robert J., 28, 56, 66, 172
Lannon, John J., 79, 103, 112
Lewis, Charles, 210, 218, 227
Licciardi, Vincent B., 167, 176
Maloney, Jerome F., 253, 269
Ricupero, Dennis C, 44, 59, 81, 119
Rubin, Isadore, 328, 338, 364
Saliba, James, 167, 176. 183
Sticco, Quirino, 4, 15, 42
Tavella, Frank, 17, 25, 42, 131
Contracts and Contractors
collection and removal of garbage and refuse: Dooley Brothers
108, 116, 132, 134, 179
notices of interest in contracts: Samuel J. Tomasello, 191, 203
215, 249, 267
reporting and indexing of City Council Minutes, 88
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished
Quests
transfer of $20,000 from appropriation to Public Celebrations, 322, 338
COUNTY
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EXECUTIONS
County Classification and Compensation Plan
amendments re compensation grade: van driver?, 20, 51, 81, 116,
326; court officers, 61, 81, 116, 326; parole agents, 75, 116, 133, 183,
326; officer personnel at Jail and House of Correction, 81, 82, 116;
classification of "Correction Officer and Shoe-making Instructor",
111, 1 16; substitution of words" Supervisor of Personnel " for " Budget
Commissioner", 187, 198; shortening of time for longevity increments
to take effect, 187, 198; amendments affecting officers and employees,
286, 299
order re position of foreman mechanic with compensation grade al-
location of 19, 326, 364
transfers from Compensation Plan Amendments — County to various
county departments, $17,500, 200, 209
County Commissioners of Middlesex County
copy of order re resetting of monument marking boundary line be-
tween City of Boston and City of Newton, 326
County Commissioners of Suffolk County
order re amendment of County Classification and Compensation Plan,
326, 364
Cusack, Rev. John J.
invocation: 210
Cushing, Archbishop Richard J.
invocation at inaugural exercises, 1
CYO
welcome to Council meeting of CYO members, 304
Deaths
resolutions of regret upon death of:
Fred Allen, 84
William F. Dwyer, 291
Edward W. Fallon, 359
Joseph L. Hurley, 127
James F. Hynes, 71
Michael Langone, 42
James H. Mooney, 243
New England Province of the Society of Jesus members, 75
New York Fire Department members, 103
Stuart C. Rand, 291
Lucinda Rayburn, 184
Father Louis Rinaldi, 228
Thomas Slattery, 42
Delinquent Taxpayers
order re furnishing list of delinquent taxpayers to Council, 126, 370
order re publication in "City Record" of list of delinquent taxpayers,
126, 370
Demolition or Restoration of Abandoned Properties
appropriation of $25,000 from Reserve Fund, 238, 244
approval of loan by Department of Corporations and Taxation, 289
loan of $500,000, 246, 260, 271, 282
Department Heads
information on annual reports by department heads, 283, 292
overtime pay or time off for work during storm emergencies, 84
publication in City Record of changes in regulations oi
ordinances, 55
Departmental Buildings
appropriation of $150,000, 64, 65, 104
loan for construction of departmental buildings, $1,000,000, 61, 65,
104, 327, 339, 370
Departmental Equipment
appropriation of $150,000, 64, 65, 104
loan of $2,000,000, 64, 65, 104, 119
Does, Rev. Jerome
invocation: 231
Dogs
order re ordinance to require leashing of dogs in certain congested
areas, 270
Doherty, Rev. Arthur H.
invocation: 22
Donovan, Rev. John
invocation: 245
Dooley Brothers
contract for collection and removal of garbage and refuse in District 1 1 ,
Hyde Park, 108, 179
order for public hearing on contract, 116, 132, 134
Dorchester Day
commemoration of founding of Dorchester, 172
Dorchester Yacht Club
notice of hearing before State Department of Public Works
plication to construct clubhouse in Savin Hill Bay, 45
Dump Truck Owners Association, Inc.
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 176
Easements
abandonment of easements:
Preston ct., Dorchester, 216, 228, 241
Wyvern st„ West Roxbury, 239, 250, 259
adequate compensation to city for lands taken for easements by
Commonwealth, 125, 172, 222, 369
notices from State Department of Public Works of takings of land
for easements, 125, 257, 277, 289
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 10
Election Commission
appointment of Commissioner: David Lasker, 111
appearance of Commissioners or Chairman before Executive
Committee, 282, 284
available paper ballots at all voting booths, 126, 136, 372
call for State Election on November 6, 291
certification of election of Mayor Hynes, City Councillors, and School
Committee members, 1
changes in voting precincts, 365, 367
cooperation in voter registration drive, 228, 237
proposed revision of machine election ballots, 126, 137, 372
suspension of certain sections of General Laws at State Election ,
291
transfer of land and building at Broadway and Dorchester ave.
from Fire Department, 245, 289
transfers to other departmental appropriations: $5,000 to Ad-
ministrative Services Department, Printing Section, 358, 361; $10,000
to Pensions and Annuities, City, 368, 371
vote on license questions, 359
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimburse=
ments
transfers from other departmental appropriations: $125,000
(from Assessing Department, $37,000, 368, 371; from Hospital
Department, $63,000, 368, 371; from Reserve Fund, $25,000, 368,
371)
EXECUTIVE
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FOLEY
Executive Committee
members: Couns. White (Chairman), Kerrigan (Vice Chairman),
and all the Councillors, 10
appearance of Dr. John F. Conlin before committee, 252
attendance of secretary of Real Property Board at committee
meeting, 295
order re attendance of public at committee meetings, 125, 375
reports: 11, 15, 20, 26, 43, 61, 75, 104, 116, 121, 127, 133, 179, 198,
209, 215, 219, 223, 244, 271, 284, 299, 319, 335, 338, 340, 361, 371
Fair Rent Board
appointments:
Edward W. O'Hearn, Chairman, 6
Daniel M. Driscoll, 6
Elliott Henderson, 6
Samuel L. Pope, 6
Joseph Stefani, 6
appropriation of $38,000 for Fair Rent Board, 5
Finance Commission
appearance before Hospital Committee, 208
reports:
land takings for off-street parking, 109, 257, 331
purchasing procedure, 303
reductions on 1956 budget, 102
revision of schedule of fees and charges, 45
school costs, 264
tax rate for 1956, 247
Fire Department
acceptance of Chapter 358 of Acts of 1956 re payment of annuity
to parents of Thomas Slattery, 179
appropriation: $150,000 for personal services, snow removal, 100, 104
fire losses in Boston for last five years, 191, 199, 216
opinions of Corporation Counsel:
establishment of bargaining agent for Fire Department, 17, (2) 43,
(2) 374
status of civilian members of Maintenance Division, 15, 30, 179
order re payment of annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 85, 179
pensions and annuities for death of husband:
Blakelev, Eva B. (referred February 14, 1955), 00
Cahill, Rose L., 59
Connelly, Blanche L., 171
Crowlev, Elizabeth I. (referred September 7, 1955), 25
Franz, Eleanor T„ 119, 258
Freeley, Helen E., 373
Gorham. Marv J., 359
Harrington, Marie B., 202
Keane, Elizabeth R., 69
Limey, Mary E. (referred November 14-28, 1955), 66
Marshall, Lulu G., 119, 267
McCarthy, Nora F., 337
McDonough, Joanne M., 262, 339
McFadden, Ruth V., 234, 371
McNamara, Gertrude F., 247, 370
Spitz, Catherine, 10, 120
Sullivan, Mary, 234
petitions for indemnification:
Abbott, John A., 81
Arnao, Francis A., Ill, 120
Barrv, Francis X., 263, 280
Carey, William J., 324, 332
Cavanagh, Frederick W., 288, 294
Crehan, John J., 222, 229
Crifo, Louis, 222, 229
Cunningham, William A., 18, 25
DeRosa, Paul J., 74, 82, 111, 120. 222, 229, 241, 268, 324, 332
DeSisto, Prisco C, (2) 324, (2) 332
Dobler, Arthur S., 188, 206
Doneghey, James F., 288, 294
Dowd, Joseph M., 74, 82
Femino, John P., Ill, 120, 263, 280
Fiorenza, Guido S., 188, 206, 263, 280
Gallagher, Owen J., 324, 332
Gearin, Paul F., 188, 206, 324, 332
George, James T., 188, 206, 324, 332
Harris, John F.. 18, 25
Hobin, Robert P., Ill, 120
Keenan, Julia A., widow of Frederick F. K., Ill, 120
Kelley, Francis J., Ill, 120, 241, 267
Kelly, Thomas E., 74, 82
Kennedy, Richard W., 18, 25
Kilday, Charles F., 18, 25
Kilduff, Paul M., 222, 229
King, George H., (2) 164, 222, 267, 288, 303
LaCasse, Raymond B., 81, 178, 337, 365
Fire Department, Continued
petitions for indemnification:
Laffan, Daniel P., 324, 332
Larkin, Thomas F„ 188, 206
Lewis, James E., 222, 229
Mackey, Robert F., 18, 25
Madden, James A., 324. 332
Maher, Alfred E., 45, 60
McCarthy, Charles J., 222, 229
Otto, Joseph J., 263. 2S0
Peluso, Anthony J., Ill, 120, 188, 206, 288, 294
Randall, Robert, 241, 268
Regan, Joseph L., 257, 289
Schneider, Henry J., 373
Sennett, Leo R., 188, 206
Sheehan, Daniel F., 222, 229
Spear, Gerard, 369, 374
Storey, Frank J., 74, 82
Sullivan, Walter L., 222, 229
Sweeney, Calvin W., 288, 294
Terrenzi, William A., 222, 229
Vogel, Charles N., 18, 60, 69, 82, 175, 206, 294, 324, (2) 327, 365
Vogel, Joseph F., 188, 206
Walsh, John J., Ill, 120, 263, 280, 369, 374
reduction of annuity: Eleanor T. Franz, 263, 209
reimbursement of employees' claims:
Boyd, Joseph P., (2) 262, 300
Brennan, Martin J., 182, 198
Callahan, Robert W., 182, 198
Cashman, John T., 262, 304
Cook, Thomas W., 14, 25
Creedon, John J., 364, 374
Dashner. Joseph H., 14, 25
Desmond, William J., 9, 21
De Young, Gardner, 187, 207
Hansford, Leonard F., 45, 60
Imbriano, Michael, (2) 214, (2) 218
Kennedy, Joseph P., 187, 207
Marley, James W., 323, 339
Powers, Joseph L., 45, 60
Sweeney, John M., 359, 365
Teperow, Benjamin, Administrator of Estate of Timothy D. Donahue,
222, 242
removal of employees of Maintenance Division from Classification
and Compensation Plan, 116, 174
resolution of sympathy upon death of firefighters Thomas Slattery
and Michael Langone, 42
resolve congratulating officers and men of department, 359
transfer from Clerk's Office, Superior Court, Civil Session, of $35,300,
364, 367
transfer of land on Moon Island from Public Works Commissioner,
216, 228
transfers of property:
land and building at Broadway and Dorchester ave., to Board of
Election Commissioners, 245, 289
land and building at 3085 Washington St., Roxbury, to Public Works
Department, 227, 242
land at 133 Salem st. to Commissioner of Real Property, 357, 369
Fiscal Year of City
order re change in fiscal year of city, 7; opinion of Law Department, 13;
report of Committee on Appropriations and Finance, 370
Fitzgerald Expressway
notices from State Department of Public Works re layout and
taking of section of Expressway, 15, 59, 65, 69, 87
Fitzsimmons, Rev. Gerard
invocation: 118
Fogarty, Rev. John J.
invocation: 297
Foley, William J., Jr., Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 19, 187-191, 291, 333-334
announcement of meeting of Committee on Appropriations and
Finance, 85
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance (Chairman),
Claims, Executive, Hospitals (Vice Chairman), Inspection of Prisons
(Chairman), Licenses, Ordinances, Public Housing, Public Service
and Recreation, 10
OLEY (15)
GEORGE
olcy, William J., Jr., Councillor, Continued
committee reports:
Appropriations and Finance: 90. 104, 176, (2) 203, 204, 209, 219
223, 242, 271. 281, 295, 327, 332, 370, 374
Inspection of Prisons: 376
list of detailed budget reductions, 95
orders:
acceptance of Cha.pter 510 of 19.56 increasing compensation of Police
Commissioner, 220 (with Couns. McCormack, Kerrigan, Mc-
Donough)
advisory board to consider recreational development of Boston
Harbor, 70
appearance of Election Commissioners before Executive Committee,
282 (with Conn. McLaughlin)
appointment of "Legislative Task Force", 366
assistance to committee studying Zeckendorf proposals, 259 (with
Coun. Collins)
available paper ballots at each voting booth, 126
City Council participation in Boston College seminars, 20
collection of trash in South Boston district, 244 (with Couns. Mc-
Cormack and Kerrigan)
compensation grade of court officer, 61 (with Coun. McDonough)
conference of business and civic organizations re Hospital Depart-
ment, 259 (with Coun. McDonough)
conference with Mayor on group insurance plans, 19 (with Coun,
McCormack)
consultation with Park Commission chairman on development of
urban renewal program, 283
cooperation in voter registration drive, 228
equipment of police boat with small surface search radar set, 366
fencing small park areas for very young children, 298
fireworks display in East Boston night of July 3rd, 298 (with Couns.
Piemonte and McCormack)
functioning of Electrical Inspection Division, 166
group insurance for employees of Boston Housing Authority, 19
(with Coun. McCormack)
heavy truck regulations and traffic signals on Columbia rd. and
"Boston Street Section", 319 (with Couns. McCormack and
Kerrigan)
housing development for the aged, 84
improvement of softball diamonds in rear of aquarium, 165 (with
Couns. Kerrigan aond McCormack)
inclusion in Citu Record of remarks by councillors at Boston College
seminar, 117 (with Coun. Ahearn)
increased compensation grade of "Van Driver", 20
information on costs of tape recorders, 15
information re construction of off-street parking lot in Jamaica
Pin in district. 1 1
installation of drinking fountains in South Boston, 165 (with Couns.
Kerrigan and McCormack)
installation of pedestrian traffic signal at St. Edward rd. and Saratoga
St., 319 (with Couns. McCormack and Kerrigan)
installation of temporary lights on Dorchester Heights Monument,
116 (with Couns. Kerrigan and McCormack)
instructions to certain members of Police and Puhlic Works Depart-
ments re "Towing Law," 126 (with Coun. McDonough)
legislation re change in city's fiscal year, 7
legislation re higher statutory limit on borrowing for urban renewal
purposes, 361
linking of South Boston trucking facilities with Central Arterial
Highway and relocation of Naval Training facilities, 283 (with
Coun. Kerrigan)
loan of 810,000,000 for establishment of off-street parking facilities,
220
Metropolitan District Commission sewerage tunnel, South Boston,
70 (with Couns. McCormack and Kerrigan)
one-way streets:
Lark St., Ward 7, 335 (with Couns. Kerrigan and McCormack)
Thornley St., Ward 13, 121 (with Couns. Kerrigan, McCormack
and McDonough)
opinion of Corporation Counsel re group insurance for Boston Housing
Authority employees, 19 (with Coun. McCormack)
personnel administration at City Hospital, 283 (with Coun. Kerrigan)
position of foreman mechanic with compensation grade allocation
of 19, 326
proposed association of city and town officials of Greater Boston, 243
(with Coun. McCormack)
purchase of tape recorder for use of Council committees, 26
reclassification of employees of Maintenance Division of Fire Depart-
ment, 116 (with Couns. McDonough and McCormack)
repair of Castle Island piers, 229 (with Couns. Kerrigan and Mc
Cormack)
repair of handball courts at L Street Bathhouse, 178 (with Couns.
McCormack and Kerrigan!
restoration of waterfront historical wharf and clipper ship, etc., 371
revision of machine election ballots, 126
snow-making equipment at Commonwealth Country Club, 11
street lighting: Page St.. Ward 14, 271 (with Couns. Kerrigan, Mc-
Cormack, and McDonough)
street lighting and paving: certain Dorchester and South Boston
streets, 318 (with Couns. McCormack and Kerrigan)
study of statutory limit on borrowing power affecting urban renewal
funds, 283 (with Coun. Ahearn)
sub-library in Hemenway School, Readville, 116 (with Couns. Mc-
Donough and McLaughlin)
suggestions to promote sale of "New York Streets" area, 166
Foley, William J., Jr., Councillor, Continued
orders:
transcript of proceedings of conference on school construction. 166
weekly deduction of Blue Cross-Blue Shield payments, 67
resolves:
approval of plan to expand City Planning Department, 334
assistance of Boston Municipal Research Bureau on annual budget,
15 (with Couns. McLaughlin)
autonomous management of certain facilities in Port of Boston area
by an independent public authority, 76
committee to promote re-sale of "New York Streets" area, 20
condolences to New England Province of the Society of Jesus, 75
(with all the Councillors)
condolences upon death of Father Louis Rinaldi, 228 (with Coun.
Piemonte)
congratulations on children's recreational and iraining program at
Castle Island, 229
congratulations to American Federation of Technical Engineers, 209
(with Coun. McCormack)
congratulations to Congressman John W. McCormack, 184 (for all
the Councillors)
congratulations to South Boston High School, its basketball team
and coach, 75 (with Couns. Kerrigan and McCormack)
consultation with Mayor and School Committee re new school con-
struction, 71
endorsement of nomination of Congressman John W. McCormack
for President, 103 (with Coun. Kerrigan)
expediting use of funds for off-street parking facilities, 184
expression of pride in accomplishments of Boston Arts Festival, 132
extension of night service of MTA to Columbia Point Housing Project,
61 (with Couns. McCormack and Kerrigan)
felicitations to Miss Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier, 117 (for all the
Councillors)
initiation by Council of loan for school construction, 133
legislation for increased payment by State for Sumner Tunnel, 360
(with Coun. McCormack)
legislation re disability caused certain members of Penal Institutions
Department, 56
protest against ruling of Board of Appeal re zoning variance of land
at Farragut rd. and First St., 11 (with Couns. Kerrigan and Mc-
Cormack)
sympathy to certain citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, 84 (with
Coun. McCormack)
thanks to Directors and Staff of Boston Municipal Research Bureau,
166
waterfront development with Urban Renewal money, 271
Galbreath Corporation
communication from John W. Galbreath, 304
resolve extending Council's commendations to Galbreath Corporation,
270
Gallagher, Rev. Francis L.
invocation: 339
Garage Systems
attendance of secretary of Real Property Board at Executive Com-
mittee meeting re mechanized garages, 295
motion for public hearing before Executive Committee, 290
resolution asking review of construction program, 298
resolution re appointment of technical experts to survey mechanical
garage systems, 290
Garbage and Refuse
collection of trash in South Boston district, 244, 254
contract with Dooley Brothers for District 11, Hyde Park, 108, 116,
132, 134, 179
Gasoline
hearing before Department of Public Safety re license for storage of
gasoline at 2 Edgewater Drive, Dorchester, 14, 30
Gello, Angelo
resolve favoring payment of sum of money to estate of Angelo Gello, 20
General Motors Corporation
resolution extending greetings to President Harlow H. Curtice, 116
George Wright Golf Course
petition from members re fees for golf privileges, 215
GOODS
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INVOCATIONS
Goods
appointment of weighers:
Ashe, Thomas, 368, 374
Besco, Edward, 199, 215
Buck, Edward J., 253, 269
Chapin, Willis H., 253, 269
Charbonnier, Albert F., 302, 327
Curtis, John P., 167, 176
Daggett, James, 129, 165
Harte, Francis, 129, 165
Karp, Donald G., 118, 126
Kelly, Peter, 129, 165
Kiley, John, 129, 165
Lane, Maurice E., Jr., 368, 374
O'Kane, William J., 368, 374
Perry, John F., 368, 374
Qumlan, John W., 368, 374
Reid, Walter, 129, 168
Reynolds, William, 362, 370
Weinograd, Maurice, 28, 56
Wright, Frederick, 106, 119
Qorski, Rev. Vincent J.
invocation: 273
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
resolve re employment of Hungarian refugees, 354
Griffin, Rt. Rev. Christopher
invocation: 106
Group Insurance
Chapter 760 of 1955 (accepted by Council in 1955): vetoed by the
Mayor, 372
conference of Councillors with Mayor re group insurance plans, 19
group insurance for employees of Boston Housing Authority, 19
Harrington, Rev. Paul V.
invocation: 199
Health Department
appointments:
Health Commissioner: John H. Cauley, M.D., 111
environmenta sanitation inspectors (temporary)
Delppolito,- Peter J., 172
McCormack, John W., 82
Motley, William A., 258
environmental sanitation inspectors (food: temporary)
Kerrigan, Thomas J.. 55
Kougeas, Charles H.p 373
Rudnick, John D., 234
Scalli, Anthony J., 332
milk inspector: Henry Mazer, 10
Public Health Council:
Mrs. Frances Burns, 164
Peter DiPaoli, 164
Elmer C. Foster, 164
Dr. Roy J. Heffernai 164; named as Chairman, 165
Dr. Robert G. Hill, 164
Dr. Albert A. Horner, 164
Dr. William F. F. Mayes, 164; named as Vice Chairman, 165
Joseph L. Milhender, 164
Genwood J. Sherard, 164
appearance of Commissioners before Executive Committee re
Salk Vaccine Program, 112, 372
appropriation: antipolio vaccination program, $28,000, 57, 61
Classification and Compensation Plan: change of grade of
Environmental Sanitation Inspector (Food), 26, 44, 133
definite date for landlords to comply with health standard code, 2S2,
302
establishment of Bureau of Disease Control, 10
establishment of Public Health Council, 22, 83
minimum standards of fitness for human habitation, 30, 42, 55,
277, 371
reimbursement of employee's claim: William R. Bradley, 80, 89
resolve re strict enforcement of anti-litter law, 270
transfer of property at 105 Dorchester ave. to Public Works De-
partment, 226, 242
Hearst Newspapers
resolution extending congratulations upon observance of " I Am An
American Day," 252
Hebrew Home for Aged
invitation to Councillors to attend ground-breaking ceremonies of
Home, 326
Hospital Department
appointment of City Hospital Trustee: Stuart C. Rand, 131
appearance of Dr. Conlin before Executive Committee, 252
appearance of Hospital Trustees and officers before Hospital Com
mittee, 208
conference of business and civic organizations re Hospital De
partment, 259
construction of branches for emergency treatment in various sections
of city, 25
death of Hospital Trustee Stuart C. Rand, 291
information re hospital plans for institutional building, 25
personnel administration at City Hospital, 283
postponement of certain hospital expenditures until completion
of survey, 89
reimbursement of employee's claim: Alexander McNeil, 214, 241
schedule of hospital studies, 235
transfers to other departmental appropriations: Executions of
Court, Damage Claims, and Reimbursements, $63,000, 369, 371;
Administrative Services Department, Printing Section ,$35,000, 358,
361
visiting hours at City Hospital, 70
Hospitals, Committee on
members: Couns. McDonouah (Chairman), Foley (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Kerrigan, McLaughlin, 10
Hudson Bus Lines
notices of hearings before Department of Public Utilities, 65, 81
Hungarian Refugees
resolve re employment for Hungarian refugees, 354
Huntress, Rev. George C.
invocation: 167
Indemnification
petitions for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical, anc
nursing expenses:
Fire Department: (5) 25, (2) 60, (4) 74, (4) 82, (8) 120, (4) 178, (9) 206
(2) 229, (5) 280, (4) 294, (2) 300, (12) 324, (10) 332, (2) 365, (2) 374
Police Department: 287, 289
Inspection of Prisons, Committee on
members: Couns. Foley (Chairman), McDonough (Vice Chairman)
McLaughlin, Piemonte, White, 10
report: 376
International Business Machines Corporation
resolve extending Council's commendations to corporation, 270
Invocations
Abbarno, Rev. James, 368
Adelmann, Rev. Frederick J., 8
Bailey, Seior Major Edward J., 181
Barry, Rev. Gerard D., 252
Benedictis, Rev. Salvatore, 221
Brock, Rev. Lawrence M., 86
Callahan, Rev. Richard, 373
Chmaj, Rev. Francis D., 44
Coen, Rev. William R., 216
Cogavin, Rev. Martin T., 135
Connolly, Rev. Fidelis, 226
Cusack, Rev. John J., 210
Does. Rev. Jerome, 231
INVOCATIONS
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LAW
nvocations, Continued
Doherty, Rev. Arthur H., 22
Donovan, Rev. John, 245
Fitzsimmons, Rev. Gerard, 118
Fogarty, Rev. John J., 297
Gallagher, Rev. Francis L., 339
Gorski, Rev. Vincent J., 273
Griffin, Rt. Rev. Christopher, 106
Harrington, Rev. Paul V., 199
Huntress, Rev., George C., 167
Kazis, Dr. Israel J., 1
Keane, Rev. Thomas, 285
Kellett, Rev. Howard P., 68
Keenan, Rev. William D., 13
Kerr, Rev. George V., 27
Kinchla, Rev. John E., 63
Linnehan. Rev. John J., 362
Lynch, Rev. Juniper, 237
Maguire, Rev. Joseph F., 57
Martensi, Rev. Arnold, 292
McElroy, Very Rev. Francis F., 174
McGrath, Rev. Leonard T., 98, 328
Metters, Rev. Robert G., 3
Miaskiewicz, Rev. Francis S., 356
Murphy, Rev. George E., 260
O'Neill, Rev. Francis J., 4
Piscitelli, Rev. Vincent J., 122
Rafferty, Rev. Joseph J., 336
Ravenell, Rev. William S., 17
Ryer, Rev. Robert L., 72
Scally, Rev. James J., 78
Shea, Rt, Rev. Albert J., 320
Shea, Rev. F. Gerard, 185
Tyler, Rev. Scamuel, Jr., 301
Villella, Rev. Ralph, 129
Irish Center
establishment of Irish Center in Boston, 25, 30
Israel
resolution proclaiming Israel Independence Week, 116
resolution urging granting of Israel's application for arms, 60
"Joe Cronin Day"
order re designation of "Joe Cronin Day," 42
Johnson Bus Lines, Inc.
notice of hearing before the Department of Public Utilities, 287
Jurors Drawn
Grand Jurors: (4) 8, (22) 181, (5) 210, (22) 356
Superior Civil Court: (127) 8, (120) 27, (113) 86, (79) 129, (142) 235,
(169) 252, (216) 273, (189) 301, (50) 373
Superior Criminal Court: (90) 8, (60) 8, (67) 27, (90) 63, (61) 68,
(135) 78, (67) 86, (55) 129, (90) 135, (52) 181, ((1800) 192, (36) 210,
(57) 235, (59) 252, (62.) 273, (90) 301, (64) 301, (59) 356
Jury List
City Doci
215
preparation of Jury List by City Clerk, 184
City Document No. 32: list of inhabitants qualified to serve as jurors,
215
Kazis, Rabbi Israel J.
prayer at inauguration ceremonies, 1
Keane, Rev. Thomas
invocation: 285
Keenan, Rev. William D.
invocation and prayers: 27
Kellett, Rev. Howard P.
invocation: 68
Kennedy, Senator John F.
communication re facilities of Jamaica Plain post office, 373
communications re speeding up of Salk Vaccine Program, 112
resolve re inclusion of book, "Profiles in Courage" in Boston's public
school studies, 11, 74
Kerr, Rev. George V.
invocation. 27
Kerrigan, John F., Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 252-253, 258-259
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance, Claims,
Confirmations (Chairman), Executive (Vice Chairman), Hospitals,
Licenses (Vice Chairman), Ordinances, Public Lands, Rules (Chair-
man), 10
committee reports:
Confirmations: 15, 25, 56, 59, 66, 88, 103, 119, 126, 132, 165, 176, 215,
218, 229. 242, 269, 289, 327, 338, 370, 374
Executive: 121
Rules: 375
orders :
acceptance of Chapter 510 of 1956 increasing compensation of Police
Commissioner, 220 (with Couns. Foley, MeCormaek, McDonough)
Blue Cross-Blue Shield deductions, 243 (with Coun. McDonough)
collection of trash in South Boston district, 244 (with Couns. Foley
and MeCormaek)
heavy truck regulations and traffic signals on Columbia rd. and
"Boston Street Section," 319 (with Couns. MeCormaek and Foley)
improvement of Softball diamonds in rear of Aquarium, 165 (with
Couns. MeCormaek and Foley)
installation of drinking fountains in South Boston, 165 (with Couns.
Foley and MeCormaek)
installation of pedestrian traffic light at St. Edward rd. and Saratoga
St., 319 (with Couns. MeCormaek and Foley)
installation of temporary lights on Dorchester Heights Monument,
116 (with Couns. Foley and MeCormaek)
linking of South Boston trucking facilities with Central Arterial High-
way and relocation of Naval Training facilities, 283 (with Coun.
Foley)
MDC sewerage tunnel, South Boston, 70 (with Couns. Foley and
MeCormaek)
one-way streets :
Lark st., Ward 7, 335 (with Couns. Foley and MeCormaek)
Thornley St., Ward 13, 121 (with Couns. Foley, MeCormaek and
McDonough)
personnel administration at City Hospital, 283 (with Coun. Foley)
repair of Castle Island piers, 239 (with Couns. Foley and MeCormaek)
repair of handball courts at L Street Bathhouse, 178 (with Couns.
MeCormaek and Foley)
street lighting: Page st., Ward 14, 271 (with Couns. Foley, MeCor-
maek and McDonough)
street lighting and paving on certain Dorchester and South Boston
streets, 318 (with Couns. MeCormaek and Foley)
resolves:
congratulations to Congressman John W. MeCormaek, 184 (for all
the Councillors)
congratulations to South Boston High School, its basketball team
and coach, 75 (with Couns. Foley and MeCormaek)
endorsement of nomination of Congressman John W. MeCormaek for
President, 103 (with Coun. Foley)
extension of night service of MTA to Columbia Point Housing Project,
61 (with Couns. MeCormaek and Foley)
protest against ruling of Board of Appeal re zoning variance of land
at Farragut rd. and First St., 11 (with Couns. Foley and MeCor-
maek)
sympathy to family of Stuart C. Rand, 291 (with Coun. Ahearn)
sympathy to family of William F. Dwyer, 291 (with Coun. Ahearn)
Kinchla, Rev. John E.
invocation: 63
Lane, Congressman Thomas J.
communications re speeding up of Salk Vaccine Program, 115
Law Department
acceptance of Chapter 465 of 1956, section 8 re payment to city for
Sumner Tunnel, 213
appearance of representative of department re opinion on open-air
parking law violation, 180
brief re operation of cars of Union Freight Railroad Company on Bos-
ton streets, 43, 188, 371
LAW
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LICENSES
Law Department, Continued
compensation to city from state for taking land in Dorchester for
easement, 125, 172, 222, 369
instructions to certain members of Police and Public Works Depart-
ments re enforcement of "Towing Law," 126
legislation re repeal of compulsory automobile insurance law, 63
minimum requirements for position as Clerk of the Works, 165,
183, 372
opinions requested re
establishment of bargaining agent for Fire Department, 17, 43
group insurance for employees of Boston Housing Authority, 19, 28
legality of construction of motel in R-40 zone, 360
legality of licenses issued by Public Works Department, 75
power of Council over operation of railroad cars on city streets, 24, 61
power of Council re contract between Housing Authority and Charles
River Park, Inc., 354
rights and liability of city re towing of cars, 324
status of civilian members of Maintenance Division of Fire Depart-
ment. 15, 30. 179
ordinance re regulation of operation of sound trucks, 359 (referred
November 30, 1953)
payment of snow removal costs from parking meter fund, 172
petition to Department of Public Utilities re alteration of bridge
on Massachusetts ave., 23, 103
plans for all-night curb parking, 25, 45
preparation of ordinance on purchasing procedure, 319, 337
requests to draft legislation re
change in city's fiscal year, 7, 13, 370
City Council approval of appointments (o Board of Zoning Adjust-
ment, 361
increased purchase price for Sumner Tunnel, 361
leashing of dogs in certain congested areas, 270
licensing of all vending machines, 360
post audit under control of City Council, 299
reimbursement of city by state for interest costs on Sumner Tunnel, 361
study of police powers over private ways, 70, 86
transfer of part or all of Cemetery Division annual receipts to General
Fund, 89
Lease to Post
school building at 7 Glenway st., Dorchester, to Sergt. Philip S. Green
Post, Chapter 93, Disabled American Veterans, 373
Legislative Bill
H. B. 2S75 re Massachusetts Port Authority, 74
Legislative Matters, Committee on
members: Couns. Collins (Chairman), McLaughlin (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, Piemonte, McDonough, 10
reports: 61
Library Department
appointment of Trustees:
Erwin D. Canham, 55
Patrick F. McDonald, 131
annual solicitation for contributions by library, 83, 106
appearance of Director Lord with information re charges for use by
non-residents, lists of bequests, etc., 16
notice of organization of Board, 172
repair of Edward Everett statue, Dorchester, 117
report on department by Administrative Services Department and
Citizens Committee on Municipal Finance, 51
review of form of proposals for competitive bidding, 184, 372
transfers to other departmental appropriations: Administrative
Services Department, Printing Section, $10,000, 358, 361; Pensions
and Annuities, City, $5,000, 368, 371
use of Josiah H. Benton Trust Fund to build branch library, 20
Licenses and Permits
amateur football game for Nazareth Fund, 326
jitney operation: Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company, 228
legality of licenses issued by Public Works Department, 75
newsboys: (4) 24, (3) 59, (3) 119, (2) 359
ordinance re fixing fees for licenses and permits, 141, 219, 220, 240,
289, 295, 304, 340, 370; corrective change, 376
shellfish permits:
Bailey, Benjamin C, (referred September 12, 1955) 15
Bishop, Ralph, 24
Bishop, Richard A., 18, 24, 42, 202, 203
Licenses and Permits, Continued
shellfish permits:
Callahan, John F., 202, 236
Chandler, Charles J., 18. 24
Dabritz, Charles N., (referred September 12, 1955) 15
D'Amico, Frank, 214, 236
D'Amico, James V., 24, 42, 171, 176, 288, 296
D'Amico, Leonard W., 14, 15, 171, 176, 294, 370
Elmo, Edward W., 10, 15, 131, 165, 256, 289
Fairbanks, George H., 18, 24, 202, 203, 263, 289
Ferragamo, Anthony, 256, 289
Ferragamo, Anthonv J., 10, 15, 131, 165
Fraser, Joseph A., 202, 236
French, Daniel C, 18, 24, 202, 272
French, Warren C, 202, 203
Fullerton, David F., 6, 15, 263, 289
Fullerton, William, 41, 55, 124, 165
Fullerton, William W., 24, 43
Gardiner, Michael, 227, 228
Grant, James H., 14, 15, 183, 203, 263, 289
Hodgkins, Rupert Y., Jr., 10, 15
Hurd, George M., 24, 42
Kearney, Joseph A., 14, 15, 202, 272
Kearnev, Thomas J., 18, 24
Kirby, Richard, 18, 24
Kneeland, Robert, 18, 24
Kneeland, Roy, 18, 24, 202, 203
Kwasnica, Bronick, 18, 24
Lawson, Herbert E., 202, 203, 241, 251
L'Heureux, James, 202, 236
Liska, Arthur C, 164, 176, 241, 251
Maslauskas, Charles A., 18, 24
Matthews. Harold T., 14, 15, 171, 176, 256, 289
McDonald, John L.. 164, 176
McDonald, William A., 124, 165
Muise, Richard M., 24. 236
Mulkern, Daniel, 263, 289
O'Neil, Henry F., 18, 24
O'Neil. John J. (referred December 19, 1955), 15
Paino, Arthur A., 256, 272
Perrella, Vincent A., Jr., 24, 42, 124, 165
Rilev, William H., 14, 15, 202, 203
Roche, Maurice X., 6, 15, 171, 272
Scott, William A., 14, 15, 131, 165
Sha.rka, Stanley J. (family use), 202, 203
Sullivan, Timothy J., 18, 24
Swan, Arthur H., 81, 89, 124, 236
Vuilleum, William E., 164, 176
Wardell, Joseph F., 14, 15, 164, 176, 263, 289
Wronblowski, Albin, 24, 42
Sunday bowling petitions:
Alford's Arlington Square Alleys, 256, 296
Arborway Bowlaway, 256, 269
Blue Hill Bowlaway, 263, 289
Bond Bowling and Billiards, Inc., 256, 269
Botto Corporation, 263, 289
Boylston Bowladrome, 256, 269
Brigham Bowlaway, 241, 282, 288, 298
Broadway Recreation, 256, 269
Caledonian Bowling Alleys, 263, 289
Central Park Lanes, 256, 269
Codman Square Bowlaway, 256, 269
Columbia Recreation, 263, 296
Commonwealth Recreation, 263, 289
Covitz, Julius, 256, 269
Egleston Bowlaway, 263, 319
Fenway Alleys, Inc., 263, 289
Grove Hall Recreation Center, 256, 269
Hibernian Bowling Alleys, 256, 269
Huntington 55 Alleys, 256, 269
Hyde Park Bowling Alleys, 14, 24, 256, 269
Hyde Square Bowlaway, 256, 319
Jamaica Bowlaway, 263, 319
Kenmore Bowladrome, Inc., 256, 269
Kittrell, Mrs. Marie, 256, 289
Lucky Strike Bowladrome of Boston, Inc., 263, 289
Mattapan Bowladrome, 256, 269
Maverick Garden Bowladrome, 256, 269
Miah J. Murray, Inc., 263, 289
Mount Pleasant Bowling & Billiards, 263, 289
North Station Bowling Alleys, 256, 269
Olindy's South Station Alleys, Inc., 263, 289
Orient Bowlaway, 294, 298
Roseland of Mass., Inc., 256, 269
Rubbicco, Dominick, 256, 269
Scollay Alleys. 263, 289
Strand Recreation Room, 359, 370
Talbot Bowladrome, 263, 289
Webster Bowling Alleys, 256, 269
West Roxbury Bowling Center, 256, 269
West Roxbury Liederkranz, 263, 289
Sunday Sports; Boston American League Baseball Company, 59, 83
table of fees for licenses and permits, 141, 165
vote on license question, 359
JCENSES
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MAYOR
licenses, Committee on
members: Couns. McDonough (Chairman), Kerrigan (Vice Chair-
man), Collins, Foley, Piemonte, 10
bus stops of Rapid Transit, Inc., at MTA terminal at Orient Heights,
15
petitions referred! 10, (2) 14, 18, (2) 24, 41, 59, 81, 164, 171, 183,
202, 214, 227, 228, (2) 241, (2) 256, (2) 263, (2) 288, (2) 294
reports: 15, 42, 55, 83, 89, 116, 165, 176, 203, 228, 236, 251, 269. 272,
282, 289, 296, 298, 319, 370
licensing Board
resolve re revocation of all pinball machine licenses pending investiga-
tion of use for gambling, 334, 337
_innehan, Rev. John J.
invocation: 362 •
.oans
anticipation of revenue, $75,000,000, 4, 10, 11; $15,000,000, 328,
335, 338
approvals by Emergency Finance Board: loan of $100,000 for civil
defense activities, 19; renewal of tax title loan of $3,500,000 due on
October 3, 1956, 267
construction of departmental buildings, $1,000,000, 64, 65, 104,
327, 339, 370
demolition of abandoned and dilapidated structures, $500,000,
246, 260, (2) 271, 282, 289
departmental equipment, $2,000,000, 64, 65, 104, 119, 370
initiation by City Council of loan of $5,000,000 for school con-
struction program, 137, 175, 176, 203, 218; approval by Emergency
Finance Board, 202
Public Works Department: construction of public ways, $2,000,000,
64, 65, 104, 119; construction of bridges, $3,000,000, 64, 65, 104,
233, 281, 294, (2) 370; construction of sewers, $1,000,000, 64, 104, 119
Real Property Department: off-street parking facilities, $10,000,000,
138, 204, 205, 219, 220, 374; new draft of order for $5,000,000, 223,
227
^ynch, Rev. Juniper
invocation: 237
V\aguire, Rev. Joseph F.
invocation: 57
Vlartenise, Rev. Arnold
invocation: 292
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of
Department of Agriculture: order re livestock disease control, 337
Department of Corporations and Taxation: approval of emergency
loan of $500,000 for demolition of abandoned and dilapidated struc-
tures, 289
Department of Public Safety: taotice of hearing on appeal of Cantina
Primpas re license for storage of gasoline, at 2 Edge water Drive,
Dorchester, 14, 30
Department of Public Utilities:
granting of petitions:
Boston Edison Company, (3) 69, 125, 132, 188, 234, (3) 241, 264,
288, 359, 369
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 30, 87, 264, 324
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 69, 188
notice of hearings:
Airways Transportation Company, 101, 116
Boston & Maine Railroad, 81
Boston & Maine Transportation Company, 227
Boston Citv Council, 23, 103, 119
Boston Edison Company, 24, (3) 65, 164, 171, 217, (3) 227, 234,
242, 264, 331, 337
Boston Gas Company, 14, (2) 43
Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Company, 119
City of Boston, 364, 367
clearance of railroad bridge on John F. Fitzgerald Expressway, 264
Dump Truck Owners Association, Inc., 176
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, 10
Hudson Bus Lines, Inc., 65, 81
Johnson Bus Lines, Inc., 257
Metropolitan District Commission, 14
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 14, 19, 43, 45, 61, 74, 176, 188,
202, 241, 294
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, Continued
Department of Public Utilities:
notice of hearings:
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 171
New York Central Railroad, 125
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, 14, 43,
188, 214
Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company, 331
Rapid Transit, Inc., 125
State Department of Public Works, 264
Transit Bus Lines, Inc., 24
various railroads operating within Massachusetts, 119
Western Union Telegraph Company, 257
Department of Public Works:
copy of order of layout and taking of section of John F. Fitzgerald
Expressway, 15, 59, 65, 69, 87, 257
copy of order of layout and taking of section of Southeast Express-
way, 42, 45, 103, 234, 264, (3) 289
liability of city in dredging of basin at Savin Hill, 336, 361
notice of hearing on application of Dorchester Yacht Club, 45
notice of hearing re speed regulations on American Legion Highway,
202, 227
notices of takings of land for easements, 125, 172, 222, 277, (2; 289
notices of takings of land in South Boston and Dorchester for state
highway, (3) 257, (3) 289
Emergency Finance Board, approval of loans: $100,000 for Civil
Defense Activities, 19; $9,000,000 for Construction of Public Ways,
Bridges, Sewers, Buildings and Departmental Equipment, 65, 370;
Construction of School Buildings, $5,000,000, 202; approval of re-
newal of tax title loan due on October 3, 1956, 267
House of Representatives: resolutions re repair of pier at Commercial
Beach, 243
Milk Control Commission-
notice of hearing re proposed amendments to official orders, 81
order re annual report of milk sales, 124
order re monthly payments by dealers to Commission, 124
revision of Milk Marketing Area No. 17, 324
Port Authority
appraisal to determine fair value of Sumner Tunnel, 208
H. B. 2S7S re enlargement of Authority, 74
reimbursement of city by state for interest costs on Sumner Tunnel,
361
sale of Sumner Tunnel by City of Boston to Port Authority, 207,
219, 223, 360, (2) 361
Public Safety Department: dismissal of appeal re gasoline license at
2 Edgewater Drive, Dorchester, 14, 30
resolution re expense of auditors in motor vehicle tort cases to
be assumed by Commonwealth, 89
rules and forms for all probate courts in Commonwealth, 218
State Housing Board
appointment of Abner G. Messinger as member of Boston Housing
Authority, 218
approval of sales of property by Boston Housing Authority, 14, 24,
30, 59, 74, 81, 102, 111, 119, 131, 132, 164, 172, 176, 222, 242,
303, 327, 337
ratification of final exceptions to certification of Chapter 372 veterans
housing developments, 188, 327
Massachusetts Electrical Contractors
communication re Electrical Inspection Division of Building Depart-
ment, 166, 174, 371
Massachusetts National Guard
use of land at Farragut rd. and First st. for armory, 11
Mayor John B. Hynes
inaugural address, 2
inaugural exercises, 1
appointments;
Boston Metropolitan District: 87
Civil Defense: 217, 257
Commissioner of School Buildings, 369
Compensation Review Board: 6
constables with power to serve civil process upon filing bond:
4, 17, 28, 44, 57, (annual list) 78, 79, 118, 129, 199, 210, 231, 253,
274, 320, 328
departmental: 111, 131, 257, 294
Fair Rent Board, 6
Measurers of Grain: 44
minor officers paid by fees, 79
Public Health Council, 164, 165
Urban Renewal: 257, 369
weigher of beef: 129
weighers of coal: 122, 129, 199, 221, 302
weighers of goods: 28, 106, 129, 199, 253, 302, 362
MAYOR
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MAYOR
Alayor John B. Hynes, Continued
call for special meeting of Council, 4
messages, communications and orders:
Acts of I9S6, Chapter 65S: authority to limit buildings to specified
districts, 276
Acts of 1955, section 8 of Chapter 465: payments to city for Sumner
Tunnel, 213
Administrative Services Department: grade of environmental
sanitation inspector (Food), 41; transfer of $50,000 from Reserve
Fund to complete Addressograph-Multilith process, 245; informa-
tion accompanying tax and water bills, 254 ; information on annual
reports of department heads, 292
alterations to bridge over tracks beneath Massachusetts ave., 23
appropriations:
Boston Housing Authority: $10,000 for plans and estimates for
urban renewal projects, 5
City Debt Requirements, Interest, $70,500 from parking meter
receipts, 164
Construction of Buildings, Acquisition of Land, $150,000, 64
county departments: supplementary budget of $145,200, 201
demolition or restoration of abandoned properties, $25,000 from
Reserve Fund, 238
Departmental Equipment, $150,000, 64
Fair Rent Board, $38,000, 5
Health Department: $28,000 for anti-polio vaccination program, 57
Police Department: $13,794.70 from parking meter fees for purchase
of ten motorcycles, 200
Public Works Department: construction of public ways, $150,000,
64; construction of bridges, $150,000, 64; sewerage works,
$150,000, 64; snow removal, $850,000, 100; snow removal,
$450,000, 123
Real Property Department from parking meter fees for off-street
parking facilities: Jamaica Plain, $55,000, 23; Cleary sq., Hyde
Park, $56,000, 73; Codman sq., $90,000, 239
Redemption of City Loans: $250,000 from parking meter receipts,
164
School Committee: additional appropriation of $5,141,647.88 for
school purposes, 163
Traffic Department: $20,000 from Sales of City Property for
automatic traffic signals, 22; $50,000 from Sales of City Property
for automatic traffic signals, 118; $10,000 for parking meters
from parking meter fees, 240
Assessing Department: list of tax-exempt properties, 129; ordinance
increasing salary of Chairman of Board of Review, 256
Blue Cross-Blue Shield deductions from salaries, 80
Boston Common Garage: communication from Corporation
Counsel re restriction of garage to parking of cars, 63
Boston Housing Authority: appointment of committee to promote
re-sale of "New York Streets" area, 29; housing development for
the aged, 130; transfer of $10,000 from Reserve Fund for Urban
Renewal Program, 261; conveyance of Old Colony housing project
to Authority, 275; planning advance payment for proposed South
Cove Urban Renew-al Project, 275
budget for 1956, 30; supplementary budget, 168
Building Department: release of restrictions on land at Dover
and Albany sts., 232, 242; condition of buildings at 56-58 Cabot
St., 255
Citizens' Committee reports: survey of Police Department, 13;
survey of recreation program, 79
City Planning Board: proposed changes in zoning, 100; status of
zoning study, 185, 221; study of proposed improvements at Boston
& Albany yards and South Station, 286
City Record : printing of remarks by Councillors at Boston College
seminar, 123
Civil Defense: allocation of federal funds, 231
Classification and Compensation Plan: grade of environmental
sanitation inspector (Food), 44
conference with City Council re group insurance plans for mu-
nicipal and county employees, 19
contract for collection and removal of garbage and refuse, 108
County Classification and Compensation Plan: substitution of
words "Supervisor of Personnel" for "Budget Commissioner,"
187; shortening time for longevity increments, 187; amendments
re officers and employees of Suffolk County, 286
Election Commission: advisability of providing paper ballots at
each polling booth, 136; proposed revision of election ballot, 137;
cooperation in voter registration drive, 237
Fire Department: removal of employees of department from Clas-
sification and Compensation Plan, 174; fire losses in Boston for
last five years, 199, 216
Health Department: establishment of Public Health Council, 22;
definite date to comply with health standard code, 302
improvements on certain streets in Dorchester, 254
Irish Center in Boston, 30
Law Department: legislation re change in city's fiscal year, 13;
group insurance for employees of Boston Housing Authority, 28;
legislation re repeal of compulsory automobile insurance law, 63;
restriction of Boston Common Garage to parking of cars, 63;
study of police powers over private ways, 86
Mayor John B. Hynes, Continued
messages, communications and orders:
liability re dredging by state of basin at Savin Hill in Dorchester
Bay. 336
Library Department: annual solicitation by Public Library for con-
tributions, 106; sub-library in Hemenway School, 135
loans:
anticipation of revenue: $75,000,000, 4, 10, 11; $15,000,000, 328, 335
construction of departmental buildings, acquisition of land,
$1,000,000, 64
demolition of abandoned and dilapidated structures, $500,000,
246, 260
departmental equipment, $2,000,000, 64
off-street parking facilities, $10,000,000, 138
Public Works Department: construction of public ways or perma-
ment pavement, $2,000,000, 64; construction of bridges,
$3,000,000, 64, 233; construction of sewers, $1,000,000, 64
Metropolitan Transit Authority: extension of hours of service to
Columbia Point housing project, 72
naming of intersections in honor of deceased veterans:
William C. Loughman, 130
John P. McKeon, 130
Mariano F. Solomine, 130
"New York Streets" Area: appointment of committee to promote
re-sale; 29
off-street parking:
Cleary sq., Hyde Park, $56,000 from Parking Meter Fund, 73
Codman sq., $90,000 from Parking Meter Fund, 239
Jamaica Plain facilities, $55,000 from Parking Meter Fund, 23
status of off-street parking program, 210
ordinances:
Assessing Department: increasing salary of Chairman of Board of
Review, 256
creating office of Supervisor of Budgets in Administrative Services
Department, 58, 108
establishment of Public Health Council, 22
fees for licenses, permits, charges, etc., 141, 240
further regulating coasting in the streets, 72
littering of streets, 167, 285
transfer of portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post Office sqs. to
Parks and Recreation Department, 231
parking: all-night curb parking, 45; parking in downtown area after
6 p.m., 274
Parkman Fund: transfers of income to Parks and Recreation De-
partment: $75,000, 171; $33,000, 233; $29,000, 288; $25,000, 322;
$16,139.20, 368
Parks and Recreation Department: skating facilities for inhabit-
ants of Boston, 9, 17, use of snow-making equipment such as used
by Commonwealth Country Club, 17, 28; playground opposite
Hancock Village, 79; creation of advisory board to consider recre-
ational development of Boston Harbor, 87; basketball facilities at
Ripley Road Playground, 100; Softball diamonds in rear of Aquar-
ium, 175; installation of benches in all parks, 181; "Golden Age
Rest Area" on Akron St., Roxbury, 132; repair of handball courts
at L Street Bathhouse, 186; installation of drinking fountains at
Columbus Park, 199; recreational, cultural and educational activ-
ities for Common and Public Garden, 226; repair of Castle Island
piers, 237; repair of pier at Commercial Beach, 260, 297; sale of
land at Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill aves., Brighton, 262
transfer of Dewey Beach, Charlestown, to Real Property Depart
ment, 274; landscaping and beautification of Brighton sq., 320.
fencing in small areas for very young children, 330; transfer of
$4,033.28 from "Sales of City Property" for playground at Gardner
and Baker sts., West Roxbury, 363
Penal Institutions Department: sale of 100 pigs, 217, 321
Police Department: department policy on emergency hospitaliza-
tion, 122
Public Works Department: reconstruction of Manthorne rd., Ward
20, 98; landscaping of traffic circle at Cleveland Circle, 100; contract
for collection and removal of garbage and refuse, 108; clearing
streets of parked vehicles for street cleaning, 135; installation of
temporary lights on Dorchester Heights monument, 181; drinking
fountain on Dorchester st., 199; abandonment of easement in
Preston ct., Dorchester, 216; abandonment of easement in Wyvern
St., West Roxbury, 239; hours of collection of trash in South Bos-
ton district, 254; transfer of property at 11 Thatcher st., Hyde Park,
to Real Property Department, 261 ; educational campaign re anti-
littering ordinance, 285; repair of Denton ter., Roslindale, 302;
transfer of $30,000 from appropriation for Bridges, Repair, etc., to
Snow Removal, 322; printing of "Boston's Streets Supplement,"
323; electric lights and pavement on certain Dorchester and South
Boston streets, 328; installation of street lights on certain streets in
Dorchester, 329; replacing all city gas lamps by electricity in
1956, 13
Real Property Department: transfers from Parking Meter Fund for
off-street parking facilities: Cleary sq., Hyde Park, $56,000; Jamaica
Plain, $55,000, 73; Codman sq., $90,000, 239; use of Roslindale 4
Municipal Building auditorium by 319th Engineers Battalion, 28;
Jamaica Plain off-street parking facilities, 23; "Golden Age Rest
Area" on Akron St., Roxbury, 182; status of off-street parking
program, 210; transfer of property at 11 Thatcher St., Hyde Park,
from Public Works Department, 261; transfer o JDewey Beach,
Charlestown, from Parks and Recreation Department, 274
V\AYOR
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McCORMACK
Mayor John B. Hynes, Continued
messages, communications and orders:
release of restriction on land on Albany st., 107
release of restrictions on property at Dover and -Albany sts., 232
Reserve Fund: transfers: S50.000 to Administrative Services Depart-
ment, 245; $25,000 for demolition or restoration of abandoned
properties, 23S; $10,000 for Urban Renewal Program, 261
resignations:
Saul I. Bearak, constable, 118
Leonard Linsky, constable, 260
William F. Otis, City Planning Commissioner, 332
sales: City of Boston, land on Vienna St., East Boston, 321; Parks
and Recreation Department, land on Commonwealth and Chestnut
Hill aves., Brighton, 262; Penal Institutions Department, 100 pigs,
217
School Building Construction Program, 137
School Committee: initiation by Council of loan of $5,000,000 for
school building construction, 137, 175
street lighting:
Alpine St., Ward 12, 285
Alvan ter., Ward 7, 292
Bennett and Oakland sts., Ward 22, 330
Conrad St., Ward 7, 292
Cunard St., Ward 9, 253
Gene St., Ward 7, 292
Harrow St., Ward 7, 292
Hillsboro St., Ward 7, 292
Holden pi., Ward 7, 292
Humphreys pi., Ward 7, 202
Norfolk ave., Ward 7, 292
Page St., Ward 14, 285
Ramsey St., Ward 7, 292
Sumner pk., Ward 7, 292
Ward 7 streets, 320
Wendover St., Ward 7, 292
street lighting and paving of certain Dorchester and South Bos-
ton streets, 320
street paving:
Alvan ter., Ward 7, 292
Cawfield St., Ward 7, 320
Conrad St., Ward 7, 292
Elder St., Ward 7, 320
Gene St., Ward 7, 292
Harrow St., Ward 7, 292
Hillsboro St., Ward 7, 292
Holden pi., Ward 7, 292
Humphreys pi., Ward 7, 292
Norfolk ave., Ward 7, 292
Ramsey st., Ward 7, 292
Sumner pk., Ward 7, 292
Wendover St., Ward 7, 292
Sumner Tunnel: retirement of traffic tunnel bonds of 1936, 123;
acceptance of Chapter 465, Acts of 1956, re payments to city for
Sumner Tunnel, 213
survey of mechanical garage systems, 330
tape recorder purchase, 44
Traffic Commission: appropriations for automatic traffic signals
from Sales of City Property: $20,000, 22; $50,000, 118; heavy
trucks on Gallivan Boulevard, 221; heavy truck regulations on
Columbia rd. and Boston Street section, 363; heavy trucking on
River St., Blue Hill ave., and Morton St., 253; installation of
pedestrian signals at Firth rd., Washington, and South sts., and
Lee Hill rd., 260; installation of "Stop" signs, Glencoe and Gardena
sts., 72; Marion and Meridian sts., 188; installation of traffic signals:
E and West Third sts., Ward 6, 28; Meridian st. and Lexington,
White and Falcon sts., Ward 1, 186; Commonwealth ave. and
Fidelis Way, 226; Pope's Hill St., South Munroe ter. and Neponset
ave., 362; making of one-way streets, Fidelis Way, 226, Jamaicaway,
98; Turner st., 106; parking in downtown area after 6 p.m., 274;
posting of "Tow Area," 136, 186; prohibition of heavy trucks on
Adams st. between Lower Mills and Gallivan Boulevard, 185;
report of accidents on certain streets involving freight cars, 61, 98;
relief from truck traffic over Adams St., 186; safety precautions in
front of Brighton post office, 357; survey of traffic conditions:
Monument sq., Ward 2, 4; Union sq., Ward 22, 106; synchronization
of traffic lights on major traffic routes, 362; pedestrian traffic light
at St. Edwards rd. and Saratoga St., Ward 1, 357
transfers between departmental appropriations:
Administrative Services Department, Printing Section, $70,000:
(from Real Property Department, $20,000; from Library Depart-
ment, $10,000; from Election Department, $5,000; from Hospital
Department, $35,000,) 358
Compensation Plan Amendments, City, to various city depart-
ments, $337,500, 200
Compensation Plan Amendments, County, to various county
departments, $17,500, 200
County Court House (Custodian), $6,800 from Court Officers
Division, Superior Court, 336
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements,
$125,000 (from Assessing Department, $37,000, from Hospital
Department, $63,000, from Reserve Fund, $25,000), 369, 371
Fire Department: $35,300 from Clerk's Office, Superior Court ,
Civil Session, 364
Mayor John B. Hynes, Continued
transfers between departmental appropriations:
Pensions and Annuities, City, $115,000 (from Welfare Depart-
ment, $60,000, from Superior Court, Personal Services, $15,000,
from Criminal Session, $15,000, from County Pensions and An-
nuities, $10,000, from Election Department, $10,000, from Library
Department, $5,000, (368,) 371
Public Celebrations, $20,000 from Conventions and Entertainment
of Distinguished Guests, 322
transfers from Parkman Fund income: Parks and Recreation
Department, $75,000, 171; $3.3,000, 233; $29,000, 288
transfers from Reserve Fund:
Administrative Services Department, $50,000, to complete Ad-
dressograph-Multilith process, 245
Bridges, Construction of, $4,169.10, 323, 320
Buildings, Construction of, $4,169.10, 323, 323
Departmental Equipment, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Public Ways, Construction of, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Sewerage Works, Construction of, $4,169.10, 323, 326
transfers of property:
Dewey Beach, Charlestown, from Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment to Real Property Department, 274
land and building at Broadway and Dorchester ave. from Fire
Department to Board of Election Commissioners, 245
land and building at 105 Dorchester ave., from Health Depart-
ment to Public Works Department, 226
land and building at 3085 Washington St., Roxbury, from Fire
Department to Public Works Department, 227
land at Moreland and Prospect sts., West Roxbury, from Real
Property Department to Public Works Department, 237
land at 32 Orleans St., East Boston, to Real Property Depart-
ment, 330
land at 133 Salem St., from Fire Commissioner to Commissioners of
Real Property, 357
land on Moon Island, from Public Works Commissioner to Fire
Commissioner, 216
portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post Office sqs. to Parks and
Recreation Department, 231
property at 11 Thatcher St., Hyde Park, from Public Works Depart-
ment to Real Property Department, 261
transfers within departmental appropriations:
Administrative Services Department: $6,000 from Contractual
Services to Personal Services, 363
Public Works Department: $30,000 from Bridges, Repair, etc., to
Snow Removal, 322
vetoes:
acceptance of Chapter 60 of 1956 naming Manassah E. Bradley
Memorial Stadium, 199
order re printing of extra 1955 edition of "Boston's Streets," 122
ordinance re establishing position of Second Assistant City Mes-
senger, 4
notices of absence from city: 59, 65, 191, 203, 241, 298, 337
Mayor's Rehabilitation Committee
appointment of Edward J. McCormack, Jr., as member, 277
McCormack, Congressman John W.
communications thanking Council for passage of resolutions, 119, 203
congratulations on receipt of Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 184
resolution favoring nomination for President, 103
McCormack, Edward J., Jr., President
oath of office: 1
appointment as member of Mayor's Rehabilitation Committee, 277
committee appointment: Executive, 10
election as President of Council, 4
orders:
acceptance of Chapter 60 of 1956 re naming of Manassah E. Bradley
Memorial Stadium, 179
acceptance of Chapter 358 of 1956 re annuity to parents of Thomas
Slattery, 179 (with all the Councillors)
acceptance of Chapter 510 of 1956 increasing compensation of Police
Commissioner, 220 (with Couns. Foley, Kerrigan and McDonough)
adoption of temporary rules for 1956, 6
annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 179 (with all the Councillors)
appearance of Health Commissioner before Executive Committee
re Salk Vaccine Program, 112 (with Coun. Collins)
appearance of Housing Authority members before Council re progress
in acquisition of Old Colony Development, 19
baseball facilities at Ripley Road Playground, 88
call for State Election on November 6, 291
classification of parole agents, 75
collection of trash in South Boston district, 244 (with Couns. Foley
and Kerrigan)
conference with Mayor on group insurance plans, 19 (with Coun.
Foley)
contract for indexing of City Council Minutes, 88
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McCORMACK
McCormack, Edward J., Jr., President, Continued
orders:
contract for reporting of City Council meetings, 88
designation of "Joe Cronin Day," 42
display of flag on Flag Day, 191
display of statue of John Barry, " Father of the American Navy, " 220
election of City Clerk, 24
establishment of Irish Center in Boston, 25
expediting downtown traffic during Christmas season, 360
felicitations to Coun. White upon his birthday, 24
fireworks display in East Boston July 3, 1957, 298 (with Couns. Foley
and Piemonte)
functioning of electrical inspection division, 106 (with Coun. Foley)
"Golden Age Rest Area" on Akron St., Roxbury, 88
group insurance for Housing Authority employees, 19 (with Coun.
Foley)
heavy truck regulations and traffic signals on Columbia rd. and "Bos-
ton Street Section," 319 (with Couns. Kerrigan and Foley)
improvement of Softball diamonds in rear of Aquarium, 105 (with
Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
improvements on certain streets in Dorchester, 250
increased rentals in public housing projects, 127
installation of benches in all parks, 104
installation of drinking fountains in South Boston, 10.5 (with Couns.
Foley and Kerrigan)
installation of pedestrian lights at St. Edward rd. and Saratoga St.,
319 (with Coun. Kerrigan and Foley)
installation of temporary lights on Dorchester Heights Monument,
116 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
installation of traffic signals at Commonwealth ave. and Fidelis
Way, 215 (for all the Councillors)
joint use of new Federal building for municipal offices now housed
in City Hall and Annex, 88 (with Coun. McLaughlin)
license for amateur football game for Nazareth Fund, 320
memorial to Fred Allen, 283
Metropolitan District Commission sewerage tunnel, South Boston,
70 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
Harry Beekman, 218
Arthur Caparelliotis, 298
John Komar, 291 (with Coun. McDonough)
John P. McKeon, 50, 84 (with Coun. McDonough)
Victor G. Rundberg, Jr., 179
Armin E. Siegfrievt, 12 (with Coun. Ahearn)
one-wav streets:
Fidelis Way, Ward 21, 215 (for all the Councillors)
Lark St., Ward 7, 325 (with Conns. Foley and Kerrigan)
Thornley St., Ward 13, 121 (with Couns. Kerrigan, Foley, and
McDonough)
opinion of Corporation Counsel re group insurance for employees
of Boston Housing Authority, 19 (with Coun. Foley)
opinion of Law Department re power of Council re contract be-
tween Housing Authority and Charles River Park| Inc., 354
overtime pay or time off for work during storm emergencies, 84
(with Coun. McDonough)
payment of snow removal costs from parking meter fund, 172
perambulation of Boston's boundary lines, 270
photographs of Council members for Municipal Reeister, 24
plaque under picture of Maurice J. Tobin in Tobin Memorial
Building, 67
preparation of Jury List by City Clerk, 184
preparation of Municipal Register, etc., 7
printing additional copies of 1955 edition of "Boston's Streets,"
117; 127 (with Coun. Piemonte)
prohibiting heavy truck traffic on Adams st. between Lower Mills
and Gallivan Boulevard, 178
proposed association of city and town officials of Greater Boston,
243 (with Coun. Foley)
proposed transfer of Sumner Tunnel to Commonwealth, 61
public hearing re contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc., for collec-
tion of garbage and refuse, 132
railroad trains and box cars on Atlantic and Northern aves., 24
reclassification of employees of Maintenance Division of Fire De-
partment, 116 (with Couns. McDonough and Foley)
recreation center in Dorchester district, 20 (with Coun. Mc-
Donough)
reference of unfinished business, 6
relief from truck traffic on Adams St., Dorchester, 178 (with Coun.
McDonough)
repair of Castle Island piers, 229 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
repair of Denton pi., R-oslindale, 291
repair of Edward Everett statue, Dorchester, 117
repair of handball courts at L Street Bathhouse, 178 (with Couns.
Foley and Kerrigan)
retention of storage facilities by residents of Orient. Heights housing-
development, 104
rules of City Council for 1956-1957, 9
salaries of matrons at House of Detention, 88
sale of Sumner Tunnel to Massachusetts Port Authority, 207
salute to opening day of 1956 baseball season, 117 (for all the
Councillors)
skeleton force on Good Friday, 85
street lighting and resurfacing:
Alvan ter., Ward 7, 283
Cawfield St., Ward 7, 295
McCormack, Edward J., Jr., President, Continued
orders:
certain Dorchester and South Boston streets, 318 (with Couns. [
Kerrigan and Folev)
Cbase St., Ward 7, 295
Clapp st., Ward 7, 295
Conrad St., Ward 7, 283
Dawes St., Ward 7, 295
Dawes ter., Ward 7, 295
East Cottage st., Ward 7, 295
Edison Green, Ward 7, 295
Elder St., Ward 7, 295
Franklin ct., Ward 7, 295
Gene St., Ward 7. 283
Harrow St., Ward 7, 283
Harvest St., Ward 7, 295
Hillsboro st., Ward 7, 283
Holden pi., Ward 7, 283
Humphreys pi., Ward 7, 283
Mayhew St., Ward 7, 295
Mt. Vernon st., Ward 7, 295
Norfolk ave., Ward 7, 283, 295
Page st., Ward 14, 271 (with Couns. Foley, Kerrigan, and Mc-
Donough)
Pond St., Ward 7, 295
Ramsey St., Ward 7, 283
Roseclair St., Ward 7, 295
Rosseter St., Ward 14, 371
St. Margaret st., Ward 7, 295
Sexton ct., Ward 7, 295
Sumner pk., Ward 7, 283, 295
Wendover St., Ward 7, 283
Willis St., Ward 7, 295
suspension of certain sections of General Laws at State Election, 291 ;
temporary appointments in Clerk of Committees Department:
(2) 6, 24, 42, 75, 103, 132, 191, 218, 223, 235, 259, 295, 333, 371
temporary reassignment of duties of Commissioner of Real Property,
112
traffic signals at School and Washington sts., Jamaica Plain. 371
use of Gallivan Boulevard by heavy trucks, 215 (with Coun. Mc-
Donough)
use of Josiah H. Benton Trust Fund to build branch library, 21
presentation of gavel to President McCormack, 378
presentation of redwood gavel by Frederick Doran of American
Airlines, 19
presentation to Edmund Toomey of embossed copy of Council
resolution congratulating him on his essay, "Voice of Democracy," 13
resolves:
anniversary of founding of Dorchester, 172 (with Coun. McDonough)
annual award by Police Department in name of Patrolman William
Hennessey, 42 (with Coun. McDonough)
arms for Israel, 60 (with Coun. McLaughlin)
best wishes to Jewish community for Passover, 84
bringing situation in Poland before United Nations, 224
commendations to Jewish War Veterans, 301 (bv Coun. White)
condolences to Speaker Sam Rayburn on loss of his sister, 184
congratulations to American Federation of Technical Engineers, 209
(with Covin. Foley)
congratulations to Coun. Piemonte, Dr. Charles Salemi, Joseph B.
Silverio and Fred Moscone, 132
congratulations to Harold G. Kern and Hearst papers in Boston, 183
congratulations to Olympic Gold Medal winners from Massachusetts,
365
congratulations to South Boston High School, its basketball team and
coach, 75 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
death of James H. Mooney, 243
extension of night service of MTA to Columbia Point Housing Project,
61 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
Federal funds for Civil Defense, 215
legislation for increased payment by state for Sumner Tunnel, 360
(with Coun. Foley)
legislation re disability retirement benefits for Alphonse Simon, 07
opposition to single track system on Boston & Albany Railroad
between Framingham and Schodack Junction, N. Y., 223
payment of annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 85 (with Couns.
McDonough and McLaughlin)
proclamation of Poznan Memorial Day, 224
protest against ruling of Board of Appeal re zoning variance of land
at Farragut rd. and First St., 11 (with Couns. Foley and Kerrigan)
purchases from firms violating Federal labor laws, 208
salute to Boys' Clubs of Boston and America, 88
speed-up of anti-polio vaccine program, 84 (with Coun. Collins)
sympathy to certain citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, 84 (with
' Coun. Foley)
sympathy to family of Fred Allen, 84
sympathy to New York Fire Department for loss of six members, 103
(for all" the Councillors)
statement: preference of Councillors re assignment to committees, 7
welcome by Council to Miss Henrietta Scott and students of Roxbury
Memorial High School, 70
welcome to delegates of Students' Government Exchange program, 72,
78
welcome to Mayor Samuel S. Pollard of Lowell, 244
Mcdonough
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M.D.C.
McDonough, Patrick F., Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 75, 103, 181-182, 206, 210-215, 235-236, 253-258,
281-283, 289-290, 356-359
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance, Confirma-
tions, Executive, Hospitals (Chairman), Inspection of Prisons (Vice
Chairman), Legislative Matters, Licenses (Chairman), Public Housing
(Vice Chairman), Public Service and Recreation, 10; Perambulation
of Boundary Lines, 270
committee reports:
Licenses: 15, 24, 42, 55, 83, 89, 116, 165, 176, 203, 228, 236, 251, 269,
272, 282, 289, 290, 298, 319, 370
orders:
acceptance of Chapter 358 of 1956 re payment of annuity to parents
of Thomas Slattery, 179 (for all the Councillors)
acceptance of Chapter 510 of 1956 increasing compensation of Police
Commissioner, 220 (with Couns. Foley, McCormack, Kerrigan)
annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 179 (for all the Councillors)
Blue Cross-Blue Shield deductions, 243 (with Coun. Kerrigan)
compensation grade of court officers, 61 (with Coun. Foley)
conference of business and civic organizations re Hospital Department,
259 (with Coun. Foley)
fire losses in Boston for last five years, 191
installation of traffic signals: Pope's Hill St., South Munroe ter. and
Neponset ave., 326
instructions to certain members of Police and Public Works Depart-
ments re enforcement of "Towing Law," 126 (with Coun. Foley)
meeting re open-air parking spaces, 126
minimum qualifications for Clerk of the Works, 165
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
John Kornar, 291 (with Coun. McCormack)
John P. McKeon, 56, 84 (with Coun. McCormack)
one-way street: Thornley si., Ward 13, 121 (with Couns. Kerrigan,
Foley and McCormack)
overtime pay or time off for work during storm emergencies, 84 (with
Coun. McCormack)
public attendance at Executive Committee meetings, 125
publication in City Record of City Council debates, 125
reasons for rent increases by Housing Authority, 172 (with Couns.
McLaughlin and Piemonte)
reclassification of employees of Maintenance Division of Fire De-
partment, 116 (with Couns. McCormack and Foley)
recreation center in Dorchester district, 20 (with Coun. McCormack)
relief from truck traffic, Adams St., Dorchester, 178 (with Coun.
McCormack)
street lighting: Page St., Ward 14, 271 (with Couns. Foley, Kerrigan
and McCormack)
sub-library in Hemenway School, Readville, 116 (with Couns. Foley
and McLaughlin)
use of Gallivan Boulevard by heavy trucks, 215
resolves:
visiting hours at City Hospital, 70
anniversary of founding of Dorchester, 172 (with Coun. McCormack)
annual award by Police Department in name of Patrolman William
Hennessey, 42 (with Coun. McCormack)
condolences to New England Province of the Society of Jesus, 75 (with
all the Councillors)
death of Edward W. Fallon, 359 (for all the Councillors)
greetings to Harlow H. Curtice, 116
greetings to Irish Republic and County of Wexford upon presentation
of statue of Captain John Barry, 229
legislation to increase purchase price of Sumner Tunnel, 361 (with
Coun. Collins)
payment of annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 85 (with Couns.
McCormack and McLaughlin)
McElroy, Very Rev. Francis F.
invocation: 174
McQrath, Rev. Leonard T.
invocations: 98, 328
McLaughlin, Edward F., Jr., Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 68-69, 271, 283-284, 298-300, 303-319
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance (Vice Chair-
man), Claims (Chairman), Confirmations, Executive, Hospitals, In-
spection of Prisons, Legislative Matters (Vice Chairman), Public
Service and Recreation (Chairman), Rules, 10
committee reports:
Appropriations and Finance: 250
Claims: 10, 21, 25, 42, 60, 66, 69, 75, 82, 89, 120, 126, 172, 178, 184,
198. 206, 218, 229, 236, 241, 258, 267, 289, 294, 300, 304, 327, 332,
339, 365, 370, 374, 375
Public Services and Recreation: 103, 280, 374
orders:
acceptance of Chapter 358 of 1956 re payment of annuity to parents
of Thomas Slattery, 179 (for all the Councillors)
McLaughlin, Edward F., Jr., Councillor, Continued
orders:
acceptance of Chapter 396 of 1956 authorizing payment of pension
to Edward P. Connolly, 184
annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 179 (for all the Councillors)
appearance of Election Commissioners before Executive Committee,
282
conference re parking and traffic regulations, 119
installation of traffic signals:
Fidelis Way and Commonwealth ave., Ward 21, 215 (for all the
Councillors)
Firth rd., Washington st., South st. and Lee Hill rd., Ward 19, 250
(with Coun. Collins)
joint use of new Federal building for municipal offices now housed
in City Hall and Annex, 88 (with Coun. McCormack)
legislation to license vending machines, 360
naming of square in honor of deceased veteran: Sarkiee T. Nedder,
282, 290
one-way street: Fidelis Way, Ward 21, 215 (for all the Councillors)
Police Department policy on emergency hospitalization, 88 (with
Couns. White and Collins)
proposed off-street parking facility at Fort Hill sq., 366
reasons for rent increases by Housing Authority, 172 (with Couns.
McDonough and Piemonte)
request for Citizens' Committee report on recreational program, 71
rezoning district bounded by Perkins St., Jamaicaway, and Parkton
rd., Jamaica Plain, 360 (with Coun. Collins)
sub-library in Hemenway School, Readville, 116 (with Couns.
McDonough and Foley)
presentation of gavel to President McCormack, 378
resolves;
arms for Israel, 60 (with Coun. McCormack)
assistance of Boston Municipal Research Bureau on annual budget, 15
(with Coun. Foley)
attendance of Finance Commission, Hospital Trustees, and others at
Hospital Committee meeting, 208
congratulations to Boston Globe and reporter Joseph A. Keblinsky, 215
congratulations to Charlestown High School squad, coaches and others,
20
congratulations to officers and men of Fire Department, 359
congratulations to Senator John F. Kennedy, Congressman John W.
McCormack, and Mayor John B. Hynes, 242
expense of auditors in motor vehicle tort cases to be assumed by
Commonwealth, 89
extension of MTA to Riverside, 259 (with Coun. Ahearn)
opposition to off-street parking facility at Scollay sq., Pemberton sq.,
and Howard st., 223
ordinance increasing fees for automatic amusement devices, 360
payment to parents of Thomas Slattery, 85 (with Couns. McDonough
and McCormack)
retirment of Edward P. Connolly, 19
revocation of pinball machine licenses, 334
statement: restriction of truck traffic on Newton st., Blue Hill ave,
and River St., 251
welcome to Council meeting of Catholic Youth Organization members,
304
Measurers of Grains
appointments:
Gilbert C. Jackson, Jr., 44, 59
John E. O'Brien, 44, 59
John E. Stone, 44, 59
Francis J. White, Jr., 44, 59
Mechanical Garage Systems
resohe re appointment by Mayor of technical experts to survey and
report on all mechanical garage systems in country, 319, 330, 372
Metropolitan District Commission
advisability of making Jamaicaway one way, 74, 98
approaches to Charles Riverbank and playground, 251, 264
bond of indemnity: E. Susi & Williams Corporation, 10
notices of hearings:
Boston Edison Company, 14, 19, (2) 81, 87, 222, (3) 257, 294, 303, 369
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 87, 222
notice of hearing before the Department of Public Utilities re
approval of maturities and interest rates of bonds, 14
nuisance caused by MDC sewerage tunnel at South Boston, 70
repair of public way between Beacon st. and Commonwealth ave.,
Chestnut Hill, 270
taking of land in vicinity of Nashua st. for Commonwealth, 188, 203
taking of land on Irving st. and Truman Highway, Hyde Park, for
park purposes, 131
taking of land on Ventura St., Dorchester, 234, 242
transfer of certain streets and parkways from Parks and Recreation
and Public Works Departments, 324, 325
M.T.A.
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ORDINANCES
Metropolitan Transit Authority
bus stops of Rapid Transit, Inc., at MTA terminal at Orient Heights,
15, 20
extension of night service to Columbia Point housing project to
1 a.m., 61, 72
notices of hearings before Department of Public Utilities: 14, 19,
43, 61, 74, 176, 188, 202, 241, 294
notices of granting of petitions bv Department of Public Utilities,
30, 87, 264, 324
resolve favoring extension of MTA service to Riverside, 259
Metters, Rev. Robert Q.
benediction at inaugural exercises, 3
Miaskiewicz, Rev. Francis S.
invocation: 356
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company
petition for operation of jitneys on proposed East-West Toll Road
Extension, 228
Milk
orders from Milk Control Commission:
annual report by dealers re sales, 124
monthly payments by dealers to Commission, 124
proposed amendments to official orders, 81
revision of Milk Marketing Area No. 17, 324
Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation
regulations of Health Department, 30, 42, 55, 277, 371
Minor Officers Paid by Fees
annual list appointed by the Mayor (City Document No. 28), 79, 88
Montgomery, Alabama
resolve expressing sympathy to certain citizens of Montgomery, Ala-
bama, 84
Murphy, Rev. George E.
invocation: 260
Narragansett Brewing Company
commendation for sponsorship of TV series, " I Led Three Lives, " 297
Nazareth Fund
license for amateur football game for Fund, 326
New England Province of the Society of Jesus
prayer for members losing their lives in fire, 72
resolution extending condolences upon loss of life in fire at Shadow-
brook, 75
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities: 171
notice of hearing before Metropolitan District Commission: 87, 222
notice of order of Department of Public Utilities granting petition:
69, 188
New York Central Railroad
congratulations on equalization of northeastern freight rates, 126, 173
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 125
New York Fire Department
resolve extending sympathy of Council upon loss of six members, 103
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
congratulations on equalization of northeastern freight rates, 126, 173
notices of hearings before Department of Public Utilities: 14, 43,
188, 214
"New York Streets" Area
appointment of committee to promote re-sale of area, 20, 26, 29
report by Kane Simonian on redevelopment, 250
suggestions to Boston Housing Authority to promote sale of
"New York Streets" area, 166
Off=Street Parking
appearance of Chairman of Real Property Board at Executive
Committee hearing on facility at Fort Hill sq., 366
appropriations from Parking Meter Fees: Jamaica Plain parking
facilities, $55,000, 23, 26, 67, 121; Cleary sq., Hyde Park, S56.000,
73, 125, 165; Codman sq., 890,000, 239
expediting use of funds for off-street parking facilities, 184
Finance Commission report re land taking for off-street parking ,
109, 257
Jamaica Plain district: information from Chairman of Real Property
Board re construction of lot, 1 1
loan of $10,000,000 for off-street parking facilities, 138, 204, 205, 219,
220, 374; new draft for $5,000,000, 223, 227
mechanical garage systems, 319, 330, 372
opposition to parking facility at Scollay sq., Pemberton sq., and
Howard St., 223
resolution asking review of off-street parking garage construction
program, 298
resolution congratulating Boston Globe and reporter Joseph A. Kiblin-
sky for article on off-street parking program, 215
status of off-street parking program, 210
Old Colony Housing Project
conveyance to Boston Housing Authority, 275, (2) 326
Old South Association
election of Couns. Foley and Kerrigan as managers for year 1956, 12
O'Neill, Rev. Francis J.
invocation: 4
Ordinances
Assessing Department: increased salary for Chairman of Board of
Review, 256
creating office of Supervisor of Budgets within Administration
Services Department, 58, 104, 108, 173, 179
establishment of Public Health Council, 22, 83
fees for licenses, permits, charges, etc., 141, 219; order re further
study of ordinance, 220, 240, 289, 295, 304, 340, 370; corrective
change in ordinance, 376
further regulating street coasting, 72, 131
increased fees for automatic amusement devices, 360
licensing of hackney carriages and other vehicles, (2) 290
littering of streets, 167, 223; new draft, 224, 258, 285
order re ordinance providing for post audit under control of City
Council, 299
preparation of proposed ordinance on purchasing procedure, 319,
337
publication of changes in city regulations or ordinances, 55
regulation of operation of sound trucks, 359 (referred November
30, 1953)
transfers of portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall and Post Office sqs., to
Parks and Recreation Department, 231, 258
veto of ordinance establishing Second Assistant City Messenger, 4
Ordinances, Committee on
members: Couns. Ahearn (Chairman), White (Vice Chairman;, Collins g
Foley, Kerrigan, 10
appearance of Police Commissioner before committee, 290
ordinances referred: 22, 58, 73, 108, 141, 167, 224, 231, 256, 360
reports: 83, 104, 131, 173, 219, 223, 258, 289, 295, 304, 359
>ARKING
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PENSIONS
Parking
all-night curb parking, 25, 45, 374
appearance of Commissioner Carp before Executive Committee
re parking meter survey, 89
| communication from Victor H. Carpenter, D.M.D., re violation of
parking regulations, 179
I conference re parking, towing, and traffic regulations, 119, 872
I management of city-owned open-air parking lots, 126
meeting re open-air parking spaces, 126, 372
opinion of Law Department re open-air parking law violation, 180
parking facilities at educational institutions, 121
parking in downtown area after 6 p.m., 244, 274
posting of "Tow Area" warning, 126, 136
Parking Meter Fees
appropriations :
Citv Debt Requirements, Interest, 870,500, 104, 209
City Loans, Redemption of, $250,000, 164, 209
Police Department, 313,794.70 for ten motorcycles, 200, 250
Real Property Department: off-street parking, Jamaica Plain, $55,000,
23, 26, 67, 121; Cleary sq., Hyde Park, $56,000, 73, 125, 165;
Codman sq., $90,000, 239
Traffic Department, $10,000 for parking meters, 240, 282
order re payment of snow removal costs from parking meter fees, 172
Parkman Fund
transfers to Parks and Recreation Department: $75,000, 171, 203,
$33,000, 233, 242; $29,000, 288, 295; $25,000, 322, 332; $16,139.20
368, 371
Parks and Recreation Department
appointment of Commissioner: Frank R. Kelley, 111
appointment of Associate Commissioners:
Harry J. Blake, 257
O. Phillip Snowden, 131
advisory board to consider recreational development of Boston Harbor,
70,87
baseball facilities at Ripley Road Playground, 88, 100
congratulations to department on children's program at Castle
Island, 229
consultation with Park Commission Chairman on urban renewal
program developments, 283
construction of launching ramps at East Boston, Charles River,
etc., 374 (referred December 5, 1955)
fencing in small areas in parks for very young children, 298, 330
George Wright Golf Course: petition from members re fees, 215, 359
"Golden Age Rest Area" on Akron st., Roxbury, 88, 182
improvement of Softball diamonds in rear of Aquarium, 165, 175
installation of additional drinking fountains in Columbus Park,
165, 199
installation of benches in all parks, 104, 181
landscaping and beautification of Brighton sq., 270
play area or playground at corner of Hobart st. and Ranelegh rd.,
Brighton, 360
playground opposite Hancock Village, 70, 79
program of recreational, cultural, and educational activities for Com-
mon and Public Garden, 208, 226
recreation center in Dorchester district, 20
reimbursement of employees' claims:
Fallo, Philip F., 214, 218
Magner, James A., 182, 198
McCarthy, Joseph J., 14, 25
Repucci, Alfred L., 222, 258
Shea, Robert J., Jr., 240, 269
Walsh, David C, (2) 217, 236
repair of Castle Island piers, 229, 237
repair of handball courts at L Street Bathhouse, 178, 186
repair of pier at Commercial Beach, 243, 260, 297
repair of public way between Beacon st. and Commonwealth ave.,
Chestnut Hill, 270
request for Citizens' Committee report on recreational program,
71,79
sales: land at Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill aves., at public auc-
tion, 262, 374, 376
skating facilities for inhabitants of Boston, 9, 11, 17
transfer from "Sales of City Property Account" of $4,033.28
for playground at Gardner and Baker sts., West Roxbury, 363, 367
Parks and Recreation Department, Continued
transfers from Parkman Fund income: $75,000, 171, 203; $33,000,
233, 242; $29,000, 288, 295; $25,000, 322, 332; $16,139.20, 368, 371
transfers of certain streets and parkways to Metropolitan District
Commission, 324
transfers of property: portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post
Office sqs. from Public Works Department, 231, 258; Dewey Beach,
Charlestown, to Real Property Department, 274, 369; land at 32
Orleans St., East Boston, to Real Property Department, 330, 369
use of snow-making equipment such as in use bv Commonwealth
Country Club, 11. 17, 28, 374
Penal Institutions Department
legislation re disability caused certain members of department, 56, 61
retirements:
Delaney, Thomas J., 324, 332
Malone, Edwin M., 171, 178
sale of 100 pigs, 217, 223, 321, 326
Pensions and Annuities
acceptance of Chapter 396 of I9S6 authorizing payment of pension
to Edward P. Connolly, 184
death of Louis Di Sessa: veto by Mayor (December 29, 1955) of
order passed December 12, 1955, accepting Chapter 493 of 1952, 133
Fire Department, for death of husband:
Blakeley, Eva B. (referred February 14, 1955), 66
Cahill, Rose L., 59
Connelly, Blanche L., 171
Crowley, Elizabeth I. (referred September 7, 1955), 25
Franz, Eleanor T., 119, 258
Freeley, Helen E., 373
Gorham, Mary J., 359
Harrington, Marie B., 202
Keane, Elizabeth R., 69
Linney, Mary E. (referred November 14-18, 1955), 66
Marshall, Lulu G., 119, 267
McCarthy, Nora F., 337
McDonough, Joanne M., 202, 339
McFadden, Ruth V., 234, 370
McNamara, Gertrude F., 247, 370
Spitz, Catherine, 10, 120
Sullivan, Mary, 234
order re payment of annuity to parents of Thomas Slattery, 85
petition to amend effective date of annuity: Arna V. Connors, 364
Police Department, for death of husband:
Bostwick, Mildred E., 109, 258
Broadbent, Helen L., 202
Burke, Alida (referred December 29, 1955), 267
Burke, Marie, 41, 258
Byrnes, Ernestine (referred February 8, 1954), 230
Claflin, Catherine E., 10
Collins, Margaret G, 66
Connors, Anna V. (referred December 13, 1954), 267, 364
Delaney, Agnes A., 87
Devereaux, Mary C, 131
Doherty, Catherine H., 298
Eldracher, Mabel C. (referred November 18, 1954), 178
Flaherty, Margaret M. (referred August 29, 1955), 66
Girvan, Agnes C, 241
Heffernan, Alice M., 87, 267
Hennessey, Stasia G, 10
Herlihy, Bertha B., 109
Illingworth, Delia M., 214, 267
Kane, Gertrude E. (referred December 5, 1955), 60
Kelley, Alice G., 247, 370
Kenny, Mary E., 263
Lane, Mary F. (referred November 14, 1955), 269
Lowney, Gertrude M., 102, 267
Lucy, Bridget (referred September 20, 1955), 66
McDevitt, Mabel A., 74, 267
Monahan, Florida M. (referred December 5, 1955), 60
Norton, Mary D., 263, 339
O'Leary, Mildred O., 14
Preston, Mary E., 14
Shaw, Agnes M., 294
Shea, Julia R., 124
Shea, Margaret E. (referred December 12, 1955), 60
Smith, Irene M., 202
reduction of annuity:
DePietro, Catherine, 41, 42
Franz, Eleanor T., 263, 269
Phillips, Ethel, (2) 10
Shea, Margaret E., 81, 82
transfers from other departmental appropriations: Election
Department, $10,000, 368, 371; Library Department, $5,000, 368,
371 ; Superior Civil Court. $15,000, 368, 371 ; Superior Criminal Court,
$15,009, 368, 371; Welfare Department, $60,000, 368, 371
PERAMBULATION
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POLICE
Perambulation of Boundary Lines
appointment of members of committee: Couns. Piemonte and
MeDonough, the City Clerk, the Chief Engineer of the Survey Divi-
sion of the Public Works Department, 270
report of committee: 339, 361, 375 (City Document No. 39)
Philbrick, Herbert A.
expression of gratitude to Herbert A. Philbrick for work as FBI secret
agent, 297
Piemonte, Gabriel Francis, Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 260-261, 273-281, 283, 285-289, 360
committee appointments. Appropriations and Finance, Claims
(Vice Chairman), Confirmations (Vice Chairman), Executive, In-
spection of Prisons, Legislative Matters, Licenses, Public Lands
(Chairman), Rules (Vice Chairman), 10; Perambulrtion of Boundary
Lines, 270
committee reports:
Appropriations and Finance: (minority reports) 205, 219
Executive Committee: 319
Perambulation of Boundary Lines: 339, 375
Public Lands: 132, 172, 203, 228, 242, 250, 289, 300, 369, 374
communication thanking Council for congratulations on award of
Star of Solidarity of Italian Government, 176
motions:
insertion of compliance statement in minimum standards promulgated
by Health Department, 303
public hearing before Executive Committee on mechanical garage
systems, 290
request for compliance with Council order of October 1 re annual
reports, 294
orders:
additional information in new edition of "Boston's Streets," 132
aggregate value of abatements granted last year, 235
all-night curb parking on alternate sides of streets, 25
ambulance- type police cruising car, 112
appearance of Boston Housing Authority members before Executive
Committee, 354
appearance of Commissioner of Real Property before Executive
Committee, 89
appearance of Director Lord of Library with information re charges
for use by non-residents, lists of bequests, etc., 16
appearance of Dr. John F. Condon before Executive Committee, 252
assessment of real estate taxes on certain properties, 191
attendance of secretary of Real Property Board at Executive Com-
mittee meeting with data re discussion of mechanized garages, 295
construction of City Hospital branches for emergency treatment, 25
election of William F. O'Connell as stenographer-clerk in City
Messenger Department, 125, 128 (for all the Councillors)
Executive Committee hearing on West End Urban Renewal Projeet ,
334
fireworks display in East Boston July 3, 1957, 298 (with Couns.
Foley and McCormack)
information from Building Commissioner re structures at 56-58
Cabot St., Roxbury, 228
information from Housing Authority re rent increases and annual
cost of utilities, 172
information on annual reports by department heads, 283
information re hospital plans for institutional building, 25
legal opinion re city's rights and liability regarding towing of cars, 334
legality of licenses issued by Public Works Department, 75
list of delinquent taxpayers to be furnished to City Council, 126
list of tax-exempt properties, 121
naming of square in honor of deceased veteran: Mariano F. Solimine,
70
ordinance re leashing of dogs in certain areas, 126
police powers over private ways, 70
post audit under control of City Council, 299
posting of "Tow Area" warning, 126
printing in City Record of table of fees for licenses and permits, 165
printing of additional copies of 1955 edition of "Boston's Streets,"
127 (with Coun. McCormack)
proposed changes in zoning, 42
proposed ordinance on purchasing procedure, 319
public hearing on proposed recommendations re Police Department,
89
publication in City Record of list of delinquent taxpayers, 126
publication of changes in city regulations or ordinances, 55
realignment of building inspectors' districts, 215
reasons for rent increases by Boston Housing Authority, 172 (with
Couns. McDonough and McLaughlin)
regulations for adoption of standards of fitness for human habitation,
42
release of report on staff problems of Planning Board, 218
repair of pier at Commercial Beach, 243
replacing of all gas lamps and financing through loan order, 7
report of Citizens' Committee study of Police Department for Council
members, 11
report on status of zoning study, 165
review of form of proposals for competitive bidding, 184
Piemonte, Gabriel Francis, Councillor, Continued
orders:
review of procedure of Compensation Review Board, 299
schedule of hospital studies, 235
skating facilities for residents of City of Boston, 11
synchronization of traffic lights on major traffic routes, 334
undergrounding of electric wires and conduits in future house de-
velopments, 55
use of walkie-talkies by certain police officers, 89
resolves :
acceleration of replacing of gas lamps by electricity by Boston Edison
Company, 16
annual solicitation for contributions by Public Library, 83
appointment by the Mayor of survey by technical experts of all
mechanical garage systems in the country, 290, 319
appointment of Public Relations Director by Mayor, 103
approaches to Charles Riverbank and playground, 251
clearing streets of parked vehicles for street cleaning, 132
commendation of Fire Department Chaplain Barclay, 42
commendation of Miss Henrietta Scott and students of Roxbury Me-
morial High School, 70 (for all the Councillors)
commendation of Thomas O'Day, 376
commendations to Galbreath Corporation. International Business
Machines Corporation, and R. M. Bradley & Co., 270
condolences on death of Father Louis Rinaldi, 228 (with Coun. Foley)
congratulations to American Airlines, 19
day and evening recreational, cultural, and educational activities for
Common and Public Garden, 208
definite date for landlords to comply with health standard code, 282
educational campaign re anti-litter ordinance, 270
fireworks in East Boston on July 4th, 125
housing project for elderly people and those living alone, 283
inclusion of advantages of Boston in WBZ-TV film, "This is Your
City," 103
inclusion of John F. Kennedy's book, "Profiles in Courage," in
studies in city's public schools, 11
information accompanying tax and water bills, 244
legislation re payment to John A. Smith, 66
parking facilities at educational institutions, 121
parking in downtown area after 6 p.m., 244
payment of sum of money to estate of Angelo Gello, 20
reappraisal of Housing Authority system of auditing and collection of
funds, 283
study by Planning Board of new Federal Building site, 250
study of proposed improvements at Boston & Albany yards and
South Station, 244
supplementary statement re revaluation appropriation, 95
sympathy upon death of Thomas Slattery and Michael Langone, 42
(for all the Councillors)
Pinball Machine Licenses
revocation of all pinball machine licenses pending investigation of use I
for gambling, 334, 337
Piscitelli, Rev. Vincent J.
invocation: 122
Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company
notice of hearing before Department of Public. Utilities, 331
Poland
resolution re bringing situation in Poland before United Nations, 224
resolution re proclamation of "Poznan Memorial Day," 224
Police Department
acceptance of Chapter S10 of Acts of 1956 providing increase in
compensation for Police Commissioner, 220
ambulance-type police cruising car, 112
annual award in name of Patrolman William Hennessey, 42
appearance of Police Commissioner before Committee on Ordi-;
nances, 290
appropriation: $13,794.70 from parking meter fees for purchase of
ten motorcycles, 200, 250
clearing streets of parked vehicles for street cleaning, 132
conference re parking and traffic regulations, 119
copies of report of Citizens' Committee on Police Department foi
Council members, 11, 61
death of Louis Di Sessa: veto by Mayor (December 29, 1955) of order
accepting Chapter 493 of 1952, 133
department policy on emergency hospitalization, 88, 122
equipment of police boat with small surface search radar set, 366, 367
OLICE
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PUBLIC
'olice Department, Continued
pensions for death of husband:
Bostwick, Mildred E., 109, 258
Broadbent, Helen L., 202
Burke, Alida (referred December 29, 1955), 267
Burke, Marie, 41, 258
Byrnes, Ernestine (referred February 8, 1954), 230
Claflin, Catherine E., 10
Collins, Margaret C, 66
Connors, Anna V. (referred December 13, 1954), 267, 364
Delaney, Agnes A., 87
Devereaux, Mary C, 131
Doherty, Catherine H., 298
Eldracher, Mabel C. (referred November 15, 1954), 178
Flaherty, Margaret M. (referred August 29, 1955), 66
Girvan, Agnes C, 241
Heffernan, Alice M., 87, 267
Hennessey, Stacia C, 10
Herlihy, Bertha B., 109
Illingworth, Delia M., 214, 268
Kane, Gertrude E. (referred December 5, 1955), 60
Kenny, Marie E., 263
Lane, Mary F. (referred November 14, 1955), 269
Lowney, Gertrude M., 101, 267
Lucy, Bridget (referred September 20, 1955), 66
McDevitt, Mabel A., 74, 267
Monahan, Florida M. (referred December 5, 1955), 60
Norton, Mary D., 263, 339
O'Leary, Mildred O., 14
Preston, Mary E., 14
Shaw, Agnes M„ 294
Shea, Julia R., 124
Shea, Margaret E. (referred December 12, 1955), 60
Smith, Irene M., 202
petition for indemnification: Ryan, Joseph L., 257, 289
public hearing on proposed recommendations re Police Department, 89
reduction of annuity:
DePietro, Catherine, 41, 42
Phillips, Ethel, (2)
Shea, Margaret E., 81, 82
reimbursement of employees' claims:
Ahem, John D., (2) 41, (2) 69
Davis, Richard P., 171, 184
Grew, William R., 69, 75
Haley, William K., Jr., 358, 365
Joyce, Robert F., 246, 269
Madden, John J., 214, 218
O'Shea, Daniel J., 130, 172
Rossi, Joseph A., 256, 269
Shannon, George F., 240, 269
resolve re strict enforcement of anti-litter law, 270
salaries of matrons at House of Detention for Women, 88
study of police powers over private ways, 70, 86
use of walkie-talkies by certain police officers, 89
Polio
speed-up of anti-polio vaccine program, 84
Post Audit
order re ordinance providing for post audit under control of City Coun-
cil, 299
Posts
lease of school building: 7 Glenway st., Dorchester, to Sergt. Philip S.
Green, Chapter 93, Disabled American Veterans, 373
Public Celebrations
display of statue of John Barry, "Father of the American-Navy," 220
funds for fireworks display in East Boston, July 3, 1957, 298
resolve re fireworks in East Boston on July 4th, 125
transfer of $20,000 from appropriaton for Conventions and Entertain-
ment of Distinguished Guests, 322, 338
Public Housing, Committee on
members: Couns. Ahearn (Chairman), McDonough (Vice Chairman)
Collins, Foley, White, 10
report: 326, 327, 370
Public Improvement Commission
advisability of making Jamaicaway one-way, 74, 98
sale of land on Vienna St., East Boston, 321
Public Lands, Committee on
members. Couns. Piemonte (Chairman), White (Vice Chairman),
Collins, Kerrigan, Ahearn, 10
proposed sale of land on Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill aves., 262,
374, 376
reports: 132, 172, 20.3, 228, 242, 250, 289, 300, 369, 371
Public Safety Commission
order: appearance of certain members before Executive Committee
re open-air parking spaces, 126, 372
Public Services and Recreation, Committee on
members: Couns. McLaughlin (Chairman), Collins (Vice Chairman),
Foley, White, McDonough, 10
committee reports: 103, 374
public hearing re establishment of recreation center in Dorchester
district, 20
restriction of heavy truck traffic on Newton st., Blue Hill ave. and
River St., 251
Public Works Department
appointment of Commissioner: George G. Hyland, 111; appoint-
ment as member of Commission on Retail Market Area, 214, 2151
abandonment of easements;
Preston ct., Dorchester, 216, 228
Wyvern st., West Roxbury, 239, 250, 259
advisability of making Jamaicaway one way, 74, 98
alteration to Massachusetts Avenue Bridge between Columbus ave.
and St. Botolph St., 23, 104
amendment to Revised Ordinances of 1949, Chapter 27, re Public
Works Department, 372 (referred October 17, 1955)
appointment of chief engineer of Survey Division as member of
Committee on Perambulation of Boundary Lines, 270; report of com-
mittee, 339, 375
appropriations: construction of bridges, $150,000, 64, 65; construction
of public ways, $150,000, 64, 65; sewerage works, $150,000, 64, 65;
snow removal, Fire Department, personal services, $150,000, Public
Works Department, $700,000, 100; amended to $150,000 for Fire
Department, $250,000 for Public Works Department, 104; new order
for $450,000, 123; new draft by Council for $375,000, 183, 203
"Boston's Streets": order re additional information to be included in
next edition, 117, 122, 127, 132, 323, 326
clearing streets of parkei vehicles for street cleaning, 132, 135
collection of trash in South Boston district, 244, 254
contract with Dooley Brothers for removal of garbage and refuse,
108, 116, 132, 134, 179
freight cars on Atlantic ave. and Northern ave., 24, 61, 98
"Golden Age Rest Area" on Akron St., Roxbury, 88, 182
installation of drinking fountains in South Boston, 165, 199
installation of temporary lights on Dorchester Heights Monument,
116, 181
landscaping and beautification of Brighton sq., 270, 320
landscaping of traffic circle at Cleveland Circle, Brighton, 75, 100
legality of licenses issued by department, 75
loans: construction of bridges, $3,000,000, 64, 65, 104, 233, 281, 294,
370; construction of public ways or permanent pavement, $2,000,000,
64, 65, 104. 119, 370; sewerage works, $1,000,000, 64, 65, 104, 119
order re loan to finance replacing in 1956 all city gas lamps with elec-
tricity, 7, 13
order re street littering, 167, 285
plans for all-night curb parking, 25, 45
problem of railroad trains and box cars standing on Atlantic ave. and
Northern ave., 24, 61
reimbursement of employees' claims:
Campo, Gregory, 358, 365
Costello, Patrick, 187, 207
Cummings, Richard P., 187, 207
Dacerno, Carmine, 240, 269
Donovan, Robert W., 217, 236
Frawley, James A., 23, 60
Grady, Edward J., (2) 118, 126
Hohn, Joseph, 14, 25
Phillips, William E., 80, 89
Rodwell, Henry F., 234, 241
Rotondo, Samuel, (2) 59, (2) 69
Sullivan, Leo J., (2) 64, (2) 69
Toohey, John P., 201, 218
Watts, William H., 234, 241
Wilkins, Herbert U., 201, 218
repair of Denton Place, Roslindale, 291, 302
PUBLIC
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RESIGNATIONS
Public Works Department, Continued
revision of present system of sanding streets, 15
safety precautions in front of Brighton post office, 327
sidewalk construction:
Corey St., Ward 20, 243
Kenrick St., Ward 22, 250
Willowdean ave., Ward 20, 251
street lighting and paving:
Alpine St., Ward 12, 271, 285
Alvan ter., Ward 7, 283, 292
Belden St., Ward 7, 250, 254
Bennett St., Ward 22, 319, 330
Cawfield St., Ward 7, 295, 320
certain Dorchester and South Boston streets, 318, 329
certain streets in Dorchester, 318, 329
Chase St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Clapp St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Conrad St., Ward 7, 283, 292
Cunard St., Ward 9, 243, 253
Dawes St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Dawes ter., Ward 7, 295, 320
East Cottage St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Edison Green, Ward 7, 295, 320
Elder St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Franklin St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Gene St., Ward 7, 283, 292
Groom St., Ward 7, 250, 254
Hamlet St., Ward 7, 250, 254
Harrow St., Ward 7, 283, 292
Harvest St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Hillsboro St., Ward 7, 283, 292
Holden pi., Ward 7, 283, 292
Holden St., Ward 7, 250, 254
Howell St., Ward 7, 250, 254
Humphreys pi., Ward 7, 283, 292
Manthorne rd., Ward 20, 85, 98
Mayhew St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Mt. Vernon st., Ward 7, 295, 320
Norfolk ave., Ward 7, 283, 292, 295, 319
Oakland St., Ward 22, 295, 319, 320, 330
Page St., Ward 14, 271, 285
Pond St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Ramsey St., Ward 7, 283, 292
Roseclair st., Ward 7, 295, 320
Rosseter St., Ward 14, 371
St. Margaret St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Sexton ct., Ward 7, 295, 320
Sumner pk., Ward 7, 283, 292
Sumner St., Ward 7, 295, 320
Ward 7 streets, 295, 320
Wendover St., Ward 7, 283. 292
Willis St., Ward 7, 295, 320
transfer within departmental appropriation: 830,000 from Bridges,
Repair, etc., to Snow Removal, 322, 326
transfers of property:
land and building at 105 Dorchester ave. from Health Department,
226, 242
land and building at 3085 Washington st., Roxburv, from Fire Depart-
ment, 227, 242
land at Moreland and Prospect sts.. West Roxbury, from Real Prop-
erty Department, 237, 250
land on Moon Island to Fire Commissioner, 216, 228
portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post Office sqs., to Parks and
Recreation Department, 231, 258
property at 11 Thatcher St., Hyde Park, to Real Property Depart-
ment, 261, 300
undergrounding of electric wires and conduits in future house
developments, 55
Qua, Chief Justice Stanley E.
administration of oath of office to Mayor-elect Hynes, 1
Rafferty, Rev. Joseph J.
invocation: 336
Rapid Transit, Inc.
location of bus stops at MTA terminal at Orient Heights, 15, 20, 116
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 125
Ravenell, Rev. William S.
invocation: 17
Rayburn, Hon. Sam
communication thanking Council for expression of sympathy upon
death of his sister, 191
resolution upon death of Miss Lucinda Rayburn, 184
Real Property Department
appointment of Commissioner: Herman Carp, 111
appointment of Assistant Commissioners:
George P. Donovan, 111
William F. Keesler, 131
appearance of Commissioner Carp before Executive Committee,
89, 366
appropriations from parking meter fees for off-street parking: Jamaica
Plain, $55,000, 23, 26, 67, 121; Cleary sq., Hvde Park, $56,000, 73,
125; Codman sq., $90,000, 239
attendance of Secretary of Board at Executive Committee meeting
with data re discussion of mechanized garages. 295
conference re parking and traffic regulations, 119
Finance Commission report re land taking at 558-570 Washington
st. for off-street parking, 109
"Golden Age Rest Area" on Akron st., Roxbury, 88, 182
information re construction of off-street parking lot, Jamaica Plain
district, 11
land taking at 62-55 Kingston st. and 69-83 Bedford st., 331
loan: order for $10,000,000 for off-street parking facilities, 138, 204,
205, 219, 220, 374; new draft of order for $5,000,000, 223, 227
management of city-owned open-air parking lots, 126
opposition to off-street parking facility at Scollay sq., Pemberton sq.,
and Howard St., 223
placing of plaque under picture of Maurice J. Tobin in Tobin Me-
morial Building, 67
resolution asking review of off-street parking garage construction
program, 298
resolve re appointment bv Mayor of technical experts to survey and
report on all mechanical garage systems in country, 319
status of off-street parking program, 210
taking of land at 28-30 and 32-34 Hayward pi. and 24-28 Harrison
Avenue Extension for off-street parking, 257
taking of land at 558-570 Washington st. for off -street parking, 110
temporary reassignment of duties of Commissioner of Real Property,
112
transfers of property:
Dewev Beach, Charlestown, from Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, 274, 369
land at Moreland and Prospect sts., West Roxbury, to Public Works
Department, 237, 250
land at 32 Orleans St., East Boston , from Parks and Recreation
Department, 330, 370
land at 133 Salem st, from Fire Department, 357, 369
property at 11 Thatcher St., Hyde Park, from Department of Public
Works, 261, 300
transfers to other departmental appropriations: Administrative
Services Department, Printing Section, $20,000, 358, 361
use of Roslindale Municipal Building auditorium by 319th
Engineers Battalion, 28
Reimbursement of Employees' Claims
Fire Department: 21, (2) 25, (2) 60, (2) 198, (2) 207, 241, (2) 300
304, 365, 374
Health Department: 89
Hospital Department: 241
Parks and Recreation Department: 25, 198, 218, 236, 258, 269
Police Department: 69, 75, 172, 184, (3) 269, 365
Public Buildings Department: 207
Public Works Department: 25, 60, (2) 69, 89, 126, (2) 207, 217,
(2) 241, 269, 365
Weights and Measures Department; 184
Reserve Fund
transfers to departmental appropriations:
Administrative Services Department: $50,000 to complete Ad-
dressograph-Multilith process, 245, 282
Boston Housing Authority: $10,000 for Urban Renewal Program,
261, 271
Construction of Bridges, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Buildings, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Public Wavs, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Sewerage Works. $4,169.10, 323, 326
demolition or restoration of abandoned properties, $25,000, 238, 244
Departmental Equipment, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements, $25,000,
369, 371
Resignations
Bearak, Saul I., constable, 118
Callanan, Charles A., Building
Commissioner, 294
RESIGNATIONS
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STREETS
Resignations, Continued
Greene, John Q., member of Beacon Hill Architectural Commission,
326
! Linsky, Leonard, constable, 26
Otis, William F., City Planning Commissioner, 332
Retirements
Penal Institutions Department:
Thomas J. Delaney, 324, 332
Edwin M. Malone, 171, 178
resolves favoring legislation re retirement benefits:
Edward P. Connolly, 19
Alphonse Simon, 67
Rules, Committee on
members: Couns. Kerrigan (Chairman), Piemonte (Vice Chairman),
Ahearn, McLaughlin, White, 10
report: 375
Ryer, Rev. Robert L.
invocation: 72
prayer for those lost in fire at Novitiate of New England Province of
Society of Jesus, 72
Sales
land on Vienna st., East Boston, to Joseph Buono, 321, 369
Parks and Recreation Department: land at Commonwealth and
Chestnut Hill aves., Brighton, at public auction, 262, 374, 376
Penal Institutions Department: 100 pigs, 217, 223, 321, 326
Sumner Tunnel to Massachusetts Port Authority, 207, 219, 322
Sales of City Property Account
appropriations:
Parks and Recreation Department: playground at Gardner and
Baker sts., West Roxbury, $4,033.28, 363, 367, 373
Traffic Department: automatic traffic signals, $20,000, 22, 120;
$50,000, 118, 176
Salk Vaccine Program
appearance of Health Commissioner before Executive Committee
re delay in program, 112
printing of communications re speeding up of program, 112
Saltonstall, Senator Leverett
communications re speeding up of Salk Vaccine Program, 115
"Salute to Rome Week"
communication from Chairman of committee sponsoring "Salute to
Rome Week" thanking Council for its resolution of congratulation
(passed December 5, 1955), 191
Scally, Rev. James J.
invocation: 78
School Building Construction Program
information submitted by City Auditor, 137
loan of $5,000,000 for construction of school buildings, 137, 175,
203, 218; approval by Emergency Finance Board, 202
176,
School Buildings Commission
appointment of Joseph F. O'Connell, Jr., as member of Board. 369
death of James H. Mooney, Superintendent of Construction, 243
election of Charles A. Callanan as Superintendent of Construction,
289
School Committee
members:
Joseph Lee, Chairman
William F. Carr
School Committee, Continued
members:
George F. Hurley
Timothy J. Mclnerney
John P. McMorrow
administration of oath of office, 1
appropriations: additional appropriation of $5,141,647.88 for school
purposes, 163, 177
consultation of Council with Mayor and School Committee re new
school construction, 71
educational campaign re anti-littering ordinance, 270
Finance Committee report re school costs, 264
inclusion of Senator John F. Kennedy's book, "Profiles in Courage"
in public school studies, 11, 74
initiation by Council of loan of $5,000,000 for school building con-
struction, 137, 175, 176; approval by Emergency Finance Board, 202,
203, 218
lease of school building at 7 Glenway st., Dorchester, to Disabled
American Veterans, 373
play area or playground at Hobart st. and Ranelegh rd., Brighton, 360
resolution commending Miss Henrietta Scott and students from Rox-
bury Memorial High School, 70
resolve re initiation by Council of loan for school buildings, 133
sub-library in Hemenway School, Readville, 116
transcript of proceedings of conference on school construction, 166
Shea, Rt. Rev. Albert J.
invocation: 320
Shea, Rev. F. Gerard
invocation: 185
Shellfish
shellfish permits: 6, 10, 14, 41, 55, 81, 89, 124, 131, 164, 165, 171, 202,
203, 214, 227, 228, 236, 251, 256, 263, 288, 294
Sinking Funds, Board of Commissioners of
appointment of Commissioners:
Joseph F. Birmingham, 131
George Hansen, 131
notice of borrowing capacity of city for year 1956, $31,432,070.95,
65, 374
Snow Removal
appropriation of $850,000, 100; amended to $400,000, 104; new order
for $450,000, 123; new draft, $375,000, 183, 203
transfer of
326
9,000 from Bridges, Repair, etc., to Snow Removal, 322,
Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc.
release of restrictions on land at Dover and Albany sts., 232, 242, 259
Sound Trucks
report on communication from Corporation Counsel and ordinance
re regulation of operation of sound trucks, 359 (referred November 30,
1953)
Streets, Squares and Circles
improvement orders passed: .
Albany St., Ward 8: release of restrictions on certain land, 107, 132, 173
Adams st., Ward 15: relief from heavy truck traffic; 178, 185, 186
Alpine st., Ward 12: install adequate lighting, 271, 285
Alvan ter., Ward 7: install electric lights and pave, 283, 292
American Legion Highway, Ward 12; speed regulations from Blue
Hill ave. to Cummins Highway, 202, 227
Belden St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 250, 254
Bennett St., Ward 22: install electric lighting, 319, 330
Blue Hill ave., Ward 18: survey trucking conditions, 243, 244, 251,
253 374
Boston st., Ward 7: install traffic signals and impose true regula-
tions, 319 , ./..."* o-?n
Brighton sq., Ward 21: landscaping and beautification of square, 270,
320
Cabot st.. Ward 9: condition of structures at Nos. 50-58, 228, 255
Cawfield st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
certain Dorchester and South Boston streets: install electric lighting
and pave, 318, 328, 329
STREETS
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TRAFFIC
Streets, Squares and Circles, Continued
improvement orders passed:
certain streets in Dorchester: install electric lighting and pave, 318,
328, 329
Chase St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Clapp St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Cleveland Circle, Ward 22: landscape traffic circle, 75, 100
Columbia rd., Ward 7: install traffic signals and impose truck regula-
tions, 319
Conrad st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Corey St., Ward 20: construct sidewalk, 243
Cunard St., Ward 9: install adequate lighting between Columbus ave.
and Cabot St., 243, 253
Dawes St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Dawes ter., Ward 7: instalLelectric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Denton pi.. Ward 18: repair, 291, 302
Dover St., Ward 3: release of restrictions on certain land, 232, 242, 259
E St., Ward 6: install "Stop" sign at West Third St., 28
East Cottage st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave. 295, 320
Edison Green, Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Elder St., Ward 7: pave and resurface, 295, 320
Fidelis Way, Ward 21: install traffic signals at Commonwealth ave.,
215, 226: make one-way, 215, 226
Firth rd., Ward 19: install traffic signals at intersection of Washington
St.. South st., and Lee Hill rd., 250, 260
Franklin ct., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave. 295, 320
Gallivan Boulevard. Ward 17: regulate use by heavy trucks, 215, 221
Gene st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Glencoe St., Ward 22: install "Stop" sign at Garden St., 55. 72
Groom St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 250, 254
Hamlet St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 250, 254
Harrow st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Harvest St.. Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Hillsboro st.. Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Holden St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 250, 254
Howell st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 250, 254
Humphreys pi., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Irving St., Ward 18: taking of land for park purposes, 131
Jamaicaway, Ward 10: make one-way, 74, 98
Kenrick st, Ward 22: install sidewalk from Rrayton rd. to Newton
line, 250
Lark St., Ward 7: make one-way, 335
Manthorne rd., Ward 29: reconstruct, 85, 98
Marion st., Ward 1: install "Stop" sign at Meridian st., 178, 186
Mayhew st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Meridian St., Ward 1: install traffic signals at Lexington, White, and
and Falcon sts., 178, 186
Monument sq., Ward 2: survey of traffic conditions, 4
Morton st., Ward 14: survey trucking conditions, 243, 244, 251, 253,
374
Mt. Vernon St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Newton St., Ward 22: restriction of heavy truck traffic, 251
Norfolk ave., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Oakland St., Ward 22: install modern street lighting, 319, 330
Page st., Ward 14: install adequate lighting, 271, 285
Pond St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Pope's Hill St., Ward 16: install pedestrian signals at South Munroe
ter., and Neponset ave., 326, 362
Preston ct., Ward 16: abandonment of easement, 216
Ramsey st., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
River St., Ward 18: survey trucking conditions, 243, 244, 251, 253, 374
Roseclair St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Rosseter St., Ward 14: install electric lighting, 371
St. Edward rd., Ward 1 : install pedestrian signal at Saratoga st., 319,
357
St. Margaret St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
School st., Ward 17: install traffic signals at Washington st., 371
Sexton St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Storrow Memorial Drive: construct pedestrian overpass at Gloucester
St., 251, 264
Sumner pk., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Sumner St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Thornley St., Ward 13: make one-way, 121
Truman Highway, Ward 18: taking of land for park purposes, 131
Turner St., Ward 22: make one-way, from Washington to Faneuil sts.,
88, 106
Union sq.. Ward 22: survey traffic conditions, 71, 106
Ventura St., Ward 17: taking of land by MDC for park and recreational
purposes, 234, 242
Wendover St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 283, 292
Willis St., Ward 7: install electric lighting and pave, 295, 320
Willowdean ave., Ward 20: install sidewalk from Weld st. to Veterans
of Foreign Wars Parkway, 251
Wyvern St., Ward 19: abandonment of easement, 239, 250
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
Copp's Hilland Charter St., Ward 3: Mariano F. Solomine, 70, 130, 133
Falkland and Hobart sts., Ward 22: Harold S, MacFarland, 319
Hallet and Hill Top sts., Ward 16: John P. McKeon, 56; Hallet, Hill
Top, and Cedar Grove sts., 84, 130, 133
Hallet and Minor sts., Ward 16: Victor G. Rundberg, Jr., 179
King and Train sts., Ward 16: John Konar, 291
North Beacon and Everett sts., Ward 22: Armin E. Siegfrievt, 12
Parker and Ruggles sts., Ward 9: Arthur Caparelliotis, 298
Pasadena rd., and Blue Hill ave., Ward 14: Harry Beckman, 218
Streets, Squares and Circles, Continued
naming of squares in honor of deceased veterans:
Readville and Knight sts., Ward 18: Sarkice T. Nedder, 282; order
rescinded, 290
Readville st. and Neponset Valley Parkway, Ward 18: S. Thomas
Nedder, 290
Tremont and St. Alphonsus sts., Ward 10: William C. Loughman,
130, 133
Students' Government Exchange Program
welcome by President McCormack to delegates of:
Concord High School, 72
Dedham High School, 78
Hyde Park High School, 78
Jeremiah E. Burke High School, 72
Suffolk County
amendments to rules and forms for Probate Court, 332
appointment of John A. Daly as Executive Secretary to Justices of
Supreme Judicial Court, 324
appropriation (supplementary) of $145,200, 201, 219
assignment of Justices: (2) 288, 364
County Classification and Compensation Plan: compensation
grade of van drivers, 20, 51, 81, 116, 326; court officers, 61, 81, 116,
326; parole agents, 75, 116, 133, 183, 326; officer personnel at Jail
and House of Correction, 81, 82, 116; classification of "Correction
Officer and Shoemaking Instructor," 111, 116; substitution of words
"Supervisor of Personnel" for "Budget Commissioner," 187, 198;
shortening of time for longevity increments to take effect, 187, 198:
amendments affecting officers and personnel, 286, 299; position of
foreman mechanic with compensation grade allocation of 19, 326, 364
notices from Administrative Committee of District Courts, 59
Registry of Deeds: approval of surety bonds of Register of Deeds and
four Assistants, 10
rules and forms for all probate courts in Commonwealth, 218
transfers between departmental appropriations:
Compensation Plan Amendments — County, to various county
departments, $17,500, 200, 209
County Court House (Custodian), Contractual Services, $8,800 from
Court Officers Division, Superior Court, 336, 338
Superior Court, Civil Session, Clerk's Office, $35,300 to Fire Depart-
ment, 364, 367
Superior Court, Court Officers Division, $8,800 to Court House
(Custodian), 336, 338; $15,000 to Pensions and Annuities, City,
368, 371; Criminal Session, $15,000 to Pensions and Annuities,
City, 368, 371
Sumner Tunnel
Acts of I9S6, Chapter 465; acceptance of section 8 re payments to
city for Sumner Tunnel, 213, 219
appraisal to determine fair value of tunnel, 208
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities re tolls,
364, 367
order re transfer of Sumner Tunnel to Commonwealth, 61, 133
reimbursement of city by state for interest costs on Sumner Tunnel ,
361
resolve re legislation for increased payment by state for Sumner Tunnel,
360, (2) 361
retirement of traffic tunnel bonds of 1936, 123, 133
sale of Sumner Tunnel to Massachusetts Port Authority, 207, 219, 223
Taxes
Finance Commission report on 1956 tax rate, 247
information accompanying tax and water bills, 244, 254
list of tax-exempt properties, 121, 129, 133
Toomey, Edmund
presentation of embossed copy of Council resolution ongratulat-
ing him on his essay, "Voice of Democracy," 13
Traffic Commission
appointment of Commissioner Reilly as member of Commission on
Retail Market Area, 214, 215
advisability of making Jamaicaway one-way, 74
appropriation for parking meters from Parking Meter Fees, $10,000,
240, 282
appropriations for automatic traffic signals from Sales of City Property
Account, $20,000, 22, 120; $50,000, 118, 176
communication from Representatives Cantwell, Feeney, and Patrone
reheavy trucking on certain streets, 244, 374
"RAFFIC
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(Traffic Commission, Continued
i conference re parking, towing, and traffic regulations, 119, 372
| expediting downtown traffic during Christmas season, 366, 367
heavy truck regulations and traffic signals on Columbia rd. and
"Boston Street Section," 319, 363
installation of pedestrian-controlled traffic signals:
Firth rd., Washington and South sts., and Lee Hill rd., Ward 19,
2.50, 260
Pope's Hill St., Ward 16, at South Munroe ter. and Neponset ave.,
326, 362
St. Edward rd. and Saratoga st., Ward 1, 319, 357
I installation of "Stop" signs:
E and West Third sts.. Ward 6, 28
Glencoe and Gardena sts., Ward 22, 55, 72
Marion and Meridian sts., Ward 1, 178, 186
installation of traffic signals:
Commonwealth ave. and Fidelis Way, Ward 21, 215, 226
E and West Third sts., Ward 6, 28
Meridian st. and Lexington, White, and Falcon sts., Ward 1, 178, 186
School and Washington sts., Ward 17, 371
making of one-way streets:
Fidelis Way, Ward 21, 215, 226
Jamaicaway, Ward 10, 74, 98
Lark St., Ward 7, 335
Thornley St., Ward 13, 121
Turner St., from Washington to Faneuil sts., Ward 22, 88, 106
ordinance further regulating coasting on streets, 72
parking: all-night curb parking, 25, 45; parking in downtown area
after 6 p.m., 244, 274
posting of "Tow Area," 128, 136, 179, 186
problem of railroad trains on Atlantic ave. and Northern ave., 24, 61
prohibition of heavv trucking on Adams St., between Lower Mills
and Gallivan Boulevard, 178, 185, 221
report of accidents involving freight cars on certain streets, 24, 61, 98
safety precautions in front of Brighton post office, 327, 357
survey of traffic conditions: Monument sq., Ward 2, 4; Union sq.
Allston, 71, 106; River st., Morton st., and Blue Hill ave., 243, 244,
251, 253
synchronization of traffic lights on major traffic routes, 334, 362, 367
use of Gallivan Boulevard by heavy trucks, 215
Transfer of Certain Streets and Parkways
transfer from Parks and Recreation Department to Metropolitan
District Commission, 324
Transfers Between Departmental Appropriations
Administrative Services Department, Printing Section, $70,000:
(from Real Property Department, $20,000; from Library Depart-
ment, 510,000; from Election Department, $5,000; from Hospital
Department, $35,000,) 358, 361
Compensation Plan Amendments — City, to various city depart-
ments, $337,500, 200, 209
Compensation Plan Amendments — County, to various county
departments, $17,500, 200, 209
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished Guests to
Public Celebrations, $20,000, 322, 338
County Court House (Custodian), $8,800 from Court Officers Divi-
sion, Superior Court, 336, 338
Fire Department: $35,300 from Clerk's Office, Superior Court. Civil
Session, 364, 367
order re transfer of all or part of Cemetery Division annual receipts to
General Fund, 89
Public Celebrations: $20,000 from Conventions and Entertainment
of Distinguished Guests, 322, 338
Transfers from Parking Meter Fees
City Debt Requirements, Interest, $70,500, 164
City Loans, Redemption of, $250,000, 164
Police Department: $13,794.70 for ten motorcycles, 200, 250
Real Property Department: off-street parking, Cleary sq., $56,000,
73, 125, 165: Codman sq„ $90,000, 239; Jamaica Plain, $55,000,
23, 26, 67, 121
Traffic Department; parking meters, $10,000, 240, 282
Transfers from Parkman Fund Income
Parks and Recreation Department: $75,000, 171, 203; $33,000,
233, 242; $29,000, 288, 295; $25,000, 322, 332; $16,139.20, 368, 371
Transfers from Reserve Fund
Administrative Services Department: $50,000 to complete Ad-
dressograph-Multilith process, 245, 282
Boston Housing Authority: $10,000 for Urban Renewal Program,
261, 271
Construction of Bridges, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Buildings, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Public Ways, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Construction of Sewerage Works, $4,169.10, 323, 326
demolition or restoration of abandoned properties, 238, 244
Departmental Equipment, $4,169.10, 323, 326
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements,
$25,000, 369, 371
Transfers from Sales of City Property Account
Parks and Recreation Department: $4,033.28 for playground at
Gardner and Baker sts., West Roxbury, 363, 367, 373
Traffic Commission: installation of automatic traffic signals, $20,000,
22, 120; $50,000, 118, 176
Transfers of Property
Dewev Beach, Charlestown, from Parks and Recreation Department
to Real Property Department, 274, 369
land and building at Broadway and Dorchester ave., from Fire
Department to Board of Election Commissioners, 245, 289
land and building at 105 Dorchester ave., from Health Department
to Public Works Department, 226, 242
land and building at 3085 Washington St., Roxbury, from Fire De-
partment to Public Works Department, 227, 242
land at Moreland and Prospect sts., West Roxbury, from Real
Property Department to Public Works Department, 237, 250
land at 32 Orleans st.. East Boston, from Parks and Recreation
Department to Real Property Department, 330, 369
land at 133 Salem St., Ward 3, from Fire Department to Real Property
Department, 357, 369
land on Moon Island from Public Works Commissioner to Fire Com-
missioner, 216, 228
Old Colony Housing Project to Boston Housing Authority from
Public Housing Administration, 275
portions of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post Office sqs., from Public Works
Department to Parks and Recreation Department, 231, 258
property at 11 Thatcher St., Hyde Park, from Department of
Public Works to Real Property Department, 261, 300
Transfers Within Departmental Appropriations
Administrative Services Department: $6,000 from Contractual
Services to Personal Services, 363, 367
Public Works Department: $30,000 from Bridges, Repair, etc., to
Snow Removal, 322, 326
Transit Bus Lines, Inc.
notice of hearing before Department of Public Utilities, 24
Treasury Department
appointment of Collector-Treasurer: James E. Gildea, 11 1
advisability of weekly deductions of Blue Cross-Blue Shield pay-
ments, 67", 80
extension of term of bonds issued for public improvements, 71
list of delinquent taxpayers to be furnished City Council, 126
Tyler, Rev. Samuel, Jr.
prayer: 301
Union Freight Railroad
regulation of operation of Union Freight Railroad, 43, 188, 371, 372
United States of America
conveyance of Old Colony Housing Project from Public Housing
Administration to Boston Housing Authority, 275
facilities of Jamaica Plain post office, 366, 373
joint use of new Federal building by city for municipal offices now
housed in City Hall and Annex, 88
questionnaire from Congressional Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations, 15, 20, 51, 133
study by City Planning Board of new Federal building site, 250
URBAN
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Urban Renewal
appointments:
Director of Demolition and Administrative Assistant: John An. Mur-
ray, 257
Consultant to Director of Demolition: Peter Turchon, 257
Member of Coordinating Committee on Urban Renewal: Thomas J.
Hughes, 369
appropriations: plans and estimates of Urban Renewal Program,
$10,000, 5, 11; transfer of $10,000 from Reserve Fund for Program,
261, 271
attendance of Kane Simonian at hearing on West End Urban Re-
newal Project, 334, 335
consultation with Park Commission Chairman on urban renewal
program developments, 283
order re legislation raising statutory limit on borrowing for urban
renewal purposes, 361
orders re need for urban renewal program, 5
planning advance payment for proposed South Cove Urban Re-
newal Project, 275
resolve re acceptance of bid on "New York Streets" area, 371
resolve re appointment of Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal, 360
study of statutory limit on borrowing power affecting urban renewal
funds, 283
waterfront development with Urban Renewal money, 271
Veterans' Services Department
appointment of Veterans' Benefits and Services Commissioner: Victor
C. Bynoe. 1 1 1
Villella, Rev. Ralph
invocation: 129
Volpe, Commissioner John A.
expression of thanks for inclusion of his name, in "Salute to Rome"
resolution, 6
WBZ
resolve re inclusion of advantages of Boston in WBZ-TV film, "This
Is Your City," 103
Welfare Department
appointment of Overseers:
Thomas F. Brady, 131
Joseph K. Collins, 131
Katherine E. Driscoll, 131
Harry P. Grages, 131
Katherine D. Hardwick, 82
organization of Board of Overseers, 165
transfer of $60,000, to other departmental appropriations, 368, 371
Western Union Telegraph Company
notice of hearing before the Department of Public Utilities, 257
White, Joseph C, Councillor
oath of office: 1
acting chairman: 19, 58-59, 59-60, 60-61, 74, 89, 97, 104, 106, 108-
111, 112, 172, 176-179, 206, 208, 219, 271, 272, 296, 301, 303, 319, 334
committee appointments: Appropriations and Finance, Claims,
Executive (Chairman), Inspection of Prisons, Ordinances (Vice
Chairman), Public Housing, Public Lands (Vice Chairman), Public
Service and Recreation, Rules, 10
committee reports:
Executive Committee: 11, 15, 20, 26, 43, 61, 75, 104, 116, 127, 133
179, 198, 209, 215, 219, 223, 244, 271, 284, 299, 335, 338, 340
361, 371
felicitations from Council on his birthday, 24
orders:
construction of sidewalk on Corey St., Ward 20, 243
installation of "Stop" signs:
Glencoe and Gardena sts., Ward 22, 55
Marion and Meridian sts., Ward 2, 178
installation of traffic signals:
Falcon and Meridian sts., Ward 2, 178
Lexington and Meridian sts., Ward 2, 178
White and Meridian sts.. Ward 2, 178
playground opposite Hancock Village, 70
Police Department policy on emergency hospitalization, 88, (with
Couns. Collins and McLaughlin)
sidewalk installation on Willowdean ave., Ward 20, 251
resolves:
celebration of "I Am An American Day," 252
commendations to Jewish War Veterans, 301 (for Coun. Mc-
Cormack)
condolences to New England Province of the Society of Jesus, 75
(with all the Councillors)
condolences to the Mayor on death of his brother, 71 (for all the
Councillors)
proclamation of Israel Independence Week, 116
recognition of honor to Joe Cronin, 234
sympathy to family upon death of Judge Joseph L. Hurley, 127
(for all the Councillors)
wishes for continued success to Boston Globe, 172 (for all the Coun-
cillors)
statement: commendation of Councillors speaking at Boston College
seminar, 112
welcome to Camp Yofi members, 228
Winthrop, Town of
communication from Board of Selectmen re bus stops of Rapid
Transit, Inc., at MTA terminal at Orient Heights, 15, 20, 116
Zoning Adjustment Board
appointment of members:
Albert V. Colman, 131
Elliot Henderson, 131
Philip M. Horan, 131
appointment of alternates:
Leo J. Glennon, 131
Arthur J. Kelly, 131
William A. MacLeod, 131
Acts of 1956, Chapter 665: authority to limit buildings according
to use or construction to specified districts, 276
legislation re approval by City Council of appointments to Zoning
Adjustment Board, 361
order re proposed changes in zoning, 42, 100, 185
re-zoning district bounded by Perkins St., Jamaicaway, and Parkton
rd., Jamaica Plain, 360
City op Boston
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CITY COUNCIL.
CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
INAUGURAL EXERCISES.
Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass.,
Monday, January 2, 1956.
The ceremonies attending the inauguration of
Mayor-elect John B. Hynes, the City Councillors-
elect, and the School Committee Members-elect
of the City of Boston were held in Symphony
Hall, at ten o'clock a.m., when the Mayor-elect,
the members-elect of the Council, and the members-
elect of the School Committee entered the hall
in a procession headed by City Clerk Walter J.
Malloy and City Messenger William J. O'Donnell
to the strains of an inaugural march, "Coronation
March," by Meyerbeer. They took seats on the
platform, and the meeting was called to order
by City Clerk Malloy, who said:
Ladies and gentlemen, as City Clerk of the
City of Boston, I now officially open these in-
augural ceremonies. The principal purpose of
these exercises is the taking of the oath of office
by the Mayor-elect, the members-elect of the
City Council, and the members-elect of the
School Committee.
It is now my pleasure to introduce The Boston
Teachers College Music Club who will sing "The
Star-Spangled Banner."
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was then sung
by The Boston Teachers College Music Club.
City Clerk MALLOY — I now most respectfully
present His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Richard J. Gushing, Archbishop of Boston, who
will give the invocation.
Archbishop RICHARD J. GUSHING— Sicut
cum patribus nostris, sic sit Dcus nobiscum!
As God was with our fathers, so may He be with
us!
Inspired by this line from Thy sacred scriptures,
0 God of our fathers, Thou strength of every
truly human city, the men who built Boston
labored in faith and freedom to establish here a
community worthy of Thee and of their own best
selves. Thou, O God, by whom our fathers lived
and worked, didst give them the yision to plan
intelligently, the will to strive courageously, the
strength to accomplish effectively. Good, provi-
dent God, be no less generous with us! We need
Thee badly and we always shall!
Teach us firm principles, but let not even these
become frozen in prejudices which might narrow
our vision or stunt our aspiration to achieve.
Keep us aware of our traditions and conscious
of our past attainments, but rid us of any com-
placency which might so attach us to the past
as to make us forfeit a more fair future. Give us
hearts of tender, sympathetic humanity, but
spines of steel that we may stand up unbending
before problems which so often vex the modern
city.
Fire our imaginations and our civic pride, yet
temper them with prudence, so that our buildings
may be proud and great, but not be towers of
Babel; so that our highways may be broad and
beautiful, but arteries of noble and fruitful com-
munications; so that our harbors may be deep-
dredged and safe; our schools conducive to the
virtue and progress of our children; our banks
secure; our churches thronged with the holy;
our courts expeditious, merciful and fair; our
assemblies orderly and dominated by lofty senti-
ments but also lowly common sense; our homes at
peace and our hearts unafraid.
Make our railroads run, regularly, on time and
comfortably — so that visitors may come here
with ease, pleasure, and profit to themselves and
us, and our own citizens may go abroad from a
proud city to bring afar report of the good things
we cherish in this region.
Bless our devoted Mayor and all the city govern-
ment, into whose hands the citizens have entrusted
their common weal, the service of which he and
his associates vow themselves to perform in
fairness to the people and fidelity to Thee. Through
Christ Our Lord. Amen.
City Clerk MALLOY read a communication
from the Board of Election Commissioners certify-
ing the election of John B. Hynes as Mayor.
The oath of office was administered to Mayor-
elect John B. Hynes by the Hon. Stanley E. Qua,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts.
City Clerk MALLOY read a communication
from the Board of Election Commissioners certify-
ing the election of members of the City Council as
follows:
William J. Foley, Jr., 15 Thomas park (Ward 7).
Edward J. McCormack, Jr., 1110 Morton street
(Ward 17).
Patrick F. McDonough, 91 Fuller street (Ward
17).
John F. Collins, 72 Dunster road (Ward 19).
Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr., 6 Calvin road
(Ward 19).
Gabriel Francis Picmonte, 20 Prince street
(Ward 3).
John F. Kerrigan, 213 West Eighth street
(Ward 7).
Francis X. Ahearn, 16 Gerald road (Ward 22).
Joseph C. White, 12 Ruskin street (Ward 20).
A roll of the members-elect of the City Council
was called by City Clerk Malloy, and it appeared
that all the members-elect of the Gity Council were
present but Councillor-elect John F. Collins who
was absent because of illness.
At request of Mayor Hynes, the councillors-elect
then rose, held up their right hands, and repeated
after the Mayor the oaths of office. (Applause.)
City Clerk MALLOY read a communication
from the Board of Election Commissioners certify-
ing the election of five members of the School Com-
mittee as follows:
William F. Carr, 390 K street (Ward 7).
George F. Hurley, 567 Weld street (Ward 20).
Timothy J. Mclnerney, 21 Iroquois street
(Ward 10).
Joseph Lee, 43 South Russell street (Ward 3).
John P. McMorrow, 322 Adams street (Ward
16).
A roll of the members-elect of the School Com-
mittee was called by City Clerk Malloy, and as
each arose and announced his presence, they were
greeted with applause. It appearing that all were
present the oath of office was administered to them
by his Honor, Mayor John B. Hynes.
City Clerk MALLOY — I now most respectfully
present Dr. Israel J. Kazis, Rabbi of Temple
Mishkan Tefila, who will give prayer.
Rabbi KAZIS — Heavenly Father, bestow Thy
blessings, we pray, upon the man whose fellow
citizens have honored him by electing him to the
highest office in our city. Sustain him with strength
to fulfill the arduous tasks and to meet the rigorous
demands which his duties will require of him.
Inspire him with vision and understanding in the
conduct of the affairs of state so that his delibera-
tions may be carried on with wisdom and his
decisions made with good judgment.
Strengthen within his soul the zeal and the
determination to pursue justice and righteousness
with high courage and unfailing vigor. Bless him
as Thou did Solomon of old with a wise and under-
standing heart which shall ever be sensitive to the
needs and the well-being of his fellow men. Keep
strengthening his faith in Thee, and illumine his
mind to perceive clearly Thy eternal truths by
whose light he may walk humbly and with confi-
dence in the years that lie ahead.
Grant that blessing, O Lord, to all those who will
assume the responsibilities of office in this adminis-
tration. Strengthen them in their resolve to up-
hold the hands of the Mayor, and crown with suc-
cess their common effort to secure justice and
righteous government.
We pray that our great city with deep roots in
old and -honorable traditions shall go forward from
strength to strength in the service of the ideals of
democracy which are so dear to the inhabitants of
our land.
May we all be inspired so to live and so to act
that our country under Thy providence shall ever
be an influence for good throughout the world,
uniting men in peace and freedom to help to fulfill
the vision of Thy prophet Isaiah: ' ' They shall beat
their swords into ploughshares, and their spears
into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more." Amen.
City Clerk MALLOY — It is my pleasure again
to present The Boston Teachers College Music
Club who will sing "Jubilate Deo" and "America,
My Wondrous Land."
The Boston Teachers College Music Club then
sang "Jubilate Deo," by Weiss, and "America,
My Wondrous Land," by Peery. (Applause.)
CITY COUNCIL.
City Clerk MALLOY— The Inaugural Address
will now be delivered by the Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF HONORABLE
JOHN B. HYNES.
Today I begin my seventh consecutive year as
Mayor of the City of Boston.
I have no illusions concerning the honored post
my fellow citizens have once again entrusted to me.
I know that only by unrelenting effort, and by de-
votion to duty and to principle, can the affairs of
our city government be properly managed and
directed.
It is in that spirit I have again taken the oath of
office. It is in the full meaning and significance of
that oath that I enter upon my new term as Mayor.
It is not my purpose this morning to exhaust
your patience by a full accounting of every phase
of municipal administration, nor do I intend to
enumerate the accomplishments and improvements
made in our city government over the past six
years.
Rather than to delve into the past, I would
prefer to set my sights on the present and the
future. Sufficient be it for me to state that within
our means, and within the legal limitations imposed
upon us, the Boston city government has made
progress in every direction during the six years
which have elapsed since I first became Mayor.
This progress is self-evident. Boston is, today,
basically sound. Its financial rating is good. The
reputation of its city government is good.
It would be misleading, however, for me to imply
that all of the problems facing the city are well in
hand. There are some problems of a deep-rooted
nature which cannot, and will not, be overcome,
until such time as the city is provided the essential
tools, by way of financial assistance, to solve those
problems.
The institution of efficient methods of adminis-
tration and operating economies are desirable and
necessary steps toward the goal we seek to achieve,
but they are not the simple cures for the ills which
take shape and form in a high tax rate. If they
were the antidotes, our troubles would be aggra-
vating, but not serious.
During the past six years, every unit of govern-
ment, federal, state, city, and town, and, for that
matter, every business corporation, has been faced
with the necessity of meeting increased operating
costs.
In this comparatively short period of time, the ap-
propriation allowances for city, county, and school
departments have risen almost twenty-two million
dollars. Eighty-six per cent of this increase results
from higher allowances for personal service, and this
despite the fact that the number of employees in the
city service is less today than it was in 1950.
Another major increase in operating expenses is
reflected in appropriations provided for pension re-
quirements for retired employees. These appropri-
ations have risen eighty-one per cent in six years.
No one will deny the obligation of government
to provide a reasonable pay schedule for its officials,
employees, and pensioners. No one will deny the
justice of advancing those pay schedules to meet in-
creased costs of living.
It must be kept in mind, however, that any in-
crease in pay schedules affecting any sizable number
of employees can be met, under present conditions,
only by an increase in the tax rate. We have no
other means of meeting higher personnel costs. For
example, if the city, this year, -were to meet all of
the current requests for salary adjustments, for
higher pension allotments, and for other personnel
benefits, the Boston tax rate, for these purposes
alone, would be increased some five dollars per thou-
sand of valuation.
It is obvious, therefore, that the increased cost
of government in recent years is largely attributable
to greater appropriations for personnel require-
ments.
It is equally obvious that the granting of all of
the current personnel requests, which seem to come
in a never-ending stream, would result in a tax rate
considerably higher than the present rate.
Many of these requests must, necessarily, be de-
ferred to a later date when the income picture of the
city is brighter, and when the additional costs can
be absorbed without a startling and alarming in-
crease in the tax rate.
It is not difficult to understand why I must con-
tinue to resist any major increase in operating
expenditures, when it is realized that the main
source of the city's income has been shrinking,
rather than increasing^
Property valuations, which carry the load of
municipal expenditures, have dropped over four
hundred million dollars in the last twenty-five
years, fifty million of which has been lost during
the past six years. If our property valuations were
the same today as they were twenty-five years ago,
our tax rate would be close to fifty dollars per
thousand, rather than the present figure of $69.80.
If that happy condition existed, our financial
troubles would be of minor consequence.
Because of this tremendous loss in valuations and
basic income, and 'because of unavoidable annual
increases in administrative costs, it is generally
accepted that Boston needs another source of
income if the city is to meet all of its obligations,
and also meet reasonable requests of employees and
reasonable requests for expanded services.
Until there is such a new and substantial source
of income available, we must be extremely hesitant
in assuming new obligations which will add further
strain to our already heavy tax burden, and which
will make it even more difficult, if not impossible,
to attract new, taxable construction, so ardently
desired and so necessary for the healthy progress
of our city.
In this vein, I most earnestly implore the
Massachusetts Legislature to be reluctant in the
passage of any legislation that will add to the costs
of municipal administration, unless such legislation
provides the city with the means to meet whatever
increased costs may be entailed. I also request the
Legislature to keep in mind that a bill which, in
and of itself, represents but a minor outlay, might
very well be the wedge to pry open the floodgates
of expenditures reaching a major figure.
Also in this vein, I request the members of the
School Committee, and county officials, to care-
fully scrutinize every request which represents
greater costs, for all of us, city, county, and school
officials, must share in- the responsibility of increas-
ing the load now carried by the taxpayer.
Aside from our vexing financial situation, the
city government is making progress. New schools
are being built, and more are in the planning stage.
The parking facility program for both the down-
town area and the suburban shopping areas is
proceeding with all possible speed. The first
project in our urban redevelopment program is
nearing fulfillment. Other urban redevelopment
and renewal projects which will stay the growth of
blight and decay, and which will change the face
of our city, are taking form. The internal reorgani-
zation of the city government is proving most
effective and most efficient. One remaining
problem is still the cause of much concern, and
that is the long-standing problem of fair and
equitable assessments and valuations. Wc propose
to make a frontal attack on this problem by means
of an equalization of' values of all properties with
the exception of those residential properties having
four apartments or less.
To accomplish such an equalization will require
the expenditure of about two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and will take two years. With
the approval of the City Council, we shall begin,
this year, a scientific survey of these properties.
When this study is completed, we should not only
have a foundation for a stabilized valuation pro-
cedure, but we should, at the same time, have a
marked reduction in the flood of petitions for
abatements. When this equalization is effected,
it can then be truthfully statedthat every activity,
every function, and every service provided by the
city has been improved during my tenure of office"
The economic future of Boston, its place in the
scheme of things, its competitive position among
the large cities of our country, and its attraction to
business is predicated, to no little extent, on the
character, the motives, and the attitude of the
city administration.
For these reasons, and for the more weighty
reason that business is the lifeblood of any large
city, I have endeavored to create an atmosphere
which would encourage the expansion of business
and the establishment of new business in our city.
The going has not been easy. New business
seeks those areas where the tax burden is the least
heavy and the least oppressive. Though our
situation is not ideal, we have reason to be opti-
mistic. Present prospects for new business in our
city are better than they have been for a genera-
tion. I am confident that Boston is on the_ way to
an economic rebirth, provided we do not disregard
the elemental economic laws, and by so doing
make it completely impossible for a concern to
settle in our city without fear that all of its profits
will be eaten up by local taxes.
JANUARY 2, 1956-
For too long a period Boston has not been a
magnet for new business. This has meant a great
loss to our citizens who seek opportunity to earn
their daily bread. Happily, that situation has
taken a turn for the better. Business establish-
ments are again looking our way. There is a new
feeling of confidence in the future destiny of our
city, the centre, the core, the vibrant heart of the
sixth largest metropolitan area in our country.
It is also gratifying to report that among the
citizens of our own community, especially those
who hold the purse strings of venture capital, there
is a more enthusiastic view of the future.
We have, in all truth, begun to flex our muscles.
We have come to the realization that our old city of
charm and substance could become a city of waning
charm and substance, a decrepit old city unattrac-
tive to both residents and business alike, unless we
adopt appropriate measures to avert such a
possibility.
It is good that we have come to this realization.
It is good that there has been an awakening of civic
pride and civic conscience, engendered by the
Boston College Seminars, which have prompted us
to probe our strengths and our weaknesses, to eval-
uate them, and formulate a concerted course of
action.
We must take advantage, not some time in the
dim and distant future, but now, of this upsurge of
determination, this new spirit of stimulating, mili-
tant zeal, which can mean so much to our city and
community in the years ahead.
I am most hopeful that those in our own com-
munity who are possessed of the requisite material
means will accept the challenge before us, and give
impetus and direction to this new spirit of faith
and confidence.
Our city government will extend itself to the
very limits, and add the full weight of its power and
influence behind any and all proposals and efforts
to revitalize the City of Boston.
The task is not an impossible one. There is no
better time than now to put our thoughts and
hopes into action. Great changes are taking place
all about us. Other large cities in our country
have begun to move forward. The economy of
the nation is expanding by leaps and bounds. We
must share and profit by that expanding economy,
and that, too, should not be impossible, for we live
in an area where the economic base is far more
flexible than it is in many other parts of our coun-
try, and certainly our combined skills and talents
are second to none in the nation.
In our land there are great tomorrows yet to
come. Future generations of Bostonians will
charge us with being blind to the potentialities of
the present if we do not make the valiant and
courageous moves warranted by the prospects of
this very hour.
Even now, the face of Boston is undergoing an
uplifting. Within a. short twc years our ;ity wdl
have the finest network of highways within, and
touching, its borders, of any large city in the
United States. Traffic movement will be revolu-
tionized. Traffic congestion will be at a minimum.
The cost of doing business in Boston will be
lessened. It is not daydreaming to envision ex-
pansion and new construction along the routes of
these new highways and especially along the route
of the Fitzgerald Highway, or Central Artery, as it
wends its way through the heart of the city. The
opportunities for an improved city whicli can flow
in the wake of tins ultramodern network of high-
ways excite the mind and fire the imagination.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am
happy to say, is cognizant of the necessity for a
healthy, progressive, capital city, and to that end
is unsparing in its efforts to help our city cut
through the bonds which have encircled us and
impeded our progress in the past.
In addition to the new radial highways, the Com-
monwealth is proceeding to attack two problems of
no mean consequence, which, if solved, or ouly par-
tially solved, will bring great benefits to Boston.
The mass transportation problem, which grows
more acute as more automobiles take to the roads,
is now undergoing study by Boston College, M.I.T.,
and Harvard University, in conjunction witli com-
petent transportation experts. Unlike previous
studies which were mainly concerned with the
M.T.A., this study will include the present and
future transportation necessities for all those com-
munities now being served by a variety of trans-
portation systems including railroads, as well as
those areas which, though fast growing, have no
accessible transportation system. Out of this
study will come, I believe, a logical solution of the
transportation problem as it affects Boston, and
the entire Greater Boston area. This is a con-
summation devoutly to be desired, for now the
financial woes of the M.T.A. are a heavy annual
expense to the City of Boston.
The proposal of the Governor of our Common-
wealth for a Port Authority, which would combine
the assets of the Mystic River Bridge, the airports
owned by the state, the properties of the present
Port Commission, and the Sumner Tunnel, seems
to have general approval. Such an authority,
patterned after the successful Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, and to be financed by
revenue bonds, bids fair to be another skillful move
in the chessboard of major improvements which are
just around the bend in the road, and which give
us cause to predict that Boston is coming out of its
long period of looking backward, and entering a
new period of looking ahead.
In conclusion, may I state that, despite our
shrunken tax base, our increased expenditure re-
quirements, and our lack of new income sources,
the city government of Boston is essentially sound
If our city were fortunate enough to have the kind
of income available to other large cities, we would
be considered, I know, as one of the most desirable
cities in which to live or do business.
It is my hope that before long, and before our
tax rate reaches the breaking point, more income
will be forthcoming.
In the meantime, we shall bend every effort to
keep the costs of government at the lowest possible
level consistent with good public service. We shall
continue to encourage new building and new busi-
ness in our city, for it is through these means that
we can absorb the seemingly inevitable increases
in municipal operations.
To the City Council, my associates in city
government, may I extend my heartiest congratu-
lations on this eventful day. With your under-
standing cooperation, which I am certain will be
generously given, I am sure Boston will continue
to make forward progress.
To the members of the School Committee, I also
offer my congratulations. You have assumed a
high duty, for yours is the great responsibility of
imparting knowledge to those who will be the
citizens of tomorrow. I know you will not take
lightly this responsibility, nor the wider responsi-
bility to all of our citizens.
All of us who will share in the conduct of the
city's affairs in the coming years will have our
moments of elation which spring from the knowl-
edge that duty has been well done. We will also
have our moments of worry and frustration.
Whatever may be the joys or trials ahead, may we,
at all times, seek the guidance of Him Who is the
Way, the Truth and the Light.
"As With Our Fathers, So God Bo With Us."
(Prolonged applause.)
City Clerk MALLOY; — It is my pleasure to
present Al Bandera and his orchestra who will play
the "Raymond Overture." The orchestra here
played "Raymond Overture," by Thomas.
(Applause.)
City Clerk MALLOY — I now most respectfully
present the Rev. Robert G. Metters, Rector of
Emmanuel Church of Boston, who will deliver the
benediction.
Reverend ROBERT G. METTERS— O God of
all power and might, the Maker and Ruler of men,
we commend our city to Thy guidance and wisdom,
and unto the keeping of Thy Love. May the
officers whom Thy people chose to serve them,
serve Thee in honesty, firm purpose, uprightness,
and love. May they never forget their answer-
ableness to the people whom they serve and to
Thee. Deliver them from the love of power and
from motives of personal gain, from consideration
of men or money in place of the demands of truth
and justice, and from losing patriotism in partisan-
ship. Bless them in their various offices with an
ever larger vision of truth and an ever deeper sense
of the demands of righteousness that through their
faithfulness the life of our city and its people may
be guided by wise policies and lifted to higher
ideals and nobler achievements.
May God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost bless, preserve, and keep you. May
He look with favor upon you and fill you with
spiritual benediction and grace in this world and
in the world to come. Amen.
City Clerk MALLOY — These exercises will now
close with the playing of the "Recessional March."
The "Recessional March" was played as the
Mayor and his suite left the stage at 11.10 a.m.
Immediately following the inaugural ceremonies
Mayor Hynes administered the oath of office to
Councillor-elect John F. Collins at the latter's
home in the presence of City Clerk Malloy.
CITY COUNCIL.
CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Tuesday, January 3, 1956.
First meeting of the City Council of 1956 held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 11 a.m.,
Councillor White, senior member, presiding,
and all the members present.
The Reverend Francis J. O'Neill of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, West Lynn, was escorted to
the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV.
FRANCIS J. O'NEILL.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty God, Whose wise and amiable
Providence watches over every human event,
look down from Thy heavenly seat upon the
members of this assembly. We pray for these
duly elected guardians of our fair city, that under
Thy protection they may discharge the duties
of their office with honesty and ability. En-
courage them to have respect for virtue and
religion. Guide them so that they may have
also in their hearts patience to execute their
affairs with justice and mercy. Let the light of
Thy divine grace be as a beacon to direct their
deliberations toward the preservation of peace
and the promotion of harmony, and, above all
else, the preservation of Thy holy law. May
You, O God, the Author and Giver of all graces,
grant to them Your choicest blessings during the
coming year.
O Jesus Christ, Son of God, give to them the
virtue of faith to believe in Thee, the virtue of
hope to trust in Thee, and the virtue of charity
to love Thee.
O Holy Spirit of God, guide them, enlighten
them, and sanctify them, that they may better
serve You and their servants under Your watchful
care and protection. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
The meeting was held pursuant to the following
call :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 2, 1956.
To the Members of the City Council.
Gentlemen:
You are hereby requested to assemble in the
City Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday,
January 3, 1956, at eleven o'clock a.m. for the
purpose of organizing and to take action on
such matters of city business as may be submitted
to your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council
voted to proceed with the election of a President
for the municipal year 1956:
The roll was called with the following result:
For Edward J. McCormack — Councillors
Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerrigan, McCormack,
McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte, White — 9.
Councillor Edward J. McCormack, having
received nine votes, was declared elected President
unanimously for the municipal year 1956.
Chairman WHITE appointed Councillor
McDonough to escort President McCORMACK
to the rostrum, and he performed the duties
assigned.
President McCORMACK expressed his deep
appreciation to the members of the Council in
electing him as President for the municipal year
1956. (Applause.)
VETO OF ORDINANCE RE-ESTABLISHING
POSITION OF SECOND ASSISTANT
CITY MESSENGER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 30, 1955.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I return herewith, without my signature and
disapproved, the ordinance adopted by your
Honorable Body on December 29, 1955, which
purports to re-establish the position of second
assistant city messenger.
No justification has been advanced for the
restoration of this position, which was decided to be
unnecessary some time ago. For this reason
I am constrained to veto the ordinance.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
The message and order were referred to the
Executive Committee.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Constables with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1956: Quirino Sticco, 72 Bowdoin street; Lawrence
P. Antonetti, 40 Julian street, Roxbury.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations,
when appointed.
SURVEY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT
MONUMENT SQUARE, CHARLESTOWN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 30, 1955.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
October 31, 1955, concerning traffic conditions at
Monument square, Charlestown.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
December 29, 1955.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Councillor Ahearn's order of
October 31, 1955, directing that a survey of
traffic conditions at Monument square, Charles-
town, be made with a view to erecting or painting
"Slow" signs where necessary, I wish to report
that we have completed our survey and report as
follows:
Orders have been issued to replace missing
"Slow" sign in the south side of Monument
square, northerly arm, opposite Monument street;
also to replace missing "Do Not Enter" sign in
Monument street at the southerly arm of Monu-
ment square.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
LOAN IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the attached recommenda-
tion of the City Auditor, I submit herewith an
order authorizing the issuance, as needed during
the year, of temporary loans in anticipation of
revenue.
As pointed out by the Auditor, action of this
character is necessary, since, under existing laws,
the major portion of the city's revenue receipts is
received late in the year.
I respectfully recommend consideration and
adoption of the order in question.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
CITY COUNCIL.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, December 28, 1955.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
It is customary to submit to the City Council
at its first meeting in the new year an order au-
thorizing the issuance as needed during the year
of temporary loans in anticipation of revenue
receipts. This method of financing is made
necessary by the fact that under the Massa-
chusetts municipal tax calendar the major portion
of the city's revenue receipts is received late in
the year.
By authority of section 4 of chapter 44 of the
General Laws, the city could issue in 1956 in
anticipation of revenue receipts temporary loans
which would not exceed in the aggregate the total
tax levy of the fiscal year 1955 together with the
corporation and income tax received from the
Commonwealth during the financial year 1955.
This would total approximately $117,500,000.
In my opinion, it is desirable that an authorization
of $75,000,000 be made in order to cover require-
ments as they now appear for the financial year
1950. In 1955 an authorization of $75,000,000
was made, and it was necessary to issue during
the year temporary notes to the amount of
$75,000,000. It is estimated, however, that in the
current year actual cash requirements should be
approximately the same as those for 1955.
I respectfully recommend, therefore, that an
order in the amount previously stated be submitted
to the City Council for consideration and adoption.
Respectfully,
Joseph P. Tally, City Auditor.
Ordered, That to provide temporarily money
to meet the appropriations for the financial year
1956, the Collector-Treasurer be, and hereby is,
authorized to issue and sell, at such times and in
such amounts as he may deem best, notes or
certificates of indebtedness of the City of Boston
not exceeding $75,000,000 in the total, in anticipa-
tion of the revenue of the financial year; that all
such notes or certificates of indebtedness be made
payable with the interest thereon within one
year of their date and bear interest from their
date until the same are made payable at such rate
as the Collector-Treasurer and the Mayor may
determine. The said Collector-Treasurer is hereby
further authorized to renew or refund any such
notes issued for a shorter period than one year,
under the provisions of section 17 of chapter 44
of the General Laws.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte the order
was given its first reading and passage, yeas 8,
nays 1:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
White— 8.
Nays — Councillor Piemonte — 1.
The order was assigned to the next meeting for
final action.
APPROPRIATION FOR MAYOR'S FAIR
RENT COMMITTEE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for the
appropriation of $38,000 to be expended by the
Fair Rent Committee I am appointing this day
to hear and settle, insofar as possible, such differ-
ences and misunderstandings as may arise between
tenants and landlords during the critical transitory
period we are now entering from rent control to
decontrol.
Committees of this character have rendered
valuable assistance and have proved to be a major
stabilizing force in cities like Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland, and San Francisco. While, as at
present in Boston, these groups had no statutory
authority or power to rely on, they were able to
function successfully as mediators and arbiters
between landlords and tenants.
I anticipate that during its life the Boston
committee will function along these lines:
1. Receive and consider complaints brought
by tenants aggrieved as a result of unreasonable
rent increases or notices of eviction.
2. Seek to adjust all complaints through the
medium of hearings at which all parties involved
shall be invited to attend. At such hearings the
committee, as a result of staff investigation, will
indicate what is considered to be a reasonable and
fair rental for the accomodations which are the
subject of dispute.
3. In the event a landlord fails to appear, after
being invited to such a hearing, the committee,
also as a result of staff investigation, will indicate
to the tenant where suitable, adequate, and,
as nearly as possible, similar housing accommoda-
tions may be obtained at a rental not in excess of
that previously recommended by the committee
for the accommodations which are the subject of
dispute.
It is estimated that the appropriation herein
recommended will cover the activities of the
committee for a period of approximately six months.
I am hopeful, at the end of this time, that the transi-
tion from rent control to a free rental market will
have been amicably adjusted between all parties
concerned.
I respectfully recommend the adoption by your
Honorable Body of the accompanying order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That the sum of $38,000 be, and hereby
is, appropriated to be expended by the Mayor's
Fair Rent Committee in the prosecution of its
duties, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates of the City of Boston, and that
all orders hereinafter passed by the City Council
relating to appropriations, taxes, and interest
thereon apply to the appropriation and taxes
herein provided for.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte the order
was passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough McLaugh-
lin, Piemonte, White — 9.
ORDERS CONCERNING URBAN RENEWAL
PROGRAM.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under the provisions of chapter 654 of the Acts
of 1955, cities and towns are authorized to under-
take urban renewal programs. In order to carry
out such a program and to be eligible to participate
in the benefits of financial assistance from the
federal government for urban renewal, it is re-
quired that each city or town make a determination
that a need exists for an urban renewal program
therein.
There can be no question, I believe, that this
type of program is vital to the preservation and
survival of older cities such as Boston.
I therefore am submitting for consideration by
your Honorable Body an order making a determina-
tion that a need exists in our city for an urban
renewal program.
I further submit for your consideration an
appropriation order in the amount of $10,000, to
be spent by the Boston Housing Authority in the
preparation of plans and estimates to be submitted
to the federal government in connection with appli-
cations that might be made under existing federal
legislation for loans and grants for urban renewal
projects.
On September 23, 1955, Mr James W. Follin,
Commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administra-
tion, attended the demolition ceremonies of the
New York Streets Redevelopment Project. At
that time, Commissioner Follin emphasized the
importance of urban renewal to the future preserva-
tion of our city and pledged $10,000,000 of addi-
tional grants from the government to Boston for
urban renewal projects.
In my estimation this is an opportunity which
Boston cannot afford to reject. By carefully
planning our future renewal projects and coor-
dinating our capital expenditures, it is possible to
provide site improvements and supporting com-
munity facilities in urban renewal areas at one-
third cost. By dovetailing our expenditures for
capital improvements with urban renewal activi-
ties, we can provide three dollars worth of improve-
ments for each local dollar expended.
JANUARY 3, 1956.
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I recommend favorable consideration and ap-
proval of the accompanying orders by your Honor-
able Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the require-
ments of section 26XX, of chapter 121 of the
General Laws, it is hereby determined that there
exists in the City of Boston the need for an urban
renewal program.
Ordered, That pursuant to the provisions of
section 26Q of 26BBB of chapter 121 of the
General Laws, the sum of $10,000 be, and the
same hereby is, appropriated to be expended
by the Boston Housing Authority, said sum to
be raised by taxation on the polls and estates
of the City of Boston, and that all orders herein-
after passed by the City Council relating to
appropriations, taxes, and interest thereon apply
to the appropriation and taxes herein provided
for. Said appropriation is to be used in the
preparation of plans and estimates in connection
with the submission to the federal government
of one or more applications for loans and grants
for urban renewal projects under federal legislation.
On motion of Councillor Foley the orders were
referred to the Executive Committee for a hearing
at the next regular meeting day and Mr. Kane
Simonian of the Boston Housing Authority,
Mr. Joseph Slavet of the Municipal Research
Bureau and representatives of the Mayor's office,
of the Boston Real Estate Board and the Greater
Boston Chamber of Commerce were to be invited
to attend such meeting.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH
PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish
permits were received from the following:
David F. Fullerton, 2 West Eagle street, East
Boston, Ward 1; Maurice X. Roche, 136 Coleridge
street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
APPOINTMENTS TO FAIR RENT BOARD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 2, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy, Esq.
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
I hereby appoint the following-named persons
as members of the Fair Rent Board:
Edward W. O'Hearn, Chairman, 1441 Dor-
chester avenue, Dorchester; Elliott Henderson,
250 Boylston street; Samuel L. Pope, 68 Welles
avenue, Dorchester; Daniel M. Driscoll, 18
Oliver' street; Joseph Stefani, 30 Pemberton
square.
This Board will begin its activities on January
3, and will maintain headquarters at 600
Washington street. The Board ' will render
assistance to tenants who feel aggrieved because
of rent increases, and will also offer its services
to landlords seeking advice. Although the Board
will be without legal authority to issue any decrees,
it is felt that this Board can render valuable service
in this period after termination of the rent control
law. This Board will be in operation for the
first six months of 1956 and for such longer period
as conditions warrant.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENTS TO COMPENSATION
REVIEW BOARD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 3, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy, Esq.,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
I hereby appoint as members of the Compensa-
tion Review Board the following:
James E. Gildea, Collector-Treasurer; Perlie
Dyar Chase, Election Commissioner; Joseph B.
Nealon, Public Works Department.
Mr. Gildea will serve as chairman of the Board.
This Board will supplant the previous Board
comprised of |John Chapman, Joseph P. Lally,
and Philip Kramer.
As consultant to the Board, I also hereby
appoint Frank McDonough, assistant personnel
manager of the Administrative Services Depart-
ment.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS FROM
JOHN A. VOLPE.
A communication was received from John A.
Volpe, Commissioner of Public Works, Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, expressing his
thanks for the inclusion of his name in the " Salute
to Rome" resolution adopted by the City Council.
Placed on file.
ADOPTION OF TEMPORARY RULES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the rules of the City Council
of 1954, except Rules 14, 25, and 35, be adopted
as temporary rules of this Council until permanent
rules are adopted.
The order was passed.
REFERENCE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That all matters of unfinished business
referred to this City Council by the preceding
City Council be hereby referred to the appropriate
committees when appointed.
The order was passed.
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES OF CLERK OF
COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That until the second Wednesday
following the first Monday in January, 1958, the
Clerk of Committees Department shall consist, in
addition to the officers provided for in section 1
of chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947,
of not more than one temporary stenographer to
be appointed from time to time by the City Council
at a salary of $82 a week, and of not more than six-
temporary clerks, and/or temporary stenographer-
clerks to be appointed from time to time by the
City Council, each at a salary of $73 a week, and
of not more than one temporary clerk-receptionist
to be appointed from time to time by the City
Council at a salary of $69 a week.
The order was passed.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective upon the approval by
the Mayor of the order passed this day by the
City Council and providing for not more than one
temporary stenographer, and of not more than six
temporary clerks and/or temporary stenographer-
clerks, and of not more than one temporary clerk-
receptionist in the Clerk of Committees Depart-
ment, the following persons be, and they hereby
are, appointed to the positions set against their
respective names until the second Wednesday of
February, 1956.
Francis R. Burke, John J. Kerrigan, Paul G.
O'Hara, Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerks;
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer; Agnes
G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-receptionist; Cath-
erine Monahan, Frances B. Winn, temporary
stenographer-clerks.
The order was passed.
CITY COUNCIL.
PREPARATION OF MUNICIPAL
REGISTER, ETC.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Clerk be authorized,
under the direction of the Committee on Rules,
to prepare and have printed the "Municipal
Register" for the current year; and that the Clerk
of Committees be authorized to prepare and have
printed a pocket edition of the "Organization of
the City Government"; the expense of said register
and organization to be charged to the appropria-
tion for City Documents.
The order was passed.
LEGISLATION FOR CHANGE IN FISCAL
YEAR.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the City of Boston immediately
prepare through its Law Department legislation
which will permit the fiscal year to run from the
first of July each year until the first of July the
succeeding year, both for purposes of proper
control of municipal operation through budgetary
analysis and, secondly, so that the city may save
the interest charges on the large sum of money
which must be borrowed each year in anticipation
of taxes.
The order was passed.
REPLACING ALL GAS LAMPS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor confer with
the Commissioner of Public Works on the advisa-
bility of replacing during the year 1056 all the gas
lamps in the City of Boston and that said program
be financed by a loan order.
The order was passed.
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR.
President McCORMACK asked the Councillors
to signify to him their preference of four committees
on which they would like to serve in order to
assist him in the making of appointments to the
committees of the Council.
Adjourned at 12.14 r.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Ahearn, to meet on Monday, January 9,
1950, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, January 9, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair. Absent, Councillor
Collins.
The Reverend Frederick J. Adelmann, S.J., of
Boston College, Newton, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION
BY REV. FREDERICK J. ADELMANN.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. 0 Lord, grant, we be-
seech Thee, to all these men present that they may
be just in their deliberations, and that they may be
firm in their adherence to principle within this
chamber and that outside this chamber they may
have warmth, sympathy, and understanding of the
human situation, and that they will always give
ear to the needs of the poor, the homeless, and the
less fortunate. And so we ask You, O God, to bless
us all. Bless me in my vocation and them in theirs
that we may all do Thy will.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen,
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor White presiding at
the box in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Four grand jurors, Superior Criminal Court, to
appear February 6, 1956:
Paul W. Canada, Ward 12; Patrick M. Mac-
Curtain, Ward 15; John J. Kundy, Ward 18;
William W. Thomas, Ward 20.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear January 23, 1956:
Victor Alexander, Ward 1 ; Henry R. Barker,
Ward 1; Frank E. Leonard, Ward 1; John G.
Lewis, Ward 1; John Mello, Ward 1; Alexander
Petraglia, Ward 1; Sidney A. Smith, Ward 1;
Velma J. Coyne, Ward 2; James C. Donahue,
Ward 2; Margaret B. Grimes, Ward 2; Joseph
P. Schaub, Ward 2; Elizabeth C. Emrick, Ward 4;
John J. Griffin, Ward 4; Harold F. McCarthy,
Ward 4; Thomas F. McKenna, Ward 4; Francis
G. Sullivan, Ward 4; Carolyn M. Abbott, Ward 5;
Timothy J. Carroll, Ward 5; Walter D. Henry,
Ward 5; Graziello MacKinnon, Ward 5; Paul C.
Root, Ward 5; Paul G. Stone, Ward 5; Raymond
E. Tibbetts, Ward 5; Winston H. Marks, Ward 6;
George W. Mclnnis, Ward 6; Theresa C. O'Connor,
Ward 7; John J. O'Sullivan, Ward 7; Mary Nates,
Ward 8; James G. Morris, Ward 9; John P. Forde,
Ward 10; John M. Miller, Ward 10; John McLellan,
Ward 10; Joseph Musco, Ward 10; Marie Scrima,
Ward 10; William J. Walsh, Ward 10; Harold L.
Daniels, Ward 11; Pasquale Imbrogna, Ward 11;
Frank X. Koelsch, Jr., Ward 11; Abraham
Krasnow, Ward 11; Thomas McLaren, Ward 11;
Joseph Orlando, Ward 11; Thomas Walker,
Ward 11.
Arthur S. Bennett, Jr., Ward 12; Arnold Edland,
Ward 12; Frank D. Ortolano, Ward 12; Herbert
J. Quigley, Ward 12; Joseph H. Winton, Ward 12;
Max Zafron, Ward 13; Joseph Bash, Ward 14;
Israel Blatt, Ward 14; Louis Fisher, Ward 14;
Muriel J. Holmes, Ward 14; Joseph Rosen, Ward
14; Jacob Schneider, Ward 14; Hyman Snyder,
Ward 14; Raymond E. L. Carroll, Ward 15;
Enrico DeCicco, Ward 15; Phyllis A. Powers,
Ward 15; Frank W. Tobin, Ward 15; Maurice J.
Hoare, Ward 16; George A. Kowalker, Ward 16;
Francis D. Scanlon, Ward 16; Stanley Stankus,
Ward 16; Charles G. Boyce, Ward 17; Mary A.
Conner, Ward 17; Morris C. Goffredo, Ward 17;
Mitchell Shaffer, Ward 17; John F. Ball, Ward
18; Abraham Boroksky, Ward 18; Robert E.
Harney, Ward 18; Anthony Palombi, Ward 18;
Adra M. Strom, Ward 18; Francis J. Tominey,
Ward 18; Frank J. Walter, Ward 18; Robert A.
Yanaro, Ward 18; Dorothy M. Farley, Ward 19;
Edwin P. Roche, Ward 19; Karl Wagner, Ward
19; Donald F. Johnson, Ward 20; Isaac R. Kelley,
Ward 20; Claude J. Mehler, Ward 20; August A.
Nagel, Ward 20; May Olive J. Dickie, Ward 21;
Louis Frank, Ward 21; Moses Josiper, Ward 21;
Abraham Mamuchin, Ward 21; David W. Sargent,
Ward 21; Samuel B. Wiesenfeld, Ward 21; Francis
M. Connors, Ward 22; Leo V. Welch, Ward 22.
Sixty traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear February 6, 1956:
James Guerra, Ward 1 ; Joseph Moralis, Ward 1 ;
Charles Tarbi, Ward 1; William Stevenson, Ward
2; Angelo M. Mattei, Ward 3; Salvatore Tortorici,
Ward 3; John S. Boutelier, Ward 4; Melvin
Brooks, Ward 4; Bernard M. Cronin, Ward 4;
George E. Serpis, Ward 4; Fred L. Williams, Ward
4; Lucien J. Deschenes, Ward 5; Reginald B. Smith,
Ward 6; Joseph F. Doucette, Ward 9; Thomas J.
Kearns, Ward 10; John E. Magee, Ward 10:
Andrew T. Halpin, Ward 11; Clifford A. Manson,
Ward 11; Omer J. Willette, Ward 11; Arthur
Castonguay, Ward 12; Martin Fishman, Ward 12;
Julia M. Grogan, Ward 12; Anthony P. Dumas,
Ward 13; John A. Greenwood, Ward 13; Patrick
Logue, Ward 13; Lester P. Hattenburg, Ward 14;
Benjamin L. Koss, Ward 14; Morris Solomon, Ward
14; Margaret L. Brown, Ward 15; John Francis
Collins, Jr., Ward 15; Charles Fletcher, Ward 15;
William Gallo, Ward 15; Thomas G. F. Griffin,
Ward 15; Lillian M. MacLeod, Ward 15; Joseph P.
McGlew, Ward 15; Lawrence B. Mayone, Ward 15;
Cornelius Scanlon, Ward 15; John P. Tuffy, Ward
15; Thomas B. White, Ward 15; Leo LaCamera,
Ward 16; John D. McPherson, Jr., Ward 16; Lewis
N. Siltberg, Ward 16; Anne C. Smith, Ward 16;
Peter Sullivan, Ward 16; Thomas F. Connolly,
Ward 17; Morris Barron, Ward 18; John J. Elliot,
Jr., Ward 18; Ralph A. Heustis, AVard 18; Robert
B. Muir, Ward 18; Charles J. Williams, Jr., Ward
18; Matthew W. Hendrickson, Ward 19; William
C. Bleher, Ward 20; Henry J. Lucey, Ward 20;
Frederick W. Powell, Ward 20; Joseph Bondi, Ward
21 ; Willard L. Bryant, Ward 21 ; Harold A. Gordon,
Ward 21; Joseph M. Basile, Ward 22; John Hynes,
Ward 22; Patrick Leo McKenna, Ward 22.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Ahearn presiding at
the box in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
One hundred twenty-seven traverse jurors, Su-
perior Civil Court, to appear February 6, 1956:
William D. Basso, Ward 1; Alfred J. Beaupre,
Ward 1; William E. Catania, Ward 1; Matteo
D'Addario, Ward 1 ; Joseph Gorman, Ward 1 ;
Fred J. Hoey, Ward 1 ; Lawrence A. Lemos,
Ward 1; Peter Maffie, Ward 1; William T.
Manning, Ward 1 ; James Speciale, Ward 1 ;
Victor Tango, Ward 1; Roland J. Chute, Ward 2;
Arthur G. King, Ward 2; John Owen Trainor,
Ward 2; Michael DiGiovanni, Ward 3; Salvatore
Fischer, Ward 3; Gaetano F. Gibelli, Ward 3;
Michael Shagoury, Ward 3; Stanhope N. Daniel,
Ward 4; Mary K. Hall, Ward 4; Karl Edward
Kunberger, Ward 4; Lester H. Dana, Ward 5;
John S. Kennard, Ward 5; Maurice E. Maclver,
Ward 5; Florabel Stevens, Ward 5; Clyde V.
Andrews, Ward 6; Michael F. Conway, Ward 6;
Richard Paul DeLisle, Ward 6; Allen E. Lehman,
Ward 6; Hugh C. Spicer, Ward 6; William J.
Armstrong, Sr„ Ward 7; Ralph J. Beaudry,
Ward 7; John W. Conway, Ward 7; Alfonse F.
Dawicki, Ward 7; Robert F. Dockerty, Ward 7;
Marie Heine, Ward 7; Edwin M. Kiewicz, Ward 7;
Walter H. Manning, Ward 7; Leo E. Stafford,
Ward 7; Francis R. Wiley, Ward 7; Joseph P.
Wynne, Ward 7; Helen B. Coyne, Ward 8; James
F. Downing, Ward 8; Harold W. Holmes. Ward
8; Angelo M. Lopilato, Ward 8; John D.
McDonald, Ward 8; Henry J. Ewert, Ward 9;
Joseph I. Glover, Ward 9; Francis R. Johnson,
Ward 9; Williard B. Ladd, Ward 9; George Levine,
Ward 9; William J. McGrath, Ward 9; Paul S.
Richardson, Ward 9; Sidney O. Samuda, Ward 9;
George Younis, Ward 9; John P. Keane, Ward 10;
Mary Mahoney, Ward 10; Thomas W. Rock,
Ward 10; William J. Singleton, Ward 10; John J.
Sweeney, Ward 10; William J. McAdams, Ward
11; John A. Salza, Ward 11.
Lynard Dickerson, Ward 12; Rupert Frye,
Ward 12; Rockefellow Howell, Ward 12; Ben-
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jamin Stick, Ward 12; Paul E. Urbaschak, Ward
12; Norman E Wood, Ward 12; John J. Curran,
Ward 13; James J. Devlin, Jr., Ward 13; Gerald
F. Hughes, Ward 13; Patrick J. Little, Ward 13;
Michael J. Moore, Ward 13; Leo F. O'Brien,
Ward 13; Edward L. Champagne, Ward 14;
Stanley H. Cohen, Ward 14; Harry Janofsky,
Ward 14; Sarah D. Phillips, Ward 14; Eva
Schwartz, Ward 14; Hyman Swartz, Ward 14;
Manuel Werman, Ward 14; Mary E. Yassin,
Ward 14; Albert P. Burke, Ward 15; Anthony
V. Ferro, Ward 15; John J' Gretchen, Ward 15;
Daniel J. McLaughlin, Ward 15; Thomas J.
Marini, Ward 15; James P. Mead, Ward 15;
John J. Shea, Ward 15; Chester A. Finn, Ward
16; Philip B. Harmon, Ward 16; Patrick A.
Johnston, Ward 16; June E. McEachern, Ward
16; Leigh E. McLellan, Ward 16; Andrew C.
Singer, Ward 16; Duncan Stewart, Ward 16;
Donald R. Duhy, Ward 17; Louis W. Greifeld,
Ward 17; Thomas P. Knowles, Ward 17; Guy
B. Luke, Ward 17; Charles D. Martin, Ward 17;
William L. Mouzar, Ward 17; Charles Peterson,
Ward 17; Alford D. Sellon, Ward 17; Arthur J.
Zetes, Ward 17; Patrick J. McMahon, Ward 18;
George H. Moore, Ward 18; Cyril H. Bowers,
Ward 19; Richard F. Conroy, Ward 19; Nina S.
Marshall, Ward 19; Louis J. Tanzi, Ward 19;
Frederick P. Varney, Ward 19; Alice L. Crimmins,
Ward 20; James A. DiVito, Ward 20; James J.
Donovan, Ward 20; Thomas F. Furze, Ward 20;
Frank J. Jager, Ward 20; Joseph Nabreski, Ward
20; Edna A. Acton, Ward 21; Kenneth C. Allen,
Ward 21; Edward P. CaprareUa, Ward 21; Frank
A. Dalpe, Ward 21; Roy L. Hale, Ward 21;
Robert M. Michaels, Ward 21; David F. Murphy,
Ward 21; Philip Tanzer, Ward 21; Robert J.
Dunn, Ward 22.
SKATING FACILITIES FOR INHABITANTS
OF BOSTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith further communication from
the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative
to your order of December 19, 1955, and motion of
December 29, 1955, concerning the use of skating
facilities for the inhabitants of Boston at the
Boston Arena, the Skating Club on Western
avenue, Brighton, and/or other places available
for such facilities.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
January 6, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am returning herewith memo that you sent to
this department with attached order of Councillor
Piemonte under date of December 29 and other
correspondence relative to this transaction. I do
not believe I can add much to my answer of De-
cember 22 relative to skating privileges at the
Boston Arena and the Skating Club on Western
avenue.
The Skating Club on Western avenue is a private
organization and I know that they will not allow
anyone to skate there unless they pay the charge
required. Public skating sessions are held at this
club, and anyone interested can make inquiry at
the club. A scheduled list of skating hours is on
display at the lobby of the club.
Regarding the Boston Arena, as I stated in my
communication of December 22, the Arena is
entirely under the control of the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission, 20 Somerset street, Boston. Any
arrangements for skating by Boston citizens must
be arranged through the Metropolitan District
Commission.
The Councillor asks in his latest order whether
or not we feel that it is feasible for public skating.
I would only say that with all the schoolboy and
college hockey that exists at the Arena on the day
set aside for skating I would doubt if there would
be any time for free skating.
This is only my opinion, and permission, if it
were to be granted, would have to be had from the
Metropolitan District Commission. The Coun^
cillor also should know that the Arena is used for
many other types of events, and when these events
are scheduled, it is my understanding the ice is
removed from the Arena.
If the Councillor desires to follow the matter
further, I would suggest that he talk with Com-
missioner Charles Greenough or Mr. Edward Barry.
Very truly yours,
Fhank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
The foregoing message and the message of the
Mayor of December 29, 1955, were severally placed
on file.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
William A. Bothwell, to be paid retroactive pay
as principal clerk.
Ruth S. Brackett, also known as Ruth S. De-
Vincent, for compensation for injuries caused by
fire apparatus.
Mary J. Carr, for compensation for damage to
hedge at 215 Neponset avenue, Dorchester, during
efforts to remove tree.
Niki Chrysanthos, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Summer street.
John J. Crowley, for compensation for damage to
car by city vehicle.
William J. Desmond, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Robert B. Drew, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Margaret C. Edmunds, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in John Boyle
O'Reilly School Playground.
J. F. Fitzgerald Construction Company for re-
fund on fee for building permit at U. S. Gypsum
Plant, Charlestown.
Michael P. Furlong, for compensation for damage
to property at 118 Tyndale street, Roslindale,
caused by backing up of sewage.
Beatrice Harris, for compensation for damage to
property at 8 Havelock street, Dorchester, caused
by defective sewerage system.
Aaron Heller, for compensation for damage to
clothing and injuries caused by fire hose bursting.
Joseph G. Kilmer, for compensation for damage
to property at 236 Turtle Pond Parkway, Hyde
Park, caused when water pipes froze due to water
not being shut off.
Lake Service Corporation, for compensation for
damage to truck by police car.
John F. Maher, Jr., to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
LeRoy J. Mahoney, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Marie M. Mansfield, for compensation for dam-
age to car by fire apparatus.
Dorothy F. Mathers, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city truck.
Joseph S. McCormick, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Michael McDonough, for compensation for loss
of wallet and money in Columbia Road Municipal
Building.
Susan Saia, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect in North street, Boston.
Eleanor St. Jacques, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 19 Harrison
Avenue Extension.
Ida Shanefsky, for compensation for loss of
clothing while patient at City Hospital.
Rita Sirignano, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 129 and 131 West
Brookline street.
John J. Skerry, to be reimbursed for loss of day's
pay as foreman-painter in Public Works Depart-
ment, Sanitary Division.
Yankee Lobster Company, for compensation for
damage to property at 8 Foster's Wharf, caused by
water being shut off.
RULES OF CITY COUNCIL FOR
1956-1957.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the rules of the City Council of
1955 be adopted as the rules of this City Council.
JANUARY 9, 1956.
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Coun. FOLEY moved to amend the foregoing
order by adding the following words, "with the fol-
lowing changes:
Rule 25. Clause 2. Strike out the word 'five'
and insert the word 'seven'."
The motion was carried.
The order, as amended, was passed.
COMMITTEES FOR 1956.
President McCORMACK announced the ap-
pointment of committees for 1956, as follows:
Standing Committees.
Executive.
All the members, Councillor White, chairman,
Councillor Kerrigan, vice chairman.
On the following committees the first-named
member is chairman, second-named is vice chair-
man.
Appropriations and Finance.
Councillors Foley, McLaughlin, Ahearn, Ker-
rigan, McDonough, Piemonte, White.
Claims.
Councillors McLaughlin, Foley, Ahearn, Ker-
rigan, White.
Confirmations.
Councillors Kerrigan, Piemonte, Collins, Mc-
Donough, McLaughlin.
Hospitals.
Councillors McDonough, Foley, Ahearn, Ker-
rigan, McLaughlin.
Inspection of Prisons.
Councillors Foley, McDonough, MeLaughiln,
Piemonte, White.
Legislative Matters.
Councillors Collins, McLaughlin, Ahearn,
Piemonte, McDonough.
Licenses.
Councillors McDonough, Kerrigan, Collins,
Foley, Piemonte.
Ordinances.
Councillors Ahearn, White, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan.
Public Housing.
Councillors Ahearn, McDonough, Collins, Foley,
White.
Public Lands.
Councillors Piemonte, White, Collins, Kerrigan,
Ahearn.
Public Service and Recreation.
Councillors McLaughlin, Collins, Foley, White,
McDonough.
Rules.
Councillors Kerrigan, Piemonte, Ahearn, Mc-
Laughlin, White.
REDUCTION OF ANNUITY.
Petition of Ethel Phillips for reduction in an-
nuity being paid her to $1,400 a year, on account
of the death of her husband, Daniel A. Phillips,
late member of the Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITIES.
Petition of Catherine E. Claflin to be paid an-
nuity on account of death of her husband, James R.
Claflin, late member of the Police Department.
Petition of Stasia C. Hennessey to be paid an-
nuity on account of death of her husband, Richard
L. Hennessey, late member of the Police Depart-
ment.
Petition of Catherine Spitz to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, Jacob Spitz,
late member of the Fire Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH
PERMITS.
Application for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Edward W. Elms, 214 Havre street, East Boston.
Ward 1.
Anthony J. Ferragamo, 23 Leyden street, East
Boston, Ward 1.
Rupert Y. Hodgkins, Jr., 2 Bennet place, East
Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
BOND OF INDEMNITY.
A communication was received from the Metro-
politan District Commission transmitting bond of
indemnity of E. Susi & Williams Corporation
re contract for furnishing and laying water pipes
in Brookline and Boston.
The bond was filed with the City Auditor, and
the communication was placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 7,
1956, at 10 a.m. for investigation of rates and
charges by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Leonard Linskey, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
was received and approved.
APPROVAL OF SURETY BONDS.
Surety bonds of the following were received and
approved by the Council:
Leo J. Sullivan, Register of Deeds; Joseph D.
Coughlin, First Assistant Register of Deeds;
Daniel Danick, Second Assistant Register of
Deeds; Edward T. Cady, Third Assistant Register
of Deed; John J. McCarthy, Assistant Register
of Deeds.
APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MAZER.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of Henry Mazer as a
milk inspector. •
Placed on file.
ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF
DISEASE CONTROL.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the establishment of Bureau of Disease
Control in the Section of Medical Services, and the
elimination of Bureau of Communicable Diseases
and Bureau of Tuberculosis in the Section oi
Medical Services.
Placed on file.
LOAN IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE.
Coun. MoDONOUGH called up No. 1 on the
Calender, under unfinished business, viz.:
1. Order for temporary loan of $75,000,000 in
anticipation of revenue.
On January 3, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 8, nays 1.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the order was
referred to the Executive Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
Report on petition of Ethel Phillips (referred
today) for reduction of annuity being paid to her on
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account of the death of her late husband, Daniel A.
Phillips, from SI, 500 a year to $1,400 a year —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the annuity payable to Ethel
Phillips under section 89A of chapter 32 of the
General Laws, by virtue of an order passed by the
City Council on December 12, 1955, and approved
by the Mayor on December 13, 1955, be, and the
same hereby is, reduced from the amount, fixed in
said order, of $1,500 a year, exclusive of any and
all increases resulting from subsequent legislative
acts or the acceptance thereof, to the amount of
81,400 a year, plus any and all such increases.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
ENGAGE SKATING FACILITIES AT SKAT-
ING CLUB AND BOSTON ARENA.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor make avail-
able to the Parks and Recreation Commission by
appropriation or transfer of funds a sum of money
for the purpose of engaging the skating facilities at
the Skating Club on Western avenue and the Bos-
ton Arena for use by residents of the City of
Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
"PROFILES OF COURAGE" BY JOHN F.
KENNEDY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL COURSE
OF STUDY.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
in meeting assembled urge the Boston School
Committee and Superintendent of Schools to
consider making mandatory in the course of
studies in the Boston public school system the
inclusion of the book "Profiles of Courage" by
John F. Kennedy.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
REPORT OF CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
STUDY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor cause
to be filed with the City Clerk a copy of the
report of the Citizens' Committee survey and
study of the Police Department; and, further,
that copies of said report be furnished the
members of the Boston City Council.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONSTRUCTION OF OFF-STREET PARK-
ING LOT, JAMAICA PLAIN.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Real
Property Board be requested to appear before
the session of the Executive Committee of the
Boston City Council on Monday, January 16,
1956, for the purpose of discussing the progress
being made concerning the construction of an
off-street suburban parking lot in the Jamaica
Plain district of Boston, also, that representatives
of the local merchants in the Jamaica Plain area
be also invited to attend.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the
foregoing order by inserting after the words
"Jamaica Plain District of Boston" the words
"and a summary of the status of the specific
site in the off-street parking program."
The motion was carried and the order, as
amended, was passed.
SNOW-MAKING EQUIPMENT AT COM-
MONWEALTH COUNTRY CLUB.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Board of
Parks and Recreation be requested, through
his Honor the Mayor, to assign an observer to
the Commonwealth Country Club in Newton
to observe the snow-making equipment presently
being operated there with a view toward eventual
use of such equipment in the recreation program
of Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
LAND AT FARRAGUT ROAD AND FIRST
STREET, SOUTH BOSTON.
Coun. FOLEY, KERRIGAN, and McCOR-
MACK offered the following:
Whereas, In the allowance of a petition for
zoning variance of the property at Farragut road
and First street in South Boston, formerly the
property of the M.T.A., the Board of Appeal has
inflicted upon the people of South Boston an in-
sufferable burden of truck traffic upon its principal
thoroughfares; and
Whereas, The allowance of said petition will
permit a movement of heavy industrial property
along Farragut road in the direction of the Head-
house and the public landing; and
Whereas, The allowance of said petition dooms
the City Point-Marine Park section of South
Boston to a creeping industrialization; and
Whereas, The allowance of said petition was
most vigorously opposed by all responsible civic,
social, and governmental agencies in the South
Boston district; and
Whereas, It appears that the intrusion of this
most undesirable truck terminal in this area will
soon be followed by a similar petition from the
White Fuel Corporation; and
Whereas, The Massachusetts National Guard
has exhibited on a number of occasions substantial
and real interest in the site in question for the
purpose of constructing a National Guard armory
in this area; and
Whereas, The industrialization of the Castle
Island area was accomplished as a wartime ne-
cessity during World War II and was so repre-
sented to the patriotic people of South Boston,
extension of that area constitutes a breach of faith
with the people of the South Boston district; be it
therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council goes
on record as being most vigorously opposed to this
astonishing decision of the Board of Appeal; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council invites
the Finance Commission and the Municipal Re-
search Bureau to investigate this decision and the
general area of decisions of the Board of Appeal
which affect the nature of major areas in Boston;
and be it further
Resolved, That the Mayor of Boston, in justice
to the people of South Boston, is hereby petitioned
to do all in his power to obtain the land in question
for the Massachusetts National Guard, for use as
an armory; and be it further
Resolved, That the Mayor of Boston is hereby
requested to take such legal steps necessary,
whether by introduction of proposed legislation to
the Great and General Court or otherwise, to pre-
vent a repetition by the Board of Appeal of such
an outrageous decision.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.58 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 4.48 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and two
orders (referred January 3) to determine need for
an urban renewal program, and for appropriating
$10,000 for plans, preparation of estimates, etc. —
recommending the orders ought to pass.
The report was accepted. The order to de-
termine the need for an urban renewal program
was passed, and the order for appropriation of
$10,000 for plans, preparing of estimates, etc., was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas— Councillors Ahearn, Foley, Kerrigan,
MeCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today), for temporary loan of $75,000,000
in anticipation of revenue — recommending same
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its second reading and passage, yeas 8,
nays 0:
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Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Foley, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
ELECTION OF MANAGERS OF OLD SOUTH
ASSOCIATION IN BOSTON.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Council proceed to the elec-
tion of two members of the City Council as manag-
ers of the Old South Association in Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
The Clerk called the roll with the following
result:
For Councillors Foley and Kerrigan — Council-
lors Ahearn, McCormack, McDonough, Mc-
Laughlin, Piemonte, White — 6.
For Councillor Kerrigan — Councillor Foley — 1.
For Councillor Foley — Councillor Kerrigan — 1.
Councillors Foley and Kerrigan were declared
elected as managers of the Old South Association in
Boston for the year 1956.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
ARMIN E. SIEGFRIEVT.
Coun. McCORMACK and AHEARN offered
the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the intersection of North Beacon
and Everett streets, Allston, in honor of the mem-
ory of Shipfitter 1/0 Armin E. Siegfrievt, who died
on July 7, 1952, after having served in the United
States Navy, 20 Construction Battalion, in the
Pacific Theatre from June, 1942, to October, 1945.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 4.49 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, January 16, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Dbpabtment
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CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, January 16, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m. President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
Rev. William D. Keenan, of St. Thomas Aquinas
Roman Catholic Church, Jamaica Plain, was es-
corted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. WILLIAM D.
KEENAN.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
O God, in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, instruct the hearts
and minds of the faithful in the meaning of Thy
holy spirit, that they may always be wise in the
guidance of their councils according to Thy holy
spirit.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
REPORT OF CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
STUDY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
The order adopted by your Honorable Body on
January 9 requesting a copy of the Citizens' Com-
mittee Survey of the Police Department cannot be
complied with as there are no copies of such survey
ready for distribution for the reason that no final
report has yet been produced by the committee.
Preliminary studies have been made but the
studies are not completed and the whole com-
mittee has not yet taken action in this respect.
When the report is finally completed I shall be
pleased to have copies sent to the City Clerk and
the members of the City Council.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
RECESS.
The Chair declared a short recess at 3.16 p.m.,
for the purpose of presenting to the members of
the Council Rev. Francis P. Ready, Sister M.
Elanara, and Sister M. Lurana, all of the Gate
of Heaven Catholic Church, South Boston, and
Mr. Joseph F. Toomey and his son, Edmund
Toomey.
During the recess, President McCORMACK
presented an embossed copy of the resolution of
the City Council adopted on December 29, 1955,
to Edmund Toomey congratulating him on his
essay, "Voice of Democracy." President McCOR-
MACK also congratulated his father, Sister M.
Elanara, his coach Sister M. Laurana, and the
Rev. Father Ready, for the wonderful work done
by them in their guidance and influence of Edmund
Toomey and others like him. Master Toomey
expressed his deep gratitude to the City Council for
thus honoring him in this manner.
LEGISLATION FOR CHANGE IN FISCAL
YEAR.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Corporation Counsel relative to your order of
January 3, 1956, concerning the preparation of
legislation to change the city's fiscal year from a
January 1 to December 31 fiscal year to a July 1 to
June 30 fiscal year.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Law Department, January 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I am in receipt of your order of January 3, 1956,
for the preparation of legislation to change the
city's fiscal year from a January 1 to December 31
fiscal year to a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year.
Without doubt, a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year
would have many advantages. To put it in opera-
tion, however, some provision must be made for
the six months transition period from January 1
to June 30 intervening between the last January 1
to December 31 fiscal year and the first July 1 to
June 30 fiscal year. More specifically, the problem
is the source of the money with which to run the
municipal government during this six months
transition period. In excess of $50,000,000 is
needed. To provide such a sum by a bond issue
would imperil the city's credit rating; and to raise
it by taxation would put an unconscionable
burden on the taxpayers. Up to the present time,
and I have been giving thought to the matter
over the years and not just since receipt of the
above-mentioned order, no satisfactory solution
to this dilemma has been found; and the above-
mentioned order suggests none. In the circum-
stances, I am not in a position to draft the legisla-
tion requested.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
REPLACING ALL GAS LAMPS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of January 3, 1956, concerning the advisa-
bility of replacing during the year 1956 all gas
lamps in the City of Boston and that said program
be financed by a loan order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
January 9, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
January 3 :
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor confer
with the Commissioner of Public Works on the
advisability of replacing during the year 1956
all gas lamps in the City of Boston and that said
program be financed by a loan order. "
With reference to the above, I submit below
a tabulation showing the progress that has been
made in the past six years in eliminating the gas
lamps and replacing them with modern electric
street lights:
Removals
During
Date Number Year Balance
January 1, 1950 6,974 1,156 5,818
January 1, 1951 5,818 1,074 4,744
January 1, 1952 4,744 476 4,268
January 1, 1953 4,268 640 3,628
January 1, 1954 3,628 246 3,382
January 1, 1955 3,382 274 3,108
January 1, 1956 3,108
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CITY COUNCIL.
We have made a concerted effort to modernize all
street lighting facilities in the city, and have been
reasonably successful in connection with the
elimination of gas lamps, although the progress
has bogged down in the past two years. I have
given the Boston Edison Company carte blanche
authority to eliminate the gas lamps as fast as
possible, but they have informed me, within the
past several months, that their organization is
geared to remove approximately 600 per year.
This would mean that it would take about five
years to eliminate all the remaining lamps. In
view of this, and in keeping with the spirit of the
above-referenced order, it is my intention to ar-
range for a conference with his Honor the Mayor,
and Vice President Timothy J. Regan of the
Boston Edison Company, in the very near future,
to determine what steps can be taken to expedite
the elimination of all the remaining gas lamps,
and provide modern electric street lights, which
not only provide for pedestrian safety, but un-
questionably act as a deterrent to crime.
Generally speaking, there is no cost to the City
of Boston in the removal of gas lamps and the
substitution of overhead connected electric lights.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITIES-
Petition of Mildred O. O'Leary, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Michael R. O'Leary, late member of the Police
Department.
Petition of Mary E . Preston, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Richard F. Preston, late member of the Police
Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Leonard W. D'Amico, 74 North Margin street,
Ward 3; James H. Grant, 69 Saratoga street.
East Boston, Ward 1; Joseph A. Kearney, 29
Lawley street, Dorchester, Ward 16; Harold T.
Matthews, 306 Meridian street, East Boston,
Ward 1; William H. Riley, 16 Port Norfolk street,
Dorchester, Ward 16; William A. Scott, 371
Meridian street, East Boston, Ward 1; Joseph F.
Wardell, 50 Barnes avenue, East Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Albert Abranoski, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Dorothy E .Acton, for compensation for injuries
and damage to propertyby city truck.
John T. Cole, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department.
Thomas E. Cooke, to be reimbursed as result of
two executions issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Joseph H. Dashner, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Margaret Lucy Duffy, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 50 Monte-
bello road.
Patricia Elworth, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1384 Commonwealth
avenue.
Albert G. Faul, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Elizabeth C. French, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at Massachusetts
and Huntington avenues.
Mary A. Goodman, for compensation for damage
to property and injuries caused by an alleged
defect at 65 Stanton street, Dorchester,
Joseph Hohn, to be reimbursed as result of ex-
ecution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Public Works Department, Sanitary
Division.
Marie D. Johnson, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Cummins Highway
and Hyde Park avenue.
Francis G. Kelley, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Deoartment,
Sanitary Division.
William P. Kirby, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Linnehan Fruit Supply, Inc., for compensation
for damage to car by city truck.
Joseph J. McCarthy, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
Anthony J. McDonough, and Elizabeth G.
O'Toole, for compensation for injuries and damage
to car by truck of Fire Department.
Louise A. Murphy, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 11 Porter
street, East Boston.
Leon Richards, Jr., Everett C. Pratt, Jr., Harold
Rainey & Lynch Disposal Co., Inc., for compensa-
tion for damage to property and injuries caused by
fire truck.
George W. Sangster, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Charles O . Turner, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Licenses.
Petition to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day, viz.:
Hyde Park Bowling Alleys, by Julius Covitz,
1226 Hyde Park avenue, Hyde Park.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of three parcels of
property under section 6 of chapter 372 of the Acts
of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received of a hearing to be held
January 26, 1956, at 2 p.m., before the Metropolitan
District Commission on petition of Boston Edison
Company for locations in Neponset avenue and
Gallivan Boulevard (Dorchester district) for under-
ground conduits, manholes, wires, and cables.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Notice was received from the Department of
Publio Safety, Division of Fire Prevention, of
hearing to be held on January 26, 1956, at 11 a.m.,
on appeal of Cantina Primpas, from granting of
license for storage of gasoline, etc., at 2 Edgewater
Drive, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
NOTICES OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held January 30,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Metropolitan Tran-
sit Authority for approval of the issue of $1,954,000
principal amount of bonds or notes for the purpose
of restoring funds expended for the acquisition of
motor buses.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held January 31,
1956, at 10 a.m., on investigation by the depart-
ment of the practices and services of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, par-
ticularly with reference to passenger commuter
service and facilities.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 6,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Gas Com-
JANUARY 16, 1956.
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pany for the extension of maturity of certain
promissory notes in the principal amount of
$9,000,000.
Severally referred to the Executive Committee.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held January 30,
1956, at 10 a.m., for approval of maturities and
interest rates of Boston Metropolitan District
bonds.
Placed on file.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BY CON-
GRESSIONAL HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
A communication was received from the House
Committee on Government Relations, Inter-
governmental Relations Subcommittee, request-
ing reply to questionnaire transmitted with said
communication.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
BUS SERVICE, EAST BOSTON AND
WINTHROP RESIDENTS.
A communication was received from the Chair-
man of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Winthrop relative to the location of bus stops of
Rapid Transit, Inc., at M.T.A. Terminal at
Orient Heights.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Works transmitting copy of
order of layout and taking of section of state
highway (John F. Fitzgerald Expressway).
Placed on file.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council voted
to take a recess at 3.41 p.m., subject to the call of
the Chair. The members reassembled in the
Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.56 p.m-
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on Con-
firmations, submitted the following :
Report on appointments by the Mayor (referred
January 3) of Quirino Sticco and Lawrence P.
Antonetti as constables with authority to serve
civil process upon filing of bond, for term ending
April 30, 1956 — recommending that appoint-
ments be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
McLaughlin and McDonough. Whole number of
ballots 9, yeas 9, and the appointments were con-
firmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on applications (referred September
12, 1955) for commercial use shellfish permits for
Charles N. Dabritz, Benjamin C. Bailey — recom-
mending no further action is necessary.
The report was accepted.
2. Report on application (referred December
19, 1955) for commercial use shellfish permit for
John J. O'Neil — recommending no further action
is necessary.
The report was accepted.
3. Report on applications (referred January 3)
for commercial use shellfish permits for David F.
Fullerton and Maurice X. Roche — recommending
that permits be granted.
4. Report on applications (referred January 9)
for commercial use shellfish permits for Edward
W. Elms, Anthony J. Ferragamo, and Rupert Y.
Hodgkins, Jr. — recommending that permits be
granted.
5. Report on applications (referred today) for
commercial use shellfish permits for Leonard W.
DAmieo, James H. Grant, Joseph A. Kearney,
Harold T. Matthews, William H. Riley, William
A. Scott, and Joseph F. Wardell — recommending
that permits be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses
were severally granted under the usual conditions.
INFORMATION ON TAPE RECORDERS.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Messenger obtain esti-
mates of prices from all sources available as to the
following:
1. Rental of two small tape recording machines
for a two-month period.
2. The cost of transcribing the taped material
onto long playing permanent records.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ASSISTANCE OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL
RESEARCH BUREAU ON ANNUAL
BUDGET.
Coun. FOLEY and McLAUGHLIN offered
the following:
Whereas, It has been the practice of the Boston
Municipal Research Bureau to provide expert
technical assistance to the executive branch of the
city government, its departments, and agencies
when needed without charge to the city; and
Whereas, The annual examination of the munici-
pal budget is of extraordinary importance for the
proper guidance of the city's operations; and
Whereas, The Appropriations Committee of the
Council could much more efficiently discharge
its duties with technical assistance provided;
be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston Municipal Research
Bureau is hereby requested to furnish the Boston
City Council and the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance thereof, free of charge, a qualified
technical assistant to aid it in its annual examina-
tion of the municipal budget for the period Febru-
ary 1, 1956, to April 12, 1956.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the fore-
going resolution by adding at the end thereof
the following: "and to furnish the City Council
prior to the budget hearings with suggested recom-
mendations relative to the 1956 budget."
The motion was carried. The resolution as
amended was adopted under suspension of the
rules.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
Report on communication from James J. Hughes,
President of Local 414, B.S.E.I.U. (referred
December 5, 1955), re salary adjustments in
Maintenance Division of Fire Department —
recommending passage of accompanying order:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel furnish
the City Coucil on or before the first meeting of
February, 1956, with a legal brief and opinion
regarding the status of the civilian members of the
Maintenance Division of the Boston Fire De-
partment with respect to their relation to uni-
formed members of the Fire Department; and said
brief to specifically include the query as to whether
or not said civilian employees are employees
within the Fire Department and the application
of the case of Nolan v. Boston Firemen's Relief
Fund, 236 Mass. 420 to this question.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
SANDING OF STREETS.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The failure to properly sand our city
streets on time on the occasion of recent sleet
and freezing rainstorms has endangered the lives
and property of our citizens, both pedestrians and
drivers of vehicles; and
Whereas, This danger could be largely elimi-
nated by better planning; now therefore be it
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CITY COUNCIL.
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Public Works Commissioner to revise the present
system for sanding streets so that the need for
sanding streets shall be properly anticipated and
necessary equipment be made available so that
the streets shall be sanded sooner and better on the
occasion of icing conditions.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ESTABLISHING BOSTON DEVELOPMENT
AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The City of Boston is suffering from
the flight of industry from our city and the failure
of sufficient new industry coming into the city;
and
Whereas, We no longer have a Boston Chamber
of Commerce as such, which would be exclusively
interested in building a better Boston; and
Whereas, There is need for an efficient City
agency properly set up and professionally staffed
and devoted exclusively to keeping the business
we now have in our city and promoting and en-
couraging new enterprise to come into our city; and
Whereas, The necessary permissive state legis-
lation which would allow the expenditure of funds
for such an agency is now available to us and has
been accepted by the City Council; now therefore
be it
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor is hereby
requested to take immediate advantage of section
8A of chapter 40 of the General Laws accepted by
the Boston City Council for the purpose of estab-
lishing a Boston Development and Industrial
Commission.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That Milton Lord, Director of the
Public Library, be, and is hereby, requested to
appear before the Executive Committee of the
Boston City Council on Monday, January 23,
1956, at 3 p.m., to inform this Honorable Body, in
detail, of the steps taken, if any, to obtain re-
imbursement for the City of Boston for the non-
resident use of the Central Library; what steps, if
any, have been taken to establish a charge for use
of the research room; a written memo in detail
listing each fund or bequest of which the library
is beneficiary, stating the donor's name, date of
the trust or gift, the language creating the trust
and gift; and further that said director or a repre-
sentative come prepared to discuss the income and
expenditures received or expended with respect to
each of these trusts during each of the past ten
years; and that a copy of this order be forwarded
to the said Milton Lord.
Coun. McCORMACK moved to amend the
foregoing order by inserting at the end thereof the
following paragraph:
"Ordered, That Milton E. Lord, Director and
Librarian of the Boston Public Library, be invited
to meet with the Executive Committee at this
meeting to discuss the over-all program of branch
libraries and the library research department."
The motion was carried. The order, as
amended, was passed under suspension of the
rules.
REPLACING OF ALL GAS LAMPS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The replacing of gas lamps with
modern electric lights provides for better pedestrian
safety, and is in keeping with the modern city
practices, and acts as a deterrent to crime; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works
has given the Boston Edison Company carte
blanche authority to eliminate the gas lamps as
fast as possible ; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, urge the Boston Edison Com-
pany to accelerate said program of replacing gas
lamps with electric lights and, further, that every
effort be made to complete the elimination of
every gas lamp in the City of Boston and to re-
place the same with electric lights on or before
December 31, 1956; and that a copy of this resolu-
tion be forwarded to the Boston Edison Company,
with a request that this Honorable Body be
furnished with a report.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
Adjourned at 6.21 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, January 23, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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Administrative Services Department
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CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, January 23 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair. Absent, Councillor
Ahearn.
Rev. William S. Ravenell, D.D., of Ebenezer
Baptist Church, Boston, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. WILLIAM S.
RAVENELL.
Our Father and our God, we bow before Thee'
and we come before Thee with sincere hearts'
offering unto Thee our thanks for life and liberty,
and for the opportunities to serve Thee in our
great state and our great nation. We humbly
pray Thy blessings upon each one of these coun-
cillors gathered here today and those who may
yet come.
Grant that in their public lives and in their
family life the benediction of Thy spirit and
Thy blessings might rest. Help us to realize
the responsibilities and the obligations which
are ours as we represent men and women, in
this great city. Grant that we shall ever realize
that we are free, and we ask Thou wilt keep us
from the bondage of ourselves that we might
be free to do Thy will and to serve our fellow man.
Grant, Our Father, as these councillors are
aspiring to other higher places in our government
that Thou wilt keep them clean physically,
spiritually, and morally, that men might emulate
their good works and shall be constrained to be
citizens worthy of Thy name.
Bless, we pray Thee, these officers, clerks,
secretaries, and all who labor in this City Hall
and in this, our city government. Grant that we
shall realize as we spend day by day that Thou
hast given us the privilege of beholding how
good and how pleasant it is for brethren, for
men, to dwell together.
Bless our state, and our Governor, and our
President, our Senators, and our Representatives
in Washington. Grant that we shall always
realize all things work together for good for those
who love the Lord.
We leave these councillors unto Thy hand to
make them men of sound judgment. Give them
patience. Give them the ability to look out
beyond the smaller arena of our lives at yonder
where men dwell together in unity.
Bless this Council in its deliberations, and make
their deliberations and their decisions be those
that shall work for the welfare of men everywhere.
For this is our invocation of this blessed day.
Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1956: Frank Tavella, 158 Bremen street, East
Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
ENGAGE SKATING FACILITIES
AT SKATING CLUB AND BOSTON
ARENA.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative
to your order of January 9, 1956, concerning the
making available by appropriation or transfer
of funds a sum of money for the purpose of engaging
the skating facilities at the Skating Club on
Western avenue and the Boston Arena for use
by residents of the City of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Htnes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
January 13, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I desire to acknowledge your memorandum
of January 11, with attached order of Councillor
Piemonte that his Honor the Mayor make available
to the Parks and Recreation Commission by
appropriation or transfer of funds, a sum of
money for the purpose of engaging the skating
facilities at the Skating Club on Western avenue
and the Boston Arena for use by residents of the
City of Boston.
We shall be pleased to follow up on this request
if and when funds are made available.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
SNOW-MAKING EQUIPMENT AT COM-
MONWEALTH COUNTRY CLUB.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative
to your order of January 9, 1956, concerning the
assigning of an observer to the Commonwealth
Country Club in Newton to observe the snow-
making equipment presently being operated there
with a view toward eventual use of such equipment
in the Recreation Program of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hyne3, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
January 13, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memorandum of January 11, 1956,
with attached City Council order that the Chair-
man of the Board of Parks and Recreation be
requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
assign an observer to the Commonwealth Country
Club in Newton to observe the snow-making
equipment presently being operated there, with
a view toward eventual use of such equipment in
the Recreation Program of Boston.
I have asked Daniel J. Byrne, Jr., chief engineer
of this department, to visit the Commonwealth
Country Club for the purpose of observing the
snow-making equipment and to give me a report
on same.
Very truly yours,
Fbank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
ESTABLISH BARGAINING AGENT FOR
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Law Department, January 18, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
By an order passed by your Honorable Body on
November 14, 1955, you directed me "to prepare
the necessary ordinance to establish a bargaining
unit for the Fire Department, " and in the prepara-
tion of such ordinance to consult with the president,
vice president, and attorney of Local 718, In-
ternational Association of Fire Fighters, and to
consider adding to chapter 16 of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947 a section 10 reading as follows:
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"Section 10. That the Boston Firefighters'
Local 718, International Association of Fire-
fighters, American Federation of Labor, be
the recognized negotiating body for the members
of the firefighting force and the Fire Alarm
Division of the Boston Fire Department and
that the said local be the official spokesman of
the said members in the matter of all grievances
concerning wages, hours of labor and conditions
of employment."
The objective of the proposed ordinance, as I
understand it after consultation with the officers
of Local 718, is to establish Local 718 as the
exclusive collective bargaining agent for the
members of the Fire Fighting Force and the Fire
Alarm Division of the Boston Fire Department.
Among the questions thus posed are whether there
can be a collective bargaining agent for any unit
of public employees, and if so, whether public
authority can require a member of such unit to
recognize, against his will, such collective bargain-
ing agent as his exclusive collective bargaining
agent.
The subject of collective bargaining as applied
to public employees is elaborately considered in
City of Springfield v. Clouse, 356 Mo. 1239. As
was there pointed out (p. 1248), the purpose of
collective bargaining is to reach a contract be-
tween a union representing employees and their
employer. In the case of public employees,
however, the employer is the whole people whose
chosen representatives cannot bargain or contract
away their power to legislate the terms and con-
ditions of public employment. (Pages 1247 and
1251.) As applied to public employment, collective
bargaining would mean government by private
agreement and not by laws made by the repre-
sentative of the people. (Page 1249.) In short,
under our form of government, public employment
never has been and cannot become a matter of
bargaining and contract. (Page 1251.) Conse-
quently, there cannot be a collective bargaining
agent for any unit of public employees.
But even if a collective bargaining agent for a
unit of public employees were possible, public
authority could not require a member of such unit
to recognize such agent as his exclusive collective
bargaining agent without his consent. While no
person has a constitutional right to employment
in government on his own terms (McAuhffe v.
Mayor & Aldermen of New Bedford, 155 Mass.
216, 220, Faxon v. School Committee of Boston,
331 Mass. 531, 535 Adler v. Board of Education of
the City of New York, 342 U. S. 485, 492), every
public employee has a constitutional right to
insist that.the terms laid down by public authority
in connection with his employment be reasonably
required and not discriminatory. Wienian v.
Updegraff, 344 U. S. 183, 191-192. See, also,
Bell v. District Court of Holyoke, 314 Mass. 622,
625. Requiring an unwilling public employee to
recognize a particular individual or organization
as his exclusive collective bargaining representa-
tive is plainly discriminatory and cannot fairly
be said to be reasonably required for the efficiency
of the public service. That is to say, "the pref-
erential and exclusive features common to labor
union contracts (in private industry) must in the
field of government be altogether avoided. ' '
Mugford v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
8 C. C. H. Labor Cases s. 62137. See, also 9 C. C.
H. Labor Cases s. 62424 and 185 Md. 266 for subse-
quent decisions in same case. To the same effect
is Cleveland v. Division 268 of the Amalgamated
Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor
Coach Employees of America, 30 0.0. 395, 408.
And there is nothing to the contrary in chapter
150A of the General Laws, as amended, relative
to exclusive collective bargaining representatives;
for the Commonwealth and all its political sub-
divisions are expressly exempted from that chapter.
See G. L. (Ter. Ed.), c. 150A, s. 2, cl. (2); also
St. Luke's Hospital v. Labor Relations Commis-
sion, 320 Mass. 467, 472^73.
The foregoing statement of the legal situation
involved makes it readily apparent that it is
impossible for me to prepare an ordinance establish-
ing a bargaining unit for the Fire Department
as you have directed.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Salvatore Blanciforti, for refund on victualler's
license.
Florence Buckley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Claymoss road,
Brighton.
Anthony and Christine Buonopane, for com-
pensation for damage to property at 342 Hanover
street, caused by defective sewerage system.
John L. Campbell, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Peter J. Chicos, for a refund on automatic
amusement device license.
Anna F. Daley, for compensation for damage
to radio at Boston City Hospital.
Adrion Davis, for compensation for injuries
caused by police ambulance.
Emma Davis, for compensation for damage to
car and injuries caused by poUce ambulance.
Joseph J. Dembowski, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sewer Division.
Joseph J. Dembowski, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sewer Division.
Joseph J. Dembowski, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sewer Division.
Joseph J. Dembowski, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sewer Division.
Kenneth Hatfield, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Rose Lato, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 16 and 18 Devon street,
Roxbury.
George P. and Angelina R. Minichiello, for
compensation for damage to property at 100
Revere street, Boston, caused by fire apparatus.
David S. Saltzman, for compensation for in-
juries and damage to eyeglasses during performance
of duty as employee of Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department.
James Seeto, for compensation for damage to
car by fire apparatus.
Salvatore Vasapollo, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Meridian
street, East Boston.
Dorothy B. Woodward, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Longwood
avenue.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of William A. Cunningham, employee
of the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing ex-
penses.
Petition of John F. Hams, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Richard W. Kennedy, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Charles F. Kilday, employeeof the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Robert F. Mackey, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Charles N. Vogel, retired employee
of the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing ex-
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Richard A. Bishop, 2 Port Norfolk street,
Dorchester, Ward 16; Charles J. Chandler, 18
Franklin street, Dorchester, Ward 16; George H.
Fairbanks, 8 Pembroke street, Ward 9; Daniel C.
French, 85 Lawley street, Dorchester, Ward 16;
Thomas J. Kearney, 47 Lawley street, Dorchester,
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Ward 16; Richard Kirby, 7 Greenmount street,
Dorchester, Ward 15; Robert Kneeland, 8 Pem-
broke street, Ward 9; Roy Kneeland, 8 Pembroke
street, Ward 9; Bronick Kwasnica, 179 H street,
South Boston, Ward 7; Charles A. Maslauskas,
538 East Fourth street, South Boston, Ward G;
Henry F. O'Neill, 15 Wordsworth street, East
Boston, Ward 1; Timothy J. Sullivan, 36 Park
street, Dorchester, Ward 16.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received of a hearing to be held
February 9, 1956, at 2.15 p.m., before the Metro-
politan District Commission on petition of the
Boston Edison Company for location for manhole
and wires in William T. Morrissey Boulevard.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 13,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Metropolitan
Transit Authority for license to operate motor
vehicles over William J. Day Boulevard.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY FINANCE
BOARD OF LOAN OF $100,000.
A communication was received from the Emer "
gency Finance Board enclosing copy of vote passed
by the Board approving loan of the City of Boston
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 580
of the acts of 1951, the proceeds of such loan to
be used to meet the following appropriation:
$100,000 Civil Defense Activities.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENTS IN ASSESSING DEPART.
MENT.
Notices were received from the Assessing De-
partment of the temporary appointments as
assistant assessors of the following:
John C. Foran, James P. Buckley, Maurice F.
Joyce, Francis X. Cuddy, Bernard F. Shadrawy.
Severally placed on file.
REPORT ON RENTAL OF TAPE
RECORDERS.
The following was received:
City Messenger.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
Pursuant to the order passed by the City Council
on January 16, 1956, re rental of tape recorders,
etc., at the completion of the investigation the
conclusion was that two Revere-type tape recorders
can be rented at the price of $35 per month each.
This was the cheapest price quoted by several
companies.
Regarding the price of tapes and records, the
cheapest price tapes, 36 hours' tape, would cost
$43.20. To transcribe this on long-playing records
would cost $10 per record. A large order of about
100 hours would cut the cost to $6 per record,
but your tape would still be cheaper than the
records.
Very truly yours,
William J. O'Donnell,
City Messenger.
Joseph J. Bbogna,
Librarian-Archivist.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
RECESS.
The Chair declared a short recess at 2.39 p.m.
During the recess, President McCORMACK was
presented with a redwood gavel by Mr. Frederick
Doran, of American Airlines.
President McCORMACK expressed his grati-
tude to Mr. Doran and American Airlines, and
expressed the hope that he would always use it
wisely and judiciously.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICAN
AIRLINES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, TheAmericanAirlines has inauguarated,
effective January 15, 1956, a direct flight to San
Francisco from Boston; and
Whereas, This direct flight will make the trip
from Boston to San Francisco a full hour faster;
and
Whereas, Such action is in keeping with the aim
to make Boston's airport the leading airport in
America; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, congratulates and salutes the
American Airlines, and that a copy of this resolve
be forwarded to the American Airlines.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
CONFERENCE WITH MAYOR ON GROUP
INSURANCE PLANS.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following :
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to confer with the members of the Boston City
Council on Monday, January 30, 1956, concerning
Group Insurance Plans for municipal and county
employees.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
GROUP INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES OF
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be
requested, through his Honor, the Mayor, to fur-
nish a written opinion as to whether the employees
of the Boston Housing Authority may be considered
as state employees so as to be included in the
present statutory plan for group life, accident,
hospitalization, and surgical insurance for state
employees.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
APPEARANCE OF MEMBERS OF BOSTON
HOUSING AUTHORITY BEFORE
COUNCIL.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman and members of
the Boston Housing Authority be invited to appear
before the Executive Committee of the Boston City
Council on Monday, January 30, to discuss the
progress in the acquisition of the Old Colony
Development.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspension
of the rules.
RETIREMENT OF EDWARD P.
CONNOLLY.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
hereby favors the consideration by the Legislature
of the petition now held under Joint Rule 7B,
relative to the retirement rights of Edward P.
Connolly, under the State-Boston retirement
system; provided that any such legislation, if
enacted, includes a referendum to the Mayor and
City Council.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATION IN
BOSTON COLLEGE SEMINARS.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the President of the Boston City
Council is hereby authorized to enter into negotia-
tions with the Boston Citizens' Council to arrange
for more active participation of the Boston City
Council and members thereof in the Boston
College seminars.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECREATION CENTER IN DORCHESTER
DISTRICT.
Coun. Mcdonough and mcCOrmack
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Parke and Recreation Com-
mission be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to establish a recreation center, with
indoor and outdoor facilities, in the Dorchester
district, preferably on either the Mary Hemenway
or Garvey Playground.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Later in the session Councillor McDonough
moved reconsideration on the foregoing order.
The motion to reconsider was carried. On further
motion of Councillor McDonough the order was
referred to the Committee on Public Services and
Recreation for a public hearing to be held on the
matter.
PAYMENT OF SUM OF MONEY TO
ESTATE OF ANGELO GELLO.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
hereby favors the consideration by the Legislature
of the petition now held under Joint Rule 7B,
relative to the payment of a sum of money to the
estate of Angelo Gello; provided that any such
legislation, if enacted, includes a referendum to the
Mayor and City Council.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
■jhe rules.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFI-
CATION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the County Classification Plan
be amended by increasing the Compensation
Grade of "Van Driver" to Compensation Grade 20_
Referred to the Supervisor of Personnel for
report.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.11 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 5.52 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on communication (referred January
16) from the Intergovernmental Relations Sub-
committee of Congress, together with a question-
naire relating to intergovernmental programs or
activities in this area — recommending that said
communication and questionnaire be referred to
the Director of Administrative Services for report
to the City Council.
The report was accepted, and the said com-
munication and questionnaire were referred to
the Director of Administrative Services.
2. Report on communication from the Board
of Selectmen, Town of Winthrop (referred January
16), in connection with meeting with Boston City
Council re discharging of passengers by Rapid
Transit, Inc., at M. T. A. Terminal, Orient Heights
— recommending reference of the communication
to the Committee on Licenses.
The report was accepted, and said reference
ordered.
COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE RESALE
OF NEW YORK STREETS AREA.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council per-
ceives the need for and respectfully suggests to
his Honor the Mayor that he consider appointing
a small select committee on the New York Streets
redevelopment project; that this committee be
composed of senior members of those large Boston
real estate firms which have had experience
in the development of large industrial areas in
Greater Boston, New England, and elsewhere;
that to this committee be posed the question as to
what terms and conditions, if any, would make it
economically possible for one large reputable and
established real estate firm to take over the entire
New York Streets area and promote the resale
in the same manner so successfully used in the
promotion and development of so many industrial
areas in the Greater Boston area; and be it further
Resolved, That this committee be directed to
report within a short period of time and the
Council suggests an absolute time limit of a month.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the resolution
was referred to the Executive Committee.
USE OF JOSIAH H. BENTON TRUST FUND.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Trustees of the Boston
Public Library be respectfully requested to con-
sider the advisability of petitioning the Probate
Court for allowance to expend $2,000,000 of the
Josiah H. Benton Trust Fund for the construction
of a major branch library in a well-selected site
in the City of Boston which will be readily ac-
cessible to the citizens of Boston and will serve
many of the functions the Central Library Build-
ing now performs.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
COMMENDATION TO 1955 FOOTBALL
SQUAD OF CHARLESTOWN HIGH
SCHOOL AND OTHERS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, The 1955 Football Squad of Charles-
town High School has won the Class D Champion-
ship of Massachusetts; and
Whereas, This is the first Charlestown High
School team to achieve this coveted award; and
Whereas, This championship is particularly
remarkable when it is realized that the student
body available for athletics is extremely limited in
size and participation in athletics requires much
sacrifice on the part of the students; and
Whereas, The tireless work of the coaching
staff and the complete support of the student
body contributed greatly to this achievement; and
Whereas, This accomplishment reflects great
credit upon the team members, the entire student
body, the faculty, the coaching staff, and the City
of Bostpn; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council in
meeting assembled, extends its sincere congratula-
tions and commendation to each member of this
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squad, to each member of the coaching staff, and
to all the students and faculty members; and be it
further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the headmaster of Charlestown
High School.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of William J. Desmond
(referred January 9) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred sixty-
five dollars ($165) be allowed and paid to William
J. Desmond in reimbursement for amount of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as a member of the Fire Department, said
sum to be charged to the appropriation for Ex-
ecutions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimburse-
ments.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
Adjourned at 6.11 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Foley, to meet on Monday, January 30, 1956, at
2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, January 30, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the mem-
bers present.
Rev. Arthur H. Doherty, of St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church, Hyde Park, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. ARTHUR H.
DOHERTY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, creator and redeemer of all men, as we
face up to the different problems that await
present solution, enlighten our minds and purify
our hearts that we may have the prudence and
discretion to follow what is right though difficult,
rather than what is questionable though easy.
May every official act of ours be in keeping with
Thy divine plan, and in conformity with Thy
gracious will. May our decisions be based on
wisdom and justice and promote the common
good of those whom we serve and the greater
glory of God, Who livest and reignest forever and
ever. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
COUNCIL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
Because of the rapid advances being made and
new techniques being explored and discovered in
the matter of public health, it has been growing
apparent that the physical setup of our Health
Department is lacking the media through which
it can obtain up-to-date advice and counsel in
this important field of municipal service.
As a consequence, it is felt that the establishment
of a Public Health Council, to serve in an advisory
capacity to the Health Commissioner, and to
counsel and advise with him on matters of public
health, would be a forward step in improving our
health protection services.
Such a Council has been proposed at various
times in the past. It is now evident that such a
Council would be of immense help in our health
program. Boston has always been in the forefront
of the large cities in our country in the adoption
of methods to protect our public health and the
record of our Health Department is an enviable
one.
I am confident that the establishment of a
Public Health Council, composed of competent,
experienced and able persons will improve our
present standing, and will enable us to keep
abreast of whatever new developments may
occur in the field of public health.
In this vein, I recommend the passage by your
Honorable Body of the accompanying ordinance
establishing a Public Health Council in the Health
Department.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
An Ordinance Establishing a Public Health
Council and Defining Its Powers and Duties.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows :
Chapter 17 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947,
as most recently amended by section 31 of chapter 2
of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby further
amended by inserting after section 3 the following
section:
Section 3A. There shall also be in the health
division a board, known as the Public Health
Council, consisting of nine members appointed by
the mayor, of whom at least one shall be a regis-
tered physician, one a registered dentist, one a
representative of an industry engaged in handling
food, one a representative of another industry,
one a representative of labor, and one a housewife.
The members of the public health council first
appointed shall serve, according to the provisions
of their respective appointments, for terms com-
mencing upon their respective dates of appoint-
ment and expiring, in the case of three members,
one year, in the case of three other members,
two years, and in the case of three other members,
three years, from May 1, 1956. As the term of
any such member, or of any subsequent member,
expires, his successor shall be appointed by the
mayor for a term of three years. Any vacancy in
the office of a member shall be filled by the mayor
for the unexpired term. The mayor shall from
time to time designate one of the members of the
public health council as chairman and another as
vice chairman. The members of the public health
council shall serve without compensation.
It shall be the duty of the public health council
(a) to make, upon its own initiative or at the re-
quest of the mayor, the director of administrative
services or the health commissioner, studies and
recommendations with respect to the organization,
activities, policies, procedures and budget of the
health division; (b) to review from time to time
such rules and regulations of the health com-
missioner as may then be in force and report to
the health commissioner its findings with respect
to the adequacy thereof and its recommendations,
if any, for the amendment or repeal thereof or for
new rules and regulations, and (o) to advise the
health commissioner on such matters within the
scope of his duties as he may refer to said council.
The public health council shall not be subject
to the supervision or control of the health commis-
sioner; nor shall it take part in the conduct of the
executive or administrative business of the health
department; but unless otherwise ordered by the
mayor, it shall not communicate with the mayor,
or make any annual or other report, except through
the health commissioner.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
APPROPRIATION FOR AUTOMATIC
TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 30, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am advised that at the present time the Boston
Traffic Commission has in stock a number of items
of traffic signal equipment which could be installed
in various sections of the city, provided an appro-
priation was made available for the underground
construction work involved.
It has been customary in the past to provide
appropriations of this character from the special
account "Sales of City Property."
I submit herewith an order providing for the
appropriation of $20,000 from this account, which
amount represents practically the entire balance
available for appropriation at this time.
I respectfully recommend your consideration and
adoption of this order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 63
of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the sum of
twenty thousand dollars (820,000) be, and the
same hereby is, appropriated from the special
account, "Sales of City Property," to be expended
under the direction of the Boston Traffic Com-
mission, for "Automatic Traffic Control Signals in
Various Sections of the City."
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
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CITY COUNCIL.
APPROPRIATION FOR OFF-STREET PARK-
ING IN JAMAICA PLAIN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 24, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order for the transfer of
$55,000 from the Parking Meter Fund to the Real
Property Department, for acquisition, construc-
tion, and maintenance of an off-street parking site
in Jamaica Plain.
This proposed parking site will be on Thomas
street, Jamaica Plain, within 100 feet of Centre
street, a busy shopping district. There has been a
continued demand for an off-street parking site in
this section of our city. When completed this site
will accommodate 80 cars. It is another in a
series of parking facilities constructed or to be
constructed in those local shopping centers of our
city which are now without adequate parking
facilities.
I most respectfully request approval of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
January 20, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
At a meeting of the Real Property Board held on
January 19, 1956, on motion duly made and
seconded, it was unanimously
Voted, That the Chairman be, and he hereby
is, directed to write to his Honor the Mayor, re-
questing that he present an order to the City
Council asking for the transfer of funds from the
Parking Meter Fund to the Real Property De-
partment, for acquisition, construction, and main-
tenance of the off-street parking site at:
Jamaica Plain $55,000
Location: Centre, Thomas, and Burroughs Streets.
(Plot Plan enclosed herein.)
Area: 30,082 square feet.
Number of Cars: 80.
Cost of Improvements: $55,000.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property,
Chairman, Real Property Board.
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
22B of chapter 40 of the General Laws as estab-
lished by chapter 776 of the Acts of 1949 the sum
of fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) be, and
hereby is, appropriated, from the special account
"Parking Meter Fees," to be expended by the Real
Property Department, for constructing or recon-
structing and resurfacing off-street parking facili-
ties in Jamaica Plain.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ALTERATIONS TO BRIDGE OVER TRACKS
ON MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, January 30, 1956.
To the Honorable City Council.
Gentlemen :
During a recent resurfacing of Massachusetts
avenue, it was found that the underdeck of the
bridge which carries Massachusetts avenue, be-
tween Columbus avenue and St. Botolph street,
over the tracks now used by the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad, had deteriorated to
a point where replacement is advisable.
Accordingly, the Commissioner of Public Works
has included in the bridge construction program
for the current year, the replacement of the entire
superstructure of this bridge.
The new superstructure will eliminate six
girders which now extend above the surface of
the way; and there will be other changes in the
construction of the bridge and its approaches.
Since the proposed changes constitute alterations
within the meaning of G. L. (Ter. Ed.), c. 159,
s. 59, as amended, application for per-mission to
make such alterations must be made to the Depart-
ment of Public Utilities after the adoption of a
suitable order by your Honorable Body.
I therefore recommend the early adoption of the
order transmitted herewith.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That it be, and hereby is, deemed and
determined to be necessary for the security and
convenience of the public that alterations sub-
stantially as shown on the set of plans dated
November, 1955, and entitled "City of Boston,
Public Works Department, Bridge Division,
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, reconstruction
of superstructure, John J. McCall, Division
Engineer, George G. Hyland, Commissioner of
Public Works," be made where Massachusetts
avenue in Boston and the Boston Division of the
Boston & Providence Railroad now cross each
other; and
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel of the
City of Boston be, and he hereby is, authorized
and directed to make, in the name and in behalf
of the City Council of the City of Boston, ap-
propriate application to the State Department of
Public Utilities under G. L. (Ter. Ed.), c. 159,
s. 59, as amended, in connection with such altera-
tions.
Referred to Committee on Public Services and
Recreation.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz. :
Claims.
Gladys M. Albee, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 542 Commonwealth
avenue.
Angelo S. Amara, for compensation for injuries
and damage to property by city truck.
Michael Barlas, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Broadway and
Tremont street.
Salvatore Buccacio, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Tremont street.
Bertram Cohen, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by an alleged defect at 80
Boylston street.
Dr. Maurice I. Cowin, to be paid money due
him for professional services to recipients of
Public Welfare.
Sadie Davis, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 48 Wildwood
street, Dorchester.
Anna DiBennedetto, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Salem street,
Boston.
The Fairbanks Company, for compensation for
damage to property at 520 Atlantic avenue, caused
by break in water line.
James A. Frawley, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Public Works Department.
Nellie Izzo, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 79 Poplar street.
Harry Lesser, for compensation for damage to
property at 5 Merrimac street, Boston, caused by
break in water main.
W. Ludlam, for compensation for damage to
property at 119 Summer street, Boston, caused
by broken water pipe.
Thomas P. McCusker, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while driving
city car.
Christopher C. Mitchell, for compensation for
damages sustained by defective highway on
Washington street, Roslindale.
Dorothy A. Mitchell, for compensation for
damages sustained by defective highway on
Washington street, Roslindale.
Paul E. Mitchell, for compensation for damages
sustained by defective highway on Washington
street, Roslindale.
Joseph P. O'Handley et al., for compensation
for injuries caused by an alleged defect in Parker
street, Roxbury.
Mrs. C. A- Perelle, for compensation for damage
to property at 563 Poplar street, Roslindale,
caused during sidewalk construction.
George V. Richardson, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sanitary Division ■ . .
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Mollie Linda Rosencranz, for compensation for
damages sustained by negligent operation of city
motor vehicle.
Adeline Sapienza, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 296 Norfolk street.
Ernest M. Skeene, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Hospital Department.
Pasquale Stanziani, for compensation for damage
to property at 2991-2999 Washington street, Rox-
bury, caused by water being turned off.
Eileen J. Sullivan, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 88 Franklin street,
Allston.
Bernard Yelen, for compensation for damage to
car caused by an alleged defect in Alger street,
near Dorchester avenue.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Ralph Bishop, 2 Port Norfolk street, Dorchester,
Ward 16; James V. D'Amico, 293 Lexington
street, East Boston, Ward 1 ; William W. Fullerton,
2 West Eagle street, East Boston, Ward 1; George
M. Hurd, 417 Chelsea street, East Boston, Ward 1;
Richard M. Muise, 119 Walnut street, Dorchester,
Ward 16; Vincent A. Perrella, Jr., 2 West Eagle
street, East Boston, Ward 1; Albin Wrublowski,
36 Bellevue street, Dorchester, Ward 16.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of three parcels of
property in Roslinda'e under section 6 of chapter
372 of the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 13,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Transit Bus Lines,
Inc., for modification of restrictions to permit
pick up and discharge of passengers in Boston and
elsewhere.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 10,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition , of Boston Edison
Company for pole location in West Boundary
road, Hyde Park.
Placed on file.
MINORS' LICENSES.
Applications for minors' licenses were received
from four newsboys.
Licenses were granted under the usual conditions-
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Hyde Park Bowling
Alleys, Julius Covitz (referred January 16) for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day — recommending that license be granted.
The report was accepted, and the license was
granted under the usual conditions.
2. Report on applications (referred January 23)
for commercial use shellfish permits for Richard
A. Bishop, Charles J. Chandler, George H. Fair-
banks, Daniel C. French, Thomas J. Kearney,
Richard Kirby, Roy Kneeland, Robert Kneeland,
Bronick Kwasnica, Charles A. Maslauskas,
Henry F. O'Neill, Timothy J. Sullivan — recom-
mending that permits be granted.
The report was accepted, and the permits were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
CONFERENCE WITH THE MAYOR.
President McCORMACK announced a con-
ference of the members of the Boston City Council
with the Mayor would be held at 3.30 p.m.
FELICITATIONS TO COUNCILLOR WHITE
ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
President McCORMACK extended to Councillor
Joseph C. White the felicitations of the Boston
City Council on his birthday.
Coun. WHITE thanked the President and the
councillors for their kind remenbrance.
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MUNICIPAL
REGISTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Messenger be, and he
hereby is, authorized and directed to have a picture
taken of each member of the City Council, 1956,
and be he further directed to have these pictures
inserted in the 1956 edition of the Municipal
Register; and be it further
Ordered, That the City Messenger be, and he
hereby is, authorized and directed to have one
group picture taken to be hung in the Council
Chamber.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF
EDWARD T. KELLEY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective January 23, 1956,
Edward T. Kelley be, and he hereby is, appointed
in the service of the Clerk of Committees Depart-
ment to the position of temporary clerk until the
second Wednesday of February, 1956, at a salary
of $73 per week, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Catherine Monahan.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RAILROAD TRAINS AND BOXCARS ON
ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN AVENUES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner, the
Commissioner of Public Works, and all interested
parties be invited to appear before the Executive
Committee of the Boston City Council to discuss
the problem of railroad trains and boxcars being
allowed to stand overnight and for extended
periods of time on Atlantic avenue and Northern
avenue.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
Later in the session Councillor White, as Chair-
man of the Executive Committee, announced that
he would hold a hearing at 3 p.m. next Monday,
February 6, 1956, for the purpose of having this
situation explained, at which hearing the parties
involved would be invited to appear.
ELECTION OF CITY CLERK.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Council now proceed to
the election of a City Clerk to serve for the term
of three years beginning with the first Monday in
February, 1956, and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Assistant City Clerk Dunlea called the roll, viz. :
For Walter J. Malloy — Councillors Ahearn,
Collins, Foley, Kerrigan, McCormack, McDon-
ough, McLaughlin, Piemonte, White — 9.
Walter J. Malloy was declared elected City
Clerk.
(Applause.)
President McCORMACK— The Chair would
like to state that City Clerk Malloy extends to
each and every member his sincere appreciation for
the vote just taken and to show his appreciation
promises to do a good job as City Clerk.
CITY COUNCIL.
ALL-NIGHT CURB PARKING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the ft'ayor request the
Traffic Commission, the Public Works Com-
missioner, and the Corporation Counsel to formu-
late plans for all-night curb parking for residents at
nominal monthly fees on alternate sides of streets.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CITY HOSPITAL PLANS FOR
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
trustees of the Boston City Hospital to advise this
Honorable Body on their over-all plans for institu-
tional building.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONSTRUCTION OF CITY HOSPITAL
BRANCHES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
trustees of the Boston City Hospital to consider
the advisability of building City Hospital units or
branches for emergency treatment of persons in
the various sections of the City of Boston, such as
Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and Allston, instead of
expanding at the present site.
On motion of Councillor Collins the order was
referred to the Executive Committee.
Coun. FOLEY moved reconsideration of the
foregoing vote. The motion was carried.
On further motion of Councillor Foley, the
order was referred to the Committee on Hospitals.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on the appointment by the Mayor
(referred January 23) of Frank Tavella as constable
with authority to serve civil process upon filing
of bond for term ending April 30, 1956 — recom-
mending that appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Ahearn
and McLaughlin. Whole number of ballots, 9,
yeas 9, and the appointment was confirmed.
ESTABLISHING IRISH CENTER IN
BOSTON.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, William Norton, Deputy Prime
Minister of Ireland, is visiting the United States
for the purpose of interesting business leaders in
investing in the Irish Free State and the general-
consumer public in the purchase of Irish products;
and
Whereas, This visit dramatically emphasizes
the fact that Boston is without a cultural, social,
or business center for the people of Irish birth or
ancestry to hold meetings and festive gatherings
and display the products of Ireland's skill and
industry; therefore be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor, be re-
quested to appoint a committee which will include
the Assistant Commissioner of Real Property in
charge of Public Buildings, representatives of the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Retail
Trade Board, the various Irish societies, and such
others as he feels can be of assistance in establishing
an Irish center in the City of Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 2.48 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 6 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Thomas W. Cooke
(referred January 16) to be reimbursed as a
result of executions issued against him on account
of his acts as a member of the Fire Department — ■
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred ninety
dollars ($490) be allowed and paid to Thomas W.
Cooke in reimbursement for amount of executions
issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of Charles F. Kilday
(referred January 23) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Charles F. Kilday, a member of the Fire De-
partment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on October 10,
1954, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated:
George B. Smithy, M.D $90
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
3. Report on petition of Joseph J. McCarthy
(referred January 16) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Parks and Recreation
Department — recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That the sum of fifty dollars ($50) be
allowed and paid to Joseph J. McCarthy in re-
imbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Parks and Recreation Department, said
sum to be charged to the appropriation for Ex-
ecutions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimburse-
ments.
4. Report on petition of Joseph H. Dashner
(referred January 16) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of five hundred fifty-
seven dollars and forty-five cents ($557.45) be
allowed and paid to Joseph H. Dashner in re-
imbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member
of the Fire Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
5. Report on petition of Joseph Hohn (re-
ferred January 16) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Sanitary Division,
Public Works Department — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of fifty-three dollars
($53) be allowed and paid to Joseph Hohn in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Sanitary Division, Public Works Depart-
ment, said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
6. Report on petition of William A. Cunning-
ham (referred January 23) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of William A. Cunningham, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
January 2, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
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recommended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the following
the amounts stated:
Albert M. Moloney, M.D $17
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 10
Total $27
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
7. Report on petition of John F. Harris (re-
ferred January 23) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred by
him as a result of an injury sustained while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of John F. Harris, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on August 12,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated:
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $45
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
8. Report on petition of Richard W. Kennedy
(referred January 23) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Richard W. Kennedy, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
December 1, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $300 28
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
9. Report on petition of Robert F. Mackey
(referred January 23) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Robert F. Mackey, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on October 12, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Alfred W. Branca, M.D $10
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 10
Total .- $20
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
10. Report on petition of Elizabeth I. Crowley
(referred September 7) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, James J.
Crowley, late member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Elizabeth I. Crowley, widow of James J. Crowley,
retired member of the Fire Department, who died
on April 11, 1954, on account of injuries received
in the performance of his duty, such annuity to
continue so long as she remains unmarried, to
date from November 1, 1954, and to be charged
to the appropriation for Fire Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred December 12,
1955) for change in compensation grade of en-
vironmental sanitation inspector (food) from grade
17 to grade 19 — recommending that order ought
to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
Report on resolution (referred January 23)
for appointment of committee to promote resale
of New York Streets area under Urban Redevelop-
ment— recommending that resolution be adopted.
The report was accepted, and the resolution was
adopted.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for appropriation of $55,000 from
Special Account, Parking Meter Fees, for con-
structing off-street parking facilities in Jamaica
Plain — recommending that order ought to pass.
The_ report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Collins, Foley, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays— 0.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
PURCHASE OF TAPE RECORDER.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Messenger be authorized
to purchase a tape recorder for the use of hearings
of the various committees of the City Council, the
expense of same to be charged to the City Council,
Stenographic Services.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 6.09 p.m., on motion on Councillor
McDonough, to meet on Monday, February 6,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing «sgS|a*> Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, February 6, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend George V. Kerr, of The Noc-
turnal Adoration Society, 25 Granby street,
Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. GEORGE V. KERR.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty God, we beseech Thee today to direct
us and guide us that all our actions and delibera-
tions suffer not from injustice at any time. Let
no partiality sway our minds, nor respect of persons
or places or things distort our judgment, but
bring us ever closer to Thee by the gift of Thy
grace, that we may be one with Thee and with
truth, and that all things may begin with Thee
and by Thee be happily ended. Through the same
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ■
At the request of President McCORMACK,
Father Kerr offered the following prayer for the
repose of the souls of Thomas Slattery and Michael
Langone, who died in the service of the city.
Father KERR — I would like to ask you to join
in the Our Father and Hail Mary.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us; and lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed
is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor Foley presiding at the box in the
absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Sixty traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear March 5, 1956:
Alfred E. Balboni, Ward 1; Joseph Chaput, Ward
1; John W. Farmer, Ward 1; Redmond Loftus,
Ward 1; Edward F. Brady, Ward 2; Guy Forcellati,
Ward 3; Albert C. Reppucci, Ward 3; John Cram,
Ward 4; Dorothy M. Hill, Ward 4; John M. Little,
Ward 4; Edward Wallace, Ward 4; Talbot C.
Ward, Ward 4; Gladys B. Anthony, Ward 5; John
F. McCracken, Ward 5; Charles M. Adams, Ward
6; Ernestine Masone, Ward 6; Anthony Valenty,
Ward 8; James P. Chambers, Ward 9; Allan R.
Crite, Ward 9 ; John Evans, Ward 9 ; Henry Mungo,
Ward 9; Ossian R. Smith, Ward 9; Ralph L.
Voight, Ward 9; David F. Campbell, Ward 10;
Joseph Kostecki, Ward 10; Edward L. Lescord,
Ward 10; John A. Robinson, Ward 10; Harvey E.
Rowe, Ward 10; John T. Vater, Ward 10; Arthur
P. Williams, Ward 10; Harold R. Blair, Ward 12;
Lillian Baker, Ward 13; Michael H. Burke, Jr.,
Ward 13; John L. Dignan, Jr., Ward 13; Harry F.
Donovan, Ward 13; William J. Welch, Ward 13;
Frances Barish, Ward 14; Benjamin F. Glasser,
Ward 14; Edward Miselman, Ward 14; Samuel
Weisberg, Ward 14; Francis McFarland, Ward 15,
Edward J. O'Leary, Ward 15; Henry J. Hussey,
Ward 16; Coleman V. Joyce, Ward 16; Francis J
Murphy, Ward 16; Sylvester J. Spacco, Ward 16;
Richard A. Walsh, Ward 16; Constance T. Whit-
ney, Ward 16; Lloyd P. Atkins, Ward 17; Jean
Marks, Ward 17; Arnold W. Morrell, Ward 17;
Earle C. Graves, Ward 18; Alfred F. Palladini,
Ward 18; James J. Duby, Ward 19; Agnes LaPoint,
Ward 19; David 0. Snyder, Ward 19; Ethel M.
Elmeier, Ward 20; William E. O'Brien, Ward 20;
Joseph L. Pikor, Ward 21; Charles I. Gilbertson,
Ward 22.
One hundred twenty traverse jurors, Superior
Civil Court to appear March 5, 1956,
Angelo Blasi, Ward 1; Walter J. Jameson,
Ward 1; Mary M. Kennedy, Ward 1; John F.
McEachern, Ward 1 ; Narcisse Marchand, Ward 1 ;
Stanley A. Novick, Ward 1; John J. Pasqua,
Ward 1; Frank L. Perez, Ward 1; Frank Ruggiero,
Ward 1; Frank Terramagra, Ward 1; Edward
Tierney, Ward 1 ; Anna Trahan, Ward 1 ; Arthur H.
McGuirk, Ward 2; John P. Sticknoy, Ward 2;
Michael Cialfitto, Ward 3; Biagio DeFronzo,
Ward 3; Peter O'Rourke, Ward 3; Armando
Pagliuoa, Ward 3; Pasquale Bellofatto, Ward 4;
Frank E. Howe, Ward 4; Edward J. Hynes,
Ward 4; Anthony F. Lastoria, Ward 4; Martin L.
O'Connor, Ward 4; Florine Reed, Ward 4; Richard
R. Stahl, Ward 4; Sidney S. Wheeler, Ward 4;
Richard M. Williams, Ward 4; Joseph E. Anderson,
Ward 5; Ramona A. Braxton, Ward 5; Kenneth F.
Caldwell, Ward 5; Frank S. Cohary, Ward 5; James
Coyle, Ward 5; Phyllis J. Ford, Ward 5; John J.
Shea, Ward 5; William R. Bell, Ward 6; Celia M.
Ferreira, Ward 6; William H. Haynes, Ward 6;
Robert J. Martos, Ward 6; John A. Russell,
Ward 6; Joseph Shaulis, Ward 6; James P. Broder-
ick, Ward 7; Daniel Clancy, Ward 7; Thomas
Colbert, Ward 7; Mary Cooper, Ward 7; James C.
Gallagher, Ward 7; Traill U. Greene, Ward 7;
Joseph W. Desautelle, Ward 8; William J. Garrity,
Ward 8; Marshal] H. Maclnnis, Ward 8; Cecil G.
Saunders, Ward 8; John I. Stevenson, Ward 8;
Helen T. Wakim, Ward 8; Kenneth E. Bowden,
Ward 9; Gerard J. Cosgrove, Ward 9; Harold L.
Drummond, Ward 9; Francis J. McCormack,
Ward 9; Margaret M. Ferrick, Ward 10; Gerard L.
Jelloe, Ward 10; William J. Parker, Ward 10;
Virginia Faulstieh, Ward 11; Celia M. Herr,
Ward 11; John Joseph Johnson, Ward 11; Victor E.
Mueller, Ward 11; Charlie L. Tellis, Ward 11;
Chandler C. Arey, Ward 12; William R. Boyle,
Ward 12; Thomas Cappadona, Ward 12; Francis
E. DiGirolamo, Ward 13; Clement Graiver,
Ward 13; Sophie Grossman, Ward 13; Clarence J.
Heiland, Ward 13; Michael R. Keane, Ward 13;
Mary Tempesta, Ward 13; Patrick J. Twomey,
Ward 13; E. Pearl Goldman, Ward 14; Pauline
Jacobs, Ward 14; Harry Litman, Ward 14; Julius
Miller, Ward 14; Joseph Newman, Ward 14;
Samuel Tobin, Ward 14; Harry Weiner, Ward 14.
Oscar T. Anderson, Ward 15; George F. Barton,
Ward 15; Paul L. Connell, Ward 15; Henry H.
Lawn, Ward 15; Howard I. Morse, Ward 15;
Charles E. Smith, Ward 15; Patrick J. Stanton,
Ward 15; James A. Burgess, Ward 16; Bernard J.
Cummings, Ward 16; William J. Donovan, Ward
16; Peter Kelly, Ward 16; Lawrence G. Livingston,
Ward 16; Norman W. MacDonald, Ward 16;
Mary McColgan, Ward 16; Walter S. Nims,
Ward 16; Francis W. Purcell, Ward 16; Richard H.
Runnalls, Ward 16; Edward J. Ryan, Ward 16;
Leo P. Toye, Ward 16; Sarah P. Barry, Ward 17;
William R. Bauer, Ward 17; Isaac Bookstein,
Ward 17; John J. Boyle, Ward 17; Amleto S.
DeChellis, Ward 17; Arthur Fishtine, Ward 17;
John E. Golden, Ward 17; John J. Hickey, Ward
17; William M. McCready, Ward 17; Agnes M.
Murray, Ward 17; Paul H. Penn, Ward 17; Helen
E. Fata, Ward 18; George A. Gambale, Ward 18;
Frank Gemelli, Ward 18; Theodore R. Green,
Ward 18; Paul F. Kent, Ward 18; Margaret L.
Kurpewski, Ward 18; Elbert W. Morse, Jr.,
Ward 18; Hurlbert D: Pagington, Ward 18;
William P. Renzi, Ward 18; James B. Rothwell,
Ward 18; Carl L. Smith, Ward 18; Richard W.
VanTassell, Ward 18; Herbert C. Hartford,
Ward 19; Edmund C. Hemmer, Ward 19; Carl H.
Oertel, Ward 19; Walter B. Sammer, Ward 19;
Amelia J. Spataro, Ward 19; Louis Zaccardo,
Ward 19; Frank C. Cassidy, Jr., Ward 20; James
J. Condon, Ward 20; Michael A. Coppola, Ward
20; Joseph DeNaro, Ward 20; Joseph Eugene
Dubois, Ward 20; Emilie B. Eiiertson, Ward 20;
Frank J. Finegan, Ward 20; John M. Frawley,
Ward 20; Louis H. Jacobs, Ward 20; John F.
Kennedy, Ward 20; Cecilia V. McCloskey, Ward
20; C. Herbert Masse, Ward 20; Joseph S. Nova,
Ward 20; Elton M. Rawley, Jr., Ward 20; Francis
C. Re, Ward 20; William E. Ross, Ward 20;
Alice Koff man, Ward 21 ; Erik Nordquist, Ward 21 ;
Keith C. Annis, Ward 22; Frederick E. Cook,
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Ward 22; George I. Fran, Ward 22; George W.
Kunerth, Ward 22; John J. Linehan, Ward 22;
John J. Lordan, Jr., Ward 22; Mary P. Manning,
Ward 22; Henry A. Prussman, Ward 22; Elizabeth
A. Sexen, Ward 22.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Weigher of Goods for the term ending April 30,
1956: Maurice Weinograd, 63 Egmont street,
Brookline.
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1956: Robert J. Kelley, 37 Brent street, Dorchester.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT E AND WEST
THIRD STREETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith further communication
relative to your order of October 31, 1955, con-
cerning the installation of traffic signals at the
junction of E and West Third streets, outside
St. Vincent's Church, South Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hvnes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
January 31, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In further response to City Council order of
October 31, 1955, 1 wish to report that at a meeting
of the Traffic Commission held on Thursday,
January 26, 1956, it was voted to make E street.
South Boston, a "Stop" street at West Third
street.
This regulation will become effective February
21, 1956, at which time the necessary signs will be
erected.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
USE OF ROSLINDALE MUNICIPAL BUILD-
ING BY U. S. ARMY RESERVE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Assistant Commissioner of the Real Property
Department relative to your order of December 19,
1955, concerning a permit being issued for the use of
the auditorium of the Roslindale Municipal Build-
ing for three hours on one evening each week by the
319th Engineers Battalion, 94th Infantry Division,
of the U. S. Army Reserve (Boston Army Base).
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
January 31, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
In response to the attached order of Councillor
McCormack to allow the use of the assembly hall
of the Roslindale Municipal Building to the 319th
Engineers Battalion, 94th Infantry Division, of
the U. S. Army Reserve (Boston Army Base) for
one evening each week for three hours, would
have to report that this auditorium is used very
frequently by civic groups, local churches, fra-
ternal organizations, etc., on different dates and
hours, for banquets, dances, whists, meetings, etc.,
and on account of this continual use of this build-
ing, I feel that this order cannot be complied with.
I will be glad, however, to allow them the use
of this assembly hall now and again, but it would
be quite impossible to have them as regular
tenants.
Very truly yours,
George P. Donovan,
Assistant Commissioner.
Placed on file.
GROUP INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES OF
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Corporation Counsel relative to your order of
January 23, 1956, concerning the furnishing of
a written opinion as to whether the employees of
the Boston Housing Authority may be considered
as state employees, so as to be included in the
present statutory plan for group life, accident,
hospitalization, and surgical insurance for state
employees.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Law Department, January 31, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Your Honor has transmitted to me the order
passed by the City Council on January 23, 1956,
requesting my opinion as to "whether the em-
ployees of the Boston Housing Authority may be
considered as state employees, so as to be included
in the present statutory plan for group life, acci-
dent, hospitalization, and surgical insurance for
state employees."
I take the order to refer to chapter 32A of the
General Laws, which, as inserted by chapter 628 of
the Acts of 1955, provides a program of group life
insurance, group accidental death and dismember-
ment insurance, and group general or blanket
hospital, surgical, and medical insurance for certain
persons "in the service of the Commonwealth."
By clause (c) of section 2 of said chapter 32A, the
word "employer," as used in that chapter, is ex-
plicitly defined to mean "the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts." The Supreme Judicial Court has
repeatedly said that "the statutes establishing
housing authorities make it plain that such an
authority, although organized by and in each city
and town in cooperation with the state, is never-
theless, when organized, a complete corporate
entity in itself, . . . exercising its powers in
its own independent right." Johnson-Foster Co.
v. D'Amore Construction Co., 314 Mass. 416, 419.
Clinton Housing Authority v. Finance Committee
of Clinton, 329 Mass. 495, 499. A. Belanger &
Sons, Inc., v. Joseph M. Concannon Corporation,
1955 Mass. Adv. Sh. 777, 779, In the circum-
stances, the conclusion is inescapable, in my
opinion, that the Boston Housing Authority and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are separate
entities, with the result that employees of the
Boston Housing Authority cannot be considered
persons "in the service of the Commonwealth"
within the meaning of chapter 32A of the General
Laws, and so cannot be considered state employees,
so as to be included in the present statutory plan
for group life, accident, hospitalization, and sur-
gical insurance for state employees.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Placed on file.
SNOW-MAKING EQUIPMENT AT COM-
MONWEALTH COUNTRY CLUB.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith a report from the Chief
Engineer of the Parks and Recreation Department
relative to your order of January 9, 1956, concern-
ing the investigation of the snow-making equip-
ment at the Commonwealth Country Club in
Newton, Mass.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
FEBRUARY 6, 1956.
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City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
January 13, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memorandum of January 11, 1956,
with attached City Council order that the Chair-
man of the Board of Parks and Recreation be re-
quested, through his Honor the Mayor, to assign
an observer to the Commonwealth Country Club
in Newton to observe the snow-making equipment
presently being operated there, with a view toward
eventual use of such equipment in the recreation
program of Boston.
I have asked Daniel J. Byrne, Jr., Chief Engineer
of this department, to visit the Commonwealth
Country Club for the purpose of observing the
snow-making equipment and to give me a report
on same.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
January 31, 1956.
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner,
Parks and Recreation Department.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your request I have had a
member of our engineering staff investigate the
snow-making equipment at the Commonwealth
Country Club in Newton, Mass.
I hereby respectfully report the results of his
investigation as follows:
The snow-making equipment installed at the
Commonwealth Country Club is sold by the
Larchmont Farms Company, Larchmont Lane,
Lexington 73, Mass., under the trade name of
" Lafco-Sno-System."
The manufacture of snow is accomplished by the
proper mixing of compressed air and water and
discharging the mixture as a fine fog through rotary
type sprinklers into the atmosphere. The quality
of snow is adjusted by use of a pressure regulating
valve on the water line.
In order to produce snow it is necessary that
weather and atmospheric conditions be similar to
those required for natural snow. The ground
must be frozen and the temperature 30 degrees or
colder. Ideal temperature is between 20 and 27
degrees. Snow can be produced faster on a cold,
cloudy day or at night.
The snow-making equipment at the Common-
wealth Country Club has been in operation on and
off since its installation three years ago. It is
used to cover a ski slope approximately 800 feet
long by 100 feet wide. This year a great deal of
difficulty has been experienced in operating the
equipment. Mr. White, of the Commonwealth
Country Club, would not recommend the pur-
chase of this equipment as he does not think it is
perfected well enough to insure a continuous,
profitable operation. The representative of the
Larchmont Farms Company claims that the poor
service record has been caused by improper drain-
age of the equipment at the end of the snow-making
operation and also by the failure of the rented air
compressors to supply the pressure and air volume
required.
At the time of observation the club's personnel
were clearing the equipment of ice particles by
applying hot water to the exterior of the mixing
box, and mechanics from the Worthington Com-
pany were making repairs to the compressors.
By ten o'clock in the morning all the equipment
was operating satisfactorily, and snow was being
manufactured on the slopes in preparation for
evening operation of the ski slopes. When the
equipment is operating correctly, the snow is
ideal for skiing.
In general, the layout necessary for a ski slope
100 feet wide on a 1,000 foot hill would be a ski
tow extending the length of the hill, and a flood-
lighting system covering the slope and tow area.
An air compressor of 1,000 cubic feet capacity and
a 4-inch water supply to the site is required. Two
3-inch header pipe lines are run parallel to the slope,
one for the compressed air and one for the water.
Every 100 feet a 1-inch pipe riser is taken off each
header pipe and a gate valve installed. An electric
outlet is also provided at the same location.
From the gate valves on the riser pipes and from
the electrical outlet it is possible to connect sec-
tions of pipe and wire, connecting five rotary
sprinkler heads in series. The sprinklers are spaced
approximately 20 feet on centers. The connection
between each sprinkler consists of two lines, one
with water and one with compressed air, and an
electric cord to the heating element in the mixing
box. This battery of five sprinklers makes up to a
length of 110 to 130 feet, depending on the length
of lead from the first sprinkler to the 3-inch supply
lines.
During the initial starting of the snow-making
operation, if the mixing box at the base of the
sprinkler head contains iee particles, the elec-
tricity to the heating element is turned on and the
heat melts the ice in the mixing box. The com-
pressed air and water are then turned on and
brought together in the mixing box. Through a
series of openings the air and water are expanded
and contracted several times before emerging
into the outside atmosphere as a fine fog which
produces, under favorable atmospheric conditions,
snow for the ski slopes.
The following cost estimate is for an installation
containing forty sprinkler heads, which would be
sufficient to maintain snow on a ski slope 100 feet
wide by 1,000 feet long. The estimate does not
include the cost of installing the necessary elec-
trical and water service from available service to
the proposed site area, the cost of which would
amount to a considerable sum if the proposed
site were at a considerable distance from the ex-
isting supply.
Ski tow complete with shelter for machinery $4,000
Air compressors (1,000 cubic feet capacity)
and shelter 30,000
Header pipe and eight portable sprinkler
sections 5,000
Water pump (if necessary) 2,000
Flood lighting and electrical outlets 3,000
$44,000
The air compressors may be rented at a charge
of approximately $45 per day.
It is estimated that expenses to operate a ski
tow and manufacture snow for the slope would be
as follows:
Per
Day.
Payrolls $42
Electricity 12
Water 6
Fuel for machinery 15
$75
Admission charges at the Commonwealth Coun-
try Club for a ski session of two and one-half hours
are:
Adults $2
Children under fifteen years of age $1
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel J. Bybne, Jh.,
Chief Engineer.
Engineering Data.
40 Sprinklers required for a 100-foot by 1,000-foot
slope.
I Sprinkler covers a 30-foot diameter.
1 Sprinkler produces 1 inch of snow per hour over
area.
I Sprinkler requires 25 cubic feet of air at 100
pounds pressure.
1 Sprinkler requires 5 gallons per minute of water
at 60 pounds pressure.
1 Sprinkler required a 75-watt heating element.
Referred to the Committee on Public Services
and Recreation.
COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE RESALE OF
NEW YORK STREETS AREA.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
With respect to the recent resolution adopted by
your Honorable Body for appointment of a select
committee to consider the economic development
of the New York Streets Area for urban redevelop-
ment purposes, I beg to notify you that this matter
is now under consideration by the Housing Author-
ity, which has in mind an approach to the problem
similar to that suggested in your resolution.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor,
Placed on file.
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ESTABLISHING IRISH CENTER IN
BOSTON.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
With respect to the recent resolution adopted
by your Honorable Body suggesting the establish-
ment of an Irish Center in the City of Boston, please
be advised that such a center may well be in-
cluded within the new World Trade Center, which
will be established in Boston sometime this year.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMPLOY-
EES OF MAINTENANCE DIVISION
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Law Department, January 31, 1956.
City Council,
City Hall, Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I have received from the City Clerk an attested
copy of the order passed by your Honorable Body
on January 16, 1956, requesting my opinion as to
whether the civilian members of the Maintenance
Division of the Boston Fire Department are em-
ployees within that department.
The maintenance personnel in question are un-
doubtedly employees of the City of Boston within
the Fire Department when those words are used
in such a context as to comprehend all the activities
associated with the administration of the municipal
fire organization. That is established by the case
cited in your order, namely, Nolan v. Boston Fire-
men's Relief Fund, 236 Mass. 420, holding, on
the authority of Fickett v. Boston Firemen's Re-
lief Fund, 220 Mass. 319, employees in the then
repair and construction, veterinary, and fire alarm
divisions to be members of the Boston Fire De-
partment within the meaning of the act incor-
porating the Boston Firemen's Relief Fund. But
it does not follow that civilian members of the
Maintenance Division are members of, or em-
ployees within, the Fire Department when what is
actually meant by "Fire Department" is the fire-
fighting force. This is plain from Elliott v. Fire
Commissioner of Boston, 245 Mass. 330, which,
explicitly distinguishing the Fickett and Nolan
cases, held that a blacksmith's helper in the repair
division was not such a "member of the Fire
Department" as to be entitled to a noncontribu-
tory pension then available to fire fighters. That
is to say, the interpretation to be placed upon the
term "Fire Department" varies according to the
context in which it is used. See 1944-1945 Opin-
ions of the Attorney General, page 35. See also
St. 1921, c. 390, defining the term "members of
the Boston Fire Department" as used in the act
incorporating the Boston Firemen's Relief Fund
to exclude from such act members of the Fire
Department who are not members of the fire-
fighting force.
Although your order fails to indicate the context
to which your inquiry is directed, it is my under-
standing that your order was prompted by a
contention that the civilian personnel of the
Maintenance Division are entitled to the increases
granted on September 7, 1955, to the members of
the fire-fighting force and the Fire Alarm Division.
Those increases were effected by amendments to
the respective compensation plans for "the fire-
fighting force" and for "the Fire Alarm Division."
The civilian members of the Maintenance Division
are plainly not members of either the fire-fighting
force or of the Fire Alarm Division and so are not
entitled to said increases. In this connection, it is
to be noted that there is no compensation plan
for "the Fire Department" as such; for the
personnel of the Fire Department, exclusive of the
fire-fighting force and the Fire Alarm Division,
are comprehended by the compensation plan for
municipal employees in general.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter, Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ASSISTANCE OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL
RESEARCH BUREAU ON ANNUAL
BUDGET.
The following was received:
Boston Municipal Research Bureau,
January 27, 1956.
Hon. Edward J. McCormack, Jr., President,
Boston City Council.
Dear Councillor McCormack:
The resolution of the City Council of January 16,
1956, requesting the assistance of the Boston
Municipal Research Bureau in connection with a
study of the budget has been received and con-
sidered.
The Bureau will be very glad to furnish such
technical assistance as may be requested by the
Committee on Appropriations and Finance and
as its small staff will permit.
Sincerely yours,
Henry L. Shattuck,
Chairman, Board of Directors.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS
OF FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
A communication was received from the Health
Department transmitting copy of proposed regula-
tions establishing minimum standards of fitness
for human habitation in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the communi-
cation and the proposed regulations were referred
to the Executive Committee.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of two parcels of property
in Roslindale under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY DEPART-
MENT, DIVISION OF FIRE PREVENTION.
Notice was received from the Public Safety
Department, Division of Fire Prevention, of dis-
missal of appeal of Cantina Primpas, 524 River
street, Dorchester, and Vasilios C. Primpas, 889
Cummins Highway, Dorchester, of license granted
for storage of gasoline and fuel oil at 2 Edgewater
Drive, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for erection of poles and wires on Wash-
ington street, West Roxbury.
Placed on file.
BUDGET FOR 1956
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith the budget allowances for city and county departments for the year 1956. These
allowances are approximately $4,600,000 greater than those of the previous year, and are over $6,000,000
less than the estimates submitted by the various departments.
Increases in compensation for patrolmen, fire fighters, jail and correction officers, as well as sliding
scale increases, an extra day's pay because of leap year, and a proposed reduction in the period for reach-
ing compensation maxima, account for about one third of this increase. In this same category are salary
increases for judges, court officers, probation officers, and other county personnel, new positions authorized
in several of the courts, and a $2.50 monthly allowance for transportation to the recipients of Old Age Assist-
ance.
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Disbursements in the Welfare and Veterans' Services Departments will be greater this year in the
amount of $750,000 because of rising costs of medicines, and dental and medical care. The cost of non-
contributory pensions will require an additional $200,000 appropriation this year. Included in the budget
is $75,000 for an equalization survey, and an additional $75,000 is allowed for the extra election function
to be held this year.
The remainder of the increased allowances this year can be charged to plant rehabilitation and repair.
The appropriations for such repairs are most necessary, especially in the Hospital, Parks and Recreation
Departments, and various public buildings. Many of these repairs have been deferred from year to year
and can no longer be deferred without a serious and most expensive aftermath.
A perusal of the 1956 budget will disclose that the allowances made are the minimum amounts necessary
for the proper conduct of the city and county affairs. From year to year, the city is faced with absorbing
additional cost of government over which it has no control, such as the increased monthly allowance for
Old Age recipients and the increased costs of medical services to recipients of welfare and veteran aid. Every
effort has been made to keep proposed expenditures at a minimum but despite our best efforts it is an im-
possibility to meet the obligations of the city and county governments except by greater appropriations.
This points up the necessity, frequently stated, of the need of additional income so that the ever-increasing
costs of government will not have to be borne almost in their entirety by owners of real estate. The financial
fate of municipalities in our Commonwealth will hang in the balance unless a new source of income becomes
available. Fixed obligations, statutory requirements, and expenditures over which the city officials have
little control make it impossible to reduce or hold steady the over-all expenses of the city. Economies
which are instituted are quickly wiped out because of such requirements.
The budget allowances, as submitted at this time, do not include the statutory down payments which
must be made to support loans for capital improvements. These appropriations will be submitted at a
later date.
I invite a close study by the City Council of the budget items allowed and I recommend adoption of the
accompanying appropriation and tax orders.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department, February 2, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Sir:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter 3A of the revised city ordinances, I have
prepared, under your direction, in segregated form, the annual budget for city, county, and revenue depart-
ments to be submitted to the City Council.
General Statement
The budget allowances recommended for city, county, and income departments represent an increase of
$4,526,281.33 over total appropriations authorized in 1955.
The following table indicates the differences between the appropriations recommended for 1956 and those
approved by the City Council in 1955:
I9SS 1956
Appropriations Recommendations Increase
City Budget . $96,640,580 75 $100,525,875 00 $3,885,294 25
County Budget 6,700,640 92 7,407,026 00 706,385 08
Total . . . $103,341,221 67 $107,932,901 00 $4,591,679 33
Income Departments 3,679,648 00 3,614,250 00 65,398 00*
Grand Total $107,020,869 67 $111,547,151 00 $4,526,281 33
The appropriations recommended for income departments will be met from the revenues collected by
these departments, and hence will not affect tins year's tax rate. In other words, the 1956 tax rate will be
affected solely by the increase in the city and county budgets, which increase is indicated in the foregoing
table as $4,591,679.33. .
In comparing 1956 recommendations with actual appropriations of 1955, it should be pointed out that
statutory allowances required in connection with contemplated loans have not been included in this year's
recommendations. Under existing law, it is necessary for the city to secure the approval of the Emergency
Finance Board for all proposed borrowings. The board has under consideration five loans contemplated for
1956. In the event approval is given by the board to these issues, it will be necessary to submit to the
City Council, in connection with the loan orders, appropriations to be raised within the tax levy totaling
$725,000.00.
Form of Budget
As indicated in the table of contents, the material relating to the 1956 budget is presented in this docu-
ment in three parts or sections. Part I presents the appropriations recommended for the various city,
county, and income departments. The departments have been arranged by functions, and the appropria-
tions are set forth under the eight main expenditure groups. .
Part II presents in detail the allowances recommended for departments and organization units. 11ns
detail supports the appropriations recommended and set forth in Part I. It should be noted that the detail
for individual departments is presented so as to indicate the various work programs to be performed, to-
gether with the allowance required for each program. _
Part III presents three sets of tables, two of which indicate in comparative form the differences between
1955 appropriations and 1956 recommendations, as they relate first to organization units, and second to
objects of expenditure. . , . , , .
The third set of tables indicates, in consolidated form, the various types of service, and their respective
costs, to be rendered by departments within the budgetary allowances recommended.
City Budget
Allowances recommended for city departments reflect an increase of $3,885,294.25 over comparable
appropriations of last year. . , ,.x
The following comments explain the major changes from 1955 in objects of expenditures among city
departments: , . , . , „, „,„„„,-, nA
Permanent Employees. The factors responsible for the increase of approximately $1,317,000.00 re-
flected in compensation allowances for permanent members of departmental staffs may be summarized as
follows:
Hospital Department $355,000 00 Opening of new services and establishment of compensation
differentials between nurses' shifts.
Police Department $320,700 00 Provision for $150.00 increase in the compensation of 2,863
members of the uniformed force.
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Fire Department $230,700 00 Provision for an increase of $150.00 in the compensation of
2,072 members of the uniformed force.
Sliding Scales $211,300 00 Increases for 2,656 employees who have not as yet reached
the maxima provided under the compensation plan for their
respective positions.
Extra Day's Compensation $200,000 00 Since 1956 is a Leap Year, provision must be made for the
extra day of service resulting from this fact.
Temporary Employees. Approximately one half of the $136,000.00 increase reflected in this allowance
is due to the fact that the Presidential Primary, which will occur in April, represents an additional election
function to be conducted this year, making necessary the employment of additional temporary employees to
man the voting precincts for this function. The balance of the increase is spread over a number of depart-
ments.
Overtime. The increase of $73,000.00 reflected in this item may be attributed in the main to the in-
creased scales of compensation of permanent employees. This is particularly true in the Police and Fire
Departments.
Contractual Services. The major portion of the $650,000.00 increase under this group has resulted
from increased allowances made for plant rehabilitation and building repairs in the Hospital and Parks and
Recreation Departments, as well as the Buildings Division of the Real Property Department. It is obvious
that efficient service requires proper upkeep and maintenance of the plant where such services are rendered
and performed. It should be pointed out that roughly 80% of the increase reflected under this group has
been allotted to the Hospital Department.
Supplies and Materials. Approximately two thirds of the $320,000.00 increase, reflected under this
group, has been allotted to the Hospital Department to provide for the purchase of medical and surgical
supplies required in the new services, recently established, and to meet increased food requirements at the
three hospitals operated by this department. An extra allowance of $25,000.00 has been allowed the Library
Department, primarily to permit advance purchases of books for the new South Boston Branch, which will
be opened shortly after the beginning of next year.
Current Charges and Obligations. Increased disbursements by the Welfare and Veterans' Services
Departments are responsible for the upward movement of $1,240,000.00 reflected in this group. The action
of the 1955 Legislature in authorizing an additional $2.50 monthly allowance for transportation to the
recipients of old age assistance will cost the City approximately $450,000.00. In addition, the cost to the
Welfare Department for medicines and dental and medical care of recipients of assistance continues to
increase in substantial amount. In the Veterans' Services Department an increased case load is responsible,
in the main, for the estimated addition in disbursements.
Equipment. While this group reflects a slight decrease from 1955, it should be pointed out that the ap-
- propriation listed for last year included a down payment of $157,000.00 for the equipment loan which was
issued in 1955. It is contemplated that a similar loan will be authorized for 1956, but, as previously pointed
out, until approval of the Emergency Finance Board is secured, the down payment required in connection
with the loan will not reflect in the current year's allowance.
Structures and Improvements. The 1955 appropriation included a down payment of $312,000.00 to
support the major repair loan authorized by the Legislature. When this amount is eliminated from last
year's appropriation it is apparent that the 1956 allowance is comparable with that of 1955. Approximately
50% of this year's appropriation has been allotted to the Hospital Department for necessary structural
improvements. The Parks and Recreation Department has been allotted $250,000.00 for roadway con-
struction in the Fens. An allotment of $65,000.00 has been made to the Health Department for essential
structural improvements in Health Units, and $150,000.00 has been allotted to the Public Works Department
for the construction and reconstruction of sidewalks.
Land and Improvements. The increase of $33,000.00, reflected in this group, has resulted from increased
allotments to the Parks and Recreation Department for necessary improvements to playgrounds, and the
development of new grave sections in the three cemeteries under the control of the department.
Special Appropriations. The principal allotment provided under this group is $337,500.00 to permit
proposed amendments to the compensation plan. Under these amendments the longevity increases, now
provided in the pay schedule, will be eliminated, and in their place will be substituted sliding scale increases
at the end of the seventh and eleventh years of service. Under existing law, the amendments proposed
must be publicly advertised, and must be considered by the City Council at public hearings. It is planned
to initiate action in this respect after the adoption of the budget, and it is estimated that the pay schedule,
ultimately resulting, will be effective on the first Wednesday in July. It is estimated that 4,652 employees
will benefit by this action.
Another new allowance in this group is $75,000.00 for a proposed Equalization Survey. This will be
conducted under the direction of the Assessing Department, and will embrace income-producing properties,
largely in the three downtown wards of the city. The purpose of this Survey is to establish proper methods
for the determination oi equitable assessments on the properties to be surveyed.
It has been found necessary to increase the allowances for noncontributory pensions and annuities by
$200,000.00 over last year, because of a continued upward trend in the number of applicants for such pay-
ments.
Other increases within this group are as follows:
Executions of Court $75,000 00
Snow Removal 50,000 00
Reserve Fund 50,000 00
Workmen's Compensation 40,000 00
County Budget
Allowances recommended for county departments reflect an increase of $706,385.08 oyer similar appro-
priations in 1955. The following comments explain the major changes responsible for this increase.
Permanent Employees. A substantial portion of the $460,000.00 increase, reflected under this item,
may be attributed to five measures enacted last year by the legislature. These acts provided for increases
for judges in the Supreme Judicial, Superior, Boston Municipal and District Courts, as well as for probation
officers in the Roxbury Court, and medical examiners and their associates in Suffolk County.
The measures relating to the judiciary were limited, in so far as the specific provisions set forth in the
several measures, to the increases in compensation for the justices. Because of the fact that clerks of court
and court officers' salaries are fixed by statute at varying percentages of the compensation of the justices
of their courts, it was mandatory, in providing increased compensation for the justices, to also increase
salaries of these various court attaches. The granting of these automatic increases caused a disruption in
the salary scales of the courts involved, with the result that the justices in two of the courts voted further
increases to other members of the court staffs.
The following table indicates the factors entering into this year's increased allowance.
Mandatory Legislative Increases $317,000 00 These increases resulted from the enactment of
Chapters 733, 741 and 748 of the Acts of 1955.
New Positions $52,750 00 Legislative action authorizing the appointment
of ten additional Assistant District Attorneys
for Suffolk County has made necessary a pro-
vision for additional secretaries and legal aids in
the office of the District Attorney. In the Rox-
FEBRUARY 6, 1956. 33
bury Court, legislation permitted the appoint-
ment of an additional court officer, and the
establishment of the position of Assistant Chief
Probation Officer. In the Superior Criminal
Court an additional Assistant Clerk and a
Clerical Assistant have been allowed.
Sliding Scales $34,768 09 Increases for 328 employees who have not as yet
reached the maxima provided under the com-
pensation plan for their respective positions.
Increases Granted by Justices $31,654 50 These increases, affecting 41 court attaches,
were voted by the justices of the courts involved,
to remedy disruptions caused by the increase
resulting from legislative action.
Increases for Jail and Correction Officers $23,000 00 This will permit a one-grade increase for 181
officers attached to the Jail and the House of
Correction.
Contractual Services. The increase of $33,000.00, reflected in this group, may be attributed directly to
the increased compensation for jurors, provided at the last session of the Legislature.
Supplies and Materials. Because of a sharp upward trend in the population at the House of Correction,
Deer Island, it has been necessary to make increased allowances for foodstuffs and various supplies and
materials used at this institution.
Structures and Improvements. Approximately one half of the $127,000.00 increase, reflected in this
group, is represented by an allowance of $60,000.00 to waterproof and point the old courthouse building in
Pemberton Square. Because of the age of this building, serious leaks have developed in the masonry struc-
ture, with the result that at the time of heavy rainstorms considerable seepage occurs with damage resulting
to ceilings and walls.
Approximately $25,000.00 has been allotted to the Jail for necessary roof repairs and rehabilitation of
the boiler plant. An allowance of $18,000.00 has been made to provide two new boilers at the Dorchester
Courthouse, extensive pointing and waterproofing at the Brighton Courthouse, and necessary alterations
and repairs at the Charlestown Courthouse.
Special Appropriations. An allowance of $17,500.00 has been provided to permit amendments to the
County Compensation Plan. These amendments will be similar to those previously described under the
City Budget. It is estimated that 218 employees will benefit by this action.
It has been found necessary to increase the allowance of the Middlesex County Training School by
$15,000.00 because of an increase in the rates charged at this institution for the care of boys committed
thereto.
A slight increase has also been found necessary for noncontributory pensions and annuities.
Income Departments
The allowances made under this section reflect a decrease of roughly $65,000.00 over the previous years.
This is due to the fact that the 1955 appropriations included an allowance of $180,000.00 for the settlement of
damage claims resulting from major breaks in the water distribution system. The absence of an appropria-
tion of this character in 1956 has made possible a decrease in the over-all allowance.
Conclusion
The major factors responsible for the increase in budget recommendations for the current year, as
against appropriations in 1955, have been set forth in the previous paragraphs. While it is not pleasant to
contemplate the effect on this year's tax rate of these increases, I believe that a review of the explanations
set forth will support the conclusion that the upward movement reflected in the 1956 budget has resulted
from uncontrollable causes and conditions which are not readily subject to administrative discretion through
the budgetary process.
Respectfully,
Charles J. Fox,
Director of Administrative Services.
APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX ORDERS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1956.
Ordered, That to meet the current expenses payable during the financial year beginning with the first
day of January, 1956, for performing the duties and exercising the powers devolved by statute or ordinance,
or by vote of the City Council during the year, upon the City of Boston, or County of Suffolk, or the
departments or officers thereof, the respective sums of money specified in the tables and schedules herein-
after set out be, and the same are, hereby appropriated for the several departments and for the objects and
purposes hereinafter stated.
Ordered, That the appropriation for Water Service, current expenses, and the payment to the state,
under the provisions of chapter 488 of the Acts of 1895, and acts in addition or amendment thereto, and
for the interest and debt requirements or for loans issued for water purposes, be met by the income of said
works and any excess over income from taxes; that the appropriation for the Sumner Traffic Tunnel be
met by the income from tolls and any excess over income from taxes, in accordance with the provisions of
section 11, chapter 297, of the Acts of 1929, as amended by chapter 74 of the Acts of 1935; that appropri-
ations for the maintenance and operation of parking meters and the regulation of parking and other traffic
activities incident thereto, be met by the income from parking meter fees; that the other appropriations
hereinafter specified be met out of the money remaining in the treasury at the close of business on Decem-
ber 31, 1955, exclusive of the money raised by loan or needed to carry out the requirements of any statute,
gift, trust or special appropriation; by the income of the financial year beginning January 1, 1956; by taxes
on the polls and estates in the City of Boston; and by the proceeds of any duly authorized loans.
Ordered, That all sums of money which form no part of the income of the city, but shall be paid for
services rendered or work done by any department or division for any other department or division, or for
any person or corporation other "than the City of Boston, be paid into the general treasury, and that all
contributions made to any appropriation be expended for the objects and purposes directed by the several
contributors thereof.
Ordered, That all taxes raised to meet the appropriations of the city, and all taxes assessed for meeting
the city's proportion of the state tax for the year 1956, or for any other taxes or assessments payable to
the Commonwealth, shall be due and payable on July 1, 1956. Interest shall be charged at the rate of 4
per cent per annum and computed from October 1, 1956, on all real estate and personal property taxes
remaining unpaid after November 1, 1956, and assessed and payable in the year 1956, before said Novem-
ber 1, 1956, until such taxes are paid. All interest which shall have become due on taxes shall be added
to and be part of such taxes.
Ordered, That except as the appropriation for any purpose or item shall be increased by additional
appropriations or transfers lawfully made, no money shall be expended by any department for any of the
purposes or items designated in the tables and schedules hereinafter set out in excess of the amount set down
as appropriated for such specific purpose or item.
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COMPARISON TABLES
CITY BUDGET SUMMARY
19S5
Appropriation
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative and Executive
Mayor, Office Expenses $128,340 00
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished
Guests 75,000 00
Public Celebrations 120,000 00
U. S. Bond Allotment Plan 37,500 00
Civic Improvement Committee .... 10,750 00
City Council 135,290 00
City Council Proceedings 15,000 00
Elections
Election Department , . . 474,003 25
Finance
Auditing Department 319,235 00
Assessing Department 085,843 94
Equalization Survey —
Collecting Division, Treasury Department . . 245,637 95
Treasury Division, Treasury Department . . 210,061 00
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, Treasury
Department 2,700 00
Administrative Services
Administrative Services Department:
Administrative Division 50,511 00
Personnel Division 43,928 00
Purchasing Division 132,971 00
Budget Division 44,144 00
Printing Section, Purchasing Division . . 738,533 00
Purchasing Division, Office Supplies Account . 15,000 00
Art Commission 2,312 00
Complaints Division 13,239 00
Law
Law Department 454,792 00
Recording and Reporting
City Clerk Department 84,942 00
City Documents 35,000 00
Planning
City Planning Board . 90,320 00
Board of Zoning Adjustment 1,995 00
Rezoning Study 8,000 00
General Government Buildings
Real Property Department:
Real Property Division 100,462 00
Buildings Division 1,032,841 00
Market Division 31,583 00
Miscellaneous General Government
Boston Retirement Board 114,104 10
Finance Commission 60,000 00
Compensation Plan Amendments .... —
1956
Department
Estimate
$151,269 00
84,020 00
121,021 00
30,169 00
12,568 00
137,723 00
16,000 00
564,963 00
333,098 00
735,327 81
75,000 00
268,137 00
231,471 00
2,750 00
45,161 00
45,845 00
137,051 40
46,612 70
785,418 00
15,000 00
2,500 00
14,653 00
431,118 00
86,498 87
35,000 00
114,904 00
2,685 00
121,343 00
1,243,371 19
32,126 00
124,553 00
60,000 00
337,500 00
1956
Allowance
$150,556 00
75,000 00
120,000 00
29,000 00
11,808 00
137,238 00
16,000 00
551,520 00
322,258 00
703,475 00
75,000 00
251,836 00
227,739 00
2,750 00
45,161 00
45,802 00
134,949 00
46,612 00
727,725 00
15,000 00
2,500 00
14,288 00
415,139 00
86,261 00
35,000 00
95,595 00
1,995 00
104,036 00
1,100,740 00
32,046 00
122,635 00
60,000 00
337,500 00
PUBLIC SAFETY
Police
Police Department
Fire
Fire Department
Protective Inspection and Regulation
Building:
Building Department ....
Board of Appeal . . . . .
Board of Examiners . . . .
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Military and Civilian Defense
Civil Defense Activities ....
Other
Boston Traffic Commission
Licensing Board
13,914,000 00
10,243,026 00
635,093 00
26,147 00
8,446 00
73,808 00
688,156 00
111,630 51
14,861,113 00
11,027,834 50
711,685 00
31,715 00
9,092 00
2,000 00
84,729 00
733,158 70
118,085 00
14,496,850 00
10,596,358 00
656,333 00
31,065 00
9,092 00
2,000 00
77,382 00
685,230 00
111,910 00
PUBLIC WORKS
Public Works Department
Highways and Roadways
Bridge Service 955,155 00 1,042,421 00 859,537 00
Paving Service 1,607,675 00 1,742,355 00 1,529,295 00
Survey Division 125.146 00 132,121 00 117,425 00
Street Lighting
Lighting Service 1,422,512 00 1,483,057 00 1,470,210 00
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Sewer Service 914,027 00 962,124 00 787,217 00
Sanitation
Sanitary Service 4,795,933 00 4,890,147 00 4,770,518 00
Other
Central Office 62,225 00 63,369 00 63,015 00
Automotive Division 602,216 00 1,079,77100 644,714 00
HEALTH
Health Department
Health Division ....
Registry Division . . .
Weights and Measures Division
1,614,233 00
147,712 00
84,668 00
1,850,901 00
150,052 00
93,127 00
1,680,225 00
142,172 00
86,594 00
FEBRUARY 6, 1956.
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1956
1955 Depabtment 1956
Appropriation' Estimate Allowance
HOSPITALS
General
Hospital Department $11,960,649 00 $14,485,835 00 $12,960,050 00
Tuberculosis
Sanatorium Division 2,284,075 00 2,565,756 00 2,368,705 00
Other Gity-Operated Hospitals
Long Island Hospital Division 2,337,406 00 2,776,175 70 2,340,468 00
PUBLIC WELFARE
General Welfare
Central Office, Welfare Department
Temporary Home ....
Wayfarers' Lodge . . . .
Aid to Needy Veterans
Veterans' Services Department
Veterans' Graves Registration .
LIBRARIES
Library Department . . . .
21,729,224 00
52,498 00
36,916 00
1,869,816 00
6,222 00
3,253,680 00
23,233,903 00 22,782,074 00
52,501 00 50,751 00
39,501 00 38,251 00
2,031,688 00
6,802 70
2,006,093 00
6,293 00
3,569,806 00 3,334,610 00
PARKS AND RECREATION
Parks and Recreation Department
Cemetery Division
MISCELLANEOUS
Executions of Court, etc .
Workmen's Compensation Service
Workmen's Compensation
City Record, Publication of
Pensions and Annuities
Boston Rent Board ._■'-.
Snow Removal ....
Federal Public Health Program
Reserve Fund . . . ■ .
Boston Housing Authority
Departmental Equipment .
Remodeling, Reconstruction and Extra Repairs
Grand Total
3,124,380 00
302,799 00
275,000 00
34,859 00
180,000 00
53,741 00
4,380,000 00
129,145 00
350,000 00
8,324 00
150,000 00
27,000 00
157,000 00
392,000 00
3,788,407 00
402,564 00
350,000 00
34,147 00
225,000 00
58,774 00
4,580,000 00
400,000 00
9,448 00
300,000 00
27,000 00
3,496,665 00
348,265 00
350,000 00
34,122 00
220,000 00
' 58,774 00
4,580,000 00
400,000 00
9,448 00
200,000 00
27,000 00
$96,640,580 75 $106,451,022.57 $100,525,875 00
COUNTY BUDGET SUMMARY
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Elections
Apportionment Commission
Finance
Treasury Division, Treasury Department
Recording and Reporting
Registry of Deeds
General Government Buildings
County Court House (Custodian) ....
Buildings Division, Real Property Department
(County Buildings)
Miscellaneous General Government
Compensation Plan Amendments ....
1955
Appropriation
$5,200 00
5,629 00
432,685 00
601,186 00
214,081 00
1956
Department
Estimate
$442,290 00
766,149 00
241,310 85
17,500 00
1956
Allowance
$424,335 00
669,288 00
207,200 00
17,500 00
CORRECTION
Correctional Institutions
Jail
Central Office, Penal Institutions Department
House of Correction, Penal Institutions Depart-
ment
Middlesex County Training School .
JUDICIAL
Central Courts
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court, General Expenses .
Clerk's Office, Superior Court, Civil Session .
Criminal Session, Superior Court
Municipal Court, City of Boston
Boston Juvenile Court
Probate Court
Court Officers' Division, Superior Court
Probation Department, Superior Court, Criminal
Session
District Courts
Municipal Court, Charlestown District
East Boston District Court
Municipal Court, South Boston District
Municipal Court, Dorchester District
Municipal Court, Roxbury District
Municipal Court, West Roxbury District
Municipal Court, Brighton District
District Court of Chelsea .
422,583 00
75,041 00
863,786 40
100,000 00
91,691 00
93,798 00
690,445 00
547,700 00
847,726 00
101,746 64
60,723 44
339,641 00
136,272 00
64,225 62
66,689 00
69,169 50
104,270 00
250,982 97
82,029 00
55,885 00
73,418 35
476,789 00
83,937 00
1,111,116 97
115,000 00
122,005 00
107,654 00
752,852 00
657,710 00
997,331 75
117,008 00
78,677 00
414,285 50
159,392 00
74,327 88
70,057 56
72,599 53
111,764 47
283,228 38
87,306 62
59,406 45
87,573 00
467,798 00
79,647 00
994,444 00
115,000 00
114,850 00
107,554 Oo
740,993 00
640,108 00
966,266 00
110,288 00
66,582 00
400,123 00
158,468 00
68,979 00
67,617 00
69,870 00
110,546 00
281,311 00
85,648 00
56,263 00
76,969 00
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Medical, Examinations
Medical Examiner Service, Northern Division
Medical Examiner Service, Southern Division
Associate Medical Examiner Service, Northern
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Associate Medical Examiner Service, Southern
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Other
Social Law Library
Mental Illness
Miscellaneous
Pensions and Annuities
Grand Total
1955
Appropriation
$42,194 00
26,642 00
3,618 00
3,458 00
2,000 00
56,125 00
170,000 00
1956
Department
Estimate
$50,437 00
29,533 00
4,938 00
4,738 00
2,000 00
50,000 00
172,000 00
1956
Allowance
$46,210 00
29,493 00
4,938 00
4,738 00
2,000 00
50,000 00
172,000 00
$6,700,640 92 $7,820,917 96 $7,407,026 00
INCOME DEPARTMENTS BUDGET SUMMARY
1955 1956
Appropriation Department
Appropriation Estimate
Collecting Division, Treasury Department
(Water Service) $130,000 00 $138,585 00
Automotive Division, Public Works Department
(Water Service) 43,543 00 92,022 00
Sumner Traffic Tunnel, Public Works Depart-
ment 598,980 00 721,000 00
Water Service, Public Works Department . 2,675,125 00 2,648,697 00
Pensions and Annuities 232,000 00 250,000 00
Grand Total $3,679,648 00 $3,850,304 00
1956
Allowance
$132,195 00
91,200 00
683,830 00
2,457,025 00
250,000 00
$3,614,250 00
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CITY BUDGET
1955 1956
Appropriation Appropriation Allowance
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Permanent Employees $51,757,179 61 $53,074,741 00
Temporary Employees 784,622 00 921,367 00
Overtime 1,057,560 00 1,130,350 00
Total Personal Services .... $53,599,361 61 $55,126,458 00
Contractual Services 7,467,683 14 8,131,460 00
Supplies and Materials 5,502,037 00 5,822,416 00
Current Charges and Obligations:
Aid to Dependent Children 3,940,000 00 4,150,000 00
General Relief 2,750,000 00 2,575,000 00
Old Age Assistance 10,620,000 00 11,150,000 00
Veterans' Benefits 1,550,000 00 1,675,000 00
Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled . 2,575,000 00 3,140,000 00
All Others 344,051 00 328,447 00
Equipment 544,180 00 328,788 00
Structures and Improvements .... 1,810,549 00 1,441,550 00
Land and Improvements 172,000 00 205,000 00
Special Appropriations:
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished
Guests 75,000 00 75,000 00
Public Celebrations . . . . . . . 120,000 00 120,000 00
Snow Removal 350,000 00 400,000 00
Federal Public Health Program .... 8,324 00 9,448 00
Boston Housing Authority 27,000 00 27,000 00
Workmen's Compensation . .• . . . 180,000 00 220,000 00
Reserve Fund 150,000 00 200,000 00
Pensions and Annuities 4,380,000 00 4,580,000 00
Bond AUotment Plan ...... 37,500 00 29,000 00
Civic Improvement Committee .... 10,75000 11,80800
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements 275,000 00 350,000 00
Boston Rent Board . 129,145 00 —
Office Supplies Account 15,000 00 15,000 00
Equalization Survey — 75,000 00
Rezoning Study 8,000 00 —
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission ... — 2,000 00
Compensation Plan Amendments .... — 337,500 00
Grand Total $96,640,580 75 $100,525,875 00
* Denotes deorease
Personal Services:
Permanent Employees
Temporary Employees
Overtime
TWO-YEAR COMPARISON
COUNTY BUDGET
1955
Appropriation
$4,806,943 62
56,510 30
15,000 00
1956
Allowance
$5,326,093 00
59,077 00
19,500 00
Increase
$1,317,561 39
136,745 00
72,790 00
$1,527,096 39
663,776 86
320,379 00
210,000 00
175,000 00*
530,000 00
125,000 00
565,000 00
15,604 00*
215,392 00*
368,999 00*
33,000 00
50,000 00
1,124 00
40,000 00
50,000 00
200,000 00
8,500 00*
1,058 00
75,000 00
129,145 00*
75,000 00
8,000 00*
2,000 00
337,500 00
$3,885,294 25
Increase
$459,149 38
2,566 70
4,500 00
Total Personal Services
$4,938,453 92 $5,404,670 00 $466,216 08
FEBRUARY 6, 1956.
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Contractual Services
Supplies and Materials .
Current Charges and Obligations
Equipment
Structures and Improvements
Special Appropriations:
Middlesex County Training School
Pensions and Annuities.
Apportionment Commission
Compensation Plan Amendments
I9SS
Appropriation
$839,309 00
588,838 00
12,966 00
15,874 00
30,000 00
100,000 00
170,000 00
5,200 00
19S6
Allowance
.$872,364 00
640,108 00
13,864 00
14,395 00
157,125 00
115,000 00
172,000 00
17,500 00
Grand Total
* Denotes decrease
Increase
$33,055 00
51,270 00
898 00
1,479 00*
127,125 00
15,000 00
2,000 00
5,200 00*
17,500 00
$6,700,640 92 $7,407,026 00 $706,385 08
TWO-YEAR BUDGET COMPARISON
INCOME DEPARTMENTS
Personal Services:
Permanent Employees
Temporary Employees
Overtime
Total Personal Services
Contractual Services
Supplies and Materials .
Current Charges and Obligation
Equipment
Structures and Improvements
Special Appropriations:
Pensions and Annuities .
19SS
Appropriation
$2,006,818 00
20,800 00
45,500 00
$2,073,118 00
563,100 00
286,030 00
206,100 00
119,300 00
200,000 00
232,000 00
Grand Total . .
* Denotes increase
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and Finance.
1956
Allowance Decrease
$1,989,000 00 $17,818 00
29,300 00 8,500 00*
52,000 00 6,500 00*
$2,070,300 00 $2,818 00
622,300 00 59,200 00*
310,425 00 24,395 00*
25,025 00 181,075 00
136,200 00 16,900 00*
200,000 00 —
250,000 00 18,000 00*
$3,679,648 00 $3,614,250 00 $65,398 00
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
John D. Ahern, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Police Department.
John D. Ahern, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Police Department.
Thomas A. Bevins, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Boston Herald Traveler Corporation, for com-
pensation for damage to car by Boston police
wagon.
Mary Crowley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Q\ Green street.
J. D'Amico, Inc., to be reimbursed for relaying
house drain at 89 Searle road.
Catherine Day, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Columbus avenue.
Lee Dyer, for compensation for damage to prop-
erty caused by an alleged defect in Larch road,
Brighton.
H. L. Golden & Co., Inc., for refund of unused
portion of alcoholic beverages license.
James F. Harrington, M.D., for compensation
for loss of blood pressure equipment at City
Hospital.
Jordan Marsh Company, for compensation for
cost of repairing sidewalk coil cut by City of
Boston Sewer Division.
Pearl Lillard, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 65 Northfield street,
Roxbury.
Beatrice Lipinsky, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 972 Commonwealth
avenue.
Irene MacNeill, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Columbus avenue.
Paul MacWhorter, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Mary E. Malley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 88 Murdock street,
Brighton.
Oswald McKeen, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Kelton street.
Ellen O'Brien, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Parkland street,
Brighton.
Winifred P. O'Connell, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in
Stratford street, West Roxbury.
Hattie Olen, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect in Winter street, Boston.
Mark Quigley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Commonwealth
avenue, Brighton.
Barbara Scannell, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 3121 Washington
street.
Dora Shore, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect in Frontenac street.
D. Van Ham, for compensation for damage to
car caused by an alleged defect in Rawston road,
Roslindale.
Leo Zeissner, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 103 Revere street.
Judith B. Zoll, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Thatcher street,
Hyde Park.
REDUCTION OF ANNUITY.
Petition of Catherine DePietro, for a reduction
of the annuity granted her on account of the death
of her husband, Salvatore DePietro, late member
of the Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Marie Burke, to be paid annuity on
account of death of her husband, Edmund J.
Burke, late member of the Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from William Fullerton, 52 Chelsea
street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
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CITY COUNCIL.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Works transmitting copy
of order of layout and taking of section of state
highway (Southeast Expressway).
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of Quirino Sticco and
Frank Tavella, having been duly approved
by the Collector-Teasurer, were received and
approved.
SYMPATHY UPON DEATH OF THOMAS
SLATTERY AND MICHAEL LANGONE.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for all the Councillors, sub-
mitted the following:
Whereas, As a result of a tragic fire and explosion
last week in the Sons of Italy Hall in East Boston;
and
Whereas, Two fire fighters of the City of Boston,
Thomas Slattery and Michael Langone, were killed
as a result of this tragic fire while acting in the
regular performance of their duty (one killed out-
right at the scene and one died in the following
days) ; and
Whereas, The loss of these men dealt a terrific
blow to the families, friends, and to the City of
Boston; therefore be it
Resolved, That the members of the Boston City
Council, in behalf of themselves, the citizens of
Boston, and particularly the fire fighters of Boston,
extend to the bereaved families, their associated
fire fighters of Boston, and to the citizens of Boston,
their utmost sympathy to all affected by this dis-
astrous fire; and be it further
Resolved, That the Rev. Mr. Barclay, depart-
ment chaplain, be commended for his heroism in
risking his life in the fire to offer the chaplain's
prayer in behalf of the fatally injured fire fighter;
and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of the resolution be sent
to the families of the deceased fire fighters, and
that a copy be sent to the chaplain, and the Fire
Commissioner.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
REGULATIONS FOR ADOPTION OF
STANDARDS OF FITNESS FOR HUMAN
HABITATION.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consider the
advisability of requesting the Boston Health De-
partment to
1. Include in any new regulations establishing
Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habita-
tion in the City of Boston a reasonable time for
compliance with the proposed changes.
2. Prior to the passing of any new regulations,
a copy of the proposed regulations be published in
the Boston "City Record."
3. That in connection therewith, a public hear-
ing be held and that notice of the time and date of
said hearing be published together with the pro-
posed changes.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PROPOSED CHANGES IN ZONING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consider the
advisability of requesting the Zoning Board to
read, prior to any hearing, that portion of the
proposed changes in zoning that affect the area in
the petition to be heard.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.25 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 4.35 p.m.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective February 8, 1956, the
following persons be, and they hereby arc, ap-
pointed in the service of the Clerk of Committees
Department to the positions set against their re-
spective names until the second Wednesday of
March, 1956, at the salaries in effect for them on
February 7, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-reception-
ist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
Edward T. Kelley, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
"JOE CRONIN DAY."
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to proclaim a "Joe Cronin Day" to demonstrate
the appreciation of the City of Boston to this great
athlete and citizen for the invaluable contribution
he has made toward teaching the youth of our
city and state the lesson of good sportsmanship.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ANNUAL AWARD IN NAME OF PATROL-
MAN WILLIAM HENNESSEY.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH, for
all the Councillors, submitted the following:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to confer with the Police Commissioner
with reference to setting up an Annual Award to
be given in the name of Patrolman William Hennes-
sey of the Boston Police Department to that
member of the Boston Police Department who, by
the manner in which he conducts himself while on
duty, best promotes good will and mutual under-
standing between the general public and the
Police Department of this city; be it further
Resolved, That the manner in which the recipient
is to be chosen each year is left to the discretion of
his Honor the Mayor and the Police Commissioner:
and that if and when such an award is established
the first such award be granted to William Hen-
nessey.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
Coun. COLLINS moved that the Council ex-
press deep regrets to Patrolman Hennessey on the
death of his wife.
The motion was carried by a unanimous rising
vote.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
Report on petition of Catherine DePietro (re-
ferred today) for a reduction of annuity granted
her on account of the death of her husband,
Salvatore DePietro — recommending passage of the
following order:
Ordered, That the annuity payable to Catherine
DePietro under section 89A of chapter 32 of the
General Laws by virtue of an order passed by the
City Council on December 12. 1955, and approved
by the Mayor on December 13, 1955, be, and the
same hereby is, reduced from the amount fixed in
said order, of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) a year
to the amount of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400)
a year, effective as of January 1, 1956.
The report was accepted, and the order was
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on applications (referred January 30)
for commercial use shellfish permits for Ralph
FEBRUARY 6, 1956.
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Bishop, James V. D'Amico, William W. Fullerton,
George M. Hurd, Vincent A. Perrella, Jr., and
Albin Wrublowski — recommending that permits be
granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor (rpferred
January 3) vetoing ordinance establishing office of
Second Assistant City Messenger — recommending
that the message and ordinance be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message and
ordinance were placed on file.
2. Report on notice from the Department of
Public Utilities (referred December 29, 1955) of
hearing to be held January 24, 1956, on rates and
charges by Boston Gas Company — recommending
that notice be placed on file.
3. Report on notice from the Department of
Public Utilities (referred January 16) of hearing on
petition of Boston Gas Company for approval of
extension of maturity of certain promissory notes —
recommending that notice be placed on file.
4. Report on notice from the Department of
Public Utilities (referred January 16) of hearing on
practices and services of New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad relative to passenger commuter
service — recommending that notice be placed on
file.
5. Report on notice from the Department of
Public Utilities (referred January 16) of hearing
on petition of Metropolitan Transit Authority
for approval of issue of certain bonds or notes — -
recommending that notice be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the several
notices were placed on file.
6. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
October 31, 1955) relative to election to be held
for bargaining unit for fire fighters — recommending
reference of the message to the Committee on
Public Services and Recreation.
7. Report on communication from the Corpora-
tion Counsel (referred January 23) on preparation
of ordinance for a bargaining unit for Fire Depart-
ment— recommending reference of the communica-
tion to the Committee on Public Services and
Recreation.
The reports were accepted, and the message
and communication w~ere referred to the Com-
mittee on Public Services and Recreation.
8. Report on order (referred January 30)
relative to Union Freight Railroad trains and
cars standing on Atlantic and Northern avenues —
submitting a partial report recommending passage
of the following order.
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be
requested to submit a brief to the City Council
giving the history relative to the operation of the
cars of the Union Freight Railroad Company on
various streets in Boston.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
Adjourned at 4.52 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, February 13, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing «s6^8sr. Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, February 13, 195G.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2~ P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend Francis D. Chmaj, of Our
Lady of Ostrabrama Roman Catholic Church,
Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. FRANCIS D.
CHMAJ.
Lord God, Eternal Father, pour forth Thy
gracious inspiration upon these legislators
gathered together to voice the will of the
people for their common welfare.
Enlighten their hearts and strengthen their
wills that they may in their deliberations,
actions, and decisions please Thee in all
things, the one true God.
Teach them, Father, what they are to do,
and what they must accomplish that Thy
glory be proclaimed and the temporal welfare
of the people of Boston be safeguarded.
Grant unto them Thy continuous help that
Thy blessings through this body of elected
servants may descend most abundantly in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Constable with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond for the term end-
ing April 30, 1956: Dennis C. Ricupero, 224
Chelsea street, East Boston.
Measurers of Grain for the term ending
April 30, 1956: Gilbert C. Jackson, Jr., 444
Sumner street, East Boston; Francis J. White,
Jr., 105 Newport street, Arlington; John E.
Stone, 155 Webster street, East Boston; John
E. O'Brien, 54 Marathon street, Arlington.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Confirmations.
PURCHASE OF TAPE RECORDER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
In reply to your order of January 30, 1956,
concerning the purchase of a tape recorder
for use at hearings of committees of your
Honorable Body, I have been advised by the
Director of Administrative Services that an
amount sufficient for the purchase of this
item will be allocated within the departmental
equipment loan.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
INSPECTOR (FOOD).
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 10, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
the Supervisor of Personnel relative to your
order of January 20, 1956, concerning the
amending of Schedule B of the Classification
and Compensation Plan for the City of Bos-
ton Employees by striking out after the words
"Compensation Grade" under the caption
"Environmental Sanitation Inspector (Food)"
the figure "17" and inserting in place there-
of "19."
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 6, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir :
Receipt is acknowledged of the following
order passed by the City Council on January
30, 1956, and forwarded to me for a report:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Administrative Services Board that Sched-
ule B of the Classification and Compensation
Plan for the City of Boston Employees,
adopted by and passed by the City Council on
November 24, 1952, and approved by the
Mayor on November 25, 1952, be amended by
striking out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Environmental
Sanitation Inspector (Food)" the figure "17"
and inserting in place thereof "19."
This order requests the Administrative
Services Board to amend the Classification
and Compensation Plan for the City of Bos-
ton Employees by increasing the compensation
grade under the caption "Environmental
Sanitation Inspector (Food)" from 17 to 19.
Reference in the order to Schedule B and the
further reference to the date of adoption by
the City Council, namely, November 24, 1952,
and the date of the approval by the Mayor,
namely, November 25, 1952, would indicate
that the order refers to the Classification and
Compensation Plan for the Officers and Em-
ployees of Suffolk County which do not in-
clude the classification of environmental sani-
tation inspector (food) under compensation
grade 17.
In this connection I wish to call your atten-
tion to the fact that effective under date of
September 7, 1955, the Compensation Review
Board recommended to the Mayor, and the
Mayor approved, a change in compensation
grade from 17 to 19 for all environmental
sanitation inspectors in the Health Division,
with the exception of those whose classifica-
tions were parenthetically qualified with the
word "food," which confines their inspections
strictly to food. All other environmental
sanitation inspectors perform, in addition to
the inspection of food, all functions in con-
nection with inspections of sanitation and
housing. It is my understanding that this
differential in compensation has the approval
of the Health Commissioner.
It is my suggestion that the environmental
sanitation inspectors (food) referred to in
the above order make an appeal to the Com-
pensation Review Board under the provisions
of Rule 14 of the Rules for Administering
the Compensation Plan for City Employees,
which reads as follows:
Rule 14. Compensation Review Board.
Any employee aggrieved by the grade alloca-
tion of his or her position in the salary
schedule, or in the application of these rules
to his or her case, may request consideration
of the facts by the Compensation Review
Board. This Board shall consist of three mem-
bers to be appointed by the Mayor. From
time to time the Board may recommend to
the Mayor changes in individual grade alloca-
tions and amendments or revisions in the
rules of the plan.
Very truly yours,
John A. Sullivan,
Supervisor of Personnel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
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CITY COUNCIL.
ALL-NIGHT CURB PARKING.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from
the Traffic Commissioner relative to your
order of January 30, 1956, concerning the
formulating of plans for all-night curb park-
ing for residents at nominal monthly fees on
alternate sides of streets.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
February 10, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to the Council order that
the Public Works Commissioner and the
Corporation Counsel and the Traffic Commis-
sion formulate plans for all-night curb park-
ing for residents at nominal monthly fees on
alternate sides of streets, I wish to report
that our commission has this subject under
consideration.
However, it appears that the charging of
fees for street parking in this Commonwealth
would be unconstitutional, as we cannot rent
space in public highways.
The fact that it is done in some other
states may be explained by the fact that their
establishment was permitted through a dif-
ferent set of circumstances than prevail here
in Massachusetts where, in the beginning, the
citizens ceded their rights for the establish-
ment of streets only to the extent of permit-
ting public travel on them. In other words,
the people of this community own the streets
to the center of the roadway, but the public
has a right of travel. The public, however,
does not have the right of garaging or storing
vehicles on the highways and any parking
beyond a period of two hours is deemed,
under the law, to be storage rather than park-
ing. This, in essence, is the difficulty which
we face in attempting to provide night-park-
ing regulations to accommodate motorists.
However, with the assistance of the Law
Department we are continuing to work on
the problem.
It should be borne in mind also that the
State Department of Public Works has for-
mally expressed opposition to any regulation
which will legalize all-night parking on streets
anywhere in the Commonwealth.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Referred to the Committee on Public Serv-
ices and Recreation.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Jessie Ambrose, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Cam-
bridge street, Allston.
John D. Crowley and son, for compensa-
tion for damage to car and personal injuries
caused by city sanding vehicle.
Susan Duffy, for compensation for loss of
clothing while patient at City Hospital.
Domenic Galiazzo, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Water Division.
Leonard F. Hansford, to be reimbursed as
result of two executions issued against him
on account of his acts as employee of Fire
Department.
Ann Manzelli, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 46 North
Bennet street.
Joseph L. Powers, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of execution issued against him _ on ac-
count of his acts as employee of Fire De-
partment.
Arnold N. Reis, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire De-
partment.
Harry C. Shea, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in
performance of duty as employee of Fire
Department.
Henry V. Smith, Jr., for compensation for
damage to car and personal injuries caused
by fire apparatus.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Alfred E. Maher, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department
of Public Utilities of hearing to be held Feb-
ruary 21, 1956, at 10 A.M., on petition of
Metropolitan Transit Authority for alteration
in tracks on Tremont street, Brighton.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Notice was received from the State Depart-
ment of Public Works of hearing to be held
February 13, 1956, at 2.30 P.M., on applica-
tion of Dorchester Yacht Club for license to
construct club house in Savin Hill Bay, Dor-
chester.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works transmit-
ting copy of order of layout and taking of
portion of state highway (Southeast Ex-
pressway ) .
Placed on file.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES.
The following was received:
The Finance Commission of the City of Boston,
February 7, 1956.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council.
The Finance Commission believes there are
possibilities of increasing the income of the city
by a revision of the schedules of fees which the
city collects for services performed and for priv-
ileges granted by the departments. Moreover
there are possibilities of adding to the list of such
fees and charges.
Recently the Commission has compared the
number of services for which permits are issued
in various cities, including Boston and has com-
pared the amounts of the fees collected. It has
been found that not only are the fees greater for
similar or like permits elsewhere, but that Boston
fails to collect charges for services for which
charges are made in other cities. Inasmuch as
this is a subject which has been before you for
some time past, and by request of the City Coun-
cil a new schedule is in the making, the_ Commis-
sion has endeavored to obtain information which
would aid you in a proper revision of the present
fee schedule.
The Commission does not intend that this com-
munication shall embrace all the fees and charges
now in effect either here or elsewhere. It merely
cites outstanding differences in policy. Strictly
as information to you, the Commission offers
comparisons of charges by class of permit in
certain other cities.
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Taxicab Fees.
Boston charges $5 for the privilege of operating
a taxicab. There are 1,525 hackney carriage
licenses in the city. Detroit charges $100, Buffalo
$35, San Francisco $20, Milwaukee and Provi-
dence $10 each, Duluth and Minneapolis $20
each, St. Paul $25. It costs $50,000 per year to
operate the hackney carriage division of the
Police Department, though the receipts in the
most recent year in which the figures are available
amounted to only $20,000.
Auctioneers.
Boston charges from $2 to $10 according to the
class of the license. There are five different
classes. This charge is fixed by statute and any
change must first be authorized by the Legislature.
Chicago charges a license fee of $1,000, with a
further charge of $15 to conduct a sale at premises
other than designated in the license. Milwaukee
charges $250 to a resident of that city, but $500
to a non-resident. Pittsburgh charges $500. San
Francisco charges from $200 to $800 dependent
on the amount of the sale. Buffalo and Kansas
City charge $150. Detroit and Los Angeles
charge $100.
Pawnbrokers.
Boston's fee of $50 from pawnbrokers is also
fixed by statute, and any change therefore must
be first authorized by the Legislature. Chicago
charges $1,200, Detroit $500, St. Louis, Buffalo,
and Pittsburgh $200, Milwaukee $150, San Fran-
cisco and Providence $100.
Junk Collectors and Dealers.
In this class of permit, Boston charges are more
nearly within the range in other cities. Boston
charges $15 for a collector's permit. The only
other of the cities giving information on this class
which charges more is Milwaukee, which charges
$25. St. Louis and Pittsburgh charge $10, De-
troit $5. For dealers' permits Boston charges
$75. St. Louis charges a wholesaler $100, a retail
dealer $25. Los Angeles charges $200 for a dealer
except one who deals exclusively in rags and paper,
whereupon the charge is $100. Detroit, Milwau-
kee, and San Francisco charge a dealer $50. On
the other hand, Chicago charges a retailer $75 to
$275, depending on the area occupied ; and charges
a wholesaler $275.
Dance Halls.
Boston has three different charges for dance
hall permits: for a hall with a capacity up to 400
persons, $10; for a hall with a capacity of from 400
to 750, $25; for a hall with a capacity of over
750, $100. Detroit charges a flat $100 for all. In
Los Angeles, the range is from $60 to $375, de-
pending upon the area occupied, i.e., for a hall
occupying 1,000 square feet or less, it is $60; for
a 1,000 to 2,000 square feet area, it is $165; for
a 3,000 to 4,000 square feet area, $210; for an
area between 4,000 and 10,000 square feet, it is
$375, with an extra charge of $1.25 per 1,000
square feet above that limit. In its answer in
regard to this particular permit, Chicago groups
"auditorium, theater, tent, stadium or other
place designated for the amusement or enter-
tainment of an audience . . . This includes
dancing, dramatic performance, movies, swim-
ming, skating, etc. ..." Detroit charges
$100 for a permit for a "taxi-dance hall," San
Francisco charges $60, and Washington $50.
Theaters.
Boston charges $100 per year for a 6-day week
permit, with a further charge of $10 for each Sun-
day license. In Detroit, depending on seat ca-
pacity, the range is from $35 to $150 for a moving
picture theater tieense, and $150 for a stage show
theater. Chicago charges a fee of 3 per cent of
the gross receipts; Milwaukee charges ranged
from $50 to $300; Washington, $500; San Fran-
cisco charges for a theater $100 to $600, depend-
ing on seat capacity, for a vaudeville show place
from $100 to $1,200, and for a moving picture
theater $60 to $800; Kansas City charges, de-
pending on the price of a seat, and according to
seat capacity, from $300 to $500; where admission
is more than $1.50 the charge is $750.
It appears that Boston is out of line in the matter
of the smaller dance hall fees and, in regard to
theater licensing, the practices in other cities
should be understood.
Here, all theaters pay the same fee regardless
of capacity. In some other large cities, the tend-
ency is to relate the fee to capacity (seating) or
to patronage (gross receipts). If Boston grouped
theaters _ by seating capacity for purposes of the
fee (1) it would remove the present advantage
of the large theater over the small ones; (2) it
would more nearly reach the nonresident popula-
tion who patronize the larger theaters; (3) it
would be following the trend of relating the fee
to the size of the benefit.
A grouping of theaters by seating capacity
reveals that the 57 theaters in Boston vary in
seating capacity from a minimum of 400 to a
maximum of approximately 13,000 (Boston
Garden). In the 57 there are 21 different size*
(seating capacity), 50 of them being between 400
and 2,000 seating capacity; there are 20 with
seating capacity between 400 and 1,000; 30 be-
tween 1,000 and 2,000; 5 between 2,000 and 4,000;
one between 4,000 and 5,000; and one over 10,000.
A fee schedule which recognizes this wide range
in size could produce more revenue. It should be
kept in mind that, in addition to the city license
fee, theaters pay the state a fee of $25 without
differentiation for seating capacity.
In Boston the Mayor licenses circuses and
carnivals also, charging fees of $250 for a 6-day
carnival, and $100 per day for a circus. These
charges compare favorably with charges in the
two other cities which supplied data on the subject ,
Food Handling Licenses.
Through its inspectional force and adminis-
trative offices the Health Department is concerned
with the protection of public health against
dangers arising from the sale and handling of
foods. However, the number and kinds of licenses
relating to food seem relatively few.
Manufacturers of frozen desserts, pasteurizers
of milk, and dealers in ice cream, milk, cream,
and oleomargarine, sausage manufacturers, egg-
breaking operations, and pedlers are the categories
of food handlers paying a license fee to the de-
partment. Restaurants pay victualers' license fee
of $15 to the Licensing Board.
The comparison of fees levied by Boston,
compared with similar fees in several other large
cities in the dairy products category, shows
Boston to be low. In all fees, in order to avoid
imposing a hardship on the small operator, it
might be advisable to relate the fee to the volume
of business on the theory that size of an establish-
ment is a rough index of the volume of inspectional
work involved. Several indices of size of business
are used in various cities; these include number of
employees, floor area, and gross receipts.
In the following comparison the number of
Boston licensees in each category is listed to
assist in calculating the increase in revenue if the
fee is raised.
Creamery and Da:ry Products.
City
No. of
Licensees
Boston
128
3,363
1,367
3,940
35
17
Fee
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Frozen Desserts, Mfg. of $o-$250 gal. basis
Ice Cream Dealer J year
Sale tf Oleomargarine 1 year
Milk, Sale of \ eaoh location
Delivery Vehicle 2
Cream Permits — Outside Dairies 50 year
Milk Pasteurization 10 year
Creamery — in City JO year
Creamery — out of City '>> year
Dairy Products .«> year
Milk Wagons 10 year
Retail Milk Truck 35 year
Wholesale Milk Truck 100 year
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No. of
City Licensees Pee
Chicago Distribution of Milk Products $15-8150 year
Buffalo Milk Dealer 5 year
New York Frozen Desserts 25 year
It should be noted that there are other types of food handlers who do not pay a fee in Boston, such as
bakeries and delicatessen establishments.
Food Vendors.
The following comparison shows the types of licenses and the- fee paid in various large cities in the
several categories of food vending.
Food Dispensers.
City Fee Per Year
Detroit Bakery $10
Bulk Food 10
Beverage 3
Fish, Retail 5
Fish Products Manufacture 10
Meat — Bulk Food 15
Meat — Food Products Manufacture 75
Meat Vendor 10
Restaurant 10
Chicago Bakery, Retail 20
Bakery, Wholesale 100
Wholesale Food Establishment (1-400 Employees) 30 to 900
Food Vending Machines (deposit coin value) 50 to 150
Food Dispenser (15 to 100 Employees) 20 to 100
Food Dispenser (nonpublic) 10 to 250
Los Angeles Food Dispenser (15-100 Employees) 20 to 100
Sale of Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables 20
Washington Restaurant and Delicatessen 36
Vending Machine (Food) 2
Pittsburgh Eating Place 10 to 150
New Orleans Food Pedler 36
Meat Food Products 100
Buffalo Butchers 30
Fresh Fish 10
Poultry 20
St. Louis Restaurants : Class 1 50
Class 2 30
Class 3 10
Class 4 5
Boston Pedlers — District 7
Pedlers — Market 12
Sausage Manufacturer 100
Soft Drinks 3
Fruit Sales, Sunday 6
Victualers (Licensing Board) (See page 11) 15
Nonalcoholic Beverage, Manufacture 10
New York Restaurants 20
Bakery 10
Food Process — Retail 10
Food Process — Wholesale 50
Food Establishment — Packer 25
Food Establishment — Distributor 15
Shell Fish — Wholesale 50
Shell Fish — Retail 5
Shell Fish — Shippers 10
Drugs-Cosmetics — Wholesale 25
Drugs-Cosmetics — Retail 10
Providence Lunch Carts 50
Caterers 50
Delicatessens 10
Victualer — Class A 25
Vietualer — Class B 10
A new category of food dispensing is by the so-called vending machine. These are said to be in the
process of a vast expansion in the direction of replacing canteens and cafeterias. Consideration should be
given to the licensing of them and the requirement of a fee from them on account of the necessity of inspec-
tion and control of them.
Massage Parlors.
Detroit exacts a $25 fee for the operation of the
business, Washington $50, and San Francisco $24.
Buffalo charges the proprietor or operator $25.
Cliicago charges for a parlor with two employees
$35, with a charge of $10 for each additional em-
ployee. For the first $10,000 gross business Los
Angeles charges $50, with a $5 charge for each
$1,000 additional. Boston charges for a massage
parlor and for vapor bath parlors $5.
Parking Fees.
The Traffic Commission collects a fee of $1 per
linear foot (a minimum of $20) for the privilege of
a loading zone. There are 1,360 paid loading
zones in Boston, comprising 26,283 feet of curb.
The present fee of $1 per foot is many times the
rate which prevailed in 1939, when the last fee
schedule was published. Even this rate, however,
may be considered somewhat low, if the privilege
of a loading zone is evaluated in terms of potential
parking meter revenue, i. e., how much revenue the
city would get if such curb space contained parking
meters.
Potential parking meter revenue may be re-
garded as a fair measure of the monetary value of
the privilege from the viewpoint of the city. The
fact that a given area of the curb has to be officially
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reserved in order to be kept free of parked ears
establishes that stretch of curb as a demand area
and productive of revenue if metered for parking.
Twenty-five feet of loading zone curb now pro-
duces $25 per year, at the rate of $1 per foot. If
parking meters were installed there would be a
parking meter every twenty-five feet, conserva-
tively estimated. The current average annual
yield per parking meter in the city is approximately
$65. Thus, twenty-five feet of loading zone now
yields .$25. If metered, each twenty-five feet
would yield $65.
It would seem, then, that loading zones have a
parking value of close to $3 per linear foot. If the
fee for loading zones became only $2 per foot, this
would mean an increase in revenue of $26,283.
Boston Licensing Board.
During the year ending November 30, 1954, the
Licensing Board granted 1,248 licenses to the
following groups :
Innholders 29
Common Vietualers (with liquor) 600
Common Vietualers (without liquor) 353
Tavern (with common victualer) 234
Tavern (no common victualer) 23
Fruit, etc 9
Operation licenses to all of the above group
except fruit stores, soft drink parlors, etc., carry
with them the privilege of giving entertainment;
no special entertainment license, therefore, is
required.
However, if operations of fruit stores, soft
drink parlors, etc., wish to give entertainment,
since they are not otherwise licensed, they must
obtain an entertainment license which costs $5.
Operation of Sunday entertainment is not a
privilege covered by the general license of an
establishment. Wherever there is public enter-
tainment on Sunday, a special license is required.
Except for theaters, which have been discussed
previously in this communication, the fee' for a
Sunday license is $2 to the city and $2 to the state,
or $50 to each for a yearly license. This permits
entertainment by radio, phonograph, or television.
If instrumental or vocal music is offered, the fee
to Boston is, however, $5, and to the state $2.
The issuance and supervision of entertainment
licenses entail much administrative effort.
Restaurants not selling liquor pay a license fee
of $15 to the Licensing Board.
In the following list of restaurant license fees
levied in some other large cities it will be noted
that several cities attempt to relate the fee to the
size of the business.
Kansas City, Missouri, $1 per person seat-
ing capacity; minimum of $25 00
Los Angeles (rate based on gross receipts),
for first $50,000 or less 7 50
Each additional $1,000 50
Chicago (not more than 3 persons engaged
in establishment) 6 00
For each additional person 4 00
St. Louis — restaurants, first class 50 00
second class 30 00
third class 10 00
fourth class 5 00
Washington — restaurant and delicatessen . . 36 00
Providence — lunch carts and caterers 50 00
Detroit — restaurants 10 00
Miscellaneous Police Department Services.
Permit to Carry a Revolver: The fee for this
permit is only 50 cents. In view of the police
responsibility and administrative and investiga-
tive work involved in the issuance of such a
license, this fee appears small.
Special Police: There are over 900 licensed
special police in Boston who pay a fee of $5 a
year. They are employed in banks, theaters,
places of entertainment, railroads, and in security
posts in industry. In view of the investigative
and administrative work and the responsibility
involved in this license, this fee appears to be
relatively small. In Providence "police constables,
with power" pay a fee of $25 a year.
Special Services: There are special services
rendered by the Police Department to various
individuals as a matter of regular practice for
which no fee is charged, such as to insurancein-
vestigators who secure data on insurance claims
and accidents; to attorneys who seek the reports
of the investigating police officers; and for the
fingerprinting of civilians, such as employees who
work in defense plants. In 1954 there were 7,680
requests for service in these categories.
Fees Paid for the Use of Facilities in
Municipally-Owned Buildings.
Another type of fee collected by the city is that
levied for the use of facilities in schools and munici-
pal district buildings. The former are under the
jurisdiction of the School Committee and the latter
under the Buildings Division of the Real Property
Board.
1 . School Buildings.
It is recognized that you have no control over the
charges for use of school property. Nevertheless in
these memoranda it seems well worth while for
comparison purposes to show what the policies and
practices are in the School Department.
Civic, fraternal, philanthropic, and educational
groups are permitted to use hall and gymnasia in
schools without a fee, except when admission is
charged for the event. Some other groups are per-
mitted to use the facilities upon payment of a fee.
The fee consists of the estimated cost of the salaries
paid to the custodians assigned to the school for the
hours of occupancy involved in the use. The
reasoning behind this custodial basis appears to be
that the larger school will produce the heavier fee
since the size of the custodial staff will vary directly
with the size of the school.
However, the history of the fee levied for the use
of school facilities shows that a higher fee was set
up four years ago than is now charged. In 1952 the
Superintendent of Schools was requested by the
then School Committee to make a report on the
cost of the operation of school facilities as the basis
of a fee for nonschool use. He appointed a com-
mittee of school officials, including the Chief
Custodian. The report recommended a fee of $75
for high school and junior high school halls. The
School Committee increased the figure to $90. This
fee was in effect, however, for only a month.
The committee then appointed a subcommittee
of its membership to reconsider the subject. The
latter decided that the estimated custodial cost
during the hours of use should constitute the fee.
No provision is made for the cost of heat and light.
The Division of Extended Use of School Buildings
often requires that an attendant be present, for
whose service a fee of $6 is charged, to protect
school property.
A review of the paid uses of school facilities by
nonschool groups during 1955 shows that there were
350 uses. The following brief list is a representa-
tive sample of them and the fees paid.
Fee.
Use of 14 classrooms for civil service ex-
aminations for 5| hours $45 00
Use of high school hall for talent show for
4| hours 50 00
Use of high school hall for lecture for 3§
hours 35 25
Use of cafeteria for breakfast for 3 hours . . 30 00
Fee schedules should be based on all the elements
of cost involved in the use of school facilities.
2. Municipal District Buildings.
The city owns and operates so-called municipal
buildings, or recreation centers, in every section of
the city. The following municipal buildings are
equipped with hall or auditorium: Brighton,
Charlestown, Roslindale, Hyde Park, South End
(Brookline street), Roxbury (Dudley and Vine
streets), and South Boston.
These halls are seldom used for municipal pur-
poses. Whatever use is made of them is generally
for such private purposes as socials, banquets,
weddings, union meetings, and similar purposes.
A review of the journal of uses and fees paid
shows that there is no fixed fee for the use of a
given hall. The following list of uses in 1955 and
fees is representative of the whole picture.
Hall — Purpose Fee
Roslindale
Meeting $10
Installation 15
Banquet 25
Union Meeting 10
Dinner 20
Dance 25
Bridge 15
Wedding 50
Banquet 20
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Hall — Purpose Fee
Hyde Park
Banquet $35
Dance 25
Shower 15
Banquet 15
Wedding 50
Pet Show 25
Brighton
Dance 25
Meeting 10
Shower 10
Dance 15
Reception 20
South Boston
Dance 25
Recital 15
Union Meeting 10
Concert 25
Brookline Street
Used almost entirely for union meet-
ings; per meeting 20
As in the case of school buildings, fees for the
use of halls in these municipal buildings should
be based on all the elements of cost involved.
It should be borne in mind, in setting up a
policy of permission to use and a schedule of fees
to pay for such use, in the case of both school
property and district building property, that
there are close to 200 halls of various capacities
in the city on which the owners pay both property
taxes and annual license fees. Obviously, munici-
pal subsidy of municipally-owned halls places
such taxpayers at a disadvantage in the competi-
tion for patronage.
Fire Department.
There are many licenses and permits under
the jurisdiction of this department. The assistant
chief in charge of the Fire Prevention Division
in seeking revision of the fee schedule has made the
following suggestions:
There is a lack of legal regulation of many new
materials, the proper storage of which has im-
plications for the Fire Department. Many would
constitute a serious hazard to firemen in the event
of a fire. Some are not flammable, but are toxic.
The storage of corrosive acids and inert gases
under pressure which are explosive under certain
conditions are examples. A permit might well be
required in these cases as in the case of inflam-
mables.
Fuel Oil Storage Permits — Commercial and
Industrial Use.
Under the rules and regulations made by the
board for fire prevention regulations, light fuel
oil up to 2,500 gallons and heavy fuel oil up to
10,000 gallons may be kept without a license
provided a permit has been issued. At the present
time, the fee for all fuel oil permits is 50 cents.
A graduated scale of fee3 could be established
between the range of 1,000 to 2,500 gallons of
light oil storage and 1,000 to 5,000 gallons of heavy
oil storage.
Present Low Fees.
1. Acetylene and Oxygen Permits. In Boston
the present charge is 50 cents, with a permit
required for each job.
Detroit observes the following schedules:
Acetylene torch:
1 acetylene torch $5 00
Each additional torch 1 . 50
Maximum fee 20.00
2. Blasting Permits. This carries a fee of
50 cents in Boston for each job.
Detroit observes the following schedule:
High explosive contractor's license:
Original issue $25.00
Renewal 10. 00
If issued September 1 or after 12.50
Blaster's license (issued to individual) ... 4 . 00
High explosive permit (issued for each
separate blasting job) 3 . 00
3. Removing Gasoline Tank from the Ground.
The Boston fee is 50 cents.
4. Installing a Power Oil Burner. No fee has
been set.
Transportation.
The report on the Boston Fire Department made
in the Finance Commission Administrative Survey
in 1948 recommended Fire Department control
of the transportation as well as the manufacture
and storage of inflammable liquids, highly com-
bustible and toxic materials.
There is still no control over the distribution
of light and heavy fuel oil. If a permit fee per
truck were levied in those cases where more than
500 gallons are delivered, another source of revenue
would be opened. In Detroit each vehicle con-
taining a cargo tank pays a fee of $2.
Storage of Inflammables.
In the realm of public safety, under the juris-
diction of the Public Safety Commission, is the
licensing of the storage or sale of inflammables.
In the instances of renewal of the original licensing,
the fee is one half the original fee. The schedule
of these original fees is based on the storage capac-
ity as follows:
Gallons.
■ 1 to 500 $20
501 to 2,500 25
2,501 to 5,000 30
5,001 to 10,000 50
10,001 to 50,000 100
50,001 to 100,000 300
100,001 to 1,000,000 500
1,000,001 to 5,000,000 1,000
All over 5,000,000 gallons 2,000
At present the renewal fee for over 5,000,000
gallons is $1,000, regardless of the gallonage.
There are the following large storages up to
63,755,000 gallons:
Gallons.
1 5,460,000
2 6,250,000
3 6,250,000
4 13,000,000
5 25,600,000
6 63,755,000
We believe that all fees and permits falling
under the jurisdiction of the Fire Department
should be reviewed.
Building Department.
It appears from the annual report of the Build-
ing Department that the greatest number of fees
received are in the following categories :
Building alterations, annual elevator inspections,
old plumbing, and old gas fitting.
An intercity comparison of fees in the categories of building alterations and elevator inspections is
presented herewith.
Fees for Building Permits.
Boston.
New construction and alterations , . . .$2.00 per $1,000 cost Minimum
... Maximum . .
Washington.
New construction — non-fire resistant $0.0015 per cubic foot.
fire resistant 0.0025 per cubic foot.
Alterations, repairs Up to $100 cost . . .
$100-$300 .'..'.'...'.
$301-600
$601-$1,000
Each additional $1,000
Minneapolis.
New, fireproof or non-fireproof per 1,000 cubic feet $1 25
Additional, fireproof or non-fireproof per 1,000 cubic feet 90
Garage, fireproof or non-fireproof per 1,000 cubic feet .'. 80
Warehouse, fireproof per 1,000 cubic feet 1 10
New Haven , per $1,000 cost $3 00
$2 00
$2,000
$4 00
6 00
10 00
15 00
15 00
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Providence.
New buildings and alterations.
Detroit.
New building and alterations.
Hartford.
New building and alterations.
Los Angeles.
New building and alterations .
. $100-8500 cost $3 00
.$501-11,000 cost 5 00
$l,001-$5,000 cost 15 00
$5,001-$10,000 cost 20 00
S10,001-$20,000 cost 25 00
$25,001-$50,000 cost 50 00
Over $50,000 cost $1.00 per $1,000
. Up to $500 cost $5 00
$501-8500,000 cost 4 00
(plus $1.50 per $1,000)
$501,000-$1,500,000 cost 75
(each additional $1,000)
Over $1,500,000 50
(each additional $1,000)
. $500-$1,000 cost, per $100 ". $0 50
Over $1,000 cost, per $1,000 5 00
Denver.
New building and alterations.
.Charge starts at $1.50 per $100 and in-
creases at 500 per $100 so that at
$500 charge is
$1,000 charge is
$2,000 charge is
$5,000 charge is
$10,000 charge is
$50,000 charge is
$100,000 charge is
$1,000,000 charge is
. Less than $100 charge is.
$101-$1,000 charge is
$1,001-$15,000 charge is.
(per $1,000)
Over $15,000 charge is. . .
(plus $2.00 per $1,000)
Cincinnati.
New buildings .
Additions
Sheds and temporary buildings .
All other
. 25,000 cubic feet or less
(plus 800 per 1,000 cubic feet)
. 8,000 cubic feet or less
(plus 80(5 per 1,000 cubic feet)
Over 8,000 cubic feet
(plus 800 per 1,000 cubic feet)
. Each 1,000 cubic feet
(plus 500 per 1,000 cubic feet)
. Each 1,000 cubic feet
(plus 80^ per 1,000 cubic feet)
Chicago.
New buildings.
. 0-16,000 cubic feet
16,001-17,000 cubic feet
Each additional 1,000 cubic feet.
Minimum charge
Alterations and repairs.
.$1,000 of cost
Each additional $1,000.
(Minimum, $15.00)
$5,000 of cost
$5,001-$6,000
Each additional $1,000.
Baltimore.
New building.
Bridges, etc. .
Assembly. . . .
Commercial. .
. 1,000 cubic feet
(Minimum of $10.00)
.$1,000 cost
. 1,000 seats
(minimum of $10.00)
.$1,000 cost
$4
00
6
00
9
30
18
30
33
30
123
oo
198
00
848
00
$1
00
3
oo
3
00
45 00
$5
00
4
00
5
00
2 00
10
00
$15 00
15 30
90
15 00
6 00
15 00
17 25
2 25
$0 50
1 00
5 00
1 00
Kansas City.
Building alterations.
Building repairs .
New buildings.
. 8100-$500 cost
$501-$1,000 cost
More than $1,000
(first $1,000; $2.10 each additional $1,000)
. $100-$500 cost
$501-$1,000 cost
$l,001-$2,000 cost
Over $2,000
(first $2,000, plus $1.50 each additional
$1,000)
. 7 different schedules covering 7 types of
buildings, running from
$3.00 plus 150 per 1,000 cubic feet to
$3.00 plus 550 per 1,000 cubic feet
Newark.
New buildings and alterations.
$4 00
00
00
50
00
00
00
. $1,000-$2,000 cost
$2,001-$50,000
(additional fee of $2.00 per $1,000)
Over $50,000
(Additional fee of $1.00 per $1,000)
$5 00
CITY COUNCIL.
As stated in the beginning of this report, the in-
tention of the Finance Commission is to give you
such information as it has obtained by communica-
tion with Boston officials involved and with officials
having similar responsibilities in other comparable
cities. This information would seem to be needed
in determining fees to be charged in Boston.
Since you are the responsible government, it is
for you to decide that for a particular service a fee
is proper; that the amount of it in Boston is proper;
for what services a charge should be made; and
what the charge should be.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman,
Leo J. Dunn,
Edward U. Lee,
Roger J. Abizaid, M.D.,
Henry A. Sasserno,
The Finance Commission.
Robert E. Cunniff,
Secretary.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Lawrence P. Antonetti,
having been duly approved by the Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) c. 35, s. 51, as
amended, your Honorable Body has referred to
me for report an order which, if passed, would
amend the Compensation Plans for the Officers
and Employees of Suffolk County by changing
van drivers from the compensation grade now
allocated to them, namely, compensation grade
16, with a minimum annual salary of .13,288.60
and a maximum annual salary of $3,993.30, to
compensation grade 20, with a minimum annual
salary of $3,810.60 and a maximum annual salary
of $4,724.10.
A van driver is a combination of motor equip-
ment operator and jail officer. Motor equipment
operators are allocated to compensation grade 12.
Jail officers were recently increased from com-
pensation grade 16 to compensation grade 17
with the approval of the Mayor and the City
Council.
In view of this situation, it is my opinion that
the allocation of the classification of van driver
to compensation grade 17, with a minimum
annual salary of $3,419.10 and a maximum annual
salary of $4,176.00, in place of compensation grade
16, to coincide with that of jail officers, would be
fair and equitable, and accordingly I recommend
that the order, pending before your Honorable
Body be so amended.
Respectfully,
John A. Sullivan,
Supervisor of Personnel.
The report of the Supervisor of Personnel and
the order were referred to the Executive Com-
mittee.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONNAIRE FROM
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERN-
MENT RELATIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 10, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your communication of January
25, I enclose herewith reports received in answer
to the questionnaire submitted by L. H. Fountain,
Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations
Subcommittee of the Congress of the United States.
Trusting the enclosed information will be useful
to the members of the City Council, I remain
Yours very truly,
Charles J. Fox, Director.
(Annexed hereto are reports from the Boston
Housing Authority, the Health Department,
and the Welfare Department referred to in the
foregoing communication.)
Referred to the Executive Committee.
REPORTS ON LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 9, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the provisions of section 2
of chapter 3A of the Revised City Ordinances, I
submit herewith copies of two reports sent to the
Mayor on the Library Department. One of these
reports is an Administrative Services Board
report; the other is the abridged summary of the
reports on the Library Department by the Citizens'
Committee on Municipal Finance.
Very truly yours,
Charles J. Fox, Director.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 7, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
Acting on your suggestion, the Administrative
Services Board has reviewed the abridged summary
of the report of the Library Department by the
Citizens' Committee on Municipal Finance,
together with supplementary recommendations
relating to changes recommended in the personnel
system and in the organization and administra-
tion of the Library Department.
Report Summary.
The summary consists of five pages and contains
two major recommendations — one dealing with
the proposed plan for the organizational and
physical expansion of the Division of Reference and
Research Service within the existing main library
building; the other dealing with the reorganization
of the branch library system by the closing of
poorly located, underutilized, and high cost
branches and by the construction of several
modern, better located branches.
In recent weeks the City Planning Board has
issued a comprehensive report, following an
independent study of the branch library system.
It has also been indicated to this Board that the
trustees of the library have long believed that action
should be taken to achieve a reorganization of
the system of branch libraries along lines sub-
stantially similar to those set forth in reports of
the Citizens' Committee and the Planning Board.
We are aware that it is your intention to include
in the 1956 capital budget an appropriation to
cover the construction of two new branches, and
that similar action will be taken in subsequent
years. In view of these facts we do not believe
further comment on the second recommendation
of the report is necessary.
At the present time seven subject departments
exist in the Division of Reference and Research
Services — Education, General Reference, Statisti-
cal, History, Music, Periodicals and Newspapers,
Science and Technology. Books and materials are
also available in the division for four fields, for
which subject departments do not exist at present,
namely, Literature and Languages, Maps, Reli-
gion, Philosophy, and Psychology, and Social
Sciences. According to library officials, the
collections within the division in these eleven
fields are not easily or properly available to actual
or potential use, because steps have not been taken
to modernize the library plant and facilities with
a view to putting books and materials in the divi-
sion to full use by the public. To accomplish this
result it is proposed to make structural changes
in the central library building, and to relocate
the several subject departments and their book
stacks. This proposal is referred to in the Citizens'
Report as the Interim Modernization Plan.
As stated in the Citizens' Committee Report
"the cost of the physical change is not the larger
issue," since the proposed structural changes and
alterations will be financed from trust funds within
the control of the library trustees. The major prob-
lem, as outlined in the report, is increased operating
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costs resulting from additional employees, and the
assumed need for more books and library materials.
The report estimates these increases at approxi-
mately $200,000, which, it is pointed out, repre-
sents a 20 per cent increase in the operation of
the division.
This Board has held a number of conferences
with library officials on the major phases of the
report, _ as well as the supplementary recom-
mendations. It appears from these conferences
that the increased cost estimates included in the
report were prepared without consulting the
director or the chief executive officer of the library.
These officials have presented to this Board an
extensive analysis of personnel requirements
resulting from the proposed changes within the
Reference and Research Division. From this
analysis it would appear that the Interim Modern-
ization Plan would be limited to ten positions at
a cost of $27,000. In arriving at these figures
credit has been taken for personnel to be released
under the reorganization of the branch library
system, as well as savings in numbers by the
release of workers to the individual subject de-
partments by the discontinuance of book delivery
service from the central stacks.
In connection with additional requirements for
books and materials, library officials contend that
since the library has been adding, from its be-
ginning, to its reference and research collections,
no increase in annual expenditures for this pur-
pose should result. Emphasis is made by library
officials that the modernization program is not
concerned primarily with expansion, but rather
to provide up-to-date service to meet changes
which have occurred in library operations since
the original opening, sixty years ago, of the central
library building.
This Board has not attempted to reconcile the
radical difference between the cost estimates
relating to the Interim Modernization Plan ad-
vanced in the Citizens' Committee Report and
those prepared by library officials. We believe
responsibility for determining actual and true
costs of this plan rests with the library trustees.
It is the belief of this Board, however, that since
the proposed reorganization of the branch library
system will ultimately involve the issuing of bonds
to the extent of $4,500,000, and thus increase
annual debt requirements by $350,000, that the
library trustees should make certain that the pro-
posed modernization of reference and research
facilities will not exceed the current estimates of
library officials.
Supplementary Recommendations.
In the four-page supplement to the Report Sum-
mary, changes are recommended in the personnel
system and in the organization of four administra-
tive areas of divisions. The changes recommended
and the reactions secured through conferences with
library officials are briefly summarized in the
following sections.
Personnel. The major criticisms offered in this
area are :
1. The Library Department lacks a complete
system of position classification.
2. Modern testing developments are not fully
utilized.
3. Undue emphasis is placed in entrance ex-
aminations in testing for information rather than
aptitude.
4. Rating methods used in testing for positions
in the higher echelons also show the need for
evaluation and modernization.
With regard to item one, library officials state
the library has a classification system which covers
every position in the institution. It is in two
parts — one for the clerical and mechanical services,
and one for the bibliothecal service. The title and
job specifications in the first part are identical
with those in the city classification system. The
second is divided into two parts — subprofessional
and professional. In this respect it follows the
practice in libraries in general throughout the
nation.
On the remaining items, library officials are more
or less in agreement with the several points raised.
It is admitted that modern test developments repre-
sent an area which it would be well for the library
to explore more fully. It is also agreed that a
greater emphasis in testing for aptitude might well
be _ attempted in the library's entrance ex-
aminations. It is also admitted that present rating
methods do not assure adequate results in selecting
individuals for promotion to higher levels.
General Administrative Offices. It is claimed
that there are opportunities for simplification and
for better allocation of responsibilities in these
offices, and the following are specifically suggested :
1. Consolidate the Exhibit Office and Informa-
tion Office into a single Public Relations and
Information Office.
2. Reorganize the Records, Files, Statistics
Office so as to establish a Management Analysis
Office to lead the way in management improvement
work.
3. Secure lower personnel costs by removing
the situation where professional personnel are en-
gaged in duties of a nonprofessional nature.
With regard to the first suggestion, library
officials contend that the two offices which it is
proposed to consolidate carry on two entirely dif-
ferent kinds of activities. One prepares from the
library's collections illustrated materials pertinent
to topics of timely interest and value to the com-
munity. The other provides, through the informa-
tion desk in the main entrance to the central library
and the telephone switchboard, direct information
to the public about the library and its activities.
The two offices are totally different, and it is
claimed that any attempt to combine them would
result not in simplification but rather in confusion.
It is further claimed that the solution of the
library's public relations problems must be sought
at a far higher level than these two offices.
With regard to the second point, library officials
view the development of the Office of Records,
Files, and Statistics into a Management Analysis
Office as an interesting potentiality, and they have
expressed the intention to explore at the proper
time the possibilities inherent in the suggestion.
The third suggestion is not confined to General
Administrative Offices because it is repeated as a
suggestion in the other divisions and services which
follow. Library officials offer this general explana-
tion with regard to what may be termed a more or
less general criticism. Prior to 1938 all library
personnel, as such, were considered as a professional
group, as distinguished from the civil service group
of clerical, custodial, and maintenance workers.
When in 1938 the subprofessional level was estab-
lished in the library it was decided for morale
purposes not to make the new classification retro-
active in its application. As a result, all existing
library personnel at the time were continued in
the professional library group as such. Until
retirement takes out of active service the pre-1938
individuals who were kept in the professional
group irrespective of their actual duties, the situa-
tion criticized in this recommendation must
continue to exist.
Division of Reference and Research Service.
The major points advanced in this division are:
1. Certain departments and areas in this
division remain open until 10 p.m. Monday through
Friday, whereas all other departments and sections
in the central library close at 9 p.m. It is contended
that closing all central library departments at
9 p.m. would mean savings in plant operation, and
the resulting reduced service span of seventy-three
hours a week would still compare favorably with
that of other public library systems.
2. Personnel engaged in book selection in this
division should be combined with other divisions,
where much of the book selection now actually
occurs.
With regard to the first point, library officials
state that all reading rooms in the central library
building are closed at 9 p.m., except two, which
readers most wish to use — Bates Hall and the
Periodical and Newspaper Department. By actual
count taken at varying times it is stated readers,
ranging in number from 75 to 125, take advantage
of this extra hour's service. The reference to
policy in other libraries throughout the country
overlooks the fact that Boston central library is
in a location where there is both day and night
activity. In many other cities the central libraries
are located in areas where there is little or no
activity in the evening. Reduced costs would not
necessarily develop under this suggestion, since
watchmen who do not report for duty at the
present time until 10 p.m. would be required, in
the event of the general closing of the central
library at 9 p.m., to report for duty one hour
earlier than at present, thus increasing the present
cost of watchman service.
Existing arrangements for book selection in the
Reference and Research Division were abnormal
at the time of the Citizens' Committee Surveys (and
still are at the present time) because of a vacancy
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existing in the position of "Chief of Book Selec-
tion" for this division. During the existence of
this vacanoy the duties of the position have been
performed from time to time by other ranking per-
sonnel. When an adequate appointment can be
made to this important position the condition criti-
cized will be automatically remedied.
Division of Home Reading and Community Serv-
ices. Two situations in this division are suggested
for correction. One relates to the unification of the
Audio- Visual Center and the Open Shelf Depart-
ment, and the other is concerned with overstaffing
in some of the branches.
The Audio- Visual Unit serves not only the Open
Shelf Department, but the thirty-two branch li-
braries as well. In the opinion of library officials
it can do this best as a unit with independent status
rather than as a part or division of the units it
serves. They state that the Open Shelf Depart-
ment is already so large a unit, both as to physical
quarters and size of staff, that it would tend to be-
come unwieldy as an administration unit if its chief
had to undertake an additional specialized activity
in addition to his present responsibilities.
As to the specific example cited in regard to
overstaffing, it is stated that the variations from
the normal in number of personnel at the three
branches have long since righted themselves, and
that this operation occurred long before the report
of the Citizens' Committee was made.
Business Operations. In the main the sugges-
tions offered in this area are considered favorably
by the library officials, who have stated that the
following suggestions will be put into operation as
fully and as rapidly as possible:
1. A single deputy to the Division Head to
serve as a staff aide and trouble shooter.
2. The creation of a departmental unit for pur-
chasing, with the sections mentioned in the report
as subunits.
3. The creation of a position as technical assist-
ant to the Superintendent of Buildings.
4. Confining the activities of the Binding De-
partment to work on the Reference and Research
Collections, and placing all other work on a con-
tractual bid basis with commercial binders.
5. A comprehensive analysis of library forms
has been completed with a resulting reduction in
numbers, as well as simplification of those retained.
6. Providing better use of staff time in the sup-
ply section, so that a stock record system may be
established and maintained.
7. Allowing requisitioning department petty
cash advances to purchase materials costing $1 or
less.
Because of past experience it is not deemed
feasible to accept recommendations concerning
scheduling the purchase of books and library ma-
terials from trust funds early in the year and for-
mally advertising the periodicals contract. It is
stated that books appear for the most part on the
market in two major publishing seasons, namely,
spring and fall. Book purchasing, therefore, has to
be geared largely to these seasons. Allocations
made from trust funds for book purchases depend
on the extent of funds which will be available from
city appropriations, the amount of which cannot be
known until the budget has been passed by the
City Council in April.
With regard to periodicals, it is stated that there
is a highly limited number of dealers in periodicals
who are able or willing to enter library subscrip-
tions and, in addition, provide service on the sub-
scriptions throughout the twelve months they are in
effect. Bids for periodicals for the current year
were sought in writing from five different dealers.
From the library's experience and knowledge of the
trade these were the only ones known to be pos-
sible bidders. Only two of the five submitted bids,
and of these two only one submitted a complete
bid. It so happens this latter was the dealer who
has been the low bidder in past years.
Conclusion.
In considering a report of this character it is
only natural to encounter objections and differ-
ences of opinion from the officials in charge of the
department involved, and this has proven correct
in the case of the Library Department. The fact
that officials of the library who have been consulted
by the Board have expressed in a number of in-
stances sharp differences of opinion on a number
of the report recommendations is considered a good
omen, since reaction of this kind tends to create
wider interest and generally results in the estab-
lishment of programs or improved methods of
procedure which might never have been considered
had not a study and report of the kind under dis-
cussion been initiated.
In the main, the Administrative Services Board
views the report as a constructive effort on the part
of the Citizens' Committee to improve existing
conditions, and it is believed the issues raised will
stimulate and encourage administrative review by
the officials concerned, with the result that methods
and procedures in the future will not only represent
an improvement over the present system, but will
assure the maintenance of Boston's position in the
forefront in the matter of efficient management of
its public library facilities.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles J. Fox, Chairman,
John A. Sullivan,
John V. Moban,
James E. Gildea,
Joseph P. Lallt.
Laweence W. Costello,
Administrative Secretary.
Summary of Library Department Report.
Boston today supports a Library Department
costing close to $3,400,000 a year almost entirely
from city tax funds. Its expenditure of $4.17 per
capita in 1953 is well above the $3 per capita for
"superior" library service recommended by the
American Library Association in 1948. It is also
well above any upward revision of the standard
expected to be made in the near future.
This per capita expenditure of Boston's is the
highest among all cities over 500,000 population in
the United States. It indicates that the city has
been more than generous in providing financial
support for a service which regularly reaches only
about 20 per cent of the community.
Boston's library service is provided mainly
through the Division of Reference and Research
Services and the Division of Home Reading and
Community Services. Prorating the cost of over-
head and housekeeping services between these two
divisions, the operating cost of the Division of
Reference and Research Services is about $1,000,-
000, a year while that of the Division of Home
Reading and Community Services is about
$2,300,000.
The reference and research aspect of the library
is extraordinary in scope and is supported almost
entirely from taxes paid by citizens of Boston.
This is unlike the situations in most large cities,
where similar reference and research libraries are
financed wholly from endowments and gifts.
The Division of Home Reading and Community
Services includes one of the most extensive branch
library systems in the country.
This report makes two major recommendations —
one deaUng with the proposed plan for the organ-
izational and physical expansions of the Division
of Reference and Research Services within the
existing main library building; the other dealing
with the branch library system.
Expansion of Reference and Research Services.
For a number of years, a tentative plan for an
organizational and physical expansion of the sub-
ject departments in the Division of Reference and
Research Services has been in the process of de-
velopment. The general aim is to extend the serv-
ices of the division into fields of knowledge not
now handled through separate service areas and
specially trained personnel. The first stage of this
plan would entail physical expansion of existing
departments, and relocation of departments and
book stacks within the main library building. The
long-range objectives call for the housing of all
existing and future subject departments in a pro-
posed addition to the main library building. Both
the "interim" plan and the long-range plan will
have pronounced effects on the organization, per-
sonnel, financing, and service problems of the divi-
sion. Only the effects of the first stage are dis-
cussed in this report.
The cost of the physical changes is not the larger
issue. The major problem arises from the fact that
as many as sixty-three additional employees
(twenty-three professionals and forty subprofes-
sionals) will be needed as the number of points of
service is increased, at a cost of about $190,000 a
year. The cost of books and library materials will
boost this total to approximately $215,000 a year.
It may be possible for library officials to scale
down these estimates by establishing fewer service
points. It is doubtful, however, that the expansion
can be handled with less than eighteen additional
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professional and thirty-three additional subprofes-
sional employees. Estimated annual costs for this
minimum staff run to $170,000. Total expense
based on these revised estimates is still $195,000 per
year.
Whether the city can afford to increase its
$1,000,000 cost for operating the scholarly side of
the library by another 20 per cent is the issue which
must be faced.
Who Should Bear Library Cost?
A survey conducted by library officials in 1952
disclosed that at least one in three people using the
library's reference and research facilities were non-
residents of Boston.
This estimate of outside use ties in closely with
the problem of supporting the reference and re-
search side of the library. Its eminent position
among reference libraries has been attained almost
wholly through financial support provided by Bos-
ton taxpayers. It is highly doubtful that Boston
can afford the additional operating expense in-
volved in the expansion of this division. A wider
base of financial support from state, metropolitan,
or private sources, which recognizes the incidence of
outside use of the library's reference and research
collections, ought to be forthcoming before the
"interim" plan of expansion is adopted.
The Branch System.
Whether measured by the standards of the
American Library Association, or by data on
branch libraries in cities of Boston's population
group, the branch system in this city is one of the
most extensive in the country. In Boston there is a
branch library for every 1.5 square miles of area
and for every 25,000 people. This is the smallest
service area per branch library in the country and
the second smallest population per branch library
in the country.
The number of branches now in existence may
have been justified when originally established.
Nevertheless, population changes in certain dis-
tricts have not been attended by commensurate
contraction in facilities nor by changes in the over-
all pattern of branch libraries.
Branch Abandonments.
It is the contention of this report that superior
service can be rendered with twenty-six branch
libraries instead of the present number of thirty-
two. This would provide a branch library for
every 31,000 people; one for every 1.8 square miles.
Four branches could be abandoned as soon as
possible — Jeffries Point, Phillips Brooks, Neponset,
and Tyler Street — without injury to library serv-
ice. Bookmobile service can be extended to these
mentioned areas.
1. Jeffries Point is at an ineffective location in
East Boston and has a very low circulation. The
cost per book circulated is a high 89 cents.
2. Neponset, housed in a small rented store in
the Pope's Hill section of Dorchester, duplicates to
a large extent the service of the new Adams Street
branch.
3. Phillips Brooks, in the Readville section of
Hyde Park, is located in a small, run-down frame
building with deplorable lighting. It services an
area of less than 5,000 people. The cost per vol-
ume circulated of 94 cents is the second highest of
any branch in the system.
4. Performance and cost hardly justify reten-
tion of Tyler Street Reading Room in the South
End. Its cost per volume circulated of $1.17 is the
highest of any unit in the system. Its service area
is being reduced by an ever-increasing loss of
population.
Future Branch Construction.
The Library Department is planning to replace
the South Boston and City Point branches with a
single new facility. The same solution could be ap-
plied to the area covering both sides of the Roxbury-
Dorchester boundary, from Franklin Park up to
Dudley street. This will result in the replacement
of three branches in this section — Mt. Pleasant,
Mt. Bowdoin, Memorial, none of which is in a
library-owned building — with two new branches.
The foregoing recommendations would bring
the number of branch libraries down to a reasonable
figure of twenty-six. Savings of at least $130,000
a year would help to offset the cost of building the
three new branches just discussed.
Within this framework of twenty-six branch
libraries, the Library Department could plan its
longer-range building program. This program
should recognize the need for replacing units located
in rented quarters and municipal buildings, and,
eventually, the elimination of old structures,
whether rented or library-owned.
The North End and West End branches are
located in districts undergoing major physical and
population changes. These two facilities are so old
they would ordinarily demand immediate replace-
ment. It may be practical for the Library Depart-
ment to plan a new branch in the urban redevelop-
ment project area of the West End as a replacement
for the West End branch, and so located as to
eventually serve the North End as well.
The Citizens' Committee on Municipal Finances
re-emphasizes its conclusions. Firstly, the expan-
sion of the services of the scholarly side of the
library should be deferred until financial aid is
forthcoming from sources other than city funds.
Secondly, the branch library system should be re-
organized by the closing of poorly-located, under-
utilized, and high-cost branches and by the con-
struction of several modern, better-located
branches.
Supplementary Recommendations.
The report also recommends several changes in
the personnel system and in the organization and
administration of the Library Department.
Personnel.
The Library Department lacks a complete sys-
tem of position classification. Instead, there is a
tendency to classify persons instead of positions.
This makes it difficult to relate rank to position
requirements, to standardize salaries, to analyze
manpower needs, and to correct misassignment of
personnel.
Modern testing developments are not fully
utilized. For example, there is undue emphasis
on testing for information rather than aptitude in
entrance examinations. Rating methods used in
testing for positions in the higher echelons also
show the need for evaluation and modernization.
Since many situations are the product of the
library's personnel system, a complete survey by
outside personnel technicians would be desirable.
General Administrative Offices.
There are opportunities for simplification and for
better allocation of responsibilities in the General
Administrative Offices which would boost efficiency
and which would lead to lower personnel costs.
1. The Exhibits Office and Information Office
could be consolidated into a single Public Relations
and Information Office.
2. A Reorganization of the Records, Files, and
Statistics Office is also desirable if its services are
to be used as important tools by top management.
Its miscellaneous activities of central mailing and
mimeographing could be allocated to departments
having related responsibilities. The rest of this
office could be developed into a Management
Analysis Office to lead the way in management
improvement work.
3. There also appear to be several instances in
which professional personnel in the Director's
Office and Personnel Office are engaged in duties of
a nonprofessional level.
Division of Reference and Research Services.
1. Two departments and the Supervisor's Office
in this division and the Central Charging Records
Unit in the Division of Home Reading and Com-
munity Services remain open until 10 p.m. on
Monday through Friday. All other departments
close at 9 p.m. An attendance count and survey
of reference inquiries for the week beginning Feb-
ruary 14, 1954, pointed to uneconomical use of
staff time during the 9-10 p.m. period. All central
library departments should close at 9 p.m. It
would mean savings in plant operation ; the reduced
span of seventy-three hours per week would still
compare favorably with that of other public
library systems.
2. In certain departments of the Division of
Reference and Research Services — Division Office,
Book Stack Service, and the Periodical and News-
paper Department — several professional people are
engaged in duties which can be performed by sub-
professional employees.
3. Departmental status for book selection in
this division can hardly be justified. The depart-
ment is largely an expediting unit whose personnel
can readily be combined into the Division Office,
where much of the coordination in book selection
already occurs.
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Division of Home Reading and Community
Services.
1 . Departments in the Division of Home Read-
ing and Community Services in the main library
which have several situations involving the use of
professional personnel for subprofessional duties
include Branch Issue, Cataloging and Classification,
Central Charging Records, and Open Shelf. There
are also similar instances throughout the branches.
2. At the central library the situation in the
Audio- Visual Center calls for correction. The
deputy supervisor in charge of adults should be
relieved of her temporary function as head of the
Audio-Visual Center, an assignment which cuts
into her important and primary work with adults
and young adults. In addition, several factors
render very natural the unification of this unit and
the Open Shelf Department. _ Both offer library
materials for circulation. Their clienteles are often
one and the same. They are located close to each
other. v
3. In some branches undue weight is given to
special factors other than circulation in order to
justify larger staffs than are necessary.
In Brighton, for example, an inefficient library
layout calls for more staff than circulation, at-
tendance, and program data warrant. Reorgan-
ization of the physical layout could permit a reduc-
tion in total staff and in the number of professional
personnel.
East Boston has the special problem of an extra-
spacious layout on three separate floors. Eight
people in full-time equivalents instead of the nine
and one-half personnel as of December 31, 1953,
would be adequate.
Circulation per staff member at North End is
also very low. Taking recognition of the extra-
ordinary attendance and large floor areas to be
served at North End, the total staff should not
exceed eight full-time people.
Division of Business Operations.
1. In the Division of Business Operations,
analysis of activities in the Business Office points
to certain weaknesses in its organization and ad-
ministration.
To improve the situation, a basic overhaul is
necessary. All purchasing could be taken out of
the Business Office and carried on by a separate
department of which the Shipping and Supply
Sections would be subunits. This arrangement
would keep many purchasing details away from the
division head's desk and permit the strengthening
of purchasing operations.
A single deputy to the division head should
replace the two deputy assistants. As a real staff
aide, he could then act as a "trouble shooter" to
track down and provide data on operating difficul-
ties in the division.
2. The Binding Department should confine
itself largely to work on the reference and research
collections, which do not lend themselves to as-
sembly-line production. All other work could be
placed on a contractual bid basis with commercial
library binderies.
3. A comprehensive analysis of forms is badly
needed. The number in use could be reduced and
those retained could be simplified. The Committee
on Forms, set up in 1952, could be reactivated to
accomplish such a survey.
4. Production data in the Book Preparation
Department are quite disappointing, resulting in
high unit costs. Work distribution counts and
work flow studies could determine if the shop is
laid out for efficient operation. If the problem is
not procedural, changes in organization, such as
consolidating the separate working groups in the
department with the Cataloging and Classification
Departments, could be explored.
5. The Book Purchasing Department could
operate with only three professional people — chief,
first assistant, and one person assigned to purchases
of foreign publications — instead of with eight
professionals.
Books and library materials to be purchased
from trust funds could be scheduled very early in
the year. A greater number of books and library
materials purchasable from city appropriations
could be purchased in the months prior to City
Council approval of appropriations than has been
the case.
Bidding activity on periodicals could be stimu-
lated by formally advertising the periodicals con-
tract.
Requisitioning departments should be allowed
to purchase library materials costing one dollar or
less from petty cash.
6. In the Buildings Department the creation
of a new position of technical assistant to the
superintendent will provide him with needed top-
level supervisory help and technical assistance.
7. Better use of staff time in the Supply Section
would come if delivery service of items by its staff
were eliminated and requisitioning departments
picked up their own orders. Part of the staff's
time could then be devoted to maintaining a much
needed stock record system.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS J. KERRIGAN.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of Thomas J. Kerrigan
as temporary environmental sanitation inspector
(food).
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF ERWIN D. CANHAM.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the ap-
pointment of Erwin D. Canham, 0 Acorn street, to
be a trustee of the Public Library of the City of
Boston for the term ending April 30, 1958, vice
Hon. Frank J. Donahue, resigned.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred February 6)
for commercial use shellfish permit for William
Fullerton — recommending that permit be granted.
The report was accepted, and the permit was
granted under the usual conditions.
"STOP" SIGNS AT GLENCOE AND GAR-
DENA STREETS, BRIGHTON.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston Traffic Commissioner
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
install "Stop" signs at juncture of Glencoe and
Gardena streets, Brighton.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ELECTRIC WIRES AND CONDUITS TO
BE UNDERGROUND.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Public Works Commissioner to confer with repre-
sentatives of the Boston Edison for the purpose
of effecting, either by negotiation or by ordinance,
regulations so that in any future house develop-
ments all wires and conduits be placed under-
ground.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PUBLICATION OF CHANGES IN REGULA-
TIONS OR ORDINANCES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consider
the advisability of issuing a regulation to depart-
ment heads and boards of the City of Boston
making it mandatory for department heads and
boards to publish in the "City Record," a reason-
able time before any hearing or proposed changes
in regulations and ordinances affecting the City
of Boston or its citizens, a copy of the proposed
changes and notice of time and place of any hearing.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved that the City
Messenger communicate with his Honor the
Mayor to furnish the Council with any comments
he wishes to make on the order passed on February
6, 1956, concerning regulations establishing mini-
mum standards of fitness for human habitation.
The motion was carried.
FEBRUARY 13, 1956-
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NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
JOHN P. McKEON.
couo. Mcdonough and mccormack
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the space at the intersection of
Hallet and Hill Top streets, Dorchester, John P.
McKeon Square, in honor of AOM a/c John P.
McKeon, a member of the 119th Bombing Squad-
ron, who was killed in China in 1945.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor (re-
ferred February 6) of Maurice Weinograd as
weigher of goods, for term ending April 30, 1956 —
recommending that appointment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointment by the Mayor (re-
ferred February 6) of Robert John Kelley as con-
stable with authority to serve civil process upon
filing of bond, for term ending April 30, 1956 — rec-
ommending that appointment be confirm ed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Ahearn and Piemonte. Whole number of ballots 6,
yeas 6, and the appointments were confirmed.
LEGISLATION RE DISABILITY TO CER-
TAIN MEMBERS OF PENAL INSTI-
TUTIONS DEPARTMENT.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
hereby favors the consideration by the Legislature
of the petition now held under Joint Rule 7B,
which is, " An act providing that a certain physical
condition or disease resulting in disability to cer-
tain members of the Penal Institutions Depart-
ment of the City of Boston shall be presumed to
have been suffered in line of duty, with reference
to the accidental disability retirement law, " pro-
vided that any such legislation, if enacted, includes
a referendum to the Mayor and City Council.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on
Legislative Matters.
Adjourned at 2.52 p.m. on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, February 20, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing osgg&D Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, February 20, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair. Absent,
Councillor Foley.
The Reverend Joseph F. Maguire, of Blessed
Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Jamaica
Plain, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATON BY REV. JOSEPH F.
MAGUIRE.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Direct, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that all
our actions by Thy grace and holy inspiration
be carried on by Thy gracious assistance so
that every prayer and work of ours may
always begin from Thee and through Thee be
happily ended. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed
be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread, and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
against us, and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Constables with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond for the term end-
ing April 30, 1956: Robert Paul Connolly,
4 Northdale road, West Roxbury; Francis J.
Concannon, 10 Furnival road, Jamaica Plain.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the appropriation of $28,000 to be expended
by the Health Department in connection with
the Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program
which should be initiated at the earliest pos-
sible date. I am advised by the Health Com-
missioner that he is ready to go ahead with
this all-important work as soon as the neces-
sary funds are made available.
Although the United States Government, the
State Department of Public Health, and the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
jointly have made vaccine available, without
charge, for all children under fifteen years of
age, in addition to expectant mothers, never-
theless the expense of administering the vac-
cine will have to be borne by the city.
With the exception of 73,000 children in the
Boston public schools whose requirements will
be attended to through School Department
supervision, it is estimated that 115,000 chil-
dren, including 39,000 in parochial schools and
76,000 either under school age, at home, or in
institutions, will be eligible to receive two
inoculations of vaccine this year under the
Health Department program; in addition,
10,000 expectant mothers will also be inocu-
lated under this program.
The efficient administration of this all-
important work will require the services of
additional doctors, nurses, and clerks, and the
acquisition of medical equipment, such as
hypodermic needles, syringes, sterilizers, and
other medication attendant to the adminis-
tering of the vaccine.
The securing of this vaccine without cost is
a most welcome contribution at this particular
time, not only because of the savings involved
but because of the benefits which will be de-
rived in the matter of public health. Because
of the urgency and importance of this pro-
gram, I respectfully recommend the adoption
by your Honorable Body of the accompanying
order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Health Department, Februai-y 17, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
The Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program
is to be processed in the City Of Boston in
the immediate future.
The United States Government, the State
Department of Public Health, and the Na-
tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
jointly will make vaccine available free for
all children from the time of birth until they
reach age fifteen. The major portion of the
expense of administering this vaccine shall
be borne by the Boston Health Department.
As near as can be determined, there are in
the Boston public schools 72,668 who are
eligible to receive the vaccine. The expense
of administration of vaccine to this group
shall be borne by the Boston Public School De-
partment.
There are 39,057 children in parochial
schools under fifteen years of age.
There are 74,695 children from birth to age
five in the City of Boston not attending
school.
There are 2,000 children in private schools,
institutions, or at home not attending school
under age fifteen who are eligible to receive
the vaccine.
The expense of administering this vaccine
to the above three categories shall be borne
by the Boston Health Department, and, in
addition, the records of the entire group to be
inoculated must be compiled and maintained
by the Boston Health Department. In addi-
tion, services of nurses, clerks, and doctors
and overtime payment for building custodians
must be paid. Also such materials as printed
forms, postage, hypodermic needles, syringes,
certain sterilization equipment, and medica-
tion must be purchased.
The greater part of the above group will
depend upon the Boston Health Department
to actually give the inoculations, and it re-
quires two inoculations to be given to each
child.
In addition, it is estimated that there are
approximately 10,000 expectant mothers who
are likewise eligible to receive the vaccine
without cost.
It is essential that additional temporary per-
sonnel shall be required to administer this
program, estimated to consist of nearly
200,000 inoculations, and maintain adequate
records. It is requested that the sum of
$28,000 be allocated to the Boston Health De-
partment by a supplementary budget, and that
these funds be made available at the earliest
possible date. •
Respectfully,
John H. Cauley, M.D.,
Health Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of money specified
for the Health Department in the schedule
hereinafter set out be, and hereby is, appropri-
ated for the purpose hereinafter specified,
said sum to be raised by taxation on the polls
and estates of the City of Boston, and that
all orders heretofore or hereinafter passed by
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CITY COUNCIL.
the City Council relating to appropriations,
taxes, and interest thereon apply to the ap-
priations and taxes herein provided for.
Health Department.
1. Personal Services $28,000
Referred to the Executive Committee.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
ORDINANCE CREATING OFFICE OF
SUPERVISOR OF BUDGETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Herewith is a communication recently re-
ceived by me from the Director of Adminis-
trative Services recommending the creation of
the office of Supervisor of Budgets, who, by
handling budget matters, would make it pos-
sible for the Director of Administrative Serv-
ices to devote his full time to the important
duty imposed upon him to make "studies and
recommendations with respect to the organi-
zation, activities, policies, and procedures of
all departments, boards, and officers so that
the administration thereof shall be economical
and efficient." Since, without question, adop-
tion of this recommendation would greatly
enhance the effectiveness of the Adminis-
trative Services Department, I recommend
that your Honorable Body pass at an early
date the accompanying ordinance which re-
organizes the Administrative Services Depart-
ment so as to include a Supervisor of Budgets.
You will note that the Supervisor Of Budgets
will serve on the Administrative Services
Board in the place of the City Auditor, so
that an incidental effect of the ordinance will
be to strengthen the independence of the
office of the City Auditor as well as give him
more time for his primary function.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
February 6, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
Based on two years' experience, it is my
opinion that the Director of Administrative
Services could function more efficiently and
effectively if he was relieved of the direct
responsibility of preparing annual and all
supplementary budgets together with the as-
sociated duties set forth in section 3 of chap-
ter 3A of the Revised City Ordinances. Under
existing conditions, the vast amount of detail
involved in the various phases of the budget
consumes a major portion of the Director's
time and thus limits to a considerable degree
the attention which can be given to the mak-
ing of "studies and recommendations with
respect to the organization, activities, poli-
cies, and procedures of all departments,
boards and officers so that the administration
thereof shall be economical and efficient."
Under the Reorganization Ordinance, the
position of "Supervisor of Personnel" was
created within the Administrative Services
Department to handle all matters relating to
personnel. I believe it is desirable to follow
this precedent and establish within the de-
partment the position of "Supervisor of Budg-
ets" to handle all budget matters. Under
this arrangement, the Director of Adminis-
trative Services can devote his entire atten-
tion to administrative problems and thus
function in a true and complete sense as your
administrative assistant.
Respectfully,
Charles J. Fox, Director.
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Reorganizing the Administrative
Services Department and Creating Therein
the Office of Supervisor of Budgets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
Section 1. The first paragraph of section
5 of chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of
1947, as amended, is hereby further amended
by striking out clause (1), as appearing in
section 3 of chapter 8 of the Ordinances of
1953, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing clause:
(1) The director of administrative serv-
ices, fifteen thousand dollars; the supervisor
of budgets, ninety-five hundred dollai's; the
supervisor of personnel, ninety-five hundred
dollars; and the purchasing agent, ninety-five
hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. Section 1 of chapter 3A of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as amended by
section 13 of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of
1954, is hereby further amended by striking
out the first two sentences and inserting in
place thereof the following sentences: There
shall be in the city a department, known as
the Administrative Services Department,
which shall be under the charge of a board,
known as the Administrative Services Board,
consisting of an officer, known as the Director
of Administrative Services, who shall be chair-
man of the Board, an officer known as the
Supervisor of Budgets, an officer known as the
Supervisor of Personnel, an officer known as
the Purchasing Agent, and the collector-
treasurer, ex officio. The director of admin-
istrative services, the supervisor of budgets,
the supervisor of personnel, and the purchas-
ing agent shall each be appointed by the
mayor for a term expiring on the first Mon-
day of the January following the next bi-
ennial municipal election at which a mayor is
elected, and shall devote their whole time to
the duties of their respective offices.
Sect. 3. Section 3 of chapter 3A of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in
section 9 of chapter 8 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947, is hereby amended by striking
out, wherever appearing in said section, the
words "director of administrative services"
and inserting in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the words "supervisor of budgets."
Sect. 4. The powers and duties conferred
or imposed on the director of administrative
services by section 3 of chapter 3A of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in
section 9 of chapter 8 of the Ordinances of
1953, and the appropriations relating to such
powers and duties, are hereby transferred to
the supervisor of budgets created by section 2
of this ordinance.
Sect. 5. Every person holding an office or
position subject to the civil service laws and
rules shall, if the office or position is abolished
by this ordinance, be reappointed without civil
service examination or registration to a similar
office or position with similar status in a new
department or agency, or division of either,
created, or a department or agency, or divi-
sion of either, not abolished, by this ordinance;
and every such person shall, upon such reap-
pointment, retain all rights to retirement with
pension that shall have accrued or would there-
after accrue to him; and his services shall be
deemed to have been continuous to the same
extent as if such abolition had not taken place.
As used in this section, the term "agency"
shall be construed as defined in section 5 of
chapter 486 of the acts of 1909 as amended
by section 1 of chapter 473 of the acts of 1953.
Sect. 6. This ordinance shall be deemed to
be made under section 5 of chapter 486 of the
acts of 1909, as amended by section 1 of
chapter 473 of the acts of 1953, and shall be
so construed that no person holding, whether
under general or special law or otherwise, an
office or position subject to the civil service
laws and rules shall, by reason of the adop-
tion of this ordinance, be without a similar
office or position or be reduced in rank or
compensation.
FEBRUARY 20, 1956.
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Sect. 7. Anything in section 3 of chapter 1
of the Revised Ordinances of 1947 to the con-
trary notwithstanding, this ordinance shall be
published by the action of the city council in
passing the same.
Sect. 8. This ordinance shall take effect on
the Wednesday next following its approval
by the Mayor.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Henry J. Abdelmasch, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Poplar
and Florence streets.
Paul G. H. Brueckner, for compensation for
damage to property at 346 La Grange street,
West Roxbury, caused by water entering
cellar.
Leo S. Casey, for compensation for injuries
caused by city motor vehicle.
Commonwealth Avenue Pharmacy, Inc., to
be reimbursed for overpayment of $15 for
vietualer's license.
George P. Covell, for compensation for dam-
age to car by City of Boston vehicle.
John W. Dalton, for compensation for dam-
age to car caused by an alleged defect in West
street, Hyde Park.
Stanley J. Domurat, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in At-
lantic avenue.
Maurice Federman, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 103 Pem-
broke street, Boston.
John J. Feeney, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Millicent B. Fraser, for compensation for
injuries caused by defective stairway at en-
trance to Farragut School.
Mary C. Gogan, for son, for compensation
for injuries caused bv an alleged defect in
Dorchester Heights.
Bartholomew J. Murphy, for compensation
for injuries caused by an alleged defect at cor-
ner of Traverse and Portland streets, Boston.
Agnes E. Prescott, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at Essex
street and Atlantic avenue.
Joseph F. Rorke, for compensation for dam-
age to car by truck of Fire Department.
Samuel Rotondi, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment.
Samuel Rotondi, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment.
Leon Sherter, to be reimbursed for overpay-
ment of $60 for license for amusement ma-
chines.
United States Department of Justice, Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, for compensation
for damage to car by City of Boston vehicle.
John F. Welch, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in rear of
City Hall Annex.
I. Anita Weston, for compensation for dam-
age to car by City of Boston vehicle.
Licenses.
Petition of the Boston American League
Baseball Company for license for Sunday
sports at Fenway Park, from March 15, 1956,
to March 15, 1957.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Rose L. Cahill to be paid an-
nuity on account of death of her husband,
Thomas J. Cahill, late member of the Fire
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of parcel of prop-
erty in Roslindale under section 6 of chapter
372 of the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works transmit-
ting copy of order of layout and taking of
portion of state highway (John F. Fitzgerald
Expressway) .
Placed on file.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city on February 15, 16,
and 17.
Placed on file.
MINORS' LICENSES.
Applications for minors' licenses were re-
ceived from three newsboys.
Licenses were granted under the usual con-
ditions.
ASSIGNMENT OF SPECIAL JUSTICE.
Communication was received from the Ad-
ministrative Committee of the District Courts
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the
assignment of Frank S. Deland as Special
Justice of the Municipal Court of the Rox-
bury District.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred February 13) of Dennis C. Ricupero
as constable with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond, for term ending
April 30, 1956 — recommending that appoint-
ment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointments by the Mayor
(referred February 13) of Gilbert C. Jackson,
Jr., Francis J. White, Jr., John E. Stone, and
John E. O'Brien as measurers of grain for
the term ending April 30, 1956 — recommend-
ing that appointments be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the ques-
tion came on confirmation, Committee, Coun-
cillors McLaughlin and White. Whole num-
ber of ballots 7, yeas 7, and the appointments
were confirmed.
BUDGET HEARINGS.
Coun. PIEMONTE announced that the sub-
committee of the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance of which he is a member
would begin hearings on the budget at 10
A.M. on Thursday, February 23, 1956.
Coun. MoLAUGHLIN announced that the
subcommittee of the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance of which he is a member
would begin hearings on the budget this week,
and that a schedule of the hearings was avail-
able in the City Messenger's office.
Coun. WHITE announced that the sub-
committee of the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance of which he is a member
would begin hearings on the budget at 10
A.M. on Thursday, February 23, 1956.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
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CITY COUNCIL.
GRANTING OF ARMS TO ISRAEL.
coun. Mclaughlin and mccormack
offered the following :
Whereas, The President of the United
States has lifted the embargo on the ship-
ment of certain arms to Saudi Arabia; and
Whereas, This act has further endangered
the peace of the Middle East and potentially
brings the world once again to the brink of
war; and
Whereas, The friendly State of Israel in
particular is endangered by this action; and
Whereas, The application for the shipment
of arms for Israel has been pending with the
Government of the United States without
decision; and
Whereas, It is now imperative for the
safety of Israel and possibly for the peace of
the world that Israel's request for arms be
granted; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, expresses its deep concern
over this newly-created danger to world peace
and urges that the executive branch of the
United States Government immediately grant
Israel's application for aims; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution
be forwarded immediately to each member of
the United States House of Representatives
from Massachusetts and to each United States
Senator from Massachusetts.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
PAYMENT OF SUM OF MONEY TO
JOHN J. SMITH.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
favors the consideration by the Legislature
of the petition now held under Joint Rule 7B,
authorizing the City of Boston to pay a sum
of money to John A. Smith, provided that
any such legislation enacted includes a refer-
endum to the Mayor and City Council.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of James A. Fraw-
ley (referred January 30) to be reimbursed
as a result of an execution issued against
him on account of his acts as an employee of
the Public Works Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $85 be allowed
and paid to James A. Frawley in reimburse-
ment for amount of execution issued against
him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Public Works Department, said sum to
be charged to the appropriation for Execu-
tions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
2. Report on the petition of Margaret E.
Shea (referred December 12, 1955) to be paid
an annuity on account of the death of her hus-
band, William Shea, of the Police Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,500 be allowed and paid to
Margaret E. Shea, widow of William Shea, a
member of the Police Department, who died
on June 6, 1954, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty; said
annuity to continue so long as she remains
unmarried; such annuity to date from the
approval of this order by the Mayor, and to
be charged to the appropriation for Police
Department, Pensions and Annuities.
3. Report on petition of Charles N. Vogel
(referred January 23) for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses incurred as a result of an injury
sustained by him while in the performance
of his duty as a member of the Fire Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
upon petition of Charles N. Vogel, a former
member of the Fire Department retired for
accidental disability, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing ex-
penses incurred as a result of an injury
received through no fault of his own while in
the per.ormance of his duty on September 18,
1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certifi-
cation of the panel appointed under the pro-
visions of said section, to the following the
amount stated:
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $79 75
said sum to be paid from any appropriation
suitable for the purpose of this section.
4. Report on petition of Leonard F. Hans-
ford (referred February 13) to be reimbursed
for amount of executions issued against
him on account of his acts as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $1,220.55 be allow-
ed and paid to Leonard F. Hansford in re-
imbursement for amount of executions issued
against him on account of his acts as a mem-
ber of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
5. Report on petition of Joseph L. Powers
(referred February 13) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $2,000 be al-
lowed and paid to Joseph L. Powers in re-
imbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a mem-
ber of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
6. Report on petition of Florida M. Mona-
han (referred December 5, 1955) to be paid
an annuity on account of the death of her
husband, Edward J. Monahan, of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,500 be allowed and paid to
Florida M. Monahan, widow of Edward J.
Monahan, a member of the Police Department,
who died on August 30, 1955, on account of
injuries ■ received in the performance of his
duty; said annuity to continue so long as she
remains unmarried; such annuity to become
effective upon the date of the approval of
this order by the Mayor, and to be charged to
the appropriation for Police Department, Pen-
sions and Annuities.
7. Report on petition of Alfred E. Mather
(referred February 13) for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nm-sing
expenses incurred as a result of an injury
sustained by him while in the performance of
his duty as a member of the Fire Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered,- That under the provisions of sec-
tion 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
upon petition of Alfred E. Maher, a member
of the Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses incurred as a result of an injury
received through no fault of his own while
in the performance of his duty on September
23, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Alfred E. Maher (Petitioner) $81 90
Joseph A. Doherty, M.D 110 00
Total $191 90
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said sum to be charged to the appropriation
lor Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
8. Report on petition of Gertrude E. Kane
(referred December 5, 1955) to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her
husband, Michael J. Kane, of the Police De-
partment— recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,500 be allowed and paid to
Gertrude E. Kane, widow of Michael J. Kane,
a member of the Police Department, who died
on August 9, 1955, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty; said
annuity to continue so long as she remains
unmarried; such annuity to become effective
upon the date of the approval of this order by
the Mayor, and to be charged to the appro-
priation for Police Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
PROPOSED TRANSFER OF SUMNER
TUNNEL TO COMMONWEALTH.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consider
the advisability of transferring the Sumner
Tunnel to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
for fair market value, the net proceeds there-
from to be applied to the reduction of the
tax rate of the City of Boston for the fiscal
year 1956.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the
foregoing order by adding at the end thereof
the following: "and that in any transfer of
the tunnel either on the initiative by the city
or because of any taking, that in addition to
the value of the tunnel the city seeks to be
compensated for the balance of the money
expended for the operating deficit and for
which the city has not yet been compensated."
The motion was carried.
The order as amended was referred to the
Executive Committee.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
EXTENDING TIME OF M.T.A. SERVICE
TO COLUMBIA POINT HOUSING
PROJECT.
Coun. McCORMACK, FOLEY and KERRI-
GAN offered the following:
Whereas, The present M.T.A. bus service
to the Columbia Point Housing Project ends
at 7:45 P.M.; and
Whereas, The distance between the Colum-
bia Station and the project is a mile and a
quarter; and
Whereas, There are 7,000 people living at
that development who should be given more
thorough transportation service; therefore be
it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, ask his Honor the Mayor
to make the strongest possible representation
to the trustees of the Metropolitan Transit
Authority concerning the necessity of extend-
ing service to the project until 1 a.m.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
AMENDMENT TO COMPENSATION AND
CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR SUF-
FOLK COUNTY.
Coun. McDONOUGH and FOLEY offered
the following:
Ordered, That the Supervisor of Personnel
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
amend Schedule B of the Compensation and
Classification Plan for Officers and Employees
of Suffolk County by striking out after the
words "compensation grade, " under the cap-
tion "court officer" of the various district
courts, the figure 17, and inserting in place
thereof the figure 19, in order to bring the
grade up to the same level as the court officers
of the Roxbury Municipal Court.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the
foregoing order by adding at the end thereof
the following: "and that it be referred to the
Personnel Advisor for his report." The motion
was carried.
The order as amended was referred to the
Supervisor of Personnel for report.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 2.59 p.m., subject to
the call of the Chair. The members reassem-
bled in the Council Chamber and were called
to order by President McCORMACK at
4.50 P.M..
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
Coun. COLLINS, for the Committee on
Legislative Matters, submitted the following:
Report on resolution (referred February 13)
for legislation re disability to certain members
of Penal Institutions Department — recommend-
ing that the resolution be adopted.
The report was accepted, and the resolution
was adopted.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Commit-
tee, submitted the following:
1. Report on the message of the Mayor
(referred January 16) re furnishing copies to
the City Council of the Citizens' Committee
Survey on the Police Department — recommend-
ing that the message be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message
was placed on file.
2. Report on the notice of hearing before
the Department of Public Utilities (referred
January 23) on petition of the M.T.A. for
license to operate motor vehicles over William
J. Day Boulevard — recommending that the
notice be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the notice
was placed on file.
3. Report on the message of the Mayor
and order (referred today) for appropriation
of $28,000 for Health Department, Personal
Services, for the Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccina-
tion Program — recommending the order ought
to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
MeCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 8.
Nays — 0.
4. Report on order (referred January 30)
relative to railroad trains and box cars being
allowed to stand overnight and for extended
periods of time on Atlantic and Northern
avenues — submitting a partial report recom-
mending passage of the accompanying orders:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be
asked to report to this Council as to what
powers it has relative to licenses or any con-
trol the City Council has over the operation
of the railroad on Atlantic avenue and Com-
mercial street and Northern avenue and re-
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lated streets, and to report to it as to what
agency of the city government would have
the power or would normally have jurisdic-
tion to promulgate reasonable regulations, and
in the event neither the City Council nor any
agency of the city has authority to promul-
gate reasonable rules for the use of those
streets, that the Corporation Counsel draft
appropriate legislation to obtain from the
Legislature the required authority to adopt
rules regulating the use of these streets by
the railroad.
Ordered, That the Traffic Commission and
the Police Department be, and are hereby,
requested to furnish the Boston City Council
a detailed report by year of each accident
which occurred on Commercial street, Cause-
way street, Atlantic avenue, and/or Northern
avenue or Cove street during the past twenty
years in which a freight car or freight cars
were in any way involved.
The partial report was accepted, and the
orders were severally passed.
Adjourned at 4.59 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Piemonte, to meet on Monday, February
27, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing <^m^> Section
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, February 27, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair. Absent, Councillor
Piemonte.
The Reverend John E. Kinchla, of the Catholic
Servicemen's Bureau, Boston, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JOHN E. KINCHLA.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom, and
justice, from Whom authority is rightly adminis-
tered, laws enacted, and judgments decreed,
assist with Thy Holy Spirit this Council, that
their administration may be conducted in righteous-
ness, and be eminently useful to Thy people by
encouraging due respect for virtue and religion by
a faithful execution of law with justice and mercy,
and by restraining vice and immorality. May all
their proceedings tend to the preservation of peace,
promotion of municipal happiness, and increase
of industry and sobriety and useful knowledge, and
perpetuate to us the blessings of equal liberty.
Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor Kerrigan presiding at the box in
the absence of the Mayor, viz. :
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear March 19, 1956:
Millio J. Blase, Ward 1; John H. Metz, Ward 1;
Arthur O'Neil, Ward 1 ; Harold M. Warren, Ward 1 ;
James F. Jesson, Ward 2; Robert G. Sullivan,
Ward 2; Joseph Cefalo, Ward 3; Adam Yadwish,
Ward 3; Merle Beausoleil, Ward 4; John Sheehan,
Ward 4; Louis W. Beushausen, Ward 5; Patricia
Clark, Ward 5; Mary Finochio, Ward 5; Herbert C.
Hynes, Ward 5; Patricia F. McCarthy, Ward 5;
Theodore Curtis, Ward 6; Edward J. Drew, Ward 6;
James L. Gilbert, Ward 6; Henry Kippenham,
Ward 6; Norman E. Lincoln, Ward 6; Walter V.
McDonough, Ward 6; Margaret A. Brown, Ward 7;
Thomas Desmond, Ward 7; Walter R. Larson,
Ward 7; Robert J. McClellan, Ward 7; Harry A.
O'Brien, Ward 8; Thomas L. O'Neil, Ward 8;
Josiah Heath, Ward 9; Indiana L. Little, Ward 9;
Joseph G. Holland, Ward 10; Martin Walsh,
Ward 10; Gertrude L. Barry, Ward 11; William F.
Edstrom, Jr., Ward 11; John Joseph Fennell,
Ward 11; Arthur H. Jones, Jr., Ward 11; Lester
Philip DuBow, Ward 12; Samuel Kasanoff, Ward
12; Allen Lee, Ward 12; George Marcus, Ward 12;
Albert Shuman, Ward 12; Gertrude Sodekson,
Ward 12; John J. Alves, Ward 13; John F. Behm,
Ward 13; Walter E. McAuley, Ward 13.
Hyman Berman, Ward 14; George Broomfield,
Ward 14; Samuel Frost, Ward 14; Max Lurie,
Ward 14; Harold Schwartz, Ward 14; Nathan
Shor, Ward 14; Irving Shuman, Ward 14; Abraham
Sidell, Ward 14; Walter F. J. Clark, Ward 15.
Thomas F. O'Brien, Ward 15; James J. Rogers
Ward 15; Daniel Whalen, Ward 15; Arthur E
Bowley, Ward 16; Mary E. Hogan, Ward 16
James R. Leahy, Ward 16; Robert L. MacKenzie
Ward 16; George S. Winn, Ward 16; Paul Astrella
Ward 17; David T. Carlson, Ward 17; William E
Danner, Ward 17; Joseph V. Doherty, Ward 17
Alfred Karp, Ward 17; Sumner A. Leondar
Ward 17; Richard J. McNeill, Jr., Ward 17
Joseph D. Marra, Ward 17; Gertrude J. O'Brien
Ward 17; John E. Sullivan, Ward 17; Frederick
Yam, Ward 17; Mary M. Broderick, Ward 18;
Oscar A. Gustafson, Ward 18; Richard E. Haddad,
Ward 18; Gregory C. Luke, Ward 18; Kenneth
Whelan, Ward 18; Katherine V. Flynn, Ward 19;
Henry V. Moynihan, Ward 19; Milton G. Bright,
Ward 20; Orlando L. DiMatteo, Ward 20; Robert
E. Fulton, Ward 20; James M. Sisk, Ward 20;
Sam A. Arnold, Ward 21 ; Thomas H. Brown, Ward
21; Edward Cherubin, Ward 21; Richard Kerber,
Ward 21; Henry Eggert, Ward 22; Jack Fay,
Ward 22; Robert P. Mahar, Ward 22.
LEGISLATION FAVORING REPEAL OF
COMPULSORY INSURANCE LAW.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Corporation Counsel relative to your resolution
of October 3, 1955, concerning legislation re-
pealing the compulsory automobile insurance law.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Law Department, February 20, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
The resolution adopted by the City Council on
October 3, 1955, requesting this office to favor
legislation to repeal the present discriminatory and
confiscating system of compulsory automobile
insurance prompts me to call to the attention of
the City Council through you chapter 51 of the
Acts of 1956, entitled "An Act Repealing the
Assessment of Insurance Premium Surcharges
Under the Highway Safety Act."
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Placed on file.
RESTRICTING UNDER-COMMON GARAGE
TO PARKING AND STORING OF CARS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Corporation Counsel relative to your resolution
of December 29, 1956, with respect to restricting
the Boston Common Garage to the parking of
motor vehicles.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Law Department, February 21, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In accordance with your Honor's directive of
January 3, 1956, transmitting to me copy of
resolution adopted by the City Council on Decem-
ber 29, 1955, with respect to restricting the Boston
Common Underground Garage to the parking of
motor vehicles, I have been considering embodying
in the new instrument to be executed with Boston
Common Garage, Inc., a provision limiting use
of the garage to parking only.
This is to inform you that after much thought
I have come to the conclusion that to prevent
such a large garage from providing incidental
services usually associated with a garage would
be a distinct disservice to the using public.
Accordingly, the new instrument will continue to
provide that, upon and after completion, the
garage shall be used as a public garage for motor
vehicles with such uses incidental thereto as are
authorized by St. 1946, c. 294, as amended, but
no other. It must be borne in mind that St. 1946,
c. 294, is unlike St. 1946, c. 474, in that c. 294
authorizes a "garage" for motor vehicles and not
a "public off-street parking facility."
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Placed on file.
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VARIOUS ORDERS FOR LOANS AND
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, February 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith ten orders providing for
appropriations for construction of public ways,
construction of sewers, construction of bridges, con-
struction of buildings, and departmental equip-
ment.
Five of these appropriations will be financed
through the issuance of bonds and the other five
from the tax levy of the current year. These latter
orders are required under the provisions of section
7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, which make it
mandatory that every loan order within the
statutory debt limit be supported by an appropri-
ation equal to 10 cents on each $1,000 of the as-
sessed valuation for the preceding year.
The $2,000,000 loan order for construction of
public ways contemplates the construction of sixty
new streets at an estimated cost of $600,000, and
approximately $900,000 for the reconstruction of
fifteen miles of existing public ways. In addition,
the Chapter 90 program for the current year will
cost approximately $1,300,000, 50 per cent of
which will be paid by the state.
The loan order for construction of bridges in the
amount of $3,000,000 contemplates the replace-
ment of the existing Summer Street Bridge at a
cost of $2,500,000. The remaining $650,000 will
be used for major reconstruction in connection with
the Maiden Bridge over Mystic River and the
Northern Avenue Bridge.
The loan in the amount of $1,000,000 for con-
struction of sewers contemplates the expenditure of
$345,000 for the construction of surface drains and
sewers to accommodate new buildings to be con-
structed, $570,000 for the enclosed conduits to
replace existing dangerous opening brook courses,
and $235,000 for rebuilding old and defective pipe
sewers located in various sections of the city.
The loan order in the amount of $2,000,000 for
additional departmental equipment contemplates
the purchase of automotive, office, fire-fighting,
public works, electrical and mechanical, medical
and surgical, and household furniture and equip-
ment for departments of the city. The items to
be purchased from the pre ceeds of this loan will be
of such a nature that the usable fife thereof will be
a minimum of five years.
The loan order in the amount of $1 ,000,000 for
the construction of buildings^ contemplates the con-
struction of two new fire stations to replace existing
fire stations and two new branch libraries.
All of the above requests for authorizations of
bond issues were approved by the Emergency
Finance Board on February 20, 1956, in accordance
with section 10 of chapter 44 of the General Laws.
I respectfully request adoption of the ten orders
herewith submitted.
Respectfully,
J. B. Htnes. Mayor.
Ordered, That the sum of $150,000 be, and
hereby is, appropriated for the purpose hereinafter
specified, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates in the City of Boston, and that
all orders hereinafter or heretofore passed by the
City Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and
the interest thereon, apply to the appropriations
and taxes herein provided for.
Public Ways, Construction of $150,000
Ordered, That the sum of $150,000 be, and
hereby is, appropriated for the purpose hereinafter
specified, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates in the City of Boston, and that all
orders hereinafter or heretofore passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and the
interest thereon, apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Bridges, Construction of $150,000
Ordered, That the sum of $150,000 be, and
hereby is, appropriated for the purpose hereinafter
specified, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates in the City of Boston, and that all
orders hereinafter or heretofore passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and the
interest thereon, apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Sewerage Works $150,000
Ordered, That the sum of $150,000 be, and
hereby is, appropriated for the purpose hereinafter
specified, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates in the City of Boston, and that all
orders hereinafter or heretofore passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and the
interest thereon, apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Departmental Equipment $150,000
Ordered, That the sum of $150,000 be, and
hereby is, appropriated for the purpose hereinafter
specified, said sum to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates in the City of Boston, and that all
orders hereinafter or heretofore passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and the
interest thereon, apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Construction of Buildings, Acquisi-
tion of Land, Etc $150,000
O rdered, That under the provisions of clause 5 of
section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $2,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the Com-
missioner of Public Works for the construction of
public ways or permanent pavement, and that to
meet said appropriation the Collector-Treasurer be
authorized to issue, from time to time, on request
of the Mayor, bonds or certificates of indebtedness
of the city to said amount.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 4 of
section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $3,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the Com-
missioner of Public Works for construction of
bridges, and that to meet said appropriation the
City Treasurer be authorized to issue, from time
to time, on request of the Mayor, bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the city to said amount.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 1 of
section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $1,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the Com-
missioner of Public Works, for the construction of
sewers for sanitary and surface drainage purposes-
and for sewerage disposal, and that to meet said
appropriation the Collector-Treasurer be authorized
to issue, from time to time, on request of the Mayor,
bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the city to
said amount.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 9 of
section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $2,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended for additional departmental equip-
ment, and that to meet said appropriation the
Collector-Treasurer be authorized to issue, from
time to time, on request of the Mayor, bonds or
certificates of indebtedness of the city to said
amount.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 3 of
section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $1,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended for the construction of departmental
buildings, and that to meet said appropriation the
Collector-Treasurer be authorized to issue, from
time to time, on request of the Mayor, bonds or
certificates of indebtedness of the city to said
amount.
Severally referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Edoardo Companero, for compensation for dam-
age to car and injuries caused by fire apparatus.
Edward Companero, for compensation for in-
juries caused by fire apparatus.
Genevieve Companero, for compensation for
injuries caused by fire apparatus.
Marlene Companero, for compensation for in-
juries caused by fire apparatus.
M. Hattie Dupertuis, administratrix, estate of
Clarence E. Fuller, for compensation for injuries
to Clarence E. Fuller caused by an alleged defect
at 628 Tremont street.
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Myer F. Freedman and Quaker Cab, Inc., for
compensation for injuries and property damage
caused by city vehicle.
Edward L. Friel, Jr., to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Penal Institutions Depart-
ment.
Leonard F. Hansford, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Edward N. McKinnie, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Rutland
square.
Eugene Poulos, for compensation for damage to
coat caused by grease on elevator in City Hall
Annex.
The R. A. Company, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city truck.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Riley, for compensa-
tion for damage to car and injuries caused by city
car.
Gerald E. Salt, for compensation for damage to
car by fire apparatus.
Service Fire Insurance Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to car of Ida Sandler by city truck.
Service Fire Insurance Company for compensa-
tion for damage to ear of A. J. McDonough by
city car.
Leo J. Sullivan, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Public Works Department, Sanitary
Division.
Leo J. Sullivan, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
West Third Street Garage, for compensation for
damage to property at 31 Fargo street, South
Boston, caused by bursting water pipe.
Max Wiseman, for compensation for damage to
car by fire apparatus.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held February 28,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison
Company for locations for underground wires in
William J. Morrissey Boulevard and New Freeport
street.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities, of hearing to be held February 28,
1956, at 10 A.m., on petition of Boston Edison
Company for locations for underground pipes in
Old Colony avenue.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held March_ 12,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison
Company for exemption from operation of Zoning
Law for erection of substation and underground
wires on land in Hyde Park.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held March 20,
1956, at 10 a.m., on rates and charges of Hudson
Bus Lines, Inc.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Works transmitting copy
of order of layout and taking of portion of state
highway (John F. Fitzgerald Expressway).
Placed on file.
DESIGNATION OF JOSEPH P. LALLY.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
designation of Joseph P. Lally as Acting Director
of Administrative Services, effective March 1,
1956, pending a permanent appointment.
Placed on file.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city from February 23, 1956, to
March 16, 1956, inclusive.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY FINANCE
BOARD FOR LOANS FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF PUBLIC WAYS, SEWERS,
BRIDGES, BUILDINGS, AND DE-
PARTMENTAL EQUIPMENT.
The following was received :
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Emergency Finance Board,
State House, Boston,
February 23, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing the vote passed by the Emergency
Finance Board on February 20, 1956, authorizing
the City of Boston to incur indebtedness of
$9,000,000, in accordance with chapter 56 of the
Acts of 1952.
Very truly yours,
Herman B. Dine, Secretary.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board
of the Commonwealth, held on the 20th day of
February, 1956, a_ majority of said Board being
present, the following vote was passed:
"Voted, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 10 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, as
last amended by chapter 56 of the Acts of 1952,
approval is hereby given for the City of Boston to
authorize indebtedness within one (1) year from
date, for the purpose of
Construction of Public Ways $2,000,000
Construction of Sewers 1,000,000
Construction of Bridges 3,000,000
Construction of Buildings 1,000,000
Additional Departmental Equipment. . . 2,000,000
the total amount not exceeding nine million
dollars ($9,000,000), in excess of its normal limit
of indebtedness as prescribed by said section 10."
Emergency Finance Board,
Edward S. Zelazo, Chairman,
John F. Kennedy,
Gerald L. Woodland,
George E. Lane,
Herman B. Dine, Secretary.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
BORROWING CAPACITY OF CITY FOR
YEAR 1956.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Board of Commissioners of Sinking
Funds.
February 17, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
At a meeting of the Board of Sinking Funds
Commissioners held on Friday, February 17, 1956,
and acting in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 93 of the Acts of 1891, the following vote
was adopted:
"Voted, To accept the estimate of the City
Auditor and the Collector-Treasurer, as per the
detailed schedule herewith attached, of the amount
which the city will be empowered to borrow during
the fiscal year 1956 within the debt limit established
by law and to certify the same to the Mayor and
the City Council in accordance with chapter 93,
Acts of 1891, as amended."
It is estimated that the amount which the city
will be empowered to borrow during the present
municipal year within the debt limit established
by law, subject to the approval of the Emergency
Finance Board, is $31,432,070.95, as per the
schedule annexed.
. Very truly yours,
William B. Carolan, Chairman,
Georob Hansen,
Robert D. Patterson,
Daniel Weisberq,
Joseph Birmingham,
Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds.
Joseph P. Lally,
City Auditor.
James E. Gildea,
Collector-Treasurer.
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Debt Incurring Power in 1956.
Total debt incurring power within the debt limit (5 per cent of SI, 589, 835, 800, the average
assessed valuation for three years, less abatements) $79,491,790 00
Debt incurred:
Total funded debt — city and county $122,999,500 00
Funded debt outside the debt limit (debt exempted from the operation of
the law limiting municipal indebtedness) :
Citv debt $20,680,000 00
Traffic Tunnel debt 300,000 00
Traffic Tunnel retirement debt 14,805,000 00
County debt 233,000 00
Rapid Transit debt : 52,743,500 00
Funded debt for Public Works Administration projects,
issued under authority of chapter 366, Acts of 1933, as
amended by chapter 21, Acts of 1934
$88,761,000 00
410,000 00
89,171,500 00
Funded debt within the debt limit $33,828,000 00
Offsets to funded debt:
Sinking funds • $62,382,276 39
Less sinking funds for debt outside the debt limit: '
Rapid Transit $52,743,500 00
Traffic Tunnel 300,000 00
Traffic Tunnel retirement 6,593,495 44
59,636,995 44
Offsets to funded debt within the debt limit
2,745,280 95
Net indebtedness within the debt limit, December 31, 1955 $31,082,719 05
Loans authorized but not issued (within the debt limit) 20,500,000 00
Used debt incurring power within the debt limit 51,582,719 05
Unused debt incurring power within the debt limit, January 1, 1956 $27,909,070 95
Estimated increase during the year by:
Serial bonds within the debt limit redeemable during year 3,523,000 00
Estimated amount of indebtedness that may legally be incurred within the debt limit during
the municipal year $31,432,070 95
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and Finance.
■ APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Robert J. Kelly, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
was received and approved.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CON-
FIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
February 20) of Robert Paul Connolly and Francis
J. Concannon as constables with authority to
serve civil process upon filing of bond for term
ending April 30, 1956 — recommending that ap-
pointments be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Ahearn
and White. Whole number of ballots 7, yeas 7,
and the appointments were confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Margaret C. Collins
(referred March 14) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, James F.
Collins, of the Police Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) be allowed and
paid to Margaret C. Collins, widow of James F.
Collins, retired member of the Police Department,
who died on November 14, 1954, on account of
in'uries received in the performance of his duty,
said annuity to date from May 1, 1955, to continue
so long as said widow remains unmarried, and to
be charged to the appropriation for Police Depart-
ment, Pensions and Annuities.
2. Report on petition of Bridget Lucy (referred
September 20, 1955) to be paid an annuity on
account of the deatli of her husband, Robert
Lucy, of the Police Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be allowed and
paid to Bridget Lucy, widow of Robert Lucy,
retired member of the Police Department, who
died on August 27, 1954, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty, said
annuity to date from November 1, 1954, to continue
so long as said widow remains unmarried, and to
be charged to the appropriation for Police Depart-
ment, Pensions and Annuities.
3. Report on petition of Eva B. Blakeley
(referred February 14, 1955) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband, John J.
Blakeley, of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be allowed and
paid to Eva B. Blakeley, widow of John J. Blakeley,
retired member of the Fire Department, who died
on November 30, 1954, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty, said
annuity to date from April 1, 1955, to continue
so long as said widow remains unmarried, and to
be charged to the appropriation for Fire Depart-
ment, Pensions and Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
4. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
November 28, 1955) vetoing the order passed on
November 14, 1955, for payment of an annuity
to Mary E. Linney on account of the death of
her husband, Francis J. Linney, late member of
the Fire Department — recommending sustaining
of said veto and passage of the accompanying
draft of a new order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be allowed and
paid to Mary E. Linney, widow of Francis J.
Linney, retired member of the Fire Department,
who died on November 6, 1954, on account of
injuries received in the performance of his duty,
said annuity to date from March 1, 1955, to
continue so long as said widow remains unmarried,
and to be charged to the appropriation for Fire
Department, Pensions and Annuities.
The report was accepted sustaining the veto
of the Mayor and the order in a new draft, as
submitted by the Committee, was passed.
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5. Report on petition of Margaret M. Faherty
(referred August 29, 1955) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband, John J.
Faherty, late member of the Police Department —
recommending no further action is necessary as
the petitioner has availed herself of benefits under
the Boston retirement system.
The report was accepted.
BREAKDOWN OF COUNTY EXPENSES.
President McCORMACK requested the Chair-
man of the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance, Councillor Foley, to submit a breakdown
of county expenses, and to submit what is done
by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for
other counties.
PLAQUE UNDER PICTURE OF LATE
MAURICE J. TOBIN IN TOBIN ME-
MORIAL BUILDING.
Coun. McCORMACK submitted the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Real Prop-
erty, through his Honor the Mayor, be requested
to place a plaque underneath the picture of the late
Maurice J. Tobin which hangs in the lobby of the
Tobin Memorial Building, Tremont street, Rox-
bury, showing his date of birth, and the public
offices he held, and other pertinent information
necessary to identify him for the younger citizens
who have occasion to use the building.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES IN
JAMAICA PLAIN.
Coun. FOLEY called up, under unfinished busi-
ness, No. 1 on the calendar, viz.:
1. Order for appropriation of $55,000 from
parking meter fees to be expended by the Real
Property Department for constructing off-street
parking facilities in Jamaica Plain.
On January 30, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 8, nays 0.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn, the foregoing
order was referred to the Executive Committee.
PENSION TO ALPHONSE SIMON.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston favors
the consideration by the Legislature of the petition
now held under Joint Rule 7B, authorizing the
granting of disability retirement benefits from the
City of Boston to Alphonse Simon, provided that
any such legislation enacted includes a referendum
to the Mayor and City Council.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
WEEKLY DEDUCTIONS FOR BLUE CROSS
AND BLUE SHIELD.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Collector-Treasurer be re-
quested to furnish the City Council an opinion as
to the advisability of deducting Blue Cross and
Blue Shield payments on a weekly basis rather than
a monthly basis.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 3.07 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, March 5, 1956, at
2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing o*sg§|^> Section
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings ot City Council.
Monday, March 5, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the councillors present.
The Reverend Howard P. Kellett, of the Old
North Church, Boston, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. HOWARD P.
KELLETT.
Almighty God, Who hast given us this good
land for our heritage, we humbly beseech
Thee that we may always prove ourselves a
people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do
Thy will.
Bless our land with honorable industry,
sound learning, and pure manners. Save us
from violence, discord, and confusion; from
pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way.
Defend our liberties, and fashion unto one
united people the multitudes brought hither
out of many kindreds and tongues.
Endow with the spirit of wisdom those to
whom in Thy name we entrust the authority
of government, that there may be justice and
peace at home, and that through obedience of
Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise
among the nations of the earth.
In time of prosperity, fill our hearts with
thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer
not our trust in Thee to fail.
Of which we ask, through Jesus Christ,
Our Lord. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner pre-
scribed by law, Councillor McDonough presid-
ing at the box in the absence of the Mayor,
viz.:
Sixty-one traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear April 2, 1956:
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN in the chair.
Clifford Gordon, Ward 1; Cecil Mattaroccia,
Ward 1; Denis F. Devlin, Ward 2; Robert E.
Fitzgibbon, Ward 3; Rose Lombardozzi, Ward
3; James G. Boumazos, Ward 4; Harry Cole-
man, Ward 4; John Walsh, Ward 4; Louis I.
Risman, Ward 5; Howard Bean, Ward 6;
Charles S. Golding, Ward 6; Thomas J.
Moore, Ward 6; Samuel N. Puleo, Ward 6;
Katherine Lane, Ward 7; John J. Lenhardt,
Ward 8; Carmen A. Martucci, Ward 8; Mary
R. Christian, Ward 9; Peter Garabedian, Ward
9; Charles P. Morris, Ward 9; Fred R. Yancy,
Ward 9; Francis J. Boudreau, Ward 10;
Herschel J. Landreth, Ward 10; Albert Or-
landi, Ward 10; Louis Rubin, Ward 11; Gerard
DeStafano, Ward 14; Philip E. Sadler, Ward
14; Matthew D. Taylor, Ward 14; Simon
Woolf, Ward 14; Rita Crowley, Ward 15;
Charles F. Ferullo, Ward 15; Irene E. Hart,
Ward 15; Evelyn V. Nickerson, Ward 15;
Carroll F. Shaw, Ward 15; Leo J. Venuti,
Ward 15; Hazel D. Cook, Ward 16; Albert F.
Doucette, Ward 16; Leno T. Gregory, Ward
16; John Gushue, Ward 16; Roger J. Harty,
Ward 16; James L. Mulvey, Ward 16; Rita P.
O'Conner, Ward 16; George Waring, Ward 16;
H. Jordan Hansen, Ward 17; Guy Romano,
Ward 17; Horace E. Thorpe, Ward 17; James
W. Wyman, Ward 17; Michael J. Altobello,
Ward 18; William D. Carlin, Ward 18; Nor-
man Kaye, Ward 18; Thomas Keane, Ward
18; Theodore Morrison, Ward 18; Gladys G.
Smith, Ward 18; Frank A. Dahlstrom, Ward
19; Albert A. Driscoll, Ward 19; Frances P.
O'Donnell, Ward 19; Joseph Braccia, Ward
20; Thomas Hourihan, Ward 20; Earl Measure,
Ward 21; Lawrence Shaw, Ward 21; Joseph
Melone, Ward 22; Carl E. Slater, Ward 22.
One hundred thirty-one traverse jurors,
Superior Civil Court, to appear April 2, 1956:
Michael L. Barbetta, Ward 1; Nancy
DAgostino, Ward 1; Michael DeSimone, Ward
1; Dominic DiMarzo, Ward 1; George I. Doli-
mount, Ward 1; Vananzio W. Gesa, Ward 1;
Aurelio Guidara, Ward 1; Thomas Mullane,
Ward 1; Frank Natola, Ward 1; John S.
Pemintel, Jr., Ward 1; Albert F. Ryder,
Ward 1; Joseph E. Breen, Ward 2; Edward
L. Devine, Ward 2; Joseph Dunleavey, Ward
2; Christopher Nigro, Ward 2; Joseph Van-
dine, Ward 2; Albert P. Norton, Ward 3;
Joseph F. Morash, Ward 4; Mauro Ruggieri,
Ward 4; Lauriston FitzEverard Sandiford,
Ward 4; Leroy Austin Weng, Ward 4; Albert
W. Baker, Ward 5; Joe M. Dusenbury, Ward
5; Harold W. Hall, Ward 5: William O.
Spain, Ward 5; Beatrice Talbot, Ward 5;
Silas L. Adams, Ward 6; George F. Cate,
Ward 6; David P. Donald, Ward 6; William
P. Doyle, Ward 6; Joseph J. Flanagan, Ward
6; Edward McCabe, Ward 6; John Brabants,
Ward 7; Mary A. Keeley, Ward 7; William A.
Rogers, Ward 7; Peter Stetson, Ward 7; James
J. Teehan, Ward 7; Enrico H. Lamberti,
Ward 8; Arthur R. Solomon, Ward 8; Alfred
E. Gelinas, Ward 9; George McKeever, Ward
9; William F. O'Brien, Ward 9; James M.
Dent, Ward 10; Edmund J. Kuhn, Ward 10;
William Lyons, Ward 10; John A. Welchin,
Jr., Ward 10; Thomas Bittihoffer, Ward 11;
Richard J. Fitzgerald, Ward 11; Francis Ford,
Ward 11; John C. Fornaro, Ward 11; Francis
Shortt, Ward 11; Ralph N. Jones, Ward 12;
Joseph F. Lyons, Ward 13; Jacob Cooper,
Ward 14; Harry Hirshberg, Ward 14; Ger-
trude Rote, Ward 14; Nathan I. Sidel, Ward
14; Gerard S. Clemens, Ward 15; Richard P.
Courtney, Ward 15; Joseph M. Daly, Ward 15;
James Harrington, Ward 15; Martin J. Le-
Blanc, Ward 15; Roger W. Libby, Ward 15;
Ronald J. McGillivray, Ward 15.
Louis C. Aspessi, Ward 16; Peter J. Flaher-
ty, Jr., Ward 16; Thomas E. Flaherty, Ward
16; Charles A. Harvey, Ward 16; Margaret I.
LaForest, Ward 16; Frank J. McArdle, Ward
16; David F. O'Neil, Ward 16; Phillip F.
Scarpaci, Jr., Ward 16; Frederick L. Toomey,
Ward 16; Michael Brendan Carey, Ward 17;
Joseph E. Harte, Ward 17; Bessie Hershman,
Ward 17; Edward B. Johnson, Ward 17; John
Judge, Ward 17; George P. Marsters, Ward
17; David Mofchum, Ward 17; Harry E.
Morrissey, Ward 17; John P. Naughton, Ward
17; Delcia Robinson, Ward 17; Barney
Sneider, Ward 17; William W. Sullivan, Ward
17; William S. Bell, Ward 18; Francis B.
Bengston, Ward IS; John S. Brown, Ward 18;
Guy Colello, Ward 18; William A. Couch,
Ward 18; Paul J. Curran, Ward 18; Faust F.
Fabio, Ward 18; Louise Fuller, Ward 18;
Charles E. Hagberg, Ward 18; William E.
Heeney, Ward 18; Greta Madsen, Ward 18;
Paul F. Moran, Ward 18; Charles H. Morse,
Ward 18; Richard L. Smart, Ward 18; Harold
F. Butler, Ward 19; Joseph J. Cummings,
Ward 19; Frank C. Hughes, Ward 19; Mary
L. Kelly, Ward 19; Charles E. Llewellyn,
Ward 19; William Nichols, Ward 19; Patrick
Ryan, Ward 19; Emil E. Bittrolff, Ward 20;
John S. Brawley, Ward 20; James G. Cronin,
Ward 20; Rose I. East, Ward 20; Joseph W.
Egan, Ward 20; Leonard F. Gleason, Ward
20; Edward F. Heumann, Ward 20; William
F. Hulme, Ward 20; James F. McGrail, Ward
20; John F. Mahoney, Ward 20; William M.
Maloney, Ward 20; Edward L. Nelson, Ward
20; James R. Reardon, Ward 20; Helen T.
Delehanty, Ward 21; Chester W. Feiss, Ward
21; Edwin M. Kenney, Ward 21; Eural A.
McCullough, Ward 21; William A. McQueen,
Ward 21; Daniel A. MacDonald, Ward 21; Jo-
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seph B. Pineau, Ward 21; George R. Sher-
wood, Ward 21; Herbert W. Knowles, Ward
22; Richard E. McDermott, Ward 22; Chester
H. Muchowski, Ward 22; Walter F. White,
Ward 22.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
John V. Brennan, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in
performance of duty as employee of Public
Works Department, Sanitary Division.
Daniel E. Caggiula, for compensation for
damage to car by city plow.
Alfred Capuzzo, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city sanding truck.
Mary Codero, John Fullers, and Charles
Dearden, for compensation for injuries and
damage to car by fire truck.
Helen Colantonio, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 30
Humphreys street.
Community Ambulance Service, by John H.
Madden, for compensation for damage to am-
bulance caused by an alleged defect at Beech
street and Colberg avenue.
Fay Conley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Washington
street, Boston.
William R. Grew, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Police Department.
Richard Hoefer and Robert Biedermann, for
compensation for injuries and damage to
property by city truck.
Henry J. Rideout, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in
Columbus avenue.
Elizabeth M. Savage, for compensation for
damage to car by fire apparatus.
Robert B. Shedd, for compensation for
damage to property at 42 Hemman street,
Roslindale, caused during resurfacing of street.
Sandris J. Stubelis, for compensation for
damage to car caused by truck of Parks and
Recreation Department.
James Tango, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Barbara Tentindo and Camille LaGrassa,
for compensation for injuries caused by an
alleged defect at Brooks and Lexington
streets.
Curtis Thompson, for compensation for
damage to property at 154 West Newton
street, caused by city men removing rubbish.
Martha H. and Roger L. Voisin, to be re-
imbursed for expenses incurred in installing
gutter at 252 Moss Hill road, to protect
property from street drainage.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Charles N. Vogel, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Elizabeth R. Keane to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Robert E. Keane, late member of the Fire
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the
Department of Public Utilities transmitting
copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company for location of conduits and
wires in William T. Morrissey Boulevard and
new Freeport street, Dorchester.
A communication was received from the
Department of Public Utilities transmitting
copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company for location of wires and
cables in Old Colony avenue, South Boston.
A communication was received from the
Department of Public Utilities transmitting
copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company and New England Telephone
and Telegraph Company for pole location in
West Roxbury road in Hyde Park.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works transmit-
ting copy of order of lay out and taking of
section of state highway (John F. Fitzgerald
Expressway).
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Francis J. Concan-
non, having been duly approved by the Col-
lector-Treasurer, was received and approved.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of John D. Ahern
(referred February 6) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the
accompany order:
Ordered, That the sum Of three hundred
fifty-three dollars ($353) be allowed and paid
to John D. Ahern in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Police
Department, said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for Executions of Court, Dam-
age Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of John D. Ahern
(referred February 6) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying ox-der:
Ordered, That the sum of three hundred
sixty dollars and twenty cents ($360.20) be
allowed and paid to John D. Ahern in reim-
bursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a mem-
ber of the Police Department, said sum to
be charged to the appropriation for Execu-
tions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
3. Report on petition of Leo J. Sullivan
(referred February 27) to be reimbursed as
a result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred
sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents ($168.50)
be allowed and paid to Leo J. Sullivan in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an
employee of the Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of Leo J. Sullivan
(referred February 27) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
order :
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Ordered, That the sum of six hundred ten
dollars and four cents ($610.04) be allowed
and paid to Leo 3. Sullivan in reimbursement
for amount of execution issued against him
on account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department,
said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
5. Report on petition of Samuel Rotondo
(referred February 20) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of one thousand
nine dollars and thirty cents ($1,009.30) be
allowed and paid to Samuel Rotondo in reim-
bursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an
employee of the Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
6. Report on petition of Samuel Rotondo
(referred February 20) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
older :
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred
thirty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents
( $437.95 )_ be allowed and paid to Samuel
Rotondo in reimbursement for amount of ex-
ecution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Sanitary Division,
Public Works Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
VISIT TO CITY COUNCIL OF STUDENTS
FROM ROXBURY MEMORIAL HIGH
SCHOOL.
President McCORMACK welcomed to the
City Council a visit by Miss Henrietta Scott
and a delegation of students from Roxbury
Memorial High School. During the course of
the meeting, President McCORMACK ex-
plained the procedures being followed by the
Council.
COMMENDATIONS TO MISS HENRIETTA
SCOTT.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for all the Councillors,
offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, commend Miss Henrietta
Scott of the Roxbury Memorial High School
(Girls) for her interest and incentive in city
government and more especially for her action
in starting a class in the study of city govern-
ment, and tHe "members of her class for their
keen attention and observations throughout
the meeting of the City Council; and be it
further
Resolved, That a copy bf this resolve be
forwarded to the Boston School Committee, to
Miss Henrietta Scott, and to the principal of
the Roxbury Memorial High School (Girls).
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
STUDY OF POLICE POWERS OVER
PRIVATE WAYS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Corporation Counsel to make a study of
the laws governing the power of the Police
Department over private ways with a view
of determining whether the present laws are
sufficient to afford the residents and owners
of property in private ways adequate police
protection.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
MARIANO F. SOLIMINE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor
the Mayor, to name the square at the corner
of Copp's Hill terrace and Charter street, in
honor of Pfc Mariano F. Solimine, who lost
his life on February 28, 1945, in Marsbree,
Holland, while in the service of the United
States during World War II.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
MDC SEWERAGE TUNNEL,
SOUTH BOSTON.
Coun. FOLEY, McCORMACK, and KER-
RIGAN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to bring to the attention of the
Commissioner of the MDC the extreme incon-
venience and annoyance presently being suf-
fered by certain home owners of the South
Boston district as a result of the construction
of the sewerage tunnel and shaft near William
•J. Day Boulevard, with a view toward alleviat-
ing said annoyance and suffering.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
BOSTON HARBOR.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Board of Park Commis-
sioners be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to consider establishing an advisory
board for the recreational' development of
Boston Harbor, composed of the commodores
of all the yacht clubs in Boston Harbor, and
others interested in recreational boating, in-
cluding the boating editors of the Boston
newspapers;
That such board be requested to consider
(1) establishments of launching ramps for
trailer-towed boats;
(2) Methods of delineating and plainly
marking areas of the harbor as swimming
areas prohibited to motor boating;
(3) Anchorage and landing areas in the
harbor and Charles River;
(4) Preliminary considerations concerning
the establishment of municipal marina; and
(5) Utilization of the city-owned harbor
islands for recreation.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CREATE PLAYGROUND OPPOSITE
HANCOCK VILLAGE.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Boston
Park Commission be requested, through his
Honor the Mayor, to create a playground on
the city-owned land bounded by Bruce street,
Greaton road, Weld street, and Russett road,
opposite Hancock Village, West Roxbury, for
the enjoyment of the children of this area.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
VISITING HOURS AT BOSTON CITY
HOSPITAL.
Coun. MCDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to confer with the superintendent of
the Boston City Hospital for the purpose of
considering the advisability of revising the
visiting hours at the Boston City Hospital in
order that the convenience of the visiting
public at that institution might be promoted.
It is suggested that they consider extending
daily evening visiting hours from 5.45 to 7.15
instead of the presently existing hours of
6 to 6.30 P.M.
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And the Sunday hours from 2 to 5 P.M.
instead of the present hours of 2 to 3 P.M.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SURVEY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT
UNION SQUARE, ALLSTON.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commission be
requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
make a survey of traffic conditions at Union
Square district of Allston, with a view to
revising the present signaling system and
installing more signals.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND TERM OF
BONDS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC IM-
PROVEMENTS.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Ordered, That the Collector-Treasurer and
Adminstrative Services Department be re-
quested to investigate the advisability of
pi-oposing legislation to remove the statutory
limit upon the number of years for which
bonds may be issued for public improvements,
particularly for schools, buildings, bridges,
sewers, and similar purposes, and to authorize
the recall of existing bonds and the reissuance
of bonds of a longer duration.
Referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance.
REQUEST FOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE'S
REPORT ON RECREATION PROGRAM.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor make
available to the Boston City Council a copy
of the Citizens Committee's report of its
survey of the recreation program of the City
of Boston as presently being conducted under
the supervision of the Board of Parks and
Recreation; and be it further
Ordered, That this report be made available
prior to March 21, 1956, the date on which
the budget of the Department of Parks and
Recreation will be heard by the City Council
Committee on Appropriations and Finance.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONSULTATION WITH MAYOR AND
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON NEW
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, By an unusual provision of the
City Charter the Boston City Council is vested
with the sole authority for the initiation of
school loan orders; be it therefore
Resolved, That the City Council be brought
into consultation with the Mayor and School
Committee concerning the necessity for new
school construction in Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
DEATH OF JAMES F. HYNES.
Coun. WHITE, for all Councillors, offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its heartfelt sym-
pathy and condolences to his Honor, the
Mayor, John B. Hynes, on the death of his
brother, James F. Hynes, and be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council
adjourn out of respect to the family of James
F. Hynes.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
ADJOURNMENT OUT OF RESPECT TO
JAMES F. HYNES.
Coun. WHITE moved that when the Council
adjourn, it adjourn as a further mark of
respect to the memory of James F. Hynes,
late brother of his Honor the Mayor. The
motion was carried.
Adjourned at 3.40 P.M., to meet on Monday,
March 12, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City or Boston
Administrative Services Department
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, March 12, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m..
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the councillors present.
The Reverend Robert L. Ryer, of the Blessed
Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Jamaica
Plain, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. ROBERT L. RYER.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy
faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy
love. Send forth Thy spirit and our hearts
shall be regenerated and Thou shall renew
the face of the earth.
Let us pray. O God, Who through the light
of the Holy Spirit instruct the hearts Of the
faithful, grant that by the same spirit we
may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His
consolation.
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son.
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
At the request of President McCORMACK,
Father Ryer offered the following prayer for
those who lost their lives in the fire at the
Novitiate of the New England Province of
the Society of Jesus.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son.
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with
Thee, blessed art Thou amongst women and
blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us
sinners now and at the our of our death.
Amen.
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord. May their
souls and the souls of all the faithful departed
to the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
STUDENTS' GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE
PROGRAM.
President McCORMACK, on behalf of the
Boston City Council, welcomed the delegates
of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School and
the Concord High School in the Student Ex-
change program. Anna Recupero, president
of the senior class, Jeremiah E. Burke High
School, and Thomas Caldwell, member of the
Student Council, Concord High School, were
escorted to the rostrum.
President McCORMACK introduced the
various members of the Council to the assem-
bled students and briefly outlined the pro-
cedure being followed by the Council.
"STOP" SIGNS AT GLENCOE AND GAR-
DENA STREETS, BRIGHTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from
the Traffic Commissioner relative to your order
of February 13, 1956, concerning the installa-
tion of "Stop" signs at the junction of
Glencoe and Gardena streets, Brighton.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
February 27, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to the Council order of
February 13, 1956, requesting that a "Stop"
sign be installed at Glencoe and Gardena
streets, Brighton, I wish to report that our
engineers have surveyed this area and find
that there are not sufficient warrants, ac-
cording to the standards of the State Depart-
ment of Public Works, for a "Stop" sign at
this location.
Visibility is good and vehicular activity is
at a minimum and the total traffic count is
small.
Accordingly, on the basis of accident rec-
ords, potential hazards, and volume of traffic,
we are unable to fulfill this request.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
EXTENDING TIME OF MTA SERVICE TO
COLUMBIA POINT HOUSING PROJECT.
The following was x-eceived:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from
the General Manager of the Metropolitan
Transit Authority relative to your resolution
of February 20, 1956, concerning the exten-
sion of the bus service between the Columbia
Point Housing Project and Columbia Station.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Metropolitan Transit Authority,
February 29, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your communication of the 23d
with regard to service to the Columbia Point
Housing Project, beg to advise that we have
just received the Department of Public Utili-
ties license to run this bus line to the upper
circle at Columbia Station, thus eliminating
the necessity of patrons using the stairways
as is now required.
We are also planning on March 19 to extend
the present service which now stops at 7.50
p.m., six days a week, so that it will leave
Columbia Station at 8.52 P.M., and leave the
Housing Project for Columbia Station at 9
p.m., both of which will give added facilities
on the line.
Very truly yours,
Edward Dana,
General Manager.
Placed on file.
ORDINANCE FURTHER REGULATING
COASTING IN THE STREETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 12, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1956 has given to
the Boston Traffic Commission exclusive au-
thority to designate streets in Boston for
coasting on sleds and other like vehicles.
Coasting on streets not properly designated
is forbidden by section 40 of chapter 40 of
the Revised Ordinances of 1947. Transmitted
herewitH is an ordinance which will confirm
this section to the new statute just mentioned;
for, as it now stands, that section specifically
mentions the Commissioner of Public Works
who has designated streets for coasting since
the abolition of the Board of Street Com-
missioners.
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In order that our municipal ordinances may
keep abreast of the current statutes, I re-
spectfully recommend early adoption of the
ordinance transmitted herewith.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Further Regulating Coasting
in the Streets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows :
Chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of
1947 is hereby amended by striking out section
40, as amended by section 73 of chapter 2 of
the Ordinances of 1954, and inserting in place
thereof the following section:
Section 40. No person shall coast on any
sled or other like vehicle in any street not
designated therefor by the Boston Traffic
Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
APPROPRIATION FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING FACILITY AT CLEARY
SQUARE.
The following was received:
City of Boston.
Office of the Mayor, March 12, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith an order for the transfer
of $56,000 from the Parking Meter Fees Fund
to the Real Property Department for the
acquisition of land and the construction of an
off-street parking area in Cleary square, Hyde
Park.
This order represents an amount in ad-
dition to the amount of $33,300 appropriated
for this purpose by an older adopted by your
Honorable Body on June 11, 1953.
Attached hereto is a vote of the Real
Property Board and a communication of Her-
man Carp, Commissioner of Real Property,
explaining the reasons for the additional
request.
I respectfully request approval of the ac-
companying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
March 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Re: Cleary Square, Hyde Park Off-Street
Parking Facility.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
On January 7, 1953, I was instructed by
the Board of Real Estate Commissioners to
request that $33,300 be transferred from the
Parking Meter Fund to the Board for the
creation of an off-street parking area in
Cleary square, Hyde Park; a study having
been made of the area by an engineer of the
City Planning Board, assigned to do that
particular work.
The request was made for that amount
based upon an area consisting of 16,200
square feet, with a maximum capacity of 54
cars.
Architects were retained who drew plans
for a 70-car parking lot, consisting of 25,250
square feet. The land was taken by eminent
domain and appraisers were retained to give
the Board an estimate of land values.
The contract for demolition of the existing
structures and construction of the parking
facility was advertised and bids were opened
on March 8, 1956, at 11 A.M. The Old Colony
Construction Company of Quincy was the only
bidder, in the amount of $41,990, which
amount is fairly close to the estimate given
us by our architect.
Seventy parking meters will cost approxi-
mately $4,200 and, although we are ready to
award the contract for the immediate con-
struction of the parking lot so that it can
commence as soon as the ground is workable
in the early spring, we find that we will be
approximately $56,000 short, and that amount
will be necessary above the original appropria-
tion of $33,300.
I have therefore been instructed by the
Real Property Board to request your Honor
to ask the City Council to transfer $56,000
from the Parking Meter Fund to the Real
Property Board so that the Work can be
gotten under way as quickly as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property,
Chairman, Real Property Board,
At a meeting of the Real Property Board
duly held on March 8, 1956, it was unan-
imously
"Voted, To take under advisement the bid of
the Old Colony Construction Company of
Quincy, in the amount of $41,990, for the
construction of an off-street parking facility
at Winthrop street and Harvard avenue, Hyde
Park, and the chairman is directed to write
his Honor the Mayor and ask him to request
the City Council to transfer $56,000 from the
Parking Meter Fund to the Real Property
Board for the Hyde Park off-street parking
facility."
A true copy.
Attest:
Joseph B. Burke,
Executive Secretary.
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 22B of chapter 40 of the General Laws,
as amended by chapter 776 of the Acts of
1949, the sum of fifty-six thousand dollars be,
and hereby is, appropriated from the special
account Parking Meter Fees, to be expended
by the Real Property Department, for the
acquisition of land and the construction of an
off-street parking facility in Cleary square,
Hyde Park.
Referred to the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Fannie Bazar, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1427 Common-
wealth avenue.
Lillian Bense, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 356 Longwood
avenue.
Francis G. Bulman, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in
performance of duty as employee of School
Committee.
Helen Cadegan, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 15 Corn-
hill, Boston.
Anna Camerlengo, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Sara-
toga street. East Boston.
George Coulthurst, for compensation for
damage to property at 22 Holborn street,
Roxbury, caused by defective catch basin.
G. F. Daniels, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by an alleged defect in
Court square.
Angelo and Gabriel DeMarco, for compensa-
tion for damage to car and personal injuries
caused by city vehicle.
Ruth Devorin, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 457 Blue Hill
avenue.
Reuben Dostoomian and Charles G. Collins,
for compensation for injuries caused by an
alleged defect at India and Franklin streets.
Annie Drake, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 284 Meridian
street, East Boston.
Fred L. Gilmetti, for compensation for in-
juries caused by truck of Fire Department.
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George E. Hanson and Alden Simpson, do-
ing business as Arborway Floor Company, for
compensation for damage to property caused
by bursting water main.
John H. Hession for compensation for dam-
age to car by car of School Committee.
Mary and Norman E. Johnson, Jr., for com-
pensation for injuries caused by an alleged
defect in Washington street, West Roxbury.
David E. Krinsky, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
Ethel Levine, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 46 Hanover
street.
Sylvia Preman, for compensaton for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Wirt and Wash-
ington streets, Brighton.
Leo J. Rizzo, for compensation for injuries
and damage to property caused by city truck.
Harvey L. Singleton, for compensation for
damage to car by fire truck.
Irene T. Vitiello, for compensation for dam-
age to property caused by fire apparatus.
John F. White, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Yellow Truck Leasing Corporation, for com-
pensation for damage to truck by snow loader.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department
of Public Utilities of hearing to be held
March 23, 1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of
Metropolitan Transit Authority for pole lo-
cation in Bennington street. East Boston.
Placed on file.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Paul J. DeRosa, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Petition of Joseph M. Dowd, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Petition of Thomas E. Kelly, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Petition of Frank J. Storey, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Hous-
ing Board of approval of sale of parcel of
property in Mattapan under section 6 of chap-
ter 372 of the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
"PROFILES OF COURAGE" AS REFER-
ENCE BOOK IN SCHOOLS.
A communication was received from the
School Committee of the City of Boston stat-
ing that "Profiles of Courage," by John F.
Kennedy, was authorized for use as a refer-
ence book in Grades IX to XII in the Boston
public schools.
Placed on file.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Mabel A. McDevitt to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Neil A. McDevitt, late member of the Police
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
JAMAICAWAY TO BE ONE WAY.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, Traffic congestion on the Jamaica-
way has caused serious delays for a number
of years and a multitude of accidents; and
Whereas, The cost in injury and death has
been extremely high; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Traffic Commission, the
Commissioner of Public Works, and Public
Improvement Commission are hereby re-
quested to confer and investigate jointly with
the Metropolitan District Commission the pos-
sibility of making the Jamaicaway, so called,
a one-way road in the direction of Boston,
and that the Pond road on the Brookline side
of Jamaica Pond, commonly called Riverdale
road, be made one way leading from Boston,
in order that a rotary around Jamaica Pond
may ease the flow of traffic into and out of
the City of Boston. It is further requested
that the Traffic Commission at the conclusion
of its investigation urge that the Metropolitan
District Commission embark upon this sorely-
needed project at once.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
LEGISLATION CREATING MASSACHU-
SETTS PORT AUTHORITY.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Resolve — House Bill No. 2575.
Whereas, The Boston City Council, together
with the Mayor, constitute the local governing
body of the City of Boston; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council is
charged with the responsibility to conduct the
affairs of the City of Boston and to promote
the general welfare of the city; and
Whereas, House Bill No. 2575 has been filed
in the Great and General Court, the purpose
of which is to create a Massachusetts Port
Authority; and
Whereas, The objective of this proposed
legislation is to expedite the development and
improvement of commerce by land, air, and
water into the City of Boston and in the
Metropolitan area surrounding said city; and
Whereas, It is generally true that the
growth of the metropolitan area benefits the
City of Boston, it does not follow that the
benefits to both are shared in equal propor-
tion or that the costs will be borne equitably.
Nor does it follow that the corporate Boston
will invariably and inevitably benefit to any
great extent; and
Whereas, Most of the contemplated under-
takings to expedite and improve commerce will
involve the expansion of existing facilities,
the creation of new facilities and improve-
ments which will inevitably require extensive
land takings for the most part within the
corporate limits of the City of Boston; and
Whereas, It is conceivable that this pro-
posed new entity with its virtually unlimited
powers and its gigantic growth potential may
attain its objectives at the expense of the
Boston taxpayers; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the City Council, in meeting
assembled, as follows:
1. That the City Council of the City of
Boston is in accord with the objectives of
House Bill No. 2575;
2. The City Council endorses the ultimate
purpose of the proposed legislation provided
that in its final form the Governor be required
to appoint three members of the Authority
who shall be residents of Boston and provided
that the Mayor of Boston shall be an ex
officio member of the Authority; and
3. The City Clerk be instructed to notify
the Governor, the President of the Senate,
and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives of the adoption of this resolution.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
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On motion of Councillor Foley the foregoing
resolution was referred to the Executive Com-
mittee.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
Coun. McCORMACK in the chair.
LEGALITY OF LICENSES ISSUED BY
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be.
and hereby is, requested to review the legality
of the form of the restriction alleged to be
contained in licenses being issued by the Pub-
lic Works Department.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONDOLENCES TO THE NEW ENGLAND
PROVINCE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS.
Coun. AHEARN, FOLEY, McDONOUGH,
and WHITE, for all the Councillors, offered
the following:
Whereas, The New England Province of the
Society of Jesus has recently suffered a tragic
loss of lives and property at the Shadowbrook
Novitiate, Lenox, Mass.; and
Whereas, The Society of Jesus has served
the spiritual and educational needs of the
people of Boston and New England for
several centuries; and
Whereas, The New England Province of the
Society is now in immediate need of funds to
replace the destroyed novitiate; be it thex-efore
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to designate by suitable title in an
official proclamation a period of time during
which the citizens of Boston may be en-
couraged to aid the financial effort to replace
the destroyed novitiate; and be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
tends its sincere condolences to the New
England Province of the Society of Jesus on
its tragic loss of saintly and devoted men in
the recent tragic fire at Shadowbrook.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SOUTH BOSTON
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM
AND COACH.
Coun. FOLEY, KERRIGAN, and McCOR-
MACK offered the following:
Whereas, The South Boston High School
basketball team ably coached by Mr. Joseph
Callahan has recently won the Eastern Massa-
chusetts Class B title; and
Whereas, This great victory was achieved
as a result of great sportsmanship, courage
and skill; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
tends its congratulations to South Boston
High School, its basketball team, and its
coach. •
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
Report on petition of William R. Grew
( referred March 5 ) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of three hundred
eighty dollars ($380) be allowed and paid to
William R. Grew in reimbursement for amount
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Police Depart-
ment, said sum to be charged to the appro-
priation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Collins, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.41 P.M. .subject to
the call of the Chair. The members reas-
sembled in the Council Chamber and were
called to order by President McCORMACK
at 7.08 P.M.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEE'S DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective March 14, 1956, the
following persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed in the service of the Clerk ol Com-
mittee's Department to the positions set
against their respective names until the
second Wednesday of April, 1956, at the sal-
aries in effect for them on March 13, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-recep-
tionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
Edward T. Kelley, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
IMPROVEMENTS AT CLEVELAND
CIRCLE,. BRIGHTON.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, A main artery by which people
enter the City of Boston passes through the
Cleveland Circle area, and said area is un-
sightly and an unattractive site as presently
laid out; now therefore be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor direct
the Commissioner of Public Works to land-
scape and beautify the traffic circle at Cleve-
land Circle, Brighton, by redesigning said
circle and planting trees, flowers, and shrubs.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the classification of parole
agents for Suffolk County be changed from
No. 17 to No. 22.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Commit-
tee, submitted the following:
1. Report on resolution (referred today)
on legislation to provide appointment of Mas-
sachusetts Port Authority ■ — recommending
adoption of the resolution in the accompany-
ing new draft:
Whereas, The Boston City Council, together
with the Mayor, constitute the local govern-
ing body of the City of Boston; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council is charged
with the responsibility to conduct the affairs
of the City of Boston and to promote the
general welfare of the city; and
Whereas, A bill has been filed in the Great
and General Court, the purpose of which is
to create a Massachusetts Port Authority; and
Whereas, The objective of this proposed
legislation is to expedite the development and
improvement of commerce by land, air, and
water into the City of Boston and in the
Metropolitan area surrounding said city; and
Whereas, It is generally true that the
growth of the metropolitan area benefits the
City of Boston, it does not follow that the
benefits to both are shared in equal propor-
tion or that the costs will be borne equitably,
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nor does it follow that corporate Boston will
invariably and inevitably benefit to any great
extent; and
Whereas, Most of the contemplated under-
takings to expedite and improve commerce
will involve the expansion of existing facili-
ties, the creation of new facilities and im-
provements which will inevitably require
extensive land takings for the most part
within the corporate limits of the City of
Boston; and
Whereas, Without Boston representation it
is conceivable that this proposed new entity
with its virtually unlimited powers and its
gigantic growth potential may attain its ob-
jectives at the expense of the Boston tax-
payers; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the City Council, in meeting
assembled, as follows :
1. The City Council endorses the principle
of the proposed legislation to create a Port
Authority but recommends that in its final
form the Governor be required to appoint
three members of the Authority who shall be
residents of Boston and recommends that the
Mayor of Boston shall be an ex officio mem-
ber of the Authority; and
2. The City Clerk be instructed to notify
the Governor, the President of the Senate,
and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives of the adoption of this resolution.
The report was accepted, and the resolution
was adopted.
The Executive Committee recommended
passage of the following resolution, submitted
by Councillor FOLEY:
The Boston City Council declares itself in
favor of the principle of autonomous manage-
ment of certain facilities in the Port of Bos-
ton area by an independent public authority.
In this declaration of policy, the City Coun-
cil reserves the right to later judgment on
specific provisions of any legislation now
pending or later to be enacted by the Great
and General Court.
The City Council requests the Legislature
to provide in any legislation enacted on this
subject that three members of the Board of
Directors of the proposed Port Authority be
residents of Boston, and that the Mayor of
Boston be an ex officio member of the Au-
thority.
The report of the committee was accepted.
The resolution was adopted.
Adjourned, at 7.30 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, March
19, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
i rum proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on tile
in office of City Clerk.)
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, March 19, 1956.
The meeting of the City Council scheduled
for this day was not held on account of the
blizzard. President McCORMACK having can-
celed the meeting by unanimous consent.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, March 26, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the councillors
present.
The Reverend James J. Scally, of St. Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church, Roxbury, was escorted
to the rostrum.
INVOCATION
BY REV. JAMES J. SCALLY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Direct all our actions, we beseech Thee, O Lord,
that we carry them on by Thy gracious assistance
and every prayer and work of ours may begin from
Thee and by Thee be happily ended. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, Who by the law of the Holy Spirit does
instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant by this
same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice
in His consolation; Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
STUDENTS' GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE
PROGRAM.
President McCORMACK, on behalf of the
Boston City Council, welcomed the delegates of the
Hyde Park High School and Dedham High School
in the Student Exchange Program. Ellen Buckley
of the Hyde Park High School and Bob Winston
of Dedham High School were escorted to the
rostrum.
President McCORMACK introduced the various
members of the Council to the assembled students
and briefly outlined the procedure being followed
by the Council.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor White presiding at the box in the
absence of the Mayor, viz.:
One hundred thirty-five traverse jurors, Superior
Criminal Court, to appear April 23, 1956:
Harold Aamot, Ward 1 ; Frank Berardi, Ward 1 ;
Reynold A. Carino, Ward 1; Armando Cipriano,
Ward 1; John J. Davidson, Ward 1; Joseph P.
Mori, Ward 1; Mary G. Quigley, Ward 1; Mildred
Ratto, Ward 1 ; Michael J. Ridge, Ward 1 ; Gladys
E. Cleary, Ward 2; George F. Murphy, Ward 2:
William H. O'Brien, Ward 2; Violet E. Wood, Ward
2; Domenic Calderone, Ward 3; Joseph Catino,
Ward 3; William J. Similewich, Ward 3; Hyman H.
Goldberg, Ward 4; James W. Lally, Ward 4; Joseph
O'Hare, Ward 4; Joseph Rossborough, Ward 4;
Leslie W. Wells, Ward 4; Marguerite I. Coughlin,
Ward 5; Paul H. Dowd, Ward 5; Edith F. Hamlin,
Ward 5; James N. B. Hill, Ward 5; Eldridge J.
Moore, Ward 5; John J. Moriarty, Ward 5; John F.
Nangle, Ward 5; James D. O'Brien, Ward 5; Dante
J. Fiore, Ward 6; George V. Grogan, Ward 6;
Robert W. Holmes, Ward 6; Anna Joyce, Ward 6;
George F. Port, Jr., Ward 6; Catherine M. Sullivan,
Ward 6; Mary Ambrose, Ward 7; Leona Theresa
Murray, Ward 7; Raymond R. Boire, Ward 8;
Ralph A. DelTufo, Ward 8; George A. Mac-
Dougall, Ward 8; Raymond Pichon, Ward 8;
Joseph M. Reddish, Ward 8; Harold J. Sheehan,
Ward 8; Mary M. Kirker, Ward 9; William P.
Shea, Ward 9; Claude A. Wilson, Ward 9; Joseph F.
Casey, Ward 10; Joseph J. Charbonnier, Ward 10;
John P. Clasby, Ward 10; James G. Foster, Ward
11; Bryan Philip McDonald, Ward 11; Charles P.
Morrison, Ward 11; Henry A. Wile, Ward 11; Ben-
jamin Davis, Ward 12; Edward William Hurwitz,
Ward 12; Morris Pearl, Ward 12; Edward K. Cog-
geshall, Ward 13; Thomas F. Feeney, Ward 13;
William P. Foley, Ward 13; John Glynn, Ward 13;
George L. Hangis, Ward 13; William E. Jones,
Ward 13; Martin J. McDonough, Ward 13; Bartley
McKeon, Ward 13; Thomas B. J. Morris, Ward 13;
James W. O'Brien, Ward 13; Walter Skaletsky,
Ward 13; Joseph P. Smith, Jr., Ward 13.
Jacob R. Cohen, Ward 14; Americo A. Coppola,
Ward 14; Barney A. Gack, Ward 14; Frank L.
Pennie, Ward 14; Joseph Perles, Ward 14; Howard
I. Rosenthal, Ward 14; Norman I. Rottenberg,
Ward 14; Sherman B. Ryman, Ward 14; Anna G.
Ward, Ward 14; Delia Feeney, Ward 15; Elena
Guarino, Ward 15; Edward F. Holland, Ward 15;
George C. Maraggia, Ward 15; Joseph C. Boyd,
Ward 16; Joseph F. Calnan, Ward 16; James W.
Connolly, Ward 16; Cyril J. Connors, Ward 16;
John A. Dewitt, Ward 16; Alfred J. Feroli, Ward
16; Edward F. Fitzpatrick, Ward 16; William
Foley, Ward 16; Richard E. Hazelton, Ward 16;
John A. McDonald, Ward 16; Anna E. Murphy,
Ward 16; William A. O'Neil, Ward 16; James J.
Carroll, Ward 17; Francis E. Deery, Ward 17;
Peter L. Hughes, Ward 17; John Korbas, Ward 17;
Joseph McLaughlin, Ward 17; Archibald R. Stew-
art, Ward 17; Alfred C. Dornlas, Ward 18; Sumner
E. Fierman, Ward 18; Walter P. Hargadon, Ward
18; Joseph D. McDonnell, Ward 18; Louis I.
Massey, Ward 18; James S. Morse, Ward 18
Thomas H. Owen, Ward 18; Joseph G. Peterson
Ward 18; Harvey L. Pinto, Ward 18; Wallace R
Ross, Ward 18; Beatrice Shellmer, Ward 1 8; John J
Thomas, Ward 18; Arthur Timmins, Ward 18
Robert C. Topham, Ward 18; Winifred Wilkins
Ward 18; Ellinor G. Anderson, Ward 19; William
F. Dailey, Ward 19; Olof R. Gaulitz, Ward 19.
John L. Haggerty, Ward 19; William F. Haverty
Ward 19; Edward J. McLoughlin, Ward 19; Roy
MoNamara, Ward 19; Leo J. Stapleton, Ward 19
Thomas S. Conroy, Ward 20; Carl W. Gebauer, Jr.
Ward 20; James N. Kapsalis, Ward 20; John T
Kelly, Ward 20; Michael Mulligan, Ward 20.
Margaret Russell, Ward 20; James F. Scott, Ward
20; Frank M. Kineaid, Ward 21; Thayer S. War
shaw, Ward 21; H. Edward Wilker, Ward 21
Joseph V. Kelley, Ward 22; Dorothy M. McLucas,
Ward 22; Robert Volpe, Ward 22.
CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE
CIVIL PROCESS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Subject to confirmation by your Honorable
Body, I hereby appoint the following-named per-
sons as constables of the City of Boston for the
term of one year, beginning with the first day of
May, 1956, authorized to serve civil process upon
filing of bond.
The commissions of all constables authorized to
serve civil process not named herein expire on
April 30, 1956, and such constables are hereby
removed from office from and after May 1, 1956,
for the good of the service.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Constables Authorized to Serve Civil Process.
Upon Filing Bonds, for the Year 1956-57.
Samuel J. Adelman, 20 St. Peter street, Ward 19 ;
Lawrence P. Antonetti, 40 Julian street, Ward 13;
Henry Atwood, 88 P street, Ward 6; Samuel C.
Baker, 101 Wellington Hill street, Ward 14; Al-
phonse A. Balunas, 84 Daeia street, Ward 13;
Saul I. Bearak, 15 Gaston street, Ward 12; Alfred
Blaustein, 100 Willowwood street, Ward 14; Abram
Bornstein, 625 Warren street, Ward 12; James M.
Bushlow, 72 Joyce Kilmer road. Ward 20; James A.
Canton, 169 Glenway street, Ward 14; Francis S.
Carter, 40 West Newton street, Ward 9; Morris
Clemens, 1711 Commonwealth avenue, Ward 21;
Sidney Cohen, 1 Hackensack court, Ward 20;
John D. Cole, 14 West Cottage street, Ward 13;
Francis J. Concannon, 10 Furnival road, Ward 19;
Robert P. Connolly, 4 Northdale road, Ward 20;
George Courlang, 42 Jones avenue, Ward 14;
John M. Crawford, 27 Washington street, Ward 2;
John A. D'Arcy, 63 Woodard road, Ward 20; Ed-
ward A. DeSimone, 60 Bayswater street, Ward 1;
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Joseph H. Donnelly, 550 Centre street. Ward 19;
Albert E. Doody, 48 Myopia road, Ward 18;
Domenic Fagone, 95 Hewlett street, Ward 20;
Newman A. Flanagan, 5 Cedar street, Ward 17;
Hyman Fritz, 20 Stratton street, Ward 14; Roland
W. Golden, 38 Regent street, Ward 12; Abner
Goldkrand, 48 Wenonah street, Ward 12; Meyer
Goldstein, 89 Claymoss road, Ward 21; Arthur N.
Gordon, 120 Riverway, Ward 4; Salvatore Grassa,
11 Copeland street, Ward 12; Maurice Guberman,
20 Wales street, Ward 14; Edward C. Gurnon, 24
Bellflower street, Ward 7; John W. Herbert, 726
Saratoga street, Ward 1; James A. Hickey, 59
Parsons street, Ward 22; Edward I. Hoffman, 11
Lome street, Ward 14; James Jackson, 89 Munroe
street, Ward 12; David Kaplan, 93 Montebello
road, Ward 11; Edward A. Keefe, 20 Ely road,
Ward 16; Robert J. Kelley, 37 Brent street, Ward
17; Kenneth W. Kempton, 27 Story street, Ward
7; Bronis Kontrim, 120 Marine road, Ward 7;
Mark H. Krafsur, 447 Norfolk street. Ward 14;
Nathan Kravitsky, 306 Washington street, Ward
14; George D. Lambrenos, 928 Parker street, Ward
10; C. Joseph Lauria, 31 Appleton street, Ward 5;
Harold Learner, 2045 Commonwealth avenue,
Ward 22; Charles I. Lesser, 120 Corey road, Ward
21 ; Leonard Linskey, 247 Walnut avenue, Ward 11 ;
Alfred Lubin, 36 Millet street. Ward 17; Anthony
Luongo, 1097 Saratoga street, Ward 1; Frank J.
Macchia, 770 East Fourth street, Ward 6; Salvatore
Maffei, 11 Orient avenue. Ward 1; Martin E.
Mason, 447 Park Drive, Ward 21; Paul H.
McCarthy, 19 Savin Hill court, Ward 13; Francis
J. Melville, Jr., 10 Auburn street, Ward 2; Frank
A. Mitchell, 7 Bruce street, Ward 16; Norman L.
Munson, 71 Westland avenue, Ward 4; John J.
Murphy, 100 Wellsmere road, Ward 18; Louis H.
Oppenheim, 16 Cummings road, Ward 21; Andrew
J, Palermo, 18 Bloomfield street, Ward 17.
William G. Peters, 9 Medford court, Ward 3
Phillip S. Phillips, 829 Blue Hill avenue, Ward 14
George N. Pierce, 15 Atherton street, Ward 11
Edward J. Pinta, 11 Fowler street, Ward 14.
Raphael R. Rafferty, 140 West Canton street, Ward
4; Andrew A. Raffone, 644 West Roxbury Park-
way, Ward 20; Oscar G. Ridlon, 236 Lamartine
street, Ward 19; Edward J. Roekett, 565 Adams
street, Ward 16; George M. Romanos, Jr., 37
St. John street, Ward 19; Jacob E. Schrank, 735
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, Ward 20;
Joseph P. Schrank, 735 Veterans of Foreign Wars
Parkway, Ward 20; Francis C. Shack, 22 Delle
avenue, Ward 10; Milton Shaffer, 28 Duke street,
Ward 14; Frank Shaw, 12 Codman street, Ward
17; Edward W. Sheehan, 26 Burgoyne street,
Ward 16; Sidney J. Sheinfeld, 166 Rosseter street.
Ward 14; Isaac Shulman, 128 Devon street, Ward
14; Allen E. Silver, 1451 Blue Hill avenue, Ward
18; Joseph Simansky, 77 Nightingale street. Ward
14; Leon Small, 98 Hemenway street, Ward 4;
Clifford L. Smith, 11 Euclid street, Ward 17;
Harry Smith, 526 Massachusetts avenue, Ward 9;
John A. Sousa, 195 Brooks street, Ward 1; Solomon
Spack, 129 Callender street, Ward 14; Arthur C.
Stanton, 28 Quint avenue, Ward 21; Quirino
Sticco, 72 Bowdoin street, Ward 3; Jerome Suvalle,
355 Corey street, Ward 20; Benjamin J. Tackeff,
559 Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, Ward 20;
William Tatel, 8 Fayston street, Ward 13; Frank
Tavella, 158 Bremen street, Ward 1; William
Tepper, 103 Colborne road, Ward 21; Joseph
Todisco, 149 Paris street, Ward 1 ; Roman J. Vasil,
11 Granada avenue. Ward 18; Laurence Wernick,
1 Franklin Garden, Ward 12; Sidney Williams,
37 Winthrop street, Ward 12; Louis Yacker, 1999
Commonwealth avenue, Ward 22; Frank Zuccaro,
75 Cottage street, Ward 1; Louis Levendorf, 5
Hartwell street, Ward 12; Dennis Ricupero, 224
Chelsea street, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
APPOINTMENT OF MINOR OFFICERS
PAID BY FEES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Subject to confirmation by your Honorable
Body, I hereby make the following appointments
of minor officers paid by fees for the term of one
year, beginning with the first day of May, 1956.
The appointments of all such officers not named
herein are hereby revoked from and after April 30,
1956.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
(Annexed hereto is a list of the appointments
as contained in City Document No. 28, 1956.)
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
the
Subject to confirmation by the Council,
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1957: John J. Lannan, 362 Park street, Dorchester.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON
RECREATION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of the order adopted by your
Honorable Body on March 5, 1956, requesting
that a copy of the report of the Mayor's Citizens
Committee on Municipal Finance, relative to the
Parks and Recreation Department of the city,
be forwarded to the City Council.
The Mayor's Committee has not, as yet, made
any final report on this subject matter. It has
before it information compiled by the Boston
Municipal Research Bureau and the Boston
Finance Commission. The committee, however,
has not, to date, acted on this information. I
cannot give any definite date when the committee
will make its report. When such report is made,
it is customary for me to forward it to the Admin-
istrative Services Department so that that depart-
ment may consult with the department at issue
and then make definite recommendations to me.
Until the committee makes its report on this
matter I regret I cannot comply with the request
contained in your order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
CREATE PLAYGROUND OPPOSITE
HANCOCK VILLAGE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 15, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Executive Secretary of the Parks and Recreation
Department relative to your order of March 5,
1956, concerning the creating of a playground on
the city-owned land bounded by Bruce street,
Greaton road, and Russett road, West Roxbury,
opposite Hancock Village.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
March 9, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt of memo from
the office of the Mayor with attached order from
Councillor White reading:
"Ordered, That the Chairman of the Boston
Park Commission be requested, through his
Honor the Mayor, to create a playground on the
city-owned land bounded by Bruce street,
Greaton road, Weld street, and Russett road,
opposite Hancock Village, West Roxbury, for the
enjoyment of the children of this area."
The particular area to which Councillor White
refers was purchased by this department from the
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John Hancock Company as a playground site in
1950. This is an area of 6-J acres upon which the
Parks and Recreation Commission was to construct
a large playground with modern play facilities.
The development of this area has been carried
in our Capital Improvement Program with the
City Planning Board for the past five years. Until
such time as sufficient funds have been made
available under the Capital Improvement Program,
we will not be able to proceed with the construction
of the playground. We have other undeveloped
sites in the city similar in character to this location,
and it is not possible to provide sufficient money
for the development of these areas within our
regular budget.
Councillor White can be assured that this area
is one that will receive prime consideration from
Commissioner Frank R . Kelley , and I will be pleased
to call the Councillor's order to the Commissioner's
attention upon his return to the city.
Sincerely yours,
Arthur J. O'Keefe,
Executive Secretary.
Placed on file.
WEEKLY DEDUCTIONS FOR BLUE CROSS
AND BLUE SHIELD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 23, 195G.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Collector-Treasurer relative to your order of
February 27, 1956, concerning the deducting of
Blue Cross and Blue Shield payments on a weekly
basis rather than a monthly basis.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Treasury Department, March 21, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In reply to a resolution adopted February 8,
1954, by the City Council, the City Auditor recom-
mended no change be made in the then prevailing
system of handling Blue Cross deductions.
The City Auditor is still preparing the payroll
and deduction schedules, and as the same reasons
exist now that determined his recommendation,
it is my opinion that his explanation as previously
given provides the answer to the advisability of
deducting on a weekly basis.
Attached is the letter of reply given on Feb-
ruary 23, 1954.
Respectfully yours,
James E. Gildea,
Collector-Treasurer.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, February 23, 1954.
Charles J. Fox, Director,
Administrative Services Department.
Dear Sir:
I have studied the proposal of the City Council
resolution adopted February 8, 1954, which reads
as follows: "Resolved, That the members of the
City Council, in meeting assembled, desire to
solicit the cooperation of his Honor the Mayor
and request that he direct the Payroll Division
to arrange, if possible, a program of weekly payroll
deductions for those employees who are members
of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield, or both."
While fully aware of the problem which is
created for employees under the present arrange-
ment of deducting Blue Cross and Blue Shield
payments in one lump sum from the payrolls of
the last week of each month, I recommend that
no change be made in the present system for
the following compelling reasons.
As of January 31, 1954, the total number of
City of Boston and County of Suffolk employees
who are Blue Cross-Blue Shield subscribers was
11,460, of which total 7,615 are weekly paid
employees and the balance, 3,845, appear on
monthly payrolls.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield rates have been
established on a monthly rate basis, and the City
of Boston is billed accordingly. Following is the
table of Blue Cross-Blue Shield rates in effect
since July 1, 1952:
Monthly Subscription Rates fob Group
Members.
Blue Cross Only — Rate Per Month.
Individual. Family.
$1 30 $3 55
1 65 4 40
1 90 5 00
Blue Shield Only — Rate Per Month.
Individual. Family.
$0 90 $2 50
1 40 4 75
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Combinations —
Rate Per Month.
Individual. Family.
$2 20 $6 05
2 70 8 30
2 55 6 90
3 05 9 15
2 80 7 50
3 30 9 75
You will note from the above that there are 22
possible rates of payment. It would be necessary,
if the above rates were to be divided for weekly
deductions, to have each rate divided into the
same number of equal payments. This would
not be possible because neither two, three, nor
four is a common divisor of all rates. To do other-
wise than divide each rate into the same number of
equal payments would so complicate the prepara-
tion of payrolls that additional personnel and
equipment would be required.
As stated above, the City of Boston is billed on
a monthly rate basis. The reconciliation and
balancing of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield bill with
the actual payroll deductions results in a con-
siderable amount of work for our payroll personnel,
even under the present system of only one de-
duction a month. It is quite obvious that if
there were to be a multiple deduction within a
month, a separate bookkeeping section would be
required just to keep the accounting records for
Blue Cross-Blue Shield payments. This would
also require additional personnel and office equip-
ment.
Finally, our present payroll form cannot ac-
commodate a separate column for Blue Cross
deductions. At the present time, the same column
is used for Blue Gross and Union Dues deductions.
The column is used for Union Dues deductions
every week except the last week of the month
when the column is used for Blue Cross deductions.
I trust that the above adequately explains the
reasons why no change should be made in the
present system of handling Blue Cross deductions.
Very truly yours,
Joseph P. Lally, City Auditor.
On motion of Councillor Foley the message was
referred to the Committee on Public Services
and Recreation.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Henry C. Asmar, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Henry C. Asmar, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Frank P. Bailey, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Esther Baye, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Ashford street,
Allston.
J. C. Becker, for compensation for damage
to car by snowplow.
William R. Bradley, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Health Department, Weights
and Measures Division.
Sewall G. Ghason, for compensation for damage
to car by snowplow.
Nellie and Arthur W. Coy, for compensation
for injuries and damage to property by truck of
Park Department.
Arthur W. Coye, Sr., for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
Alexander Ernsts, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Joseph F. Flanagan, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
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Roland R. Frappier, for compensation for
damage to car by snowplow.
Ann Kogas, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 32 North Russell
street.
Rose M. LeCours, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in Atlantic
avenue.
LeRoy J. Mahoney, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Evelyn Marsters, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 136 Fuller street,
Dorchester.
Diega Mulone, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Tremont and
Stuart streets.
Ellen L. Mulvey, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 96 Beech street.
Thomas F. Mulvoy, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Quaker
Lane, off Congress street.
Mrs. George W. Murphy, for compensation
for damage to property at 64 Pierce avenue,
Dorchester, caused by bulldozer removing snow.
Francis J. Norton, for compensation for eye-
glasses broken while working in carpenter shop at
Albany Street Yards.
William E. Phillips, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Highway Division.
Joseph Piccirilli, for compensation for damage to
car by car of Police Department.
Harold Ralens, for compensation for damage to
car by police car.
Mary G. Shaughnessy, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Allston
street, Allston.
Mary E. Sheehan, for compensation for damage
to coat caused by an alleged defect in elevator in
City Hall Annex.
Hyman Shifrin, for compensation for damage to
car by fire department vehicle.
Robert Stapleford, for compensation for damage
to car by snowplow.
John Stow, for compensation for damage to car
by car of Fire Department.
Ralph R. White, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
REDUCTION OF ANNUITY.
Petition of Margaret E. Shea for a reduction of
the annuity granted her on account of the death
of her husband, William Shea, late member of the
Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from Arthur H. Swan, 312 Meridian
street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of John A. Abbott, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Raymond B. LaCasse, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of one parcel of property
in Roslindale under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of one parcel of property
in Mattapan under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received of a hearing to be held
April 12, 1956, at 2.15 p.m., before the Metropolitan
District Commission on petition of the Boston
Edison Company for location for conduits, man-
holes, and wires in William T. Morrissey Boulevard.
Notice was received of a hearing to be held
April 12, 1956, at 2.30 p.m., before the Metropolitan
District Commission on petition of Boston Edison
Company for location for pipes, wires, and cables
in Old Colony avenue.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE MILK CONTROL
COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the State Milk Control
Commission of hearing to be held March 26, 1956,
at 11 a.m., Room 705, 41 Tremont street, Boston,
relative to proposed amendments to official orders
of the commission.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of postponed hearing to be held
April 12, 1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Hudson
Bus Lines, Inc., on rates and charges.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held March 29,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston & Maine
Railroad for exemption of requirements of roof in
North Station railroad yard.
Severally placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Dennis C. Ricupero,
having been duly approved by the Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved.
AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
March 22, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Last year his Honor the Mayor agreed to in-
crease the compensation of the officer personnel
at the Jail and the House of Correction by two
compensation grades; one grade to be effective
September 7, 1955, and the other to be effective
April 4, 1956.
The City Council and the Mayor, under dates
of August 29, 1955, and August 31, 1955, respec-
tively, approved an order amending the Classifica-
tion and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County by increasing the
various compensation grades of the officer per-
sonnel at the Jail and the House of Correction by
one compensation grade to be effective September
7, 1955.
In order to authorize the additional increase of
one compensation grade there is forwarded here-
with an order amending the Classification and
Compensation Plans for the Officers and Employ-
ees of Suffolk County. Included in this order is a
recommendation to increase the compensation
grade of the classification of van driver from
compensation grade 16 to compensation grade 18
?o that the rate of pay for this classification will
be equivalent to that of jail and correction officers.
Your favorable consideration of the accompany-
ing order is hereby recommended.
Respectfully,
John A. Sullivan,
Supervisor of Personnel.
Ordered, That Schedule B of the Classification
and Compensation Plans for the Officers and Em-
ployees of Suffolk County, adopted by order
passed by the City Council on November 24, 1952,
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and approved by the Mayor on November 25'
1952, be, and the same hereby is, amended, to be
effective April 4, 1956, as follows:
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Correction Officer"
the figure "17" and insert in place thereof the
figure "18."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the captions:
"Correction Officer and Assistant Steward"
"Correction Officer and Baker"
"Correction Officer and Carpenter"
"Correction Officer and Clothing Cutter"
"Correction Officer and Cook"
"Correction Officer and Electrician"
"Correction Officer and Assistant Herdsman"
"Correction Officer and Motor Equipment
Repairman"
"Correction Officer and Painter"
"Correction Officer and Poultryman"
"Correction Officer and Shoemaker"
the figure "18" and insert in place thereof the
figure "19."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the captions:
"Correction Officer and Herdsman"
"Correction Officer and Receiver"
the figure "19" and insert in place thereof the
figure "20."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Correction Officer
and Steward" the figure "20" and insert in place
thereof the figure "21."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Deputy
Master" the figure "21" and insert in place
thereof the figure "22."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Deputy Master"
the figure "23" and insert in place thereof the
figure "24."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Master" the figure
"29" and insert in place thereof the figure "30."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Matron"
the figure "11" and insert in place thereof the
figure "12."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Chief
Matron" the figure "14" and insert in place
thereof the figure "15."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Jail Officer" the
figure "17" and insert in place thereof the
figure "18."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the captions:
"Jail Officer and Electrician"
"Jail Officer and Mechanic"
"Jail Officer and Assistant Steward"
"Jail Officer and Storekeeper"
"Jail Officer and Receiver"
"Jail Officer and Photographer"
"Jail Officer and Clerk"
the figure "18" and insert in place thereof the
figure "19."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Chief Matron" the
figure "17" and insert in place thereof the
figure "18."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Chief Officer
and Steward" the figure "21" and insert in place
thereof the figure "22."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Chief Officer"
the figure "21" and insert in place thereof the
figure "22."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Chief Officer" the
figure "24" and insert in place thereof the
figure "25."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Assistant Deputy
Jailer" the figure "24" and insert in place thereof
the figure "25."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Deputy Jailer" the
figure "29" and insert in place thereof the
figure "30."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Van Driver" the
figure "16" and insert in place thereof the
figure "18."
The communication and the order were referred
to the Executive Committee.
AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
March 21, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) c. 35, s. 51, as
amended, your Honorable Body has referred to me
for report an order which, if passed, would amend
the Compensation Plans for the Officers and Em-
ployees of Suffolk ' County by changing court
officers, whose compensation grade is 17 in certain
district courts, to compensation grade 19 in order
to bring the compensation grade to the same level
as the court officers in the Roxbury Municipal
Court. Compensation grade 17, now allocated to
these particular court officers, provides for a
minimum annual salary of $3,419.10 and a maxi-
mum annual salary of $4,176. Compensation
grade 19 would provide for a minimum annual
salary of $3,680.10 and a maximum annual salary
of $4,541.40.
At the present time, the court officers in the
Roxbury Municipal Court and the court officers
in the Boston Juvenile Court are allocated to
compensation grade 19, and all other district
court officers are allocated to compensation
grade 17. A recent survey of Suffolk County, now
pending consideration by the Administrative
Services Board, recommends that all district
court officers, including Roxbury and Juvenile
Courts, be allocated to compensation grade 18
which provides for an annual minimum salary of
$3,549.60 and an annual maximum salary of
$4,358.70. The reason for this conclusion, as I
understand it, is that in general the duties and
responsibilities of court officers are fairly com-
parable to the duties and responsibilities of jail
and correction officers. Jail and correction offi-
cers are now allocated to compensation grade
17, and they will be recommended for an increase
effective April 4, 1956, to compensation grade 18
in accordance with an agreement with the Mayor.
In view of the recommendation contained in the
above-mentioned survey, and the fact that it is
still pending consideration by the Administrative
Services Board, I recommend that the order
pending before your Honorable Body be held in
abeyance until the Administrative Services Board
has voted what action should be taken on the
recommendation of this survey.
Respectfully,
John A. Sullivan, Supervisor of Personnel.
The report of the Supervisor of Personnel and
the order were referred to the Executive Committee.
APPOINTMENT OF KATHERINE D.
HARDWICK.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Katherine D. Hardwick, 40 Com-
monwealth avenue, Boston, to be an Overseer of
the Public Welfare, for the term ending May 1,
1956, vice Irving Green, resigned.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF JOHN W. McCORMACK.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of John W. McCormack
as temporary environmental sanitation inspector.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Paul J. DeRosa
(referred March 12) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of hie duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
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Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Paul J. DeRosa, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on April 30,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated:
B. A. Godvin, M.D $130
Arthur L. Watkins, M.D .20
Total ,$150
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
2. Report on petition of Charles N. Vogel
(referred March 5) for indemnification for hospital,
surgicai, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Charles N. Vogel, a former member of
the Fire Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on Septem-
ber 18, 1954, there be allowed and paid, upon cer-
tification of the panel appointed under the provi-
sions of said section, to the following the amount
stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $79 37
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suitable
for the purpose of this section.
3. Report on petition of Frank J. Storey (re-
ferred March 12) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Frank J. Storey, a member of the Fire Department,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury received through no fault of his own while
in the performance of his duty on April 1, 1955,
there be allowed and paid, as recommended by the
Fire Commissioner and approved by the Corpora-
tion Counsel, to the following the amounts stated:
Alfred W. Branca, M.D $30
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 35
Total $65
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
4. Report on petition of Thomas E. Kelly
(referred March 12) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Thomas E. Kelly, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on Decem-
ber 30, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $79
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
5. Report on petition of Joseph M. Dowd (re-
ferred March 12) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Joseph M. Dowd, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on August 20,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated :
Joseph M. Dowd (petitioner) $15 43
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 100 00
Total $115 43
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
6. Report on petition of Margaret E. Shea (re-
ferred today) for reduction of annuity granted her
on account of the death of her husband, William
Shea — recommending passage of the accompany-
ing order:
Ordered, That the annuity payable to Margaret
E. Shea under section 89A of chapter 32 of the
General Laws by virtue of an order passed by the
City Council on February 20, 1956, and approved
by the Mayor on February 23, 1956, be, and the
same hereby is, reduced from the amount, fixed in
said order, of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) a
year, to the amount of thirteen hundred and
seventy-five dollars ($1,375) a year, effective as
of February 23, 1956.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on petition (referred February 20) of
Boston American League Baseball Company for
license for Sunday sports at Fenway Park —
recommending that license be granted.
The report was accepted, and the license was
granted under usual conditions.
APPROVAL OF BOND.
The liability insurance policy of the Boston
American League Baseball Company covering
Sunday sports at Fenway Park was received and
approved by the Council.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordinance
(referred January 30) establishing a Public Health
Council — recommending that same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance was
passed.
ANNUAL SOLICITATION BY LIBRARY
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston Public Library, one of the
great libraries not only of the United States but of
the world at large, is one of the chief assets of Bos-
ton and the surrounding Greater Boston com-
munity as well as of the entire Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; and
Whereas, The Boston Public Library, in addition
to the usual public library services which every
public library offers to the citizens and residents of
its own city or town, possesses also reference and
research collections which are widely used by the
entire Greater Boston community and the Com-
monwealth as a whole; and
Whereas, The Boston Public Library, by virtue
of its long and honorable history as the first of the
great public libraries of the United States, has in
its reference and research holdings collections which
are matched in extent and value by those of no
other public library in the United States except the
New York Public Library; and
Whereas, The New York Public Library, in
recognition of the great value which such collec-
tions are to the New York community at large, has
acted successfully in recent years to obtain sub-
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stantial contributions to the support of the New
York Public Library by annual giving on the part
of those who make use of its reference and research
collections, not only individuals but also business,
industrial, educational, cultural, and other organi-
zations and institutions; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Trustees of the Boston Public
Library be respectfully requested, through his
Honor the Mayor, to consider the desirability of
initiating similar action for the Boston Public
Library, through a continuing program of annual
solicitation and giving, and with appropriate
annual reporting thereon, such as that outlined by
"The Books Are Open: The Treasurer Reports on
the New York Public Library."
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
BEST WISHES TO JEWISH COMMUNITY
FOR PASSOVER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, We in America cherish the blessings of
individual freedom and our founding fathers re-
ceived the inspiration to secure a free and inde-
pendent nation from the Old Testament; and
Whereas, The exodus of the Jews from Egyptian
oppression is the prototype of past and present
struggles against totalitarianism; and
Whereas, The torch of freedom ignited over
3,000 years ago by the children of Israel burns
brilliantly in Israel and in America; and
Whereas, The spirituality, dignity, and beauty of
the traditional Seder ceremony reaffirms ancient
devotion to the ideal of individual freedom; and
Whereas, The Jewish community of Boston has
by its devotion to philanthropy, learning, and
social reform contributed greatly to the develop-
ment of the City of Boston and our nation as a
whole; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends sincere wishes to the
Jewish community of Boston for a happy and
joyous Passover.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
SYMPATHY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OF FRED ALLEN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following: _
Whereas, A most beloved American humorist,
philosopher, and comedian, Fred Allen, has been
called to his eternal reward ; and
Whereas, Fred Allen was a native of the Greater
Boston area and at one time an employee of the
City of Boston in the Library Department; who,
during later and more successful years never
forgot his well-loved New England and was a
constant salesman for the beauties and pleasures
of this vacationland ; and
Whereas, The Fred Allen humor was always in
good taste; always fitting and proper in an era
when offensive material came to be taken for
granted; and
Whereas, He brought laughter and pleasure to
untold millions of Americans, particularly during
the days of the depression when it was so badly
needed; and
Whereas, Fred Allen was, during his entire
lifetime, a source of reflected credit to his country,
his church, his native city, and his profession;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, desires to express its official
and personal sympathy to his widow and the
members of his family and friends; and we pray
that Almighty God in His Infinite mercy will
cause his soul to rest in peace.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
OVERTIME PAY OR TIME OFF FOR
WORK DURING STORM EMERGENCIES.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH
offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to communicate with various depart-
ment heads to insure that those city employees
who worked overtime in the recent storm emer-
gencies receive pay if or their overtime hours; and
be it further
Ordered, That those city employees who are
prohibited under the law from receiving pay for
overtime be given time off in lieu of financial
remuneration.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SPEED-UP
OF ANTI-POLIO
PROGRAM.
VACCINE
Coun. McCORMACK and COLLINS offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Governor of the Common-
wealth and each member of the Massachusetts
Delegation in Congress take whatever action is
necessary to have the United States Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare speed up the
Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Subjection Program
throughout the United States and particularly in
Massachusetts and the City of Boston.
The resulution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AGED.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to request the members of the Boston Housing
Authority to immediately proceed to the develop-
ment of a program contemplating the erection of
1,000 units of housing for the aged, under presently
enacted state legislation and pending federal
legislation.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SYMPATHY TO CERTAIN CITIZENS OF
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following:
Whereas, Certain American citizens in Mont-
gomery, Alabama, are presently engaged in a
struggle to assure that they be shown common
dignity and courtesy in the simple matter of
seating arrangements on busses; and
Whereas, In so doing these said American
citizens have conducted themselves in a dignified,
judicious, and nonviolent manner in spite of sub-
stantial and continued provocation; and
Whereas, They have been harassed and annoyed
in their effort to obtain courteous treatment com-
monly thought to be the right and common
heritage of all loyal American citizens; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council
expresses its sympathy and encouragement to its
fellow-Americans of Montgomery, Alabama, now
engaged in a dignified, nonviolent, yet forceful
movement to re-establish again in our time the
basic and fundamental principle of our country
that "all men are created equal."
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
JOHN P. McKEON.
Coun. McDONOUGH and McCORMACK
offered the following:
Ordered, That the order passed by the City
Council on February 13, 1956, authorizing the
Committee to Memorialize Veterans to name the
square at the intersection of Hallet and Hill Top
streets, Dorchester, be, and hereby is, rescinded;
and be it further
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the square at the intersection
of Hill Top street, Cedar Grove street, and Hallet
street, Dorchester, in honor of AOM a/c John P.
McKeon, a member of the 119th Bombing Squad-
ron, who was killed in China in 1945.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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PAYMENT OF ANNUITY TO PARENTS OF
THOMAS SLATTERY.
Coun. Mcdonough, mcCOrmack, ami
MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Council of Boston
favors the consideration by the Legislature of
the petition now held under Joint Rule 7B pro-
viding for the payment of an annuity to the
father and mother of Thomas Slattery who was
killed on January 29, 1956, while in the per-
formance of his duty as a fire fighter, provided
that any such legislation enacted includes a
referendum to the Mayor and City Council.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
RECONSTRUCTION OF MANTHORNE
ROAD, WEST ROXBURY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the foUowing
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Commissioner of Public Works to expedite re-
construction of Manthorne road, West Roxbury,
in view of deterioration in the condition of the
street.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SKELETON FORCE ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to have a skeleton force for all employees of the
City of Boston on Good Friday, March 30, 1956.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
MEETING OF APPROPRIATIONS AND
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Coun. FOLEY announced that an executive
meeting of the Appropriations and Finance Com-
mittee would be held Tuesday, March 27, 1956,
to discuss matters pertaining to the annual budget.
All members of the Council were invited to attend
this meeting.
Adjourned, at 3.53 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, April 2, 1950,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, April 2, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Presi-
dent McCORMACK in the chair, and all the
members present.
The Reverend Lawrence M. Brock, S.J., of
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church,
Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. LAWRENCE M.
BROCK.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
"This is the day the Lord has made. Let us
rejoice and be glad." These words are taken
from the Gradual of Easter Sunday morning, and
they certainly bring out to us the beautiful spirit
of the holy season of Easter.
Eternal God and Father, pour down Your
blessings upon this gathering, and especially upon
the members of the City Council of the City of
Boston, and give to all of us Your wisdom, Your
infinite love, prudence, justice, and charity in
order to reduce the task we must perform. Thou
Eternal God and Father, bless our native land,
its beautiful shores, mountains, and plains. Bless
our President, the Senate, the Governors, and
Mayors, and especially the City Councillors here
today. Grant to them wisdom in all their deeds,
and grant they may be ever inspired in their work
for others to emulate Thee, and may they ever
be a credit to themselves, to their families, and
to their city, the great City of Boston itself,
and to Thee, Eternal God, their Creator.
May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost, during this beautiful Easter
season, descend upon you, and may that blessing
remain with you forever and ever. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor McLaughlin presiding at the box
in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Sixty-seven traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear May 7, 1956:
Roceo Cali, Jr., Ward 1; Benjamin Fantasia,
Ward 1; Alfred F. Frongillo, Ward 1; Edward J.
Leary, Ward 1; Vito Magaletta, Ward 1; Fred
Picardi, Ward 1 ; Francis M. Donlon, Ward 2; John
J. Folan, Ward 2; John J. McTiernan, Ward 2;
Lawrence Scola, Ward 3; Cutler H. Somers, Ward
3; Richard K. Abbott, Ward 4; Louise C. Linneken,
Ward 4; George P. Maxx, Ward 4; Charles J.
Zahara, Ward 4; James J. Adams, Ward 5; Alfred
F. Andrews, Ward 5; Joseph M. Battaglia, Ward
5; Mary Irene Foran, Ward 5; Paul D. Harrower,
Ward 5; Daniel L. Linehan, Ward 5; Frederick A.
Catino, Ward 6; Blanche Perrv, Ward 6; Samuel
L. Hodges, Ward 7; Mary P. McDonough, Ward
7; Paul J. Schwabe, Ward 7; Thomas Wilson,
Ward 7; Joseph A. Re, Ward 9; Henry J. Newton,
Ward 10; Richard E. Thornton, Ward 10; Frank
L. Harmon, Ward 11; Charles J. Johnson, Ward
11; Charles T. Cooke, Ward 12; Olive Pearl
Kroon, Ward 12; Willard H. Mclver, Ward 12;
Max Nyer, Ward 12; Carl W. Swanson, Ward 13;
David Daniels, Ward 14; Simon Greenberg, Ward
14; Philip Leaman, Ward 14; Marie C. Shanahan,
Ward 14; Harry Suskin, Ward 14; Thomas J.
Glynn, Ward 15; Cornelius F. Hart, Ward 15;
John J. Brion, Ward 16; Joseph F. Burke, Ward 16;
Martin J. Cusack, Jr., Ward 16; Lauretta M.
Garland, Ward 16; Virginia G. Lee, Ward 16;
Daniel J. McCarthy, Ward 16; William C. Mc-
Intire, Ward 16; Doris L. Kiernan, Ward 17;
Anne J. McElaney, Ward 17; John E. Baker,
Ward 18; Robert C. Bergenheim, Ward 18;
Thomas A. Donahue, Ward 18; Louis Lipsitz,
Ward 18; Lawrence I. Piper, Ward 18; Oscar L.
Skog, Ward 19; Gerald Harting, Ward 20; John
A. Sullivan, Ward 20; Bertha Appleton, Ward 21;
Patrick McDonough, Ward 21; Virginia M. Morse,
Ward 21; William R. Butler, Ward 22; William G.
Graham, Ward 22; Howard F. Lowre, Ward 22.
One hundred thirteen traverse jurors, Superior
Civil Court, to appear May 7, 1956:
Arthur S. Ford, Ward 1 ; Viola LaMarco, Ward 1
John Leonard, Ward 1; Leon Manaigre, Ward 1
Thomas Merrigan, Ward 1 ; Joseph Mirra, Ward 1
Dominic Mucci, Ward 1 ; Mary J. Johnson, Ward 2
Paul C. Ryan, Ward 2; Morris Fama, Ward 3
Romeo Fralli, Ward 3; Mollie Milano, Ward 3
Patrick J. Mulkern, Ward 3; Daniel A. Sylvester
Ward 3; Elmer A. Cota, Ward 4; James W. Free-
man, Ward 4; Talmadge J. Jones, Ward 4; John
Mortenson, Ward 4; Thomas R. Bagley, Ward 5;
Charles H. Butler, Ward 5; Clark C. Curtis, Ward
5; Thelma Gauthier, Ward 5; Carl D. Lane, Ward
5; Walter E. Robb, Jr., Ward 5; William R. Wal-
lace, Ward 5; Charles F. Boben, Ward 6; James W.
Coleman, Ward 6; Joseph L. Jasperson, Ward 6;
Marias McLain, Ward 6; Stanley T. Michalski,
Ward 6; James E. Walsh, Ward 6; James F. Devine,
Ward 7; James Albert Hirtle, Ward 7; William F.
Logan, Ward 7; William E. Mahan, Ward 7;
Charles V. Powers, Ward 7; John C. Smith, Jr.,
Ward 7; Thomas P. Burke, Ward 8; James P. Ken-
ney, Ward 8; Gaston Blair, Ward 9; Wallace B.
Reed, Ward 9; William R. Scott, Ward 9; John F.
Cannata, Ward 10; Joseph P. Hart, Ward 10; Jean-
nette M. Cannata, Ward 11; Stephen H. Carty, Jr.,
Ward 11; Charles E. Henderson, Ward 12; Walter
F. Burdick, Jr., Ward 13; Anthony J. Calapa, Ward
13; Francis X. Dolan, Ward 13; Thomas L. Kelley,
Ward 13; Andrew E. McDermott, Ward 13; Vin-
cent A. Vosolo, Jr., Ward 13; Herbert Waldman,
Ward 13; Harry Douglas, Ward 14; Rose Luftman,
Ward 14; Charles Paris, Ward 14; John C. Ballem,
Ward 15; Robert T. Benson, Ward 15; Maurice G.
Flahive, Ward 15; Mary Ginty, Ward 15; Bjarne
A. Malmin, Ward 15; Nicholas F. Maloney, Jr.,
Ward 15; Christopher J. Washek, Ward 15;
Francis J. Coffey, Ward 16; Francis Corrigan,
Ward 16; Frank C. Foye, Ward 16; Edith E.
Raimey, Ward 16; John P. Mills, Ward 16; Thomas
Francis Sullivan, Ward 16; Frank F. Tressel, Ward
16; William E. Blackham, Ward 17; Patrick
Francis Coen, Ward 17; Samuel Clayman, Ward
17; William A. Cooney, Ward 17; David B. Kopp,
Ward 17; Henry Stearns, Ward 17; William H.
Sullivan, Ward 17; Domenic Abitabile, Ward 18;
Robert W. Belvea, Jr., Ward 18; Charles T.
Benoit, Ward 18; Thomas M. Burns, Ward 18;
Peter F. Chapski, Ward 18; Alfred Chute, Ward 18;
Geraldine Condon, Ward 18; Alice P. Connell,
Ward 18; Joseph P. Cyr, Ward 18; Elizabeth V.
Daly, Ward 18; William J. Durken, Ward 18;
William J. Locke, Ward 18; David I. Morgan,
Ward 18; Celia Reback, Ward 18; Stanley J.
Shute, Ward 18; Robert A. Ward, Ward 18;
Howard W. Colby, Ward 19; Francis Durham,
Ward 19; James F. Ryan, Ward 19; Lyle C.
Stymiest, Ward 19; David Chapski, Ward 20;
Robert A. Crimmins, Ward 20; Helen P. Murray,
Ward 20; Arnold V. Nilsen, Ward 20; Max Hayett,
Ward 21; Frederick A. Horan, Ward 21; John E.
Kane, Ward 21; Charles S. Kennedy, Ward 21;
Sara A. Morrisroe, Ward 21; Louis Polack, Ward
21; Melvin H. Roth, Ward 21; Donald F. Allen,
Ward 22; Maurice J. Booth, Jr., Ward 22; Gaetano
P. Falabella, Ward 22; Joseph Trusas, Ward 22.
STUDY OF POLICE POWERS OVER
PRIVATE WAYS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, March 29, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith communication from the
Corporation Counsel relative to the order adopted
by the City Council on March 5 concerning a
proposed study of laws governing the power of the
Police Department over private ways.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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CITY COUNCIL.
City of Boston,
Law Department, March 28, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Your Honor has transmitted to me the order
passed by the City Council on March 5, 1956, re-
questing through you that I make "a study of the
laws governing the power of the Police Depart-
ment over private ways with a view to determining
whether the present laws are sufficient to afford
the residents and owners of property in private
ways adequate police protection."
It is explicitly provided by St. 1912, c. 240, s. 2,
that "Police officers of the city of Boston may
enter upon any private way therein that is open to
travel, for the purpose of expelling trespassers
therefrom and for the prevention of crime."
The statutory provision just quoted is plainly
quite comprehensive in its scope, and thus would
seem sufficient to provide adequate authority for
police protection.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Placed on file.
RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
BOSTON HARBOR.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 2, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of the Parks and Recreation De-
partment relative to your order of March 5, 1956,
concerning the considering of establishing an ad-
visory board for the recreational development of
Boston Harbor, composed of the commodores of
all the yacht clubs in Boston Harbor and others
interested in recreational boating, including the
boating editors of the Boston newspapers.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
March 27, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memorandum of March 26 with at-
tached Council order of Councillor Foley of March
5, 1956:
"Ordered, That the Board of Park Commissioners
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
consider establishing an advisory board for the
recreational development of Boston Harbor, com-
posed of the commodores of all the yacht clubs in
Boston Harbor, and others interested in recrea-
tional boating, including the boating editors of the
Boston newspapers.
Your office was recently notified that a reply
would be sent when the Director of Recreation had
completed his report.
The Director of Recreation lias been instructed
to set up a committee according to the information
set forth in Councillor Foley's order.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
John V. Brennan, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Earle K. Brewer, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Charles F. Bristol, for compensation for damage
to car by city bulldozer.
Thomas H. Byron, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sewer Division.
Sadie Edelstein, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Geneva avenue,
Dorchester.
Pasquale A. Frustaglia, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
George L. Harrington, for compensation for
damage to car caused by snowplow.
Frederick P. Johnson, for compensation for in-
juries caused by fire truck.
Mary T. Keefe, for compensation for injuries and
damage to clothing caused by an alleged defect at
Summer street and Atlantic avenue.
Daniel J. Kenney, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 168-170 Summer
street.
Lovering-Sawyer, Inc., for compensation for
damage to property at 14 North Market street,
caused by snowplow.
William Murphy, for compensation for damage
to car by police car.
Thomas A. O'Connor, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
David R. Pitnof & Son, for compensation for
damage to property at 3 Fenton street, caused by
water being shut off.
Carolina Renzi, for compensation for damage to
property at 836 Canterbury street, Roslindale,
caused by overflow of water from street.
Freda Sher, for compensation for injuries caused
by car of Police Department.
Henry V. Smith, Jr., for compensation for
damage to car by city car.
Genevieve White, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Alice M. Heffernan to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, Michael M.
Heffernan, later member of the Police Department.
Petition of Agnes A. Delaney to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, William H.
Delaney, late member of the Police Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received of a hearing to be held on
April 12, 1956, at 2 p.m., before the Metropolitan
District Commission on petition of Boston Edison
Company and New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company for pole location in West Boundary
road, Hyde Park.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the Depart-
ment of Public Utilities transmitting copy of order
granting petition of Metropolitan Transit Author-
ity to erect pole and wires on Bennington street,
East Boston.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Works transmitting copy of
order of layout and taking of altered location of
section of state highway (John F. Fitzgerald
Expressway) .
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES A.
BIRMINGHAM.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Charles A. Birmingham, 73 Tre-
mont street, Boston, as a Trustee of the Boston
Metropolitan District for the term ending Octo-
ber 24, 1957.
Placed on file.
APRIL 2, 1956.
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SALARIES OF MATRONS AT HOUSE OF
DETENTION FOR WOMEN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Police Department, March 28, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk, Boston.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with provisions of chapter 147,
section 19, General Laws (Ter. Edit.), concurrent
approval is requested of the Honorable City
Council in establishment of weekly basic salaries
paid to certain employees of the House of Deten-
tion of this department, listed as follows, effective
April 4, 1956:
Chief matron, from $72.12 to S74.99 a week.
Assistant chief matron, from S68.28 to $71.15 a
week.
Assistant matron, from $66.36 to $69.23 a week.
Very truly yours,
T. F. Sullivan, Police Commissioner.
In connection with the foregoing communication
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That in concurrence with the Police
Commissioner the salaries of matrons at the House
of Detention for Women be established as follows:
Chief matron at $74.99 a week, to take effect as
of April 4, 1956.
Assistant chief matron at $71.15 a week, to take
effect as of April 4, 1956.
Assistant matron at $69.23 a week, to take
effect as of April 4, 1956.
The order was passed under suspension of the
rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on annual list of appointments by the
Mayor (referred March 26) of constables authorized
to serve civil process upon filing of bond, as con-
tained in City Document No. 29, for term ending
April 30, 1957 — recommending that appointments
be confirmed.
2. Report on appointments by the Mayor
(referred March 26) of minor officers paid by fees,
as contained in City Document No. 28, for term
ending April 30, 1957 — recommending that
appointments be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Foley and White. Whole number of ballots 8,
yeas 8, and the appointments were confirmed.
CITY DEPARTMENTS TO OCCUPY
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN and McCORMACK
offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor confer with
the proper authorities of the Federal Government
to determine whether or not a satisfactory and
financially feasible plan can be developed whereby
the City of Boston can join with the Federal
Government in the building of the proposed new
Federal Building, so that the City of Boston can
house therein all its municipal offices presently
housed in City Hall and City Hall Annex.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORTING AND INDEXING OF
COUNCIL MINUTES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Clerk be authorized and
directed to execute a contract with Blanche I. Goell
for one year beginning on April 1, 1956, for the sum
of $1,500, payable in monthly installments of $125,
for making the index of the City Council Proceed-
ings substantially in the form of the index of the
City Council Proceedings for 1954; the expense of
same to be charged to the appropriation for City
Council Proceedings.
Ordered, That the City Clerk be authorized and
directed to execute a contract with Elvira Johnson,
to make a stenographic report of all regular and
special meetings of the City Council, for one year
beginning on April 1, 1956, for the sum of $5,000,
payable in monthly installments; the expense of
same to be charged to the appropriation for City
Council Proceedings.
Severally passed under suspension of the rules.
BASKETBALL FACILITIES AT RIPLEY
ROAD PLAYGROUND.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Parks and Recreation De-
partment be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to consider the possibility of installing
basketball facilities at the Ripley Ro ad Playground
in Dorchester.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
"GOLDEN AGE REST AREA" ON AKRON
STREET, ROXBURY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Chairman of the Real Estate Board to transfer
4,888 square feet of land located at the southeast
corner of Akron street, Roxbury, to the Parks and
Recreation Department for the purpose of estab-
lishing a "Golden Age Rest Area."
Passed under supension of the rules.
SALUTE TO BOYS' CLUBS OF BOSTON
AND AMERICA.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, The week of April 2 to April 8 marks
the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the Boys' Clubs of America; and
Whereas, The Boys' Club movement was founded
in the City of Boston in 1906 and is now an organi-
zation national in scope and international in
influence; and
Whereas, These clubs do outstanding work not
only in the strengthening of the bodies and better-
ment of the minds of our young Americans, but
also teach them the true meaning of democracy
and prepare them through competition and
brotherhood to be responsible, honest, self-reliant
leaders of the future; and
Whereas, Through this program, classified for
the year 1956 as one to "Build Better Men," the
Boys' Clubs are effectively carrying out an "Opera-
tion Juvenile Decency"; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, salutes the Boys' Clubs of
Boston, and the Boys' Clubs of America for the
splendid work they have done in the past and are
doing at present; and prays that in the next fifty
years these clubs and their capable self-sacrificing
directors and staffs will meet with an equal
measure of success, as has been experienced during
this past half century, in moulding the boy of
today into the man of tomorrow.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY ON
EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION.
Coun. Mclaughlin, white, and collins
offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Police Commissioner to advise the City Council
as to his department's present policy concerning
the emergency hospitalization of persons injured
in highway accidents in the Jamaica Plain, Roslin-
dale, and West Roxbury area.
Passed under supension of the rules.
TURNER STREET, BRIGHTON, ONE WAY
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Traffic Commission to consider the advisability of
making Turner street, Brighton, one way from
Washington street to Faneuil street.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred March 26)
of Arthur H. Swan for commercial use shellfish
permit — recommending that permit be granted.
The report was accepted, and the permit was
granted under the usual conditions.
USE OF WALKIE-TALKIES BY CERTAIN
POLICE OFFICERS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor respectfully
request the Police Commissioner to consider the
advisability of equipping certain of its traffic
officers with walkie-talkies (portable telephones) to
more efficiently control the flow of traffic.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED REC-
OMMENDATIONS RE POLICE DE-
PARTMENT.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor arrange for
a public hearing at the earliest convenient date on
the proposed recommendations contained in the
various surveys of the Boston Police Department.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspension
of the rules.
EXPENSE OF AUDITORS IN MOTOR VE-
HICLE TORT CASES TO BE ASSUMED
BY COMMONWEALTH.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, It has been decided by the Justices of
the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts to utilize the services of auditors in an
effort to clear the docket of pending motor vehicle
tort cases; and
Whereas, The cost of these auditors must now be
born by Suffolk County; and
Whereas, The City of Boston must bear all the
expenses of Suffolk County; and
Whereas, The salaries of the Justices of the
Superior Court are borne by the Commonwealth;
and
Whereas, Since the salaries of Justices of the
Superior Court, if used in motor vehicle tort cases,
would be borne by the Commonwealth; and
Whereas, The burden should not in equity be
shifted to the City of Boston merely because the
system is modified; and
Whereas, The cost of auditors to the city has
been estimated in the vicinity of $200,000; there-
fore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, favors the assumption of the
cost by the Commonwealth; and be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council urges
his Honor the Mayor to discuss this matter with
the Governor of the Commonwealth at the earliest
possible moment.
On motion of Councillor Collins the foregoing
resolution was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations and Finance.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.55 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in the
Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 4.41 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of William E. Phillips
(referred March 26) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Public Works Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of five hundred dollars
($500) be allowed and paid to William E. Phillips
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Public Works Department, Highway Di-
vision, said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of William R. Bradley
(referred March 26) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Health Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of three hundred dollars
($300) be allowed and paid to William R. Bradley
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Health Department, Weights and Measures
Division, said sum to be charged to the appropri-
ation for Executions of Court, Damage. Claims
and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
APPEARANCE OF COMMISSIONER OF
REAL PROPERTY BEFORE EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 9, 1956.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Real Prop-
erty, Herman A. Carp, be, and is hereby, requested
to appear at the Executive Meeting of the Boston
City Council to be held Monday, April 9, 1956,
for the purpose of briefing this Honorable Body
with regard to the policy of the City of Boston
with regard to parking meters, including a survey
of all available parking meters, their cost, the
accompanying warranty, and efficiency.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TRANSFER OF CEMETERY DIVISION
FUNDS TO GENERAL FUND.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The principal of the General Cemetery
Fund and Perpetual Care Fund of the Cemetery
Division now totals $5.4 million; and
Whereas, Receipts from cemetery services and
interest earnings now exceed $300,000 a year; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, The City Council is of the opinion
that the finances of the Cemetery Division are
sound enough to permit the transfer of part or all
of the annual receipts of the Cemetery Division to
the General Fund of the city; and be it further
Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be,
and hereby is, directed to confer with the Cemetery
Trustees as to the advisability of amending
chapter 117 of the Acts of 1913 so as to permit
transfer of a part or all of the annual receipts of
the Cemetery Division to the General Fund of the
city.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
POSTPONE HOSPITAL REPAIRS PENDING
SURVEY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, There is being voted twenty-five
thousand dollars for an expert architectural
survey for long-term planning for the Boston City
Hospital; and
Whereas, This Council has recently approved
expenditures totaling a fund of about three million
dollars for repairs and improvements at the Boston
City Hospital, and over a million dollars is available
to be spent this year for said fund for said purpose;
therefore be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Trustees of the Boston City Hospital to postpone
further expenditures of funds from this year's
budget for repairs and improvements at the City
Hospital, except where the facts show a clear and
pressing necessity or emergency and until after
said architectural survey is completed and studied,
so future expenditures can be based on said expert
survey.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Kerrigan, the Council
voted to take a recess at 5.09 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.55 p.m.
APRIL 2, 1956.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance, submitted the following:
Included in the budget and approved by the
Council is an appropriation for an equalization
survey of commercial realty in Boston. This
action by the Council is taken upon the express
understanding that the study will not include
residential properties of fewer than four living
units. Furthermore, we expressly rely upon the
representation of the Mayor that there will be no
additional tax burden upon the home owner in
Boston as a result of this survey and that if, after
the survey is completed, it appears that there is a
possibility of additional burden upon the home
owner the new set of valuations will not be imposed.
The Committee on Appropriations and Finance
this year processed the budget by means of three
subcommittees, each subcommittee examining the
budget of approximately one third of the city and
county departments and agencies. Upon comple-
tion of the work of examining the department
heads, the subcommittees reported to the Appropri-
ations and Finance Committee and an executive
session was held during which the committee's
report was prepared in this final form. This new
method of handling the annual budget work of the
Council proved quite satisfactory.
The examination of the Civil Defense activities
budget indicated that our civil defense plans are
not in a satisfactory state of preparation. Secondly,
such plans as do exist are most inadequately
promulgated. It appears that the city's predica-
ment is due, in large measure, to confusion and lack
of leadership at higher levels than municipal.
All examinations of department heads by each
of the three subcommittees were recorded on small,
inexpensive tape recorders, at a saving of more
than twenty-five dollars an hour as against the cost
of a court stenographer. The fidelity of these
recordings is excellent and more than adequate for
our purposes. As a result of this experience, we
have made a number of reductions in estimates for
stenographic services. We suggest that the
agencies or departments having such items re-
duced arrange to borrow one of the City Council's
tape recorders when needed to record hearings, etc.
We have reduced an appropriation for the Li-
censing Board by an amount necessary to retain
legal counsel. We see no reason why such counsel
cannot be supplied by the City Law Department.
We again call attention to the obvious injustices
of saddling the City of Boston with the entire
operating costs for Suffolk County. Particularly
do we complain of the manifest injustice in requir-
ing the City of Boston to pay the operating costs of
the Supreme Judicial Court which patently is a
court of the entire Commonwealth, and also we feel
it unfair to require the City of Boston to pay the
entire cost of the new Auditor system for expediting
the processing of motor vehicle tort cases in the
Suffolk Superior Court. The Suffolk Superior
Court, more so than the Superior Court of any
othar county, has become a court handling matters
from all over the Commonwealth.
Your committee has made reductions in the
estimates for food appropriations in the Hospital
Department. This action was taken with the com-
plete agreement of the Director of Hospitals,
Dr. Conlin, and also the budget analyst for the
hospital, Mr. George Byrne, -both of whom agreed
that the estimates originally made were high and
could, with complete safety, be reduced.
Where reductions in personnel items have been
made, it generally was the situation that vacancies
had existed for a considerable period of time, and
a staffing survey made at great expense to the
City of Boston indicated that these vacant positions
could safely be eliminated without impairing the
efficiency of the department involved.
Your committee observes that the City Council
is granted by statute great powers in the area of the
municipal budget. In Boston, however, in the past,
the City Council's budgetary authority has been
thwarted and frustrated by indiscriminate transfer
between departments. This points to the necessity
of a post-audit system controlled by personnel with
basic responsibility to the City Council. However,
while essential, a post-audit system is only part of
the picture. There should also be a complete
technical analysis of the budget by qualified
persons, again with basic responsibility to the
City Council, acting in the City Council's behalf,
before the Council begins its annual analysis of
the municipal budget. Only by a combination
of both these services can the Council eliminate
so-called "hidden" items in the budget and be
sure that the budget presented to it is in such
condition that the Council can effectively impose
upon it policy decisions which it is empowered by
law and charged with the responsibility of making.
The main point to be emphasized here is that the
technical personnel doing this preliminary analysis
and post audit must be loyal to the City Council
and acting in its behalf.
The Committee on Appropriations and Finance
expresses its thanks to the Boston Municipal
Research Bureau for the very considerable amount
of aid furnished your committee by the Bureau
with its very limited staff.
For the Committee,
William J. Foley, Jr., Chairman.
Report on appropriations and tax orders for the
year 1956 submitted by the Mayor (referred Feb-
ruary 6) — recommending the passage of the same
with reduced items as shown on the accompanying
orders:
Appropriations and Tax Orders for the
Financial Year 1956.
Ordered, That to meet the current expenses pay-
able during the financial year beginning with the
first day of January, 1956, for performing the
duties and exercising the powers devolved by
statute or ordinance, or by vote of the City Council
during the year, upon the City of Boston, or County
of Suffolk, or the departments or officers thereof,
the respective sums of money specified in the tables
and schedules hereinafter set out be, and the same
are, hereby appropriated for the several depart-
ments and for the objects and purposes hereinafter
stated.
Ordered, That the appropriation for Water Serv-
ice, current expenses, and the payment to the
state, under the' provisions of chapter 488 of the
Acts of 1895, and acts in addition or amendment
thereto, and for the interest and debt requirements
or for loans issued for water purposes, be met by
the income of said works and any excess over
income from taxes; that the appropriation for the
Sumner Traffic Tunnel be met by the income from
tolls and any excess over income from taxes, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 11, chap-
ter 297, of the Acts of 1929, as amended by chap-
ter 74 of the Acts of 1935; that appropriations for
the maintenance and operation of parking meters
and the regulation of parking and other traffic
activities incident thereto, be met by the income
from parking meter fees; that the other appropria-
tions hereinafter specified be met out of the money
remaining in the treasury at the close of business on
December 31, 1955, exclusive of the money raised
by loan or needed to carry out the requirements of
any statute, gift, trust or special appropriation; by
the income of the financial year beginning Jan-
uary 1, 1956; by taxes on the polls and estates in
the City of Boston; and by the proceeds of any
duly authorized loans.
Ordered, That all sums of money which form no
part of the income of the city, but shall be paid
for services rendered or work done by any depart-
ment or division for any other department or divi-
sion, or for any person or corporation other than
the City of Boston, be paid into the general
treasury, and that all contributions made to any
appropriation be expended for the objects and
purposes directed by the several contributors
thereof.
Ordered, That all taxes raised to meet the ap-
propriations of the city, and all taxes assessed for
meeting the city's proportion of the state tax for
the year 1956, or for any other taxes or assessments
payable to the Commonwealth, shall be due and
payable on July 1, 1956. Interest shall be charged
at the rate of 4 per cent per annum and computed
from October 1 , 1956, on all real estate and personal
property taxes remaining unpaid after November 1,
1956, and assessed and payable in the year 1956,
before said November 1, 1956, until such taxes are
paid. All interest which shall have become due on
taxes shall be added to and be part of such taxes.
Ordered, That except as the appropriation for
any purpose or item shall be increased by addi-
tional appropriations or transfers lawfully made, no
money shall be expended by any department for
any of the purposes or items designated in the
tables and schedules hereinafter set out in excess of
the amount set down as appropriated for such
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CITY COUNCIL.
The report was accepted and the budget as sub-
mitted by the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance was passed, yeas 9.
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaugh-
lin, Piemonte, White — 9.
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF
COUN. PIEMONTE.
Although I voted for the revaluation appropria-
tion I do not believe this relieves the present Board
of Assessors from their oath of office to assess all
property on an equitable proportionate basis.
There are hundreds of inequities recognized
every year by the local assessor through abate-
ments which are later ignored when valuations are
established for the following year. There is no
reason for delaying correction of these obvious and
recognized injustices to the Boston taxpayers.
My vote for approval of the revaluation ap-
propriation is in the hope that it will speedily and
completely remove all injustices on valuation of
real estate in Boston whether currently due to
design or the frailties of human nature.
DETAILED BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance, submitted the following list
showing the reductions in the budget in detail, as
follows:
Committee Recommended Deductions:
Administrative Services.
Administrative Division.
Item 2, S300, Travel.
Personnel Division.
No deductions.
Purchasing Division.
Item 2, $300, Travel— Convention.
Item 2, $100, Typewriter Repairs, Subitem 275.
Complaints Division.
Item 1, $250, Vacation Supply.
Item 2, $12, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Budget Division.
Item 2, $25, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Printing Section.
Item 2, $200, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Art Commission.
No deductions.
Workmen's Compensation Fund.
Reduced by $20,000.
Workmen's Compensation Service.
Item 2, $55, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Law Department.
Item 2, $200, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Boston Retirement Board.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275
Boston Housing Authority.
No deductions.
Mayor's Office Expenses — Executive.
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished
Guests.
Item 2, $100, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Item 4, $1,500, Flowers, Trophies, etc.
Overtime, no deductions.
Public Celebrations.
No deductions.
Civic Improvement.
No deductions.
City Council.
Item 2, $150, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275 .
City Council Proceedings.
No deductions.
Finance Commission.
Item 2, $70, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
City Documents.
No deductions.
City Record.
No deductions.
Pensions and Annuities.
No deductions.
Federal Public Health Program.
No deductions.
Pensions and Annuities, County.
No deductions.
Social Law Library.
No deductions.
District Courts.
No deductions in any of the courts.
Medical Examiner Service, Southern
Division.
Item 1, $960, Senior Clerk, vacancy, 4 months.
Medical Examiner Service, Northern
Division.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Licensing Board — Administrative and
General Services.
Issuance of Liquor and Miscellaneous Licenses.
Item 1, $600, Vacancy, 3 months, Clerk-Typist.
Item 2, $115, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Committee Report — request approval of legal
services by the Law Department.
Veterans' Services.
Item 2, $244, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Item 3, $725, Supplies and Materials.
Graves Registration.
No deductions.
Planning Board.
Item 2, $60, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Item 2, $300, Reporting of Public Hearings-
Recommend use of a tape recorder.
Municipal Court of Boston.
Administration of Justice.
Item 1, $3,000, Vacancy, Court Officer.
Item 2, $195, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Supervisor of Probations (Check Vacancy).
Boston Juvenile Court.
Item 2, $56, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275-
Court House Custodian.
Item 2, $15, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Auditing Department.
Item 1, $1,000, 1 month salary of Auditor.
Item 2, $100, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
City Clerk.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Board of Appeal — Building Department.
Item 2, $35, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Item 2, $250, Services of Official Reporter.
Board of Examiners.
Item 2, $11, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission.
Reduced by $500.
Civil Defense.
Item 1, $500, Question of Mention in the Com-
mittee Report.
Traffic Commission. Administrative and
General Services.
Item 1, $9,700, breakdown as follows: $1,300,
Vacancy, Clerk-Typist, $1,600, Vacancy, Sign Man,
$6,800, Temporary Employees.
Item 2, $2,200, Electricity.
Item 3, $800, Traffic Signal Supplies.
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Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
No deductions.
Reserve Fund.
Reduced by $50,000.
Treasury Department.
Treasury Division.
Item 1, $2,400, Vacancies for 3 months.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service.
Treasury Department.
Collecting Division.
Item 2, $35, Typewriter Service.
Board of Commissioners Sinking Fund.
No deductions.
Middlesex County Training School.
No deductions.
Superior Court — General Expenses.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Clerk's Office. Superior Court — Civil
Session.
Item 2, $398, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Superior Court — Criminal Session.
Item 2, $202, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Court Officer Division.
No deductions.
Probation Department — Superior Criminal
Session.
Item 2, $124.50, Typewriter Service, Subitem
275.
Probate Court.
Item 2, $50, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Supreme Judicial Court.
Question of mentioning transferring this court to
the state — legislation now pending.
Item 2, $20, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Registry of Deeds.
Item 2, $75, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Library Department.
Item 1, $10,400, Subitem 100, $7,000, 2 vacancies
— men transferred to the Printing Section, Subitem
110, $3,400, Temporary Employees.
Item 2, $16,685, Subitem 260, $485, Window
Curtains in Trustees' Room, Subitem 260, $1,000,
Upholstery, Subitem 260, $4,000, Central Control
Desk, Subitem 260, $900, Stage Curtains, Subitem
260, $2,500, Masonry, Subitem 299, $800, Care of
Lawn, Subitem 297, $7,000, Rebinding of Books
for Branches.
Item 3, $32,000, Subitem 399, $32,000, Books.
Item 5, $5,215, Subitem 569, $215, Fan, Subitem
593, $5,000, Reference Books.
Election Department.
Item 2, $70, Typewriter Service, Subitem 275.
Police Department.
Item 2, $3,000, Subitem 299, Police Listing, Omit
Hard Covers in Binding.
Park Department.
Item 1, $14,000, Subitem 110, Temporary Em-
ployees.
Item 2, $12,575, Subitem 290, $3,500, Bleacher
Seats, Subitem 280, $500, Convention Travel,
Subitem 275, $75, Typewriter Service, Subitem
270, $3,000, Automobile Repair, Subitem 260,
$5,500, Painting Greenhouse.
Item 7, $230,000, Parkways, Reconstruction of.
Cemetery Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 2, $25, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Building Department.
Item 1, $5,000, 3 vacancies, Egress Inspectors.
Item 2, $10,500, Subitem 299, $500, Photograph-
ing Unsafe Buildings, Subitem 299, $10,000, Re-
moving Unsafe Buildings.
Item 2, $150, Subitem 275, $150, Typewriter
Service.
Assessing Deparment.
Item 1, $2,600, Vacancy Assessment Recorder
in Motor Vehicle Excise Section.
Item 2, $40, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Revaluation — Hold for the full committee.
Real Property Department.
Item 1, $1,500, 1 Clerical Vacancy, 3 months.
Item 2, $14,300, $2,500, Appraisal of Properties,
$5,000, Cleaning Lots, $4,950, General, $100,
Typewriter Service, $1,750, Electricity, First Corps
Cadet Armory.
Item 4, $3,000, First Corps Cadet Armory.
Item 3, $2,000, Fuel Oil, First Corps Armory.
Market Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
No deductions.
Health Department.
Item 2, $100, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Item 7, $4,200, Painting wrought-iron fences.
Registry Division.
Item 2, $200, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
AVeights and Measures.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 2, $10, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Welfare Department.
Central Office.
Item 1, $50,000, Subitem 100, 15 vacancies for
full year, 27 vacancies for 3 months.
Item 3, $5,000, Subitem 360, Supplies and Ma-
terials.
Item 4, $50,000, Subitem 463, General Relief.
Wayfarers' Lodge.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
No deductions.
Temporary Home.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
No deductions.
Suffolk County Jail.
Item 1, $5,840, Subitem 100, $3,000, Vacancies,
Subitem 100, $2,840, Vacancy, Matron.
Public Works Department.
Central Office.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 2, $40, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Lighting Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
No deductions.
Sanitary Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 2, $35, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Water Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 2, $60, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Tunnel Division.
No recommendations by Municipal Research
Bureau.
No deductions.
Survey Division.
Item 1, $2,500, Subitem 100, Vacancies.
Item 2, $50, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Paving Service.
Item 2, $70, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Item 7, $50,000, Subitem 700, Sidewalks.
Bridge Service.
Item 1, $1,000, Subitem 110, Temporary Em-
ployees.
Item 2, $25, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Item 7, $60,000, Subitem 700, Structures and
Improvements.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Automotive Division.
Item 2, 87,515, Subitem 270, $7,500 Repairs,
Subitem 275, 815, Typewriter Service.
Item 3, $5,000, Subitem 300, $2,500, Tires and
Tubes, Subitem 300, $2,500, Repair Parts.
Sewer Division.
Item 1, $13,000, Subitem 100, Vacancies.
Item 2, $50, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
Fire Department.
No deductions.
Penal Institutions Department.
Central Office.
Item 2, $50, Subitem 275, Typewriter Service.
House of Correction.
No recommendations by the Municipal Research
Bureau.
Item 3, $10,000, Subitem 390, Supplies and
Item 7,' $5,000, Subitem 700, Extension of Sea
Wall.
Hospital Department.
Item 2, $4,800, Subitem 290, Security Con-
sultant.
Item 3, $25,000, Subitem 320, Supplies and
Materials.
Sanatorium Division.
Item 3, $10,000, Subitem 320, Supplies and
Materials.
Long Island Hospital Division.
Item 3, 810,000, Subitem 320, Supplies and
Materials.
Clerk's Office, Superior Court. Criminal
Session.
Item 1, $2,000, Subitem 100, Vacancies.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing list was placed on file.
Adjourned at 6.17 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, April 9, 1956, at
2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing rf^^o Section
CITY COUNCIL.
98
CITY OF B
Proceedings of City Council
Monday, April 9, 1056.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Leonard T. McGrath, of St.
Monica's Roman Catholic Church, South Boston,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. LEONARD T.
MoGRATH.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Bless, we beseech Thee, O Lord, all our actions
by Thy holy inspiration, that we may carry them
on by Thy gracious assistance, and that every work
of ours may begin always from Thee and through
Thee be happily ended. Through Christ, our
Lord. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JAMAICAWAY TO BE ONE WAY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your resolution
of March 12, 1956, in regard to making the
Jamaicaway one way.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
March 22, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to the City Council order of
March 12, 1956, introduced by Councillor Collins,
requesting the Commissioner of Public Works
and the Public Improvement Commission and
the Traffic Commission to confer with the Metro-
politan District Commission concerning the
possibility of making the Jamaicaway one way,
I wish to report that this matter has been discussed
at various times by members of the Traffic Com-
mission, the Public Improvement Commission,
and the Commissioner of Public Works, who is
a member of both boards.
I have talked with the Chairman of the Metro-
politan District Commission and have submitted
to him the proposal that the plan as outlined
by Councillor Collins be adopted by the Metro-
politan District Commission.
The Traffic Commission has made a tentative
sketch of plans for consideration by the M. D. C.
and I have been informed orally that there is
currently before the Legislature a petition for
an appropriation which includes a sum of money
sufficient to defray the anticipated costs of this
project.
If, as is expected, favorable consideration
is given to the M. D. C. appropriation request by
the Legislature, engineers of the M. D. C, the
Traffic Commission, and the Public Improvement
Commission will confer and make a final plan.
This should be accomplished during the summer
months and, accordingly, it seems possible now
that next spring work might be started on this
desirable project. It will facilitate the flow ^ of
traffic at a minimum of inconvenience to Jamaica
Plain residents, and since the M. D. C. is willing
to assume this task, we are hoping that the steps
outlined above will be completed without undue
delay.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
RECONSTRUCTION OF MANTHORNE
ROAD, WEST ROXBURY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of March 26, 1956, in regard to expediting
reconstruction of Manthorne road, West Roxbury,
in view of deterioration in the condition of the
street.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
March 30, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
March 26, 1956:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Commissioner of Public Works to expedite recon-
struction of Manthorne road, West Roxbury, in
view of deterioration in the condition of the
street."
You may be assured that every consideration
will be given to including the reconstruction of the
above-referenced street in the current year's high-
way program.
Very truly yours,
Geokge G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF ACCIDENTS ON COMMER-
CIAL AND CAUSEWAY STREETS,
ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN AVE-
NUES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
February 20, 1956, in regard to furnishing a de-
tailed report by year of each accident which oc-
curred on Commercial street, Causeway street,
Atlantic avenue and /or Northern avenue or Cove
street during the past twenty years in which a
freight car or freight cars were in any way involved .
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
April 3, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to Council order of February 20,
1956, requesting a detailed report by year of each
accident which occurred on Commercial street,
Causeway street, Atlantic avenue, Northern ave-
nue, or Cove street during the past twenty years in
which a freight car or freight cars were in any way
involved, I submit the attached list giving the
location, date, and time of each accident, the num-
ber injured, and, where known, any contributory
causes to the accident.
This list goes back only as far as 1947, as we have
no records covering the period of time prior to
January, 1947.
It appears thatthere have been a total of forty-
four accidents, including four fatalities.
It should be noted that all of the accidents oc-
curred during the night hours. In thirty-seven of
the accidents the freight cars were standing still,
and in only seven accidents were they in motion.
In every case the accident reports indicate that
the rear ear of a train of cars was at all times
marked with a set of flashing red lights and that the
first car, or the engine, was properly lighted.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Location Date
450 Commercial st 1- 1-47
Opposite 81 Atlantic av 7-15-47
892 Atlantic av 1-10-48
112 Atlantic av 7- 2-48
146 Atlantic av 8-10-48
100 Atlantic av 10- 2-48
Opposite 142 Atlantic av 12-24-48
Atlantic & Clinton 2-16-49
372 Commercial st 6-13-49
305 Atlantic av 12-10-49
154 Atlantic av 12-22-49
150 Atlantic av 12-22-49
193 Atlantic av 2-14-51
104 Atlantic av 9-12-51
Opposite 150 Atlantic av 12-11-51
Atlantic av opposite T Wharf 7-17-52
Opposite 150 Atlantic av 8-26-52
14 Atlantic av 12-24-52
Atlantic av 12-24-52
Opposite 12 Atlantic av 3- 9-53
538 Commercial st 3-19-53
566 Commercial st 9-18-53
Atlantic av & Commercial st 10-26-53
Atlantic av & Commercial st 11-11-53
82 Atlantic av 11-16-53
17 Atlantic av 12- 1-53
33 Atlantic av 12-24-53
Atlantic av & Commercial st 3-15-54
Atlantic av near Richmond st 4-20-54
Commercial st & Commercial Wharf . 7- 1-54
131 Atlantic av 9-27-54
Atlantic av & Commercial st 10- 5-54
28 Atlantic av 11- 9-54
Atlantic av near Richmond st 1-12-55
Causeway st & Washington st 1-19-55
146 Atlantic av 3- 8-55
344 Commercial st 8-30-55
221 Atlantic av 11-18-55
320 Atlantic av 11-26-55
236 Atlantic av 12-14-55
FATAL
Atlantic av near Commercial Wharf. . 6-13-47
Opposite 142 Atlantic av 3-16-48
Atlantic av opposite Commercial 5-19-51
Wharf
Opposite 32 Atlantic av 4-14-54
Referred to the Executive Committee.
Time
Type
No.
Injured
Remarks
1.30 a.m. A- Freight Car 3
12.25 a.m. A-Freight Car 2
2.30 a.m. A-Freight Car 2
1.10 a.m. A-Freight Car 3
9.05 p.m. A-Freight Car
4.05 a.m. A-Freight Car
7.25 p.m. A-Freight Car
9.35 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.10 a.m. A-Pedestrian
1.25 a.m. A-Freight Car
7.45 p.m. A-Freight Car
9.45 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.50 a.m. A-Freight Car
8.25 p.m. A-Freight Car
8.40 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.10 a.m. A-Freight Car
9.20 p.m. A-Freight Car
7.16 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.10 a.m. A-Freight Car
11.15 p.m. A-Freight Eng.
9.55 p.m. A-Freight Eng.
12.45 a.m. A-Freight Eng.
2.10 a.m. A-Freight
5.57 p.m. A-Freight
7.40 p.m. A-Freight
8.35 p.m. A-Freight
6.40 p.m. A-Freight
12.33 a.m. A-Freight
11.57 p.m. A-Freight Eng.
2.40 a.m. A-Freight Car
1.10 a.m. A-Freight Car
12.50 a.m. A-Freight Car
9.00 p.m. A-Freight Eng.
12.10 a.m. A-Freight Car
2.15 a.m. A-Freight Car
9.35 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.10 a.m. A-R.R. Engine
4.10 a.m. A-R.R. Engine
1.26 a.m. A-R.R. Engine 2
9.00 p.m. A-Freight Car 1
ACCIDENTS.
10.10 p.m. A-Deisel Engine
8.30 p.m. A-Freight Car
1.50 a.m. A-Freight Car
7.05 p.m. A-Freight Car
Operating Under
R.R. Flagman
Train in Motion
Car Wheels caught
in tracks, skidded
Alcohol
Alcohol
Operator's License
Revoked
Odor of Alcohol
Wet Pavement
Right Turn Move-
ment
Speed
Avoiding another
car
Female Occupant-
46
Male operator-44
Male operator-48
Male operator-33
APRIL 9, 1956.
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PROPOSED CHANGES IN ZONING.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the City Planning Board concerning
your order of February 6, 1956, relative to request-
ing the Zoning Board to read, prior to any hearing,
that portion of the proposed changes in zoning that
affects the area in the petition to be heard.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
The City Planning Board,
March 27, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office,
Dear Mr. Flemming:
In answer to request for consideration and report
on Councillor Piemonte's order of February 6 con-
cerning the "advisability of requesting the Zoning
Board to read, prior to any hearing, that portion of
the proposed changes in the zoning that affects the
area in the petition to be heard," I am writing as
follows.
Though the communication was addressed to the
Board of Zoning Adjustment and since no meeting
is presently scheduled for that Board, the matter
was considered at our Planning Board meeting on
March 13. It was agreed that because the proposed
changes have not as yet been firmed up and maps
for reproduction are not yet available, it would be
inadvisable to carry out the order at this time.
However, it is now expected that a limited num-
ber of the new proposed zoning maps will be ready
in approximately three months and at that time
they will be made available to the Board of Zoning
Adjustment and to discussion groups for review
as a preliminary, but not official, proposal.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. McDonobgh, Chairman.
Placed on file.
IMPROVEMENTS AT CLEVELAND
CIRCLE, BRIGHTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
resolution of March 12, 1956, concerning the land-
scaping of the traffic circle at Cleveland Circle,
Brighton.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
April 2, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
March 12, 1956:
Whereas, A main artery by which people enter
the City of Boston passes through the Cleveland
Circle area, and said area is unsightly and an un-
attractive site as presently laid out; now, therefore
be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Commissioner of Public Works to landscape and
beautify the traffic circle at Cleveland Circle,
Brighton, by redesigning said circle and planting
trees, flowers, and shrubs.
For the past several months, we have been mak-
ing a study which involves the complete redesigning
of the existing Cleveland Circle intersection and the
removal of the circle and the grass areas. This is
being done to facilitate the heavy flow of traffic
proceeding through that intersection.
However, before taking final action on this
matter, you may be assured that we will arrange
for a consultation with Councillor Ahearn, the
sponsor of the order, and merchants in the Cleve-
land Circle area. We feel that our plan, which is
being prepared, will meet with the wholehearted
approval of all concerned as it will improve traffic
conditions and be most beneficial to the merchants
in the area.
Very truly yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
BASKETBALL FACILITIES AT RIPLEY
ROAD PLAYGROUND.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative
to your order of April 2, 1956, concerning the pos-
sibility of installing basketball facilities at the
Ripley Road Playground in Dorchester.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
April 6, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memorandum of April 5, 1956,
with attached order of City Councillor McCormack
"That the Parks and Recreation Department be
requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to con-
sider the possibility of installing basketball facilities
at the Ripley Road Playground in Dorchester."
Some time ago Councillor McCormack expressed
interest in having the old play area at Ripley
Playground reconditioned.
I am pleased to say that we are erecting new
equipment on this play area which will include
excellent basketball facilities as requested by him.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
APPROPRIATION FOR SNOW REMOVAL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
The 1956 appropriation for snow removal,
amounting to $400,000, has recently been approved
by your Honorable Body. Up to March 15,
approximately 8250,000 of this amount had been
expended. Since March 15, the remainder of the
$400,000 has been committed and there is a need
for further appropriations to meet the costs of
snow removal since March 15.
It is now estimated that an additional $850,000
will be necessary to meet these costs. One hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of this amount is for
overtime pay for firefighters. Seven hundred
thousand dollars represents the other costs of
snow removal for all other departments of the city.
I am informed by the Commissioner of Public
Works that this latter amount may be sufficient
to cover all costs, including the costs of the storm
yesterday morning, April 8.
In view of the fact that a very large proportion
of the $850,000 requested as an additional ap-
propriation is for overtime services, I respectfully
request that your Honorable Body give this
appropriation prompt approval so that the over-
time payrolls may be completed and payments
made.
If later estimates indicate that further appropria-
tions are necessary, I shall so inform your Honor-
able Body. At the present writing, it would appear
that the $850,000 hereby requested, plus the
$154,000 unexpended in the snow removal item,
will be sufficient to meet all snow removal costs.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, April 3, 1956.
Joseph F. Lally, Acting Director, Administrative
Services.
Dear Sir:
Due to hazardous conditions throughout the
city caused by severe snowstorms of March 16 and
19, 1956, it was necessary for members of the Fire
Department to perform overtime work on March
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, 1956.
101
OITY COUNCIL.
It would not be conducive to the manning of
the fire apparatus to attempt to reimburse these
men with time off equal to the extra hours of duty
performed by them.
Practically the entire Fire Fighting Force was
involved in the overtime duty, and the period of
overtime ran from 24 hours for some men to more
than 48 hours for others.
I request that a sum sufficient to pay for the
overtime duty be appropriated in the Supplemen-
tary Budget. We estimate that the cost of this
overtime work will be $150,918.72.
Very truly yours,
Francis X. Cotter,
Fire Commissioner.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
April 2, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
As of March 15, the date prior to the start of
the first of the three recent snowstorms, we esti-
mated that we had expended $355,000 on snow
removal work up to that time. Approximately
$109,000 was carried over from the unexpended
balance of 1955, and $400,000 had been requested
in the 1956 budget under the special item for
snow removal. Therefore, as of March 15, we had
approximately $154,000 unexpended, assuming that
favorable action would have been taken by the
City Council on the $400,000 requested in this
year's budget.
Under the provisions of section 3A of chapter
486 of the Acts of 1909, as amended, the department
is authorized to expend for snow removal purposes
until such time as an appropriation is made, an
amount not exceeding the average of the annual
expenditures for snow removal in the five preceding
years. Under the circumstances, the above-
referenced $355,000 was legally expended. How-
ever, since that time we have spent far in excess
of the average of the expenditures for the five
preceding fiscal years and, therefore, it is necessary
that additional money be provided at once to pay
for overtime worked by city employees, con-
tractual obligations, rental of equipment, etc.
At the present time, one of the department
engineers in conjunction with the head clerk of
the Paving Service, is making a study to determine,
as accurately as possible, the estimated cost of
snow removal work necessitated by the three
recent snowstorms. I do not believe that this
study will be completed for at least another week
and, in the mean time, I feel that we should
provide an additional $700,000 to supplement the
$400,000 already requested in the current year's
budget.
I respectfully recommend, therefore, that you
request the City Council to authorize the above
$700,000 in addition to the $400,000 already re-
quested for snow removal. Unquestionably, the
cost of the three recent snowstorms will exceed the
$700,000 figure, but, as stated, I feel that we should
have some money made available immediately to
pay for payrolls, etc.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Ordered, That the respective sums of money
specified for the city departments, in the schedules
hereinafter set out be, and hereby are, appropri-
ated for the purposes hereinafter specified, said
sums to be raised by taxation on the polls and
estates of the City of Boston, and that all orders
heretofore or hereinafter passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and
interest thereon apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Fire Department.
1. Personal Services $150,000
Snow Removal 700,000
Total $850,000
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz. :
Claims.
Benjamin Beeman, for compensation for water
damage loss.
Daniel A. Carey, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Mildred Chambers, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 21 Meridian
street, East Boston.
Ida and Morris Charkoff, for compensation for
injuries caused by car of Park Department.
Joseph M. Cohen, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Massachusetts
and Huntington avenues.
Samuel Cohen & Sons Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 133 Portland
street, Boston, caused by snow removal truck.
Catherine E. Creedan, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
John H. Currie, Jr., to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Water Division, Public
Works Department.
Ruth Devorin, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 457 Blue Hill
avenue.
Sidney L. Elwyn, M.D., for compensation for
damage to car by police cruising car.
Helen Finnegan, for compensation for injuries
and damage to clothing caused by an alleged
defect at Delmont and Adams streets, Dorchester.
John V. Foley, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in Morrissey
Boulevard
Edward A. Foster, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Judith Gale, for compensation for damage to
property by fire truck.
Donald R. Gerrish, for compensation for damage
to property by city motor vehicle.
Thomas E. Haugh, for compensation for damage
to car by city plow truck.
Frank Hovey, for compensation for injuries
and damage to property by snowplow.
Edward Iacoboni, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 6 Ayles road.
Mary Iacoboni, for compensation for injuries
and damage to car caused by an alleged defect
at 6 Ayles road.
Roger Iacoboni, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 6 Ayles road.
Mark Josephson, for compensation for water
damage loss.
Bessie Lamb, for compensation for damage to
property at 86 Deering road, Mattapan, caused
by bulldozer.
Herbert H. Landy, for compensation for damage
by police cruiser.
Ethel P. Laracy, to be reimbursed as result
of expenses incurred in digging up sidewalk at 10
Noble court, East Boston.
Ralph D. Lavine, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in River street,
Hyde Park.
Richard LeBrun, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Joseph A. Lievi, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect at 21 Sanford
street, Dorchester.
Fritz Lipmann, M.D., for compensation for
damage to property at 100 Revere street, caused
by fire apparatus.
John B. Moran, for compensation for damage to
car by city truck.
Patrick J. Morrison, for compensation for damage
to car by snowplow.
Betty C. Percival, for compensation for damage
to car by car of Police Department.
F. Waldo Pisco, for compensation for damage
to car by eity vehicle.
Mrs. M. Rosati, for compensation for damage to
car by fire truck.
Irving Shapiro, for compensation for damage
to car by eity car.
Harry Slesinger, for compensation for damage
to ear by city truck.
Beryl A. Stella, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 422 Meridian street,
East Boston.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held April 18,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Airways Trans-
portation Company for authorization to pick
up and discharge passengers at the Bellevue
Hotel in Boston.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte the foregoing
notice was referred to the Executive Committee.
APRIL 9, 1956.
102
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Gertrude M. Lowney to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
John F. Lowney, late member of the Police De-
partment.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of four parcels of property
under section 6 of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
FINANCE COMMISSION REPORT ON
1956 BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission, April 6, 1956.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council.
While the 1956 budget was before the City
Council, the staff of the Finance Commission
filed budget memoranda with the Appropriations
Committee showing possibilities of reduction
which the members of the committee might
consider. A matching of the suggestions for
reductions which was thus offered with the action
of the City Council reveals the following results:
Table Showing Finance Commission's Suggestions foe Reductions, and the Reductions Made
by the City Council in those Items.
Department
Item
No.
Assessing
Building Department
Health:
Registry Division
Weights and Measures Division
Hospital:
Main
Sanatorium Division
Long Island Hospital
Library
Parks and Recreation
Cemetery Division
Public Welfare:
Central Office
Public Works: _
Bridge Division
Paving Division
Sewer Division
Survey Division
Water Division
Automotive Division
Penal Institutions Department:
House of Correction
Real Property:
Buildings Division
Property Division
Veterans' Services
100
100
200
100
100
300
700
100
300
100
300
700
300
100
100
700
100
800
100
400
100
700
700
100
100
100
100
100
300
700
100
100
Amount
Suggested by
Finance
Commission
$8,000
(X)
5,000
4,000
40,000
104,396
10,000
10,000
35,000
10,000
14,000
43,000
(X)
15,000
22,500
5,000
2,000
103,500
174,000
10,000
97,000
49,000
29,000
10,000
60,000
12,000
7,000
(X)
7,000
3,000
3,000
$892,396
Reductions by
City Council
$2,600
5,000
10,500
25,000
10,000
10,000
32,000
10,400
14,000
230,000
50,000
50,000
1,000
60,000
50,000
13,000
2,500
10,000
1,500
$587,500
(X) Opportunity for Reduction Shown
In addition to the above list of reductions, the City Council made many other reductions in which the
0(.ff„(.rS0nfp rnmmiwion had made no comment, chiefly because they involved matters of policy,
tne total Lof reduction^bdng $786,000. The members of the Council are entitled to commendation for their
work in this trying situation. Respectfully submitted, ^^^
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman.
Placed on file.
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CITY COUNCIL.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Works transmitting copy
of order of layout and taking of altered location
of section of state highway (Southeast Expressway).
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of Henry Atwood, Nathan
Kravitsky, Phillip S. Phillips, Frank Shaw, Clif-
ford L. Smith, and Louis Yacker, having been duly
. approved by the Collector-Treasurer, were re-
ceived and approved.
NOMINATION OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN W.
McCORMACK FOR PRESIDENT.
Coun. KERRIGAN and FOLEY offered the
following:
Whereas, The Honorable John W. McCormack,
Congressman from the 12th Congressional District
of the United States, has served our Common-
wealth as a member of the Massachusetts House of
Representatives for three years, as a member of the
Massachusetts Senate for four years, and has
represented the 12th Congressional District in the
House of Representatives of the United States
Congress for the past consecutive twenty-six years,
during which time on four occasions he has been
Majority Leader; and
Whereas, The said Honorable John W. Mc-
Cormack has served our country in the armed
forces of the United States during World War I,
and has been awarded honorary degrees from many
institutions of learning in Massachusetts and other
states of our country, and he is also the recipient of
many ecclesiastical awards; and
Whereas, The said Honorable John W. Mc-
Cormack during the whole of his private and
political life has devoted his great talents to the
economic and social improvement of his fellowman
in all walks of life and has been unstinting in his
time and energy not only for the people of his Con-
gressional District but for all mankind; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, sincerely favors the nomination
of Congressman John W. McCormack for President
of the United States by the Democratic National
Convention at their convention this year, and upon
such nomination to strive for his election to this
great office.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
SYMPATHY TO NEW YORK FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK, for all the Councillors,
offered the following:
Whereas, Six members of the Fire Department of
the City of New York were killed when a wall col-
lapsed and fell upon them last Wednesday; and
Whereas, These men gave their lives in the
performance of their duty, as so many of their
heroic comrades have done in the past; and
Whereas, A camaraderie has grown between the
members of the Fire Department of the City of
New York and members of the Fire Department of
the City of Boston; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, in behalf of the officers and
members of the Boston Fire Department, the
citizens of Boston, and themselves, desire to express
to the members of the families of these heroic fire-
men, the Mayor of the City of New York, the Fire
Commissioner, and the officers and men of the Fire
Department of the City of New York their most
heartfelt sympathies and condolences, and pray
that Almighty God in His infinite wisdom will have
mercy upon them, and grant them Requiescat in
Pace.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEE'S DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective April 11, 1956, the fol-
lowing persons be, and they hereby are, appointed
in the service of the Clerk of Committees Depart-
ment to the positions set against their respective
names until the second Wednesday of May, 1956,
at the salaries in effect for them on April 10, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-reception-
ist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
Edward T. Kelley, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INCLUSION OF ADVANTAGES OF BOS-
TON IN WBZ-TV FILM "THIS IS YOUR
CITY."
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor cause to be
reviewed for the purpose of including facts and
scenes pertinent to Boston's advantages and assets
the film "This Is Your City" being currently
shown as a public service by television station
WBZ, and that a copy of this resolution be for-
warded to Station WBZ .
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
MAYOR TO APPOINT PUBLIC RELA-
TIONS DIRECTOR.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, that his Honor the Mayor appoint a
member of his staff as a full-time Public Relations
Director whose duty would include the collection
and dissemination of facts pertinent to Boston's
advantages and assets; and be it further
Resolved, That said Public Relations Director
be requested to encourage the use of these reports
by the industrial, commercial, and business firms
in their newspaper, radio, and television adver-
tising.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing resolution was adopted under
suspension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.21 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in the
Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.50 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFIR-
MATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on Con-
firmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (re-
ferred March 26) of John J. Lannan as constable
with authority to serve civil process upon filing
of bond for term ending April 30, 1957 — recjm-
mending that appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
McDonough and McLaughlin. Whole number of
ballots 9, yeas 9, and the appointments were
confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
SERVICES AND RECREATION.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Public Services and Recreation, submitted the
following:
APRIL 9, 1956.
104
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred January 30) for reconstruction of Massa-
chusetts Avenue Bridge over New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad — recommending that
same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
INSTALLATION OF BENCHES IN ALL
PARKS.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to install
park benches on the Blake House property in
Dorchester.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the fore-
going order by adding the following words: "and
that he be further ordered to install park benches
in all our parks."
The amendment was carried.
The order as amended was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
RESIDENTS OF ORIENT HEIGHTS DE-
VELOPMENT TO RETAIN STORAGE
FACILITIES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston Housing Authority
be requested to reconsider their plans to take from
the residents of the Orient Heights development
the storage cages which have been assigned to
them for storing bicycles, sleds, baby carriages,
etc., which they do not have room for in their
apartments.
The discontinuance of these facilities will work
an unnecessary hardship on the tenants and may
even be the source of fire hazards by such items
being stored in the hallways and stair landings.
The City Council therefore hopes that the
Housing Authority will allow the tenants to
continue to have the use of these facilities, and
respectfully requests that the Boston Housing
Authority inform the Council on its policy and
plans in this regard.
Referred to the Committee on Public Housing.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ORDINANCES.
ON
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and Ordinance
(referred February 20) creating office of Supervisor
of Budgets — recommending that the ordinance
as submitted by the Mayor be rejected without
prejudice.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing report was accepted, and the
ordinance as submitted by the Mayor was rejected
without prejudice.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for appropriation of .8150,000 for
personal services, Fire Department, and $700,000
for snow removal-recommending passage of the
order in the accompanying new draft:
Ordered, That the respective sums of money
specified for the city departments, in the schedules
hereinafter set out be, and hereby are, appro-
priated for the purposes hereinafter specified,
said sums to be raised by taxation on the polls and
estates of the City of Boston, and that all orders
heretofore or hereinafter passed by the City
Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and
interest thereon apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
Fiee Department.
1. Personal Services $150,000
Snow Removal 250,000
Total $400,000
The report was accepted, and the order in the
new draft was passed, yeas 9.
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred February 27) for loan of $1,000,000 for
construction of departmental buildings — recom-
mending that the loan order as submitted by the
Mayor be rejected and the adoption of an order in
the accompanying new draft:
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 3
of section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws'
the sum of $1,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropri-
ated, to be expended for the construction of de-
partmental buildings, and that to meet said
appropriation the Collector-Treasurer be author-
ized to issue, from time to time, on request of the
Mayor, bonds or certificates of indebtedness of
the city to said amount.
The report was accepted, and the order as sub-
mitted by the Mayor was rejected. On motion of
Councillor Foley, the order in the new draft was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred February 27) for loan of $3,000,000 for
construction of bridges — recommending that the
loan order as submitted by the Mayor be rejected,
and proposing an order in the accompanying new
draft:
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 4
of section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the
sum of $3,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the Com-
missioner of Public Works, for construction of
bridges, and that to meet said appropriation the
Collector-Treasurer be authorized to issue, from
time to time, on request of the Mayor, bonds or
certificates of indebtedness of the city to said
amount.
The report was accepted, and the order as sub-
mitted by the Mayor was rejected.
The order in the foregoing new draft was re-
ferred to the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance.
3. Report on the message of the Mayor and
three orders (referred February 27) for appropria-
tion of $150,000 for construction of public ways;
appropriation of $150,000 for sewerage works, and
appropriation of $150,000 for departmental equip-
ment— recommending that the three orders ought
to pass.
The report was accepted. Upon request of
Councillor Foley, the passage of the orders were
voted upon separately.
The question first came on the passage of the
order for appropriation of $150,000 for construction
of public ways, and the order was passed, yeas 8,
nays 1:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — Councillor Foley — 1.
The question then came on the passage of the
order for appropriation of $150,000 for sewerage
works, and the order was passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The question then came on the passage of the
order for appropriation of $150,000 for depart-
mental equipment, and the order was passed,
yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred February 27) for loan of $2,000,000 for
construction of public ways or permanent pave-
ment— recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage yeas 8, nays 1 :
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte.
White— 8.
Nays — Councillor Foley — 1.
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The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
5. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred February 27) for loan of $1,000,000 for
construction of sewers for sanitary and surface
draining purposes and for sewerage disposal — rec-
ommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its firtt reading and passage yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
6. Report on message of the Mavor and order
referred February 27) for loan of $2,000,000 for
additional departmental equipment — recommend-
ing that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
Adjourned at 6.26 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McLaughlin, to meet on Monday, April 16, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, April 16, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, Citv Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McGORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Right Reverend Christopher P. Griffin, of
the Chapel of Our Lady of the Railways, South
Station, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY RT. REV. CHRISTOPHER
P. GRIFFIN.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The power, the presence, and the benediction of
God be upon us.
Eternal and Heavenly Father, Who art of all
friends the first and the most faithful, of all
counselors the most wise, of all helpers the most
willing and most powerful, shed the light of Thy
spirit within the minds and hearts of these, Thy
servants. Bless, we beseech Thee, infinite God
of power and mercy, with vigor and strength the
Mayor of this city, the esteemed members of this
City Council, and all others who under Thy
divine providence are entrusted with the re-
sponsibility of public office.
We know that our plans and purposes, our
efforts and endeavors for the building of a better
city are futile and fruitless unless Thou dost help
us with Thy divine wisdom and pow-er.
Under Thy blessed guidance, may we all seek
to make this city a place where democracy is
achieved without vulgarity, difference without
hate; where the majority is without tyranny,
and the minority without fear; where the least
of our citizens has the freedom to struggle for
his rights; where respect for the past is not reaction,
where hope and plans for a brighter future is not
revolution.
We thank Thee, 0 Lord, that here in our great
land we have_ faith without fear, love without
hate, truth without the necessity of concealing
it, life without the need of warping it. We have
grace to fortify us; good men to lead us. We
have Thee, our God, to save us. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Weigher of goods for the term ending April 30,
1957: Frederick Wright, 122 Meridian street,
East Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
ANNUAL SOLICITATION BY LIBRARY
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 13, 1956.
I o the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Director of the Boston Public Library in regard
to your resolution of March 26, 1956, relative to
considering the desirability of initiating for the
Boston Public Library a continuing program of
ar"}ual solicitation and giving similar to that
which has in recent years been carried on by the
New York Public Library.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Public Library,
April 5, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of your trans-
mittal, under date of March 29, 1956, of the
resolution adopted by the City Council on March 26
requesting the Trustees of the Boston Public
Library, through his Honor the Mayor, to consider
the desirability of initiating for the Boston Public
Library a continuing program of annual solicitation
and giving similar to that which has in recent years
been carried on by the New York Public Library.
This matter will be brought to the attention of
the trustees for discussion at their next meeting.
After they have had an opportunity to examine the
suggestion and consider the possibilities in the
matter, there will be sent to his Honor the Mayor a
report on the matter in behalf of the Trustees of
the Public Library.
Yours sincerely,
Milton E. Lord, Director.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing message was placed on file.
TURNER STREET, BRIGHTON, ONE WAY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 16, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
April 2, 1956, in regard to making Turner street,
Brighton, one way, from Washington street to
Faneuil street, Brighton.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
April 6, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to City Council order dated April 2,
1956, requesting the Traffic Commission to con-
sider the advisability of making Turner street,
Brighton, one way, from Washington street to
Faneuil street, I wish to report that our commission
is planning to make a considerable number of
streets one way as a result of the experience in the
recent snowstorm.
In the case of Turner street and others we
should like to have a petition from the residents
indicating the direction in which they prefer to
have the one-way traffic.
When a street is made one way, inconvenience
results to residents sometimes, and to minimize
that inconvenience we would like to have a petition
indicating that the residents want a one-way
street and that the direction of the one way be
indicated so that the final regulation will be satis-
factory to all parties concerned.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
SURVEY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT
UNION SQUARE, ALLSTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
March 5, 1956, pertaining to traffic conditions in
Union square, Allston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
April 10, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to City Council order of March 5,
1956, pertaining to traffic conditions in Union
square, Allston, I submit the following report.
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An accident study reveals that a very hazardous
situation prevails in Union square.. As a practical
matter, however, it is not possible to signalize the
entire Union square because of the existing rotary
traffic island layout and streetcar tracks.
To properly signalize the entire square would
require the removal of the existing islands, the
installation of new channelizing islands, and the
relocation of the streetcar tracks. This latter
feature would involve considerable expense to
the M.T.A. which is not in a financial position to
assume such an expense. However, plans are in
existence whereby, if the streetcar tracks are
ever eliminated from the square, the city will
make an improvement which will reduce traffic
congestion and improve safety.
Meanwhile, however, a partial solution is
available by installation of a pedestrian signal
only in North Beacon street, at Union square.
Observations show that the preponderance of
pedestrian traffic is at this crossing, and accident
studies show that at least 17 out of a total of 35
accidents occurred at that crossing. The installa-
tion of this signal will afford immediate relief, and
the signal system can further be expanded later
through the entire square when the streetcar
track problem and the circle redesign is accom-
plished.
I shall bring to the Traffic Commission meeting
on Thursday, April 12, the proposal that this
traffic signal be installed at North Beacon street,
at Union square, as soon as funds are made avail-
able to us for traffic signals, and this commission
will provide the specified relief from present hazard-
ous conditions at the earliest possible moment
following the receipt of funds for traffic signals.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing message was placed on file.
RELEASE OF RESTRICTION ON LAND,
ALBANY STREET.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 16, 1956.
To the Honorable City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication received
from the American Oil Company requesting the
release of certain conditions and restrictions
contained in deeds of six lots of land situated on
the northwesterly side of Albany street, between
East Newton street and Sharon street.
The release of these restrictions will enable the
American Oil Company to go forward with its
plans to modernize the premises.
I submit herewith an order which would permit
the releasing of the conditions and restrictions and
recommend its adoption by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
American Oil Company,
555 Fifth Avenue, New York,
April 11, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
The Honorable the City Council.
Gentlemen:
This is a petition for relief from certain restric-
tions that the City of Boston imposed about 75
years ago on land that the American Oil Company
now owns on Albany street, Boston.
The land is on the northwest side of Albany
street, between East Newton street and Sharon
street. Its area is about 12,229 square feet.
It has frontages of 152 feet on Albany street,
80 feet on East Newton street, and 80 feet on
Sharon street.
The American Oil Company took title to the
land on November 1, 1933, by deed recorded with
Suffolk Registry of Deeds, in Book 5460, at page
129.
Originally the land was owned by the City of
Boston, having been reclaimed by the city from
the fiats. The land then comprised six lots.
The city sold these lots as follows:
1877: Lot 1, to Lewis Coleman, by deed recorded
with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1381, page 110.
1877: Lot 2, to Lewis Coleman, by deed recorded
with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1381, page 111.
1874: Lots 3 and 4, to Milton J. Putney, by
deed recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1223,
page 89.
1881: Lot 5, to Triphenia N. Hayes, by deed
recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1540, page 391.
1881: Lot 6, to Triphenia N. Hayes, by deed
recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1540, page 393.
Each of these deeds recited that the respective
lots were subject to certain "conditions," which,
incidentally, have since been construed to be
restrictions, not conditions. Ayling v. Kramer,
133 Mass. 12. These restrictions were the follow-
ing:
1. Taxes were to be paid by the grantees.
2. The front lines of the buildings which
might be erected on the lots were to be parallel
with Albany street.
3. There were to be a setback of 6 feet from
East Newton street and a setback of 6 feet from
Sharon street.
4. The width of each building which might
be erected was to equal the front of the lot, except
for the said setbacks.
5. No building which might be erected was
to be less than two and one-half stories high,
nor have exterior walls of any other material
than brick, stone, or iron, nor be used or occupied
for a black or white smith's shop or for foundry
purposes.
6. No cellar, basement room, or other apart-
ment was to be more than 3 feet below the coping
of the Charlestown drydock.
In addition, the deed of Lot 2 provided that no
dwelling house or other building, except necessary
out-buildings, should be erected on the rear of
Lot 2.
In 1892, however, the city sold 18 other lots
in the immediate neighborhood without imposing
upon them any conditions or restrictions. The
combined area of these lots was more than twice
the area of the six lots above mentioned. These
conveyances by the city in 1892 were the following:
Deed to James H. T. Adams of ten lots on East
Newton street in the rear of the land now owned
by the American Oil Company. The total area
was 16,127 square feet. Recorded with Suffolk
Deeds, Book 2092, page 611.
Deed to Mary M. Adams of four lots at the
corner of Albany street and East Newton street
(across the street from the land now owned by
the American Oil Company). The total area was
3,677 square feet. Recorded with Suffolk Deeds,
Book 2092, page 610.
Deed to Mary M. Adams of four lots on Albany
street about 70 feet from East Newton street.
The total area was 6,247 square feet. Recorded
with Suffolk Deeds, Book 2092, page 609.
The American Oil Company suggests that
restrictions imposed 75 years ago have long since
served their purpose and now tend only to lessen
the value of the land.
Accordingly, the American Oil Company
respectfully prays that the City Council authorize
the Mayor to annul the restrictions and that the
Mayor release the land from the restrictions.
Respectfully yours,
American Oil Company,
by I. F. Pierce, Regional Manager.
Ordered, That the Mayor of the City of Boston
be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute in the
name of and in behalf of the City of Boston an
instrument in writing satisfactory in form to the
Corporation Counsel releasing the conditions and
restrictions contained in the following described
deeds of six lots of land on the northwesterly side
of Albany street, between East Newton street and
Sharon street, in the City of Boston, County of
Suffolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which
lots are now owned by the American Oil Company:
Deed of Lot 1 to Lewis Coleman dated July 3,
1877, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1381,
page 110;
Deed of Lot 2 to Lewis Coleman dated July 3,
1877, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 1381,
page 111;
Deed of Lots 3 and 4 to Milton J. Putney dated
July 8, 1874, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds,
Book 1223, page 89;
Deed of Lot 5 to Triphenia N. Hayes dated
August 15, 1881, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds,
Book 1540, page 391;
Deed of Lot 6 to Triphenia N. Hayes dated
August 15, 1881, and recorded wiih Suffolk Deeds,
Book 1540, page 393;
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and cause the same to be recorded with the Suffolk
Registry of Deeds.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION AND RE-
MOVAL OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 13, 1956.
To the City Council:
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order for the approval by
the City Council of a contract made by the Com-
missioner of Public Works with Dooley Brothers,
Inc., for collecting and removing garbage and refuse
from District 11, Hyde Park, so called, during the
one-year-ten-month period beginning June 1, 1956,
and ending March 31, 1958. Under existing
statutes, any such contract in excess of one year
must be approved by your Honorable Body.
Dooley Brothers, Inc., were awarded this con-
tract by the Commissioner of Public Works on the
basis of a low bid received on March 14, the result
of public advertisement.
I respectfully request the approval of the con-
tract by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
April 11, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Under date of March 29, 1956, your Honor
approved the awarding of a two-month contract,
effective April 1 of the current year, to Dooley
Brothers, Inc., for collecting and removing garbage
and refuse in District 11, Hyde Park. On the
same date, your Honor also approved the award-
ing of a contract to the same contractor in the
same district for a twenty- two-month period,
effective from June 1 of this year to March 31 of
1958. The latter-referenced contract, however,
will not be valid unless approved by the City
Council, in accordance with the provisions of
section 6 of the City Charter.
Following the procedure established by the Law
Department three years ago, I submit herewith
two executed copies of the contract document for
the above-referenced twenty-two-month period.
This contract is awarded on the basis of the bid
price of $6,390 per month which was the low bid
received on Wednesday, March 14, as the result
of publicly advertising for proposals. The list of
bidders and the bids received on March 14 are
listed below :
1-Year Term.
City to
Furnish Dump.
Item 1-A.
Dooley Brothers, Inc §6,390
Frank J. Cavaliere 6,849
Joseph Amara & Son 7,300
James A. Freaney, Inc 7,430
Joseph DeVirgilio 7,358
2- Year Term.
City to
Furnish Dump.
Item 1-B.
Dooley Brothers, Inc $6,390
Frank J. Cavaliere 6,949
Joseph Amara & Son 6,590
James A. Freaney, Inc 7,190
Joseph DeVirgilio 7,358
It is my unqualified opinion that it is in the
best interests of the City of Boston to award a
contract to the above-referenced contractor for
collecting and removing garbage and refuse in
District 11, Hyde Park, for the twenty-two-
month period referred to above and at the low
bid price of $6,390 per month.
I respectfully recommend, therefore, that the
attached orders providing for the award of the
above-referenced contract be forwarded to the
City Council for the approval of that Body.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Ordered, That the contract made by the Com-
missioner of Public Works in the name and behalf
of the City of Boston for the collection and removal
of refuse be, and hereby is, approved under
St. 1909, c. 486, s. 6, as follows:
Contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc., for collect-
ing and removing garbage and refuse from District
11, Hyde Park, so called, during the one-year
ten-month period beginning June 1, 1956, and
ending March 31, 1958.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing message and order were referred to
the Executive Committee.
ORDINANCE RE THE OFFICE OF
SUPERVISOR OF BUDGETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 12, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
On February 20, 1956, at the suggestion of the
then Director of Administrative Services, who had
had long and extensive experience in the municipal
service, I recommended to your Honorable Body
an ordinance creating the office of Supervisor of
Budgets. I have been informed that at your last
meeting you rejected that ordinance "without
prejudice."
Further consideration of the matter has but
reaffirmed my belief that the office should be
created. Effective budget work entails not only
the assembly of statistical data which can readily
be delegated to subordinates but also extensive
policy making which of necessity must be con-
ducted by appointive officials and not subordinates
and concerns the administration of the budget
after its adoption as well as its preparation for
adoption. If the Director of Administrative
Services is to be personally responsible for the
budget, this time-consuming policy making must
be done by him personally. Experience has
shown that this diverts too much of his time from
his major function as administrative overseer,
policy reviewer, and general liaison officer under
the Mayor and thus operates to defeat the prime
purpose of the Administrative Services Director.
Accordingly, I transmit again to your Honorable
Body, and recommend anew that you pass, the
accompanying ordinance which reorganizes the
Administrative Services Department so as to
include a Supervisor of Budgets.
The accompanying ordinance differs in one
respect from the ordinance I submitted to you on
February 20, 1956. Under that ordinance, the
Supervisor of Budgets would have replaced the
City Auditor on the Administrative Services
Board. Under the accompanying ordinance, that
Board, which at present is a five-member board, is
increased to a seven-member board by the inclusion
of the Supervisor of Budgets and, to assure full
coordination of the revaluation project, the Asses-
sor of Taxes as well.
I sincerely trust that your Honorable Body will
approve the accompanying ordinance at an early
date.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Reorganizing the Administrative
Services Department and Creating Therein
the Office of Supervisor of Budgets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows:
Section 1. The first paragraph of section 5 of
chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking
out clause (1), as appearing in section 3 of chapter
8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following clause:
(1) The director of administrative services,
fifteen thousand dollars; the supervisor of budgets,
ninety-five hundred dollars; the supervisor of per-
sonnel, ninety-five hundred dollars; and the pur-
chasing agent, ninety-five hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. Section 1 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section 13 of
chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first two
sentences and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing sentences: There shall be in the city a depart-
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ment, known as the Administrative Services
Department, which shall be under the charge of a
board, known as the Administrative Services Board,
consisting of an officer, known as the Director of
Administrative Services, who shall be chairman of
the Board, an officer known as the Supervisor of
Budgets, an officer known as the Supervisor of Per-
sonnel, an officer known as the Purchasing Agent,
and the assessor of taxes, the city auditor, and the
collector-treasurer, ex officiis. The director of
administrative services, the supervisor of budgets,
the supervisor of personnel, and the purchasing
agent shall each be appointed by the mayor for a
term expiring on the first Monday of the January
following the next biennial municipal election at
which a mayor is elected, and shall devote their
whole time to the duties of their respective offices.
Sect. 3. Section 3 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 9 of
chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, is
hereby amended by striking out, wherever appear-
ing in said section, the words "director of admin-
istrative services" and inserting in place thereof,
in each instance, the words "supervisor of
budgets."
Sect. 4. The powers and duties conferred or
imposed on the director of administrative services
by section 3 of chapter 3A of the Revised Ordi-
nances Of 1947, as appearing in section 9 of chapter
8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and the appropriations
relating to such powers and duties, are hereby
transferred to the supervisor of budgets created by
section 2 of this ordinance.
Sect. 5. Every person holding an office or
position subject to the civil service laws and rules
shall, if the office or position is abolished by this
ordinance, be reappointed without civil service
examination or registration to a similar office or
position with similar status in a new department
or agency, or division of either, created, or a depart-
ment or agency, or division of either, not abolished ,
by this ordinance; and every such person shall,
upon such reappointment, retain all rights to retire-
ment with pension that shall have accrued or
would thereafter accrue to him; and his services
shall be deemed to have been continuous to the
same extent as if such abolition had not taken
place. As used in this section, the term "agency"
shall be construed as defined in section 5 of chapter
486 of the acts of 1909 as amended by section 1 of
chapter 473 of the acts of 1953.
Sect. 6. This ordinance shall be deemed to be
made under section 5 of chapter 486 of the acts of
1909, as amended by section 1 of chapter 473 of
the acts of 1953, and shall be so construed that no
person holding, whether under general or special
law or otherwise, an office or position subject to the
civil service laws and rules shall, by reason of the
adoption of this ordinance, be without a similar
office or position or be reduced in rank or com-
pensation.
Sect. 7. Anything in section 3 of chapter 1 of
the Revised Ordinances of 1947 to the contrary
notwithstanding, this ordinance shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the
same.
Sect. 8. This ordinance shall take effect on the
Wednesday next following its approval by the
mayor.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Samuel C. and Golda Baker, for compensation
for damage to car and personal injuries caused
by car of Parks and Recreation Department.
James J. Brady, Jr., for compensation for
damage to car caused by ball thrown from Ran-
dolph Street Playground.
Josephine F. Buckley, for compensation for
damage to property at 27 Orkney road, Brighton,
caused by snowplow.
Robert Cohen, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Ralph Costa, Jr., for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 14 Foster street,
Boston.
Chester W. Eastman, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Connie Evangalista, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Cross
street, Boston.
John A. Flynn, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Frances Foster, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 322 Blue Hill
avenue.
Frank Gemellaro, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Commercial street.
Beverly A. Kearns, for compensation for injuries
caused by car of Police Department.
Tina LaMonica, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 27 Main street,
Charlestown.
Margaret M. MacMillan, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect at
86 Whitcomb avenue.
George H. Macomber Company, for compen-
sation for damage to property at 25 Fordham
road, Allston, during installation of new water
service.
Lena Marcus, for compensation for damage
to car by snowplow.
Max Marks, for compensation for damage to
car caused by an alleged defect in Zeigler street,
Roxbury.
Mary E. McLaughlin, for compensation for
damage to property at 62 Hemman street, Ros-
lindale, during sidewalk installation.
Francis T. McNeil, for compensation for damage
to car by police cruiser.
Niagara Fire Insurance Company, for com-
pensation for damage to car of John W. Carrington
by police car.
Naomi Ozer, for compensation for damage to
car by police car.
Robert A. Poalucci, for compensation for
damage to car by city vehicle.
Ethel Provenzano, for compensation for injuries
caused by alleged defect in Fourth street, South
Boston.
John J. Sullivan, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Penal Institutions Depart-
ment, House of Correction.
John K. Wyman, for compensation for damage
to car by city car.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Mildred E. Bostwick to be paid an
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Charles A. Bostwick, late member of Police
Department.
Petition of Bertha B. Herlihy to be paid an
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Leo Herlihy, late member of Police Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
LAND TAKING FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING ON WASHINGTON STREET.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission, April 12, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council.
Chapter 474, Acts of 1946, is the act which
authorizes the city to establish public off-street
parking facilities. Section 1, Paragraph "A,"
of this enabling act contains this clause:
". . . no purchase and no award, settle-
ment or agreement for judgment in eminent
domain proceedings hereunder shall be made
by the city or in its behalf, unless the
terms of the proposed purchase, award, settle-
ment or agreement, together with all pertinent
facts, shall first have been submitted to the
Boston Finance Commission not less than ten
days before such purchase, award, settlement
or agreement;
On April 9 official notice was received by the
Finance Commission to the effect the Real Property
Board of the City of Boston had voted to make an
award to the Trustees of the Ames Real Estate
Trust for the taking by eminent domain of the
parcel assessed as 558-570 Washington street,
extending through to Harrison Avenue Extension.
The rear portion of this parcel was taken by eminent
domain on September 16, 1955, the front portion
being taken on February 16, 1956.
The Real Property Board notifies that payment
for both parts of the parcel is now to be made in
the sum of $772,729.98, plus $17,751.63, which
latter sum is to settle the 1956 real estate tax.
APRIL 16, 1956.
110
The important point mentioned in the letter is
that agreement to settle for these two takings in
the above-mentioned amount is based on con-
summation of the settlement not later than
April 16, 1956.
It has been the practice of the Commission to
transmit copies of such required notifications to
the City Council in order that they thus may be
placed on the public record. A copy of the letter
referred to is therefore enclosed.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman,
Leo J. Dunn,
Edward U. Lee,
Roger J. Abizaid, M.D.,
Henry A. Sasserno,
The Finance Commission.
Robert E. Cunniff,
Secretary.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department, April 5, 1956.
The Boston Finance Commission,
24 School Street, Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Real Property Board of the City of Boston,
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 474 of
the Acts of 1946, as amended, took by eminent
domain, on September 16, 1955, the rear portion
of the premises located at 558-570 Washington
street, extending through to Harrison Avenue
Extension, consisting of an area of 11,844 square
feet. Upon this land was the rear portion of a
six-story and basement brick and frame building.
On February 16, 1956, exercising its powers
under the above-mentioned statutes, the Real
Property Board took the balance of the premises
at 558-570 Washington street, containing about
6,757 square feet, and the balance of the structure
known as the Jefferson Building. Said property
was owned by John S. Ames, William A. Parker,
and John S. Ames, Jr., Trustees of the Ames
Real Estate Trust.
In the original taking it was contemplated to
sever the building at a certain point, and our
appraiser, F. Paul Morgan of 45 Milk street,
Boston, was instructed to analyze and appraise
the value of the taking, the severance, and damage
to that portion of the Jefferson Building which
was not taken.
Our architects-engineers designing our parking
facility at this locus were instructed to determine
the cost of the damage to the front portion of
said building and to submit their figures to our
appraiser. Norman W. Kenney of C. W. Whittier
& Bros., 82 Devonshire street, Boston, agents
for the Trustees of Ames Real Estate Trust,
employed their own engineer to independently
arrive at the value of the damage to said front
portion.
Our engineers submitted an estimate of $195,000,
and the owner's architect submitted an estimate
of $367,000, the difference in the estimates probably
being due to the fact that the cost to remodel
and alter buildings of this type, character, and
age is most difficult to estimate, most contractors
refusing to be pinned down to being firm on their
estimates, not knowing what hidden problems
may be found in the building as the work progresses.
The property was assessed for many years at
S900.000, of which our appraiser applied 8744,000
to 18,601 square feet of land and the balance of
Sl-56,000 to the improvements thereon.
We have been informed that the owners of the
property filed a request to reduce the value for
the past two years to $700,000, and that the
Board of Assessors reduced the value of the whole
to $800,000.
The value of the first taking, which was about
two thirds of the total area as improved, would
not be less than 50 per cent of the market value
of the entire property.
If the basis of value for the entire property
was $700,000 or $800,000, depending upon which
figure is used, either that of the owner in applying
for abatement, or the abated figure of the Board
of Assessors, 50 per cent would then amount to
S350.000 or $400,000.
Although there is a disparity in the estimates
of the two firms of engineers regarding the damages
to the portion of the structure remaining, it was
the opinion of our appraiser that it would not
be unreasonable to expect a judgment in favor
of the owner in an amount of $300,000 for correcting
the conditions created by the severance. In
other words, adding the amount of the severance
damage to the value of the portion taken, would
be between S650.000 and $700,000.
Our appraiser, after considerable study, gave an
opinion that the value of the front land, not
included in the first taking, 6,757 square feet,
fronting on Washington street, if vacant land, was
approximately $125,000 to $150,000 as of the
date of taking. This parcel has 94.47 feet of
frontage on Washington street, with a depth
varying from 97 feet fronting on Chickering place
and a depth of 65.5 on Norfolk place.
The vacant land included in the second taking
was given an estimated value of about $22 per
square foot.
It was the recommendation of our appraiser
that the property be purchased at a price not
to exceed $775,000 for the taking of the entire
land and structure.
After several conferences with the agents of the
owners, it is the intention of the Board to settle
the claim of the Trustees of the Ames Real Estate
Trust for the sum of $772,729.98 and that a sep-
arate award be made in the amount of $17,751.63
to cover the balance of the 1956 City of Boston
real estate tax, as estimated.
These figures are based upon payment if settle-
ment is effected on these figures not later than
April 16, 1956.
Very truly yours,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property.
Chairman, Real Property Board,
City of Boston,
Assessing Department, April 5, 1956.
To Whom It May Concern.
This is to certify that the records of the Assessing Department show the following ownership and assess-
ment of real or personal estate in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, as of January 1 of the year indicated
below.
Assessment on
Real or Per-
sonal Estate *
*R $900,000
Year
1953
Ward
3
1954
1955
Owner
John S. Ames,
William A. Parker,
Richard C. Curtis,
Trustees of the Ames Real Estate Trust
John S. Ames,
William A. Parker,
Richard C. Curtis,
Trustees of the Ames Real Estate Trust
John S. Ames,
William A. Parker,
Richard C. Curtis,
Trustees of the Ames Real Estate Trust
Location
32-34 Harrison Av.
558-570 Washington St.
32-34 Harrison Av.
558-570 Washington St.
32-34 Harrison Av.
558-570 Washington St.
*R $900,000
*R $900,000
* R— Real
P — Personal
For the Board of Assessors,
By Henry P. Ireland, Head Clerk,
Assessing Department.
City of Boston,
Office of the City Clerk, April 5, 1956.
I hereby certify that Henry P. Ireland is the head clerk, Assessing Department of the City of Boston,
and that the foregoing signature is his signature.
Attest: W. J. Malloy, City Clerk.
Placed on file.
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CITY COUNCIL.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Julia A. Keenan, widow of Frederick
F. Keenan, late member of Boston Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Francis A. Arnao, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Paul J. DeRosa, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of John Femino, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Robert P. Hobin, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Francis J. Kelley, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Anthony J. Peluso, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical and nursing
expenses.
Petition of John J. Walsh, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of six parcels of excess
land and two parcels of property under section 6
of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Notices were received from the Mayor of
appointments of the following:
John A. Breen, 22 Carruth street, Dorchester,
Director of Administrative Services in Administra-
tive Services Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected, vice Charles J. Fox.
John V. Moran, 12 Bowditch road, Jamaica
Plain, Purchasing Agent in Administrative Services
Department, for a term expiring on the first
Monday of the January following the next biennial
municipal election at which a Mayor is elected.
Duncan T. Foley, 1334 River street, Hyde Park,
Supervisor of Personnel in Administrative Services
Department, for term commencing April 18, 1956,
and expiring on the first Monday of the January
following the next biennial municipal election at
which a Mayor is elected, vice John A. Sullivan.
John J. Chapman, 11 Myles Standish road,
West Roxbury, Assessor of Taxes in Assessing
Department, for term expiring on the first Monday
of the January following the next biennial munici-
pal election at which a Mayor is elected, vice
Edmund J. Burke.
Lawrence J. Moore, 110 Knoll street, Roslindale,
Associate Assessor of Taxes in the Assessing De-
partment, for term expiring on the first Monday of
the January following the next biennial municipal
election at which a Mayor is elected.
James H. Alphen, 128 Bellevue street, West
Roxbury, Associate Assessor of Taxes in the Assess-
ing Department, for term expiring on the first
Monday of the January following the next biennial
municipal election at which a Mayor is elected.
Thomas A. Flaherty, 399 Bunker Hill street,
Charlestown, member of Board of Review in
Assessing Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected, vice John J. Chapman.
Huntington W. Frothingham, 3 Gloucester
street, Boston, member of Board of Review in
Assessing Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected.
Philip J. Camerlengo, 40 Waldemar avenue,
East Boston, member of Board of Review in
Assessing Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected.
James E. Gildea, 489 Weld street, West Roxbury,
Collector-Treasurer in Treasury Department, for
term expiring on the first Monday of the January
following the next biennial municipal election at
which a Mayor is elected.
David Lasker, 7 Portina road, Brighton, member
of Board of Election Commissioners for term
ending March 31, 1960.
John H. Cauley, M.D., 8 Carruth street, Dor-
chester, Health Commissioner in Health Depart-
ment, for term expiring on the first Monday of the
January following the next biennial municipal
election at which a Mayor is elected.
Frank R. Kelley, 414 Columbia road, Dorchester,
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation in Parks
and Recreation Department, for term expiring on
the first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected.
George G. Hyland, 21 Ainsworth street, Roslin-
dale, Commissioner of Public Works in the Public
Works Department, for term expiring on the first
Monday of the January following the next biennial
municipal election at which a Mayor is elected.
Herman Carp, 26 Hopkins road, Jamaica Plain,
Commissioner of Real Property in the Real
Property Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected.
George P. Donovan, 179 M street, South Boston,
Assistant Commissioner of Real Property in Real
Property Department, for term expiring on the
first Monday of the January following the next
biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is
elected.
Victor C. Bynoe, 507 Shawmut avenue, Boston,
Veterans' Benefits and Services Commissioner in
the Veterans' Services Department, for term
expiring on the first Monday of the January
following the next biennial municipal election at
which a Mayor is elected.
Severally placed on file.
DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMEN.
Notice was received from the Mayor of designa-
tion of Thomas A. Flaherty as Chairman of Board
of Review in Assessing Department.
Notice was received from the Mayor of designa-
tion of David Lasker as Chairman of Board- of
Election Commissioners for the term of one year
beginning April 1, 1956.
Severally placed on file.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
AMENDMENT TO CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
April 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
The Director of Civil Service has notified me
that in the Classification Plan established by the
Civil Service Department for the City of Boston
in accordance with the Civil Service law, the
classification "Correction Officer and Shoemaker"
was eliminated and inserted in its place was the
classification "Correction Officer and Shoemaking
Instructor." This change was made because the
employee filling the position was not required to
perform shoemaking but was only required to
supervise the inmates assigned to this activity.
In view of the fact that the employees of the
House of Correction come under the provisions of
the Classification and Compensation Plans for
the Officers and Employees of Suffolk County,
in addition to holding Civil Service status, it is
necessary to request approval of the City Council
to make this change in the County Plan to coincide
with the Civil Service Classification. To bring
about this required change there is forwarded
herewith an order amending Schedule B of the
Classification and Compensation Plans for the
Officers and Employees of Suffolk County.
Favorable action on the attached order is
requested by your Honorable Body.
Very truly yours,
John A. Sullivan,
Supervisor of Personnel.
APRIL 16. 1956.
112
Ordered, That Schedule B of the Classification
and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County, adopted by order
passed by the City Council on November 24, 1952,
and approved by the Mayor on November 25,
1952, be, and the same hereby is, amended, by
eliminating the title "Correction Officer and
Shoemaker" and inserting in place thereof the
title "Correction Officer and Shoemaking
Instructor."
The communication from the Supervisor of
Personnel and the order were referred to the
Executive Committee.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of the following, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
were received and approved by the Council:
Alfred Blaustein, Abram Bornstein, Morris
Clemens, Sidney Cohen, John D. Cole, John A.
D'Arcy, Meyer Goldstein, Arthur N. Gordon,
Salvatore Grassa, Bronis Kontrim, John J. Lan-
nan, Alfred Lubin, Frank A. Mitchell, George N.
Pierce, Edward J. Rockett, Jacob E. Schrank,
Joseph P. Schrank, Edward W. Sheehan, Sidney
J. Sheinfeld, Isaac Shulman, Joseph Simansky,
Quirino Sticco, Jerome Suvalle, Benjamin J.
Tackeff, William Tatel, William Tepper, Laurence
Wernick, Sidney Williams.
STATEMENT BY COUNCILLOR WHITE.
Upon receiving unanimous consent to make a
statement, Councillor White expressed his com-
mendations to those members of the Boston City
Council who represented the City Council at the
Boston College seminar on April 10, 1956, for the
quality of what was said and the manner in which
it was said.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
TEMPORARY REASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES
OF COMMISSIONER OF REAL PROPERTY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consider the
advisability of temporarily relieving the Commis-
sioner of Real Property of all the duties of his
office save those relating to the off-street parking
program in an effort to expedite and vigorously
prosecute the handling of this program so vital to
the progress and prosperity of our municipality;
and be it further
Ordered, That the remaining duties of the Com"
missioner of Real Property be temporarily assigned
by the commissioners and his Honor the Mayor to
subordinates within the Real Property Department
until, in the opinion of his Honor the Mayor, the
off-street parking program no longer requires the
exclusive attention of our Real Property Depart-
ment Commissioner, at which time the said
Commissioner will assume once again the full
duties of his office.
President McCORMACK in the chair
In connection with the foregoing order
Coun. Piemonte moved that the order be re-
ferred to the Executive Committee for a full
hearing, at which time we have before us
the Director of Administrative Services, the
representative of the Real Estate Commission
and his Honor the Mayor or his representative.
The motion was carried.
USE OF AMBULANCE-TYPE POLICE
CRUISING CAR.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor respect-
fully request the Police Commissioner of the City
of Boston to consider the advisability of replacing
one of the two prowl or cruising ears in each of the
outlying police precincts with an ambulance-type
cruiser.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
APPEARANCE OF HEALTH COMMIS-
SIONER BEFORE EXECUTIVE COM-
MITTEE RE SALK VACCINE PRO-
GRAM.
Coun. COLLINS and McCORMACK offered
the following:
Ordered, That the Health Commissioner of the
City of Boston be, and hereby is, requested to
appear before the Executive Committee on Mon-
day, April 23, 1956, at 3 p.m., in an endeavor to
remove whatever obstacles are preventing an ade-
quate supply of Salk polio vaccine for the children
of Boston. He is further requested to confer with
state and federal health officials in order that he
may be in a position to pinpoint responsibility for
the delay in this most essential program.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
In connection with the foregoing order, Coun-
cillor Piemonte moved that all communications
that had been received in reply to the City Council
resolutions of March 26, 1956, re the speeding
up of the Salk polio vaccine program be printed
in the "City Council Proceedings" and the "City
Record."
The motion was carried.
The foregoing communications are as fellows:
United States Senate,
April 3, 1950.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
Copy of the recent resolution adopted in the
City Council to speed up the Salk Anti-Polio
Vaccine Subjection Program throughout the United
States has been received and I want you to know
that, in an effort to be of assistance, I am immedi-
ately contacting the appropriate authorities, re-
questing their favorable consideration to same.
You can be sure that just as soon as a report is
received, I shall again get in touch with you and,
with kind regards, I am
Sincerely,
John F. Kennedy.
United States Senate,
April 11, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
Supplementing my letter to you of the 3d, I am
enclosing herewith copy of communication which I
have now received from the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Washington, on the
subject of poliomyelitis vaccine.
It is sincerely hoped that the information con-
tained in Mr. MacKenzie's letter, as well as the
additional data which he has enclosed, will prove
most helpful to you at this time.
Should you feel there is any way in which I
might be of service in the future, I shall be happy
to have you contact me again and, with kindest
regards, I remain
Sincerely,
John F. Kennedy.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
April 9, 1956.
Dear Senator Kennedy:
This is in reply to your communication of April 3,
1956, regarding a resolution of the City Council of
Boston, Mass., on the subject of poliomyelitis
vaccine.
We are pleased to report that during the month
of March of this year the Public Health Service
released a total of almost eight million cubic centi-
meters (doses) of poliomyelitis vaccine. This is the
largest amount released in any one month since
April, 1955, the first month of the program.
Massachusetts' share of the vaccine released in
March is more than 200,000 cubic centimeters.
The manufacturers of the vaccine, with whom we
held a series of conferences recently, have assured
us that they are deeply concerned over the need to
provide the largest possible supply of safe, effective
poliomyelitis vaccine. Several of the manufac-
turers indicated that they plan to expand their
staffs and facilities in an effort to increase produc-
tion. We are hopeful that during the next few
months production and release of the vaccine will
continue to increase.
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CITY COUNCIL.
We are enclosing some material which you may
wish to forward to the Boston City Council. Your
interest in this program is appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
John R. Mackenzie,
Legislative Liaison Officer.
Hon. John F. Kennedy,
United States Senate.
U. S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
Office of the Secretary,
Washington 25, D. C.,
Tuesday, March 6, 1956.
Marion B. Folsom, Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, has concluded conferences with
each of the five manufacturers of polio vaccine.
The secretary said in a statement:
"Both the manufacturers and the department
are concerned over the need to provide the largest
possible supply of safe and effective poliomyelitis
vaccine.
"This vaccine is one of the most complex to
produce of any in the Nation's experience. The
manufacturers and department officials have
reviewed the current outlook and have discussed
how they may be mutually helpful in improving
the supply.
" Several of the manufacturers indicated they
are taking steps, involving additional personnel
and equipment, in an effort to increase their output.
"The manufacturers are hopeful that within the
next few months, production and release of the
vaccine will be increased over the rate of the past
several months.
"Even with increased production, however, it
is likely to be many months before enough vaccine
will be available to provide the recommended three
injections to all who need it. Accurate predictions
of future supplies are impossible.
"The vaccine available is being distributed
equitably among the States, without delay, on the
basis of each State's population of children under
15 and pregnant women. The public generally
has cooperated in following recommended priorities
for the age groups most susceptible to polio, and
should continue to do so.
"I am grateful to the manufacturers for their
cooperation in these conferences and in the effort
to provide maximum protection to the people
against polio as soon as possible."
The Public Health Service so far has released
36,244,974 cc. of the vaccine for public use.
Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, Special Assistant to
the secretary for Health and Medical Affairs;
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service, and Dr. James A. Shannon,
Director of the Service's National Institutes of
Health, participated in the conferences with
manufacturers.
Representing the manufacturers were Eugene
Beesley, President of Eli Lilly & Co.; Harry Loynd,
President of Parke Davis & Co.; Kenneth F.
Valentine, President of Pitman-Moore Company;
John Bill, President of Sharp & Dohme, Inc.,
and Harry S. Howard, President of Wyeth Labora-
tories.
Thursday, March 15, 1956.
Chairman J. Percy Priest (D., Tenn.) of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
made public today a summary statement on
poliomyelitis vaccine production. In releasing
this statement, Chairman Priest made the following
comments:
"Every day more parents come to realize that
only small amounts of poliomyelitis vaccine —
falling far below present needs — are available in
their communities for the vaccination of children
under age twenty and expectant mothers, con-
stituting the priority group. The Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce has given
careful consideration to the availability of adequate
supplies of safe and effective vaccine. The Com-
mittee takes cognizance of presently existing
shortages of available vaccine supplies.
"The Committee desires to emphasize, on the
other hand, the magnitude of the achievement
that the American people today have every
reasonable assurance that supplies which will
become available will be both safe and effective.
This accomplishment is the result of wholehearted
cooperation among the scientists in the phar-
maceutical industry, private research institutions,
and Government agencies.
"Less than a year ago, approval of poliomyelitis
vaccine by the Federal Government had to be
suspended and public confidence in the safety of
the vaccine was placed in serious jeopardy. Today,
instead of being ready to criticize Government
agencies and the pharmaceutical industry for
existing shortages, we should be mindful of the
fact that if it were not for the valiant efforts of
these agencies and the present producers, no safe
and effective vaccine would be available at all at
this time.
"The Committee is confident that each of -the
five companies presently engaged in the manu-
facture of vaccine will, produce the maximum
amount of vaccine that can be produced with
reasonable assurance of safety and efficacy.'1
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
Statement on Poliomyelitis Vaccine
Production.
On January 24, 1956, the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce held hearings on .
legislation to extend through June 30, 1957, the
Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act of 1955
(Public Law 377, 84th Congress). This legislation
since then has passed the House of Representatives
and the Senate, and has been approved by the
President (P.L. 411, 84th Cong., 2nd Sess.). In
considering this legislation, the paramount question
in the committee's mind was the availability of
adequate supplies of safe and effective vaccine.
In the course of the hearings, the Surgeon Gen-
eral of the Public Health Service, Dr. Leonard A.
Scheele, furnished the committee, upon its request,
estimates of anticipated production of vaccine dur-
ing the year 1956. It was estimated that during
the calendar year 1956, approximately 166 million
net cc. of vaccine might become available for use.
This amount, plus approximately 30 million cc.
released prior to January 1, 1956, would make a
total of 196 million cc. available by December 31,
1956. This quantity would suffice to make three
injections available for each of the 65 million chil-
dren under age 20 and expectant mothers, constitut-
ing the priority groups.
In furnishing these rough estimates, Dr. Scheele
cautioned that the figures submitted by him were
subject to many contingencies. Dr. Scheele
pointed out that the difficulty of making the vac-
cine was one of the principal factors which make it
inadvisable to attempt to make firm projections or
to place too much reliance in the accuracy of such
estimates.
In order to get a first-hand impression and better
appreciation of the complexities inherent in the
production and testing of the Salk vaccine, the
committee decided to accept an invitation ex-
tended to it by Eli Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis,
Indiana, to visit the company's plants and labora-
tories. The Chairman of the Committee, Congress-
man J. Percy Priest (D., Tenn.) and thirteen mem-
bers of the committee visited Eli Lilly's facilities
on February 24 and 25, 1956. The Lilly Company
was one of two companies whose vaccine was used
during the field trials conducted by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1954. During
1955 and the first six weeks of 1956, almost 24 mil-
lion cc's of Lilly vaccine were approved by the
Federal Government. This amount represents
approximately 70 per cent of the nation's total
supply of vaccine approved during that period.
The visit to Eli Lilly's vaccine manufacturing
facilities has provided the committee with a unique
opportunity to gain some insight into the reasons
why it is not a simple matter to step up production
of the Salk vaccine. The biggest problem in ex-
panding operations is obtaining trained personnel.
The principal, and perhaps only, source from which
such personnel can be secured on short notice is
from other programs of the Lilly Company. The
committee is gratified that the Lilly Company has
decided to take this important step.
Since the testing of vaccine fluid has failed to
keep pace with production of vaccine fluid, the
Lilly Company has accumulated a considerable
backlog awaiting testing. The company expected
to complete its tests on this backlog by November
1, 1956. In view of the great need for additional
vaccine supplies, the company, by shifting person-
nel, now expects to complete tests on this backlog
by June 30, 1956. It is now the goal of Eli Lilly &
Co. to test 60 million doses during' the first six
months of this year. This goal is 20 million doses
greater than the amount of vaccine previously
scheduled for completion by June 30, 1956.
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Eugene N. Beesley, President of Eli Lilly & Co.,
who gave the committee these estimates, cautioned,
however, just as did Dr. Scheele in submitting his
estimates, that unforeseen delays may occur in the
testing procedure which might cause vaccine
actually available for use by June 30, 1956, to fall
well below this goal.
Mr. Beesley further stated that virus fluid pro-
duction would be stepped up from 4,500,000 doses
per month to 6,800,000 doses per month. If this
rate of fluid production is maintained successfully,
and if no unforeseen delays occur in the expanded
testing operations, 40 million doses of finished
vaccine may be expected from the company during
the last six months of this year.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Marion B. Folsom, after conferences with each of
the five manufacturers of polio vaccine, has re-
ported that several manufacturers were taking
steps, involving additional personnel and equip-
ment, in an effort to increase their output. How-
ever, he states "accurate predictions of future sup-
plies are impossible."
Apart from securing additional trained man-
power and equipment, care must, of course, be
taken that supplies of raw materials are adequate
to stay abreast of the stepped up production of
polio vaccine. There have been some preliminary
indications that eventually refinements in the field
of tissue culture may obviate the need for monkeys
or other animals now used as a source of tissue for
virus production. At the present time and for the
immediate future, however, monkey kidneys are
the indispensable raw material required for vaccine
production.
Suitable arrangements are now in existence with
the Indian Government to facilitate imports of
rhesus monkeys for use in medical research and in
the preparation and testing of polio vaccine. As
long as this cooperation on the part of the Indian
Government continues there is no reason to believe
that a shortage of rhesus monkeys will become a
factor limiting the supply of polio vaccine.
While the committee appreciates the desire of the
American people to see that ample supplies of vac-
cine will become available in time to complete
present vaccination programs on schedule, the
committee is deeply impressed with the com-
plexities of the manufacturing and testing proc-
esses involved in the making of the vaccine. If
the attitude of Eli Lilly & Co. is representative of
the attitude of the other four companies presently
engaged in the manufacture of vaccine — and the
committee has no reason to doubt that this is the
case — then each of the companies will produce the
maximum amount of vaccine that can be produced
with reasonable assurance of safety.
The committee believes that the American
people would rather suffer a slight delay in present
vaccination programs than see the programs
jeopardized in any way by a recurrence of. events
which led to the suspension of vaccine approval by
the Federal Government in April, 1955. At that
time, public confidence in the vaccine as a safe and
effective weapon in the prevention of poliomyelitis
was placed in jeopardy, and only through the
heroic and cooperative efforts of scientists in indus-
try, private research institutions, and government
agencies was the program resumed without perma-
nent damage to public confidence.
While it is gratifying that forecasts for vaccine
production during 1956 are optimistic, it is perhaps
even more gratifying that the American people
have every reasonable assurance that supplies
which will be available will be both safe and
effective.
V. S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Washington, D. C.
Friday, March 30, 1956.
Release of 3,531,645 cc. of poliomyelitis vaccine
was announced today by the Public Health Service.
This brought the total announced in March to
7,936,155 cc, the largest amount for any one
month since last April, when 7,974,452 cc. were
released in the first month of the program. The
second highest previous month was September,
with 5.9 million cc.
Today's announcement included 1,402,785 cc.
produced by Park, Davis & Co., 2,002,536 cc.
produced by Eli Lilly & Co., and 126,324 cc.
produced by the Pitman-Moore Company.
The total released so far is now 43,809,204 cc.
There are about 53 million children under 15
and expectant mothers who are in the current
priority group.
"March supplies, which are more than double
the amount released in February, show an ex-
pected improvement in the production picture,"
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele said. "The
vaccine manufacturers expect a steady flow of
vaccine in substantial amounts in the months
ahead.
"Some physicians have been setting aside vaccine
for second or third injections after giving the first
injection. This was an understandable practice
because of short supplies and uncertainties in
production. I believe the supply picture has
improved to the point where it is now practical
for physicians to use their available vaccine for
first injections, and rely upon receiving fresh
supplies by the time second shots are due. This
would free more vaccine for more immediate use
before the polio season this Summer. "
Dr. Scheele said the Public Health Service
laboratories "are keeping current in reviewing
all lots of vaccine on which full data — required
under the stringent regulations governing potency,
purity, and safety — are made available. It is
the practice of the Public Health Service labora-
tories to conduct safety testing concurrently with
the testing performed by the manufacturers in
every instance when material is submitted early
for such testing."
The increased release of vaccine during the last
half of March will be reflected in stepped-up
shipments to the States during the coming weeks.
Including the supplies announced today, the
vaccine has been released through the following
channels in these amounts: National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, 13,723,179* cc; states and
territories for distribution through commercial
channels and public agencies, 29,512,071 cc; for
export under licenses approved by the U. S.
Department of Commerce, 11,214 cc In addition
562,740 cc went into commercial channels before
voluntary controls were established last spring.
The attached table shows the total amount each
state and territory has been allocated to date for
commercial and public agency use.
(Note to editors: Tables showing state alloca-
tions from the 18th and 19th allocations — which
are included in the totals on attached table — are
available upon request.)
* This is less than the amount previously
announced for NFIP, due to the return of 16,362 cc
for reallocation to the states.
Total Number of Cubic Centimeters (Doses)
of Poliomyelitis Vaccine Allocated to
States and Territories from Beginning
of the System of Voluntary Distribu-
tion to States (July 31, 1955), through
March 30, 1956.
Number
State. of
CCS.
Alabama 632,940
Arizona 197,466
Arkansas 383,388
California 2,151,312
Colorado 214,266
Connecticut 311,040
Delaware 52,905
District of Columbia 131,292
Florida 573,306
Georgia 722,028
Idaho 80,229
Illinois 1,463,451
Indiana 699,927
Iowa 450,714
Kansas 335, 187
Kentucky .' 576,786
Louisiana 604,911
Maine 189,759
Maryland 446,703
Massachusetts 775,722
Michigan 1,225,623
Minnesota 596,034
Mississippi 474,909
Missouri 672,795
Montana 135,297
Nebraska 216,873
Nevada 32,382
New Hampshire 87,264
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Number
State- CC'S.
New Jersey 947,688
New Mexico 168,147
New York 2,205,279
North Carolina 847,965
North Dakota 141,753
Ohio 1,434,714
Oklahoma ■■■ ^87,813
Oregon 31o,396
Pennsylvania 1,787,559
Rhode Island 115,257
South Carolina 464,118
South Dakota 148,092
Tennessee 611,061
Texas 1,474,554
Utah 136,023
Vermont „?§'??§
Virginia 615,738
Washington " 488,037
West Virginia • • ■ • 361,140
Wisconsin : - 693,369
Wyoming 5?'?11
Alaska.. 24,909
Hawaii Ill-Ill
Puerto Rico i'foS
Virgin Islands • 7,137
Canal Zone ,?'S?
Guam • 11.571
American Samoa onn'iS?
Department of Defense 690,47 1
Total 29,512,071
United States Senate,
Committee on Armed Services,
April 12, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
I hasten to send you the enclosed copy of a
letter just received from the Acting Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare with regard to
the distribution of polio vaccine. There is also
enclosed related material.
It has been a pleasure to look into this matter
for the City Council.
Sincerely yours,
Leverett Saltonstall,
United States Senator.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Washington,
April 11, 1956.
Dear Senator Saltonstall:
This is in reply to your communication of
April 2, 1956, regarding a resolution of the City
Council of Boston, Mass., on the subject of polio-
myelitis vaccine.
We are pleased to report that during the month
of March of this year the Public Health Service
released a total of almost eight million cubic
centimeters (doses) of poliomyelitis vaccine. This
is the largest amount released in any one month
since April 1955, the first month of the program.
Massachusetts' share of the vaccine released in
March is more than 200,000 cubic centimeters.
The manufacturers of the vaccine, with whom
we held a series of conferences recently, have
assured us that they are deeply concerned over
the need to provide the largest possible supply
of safe, effective poliomyelitis vaccine. Several
of the manufacturers indicated that they plan to
expand their staffs and facilities in an effort to
increase production. We are hopeful that during
the next few months production and release of the
vaccine will continue to increase.
We are enclosing some material which you may
wish to forward to the Boston City Council.
Your interest in this program is appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Herold C. Hunt,
Acting Secretary.
Hon. Leverett Saltonstall,
United States Senate.
(Annexed hereto are identical releases of the
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare printed in the foregoing communications
from U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy.)
Congress of the United States,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C,
April 2, 1950.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
I have received copy of resolution adopted by
the City Council on March 26, 1956, with reference
to the Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Subjection Program.
I am pleased to take the matter up with the
Hon. Marion B. Folsom, Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare here in
Washington.
Just as soon as I have the secretary's reply,
you will be further advised. With all good wishes,
I remain
Sincerely yours,
Thomas J. Lane,
Congress of the United States,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C,
April 14, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
With further reference to my letter of April 2,
1956, to you relative to the Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine
Subjection Program, inclosed you will find a com-
munication I have received from the Secretary's
Office of the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Mr. Hunt informs me that during the month of
March the Public Health Service released a total of
almost eight million cubic centimeters of polio-
myelitis vaccine. This is the largest amount
released in any one month since April of 1955 and
Massachusetts' share of the vaccine released in
March is more than 200,000 cubic centimeters.
It is further noted that the department is hopeful
that during the next few months production and
release of the vaccine will continue to increase.
Inclosed also you will find material on the
subject.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas J. Lane.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Washington,
April 11, 1956.
Dear Congressman Lane :
This is in reply to your letter of April 2, 1956,
regarding a resolution of the City Council of Boston,
Mass., on the subject of poliomyelitis vaccine.
We are pleased to report that during the month of
March of this year the Public Health Service re-
leased a total of almost eight million cubic centi-
meters (doses) of poliomyelitis vaccine. This is the
largest amount released in any one month since
April, 1955, the first month of the program.
Massachusetts' share of the vaccine released in
March is more than 200,000 cubic centimeters.
The manufacturers of the vaccine, with whom we
held a series of conferences recently, have assured
us that they are deeply concerned over the need to
provide the largest possible supply of safe, effective
poliomyelitis vaccine. Several of the manufacturers
indicated that they plan to expand their staffs and
facilities in an effort to increase production. We
are hopeful that during the next few months pro-
duction and release of the vaccine will continue to
increase.
We are enclosing some material which you may
wish to forward to the Boston City Council. Your
interest in this program is appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Herold C. Hunt,
Acting Secretary.
Hon. Thomas J. Lane,
House of Representatives.
(Annexed hereto are identical releases of the
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare printed in the foregoing communication from
U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy.)
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.31 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 4.53 p.m.
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REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on notice of hearing before the De-
partment of Public Utilities (referred April 9) on
petition of Airways Transportation Company for
authorization to pick up and discharge passengers
at Bellevue Hotel in Boston — recommending that
the notice be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the notice was
placed on file.
2. Report on communication from the Super-
visor of Personnel and order (referred March 26)
changing compensation grades of Correction Officers,
Jail' Officers, and Van Driver under the County
Classification and Compensation Plans — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
3. Report on communication from the Super-
visor of Personnel and order (referred today)
changing the classification of "Correction Officer
and Shoemaker" to "Correction Officer and Shoe-
making Instructor" — recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for approval of contract between
Public Works Commissioner and Dooley Brothers,
Inc., for collection and removal of refuse and
garbage in District 11, Hyde Park — recommending
passage of the following order:
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 6 of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909, a
public hearing be given by the City Council on
Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., on the
contract made by the Commissioner of Public
Works, as follows:
Contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc., for col-
lecting and removing garbage and refuse from
District 11, Hyde Park, so called, during the one-
year-ten-month period beginning June 1, 1956,
and ending March 31, 1958; and be it further
Ordered, That the City Clerk be directed to give
at least seven days' notice of said hearing in the
"City Record" and in the daily newspapers.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on.
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Rapid Transit, Inc
(referred June 27, 1955), for license to operate
motor vehicles on Bennington street between
Saratoga street and Ashley street, East Boston,
and return over same route — recommending that
the license be granted.
The report was accepted, and the license was
granted under the usual conditions.
2. Report on communication from the Board
of Selectmen of Winthrop (referred January 23)
re application of Rapid Transit, Inc., for license to
operate motor vehicles from Winthrop over Sara-
toga street, East Boston — recommending that the
communication be placed on file.
_ The report was accepted, and the communica-
tion was placed on file.
INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY LIGHTS
ON MONUMENT AT DORCHESTER
HEIGHTS.
Coun. FOLEY, KERRIGAN, and McCOR-
MACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Public Works Commissioner
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
mount temporary lights high on the monument at
Dorchester Heights, South Boston, with wire
guards to prevent willful destruction, to illuminate
the Dorchester Heights Park
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the fore-
going order by striking out the word " willful."
The amendment was carried.
The order as amended was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
PROCLAMATION OF ISRAEL INDE-
PENDENCE WEEK.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Whereas, The State of Israel is celebrating the
eighth anniversary today of its independence,
which it gained in 1948 by the valor of its arms
and the authority of the United Nations; and
Whereas, It has built a free commonwealth in
the Middle East dedicated to those ideals and
values which are the basis of our own American
democracy, providing a haven to hundreds of
thousands of homeless refugees from destitution
and oppression; and
Whereas, It has brought water to the thirsty
places of the earth, made the desert to bloom, and
opened up fresh vistas of hope and prosperity in
the desolate wasteland; and
Whereas, These great achievements are now in
danger of destruction by hostile and backward
forces, armed and encouraged by world com-
munism; and
Whereas, Succeeding American administrations,
irrespective of party, and supported by the good
will and sympathy of the whole American people,
have contributed to the establishment and main-
tenance of a Jewish state, founded on the ideals
and teachings of Zion common to our two peoples;
therefore be it
Resolved, That we do hereby proclaim the
period from today through April 20 as Israel Inde-
pendence Week in honor of the eighth anniversary
of Israel's rebirth, and I bid all our citizens, without
respect to race or creed, to join in its celebration in
harmony and brotherhood.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
GREETINGS TO HARLOW H. CURTICE.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its heartiest greetings
and best wishes to Harlow H. Curtice, President of
General Motors Corporation, on the occasion of his
visit to the City of Boston for the purpose of
directing the General Motor's Motorama, an ex-
hibition of outstanding scientific and engineering
achievements and a cavalcade of the latest in
General Motors products.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
RECLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF
MAINTENANCE DIVISION OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McDONOUGH, McCORMACK, and
FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to consider the advisability of removing the
employees of the Maintenance Division of the Fire
Department from the Classification and Compensa-
tion Plan and bringing them into the same salary
schedule arrangement as members of the fire fight-
ing force.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INSTALLING SUBLIBRARY IN HEMEN-
WAY SCHOOL.
Coun. McDONOUGH, FOLEY and MC-
LAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, The Phillips Brooks Memorial Library
in Readville is being closed; and
Whereas, This closing leaves the children of said
district without easy access to proper reading mat-
ter; therefore be it
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to confer with the Director of the Boston Public
Library and the members of the Boston School
Committee for the purpose of ascertaining the
possibility of installing in the Hemenway School,
located nearby, a sublibrary, to care for the needs
of children up to the sixth grade in that district.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF
1955 EDITION OF "BOSTON'S STREETS."
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Purchasing Agent, through his
Honor the Mayor, be authorized and directed to
print 150 cloth-bound copies and 350 paper -bound
copies of the 1955 edition of the book entitled
"Boston's Streets," said copies to be distributed
vinder the direction of the City Messenger; the
expense of same to be charged to the appropriation
for City Documents.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to amend the fore-
going order by adding the following words: "That
the 1955 street directories and all future issues
include the locations of the churches of various
denominations, historical sites, and the off-street
parking areas."
The amendment was carried.
The order as amended was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
REPAIR OF EDWARD EVERETT STATUE
ON BLAKE HOUSE PROPERTY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Art Commission of the
Boston Public Library be requested, through
his Honor the Mayor, to arrange for the proper
repair and reconditioning of the statue of Edward
Everett located on the Blake House property
in Dorchester.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
OPENING DAY OF 1956 BASEBALL SEASON.
Coun. McCORMACK, for all the Councillors,
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, salutes the opening day of
the 1956 baseball season on Tuesday, April 17 —
urging all citizens of the City of Boston, young
and old, to make every effort to get out to Fen-
way Park tomorrow, indicating 100 per cent
support of our only major league team.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INCLUSION IN "CITY RECORD" OF RE-
MARKS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUN-
CIL AT BOSTON COLLEGE SEMINAR.
Coun. AHEARN and FOLEY offered the
following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the editor of the "City Record"
to include in an early edition of the "City Record"
the remarks of the members of the City Council
at the Boston College Seminar of April 10, 1956.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
FELICITATIONS TO MISS GRACE KELLY
AND PRINCE RAINIER.
Coun. FOLEY, for all the Councillors, offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council offers
its felicitations to Miss Grace Kelly of Philadel-
phia and Prince Rainier of Monaco on the occa-
sion of their impending marriage.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.18 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, April 23, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing a^gsgSiD Section
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, April 23, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m..
President McCORMACK in the chair. Absent.
Councillor White.
The Reverend Gerard Fitzsimmons, O.F.M., of
St. Francis Friary, Brookline, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REVEREND GERARD
FITZSIMMONS.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, make us an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where
there is injury, pardon; where there is discord,
union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is
despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that we may not so
much seek to be consoled as to console; to be
understood as to understand; to be loved as to
love.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in par-
doning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
RESIGNATION OF CONSTABLE.
The following was received :
City of Boston.
Office of the Mayor, April 23, 1956,
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
You are hereby notified that I have accepted the
resignation of Saul I. Bearak of 15 Gaston street,
Roxbury, as a constable authorized to serve civil
process effective May 1, 1956.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hyneb, Mayor.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Weigher of Goods for the term ending April 30,
1957: Donald G. Karp, 64 Queensberry street.
Referred to tJre Committee on Confirmations.
APPROPRIATION FOR AUTOMATIC
TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
The following was received:
City of Boston.
Office of the Mayor, April 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
There is a pressing need for additional traffic
signal lights in our city. It is difficult to keep
abreast of traffic developments with the conse-
quent necessity for installing lights at various
intersections. On January 30 of this year I sub-
mitted to your Honorable Body an order for the
transfer of $20,000 from the Sales of City Property
Fund for this purpose. I submit today a further
order in the amount of $50,000 from the same
available source for traffic lights.
The Chairman of the Traffic Commission
estimates that $150,000 would be needed to meet
the current requirements for traffic signal lights.
Herewith is a list of intersections which deserve
priority treatment.
I most respectfully request that your Honorable
Body give approval to the order submitted today
and the order submitted on January 30, so that
the Traffic Department may proceed without
delay in the installation of traffic lights at some
of the most dangerous intersections in our city.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission.
April 20, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
The need for additional traffic signal lights in
the city seems to be increasing more every day.
During the past few years you have been able
to secure approximately $100,000 each year for
traffic signals, and that amount has been promptly
spent.
We are currently awaiting City Council approval
of an appropriation of $22,000, which will permit
us to complete installations planned for last year
and for which we have equipment on hand.
I attach a list of intersections which must be
dealt with at an early date, and it is my hope that
you will be able to provide funds at an early date
for as many of these intersections as is possible.
There are many others which should be con-
sidered, but those which I have listed will require
approximately $150,000, and in the interests of
public safety installations should be made at
these locations in 1956.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Ahthur Re:lly, Commissioner.
Locations To Be Considered for Signal Installation
During Roadway Reconstruction During
1956.
Avenue Louis Pasteur and Fenway.
Babson street, Blue Hill avenue, and Walk Hill
street.
Blue Hill avenue and Regis road (St. Angela's
Church).
Columbus avenue, Centre street, and Heath
street (Jackson square).
Columbus avenue, Station street, and Tremont
street (Roxbury Crossing).
Cummins Highway, Harvard street, and Wood
avenue.
D street and Summer street.
Dorchester street and West Seventh street.
Dorchester street, East Broadway, and West
Broadway (Perkins square).
Evans Way, Fenway, and Louis Prang street.
Maple street and Seaver street.
Summer street and Viaduct.
Hazardous Locations for Which Special Considera-
tion Should Be Given for High Priority.
Alban street, Talbot avenue, and Welles avenue .
Allandale street and Centre street.
Babson street and Fremont street.
Belfort street, Dorchester avenue, and Victoria,
street (St. William's Church).
Bennington street and Wordsworth street.
Centre street and Westchester road.
Faneuil Street and Parsons street.
Humboldt avenue and Townsend street.
North Beacon street, at Union square.
Walnut avenue and Warren street.
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
63 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, the sum
of $50,000 be, and the same hereby is, appropriated
from the special account" Sales of City Property,"
to be expended under the direction of the Boston
Traffic Commission for " Automatic Traffic Contro 1
Signals in Various Sections of the City."
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Sebastian Alongi, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Baker & Co., Inc., for compensation for damage
to truck by city truck.
Mary E. and Edward J. Broderick, Jr., for com-
pensation for damage to property at 275 Heath
street, Roxbury, caused by overflow of water.
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J. Mae Cardinal, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 209 Washington
street.
Francis W. Chambers, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city vehicle.
John Codero, for compensation for claim arising
out of negligent operation of fire engine.
Nabeeha Deeb, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Dartmouth street.
James Dooley, for compensation for damage to
car by snow removing equipment.
Usher Dorfman, for compensation for damage to
car by city truck.
Arthur T. Fleming, for compensation for damage
to car by city vehicle.
Gertrude G. Freniere, for compensation for
damage to car by city car.
Edward J. Grady, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Highway Division, Public Works
Department.
Edward J. Grady, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Highway Division, Public Works
Department.
Margaret Harvey, for compensation for damage
to property at 192 Gardner street, West Roxbury,
caused by want of repair of Gardner street.
Edward Matlin, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Compton street.
Alfred J. O'Donnell, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Election Department.
Edward E. Robbins, Jr., for compensation for
damage to car by snowplow.
Joseph Stringi, for compensation for damage to
car by ladder truck of Fire Department.
Vera Taylor, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 300 Washington street.
United States of America, for compensation for
damage to property at Post Office Garage, A street,
South Boston.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Eleanor T. Franz to be paid an
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Henry S. Franz, late member of Fire Department.
Petition of Lulu G. Marshall to be paid an
annuity on account of death of her husband, James
F. Marshall, late member of Fire Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 22, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on rates and charges of Boston, Wor-
cester & New York Street Railway Company.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 3, 1956,
at 11 a.m., on fares of various railroads operating
intrastate Massachusetts.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 7, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston City Council that
certain alterations of Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
are necessary.
Severally placed on file.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of expenditures of 3194,500 and
$200, 106.62 for operating and disposition expense
for Chapter 372 veterans' housing developments.
Placed on file.
MINORS' LICENSES.
Applications for minors' licenses were received
from three newsboys.
Licenses were granted under the usual conditions.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of the following, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
were received and approved by the Council:
Francis S. Carter, Francis J. Concannon, Abner
Goldrand, Edward C. Gurnon, Kenneth W. Kemp-
ton, Joseph C. Lauria, Charles I. Lesser, Louis
Levendorf, Anthony Luongo, Raphael R. Rafferty,
Dennis C. Ricupero, Oscar G. Hid Ion, Francis C.
Shack, Joseph Todisco.
THANKS FROM CONGRESSMAN JOHN
W. McCORMACK.
A communication was received from Congress-
man John W. McCormack thanking the members
of the City Council for the resolution adopted
on April 9, 1956, favoring his nomination for
President of the United States by the Democratic
National Convention this year.
LOANS FOR ADDITIONAL DEPART-
MENTAL EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUC-
TION OF PUBLIC WAYS, AND
CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN called up, under
unfinished business, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 on the
Calendar, viz.:
1. Order for loan of 82,000,000 for additional
departmental equipment.
On April 9, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
2. Order for loan of $2,000,000 for Construction
of Public Ways or Permanent Pavement.
On April 9, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 8, nays 1:
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 7, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte
—7.
Nays — 0.
Voting present — Councillor Foley — 1.
3. Order for loan of $1,000,000 for Construction
of Sewers.
On April 9, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
April 16) of Frederick Wright to be weigher of
goods for term ending April 30, 1957 — recom-
mending that appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Kerrigan and McDonough. Whole number of
ballots, 8, yeas 8, and the appointment was
confirmed.
PROPOSED CONFERENCE RE PARKING
ANT) TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN submitted the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to confer as soon as possible with the
Police Commissioner, the Chairman of the Traffic
Commission, and the Chairman of the Real Prop-
erty Board, with a view towards (1) immediate
improvement of the enforcement of present park-
ing and traffic regulations so that the enforcement
will be rigid and universal; (2) increased use of
the towing law in the downtown area of Boston;
(3) increasing the rates charged for off-street-
parking garages and on-street parking meter spaces
where legally possible in order to increase the
turnover; (4) the preparation of necessary legisla-
tion substantially increasing the present fines for
illegal and overtime on-street parking for con-
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sideration by the Great and General Court; (5) the
developing of a formula for the reduction of on-
street parking locations as rapidly as off-street
spaces become available, to the end that all on-street
parking will eventually be banned in the heart of
the downtown area; and be it further
Ordered, That a written report of the outcome of
this conference be forwarded to the City Council.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
President MoCORMACK in the chair.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn the fore-
going order was referred to the Executive Com-
mittee.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.29 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.21 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRI-
ATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred January 30) for appropriation of $20,000
from special account, Sales of City Property, to
Boston Traffic Commission for traffic control
signals — that same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerri -
gan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Francis A. Arnao
(referred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Francis A. Arnao, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on December
27, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amounts stated:
The Carney Hospital 343 96
John J. Todd, M.D '. 125 00
Total. $168 96
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
2. Report on petition of Robert P. Hobin
(referred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Robert P. Hobin, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on June 14, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the follow-
ing the amounts stated:
Robert P. Hobin (petitioner) $20 00
John H. Crandon, M.D 304 00
John C. Sheehan, M.D 45 00
Total $369 00
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
3. Report on petition of Julia A. Keenan
(referred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
by her husband as a result of an injury sustained
by him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Julia A. Keenan, widow of Frederick
F. Keenan, late member of the Fire Department,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred by her husband ae
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
December 21, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated :
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $489 50
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
4. Report on petition of Francis J. Kelley
(referred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Francis J. Kelley, a member cf the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital ,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on May 2, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the follow-
ing the amounts stated:
Francis J. Kelley (petitioner) $2 35
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 20 00
Total $22 35
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
5. Report on petition of Anthony J. Peluso (re-
ferred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a
result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Anthony J. Peluso, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on February 3,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated:
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $365 99
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
6. Report on petition of John J. Walsh (re-
ferred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of John J. Walsh, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on October 21,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
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by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated:
The Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $56 70
Walter Wegner, M.D 40 00
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 20 00
Hill Pharmacy . 1 25
Total $117 95
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
7. Report on petition of Paul J. DoRosa (re-
ferred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an iniury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Paul J. DeRosa, a member of the Fire Department,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury received through no fault of his own while in
the performance of his duty on April 30, 1955,
there be allowed and paid, as recommended by the
Fire Commissioner and approved by the Corpora-
tion Counsel, to the following the amounts stated:
City of Cambridge (Municipal Hospital
Department) $327 90
Arthur F. Sargent, M.D ; . 80 00
Tibbie S. Block ...,..■. 24 00
Total . . . .$431 90
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
8. Report on petition of John P. Feinino (re-
ferred April 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a
result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order: ...
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of John Femino, a member of the Fire Department,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury received through no fault of his own while in
the performance of his duty on January 29, 1956,
there be allowed and paid, as recommended by the
Fire Commissioner and approved by the Corpora-
tion Counsel, to the following the amount stated:
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D $40 00
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
9. Report on petition of Catherine Spitz (re-
ferred January 9) to be paid an annuity on account
of the death of her husband, Jacob Spitz, a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
. Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of $1,400 be allowed and paid to Catherine Spitz,
widow of Jacob Spitz, retired member of the Fire
Department, who died on December 13, 1955, as a
result of injuries received while in the performance
of his duty; said annuity to continue so long as she
remains unmarried; such annuity to date from the
approval of this order by the Mayor, and to be
charged to the appropriation for Fire Department,
Pensions and Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Executive Com-
mittee, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred February 27) for appropriation of $55,000
from "Parking Meter Fees" for off-street parking
facilities in Jamaica Plain — that same ought
to pass.
The report of the committee was accepted.
On January 30, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once, yeas 8, nays 0.
The order was given its second reading, and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
PARKING FACILITIES AT EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor call a
conference with the administrators of the edu-
cational institutions in Boston for the purpose of
arriving at some agreement that educational
institutions include adequate parking facilities for
their staff and pupils in any future expansion
program.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
LIST OF TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Board of Assessors cause to
be prepared and forwarded to the Boston City
Council a list of tax exempt properties as carried
on the 1955 Assessors' List, said properties to be
classified according to list, and shall show the
location by street and number, the area and
assessed valuation, broken down as to land and
building, and title holder of each property.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
THORNLEY STREET, DORCHESTER,
ONE WAY.
Coun. KERRIGAN, FOLEY, McCORMACK,
and McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commission be re-
quested, through his Honor the Mayor, to make
Thornley street, Ward 13, one way.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.40 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McLaughlin, to meet on Monday, April 30, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, April 30, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the Councillors
present.
The Reverend Vincent J. Piscitelli, of Most
Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church, Hyde
Park, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. VINCENT J.
PISCITELLI.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, the source of all understanding and
knowledge, look down with favor upon those in
whose hands lie the destiny and welfare of our
people. Guide them in their deliberations. Lead
them in all their acts. May everything that trans-
pires within these walls be for the benefit of all
the people of the City of Boston. Shower blessings
upon the men of the City Council through the
unity of Thy Son, who lives and reigns for ever
and ever. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
At the request of President McCORMACK,
Father Piscitelli offered the following prayer for
the repose of the soul of Judge Joseph L. Hurley.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee ;
blessed art Thou amongst women, and blessed is
the Fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. ' Amen.
Perpetual rest grant to him, O Lord. May he
rest in peace. May his soul and all the souls of
the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments.:
Weighers of Coal for the term ending April 30,
1957: James Reynolds, 51 Templeton street, Dor-
chester; Joseph Lessieux, 55 Lansdowne street,
Squantum.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
VETO OF ORDER FOR PRINTING OF
COPIES OF 1955 EDITION OF "BOS-
TON'S STREETS," WITH CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 24, 195G.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I return herewith disapproved and without my
signature the order adopted by your Honorable
Body on April 16, in which the Purchasing Agent
was authorized to print 150 cloth-bound copies and
350 paper-bound copies of the 1955 edition of the
book entitled "Boston's Streets," with certain
additional information added thereto.
According to the Superintendent of Printing the
cost of inserting this information in the 1955 edition
of this book would be $1,200, and according to the
Chief Engineer of the Public Works Survey Di-
vision the clerical cost would be another $1,000.
In view of the fact that a new edition of this
volume will soon be in preparation, I respectfully
suggest that an order be adopted authorizing the
Purchasing Agent to include the information de-
sired in the 1956 edition.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
Survey Division, April 23, 1956.
Mr. Walter Malloy,
City Clerk, Boston, Mass.
Subject: Proposed Additions to "Boston Streets"
In answer to your inquiry on the preparation of
supplementary lists of churches, historical sites,
and off-street parking areas to be added to our
present street book, in my opinion it would require
approximately fifty man-days of clerical work in
this division to secure and compile the desired in-
formation into complete lists. The preparation of a
list of churches would have to include all sects,
some occupying only rented quarters in stores,
dwellings, etc., and would involve making a de-
termination of what a "church" is. The clerical
cost would amount to about SI, 000.
James W. Haley, Chief Engineer.
City of Boston,
Printing Section, April 21, 1956.
Mr. Walter Malloy,
City Clerk, Boston, Mass.
Dear Walter:
In reply to your request for an estimate on the
cost of furnishing a new edition of the book entitled
"Boston Streets," with additional information con-
cerning a fist of churches, historical sites, and off-
street parking garages, I would suggest, with a
view to economy, that the present stock of un-
bound 1955 Street Books be used and that we
print the information regarding churches, historical
sites, and off-street parking in the back of the
book.
If this edition is made up as suggested above, I
estimate the cost of furnishing 150 cloth-covered
and 350 tag-covered books would be $1,200.
Sincerely yours,
John J. Twomey.
The message and order were placed on file.
POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY ON
EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 30, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communicatiou from the
Police Commissioner in regard to your order of
April 2, 1956, relative to his department's present
policy concerning the emergency hospitalization
of persons injured in highway accidents in the
Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and West Roxbury area.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Police Department, April 20, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
Returned herewith is order of the City Council
dated April 2, 1956, as follows:
" That his Honor the Mayor request the Police
Cormnissioner to advise the City Council as to his
department's present policy concerning the emer-
gency hospitalization of persons injured in highway
accidents in the Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and
West Roxbury area. "
It is the policy of the Boston Police Department,
in the first instance, to take an injured person to
any hospital to which he or she desires to be taken .
If the injured person is unable to designate a hos-
pital, or has no choice, it is the practice of the
department to convey the victim to either the
Boston City Hospital, the Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, or the Beth Israel Hospital.
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These three hospitals maintain a fully equipped
accident ward around the clock and have agreed to
accept all emergency cases brought to their institu-
tion without any obligation on the part of the City
of Boston.
Very truly yours,
T. F. Sullivan, Police Commissioner.
Placed on file.
INCLUSION IN "CITY RECORD" OF
REMARKS BY MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL AT BOSTON COLLEGE
SEMINAR.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 30, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
editor of the "City Record" in regard to your
order of April 16, 1956, relative to including in an
early edition of the "City Record" the remarks of
the members of the City Council at the Boston
College Seminar of April 10, 1956.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 24, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This is in reply to your communication of April
20 with reference to an order of the City Council of
April 16, passed on the motion of Councillors
Ahearn and Foley, as follows:
Ordered, That his Honer the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the editor of the "City Record"
to include in an early edition of the "City Record"
the remarks of the members of the City Council at
the Boston College Seminar of April 10.
The well-considered remarks of five of our City
Councillors on Boston's problems at the B. C.
Seminar, before a distinguished group of business
and professional leaders in our community, in my
opinion, is a worthy subject matter for publication
in the "City Record."
I recommend, therefore, that his Honor the
Mayor extend the courtesy to the City Council of
waiving the normal editorial policy of this "official
chronicle of Boston municipal affairs," and order
the inclusion, one each week, with suitable head-
lines, of the address of each of the five City Coun-
cillors before the B. C. Seminar.
Verv truly yours,
Thomas F. O'Day, Editor.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved the inclusion, one
each week, with suitable headlines, of the address of
each of the five City Councillors before the Boston
College Seminar, referred to in the foregoing
message. The motion was carried.
The message was placed on file.
APPROPRIATION FOR SNOW REMOVAL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 30, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith an order for an additional
appropriation of $450,000 for snow removal.
On April 9, 1956, your Honorable Body appro-
priated $250,000 for snow removal purposes, this
amount representing payments for overtime
worked by departmental employees. It now
appears, after a recapitulation of snow removal
costs, that an additional $450,000 will be necessary
to meet outstanding commitments [and to provide
a modest amount for the purchase of salt, sand,
equipment parts, etc., which might well be needed
during the latter part of this year.
The attached communication from the Com-
missioner of Public Works explains in general
detail the allocation of snow removal expenses
for 1956.
I respectfully request passage of the accompany
ing order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department, April 26, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Under date of April 2 I wrote to your Honor
and requested that an appropriation of $700,000
be provided under the special budgetary item
titled "Snow Removal, " in addition to the $400,000
that we had requested in the regular budgetary
form and which was subsequently appropriated.
This matter was considered by the members of
the City Council on Monday, April 9, at which time
I appeared at the hearing of the Council. Later
in the day, I submitted to Councillor White,
Chairman of the Executive Committee, a break-
down of the estimated cost involved in the plowing
and removal of snow resulting from the three
snowstorms of March and the snowstorm of Sunday,
April 8. Subsequently, the Council voted to
provide an additional $250,000 for the payment
of overtime worked by department employees.
Therefore, there is an additional appropriation
of $450,000 that presumably is still under con-
sideration by the Council. We will need the
latter-referenced amount to pay for the cost of
the snowplowing and removal work resulting
from the above storms, and also to pay for normal
snow removal expenses that will be incurred
next fall.
The following is an up-to-date estimate of the
amounts needed to pay the unpaid bills incurred
in these storms:
Plowing (rental of trucks and equipment) . $150,000
Harding (rental of trucks and equipment) . 75,000
Snow Removal on Rental Basis (con-
tracts) 50,000
Automotive Division (service orders for
various repairs to Walter Snow Fighters
and purchase requisitions for parts for
Walter Snow Fighters) .... 30,000
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Division
(service orders and purchase requisi-
tions for repairs to and purchase of
new plow blades, frames, etc. . . . 35,000
Highway Division (rental of U-Dryvits,
wreckers for tow purposes, telegrams,
telephones, weather service, incidental
expenses, etc.) 15,000
Overtime (For storm of April 8, 1956,
which was not included in estimate
submitted to City Council on April 9,
1956) 15,000
Total . . .-. . . . $370,000
I feel that an additional appropriation of
$450,000 should be provided, even though it
appears that we will need only $370,000 to pay
current bills. The additional $80,000 will be
needed to provide for the purchase of salt, sand,
equipment parts, etc., and also for the payment of
any snow removal or plowing work that might be
necessitated in the latter part of this year.
I respectfully request, therefore, that the City
Council be requested to approve the appropriation
of an additional $450,000 under the special budget-
ary item titled "Snow Removal."
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Ordered, That the sum of money specified for
snow removal in the schedule hereinafter set out
be, and hereby is, appropriated for the purpose
hereinafter specified, said sum to be raised by
taxation on the polls and estates of the City of
Boston, and that all orders heretofore or hereinafter
passed by the City Council relating to appro-
priations, taxes, and interest thereon apply to the
appropriations and taxes herein provided for.
Snow Removal $450,000
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
RETIREMENT OF TRAFFIC TUNNEL
BONDS OF 1936.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, April 30, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
On September 1, 1936, the City of Boston
issued under St. 1929, c. 297, as amended by
APRIL 30, 1956.
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St. 1932, c. 287, St. 1935, c. 74, St. 1935, c. 312,
and St. 1935, c. 455, in connection with the con-
struction of the Sumner Traffic Tunnel, bonds
aggregating $150,000 and bearing interest at
the rate of 2\ per cent per annum. These bonds,
while 30-year bonds, contain an express provision
for call, retirement, and cancellation by the
city on September 1, 1956. There are now funds
in the hands of the Board of Commissioners of
Sinking Funds sufficient for the retirement and
cancellation of these bonds on September 1, 1956.
Transmitted herewith is an order calling these
bonds for such retirement and cancellation. I
recommend its early adoption.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Whereas, Under date of September 1, 1936,
the City of Boston issued, under St. 1929, c. 297.
as amended by St. 1932, c. 287, St. 1935, c. 74,
St. 1935, c. 312, and St. 1935, c. 455, Traffic
Tunnel Bonds, City of Boston, Act of 1929, Series
C, in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,
bearing interest at the rate of 2| per cent per
annum, payable semiannually on March 1 and
September 1 of each year, which bonds are due
September 1, 1966, with an express provision
for call, retirement, and cancellation by the
city on any interest date after twenty years from
the date of issue; and
Whereas, St. 1945, c. 361, s. 3. provides that,
if Traffic Tunnel Retirement Bonds, City of
Boston, Act of 1945, are issued under said chapter
361, the city shall call, retire, and cancel, at the
earliest date permitted, Traffic Tunnel Bonds,
City of Boston, Act of 1929, Series C, in accordance
with their terms; and
Whereas, Traffic Tunnel Retirement Bonds,
City of Boston, Act of 1945, were issued under
said chapter 361; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the aforesaid issue of 2J per
cent Traffic Tunnel Bonds, City of Boston, Act
of 1929, Series C, dated September 1, 1936, and
due September 1, 1966, be, and hereby is, called
for retirement and cancellation on September 1,
1956; and it is hereby further
Ordered, That the Collector-Treasurer of the
City of Boston be, and he hereby is, authorized
and directed to give notice of said call during
the month of July, 1956, by causing a notice of
call to be printed once in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Boston, by
mailing such a notice to any registered holders
of record of said bonds at their most recent
addresses on file with said Collector-Treasurer,
by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by
such other and further means, if any, as said
Collector-Treasurer may deem appropriate; and
it is hereby further
Ordered, That the aforesaid notice of call shall
be in substantially the following form:
City of Boston,
in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Notice of Call of Bonds for Retirement and
Cancellation.
To Holders of 2} Per cent Traffic Tunnel Bonds,
City of Boston, Act of 1929, Series C, dated
September 1, 1936, and Others Concerned:
Public notice is hereby given that all outstanding
2\ per cent Traffic Tunnel Bonds, City of Boston,
Act of 1929, Series C, dated September 1, 1936,
and due September 1, 1966, have been called for
retirement and cancellation on September 1 ,
1956, on which date interest on such bonds will
cease.
Payment of the face amount of each of said
bonds, with any accumulated unpaid interest
to September 1, 1956, will be made by the City
of Boston on and after September 1, 1956, upon
surrender of the bond (with, in the case of a
coupon bond, the March 1, 1957, and subsequent
coupons and the coupons for any accumulated
unpaid interest) at the office of the Collector-
Treasurer, City Hall, Boston, Mass. Coupons
maturing on or before September 1, 1956, may,
at the option of the holder, be detached and
collected in the usual manner.
James E. Gildea,
Collector-Treasurer of the City of Boston.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Margaret B. Bean, for compensation for damage
to property at 583 Poplar street, Roslindale, dur-
ing sidewalk construction.
John V. Brennan, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Edith C. Brickley, for compensation for damage
to property at 31 Bowditch road, Jamaica Plain,
caused by snowplow.
Jeanette Brody, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 152 Harvard
Street, Allston.
Bertha M. Daughan, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Centre
street, Jamaica Plain.
Lottie M. Dunn, for compensation for damage
to property at 40 Elmer road, Dorchester, caused
by city bulldozer.
Noel F. Edmonds, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Nathan Francis, for compensation for damage
to truck by city truck.
Francis J. Frey, for compensation for damage
to property at 87 Hemman street, West Roxbury,
caused during improvements on Hemman street.
Helen Golden, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Tremont street.
Doris Keene, to be reimbursed for victualler's
license which was paid twice.
John Krasnakevich, for compensation for dam-
age to car by fire apparatus.
Bella Liberman, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 35 Kingston street,
Boston.
Raymond T. Lonergan, Jr., to be reimbursed
as result of accident which occured while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Edward P. Lord, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 410 Main street,
Charlestown.
M. McGinnis Company, for compensation for
damage to property at 34 Brookley road, Boston,
caused by city truck.
Hilma E. Olson, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Massachusetts
avenue.
Joseph Parisi, for compensation for damage to
car by city vehicle.
Leonard F. Ricci, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Paving Division.
Manuel F. Rodriguez, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Traffic Commission.
Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, for com-
pensation for damage to car of Samuel C. Baker
by snowplow.
Shirley Weiner, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 63 Devon street,
Roxbury.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Julia R. Shea to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband, Edward
F. Shea, late member of Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
William Fullerton, 114 Meridian street, East
Boston, Ward 1 ; William A. McDonald, 23 Leyden
street, East Boston, Ward 1; Vincent Perrella, Jr.,
2 West Eagle street, East Boston, Ward 1 ; Arthur
H. Swan, 312 Meridian street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICES FROM
MILK CONTROL COMMISSION.
A communication was received from the Milk
Control Commission transmitting copy of order
requiring annual report by milk dealers with
respect to sales of milk.
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A communication was received from the Milk
Control Commission transmitting copy of order
relative to amount of monthly payments by milk
dealers to Milk Control Commission.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department o1
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 10, 1956.
at 10 A.M., on petition of New York Centra'
Railroad for approval to install a centralized
traffic control system between Boston and Rens-
selaer, New York.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 9, 1956,
at 10 A.M., on petition of Rapid Transit, Inc.,
for operation of motor vehicles on Bennington
street, between Saratoga and Ashley streets,
East Boston.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the Depart-
ment of Public Utilities transmitting copy of order
granting petition of Boston Edison Company for
exemption from zoning law of land and substation
on Neponset Valley Parkway, Hyde Park.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
NOTICES FROM STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Notice was received from the State Department
of Public Works of taking of land of City of Boston
in Dorchester for temporary easement for the pur-
pose of constructing, maintaining, and using a
temporary roadway.
Placed on file.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Works of taking of land of City of Boston
in Dorchester for easement for purposes of con-
structing, maintaining, and using drainage struc-
tures.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of the following, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
were received and approved by the Council:
John M. Crawford, Edward A. DeSimone,
Albert E. Doody, John W. Herbert, James A.
Hickey, David Kaplan, Edward A. Keefe, Mark
H. Krafsur, George D. Lambrenos, Leonard Linsky,
Frank J. Macchia, Salvatore Maffei, Francis J.
Melville, Jr., Louis H. Oppenheim, Edward J.
Pinta, George M. Romanos, Jr., Leon Small, John
A. Sousa, Solomon Spack, Arthur C. Stanton.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC HOUSING.
President McCORMACK asked Councillor
Ahearn, Chairman of the Committee on Public
Housing, to include in his agenda for their meeting
of the committee the matter of the proposed in-
crease in rents in housing projects under the Boston
Housing Authority, and to invite at the meeting
the members of the Boston Housing Authority to
explain their policy.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRI-
ATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred March 12) for appropriation of S56.000
from Parking Meter Fees for off-street parking at
Cleary square, Hyde Park — recommending the
order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerri-
gan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
MEETING OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL
WITH GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE ON MAY 15.
President McCORMACK announced that the
councillors had been invited by the Greater Boston
Chamber of Commerce to visit some of the larger
firms in Boston on May 15, 1956. President
McCORMACK stated notices of the meeting
would be sent out to the councillors.
NOTICES FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
At the request of Councillor Collins, President
McCORMACK announced that all future notices
of committee meetings would include all matters
to be heard by the committee.
PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AT EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That there be incorporated in the
Standing Rules of the Boston City Council in such
place as may seem most advisable to the Com-
mittee on Rules the following rule: that all Execu-
tive Committee meetings of the Boston City
Council be now and hereafter open to all members
of the press and public desirous of attending such
meetings and if in the event that there is not
sufficient space within the Executive Committee
hearing room to accommodate all who might wish
to attend, the meeting shall be held in the Council
Chamber where there will be sufficient space.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules.
PUBLICATION IN "CITY RECORD" OF
CITY COUNCIL DEBATES.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be re-
quested to draw up immediately and to file im-
mediately along with a request that Joint Rule 12
of the Ge'neral Court be suspended, a petition with
the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the
General Court repealing that part of chapter 447
of the Acts of 1947 which provides that the sub-
stance of debates by and among the members of
the Boston City Council shall not be published in
the "City Record."
The rules were not suspended.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin the order
was referred to the Executive Committee.
ELECTION OF WILLIAM F. O'CONNELL.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for all of the Council,
offered the following:
Ordered, That effective May 1, 1956, William F.
O'Connell, of 88 Newland street, Boston, be elected
to the position of Clerk in the City Messenger
Department. This order is adopted under chapter
639, section 9H, of the Acts of 1950, and under any
other authority of the Boston City Council.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
FIREWORKS IN EAST BOSTON ON JULY 4.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor respect-
fully request the Director of Public Celebrations
to include an appropriate site in East Boston for
the display of fireworks on July 4, 1956.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
APRIL 30, 1956.
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POSTING OF "TOW AREA."
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct that,
in those areas where vehicles are subject to being
towed for violation of the parking law, there
be conspicuously posted "No Parking" signs
with the words "Tow Area" printed thereon.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PUBLICATION OF LIST OF DELINQUENT
TAXPAYERS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor cause to bo
published in the "City Record" in the issue pub-
lished the first week in July a list of all delinquent
taxpayers of real estate taxes up to and including
the year 1954, such list to be published as of .Line 1
of this year and shall show a detailed itemized
statement of the account for each year, stating
what the original charge was, what payments
or adjustments have been made, and the balance
due as of June 1, 1956.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Later in the session, Councillor Ahearn moved
reconsideration of the foregoing vote. The motion
to reconsider was carried. Coun. Piemonte moved
suspension of the rules. The motion was lost. On
further motion of Councillor Ahearn, the order
was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PAPER BALLOTS AT EACH VOTING BOOTH.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Board of Election Com-
missioners consider the advisability of providing
paper ballots at each polling booth:
1. To be available should a voting machine
fail to operate.
2. To be available should a given voter prefer
a paper ballot to a machine ballot.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PROPOSED REVISION OF ELECTION
BALLOT.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Board of Election Commis-
sioners be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to take the following steps to make the
election ballot in the so-called "Machine Pre-
cincts" intelligible to the voter:
1. Retention of the services of a professional
layout man to advise on size of type and separation
of candidates for different offices, etc.
2. Use of different colored inks and paper for
each office.
3. Printing of the ballot in the rotogravure
section of at least two Boston Sunday newspapers,
the Sunday before election.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CERTAIN MEMBERS
OF THE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENTS RE "TOWING" LAW.
Coun. FOLEY and McDONOUGH offered the
following:
Ordered, That the City Law Department prepare
a memorandum for those members of the Boston
Police Department and Public Works Department
concerned with the enforcement of traffic regula-
tions by means of the so-called "Towing Law"
authorizing to them the limits of their authority
with particular attention to the problem of advising
such employees as to dangers involved of incurring
personal liability for civil law suits.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
EQUALIZATION OF FREIGHT RATES
ON NORTHEASTERN RAILROADS.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, desires to congratulate and
highly compliment the Boston & Maine and New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads, acting
jointly with eight other northeastern railroads, for
their fairness in equalizing freight rates which
have long been discriminatory against the Port
of Boston. The filing of these new tariffs with
the Interstate Commerce Commission should
result in an increased volume of business for the
Port of Boston and should place it in a very
favorable position witli other ports throughout
the country.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS TO
CITY COUNCIL.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Collector-Treasurer prepare
and forward to the City Council on or before the
first Monday in July, 1956, a list of all delinquent
taxpayers as of June 1, 1956, of real estate taxes
of each year prior to and including 1954, said list
to show a detailed itemized statement of the
account for each year, stating what the original
charge was, what payments or adjustments have
been made, and the balance due as at June 1, 1956.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved suspension of the
rules. The motion was lost.
The foregoing order was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and Finance.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Kerrigan, the Council
voted to take a recess at 4.25 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.22 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFIR-
MATION.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
April 23) of Donald G. Karp as weigher of goods
for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recommend-
ing that appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Ahearn
and McLaughlin. Whole number of ballots 8,
yeas 8, and the appointment was confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Edward J. Grady
(referred April 23) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Highway Division, Pub-
lic Works Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $585 be allowed and
paid to Edward J. Grady in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Highway Di-
vision, Public Works Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of Edward J. Grady
(referred April 23) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Highway Division,
Public Works Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $125 be allowed and
paid to Edward J. Grady in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Highway Division ,
Public Works Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
MEETING RE OPEN-AIR PARKING SPACES.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the members of the Committee
on Licenses of the Public Safety Commission,
namely, Commissioner Callahan of the Building
Department, Commissioner Reilly of the Traffic
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Commission, and Commissioner Cotter of the
Fire Department, along with the secretary of said
committee, Frank J. Coughlin, be, and hereby are,
requested to appear before the Executive Com-
mittee of the Boston City Council at 3.30 p.m. on
May 7, 1956, to discuss matters concerning the
rules and regulations relating to open-air parking
spaces, and to be prepared at that time to answer
all queries concerning that subject; and be it
further
Ordered, That Herman Carp, Commissioner
of the Real Property Department, likewise be
requested to be present at that time in order to
discuss conditions relating to the management of
city-owned open-air lots.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
DEATH OF JUDGE JOSEPH L. HURLEY.
Coun. WHITE, for all the members of the
Council, offered the following:
Whereas, The members of the Boston City
Council have learned with deep regret and sorrow
of the sudden and untimely death of Joseph L.
Hurley, former Corporation Counsel and Mayor
of the City of Fall River, Lieutenant Governor
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for
the past twenty years a Justice of the Superior
Court of the Commonwealth; and
Whereas, His ability, fairness, and devotion
have stamped him as a thorough gentleman and
a great judge; and
Whereas, His loyalty, honesty, sincerity, and
courage throughout a long and useful career have
never been questioned; and
Whereas, Through his sudden death the bench
and bar of the Commonwealth have suffered a
great loss; and
Whereas, His life and achievements will remain
an inspiration to his fellow citizens and the youth
of our country; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby extends its sincere
sympathy and condolence to the members of his
family and prays that Divine Providence will
give them the strength to carry on despite their
tremendous loss.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
THE NEXT MEETING
On motion of Councillor Ahearn, the Council
voted that when it adjourn it be to meet on
Tuesday, May 1, 1956, at 11 a.m.
PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF
BOOK "BOSTON'S STREETS."
Couns. McCORMACK and PIEMONTE
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Purchasing AgeDt be author-
ized and directed, through his Honor the Mayor,
to print 150 clothbound copies and 350 paper-
bound copies of the 1955 edition of the book en-
titled "Boston's Streets," said copies to be dis-
tributed under the direction of the City Messenger;
the expense of same to be charged to the ap-
propriation for City Documents.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INCREASED RENTALS IN PUBLIC
HOUSING.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston Housing Authority be
requested to defer any action on proposed rent
increases in public housing in our city until such
time as the board meets with the Committee on
Public Housing of the Boston City Council to
discuss the over-all policy of establishing rentals
in units within the jurisdiction of the said Boston
Housing Authority.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
Report on order (referred today) that William F.
O'Connell be elected to the position of clerk in the
City Messenger Department — recommending that
order ought to pass.
The report was accepted. Coun. Piemonte
moved that the order be laid on the table until the
meeting of May 1, 1956, at 11 a.m. The motion
was carried.
Adjourned at 5.35 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Foley, to meet on Tuesday, May 1, 1956, at
11 A.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing ag&k» Section
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Proceedings of City Council.
Tuesday, May 1, 1956.
Adjourned meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 11 A.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair. Absent,
Councillors Ahearn and Collins.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
RE-EMPLOYMENT OF WILLIAM F.
O'CONNELL.
Ooun. PIEMONTE moved that the order
laid on the table April 30, 1956, concerning
the election of William F. O'Connell as a
clerk in the City Messenger Department be
taken from the table. The motion was carried.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved to substitute for
the said order the following order:
Coun. PIEMONTE, for all the Councillors:
Ordered, That William F. O'Connell, retired
stenographer-clerk in the City Messenger De-
partment, be, and he hereby is, re-employed as
stenographer-clerk in the City Messenger De-
partment to serve at the pleasure of the City
Council but in no event after section 9 of
chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950 becomes in-
operative.
The foregoing order re-employing William
F. O'Connell as stenographer-clerk in the City
Messenger Department is hereby approved.
The motion to substitute was carried:
The substitute order was passed, yeas 7,
nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Foley, Kerrigan, McCor-
mack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 7.
Nays— 0.
The foregoing substitute order was approved
in writing by the seven members who voted in
the affirmative, being a majority of the City
Council.
Adjourned at 11.41 A.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor McDonough, to meet on Monday, May 7,
1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, May 7, 195G.
Regular meeting of the City Couneil held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Presi-
dent McCORMACK in the chair, and all the Coun-
cillors present.
The Reverend Ralph Villella, P. S. S. C, of the
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, North
Square, Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. RALPH VILLELLA.
O Almighty God, from Whom are holy desires,
right counsels, and just works, enlighten the minds
of Thy servants to whom is entrusted the welfare
of our community; keep them immune from the
danger of working for their own interests instead of
the interests of others; give strength to their will
so that they may not fear to work for what is just
and right; help them to be always leaders, not only
as good citizens in this great country of ours but
also as good children of God; give to Thy servants.
O Lord, the grace that they may be always devoted
to the keeping of Thy commandments, and that
they may persevere in laboring according to Thy
will in charity and justice, and that, thus doing,
they may achieve great success for the honor and
glory of God, and for the welfare of our com-
munity. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Piemontc presiding
at the box in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Fifty-five traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear June 4, 1956:
Rocco Blandini, Ward 1; Dominic Laura,
Ward 1; Robert N. McKearncy, Ward 1; Salvatore
DiGiovanni, Ward 3; Guy J. Imbergamo, Ward 3;
George W. Beverst, Ward 4; Hans R. Nordcll,
Ward 4; Joseph L. Reardon, Ward 4; Carl A. W.
Zinncll, Ward 4; James M. Haynes, Jr., Ward 5;
William L. Morris, Ward 5; John E. Cushing,
Ward 6; Joseph DePictro, Ward 6; Denis Donlan,
Ward 6; Edmund J. Pulco, Ward 6; Joseph Cullen,
Ward 7; James F. Daly, Jr., Ward 7; Stanislaw
Luniewicz, Ward 7; Veronica Markuns, Ward 7;
Albert W. Wisnoskas, Ward 7; Helen Lockett,
Ward 9; Joseph M. Hogarty, Ward 10; Edward J.
Keefe, Ward 10; Pauline F. Voelker, Ward 10;
John T. O'Brien, Ward 11; John T. Walsh, Ward
1 1 ; Marion R. Waters, Ward 11.
Jack Gruber, Ward 12; William H. Haugh,
Ward 12; John F. Cuddy, Jr., Ward 13; Mary R.
Haglcston, Ward 13; Edward T. Kaszuba, Ward
13; John P. Sullivan, Ward 13; Harry M. Flink,
Ward 14; Harold Porter, Ward 14; Isadore Trehub,
Ward 14; William Sater, Ward 15; James A. Doyle,
Ward 16; Joseph P. Flanagan, Ward 16; Ralph L.
Wheeler, Ward 16; Daniel J. Carney, Ward 17;
Philip Ciaccio, Ward 17 ; Edward Stenson, Ward 17 ;
George N. Townsend, Ward 17; James R. Johnson,
Ward 18; William G. Johnson, Ward 19; Martha
Magoch, Ward 19; Patrick Needham, Ward 19;
Richard W. Gibbons, Ward 20; Margaret A.
Henry, Ward 20; Jeremiah Quinn, Ward 20;
David Graham, Ward 21; Neonilia N. Procko,
Ward 21; Mildred T. Chamberland, Ward 22;
Oliver C. Kershaw, Ward 22.
Seventy-nine traverse jurors, Superior Civil
Court, to appear June 4, 1956:
Helen C. Mclnnis, Ward 1 ; Frank Scarpelli ,
Ward 1; George E. Bruning, Ward 2; Edward M.
Doherty, Jr., Ward 2; Janet T. Foley, Ward 2;
Joseph P. Hennelly, Ward 2; Eugene F. Lynch,
Ward 2; Joseph M. Martin, Ward 2; James A .
Scannell, Ward 2; Anthony Ciaramitaro, Ward 3;
Carlton N. Kinsman, Ward 3; Joseph P. Ryan,
Ward 3; Herbert F. McLaughlin, Ward 4; Alfred
O. Berntsen, Ward 5; Kenneth D. Gilmore, Ward
5; Daniel J. Goulding, Ward 5; Francis L.
Mauriello, Ward 5; Joseph L. Travers, Ward 5;
Howard G. Wright, Ward 5; John E. Bemis, Ward
6; Edward A. Conley, Ward 6; Frederick A.
Bruker, Jr., Ward 7; Vernon S. Coulson, Ward 7;
Arthur H. Coyne, Ward 7; Francis Charles
Delaney, Ward 7; Raymond Dittmar, Ward 7;
John F. Gilson, Wrard 7; Martin H. McManus,
Ward 7; Joseph F. Andronica, Ward 8; Irene R.
Doherty, Ward 9; Walter W. Perry, Ward 9;
James L. Vrana, Ward 10; William F. Knapp,
Ward 11; Alexander T. Coleman, Ward 12; Jacob
Goldman, Ward 12; Michael Kutney, Ward 12;
Joseph Lee Marable, Ward 12; Paul K. Redd,
Ward 12; Alfred Stewart, Ward 12; Pearl Golden,
Ward 14; Abraham Green, Ward 14; B. Isabelle
Kriegcr, Ward 14; Molly Levin, Ward 14; Theodore
Ringold, Ward 14; Loren G. Sault, Ward 14;
Aaron Tushin, Ward 14; Benjamin Yaffa, Ward 14.
John L. DeLorie, Ward 15; John F. Gately, Jr.,
Ward 15; Richard G. Hutton, Ward 15; Paul F.
Morehouse, Ward 15; Harold J. Newhall, Ward 15;
Chester D. Bennett, Ward 16; James H. Fife
Ward 16; Joseph Lekvs, Ward 16; Eugene E
Smith, Ward 16; Marion H. Sullivan, Ward 16-
William J. Boyle, Ward 17; Nils G. Erikson, Ward
17; Berthel J. Schou. Ward 17; Frederick V. Cook,
Ward 18; Joseph F. Doyle, Ward 18; Peter S.
Engeian, Ward 18; Eileen M. Shea, Ward 18;
William L. Sherman, Ward 18; Mary I. Barrett,
Ward 19; Hugh Greene, Ward 19; Louis J.
Marinello, Ward 19; Evelyn M. Foley, Ward 20;
Lawrence A. Landers, Ward 20; Thomas J. Riley,
Ward 20; Herbert B. Russell, Ward 20; John W.
Sullivan, Ward 20; David J. Baker, Ward 21;
Hugh A. Howes, Ward 21; William S. Mermes,
Ward 21; Robert W. Pope, Ward 21; Peter A.
MacPherson, Ward 22; Thomas J. Walsh, Ward 22.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Weighers of coal for the term ending April 30,
1957: Jean Williamson, 110 Murdock street,
Brighton; Gloria Rizzotto, 91 West Cottage
street, Dorchester.
Weighers of goods for the term ending April 30.
1957: Francis Harte, 79 Lonsdale street, Dor-
chester; James Daggett, 21 Chauncy place,
Dedham; John Kiley, 37 Brookfield street, Dor-
chester; Peter Kelly, 5 Murray terrace, Dor-
chester; Walter Reid, 23 Stockbridge street,
Cohasset Harbor.
Weigher of beef for the term ending April 30,
1957: Ralph Consolmagno, 191 Lake street,
Brighton.
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon riling of bond for the term ending April 30,
1957: Joseph A. Cappadona, 864 Cummins High-
way, Mattapan.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
LIST OF TAX-EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 4, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the Board of Assessors relative to
your order of April 23 concerning a list of tax-
exempt properties.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Board of Assessors, April 27, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
I have your letter of April 26 relative to Council-
lor Piemonte's order of April 23, 1956, requesting
a list of tax-exempt properties as carried on the
1955 Assessors' list.
Kindly be advised that we have a book with all
the tax-exempt properties by wards, and we shall
be pleased to loan this book to the Council any
time at their convenience.
Very truly yours,
John J. Chapman,
Chairman.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
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CITY COUNCIL.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
AGING.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 3, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the Boston Housing Authority
relative to your order of March 26, 1950, in regard
to housing for the aging.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Housing Authority,
May 1, 1950.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Subject: City Council Order of March 26, 1956,
on Housing for the Aging.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
In reply to your letter on the City Council order
of March 26, 1956, you are advised and the
Authority is sure that you know that the problem
of housing for the aging has been a consideration
of this Authority for many years prior to the
enactment of specific state legislation on this
subject.
The presently operating program of the Author-
ity has distributed through its various develop-
ments some 3,090 one-bedroom apartments, many
of which are now, and more of which can be, made
available to the aging.
In the federally aided developments the Author-
ity has always built for and welcomes such families
and has many hundreds of them. Up to the
present time aging persons living alone cannot be
accepted in the federally aided developments.
Residual members of an aging couple are now
allowed to remain in residence under an admin-
istrative ruling by the Public Housing Administra-
tion, which came about because of agitation by
this and other local housing authorities.
Again, through agitation and knowledge of the
need local housing authorities have called to the
attention of the Congress the desirability of
additional amendments to the United States
Housing Act, which would make specific funds
available for this group as well as making present
housing available to aging persons living alone.
It is confidently expected that legislation of this
sort will be enacted this year. If it is enacted this
Authority will make application for financial
cooperation by the federal government.
You no doubt know that in the two latest
federally aided developments, those in the Colum-
bia Point and Bromley Park areas, the Authority
built 318 one-bedroom apartments.
In the development at Bromley park special
features for aging couples were incorporated in the
design of the bathrooms and kitchens of eighty-
four apartments in two separate buildings.
The State Housing Board has informed the
Authority that it will give it a contract for financial
assistance for some two hundred dwellings for
the aging.
The 1954 amendment to the State-aided vet-
erans' housing program also has made it possible
for the Authority to make approximately one
hundred apartments available to aging persons in
the state-aided developments at West Broadway,
South Boston, and Camden street, South End.
The Authority is somewhat concerned with the
possibility of not being able to fix rents in state-
aided developments for the aging at satisfactory
figures due to the high cost of construction,
increasing interest rates, and the low annual
contribution rate of the Commonwealth to this
endeavor.
However, it is presently reviewing possible
locations for a number of small developments in
the several districts of the city to be used in the
state-aided program.
When such locations are chosen, applications
will be filed and conferences held with the State
Housing Board to see if an economically feasible
plan can be worked out.
Twelve copies of this letter are being enclosed
so that each member of the City Council may
receive a copy.
Very truly yours,
Frederick A. Cronin,
Chairman.
Placed on file,
NAMING OF INTERSECTIONS IN HONOR
OF DECEASED VETERANS.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith three orders for the naming
of various intersections in the city in honor of
deceased veterans of World War II. The Com-
mittee to Memorialize Veterans, after due con-
sideration, has recommended the naming of
various sites as set forth in the accompanying
orders.
In view of the fact that each site is to be named
in memory of a veteran who sacrificed his life on
the altar of liberty, I recommend that your Hon-
orable Body give approval to the accompanying
orders.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Committee to Memorialize Veterans,
May 4, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
At a meeting of the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans, held this day, it was voted to designate
the following intersections in honor of the follow ing-
named deceased veterans of World War II:
Hill Top street, Cedar Grove street, and Hallet
street, Dorchester (Ward 16) — A.O.M. John P.
McKeon Square. (A.O.M. McKcon lost his life
in China in 1945.)
Tremont street and St. Alphonsus street, Rox-
bury (Ward 10) — Seaman 2/c William C.
Loughman Square. (Seaman Loughman lost his
life on August 9, 1942, in the Pacific Theatre of
War.)
Copp's Hill terrace and Charter street, Boston
(Ward 3) — Pfc. Mariano F. Solimine Square.
(Pfc. Solimine lost his life on February 28, 1945,
in Marsbree, Holland.)
Respectfully,
Michael J. Corrao, Secretary.
Ordered, That the space at the junction of Hill
Top street, Cedar Grove street, and Hallet street,
Ward 16, be named John P. McKeon Square, in
honor of John P. McKeon, late veteran of World
War II.
Ordered, That the space at the junction of
Tremont street and St. Alphonsus street, Ward 10,
be named William C. Loughman Square, in honor
of William C. Loughman, late veteran of World
War II.
Ordered, That the space at the junction of
Copp's Hill terrace and Charter street, Ward 3,
be named Mariano F. Solimine Square, in honor
of Mariano F. Solimine, late veteran of World
War II.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Nils A. W. Benson, for compensation for damage
to property at 67 Hollingsworth street, during
installation of house drain.
Domenic A. DiRosa. for compensation for dam-
age to car by city truck.
Walter Gallagher, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Brook street,
Brighton.
Peter J. Gandolfo, for compensation for damage
to property at 500 Commercial street, caused by
baseball thrown from park.
James G. Grant, for compensation for damage
to car by fire truck.
Gertrude E. Griffin, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Bowdoin square.
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
George D. Lambrenos, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 174 West
Fourth street, South Boston.
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John J. Maher Jr., to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Ellen M. McManus and Helena F. St. Ives, for
injuries and damage to property by ball thrown
from Healey Playground.
Esther Michelson, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 857 Common-
wealth avenue.
Josephine Murphy, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 16 Warrenton
street, Boston.
James O'Driscoll, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Lamartine street,
Jamaica Plain,
John O'Driscoll, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Lamartine street,
Jamaica Plain.
Michael O'Driscoll, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Lamartine street,
Jamaica Plain.
Ruth O'Driscoll, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Lamartine street,
Jamaica Plain.
Daniel J. O'Shea, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Police Department.
Leon Reisman, for compensation for damage to
car by snowplow.
Sherry Motors, Inc., for compensation for dam-
age to car by patrol wagon.
Joseph B. Staples, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 23-25 Olney street,
Dorchester.
Donald F. Toomey, for compensation for dam-
age to car by fire apparatus.
Louise Vlahos, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 122 Shawmut avenue.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Mary C. Devereaux to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
James L. Devereaux, late member of Police De-
partment.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Edward W. Elms, 214 Havre street, East Boston,
Ward 1; Anthonv J. Ferragamo, 23 Levden street,
East Boston, Ward 1; William A. Scott, 371
Meridian street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of two parcels of property
in Roslindale under section 6 of chapter 372 of
the Acts of 1046.
Placed on file.
NOTICES FROM METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission of taking of land of City of
Boston on Truman Highway, Hyde Park, for park
and recreational purposes.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission of taking of land of City of
Boston on Irving street, Hyde Park, for park
and recreational purposes.
Severally placed on file.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Notices were received from the Mayor of the
following appointments:
Merton P. Ellis, 39 Kingston street, member of
the Board of Appeal in the Building Department,
for the term ending May 1, 1961.
Thomas Temple Pond, 34 Lime street, member
of the Art Commission in the Administrative Serv-
ices Department, for the term ending May 1, 1961.
Falk Nathan, 2 Portina road, Brighton, member
of the Board of Examiners in the Building Depart-
ment, for the term ending May 1, 1959.
James M. McCusker, 58 Aldrich street, West
Roxbury, member of the Board of Examiners of
Gasfitters in the Building Department, for the
term ending May 1, 1957.
Stuart C. Rand, 136 St. James avenue, Trustee
of the City Hospital, for the term ending May 1,
1961.
Patrick F. McDonald, 10 Power House street,
South Boston, Trustee of the Boston Public Li-
brary, for the term ending May 1, 1961.
0. Phillip Snowden, 86 Harold street, Roxbury,
Associate Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
for the term ending May 1, 1960.
William F. Otis, 305 Beacon street, Planning
Commissioner, for the term ending May 1, 1962.
Margaret Divver, 102 Beacon street, Planning
Commissioner, for the term ending May 1, 1962.
Samuel G. Fish, 46 Commonwealth avenue,
Planning Commissioner, for the term ending May 1 ,
1962.
Joseph K. Collins, 23 Emmonsdale road, West
Roxbury, Overseer of the Public Welfare, for the
term ending May 1, 1959.
Katherine E. Driscoll, 99 Grayfield avenue. West
Roxbury, Overseer of the Public Welfare, for the
term ending May 1, 1959.
Hairy P. Grages, 25 Pilsudski Way, South
Boston, Overseer of the Public Welfare, for the
term ending May 1, 1959.
Thomas F. Brady, 10 Tower street, Forest Hills,
Overseer of the Public Welfare, for the term ending
May 1, 1959.
William F. Keesler, 342 Beacon street, Boston.
Associate Commissioner of Real Property, for the
term ending May 1, 1958.
Joseph F. Birmingham, 107 Newburg street.
Roslindale, member of the Board of Commissioners
of Sinking Funds in the Treasury Department,
for the term ending May 1, 1959.
George Hansen, 150 Tremont street, Boston,
member of the Board of Commissioners of Sinking
Funds in the Treasury Department, for the term
ending May 1, 1959.
Albert V. Colman, 71 Alban street, Dorchester,
member of Board of Zoning Adjustment in the City
Planning Department, for the term ending May 1 .
1961.
Philip M. Horan, 34 Oak street, member of the
Board of Zoning Adjustment in the City Planning
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1961.
Elliot Henderson, 282 Beacon street, member of
Board of Zoning Adjustment in the City Planning
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1961.
Leo J. Glennon, 64 Montvale street, West Rox-
bury, alternate to Albert V. Colman on Board ot
Zoning Adjustment in the City Planning Depart-
ment, for the term ending May 1, 1961.
William A. MacLeod, 50 Congress street, alter-
nate to Philip M. Horan on Board of Zoning
Adjustment in the City Planning Department, for
the term ending May 1, 1961.
Arthur J. Kelly, 95 Mt. Vernon street, alternate to
Elliot Henderson on Board of Zoning Adjustment
in the City Planning Department, for the term
ending May 1, 1961.
Severally placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of the following, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
were received and approved by the Council:
Joseph H. Donnelly, Domenic Fagone, Newman
A. Flanagan, Roland W. Golden, Maurice Guber-
man, Edward I. Hoffman, Norman L. Munson ,
John J. Murphy, Andrew J. Palermo, William G.
Peters, Allen E. Silver, Harry Smith, Frank
Tavella.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordinance
(referred March 12) further regulating coasting
in the streets — recommending that the ordinance
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance was
passed.
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CITY COUNCIL.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFIRMA-
TIONS.
Conn. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointments by the Mayor (referred
April 30) of .lames Reynolds and Joseph Lessieux
as weighers of coal for the term ending April 30,
1957 — recommending that appointments be con-
firmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Mc-
Donough and McLaughlin. Whole number of
ballots 9, yeas 9, and the appointments were
confirmed.
PUBLIC HEARING RE CONTRACT FOR
COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF GAR-
BAGE AND REFUSE.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That a meeting of the City Council
be held in the City Council Chamber, City Hall,
on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30 p.m., for the
purpose of holding a public hearing on the pro-
posed contract for the collection and removal
of garbage and refuse, submitted to the City
Council by the Mayor on April 16, 1956.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective May 9, 1956, the
following persons be, and they hereby are, ap-
pointed in the service of the Clerk of Committees
Department to the positions set against their
respective names until the second Wednesday of
.June, 1956, at the salaries in effect for them on
May 8, 1956.
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-recep-
tionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
Edward T. Kelley, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1. Report on notice from the State Housing
Board (referred April 16) of sale of six parcels
of excess land and two parcels of property under
section 6 of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946 —
recommending the notice be placed on file."
2. Report on communication from the Depart-
ment of Public Utilities (referred April 30) trans-
mitting copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company for exemption from zoning law
of land and substation on Neponset Valley Park-
way, Hyde Park — recommending the communica-
tion be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the notice and
communication were placed on file.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred April 16) removing certain conditions
and restrictions on six lots on Albany street owned
by the American Oil Company — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The order was assigned for fourteen days for
final action.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BOOK
"BOSTON'S STREETS."
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct
the Purchasing Agent and the Commissioner of
Public Works that when preparing and printing
the next edition of the book entitled "Boston's
Streets," there be included in such edition and all
future editions the locations of the churches of
various denominations, historical Ht»s, and the
oil-street parking areas in the city.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CLEARING OF STREETS OF PARKED
VEHICLES FOR STREET CLEANING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The City of Boston is about to open a
drive to clean up, paint up, and fix up in our city;
and
Whereas, Due to the heavy traffic in Boston
our efforts to clear the streets of litter are often
hindered by the vehicles parked on the streets;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor consider the
advisability of requesting the Police Commissioner
and the Public Works Commissioner to confer on
the possibility of clearing the streets of parked
vehicles at specified times by their joint action so
that every street might be given a thorough
cleaning.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
BEST WISHES TO BOSTON ARTS FESTIVAL.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston Arts Festival has become
a welcome annual cultural event in Boston; and
Whereas, The great city of New York, as well
as other American cities, has in preparation a
similar Arts Festival patterned on the Boston
Arts Festival; and
Whereas, The success of the Festival reaffirms
once again Boston's eminence in things spiritual
and aesthetic; and
Whereas, The Boston Arts Festival makes each
year a most significant contribution to the en-
richment of the life of the people of New England
by a program which is working a revolution in
methods of making things of the spirit available
to large numbers of people; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
presses its pride in the accomplishments to date of
the Boston Arts Festival and wishes it well in
the future.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GABRIEL FRAN-
CIS PIEMONTE, DR. CHARLES
SALEMI, JOSEPH B. SILVERIO, AND
FRED MOSCONE.
Coun. McCORMACK, for all the councillors,
offered the following:
Whereas, The Italian Government has seen fit
to honor four citizens of Massachusetts with the
highest possible award to be bestowed by the
Italian Government, the Star of Solidarity, made
in the name of the President of Italy to City
Councillor Gabriel F. Piemonte, Dr. Charles
Salemi, Grand Venerable of the Independent
Order of the Sons of Italy, Joseph B. Silverio,
Ex-Grand Venerable of the Massachusetts Grand
Lodge of the Order of the Sons of Italy, and
Attorney Fred Moscone, Attorney for the Italian
Consul, on the tenth anniversary of the founding of
the Republic; and
Whereas, One of the recipients is one of our
colleagues, long known as a leader in civic and
charitable activities, and now serving his second
term as President of the Italian-American
Charitable Society; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council in
meeting assembled hereby extends heartiest con-
gratulations and felicitations to these four citizens
on this happy occasion, and particularly states its
pleasure in having one of the members of this
Body numbered in this select group to receive
this high honor.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
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RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.33 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.31 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred February 20) re
sale of , Sumner Tunnel to Commonwealth of
Massachusetts — that no further action is necessary.
The report was accepted.
2. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
February 13) to change grade of environmental
sanitation inspector (food) under Classification
and Compensation Plan — recommending that the
message be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message was
placed on file.
3. Report on messages of the Mayor dated
December 12, 1955, and December 27, 1955, and
referred December 29, 1955, concerning information
on taxes or liens on certain property by the As-
sessing Department — recommending that same be
placed on file. The report was accepted, and both
of the foregoing messages were placed on file.
4. Report on communications from Adminis-
trative Services Department (referred February
13) concerning answers to questionnaire of Inter-
governmental Relations Subcommittee — recom-
mending that same be placed on file. The report
was accepted and the communications were placed
on file.
5. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
today) requesting list of tax-exempt properties —
recommending that same be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message was
placed on file.
6. Report on order (referred March 12) for
amendment to County Classification and Com-
pensation Plan by changing grade of parole agents
from 17 to 22 — recommending reference of the
order to the Supervisor of Personnel for report.
The report was accepted, and the order was
referred to the Supervisor of Personnel for report.
7. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
December 29, 1955) vetoing order passed December
12, 1955, re death of Louis DiSessa, a former
police officer, presumed to be in line of duty —
recommending that the message and order be
placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message and
order were placed on file.
8. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred April 30) for retirement and cancellation
of Traffic Tunnel Bonds due September 1, 1966—
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
9. Report on message of the Mayor and three
orders (referred today) for naming of intersections
in honor of deceased veterans of World War II —
recommending that said orders ought to pass.
The report was accepted; and the orders were
severally passed.
10. Report on order (referred April 30) that
Corporation Counsel draw legislation repealing
part of chapter 447 of Acts of 1947, which provides
that substance of debates by and among members
of City Council shall not be published in the
"City Record," — recommending that said order
ought not to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
rejected.
EXPEDITION OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston City Council has the
sole statutory authority in Boston for the initiation
of loan orders for school construction purposes;
and
Whereas, Authority breeds responsibility; and
Whereas, Funds for school construction are
presently needed in Boston to maintain the present
pace of new school construction; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council urges
the expediting of decision on the part of the
executive branch of the City Government as to
what sum may be allowed school construction
this year in line with the broader policy of debt
management; and be it further
Resolved, That the City Council declares its
concern for the needs of the school building pro-
gram and its intent to initiate a loan order for
school construction in excess of five millions of
dollars in the near future.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved that the resolution
be amended by adding the following: "Be it
fin ther
"Resolved, That answers be obtained to the
following questions:
"1. How much money the School Committee
has now on hand for the purpose of school con-
struction.
"2. How much of it is committed, and give a
detailed breakdown of the sites it is committed for.
"3. What are the school sites and the facilities
in immediate contemplation of action or being
built, and when will they be built.
"4. How much money do they need to carry
out the present plans, and would they give us a
detailed list of the sites on which they expect to
construct schools, the money they need for each
of these sites, and when the schools will be erected
jf they obtain this money."
The motion was cairied.
The resolution as amended was adopted under
suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.57 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at
2.30 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON
Proceedings of City Council.
Tuesday, May 8, 1956.
Meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2.30 P.M., for
a public hearing by the City Council on the
proposed contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc.,
for the collection and removal of garbage and
refuse. President McCORMACK in the chair.
Absent, Councillor Collins.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
The City Clerk read the following:
Ordered, That a meeting of the City Council
be held in the City Council Chamber, City
Hall, on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30 o'clock
P.M., for the purpose of holding a public
hearing on the proposed contract for the col-
lection and removal of garbage and refuse,
submitted to the City Council by the Mayor on
April 16, 1956.
In City Council May 7, 1956. Passed.
Attest :
W. J. Malloy, City Clerk.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 6 of chapter 486 of the Acts
of 1909, a public hearing be given by the City
Council on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30
o'clock p.m., on the contract made by the
Commissioner of Public Works as follows:
Contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc., for col-
lecting and removing garbage and refuse from
District 11, Hyde Park, so called, during the
one-year ten-month period beginning June 1,
1956, and ending March 31, 1958;
and be it further
Ordered, That the City Clerk be directed to
give at least seven days' notice of said hear-
ing in the "City Record" and in the daily
newspapers.
In City Council April 16, 1956. Passed.
Attest:
W. J. MALLOY, City Clerk.
City of Boston,
Office of the City Clerk, May 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with your order passed April
16, 1956, and the provisions of section 6 of
chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909, seven days'
notice of a public hearing by the City Council
on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30 o'clock P.M.,
in the City Council Chamber, on the proposed
contract for the collection and removal of
garbage and refuse, was given by the City
Clerk by the publication in the "City Record"
on April 28, 1956, and in all the daily news-
papers on April 30, 1956. of an advertisement,
a copy of which is hereto annexed.
Attest:
W. J. Malloy, City Clerk.
Notice of Hearing.
Collection and Removal of Garbage and Refuse.
City of Boston,
Office of the City Clerk, April 28, 1956.
A public hearing will be given by the City
Council of Boston in the City Council Chamber,
City Hall, on Tuesday, May 8, 1956, at 2.30
o'clock p.m., on the proposed contract for the
collection and removal of garbage and refuse
as follows:
Contract with Dooley Brothers, Inc., for
collecting and removing garbage and refuse
from District 11, Hyde Park, so called, during
the one-year ten-month period beginning June
1, 1956, and ending March 31, 1958.
By order of the City Council,
(April 28.)
W. J. Malloy, City Clerk.
Placed on file.
President McCormack announced that the
City Clerk had informed the Chair that copies
of the notice of the public hearing have been
mailed by him to the Boston Finance Com-
mission, the Municipal Research Bureau, the
Commissioner of Public Works, the Corpora-
tion Counsel, to the contractor concerned,
and to the nine members of the Boston City
Council.
George G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public
Works, appeared before the Council, and gave
detailed information and answered such ques-
tions as were asked of him on the question
of the proposed contract for the collection
and removal of garbage and refuse in the City
of Boston.
At the end of the testimony presented by
Commissioner Hyland the Chair asked if any-
one else wished to appear before the Council.
There being no one else who appeared, the
Chair declared the public hearing closed at
3.05 P.M.
Adjourned at 3.06 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Foley, to meet on Monday, May 14, 1956,
at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, May 14, 1950.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair. Absent, Councillor
Collins.
The Reverend Martin T. Cogavin, of St. Cecilia's
Roman Catholic Church, Boston, was escorted to
the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. MARTIN T.
COGAVIN.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty God, our Creator and Judge, we
beseech Thee to bless our beloved country and
those to whom Thou hast given authority-
that we may know universal peace.
We beseech Thee to bless our homes and families
that we may possess individual peace.
We beseech Thee to bless our legislators here
assembled. Give them the light to know the right
and the courage to follow it. Help them to put
aside selfish aims and desires that the good of
all may be served by these chosen few. May
their public and private lives please Thee Who
has granted them authority over their fellow
men. May they be rewarded for their sacrifices.
We ask all these things in the name of Your
Son, our Lord and Savior — Jesus Christ. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor White presiding at
the box in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear June 5, 1956:
Mary L. Cipriano, Ward 1; Edward J. Dunbar,
Ward 1; Ronald Gobez, Ward 1; Anthony J.
Lupi, Ward 1 ; Emma Miranda, Ward 1 ; Joseph F.
Saporito, Ward 1; Charles Simington, Ward 1;
John E. Stack, Ward 1; Frank Venuti, Ward 1;
Robert S. Howell, Ward 2; Margaret F. McCarthy,
Ward 2; Gus Marino. Ward 2; Louis W. Gibelli,
Ward 3; Philip E. McKay, Ward 3; Joseph O.
Basiliere, Ward 4; Andrew C. Giles, Ward 4;
James Joseph Grayken, Ward 4; Dougald J.
MacGillivray, Ward 4; James F. O'Hara, Ward 4;
Joseph C. Turner, Ward 4; Melvin Arnold, Ward
5; Edward J. Burton, Ward 5; Alfred George
Olsen, Ward 5; Frank E. Travers, Ward 5; Edward
F. Flaherty, Ward 6; John J. Kennedy, Ward 6;
Richard P. O'Connor, Ward 6; Henry W. Kelly,
Ward 7; John T. Lally, Ward 7; Harry D. Malone,
Ward 7; William T. Wilson, Ward 7; Edward J.
Conroy, Ward 8; Stephen J. Zielinski, Ward 8;
Hilmer Johnson, Ward 9; William L. Simpson,
Ward 9; Arthur B. Belyea, Ward 10; Marguerite
W. Scanlan, Ward 10; Max S. Berger, Ward 11;
John Brown, Ward 11; Ernest P. Rau, Ward 11;
Philip A. Tabbi, Ward 11; Robert L. Bishop,
Ward 12; Joseph D. Cogliano, Ward 12; Saul E.
Fingold, Ward 12; John K. Stewart, Ward 12;
Rosemary Bowes, Ward 13; John R. Brett, Ward
13; John T. Connolly, Ward 13; Harold L. Howlett,
Ward 13; Nicholas 6. Morrissey, Ward 13; Louis S.
Fine, Ward 14; Harold Katz, Ward 14; Alvan
Kramer, Ward 14; Benjamin Stein, Ward 14;
Robert L. Wallace, Ward 14.
Thomas Finnegan, Ward 15; Florence Fraser,
Ward 15; Peter Joyce, Ward 15; John J. Marshall,
Ward 15; Joseph C. Murphv, Ward 15; Richard
W. Sullivan, Ward 15; Joseph F. Walsh, Jr.,
Ward 15; Edward L. Montana, Ward 16; Edward
H. Bryant, Ward 17; Anthony P. Caruso, Ward
17; Margaret E. Dolan, Ward 17; Eugene C.
Maheux, Ward 17; Edward C. Taylor, Ward 17;
Francis P. Bennett, Ward 18; Mary C. Joyce,
Ward 18; Joseph Kochowski, Ward 18; William V.
Minton, Ward 18; Donald P. Richards, Ward 18;
James C. Burns, Ward 19; Alfred W. Diemer,
Ward 19; Carl Topjian, Ward 19; Eugene F.
Cashman, Ward 20; Pauline E. Cummings, Ward
20; Rosemary T. Hurley, Ward 20; Samuel Nichols,
Ward 20; Sadie Hedstrom, Ward 21; Elizabeth A.
Hunt, Ward 21; Lawrence T. Reid, Ward 21;
Michael J. Gargan, Ward 22; Stanley J. Jarasz,
Ward 22; James A. Parma, Ward 22; Thomas F.
Ryan, Ward 22; Carlos M. Samour, Ward 22; Wil-
liam S. Stratton, Ward 22; Walter P. Trcmlett,
Ward 22.
CLEARING OF STREETS OF PARKED
VEHICLES FOR STREET CLEANING.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works in regard to your
resolution of May 7, 1956, relative to clearing the
streets of parked vehicles so that every street
might be given a thorough cleaning.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hvnes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
May 14, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of May 7 :
"Whereas, The City of Boston is about to open
a drive to clean-up, paint-up, and fix-up in our
city; and
"Whereas, Due to the heavy traffic in Boston
our efforts to clear the streets of litter are often
hindered by the vehicles parked on the streets;
now, therefore be it
"Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor consider
the advisability of requesting the Police Commis-
sioner and the Public Works Commissioner to
confer on the possibility of clearing the streets of
parked vehicles at specified times by their joint
action so that every street might be given a
thorough cleaning."
The above-referenced order recognizes the diffi-
culty that we have in cleaning streets that arc
used almost continuously for the parking of motor
% chicles. Therefore, the recommendation is a
most practical one, and I have taken it up with
the Police Commissioner, who has wholeheartedly
endorsed the idea, and has pledged the full coop-
eration of the Police Department in clearing
certain streets of parked cars at the request of
the district foreman in charge of street cleaning
operations in the city.
This arrangement should prove most beneficial
in helping this department clean every street in
the city at least once during the clean-up period
from May 21 to May 31.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hvlano,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
SUBLIBRARY IN HEMENWAY SCHOOL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of tin Mayor, May 11, 1956.
To the City Council:
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Director of the Boston Public Library in regard
to your order of April 16, 1956, relative to installing
in the Hemenway School, located nearby, a sub-
library, to care for the needs of children up to the
sixth grade in that district.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Boston Public Library,
May 10, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
At its meeting on April 16, 1956, the City
Council passed an order requesting that a con-
ference be held with the Director of the Boston
Public Library and the members of the Boston
School Committee for the purpose of ascertaining
the possibility of installing in the Hemenway
School, located near to the Phillips Brooks Branch
Library in Readville, which latter is shortly to be
discontinued, a sublibrary to care for the needs of
the children up to the sixth grade in that district.
This order was passed on the premise that the
proposed discontinuance of the Phillips Brooks
Branch Library in Readville would leave the
children of that district without easy access to
proper reading matter.
Actually, during the past year, the Public
Library has already been providing library service
to the Hemenway School through placing deposits
of books in the individual classrooms for classroom
use by the children in the several grades. The
practice is to replace the original deposits with
fresh material that will serve the curriculum and
reading interest needs of the individual classrooms
whenever the teachers indicate that fresh material
is desired; for example, since the beginning of the
year exchanges of books have been made for five
classrooms by sending out fresh deposits of books
to them. In this way, service is being given
regularly and directly to all second, third, fourth,
fifth, and sixth grade pupils in the Hemenway
School.
In addition to direct service of this sort, the
Public Library will shortly inaugurate a book-
mobile service to the Hemenway School in an-
ticipation of the period when by the end of the
summer months the present quarters of the present
Phillips Brooks Branch Library will have been
discontinued. Under this arrangement one of the
Library's three bookmobiles will go to the school
regularly at least once a week. At that time the
children from the individual classrooms will go to
the bookmobile, class by class, there being allowed
for this purpose enough time for the individual
child to choose, under the supervision of trained
bookmobile librarians, books that may be taken
for home reading.
Thus the children will have available to them
(1) classroom deposits in the school itself of fresh
expertly selected titles to stimulate the children's
interest in reading and to supplement their formal
textbooks; and (2) access to a live selection of
additional educational and recreational books in a
Bookmobile, with a resulting minimizing of diffi-
culties of travel and exposure to inclement weather.
Thus, under the above-described arrangements,
there will be available in the school itself deposits
of books to meet the needs of the children up to
the sixth grade in the Readville area. The situation
will be watched carefully by the Public Library in
order that adjustments may be made in these
provisions of book service when, and if, necessary.
The order of the City Council was brought to
the attention of the Library Trustees at their
meeting on Friday, May 4, 1956. They requested
that the above information be provided in order
that the City Council may have assurance that
the needs of the children in the Readville area
are being and will continue to be borne actively
in mind for the period ahead.
Respectfully,
Milton E. Lord, Director.
Placed on file.
POSTING OF "TOW AREA."
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner in regard to your order of
April 30, 1956, relative to posting the no parking
signs with the words "tow area" in those areas
where vehicles are subject to being towed for
violation of the parking law.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
May 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to an order of the City Council
dated April 30, 1956, and introduced by Councillor
Piemonte, directing that in those areas where vehi-
cles are subject to being towed for violation of the
parking law, there be conspicuously posted "No
Parking" signs with the words "Tow Area"
printed thereon, I submit the following report:
This subject was considered after the towing law
became possible as a result of legislation and we
discussed the matter with the State Department of
Public Works which, by law, must approve our
rules and regulations before they can be considered
enforceable.
According to normal processes, regulatory signs
are to be placed every hundred feet and, therefore,
if signs were required by the State Department
many thousands of dollars would be required for
the erection of signs throughout the downtown area
at intervals of every hundred feet.
It was the opinion of the State Department that
such signs were not necessary insofar as the general
regulation had the same force as other general
regulations such as pertaining to speeding — the
two-hour parking limit, etc. Accordingly, since the
expense of such signs was not required we did not
provide for such an expenditure in our budget and,
therefore, no funds are available for this purpose at
the present time. It would be necessary to seek a
supplementary appropriation for this purpose.
There is a question in some minds as to the
desirability of such signs inasmuch as it is only one
of several penalties which may be applied in case
of a traffic violation. It is conceivable that other
signs might be requested which would set forth
other penalties in the downtown area and, techni-
cally, there is no reason why this particular viola-
tion should be enunciated by signs. The towing
law ' is a regulation which applies to the entire
downtown area and is used as a means of enforce-
ment of established traffic regulations which, them-
selves, are made known by existing signs. Thus, a
motorist is informed that a specific area is not one
in which he may park because a sign is posted "No
Parking Anytime." That is the traffic rule which
applies. There is no mention of the fact that a fine
for first offense is $1 and a second offense S2, etc.,
and, likewise, there is nothing which indicates that
the car may be towed away. Whether the car is
tagged or towed depends upon the seriousness of the
situation. For example, a car might be parked at
the narrow intersection of Washington and Sum-
mer streets — in which case, no doubt, it would be
towed away. If the car were parked further on in
the wide part of Washington street, between inter-
sections, perhaps the car would merely be tagged.
These are some of the reasons why many do not
feel that a given area should be marked as a towing
area by means of special signs. At the fringes of
the towing area obviously a large number of per-
sons might be induced to park on one side of such a
sign, knowing it is outside the towing area and thus
cause congestion at that point.
However, the fact which deters us from adopting
the City Council order is, first, that it is not re-
quired by the agency which established the stand-
ards in the interests of uniformity throughout the
Commonwealth; and, secondly, because if an ap-
propriation of money could be made at this time
we feel that such money would contribute more to
public safety if it were spent on traffic lights than
on tow area signs.
We recognize the need for traffic lights at many
intersections and we are delayed in making installa-
tions because of the limited resources at our com-
mand.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PAPER BALLOTS AT EACH VOTING
BOOTH.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners
relative to your order of April 30, 1956, in regard to
providing paper ballots at each polling booth.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
MAY 14, 1956.
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City of Boston,
Election Department, Way 11, 1950.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
I have your communication of May 8, 1956.
together with attached order of City Councillor
sioley — "That the Board of Election Commis-
p oners consider the advisability of providing
aper ballots at each polling booth."
May I point out that at polling places where
voting machines are used the law provides for
the use of voters, voting in person, whose right
to vote is challenged, official ballots marked
"Challenged Ballots." For each such polling
rjlace the law provides ballots so marked to a
number not less than five for each hundred regis-
tered voters entitled to vote thereat.
Other than the above, there is no provision
in the law to permit a voter a choice of voting
by paper ballot in a voting machine precinct.
Such being the case, the Election Commissioners
cannot consider the advisability of the request
stated in City Council order dated April 30, 1956.
Very truly yours,
Board of Election Commissioners,
David Lasker, Chairman.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PROPOSED REVISION OF ELECTION
BALLOT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners
in regard to your order of April 30, 1956, relative
to making the election ballot in the so-called
■ 'Machine Precincts" intelligible to the voter.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Election Department, May 11, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of 5'our communication of
May 7, 1956, tooths;/ with Councillor Foley's
order of April 30, 1956.
May I point out that thy size of type on ballots
must follow the law. All. oallots and ballot labels
for voting machines will be furnished by the
state this year, without cost to the city — in city
elections this office is charged with the respon-
sibility of preparing and printing the ballot.
A professional "layout man" so called, would
be of no value to this department, and would
be just an additional expense.
In so far as the use of different colored inks
and paper for each office are concerned, the cost
would be prohibitive.
May I point out further that every newspaper
carries a facsimile of the ballot, at least two or
three days before the election, so that all voters
have a chance of becoming acquainted with the
appearance of the ballot and the location of the
candidates' names of their choice. It would
be impossible to have this printing of the ballot
placed in the rotogravure section of two Boston
Sunday newspapers, because there would always
be friction and conflict as to which of the news-
papers were to be used. Furthermore it would
result in an unnecessary expenditure that might
run into a large sum of money.
I hope that this information which I have
given you in behalf of the commission will prove
of benefit.
Very truly yours,
Board ok Election Commissionkks,
David Lasker, Chairman.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
EXPEDITION OF SCHOOL CON-
STRUCTION PROGRAM.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the recent order adopted
by your Honorable Body, I send you herewith
the information desired concerning the school
construction program of the Boston public schools.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, May 14, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
I transmit to you herewith the answers and in-
formation regarding the School Building Construc-
tion Program as requested in a City Council order
adopted May 7, 1956. The source of this informa-
tion has been obtained chiefly from memoranda
received from the Superintendent of Schools.
1. A total of 88,484,712.59 is available for
school construction purposes.
2. All funds authorized for school construction
have been committed for the following:
Work Completed :
James J. Chittick 8421,000 00
Curtis Guild 370,138 00
$791,138 00
Under Construction:
Columbia Point 81,480,660 00
Solomon Lewenberg 370,000 00
Elihu Greenwood 747,700 00
Elbridge Smith 529,230 00
Needham Road 778,600 00
83,906,190 00
To Be Encumbered by July 1, 1956:
Thomas Dwight 8746,176 34
Boston Trade High School 517,800 00
Orient Heights 496,122 00
Henry Grew 486,700 00
Rice Franklin 1,986,463 66
84,233,262 00
Unencumbered But Funds Allocated:
Dwight Alcott 1,069,410 00
810,000,000 00
3. In addition to the school construction
program outlined in (2), the proposed program is
as follows:
Boston Technical High School 85,742,000 00
Lowell 1,441,000 00
Dwight 195,000 00
Dorchester High School 303,000 00
David A. Ellis 545,000 00
Prescott 1,325,000 00
Nathan Hale 581,000 00
810,132,000 00
4. The proposed school building construction
program and estimated costs are as outlined in (2)
and (3) and will be carried through to completion
as expeditiously as possible.
Very truly yours,
Joseph P. Lally,
City Auditor.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL
ORIGINATE ORDER FOR LOAN OF
85,000,000 FOR SCHOOL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit to you herewith a communication
from the Chairman of the School Committee
which contains the request that a recommendation
be submitted to your Honorable Body for the in-
curring of debt in the amount of $1 0,000,000 for the
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construction of school buildings, acquisition of
land, and original equipment and furnishings
thereof.
In consideration of other much-needed capital
improvements for which I will propose loan au-
thorizations within the debt limit, and inasmuch
as under existing provisions of law it appears that
the Mayor lacks authority to recommend a loan
order for school purposes to your Honorable
Body, I recommend that a loan order in the amount
of $5,000,000 be originated by the City Council for
school building construction. The authorization
of this amount will make possible the preparation
of plans and the acquisition of land, where neces-
sary, for all of the proposed projects and the con-
struction of all except the new Boston Technical
High School. It is estimated that a year to fifteen
months' time will be required for the preparation
of plans for this project. When these plans have
been completed and approved by the School
Building Assistance Commission, I will recommend
that an additional amount be authorized outside
the statutory debt limit in accordance with chapter
645, Acts of 1948, as amended by chapter 528,
Acts of 1950.
It is necessary under the provisions of section 10,
chapter 44, of the General Laws, as amended by
chapter 56, Acts of 1952, to secure the approval
of the Emergency Finance Board before any in-
debtedness may be authorized in excess of 2J per
cent and less than 5 per cent of the average assessed
valuations of the preceding three years less abate-
ments. This approval has been requested and a
hearing thereon will be held on either Thursday,
May 17, 1956, or Monday, May 21, 1956. I am
very confident that this hearing will result in
favorable action.
Under existing statutes, 34 days must elapse
after a first reading of a loan order before the
same can become fully effective. In order to per-
mit commencement of the school construction
program contemplated under this loan order at
the earliest possible date, I recommend that a
loan order in the amount of $5,000,000 be intro-
duced at today's meeting. This action will be in
conformity with legal requirements.
I further recommend that your Honorable Body
originate and approve a loan order in the above-
stated amount.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
School Committee, March 6, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
At the meeting of the School Committee held
on March 1, 1956, the accompanying letter to
your Honor with reference to a bond issue for
additional school accommodations was presented.
On roll call, the members agreed to submit the
communication to your Honor.
Very truly yours,
Agnes E. Reynolds, Secretary.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
My dear Mayor Hynes:
In each of the years 1953 and 1954 the City
Council approved a bond issue in the amount of
$5,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring land for,
and constructing public schoolhouses, including
originally equipping and furnishing such school-
houses.
These bond issues total $10,000,000 and this
entire amount has been allocated for land, plans,
construction, and furnishing of necessary new
school buildings and in certain cases additions to
existing school buildings. Under our current
building program the additions to the Curtis
Guild and the James J. Chittick buildings will be
ready for occupancy by April 1, 1956; the new
building in the Columbia Point area will be ready
for occupancy by September 1, 1956; the construc-
tion contracts have either been awarded or are
about to be awarded on five other buildings or
additions; and four of the remaining five projects
are far advanced in the plan stages.
The school system is in need of far more con-
struction than it has been possible to achieve under
these two bond issues. The following school
accommodations are only a few of those urgently
needed to properly house our school pupils;
Lowell District, Jamaica Plain — elementary
school, to replace Lowell School Building.
Emily A. Fifield District, Dorchester — addition
of gymnasium for girls, Dorchester High School.
Henry L. Higginson District, Roxbury — addition
to David A. Ellis School.
Harvard District, Charlestown — elementary
school, to replace Prescott and James A. McDonald
Buildings.
Dillaway District, Roxbury — addition to Nathan
Hale School and abandonment of Abby W. May
School.
Boston Technical High School, Back Bay Fens
or Franklin Park area, Roxbury — high school, to
replace Boston Technical High School Building,
to accommodate 1,500 pupils.
Edmund P. Tileston District, Mattapan — new
elementary school, Almont Street Playground.
Wendell Phillips District, West End — new
elementary school, Winchell-Mayhew area.
Christopher Gibson District, Dorchester — new
elementary school, to replace Christopher Gibson
and Atherton buildings.
James A. Garfield District, Brighton — new
elementary school.
Enlargement of outdoor play areas.
In order to finance at least part of these urgent
projects, the School Committee hereby respect-
fully requests that your Honor recommend to
the City Council that it originate an additional
810,000,000 loan order for the purpose of acquiring
land for, and constructing, public schoolhouses
and additions, including originally equipping and
furnishing such schoolhouses and additions.
The School Committee will seek to have each
new school and addition approved by the Massa-
chusetts School Building Assistance Commission
under Mass. St. 1946, ch. 645, as amended, and
thereby obtain a state grant of approximately 20
per cent of the cost of each school and addition,
including furnishings, to help meet the payments
on the loan.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Lee, Chairman.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
ORDER FOR LOAN OF $10,000,000 FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FACILITIES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Legislation authorizing the City of Boston to
borrow, outside its limit of indebtedness, for the
construction of additional off-street parking
facilities was approved on June 20, 1955. Here-
with is an order authorizing the City Treasurer
to borrow $10,000,000, from time to time, for
the construction of off-street parking facilities
within the City of Boston.
At the present time, it is estimated that an
additional ten to twelve thousand off-street
parking facilities are necessary in Boston to
meet current demands, and the demands generated
by the John F. Fitzgerald Artery.
Although approval is requested of the City
Council of the full amount of the loan authoriza-
tion, it may well be that the growing interest of
private capital in the construction of off-street
parking facilities will make it unnecessary for the
City of Boston to make use of the full loan
authorization.
However, there is no assurance that this will
happen. We cannot be certain that private
capital will keep abreast of current or future
demands for parking facilities. Consequently,
the city must be prepared to go forward without
delay in the construction of parking facilities in
those areas of the city which have been designated
by the City Planning Board, and the Board of
Real Estate Commissioners as desirable areas for
such facilities.
In order that your Honorable Body may have
at your disposal the views of these bodies, I
attach herewith copies of the most recent report of
the City Planning Board, and the recommenda-
tions of the Board of Real Estate Commissioners.
MAY 14, 1956.
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At the present time, in the downtown area
three parking facilities, one completely financed by
the city, and two partially financed by the city,
are in operation. These facilities are located at
Lincoln and Essex streets, Winthrop square, and
Post Office square. Likewise, at the present
time, a ramp-type facility fully financed by the
city is under construction at St. James avenue.
A mechanical-type facility at Hayward place will
shortly be open for bids. If no private capital is
forthcoming for the construction of this facility,
the city will proceed to its construction and bear
the full cost of its financing. Land-taking pro-
ceedings have been initiated for a facility site in
the Central-Kilby Streets area, but further action
has been suspended awaiting the outcome of
court proceedings brought to restrain the city
from going forward at this particular site.
Private capital, completely independent of
city financing, is now in the process of building
a parking facility on Lincoln street, at the site of
the old United States Hotel; and also in the process
of planning a parking facility on Province street,
between Bromfield and School streets. At this
point, I wish to extend the official gratitude of
the City of Boston to the gentlemen who are
responsible for the building of these two facilities,
without seeking any financial aid from the city.
In the opinion of the City Planning Board and
the Board of Real Estate Commissioners, it is
imperative that at least nine more parking facilities
be constructed in Boston, with or without the
financial aid of the city. In addition to the nine
areas set forth in the Planning Board report, the
Board of Real Estate Commissioners recommends
a facility in the North Station area.
These areas are set forth in the accompanying
recommendation of the Board of Real Estate
Commissioners. Within the areas designated,
specific sites for the construction of a facility will
be chosen by the Board of Real Estate Com-
missioners, after giving due consideration to all
the factors at hand, traffic counts, and pertinent
surveys. This Board will be, and must be under
the law, the final arbiter of the specific sites for
parking facilities.
In the construction of the facilities, there is, and
can be, no inflexible priority order. Those sites
which can be built upon without untoward delays,
without restraining orders, and without too
great an impact on owners or tenants, will be
given prior consideration. At this point, it cannot
be determined which sites will fall into this
category.
Unless further legal obstacles are thrown in our
way, and unless private capital proceeds to the
building of parking facilities within the areas
outlined, it is very probable that the city will
proceed to the construction of two or three or more
facilities at approximately the same time.
To preserve the value of downtown buildings;
to relieve traffic congestion and eliminate street
parking as much as possible; to make headway
against the constantly increasing demand for
parking spaces; and to make it possible for shoppers
and others using the downtown area to find a
convenient parking facility, is a responsibility the
City of Boston cannot shirk, without dire results.
The loan order, submitted herewith, and the
expected availability of private capital, will enable
the city to go forward with a program that will
create an additional 7,350 off-street parking
spaces.
To my mind, nothing is more important to our
city than a well-conceived program for parking
facilities, which can move with reasonable speed.
Every large city is currently planning, or construct-
ing, a series of off-street parking facilities in its
downtown area in full realization that convenient,
downtown parking facilities are the most effective
antidotes to business decentralization. It is, I
believe, redundant to state that no city needs
parking facilities more than the City of Boston,
the business life of which is confined to such a
comparatively small area.
I am hopeful that the members of your Honorable
Body will give early approval to the order here-
with submitted. No money is now available to
proceed to the planning, and acquisition of land,
in any of the areas as designated. Therefore, any
long delay in the approval of this order will be
costly to our city. The authority to borrow up to
$10,000,000 will not be exercised unless needed.
It is well to bear in mind that even if the city
does acquire the land and does completely finance
all of the structures in the various areas, the return
to the city by way of lease rentals will fully amor-
tize the debt, with no loss whatsoever to the city;
For the reasons above stated, it is my hope that
the members of your Honorable Body, after due
deliberation, will authorize the continuance of
the off-street parking program of the city. I
recommend the passage of the attached order.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
May 11, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
The following votes of the Real Property Board
were taken at its duly constituted meeting on
May 11, 1956:
Voted, That the Real Property Board concurs
with the report of the City Planning Board recom-
mending that off-street parking is necessary
within the following areas:
1. Scollay Square-Court Street area.
2. Bedford-Kingston Street area.
3. Fort Hill square.
4. South Station area.
5. Congress street and Atlantic avenue,
south side of Central Artery, city to construct
after tunnel construction, probably in two years.
6. Lower Washington Street area.
7. Copley Square area.
8. Kenmore Square area.
9. Commercial and South Market streets,
adjacent to Central Artery; and, in addition,
the Real Property Board recommends that a
facility be provided in the area of the North
Station, in accordance with the needs of that
area.
Voted, That the chairman is directed to inform
the Mayor of the above vote of the Real Property
Board and request his Honor to take the necessary
steps in requesting the City Council to authorize
the borrowing of $10,000,000, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 450, of the Acts of 1955.
Your Honor will please note that each parking
facility structure that is planned within the areas
enumerated in the foregoing vote, will accommodate
an avergae of 600 ears. Our experience has been
that the construction cost is approximately $2,000
per car space. If it becomes necessary for the city
to construct these various facilities with its funds,
the cost of construction will exceed $12,000,000.
This figure is exclusive of the cost of land takings.
It is also the opinion of the Board that some of the
sites within the recommended areas will be leased
by 40 lessees and that the structures will be built
by the said lessees at no construction cost to the
city; thus releasing some of the funds for the pay-
ment of land damages, so that in all probability
we will be able to provide the required number of
car spaces for an amount within the $10,000,000
loan limit.
I, therefore, by direction of the Real Property
Board, request your Honor to obtain authoriza-
tion from the City Council for the borrowing of
$10,000,000, in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 450, of the Acts of 1955.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property,
Chairman, Real Property Board.
City Planning Board,
May 9, 1956.
Herman Carp, Chairman, Real Property Depart-
ment.
Gentlemen :
Concerning your request for additional locations
for garages, let me first comment on our conviction
regarding the soundness of our off-street parking
report, dated December, 1954, but actually not
released until March of 1955.
In the first place, the background of the report
was based on an intensive staff study to bring up
to date the number of, and geographic distribution
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of, person trips to downtown Boston by all modes
of travel and to examine the relative importance
of various nonresidential land uses in the down-
town area in terms of their person trip generating
power.
The most recent cordon and origin and destina-
tion counts available at that time were used with
adjustments which involved a certain amount of
field survey made to fit 1954 conditions.
The report was also based on work done on our
Central Business District Study wherein an
evaluation has been made of future floor space
requirements in the downtown area which may
generate additional trips into the area, also an
evaluation of the effect of the expressway con-
struction which would attract more motor vehicles
into downtown Boston.
A special study was made wherein a proposed
circulation plan was devised which would take
into account Massachusetts D.P.W. estimates on
traffic flows at the Central Artery ramps. Field
checks were made at several garages and parking
lots to determine rate of turnover. A field check
also showed that currently the ratio of persons per
passenger car has dropped from 1.7 to just under
1.6. A lower figure for this factor was actually
used in the report so as to make allowance for the
trend towards an increased number of cars.
In short, the report was based on all factors at
hand, economics, traffic counts, and pertinent
surveys of this particular area. Though con-
servative, it attempts to estimate 1965 conditions.
The only new factors to consider are the cordon
count made by the Traffic Commission in 1954
and the O. & D. count now being processed by the
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the
D.P.W.
The first factor, which shows that there are now
162,000 passenger cars daily entering the inner
cordon, substantiates our future estimate of
190,000 cars for the Central Business District.
The results from the second factor will not be
available until the first of August and it is very
doubtful that the zone and sector counts for the
business districts will have an appreciable effect
on the garage site locations in the report.
You will note that in the report in the downtown
area the site locations roughly fall into two cate-
gories: (1) an inner ring wherein the sites have
been selected as close as possible to the retail area
without encroaching on valuable property; and
(2) an outer ring wherein sites have been picked
just inside the Central Artery with due considera-
tion of ramp locations. Both rings comprise a
chain of locations 600 to 800 feet apart. Inci-
dentally, though this report was made completely
independent of a survey made in 1941, it turns
out that six of the seven sites proposed in the
inner ring exactly coincide with selections made
fifteen years ago. Several other sites in the report
were also selected at that time.
It is now submitted that garages should be built
on the Court Square site to serve the Scollay-
Court Square area and at Kingston and Bedford
streets. In the outer ring it is recommended that
the Fort Hill Square site be acquired as soon as
possible and that a site in the South Station area
be selected. Tentative sites are in the rear of the
United Shoe Building and on Congress street.
Also it is recommended that the Washington and
Dore streets site be acquired. This site is about
600 feet away from the privately operated Eliot
Street garage and the Beach Street garage. This
site might be considered as part of the proposed
New England Medical Center Redevelopment
Project, but that would probably mean at least
a four-year delay just to obtain federal aid on
site acquisition.
In the Back Bay a site should be acquired at
the corner of Dartmouth and Newbury streets.
In the Scollay Square area we have a mixed
situation regarding need for additional spaces.
The report prognosticated a need for 1,000 spaces,
500 of which were proposed either as an under-
ground garage or in close proximity to the State
House and which should be the responsibility of
the state government. In re-evaluating the report
it is found that the 700 existing spaces in the
Bowdoin Square garage were credited to the zone
northeast of Cambridge street. It is now felt
that this was an error and that one half of the
garage capacity, or 350 spaces, should be credited
to the Cambridge Street-Scollay Square area,
thereby cutting the required estimate to be sup-
plied by the city to 150. In view of the fact that
the Scollay Square frontage can be considered to
be partly served by the two large parking lots on
Hanover and Brattle streets and by the proposed
garage at Court square it appears that for the time
being the Scollay-Court Square area may be con-
sidered as one zone which the Court Square garage
would serve. If at some time in the future and
after the Court Square garage is built, the demand
builds up for a site at the Cambridge Street end
of Scollay square it might well be at the corner of
Cambridge and Somerset streets, proximate to the
Court House.
In the area bounded by Causeway, Staniford,
Cambridge, and Hanover streets and the Central
Artery, a simple perusal of the parking facility map
shows that the only area that can be at all con-
sidered as needing garage space is the triangle
composed of six blocks bounded by Causeway,
Merrimac, and Canal streets. Several checks
show that the parking lots on Nashua street, op-
posite North Station, are only filled to 80 per cent
of their capacity except when events are taking
place in the Boston Garden. If a site is to be taken
it appears that it should be on the business side of
Causeway street to serve the six blocks referred to
above. Also it should be borne in mind that the
Portland Street garage, with a capacity of 600 cars,
closed out some three years ago, ostensibly because
of lack of patronage, but quite possibly, too, be-
cause it was an elevator garage. Nevertheless, if
sites are desired, the choice might well be the small
block bounded by Causeway, Merrimac, and
Lancaster streets which is of sufficient size to erect
a mechanical garage.
Summary.
Public and private off-street parking facilities in
the planning stage or under construction:
1. St. James avenue — ramp type, under con-
struction, 600 spaces.
2. Hayward place — mechanical type, plans
completed, demolition started, 600 spaces.
3. Central street — land-taking proceedings ini-
tiated, 500 spaces.
4. Province street — in planning stage, being
developed privately, 350 spaces.
5. Old U. S. Hotel site on Lincoln street being
privately developed as part of a new building, 200
spaces.
Total, 2,250 spaces.
Additional Site Proposals.
1. Scollay Square-Court Street area, Court
Square site, 500 spaces.
2. Bedford-Kingston street, 600 spaces.
3. Fort Hill square, 500 spaces.
4. South Station area — tentative sites, rear of
United Shoe Building or on Congress street, 600
spaces.
5. Congress street and Atlantic avenue, south
side of Central Artery, city to construct after tunnel
construction, probably in two years, 500 spaces.
6. Lower Washington street at Dore street, 600
spaces.
7. Copley Square area, corner of Dartmouth
and Newbury streets, 600 spaces.
8. Kenmore Square area, 600 spaces.
9. Commercial and South Market streets,
adjacent to Central Artery, 600 spaces.
Total, 5,100 spaces.
Under construction or in planning stage, 2,250
spaces.
Grand total, 7,350 spaces.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. McDonough, Chairman.
Ordered, That under the authority contained in
chapter 450 of the Acts of 1955, the sum of ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) be, and hereby is ap-
propriated, to be expended under the direction of
the Real Property Board, for the establishment of
off-street parking facilities, and that the Collector-
Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the
Mayor, to issue from time to time, bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the city to said amount,
said issues to be outside the limit of indebtedness of
the city.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
MAY 14, 1956.
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ORDINANCE FIXING FEES FOR LICENSES AND PERMITS AND CHARGES FOR
CERTAIN SERVICES AND WORK.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor.May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1949 empowered the City of Boston to fix by ordinance the fees for most
licenses and permits granted under the authority of statutes where the entire proceeds of the fee form part
of the income of the City, and also the charges to be paid for services rendered or work performed by the
City for any person or class of persons unless the service is rendered or work performed as part of the general
services furnished for the benefit of the citizens of the City as a whole. By an express provision in the statute,
unless its terms are explicitly nullified by a subsequent statute, a fee or charge fixed thereunder shall apply
notwithstanding any general or special law fixing a different fee or charge, or imposing any limitation on
the amount thereof, or designating a particular board or officer to fix said amount.
Ever since the passage of Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1949, as opportunity has from time to time pre-
sented itself, members of the Law Department have w-orked upon an ordinance which not only would exer-
cise in a comprehensive way the broad power vested by said chapter but also would serve as a general index
to licenses, permits and special services and to the provisions of law pertaining thereto. At long last, the
work of preparing this ordinance has been completed, and it is transmitted to you herewith, together with a
table of changes setting forth in summary fashion the chief differences between existing fees and charges
and those proposed.
In the preparation of the ordinance, consideration has been given to the report made by the Boston
Finance Commission on February 7, 1956, as well as to many suggestions from other sources concerning
proper fees and charges. Suffice it to say that, in the light of current conditions, present fees and charges
would be reasonably adjusted by the ordinance transmitted herewith. I recommend its adoption.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
Table of Changes.
Item Present
Copies of Abatement Records none
License to Manufacture or Deal in Alcohol (Methyl or Wood) SI
Appeal to Board of Appeal under Building Code S10
Appeal to Board of Appeal under Zoning Law S15
Assessors' Certificate as to Abutters none
Assessors' Certificate as to Listing of Person . none
Assessors' Certificate as to Poll Tax none
Assessors' Certificate as to Real Estate Tax none
Assignment f/b/o Creditors
Assignment of Wages
Attachment of Bulky Personal Property
Dissolution of Attachment of Bulky Personal Property .... 500
License of Establishment for Closing Out Auction
License of Establishment for Sale of Jewelry, etc., at Auction.
Auctioneer's License (for Resident) S2
Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to Auction Goods
Brought into City for Sale by Auction) 85
Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to Auction Jewelry,
etc., at Licensed Establishment)
Auctioneer's Special License (for Non-Resident to Auction
Real Estate, Livestock and General Farm Equipment and
Produce)
Automatic Amusement Device License
Replacement of Lost Badges, Medallions and Plates various
Bathing Suits
Child under 13
Other Person 100
Baths (Vapor, Pool, Shower or Other) $5
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Certificate of Appro-
priateness
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Certificate of Notice of
Demolition ■
Determination of Amount Due from Owner of Impounded
Beast 500
Manufacture or Bottling of Beverages
Bicycle Registration 250
Bicycle Registration, Duplicate Plate 250
Entry of Delayed Record of Birth
Amendment, Correction or Supplementation of Record of
Birth, Marriage or Death
Certificate as to Record of Birth, Marriage or Death
Copy of Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Search of Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Blasting Bond
Blasting Permit 50
Boat License uncertain
Permit to Moor Boat or Raft (per month)
Hand Propelled 50
Not over 25' long SI. 50
Over 25', but not over 35', long S2
Over 35', but not over 45', long. S3
Over 45', but not over 55', long S5
Over 55' long $6
Proposed
SI a page
S3
S15
S25
$2 ($1 if prepared by
applicant) plus 500
for each abutting
parcel
250 a year ($1 mini-
mum)
250 a year ($1 mini-
mum)
250 a year (SI mini-
mum)
no change
no change
no change
SI
no change
no change
S10
S25
no change
no change
no change
SI
no change
150
no change
no change
SI
no change
500
500
no change
no change
no change
no change
no change
no change
$5
S50
(no change in recording fee)
50£ plus 50fi
for each 5' in length
in all cases
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Item Present Proposed
Bowling Alley License $7 an alley $5 plus $8 an alley
Bowling Alley Sunday License $5 an alley ($100 maxi- $5 plus 85 an alley
mum)
Boxing Ring
Transportation, Assembly and Dismantling none 845
Use i none 85 a day
Builder's or Mechanic's License
Original So 810
Renewal 82 S3
Special ....'. obsolete (see 45 Op. C.C.I (50)
Building Permit
Regular 82 per 81 ,000 (or 82 plus SI per $500
fraction) of cost of cost
$2 minimum $2,002 maximum
$2,000 maximum
Amendment $2 per 81,000 (or 82 plus 81 per 8500
fraction) of cost of cost, but total of
$2 minimum original and all
$2,000 maximum amendments not to
exceed $2,000 plus
82 primary fees
Repairs and Minor Alterations, including Fire Escapes,
Balconies, Signs, Projections, etc 81 where cost 8100 or SI plus $1 per, $500
less of cost
$2 where cost more
than $100 but not
more than $1,000
S3 per 81,000 (or
fraction) where cost
more than $1,000
Except fire escapes,
balconies, etc. now
81 per $1,000 (or
fraction) of cost
Foundation no change
(Special Permit)
Building Demolition Permit 82 for 3 stories or less 82 plus $1 for each
S10 for 4 or 5 stories 5,000 cubic feet in
815 for over 5 stories the building
Building Moving Permit uncertain 85 plus $3 for each
5,000 cubic feet in
the building
Permit to Change Building Occupancy $2 85
Building Plan Inspection Fee , SI Dwellings 81 Group I Oc-
cupancy
$2 Other 82 Other
Certificate or Statement relative to Business Name
Certificate no change
Statement 50p 81
Certified Copy of Certificate or Statement relative to Busi-
ness Name , 50£ 81
Carousel License
Carnival
Children under 13 uncertain S3 a day
Other uncertain $10 a day
Other than Carnival
Children under 13 $25 a year 85 a month
Other uncertain SI 5 a month
Cemetery Permit none $100
Cemetery Charges
Chapel no change
Grave Opening
Interments during Regular Hours
First Adult $20 $30
Second Adult $18 825
First Child 815 830
Second Child $13 $25
Infant $8 $10
Cremated Remains 810 $10
Interments Between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Regular
Days 85 additional $10 additional
Interments before 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays none $10 additional
Interments on Sundays and Holidays and after 4 :30 p.m .
on Regular Days and 11 :30 a.m. on Saturdays 810 additional 810 additional
Removal During Regular Hours
Adults and Children
First Interment 825 835
Second Interment 825 830
Infants
First Interment 810 815
Second Interment $8 815
Removal Outside Regular Hours
Adults and Children
First Interment 825 845
Second Interment .' 825 840
Infants
First Interment 810 $25
Second Interment $8 $25
Second Simultaneous Interment at Any Time 85 810
Second Simultaneous Removal at Any Time 85 815
Transportation of Remains from Grave to Grave S3 $5
Interment Device no change
Artificial Grass Mat no change
Monument Foundation 84 per square foot 88 per square foot
Recording of Deed to Grave or Lot none 81
MAY 14, 1956.
143
Proposed
$10
i change
i change
> change
i change
35 (in all cases)
change
change
$2
$15 plus $15 for
each 50 seats
change
S3
SI
S10
i change
50£
SI
25;*
50(5
$100
$100 (in all cases)
35(5
S3
i change
SI
$1
SI per 100 amperes
$20 maximum
SI each
SI
$1 each
Item Present
Permit for Emptying of Cesspool $2
Chiropodist's Certificate
Certified Copies of Church Records no
Indexing of Instruments by City Clerk no
Recording of Instruments by City Clerk no
Closing Out Sales $1 a page of inven-
tory
Club License no
Commissions of Constables ' no
Commissions of Weighers, etc SI
Common Victualler's License , $15 (in all cases)
Copies or Duplicates of Licenses and Permits uncertain
Permit to Keep Cows none
Cross Country Course $30
Dancing School License
Day Care Agencies $1
Decorative Material Test none
Directional Sign none
Dog License
Change in Record of Dog License none
Spayed Female Dogs 50p
Substitute Dog Tag 10(5
Dog Transfer License 25(5
Assignment of Place for Dump none
Dump Permit S25 original
$5 renewal
Duplicate Receipt 25(i
Dynamo Installation Permit SI
License to Break and Can Eggs
Permit for Electric Wiring, etc.
Initial Charge 75*
Service Connection 75*
Main Switch complex
Meter Loop complex
Panel Board without Branch Circuit Installation complex
Branch Circuit complex
Lighting Fixtures, etc.
Arc Lamps, etc no change
Other complex 25£ each
Signs , complex $1 plus motor fee
plus transformer fee
plus $1 per kilowatt
Heating Devices, etc complex 50fi per device or 25*
per kilowatt, which-
ever greater
Permit for Electric Wiring, etc. — Continued.
Motors, etc , complex 50(5 per motor or
25(! per horsepower,
whichever greater
Generators, etc.
50 kw. or less no change
over 50 kw $5 S10
Rectifiers Treated as motors Treated as Genera-
tors
Transformers
50 kva or less no change
over 50 kva So $10
Temporary Work 1/3 regular $1 plus 1/ 3addi-
tional
Reinspection of Defective Work 75(* $2
Elevator or Escalator Installation, Alteration or Repair
Permit
Elevator Installation $5 for 1st », n f . t
v ,+ S3 each additional traditional
Escalator $5 each in all cases
Major Alterations $1 a car or escalator J
Builder's Hoists no change
Dumbwaiters no change except no $10 maximum
Elevator and Escalator Inspection
Usual Hours $2 each for 1st 10 $8 for 1st
plus $1 for each ad- $2 each additional
ditional
Other $10 for 1st 4 $12 for 1st
$2 each for next 6 $3 each additional
$1 each additional
All Cases • $50 maximum no maximum
Elevator Operator's License
Original $1 S2
Renewal 50(5 SI
Entretainment License _■ none for common $50 for TV, radio
victuallers and inn- and juke box
holders 3100 for other
$5 for others
Factor's Lien no change
Discharge of Factor's Lien no change
Assignment by Fence Viewers no change
Ferris Wheel License
Carnival .
Children under 13 uncertain $3 a day
Other uncertain $10 a day
Other than Carnival . „ _ . .
Children under 13 uncertain S5 a month
Other uncertain $15 a month
144
CITY COUNCIL.
Item Present Proposed
Permit for Fire (Large) in Open Air
Public Celebration no change
Other $2 a month $15 first month
$5 each additional
month
Permit for Fire (Small or Torch) in Open Air
Unlimited Locations $2 a month $2.50 a month
Single Location 50p a month $1 a month
Permit for Fire for Burning Leaves, etc no change
Fire Fighting Exhibition License uncertain $25 a day
License to Carry or Possess Firearms 50p $5
License to Purchase, Rent or Lease Firearms none $1
License to Sell, Rent or Lease Firearms $15 $25
Firewords Bond no change
Fireworks Display Permit 50p $5
Fishing License no change
Permit for Flammable Materials
Not over 1,000 gallons of light fuel oil 50p $1
All other 50p J license fee
License for Flammable and/or Explosive Materials
1-500 gals $20 Primary fee of $20 plus additional fee equal,
501-2,500 gals $25 in case of fluids to
2,501-5,000 gals $30 $6 per 1,000 gals, for first 10,000 gals.
5,001-10,000 $50 $3 per 1,000 gals, for next 90,000 gals.
10,001-50,000 gals $100 $3 per 10,000 gals, for next 4,900,000 gals.
50,001-100,000 gals $300 $3 per 100,000 gals, over 5,000,000 gals.
100,001-1,000,000 gals $500 and, in case of solids and gases, to
1,000,001-5,000,000 gals $1,000 $4 per 100 cu. ft. for first 1,000 cu. ft.
Over 5,000,000 gals $2,000 $2 per 1,000 cu. ft. for next 499,000 cu ft.
$2 per 10,000 cu. ft. over 500,000 cu. ft.
N.B. Also new proviso to clarify status of
supplementary and amendatory licenses.
no change
no change
$3
no change
Recording . of License for Flammable and/or Explosive
Materials
Annual Registration of License for Flammable and/or Ex-
plosive Materials no_ change except pro-
vision for computation
of fee for multiple licenses
Annual Registration of Unlicensed but Lawful Use of Land
for Flammable and/or Explosive Materials
Flashpoint Determination none
License to Manufacture for Sale at Retail Frozen Desserts. .
License to Manufacture for Sale at Wholesale Frozen
Desserts no change except $5 to
$25 class fixed at $25
Permit to Have for Sale Frozen Desserts no change
Permit to Install or Alter Fuel Oil Burner
Power 50p
Other 50p
Permit for Fumigation of Certain Buildings 50JC
Funeral Director's License none
Garage Permit
Public and Business Garages $100
Repair Shops $5
Lubritorium, Inspection and Wash-Stand Garages $1 plus $1 for
each bay over 2
$3
$1
$3
In all cases, $50 plus
$5 for each inspec-
tion, repair, lubri-
cating or wash-stand
bay and $1 for each
of the first 100 stor-
age spaces and $25
for each 100 addi-
J tional storage spaces
One- or Two-Car Garage Appurtenant to Dwelling. ... $1 $5
Other Private Garages $1 plus $1 for each $15 plus $1 for each
bay over 2 bay
Permit to Transport Garbage, etc no change
Gasfitting Installation, Alteration or Repair Permit $1 for 1" pipe $2 plus 50£
$2 for li" to 2" appliance or
$4 for 2$" to 4" ture
$5 over 4"
25£ a fixture
an
fix-
Gasfitter's License
Master $2 original
$2 renewal
Journeyman 500 original
50£ renewal
Permit to Remove or Relocate Gasoline Tank 50p
Permit to Keep Goats none
Golf Courses
Franklin Park
Annual
Resident $15
Non-Resident $30
Locker none
Saturday, Sunday or Holiday
Resident $1
Non-Resident $1.50
Weekday
Resident $1
Non-Resident $1
Twilight
Resident 50^
Non-Resident 50^
Towel. 15ji
$10 original
$3 renewal
$5 original
$1 renewal
$3 a tank
$3 a goat
$40
none
$2
$3
$1.50
$2
$1
$2
15(S
MAY 14, 1956.
145
Item Present
George Wright
Annual
Resident $30
Non-Resident .$40
Locker $3
Saturday, Sunday or Holiday
Resident $2
Non-Resident $2
Weekday
Resident §1
Non-Resident $1
Towel „ 15^
Use of George Wright Golf Course Clubhouse $40
Gravel Removal Permit none
Gun Club License $5
Hackney Carriage License $5
Hackney Carriage Driver's License r
Use of Halls, etc., in Municipally Owned Buildings.
Under 500
Weekdays no set
Sundays and Holidays no set
500-1 ,000
Weekdays no set
Sundays and Holidays no set
Over 1,000
Weekdays no set
Sundays and Holidays : . . . no set
Hawker's or Peddler's License I
Hawker's or Peddler's Number Plates I
Abstracts and Copies of Health Division Medical Records... $1 to $2
Heating Installation Permit ■■ $1 per installation
Application for Approval of Location of Home for Sick and
Aged cost of advertising
Hospital Charges
Admission
Out-Patient none
Accident Floor
Child under 13
Other Person
East Boston Relief Station
Child under 13 v
Other Person
Bed and Board
City Hospital
Private i
Semi-Private
Ward
New Born Nursery
Long Island
Chronic or Disabled app. $7.50 day
Other app. $7.50 day
Sanatorium $14 day
Blood Transfusion Equipment $5
Delivery Room $15
Electrocardiogram none
Electroencephalogram
$1
$1
none
none
$14 day
$11 day
$11 day
$4 day
Proposed
$60
$5
$2.50
$3.50
$2.50
15|S
$50
$5
$1.5
$10
■ change
$15 daytime
$25 nighttime
$30 full day
$25 daytime
$25 nighttime
$40 full day
$25 daytime
$35 nighttime
$50 full day
$35 daytime
$35 nighttime
$60 full day
$35 daytime
$45 nighttime
$70 full day
$45 daytime
$45 nighttime
$80 full day
i change
i change
$2 first page plus $1
each additional page
$2 per boiler, fur-
nace, heater or other
heat-producing ap-
paratus
$25 plus advertising.
50f! day
$3
$2
$3
$21 day
$18 day
$15 day
$5 day
$10 day
$7.50 day
$15 day
$10
$25
no change
Laboratory
Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy .
Other
Less than week
First Week
Second and Third Weeks .
Thereafter
Operating Room and Anesthesia
Operating Room
Anesthesia
Oxygen Mask, etc
Pharmaceuticals, etc.
Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy .
Other
Less than week
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Thereafter .
$4
$1 day
$8 week
$2 week
$7 to S20
$3 to $10
none
$1 day
$6 week
$2 week
$1 week
none
$1 to $5 for each
analysis
(Until specific sched-
ule established, $5
first day plus $1 each
additional day with
$18 maximum.)
$10 to $25
$5 to $15
$3 plus 50j< an hour
$50 maximum
Approximate cost of
furnishing the phar-
maceuticals supplied
(Until specific sched-
ule established $1 a
day with $12 maxi-
mum.)
146
CITY COUNCIL.
Item Present Proposed
Plaster or Other Cast
Application $10 to $45 $10 to $50
Removal no change
Radium no change
Abstracts and Copies of Hospital Records $2 for entire record $2 first page plus
$1 each additional
page
X-Ray Equipment $3 to $35 $5 to $50
Hunting License no change
Assignment of Place for Refuse Disposal Incinerator none $100
Incinerator Permit
Household no change
Other. . . . . ' $2 a year $25 a year
Innholder's License no change
Intelligence Office License no change
Jitney License $10 $25
Amendment no change
Junk Collector's License no change
Junk Shopkeeper's License no change
Kennel License no change except dogs
over 3 months old are to
be counted in determin-
ing fee.
Kennel Transfer License $1 $3
L Street Solarium no change
Permit for Non-Resident to Borrow Material from Public
Library no change
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment Permit none $1
Loading Zone Permit $1 $1.25
($20 minimum) ($25 minimum)
Lodging House License no change
Lunch Cart License uncertain $120
Permit for Removal of Manure $1 $3
Marriage License . no change
Recording of Marriages Solemnized outside Massachusetts . no change
Married Woman's Separate Business Certificate no change
Massage License $5 $25
Milk License
Premises no change
Vehicle $2 $3
Milk Dispenser Permit none $1
Milk Pasteurization Plant License $10 §25
Permit to Sell Milk at Wholesale Where Dairy Farm Certifi-
cate Not Required no change
Minor's Badge, etc no change
Mortgagee's Receipt no change
License for Motel, etc.
Original $3 S50 plus adv.
Renewal 50(5 S25
Permit for Special Exhibition of Moving Pictures $2 $3
Municipal Lien Certificates $2.50 $3
Band or Group of Itinerant Musicians no change
except for specification
of period
Individual Itinerant Musician no change
Newsboys on Common no change
Permit for Outdoor Storage of Nitrocellulose 50f $1 a month
Certificate and Statement of Non-Resident of Common-
wealth Doing Business in City none $15
Assignment of Location for Offensive Trade no change
Permit to Occupy or Use Building for Offensive Trade no change
except deletion of
obsolete reference
Registration of Sellers of Oleomargarine no change
Open Air Parking Space License
1-5 $15 $15 plus $1.80 per
6-10 $30 car in all cases
11-25 $50
26-50 $80
51-75 $110
76-100 $140
101 - 150 $200
151-300 $300
301-500 $500
Over 500 $500 plus $1 for
each car over 500
Optometrist's Certificate no change
Osteopath's Certificate no change
Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building Construction,
Repair, Demolition, etc 10p a sq. ft. a month In all cases, per
except painting and month: $3 plus $1
minor repairs a flat for each 10 sq. ft.
$2
Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building Moving $50 to $250 8100 1st day
$50 each add'tl day
Parkway Occupancy Permit for Temporary Canopy $3 $1 a day
Parkway Occupancy Permit for Roof Snow Removal no change
Parkway Opening Permit In all cases, 50fi per 85 for driveway
50 linear feet or frac- $3 for drain connec-
tion thereof tion
$1 a 100 lin. ft. for
pavement recon-
struction ($1 min-
imum)
$1 per 200 sq. ft. for
other openings ($1
minimum)
MAY 14, 1956.
147
Item Present Proposed
Parkway Sidewalk Crossing Permit $2 a company $ 1 a location
Pawnbroker's License no change
Notice of Intention to Sell Personal Property in Pledge. ... no change
Recording of Personal Property Mortgages, etc no change
Assignment of Personal Property Mortgages, etc no change
Discharge of Personal Property Mortgages, etc no change
Discharge on Margin of Record of Personal Property
Mortgages, etc no change
Foreclosure of Personal Property Mortgages, etc no change
Physician's Certificate no change
Piano Rental none $12 pickup and de-
livery; S3 day's use
Picnic Grove License no change
Plumbing Installation, Alteration or Repair Permit original S5, subse- new plumbing sys-
quent $1 a building, tern $5, otherwise $2,
plus 50f< a fixture in plus in either case
excess of 8; $200 50£ a fixture; $300
maximum maximum
Pool Room License $7 a table $5 plus $8 a table
Permit to Keep Hens .
1-25 $2 $5 in all cases
26-1000 $10
over 1000 $25
Poultry Slaughter House License no change
Power of Attorney no change
Deposit of Records of Proprietors of Common Property. . . no change
Claim for Labor on Public Buildings and Works no change
Claim for Labor and/or Materials on Public Buildings and
Works no change
Discharge of Claim for Labor and/or Materials on Public
Buildings and Works no change
Furnishing Copy of Public Records no change
Condensed Return (Gas and Electric) Public Utility no change
Condensed Return (Telephone) Public Utility no change
Public Utility Locations Granted by Public Improvement
Commission $3 $5
Public Utility Locations Granted by D. P. U. for Gas Mains no change
Public Utility Locations Granted by D. P. U. for Trans-
mission of Electricity no change
Public Utility Locations Granted by M.D.C no change
Claim (for Labor) against Railroads and Railways no change
Claim (for Materials) against Railroads and Railways no change
Removal of Refuse no change
Permit to Transport Refuse no change
Issuance of Registered Bonds no change
Registration of Beverage Bottles no change
Registration of Milk, Cream and Ice Cream Cans no change
Registration of Permission to Use Another's Name on Milk
Bottles no change
License for Rendering of Animals SI $10
Renewal Licenses and Permits * [changes noted
in specific cases]
Roller Coaster License (Children under 13)
Carnival uncertain $3 a day
Other uncertain $5 a month
Roller Skating Rink License $25 $50
Sale of Article no change
License to Manufacture Sausages and Chopped Meat no change
Second Hand Dealer's License no change
Second Hand Motor Vehicles no change
Sewer Entrance Permit no change
Shellfish Permits no change
Shooting Gallery License $5 original $35
$2 renewal
Shooting Gallery Sunday License $2 $3
Sidewalk Crossing Permit no change
Sight-Seeing Automobiles
1-12 $10 1
13-18 $15 1 $2 a seat
19-24 $25 J
over 24 $50 J
Sight-Seeing Automobile Drivers no change
Slaughtering License no change
Soft Drink License no change
Sound Trucks $2 "for specified $2 a day
period"
Special Police Officers no change
Sporting License no change
Permit for Installation, Alteration or Repair of Sprinkler
System $2 per $1,000 (or $2 plus $1 per $500
fraction) of cost of cost
Permit for Disconnection of Sprinkler System none $5
Stable none $100
Stallion Registration 50£ $1
Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising by Placard ••••.•• no change
Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising by Distribution
of Handbills _. no set $5 a day
Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising Vehicle no set $2 a day
148
CITY COUNCIL.
Item
Street Occupancy Permit for Awning, Canopy or Marquee...
Present
$10 for 20 lin. ft. or
less; more than 20
lin. ft., $10 plus 10£
per linear foot over
20; plus, in either
case, fee for sign as
separate item. Can-
opy, $1 a day, $20 a
year.
Street Occupancy Permit for Awning Work.
Proposed
Without sign, $10
plus $1 per 100 sq.
ft. of way covered.
With sign, $12 plus
$1 per 100 sq. ft. of
way covered plus $1
per 20 sq. ft. of sign
area. Retractable
awnings with or with-
out sign, $5 plus 50)6
per 100 sq. ft. of way
covered. Temporary
canopy, SI a day.
Note: $100 maximum on fees for permits
under G.L. c. 85, s. 8 would be eliminated,
no change except $100
proposed for elective an-
nual awning business per-
> mit now $50.
Street Occupancy Permit for Building Construction, Repair,
Demolition, etc lOp a sq. ft. monthly $3 plus $1 per 10 sq.
downtown, 5£ a sq. ft. monthly in all
ft. monthly else- cases except minor
where. Repair work repairs for $1 un-
extending beyond 3 changed and clean-
days, 1/30 of above ing of decorative or
per day but not less sign work fixed at $3.
than $1. Painting,
$2 a month- Build-
ing cleaning, $5 a
year. Decorating,
So an occasion.
Street Occupancy Permit for Building Moving $10 a day $100 1st day
$25 minimum
$50 each addi-
tional day.
Street Occupancy Permit for Heating Plant Cleaning
For One Estate uncertain $2
Elective Annual Business $60 $100
Street Occupancy Permit for Oversize Vehicle, etc $2 a job $2 a day
Street Occupancy Permit for Overweight Vehicle, etc $2 a job $2 a day
Street Occupancy Permit for Public Utility Work $8 for the city $12 a ward
Street Occupancy Permit for Raising or Lowering Goods. . . no change except $12
for annual permit
Street Occupancy Permit for Sign Cloth or canvas, 20p $3 plus $1 per 20
a sq. ft. per month. sq. ft. of total face
Other signs per year: area yearly.
20 sq. ft. or less, $3; $1 a day for tempo-
over 20 sq. ft. but rary sign.
not over 40 sq. ft.
$5; over 40 sq. ft.,
$5 plus lOf a sq. ft.
over 40 sq. ft. If
sign projects over 5
ft., additional $1 per
ft. (or fraction) of
excess projection.
Note: $100 maximum on fees for permits
under G.L. c. 85, s. 8, would be eliminated,
no change except $200
proposed for elective an-
nual business now $100
Street Occupancy Permit for Snow Removal from Building no change
Street Occupancy Permit for Storage and Sale of Merchan-
dise no change
Street Occupancy Permit for Window Cleaning
For One Estate uncertain
Elective Annual Business $25
Street Occupancy Permit for Window Glazing no
Street Opening Permit 50jS per 50 linear ft.
or fraction thereof,
plus $2 in case of
driveways
$5 a year for repairs
by district contrac-
tors
Street Occupancy Permit for Sign Work
Street Railway Motormen, Conductors and Despatchers. . . .
Sunday Arcade License
Sunday Entertainment License
Weekly
General
Vocalists, instrumentalists or other entertainers except
as noted below
Not over four instrumentalists
Solely TV, radio and music by mechanical or electrical
means
Annual
Motion Pictures
TV, radio and music by mechanical or electrical means
$10
$5
not i ssued
$1
$50
change
$5 for driveway
$3 for drain connec-
tion
$1 a 100 linear feet
for pavement recon-
struction ($1 mini-
mum)
$1 per 200 sq. ft.
for other openings
($1 minimum)
$10 a year for re-
pairs by district con-
tractors
no change
no change
$10 plus $5 for
each 1,000 persons
$10 plus $5 for
each 1,000 persons
no change
no change
$300
no change
MAY 14, 1956.
149
Item Present
Sunday Photographic Studio License
Sunday Retail Dealer's License
Sunday Sports License ..!!-!!!!!
Notice of Address for Real Estate Tax Purposes
Towels 10 a towel
_.,_,,_. T . 10 a piece of soap
Trailer Coach Park License
Original ,$3
Renewal 500
Transient Vendor's License
Trapping License
Trust Instruments and Amendments
Use Permit ' . \ $i
Liens on Vessels ..........'.
Certificate of Appearance on Voting List of Name of Certain
Voter
With Minutes of Naturalization none
Otherwise 50c
Wagon and Handcart Licenses
Examination and Test of Water Meter
Weights and Measures
Adjustment 100 to $5
Sealing
Mechanical Device for Linear Measurement
Leather
Other . 5c
Liquid Capacity Measure over 1 gallon — Measure on
Pump 10(5
Liquid Measuring Meter
Inlet not over 1" 50c
Inlet over 1"
Milk and Cream Bottles and Jars
Scale or Balance
Capacity of less than 100 lbs 250
All others
Taximeter
Farm Milk Tanks and Vehicle Tanks
Weights and Other Measures 50
Welder's Certificate of Qualification none
Zoning Map Change $25
Proposed
no change
no change
no change except
MOO fixed for one
Sunday
no change
50 for towel and
soap
no change
no change
no change
no change
$50 plus adv.
$25
$3
no change
no change
$2
$1
100 a minute or
fraction thereof
no change
$1
250
no change
no change
500
no change
no change
no change
100
$3
$35
AN ORDINANCE
Fixing the Fees for Licenses and Permits
and the Charges for Certain Services
and Work.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 41 of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended by striking
out section 22 (as most recently amended by
chapter 7 of the Ordinances of 1955), section
22A (as inserted by section 4 of chapter 3 of the
Ordinances of 1953), section 23, section 23A
(as inserted by chapter 9 of the Ordinances of
1950), and the note following section 23A.
SECTION 2. The Revised Ordinances of
1947 are hereby further amended by inserting
after chapter 40 the following new chapter :—
CHAPTER 40A.
Fees and Charges.
Section 1. Fees and charges are hereby fixed
under chapter 222 of the acts of 1949 as follows: —
(i) Abatement Records, Copies of. The fee
to be paid for the furnishing by the secretary of
the board of review in the assessing department
of a copy of a record which section 60 of ohapter
59 of the General Laws requires be kept shall
be $1.00 for each page or part thereof.
(2) Alcohol {Methyl or Wood), License to
Manufacture or Deal in. The fee for a license
granted by the health commissioner under section
303B of chapter 94 of the General Laws to engage
in the business described in section 303A of said
chapter shall be $3.00.
(3) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Building
Code. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the
board of appeal from a decision of such com-
missioner under the Boston Building Code shall
be $15.00.
(4) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Zoning
Law. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the
board of appeal from a decision of such com-
missioner under chapter 488 of the acts of 1924
shall be $25.00.
(5) Assessors' Certificate as to Abutters. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf
of the board of assessors of the persons who on a
specified assessment date were assessed for parcels
of land abutting on a specified parcel of land
shall be a primary fee of $1.00 if the certificate
is prepared by the applicant therefor, and of
$2.00 if it is not, and in either case an additional
fee of 50(5 for each parcel of land abutting on
the specified parcel.
(6) Assessors' Certificate as to Listing of Person.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in
behalf of the board of assessors as to the record
of the listing of a person on one or more specified
dates under chapter 29 of the General Acts of
1917, as amended, or under corresponding pro-
visions of earlier law, shall be 25(4 for each date
specified but in no event less than $1.00; and the
charge to be paid for a duplicate of any such
certificate, if ordered simultaneously with the
original, shall be 25)!.
(7) Assessors' Certificate as to Poll Tax. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf
of the board of assessors as to the assessment of
a particular person for a poll tax on one or more
assessment dates shall be 25(4 for each assessment
date but in no event less than $1.00; and the
charge to be paid for a duplicate of any such
certificate, if ordered simultaneously with the
original, shall be 25)!.
(S) Assessors' Certificate as to Real Estate Tax.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in
behalf of the board of assessors as to the assessment
on one or more assessment dates of a particular
parcel of land or of two or more parcels of land
assessed to the same person or persons on such
date or dates shall be 25(! for each assessment
date but in no event less than $1.00; and the charge
to be paid for a duplicate of any such certificate,
if ordered simultaneously with the original, shall
be 25(4.
(9) Assignment f/b/o Creditors. The fee of the
city clerk for filing and indexing a copy of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors under sec-
tion 41 of chapter 203 of the General Laws shall
be $2.00.
(10) Assignment of Wages. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under either chapter 154 or
chapter 255 of the General Laws an assignment
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of, or order for, future wages or salary, including
any acceptance thereof by the employer, shall
be S1.00.
(11) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing
a certified copy of writ and return of attachment
of bulky personal property under section 51 of
chapter 223 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(IS) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property,
Dissolution of. The fee of the city clerk for re-
ceiving and filing a dissolution of attachment of
bulky personal property shall be $1.00.
(13) Attorney. See Power of Attorney.
(14) Auction, License of Establishment for Closing
Out. The fee for a license granted by the police
commissioner under section 18 of chapter 100 of
the General Laws to conduct or maintain an estab-
lishment for holding an auction represented or
advertised by any such descriptive term as is set
forth in said section 18 shall be $10.00.
(15) Auction, License of Establishment for Sale
of Jewelry, etc., at. The fee for a license granted
by the police commissioner under section 14 of
chapter 100 of the General Laws to conduct or
maintain an establishment for the sale at auction
of the articles or goods enumerated in said sec-
tion 14 shall be $10.00.
(16) Auctioneer's License (for Resident). The
fee for an auctioneer's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 2 of chapter
100 of the General Laws shall be S10.00.
(17) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auction Goods Brought into City for Sale by Auction.)
The fee for an annual auctioneer's permit granted
by the police commissioner under section 6 of
chapter 100 of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(18) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auction Jewelry, etc., at Licensed Establishment).
The fee for a permit to act as an auctioneer issued
by the police commissioner under section 14 of
chapter 100 of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(19) Auctioneer's Special License (for Non-
Resident to Auction Real Estate, Livestock and
General Farm Equipment and Produce). The fee
for a special auctioneer's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 2 of chapter
100 of the General Laws shall be $5.00 for each
of the days for which it is granted.
(20) Automatic Amusement Device License. The
annual fee for a license granted by the licensing
board under section 177A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws for any automatic amusement de-
vice licensed thereunder shall be $30.00. The
fee for any such license granted after January
thirty-first in any year shall be $2.50 for each
calendar month in which the license may be
exercised. The fee for every amendment of
any such license by changing the premises speci-
fied shall be $2.00.
(21) Badges, Medallions and Plates, Replacement
of Lost. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this ordinance, the fee of any board or officer
for replacing any lost badge, medallion or plate
shall be $1.00.
(22) Bathing Suits. The charge to be paid to
the parks and recreation department for the use
on one day of a bathing suit furnished by said
department shall be, in the case of a child under
age thirteen, 5^, and in the case of any other
person, 15^.
(23) Baths (Vapor, Pool, Shower or Other). The
fee for an annual license granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140 of
the General Laws to conduct an establishment for
the giving of vapor, pool, shower or other baths
for hire or reward shall be $25.00.
(24) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Cer-
tificate of A ppropriateness. The fee for the issuance
of a certificate of appropriateness by the secretary
of the Beacon Hill architectural commission under
section 7 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955 shall
be, in case of the construction or reconstruction
of the whole of such portion of the exterior of a
structure as is designed to be open to view from
a public way, $35.00, and in every other case, $5.00.
(25) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Cer-
tificate of Notice of Demolition. The fee for tho
issuance by the secretary of the Beacon Hill
architectural commission of a certificate under
section 8 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955 relative
to the expiration of the period specified in said
section 8 shall be $25.00.
(26) Beast, Determination of Amount Due from
Owner of Impounded. The fee of the city clerk
for issuing a warrant under section 36 of chapter 49
of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(27) Beverage Bottles. See Registration of
Beverage Bottles.
(28) Beverages, Manufacture or Bottling of. The
fee for a permit granted by the health commissioner
under section 10B of chapter 94 of the General
Laws to engage in the business of manufacturing
or bottling carbonated non-alcoholic beverages,
soda waters, mineral or spring waters shall be
that prescribed by said section 10B.
(29) Bicycle Registration. The fee for the
registration of a bicycle and the issuance of a
certificate of registration and registration plate
by the police department under section 11A of
chapter 85 of the General Laws shall be 50)4
(30) Bicycle Registration, Duplicate Plate. The
charge of the police department for replacing a lost
bicycle registration plate shall be 50fi.
(31) Bills of Sale. See Personal Property
Mortgages, etc.
(32) Birth, Entry of Delayed Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for entering under section
13 or section 13A of chapter 46 of the General
Laws a delayed record of birth shall be $1.00.
(33) Birth, Marriage or Death, Amendment,
Correction or Supplementation of Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for amending, correcting
or supplementing under section 13 of chapter 46
of the General Laws tie record of a birth, marriage
or death, including amending thereunder the rec-
ord of the birth of an illegitimate child upon
legitimation, shall be $1.00.
(34) Birth, Marriage or Death, Certificate as to
Record of. The fee of the city registrar for furnish-
ing a certificate as to the record of a birth, marriage
or death shall be $1.00.
(35) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Copy of
Record of. The fee of the city registrar for furn-
ishing a certified copy of a record or paper relating
to a birth, marriage or death shall be $2.00 for
each page or part thereof; provided, that any
person whom for cause the city registrar deems
entitled to exemption from said fee shall receive
such copy for such reduced fee, or without fee, as
the city registrar may determine.
(36) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Search of
Records of. The fee of the city registrar for search-
ing, or causing to be searched, upon request,
records or papers relating to births, marriages or
deaths shall be 50^ for each quarter hour or fraction
thereof; provided, that any person whom for cause
the city registrar deems entitled to exemption
from said fee shall receive such service for such
reduced fee, or without fee, as the city registrar
may determine.
(37) Blasting Bond. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving and filing a bond given under section
19 of chapter 148 of the General Laws in connec-
tion with a permit to use an explosive in the
blasting of rock or other substance shall be $1.00.
(38) Blasting Permit. The fee for a permit
granted by the head of the fire department under
section 10A of chapter 148 of the General Laws to
use explosives shall be $5.00 for each blast or
series of concomitant blasts thereby authorized.
(39) Boat License. The fee for a license to run
a steamboat or other boat propelled by power
other than muscular power for the conveyance
for hire of passengers on a lake, pond or waters
not within the maritime jurisdiction of the United
States granted by the city council under section
191 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be
$50.00; and the fee of the city clerk for recording
such a license under section 192 of said chapter 140
shall be $1.00.
(40) Boat or Raft, Permit to Moor. The fee
for a permit granted by the commissioner of public
works to moor a boat or raft to property of the
city under the charge of such commissioner shall
be, for each monthly period in which such permit
may be exercised, a primary fee of 50f< and an
additional fee of 50^ for each five feet in the
length of the boat or raft.
(41) Bowling Alley License. The fees for a
license to keep a bowling alley for hire, gain or
reward granted by the licensing board under
section 177 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall
be a primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of
$8.00 for each alley or bed.
(42) Bowling Alley Sunday License. The fees
for a license for the operation of a bowling alley
between the hours of one and eleven postmeridian
on the Lord's day granted by the city council,
with the approval of the mayor, under section 4B
of chapter 136 of the General Laws shall be a
primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of $5.00
for each alley or bed.
(43) Boxing Ring. The charge to be paid for
the furnishing of a boxing ring by the parks and
recreation department shall be $45.00 for the trans-
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portation, assembly and dismantling of the ring
and $5.00 for each day of use; provided, that if
such ring is furnished to a hospital, no charge shall
be made either for transportation, assembly and
dismantling or for use.
(44) Builder's or Mechanic s License. The fee
for a license granted by the board of examiners
under section 120 of the Boston Building Code
shall be, in the case of an original license and of a
renewal license in connection with which a re-
examination is required, $10.00, and in the case
of any other renewal license, $3.00.
(45) Building Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to erect, enlarge, alter or
substantially repair a building or structure shall
be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional fee
of $1.00 for each five hundred dollars of the fair
cost of the work to be authorized by such permit
as determined by said commissioner; but in no
event shall such additional fee exceed $2,000.00.
The fees of the building commissioner for receiving
an application for an amendment of such a permit
shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional
fee of $1.00 for each five hundred dollars of the
fair cost of the additional work to be authorized
by such amendment as determined by said com-
missioner; but in no event shall such additional
fee be greater than the amount by which $2,000.00
exceeds the total of the additional fee for receiving
the application for such permit and the additional
fees for receiving prior applications, if any, for
the amendment of such permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (c) of section 111
of the Boston Building Code for ordinary repairs
and minor alterations not involving vital struc-
tural changes, or for such a permit to erect, enlarge,
alter, or substantially repair one or more signs,
permanent awnings, marquees or other projections
or fire escapes, balconies or other like structures
with or without ordinary repair and minor altera-
tions as aforesaid, shall be a primary fee of $1.00
and an additional fee of $1.00 for each five hundred
dollars of the fair cost of the work to be authorized
by such permit as determined by said commissioner.
The fee of the building commissioner for issuing
under paragraph (d) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code a special permit for the foundations
of a building shall be $5.00.
(46) Building Demolition Permit. The fees of
the building commissioner for receiving an applica-
tion for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111
of the Boston Building Code to demolish a building
or structure shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and an
additional fee of $1.00 for each five thousand
cubic feet in the building as measured by the outer
side of the outside walls, the exterior of the roof
and the top of the foundation walls.
(47) Building Moving Permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of
the Boston Building Code to move a building or
structure shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an
additional fee of $3.00 for each five thousand cubic
feet in the building as measured by the outer side
of the outside walls, the exterior of the roof and
the top of the foundation walls.
(48) Building Occupancy, Permit to Change.
The fee of the building commissioner for receiving
an application for a permit under paragraph (a)
of section 111 of the Boston Building Code to
change the occupancy of a building or structure
shall be $5.00.
(49) Building Plan Inspection Fee. The fee
of the building commissioner for producing under
paragraph (g) of section 109 of the Boston Building
Code the plans of a building or structure for in-
spection more than two months after the completion
of the work described in such plans shall be, in the
case of a building or structure classified for oc-
cupancy in Group I, $1.00, and in the case of each
other building or structure, $2.00.
(50) Business Name, Certificate or Statement
relative to. The fee of the city clerk for receiving,
filing and indexing a certificate presented under
section 5 of chapter 110 of the General Laws shall
be $1.00 and for receiving, filing and indexing a
statement presented under said section 5 shall be
$1.00.
(51) Business Name, Certified Copy of Certifi-
cate or Statement relative to. The fee of the city
clerk for furnishing a certified copy of a certificate
or statement filed under section 5 of chapter 110
of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(52) Carousel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chap-
ter 140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a carousel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, except that in the case of a carousel
exclusively for children under age thirteen, such
fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The fee for
a license so granted to establish, keep open and
maintain a carousel other than at a carnival shall
be $15.00 for each monthly period in which such
license may be exercised, except that in the case
of a carousel exclusively for children under age
thirteen, such fee shall be $5.00 for each such
monthly period.
(53) Cemetery, Permit for. The fee for a per-
mit granted by the mayor and city council under
section 34 of chapter 114 of the General Laws to
use land for burial purposes shall be $100.00.
(54) Cemetery Chapel, Use of. The charge to
be paid to the cemetery division of the parks and
recreation department for using for a funeral or
memorial service a cemetery chapel shall be, when
heating is required or desired, $15.00, and in all
other cases, $10.00.
(55) Cemetery Grave Opening Charges. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for opening a
grave for an interment or removal between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, herein-
after called regular cemetery hours, shall be, in the
case of a first interment or a removal thereof,
$30.00, and in the case of a second interment or a
removal thereof, $25.00; and the charge to be paid
as aforesaid for opening a grave for an interment
or removal at any other time shall be, in the case
of a first interment or a removal thereof, $40.00,
and in the case of a second interment or a removal
thereof, $35.00; provided, that the charge to be
paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for the inter-
ment or removal of the remains of an infant dying
before attaining the age of six months or the cre-
mated remains of any deceased person shall be, in
the case of such an interment or removal during
regular cemetery hours, $10.00, and in the case of
such an interment or removal at any other time,
$20.00; and provided also, that the charge to be
paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for two
simultaneous interments or two simultaneous re-
movals during regular cemetery hours shall be
$40.00, and at any other time $50.00, unless both
interments or removals are of the remains of
infants dying as aforesaid or of cremated remains,
in which case such charge shall be, if such inter-
ments or removals are during regular cemetery
hours, $20.00, and if they are not during such hours,
$30.00; and provided further, that the charge to
be paid as aforesaid for raising from an opened
grave the remains of any deceased person shall be
$5.00 and for transporting such remains from one
grave to another within the same cemetery, an
additional $5.00.
(56") Cemetery Interment Device Charge. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of an interment device furnished by said
department shall be $5.00; and the charge to be
so paid for the use on one day of an artificial grass
mat so furnished shall be an additional $5.00.
(57) Cemetery Monument Foundation Charge.
The charge to be paid to the cemetery division of
the parks and recreation department for construct-
ing a foundation for a headstone or monument
shall be $8.00 for each square foot of surface area .
(58) Cemetery, Recording of Deed to Grave or Lot
in. The fee of the parks and recreation commis-
sion for recording as agent of the city clerk under
section 51 of chapter 550 of the acts of 1948 a deed
to a grave or lot in any cemetery belonging to the
city shall be $1.00; provided, that there shall be no
fee for so recording a deed of the city executed
under section 9 of chapter 22 of these ordinances.
(59) Cesspool, Permit for Emptying of. The fee
for a permit to empty a cesspool, vault or privy
granted by the health commissioner under sec-
tion 16 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be,
in cases where the permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, $10.00, and, in cases where the per-
mit is granted for a greater or less period, the
amount bearing the same ratio to $10.00 as the
number of months for which the permit is granted
bears to twelve, but in no event less than $1.00.
(60) Chiropodist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 21 of chapter
112 of the General Laws the name and address of
a registered chiropodist and the date and number
of his certificate shall be $1.00.
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(61) Church Records, Certified Co-pies of. The
fee of the city clerk, and of the city registrar, for
furnishing a certified copy of any record or registry
in his custody under section 16 of chapter 66 of
the General Laws shall be $2.00 for each page or
part thereof.
(62) City Clerk, Indexing of Instruments by.
If any instrument or paper required by law to
be recorded or filed with, and indexed by, the
city clerk contains the names of more than two
persons, there shall be added to the fee fixed by
this section for recording or filing such instrument
or paper the sum of 25i for each additional person
whose name is to be indexed.
(6*3) City Clerk, Recording of Instruments by.
The fee of the city clerk for recording an instru-
ment or paper shall, except as otherwise expressly
provided by this section, be SI. 00 for each page
or part thereof.
(64) Closing Out Sales. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing an inventory, bond
and statement under section 28A of chapter 93
of the General Laws for a sale with any such
designation as is set forth in said section 28A
shall be $5.00.
(65) Club License. The fee for a license
granted by the licensing board under section
21E of chapter 140 of the General Laws to a
club, society, association or other organization,
either incorporated or unincorporated, authorizing
it to dispense food and beverages to be consumed
on its premises, to its stockholders or members
and their guests, but to no others, shall be $15.00.
(66) Commissions of Constables. The fee of
the city clerk for issuing the commission of a
constable shall be $5.00.
(67) Commissions of Weighers, etc. The fee
of the city clerk for issuing the commission of
a weigher, measurer or surveyor appointed under
section 85 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, or
of a public weigher of fish appointed under section
89 of said chapter 41, or of a weigher of beef
appointed under section 140 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws, or of a weigher of grain appointed
under section 219 of said chapter 94, or of a
weigher of hay appointed under section 236 of
said chapter 94, or of a weigher of coal appointed
under section 238 of said chapter 94, or of an
inspector of lime appointed under section 262
of said chapter 94, or of a measurer of wood and
bark provided for by section 296 of said chapter
94, or of a measurer of leather appointed under
section 1 of chapter 95 of the General Laws, or
of a weigher of vessels appointed under section
6 of chapter 102 of the General Laws, shall be $2.00.
(68) Common Victualler' s License. The fees
for a common victualler's license granted by the
licensing board under section 2 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be a primary fee of
$15.00 and an additional fee of $15.00 for each
fifty seats as determined by the maximum seating
capacity.
(69) Copies or Duplicates of Licenses and
Permits. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this ordinance, the fee for a certified copy or
duplicate of any license or permit shall be $1.00.
■ (70) Cows, Permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit from the health commissioner to
keep cows, whether granted under section 7 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances or under a regu-
lation made by such commissioner under section
31 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, shall be
$5.00 for each cow.
(71) Cross Country Course. The charge to
be paid for each setting up and removal by the
parks and recreation department of the flags of
a cross country course shall be $35.00.
(72) Dancing School License. The fee for a
dancing school license granted by the mayor
under section 185H of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be $5.00.
(73) Day Care Agencies. The fee for a license
to conduct an agency giving day care to children
granted by the health commissioner under section
59 of chapter 111 of the General Laws shall be
$3.00.
(74) Deaths. See Births, Marriages and Deaths.
(75) Decorative Material Test. The charge
to be paid for a determination by the testing
laboratory in the fire department of the fiam-
mability of a sample of decorative material
required by lawful rules of the head of said depart-
ment to have a letter of approval before use in
a public building or place of assembly shall be
$1.00.
(76) Directional Sign. The charge to be paid
for the erection by the Boston traffic commission
of a directional sign upon the request of a chari-
table, religious, educational, literary, recreational,
social, civic or veterans' organization or of a
hospital shall be $10.00, which shall include
maintenance for five years.
(77) Dog License. The fee for a dog license
issued by the police commissioner under section
147 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be,
in the case of a male dog or of a spayed female
dog for which the certificate required by section
139 of said chapter 140 has been filed with the
city clerk, $2.00, and in the case of any other
female dog $5.00; except that a dog license shall
be issued without charge in the case of a dog
specially trained to lead or serve a blind person
if the division of the blind of the commonwealth
certifies that such dog is so trained and actually
in the service of a blind person.
(78) Dog License, Change in Record of. The
fee of the police commissioner for changing under
section 138 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
the record of a dog license to show the name and
address of a new owner or keeper shall be 50ji.
(79) Dogs, Spayed Female. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing under section 139 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws a certificate or
statement that a female dog has been spayed
and thereby deprived of the power of propagation
shall be $1.00.
(80) Dog Tag, Sutitbsute. The fee for a sub-
stitute dog tag furnished by the police commis-
sioner under section 137 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be 25fS.
(81) Dog Transfer License. The fee for a dog
transfer license granted by the police commissioner
under section 146 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be 50ff.
(82) Dump, Assignment of Place for. The fee
for the assignment by the health commissioner
under section 150A of chapter 111 of the General
Laws of a place as a dumping ground for garbage,
rubbish or other refuse shall be $100.00.
(S3) Dump Permit. The fee for an annual
permit granted by the health commissioner to
deposit or dump refuse or noxious or decaying
liquid or solid matter or house-dirt, house-offal
or other house refuse matter, whether granted
under section 10 or section 14, or both, of chapter
40 of these ordinances, shall be $100.00.
(84) Duplicate Receipt. The charge to be paid
for the issuance by any board or officer of the city
of a duplicate receipt for any payment shall be 35fi.
(85) Dynamo Installation Permit. The fee of
the building commissioner for receiving an appli-
cation for a permit under paragraph (a) of section
111 of the Boston Building Code to install one or
more engines or dynamos shall be $3.00 for each
engine or dynamo.
(86) Eggs, License to Break and Can. The fee
for an annual license granted by the health com-
missioner under section 89 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws to carry on an establishment for the
breaking and canning of eggs shall be S100.00
(87) Electric Wiring, etc., Permit for. The fees
for a permit granted by the building commissioner
under chapter 268 of the acts of 1898, as amended,
shall be a primary fee of $1.00 and, according to
the nature and extent of the work authorized,
additional fees as follows:
(a) Service Connection. For each so-called serv-
ice connection installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, whether connection with public utility
system or isolated generating plant, $1.00;
(6) Main Switch. For each main switch or
like circuit breaker installation, alteration or re-
location authorized, $1.00 if the capacity thereof
does not exceed one hundred amperes, and if the
capacity thereof exceeds one hundred amperes,
$1.00 for each hundred amperes but in no event
more than $20.00;
(c) Meter Loop. For each meter loop installa-
tion, alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(d) Panel Board. For each panel board instal-
lation, alteration or relocation authorized, if, but
only if, no branch circuit installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(e) Branch Circuit. For each branch circuit
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
$1.00;
(/) Lighting Fixtures, etc. For each incandes-
cent lamp rated at 500 watts or over, each arc
lamp and each mercury vapor lamp installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00; and for
each other lighting fixture (other than sign or
outline lighting) installation, alteration or reloca-
tion authorized, and for each lighting circuit
switch outlet installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, and for each lighting circuit plug
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receptacle installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, 25^;
(g) Signs. For each sign or outline lighting
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
whether fluorescent, incandescent, neon or other
or a combination of all or any thereof, $1.00 plus
the amount payable under subclause (i) for each
convertor included therein, plus the amount pay-
able under subclause (k) for each transformer
connected therewith, plus SI. 00 for each kilowatt
of the aggregate capacity of the fluorescent tubes
and incandescent lamps;
(h) Heating Devices, etc. For each heating
device installation, alteration or relocation author-
ized, and for each heating circuit plug receptacle
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
2.5c1 for each kilowatt of the capacity thereof except
that, where the authorization is for the installation,
alteration or relocation of two or more of the
aforesaid on the same premises at the same time
and for the same person, the amount payable
under this subclause shall be 25^ for each kilowatt
of the aggregate capacity thereof; provided, that
in no event shall the total amount payable under
this subclause be less than 50^ for each such device
or receptacle; and provided, further that the
capacity of any such device or receptacle in excess
of fifty kilowatts shall be excluded in computing
the amount payable under this subclause;
(i) Motors, etc. For each motor installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, and for each
power circuit plug receptacle installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, 25^ for each horsepower
of the capacity thereof except that, where the
authorization is for the installation, alteration or
relocation of two or more of the aforesaid on the
same premises, at the same time and for the same
person, the amount payable under this subclause
shall be 25^ for each horsepower of the aggregate
capacity thereof; provided, that in no event shall
the total amount payable under this subclause be
less than 50^ for each motor or receptacle afore-
said; and provided, further, that the capacity of
any motor or receptacle aforesaid in excess of
fifty horsepower shall be excluded in computing
the amount payable under this subclause;
(j) Generators, etc. For each generator instal-
lation, alteration or relocation authorized, and for
each rectifier or other battery charging device
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
$2.00 if the capacity thereof is not more than ten
kilowatts, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than twenty-five, kilowatts,
$5.00 if the capacity thereof is more than twenty-
five, but not more than fifty, kilowatts, and
$10.00 if the capacity thereof is more than fifty
kilowatts, and in addition thereto, in each case,
the amount payable under subclause (k) for the
motors thereof, if any; and
(fc) Transformers. For each ignition, neon
sign, outline lighting or signaling transformer
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
50^; and for each other transformer installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, $2.00 if the
capacity thereof is not more than ten kilovolt-
amperes, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than twenty-five, kilo-
voltamperes, $5.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than twenty-five, but not more than fifty, kilovolt-
amperes, and $10.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than fifty kilovoltamperes.
The fees for a permit granted by the building
commissioner under said chapter 268 for an
installation, alteration or relocation to remain in
place for thirty days or less shall be a primary
fee of $1.00 and one third of the additional fees
otherwise fixed by subclauses (a) to (k), inclusive.
The fee of the building commissioner for reinspect-
ing under said chapter 268, after alleged correction,
work found on previous inspection to be defective
shall be $2.00.
(88) Elevator or Escalator Installation, Alteration
or Repair Permit. The fee of the building commis-
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially
repair one or more elevators shall be $12.00 for
the first elevator and $3.00 for each additional
elevator on the same premises or on adjacent
premises in the same ownership or control; pro-
vided, that if such application relates exclusively
to one or more builder's hoists, the fee shall be
$2.00 for each car; and provided, further, that if
such application relates exclusively to one or more
dumbwaiters, the fee shall be $1.00 for each car.
The word "elevator", as used in this clause, shall
be construed to include escalator.
(89) Elevator _ and Escalator Inspection. The
fee of the building commissioner for inspecting
and testing under section 64 of chapter 143 of the
General Laws an elevator as defined in section 62
of said chapter 143 shall be $8.00 for the first ele-
vator and $2.00 for each additional elevator on
the same premises or on adjacent premises in the
same ownership or control; except that in cases
where, at the request of the owner or person in
control of the premises where an elevator is located,
such inspection and testing is done at a time other
than when the office of the building commissioner
is open for the transaction of public business,
such fee shall be $12.00 for the first elevator and
$3.00 for each additional elevator on such premises
or on adjacent premises in the same ownership or
control.
(90) Elevator Operator's License. The fee for a
license to act as an operator of elevators granted by
the building commissioner whether under chapter
714 of the acts of 1913 or under regulations made
by the state board of elevator regulations under
section 69 of chapter 143 of the General Laws
shall be, in the case of an original license and of a
license granted upon presentation of a license to
act as an operator of elevators issued by another
licensing authority and of a renewal license in
connection with which a reexamination is required,
$2.00, and in the case of any other renewal license,
$1.00.
(91) Engine Installation Permit. See Dynamo
Installation Permit.
(92) Entertainment License. The fee for a
license granted by the licensing board under sec-
tion 183A of chapter 140 of the General Laws (in-
cluding a license so granted to an innholder or
common victualler) shall be, in the case of enter-
tainment solely through the use of television, radio,
and music provided by mechanical or electrical
means, S50.00 and, in the case of all other enter-
tainment, $100.00.
(93) Explosives. See Flammable and/or Ex-
plosive Materials.
(94) Factor's Lien. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving, filing and indexing under section 42
of chapter 255 of the General Laws a notice of a
factor's lien shall be $3.00.
_ (95) Factor's Lien, Discharge of. The fee of the
city clerk for receiving and filing under section 44
of chapter 255 of the General Laws a certificate, or
a certified copy of a certificate, of the discharge of
a factor's lien shall be $3.00.
(96) Fence Viewers, Assignment by. The fee of
the city clerk for recording an assignment by fence
viewers under section 6 of chapter 49 of the Gen-
eral Laws shall be $1.00.
(97) Ferris Wheel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chap-
ter 140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a Ferris wheel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, except that in the case of a Ferris wheel
exclusively for children under thirteen years of
age, such fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The
fee for a license so granted to establish, keep open
and maintain a Ferris wheel other than at a carnival
shall be $15.00 for each monthly period in which
such license may be exercised, except that in the
case of a Ferris wheel exclusively for children
under thirteen years of age, such fee shall be $5.00
for each such monthly period.
(98) Fire (Large) in Open Air, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the fire commissioner
under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set, main-
tain or increase a fire or fires in the open air other
than in an incinerator shall, except in the case of a
permit coming within clause (99) or (100) of this
section, be $15.00 for the first monthly period and
$5.00 for each additional monthly period in which
it may be exercised; provided, that there shall be
no fee for a permit granted as aforesaid to set,
maintain or increase a fire or fires in connection
with a patriotic or public celebration.
(99) Fire (Small or Torch) in Open Air, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the fire com-
missioner under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to
set, maintain or increase in the open air a flame or
flames in connection with one or more appliances
or devices using or producing flame or a fire or fires
not exceeding four square feet in area each shall
be $2.50 for each monthly period in which such
permit may be exercised; provided, that if such
permit limits such flame or flames or such fire or
fires to a single estate, the fee for such permit shall
be $1.00 for each such period.
(100) Fire in Open Air for Burning Leaves, etc.,
Permit for. There shall be no fee for a permit
granted by the fire commissioner under chapter 355
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of the aots of 1943 to set, maintain or increase a
fire or fires in the open air if such permit limits all
fires thereunder to a single estate and to the burning
of leaves, grass and brush from such estate and re°
stricts each fire thereunder to four square feet in
area.
(101) Fire Fighting Exhibition License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under sec-
tion 186 of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep open and maintain an outdoor '
exhibition of fire fighting for the amusement, of
the public shall be $25.00 for each day on which
such license may be exercised.
(102) Firearms, License to Carry or Possess.
The fee for a license to carry a pistol or revolver in
the commonwealth or to possess therein a machine
gun, granted by the mayor or the police commis-
sioner under section 131 of chapter 140 of the Gen-
eral Laws shall be §5.00.
(103) Firearms, License to Purchase, Rent or
Lease. The fee for a license to purchase, rent or
lease a pistol or revolver granted by the mayor or
the police commissioner under section 131 A of
chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be SI. 00.
(104) Firearms, License to Sell, Rent or Lease.
The fee for a license to sell, rent or lease firearms
granted by the licensing board under section 122
of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(105) Fireworks Bond. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing a bond given under
section 40 of chapter 148 of the General Laws and
conditioned upon the payment of any judgment
for loss, damage or injury resulting from the storage
or manufacture of fireworks shall be .$1.00
(106) Fireworks Display Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the head of the fire department
under section 10A of chapter 148 of the General
Laws for a supervised display of fireworks shall be
$5.00.
(107) Fishing License. The fee for a fishing
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by sec-
tions 8 and 8A of said chapter 131.
(108) Flammable Materials, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the head of the fire
department under section 10A or section 23 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to keep, store or
use one or more flammable fluids, solids or gases
shall be, if such permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, one half of the fee which would be
payable under clause (109) of this section for a
license granted under section 13 of said chapter
148 for the keeping, storage or use of such fluids,
solids or gases, and if such permit is granted for
any other period, for each monthly period in which
such permit may be exercised one twenty-fourth
of the fee which would be so payable for such a
license; provided, that the fee for an annual permit
granted as aforesaid solely for the keeping, storage
and use of not exceeding one thousand gallons of
light fuel oil shall be $1.00.
(109) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
License for. The fee for a license granted under
section 13 of chapter 148 of the General Laws by
the committee on licenses in the public safety
commission to use land for the keeping, storage,
manufacture or sale of one or more of the articles
named in section 9 of said chapter 148 shall be
a primary fee of $20.00 and an additional fee equal,
in the case of fluids, to $6.00 for each thousand of
the first ten thousand gallons thereof, $3.00 for
each thousand of the next ninety thousand gal-
lons thereof, $3.00 for each ten thousand of the
next four million nine hundred thousand gallons
thereof, and $3.00 for each one hundred thou-
sand gallons thereof in excess of five million
gallons and equal, in the case of solids and gases,
to $4.00 for each hundred of the first ten hundred
cubic feet thereof, $2.00 for each thousand of the
next four hundred ninety-nine thousand cubic
feet thereof, and $2.00 for each ten thousand
cubic feet thereof in excess of five hundred thou-
sand cubic feet; provided, that the fee for a license
granted as aforesaid which relates exclusively to
all or part of an estate owned or occupied by the
same person or persons for the whole or a part or
parts of which a license or licenses held by such
person or persons are in force under said section
13 shall be a primary fee of $20.00 and an addi-
tional fee equal to the amount by which the addi-
tional fee which would be payable under this
clause for a license granted under said section 13
to use such estate for the aggregate authorized by
such licenses would be increased by the inclusion
of the new license.
(110) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Recording of License for. The fee of the city clerk
for recording a license granted under section 13
of chapter 148 of the General Laws by the com-
mittee on licenses in the public safety commission
shall be $1.00 for each page or part thereof.
(111) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of License for. The fee of
the fire commissioner for receiving under section
13 of chapter 148 of the General Laws a certificate
of registration setting forth the name and address
of the holder of a license granted under said
section 13 or corresponding provisions of earlier
law shall be one half of the fee which would have
been payable for such license if clause (109) of
this section had then been in force; provided,
that where two or more such licenses are held
by the same person or persons and relate to one
estate owned or occupied by such person or per-
sons, although no two of such licenses relate to
the same part of said estate and none of them to
the whole of said estate, the fee of the fire commis-
sioner for receiving under said section 13 a certifi-
cate of registration setting forth the name and
address of the holder of such licenses shall be
one half of the fee which would be payable under
clause (109) of this section for a license granted
under said section 13 to use such estate for the
aggregate authorized by such licenses.
(112) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of Unlicensed but Lawful Use
of Land for. The fee of the fire commissioner for
receiving pursuant to section 2 of chapter 394 of
the acts of 1936 from the owner or occupant of a
building or other structure lawfully used for any
of the purposes specified in section 13 of chapter
148 of the General Laws without a license a certifi-
cate reciting such use shall be one half of the fee
which would be payable under clause (109) of this
section for a license granted un/ler said section 13
for such use.
(113) Flashpoint Determination. The charge
to be paid for a determination by the testing
laboratory in the fire department of the flashpoint
of any flammable fluid or solid shall be $3.00.
(114) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Retail. The fee for a license granted by
the health commissioner under section 651 of
chapter 95 of the General Laws to manufacture
frozen desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for
sale at retail shall be $5.00 for each premises
specified in the license.
(115) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Wholesale. The fee for a license granted
by the health commissioner under section 651 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws to manufacture
frozen desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for
sale at wholesale shall be, for the manufacture of
not more than twenty-five thousand gallons,
$25.00; for the manufacture of more than twenty-
five thousand, but not more than one hundred
thousand, gallons, $50.00; for the manufacture of
more than one hundred thousand, but not more
than two hundred and fifty thousand, gallons,
$100.00; for the manufacture of more than two
hundred and fifty thousand, but not more than
five hundred thousand, gallons, $150.00; and for
the manufacture of more than five hundred thou-
sand gallons, $200.00.
(116) Frozen Desserts, Permit to Have for Sale.
The fee for a permit to have frozen desserts and
ice cream mix, or either, in custody or possession
with intent to sell or to offer or expose for sale or
to deliver in the city granted by the health com-
missioner under a regulation made by such com-
missioner under section 65Q of chapter 94 of the
General Laws shall be $1.00.
(117) Fuel Oil Burner, Permit to Install or
Alter. The fee for a permit granted by the head
of the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws for the installation or
alteration of a fuel oil burner shall be, in the case
of a power oil burner, $3.00, and in the case of any
other oil burner, $1.00.
(118) Fumigation of Certain Buildings, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the head
of the fire department under section 10A of chap-
ter 148 of the General Laws to fumigate a ware-
house, factory or commercial building by the use
of a volatile inflammable liquid or a material
requiring flame shall be $3.00.
(11.9) Funeral Director's License. The fee for
a license to act as a funeral director in Boston
granted by the health commissioner under section
49 of chapter 114 of the General Laws shall be
$10.00.
(120) Garage Permits. The fees for a permit
granted by the committee on licenses in the pub-
lic safety commission under chapter 577 of the
acts of 1913, as amended, to erect or maintain a
garage for the storage, keeping or care of motor
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vehicles (including a lubritorium or repair shop)
shall be a primary fee of $50.00 and an additional
fee equal to $5.00 for each inspection, repair,
lubricating or wash-stand bay thereof and $1.00
for each of the first hundred parking spaces therein
and $25.00 for each hundred additional parking
spaces therein; provided that the fees for a permit
so granted to erect or maintain a private garage
for the storage or keeping of automobiles only
shall be a primary fee of $15.00 and an additional
fee of $1.00 for each bay thereof, except that the
total fee for a permit so granted to erect or main-
tain as an appurtenance to a dwelling a garage
for the storage or keeping of not more than two
automobiles shall be $5.00. In determining the
fees hereinbefore prescribed for a permit granted
as aforesaid, a group of individual garages consti-
tuting one estate shall be considered as one garage.
{121) Garbage, etc., Permit to Transport. The
fee for a permit to remove or transport garbage,
offal or other offensive substances through the
streets of the city granted by the health com-
missioner under section 31 A of chapter 111 of the
General Laws shall be $25.00 for each vehicle
used in such removal and transportation.
(122) Gases. See Flammable Materials, also
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment.
(128) Gasfitting Installation, Alteration o
Repair Permit. _ The fees of the building commis
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially
repair gasfitting shall be a primary fee of $2.00
and an additional fee of 50(5 for each appliance or
fixture to be installed, altered or substantially
repaired thereunder.
(124) Gasfitter's Licenses. The fee for a master
gasfitter's license granted by the board of examiners
of gasfitters under section 121 of the Boston
Building Code, shall be, in the case of an original
license and of a renewal license in connection with
which a reexamination is required, $10.00, and in
the case of any other renewal license, $3.00; and
the fee for a journeyman gasfitter's license so
granted shall be, in the case of an original license
and of a renewal license in connection with which
a reexamination is required, $5.00, and in the case
of any other renewal license, $1.00.
(125) Gasoline Tank, Permit to Remove or
Relocate. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 38A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to remove or
relocate an underground tank which has been
used for the keeping or storage of gasoline shall
be $3.00 for each tank.
(126) Goats, Permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit to keep goats granted by the health
commissioner under section 4 of chapter 40 of
these ordinances shall be $3.00 for each goat.
(127) Golf Course, Franklin Park. The fee for
a license from the parks and recreation commission
permitting the licensee to use throughout the
year for which it is given the Franklin Park golf
course for the playing of golf shall be, in the
case of a person resident in the city, $25.00 and,
in the case of any other person, $40.00. The fee
for the use of such golf course for the playing of
golf by a person without such a license shall be,
on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, $2.00 in
the case of a person resident in the city and $3.00
in the case of any other person and, on any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday,
$1.50 in the case of a person resident in the city
and $2.00 in the case of any other person; provided,
that the fee for such use of such golf course by a
person resident in the city commencing to play
after 5:00 p.m. on any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday shall be $1.00. The
charge to be paid to the parks and recreation
department for the use of a turkish towel furnished
by said department at said golf course shall be 15(5.
(128) Golf Course, George Wright. The fee for
a license from the parks and recreation commission
permitting the licensee to use throughout the year
for which it is given the George Wright golf
course for the playing of golf shall be, in the case
of a person resident in the city, $40.00 and, in
the case of any other person, $60.00, and in addi-
tion thereto in each case a locker fee of $5.00.
The fee for the use of such golf course for the
playing of golf by a person without such a license
shall be, on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday,
$2.50 in the case of a person resident in the city
and $3.50 in the case of any other person and,
on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
Jegal holiday, $2.00 in the case of a person resident
in the city and $2.50 in the case of any other per-
son. The charge to be paid to the parks and recrea-
tion department for the use of a turkish towel
furnished by said department at said golf course
shall be 15^.
(129) Golf Course Clubhouse, Use of George
Wright. The charge to be paid for the use of the
clubhouse at the George Wright golf course for a
social, civic or similar event shall be $50.00.
(ISO) Gravel Removal Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the building commissioner
under chapter 204 of the acts of 1945 to excavate
land to a depth of more than five feet for the
purpose of obtaining and removing sand, gravel
or loam shall be $5.00.
(131) Gun Club License. The fee for a gun
club license granted by the city council under
section 23 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall
be $15.00.
(132) Hackney Carriage Liense. The fee for a
license granted by the police commissioner under
chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to set up and use
a vehicle as a hackney carriage shall be $10.00
for each vehicle. The fee for every amendment
of any such license shall likewise be $10.00 for
each vehicle, except that, in cases where the
amendment results solely from the substitution of
one vehicle for another, the fee therefor shall be
$1.00 for each vehicle.
(133) Hackney Carriage Driver's License. The
fee for a license granted by the police commissioner
under chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to drive or
have charge of a hacknev carriage shall b^ $2.00.
(134) Halls, etc., in Municipally Owned Build-
ings, Use of. The charge to be paid for the exclu-
sive use on a weekday of a hall with a seating
capacity of less than five hundred in a municipally
owned building other than a library or school
shall be $30.00, except that the charge for such a
use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $15.00 and
the charge for such a use commencing after
5:00 p.m. shall be $25.00; and the charge to be
paid for the exclusive use of such a hall on a
Sunday or legal holiday shall be $40.03, except
that the charge for such a use ceasing before
6:00 p.m. shall be $25.00 and the charge for such
a use commencing after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be
$25.00. The charge to be paid for the exclusive
use on a weekday of a hall with a seating capacity
of five hundred or more but less than one thousand
in a municipally owned building other than a
library or school shall be $50.00, except that the
charge for such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m.
shall be $25.00 and the charge for such a use
commencing after 5:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and
the charge to be paid for the exclusive use of
such a hall on a Sunday or legal holiday shall
be $60.00, except that the charge for such a use
ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the
oharge for such a use commencing after 5:00 p.m.
shall likewise be $35.00. The charge to be paid
for the exclusive use on a weekday of a hall with
a seating capacity of one thousand or m^re in a
municipally owned building other than a library or
school shall be $70.00, except that the charge for
such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00
and the charge for such a use commencing after
5:00 p.m. shall be $4.5.00; and the charge to be
paid for the exclusive use of such a hall on a
Sunday or legal holiday shall be $80.00, except
that the charge for such a use ceasing before
6:00 p.m. shall be $45.00 and the charge for such a
use commencing after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be
$45.00. The word "hall", as used in this clause,
shall be construed to include a gymnasium with
seating accommodations.
(135) Hamburg. See Sausages and Chopped
Meat.
(136) Handcart Licenses. See Wagon and
Handcart Licenses.
(137) Hawker's or Peddler's License. The fee
for an annual hawker's or peddler's license granted
by the health commissioner under section 19 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be, if sales
within the market limits are authorized, $10.00,
otherwise $5.00.-
(138) Hawker's or Peddler's Number Plates.
The fee of the health commissioner for assigning
under section 19 of chapter 40 of these ordinances
a number to a person hawking or peddling any
of the articles enumerated in section 17 of chapter
101 of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(139) Health Division Medical Records, Abstracts
and Copies of. The charge to be paid for an
abstract, or a copy, of a medical record kept in
the health division of the health department shall
be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each
additional page.
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(140) Heating Installation Permit. The fee of
the building commissioner for receiving an appli-
cation for a permit under paragraph (a) of section
111 of the Boston Building Code to install a steam
boiler, furnace, heater or other heat-producing
apparatus the installation of which is regulated
by the Boston Building Code shall be $2.00 for
each boiler, furnace, heater or other heat-producing
apparatus.
(141) Hens. See Poultry.
(143) Home for Sick and Aged, Application for
Approval of Location of. The fee which shall be
paid to the building commissioner for receiving
an application for the approval by the health
commissioner and the building commissioner of
the location of a hospital, home for aged, convales-
cent home, sanitarium or similar use under para-
graph (3) of section 3 of chapter 488 of the acts
of 1924 shall be $25.00 plus the cost of publishing
the notice of hearing.
(143) Hospital. The charges to be paid for
services rendered in the hospital department shall
be as prescribed in clauses (144) to (157), in-
clusive, except that, in every case in which a
rate certified under section 30K of chapter 7 of
the General Laws is applicable, such portion of
the charges so prescribed as in excess of such rate
shall be waived, and except further that, in every
other case, such portion of the charges so pre-
scribed as, in the judgment of the board of trustees
in charge of said department, the patient or
persons bound to support him are unable to pay
shall also be waived.
(144) Hospital Admission. The charge to be
paid for admission on one day to the out-patient
department at the city hospital for diagnosis or
treatment shall be 50(5. The charge to be paid
for each admission to the accident floor at the
city hospital for diagnosis or treatment shall be,
in the case of a child under age thirteen, $2.00,
and in the case of any other person, $3.00. The
charge to be paid for each admission to the East
Boston relief station for diagnosis or treatment
shall be, in the case of a child under age thirteen,
$2.00, and in the case of any other person, $3.00;
provided, that such charge shall be waived in
case of transfer of the patient to the accident
floor at the city hospital.
(145) Hospital Bed and Board. The charge
to be paid for bed and board at the city hospital
shall be, in the case of bed. and board in a private
room, $21.00 a day, in the case of bed and board
in a semi-private room, $18.00 a day, in the case
of bed and board in a ward, $15.00 a day, and in
the case of bed and board in a nursery for a child
born at the hospital, $5.00 for each day after its
mother is discharged from the hospital. The
charge to be paid for bed and board at the Long
Island hospital shall be, in the case of a person
chronically ill or permanently and totally disabled,
$10.00 a day, and in the case of any other person,
$7.50 a day. The charge to be paid for bed and
board at the sanatorium shall be $15.00 a day.
(146) Hospital Blood Transfusion Equipment.
The charge to be paid for the use of equipment
and facilities at the city hospital in connection
with a blood transfusion shall be $10.00.
(147) Hospital Delivery Room. The charge
to be paid for each use of a delivery room at the
city hospital, including materials and equipment
for any anesthesia in connection with such use,
shall be $25.00.
(148) Hospital, Electrocardiogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at
the city hospital for an electrocardiogram shall
be $5.00.
(149) Hospital, Electroencephalogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at the
city hospital for an electroencephalogram shall
be $15.00.
(150) Hospital Laboratory. The charge to be
paid for each analysis made by a laboratory at
the city hospital shall be such amount, not less
than $1.00 nor more than $5.00, as the board of
trustees in charge of the hospital department
shall from time to time determine approximates
the cost of such analysis; provided, however,
that until said board establishes for laboratory
analyses a schedule of charges determined as
aforesaid, each bed patient at the city hospital
shall be charged a laboratory fee of $5.00 for the
first day of each admission and of $1.00 for each
day he remains in the hospital thereafter, but
in no event more than $18.00 for any one admission.
(151) Hospital Operating Room and Anesthesia.
The charge to be paid for each use of an operating
room at the city hospital, exclusive of materials
and equipment for anesthesia but inclusive of any
use of a recovery room, shall be such amount
not less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00, as the
board of trustees in charge of the hospital depart-
ment considering the nature of the operation or
procedure shall from time to time determine;
and the charge to be paid for each use of equip-
ment for anesthesia at the city hospital, including
all materials supplied in connection with each
use, shall be such amount, not less than $5.00
nor more than $15.00, as the board of trustees
in charge of the hospital department considering
the nature of the operation or procedure shall from
time to time determine.
(152) Hospital Oxygen Mask, etc. The charges
to be paid for each use of equipment for oxygen
at the city hospital, including all materials supplied
in connection with such use, shall be a primary
charge of $3.00 and an additional charge of 50(i
for each hour of use; but in no event shall the
total charge for one use exceed $50.00.
(153) Hospital, Pharmaceuticals, etc., at. The
charge to be paid for any pharmaceutical prepa-
ration, biological product or intravenous solution
furnished at the city hospital shall be such amount
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department shall from time to time determine
approximates the cost of furnishing such phar-
maceutical preparation, biological product or
intravenous solution; provided, however, that
until said board establishes for furnishing phar-
maceutical preparations, biological products and
intravenous solutions a schedule of charges deter-
mined as aforesaid, each bed patient at the city
hospital, unless hospitalized solely for a tonsil-
lectomy and adenoideetomy or either, shall be
charged a pharmacy fee of §1.00 a day but in no
event more than $12.00 for any one admission.
(I04) Hospital, Plaster or Other Cast at. The
charge to be paid for the supply of materials and
the use of equipment in connection with the
application of a cast at the city hospital, including
materials and equipment for any anesthesia in
connection with such application, shall be such
amount, not less than $10.00 nor more than
$50.00, as the board of trustees in charge of the
hospital department considering the type of cast
involved shall from time to time determine.
The charge to be paid for the use of equipment
at the city hospital in connection with the removal
of a cast shall be $2.00.
(155) Hospital Radium. The charge to be paid
for the use of radium controlled by the hospital
department shall be $10.00.
(156) Hospital Records, Abstracts and Copies of.
The charge to be paid for an abstract, or a copy,
of a record kept in the hospital department under
section 70 of chapter 111 of the General Laws shall
be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each addi-
tional page.
(157) Hospital XrRay Equipment. The charge
to be paid for the use of x-ray equipment at the
city hospital for diagnosis or therapy shall be such
amount, not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00,
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department considering the nature and circum-
stances thereof shall from time to time determine.
(15S) Hunting License. The fee for a hunting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
section 8 of said chapter 131.
(150) Hydrant Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(160) Ice Cream. See Frozen Desserts.
(161) Incinerator, Assignment of Place for Refuse
Disposal. The fee for the assignment by the health
commissioner under section 150A of chapter 111
of the General Laws of a place as a site for a refuse
disposal incinerator shall be $100.00.
(162) Incinerator Permit. The fee for an annual
permit granted by the fire commissioner under
chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set, maintain or
increase fires in an incinerator in the open shall be
$25.00; provided that when such a permit is
granted solely for such an incinerator for the pur-
pose of burning rubbish from households on the
estate on which it is located, the fee therefor shall
be $2.00.
(163) Inflammables. See Flammable and /or Ex-
plosive Materials.
(164) Innholder's License. The fee for an inn-
holder's license granted by the licensing board
under section 2 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be, in the case of a person duly licensed under
section 12 of chapter 138 of the General Laws,
$5.00, and, in the case of all other persons, $25.00.
(165) Intelligence Office License. The fee for a
license to establish or keep an intelligence office
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granted by the licensing board under section 42 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be, in the
case of a business employment bureau, $50.00, in
the case of a domestics and laborers employment
bureau, $25.00, and in the case of an intelligence
office furnishing its services without charge to
employer or employee, $2.00.
(166) Jitney License. The fee for a license
granted by the city council, with the approval of
the mayor, under section 1 of chapter 159A of the
General Laws to operate a motor vehicle upon a
public way for the carriage of passengers for hire,
in such a manner as to afford a means of transpor-
tation similar to that afforded by a railway com-
pany, by indiscriminately receiving and discharging
passengers along the route on which the vehicle is
operated or may be running, or for transporting
passengers for hire as a business between fixed and
regular termini shall be $25.00; and the fee for an
amendment of any such license shall likewise be
$10.00.
(167) _ Junk Collector's License. The fee for an
annual junk collector's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 1 of chapter 39
of these ordinances shall be $15.00.
(168) Junk Shopkeeper's License. The fee for
an annual junk shopkeeper's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 1 of chapter 39
of these ordinances shall be $75.00.
(169) Kennel License. The fee for a kennel
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 137A of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $10.00 if four dogs or less are kept in the
kennel, $25.00 if more than four, but not more
than ten, dogs are kept in the kennel! and $50.00 if
more than ten dogs are kept in the kennel; except
that a kennel license shall be issued without charge
to any domestic charitable corporation incorporated
exclusively for the purpose of protecting animals
from cruelty, neglect or abuse and for the relief
of suffering among animals. Dogs under the age
of three months shall not be counted in determin-
ing the fee for a kennel license.
(170) Kennel Transfer License. The fee for the
issuance under section 137A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws of a new license in the case of the
removal of a kennel to Boston shall be $3.00.
(171) L Street Solarium. The fee for the use
of either solarium at the L Street Bathhouse on
any day shall be 25fi for any two hours or fraction
thereof, which fee shall include a half-ounce piece
of soap and the use of a locker and of a turkish
towel furnished by the parks and recreation
department.
(172) Labor, Claim for. See Public Buildings
and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(173) Library, Permit for No?i-Resident to
Borrow Materials from Public. The fee for a
permit for a person not resident in the city to bor-
row books or other library material from the public
library granted under section 8 of chapter 78 of the
General Laws by the board of trustees in charge
of the library department shall be $1.00 for each
four-month period in which such permit may be
exercised.
(174) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
Permit. The fee for a permit granted by the head
of the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws to install or connect
liquefied petroleum gas equipment shall be $1.00.
(175) Loading 7one Permit. The fee for an
annual permit for a loading zone, so called, granted
by the Boston traffic commission under section 2
of chapter 263 of the acts of 1929 shall be $1.25
for each foot of curbing abutting on said zone, but
in no event less than $25.00.
(176) Locations. See Public Utility Locations.
(177) Lodging House License. The fee for a
lodging house license granted by the licensing
board under section 23 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be, in the' case of a lodging
house having less than ten rooms let or adapted
for letting to lodgers, $5.00, and in the case of a
lodging house having ten or more, but less than
twenty, such rooms, $10.00, and in the case of all
other lodging houses, $25.00.
(17S) Lunch Cart License. The fee for an
annual license to maintain a vehicle for the sale
of food in a public way granted by the commis-
sioner of public works and the police commissioner
under section 49 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $120.00.
(179) Manure, Permit for Removal of. The fee
for an annual permit for the removal of manure
granted by the health commissioner under section
6 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be $3.00.
(ISO). Marriage License. The fee of the city
registrar for entering notice of intention of mar-
riage and issuing certificate thereof shall be that
described by clause 42 of section 34 of chapter
262 of the General Laws.
(1S1) Marriages. See Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
(182) Marriages Solemnized outside Massa-
chusetts, Recording of. The fee of the city registrar
for receiving under section 36 of chapter 207 of
the General Laws a certificate or declaration of
marriage solemnized outside Massachusetts shall
be $2.00.
(183) Married Woman's Separate Business
Certificate. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 11 of chapter 209 of the General
Laws a certificate of a married woman who does
or proposes to do business on her separate account
shall be $1.00.
(184) Massage License. The fee for an annual
license to practice massage granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $25.00.
(185) Materials, Claims for.' See Public
Buildings and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(186) Milk License. The fee for a license
granted by the inspector of milk under section 41
of chapter 94 of the General Laws to deliver,
exchange, expose for sale or sell, or have in custody
or possession with intent so to do, milk, skimmed
milk or cream shall be $1.00 for each premises
and $3.00 for each vehicle to be used under such
license.
(187) Milk Dispenser Permit. The fee for a
permit to serve milk from a dispenser at an estab-
lishment where food or drink is or may be served
granted by the health commissioner under a
regulation made by such commissioner under
section 31 of chapter 111 of the General Laws
shall be $1.00.
(18S) Milk Pasteurization Plant License.
The fee for a license granted by the health com-
missioner under section 48A of chapter 94 of the
General Laws for the maintenance of an estab-
lishment for the pasteurization of milk shall be
$25.00.
(189) Milk, Permit to Sell at Wholesale Where
Dairy Farm Certificate Not Required. The fee
for an annual permit granted by the health com-
missioner under section 43 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws for a dealer in milk to sell or deliver
for sale or have in possession with intent to sell
or deliver for sale milk and eream, or either of
them, in cases where a certificate of registration
issued under section 16C of said chapter 94 is
not required for the issue of such permit, shall be
$50.00.
(190) Minor's Badge, etc. The fee for a minor's
badge, whether issued by the city clerk under
section 16 of chapter 39 of these ordinances or by
the superintendent of schools (or a person auth-
thorized by him in writing) under section 70 of
chapter 149 of the General Laws, shall be 25|<; but
no fee shall be charged for a minor's license under
said section 16 or for an employment permit or
educational certificate issued under any provision
of said chapter 149.
(191) Mortgagee's Receipt. The fee for the
giving by the collector-treasurer under section 60
of chapter 60 of the General Laws of a certificate
of the payment of a tax shall be $1.00.
(192) Motel, etc., License for. The fee for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 32B of chapter 140 of the General Laws
for a recreational camp or an overnight camp or
cabin or a motel shall be, in the case of an original
license, $50.00 plus the cost of publishing the
notice of hearing, and, in the case of a renewal
license, $25.00.
(193) Motor Carriers. See Jitney License.
(194) Moving Pictures, Permit for Special
Exhibition of. The fee for a permit granted by
the mayor under section 1 of chapter 280 of the
acts of 1913 for a special exhibition of moving
pictures shall be $3.00.
(195) Municipal Lien Certificate. The fee for a
certificate of taxes and other assessments, in-
cluding water rates and charges, constituting liens
on a parcel of real estate, furnished by the collector-
treasurer under section 23 of chapter 60 of the
General Laws shall be $3.00.
(196) Musicians, Band or Group of Itinerant.
The fee for an itinerant musicians' license
granted by the police commissioner under section
47 of chapter 40 of these ordinances for a band
or group of musicians shall be $2.00, except that,
in cases where such a license is granted for a
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period longer than one month, the fee therefor
shall be $2.00 for each monthly period for which
it is granted.
(197) Musicians, Individual Itinerant. The
fee for an annual itinerant musician's license
granted an individual musician by the police
commissioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of
these ordinances shall be $10.00.
(19S) Musicians. See also Sound Trucks.
(199) Newsboys on Common. The fee for an
annual permit granted by the mayor under section
79 of chapter 40 of these ordinances to sell news-
papers on the Common shall be $1.00.
(200) Nitrocellulose, Permit for Outdoor Storage
of. The fee for a permit granted by the head of
the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws for the outdoor storage of
nitrocellulose shall be $1.00 for each monthly
period in which such permit may be exercised.
(201) Non-Resident of Commonwealth Doing
Business in City, Certificate and Statement of. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing a
certificate and statement under section 5A of
chapter 227 of the General Laws shall be $15.00.
(202) Offensive Trade, Assignment of Location
for. The fee for the assignment by the health
commissioner under section 143 of chapter 111 of
the General Laws of a location for the exercise of
a trade or employment referred to in said section
143 shall be $100.00.
(203) Offensive Trade, Permit to Occupy or
Use Building for. The fee for a permit from the
mayor and city council under section 151 of chapter
1 1 1 of the General Laws to occupy or use a building
for carrying on the business of slaughtering cattle,
horses, mules, sheep or other animals, or for a
melting or rendering establishment, or for other
noxious or offensive trade or occupation, or to
permit or allow such a trade or occupation to be
carried on upon premises owned or occupied by
the permittee shall be $100.00.
(20j) Oil Burner. See Fuel Oil Burner.
(205) Oleomargarine, Registration of Sellers of.
The fee for the registration by the inspector of
milk under section 53 of chapter 94 of the General
Laws of the name of a person proposing to sell or
offer for sale oleomargarine in a store, booth,
stand or market place and the address of the
proposed place of sale shall be $1.00 for each
place of sale.
(206) Open Air Parking Space License. The
fee for a license granted by the committee on
licenses in the public safety commission under
section 56 of chapter 148 of the General Laws to
engage in the business of conducting or maintain-
ing an open air parking space shall be a primary
fee of $15.00 and an additional fee for each calendar
month in which such license may be exercised of
15^ for each car space authorized under such license.
(207) Optometrist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 70 of chap-
ter 112 of the General Laws an optometrist's cer-
tificate of registration or for issuing thereunder a
certified copy of such a certificate or for receiving
and filing thereunder such a certified copy shall
be $1.00.
(208) Osteopath's Certificate. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter 112
of the General Laws, by virtue of section 10 of
said chapter, an osteopath's certificate of registra-
tion or, in a case where it is lost, the certified
statement provided for by said section 8, shall be
$1.00.
(209) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Construction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees of
the parks and recreation commission for a permit
to occupy or obstruct, in connection with the
erection, alteration, repair, painting, cleaning,
decorating, demolition or removal of a building or
structure, a portion of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission shall be, for
each monthly period in which such permit may be
exercised, a primary fee of $3.00 and an additional
fee of $1.00 for each ten square feet of such park-
way or other way to be occupied or obstructed at
any one time in such period.
(210) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Moving. The fee of the parks and recreation com-
mission for a permit to move a building in a park-
way or other way under its control shall be $100.00
for the first day, and $50.00 for each additional
day, on which it may be exercised.
(211) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Canopy.
The fee of the parks and recreation commission for
a permit for the temporary projection of a cloth or
canvas canopy over a parkway or other way under
the control of said commission shall be $1.00 a day.
(212) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Roof Snow
Removal. The fee of the parks and recreation com-
mission for an annual permit to occupy or obstruct
from time to time a portion of a parkway or other
way under the control of said commission for the
purpose of removing snow or ice from the roof of a
building or structure shall be $3.00.
(213) Parkway Opening Permit. The fee of the
parks and recreation commission for a permit to
open a parkway or other way under the control of
said commission or portion thereof shall be, in the
case of an opening for the purpose of constructing
a driveway, $5.00, and in the case of an opening
for the purpose of entering a particular drain into
a public sewer, $3.00, and in the case of an opening
for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing or
repairing the roadways and sidewalks or either,
SI. 00 for each hundred linear feet of opening as
measured by the sideline of such parkway or
other way but in no event less than $1.00, and in
the case of an opening for any other purpose, $1.00
for each two hundred square feet of such parkway
or other way to be opened but in no event less
than $1.00.
(214) Parkway Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The
fee of the parks and recreation commission for an
annual permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or
across the sidewalk of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission for the purpose
of delivering coal or other fuel to an estate shall
be $1.00 for each location.
(216) Paivnbroker's License. The fee for a
pawnbroker's license granted by the police com-
missioner under section 70 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be that prescribed by section 77
of said chapter 140.
(216) Peddlers. See Hawkers and Peddlers.
(217) Personal Property in Pledge, Notice of
Intention to Sell. The fee of the city clerk for re-
cording under section 3 of chapter 255 of the Gen-
eral Laws a written notice of intention to enforce
payment or performance by a sale of personal
property in pledge, including affidavit of service of
such notice, shall be $1.50.
(218) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.. Re-
cording of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under chapter 255 of the General Laws a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7 A of said chapter 255) , a bill of sale
of personal property given for security (including,
when the condition for redemption of the property
included in the bill of sale is in writing, such
writing, and when such condition is oral, the
written statement of such condition provided for
by law), or any deed or conveyance, however
called, by which personal property is conveyed to
a creditor or title thereto retained by a seller as
security for the payment of a debt or other obliga-
tion shall be $1.00 for each page or part thereof,
but in no event less than $3.00.
(219) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.,
Assignment of. The fee of the city clerk foi
recording under section 3 of chapter 255 of the
General Laws an assignment of a mortgage of
personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or of a bill
of sale of personal property given for security
shall be $1.00.
(220) Personal Property Mortgages, etc..
Discharge of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General
Laws a partial release, or a release or discharge,
or a written acknowledgment of the satisfaction
of the condition of redemption, of a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or of a bill
of sale given for security shall be $1.00.
(221) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.,
Discharge on Margin of Record of. The fee of the
city clerk for attesting under section 3 of chapter
255 of the General Laws an entry made by the
holder of a mortgage of personal property (in-
cluding a mortgage given under section 7A of
said chapter 255) on the margin of the record
of such mortgage in acknowledgment of the
satisfaction thereof shall be SI. 00.
(222) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.,
Foreclosure of. The fee of the city clerk for re-
cording under section 3 of chapter 255 of the
General Laws a written notice of intention to
foreclose a mortgage of personal property (in-
cluding a mortgage given under section 7A of
said chapter 255) or a bill of sale of personal
property given for security, including affidavit
of service of such notice, shall be $1.50.
(223) Physician's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter
112 of the General Laws a physician's certificate
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of registration or, in a case where it is lost, the
certified statement provided for bv said section
8, shall be $1.00.
(224) Piano. The charge to be paid for the
furnishing of a spinet piano by the parks and
recreation department shall be $! 2.00 for delivering
and picking up the same and S3. 00 for each day
of use.
(225) Picnic Grove License. The fee for a
license to establish, let, keep open and maintain
a grove to be used for picnics or other lawful
gatherings and amusements granted by the
licensing board under section 188 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(220) Pledge of Personal Property. See Personal
Pro pert;/ in Pledge.
(227) Plumbing Installation, Alteration or
Repair Permit. The fees of the building com-
missioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially
repair plumbing shall be a primary fee of $5.00
in the case of a permit for the installation of a
plumbing system or the alteration or substantial
repair of the major portion of a plumbing system,
and of $2.00 in all other cases, and in every case
an additional fee of 50^ for each appliance or
fixture to be installed, altered or substantially
repaired; provided that the total fee for receiving
any such application shall in no case exceed
$300.00.
(22S) Pool Room License. The fees for a
license to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table
for hire, gain or reward granted by the licensing
board under section 177 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be a primary fee of $5.00
and an additional fee of $8.00 for each table.
(229) Poultry (Hens), Permit to Keep. The
fee for an annual permit to keep hens granted
by the health commissioner under section 4 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be $5.00.
(230) Poultry Slaughter House License. The
fee for a license granted by the health commis-
sioner under section 139A of chapter 94 of the
General Laws for the maintenance of an establish-
ment for the slaughtering of poultry shall be
$100.00.
(231) Power of Attorney. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under section 3 of chapter
255 of the General Laws a power of attorney
shall be $1.00.
(232) Proprietors of Common Property, Deposit
of Records of. The fee of the city clerk for re-
ceiving records of the proprietors of common
property deposited tinder section 15 of chapter
179 of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(233) Public Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor on. The tee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 28 of chapter 149 of the
General Laws a sworn statement of claim made
under said section 28 shall be $1.00.
(234) Public Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor and/or Materials on. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing under section 29 of
chapter 149 of the General Laws a sworn state-
ment of claim made under said section 29 shall
be $1.00.
(235) Public- Buildings and Works, Discharge
of Claim for Labor and/or Materials on. The fee
of the city clerk for receiving and filing a release,
discharge or other written acknowledgment of
satisfaction of a claim under section 28 or section
29 of chapter 149 of the General Laws shall be
$1.00.
(236) Public Records, Furnishing Copy of.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
section, the fee for the furnishing under section
10 of chapter 66 of the General Laws by any board
and officer of the city of a copy of a public record
in its or his custody shall be $1.00 for each sheet, or
part thereof, of plans and $1.00 for each page, or
part thereof, of other matter.
(237) Public Utility, Condensed Return (Gas
and Electric). The fee of the city clerk for receiv-
ing and filing under section 84A of chapter 164
of the General Laws a copy of a condensed return
of business and financial condition shall be $1.00.
(238) Public Utility, Condensed Return (Ten-
phone). The fee of the city clerk for receiving and
filing under section 12A of chapter 166 of the
General Laws a copy of a condensed return of
business and financial condition shall be $1.00.
(239) Public Utility Locations Granted bti
Public Improvement Commission. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 22 of chapter
166 of the General Laws an attested copy of an
order of the public improvement commission
granting a location or an alteration or transfer
thereof or authorizing an increase in the number
of wires or cables or attachments shall be $5.00.
(240) Public Utility Locations Granted by
D. P. U. for Gas Mains. The fee of the city clerk
for recording under section 70A of chapter 164
of the General Laws an attested copy of an order
of the state department of public utilities granting
a location for a main for the transmission of gas,
including certificate by clerk of said department
as to notice and hearing, shall be $5.00.
(241) Public Utility Locations Granted by
D. P. U. for Transmission of Electricity. The fee
of the city clerk for recording under section 28
of chapter 166 of the General Laws an attested
copy of an order of the state department of public
utilities granting a location for a line for the
transmission of electricity, including certificate
bv clerk of said department as to notice and hearing,
shall be $5.00.
(242) Public Utility Locations Granted by
M. D. C. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 46 of chapter 92 of the General Laws
an attested copy of an order of the Metropolitan
District Commission granting under sections 43
and 44 of said chapter, or altering, extending or
revoking under section 45 of said chapter, a
location, shall be $5.00.
(243) Public Works. See Public. Buildings
and Works.
(244) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Labor) against. The fee of the city clerk lor
receiving and filing a sworn statement executed
under section 99 of chapter 159 of the General
Laws shall be $1.00.
(245) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Materials) against. The fee of the city clerk lor
receiving and filing under section 98 of chapter
159 of the General Laws a written notice of inten-
tion to claim a right of action under section 96 of
said chapter against a railroad or railway shall
be $1.00.
(246) Refuse, Removed of. The charge to be
paid the public works department for removing
refuse which said department is authorized but
not required to remove shall be 20c' a barrel.
(247) Refuse, Permit to Transport. The fee
for a permit to transport refuse matter through
the streets of the city granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 14 of chapter 40
of these ordinances shall be $25.00 for each vehicle
used in such transportation.
(24S) Registered Bonds, Issuance of. The fee
of the collector-treasurer for issuing pursuant to
section 4, 5 and 6 of chapter 107 of the General
Laws a registered bond, promissory note or
certificate of indebtedness of the city in exchange
for any other bond, promissory note or certificate
of indebtedness of the city shall be 50c.
(249) Registration of Beverage Bottles. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing under
section 17 of chapter 110 of the General Laws a
description of the name used by a person engaged
in manufacturing, bottling or selling beverages
in vessels shall be $1.00.
(250) Registration of Milk, Cream and Ice
Cream Cans. The fee of the city clerk for receiv-
ing and filing under section 21 of chapter 110 of
the General Laws a description of the name used
by a person engaged in buying, selling or dealing
in milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs,
or cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage
of frozen desserts and/or ice cream mix shall be
$1.00.
(251) Registration of Permission to Use An-
other's Name on Milk Bottles. The fee of the in-
spector of milk for registering under section 45 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws written permission
to use the name of another on, or on cap, tag or
label attached to, milk vessels shall be $1.00.
(252) Rendering of Animals, License for. The
fee for a license granted by the health commis-
sioner under section 154 of chapter 111 of the
General Laws to engage in the business of killing
horses or in the rendering of horses or other
animals shall be $10.00.
(253) Renewal Licenses and Permits. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this section, the
fee for the renewal of any license or permit shall be
the same as the fee for such license or permit.
(254) Roller Coaster License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 186 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws to establish,
keep open and maintain an inclined railway
exclusively for children under thirteen years of
age shall be, in the case of such an inclined railway
at a carnival, $3.00 for each day on which such
license may be exercised, and in the case of such an
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inclined railway other than at a carnival $5.00 for
each monthly period in which such license may be
exercised.
(255) Roller Skating Rink License. The fee for
an annual license granted by the mayor under
section 186 of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep ooen and maintain a skating rink
to be used for roller skating shall be $50.00.
(256) Sale of Article. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this ordinance, the charge
to be paid a board or officer for furnishing an
article in the exercise of the powers, or the per-
formance of the duties, of such board or officer
shall be such sum as such board or officer shall
determine approximates the cost of furnishing
such article.
{,257) Sausages and Chopped Meat, License to
Manufacture. The fee for an annual license
granted by the health commissioner pursuant to
section 144 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on an establishment for the manufacture of
sausages and chopped meat, or either, shall be
$100.00.
(258) Second Hand Dealer's License. The fee
for an annual license to be a dealer in, or keeper
of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of,
second hand articles granted by the police commis-
sioner under section 1 of chapter 39 of these
ordinances shall be $30.00.
(259) Second Hand Motor Vehicles. The fees
for used car dealer's licenses, agent's or seller's
licenses and motor vehicle junk licenses granted
by the police commissioner under section 59 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be as
respectively fixed by the police commissioner
under said section 59.
(260) Sewer Entrance Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 10 of chapter 27 of these
ordinances to enter a particular drain into a public
sewer shall be three cents for each square foot of
land lying within one hundred feet of the street or
strip of land in which the public sewer is laid and
constituting part of the estate from which the
entry is made; provided, that such a permit shall
be issued without fee if a betterment assessment
levied upon such estate for the construction of the
public sewer has been paid.
(261) Shellfish Permits. The fee for every
family use shellfish permit granted by the city
council under section 22A of chapter 40 of these
ordinances shall be $1.00; and the fee for every
commercial use shellfish permit so granted shall
be $5.00.
(262) Shooting Gallery License. The fee for a
shooting gallery license granted by the licensing
board under section 56A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $35.00. The city clerk
shall receive no fee for receiving and filing the bond
provided for by said section 56A.
(263) Shooting Gallery Sunday License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
maintain and operate a shooting gallery on a
specified Sunday shall be $3.00.
(264) Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The fee of the
commissioner of public works for an annual permit
to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the side-
walk at a specified location shall be, in the case of
a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle used
(or designed for use) for business purposes, $5.00
for each location, and in the case of a motor vehicle
used (or designed for use) for business purposes,
$25.00 for each location; provided, that the fee
of the commissioner of public works for an annual
permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the
sidewalk at a specified location for the purpose of
delivering coal or other fuel to an estate shall be
$1.00 for each location.
(265) Sight-Seeing Automobiles. The fee for a
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1931 for a
sight-seeing automobile shall be $2.00 for each
seating accommodation for a sightseer.
(266) Sight-Seeing Automobile Drivers. The
fee for a sight-seeing automobile driver's license
granted by the police commissioner under section
3 of chapter 399 of .the acts of 1931 shall be $2.00.
(267) Slaughtering License. The fees for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 119 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on the business of slaughtering meat cattle,
horses, mules, sheep or swine shall be a primary
fee of $100.00, payable at the time of the issuance
of the license, and the following additional fees,
payable at the close of the last business day of
each month during the term of the license: 5fS
for every calf, swine, sheep or goat slaughtered
under the license during such month, and 15(i
for every other animal so slaughtered; provided,
however, that no additional fee shall be required
for any animal slaughtered under federal inspection.
(268) Soft Drink License. The fee for a license
to keep open a place of business for the retail sale
of soft drinks, so called, granted by the licensing
board acting under section 21A of chapter 140 of
the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(26.9) Sound Trucks. The fee for an itinerant
musician's license granted by the police commis-
sioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of these
ordinances for a sound truck shall be $2.00 for
each day for which such license is granted.
(270) Special Police Officers. The fee of the
police commissioner for appointing a person a
special police officer under chapter 282 of the acts
of 1898 shall be $5.00.
(271) Sporting License. The fee for a sporting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
section 8 of said chapter 131.
(272) Sprinkler System, Permit for Installation,
Alteration or Repair of. The fees of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to install, alter or sub-
stantially repair a sprinkler system or other fire
extinguishing apparatus shall be a primary fee
of $2.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
five hundred dollars of the fair cost of the work
to be authorized by such permit as determined by
said commissioner.
(273) Sprinkler System, Permit for Discon-
nection of. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 27 A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(274) Stables. The fee for a license to occupy
or use a building for a stable granted by the health
commissioner under chapter 89 of the acts of 1889
shall be $100.00.
(275) Stallion Registration. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under section 176 of chapter
140 of the General Laws the certificate for a
stallion kept for breeding purposes shall be $1.00.
(276) Standpipe Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(277) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Placard. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 35 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a person, while
on foot in a street, to carry and display one or
more show cards, placards or signs for the purpose
of advertising goods, wares or merchandise for
sale shall be $5.00, except that, in cases where
such a permit is granted for a period longer than
one month, the fee therefor shall be $5.00 for each
monthly period for which it is granted.
(278) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Distribution of Handbills. The fee for a permit
granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 35 of chapter 40 of these ordinances
for a person to distribute to persons in a street
handbills, cards, circulars or papers (other than
newspapers) for the purpose of advertising goods,
wares or merchandise for sale shall be $5.00 for
each day for which such permit is granted.
(279) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
Vehicle. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 35 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a person to
operate in the streets north and east of Massa-
chusetts avenue or any of them a vehicle used
principally for advertising shall be $2.00 for each
day for which such permit is granted.
(280) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning,
Canopy or Marquee. The fees for an annual per-
mit granted by the public improvement commis-
sion under section 8 of chapter 85 of the General
Laws for the projection over a public way of a
permanent awning, canopy or marquee shall be, in
the case of such an awning, canopy or marquee
without sign, a primary fee of $10.00 and an addi-
tional fee of $1.00 for each hundred square feet of
public way covered thereby, and in the case of
such an awning, canopy or marquee with sign, a
primary fee of $12.00 and an additional fee of $1.00
for each hundred square feet of public way covered
thereby and a further additional fee of $1.00 for
each twenty square feet of the face area of the sign
or signs determined by aggregating the face area
of each sign as computed without regard to its
shape by multiplying its maximum height by its
maximum width within the limits of the public
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way. The fees for an annual permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under said section 8
for the projection over a public way or ways from
a single estate of one or more retractable awnings
shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an additional
fee of 50f! for each hundred square feet of public
way covered thereby. The fee for a permit granted
by the commissioner of public works under said
section 8 for the temporary projection over a public
way of a cloth or canvas canopy shall be SI. 00 for
each day for which such permit is granted.
(281) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning
Work. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 9 of chap-
ter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a
portion or portions of a street or streets for the
purpose of placing, repairing or removing one or
more awnings on a building or structure shall be
SI. 00 for each monthly period for which such
permit is granted; and the fee for an annual permit
so granted to occupy and obstruct portions of
streets for the purpose of placing, repairing and
removing awnings on buildings and structures
shall be $100.00.
(282) Street Occupancy Permit for Building Con-
struction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordinances
to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions of a
street or streets in connection with the erection,
alteration, repair, painting, cleaning, decorating,
demolition, or removal of a building or structure
shall be, for each monthly period in which such
permit may be exercised, a primary fee of 83.00
and an additional fee of $1.00 for each ten square
feet of street to be occupied or obstructed at any
one time in such period, except that the total fee
for a permit so granted to occupy or obstruct a
portion or portions of a street or streets for the
purpose of making to a building or structure altera-
tions or repairs requiring not more than three
consecutive working days to complete shall be
$1.00 and except further that the total fee for an
annual permit so granted to occupy or obstruct a
portion or portions of a street or streets for the
purpose of cleaning decorative and sign work on a
building or structure or removing stains from such
building or structure or for both purposes shall
be $3.00.
(283) Street Occupancy Permit for Building
Moving. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 18 of
chapter 85 of the General Laws or section 9 or 13
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to move a build-
ing in a street or streets shall be $100.00 for the
first day, and $50.00 for each additional day, on
which it may be exercised.
(284) Street Occupancy Permit for Heating
Plant Cleaning. The fee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public works under section 9
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or
obstruct a portion of a street for the purpose of
cleaning the heating plant or plants of a building
or structure shall be $2.00; and the fee for an
annual permit so granted to occupy and obstruct
portions of streets for the purpose of cleaning
heating plants of buildings and structures shall be
$100.00.
(286) Street Occupancy Permit for Oversize
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 19 of
chapter 90 of the General Laws to operate on a
public way a motor vehicle or trailer having an
outside width of more than ninety-six inches or an
extreme over-all length of more than thirty-three
feet shall be $2.00 a day.
(286) Street Occupancy Permit for Overweight
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 30 of
chapter 85 of the General Laws to operate or move
on a public way a vehicle or object weighing more
than fourteen tons or, in the case of a vehicle
equipped with pneumatic tires, more than fifteen
tons shall be $2.00 a day.
(287) Street Occupancy Permit for Public Utility
Work. The lee for an annual permit granted by the
commissioner of public works to a public service
corporation under section 9 or 14 of chapter 27 of
these ordinances to occupy or obstruct portions of
streets for the purpose of clearing manholes, placing
ladders, placing cables and reels and testing cables
shall be $12.00 for each ward for which such permit
is granted.
(288) Street Occupancy Permit for Raising or
Lowering Goods. The lee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public works under section
9 or 11 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy,
obstruct or use a portion of a street for the purpose
of raising or lowering goods or merchandise into
or from a building shall be $2.00; provided, that
the fee for an annual permit so granted shall be
$12.00.
(289) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign. The
fees for an annual permit granted by the public
improvement commission under section 8 of chap-
ter 85 of the General Laws for the placement on,
or the projection over, a public way of a sign,
advertising device, clock or other like structure
shall be a primary fee of $3.00 and an additional
fee of $1.00 for each twenty square feet of the
total face area thereof determined by aggregating
the area of each face as computed without regard
to its shape by multiplying its maximum height
by its maximum width within the limits of the
public way. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 8 of
chapter 85 of the General Laws for the temporary
projection over a public way of a sign or adver-
tising device shall be $1.00 for each day for which
such permit is granted.
(290) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign Work.
The fee for a permit granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 9 of chapter 27 of
these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a portion
or portions of a street or streets for the purpose
of placing, painting, repairing or removing a sign
on a building or structure shall be $1.00 for each
monthly period for which such permit is granted;
and the fee for an annual permit so granted to
occupy and obstruct portions of streets for the
purpose of placing, painting, repairing and re-
moving signs on buildings and structures shall
be $200.00.
(291) Street Occupancy Permit for Snow Re-
moval from Building. The fee for an annual per-
mit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordinances
to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions of a
street or streets for the purpose of removing snow
and ice from a building or structure shall be $1.00.
(292) Street Occupancy Permit for Storage and
Sale of Merchandise. The fee for a license to use
specified parts of public streets for the storage
and sale of merchandise granted by the commis-
sioner of public works under section 1 of chapter
584 of the acts of 1907 shall be such sum, not
less than $5.00 nor more than $300.00, as said
commissioner shall determine approximates the
value of the privilege granted.
(293) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Cleaning. The fee for an annual permit granted
by the commissioner of public works under sec-
tion 9 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy
or obstruct a portion or portions of a street or
streets for the purpose of cleaning one or more
windows of a building or structure shall be $1.00;
and the fee for an annual permit so granted to
occupy and obstruct portions of streets for the
purpose of cleaning the windows of buildings and
structures shall be $50.00.
(294) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Glazing. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 9 of
chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or ob-
struct a portion or portions of a street or streets
for the purpose of glazing one or more window
sashes of a building or structure shall be $1.00 for
each monthly period for which such permit is
granted; and the fee for an annual permit so
granted to occupy and obstruct portions of streets
for the purpose of glazing window sashes of build-
ings and structures shall be $100.00.
(295) Street Opening Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 9 of chapter 27 of these
ordinances to open a street or portion thereof
shall be, in the case of an opening for the purpose
of constructing a driveway, $5.00, and in the case
of an opening for the purpose of entering a par-
ticular drain into a public sewer, $3.00, and in the
case of an opening for the purpose of constructing
or reconstructing roadways and sidewalks or
either, $1.00 for each hundred linear feet of open-
ing as measured by the sidelines of the street but
in no event less than SI. 00, and in the case of an
opening for any other purpose, SI. 00 for each two
hundred square feet of street to be opened but in
no event less than SI. 00; provided, that the fee
for an annual permit granted by the commissioner
of public works under said section 9 to a so-called
district contractor to open streets or portions
thereof for the purpose of repairing roadways
and sidewalks in his district shall be $10.00.
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{296) Street Railway Motormen, Conductors
and Despatches. The fee for a license granted
by the police commissioner under section 1 of
chapter 59 of the acts of 1879 to act in the capacity
of a conductor, motorman or driver of a street
railway car or trackless trolley vehicle or of a
starter or despatcher of such cars and vehicles
shall be $1.00.
(297) Sunday Arcade License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 4A
of chapter 136 of the General Laws to maintain
and operate on a specified Sunday games and
such amusement devices as may be lawfully
operated on secular days shall be $10.00.
(298) Sunday Entertainment License. The
fees for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4 of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
hold a public entertainment on one Sunday shall
be a primary fee of $10.00 and, if a payment
of money or other valuable consideration is
charged for admission thereto and the licensee
or a predecessor of the licensee has previously
given in this city on a Sunday a similar public
entertainment, an additional fee of $5.00 for each
thousand of the average Sunday paid attendance
during the last such public entertainment so
given; provided, that in cases where there is no
admission or cover charge and there is only enter-
tainment through the use of television, radio,
and music provided by mechanical or electrical
means, the fee shall be $2.00; and provided also,
that in cases where there is no admission or cover
charge and the entertainment is solely provided
by not exceeding four instrumentalists, the fee
shall be $5.00. The fee for an annual license
granted by the mayor under said section 4 to
hold on Sunday a public entertainment solely
through the use of motion pictures shall be $300.00.
The fee for an annual license granted by the
mayor under said section 4 to hold on Sunday
a public entertainment solely through the use
of television, radio, and music provided by me-
chanical or electrical means shall be $50.00.
The fees fixed by this clause shall be in addition
to any sum payable to the state commissioner
of public safety.
(299) Sunday Photographic Studio License.
The fee for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws
to maintain and operate a photographic gallery
or studio on a specified Sunday shall be $2.00.
(300) Sunday Retail Dealer's License. The
fee for a license to keep open a place of business
on the Lord's day for the sale of frozen desserts
and/or ice cream mix, confectionery, soda water
or fruit granted by the licensing board under
section 7 of chapter 136 of the General Laws
shall be $6.00.
(301) Sunday Sports License. The fee for a
license granted by the city council with the
approval of the mayor under section 22 of chapter
136 of the General Laws to conduct on the Lord's
day at a designated playground, park or other
place an outdoor athletic sport or game or an
indoor hockey or basketball game, if granted
for a term specified in clause 5 of section 25 of
chapter 41 of these ordinances, shall be, if the
place designated has a seating capacity of not
more than ten thousand, $100.00, and if the
place designated has a seating capacity of more
than ten thousand but not more than twenty
thousand, $500.00, and if the place designated
has a seating capacity of more than twenty thou-
sand, $1,000.00. The fee for a license granted
as aforesaid, if granted for a term specified in
clause 7 of said section 25, shall be one half of the
fee which would be payable under this clause
for a license for the place designated if granted
for a term specified in clause 5 aforesaid. The
fee for a license granted as aforesaid, if granted
for a single Sunday, shall be $100.00.
(302) Taxicab Licenses. See Hackney Carriage
Licenses.
(303) Tax Purposes, Notice of Address for
Real Estate. The fee of the city clerk for recording
a notice under section 39 of chapter 60 of the
General Laws by a mortgagee or owner of land
shall be $1.00.
(304) Torch in Open Air. See Fire (Small or
Torch) in Open Air.
(305) Towels. The 'charge to be paid to the
parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of one or more cotton crash towels fur-
nished by said department shall be 5(* for each
such towel, which shall include, in the case of a
child under age thirteen so using one such towel,
or of any other person so using two such towels,
a half-ounce piece of soap.
(306) Trailer Coach Park License. The fee
for a trailer coach park license granted by the
health commissioner under section 32B of chapter
140 of the General Laws shall be, in the case of
an original license, $50.00 plus the cost of publish-
ing the notice of hearing and, in the case of a
renewal license, $25.00. The fee provided for by
the preceding sentence shall be in addition to
the additional license fee prescribed by section
32G of said chapter 140. The city clerk shall
receive no fee for receiving and filing any copy of
a trailer coach park license sent him by the health
commissioner pursuant to section 32F of said
chapter 140. '
(307) Transient Vendor's License. The fee for
a license issued to a transient vendor by the city
clerk under section 5 of chapter 101 of the General
Laws shall be an amount equal to the tax assessable
under the tax levy last preceding the issue of such
license upon property having a valuation equal to
the valuation certified under section 19 of chapter
39 of these ordinances.
(308) Trapping License. The fee for a trapping
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by sec-
tion 8 of said chapter 131.
(309) Trust Instruments and Amendments. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing under
section 2 of chapter 182 of the General Laws a
copy of a written instrument or declaration of
trust, or a copy of an amendment thereof, shall
be $5.00.
(310) Use Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for issuing a use permit under
section 18 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1924 shall
be $3.00.
(311) Used Car Dealer's License. See Second
Hand Motor Vehicles.
(312) Vessels, Liens on. The fee of the city
clerk for recording a statement filed under section
15 of chapter 255 of the General Laws to enforce
a lien on a vessel shall be $1.00 for each page or
part thereof, but in no event less than $3.00.
(313) Voter, Certificate of Appearance on
Voting List of Name of Certain. The fee of the
board of election commissioners for furnishing a
certificate as to the appearance on an annual
register of voters of the name of a particular
person shall be $1.00, except that, in cases where
the board's minutes of the naturalization of such
person are included therein on request of the
applicant therefor, the fee shall be $2.00.
(314) Wagon and Handcart License. The fee
for an annual license granted by the police com-
missioner under rules made by him in the exercise
of such of the powers arising from section 22 of
chapter 40 of the General Laws as are vested in
him by or under the city charter shall be $2.00.
(316) Water Meter, Examination and Test of.
The fee of the commissioner of public works for
examining and testing a water meter under section
10 of chapter 165 of the General Laws shall be
$3.00.
(316) Weights and Measures, Adjustment of.
The charge to be paid for the repair, alteration or
adjustment of any weight, scale, balance, measure,
or measuring device shall be 10ff for each minute
or fraction thereof.
(317) Weights and Measures, Sealing of. The
fee for the sealing of a weight or measure under
sections 41 to 53, inclusive, or any of them, of
chapter 98 of the General Laws shall be: —
(a) In the case of a machine or other mechanical
device used for determining linear or area meas-
urement, $1.00; and
(b) In the case of a liquid capacity measure
(other than a vehicle tank) with a measuring
capacity of more than one gallon or a measure on
a pump, 25^; and
(c) In the case of a liquid measuring meter
(other than a water meter) having an inlet pipe
with a diameter of one inch or less, $1.00; and in
the case of such a meter having an inlet pipe with a
diameter of more than one inch, $3.00; and
(d) In the case of milk and cream bottles and
jars, 50c a gross; and
(e) In the case of a scale or balance with a
weighing capacity of less than 100 pounds, 50^;
and in the case of a scale or balance with a weigh-
ing capacity of 100 pounds or more but less than
5,000 pounds, $1.00; and in the case of a scale or
balance with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds
or more but less than 10,000 pounds, $2.00; and in
the case of a scale or balance with a weighing
capacity of 10,000 pounds or more, $5.00; and
(/) In the case of a taximeter or measuring
device upon a vehicle to determine the cost of
transportation, $1.00; and
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(g) In the case of a farm milk tank or a vehicle
tank vised in the sale of a commodity by liquid
measure and having a single compartment, and
in the case of each compartment of a farm milk
tank or a vehicle tank so used having two or more
compartments, a primary fee of 50c and an addi-
tional fee of 50f< for each 100 gallons, or fraction
thereof, of capacity; and
(h) In the case of a weight or any other measure,
10)4.
(318) Welder's Certificate of Qualification.
The charge of the building commissioner for
issuing under paragraph (r) of section 2809 of
Boston Building Code a certificate of qualification
as a welder shall be $3.00. The charge of the
building commissioner for examining an applicant
for a certificate of qualification as a welder shall
be the cost of structural steel bar stock and weld-
ing wire required therein not supplied by the
applicant plus the expense of testing completed
specimens not otherwise defrayed by the applicant.
(319) Zoning Map Change. The entry fee
which shall be paid to the board of zoning adjust-
ment for each petition for changing the zoning
map shall be $35.00.
Section 2. Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided by section one, the entire fee fixed by said
section for a permit or license shall be payable
at the time of the issuance of such permit or
license. The entire fee or charge fixed by section
one for furnishing an article or the use thereof or
the use of a place, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing a copy or certified copy, of a
record or paper, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing service or work shall be pay-
able at the time of application therefor, except
that charges fixed by clauses (144) to (157),
inclusive, of said section and not waived under
clause (143) of said section shall become due and
payable only upon presentation of bill therefor.
Section 3. Nothing in section one shall be
construed to affect in any way the exemption from
a fee or charge for a permit or license provided by
section 6 of chapter 572 of the acts of 1 949 or by
section 6 of chapter 069 of the acts of 1953 or by
any similar statute.
Section 4- Neither the Boston Housing Au-
thority nor any person acting in its stead shall be
charged any fee for any license or permit for which
the fee may be fixed by ordinance under chapter
222 of the acts of 1949.
Section 5. The charge to be paid by boards and
officers for the publication of advertisements in the
City Record shall be $1.00 for each quarter of an
inch or fraction thereof. The City Record shall
be sold on the following terms payable in advance:
— annual subscription, $5.00; single copy, 15fi.
SECTION 3. Section 5 of chapter 9 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended
by striking out all after the first sentence.
SECTION 4. Section 1 of chapter 27 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as amended by
section 45 of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
third sentence, the words "twenty cents a barrel"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the
charge fixed by clause (246) of section one of
chapter forty A of these ordinances".
SECTION 5. Chapter 27A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 58 of
chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and inserting
in place thereof the following section: —
Section 5. The assistant commissioner of real
property shall have the care, custody and man-
agement of Faneuil hall, shall, weather permitting,
every day except Sundays, display the national
flag upon the building in which said hall is located,
shall, upon vote of the city council approved by
the mayor and payment ol the charge prescribed
by clause (134) of section one of chapter forty A
of these ordinances, permit the use of said hall,
and shall hold all persons signing the application
for such permit jointly and severally liable for
all damage done to said hall at or in connection
with the meeting for which such permit is granted.
SECTION 6. The first sentence of section 20
of chapter 39 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out the words
"a fee equivalent to the taxes assessable under
the last preceding tax levy upon an amount of
property equal to the valuation certified by the
assessors as provided for in section nineteen of
this chapter" and inserting in place thereof the
words "the fee prescribed by clause (307) of
section one of chapter forty A of these ordinances".
SECTION 7. The third paragraph of section
19 of chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out the words ", and
to charge therefor a license fee of ten dollars per
annum for sales within the market limits and five
dollars per annum for sales elsewhere".
SECTION 8. Paragraph (1) of section 22A
of said chapter 40, as most recently amended by
chapter 10 of the Ordinances of 1953, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence.
SECTION 9. Section 92 of said chapter 40 is
hereby amended by striking out the third sentence.
SECTION 10. Section 25 of chapter 41 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended by
striking out clauses 6 and 8.
SECTION 11. Section 31 of said chapter 41 is
hereby amended by striking out, in the second
sentence of regulation 2, the words ", and the fee
therefor shall be five dollars per year for each
bowling alley or bed, except that the maximum
fee in any event shall not be in excess of $100 for
the term", so as to make said sentence read as
follows: — Licenses voted by the city council shall
be issued by the city clerk.
SECTION 12. This ordinance shall take effect
on July 1, 1956, and anything in section 3 of
chapter 1 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947 to
the contrary notwithstanding, shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the
same.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under the appropriation limit provided by law,
the School Committee has appropriated for general
school purposes the sum of $22,352,058.08. In
addition, the committee has requested that addi-
tional appropriations totaling $5,380,929.88 be
provided for general school purposes under the
provisions of chapter 224 of the Acts of 1936.
After a review of the above request, I am of the
opinion that additional appropriations totaling
$5,141,647.88, or a reduction of $239,282, in the
original request of the committee, will suffice for
the current year's needs of the School Department.
Approval of the supplementary amount will
mean that 1956 appropriation for general school
purposes will exceed by $1,657,562.02 actual
expenditures in 1955 for said purposes. The main
factors responsible for this increase are indicated
in the following table:
1956 cost of increases allowed September
1, 1955 $590,000
Salary adjustments and increases, Sep-
tember 1, 1956 335,000
Reduction in salary savings 145,000
Additional substitute teachers 10,000
Expansion in Services:
Custodians $36,000
Adult education and recreation . 35,000
Instruction 30,000
Secretaries and temporary clerks, 27,000
Physical Education and Play-
grounds 25,000
Special education 17,000
School hygiene 6,000 176,000
Increase in number of pensioned veterans, 45,000
Increases in Supply Items:
Per capita allowances $95,000
Fuel, light, and telephone costs. . 82,000
Special education 75,000
Office equipment 50,000
Custodial 25,000 327,000
$1,658,000
Less reductions in former charges for:
School lunches '. . . $10,300
School medical aids 4,400
Transportation of pupils 4,000 24,700
$1,633,300
I submit herewith an order providing for the
additional appropriations and respectfully recom-
mend its adoption by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Ordered, That the respective sums of money
specified in the schedules hereinafter set out be,
and hereby are, appropriated for school purposes
in addition to appropriations previously voted by
the School Committee; said sums to be raised by
taxation on the polls and estates in the City of
Boston; and that all orders heretofore or here-
after passed by the City Council relating to ap-
propriations, taxes, and the interest thereon, apply
jo the appropriations and taxes herein provided for.
Administration $186,076 94
Instruction 4,054,391 50
Auxiliary services 135,645 49
Operation of plant 637,307 95
Fixed charges 128,226 00
Total $5,141,647 88
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
APPROPRIATION FOR REDEMPTION
OF CITY LOANS AND INTEREST
PAYMENTS ON CITY DEBT
REQUIREMENTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under the provisions of chapter 92 of the Acts of
1953, parking meter receipts may be used to meet
principal and interest requirements on debt in-
curred for the acquisition and establishment of
off-street parking facilities.
Since 1947, the city has issued five million
dollars ($5,000,000) in bonds and has used the
proceeds to establish five parking areas and
facilities. According to the records of the Auditing
Department, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ($250,000) must be provided in the current
year to meet principal maturities on these bonds
as well as seventy thousand, five hundred dollars
($70,500) to meet interest requirements.
In view of the authority granted by the Legis-
lature in chapter 92 of the Acts of 1953, I submit
herewith an order providing for the appropriation
from parking meter fees of three hundred and
twenty thousand, five hundred dollars ($320,500)
to be applied to meet maturing debt on interest
payments for the current year on outstanding
parking facility bonds.
I respectfully recommend adoption of this order
by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, May 9, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
Chapter 92 of the Acts of 1953 authorizes cities
and towns having parking meters to apply the
receipts from said meters to the payment of any
debt incurred for the acquisition of off-street
parking areas and facilities.
According to the records of the Auditing De-
partment, there will be required in the fiscal year
1956, the sum of $250,000 for the redemption of
debt and $70,500 for the payment of interest on
debt issued by the City of Boston for the acquisi-
tion of off-street parking areas and facilities.
Therefore, I recommend that an order be sub-
mitted to the City Council to appropriate from
parking meter receipts the following amounts for
the purposes specified:
City Loans, Redemption of $250,000
City Debt Requirements, Interest $70,500
Respectfully,
Joseph P. Lally,
City Auditor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 92 of the Acts of 1953, the sums herein
set forth be appropriated from parking meter
receipts for the purposes specified:
City Loans, Redemption of $250,000
City Debt Requirements, Interest $70,500
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Marjorie Davison, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Arthur J. Lamb, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Anne Lamboy, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 704 East Broadway,
South Boston.
Walter M. Novak, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
Vincent Pellegrino, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Dore street.
Vincent D. Polito, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in Columbus
avenue.
Edward E. Robbins, jr., for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
David Stuart, to be reimbursed as result of acci-
dent which occurred while in performance of duty
as employee of Paving Division, Public Works
Department.
David Stuart, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Paving Division, Public Works
Department.
David Stuart, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Paving Division, Public Works
Department.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of George H. King, former employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing ex-
penses.
Petition of George II. King, former employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
Arthur C. Liska, 33 Washburn street, Dorchester,
Ward 7; John L. McDonald, 23 Leyden street,
East Boston, Ward 1 ; William E. Vuilleumeier,
9 Southwick street, Dorchester, Ward 16; Joseph
P. Wardell, 50 Barnes avenue, Ward 7.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of parcel of property in
Roslindale, under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 24, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison Company
for approval of the increase of capital stock.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Notices were received from the Mayor of the
following appointments:
Dr. Roy J. Heffernan, 46 Eliot street, Jamaica
Plain, member of the Public Health Council in
the Health Department, for the term ending
May 1, 1959.
Dr. William F. F. Mayes, 55 Shattuck street,
member of the Public Health Council in the Health
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1959.
Dr. Albert A. Hornor, 319 Longwood avenue,
member of the Public Hea th Council in the Health
Department, for the term. ending May 1, 1958.
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Dr. Robert G. Hill, 212 Ashmont street, Dor-
chester, member of the Public Health Council in
the Health Department, for the term ending
May 1, 1957.
Peter DiPaolo, 18 Weybosset street, Hyde Park,
member of the Public Health Council in the Health
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1957.
Elmer C. Foster, 33 Harrison avenue, member of
the Public Health Council in the Health Depart-
ment, for the term ending May 1, 1957.
Glenwood J Sherrard, 60 School street, member
of the Public Health Council in the Health De-
partment, for the term ending May 1, 1958.
Mrs. Frances Burns, 242 Washington street,
member of the Public Health Council in the Health
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1958.
Joseph L. Milhender, 297 Dorchester avenue,
member of the Public Health Council in the Health
Department, for the term ending May 1, 1959.
Severally placed on file.
DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMEN.
Notice was received from the Mayor of designa-
tion of Dr. Albert A. Hornor as Chairman of the
Public Health Council in the Health Department.
Notice was received from the Mayor of designa-
tion of Dr. William F. F. Mayes as Vice Chairman of
the Public Health Council in the Health Depart-
ment.
Severally placed on file.
ORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF
OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
Notice was received from William G. O'Hare,
secretary of the Board of Overseers of Public
Welfare, of organization of the Board as follows:
Chairman, Joseph K. Collins; vice chairman,
James S. Maloof; treasurer, Joseph E. Scanlon;
secretary, William G. O'Hare.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The bonds of the following,, having been duly
approved by the Collector-Treasurer, were re-
ceived and approved by the Council:
Samuel J. Adelman, Andrew A. Raffoni.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on applications (referred April 30)
for commercial use shellfish permits for William
Fullerton, William A. McDonald, Vincent Per-
rella, Jr. — recommending that permits be granted.
2. Report on applications (referred May 7) for
commercial use shellfish permits for Edward W.
Elms, Anthony J. Ferragamo, William A. Scott —
recommending that permits be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the permits were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on Con-
firmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointments by the Mayor
(referred May 7) of Jean Williamson and Gloria
Rizzotto as weighers of coal for the term ending
April 30, 1957 — recommending that appointments
be confirmed.
2. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred May 7) of Ralph Consolmagno as weigher
of beef for the term ending April 30, 1957 — rec-
ommending that appointment be confirmed.
3. Report on appointments by the Mayor
(referred May 7) of Francis Harte, James Daggett,
John Kiley, Peter Kelly, Walter Reid as weighers
of goods for the term ending April 30, 1957 — rec-
ommending that appointments be confirmed.
4. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred May 7) of Joseph A. Cappadona as con-
stable with authority to serve civil process upon
filing of bond for the term ending April 30, 1957 —
recommending that appointment be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Ahearn and Piemonte. Whole number of ballots
8, yeas 8, and the appointments were confirmed.
APPROPRIATION FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING FACILITY AT CLEARY SQUARE.
Coun. AHEARN called up, under unfinished
business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz.:
1. Order for appropriation of 825,000 from
"Parking Meter Fees" for acquiring and con-
structing off-street parking area in Cleary square,
Hyde Park.
On April 30, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Foley, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte.
White — 8.
Nays — 0.
REQUEST FOR REPORT ON
ZONING STUDY.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Planning
Board be requested, through his Honor the Mayor,
to report on the status of the zoning study.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PRINTING IN "CITY RECORD" OF TABLE
OF FEES FOR LICENSES AND PERMITS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Clerk cause to be
printed in the next issue of the "City Record"
and each subsequent issue until the rejection or
adoption of the same the table of fees for most
licenses as contained in the. proposed ordinance
pending before the Council, inserting in each
instance the present and proposed fee.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
CLERK OF THE WORKS.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be
requested to investigate the advisability of setting
up certain minimum qualifications which must be
met by an applicant for the position of Clerk of
the Works in construction projects involving the
expenditure of funds of the City of Boston with
an eye to giving the city additional protection
in this area.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INSTALLATION OF DRINKING
FOUNTAINS.
Coun. FOLEY, KERRIGAN, and McCOR-
MACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the Public Works Commissioner
to replace and continue in operation a drinking
fountain formerly located on Dorchester street in
South Boston.
That his Honor the Mayor request the Public
Works Commissioner and the Board of Parks and
Recreation to study the need for additional
drinking fountains at Columbus Park in South
Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
IMPROVE SOFTBALL DIAMONDS.
Coun. McCORMACK, FOLEY, and KERRI-
GAN offered the following:
Ordered, that his Honor the Mayor is hereby
requested to direct the Park Commissioner to put
the Softball diamonds in rear of the Aquarium in
playable condition.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
RE ELECTRICAL INSPECTION DIVISION.
Coun. McCORMACK and FOLEY offered the
following:
Ordered, That the Director of Administrative
Services be requested, through His Honor the
Mayor, to study the following problems:
1. The functioning of the electrical inspection
activities of our municipal government since the
Reorganization Ordinance of 1954.
2. Recommendations for changes if indicated.
3. Specific comment on criticisms contained
in letter of April 30, 1956, from the Massachusetts
Electrical Contractors Association, Inc., forwarded
with this order.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
The letter referred to in the foregoing order is as
follows :
Massachusetts Electrical Contractors
Association, Inc.,
5 Boylston Street, Cambridge,
April 30, 1950.
Hon. Edward J. McCormack, Jr., President,
Boston City Council.
Dear Mr. McCormack:
As you are aware, a City of Boston Administra-
tive Department reorganization some time ago
placed the Department of Electrical Inspection
under the supervision of the Building Commissioner.
Since the reorganization there have been, in-
creasingly, complaints on the part of electrical
contractors working in Boston of a rapidly de-
clining efficiency, and, seemingly, a growing de-
moralization, in the Electrical Inspection Depart-
ment, with a resultant increase in contractors'
operating costs.
More than a year ago associations in the in-
dustry made these contentions to the Mayor, the
then director of administrative services, and to
other city officials. The situation seems only to
have deteriorated further.
Would you have the kindness to investigate
the workings of both the electrical inspection and
electrical permit divisions of the office of the
Building Commissioner in the effort to determine
the basis of trouble and suggest a remedy.
Gratefully and respectfully,
Gerard G. McDuff, President.
THANKS TO DIRECTORS AND STAFF OF
BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston Municipal Research
Bureau was requested by the Boston City Council
to provide technical assistance during the period
of its processing of the annual municipal budget;
Whereas, The Boston Municipal Research
Bureau responded to said request and provided
such assistance without cost to the taxpayer, be
it therefore \
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
presses its thanks to the Board of Directors and
staff of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
SUGGESTIONS TO PROMOTE SALE OF
"NEW YORK STREETS" AREA.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston Housing Authority
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
consider the usefulness to the Boston Housing
Authority in selling the New York Streets Area
of the following suggestions:
1. Providing railroad access from the northerly
end of the area from the present railroad bed
contiguous to the northern boundary of the area.
2. Adoption for the New York Streets Area of
a model building code of nationally accepted
standards.
3. Immediate revaluation of New York Streets
Area with funds provided by the City Council
looking toward a land value map and a rule for
building valuation in accord with previous City
Council orders.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS OF CON-
FERENCE ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston School Committee be
requested to furnish the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance of the Boston City Council a
copy of the stenographic transcript of remarks at
the recent conference in the Mayor's office, in-
cluding the members of the School Committee,
the School Building Commission, the Director of
Administrative Services, and staff and others, for
the purpose of study in connection with recom-
mendation for a loan order for school buildings
construction.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned, at 4.03 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Ahearn to meet on Monday, May 21 , 1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: AH debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing qgg£^> Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, May 21, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Councillor
WHITE, senior member, presiding. Absent,
Councillor Foley.
The Reverend George C. Huntress, of St.
Columbkille's Roman Catholic Church, Brighton,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. GEORGE C.
HUNTRESS.
Almighty and Eternal Father, we pray Thee this
day to bless this assembly and to guide their
deliberations, that they may discharge their
duties with esteem, honesty, and ability. Let them
be governed in their proceedings by prudence and
justice, by courage and temperance, but, above
all else, by a love for their fellow man, based on
their love for Thee.
We pray Thee, God of might and wisdom
through Whom all authority is rightly admin-
istered, to assist with Thy holy spirit of counsel
and fortitude, the proceedings of this Council.
Let the light of Thy wisdom shine forth in all
their enactments, so that they may tend to the
preservation of peace, the promotion of happiness,
the increase of industry, sobriety, and useful
knowledge.
Direct, O Lord, the actions of these men by
Thy holy inspiration, and carry them on by Thy
gracious assistance, so that each of their works
may begin always with Thee, and by Thee be
happily ended.
May the blessing of Almighty God descend
upon this Council and remain forever. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments :
Constables with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30.
1957: James SaUba, 86 Waltham street, Boston;
Vincent B. Licciardi, 39 St. John street, Boston.
Weigher of Goods for the term ending April 30,
1957: John P. Custis, 17 Cotswold road, Brookline.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
ORDINANCE RE LITTER ON STREETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 21, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
The present city ordinances concerning the
littering of streets are not comprehensive enough
to be effective. A new ordinance, refining the
present ordinance, has been prepared by the
Commissioner of Public Works, upon advice of
the Law Department. This ordinance I submit
herewith.
It is essential that indiscriminate littering of
streets and public alleys should be controlled
or stopped entirely. This ordinance seeks to
establish that control.
I recommend its passage.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor,
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
May 21, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
I enclose a proposed ordinance to replace the
existing section 39 of chapter 40 of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947.
This proposed new ordinance should be effective
in reducing the amount of litter on the streets and
alleys of the city, if its provisions are enforced.
It is far more comprehensive and inclusive than
the existing section 39, and I recommend, there-
fore, that it be submitted to the City Council for
approval by that Body.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hylano,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Providing Further Against the
Littering of Streets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows :
Chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947 is
hereby amended by striking out section 39 and in-
serting in place thereof the following six sections:
Section 39. No person in any public way, public
alley or other public place under the charge of the
commissioner of public works shall, whether in or
upon a vehicle or on foot, deposit, drop or throw
upon such way, alley or place or any roadway or
walk thereof, and suffer to remain there, any filth,
rubbish or other substance unless it is deposited,
dropped or thrown into a receptacle provided for
the purpose by the public works department.
Section 39A. No driver of any vehicle upon any
public way, public alley or other public place under
the charge of the commissioner of public works
shall permit to drop or fall from such vehicle onto
such way, alley or place or any roadway or walk
thereof, and suffer to remain there, any substance
except in the maintenance or repair of such way,
alley or place.
Section 39B. No person shall sweep, throw or
otherwise remove into any public way, public alley
or other public place under the charge of the com-
missioner of public works, or into any roadway or
walk of any of them, from any building or structure
or from any land not constituting a part of such
way, alley or place, any filth, rubbish or other sub-
stance and suffer the same to remain there; pro-
vided, that filth, rubbish or other substance which
by law or by arrangement is to be collected and re-
moved by the public works department (whether
through employees in its service or through an
independent contractor acting for it) or by a person
having a permit under section fourteen of this chap-
ter or section 31 A of chapter 111 of the General
Laws, may, after five o'clock in the afternoon of the
day preceding the scheduled time of such collection,
be placed by the owner or occupant of an estate
upon the sidewalk of any such way or alley abutting
such estate in a covered metal receptacle or, if no
garbage or putrescible matter or substance is in-
cluded, in a securely tied bundle or in a receptacle
with its contents so arranged that any light matter
or substance is not likely to be scattered or blown
about. No person placing a receptacle upon the
sidewalk of any way or alley as aforesaid shall suffer
the same to remain upon such way or alley or any
roadway or walk thereof more than twelve hours
after such collection.
Section 39C. No person shall in any public way,
public alley or other public place under the charge
of the commissioner of public works or upon any
roadway or walk thereof rummage in or through
rubbish or refuse of any kind or interfere with any
bundle of rubbish or refuse or any receptacle con-
taining rubbish or refuse.
Section 39D. No person shall deposit, drop or
throw any filth, rubbish or other substance into a
drum or other barrel with a diameter of more than
twenty inches or a height of more than twenty-
eight inches if by law or by arrangement such
filth, rubbish or other substance is to be collected
therefrom by the public works department (whether
through employees in its service or through an
independent contractor acting for it) or by a person
having a permit under section fourteen of this chap-
ter or section 3lA of chapter 111 of the General
Laws.
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Section 39E. No person shall deposit, drop or
throw into a drum or other barrel with a diameter
of twenty inches or less and a height of twenty-eight
inches or less any filth, rubbish or other substance
which by law or by arrangement is to be collected
therefrom by the public works department (whether
through employees in its service or through an
independent contractor acting for it) or by a person
having a permit under section fourteen of this chap-
ter or section 31A of chapter 111 of the General
Laws if such drum or barrel will thereby be filled so
high that such filth, rubbish or other substance or
any part thereof is likely to drop or fall from such
receptacle while it is being moved in the process of
such collection.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS OF
8754,301.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 21, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith supplementary budget recom-
mendations for City and County Departments
totaling $754,301. In the main, the appropria-
tions recommended are to provide for departmental
needs which have developed since the submission
of the '56 budget estimates.
Supplementary budget estimates submitted by
City and County Departments totaled $898,732.
Against these requests, appropriations totaling
$754,301 are herewith recommended.
The following brief comments are offered in
explanation. Department officials will be available
to present detailed information in support of the
appropriations herewith submitted:
Reconstruction or Parkways and
Roadways $230,000
Although legislation is now pending to turn
over to the Metropolitan District Commission
certain park roadways, I feel it is necessary to
re-submit this appropriation.
Masters and Auditors.
$100,000
The Chief Justice of the Superior Court has
notified me that at a recent meeting of the justices
it was voted to re-establish the practice of refer-
ring motor vehicle tort cases to auditors in an
effort to diminish the backlog of cases pending on
the docket in this county.
$60,000
Rebuilding Wall at Deer Island.
The Building Commissioner has notified the
Penal Institutions Commissioner that the east
wall of the new prison is in an unsafe and dangerous
condition, is becoming progressively worse as
time goes on, and it is not unlikely that a collapse
will occur.
Garbage and Refuse Contracts $39,573
The original estimate submitted to cover costs
of contracts for the collection and disposal of
garbage and refuse was found to be insufficient
when bids were opened in March of this year.
Library- Department, Personal Serv-
ices $35,000
The original request of the Library Department
for Personal Services was reduced $86,000 by the
Administrative Services Department. A further
study of library requirements for the balance of the
year indicates the necessity for an additional
appropriation of $35,000.
Maintaining Oif-Street Parking
Facilities $32,000
This appropriation is necessary to properly
maintain the suburban off-street parking areas
now in operation and the ten additional areas to
be opened during the current year.
Conventions and Entertainment of
Distinguished Guests $25,000
A legislative act recently passed increased by
$25,000, the amount which the city is authorized
to appropriate for the above purpose. Based on
the experience of the first four months, I feel this
additional appropriation is warranted.
Repairs to Various Buildings $23,125
The Assistant Commissioner of Real Property
has informed me that many necessary repairs for
the upkeep of our municipal public buildings have
arisen since the submission of his original budget.
Spotlights $22,634
The upkeep of existing spotlights has been
transferred from the jurisdiction of the Boston
Traffic Commission to the Public Works Depart-
ment. Since no appropriation was made in the
Boston Traffic Commission budget, it is necessary
to submit this supplementary request.
Rental of Bookmobile $16,000
It will be necessary to rent one bookmobile
pending delivery of the new bookmobile to be
purchased through the Departmental Equipment
Loan.
Arts Festival $15,000
The Boston Arts Festival Committee has
requested an additional appropriation of $15,000
to broaden the scope of activities of the annual arts
festival. Because of the pleasure afforded many
thousands of people, I feel this additional appro-
priation is warranted.
Cleaning of Vacant Lots $12,000
At the present time the city holds, through tax
titles, over 3,000 vacant lots. Since the formation
of the neighborhood rehabilitation councils the
number of complaints of the condition of city-
owned lots has increased considerably. We must
not allow city-owned lots to be unsightly and
unsanitary.
Unsafe Buildings $10,000
Based on experience of the first four months,
the Building Commissioner has informed me that
an additional appropriation for the removal of
unsafe buildings will be necessary.
Rehabilitation of Franklin Park
Zoo $10,000
A recent communication from the Parks and
Recreation Commissioner indicates that many of
our cages at the Franklin Park Zoo are empty.
This appropriation will provide for the purchase
of additional animals and the installation' of a
new boiler in the bird house.
Jail — Overtime .
.$10,000
The commitment of six men on January 12, 1956,
charged with being members of the group which
robbed the Brink Company of over $1,000,000
in 1950, made it necessary to supplement the
regular forces by having officers work on days
and nights off and day men work extra on Sundays
and on night duty.
It is believed that all six men, plus those lately
apprehended, will be confined at Suffolk County
Jail before and during the trial in Suffolk County
Superior Court, and additional security measures
will have to be maintained.
Building Supplies, House of Cor-
bection $10,000
The severe winter storms caused a great deal of
damage to the House of Correction. The purchase
of these supplies will make it possible for the
major portion of this work to be performed by
inmate labor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
appropriation orders herewith submitted in con-
nection with the supplementary budget recom-
mendations.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS AND
TAX ORDERS FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 1956.
Ordered, That the respective sums of money
specified for the City and County Departments,
in the schedules hereinafter set out, be, and hereby
are, appropriated for the purposes hereinafter
specified, said sums to be raised by taxation on
the polls and estates of the City of Boston, and
that all orders heretofore or hereinafter passed
by the City Council relating to appropriations,
taxes, and interest thereon apply to the appropri-
ations and taxes herein provided for.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
APPROPRIATION FROM PARKMAN FUND
INCOME.
The following was received:
Citv of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 21, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen
I am in receipt of the attached communication
from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
requesting the appropriation of $75,000 from the
income of the George F. Parkman Fund, to be
expended under the direction of the Commissioner
of Parks and Recreation, for the Maintenance
and Improvement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887.
The 1956 budget estimates for the personal
service requirements of the Park Department
included an estimate of the total yearly income
from the George F. Parkman Fund. The budget
allowances made provision for the appropriation
of this income as it accrued for the purpose of
defraying the cost of work actually performed on
the Common and Parks in Existence on January
12, 1887.
I submit herewith an order appropriating the
sum of $75,000, the accrued income now available
from the Parkman Fund, and respectfully recom-
mend its immediate passage by your Honorable
Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
May 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
You are respectfully requested to ask the City
Council to transfer from the income of the George
F. Parkman Fund the sum of $75,000 which is
now available, to be expended under the direction
of the Parks and Recreation Commission, as
follows :
Common and Parks in Existence on January
12, 1887, Maintenance and Improve-
ment of $75,000
When making up the budget estimates for the
year 1956, a sum equal to the total yearly income
of the George F. Parkman Fund was deducted
from Item 100, Permanent Employees, with the
understanding that this deduction was to be
replaced by the total yearly income of said Park-
man Fund for 1956, to be transferred as it accrued
from time to time during the year to the regular
maintenance appropriation of the Parks and
Recreation Department.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of seventy-five thousand
dollars ($75,000) be, and hereby is, appropriated
from the income of the George F. Parkman Fund,
to be expended under the direction of the Commis-
sioner of Parks and Recreation, for the Main-
tenance and Improvement of the Common and
Parks in Existence on January 12, 1887, as follows.
Common and Parks in Existence on January
12, 1887, Maintenance and Improve-
ment of $75,000
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Fannie Ascher, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Margaret B. Bean, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 583 Poplar street, Roslindale,
during sidewalk installation.
Herman L. Brauer, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 10 Bellaire road, Roslindale,
caused during change of grade of sidewalk.
Richard P. Davis, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Police Department.
William D. Donaldson, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Police Department.
Walter A. Driscoll, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
Pasquale Gallo, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 292 Bennington
street, East Boston.
Abraham Kassoy, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Chelsea street,
Charlestown.
John J. Lownie, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Weights and Measures De-
partment.
Mary B. Mannix, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 39 Wordsworth
street, East Boston.
June O'Handley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Parker street,
Roxbury.
Maurice N. Part, for compensation for damage
to car by fire truck.
Maria Patilla, for compensation for damage to
property on Annunciation road, Roxbury, caused
by city employees.
Frank Rutigliano, for refund on malt and wines
license.
John J. Sheehy, for compensation for damage
to car by dump truck.
Joseph J. Torlai, to be reimbursed for bowling
license fee paid by mistake.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Blanche L. Connelly to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Dennis A. Connelly, late member of Fire Depart-
ment.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR RETIREMENT.
The petition of Edwin M. Malone, Master,
House of Correction, Penal Institutions Depart-
ment, for retirement as a veteran was received.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held May 28,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison
Company and New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company for locations for pole, wires, etc.,
on private property on Bernice street, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish permits
were received from the following:
James V. D'Amico, 630 Bennington street,
East Boston, Ward 1; Leonard W. D'Amico, 7-1
North Margin street, Boston, Ward 3; Harold T.
Matthews, 306 Meridian street. East Boston,
Ward 1; Maurice X. Roche, 136 Coleridge street,
Fast Boston, Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
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CITY COUNCIL.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of three parcels of prop-
erty and one parcel of excess land under section 6
of chapter 374 of the Acts of 1946.
Referred to the Committee on Public Housing.
ORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF APPEAL.
Notice was received from Merton P. Ellis'
Chairman of the Board of Appeal, of organiza"
tion of the Board as follows: Chairman, Merton
P. Ellis; secretary, James A. McElaney.
Placed on file.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
ORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF
EXAMINERS.
Notice was received from Mary D. McMackin,
Secretary of the Board of Examiners, of organiza-
tion of the Board as follows: Chairman, John
Guarino; secretary, Mary D. McMackin.
Placed on file.
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY
DEPARTMENT.
Notice was received from Milton E. Lord,
Director of Boston Public Library, of the organi-
zation of the trustees as follows; President, The
Most Reverend Richard J. dishing; vice presi-
dent, Erwin D. Canham; clerk, Elizabeth B.
Brockunicr.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF PETER J. DelPPOLITO.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of Peter J. Delppolito
as temporary environmental sanitation inspector.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Robert J. Kelley,
having been duly approved by the Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
Report on notice from State Public Works
Department (referred April 30) of taking of land
in Dorchester for easement for purposes of con-
structing, maintaining and using drainage struc-
tures— recommending placing the notice on file,
and passage of the following order:
Ordered, That the City Clerk is hereby in-
structed to prepare a copy of this communication
and the communication dated April 30, 1956,
which relates to the taking of the land of the City
of Boston for the use of the Commonwealth and
forward said copies to the Corporation Counsel of
the City of Boston with a request to seek adequate
compensation for the city as a result of said taking
and that that portion received for the taking of
park lands be earmarked for the acquiring of play-
ground and recreational facilities in the same
vicinity.
The report was accepted, the communication
was placed on file, and the order was passed.
CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM BOSTON
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Boston Housing Authority to advise the City
Council of:
1. The annual aggregate total amount of rent
increases that will result if their projected increases
are adopted.
2. The last annual cost for utilities for these
units.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under supension
of the rules.
ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF DOR-
CHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH
offered the following:
Resolved, That Saturday, June 2, 1956, be
named "Dorchester Day," commemorating the
326th anniversay of the founding and settlement
of Dorchester in 1630.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
PAYMENT OF SNOW REMOVAL COSTS
FROM PARKING METER FUND.
Covin. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel consult
with the Director of Administrative Services.
Public Works Department, and the Traffic Com-
mission to determine what percentage of the snow
removal appropriation request currently before
the Council Committee on Appropriations and
Finance can be paid from the parking meter fund.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
REASONS FOR RENT INCREASES BY
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Coun. McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, and
PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Boston Housing Authority to advise the City
Council of the basic reasons for the rent increase,
and, if there is more than one, list them in the order
of their importance with a brief explanation of
each reason.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspension
of the rules.
WISHES FOR SUCCESS TO THE
BOSTON "GLOBE."
Coun. WHITE, for all the Council, offered the
following:
Whereas, The Boston "Globe" has demon-
strated its confidence in the future of Boston by
committing over $12,000,000 in construction of a
new plant at Columbia Circle;
Whereas, The Boston "Globe" becomes an
exemplar to people who wish to display their faith
in our city;
Whereas, It is the hope of those responsible for
the continued development of our city that many
other firms, both large and small, will follow in the
footsteps of the Boston "Globe";
Whereas, The Boston "Globe, " which after three
quarters of a century as a great metropolitan daily
has seen fit to expand its facilities in an obvious
display of confidence in Boston's future; be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
presses to the publishers and management of the
"Globe" its happiness in such a tangible expression
of confidence; and be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council offers
to the Boston "Globe" its sincerest wishes for
further success and pledges to it the fullest
cooperation.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Daniel J. O'Shea (re-
ferred May 7) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as a member of the Police Department — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred dollars
($400) be allowed and paid to Daniel J. O'Shea in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
MAY 21, 1956.
173
against him on account of his acts as a member of
the Police Department, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordinance
(referred April 1G) reorganizing the Administra-
tive Services Department and creating therein
the office of Supervisor of Budgets — recom-
mending passage of the ordinance in the following
new draft:
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Reorganizing the Administrative
Services Department and Creating Therein
the Office of Supervisor of Budgets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
Sect. 1. The first paragraph of section 5 of
chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking
out clause (1) as appearing in section 3 of chapter
8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in
place thereof the following clause:
(1) The director of administrative services,
fifteen thousand dollars; the supervisor of bud-
gets, ninety-five hundred dollars; the supervisor
of personnel, ninety-five hundred dollars; and the
purchasing agent, ninety-five hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. Section 1 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section 13 of
chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first two
sentences, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing sentences: There shall be in the city a depart-
ment, known as the Administrative Services De-
partment, which shall be under the charge of a
board, known as the Administrative Services
Board, consisting of an officer, known as the
Director of Administrative Services, who shall
be chairman of the board, an officer known as
the Supervisor of Budgets, an officer known as
the Supervisor of Personnel, an officer known as
the Purchasing Agent, and the assessor of taxes,
the city auditor and the collector-treasurer, ex
officiis. The director of administrative services,
the supervisor of budgets, the supervisor of per-
sonnel, and the purchasing agent shall each be
appointed by the mayor for a term expiring on
the first Monday of the January following the
next biennial municipal election at which a mayor
is elected, and shall devote their whole time to
the duties of their respective offices.
Sect. 3. Chapter 3A of the Revised Ordinances
of 1947 is hereby amended by striking out section
3, as appearing in section 9 of chapter 8 of the
Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in place thereof
the following section :
Section 3. The supervisor of budgets shall,
under the direction of the mayor and in consulta-
tion with the director of administrative services,
prepare in segregated form the annual and all sup-
plementary budgets to be submitted by the mayor
to the- city council, and shall report to the mayor
on all subsequent revisions of the items in any
budget. The supervisor of budgets shall also pre-
pare, under the direction of the mayor and in
consultation with the director of administrative
services, all transfer orders to be submitted by
the mayor to the city council under section 3B
of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909. The super-
visor of budgets shall further prepare, under the
direction of the mayor and in consultation with
the director of administrative services, the form
of estimate sheets to be used by each officer,
board and department, and each division of a
department, for which the city appropriates
money, and the form of monthly report of such
officer, board and department, and each division
thereof, showing expenditures to date of all
appropriations by item. The supervisor of bud-
gets shall, in addition, have the powers and per-
form the duties conferred or imposed on the
budget commissioner by any statute other than
section 56 of chapter 35 of the General Laws.
Sect. 4. The powers and duties conferred or
imposed on the director of administrative serv-
ices by section 3 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 9 of
chapter 8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and the
appropriations relating to such powers and duties,
are hereby transferred to the supervisor of bud-
gets created by section 2 of this ordinance.
Sect. 5. Every person holding an office or
position subject to the civil service laws and rules
shall, if the office or position is abolished by this
ordinance, be reappointed without civil service
examination or registration to a similar office or
position with similar status in a new department
or agency, or division of either, created, or a
department or agency, or division of either, not
abolished, by this ordinance; and every such
person shall, upon such reappointment, retain all
rights to retirement with pension that shall have
accrued or would thereafter accrue to him; and
his services shall be deemed to have been con-
tinuous to the same extent as if such abolition
had not taken place. As used in this section, the
term "agency" shall be construed as defined in
section 5 of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909 as
amended by section 1 of chapter 473 of the acts
of 1953.
Sect. 6. This ordinance shall be deemed to be
made under section 5 of chapter 486 of the acts
of 1909, as amended by section 1 of chapter 473
of the acts of 1953, and shall be so construed
that no person holding, whether under general or
special law or otherwise, an office or position sub-
ject to the civil service laws and rules shall, by
reason of the adoption of this ordinance, be with-
out a similar office or position or be reduced in
rank or compensation.
Sect. 7. Anything in section 3 of chapter 1 of
the Revised Ordinances of 1947 to the contrary
notwithstanding, this ordinance shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the
same.
Sect. 8. This ordinance shall take effect on
the Wednesday next following its approval by
the mayor.
Coun. AHEARN moved that the ordinance
as submitted by the Mayor and the new draft
of an ordinance be referred to the Executive
Committee. The motion was carried.
RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS ON LAND,
ALBANY STREET.
Coun. PIEMONTE called up, under unfinished
business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz. :
Order releasing conditions and restrictions in
six lots of land on the northwesterly side of Albany
street, between East Newton street and Sharon
street, in the City of Boston.
On May 7, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 7, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Kerrigan, McCor-
mack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte, White
—7.
Nays— 0.
CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTHEASTERN
RAILROADS.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, desires to congratulate and
highly compliment the New York Central, the
Boston & Maine, and New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroads, acting jointly with eight other
northeastern railroads, for their fairness in urging
equalization of the rates which have long been
discriminatory against the Port of Boston. The
filing of these new tariffs with the Interstate
Commerce Commission should result in an in-
creased volume of business for the Port of Boston
and should place it in a very competitive position
with other ports throughout the country.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
Adjourned, at 3.55 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, May 28, 1950,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, May 28, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Very Reverend Francis F. McElroy, of
St. James Roman Catholic Church, Boston, was
escorted to the rostrum.
invocation by very rev. francis f.
Mcelroy.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom, and
justice, through Whom authority is rightly ad-
ministered, laws are enacted, and judgments
decreed, assist with Thy holy spirit of counsel the
members of the Council of the City of Boston and
all who assist them, that their administration may
be conducted with righteousness and be eminently
useful to the people over whom they preside by
encouraging due respect for virtue and religion and
by a faithful execution of the laws with justice
and mercy and by restraining vice and immorality.
Let the light of Thy divine wisdom direct the
deliberations of this group and shine fortli in all
the proceedings and laws framed for our govern-
ment, so that they may tend to the preservation of
peace and happiness in this city, the increase of
industry, sobriety, and useful knowledge, and
perpetuate to us the blessings of equal liberty.
We recommend likewise to Thy unbounded
mercy all our brethren and fellow citizens through
the City of Boston that they may be blessed in the
knowledge and sanctified in the observance of
Thy most holy law, that they may be preserved in
union and that peace which the world cannot
give, and, after enjoying the blessings of this life,
be admitted to those which are eternal.
For the members of the Council personally, I
would like to read this short blessing written many
years ago by Cardinal Newman.
May God support you all the day long, till the
shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and
the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is
over, and your work is done, and then in His mercy
may He give you safe lodging and holy rest and
peace at the last. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
RECLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF
MAINTENANCE DIVISION OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Supervisor of Personnel in regard to your order of
April 16, 1956, relative to removing the employees
of the Maintenance Division of the Fire Depart-
ment from the Classification and Compensation
Plan and bringing them into the same salary
schedule arrangement as members of the fire
fighting force.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
May 22, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
Under date of April 16, 1956, the City Council
passed an order requesting his Honor the Mayor's
consideration of the advisability of removing the
employees of the Maintenance Division of the Fire
Department from the Classification and Compen-
sation Plan and bringing them into the same
salary schedule arrangement as members of the
fire fighting force. This order has been referred
to me for consideration and report.
It is my opinion, after investigation, that it
would not be advisable to remove the civilian em-
ployees of the Maintenance Division of the Fire
Department from the Compensation Plan for City
Employees and bring them into the same salary
schedule arrangement as members of the fire fight-
ing force because, as stated in the findings by the
Law Department in a letter to the City Council
dated January 31, 1956, it does not follow that the
civilian employees are included in the fire fighting
force and thus should not be compensated as such.
To transfer these employees as stated here
would, in my opinion, be inadvisable, inasmuch as
the large majority of city employees are included
within the Compensation Plan for City Em-
ployees.
Very truly yours,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
Placed on file.
RE ELECTRICAL INSPECTION DIVISION,
BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Director of Administrative Services relative to
your order of May 14, 1956, concerning functions
of the Electrical Inspection Division in the Build-
ing Department.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
May 22, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to the order of Councillor McCor-
mack and Councillor Foley of May 14, 1956, the
subject matter of the letter has to do with the
functions of the Electrical Inspection Division in
the Building Department.
In April and May of 1955 there were a great
many letters on this general subject, and a meet-
ing was held in this office on May 16, 1955.
I have discussed the matter again with the
Building Commissioner and he tells me that he
has received no formal or informal complaints
concerning the operation of the Electrical Inspec-
tion Division, and that, as of this morning, there
was no backlog of work in the division.
In view of the foregoing it is my opinion that no
good purpose would be served by a study of the
Electrical Inspection Division at this time, and
I suggest that the Massachusetts Electrical Con-
tractors Association, Inc., take up with the Build-
ing Commissioner any specific complaints which
were generally referred to in the letter to Council-
lor McCormack, dated April 30, 1956.
Respectfully yours,
John A. Breen, Director.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved that a copy of the
communication from the Administrative Services
Department be forwarded to the Massachusetts
Electrical Contractors Association, Inc. The
motion was carried.
The foregoing communication was referred to the
Executive Committee.
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IMPROVE SOFTBALL DIAMONDS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Park Commissioner in regard to your order of
May 14, 1956, relative to putting the Softball
diamonds in rear of the Aquarium in playable
condition.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
May 23, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memorandum with attached Council
order of Councillors McCormack, Foley, and
Kerrigan that the Park Commissioner be directed
to put the Softball diamonds in the rear of the
Aquarium in playable condition.
Prior to the receipt of this order, arrangements
had been made to lay out the Softball diamonds
and erect a players' bench at the above mentioned
location.
Very truly yours,
Fbank R. Kelley,
Commissioner.
Placed on file.
RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL
ORIGINATE ORDER FOR LOAN OF
$5,000,000 FOR SCHOOL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, May 28, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
On May 14, 1956, 1 submitted to your Honorable
Body a message, together with a communication
from the Chairman of the School Committee,
concerning the school construction program of the
School Committee. In my message to your
Honorable Body I recommended that a loan order
to the amount of 555,000,000 be initiated so that the
school construction program might proceed.
For your further information in this matter, I
submit herewith a further communication from
the School Committee which is in substitution for
the communication of that body dated March
first. The present communication recommends a
85,000,000 loan order for this year rather than a
$10,000,000 loan order as recommended in the
prior communication.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
School Committee of City of Boston,
May 25, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
At the meeting of the School Committee held
on May 21, 1956, the accompanying letter to your
Honor with reference to a bond issue for additional
school accommodations was presented.
On roll call, the members agreed to submit the
communication to your Honor.
Very truly yours,
Agnes E. Reynolds, Secretary.
School Committee of City of Boston,
May 21, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
My dear Mayor Hynes:
In each of the years 1953 and 1954 the City
Council approved a bond issue in the amount of
$5,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring land for
and constructing public schoolhouses, including
originally equipping and furnishing such school-
houses.
These bond issues total $10,000,000, and this
entire amount has been allocated for, land, plans,
construction, and furnishing of necessary new
school buildings and, in certain cases, additions to
existing school buildings.
The school system is in need of far more con-
struction than it has been possible to achieve under
these two bond issues. The following school accom-
modations are only a few of those urgently needed
to properly house our school pupils:
Dwight District, South End — restoration of
funds transferred to 1956 building project.
Lowell District, Jamaica Plain — elementary
school to replace Lowell School building.
Emily A. Fifield District, Dorchester — addi-
tion of gymnasium for girls, Dorchester High
School.
Henry L. Higginson District, Roxbury — addi-
tion to David A. Ellis School.
Harvard District, Charlestown — elementary
school to replace Prescott, James A. McDonald,
and possibly the Warren and Copley buildings.
Dillaway District, Roxbury — addition to
Nathan Hale School and abandonment of Abby
W. May School.
Boston Technical High School, Back Bay Fens,
or Franklin Park Area, Roxbury — high school to
replace Boston Technical High School building,
to accommodate 1,500 pupils.
Edmund P. Tileston District, Mattapan — new
elementary school, Almont Street Playground.
Christopher Gibson District, Dorchester —
new elementary school to replace Christopher
Gibson and Atherton buildings.
Agassiz District, Jamaica Plain — new elemen-
tary school to replace the old Agassiz and
possibly the Agassiz buildings.
In order to finance the complete construction and
equipping of certain of these buildings and to
finance the purchase of land and the preparation of
architectural plans for others, the School Com-
mittee hereby respectfully requests that your
Honor recommend to the City Council that it
originate an additional $5,000,000 loan order for
the purpose of acquiring land for and constructing
public schoolhouses and additions, including origi-
nally equipping and furnishing such schoolhouses
and additions.
The School Committee will seek to have each
new school and addition approved by the Massa-
chusetts School Building Assistance Commission
under Massachusetts St. 1948, ch. 645, as amended,
and thereby obtain a state grant of approximately
20 per cent of the cost of each school and addition,
including furnishings, to help meet the payments
on the loan.
This letter is in substitution for the letter of the
School Committee to your Honor under date of
March 1, 1956.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Lee, Chairman.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the message and
communications were laid on the table.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Charles H. Baillie, for compensation for damage
to car by car of Fire Department.
Elizabeth Gately, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 163 Greenfield road,
Mattapan.
Carl A. Haessler, for compensation for damage
to car by car of Fire Department.
Ellen M. Kelly, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 711 Broadway,
South Boston.
William J. McCann, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 95 Summer
street.
Joseph A. Millette, for compensation for damage
to car by fire truck.
Frank G. Shattuck Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 356 Boylston street,
caused by bursting of water main.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Charles N. Vogel, former employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and marsing ex-
penses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
MAY 28, 1956.
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held June 7, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for license to operate motor vehicles over
Columbia road, Preble Circle, and Old Colony
avenue in Dorchester and South Boston districts.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held June 28, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Dump Truck Owners
Association, Inc., to amend charges.
Severally placed on file.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of a parcel of property
in Dorchester under section 6 of Chapter 372 of
the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
THANKS OF COUNCILLOR GABRIEL F.
PIEMONTE.
A communication was received from Councillor
Gabriel F. Piemonte thanking the members of the
Council for the resolution adopted at the meeting
of May 7, 1956, congratulating him and others on
the award of the Star of Solidarity by the Italian
Government.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on applications (referred May 14) for
commercial use shellfish permits for Arthur C.
Liska, John L. McDonald, William E. Vuilleumeier,
Joseph P. Wardell — recommending that permits
be granted.
2. Report on applications (referred May 21) for
commercial use shellfish permits for James V.
D'Amico, Leonard W. D'Amico, Harold T.
Matthews — recommending that permits be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the permits were
granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFIR-
MATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on Con-
firmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred May 21) of John P. Custis as weigher of
goods for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recom-
mending that appointment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointments by the Mayor
(referred May 21) of James Saliba and Vincent B.
Licciardi as constables with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond for the term ending
April 30, 1957 — recommending that appointments
be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Kerrigan and Piemonte. Whole number of ballots
9, yeas 9, and the appointments were confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred April 23) for
appropriation of $50,000 from "Sales of City.
Property" for automatic traffic control signals —
recommending the order ought to pass, and
submitting the following report:
"Your committee held a hearing on this matter
and heard testimony from William Arthur Reilly,
Chairman of the Board of Traffic Commissioners,
who stated that the funds appropriated would be
used to complete and install signals in the follow-
ing locations:
1. Arborway, Cataumet and Pond streets,
Jamaica Plain.
2. Boylston and Ipswich streets.
3. Boylston street, Fenway, and Pilgrim road.
4. Kenmore Square additions.
5. Alban street, Talbot and Welles avenues,
Dorchester.
6. Centre street and Westchester road, Jamaica
Plain.
7. North Beacon street, at Union square,
Allston.
8. Babson street, Blue Hill avenue, and Walk
Hill street, Mattapan.
9. Blue Hill avenue and Regis road, Mattapan.
10. Columbus avenue, Centre and Heath
streets, Roxbury.
11. Columbus avenue, Station and Tremont
streets, Roxbury Crossing.
12. Cummins Highway, Harvard street, and
Wood avenue, Dorchester."
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Coun. Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerrigan,
McCormaek, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte
White— 9.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
communication from the School Committee
(referred May 14) requesting City Council to
originate order for loan of .$5,000,000 for construc-
tion of schoolhouses — submitting the following:
"Your committee held a hearing on this matter
on Friday, May 18, 1956, attended by the Superin-
tendent of Schools, the Chairman of the School
Committee, other members of the School Com-
mittee, the Superintendent of Construction (De-
partment of School Buildings), a representative
of the Law Department, and others.
"Your committee determined that the last
official vote of the School Committee on this matter
indicated it to be School Committee policy that
810,000,000 is needed at this time. However, at
the hearing a majority of the members of the
School Committee and the Superintendent of
Schools and the Superintendent of Construction
and the representative of the Law Department
indicated that because of a recent legal development
85,000,000 is presently adequate and will permit
the present planning for so much construction as
previously contemplated.
"It was also made apparent that no time would
be lost by awaiting a formal vote of the School
Committee approving a loan limited to 85,000,000
at this time.
"Because of certain procedural steps indicated
to be necessary by the Law Department, your
committee recommends the initiation of a $5,000,-
000 loan order in the enclosed form.
"However, the Law Department has indicated
that the City Council's first vote of approval should
be subsequent to the approval of the Emergency
Finance Board of the State.
"Appended to this report is a letter from the
Secretary of the School Committee of Boston
which changes and corrects much in the original
two messages."
City of Boston,
School Committee, May 21, 1956.
Mr. William J. Foley, Chairman,
Committee on Appropriations and Finance.
Dear Sir:
At a meeting of the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance of the Boston City Council with the
School Committee on Friday, May 18, 1956, the
Committee on Appropriations and Finance con-
sidered the request of the School Committee for an
additional bond issue.
In keeping with the wishes of the Committee on
Appropriations and Finance, the School Committee
has voted in an official meeting held on May 21,
1956, to withdraw and rescind the request for a
S10,000,000 bond issue, as expressed in the letter
to the Mayor on March 1, 1956.
Following the rescinding of the original request
for a $10,000,000 bond issue, the School Committee
voted to substitute a request to the Mayor for a
$5,000,000 bond issue for school construction
purposes. A copy of the letter to the Mayor is
enclosed.
The School Committee herewith submits to the
Committee on Appropriations and Finance its
plans for utilizing the $5,000,000 bond issue.
Dwight District, South End.
Additional appropriation necessary for
construction of proposed elementary
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building to replace Dwight building
erected in 1857 and the Louisa May Alcott
School erected in 1845 $195,000
Lowell District, Jamaica Plain.
Purchase of land and construction of an
elementary school. Construction of this
building will eliminate the Lowell School,
erected in 1874, and possibly at a later
date the Wyman, erected in 1892. New
site will be necessary.
Land, plans, furnishings, and con-
struction 1,597,000
Emily A. Fifield District — Dorchester High
School, Dorchester.
Preparation of plans for a gymnasium
for girls. The original building was
designed exclusively for boys. It has
recently been made coeducational. Use
existing site.
Plans 26,000
Henry L. Higoinson District, Roxetjry.
Preparation of plans for an addition to
David A. Ellis School. The existing
building was erected in 1932. Conditions
are overcrowded. Use existing site. To
accommodate 280 pupils.
Plans 48,000
Harvard District, Charlestown.
Construction of elementary school to
replace the Prescott, erected in 1857, the
James A. McDonald, erected in 1876,
and possibly the Warren, erected in 1867.
and the Copley, erected in 1901. A new
" site will be needed.
Demolition, land, plans, furnish-
ings, and construction 2,294,000
Dillaway District, Roxbtjry.
Purchase of land and preparation of
plans for an addition to the Nathan Hale
School which was erected in 1909, to
accommodate 280 pupils. Erection of this
addition will eliminate the Abby W. May,
erected in 1893. Additional land will be
needed.
Land ' 35,000
Plans 48,000
Boston Technical High School, Back Bay.
Purchase of land and preparation of
plans for a Technical High School to
accommodate 1,500 pupils. Construction
of this building will eliminate an obsolete
plant in the Back Bay, erected in 1893.
Land 100,000
Plans 342,000
Edward P. Tileston District, Mattapan.
Purchase of land and preparation of
plans for an elementary school to accom-
modate 890 pupils. Erection of this
building will be necessitated by urban
redevelopment of this area.
Land 40,000
Plans 130,000
Christopher Gibson District, Dorchester.
Purchase of land and preparation of
plans for an elementary school to accom-
modate 1,030 pupils. Construction of
this project will eliminate the Christopher
Gibson Building, erected in 1895, and the
Atherton, erected in 1872.
Land 10,000
Plans 148,000
Agassiz District, Jamaica Plain.
Purchase of land and preparation of
plans for an elementary school to accom-
modate 540 pupils. Construction of this
building will eliminate the Old Agassiz
building, erected in 1849, and possibly
the Agassiz building, erected in 1893.
Land 50,000
Plans 77,000
At the joint meeting on Friday, May 18, 1956,
the Committee on Appropriations and Finance
wished to know why provision was not included
in the School Committee's tentative outline
presented on that afternoon for a school in the
Wendell Phillips District in the West End, which
had been included in the previous letter to the
Mayor of March 1, 1956.
The reason for omitting the proposal for a new
school in the Wendell Phillips District from the
School Committee's present revised plans is
because of the unsettled situation in this area.
The Committee on Appropriations and Finance
also wished to know why provision was not in-
cluded in the School Committee's outline presented
to you at its conference of May 18, 1956, for a
school in the James A. Garfield District in Brighton.
The reason for postponement of a school in this
district is due to the uncertainty of a suitable site.
Originally it was felt that a part of the McKinney
Playground might be used. However, serious
neighborhood objections have been raised in regard
to this possible procedure. As a result, it would
be impossible to award a contract to an architect
to proceed with plans for this building until a new
site is available.
The Committee on Appropriations and Finance
also wished to know why provision was inserted
in the School Committee's tentative outline pre-
sented to you -at the conference of May 18, 1956,
for the replacement of the Old Agassiz building
built in 1849 and also to probably replace the
Agassiz building built in 1893.
The reason for this insertion is due to the fact
that since it was necessary to postpone the two
projects previously mentioned it was deemed
important to utilize part of the .$5,000,000 for the
preparation of plans for a building to replace the
Old Agassiz building and possibly also to take the
place of the Agassiz building which was constructed
in 1849.
In connection with the new proposed school in
the Agassiz District in Jamaica Plain, certain
members of the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance were concerned with the possible use of
the Murphy Playground as a site for this new
school.
If any portion of the Murphy Playground were
to be selected for a site, the School Committee
assures the Committee on Appropriations and
Finance that it will be only a small portion of the
Murphy Playground and will not eliminate the
main play area of this playground.
The use of even any small portion of this play-
ground, if it should be sought as a possible school
site in the future, would be subject to the approval
of the Parks and Recreation Department and the
City Council.
If either of these groups objected to the use of
any portion of the Murphy Playground, if it were
to be used, the School Committee would select
a suitable site in the general neighborhood from";
other areas that offer possibilities for a school site.
The School Committee is extremely appreciative
of the courtesy, understanding and, cooperation
of the Boston City Council in the interests of the
children of Boston.
Very truly yours,
Agnes E. Reynolds, Secretary.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause 3
of section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws,
the sum of $5,000,000 be, and hereby is, appropri-
ated, for the purpose of acquiring land for, and
constructing, public schoolhouses in the City of
Boston, including originally equipping and furnish-
ing such schoolhouses; and that to meet said
appropriation the Collector-Treasurer is hereby
authorized to issue, from time to time, on request
of the Mayor, bonds or certificates of indebtedness
of the City of Boston to said amount.
The report was accepted. On motion of Coun-
cillor Foley, the message and order were laid on
the table.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred May 14) for an appropriation of So, 141,-
647.88 for school purposes — submitting the
following report and recommending passage
of the order:
"Your committee held a hearing on this matter
on Friday, May 25, 1956, attended by the respon-
sible School Department officials and a majority
of the School Committee.
"It appears that the bulk of this year's increase
again is accounted for by (1) general increase of
salaries to teaching personnel, and (2) continuation
of movement toward so-called ' single salary '.
"Your committee finds that teachers' salaries in
Boston are still low on a comparable national
scale and the single salary policy is one which
generally should be decided by the School Com-
mittee, and recommends passage of the order."
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The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9:
Yeas—Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
4. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
May 14) favoring loan order for the school building
program — recommending the message be placed
on file.
The report was accepted, and the message was
placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of George H. King
(referred May 14) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of George H. King, a former member of the
Fire Department, retired for accidental disability,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury received through no fault of his own while
in the performance of his duty on July 6, 1954,
there be allowed and paid upon certification of the
panel appointed under the provisions of said
section, to the following the amount stated:
Dr. Ronald A. Mertens $55
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suitable
for the purpose of this section.
2. Report on petition of Raymond B. LaCasse
(referred March 26) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Raymond B. LaCasse, a former mem-
ber of the Fire Department, retired for accidental
disability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
■medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on February
20, 1955, there be allowed and paid, upon certifica-
tion of the panel appointed under the provisions
of said section, to the following the amounts stated:
Raymond B. LaCasse (petitioner) $7.50
John P. Rattigan, M.D 20. 00
Total $27.50
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suitable
for the purpose of this section.
3. Report on petition of John A. Abbott (re-
ferred March 26) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of John A. Abbott, a former member of the
Fire Department, retired for accidental disability,
for indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury received through no fault of his own while
in the performance of his duty on September 18,
1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certification
of the panel appointed under the provisions of
said section, to the following the amount stated:
Karl D, Kasparian, M.D $1
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suit-
able for the purpose of this section.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
4. Report on petition of George H. King
(referred May 14) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received on July 6, 1954,
while in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending no further
action be taken on same as the petitioner filed a
duplicate petition for a similar amount on the same
day.
5. Report on petition of Mabel C. Eldracher
(November 15, 1954) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, John T.
Eldracher, a member of the Police Department —
recommending no further action is necessary as the
petitioner has availed herself of benefits under
the State-Boston Retirement System.
The reports were accepted.
6. Report on petition of Edwin M. Malone,
Master at the House of Correction, Deer Island,
(referred May 21) for retirement as a veteran —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Whereas, Edwin M. Malone, employed in the
service of the County of Suffolk as Master in the
House of Correction, Penal Institutions Depart-
ment, has made application to be retired under the
provisions of section 57 of chapter 32 of the General
Laws, as amended; and
Whereas, The said Edwin M. Malone has sub-
mitted to the City Council satisfactory evidence
that he is a veteran as defined in section 56 of
chapter 32 of the General Laws; that he has been
certified for retirement for disability by the duly
authorized medical board; that he has been in
the service of the county at least ten years; that
he is incapacitated for active service; and that
his total income from all sources, exclusive of his
retirement allowance and of any sum received from
the government of the United States as a pension
for war service, does not exceed one thousand
dollars
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 57
of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended.
Edwin M. Malone, employed in the service of the
County of Suffolk as Master in the House of Cor-
rection, Penal Institutions Department, be, and
hereby is, retired by the Mayor and City Council,
acting as county commissioners, at an annual
pension of $4,136.33, being 56 per cent of his
highest regular rate of compensation.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND "STOP SIGN" AT
CERTAIN STREETS IN EAST BOSTON.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston Traffic Commission
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
install traffic lights at the junctions of Lexington
and Meridian streets, White and Meridian streets,
and Falcon and Meridian streets, East Boston;
and be it further
Ordered, That the Boston Traffic Commission
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
install a "Stop Sign" at the junction of Marion
and Meridian streets, East Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RELIEF FROM TRUCK TRAFFIC, ADAMS
STREET, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner take
immediate steps to relieve the truck traffic over the
Adams Street section of Dorchester.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPAIR OF HANDBALL COURTS AT
L STREET BATHHOUSE.
Coun. McCORMACK, FOLEY, and KER-
RIGAN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation take immediate steps to repair the
handball courts of the public bathhouse at L street
in the South Boston section.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SURVEY OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC
ON ADAMS STREET, DORCHESTER
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner be re-
quested, through his Honor the Mayor, to conduct
a survey of Adams street, Dorchester, with a view
to prohibiting heavy trucks from using this street
between the Lower Mills and Gallivan Boulevard.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
VICTOR G. RUNDBERG, JR.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the square at the corner of Hallet
street and Minor street (Ward 16), Dorchester, in
honor of Victor G. Rundberg, Jr., U.S.A., 11030543,
who served in the Army Quartermaster Corps in
the South Pacific, and who died on May 8, 1944,
in a Japanese prison camp.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING ANNUITY
TO PARENTS OF THOMAS SLATTERY.
Coun. McCORMACK, McDONOUGH, and
MCLAUGHLIN, for all the Councillors, offered the
following:
Ordered, That chapter 358 of the Acts of 1956,
entitled "An Act Authorizing the City of Boston to
Pay an Annuity to the Parents of Thomas Slat-
tery, " be, and hereby is, accepted.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PAYMENT OF ANNUITY TO PARENTS
OF THOMAS SLATTERY.
Coun. McCORMACK, McDONOUGH, and
MCLAUGHLIN, for allthe Councillors, offered the
following:
Ordered, That, in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 358 of the Acts of 1956, there be allowed
and paid to the father and mother of Thomas
Slattery, a fireman of the City of Boston who was
killed on January 29, 1956, while in the performance
of his duty, an annuity during their joint lives of
SI, 500, and upon the death of either, to the survivor
an annuity for the remainder of his or her life of
$1,000; said annuity to date from June 1, 1956, and
to be paid in equal monthly installments and to be
charged to the appropriation for Fire Department,
Pensions and Annuities.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
MANASSAH E. BRADLEY MEMORIAL
STADIUM.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That chapter 60 of the Acts of 1956,
entitled "An Act to Designate the East Boston
Stadium as the Manassah E. Bradley Memorial
Stadium," be, and hereby is, accepted.
Passed under supension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.28 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.35 p.m.
SURVEY OF PARKING FACILITIES IN
VICINITY OF 90 BAY STATE ROAD.
A communication was received from Victor H.
Carpenter, D.M.D., 99 Bay State road, protesting
against violation of parking regulations by motorists
in the vicinity of 99 Bay State road.
On motion of Councillor Pieinonte, the com-
munication was referred to the Committee on
Licenses.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
May 14) concerning signs in "Towt Area" — recom-
mending placing the message on file, and the
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor respectfully
request the Traffic Commission to add on all
traffic sign posts in the area of the city to which the
Zoning Law applies, either by adding on to the
present signs the words "Tow Area" or afBixng
thereto additional signs with the words "Tow
Area," or words of similar intent.
The report was accepted, the message of the
Mayor was placed on file, and the foregoing order
was passed.
2. Report on communication from the Corpora-
tion Counsel (referred February 6) on status of
civilian employees in Maintenance Division, Fire
Department — that same be placed on file pending
further notice from the attorney for the employees.
The report was accepted, and the communication
was placed on file pending further notice from the
attorney for the employees.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred April 16) for approval of contract for
collection and removal of garbage and refuse by
Dooley Bros., Inc., from District 11, Hyde Park,
so called — that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and ordi-
nance (referred May 21) creating the office of
Supervisor of Budgets and a new draft ordinance
submitted by the Committee on Ordinances con-
cerning the same subject — submitting the follow-
ing:
"The difference between the ordinance submitted
by the Mayor and the Executive Committee's
report thereon is that in the Mayor's ordinance the
Supervisor of Budgets was going to act under the
direction of the Mayor, whereas in the Committee's
report the Supervisor of Budgets will act under
the direction of the Mayor and in consulattion
with the Director of Administrative Services,
and recommending rejection of the ordinance as
submitted by the Mayor and passage of the ordi-
nance in the accompanying new draft:
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Reorganizing the Administrative
Services Department and Creating Therein
the Office of Supervisor of Budgets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
Sect. 1. The first paragraph of section 5 of
chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking
out clause (1) as appearing in section 3 of chapter
8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in
place thereof the following clause:
(1) The director of administrative services,
fifteen thousand dollars; the supervisor of bud-
gets, ninety-five hundred dollars; the supervisor
of personnel, ninety-five hundred dollars; and the
purchasing agent, ninety-five hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. Section 1 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section 13 of
chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first two
sentences, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing sentences: There shall be in the city a depart-
ment, known as the Administrative Services De-
partment, which shall be under the charge of a
board, known as the Administrative Services
Board, consisting of an officer, known as the
Director of Administrative Services, who shall
be chairman of the board, an officer known as
the Supervisor of Budgets, an officer known as
the Supervisor of Personnel, an officer known as
the Purchasing Agent, and the assessor of taxes,
the city auditor and the collector-treasurer, ex
offieiis. The director of administrative services,
the supervisor of budgets, the supervisor of per-
sonnel, and the purchasing agent shall each be
appointed by the mayor for a term expiring on
the first Monday of the January following the
next biennial municipal election at which a mayor
is elected, and shall devote their whole time to
the duties of their respective offices.
Sect. 3. Chapter 3A of the Revised Ordinances
of 1947 is hereby amended by striking out section
3, as appearing in section 9 of chapter 8 of the
Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in place thereof
the following section:
Section 3. The supervisor of budgets shall,
under the direction of the mayor and in consulta-
tion with the director of administrative services,
prepare in segregated form the annual and all sup-
plementary budgets to be submitted by the mayor
to the city council, and shall report to the mayor
on all subsequent revisions of the items in any
budget. The supervisor of budgets shall also pre-
pare, under the direction of the mayor and in
consultation with the director of administrative
services, all transfer orders to be submitted by
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the mayor to the city council under section 3B
of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909. The super-
visor of budgets shall further prepare, under the
direction of the mayor and in consultation with
the director of administrative services, the form
of estimate sheets to be used by each officer,
board and department and each division of a
department, for which the city appropriates
money, and the form of monthly report of such
officer, board and department, and each division
thereof, showing expenditures to date of all
appropriations by item. The supervisor of bud-
gets shall, in addition, have the powers and per-
form the duties conferred or imposed on the
budget commissioner by any statute other than
section 56 of chapter 35 of the General Laws.
Sect. 4. The powers and duties conferred or
imposed on the director of administrative serv-
ices by section 3 of chapter 3A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 9 of
chapter 8 of the Ordinances of 1953, and the
appropriations relating to such powers and duties,
are hereby transferred to the supervisor of bud-
gets created by section 2 of this ordinance.
Sect. 5. Every person holding an office or
position subject to the civil service laws and rules
shall, if the office or position is abolished byi his
ordinance, be reappointed without civil service
examination or registration to a similar office or
position with similar status in a new department
or agency, or division of either, created, or a
department or agency, or division of either, not
abolished, by this ordinance; and every such
person shall, upon such reappointment, retain all
rights to retirement with pension that shall have
accrued or would thereafter accrue to him; and
his services shall be deemed to have been con-
tinuous to the same extent as if such abolition
had not taken place. As used in this section, the
term "agency" shall be construed as defined in
section 5 of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909 as
amended by section 1 of chapter 473 of the acts
of 1953.
Sect. 6. This ordinance shall be deemed to be
made under section 5 of chapter 486 of the acts
of 1909, as amended by section 1 of chapter 473
of the acts of 1953, and shall be so construed
that no person holding, whether under general or
special law or otherwise, an office or position sub-
ject to the civil service laws and rules shall, by
reason of adoption of this ordinance, be with-
out a similar office or position or be reduced in
rank or compensation.
Sect. 7 Anything in section 3 of chapter 1 of
the Revised Ordinances of 1947 to the contrary
notwithstanding, this ordinance shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the
same.
Sect. 8. This ordinance shall take effect on
the Wednesday next following its approval by
the mayor.
The report of the committee was accepted.
The ordinance as submitted by the Mayor was
rejected, and the ordinance as submitted by the
Committee was passed.
APPEARANCE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF
LAW DEPARTMENT AT EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Coun. COLLINS moved that the Law Depart-
ment be instructed by the Clerk to send a repre-
sentative to the meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee next week prepared to comment fully on
the opinions which they are quoted as giving to
the Committee on Licenses pertaining to the so-
called open-air parking law violation.
The motion was carried.
Adjourned, at 5:46 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Pieraonte, to meet on Monday, June 4, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, June 4, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
Senior Major Edward J. Bailey, Salvation
Army, Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY SENIOR MAJOR
EDWARD J. BAILEY.
Gentlemen and friends, as we stand today for
prayer, we pray our Heavenly Father, God, that
Thou wilt be gracious to us in honoring us
with Thy presence today. We thank Thee for
the blessings of life that come our way, and for
the many tender mercies which are shown to us.
We thank Thee for the freedom which we enjoy,
and we thank Thee for the leaders of our country
who have been entrusted with the business per-
taining to our cities, our states, and our country.
We pray as did Solomon of old for wisdom
that shall be given to those of this Council that
they may be correct in their judgments and
decisions today. Again we would remember
Solomon's words as they come to us, "What
is required of thee, O man, but to do justly,
to live mercifully, and to walk humbly with
thy God." Equip each member of this Council
today with that part that they need to make
the right decisions in the business matters that
may come before them here in this Council,
and we pray that Thou wouldst come to each
one individually, and if these decisions meet
with Thy divine benediction, we pray that Thou
wilt be gracious and add Thy presence and
continue so to do with each one individually.
We ask these things in and through Thy loving
kindness to man from Thy almighty presence.
Bless us further, we would ask it, in Thy Name's
sake. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Foley presiding
at the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Twenty-two grand jurors, Suffolk Criminal
Court, to appear July 2, 1956:
Charles J. McCarthy, Ward 2; Adam P. Joseph,
Ward 6; Leonard W. Barnacle, Ward 7; Ferdinand
Polimeno, Ward 7; Charles R. Colley, Ward 9;
John Moffit, Ward 10; James F. O'Leary, Ward
10; William F. Barry, Ward 11; William J.
Mcintosh, Ward 11; Mary M. Walsh, Ward 11;
Henry Krinsky, Ward 14; Charles N. Bent,
Ward 16; Louis Goldenberg, Ward 17; Mary
Borey, Ward 18; George M. Cobb, Ward 18;
John A. McMahon, Ward 18; Louis Stein, Ward
18; Mary J. Hartigan, Ward 19; Robert W.
DeDominicis, Ward 20; Wilfred Lynde, Ward 20;
Patrick F. Sullivan, Ward 21; Morris Needle,
Ward 22.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
Fifty-two traverse jurors, Suffolk Criminal
Court, to appear July 2, 1956:
Dora Lago, Ward 3; Richard J. Morley, Ward 4;
Russell S. Walsh, Ward 4; Fred J. Campbell,
Ward 5; William P. Hunnewell, Ward 5; Sophie F.
Foley, Ward 6; Edward H. Bell, Ward 7; Joseph
E. Berinski, Ward 7; Frank J. Davis, Ward 7;
Peter Kays, Ward 7; Andrew J. Nee, Ward 7;
Anthony J. Schepis, Ward 7; Thomas J. Carney,
Ward 8; Willie Keith, Ward 9; Cordelia D.
Stevens, Ward 9; Lorraine I. Curry, Ward 10;
Margaret Murphy, Ward 10; Patrick Rowley,
Ward 10; Thomas J. Sullivan, Ward 11; Celia
Brown, Ward 12; Bernard Landau, Ward 12;
Thomas M. O'Brien, Ward 12; Howard Watts,
Ward 12; George M. Wiggins, Ward 12; Aileen
B. Buckley, Ward 13; Timothy E. Burke, Ward
13; Paul Alpert, Ward 14; Louis Barron, Ward 14;
Paul T. Gilson, Ward 14; Leo E. Tracey, Ward 15;
Patrick Flaherty, Ward 16; Francis J. McDonough,
Ward 16: Agnes M. Shea, Ward 16; William F.
Zabarausky, Ward 16; Pauline M. Humphrey,
Ward 17; Stanley P. Aviza, Ward 18; Antonio
D'AUessandro, Ward 18; John Devins, Ward 18;
Warren H. Gortze, Ward 18; Thomas F. O'Day,
Ward 18; John E. Sweeney, Ward 18; Lawrence I.
Cohen, Ward 19; Frank J. Maguire, Ward 19;
Herbert H. Campbell, Ward 20; Mabel LaVie,
Ward 20; Elmer G. Loeber, Ward 20; William F.
O'Brien, Ward 20; John Ford Dunn, Ward 22;
William Meikle, Ward 22; Emma M. Mullen,
Ward 22; Ernest Tomacelli, Ward 22; Henry P.
Wahlberg, Ward 22.
INSTALLATION OF BENCHES IN ALL
PARKS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communications from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative to
your order of April 9, 1956, in regard to installing
park benches on the Blake House property in
Dorchester and that park benches be installed in
all our parks.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
April 17, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I desire to acknowledge your memorandum
with attached order of Councillor McCormack
that his Honor the Mayor request the Parks and
Recreation Commissioner to install park benches
on the Blake House property in Dorchester, and
that he be further ordered to install park benches
in all our parks.
This matter has been referred to the chief
engineer of this department.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
May 25, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This will supplement my letter to you of April
17 regarding erection of park benches in the Blake
House area, Edward Everett square, Dorchester,
as suggested in an order by Councillor McCormack.
At one time we installed several benches at this
location but we were required to remove them
later. The park is located in a residential area
and because of complaints about conditions that
developed after the erection of the benches, we
were required to take them out. This area should
be left open. We do not think it advisable to place
any benches there.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY LIGHTS
ON MONUMENT AT DORCHESTER
HEIGHTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of April 16, 1956, relative to mounting tem-
porary lights high on the monument at Dorchester
Heights, South Boston, with wire guards to
prevent destruction, to illuminate the Dorchester
Heights Park.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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CITY COUNCIL.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
May 25, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
April 16:
"Ordered, That the Public Works Commissioner
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
mount temporary lights high on the monument
at Dorchester Heights, South Boston, with wire
guards to prevent destruction, to illuminate the
Dorchester Heights Park."
We have made a study of the feasibility of
installing temporary lights on the monument
at Dorchester Heights, in accordance with the"
provisions of the above-referenced order, and
the following is a report based on said study:
"At the present time there are no facilities for
electric service within the monument to energize
the lighting units. It would be prohibitively
expensive to install electric facilities within the
monument and almost impossible to install
facilities on the face of the monument to feed
the lighting units. As far as we can determine
the only facilities within the park are the over-
head facilities for the existing street lighting,
which were installed recently. This service
could not be used for a metered service for the
proposed temporary lights on the monument.
"We have made nighttime inspections of the
new lighting installed in the park since it has
been energized in March, and find the new lighting
does an excellent job of lighting the park and
the monument. The only problem to date has
been the breakage of the glass globes due to
vandalism.
"I believe we may have the solution to some
of the breakage with the installation of a metal
guard which has been designed by the Lighting
Service. At the present time we are having
fabricated enough guards to install one on each
fixture in the park. I believe these guards should
practically eliminate breakage due to destruction
by stones and missiles.
"I feel that when the guards are installed
the problem of breakage will be at least partially
solved and that the existing new lighting installed
within the park will adequately light the area."
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
"GOLDEN AGE REST AREA" ON
AKRON STREET, ROXBURY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of the Real Property Department
and the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation
relative to your order of April 2, 1956, in regard
to transferring 4,888 square feet of land located
at the southeast corner of Akron street, Roxbury,
to the Parks and Recreation Department, for the
purpose of establishing a " Golden Age Rest Area. "
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
May 1, 1956.
Harold Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office,
Dear Sir:
I desire to acknowledge your memorandum of
April 27 with Councillor McCormack's order of
April 2, 1956, attached, regarding Akron street,
Lot A, corner of Alpine street, Roxbury.
The chief engineer of this department will
make a survey of this area to ascertain if it would
be suitable for a rest area.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
April 25, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Subject: Councillor McCormack's Order of April 2,
1956.
Re: Akron Street, Lot A, Corner Alpine Street
(4,888 Square Feet), Roxbury, Ward 12 (Fore-
closed Property).
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in response to your communication dated
April 5, 1956, to which was attached Councillor
McCormack's Council order, of April 2, 1956,
pertaining to a "Golden Age Rest Area" on the
above captioned city-owned land.
Please be advised that the parcel of land is
under the jurisdiction of this department and, at
the request of the Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, we shall request the Law Department to
prepare the necessary papers to effect the transfer
of the said property to the said Parks and Recrea-
tion Department.
Very truly yours,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
May 25, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
Supplementing my letter to you of May 1,
regarding the acquisition of land on Akron and
Alpine streets, Roxbury, as suggested in an order
of Councillor McCormack, I report as follows:
At the present time we have no funds with which
we might acquire additional land and, further, if
we did acquire it, we have no funds for develop-
ment of the area.
Accordingly, we will keep this matter on file
for further consideration if and when funds are
made available.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Cecil E. Atkins, for compensation for damage
to car by truck of Boston Traffic Commission.
Martin J. Brennan, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Robert W. Callahan, to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Guido A. DelCore, for compensation for damage
to car by car of Health Department.
Sadie Fishgal, for compensation for collapse
of water boiler at 537 Norfolk street, Mattapan,
caused by water being shut off.
Minnie Kliman, for compensation for damage
to car by truck of Weights and Measures Depart-
ment.
John J. MacDonald, for compensation for
damage to car by fire apparatus.
James A. Magner, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Parks and Recreation
Department.
Katherine S. Mason, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Bunker
Hill and Vine streets.
Joseph A. Millette, for compensation for damage
to car by fire truck.
Margaret Viola Nee, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at C street,
near Broadway.
Thomas Nee, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of House of Correction.
James H. Rea, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Mrs. F. J. Woods, for compensation for damage
to ear caused at Winthrop Square garage.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
JUNE 4, 1956.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO HAROLD G.
KERN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, The Honorable Harold G. Kern,
general manager of the Hearst newspapers, and
publisher of the Hearst papers in the City of
Boston, namely, the Boston "American" and the
"Daily Record" and "Sunday Advertiser" was
one of seven prominent citizens to receive a
degree from Marquette University at its com-
mencement exercises, yesterday, as a Doctor of
Letters; and
Whereas, This honor conferred upon Mr. Kern,
also honors the Hearst newspapers and in par-
ticular those in Boston which he publishes; and
Whereas, Mr. Kern, as the Boston City Council
expressed in a resolution upon his appointment
as general manager of the Hearst papers, has been
an outstanding citizen of our city, and an active
force for the betterment of the city in the social,
fraternal, and political fields, and through the
papers he publishes has accomplished particularly
noteworthy activities of a charitable nature for
our disabled veterans; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends to Mr. Kern, his
charming wife, the Hearst Corporation, and the
Hearst papers in Boston, the congratulations of
the Council and the City Government of Boston
on this most recent honor; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to Mr. Kern, and to the aforementioned
papers he publishes and a copy to the Hearst
Corporation.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.03 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 5.56 p.m.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from James Grant, 69 Saratoga
street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
APPOINTMENT OF JOHN G. PICKETT.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of John G. Pickett, 35 Newcroft
Circle, Mattapan, to be Supervisor of Budgets
in the Administrative Services Department, for a
term expiring on the first Monday of the January
following the next biennial municipal election at
which a mayor is elected.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT E. MINOT.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Robert E. Minot, 9 Lime street,
Boston, to be a member of the Beacon Hill Archi-
tectural Commission for the term ending May 1,
1961.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of James Saliba, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
was received and approved.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
June 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under General Laws, chapter 35, section 51, as
amended, your Honorable Body has referred to
me for report an order which, if passed, would
amend the Compensation Plan for the Officers
and Employees of Suffolk County by changing
Parole Agents from the compensation grade 17
now allocated to them, to compensation grade 22.
This office, under date of May 28, 1956, sub-
mitted to the various county agencies copies of the
Report on Allocation of Positions to Classes and
Assignment of Classes to Compensation Grades
in the County Classification Plan. This report
was prepared by Charles M. Evans & Associates,
consultants, after a study of the duties of the
classified positions in the County of Suffolk.
The head of each county agency was requested
to submit to this office, if he so desired, any
information or opinions he may have concerning
this matter. Inasmuch as action concerning the
County Compensation Plan for Suffolk County
employees is still pending, in my opinion no
decision to adjust the grade of the position of
Parole Agent should be made.
Very truly yours,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
The report of the Supervisor of Personnel and
the order were referred to the Executive Committee.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR CLERK
OF THE WORKS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Law Department, June 4, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council.
Gentlemen:
By an order passed by your Honorable Body
on May 14, 1956, you requested that I investigate
the advisability of setting up certain minimum
qualifications which must be met by an applicant
for the position of clerk of the works in construc-
tion projects involving the expenditure of funds
of the City of Boston with an eye to giving the
city additional protection in this area.
It would seem clear from the order that what
is desired is not an opinion on the law pertaining
to the selection of a clerk of the works, but rather
a study and recommendation with respect to the
advisability of an administrative policy which
would require certain minimum qualifications of
a clerk of the works. The Corporation Counsel
is required by chapter 20 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947 to advise on matters of law; but
where, as here, no legal question is present, it is
not his function to make studies and recommenda-
tions with respect to the advisability of adminis-
trative policies. To avoid, therefore, intermeddling
in a matter not within my province, I respectfully
ask to be excused from complying with your
request.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIA.
TIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred April 3) for appropriation of $450,000 for
snow removal — ■ recommending passage of the
order in the accompanying new draft:
Ordered, That the sum of money specified for
snow removal in the schedule hereinafter set out
be, and hereby is, appropriated for the purpose
hereinafter specified, said sum to be raised by
taxation on the polls and estates of the City of
Boston, and that all orders heretofore or herein-
after passed by the City Council relating to
appropriations, taxes, and interest thereon apply
to the appropriations and taxes herein provided for
Snow Removal $375,000
The report of the committee was accepted.
On motion of Councillor McDonough the
message of the Mayor and order in the new draft
were laid on the table.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Richard P. Davis
(referred May 21) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred dollars
(S400) be allowed and paid to Richard P. Davis
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member of
the Police Department, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of John J. Lownie
(referred May 21) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Weights and Measures
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That the sum of five hundred dollars
and sixty-one cents ($500.01) be allowed and paid
to John J. Lownie in reimbursement for amount of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Weights and Measures
Department, said sum to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
EXPEDITE USE OF FUNDS FOR OFF-
STREET PARKING FACILITIES.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston City Council has before
it for consideration the matter of a loan in the
amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring
and constructing off-street parking facilities in
Boston; and
Whereas, The City Council notes that many
civic groups are interested in this matter and
will in all probability attend the open hearing to
be held on this matter by the Committee on
Appropriations and Finance; and
Whereas, The Council also notes a growing
dissatisfaction with the pace of off-street parking
garage construction in Boston; and
Whereas, The City Council feels that the
present delay in provision of these facilities is
not due in any way to lack of funds, be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council feels
that improvement in administrative organization
would do much to expedite effective use of funds
already provided; be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council invites
suggestions from civic agencies interested in
off-street parking on the subject of improvement
in administrative organization of the off-street
parking program, such suggestions to be prepared
by the time of the public hearing.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CONGRESSMAN
JOHN W. McCORMACK.
Coun. KERRIGAN and FOLEY, for all the
Councillors, offered the following:
Whereas, The Honorable John W. McCormack,
Speaker, pro tem., and Majority Leader of the
House of Representatives of the Congress of
the United States, will receive the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws at the commencement
exercises of the Catholic University of America,
in Washington, D. C, on June 10 next; and
Whereas, With the exception of the President
of the United States no other public officeholder
has been so honored by Catholic University; and
Whereas, This degree from Catholic University
will be the tenth honorary degree conferred upon
the Honorable John W. McCormack, the previous
institutions so conferring degrees upon him being
Boston University, College of the Holy Cross,
Boston College, Villanova College, Tufts Uni-
versity, Providence College, Stonehill College,
Georgetown University and Staley College; and
Whereas, Congressman McCormack has also
been designated a member of the Order of Malta,
First Class, by the presently gloriously reigning
Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, and he has also
been awarded the "Peace Medal" of the Third
Order of St. Francis; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends to Congressman
McCormack and Mrs. McCormack, their most
sincere congratulations on this most recent and
well deserved honor ; and be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council happily
acknowledges that both in his private life and in
his most distinguished public career, Congressman
McCormack has always brought credit and
distinction upon himself, his family, his district,
and the people of Boston ; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
prepared for presentation to Congressman
McCormack.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
PENSION TO EDWARD P. CONNOLLY.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That chapter 390 of the Acts of 1956,
entitled, "An Act Authorizing the City of Boston
to Pension Edward P. Connolly" be, and hereby
is, accepted.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REVIEW OF FORM OF PROPOSALS FOR
COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor cause to
have a review made of the form of proposals for
competitive bidding, more especially concerning
proposals initiating from the Boston Public
Library, with a view to determining whether the
requirements to be met by bidders need clarifica-
tion.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
The foregoing order was referred to the Executive
Committee.
. JURY LIST.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City Clerk be hereby directed,
when the Jury List is filed with him by the Election
Commissioners to cause the names on said list to
be written each on a separate ballot and said
ballots to be properly folded as provided in section
7 of chapter 234 of the General Laws, and placed
in the box provided for the purpose.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONDOLENCES TO HONORABLE
SAM RAYBURN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its most sincere
condolences to the Honorable Sam Rayburn,
Speaker of the National House of Representatives,
on the loss of his late beloved sister, Miss Lucinda
Rayburn.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
Adjourned, at 6.35 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McDonough, to meet on Monday, June 11, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing a^^^> Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, June 11, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend F. Gerard Shea, P.P., St. Cather-
ine's Roman Catholic Church, Charlestown, was
escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION
BY REV. F. GERARD SHEA.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us, and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
In all my life attending meetings and being asked
to attend meetings and giving prayers and listening
to prayers, I have always felt in my own heart that
long prayers were of no great avail, and that no
prayer a clergyman could give could exceed in
brevity and in beauty the Lord's Prayer. Why
should I, a servant of God, try to do any better
than the prayer that He taught us to say. If we
keep His will and fulfill it to the best of our judg-
ment and to the best wisdom God has given us, and
use our wills that He has given us, and use the
spiritual power that He has given us to decide what
rs good and what is evil, then we are fulfilling the
will of God which we should seek on this earth.
I am greatly obliged to you, if I may say so, for
the kindness you have shown us in our effort to
secure justice. For that I salute you. Any means
to our organization that has a sense of interest in
justice and seeing it be sought is fulfilling the will
of God. The divine will is expressed in justice, and
the sweet peace and justice of God is the peace of
mankind. Where we find injustice, we find evil,
and we find distortions that bring evil to all c>ur
minds. I am very grateful as a priest for the in-
terest you men have shown and it is a credit to the
caliber of your minds.
God bless you.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
REQUEST FOR REPORT ON ZONING
STUDY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the City Planning Board concerning
your order of May 14, 1956, relative to the status
of the zoning study.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City Planning Board,
June 5, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In answer to your request for consideration and
report on Councillor Piemonte's order of May 14,
1956, concerning the status of the rezoning study I
am submitting the following statement.
The new zoning regulations with district maps
showing proposed map changes have been pre-
pared. It w_as submitted to the Law Department
about a month ago and is now undergoing recom-
mended revisions regarding its legal form. As
soon as this step is completed it is planned to
distribute a limited number of copies to city offi-
cials concerned and a few key advisory groups for
their review. After consultation with these groups
it will again be reviewed and revised by the Board
preliminary to making a final report to your Honor.
It would now appear that under the most auspicious
circumstances the earliest possible date for making a
final report would be at the end of the year.
In the meantime the zoning enabling act, which
would give Boston "home rule" on its zoning
regulation is still resting with the Senate Committee
on Municipal Finance, where we understand
amendments are being considered.
Concerning finances, there is about $4,400 re-
maining out of a total rezoning appropriation of
$90,000. This remainder will be used for any
additional consultant contracts, for plan reproduc-
tion and supplies. We did not request any funds
for rezoning in 1956 and there is but one member
of the technical staff now engaged on rezoning.
In the immediate future it is simply a matter of
processing the legal form and considering revisions
in the zoning regulations when proposed by the
review groups mentioned earlier. When this is ac-
complished a good deal of staff time will be in-
volved in the preparation of the final report and
redrawing of plans.
Outside of the printing of the report it is not
expected that any further special appropriation
will be required.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. McDonough, Chairman.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved that this communica-
tion be remanded to the City Planning Board with
the suggestion that they consider the advisability
of submitting a partial report. The motion was
carried.
SURVEY OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC
ADAMS STREET, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
May 28, 1956, in regard to a survey being made
of Adams street, Dorchester, between the Lower
Mills and Gallivan Boulevard, with a view to
prohibiting heavy trucks.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
June S, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to a City Council order dated
May 28, 1956, requesting a survey of Adams
street, Dorchester, with a view to prohibiting heavy
trucks from the use of this street, between the
Lower Mills and Gallivan Boulevard, I submit
the information that on June 7 heavy trucking
was barred from Adams street.
I think special notice should be taken of the
fact that this state project, which will benefit
Milton and Boston jointly in a substantial way,
is one which can be accomplished only at the price
of considerable sacrifice on the part of those
living in the area of the construction work.
Where there is a choice possible, nonresidential
streets are used for trucking and we are checking
the origin and destination of some vehicles to
determine whether or not their origin outside of
Boston cannot result in their traveling on streets
outside of Boston to their destination on the
outside edge of Boston. By that I mean wo are
checking to see whether Milton street could not
accommodate, as far as Granite avenue, trucks
having their destination in the Neponset
Circle area.
Respectfully yours,
Wii. Arthur Reillv, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
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CITY COUNCIL.
RELIEF FROM TRUCK TRAFFIC, ADAMS
STREET, DORCHESTER.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner in regard to your order of
May 28, 1956, relative to relieving the truck traffic
over the Adams Street section of Dorchester.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
June 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Council order of May 28, 1956,
requesting that the Traffic Commissioner take
immediate steps to relieve the truck traffic over
the Adams Street section of Dorchester, I wish
to advise that beginning June 7 all heavy trucking
was barred from Adams street.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reillt, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
POSTING OF "TOW AREA."
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order of
May 28, 1956, in regard to adding the words
"Tow Area" on traffic posts where the Zoning
Law applies.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
June 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In reply to the Council order dated May 28,
requesting the Traffic Commission to add on
traffic signposts where the Zoning Law applies
the words "Tow Area," 1 submit the following
comments:
Several other cities do post signs advising
motorists that they are on a street where their
vehicles are subject to being towed. In most such
cases, however, towing is conducted only in
specified streets and not in a completely defined
area such as in the case of the City of Boston.
It is not a general practice to delineate the
penalty on a prohibitory sign or where, in other
words, a law exists to be observed by all.
We maintain more than 6,000 parking signs in
the towing area and an expense of $18,000 would
be involved in the establishment of additional
signs bearing the legend. It is questionable
whether or not this consideration is due to those
who may deliberately violate the law, particu-
larly where signs are posted "No Parking Any-
time." The result of such signs might result in
the periphery area becoming crowded with cars
parked by motorists who, not wishing to park in
a place where the tow signs were exhibited, would
move onto places where there were no parking
signs, but which did not contain the words "tow
area." In other words, the motorists would make
a distinction in judging the effectiveness of "No
Parking" signs. It would be similar to saying in
one place "No Parking" and in another place
"Positively No Parking."
In order to obtain compliance with reasonable
"No Parking" regulations it is my opinion that
the establishment of signs bearing the legend of
"Tow Area" would have the effect of modifying
the regulations established in areas where the
"Tow" signs were not posted and thus make them
less effective in those locations. The psycholog-
ical effect of the towing law is beginning to
Eroduce favorable results and as time goes on the
azards of parking in restricted areas will be well
established in the public mind and thus reasonable
traffic regulations will come to be more generally
observed than they were in the past.
Formerly, the trouble was that the Police De-
partment could only tag violators of parking
regulations. Such regulations being in the public
interest are now subject to a heavy penalty in the
downtown area and it does not appear to me that
the public interest would be served by giving
indications that violators of parking regulations
are subject to heavy penalties in one section but
not in another.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND "STOP" SIGN AT
CERTAIN STREETS IN EAST BOSTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner in regard to your order of
May 28, 1956, relative to installing traffic lights
at the junctions of Lexington and Meridian
streets, White and Meridian streets, Falcon and
Meridian streets, and also installing a "Stop"
sign at the junction of Marion and Meridian
streets, East Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
June 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In reply to an order of the City Council dated
May 28, 1956, requesting the installation of traffic
lights at the junctions of Lexington and Meridian
streets, White and Meridian streets, and Falcon
and Meridian streets, East Boston, and a "Stop"
sign at the junction of Marion and Meridian
streets, I submit the following:
It appears that the streets named involve a
wide open square area where there is good visibility
and space for vehicular movement. Under such
conditions a "Stop" sign is not warranted by
standards set forth by the State Department of
Public Works.
As a result of a survey of the Meridian Street
area made some time ago it is our opinion that
traffic signals installed at Condor and Meridian
streets and at Marion, Meridian, and White
streets would be effective in meeting the speed
problem which develops frequently along the
entire length of Meridian street, from Saratoga
street to the bridge.
We have these two locations on our list of
signals to be installed when appropriations for
signal lights are sufficient.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
REPAIR OF HANDBALL COURTS AT L
STREET BATHHOUSE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation relative to
your order of May 28, 1956, in regard to repairing
the handball courts of the public bathhouse at L
street, in the South Boston section.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
June 7, 1956.
Mr. H. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memo, of June 1 with attached
order of Councillors McCormack, Foley, and
Kerrigan requesting that the Commissioner of
Parks and Recreation take immediate steps
to repair the handball courts of the public bath-
house at L street, in the South Boston district.
JUNE 11, 1956.
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I wish to assure the councillors that this matter
has our attention and that the courts are being
repaired under the direction of the general foreman
of mechanics.
Very truly yours,
Feank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
The foregoing message was placed on file.
AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY CLASSIFI-
CATION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Submitted to you herewith are two communi-
cations received by me this day from the Supervisor
of Personnel recommending that Schedule A of
the Classification and Compensation Plans for
the Officers and Employees of Suffolk County
be amended by substituting the words "Supervisor
of Personnel" for the words "Budget Com-
missioner," wherever they appear, and further
by making it possible for the longevity increments
therein provided for to take effect at the end of
the seventh and eleventh years of service instead
of at the end of the tenth and twentieth years
of service as at present. I recommend that your
Honorable Body adopt at an early date the order
transmitted with each of said communications.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
June 11, 195G.
To the Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen:
This is to recommend that Schedule A of the
Classification and Compensation Plans for the
Officers and Employees of Suffolk County adopted
by order passed by the City Council on November
24, 1952, and approved by the Mayor on November
25, 1952, be conformed to chapter 8 of the Ordi-
nances of 1953 by striking out the words "Budget
Commissioner," wherever they appear in said
schedule, and inserting in place thereof, in each
instance, the words "Supervisor of Personnel."
Respectfully,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
June 11, 1956.
To the Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen:
The county budget for the current year makes
provision for a reduction in the period for reaching
compensation maxima by including sufficient
funds to enable the longevity increments to accrue
at the end of the seventh and eleventh year of
service instead of at the end of the tenth and
twentieth year of service as at present. In order
that these increments may be made effective as
provided by the budget, I recommend adoption
of the accompanying order.
Respectfully,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
Ordered, That Schedule A of the Classification
and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County adopted by order
passed by the City Council on November 24,
1952, and approved by the Mayor on November
25, 1952, be, and the same hereby is, amended
by striking out the words ' ' Budget Commissioner,
wherever they appear in said schedule, and in-
serting in place thereof, in each instance, the
words "Supervisor of Personnel."
Ordered, That, effective July 1, 1956, for
officers and employees paid monthly or semi-
monthly, and effective July 4, 1956, for weekly
paid officers and employees, Schedule A of the
Classification and Compensation Plans for the
Officers and Employees of Suffolk County adopted
by order passed by the City Council on November
24, 1952, and approved by the Mayor on Novem-
ber 25, 1952, be, and the same hereby is, amended,
by striking out the word "ten," wherever appear-
ing in paragraphs (a), (c) and (e) of Rule 9 of said
Schedule, and inserting in place thereof, in each
instance, the word "seven," and further by strik-
ing out the word "twenty," wherever so appear-
ing, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance,
the word "eleven."
Severally referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the Committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Hazel Ameno, for refund on variety store
license at 273 Meridian street, East Boston.
Robert W. Brundidge, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Thomas F. Burke, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of School Committee.
Warren Chambers, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 419 Boylston street, Boston,
caused by break in water main.
John S. Cordery, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
Patrick Costello, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department.
Richard P. Cummings, to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment, Sewer Division.
Vincent J. DeBonis, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 610 Atlantic
avenue.
Gardner DeYoung, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Hilda Frank, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Deering Road,
Mattapan.
Austin R. Freeley, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city truck.
Annie M. Glennon, for compensation for
collapse of water boiler at 28 Arlington street,
Brighton caused by water being shut off.
Rose Goldman, for compensation for damage
to property at 22 Fessenden street, Dorchester,
caused by break in water main.
Mahlon A. Grose, for refund on lodging house
license at 180 Huntington avenue, which was
overpaid.
Bertha Kassel, for compensation for injuries
caused by police cruising car.
Joseph P. Kennedy, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Samuel B. Levine, for compensation for dam-
age to car by city truck.
Robert D. Magrath, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department.
John J. McHugh, Jr., to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Margaret O'Mara, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Huntington
avenue.
Delia H. Sacco, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1016 Bennington
street, East Boston.
Myrna Seronick, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 559 Boylston
street, Boston.
Nicholas J. Telch, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Buildings Department.
Francis M. Waters, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
Winslow Secretarial School, for refund on free
intelligence office license at 21 Commonwealth
avenue.
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PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Arthur S. Dobler, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Guido S. Fiorenza, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Paul F. Gearin, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of James T. George, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Thomas F. Larkin, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Anthony J. Peluso, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Leo R. Sennett, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Joseph F. Vogel, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of ratification of final exceptions to certifica-
tion of Chapter 372 veterans housing developments.
Referred to the Committee on Public Housing.
NOTICE FROM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission of taking of land of the City of
Boston in the vicinity of Nashua street for the
benefit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS BEFORE DE-
PARTMENT'OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held June 15, 1956,
at 10 a.m., as to the propriety of rates and charges
by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held June 25, 1956,
at 2.15 p.m., on application of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for license to operate motor vehicles over
Monticello avenue, Brandon avenue, Mt. Vernon
street, and Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester.
Severally placed on file.
COMMUNICATION FROM DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy of
order granting petition of Boston Edison Company
and New England Telephone & Telegraph Com-
pany for locations for pole and fixtures in land off
Bernice street, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of James A. Canton, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
was received and approved.
REGULATING THE OPERATION OF THE
UNION FREIGHT RAILROAD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Law Department, June 8, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Time-consuming research has caused me to delay
until now a reply to the order passed by your
Honorable Body on February 20, 1956, requesting
my opinion with respect to your power to regulate
the operation of the Union Freight Railroad.
As more fully appears from St. 1872, c. 342,
s. 1, as amended by St. 1901, c. 430, s. 1, and St.
1930, c. 92, the Union Freight Railroad Company
is incorporated for the purpose of —
"locating, constructing, maintaining and operat-
ing a railroad, for public use in the conveyance of
freight only [*], with convenient single or double
tracks, between the terminal points of the several
steam railroads entering the city of Boston, and
extending in and through such portions of the
following streets as may be necessary for that
purpose, namely: Causeway street (from the
southwesterly line, extended, of Haverhill street
to Commercial street), Commercial street, Atlan-
tic avenue and Cove street [now a part of At-
lantic avenue], and upon and over such other
streets as the board of aldermen of said city may
from time to time determine, on the petition of
the said corporation; with the right also to con-
struct, use and maintain side tracks from its
main tracks to any wharf or wharves or ware-
houses, when requested, in writing, so to do by a
majority in interest of the owners or occupants of
such wharves or warehouses: provided, however,
that ho side track shall be laid upon a public
street to any wharf or warehouse without the ap-
proval of the board of aldermen; and provided,
also, that the rails for said tracks shall be of such
pattern, suitable for railway freight cars in
common use, as the board of aldermen may pre-
scribe. Said corporation shall have all the
powers and privileges and be subject to all the
duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all
general laws which now are or hereafter may be
in force relating to street railway corporations,
and to other railroad corporations, so far as the
same may be applicable." [*By St. 1873, c. 235,
the Company is also authorized and required to
receive and deliver passenger cars.]
Attention is also called to St. 1876, c. 229, s. 2,
which provides:
"Any railroad corporation whose road meets
the road of the Union Freight Railway Company,
may in the manner prescribed by the board of
aldermen of Boston, enter upon, unite its road
with and use the road of the Union Freight Rail-
way Company for the transportation of freight;
in which case both corporations shall be subject
to the provisions of sections one hundred sixty-
five, one hundred sixty-six and one hundred
sixty-seven of chapter three hundred seventy-
two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, and all the other provisions of said
chapter applicable to freight railways and regu-
lating rates of freight and freight accommoda-
tions for the public shall be applicable to the
Union Freight Railway Company. The cars on
said road may be drawn by steam power, subject
to the approval of the board of aldermen."
You will note from the foregoing that express
powers are given to "the board of aldermen " in the
following connections:
(a) to determine the streets the Union
Freight may use in addition to those specified in
its charter;
(b) to approve side tracks to wharves and
warehouses;
(c) to prescribe the type of rails the Union
Freight shall use for its tracks;
(d) to prescribe the manner in which any rail-
road corporation whose road meets the Union
Freight's road may unite its road with, and use,
the Union Freight's road for the transportation
of freight; and
(e) to approve the use of steam power for
drawing cars on the Union Freight's road.
In the light of the reasoning of the Supreme
Judicial Court in Boston v. Union Freight Railroad,
181 Mass. 205, McDonald v. Union Freight Rail-
road, 190 Mass. 123, and Berlandi ». Union Freight
Railroad, 301 Mass. 47. it is my opinion that, by
the above-quoted provision in the Union Freight's
charter stating it to have all the powers and privi-
leges and to be subject to all the duties, restrictions
and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or
hereafter in force relating to street railway corpora-
tions, there is further incorporated in such charter
the provision of G.L. (Ter.Ed.) c. 161, s. 84, that—
' 'The board of aldermen or the selectmen may,
subject to the approval, revision or alteration of
the department [the state department of public
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utilities], establish such regulations as to the rate
of speed, the manner and extent of use of tracks,
and the number and routes of cars which run over
such tracks, within their city or town, as public
interest and convenience require; and a street
railway company whose servants or agents wil-
fully or negligently violate any such regulations
shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars. "
Your inquiry thus resolves itself into the question
whether your Honorable #Body has succeeded to
these several powers of tlie "board of aldermen,"
all of which existed before the enactment of St.
1908, c. 447, and St. 1909, c. 486.
The basic provision of St. 1908, c. 447, entitled
"An Act Relative to the Regulation of Street
Traffic in the City of Boston," was that —
"The authority now vested in the city council
or in the board of aldermen of the city of Boston
to pass ordinances, by-laws or regulations
relative to street traffic, or to the movement,
stopping or standing of vehicles, and to pre-
scribe penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for the
breach thereof, is hereby transferred to and
vested in the street commissioners of the city
of Boston. ... "
This statute caused the Street Commissioners
to ask then Corporation Counsel Thomas M.
Babson certain questions. While Mr. Babson's
reply of September 2, 1908, has been carefully
preserved in the records of the Street Commission
as well as in those of the Law Department, the
specific questions put to Mr. Babson have not
been found. Mr. Babson's reply read in part as
follows:
"First, if by this question is meant the grant-
ing of locations to street railways and other
public service corporations in the public ways,
the answer is, no, for the granting of a location
is not the passing of an ordinance, by-law or
regulation. Whether the power of the board of
aldermen to establish regulations as to the speed
and manner of using the tracks conferred
by . . . [what is now G. L. (Ter. Ed.)
c. 161, s. 84], was transferred, is a more difficult
question. In view of the facts that the last
named statute provides an elaborate and
systematic code for the government of street
railways in which the aldermen play an important
part and that they in all events retain the
greater part of this power so that another
construction would result in the division of
control over street railways in Boston, and of
the additional fact that street railways were
not mentioned in the statute in transferring
the control of street traffic to the street com-
missioners, and that if this power was transferred
the maximum penalty for violating the regula-
tions under the street railway act would be
reduced from the five hundred dollars fine
provided therein to the fifty dollars permitted
to the street commissioners, it seems to me that
it was not the intent of the Legislature to include
the power to regulate the use of streets by street
railways in its grant to the street commissioners.
"As far as public service companies use the
public streets with ordinary vehicles, I know of
nothing exempting them from the regulations
which the street commissioners may impose
under this statute."
In the third paragraph after that, Mr. Babson
said:
"My answer to the fourth question is, yes-
The Board may limit the length of trucks and
drays. That is a regulation of street traffic and
it was in the power of the city council under
charter 134 of the Acts of 1880; but it cannot
regulate regarding street railway cars. I think,
however, that the somewhat limited powers
conferred upon the board of aldermen by the
charter of the Union Freight Railroad were
transferred."
It is not to be overlooked that this was written
by Mr. Babson before the enactment of St. 1909,
c. 486, which, in section 28, provided:
"The jurisdiction now exercised by the board
of aldermen concerning the naming of streets,
the planting and removal of trees in the public
ways, the issue of permits or licenses for coast-
ing, the storage of gasoline, oil, and other in-
flammable substances or explosive compounds
and the use of the public ways for any per-
manent or temporary obstruction or projection
in, under, or over the same, including the
location of conduits, poles, and posts for tele-
phone, telegraph, street railway, or illuminating
purposes, is hereby vested in the board of street
commissioners, to be exercised by said board
with the approval in writing of the mayor
On November 7, 1930, after St. 1929, c. 263.
had given the Boston Traffic Commission
exclusive authority to adopt, amend, alter and
repeal rules and regulations relative to vehicular
street traffic in the city, and to the movement,
stopping or standing of vehicles on, and their
exclusion from, all or any streets, ways, highways,
roads and parkways, under the control of the
city, and power to prescribe penalties not exceed-
ing fifty dollars for the violation of any rule or
regulation adopted, Corporation Counsel Samuel
Silverman stated it to be his opinion that "there
is no power in the Boston Traffic Commission to
adopt any regulations which may be imposed
upon the Union Freight Railroad Company in the
operation of its cars." St. 1929, c. 263, however,
did not vest in the Boston Traffic Commission
all the authority transferred to the Street Com-
missioners by St. 1908, c. 447; but this was done
by St. 1954, c. 97, which transferred to the Boston
Traffic Commission by explicit language the
authority vested by St. 1908, c. 447, in the Street
Commissioners which had not theretofore become
vested in the Boston Traffic Commission.
This, of necessity, brings us back to Mr. Babson's
tersely stated opinion that the somewhat limited
powers conferred upon the board of aldermen
by the charter of the Union Freight Railroad were
transferred to the Street Commissioners by St.
1908, c. 447. This opinion cannot be disregarded
lightly because from the stenographic report of
the Street Commissioners' hearing of February 28,
1918, with respect to the Union Freight Railroad,
it seems probable that this opinion was the basis
of certain regulations adopted by the Street Com-
missioners on June 25, 1920, and approved by the
Mayor on June 28, 1920, and by the State Depart-
ment of Public Utilities on July 2, 1920. As a
matter of information, these regulations which,
so far as appears, have never been amended,
revised or repealed, read as follows:
"Ordered, That, on and after July 1, 1920,
cars and trains shall be operated on the tracks
of the Union Freight Railroad Company on
Atlantic avenue, Commercial, Causeway and
Lowell streets, in conformity with the following
regulations:
"Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. no
train consisting of more than fifteen cars shall
be operated on the tracks of said railroad com-
pany in said avenue and streets.
"Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. no
train consisting of more than thirty-five cars
shall be operated on the tracks of said railroad
company in said avenue and streets.
"From 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. no trains shall be
operated, nor cars left standing on Atlantic
avenue, between East street and the northerly
line of Broad street, nor on Causeway street,
between Prince and Nashua streets.
"No cars shall be stored or left standing on
the tracks of the said railroad company on
Atlantic avenue, Commercial or Causeway
streets which are not intended for delivery to
consignees who take delivery from the said
railroad company; and the railroad company
shall not store cr leave standing on its tracks
in the aforesaid avenue or streets, ears in excess
of the daily requirements cf consignees who take
delivery from its tracks. The said railroad
company shall not store any car on its tracks
in the aforesaid avenue or streets, or permit it
to remain standing thereon for a longer period
than from 6 p.m. of one day to 6 p.m. of the
following day; nor shall the same car be per-
mitted to remain standing on the tracks of the
said railroad company in the aforesaid avenue
or streets on successive days.
"No train or cars shall be left standing on
the tracks of the said railrcad company on
Atlantic avenue, Commercial or Causeway
streets in such a way as to obstruct or block
any portion of any street connecting with or
crossing the avenue or street in which the
tracks of the said railroad company are located.
"No car shall be unloaded in any street
unless its contents consist of material for street
or railroad construction to be used at the point
at which it is to be unloaded.
"Ordered, That, on and after July 1, 1920,
cars and trains shall be operated on the tracks
of the Union Freight Railroad Company on
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Northern avenue, in conformity with the
following regulations:
"Between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.
no trains consisting of more than thirty-five
cars shall be operated on the tracks of said
railroad company in said Northern avenue.
"Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
the said railroad company may operate, on said
Northern avenue, one train of not more than
fifteen cars, or two trains of not more than
eight cars each, whichever conditions at the
time may require. The said trains shall be
operated by continuous movement only, and no
cars shall, at any time, be stored or left standing
on the tracks of the said railroad company in
said avenue.
"Any or all cf the foregoing regulations may
be amended or repealed at any time by the
Board of Street Commissioners with the ap-
proval of the Mayor."
Research has not disclosed any ease in which
the Supreme Judicial Court has sustained any
cf these regulations. The original papers in
Stowe v. Mason, 289 Mass. 577, show that in the
Municipal Court of the City of Boston the Union
Freight's attorney contested the power of the
Street Commissioners to issue these regulations
(R., 43); but the point does not appear to have
been pressed before the Supreme Judicial Court,
whose reasoning was such as not tc require it
to pass upon the point.
What St. 1908, c. 447, transferred to the Street
Commissioners was certain authority relative to
"street traffic" and "the movement, stopping
and standing of vehicles." "A vehicle is any
carriage or conveyance used or capable of being
used as a means of transportation on land. The
word 'vehicle' will not ordinarily include loco-
motives, cars and streetcars which run and are
operated only over and upon a permanent track,
or fixed way, a.nd it will not be held to include
them unless the context of the ordinance or
statute clearly indicates an intention to do so."
Conder v. Griffith, 61 Ind. App. 218, 223. Accord,
Georgia Power Co. v. Clark, 69 Ga. App. 273,
276-277, where the Court of Appeals of Georgia
said that it knew of no holding to the contrary;
also Whitney v. Seattle, 40 Wash. 2d. 228, 230-231.
While no decision in point has been found, the
term "street traffic" according to common and
approved usage would not seem to include loco-
motives, railroad cars or streetcars any more than
the word "vehicle" does. Consequently, I feel
constrained to disagree with Mr. Babson and to
say that in my opinion St. 1908, c. 447 did not
transfer to the Street Commissioners any powers
conferred upon the board of aldermen by the
Union Freight's charter. It follows that in my
opinion the Boston Traffic Commission did not
acquire through St. 1954, e. 97, any power to
regulate the Union Freight; and I concur with
Mr. Silverman that St. 1929, c. 263, did not give
the Boston Traffic Commission any such power.
At this point, it may not be inappropriate to
call to attention that the order of your Honorable
Body in response to which this is being written
is' very similar to an order adopted on October 5,
1914, by the City Council then in office. On
November 5, 1914, then Corporation Counsel
John A. Sullivan, without mentioning either St.
1908, c. 447, or St. 1909, c. 486, s. 28, or Mr.
Babson's opinion of September 8, 1908, replied in
part as follows:
"In answer to the question whether or not
the use of streets by the Union Freight Railroad
Company can be regulated or the locations
revoked, and in what body, if any, the authority
exists for such regulation or revocation, I
submit the following as my opinion :
" 1. That the powers given to the aldermen
by St. 1872, c. 342, and by St. 1876, c. 229
viz: To determine the streets, other than those
designated by the statute, upon which the
company should be permitted to operate; to
approve or disapprove of the laying of side
tracks upon public streets; to provide for the
pattern of tracks, and to authorize the use of
steam as a motive power, have passed to and
may be exercised by, the Mayor and City
Council as provided in St. 1909, c. 486, sec. 1.
"2. That the Mayor and City Council
may also exercise the power to regulate the
speed of the company's cars and the manner
in which, and the extent to which, it may use
its tracks. (See St. 1906, c. 463, Part III,
sec. 74.)
"3. That any locations granted by the
board of aldermen may be revoked by the
Mayor and City Council. This does not in-
clude, however, the right to revoke locations
granted by the Legislature on Lowell, Cause-
way, Commercial and Cove streets and Atlantic
avenue. (St. 1901, c. 430, sec. 1.)
"4. That the exercise by the Mayor and
City Council of authority to regulate the
speed of the company's cars, and the manner
and extent of the use of its tracks, and of the
authority to revoke locations granted by the
aldermen, with the exceptions above noted, are
both subject to the approval of the Public
Service Commission. (St. 1906, c. 463, Part III,
sees. 74 and 66.)
The matter of abrogating the Union Freight's
location was considered also in an opinion rendered
to Mayor Tobin on March 12, 1940, by then
Corporation Counsel Henry Parkman, Jr. After
quoting in full St. 1909, c. 486, s. 28, the pertinent
provisions of which have been quoted above,
Mr. Parkman said in part:
"(c) It is my opinion that railway tracks
must be considered as 'obstructions or projec-
tions' in or over the public ways. The same
view was expressed in opinions of my prede-
cessors dated February 18, 1910, December 6,
1922, and November 2, 1934.
"(d) Under section 28 of St. 1909, c. 486,
the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the Board
of Aldermen over this subject matter has passed
to the Board of Street Commissioners, subject
to the Mayor's written approval.
"(e) Since the jurisdiction of the Board of
Aldermen included the power to revoke locations
of the Union Freight Railroad Company, the
Board of Street Commissioners is the only
municipal agency which may 'abrogate' or
revoke locations of said Company, subject to
the written approval of the Mayor."
You will note the conflict between Mr. Park-
man's opinion and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Mr.
Sullivan's opinion. On this matter, I am disposed
to follow Mr. Parkman, and not Mr. Sullivan,
who seemingly completely overlooked St. 1909,
c. 486, s. 28. By that statute, in my opinion,
the Street Commissioners unquestionably acquired
the jurisdiction exercised by the Board of Alder-
men concerning the use of the public ways for
the location of the tracks of the Union Freight.
The record shows that the Street Commissioners
exercised this jurisdiction on divers occasions.
For a list of at least certain occasions, see "Pro-
ceedings" of the City Council for March 15, 1937.
When the Board of Street Commissioners was
abolished by section 62 of chapter 2 of the Ordi-
nances of 1954, their jurisdiction, with certain
exceptions not presently pertinent, was transferred
to the Public Improvement Commission in the
Public Works Department. Accordingly, in my
opinion, the Public Improvement Commission now
has the powers which under the Union Freight's
charter "the board of aldermen" had to determine
the streets the Union Freight may use in addition
to those specified in its charter, to approve side
tracks to wharves and warehouses, to prescribe
the type of rails the Union Freight shall use for its
tracks, and to prescribe the manner in which any
railroad corporation whose road meets the Union
Freight's road may unite its road with, and use,
the Union Freight's road for the transportation
of freight.
The only motive power which the Union Freight
has the right to use without permission from
some public board is horse power. Boston v.
Union Freight Railroad, 181 Mass. 205, 206.
Under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 161, s. 43, the company
may use electricity, or such other motive power,
other than steam, as the State Department of
Public Utilities may permit; and under St. 1876,
c. 229, s. 2, the cars on the Union Freight may
be drawn by steam power, subject to the approval
of "the board of aldermen." Since the use of
steam power to draw freight cars has become
obsolete, I am expressing no opinion as to what
body today has the board of alderman's power
to approve the use of steam power for drawing
cars on the Union Freight's road.
There remains to be considered the board of
aldermen's power derived from G. L. (Ter. Ed.)
c. 161, s. 84, through the last sentence of St.
1872, c. 342, s. 1, to establish, subject to approval,
revision or alteration by the State Department
of Public Utilities, such regulations as to the
rate of speed, the manner and extent of use of
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tracks, and the number and route of cars which
run over such tracks as public i nterest and con-
venience require. Despite Mr. Babson's tersely
stated opinion that the somewhat limited powers
conferred upon the board of aldermen by the
cha.rter of the Union Freight were transferred to
the Street Commissioners by St. 1908, c. 447. he
explicitly recognized that the Street Commissioners
did not thereby get the power just described
insofar as it related to street railways. Unless
he is to be charged with inconsistency, his terse
statement must be construed as limited to the
Union Freight's express powers and not extend-
ing to those incorporated in the Union Freight's
charter by reference. If Mr. Babson's terse
statement is so construed, there is no conflict
between him and Mr. Sullivan, who, as herein-
before called to attention, said that by reason
of St. 1909, c. 486, s. 1, the Mayor and City
Council has the power given to the "board of
aldermen" by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 161, s. 84.
Although, as above noted, the Street Commis-
sioners have purported to exercise that power
with respect to the Union Freight, the Mayor
and City Council has purported to exercise it
with respect to streetcars. See Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947, c. 40, ss. 63 to 74, inclusive. I
can find no reason to disagree with Mr. Sullivan.
As noted above, the Street Commissioners' regu-
lation of the Union Freight can be traced through
the stenographic notes of their February 28,
1918, hearing to a statement by Mr. Babson.
Precisely what statement they relied on does not
appear; but presumably it was the terse state-
ment that somewhat limited powers conferred
upon the board of aldermen by the Union Freight's
charter were transferred tc them. For reasons
hereinbefore stated, that statement was probably
not intended to apply to the particular power
now being discussed, but at all events construed
St. 1908, c. 447, too liberally. Accordingly, I
conclude by stating it to be my opinion that your
Honorable Body, subject to the provisions of
St. 1948, c. 452, s. 17D, as appearing in St. 1951,
c. 376, s. 1, has with respect to the Union Freight
Railroad Company the board of aldermen's power
derived from G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 161, s. 84, through
the last sentence of St. 1872, c. 342, s. 1, to establish,
subject to approval, revision or alteration by the
State Department of Public Utilities, such regu-
lations as to the rate of speed, the manner and
extent of use of tracks, and the number and
route of cars which run over such tracks as pub-
lic interest and convenience require.
So that the record may be complete, I should
further state that I am taking no action with
respect to your order of February 6, 1956, re-
questing a history of the operation cf the Union
Freight Railroad,' for the substantial historical
data given in the course of the foregoing reply
to your order of February 20, 1956, would seem
to render a specific reply to the earlier order
wholly unnecessary.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city from June 4, 1956, to June
7, 1956, inclusive.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Notice was received from Samuel J. Tomasello ,
member of the Board of Appeal, of his interest in
a contract between the City of Boston and the
S. J. Tomasello Corporation, for bituminous con-
crete pavement in Brucewood street, etc.
Placed on file.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FROM
HONORABLE SAM RAYBURN.
A communication was received from Honorable
Sam Rayburn expressing appreciation for the
resolution expressing condolences on the death
of his sister, Miss Lucinda Rayburn, adopted
by the Boston City Council on June 4, 1956.
Placed on file.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FROM
MARK BORTMAN.
A communication was received from Mr. Mark
Bortman, General Chairman of "Boston Salute
to Rome," expressing appreciation to the mem-
bers of the City Council for the resolution it
adopted congratulating him and others for their
efforts during the "Boston Salute to Rome Week.''
Placed on file.
ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES
ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Board of Assessors to review the Massachusetts
Supreme Court decisions in the cases of the
Dehydrating Processing Company of Gloucester,
and another v. the City of Gloucester and another,
Docket No. 5564, and the principle whereby it
has been held that cities and towns have authority
to assess real estate taxes on houses built by
private individuals or firms for the government
and are being operated by private individuals or
firms under a lease arrangement, with a view to
determining what properties, if any, in Boston,
come within the scope of this principle.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective June 13, 1956, the
following-named persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed in the service of the Clerk of Committees
Department to the positions set against their
respective names until the second Wednesday of
July, 1956, at the salaries in effect for them on
June 12, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-receptionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
Edward T. Kelley, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
FIRE LOSSES FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the Fire Commissioner be re-
quested, through his Honor the Mayor, to inform
the City Council of the losses caused by fire each
year in the City of Boston for the past five years.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
DISPLAY OF FLAGS ON FLAG DAY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, Thursday, June 14, is the 179th
anniversary of the adoption of the American
Flag by the Continental Congress; and
Whereas, Flying the American Flag on its
birthday is an effective way of reaffirming our
belief in the American tradition of freedom and
self-government; and
Whereas, The flag staffs before too many homes
have been bare on patriotic occasions; and now,
more than ever before, it is time every good
American made known his love of freedom and
his pride in citizenship; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, request his Honor the Mayor
to make certain that all city-owned buildings
fly the flag on Thursday, June 14, and also appeal
to all of the citizens of the City of Boston to
demonstrate their loyalty to our flag and our
country on Flag Day this year by an effective
display of Old Glory on Thursday, June 14.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.08 p.m., subject to the
call of the chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 4.23 p.m.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the mannei
prescribed by law, Councillor White presiding at
the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 7, 1956:
Philip J. Bruno, Ward 1 ; James Dileso, Ward 1 ;
Joseph Marasca, Ward 1 ; Michael Nappa, Ward 1 ;
Angelo Rapolla, Ward 1 ; Carmine Volta, Ward 1 ;
Harold D. Boyson, Ward 4; Louis Cignarelli,
Ward 4; William Cowens, Ward 4; Peter Grenier,
Ward 4; John J. O'Keefe, Ward 4; John W. Ready.
Ward 4; Joseph F. Wagner, Ward 4; Alfred F.
Doyle, Ward 5; Helen E. Harrison, Ward 5;
Cyril C. Peck, Ward 5; Mary J. Sousa, Ward 5;
Evelyn M. Green, Ward G; Joseph I. Moore,
Ward 6; Thomas H. Moore, Ward G; Paul M.
Sances, Ward 6; Karl L. Stahl, Ward 6; Sylvester
J. Cardinali, Ward 7; Emil J. Maier, Ward 7;
John .1. Malpiede, Ward 7; William O'Connell,
Ward 7 ; Alfred C. Ghiringhelli. Ward'8; E. Gertrude
Huey, Ward 8; James J. McAnarney, Ward 8;
William A. Donovan, Ward 10; Philip W. Maney,
Ward 10; William A. Maclnnis, Ward 11; William
J. Splaine, Ward 11; Walter Heine, Ward 12;
Philip F. Raesler, Ward 12; Powhattan Ruffin,
Ward 12; Leonard S. Allison, Ward 13; Martha
Baker, Ward 13; Mildred Carbone, Ward 13;
Emily J. Hennessy, Ward 13; Thomas J. Robinson,
Jr., Ward 13; Henry S. Ryan, Ward 13; Lawrence
J. Sullivan, Ward 13.
Richard P. Arnold, Ward 14; Frances Cohan,
Ward 14; Milton Davis, Ward 14; Joseph Dreyfus,
Ward 14; Hyman Fishman, Ward 14; Dorothy
E. Begley, Ward 15; William F. Dever, Ward 15;
Leo Euse, Ward 15; Oliver Girard, Ward 15;
Christopher G. Karis, Ward 15; Catherine F.
Roche, Ward 15; Ernest A. Sullivan, Ward 15;
Harry F. Walter, Ward 15; Joseph A. Ballem,
Ward 16; George S. Flanagan, Ward 16; Samuel
E. Cohen, Ward 17; Virginia Gaughran, Ward 17;
William J. Murphy, Ward 17; John J. Needham,
Ward 17; Joseph P. Coarr, Ward 18; John
DiGiogio, Jr., Ward 18; Gladys E. Rooney,
Ward 18; Frederick P. Tinory, Ward 18; Anna
F. White, Ward 18; John F. Carty, Ward 19;
Williams H. Coates, Ward 19; Theodore J. Fandel,
Ward 19; John E. Kanz, Ward 19; Stephen J.
McCarthy, Ward 19; Alfred L. Norberg, Ward 19;
Malcolm C. Rees, Ward 19; George E. Toohey,
Ward 19; Ludwig Bichler, Ward 20; Francis P.
Lynch, Ward 20; George Naimey, Ward 20;
Marvin W. Brown, Ward 21; Anthony D. Cicconi,
Ward 21; Maurice W. Hecht, Ward 21; Beatrice
F. Kannaly, Ward 21; Abraham Lenox, Ward 21;
Ernest W. Shaw, Ward 21; Irving Weiner, Ward
21; Donata Antonellis, Ward 22; Ellen T. Horgan,
Ward 22; Robert J. Kelley, Ward 22; Jack L.
Lovell, Ward 22; Hugh M. Riley, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 8, 1956 :
Paul M. Bertrand, Ward 1; Mary R. Burke,
Ward 1; Peter Cornacchio, Ward 1; Philip R.
DeBay, Ward 1; Anthony DiGiulio, Ward 1;
William F. Gulla, Ward 1; David Lynch, Ward 1;
Arthur Ohlson, Ward 1; Daniel T. Donohue,
Ward 2; Joseph A. Pigeon, Ward 2; Albert A.
Alley, Jr., Ward 4; William S. Dimitruleas, Ward
4; George Oliver, Ward 4; Nathan Saperstein,
Ward 4; James H. West, Ward 4; John Brook,
Ward 5; Richard H. Burton, Ward 5; Robert V.
Heath, Ward 5; John Krasauskas, Ward 5; John
G. Ormiston, Ward 5; James W. Robertson,
Ward 5; Herman Silberman, Ward 5; John L.
Weiss, Ward 5; John H. Collins, Ward 6; Walter
M. Conley, Ward 6; James D. Faherty, Ward 7;
Patrick H. Kane, Ward 7; John J. McGowan,
Ward 7; Peter Yadgood, Ward 7; Burlie R. S.
Berger, Ward 8; Joseph A. LeMay, Ward 8;
Mina M. MeCloskey, Ward 8; Frank H. Gormley,
Ward 9; Henry F. Thompson, Ward 9; Ernest
George Yeomans, Ward 9; Charles O. Moffat,
Ward 10; James A. O'Donnell, Ward 10; Milton
Politakis, Ward 10; Norman H. Simpson, Ward 10;
James Barrett, Ward 11; Arthur J. Kevorkian,
Ward 11; Hugh F. Lucas, Waid 11; Joseph I.
Portei, Ward 11; Leonard McCarter, Ward 12;
Allen R. Munn, Ward 12; Milton Volch, Ward 12;
Samuel Zinan, Ward 12.
Henry Brugnoni, Ward 13; Marie Lynch,
Ward 13; Leo Baker, Ward 14; Sam Brooks,
Ward 14; Nathan Goldstein, Ward 14; Martin
Kesselman, Ward 14; Vincent A. Beatrice, Ward 15 ;
George F. Haskins, Ward 15; Edward B. Jakmauh,
Ward 15; Edward M. McLaughlin, Ward 15;
Fred S. Ericson, Ward 16; James I. Hegarty,
Ward 16; Florence M. McLean, Ward 16; William
A. Smith, Ward 16; George N. Wazen, Ward 16;
Bertram E. Friedman, Ward 17; Donald J. Lewis,
Ward 17; Samuel Visnick, Ward 17; Joseph J.
Bates, Ward 18; Fred Deran, Ward 18; Edward W.
Glennon, Ward 18; Frederick F. Holmes, Ward 18;
Frank C. Mace, Ward 18; Edward D. Ayoub,
Ward 19; John Baranofsky, Ward 19; Philip W.
Faden, Ward 19; Martin F. Lally, Ward 19;
Andrew J. McAfee, Ward 19; Wesley E. Morgan,
Ward 19; William J. Saint, Ward 19; Teresa M.
Stack, Ward 19; Carmelita C. Colbert, Ward 20;
James W. Crowe, Ward 20; Andrew E. Kaleh,
Ward 20; William F. Lucas, Ward 20; George A.
May, Ward 20; Leo G. Holmes, Ward 21; Walter
J. Lappen, Ward 21; Thomas J. Collins, Ward 22;
Mary F. Fitzgerald, Ward 22; Cyril F. Kelley,
Ward 22; Patrick F. McGrath, Ward 22; Joseph
J. Maloue, Ward 22.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor McLaughlin pre-
siding at the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 9, 1956:
William DiLorenzo, Ward 1; George H. Curran-
Ward 2; William J. Farley, Ward 2; Leo J. Hurley,
Ward 2; William J. Kearns, Ward 2; Henry C.
Keough, Ward 2; Victor E. Merullo, Ward 2;
Anna Chivakos, Ward 3; Andrew J. Kupchaunis,
Ward 3; James LaFerrara, Ward 3; Paul J. Micale,
Ward 3; Robert J. Murdock, Ward 3: William A.
Deverall, Ward 4; Richard V. Lawson, Ward 4;
Joseph Morrison, Ward 4; Waldo E. Booth,
Ward 5; George F. Callahan, Ward 5; David V.
Leary, Ward 5; George T. Shanley, Ward 5;
Richard A. Dana, Ward 7; Robert J. Lockhart,
Ward 7; Abbie L. Sullivan, Ward 7; Alfred W.
Flaherty, Ward 8; Frank A. Harris, Ward 8;
John E. Sheridan, Ward 8; James A. Gillis, Ward
9; Lillian I. Wrenn, Ward 9; Arthur Francis
Foote, Ward 10; Daniel E. Sears, Ward 11; John
W. Silva, Ward 11; Joseph W. Still, Ward 11.
Gordon G. Forrest, Ward 12; David Johnson,
Ward 12; Frank A. Saffold, Ward 12; Benjamin
A. MacKay, Ward 13; Leo Bernstein, Ward 14;
John J. Donahue, Ward 14; William Feinberg,
Ward 14; Benjamin L. Labins, Ward 14; Paul
Marsh, Ward 14; Bessie Raskin, Ward 14; Morris
Roffman, Ward 14; Benjamin Swartz, Ward 14;
Ernest A. Ballas, Ward 15; John T. Cassidy,
Ward 15; Charles W. Cullum, Jr., Ward 15;
Joseph E. Dunk, Ward 15; Francis J. Flynn,
Ward 15; John W. Geary, Ward 15; John F.
Hession, Ward 15; George Robertson, Ward 15;
William D. Shea, Ward 15; David J. Angland,
Ward 16 ; Lloyd F. Davis, Ward 16 ; Frank DiCenso,
Ward 16; Thomas J. Whelan, Ward 16; Michael
J. Gibbons, Ward 17; Leo James Morgante,
Ward 17; Joseph N. Najjar, Ward 17; Francis X.
Wadland, Ward 17; David W. Zide, Ward 17;
Arthur B. Balcam, Ward 18; Leo F. Barry, Jr.,
Ward 18; Clarence E. Duncan, Ward 18; Silvio
Giusti, Ward 18; Joseph A. Hurley, Ward 18;
Oscar A. Jutras, Ward 18; William F. McAuley,
Ward 18; Amadeo J. Solano, Ward 18; Robert O.
Swartz, Ward 18; Sylvester J. Dade, Ward 19;
Joseph R. Finnell, Ward 19; Mark Gollance,
Ward 19; Edmond J. O'Neill, Ward 19; Harry
Berk, Ward 20; Elmer W. Bonner, Ward 20;
George T. Brophy, Ward 20; Lawrence P. Duffy,
Ward 20; Robert J. Egan, Ward 20; WiUiam J.
Hartigan, Ward 20; Meyer Pikin, Ward 20;
Thomas B. Glynn, Ward 21 ; Belle Goodman, Ward
21; George L. Healy, Ward 21; M. Sessy Home,
Ward 21; Harry B. Jones, Ward 21; Gerald F.
Murphy, Ward 21; Robert C. Butcher, Ward 22:
Edward C. Healy, Ward 22; Margaret L.
McDonald, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 10, 1956:
Leo F. Barron, Ward 1; Anthony Carrozza,
Ward 1; Clara M. Consilvio, Ward 1; Earl Kelly,
Ward 1; Mary G. Coleman, Ward 2; George R.
Haggie, Ward 2; Howard F. Jackson, Ward 2;
James C. McCabe, Ward 2; Walter J. Russell,
Ward 2; Jeannette L. Bennett, Ward 3; Grace
Orlandella, Ward 3; Vincent S. Vitale, Ward 3;
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Violet M. Wool, Ward 3;. Mary E. Benedict,
Ward 4; Louis Epstein, Ward 4; David B. Suther-
land, Ward 4; Bessie Webster, Ward 4; William
T. Kelly, Ward 5; James J. Phillips, Ward 5:
Patrick D. Tilley, Ward 5; Peter Apolis, Ward 6;
Margaret Berry, Ward 6; George J. Bodo, Jr.,
Ward 6; Francis J. Imprescia, Ward 6; Edward
Jackson, Ward 7; Mary E. Mahoney, Ward 7;
Joseph T. Reynolds, Ward 7; Gislen Vandenberghe,
Ward 7; Stanley E. Felton, Ward 9; Michael J.
Gallagher, Ward 9; John H. Reavis, Jr., Ward 9;
Alexander J. Andrea, Ward 10; Robert L. Fitz-
patrick, Ward 10; Robert Hill, Ward 10; George
H. McDaniel, Jr., Ward 10; Francis W. O'Hara,
Ward 10; James Costello, Ward 11; Warren H.
DeCoste, Ward 11; Eric N. Gross, Ward 11;
Thomas J. McManus, Ward 11; Andrew E.
Newton, Ward 11; Thomas Charles Sullivan,
Ward 11; Emery F. York, Ward 11.
Dalton L. Baugh, Ward 12; Abraham Ginsberg,
Ward 12; James E. Johnson, Ward 12; Phyllis
Layne, Ward 12; Edward I. Waldman, Ward 12;
Quinton Wilkins, Ward 12; James M. Drake,
Ward 13; Neil J. MacLeod, Ward 13; Joseph
Massa, Ward 13; Joseph Adelstein, Ward 14;
Herman Belinsky, Ward 14; Ludwig Bellak,
Ward 14; Harold H. Goldstein, Ward 14; Sydney
Levine, Ward 14; Samuel R. Singer, Ward 14;
Nora L. Tenney, Ward 14; Howard D. Trabucco,
Ward 14; Daniel Ahem, Ward 15; William J.
Ahern, Ward 15; Leo Armerotto, Ward 15; Patrick
F. Burns, Ward 15: Anthony Lanzilla, Ward 15;
Daniel G. Braman, Ward 16; Joseph A,
Januskevice, Ward 16; Ann S. Sheehan, Ward 16;
Herbert C. Bailey, Ward 17; Joseph A. Collins,
Ward 17; William N. Doherty, Ward 17; James
K. Paquette, Ward 17; James A. Sawdv, Ward 17;
William P. Daley, Ward 18; Louis T. Falcone,
Ward 18; David F. Morrissey, Ward 18; Chester
R. Strand, Ward 18; Arthur R. Wilen, Ward 18;
John J. O'Neill, Ward 19; John J. Queenen,
Ward 19; Charles B. Bennett, Ward 20; Donald
Bradley, Ward 20; Fred Dawson, Ward 20;
Alfred C. Kunberger, Ward 20; Mary Kurland,
Ward 21; Herbert H. Ringer, Ward 21; Anthony
C. Casale, Ward 22; Thomas Enright, Ward 22;
Robert E. McNutt, Jr., Ward 22; William H.
Spinks, Ward 22.
Coun. KERRIGAN in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Foley presiding
at the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse • jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 13, 1956:
Santa I. Balba, Ward 1 ; Lucy Baptista, Ward
1; Sadie Caliguiri, Ward 1; Roy Fobert, Ward 1;
Joseph B. Francis, Ward 1 ; George Goodwin,
Ward 1; James Keane, Ward 1; Martin J. Manoli,
Ward 1; John J. Curran, Jr., Ward 2; Samuel
Jannone, Ward 2; Joseph E. Murphy, Ward 2;
Francis E. Pigott, Ward 2; Alexander Smith,
Ward 2; Arthur J. Douglas, Ward 4; Joseph G.
Kelley, Ward 4; Samuel E. Sapp, Ward 4; David
Blair, Ward 5; Patrick Butler, Ward 5; John G.
Donohue, Ward 5; Reginald L. Eastman, Ward
5; Charles F. Perry, Ward 5; Eleanor C. Scheuman,
Ward 5; Hugh P. Simms, Ward 5; Arthur R.
Allen, Ward 6; John J. Capeless, Ward 6; Irving
S. Harrington, Ward 6; James M. Manley, Ward
6; Peter P. Rudinsky, Ward 6; Leona Coyle,
Ward 7; John M. Doran, Ward 7; Ethel Horan,
Ward 7; Edward P. Mitchell, Ward 7; Joseph E.
Shea, Ward 7; Joseph J. Szyp, Ward 7; Edward
C. Adams, Ward 8; John E. Lynch, Ward 8;
Elsie Banks, Ward 9; Arthur Kaltsunas, Ward 9;
George W. Vickers, Ward 9; Rudolph F. Huber,
Ward 10; Thomas J. O'Leary, Ward 10; Stephen
P. Alavezos, Ward 11; Michael Haddad, Ward
11; Leo Sherman, Ward 11.
Clifton L. Collins, Ward 12; Percival C. Jordan,
Ward 12; George C. Kealey, Ward 12; Edward
Baker, Ward 13; Edward J. Murphy, Jr., Ward
13; Norman E. Tyler, Ward 13; Joseph Becker,
Ward 14; Paul R. Kennedy, Ward 14; Oliver J.
Pelrose Ward 14; Harry S. Allen, Ward 15;
Frederick W. Jackson, Ward 15; Daniel J. Cole-
man, Jr., Ward 16; Edward S. Melanson, Ward
16; Walter J. Weitz, Ward 16; Joseph J. Callahan,
Jr., Ward 17; Benjamin Epstein, Ward 17; John
F. Fitzgerald, Ward 17; Francis Freeman, Ward
17; Jacob Goldberg, Ward 17; John P. Hernon,
Ward 17; Victor K. Jamieson, Ward 17; Maurice
J. Reddy, Ward 17; Allen P. Remick, Ward 17;
Anthony Spina, Ward 17; John W. Harney,
Ward 18; William H. Moore, Ward 18; Mildred
D. Benner, Ward 19; Stephen E. Conners, Ward
19; Laurence E. Farley, Ward 19; William J.
McKenney, Ward 19; Frank E. Manning, Ward
19; Joseph E. Nolan, Ward 19; Daniel E. Ballem,
Ward 20; Allan Campbell, Jr., Ward 20; Georgina
B. Bean, Ward 21 ; William J. Geissler, Ward 21 ;
Virginia C. Lemay, Ward 21; Eleanor F. Maxwell,
Ward 21; George Moritz, Ward 21; Christine
Zukas, Ward 21; Thomas W. Hopkins, Ward 22;
Raymond L. Hull, Ward 22; John P. Mahoney,
Ward 22; Maurice D. Mack, Ward 22; Joseph
Matulewicz, Ward 22; Victor E. Oliva, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 14, 1956:
John H. Briand, Ward 1 ; Frank Cintolo, Ward 1 .'
Mary Gallo, Ward 1; Albert H. Menns, Ward 1;
Ralph Murphy, Ward 1; Cornelius Doherty,
Ward 2; James H. Rooney, Ward 2; Randolph F.
Hamlett, Ward 3; Nathan S. Howard, Ward 3;
Edward J. Crawford, Ward 4; James Harmon,
Ward 4; Raymond A. MaeCallum, Ward 4; Johan
E. Pearson, Ward 4; Henry E. Wright, Ward
4; A. Charlotte Bedard, Ward 6; James V. Farrell,
Ward 6; John Fleming, Ward 0; Patrick J. Hynes,
Ward 6; George O'Neil, Ward 6; Joseph L. Pomfret,
Ward 6; Chester Gorney, Ward 7; John F. Leahy,
Ward 7; John Lewandowsky, Ward 7; Charles L.
Varner, Ward 7; James W. Connor, Ward 8;
Lillian M. DeLorey, Ward 8; Charles Driscoll,
Ward 8; Arthur .1. Holzman, Ward 8; William
Thomas, Ward 8; John J. Daniels, Ward 9;
Harold Gainsford, Ward 9; Peter E. Comeau,
Ward 10; Anthony D. Cruciani, Ward 11; Stella
A. Kechejian, Ward 11; Robert G. Mason, Ward
11; John O. Peterson, Ward 11; David B. Wood,
3d, Ward 11; John E. Davis, Ward 12; Bernard I.
Levinson, Ward 12; Lewis Marshall, Ward 12;
Francis Roy, Ward 12; Sara M. Tesler, Ward 12;
Frank W. Townes, Ward 12.
Frank V. Claes, Ward 13; Robert W. Taylor,
Ward 13; Martha Blumensack, Ward 14; Murray
Dubow, Ward 14; Isadore Halzel, Ward 14;
Charles Posner, Ward 14; John J. Ward, Ward 14;
Arthur H. Flebotte, Ward 15; William F.
McCarthy 15; Laurence G. Burke, Ward 16;
Edwin W. Driscoll, Ward 16; John F. Egan,
Ward 16; James J. O'Neill, Ward 16; Edward F.
Power, Ward 16; Robert J. Remmes, Ward 16;
Joseph B. Sullivan, Ward 16; Thomas P. Gill,
Ward 17; William Gober, Ward 17; Albert J.
Skaparas, Ward 17; Diego J. Crivellaro, Ward 18;
Leo C. Desmond, Ward 18; Martin Finnegan,
Ward 18; Marjorie F. Goodhue, Ward 18; Frederic
.1. Manning, Ward 18; Gerard T. Parker, Ward 18;
Dorothy Scott, Ward 18; Hilary Scott, Ward 18;
John J. Williams, Ward 18; Robert L. Bosonac,
Ward 19; Thomas J. Keane, Ward 19; David S.
Lowson, Jr., Ward 19; Helen M. McColgan, Ward
19; Florence L. Bellows, Ward 20; Frederick J.
Bertram, Ward 20; David F. Currie, Ward 20;
Thomas S. Danks, Ward 20; Raymond S. Harring-
ton, Ward 20; Joseph W. Dennehy, Ward 21;
Eleanora Janusis, Ward 21; Lloyd C Jones, Ward
21; Murray Zides, Ward 21; Donald P. Crooks.
Ward 22; Mario DiMare, Ward 22; John F.
Howard, Ward 22; John W. Hunt, Ward 22;
Edythe A. Iantosca, Ward 22; Robert G. Skinner,
Ward 22.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor McCormack at the
box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 15, 1956:
Frederick G. Albano, Ward 1 ; Andrew Cardinale,
Ward 1 ; Arthur W. Dillon, Ward 1 ; Vincent Nuzzo,
Ward 1; Anthony Orso, Ward 1; Ronald Brown,
Ward 2; Robert .1. Reardon, Ward 2; Gerald E.
Sabean, Ward 2; John Norman Thomas, Ward 2;
Saverio J. Saladino, Ward 3; Albeit Beatty, Ward
4; John H. Nelson, Ward 4; Frederick E. Voelker,
Ward 4; Ralph T. Baum, Ward 5; William 11.
Connor, Ward 5; James C. Magune, Ward 5;
Lester H. Morrell, Ward 5; Raymond McLaugh-
lin, Ward 6; Joseph Marsney, Ward 6; Patrick T.
Mulkern, Ward 6; Albert J. Shertick, Ward 6;
Francis J. Sullivan, Ward 6; Richard E. Barron,
Ward 7; Joseph J. Chapin, Ward 7; Frank G.
Czeszyk, Ward 7; Winslow A. Hanf, Ward 8;
James D. McLaughlin, Ward 8; Alexander Man-
ganiello, Ward 8; .Joseph Scarry, Ward 8; Prudence
E. Chace, Ward 9; Clarence W. Donelan, Ward 9;
Peter P. Ford, Ward 9; John H. Clifford, Ward JO;
Patrick Lee, Ward 10; Joseph f. Mahoney, Ward
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10; Helen V. Corrigan, Ward 11; Guy F. Fields,
Ward 11; Arthur M. Hutchinson, Ward 11;
Llewellyn J. Maxwell, Ward 11.
Benjamin H. Adler, Ward 12; Clyde C. Dash,
Jr., Ward 12; Irving A. Foster, Ward 12; James A.
Mills, Ward 12; Robert F. Saltmarsh, Ward 12;
John E. Williams, Ward 12; Howard F. Fay,
Ward 13; Robert E. Murray, Ward 13; Timothy
J. Sullivan, Ward 13; Robert F. Forti, Ward 14;
John P. O'Connor, Ward 14; William J. Brackett,
Ward 15; John J. Costello, Ward 15; Frederick G.
Greener, Jr., Ward 15; Guy Cornell, Ward 16;
John J. Doyle, Ward 16; George L. Knauber,
Ward 16; George F. McGowan, Ward 16; Angus
MacLeod, Ward 16; Philip R. Mihal, Ward 16;
Charles E. Gushing, Ward 17; John J. Fahey,
Ward 17; Daniel M. Nolan, Ward 17; Arthur R.
White, Ward 17; Esther Babener, Ward 18;
Helen Bernacky, Ward 18; Margaret L. Costello,
Ward 18; James V. DiMarzio, Jr., Ward 18;
Chester E. Locke, Ward 18; John H. Martin,
Ward 18; Robert A. Price, Ward 18; Victor Sisti,
Ward 18; David J. Coady, Jr., Ward 19; Perry A.
Hamriek, Ward 19; Frank A. Jenkins, Ward 19;
Florence M. Read, Ward 19; Raymond C. Beattie,
Ward 20; Julius Covitz, Ward 20; Arthur Leo
Malley, Ward 20; Luitpold Nuissl, Ward 20;
Harold Randell, Ward 20; Frank R. Sanning,
Jr., Ward 20; Herbert W. Springer, Ward 20;
David Aronson, Ward 21 ; Hyman H. Epstein,
Ward 21; Barbara Lyon, Ward 21; John Reieh-
ner, Ward 21; Harold H. Brown, Ward 22; Anna
F. Fitzgerald, Ward 22; Gordon O. Hamblin,
Ward 22; Charles H. Stevens, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 16, 1956:
Minnie Argentina, Ward 1 ; Dennis Paul Corbett,
Ward 1 ; James E. Mello, Ward 1 ; William Pardi,
Ward 1; John S. Rudnick, Ward 1; Walter F.
Sykes, Jr., Ward 1; Arthur F. Wolff, Ward 1;
Edward M. Brooks, Ward 2; Alice J. Byrne, Ward
2; Francis J. Mallahan, Ward 2; James J. O'Keefe,
Ward 2; Peter Coulouras, Ward 3; Joseph DeMin-
ico, Ward 3; Joseph H. Golden, Ward 3; John M.
Kennedy, Ward 4; George R. Latimer, Ward 4;
Giuseppi Marchetti, Ward 4; Joseph Sullivan,
Ward 4; Arthur S. Cooley,. Ward 5; Alexander
Erpen, Ward 5; Nicholas G. Mastaby, Ward 5;
Angeline D. Olson, Ward 5; Carl G. Sandin, Ward
5; William L. Taffe, Ward 5; William I. Westerman,
Ward 5; James J. Burton, Ward 6; Francis G.
Cormier, Ward 6; George Beaudoin, Ward 7;
Joseph R. O'Brien, Ward 7; George J. Brown,
Ward 8; Louis Mian, Ward 8; Albert W. Mullin,
Ward 8; Matthew F. Crehan, Ward 9; James W.
Diamukes, Ward 10; Chester F. Freiwald, Ward
10; William F. Ganshirt, Ward 10; Brendon
Loughlin, Ward 10; Helen C. Mahoney, Ward 10;
Fred E. Hargraves, Ward 11; Owen B. Harnan,
Ward 11; Mary V. Nolan, Ward 11; Eugene J.
O'Leary, Ward 11 ; Albeit B.Cosby, Ward 12; Leslie
G. Ford, Ward 12; Earl L. Grant, Ward 12; John E.
McNealy, Ward 12; William F. Callahan, Ward
13; Adolph Grondell, Ward 13; Alfred J. Hubbard,
Ward 13; Max Bass, Ward 14; Harry Leibowitz,
Ward 14; Lillian Levine, Ward 14; William Shu-
man, Ward 14; Frederick Sturn, Ward 14.
Ralph C. Lea, Ward 15; Chester C. Pomeroy,
Ward 15; Helen E. Sweenie, Ward 15; Walter A.
Haslett, Ward 16; John Hynes, Ward 16; Francis
P. Boyle, Ward 17; Marie C. Caisso, Ward 17;
Roland A. Langlois, Ward 17; Margaret H. Walsh,
Ward 17; Carl L. Ward, Ward 17; Anna M.
Williams, Ward 17; Henry W. Barth, Ward 18;
John P. Christian, Ward 18; John P. Corrigan,
Ward 18; Santo J. Crupi, Ward 18; Nicholas
Dinezio, Ward 18; James Duggan, Ward 18;
Daniel J. Dunn, Ward 18; Francis G. Jagiello,
Ward 18; Louise M. Ormond, Ward 18; Bartholo-
mew L. Teri, Ward 18; Francis W. Corrigan,
Ward 19; Joseph C. Grennon, Ward 19; Robert S.
Marison, Ward 19; C. Clifford O'Neil, Ward 19;
Lloyd S. Taylor, Ward 19; Albert L. Enslin,
Ward 21; Freda Minsky, Ward 21; George W.
Ryan, Ward 21; Paul S. Sharp, Ward 21; William
N. Smith, Ward 21; Dorothy Tucker, Ward 21;
Frederick F. McCain, Ward 22; Rose E. McKen-
ney, Ward 22; Walter R. Prussman, Ward 22;
Byron Young, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 17, 1956:
Ethel Cleary, Ward 1 ; Henry Erickson, Ward I ;
James M. Regan, Ward 1; Leo Sullivan, Ward 1;
James F. Broderick, Ward 2; Dorothy Childs,
Ward 2; Alfred W. Connor, Ward 2; Arthur F.
Hanlon, Ward 2; William F. Howard, Ward 2;
George H. Kenneally, Ward 2: William F. Rae,
Ward 2; Gordon W. Chue, Ward 3- Julia Gransky,
Ward 3; Felicia J. Kostka, Ward 3; Edmund A.
Menino, Ward 3; Athena Poulos, Ward 3; Sadie L.
Sharkey, Ward 3; Morris Singer, Ward 3; Creed
Boose, Wrard 4; Charles W. Brown, Ward 4;
George M. Kalafatas, Ward 4; John J. McNamara,
Ward 4; William F. Payzant, Ward 5; Russell
Richards, Ward 5; William R. Smith, Ward 5;
Margot Warner, Ward 5; John V. Dwyer, Ward 6;
James M. Smith, Ward 6; Harold R. Wyman,
Ward 6; Theresa E. Lund, Ward 7; Norman
Beck, Ward 8; Robert F. Campbell, Ward 8;
Alfred DePaoli, Ward 8; John F. Knight, Ward 8;
Giuseppi Merlo, Ward 8; Francis D. Skeffington,
Ward 8; Edward L. Jenkins, Ward 9; Charlie
Quick, Ward 9; Francis J. McKeever, Ward 10;
Lucinda Southern, Ward 10; Jeremiah Foley,
Ward 11; Reuben Resnick, Ward 11; Albert M.
Sheedy, Ward 11; Collin C. Corbin, Ward 12;
George J. Zevitos, Ward 12.
Theodore Anton, Ward 13; Joseph J. Casey,
Ward 13; William N. Mclnnis, Ward 13; Walter
F. Shaw, Ward 13; Benjamin Berlin, Ward 14;
Morris Green, Ward 14; John B. Chebator, Ward
15; Thomas R. Hawko, Ward 15; John J. Maretti,
Ward 15; Herbert F. Buffington, Ward 16; Francis
M. Harrington, Ward 16; Walter T. King, Ward.
16; Antoinette Marks, Ward 16; Walter R. Murphy,
Ward 16; John J. O'Connor, Ward 16; Florence
G. Ryan, Ward 16; George A. Ryan, Ward 16;
Arthur A. Tagliaferri, Ward 16; James F. Gavin,
Ward 17; William Larsen, Ward 17; Samuel R.
Palmbaum, Ward 17; Samuel Shulman, Ward 17;
Bernard J. Tansey, Ward 17; Josephine DiGregorio,
Ward 18; Michael A. Fata, Ward 18; Paul B'
Flaherty, Ward 18; George A. Lewis, Ward 18;
Rose G. McMahon, Ward 18; Paul J. Mitchell,
Ward 18; Arthur J. Savage, Ward 18; John M.
Greer, Jr., Ward 19; William P. Kremmell, Ward
19; Albert F. Ronane, Ward 19; Hans Sievers,
Ward 19; Patrick J. Feeney, Ward 20; Clarence A.
Archibald, Ward 21; Ambrose J. Cashin, Ward 21;
Leon E. Day, Jr., Ward 21; Richard Howland,
Ward 21; Bernard J. Kane, Ward 21; Hugh L.
Morrison, Ward 21; John H. Lynch, Ward 22;
James J. McKenna, Jr., Ward 22; Richard A.
Taylor, Ward 22; James O. Wishart, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 20, 1956:
John F. Griffin, Ward 1; Edward Hickey, Ward
1 ; Michele Siraeo, Ward 1 ; Adelino Vozella, Ward
1 ; Edmund M. Duguie, Ward 2; Louis Agri, Ward
3; Joseph T. Arigo, Ward 3; Nicholas A. Lauren-
tano, Ward 3; Bruno Waht, Ward 3; Edward
Gulzinski, Ward 4; Elliot A. Jacobs, Ward 4;
Thomas H. Palmer, Ward 4; John C. Pheur, Ward
4; Donald F. Taylor, Ward 4; Harvey B. Higbee,
Ward 5; Walter E. Jones, Ward 5; Donald B.
Lawson, Sr., Ward 5; Benjamin P. Perry, Ward 5;
James T. Doyle, Jr., Ward 6; John F. Heffernan,
Ward 6; Martha P. Gauthier, Ward 7; Thomas J.
Myron, Ward 7; Alphonse J. Petkauskas, Ward 7;
Alfonce P. Wayshville, Ward 7; Edward H. Flood,
Ward 8; Michael J. Hardiman, Ward 8; Elizabeth
T. Kennedy, Ward 8; John B. McDonald, Ward 8;
Paul T. Morrison, Ward 8; Joseph T. Yorke, Ward
8; Emanuel Catalano, Ward 9; John H. Ball,
Ward 10; Adolph G. Graybas, Ward 10; Edward
M. Bryant, Ward 11; John J. Ging, Ward 11;
Bernard J. Higgins, Ward 11; Richard L. Mal-
conian, Ward 11.
James J. Curran, Ward 12; Alexander W. Jones,
Ward 12; Harvey Robinson, Ward 12; Joseph
Segal, Ward 12; Kenneth Silvera, Ward 12; John
E. Condon, Ward 13; Norah P. Downey, Ward 13;
Theodore H. LaFosse, Ward 13; Anthony M.
Pezzuolo, Ward 13; Albert C. Richards, Ward 13;
Louis Bloom, Ward 14; Irving Cohen, Ward 14;
Bernard J. Grant, Ward 14; Bernard Pally, Ward
14; Sarah Rud, Ward 14; Max Shurin, Ward 14;
Seymour J. Weiner, Ward 14; Bernard Werman,
Ward 14; Frederick Ahern, Ward 15; Arthur A
Cohen, Ward 15; Eleanor F. Duck, Ward 15;
Howard D. Faulkner, Ward 15; John J. Murphy,
Ward 15; Sally C. Watters, Ward 15; Joseph J.
Barbour, Ward 16; Mary J. Scotton, Ward 16;
James Goulston, Ward 17; John P. McDonough,
Ward 17; John T. Sullivan, Ward 17; Thomas C.
Carney, Ward 18; Max Fainblatt, Ward 18; Fred
Guardabascio, Ward 18; Elliott L. Higgins, Ward
18; Paul G. Kunze, Ward 18; John F. Sharpe,
Ward 18; Vart Andon, Ward 19; Paul A. L.
Fubel, Ward 19; Philip G. Goff, Ward 19; Thomas
Meehan, Ward 19; Sadie L. O'Connor, Ward 19;
Charles Siegel, Ward 19; Bartholomew Guiney,
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Ward 20; Archibald A. Johnston, Ward 20; Mary-
alice Lawton, Ward 20; James P. Rinn, Jr.,
Ward 20; Benjamin Brooks, Ward 21 ; Thomas N.
Kasemeotes, Ward 21; Cornelius J. Mahoney,
Ward 21; Edward J. Donovan, Ward 22; Magda-
lena M. Kramer, Ward 22; Daniel C. Landry
Ward 22; Donald E. Phinney, Ward 22; Charles
F. White, Ward 22.
Conn. McDONOTJCH in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Ahearn presiding at
the box, in the absence of the Mayor, Viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 21, 1056:
Jack Abdon, Ward 1; Vincent J. Carangelo,
Ward 1 ; Laurence Cavalieri, Ward 1 ; Samuel J.
Milano, Ward 1 ; Edward Carroll, Ward 2; Frederick
J. Collins, Ward 2; Joseph C. Reilly, Ward 2;
Harry Charney, Ward 3; Victor Choban, Ward 3;
Charles C. Friscia, Ward 3; Vincenzo Ignoto,
Ward 3; John Joseph O'Neill, Ward 3; Guy H.
Pulpi, Ward 3; Henry Biagi, Ward 4; Dorothy L.
French, Ward 4; Harold W. Howley, Ward 4;
Roger A. Boreham, Ward 5; William E. Chamber-
lain, Ward 5; Henry H. Hale, Ward 5; John F.
Carey, Ward 6; James F. Carleton, Ward 6;
Willard J. Copeland, Ward G; John E. Gorman,
Ward 6; Thomas J. Slowe, Ward 6; Mary B.
Sykes, Ward 6; Bridget R. Earner, Ward 7;
Henry F. Bowcn, Ward 8; Thomas J. Hughes,
Ward 8; John E. McKinnon, Ward 8; Bennard A.
Morley, Ward 8; Francis J. Rysinger, Ward 8;
Anthony Homsey, Ward 9; James H. Monroe,
Ward 9; John C. Weston, Ward 9; John Flaherty,
Ward 10; Edward Gray, Ward 10; Alice C. Alberg,
Ward 11; Thomas Connor, Ward 11; Joseph P.
Glynn, Ward 11; Ralph L. Kent, Ward 11; James
H. Steed, Ward 11; Dorothy Taylor, Ward 11;
Leonard E. Vaughan, Ward 11; James Alexander,
Ward 12; Paul J. Buccheri, Ward 12; Paul L.
Reddick, Ward 12; Albert J. Saunders, Ward 12;
Albert F. Williams, Ward 13.
Lena E. Boydman, Ward 14; Jack Clouse,
Ward 14; Harry Milgram, Ward 14; Victor Yanoff,
Ward 14; David J. Brockman, Ward 15; Byron
Otis Bush, Ward 15; Walter L. Charles, Ward 15;
Joseph J. Fahey, Ward 15; William M. McHugh,
Ward 15; Thomas P. O'Reilly, Ward 15; Charles
W. Behrsing, Ward 16; Angelo Ciccolo, Ward 16;
Robert T. Evans, Ward 16; Oswald A. Leeping,
Ward 16; Edgar H. Maxfield, Ward 16; Walter
M. Perry, Ward 16; Mary E. Shea, Ward 16;
William Collins, Ward 17; Alice M. Driscoll,
Ward 17; John J. Harrington, Ward 17; Alexander
Campbell, Ward 18; Michael J. Corcoran, Ward 18;
Ray A. Harmon, Ward 18; Francis J. Parise,
Ward 18; George F. Powers, Ward 18; Vernon B.
Thompson, Ward 18; Michael Canny, Ward 19;
Michael Cronin, Ward 19; Vinton Henry, Ward 19;
Emily A. Molloy, Ward 19; Gerard Bonvouloir,
Ward 20; Eathel L. Bryant, Ward 20; Thomas T.
Doherty, Ward 20; Richard E. George, Ward
20; Annie MacLeod, Ward 20; John H. C. Webb,
Ward 20; Moses Cibley, Ward 21; Dana A. Gray,
Ward 21; William O'Neill, Ward 21; Albert N.
Reinherz, Ward 21; John A. Burke, Ward 22;
Alphonse Jundzil, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 22, 1956:
John DiAnni, Ward 1; Anthony J. DiNapoli,
Ward 1; Henrietta Luzinski, Ward 1; David T.
MacDonald, Ward 1; Salvatore Nesta, Ward ,1;
Albert Trabucco, Ward 1; William H. Whippen,
Ward 1; Richard P. Desmond, Ward 2; John E.
Doherty, Ward 2; Cornelius O'Leary, Ward 2;
Virginia M. Powers, Ward 2; Leona Venesky,
Ward 2; Ernest C. Wadleigh, Ward 2; Anthony
DiGiovanni, Ward 3; John P. Ginewicz, Ward 3;
Frederick J. Guinzali, Ward 3; Joseph L. Taylor,
Ward 3; Arthur Jeon, Ward 4; Walter M. John,
Ward 4; Michael T. Manning, Ward 5; Charles F.
Pendergrast, Ward 5; Americo J. Salmonti, Ward
5; Howard J. Sullivan, Ward 5; Albert C. Wilkin-
son, Ward 5; Courtney C. Wright, Ward 5;
William F. Conley, Ward 6; Leo G. Adams,
Ward 7; Paul M. Eastman, Ward 7; George J.
Eraser, Ward 7; John D. Mcpherson, Ward 7;
Robert E. Melket, Ward 7; Kieran F. Regan,
Ward 7; James P. Egan, Ward 8; Elizabeth W.
Freenan,,Ward 8; Patrick J. Young, Jr., Ward 8;
William R. Brown, Ward 9; Charles A. Foshey,
Ward 9; Edward J. Gerasim, Ward 10; Francis
C. Veasy, Ward 10; George H. Guilford, Ward 12;
Willie B. Lee, Ward 12; Dorothy R. Pearson,
Ward 12; Silver H. Peters, Ward 12; John White,
Ward 12.
Joseph J. Fellone, Ward 13; James P. Kennv,
Wrard 13; Angelo Santosia, Ward 13; Anna T.
Walsh, Ward 13; Charles A. Wolusky, Ward 13;
Jack ,T. Gurwitch, Ward 14; Louis Krinsky, Ward
14; Fred Phillimore, Ward 14; Paul C. Quinn,
Ward 14; Zelda Rubinovitz, Ward 14; Jack W.
Silverman, Ward 14; Ruth Snyder, Ward 14;
Robert F. Daly, Ward 15; Pasquale Pepe, Ward
15; Giacomo Ristagno, Ward 15; Anne R. Griffin,
Ward 16; Herbert E. MeCarron, Ward 16; John
J. Mulcahy, Ward 16; Frank A. Niokerson, Ward
10: Francis L. Niederberger, Ward 16; Edward
Reina, Ward 16; William H. Shields, Ward 16;
Catherine A. Canavan, Ward 17; Paul J. Cavanagh,
Ward 17; Roderick F. Kell, Ward 17; Irene
Studley, Ward 17; Joseph P. Boucher, Ward 18;
Thomas F. Burns, Ward 18; Oscar J. Goldfarb,
Ward 18; Henry A. Lodge, Ward 18; Raphael P.
Massaro, Ward 18; John A. O'Toole, Ward 18;
Charles E. Perrv, Jr., Ward 18; William J Goss,
Ward 19; Albert T. Holman, Ward 19; Wade H.
Jones, Ward 19; Allen J. Campbell, Waid 20;
Clarence B. Skeels, Ward 20; William E. Dorn,
Ward 21; Kurt Rabinowitz, Ward 21; Benjamin
Williams, Ward 21; Edward Daley, Ward 22;
Joel R. Lewis, Jr., Ward 22; William H. J. Mitchell,
Ward 22; Stephen Sharkey, Ward 22; Robert W.
Smith, Ward 22.
Conn. AHEARN in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor MeDonough
presiding at the box, in the absence of the Mayor,
viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 23, 1956:
James E. Askew, Ward 1; Thomas F. Donohue,
Ward 1; Albeit J. Kiley, Ward 1; Nunzio Mascuilli,
Ward 1; John Purcell, Ward 1; Theresa L. Cardello,
Ward 2; James J. Clinton, Ward 2; Edward
Estey, Ward 2; Charles J. Jar vis, Ward 2; Alice
G. McKinnon, Ward 2; Dorothy A. Murphy,
Ward 2; Samuel Fayer, Ward 3; Frank Fera, Jr.,
Ward 3; Joseph C. Ludwick, Ji.. Waid 3; Dean
Demeter, Ward 4; Albert DeNutte, Ward 5;
Joseph M. Fahey, Ward 5; Edith L. Irving, Ward
5; Henry MacCarthy, Ward 5; Charles L. Poore,
Ward 5; Robert J. Stevenson, Ward 5; Allan J.
Waid, Ward 5; Stanley Chepulis, Ward 6; Patiick
J. Foley, Ward 6; Porter Covel, Ward 7; William
J. Meroth, Ward 7; James A. Mullen, Ward 7;
John F. Splaine, Ward 7; Henry J. Wiencek,
Ward 7; Charles I.. Alkins, Ward 8; William H.
Dean, Ward 8; George Feeley, Ward 8; Frederick
Kennedy, Ward 8; Thomas J. O'Neill, Ward 8;
Harry W. Reid, Ward 8; John J. Wright, Ward 8;
Henry Kimble, Ward 9; Robert McCullough,
Ward 9; Viola A. Webb, Ward 9; W. Francis
Bene, Ward 10; Joseph P. Brady, Ward 10;
Edgar A. Manton, Ward 10; Katherine McKenzie,
Ward 10; John J. Morgan, Ward 10; William G.
Bain, Ward 11; John J. Lance, Ward 11.
Peter Judge, Ward 12; David Kopelman,
Ward 12; Alec Lescovitz, Ward 12; Howard A.
Rhone, Ward 12; Malcolm Campbell, Ward 13;
Peter J. Crisafi, Ward 13; Francis X. Kelley,
Ward 13; Solomon Burstein, Ward 14; Michael
L. Epel, Ward 14; Wallace Garber, Ward 14;
Milton L. Shimberg, Ward 14; Helen G. Manuel,
Ward 15; Robert J. Miller, Ward 15; Gerald
Mullins, Ward 15; Frederick Salman, Ward 15;
Frederick W. Gustafson, Ward 16; Eleanor M.
Prokop, Ward 16; Frank A. Riley, Ward 16;
Margaret T. VanLith, Ward 16; Christopher F.
Lee, Ward 17; Alexander Monaco, Ward 17;
Mary T. Mooney, Ward 17; Santo G. Cetaldo,
Ward 18; Louis J. Cibello, Ward 18; Walter A.
Costa, Ward 18; George E. Henry, Ward 18;
George Kontos, Ward 18; Edward P. McCarthy,
Ward 18; Richard C. Nowcll, Ward 18; Alfred J.
Scoff, Ward 18; John Young, Ward 18; William
S. Goff, Ward 19; Marv LaRosa, Ward 19; Edwin
F. H. Ryder. Ward 19; William H. Scott, Ward
19; Walter Peterson, Ward 20; John E. Fraught,
Ward 20; Walter F. Boyd, Ward 21; Chester H.
Libby, Ward 21; Edward J. Mutzenard, Ward 21;
Walter H. Wood, Ward 21; William C. Greenwood,
Ward 22; Robert E. Sherbert, Ward 22; Herbert
M. Walsh, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court
to appear August 24, 1956:
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Thomas M. "Austin, Ward 1; Jeannette M.
Greer, Ward 1; John Scriraa, Ward 1; Charles L.
O'Connor, Jr., Ward 2; Ralph R. Shea, Ward 2;
Ralph A. DiPietro, Ward 3; John Shahood, Ward
3; William S. Crane, Jr., Ward 4; Charles E.
Kunberger, Ward 4; John A. MacDonald, Ward 4;
Joseph J. Nelson, Ward 4; Arthur E. Wentzell,
Ward 4; Samuel B. Alley, Ward 5; Richard I.
Anderson, Ward 5; Ronald D. Badger, Ward 5; Ed-
ward Chicofsky, Ward 5; John F. Gedney, Ward 5;
George S. Libby, Ward 5; Patrick J. McCrohan,
Ward 5; William A. Rutkowski, Ward 5; Arthur L.
Seymour, Ward 5; Bernard S. Snider, Ward 5; Leo
A. Barry, Ward 6; John Petchell, Ward 6; Arthur F.
Turner, Ward 6; Thomas J. Groden, Ward 7; John
A. Warsowick, Ward 7; Raymond E. Proctor,
Ward 8; Edmund E. Rappazzini, Ward 8; George
W. Carmichael, Ward 9; Thomas V. Fitzpatrick,
Ward 9; Frank C. Johnson, Ward 9; Louis Pacelt,
Ward 9; James M. Takeda, Ward 9; Joseph C.
Oapodilupo, Ward 10; Robert J. Conroy, Ward 10;
John S. Sessler, Ward 10; Thomas Sotir, Ward 10;
Geoffrey L. Dykes, Ward 1 1 ; Francis McCabe,
Ward 11; Lawrence M. Malone, Ward 11; Michael
V. Redely, Jr., Ward II; Frank M. Elashowich,
Ward 12; Russell B. Singleton, Ward 12; Marie E.
Waters, Ward 12.
Thomas W. McDonough, Ward 13; Alexander J.
Macek, Ward 13; George E. Moore, Ward 13;
James A. Murphy, Ward 13; Helen I. Bench,
Ward 14; Janet G. Levy, Ward 14; Harold Matlin,
Ward 14; Jack Simon, Ward 14; James P. Barry,
Ward 15; Ralph A. Craft, Jr., Ward 15; Alice
Curtin, Ward 15; Frederick J. Dorney, Ward 15;
Joseph Howell, Ward 15; John W. O'Brien, Ward
15; Anthony J. Savage, Ward 15; Raymond W.
Tobias, Ward 15; Francis J. Currie, Ward 16;
Albert V. Mclntyre, Ward 16; George V. Rogers,
Ward 1G; Ralph L. Edlund, Ward 17; Alice H.
Manson, Ward 17; Harvey E. Cohen, Ward 18;
Rita E. Espinola, Ward 18; Walter C. Hastings,
Ward 18; Joseph L. Lavorgna, Ward 18; Mary A.
Roche, Ward 18; John F. Ronayne, Ward 18;
Alfred E. Wier, Ward 18; Gustav T. Alber, Ward
19; Daniel J. Buckley, Ward 19; Vincent J.
Leonard, Ward 19; Chester A. Willey, Ward 19;
Anna M. Domiziano, Ward 20; Robert F. Dorgan,
Ward 20; Sherwood N. Gillis, Ward 20; George H.
McAuliffe, Ward 20; Harry L. Massimi, Ward 20;
Virginia M. Murray, Ward 20; Helen Donahue,
Ward 21; Simon I. Jacobson, Ward 21; Margaret
M. Murphy, Ward 21; Arthur S. Parillo, Ward 21;
Bernice Simpson, Ward 21; Thomas L. Towles,
Ward 21; Richard R. Alexander, Ward 22.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Foley presiding at
the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 27, 1956:
Frank J. Dillon, Ward 1; Jchn T. Drohan, Ward
1; James Magnasco, Ward 1; William F. Miller,
Ward 1; Albert Molinaro, Ward 1; Helen E. Ter-
ranova, Ward 1; Peter D'Ambrosio, Ward 2;
William B. Flaherty, Ward 2; Lawrence Ca-
pachietti, Ward 3; Stephen Szewczyk, Ward 3;
William L. Burns, Ward 4; Eulan P. Cameron,
Ward 4; Clark H. Jackson, Ward 4; John G.
Johansson, Ward 4; Douglas Lanier, Ward 4; John
J. Maloney, Ward 4; Andrew B. Renney, Ward 4;
John S. Cieszka, Ward 5; Walter Dubina, Ward 5;
Arthur G. Hatch, Ward 5; Rudolph Jacoby, Jr.,
Ward 5; Joseph Milan, Ward 5; John J. Mooney,
Ward 5; Harry L. Wellman, Ward 5; Joseph B.
Carroll, Ward 6; Madeline Dillon, Ward 6; Francis
J. Havlin, Ward 6; Richard J. Biagiotti, Ward 7;
Kathleen T. Coyne, Ward 7: Edward S. Daley,
Ward 7; William J. Mizejewski, Ward 7; Charles J.
Shea, Ward 7; Vernon F. Blackman, Ward 9;
Paul J. McLaughlin, Ward 9; Eric Tunander, Ward
9; Eunice H. Gilman, Ward 10; Ruth Kirby, Ward
10; James J. O'Donnell, Ward 10; Frank W. C.
Bell, Ward 11; Charles P. Burke, Ward 11; John A.
Douglas, Ward 11; Robert L. Hayes, Ward 11;
Martha Holman, Ward 11; Arthur L. Long, Ward
11; Gregor Berstein, Ward 12; George P. Candora,
Ward 12; Margaret E. McAllister, Ward 12; David
L. Maltz, Ward 12; Walter Schloss, Ward 12.
Charles F. Connell, Ward 13; Harold W. Davis,
Ward 13; John P. Hurley, Ward 13; William J.
Mahcney, Jr., Ward 13; Frances Blumenthal, Ward
14; Herbert R. Green, Ward 14; John W. Saran-
takes, Ward 14; Rita M. Cunio, Ward 15; Francis
J. Frazier, Ward 15; Mary C. Harrington, Ward 15 ;
Michael C. McCann, Ward 15; Michael E. Mc-
Donough, Ward 15; Patrick J. McFeeley, Ward 15;
Patrick Msturo, Ward 15; Robert W. Noble, Ward
15; Paul J. Scurti, Ward 15; Oscar Baron, Ward 17;
William J. McGuire, Ward 17; John A. Mitchell,
Ward 17; Richard E. Petelle, Ward 18; Edgar S.
Whittredge, Ward 18; Carmine Lepore, Ward 19;
Ralph Oram, Ward 19; Domenico Paratore, Ward
19; Peter J. Cusack, Ward 20; Carl J. Frenning,
Ward 20; Rudolph Keller, Jr., Ward 20; William
A. Allen, Ward 21; Margaret C. Brogie, Ward 21;
John A. McCarthy, Ward 21; John A. Magner,
Ward 21; Hugh J. Morgan, Jr., Ward 21; Ralph S.
O'Shea, Ward 21; Arthur W. Abbott, Ward 22;
Daniel Conway, Ward 22; John W. Donnellon,
Ward 22; John J. Flavin, Ward 22; John J. Leydon,
Ward 22; Mary McDermott, Ward 22; Anthony W.
Midi, Ward 22; Ralph P. Spiers, Ward 22.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor McCormack pre-
siding at the box, in the absence of the Mayor,
viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 28, 1956:
Victor Buccheri, Ward 1; Olga L. Carbone,
Ward 1; Harold F. DuMoulin, Ward 1; Harold J.
Gleason, Ward 1; Charles Indelicato, Ward 1;
William J. Boudrow, Ward 2; James Lynch, Ward
2; Coleman F. Sullivan, Ward 2; Charles F.
Winters, Ward 2; Angelo C. Iannino, Ward 3;
Michael F. Mantone, Ward 3; John A. Storella,
Ward 3; Herbert T. Hobbs, Ward 4; William J.
Mitchell, Ward 4; Frederick R. Webster, Ward
4; Albert R. Eriksson, Ward 5; Orrin C. Whitte-
more, Ward 5; Mary J. Moyer, Ward 6; Thomas
M. Ryan, Ward 6; Patrick T. Shea, Ward 6;
Quentin R. Dunham, Ward 7; Michael J. Mc-
Donough, Ward 7; Joseph G. O'Neill, Ward 7;
Boleslaw W. Piotrowicz, Ward 7; William L. Rull,
Ward 7; George F. Todd, Jr., Ward 7; John J.
Tuminski, Ward 7; Albert H. Weickers, Ward 7;
William Yahoub, Ward 8; John Black, Ward 9;
Marie A. Doyle, Ward 9; Harry Houpes, Ward 9;
Forest McAuliffe, Ward 9; Mildred A. Nelson,
Ward 9; Dudley Watson, Ward 9; Gertrude A.
Eldridge, Ward 10; Mary F. Sheehy, Ward 10;
James Geaney, Ward 11; Thomas J. Hanbury,
Ward 11; Henry W. Brooks, Jr., Ward 12; James
W. Curtis, Ward 12; Metrah Mitchell, Ward 12;
Joel Phillips, Ward 12; Neal Silver, Ward 12..
Paul W. Barry, Ward 13; Samuel Bornstein,
Ward 13; Dominic F. Burke, Ward 13; Kathleen
D. Scott, Ward 13; Harry Alberts, Ward 14;
Benjamin Lerman, Ward 14; Hyman Raskind,
Ward 14; Victor Rosenstein, Ward 14; Alexis W.
Blood, Ward 15; Prudence Charnousky, Ward 15;
Matthew J. Dillon, Ward 15; John T. Molloy,
Ward 15; Ferdinand A. Barra, Ward 16; Guy F.
Barra, Ward 16; William H. Lane, Ward 16;
Maurice McTigue, Ward 16; George L. Reed,
Ward 16; John M. Concannon, Ward 17; Wallace
W. Daggett, Ward 17; William F. Jensen, Ward
17; Edward T. Ryan, Ward 17; Agnes M. Dorosh,
Ward 18; Luciano V. Galante, Ward 18; William
A. Hackett, Ward 18; John P. Gately, Ward 19;
Thomas F. Heffernan, Ward 19; Frank A. Moran,
Ward 19; Lucy R. Sacco, Ward 19; Bruno B.
Blumberg, Ward 20; James P. Curran, Ward 20;
James A. Ellsworth, Ward 20; Gerard A. Ford,
Ward 20; William J. McCarthy, Ward 20; Norma
G. Turney, Ward 20; Ernest H. Vezina, Ward 20;
Dorothy V. VonEuw, Ward 20; Mildred W.
Connell, Ward 21; Anthony P. Constantin, Ward
21; William P. Kelley, Jr., Ward 21; Nettie
Levine, Ward 21; Shirley C. Levine, Ward 21;
Mary Sullivan, Ward 21; Francis L. Coffey,
Ward 22; Arthur E. Leetch, Ward 22; Haiold A.
Strout, Ward 22; Dennis J. Sullivan, Ward 22.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Foley presiding at
the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 29, 1956:
Peter Grassa, Ward 1 ; John W. Herbert, Ward
1; Francesco A. Rinaldi, Ward 1; William H.
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Brady, Ward 2; Peter J. Kalin, Ward 2; Joseph V.
Keeley, Ward 2; James L. Martin, Ward 3: Joseph
P. Martin, Ward 3; William H. Nelson, Ward 4;
Thomas Patrick Norton, Ward 4; William V.
Young, Ward 4; Patrick A. Brown, 5; Francis H.
Lawless, Jr., Ward 5; Lucy Mallard, Ward 5; Frank
P. Buono, Ward 6; Charles Burton, Ward 6;
James B. Feeney, Ward 6; James W. Landry,
Ward 6; John M. Ryan, Ward 7; Harry Skarbinski,
Ward 7; Charles C. Anderson, Ward 8; Russell
Best, Ward 8; Thomas Douglas, Ward 8; Patrick
J. Knight, Ward 9; Carl K. Berger, Ward 10;
Francis M. Kelly, Ward 10; Thomas J. McAlear,
Ward 10; Joseph B. McDonagh, Ward 10; Frederick
Brinkert, Ward 11; Stephen Cacciatore, Ward 11;
Charles J. Calvin, Ward 11; Leo T. Frawley,
Ward 11; Ruth T. Schrader, Ward 11; Howard
Carter, Ward 12; Mary H. Curray, Ward 12;
Joseph N. Galloway, Ward 12; William J. Kerr,
Ward 13; Rosario R. Nizzari, Ward 13; Julius
Bromfield, Ward 14; Reuben Sepllberg, Ward 14.
John R. Davis, Ward 15; Richard P. Marcarelli,
Ward 15; Camillc Pasciucco, Ward 15; Vincent F.
Birmingham, Ward 16; Donald Francis Courtney,
Ward 16; Nicholas Paul Fenech, Ward 16; John
J. Gallagher, Ward 16; Lester P. Davis, Ward 17;
Virginia Martikke, Ward 17; George J. Sullivan,
Ward 17; Francis G. Bagge, Ward 18; James F.
Cullen, Ward 18; Daniel J. Doherty, Ward 18;
Annette J. Gruberski, Ward 18; Thomas D.
Lewis, Ward 18; Francis E. Silva, Ward 18;
Franklin J. Adams, Ward 19; Augustus W. Dwight,
Ward 19; John J. Pollard, Ward 19; William W.
Welch, Ward 19: Edward F. Bush, Ward 20;
Edgar Davenport, Ward 20; Raymond L. Fridinger,
Ward 20; Francis X. Hackett, Ward 20; Irene M.
Healy, Ward 20; Cornelius A. Leary, Ward 20;
Joseph A. Martel, Ward 20; Stephen P. Michalow-
ski, Ward 20; George A. Rogers, Ward 20; Ernest
Weidul, Ward 20; Paul H. Anglin, Ward 21;
Sydney R. Cohen, Ward 21; Hyman Crystal,
Ward 21; James F. Dixon, Ward 21; Walter P.
Donnelly, Ward 21; James H. Foley, Ward 21;
Louis Kalick, Ward 21; George B. Morley, Ward
21; Thomas A. Pollock, Ward 21; Andrew J.
Shaughnessy, Ward 21; Sam C. Stanton, Ward 21;
Edward Tamer, Ward 21 ; Walter Yarow, Ward 21,
Vincent A. DePasca, Ward 22; John E. Gallagher,
Ward 22; Meyer Press, Ward 22; George Herbert
Roberts, Ward 22; John Scannell, Ward 22;
Cecil E. Teas, Ward 22; William J. Walsh, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear August 30, 1956:
John Gioia, Ward 1; Charles F. Pinardi, Ward 1;
Joseph A. Vitale, Jr., Ward 1; Walter S. Fields,
Jr., Ward 2; Stephen Joseph Mulkern, Ward 2;
Anna G. Murphy, Ward 2; Caroline Saccardo,
Ward 2; Mariano Corso, Ward 3; Vincent DeNicto-
lis, Jr., Ward 3; Theodore Rudy, Ward 3; Cornelius
B. McAuliffe, Ward 4; Michael J. Shapleigli,
Ward 4; John M. Kingman, Ward 5; Edward J.
Lane, Ward 5; Ernest H. Parker, Ward 5; John R.
Silver, Ward 5; John E. Colbv, Ward 7; Anthony
M. Perry, Ward 7; Walter A. Tobin, Ward 7;
Frank P. Yudis, Ward 7; John .1. Catarius, Ward 8;
Daniel G. O'Neil, Ward 8; Robert F. Finn, Ward 9;
Edward Mekjian, Ward 9; Herbert W. Patterson,
Ward 9; Thomas A. Cosby, Ward 10; William A.
Davidson, Ward 10; Rosemary E. McAllister,
Ward 10; Arthur M. Patterson, Ward 10; Harold
E. White, Ward 10; Patrick Coughlan, Ward 11;
James Denaro, Ward 11; John Innello, Ward 11;
Louis W. Pearl, Ward 11; Lillian C. Phillips,
Ward 11; James P. Poulos, Ward 11; Francis J.
Twohig, Ward 11; Everett R. Porter, Ward 12;
Thomas J. Queenan, Ward 12; Sarah Carley,
Ward 13; Joseph P. Casey, Ward 13; Francis J.
Clasby, Ward 13; Joseph F. Fallon, Ward 13;
Mafalda Huminik, Ward 13; Thomas V. Stokes,
Ward 13.
Jacob Bychman, Ward 14; Albert B. Ginsberg,
Ward 14; Elizabeth Schiff, Ward 14; Benjamin
Tapper, Ward 14; Alfred E. Tillman, Ward 14;
William J. Hagerty, Ward 15: John W. Hovestadt,
Ward 15; Charles J. Jacobs, Ward 15; Andrew P.
Mooradian, Ward 15; John J. Balzano, Ward 16;
Thomas J. Barrett, Ward 16; George G. Finigan,
Ward 16; Oscar R. Foster, Ward 16; Robert B.
Merritt, Ward 16; Harold F. O'Loughlin, Jr.,
Ward 16; Frederick W. Smith, Ward 16; Archibald
Choolfian, Ward 17; Hubert G. Cunniffe, Ward 17;
Daniel C. Cushing, Ward 17; Mary M. Keliher,
Ward 17; Peter Slavin, Ward 17; Maurice J.
Siniddy, Ward 17; Manuel J. Canales, Ward 18;
Raymond A. Farrell, Ward 18; Everett James
Hassell, Jr., Ward 18; Arthur E. Mabee, Ward 18;
James E. Nolan, Ward 18; Henry B. Pierce,
Ward 18; Joseph R. Connolly, Ward 19; Earl Leo
Herman, Ward 19; Ralph L. Taylor, Ward 19;
Donato Cuzzi, Ward 20; Arthur J. Jolly, Jr.,
Ward 20; Frances I. Saunders, Ward 20; Charles
L. Shields, Ward 20; Frank F. Wennerstrand,
Ward 20; James H. Jensen, Ward 21; Bruce
LeBlanc, Ward 21; Katherine Sponagle, Ward 21;
Samuel elevens, Ward 22; Allen W. Hymers,
Ward 22; Dennis L. Murphy, Ward 22; Salvatore
Solferino, Ward 22; Patrick J. Tavolieri, Ward 22;
George Roch Williams, Ward 22.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor McCormack
presiding at the box, in the absence of the Mayor,
viz.:
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 31, 1956:
Frank J. Antonucci, Ward 1; Samuel H.
D'Amore, Ward 1 ; Andrew F. Kulbitsky, Ward
1; Salvatore Manzione, Ward 1; Olga Marranzini,
Ward 1; Ignazio Palermo, Ward 1; Angelo
Ravagno, Ward 1; Carl H. Carlson, Ward -2;
Rita Connolly, Ward 2; Paul J. O'Neil, Ward 2;
Julius A. M. Evans, Ward 3; Antonio Shaheen,
Ward 3; Harvey Shapiro, Ward 3; Robert E.
Boyce, Ward 4; Eleanor Carver, Ward 4; Frank
S. Fraser, Ward 4; Herman Goslyn, Ward 4;
Frank Greco, Ward 4; Frank T. O'Brien, Ward 5;
John H. Prue, Ward 5; Isaac Sprague, Jr., Ward
5; Mary L. Agricola, Ward 6; Abraham Deratany,
Ward 6; George Wahrer, Ward 6; Albert J. Bilotas,
Ward 7; Michael J. McDonough, Ward 7; Charles
V. Madek, Ward 7; John J. Sullivan, Ward 7;
Antonio A. Giambo, Ward 8; John F. Hanley,
Ward 8; William F. Jansky, Ward 8; Albert
Chislett, Ward 9; Thomas A. Martin, Ward 9;
Mary B. Greeley, Ward 10; Martin Kelly, Ward
10; George Kravatas, Ward 10; Elizabeth LeGrand,
Ward 10; Frances Pelletier, Ward 10; Patrick J.
Scahill, Ward 10; John J. Burke, Ward 11; Ernest
Giuva, Ward 11; Daniel W. Hicks, Ward 11;
Edward T. Leonard, Ward 11; Maria Wortmann,
Ward 11.
Robert J. Beatty, Ward 12; A. Charles Eager-
man, Ward 12; Edith S. Ellis, Ward 12; Louis
Price, Ward 12; Matthew Foley, Ward 13; Frank
Hamilton, Ward 13; Paul F. Lepore, Ward 13;
Donald H. MacNeill, Ward 1.3; Bessie Miller,
Ward 13; Michael Slyva, Ward 13; Frieda L.
Berkman, Ward 14; George T. Collins, Ward 14;
Henry J. Breen, Ward 15; Joseph B. Dunn, Ward
15; William M. Gilbert, Jr., Ward 15; John J.
Hughes, Ward 15; Charles W. McChesney, Ward
15; Charles F. O'Brien, Ward 15; Ernani F.
Ciampoli, Ward 16; Mary T. Collins, Ward 16;
Peter Gow Drever, Ward 16; John P. Burns,
Ward 17; John R. Clancy, Ward 17; William I'.
Clifford, Ward 17; John .1. Donnelly, Ward 17;
Edgar H. Durkee, Ward 17; William Oda, Ward
17; Frank J. Bosak, Ward 18; Frank P. Florin,
Ward 18; Stanley M. Herman, Ward 18; Patricia.
Hughes, Ward 18; Berton W. Jenkins, Ward 18;
Ivar J. Swanson, Ward 18; Gerald Vasil, Ward 18;
Elizabeth McDermott, Ward 19; Sarkis Bozadjian,
Ward 20; F'inn I. Christensen, Ward 20; Edward
G. Dalton, Ward 20; James A. Schmidt, Ward 20;
Lillian Blau, Ward 21; Celia Boland, Ward 21;
Jacob H. Broad, Ward 21; Thomas E. Bullio,
Ward 21; David Kahn, Ward 21; Peter L. Titus,
Ward 21; James D. Larkin, Ward 22.
Ninety traverse jurors, Superior Criminal Court,
to appear September 4, 1956:
Joseph Amico, Ward 1; John Baptista, Ward 1;
Orazio Barrasso, Ward 1; Joseph Costa, Ward I;
Minnie M. Kenney, Ward 1; Gaetano S. Lauria,
Ward 1; Michael Venuti, Ward 1; Matthew .1.
Hughes, Ward 2; Rose O'Donnell, Ward 2; Frank
M. Kodzis, Ward 3; Charles F. Parker, Ward 3;
Earl C. Munn, Ward 4; George F. Pierce, Ward 1;
Charles E. Riley, Ward 4; Kenneth N. Sanborn,
Ward 4; John C. White, Ward 4; Joanne Fuller,
Ward 5; Laurence A. Greaves, Ward 5; Russell W.
Lee, Ward 5; Karl S. MacLean, Ward 5; William 10.
Dobbins, Ward 6; Leo J. Podolske, Ward 6; Albert
H. Adams, Ward 7; Charles D. Bothwell, Ward 7;
Frank A. Cochrane, Ward 7; John L. Cripps,
Ward 7; John J. Finn, Ward 7; John J. Leary,
Ward 7; George W. McCormack, Ward 7; Patrick J.
O'Brien, Ward 7; Patrick J. O'Donnell, Ward 7;
Edward J. Powers, Ward 7; Isidor Shapiro, Waal
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7; Patrick Shea, Ward 7; George O. Brown,
Ward 8; Albert R. Corr, Ward 8; Thomas F.
Donovan, Ward 8; John M. Sullivan, Ward 8;
Clarence W. Barrow, Ward 9; William N. Oldham,
Ward 9; Hans J. Drews, Ward 10; Michael King,
Ward 10; William H. Quintan, Ward 10; John J.
Foote, Ward 11 j Vivian L. Leveroni, Ward 11;
William A. Young, Ward 11.
Archie F. Campbell, Ward 12; Cyril O. Chap-
man, Ward 12; William E. Reed, Ward 12; James
F. Bono, Ward 13; James E. Connors, Ward 13;
James D. Hilton, Ward 13; Edward F. Lorenz,
Ward 13; Jeannette Couris, Ward 14; Kenneth R.
Smith, Ward 14; Saul Terr, Ward 14; Walter H.
Burke, Ward 15; Edward F. Ginty, Ward 15;
Curtis T. Hurlburt, Ward 15; John J. Ahem, Ward
16; Lester P. Boothe, Ward 16; William S. Browne,
Ward 16; John F. Clark, Ward 16; William L.
Holdcn, Ward 16; Walter A. Hutchins, Jr., Ward
16; Joseph Mazzini, Ward 16; Walter M. Tavlor,
Ward 16; Adolph Meyer, Ward 17; John P. Quinn,
Ward 17; Robert E. Burke, Ward 18; Charles T.
Derry, Ward 18; Frederick J. Barnaby, Ward 19;
Christine E. Ferguson, Ward 19; Emma M. Furst,
Ward 19; William McC. Howard, Ward 19; Irving
A. Whitcomb, Ward 19; Edward C. Ahcrn, Ward
20; Nelson J. Mclsaac, Ward 20; William J.
Pruyn, Ward 20; Michael E. Sullivan, Ward 20;
Anna Boutilier, Ward 21; Stanwood J. Drake,
Ward 21; Mary S. Macdonald, Ward 21; Harold
Mannis, Ward 21; Emanuel Marks, Ward 21;
Albert P. Martel, Ward 21; Harry W. Sylvester,
Jr., Ward 21; Joseph Wise, Ward 21; Frank J.
Carrigan, Ward 22; Fred S. Logan, Ward 22.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on the message of the Mayor and
two orders (referred today) as follows: order
amending Classification and Compensation Plans
for Officers and Employees of Suffolk County by
striking out the words "Budget Commissioner"
wherever they appear in said schedule and in-
serting in place thereof the words "Supervisor
of Personnel;" and order amending Classifica-
tion and Compensation Plans for Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County by striking out
the word "ten" wherever appearing in para-
graphs (a), (c) and (e) of Rule 9 of said schedule,
and inserting in place thereof the word "seven"
and further by striking out the word "twenty"
wherever so appearing and inserting in place
thereof the word "eleven" — -recommending that
the two orders ought to pass.
The report wss accepted, and the two orders
were severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Martin J. Brennan,
Jr. (referred June 4), to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department — re-
commending passage of the accompanying order.
Ordered, That the sum of eight hundred sixty-
six dollars ($866) be allowed and paid to Martin
J. Brennan, Jr. in reimbursement for amount
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as a member of the Fire Department, said
sum to be charged to the appropriation for Execu-
tions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimburse-
ments.
2. Report on petition of Robert W. Callahan
(referred June 4), to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Fire Department — re-
commending passage of the accompanying order.
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred fifty
dollars ($450) be allowed and paid to Robert W.
Callahan in reimbursement for amount of execu-
tion issued against him on account of his acts as
an employee of the Fire Department, Mainte-
nance Division, said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of James A. Magner
(referred June 4), to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of nine hundred ninety-
four dollars and seventy-seven cents ($994.77)
be allowed and paid to James A. Magner in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Parks and Recreation Department, said
sum to be charged to the appropriation for Exe-
cutions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn the Council
voted that when it adjourn it be to meet on
Monday, June 25, 1956, at 2 p.m.
Adjourned, at 7.10 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Ahearn, to meet on Monday, June 25, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, June 25, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Paul V. Harrington, Marriage
Court, Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Tribunal,
Chancery, Brighton, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. PAUL V.
HARRINGTON.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son ,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, supreme legislator, author of all law,
source of all knowledge and truth, fountainhead
of charity, justice, and equity, graciously deign
to look down upon these legislators in Council
assembled; recall to them frequently their solemn
oath of office, in which they promised, with
Your help, to serve loyally, faithfully, and con-
scientiously the great City of Boston and its
citizenry; make them conscious of the serious
obligations and grave responsibilities which have
come to them by their election to a trusted office ;
enable them at all times to form a right conscience
and give them the courage to follow its dictates;
assist them that they might always conduct
themselves with dignity, enjoy an unblemished
reputation for honesty and integrity, avoid any
taint of scandal or malfeasance, be models of
good leadership and an example of virtue to
their constituents; allow them to give themselves
in consecrated dedication, without any dis-
traction, to the task of establishing and maintain-
ing wise and sound government, caring for the
needs of the present and providing for the demands
of the future; help them by constant study to
obtain complete knowledge and learn all ramifi-
cations of every problem, which requires their
attention; convince them that they should at
all times be motivated by truth, charity, justice,
and equity and by no other motives; prevail on
them to set aside any desire for personal gain
or private profit; prevent them from catering
to special classes or privileged interests; help
them to adopt an attitude of fairness in all dis-
cussions, avoiding any bias, prejudice, antipathy
or discrimination against any group; enlighten
and inspire their intellects that they might con-
duct their deliberations calmly and without
animosity, vindictiveness or revenge; impress
upon them the danger of being a respecter of
persons or indulging in mere personalities and
enable them to reach decisions which minor
prudence and temperance.
O God, deign to bring about all the above
that the actions of these councillors might redound
to Your greater honor and glory and achieve
the great objective of keeping this great city of
ours the thriving metropolis it has always been
since its establishment. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1957: James Michael Concannon, 10 Furnival
road, Jamaica Plain.
Weigher of Goods for the term ending April 30,
1957: Edward Besco, 444 Main street, West
Concord.
Weigher of Coal for the term ending April 30,
1957: John P. Custes, 17 Cotswold road, Brookline.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
VETO OF ORDER TO DESIGNATE EAST
BOSTON STADIUM AS MANASSAH E.
BRADLEY STADIUM.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I return herewith unapproved, and without my
signature, the order adopted by your Honorable
Body accepting chapter 60 of the Acts of 1956.
Acceptance of this act would designate the East
Boston Stadium as the Manassah E. Bradley
Memorial Stadium.
The stadium and park in East Boston were con-
structed to take the place of World War Memorial
Park at Wood Island, which was discontinued in the
interest of the Logan Airport expansion. While not
named officially a memorial stadium, it has been
generally referred to as the East Boston Memorial
Stadium.
In my opinion the East Boston Stadium should
be named in memory of all of the citizens of East
Boston who have made and will make worth while
contributions to our city, state, and nation. In
short, I believe the stadium should be officially
known as the East Boston Memorial Stadium.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
The message and order were placed on file.
FIRE LOSSES FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Fire Commissioner relative to your order of June
11, 1956, concerning the losses caused by fire each
year in the City of Boston for the past five years.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, June 22, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
With reference to the order of the City Council:
Ordered, That the Fire Commissioner be re-
quested, through his Honor the Mayor, to inform
the City Council of the losses caused by fire each
year in the City of Boston for the past live years
which passed the City Council June 11, 1956.
Please be advised that we do not have this
information inasmuch as the insurance companies
are not required to forward the information to us
on fire losses, but are required to forward them to
the fire marshal of the Commonwealth.
We have this day requested the information
from the fire marshal, and as soon as it is received
I will immediately forward it to you.
Very truly yours,
Francis X. Cotteh,
Fire Commissioner.
Placed on file.
INSTALLATION OF DRINKING
FOUNTAINS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 25, 1956,
To the City Council.
Gentlemen: , .
I transmit herewith communications from the
Commissioner of Public Works and the Commis-
sioner of Parks and Recreation concerning your
order of May 14, 1956, relative to replacing and
continuing in operation a drinking fountain for-
merly located on Dorchester street, South Boston,
and also the installation of additional drinking
fountains at Columbus Park.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
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City of Boston,
Public Works Department, June 14, 1956,
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
May 14, 1956:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to direct the Public Works Commissioner
to replace and continue in operation a drinking
fountain formerly located on Dorchester street in
South Boston; and that his Honor the Mayor
request the Public Works Commissioner and the
Board of Parks and Recreation to study the need
for additional drinking fountains at Columbus
Park in South Boston.
Arrangements have been made to restore the
drinking fountain which was located in Dorchester
street prior to the start of the reconstruction of
said street as a Chapter 90 project. We were
required to remove the fountain and the under-
ground vault as the sidewalk was reduced in width
from 13 feet to 8 feet. However, the drinking
fountain has been restored, and I believe that it
is now in operation.
With reference to the second part of the order,
this is to inform you that we will comply with
every reasonable request made by the Board of
Parks and Recreation concerning the installation
of additional drinking fountains at Columbus Park.
Very truly yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston,
, Parks and Recreation Department,
May 23, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I desire to acknowledge your memorandum of
May 16 with attached Council order of Councillors
Foley, McCormack and Kerrigan.
The particular part of this order that pertains
to the Parks and Recreation Department, namely,
the placing of additional drinking fountains at
Columbus Park, has been referred to the Deputy
Commissioner of this department for investigation.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith two orders, the first pro-
viding for the transfer of $337,500 from the
appropriation for Compensation Plan Amend-
ments— City to various city departments and the
second for the transfer of $17,500 from the appro-
priation for Compensation Plan Amendments — ■
County to various county departments.
Because of the fact that budget figures for the
various departments had already been prepared
and sent to the Printing Department prior to my
decision to reduce the longevity feature in the
Classification and Compensation Plan, it was
necessary to submit a lump sum appropriation.
In order to put this change into effect, it is now
necessary to transfer funds as indicated.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying orders by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941,
the City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized
to transfer:
From the appropriation for Compensation
Plan Amendments, 1-01-96, $337,500, to the
Appropriation for Election Department, 1, Personal
Services, $2,200; Auditing Department, 1, Personal
Services, $2,200; Assessing Department, 1, Personal
Services, $3,500; Collecting Division, Treasury
Department, 1, Personal Services, $1,400; Treasury
Division, Treasury Department, 1, Personal
Services, $900; Administrative Services Depart-
ment, 1, Personal Services, $2,100; Law Depart-
ment, 1, Personal Services, $1,400; City Clerk
Department, 1, Personal Services, $700; City
Planning Department, 1, Personal Services, $200;
Real Property Department, 1, Personal Services,
$7,000; Boston Retirement Board, 1, Personal
Services, $300; Police Department, 1, Personal
Services, $72,000; Fire Department, 1, Personal
Services, $80,000; Building Department, 1,
Personal Services, $3,300; Boston Traffic Com-
mission, 1, Personal Services, $3,300; Licensing
Board, 1, Personal Services, $200; Public Works
Department, 1, Personal Services, $43,000; Health
Department, 1, Personal Services, $9,000; Hospital
Department, 1, Personal Services, $60,000; Welfare
Department, 1, Personal Services, $17,000;
Veterans' Services Department, 1, Personal
Services, $1,700; Library Department, 1, Personal
Services, $3,800; Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, 1, Personal Services, $22,000; Workmen's
Compensation Service, 1, Personal Services, $300.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941,
the City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized
to transfer:
From the appropriation for Compensation
Plan Amendments, 4-01-97, $17,500, to the
Appropriation for Registry of Deeds, 1, Personal
Services, $4,000; County Courthouse (Custodian),
1, Personal Services, $3,000; Jail, 1, Personal
Services, $1,900; Central Office, Penal Institutions,
1, Personal Services, $200; House of Correction,
Penal Institutions, 1, Personal Services, $1,800;
Supreme Judicial Court, 1, Personal Services,
$100; Clerk's Office, Superior Court, Civil, 1,
Personal Services, $1,800; Criminal Session,
Superior Court, 1, Personal Services, $1,100;
Municipal Court, City of Boston, 1, Personal
Services, $1,300; Boston Juvenile Court, 1, Personal
Services, $100; Probation Department, Superior
Court, Criminal Session, 1, Personal Services, $100;
Municipal Court, Charlestown District, 1 , Personal
Services, $100; East Boston District Court, 1,
Personal Services, $100; Municipal Court, South
Boston District, 1, Personal Services, $200;
Dorchester District Court, 1, Personal Services,
$300; Roxbury District Court, 1, Personal Services,
$600; West Roxbury District Court, 1, Personal
Services, $400; Brighton District Court, 1, Personal
Services, $100; District Court of Chelsea, 1,
Personal Services, $100; Medical Examiner
Service, Northern Division, 1, Personal Services,
$100; Medical Examiner Service, Southern Divi-
sion, 1, Personal Services, $100.
Severally referred to the Executive Committee.
APPROPRIATION FOR PURCHASE OF
MOTORCYCLES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of the attached communication
from the Police Commissioner in which he requests
an appropriation of $13,794.70 to permit the pur-
chase of ten motorcycles to be used by the Police
Department in connection with the supervision of
parking meters.
Under the provisions of section 22A of chapter
40 of the General Laws revenue received from
parking meter fees may be used to meet necessary
expenses incurred for the regulation of parking and
other traffic activities incident thereto.
Since proper supervision of the use of parking
meters will assure a full return to the city of
established parking meter fees, I submit herewith
an order providing for the appropriation of the
amount requested by the Police Commissioner, and
respectfully recommend its adoption by your
Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Police Department) June 15, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
When the Police Department budget for 1956
was considered by the Mayor and the Director of
Administrative Services, it was agreed that the
amount required for motorcycles under Item 50,
Automotive Equipment, would be eliminated from
the budget with the proviso that the necessary
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amount would be appropriated from revenue re-
ceived from parking meter fees for ten motorcycles
used for checking parking meter violations.
After public advertising the lowest bid received
for supplying these motorcycles was $13,794.70,
and it is respectfully requested that this amount
be made available for their purchase.
Very truly yours,
T. F. Sullivan,
Police Commissioner.
Ordered, That, the sum of thirteen thousand
seven hundred ninety-four dollars and seventy
cents ($13,794.70) be, and the same hereby is,
appropriated from the revenue received from park-
ing meter fees, to be expended by the Police Com-
missioner, for the purchase of motorcycles to be
used in the supervision of the use of parking meters.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION
OF $115,200.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith supplementary budget recom-
mendations for county departments, totaling
$145,200.
The following brief comments are offered in ex-
planation of this supplementary county appropri-
ation.
In order to accommodate the so-called Brink's
trial, it will be necessary to comply with requests
from the courts, not anticipated when the annual
budget was prepared. For security reasons the
court wishes this trial to be isolated from other
court business. It is necessary, therefore, that
additional funds be allowed to take care of the
following needs:
■Jurors $30,000
Witness fees 27,000
Transcript of evidence 27,000
Investigations 21 ,000
Meals for jurors 9,000
Expenses of locked-up jury 5,400
Telephone and telegraph service 4,200
Travel expenses 4,000
Stationery, etc , 3,700
Alteration to courtroom 3,000
Services of venires 2,900
Stenographers 2,800
Printing jury lists 2,500
Hotel accommodations for witnesses. . . . 1,500
Rental of air-condition units 1,200
I respectfully recommend adoption of the ac-
companying orders by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That the respective sums of money
specified for the city and county departments, in
the schedules hereinafter set out, be, and hereby
are, appropriated for the purposes hereinafter
specified, said sums to be raised by taxation on the
polls and estates of the City of Boston, and that all
orders heretofore or hereinafter passed by the
City Council relating to appropriations, taxes, and
interest thereon apply to the appropriations and
taxes herein provided for.
County Budget.
Appropriation.
Total.
2
Contractual
Services.
3
Supplies,
Materials.
4
Current
Charges and
Obligations.
General Government.
General Government Buildings.
4-01-82 County Courthouse (Custodian)
Judicial.
Central Courts:
4-12-14 Criminal Session, Superior Court
4-12-18 Court Officers Division, Superior Court. . .
$4,200
132,000
9,000
$3,000
128,300
$3,700
9,000
$1,200
$145,200
$131,300
$12,700
$1,200
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the Committee named, viz.:
Claims.
William J. Cadigan, for compensation for
injuries and damage to property caused by an
alleged defect at Warren and Glenwood streets.
Margaret Clay, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Estrella street,
Jamaica Plain.
Mildred A Curry, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Broadway, South
Boston.
George T. Decas, for compensation for damage
to property at 123 Woodard road, West Roxbury,
during sidewalk installation.
Louis Dubrow, for compensation for damage
to car by city car.
John S. Feeney, for compensation for damage
to car by fire truck.
Robert M. Fitzgerald, for compensation for
damage to property at 5 0'Connell road, Dor-
chester, caused by collapse of sewer pipe,
Sayde Forman, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Herbert J. Geier, for compensation for damage
to property at 93 Austin street, Hyde Park,
during sidewalk installation.
James D. Gilfeather, for compensation for
damage to property at 97 Austin street, Hyde
Park, during sidewalk installation.
Doris M. Gorman, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 97 Geneva avenue, Dor-
chester, caused by break in water main.
Orlando S. Grande, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 202 Orient avenue, East
Boston, during sidewalk installation.
Arthur E. Hastedt, for reimbursement for tow-
ing services caused by an alleged defect in Arbor-
view street, Jamaica Plain.
Viola B. Henry, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Washington
street.
Highland Furniture Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to truck by City Hospital guard.
Joseph B. and Mary E. Hurley, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 15 McKone street,
Dorchester, caused by collapsed sewer.
Lawrence Kalish, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment, Sanitary Division.
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Rose Lindman, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Chauncy street,
Boston.
James F. Lydon, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment, Sewer Division.
Jeremiah A. McCarthy, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Mary M. McDermott, for compensation for
damage to property by fire apparatus.
Robert E. Neelon, for compensation for dam-
age to car caused by an alleged defect in Thatcher
street, Hyde Park.
Daniel O'Leary, for compensation for damage
to property at 104 Woodard road, West Roxbury,
during sidewalk installation.
Edward T. Patterson, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Police Depart-
ment.
Edward T. Patterson, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Police Department.
Michael A. Porrazzo, for compensation for
damage to property at 198 Orient avenue, East
Boston, during installation of sidewalks.
Timothy D. Raftery, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect at
219 St. Alphonsus street.
Gerald Smith, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
Steele-Litvin, Inc., for compensation for dam-
age to property at 380 Boylston street, caused
by bursting water main.
Katherine Sullivan, for compensation for dam-
age to car by car of School Committee.
Gerardo Tocci, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
John P. Toohey, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Highway Division.
Marion Vetters, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 75 Belvidere street.
Benjamin Washington, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Water Division.
Walter Wenzel, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Health Department.
Herbert U. Wilkins, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Public Works Department.
F. W. Woolworth Company, for compensation
for damage to property at 1075 Washington
street, Boston, caused by break in water main.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Helen L. Broadbent, to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Ernest Broadbent, late member of the Police
Department.
Petition on Marie B. Harrington, to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
John M. Harrington, late member of the Fire
Department.
Petition of Joanne M. McDonough, to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
John F. McDonough, late member of the Fire
Department.
Petition of Irene M. Smith, to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, George J.
Smith, late member of the Police Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Application for family use shellfish permit was
received from Stanley J. Sharka, 456 Western
avenue, Brighton, Ward 22.
Applications for commercial use shellfish per-
mits were received from the following:
Richard A. Bishop, 40 Port Norfolk street,
Dorchester, Ward 16; John F. Callahan, 172
Cowper street, East Boston, Ward 1; George H.
Fairbanks, 8 Pembroke street, Ward 9; Joseph
A. Fraser, 137 Peterborough street, Ward 21;
Daniel C. French, 84 Lawley street, Dorchester,
Ward 16; Warren C. French, Jr., 77 Lawley
street, Dorchester, Ward 16; Joseph A. Kearney,
29 Lawley street, Dorchester, Ward 16; Roy
Kneeland, 8 Pembroke street, Ward 9; Herbert
E. Lawson, 867 Washington street, Dorchester,
Ward 17; James L'Heureux, 57 Lawley street,
Dorchester, Ward 16; William II. Riley, 16 Port
Norfolk street, Dorchester, Ward 16.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 9, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for permit to operate motor vehicles
over Craddock street (proposed), Craddock
Street Extension (proposed), and Gallivan Boule-
vard westbound (proposed), in Dorchester district.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Notice was received from the State Department
of Public Works of hearing to be held June 25,
1956, at 3.30 p.m., on proposed speed regulations
on American Legion Highway, from Blue Hill
avenue to Cummins Highway.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLES' BONDS.
The constables' bonds of Vincent B. Licciardi
and Frank Zuccaro, having been duly approved
by the Assistant Collector-Treasurer, were re-
ceived and approved.
APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY FINANCE
BOARD OF LOAN FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The following was received:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Emergency Finance Board,
State House, June 14, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing the vote passed by the Emergency
Finance Board on June 11, 1956, authorizing the
City of Boston to incur indebtedness of $5,000,000,
under chapter 56 of the Acts of 1952, for school
construction.
Very truly yours,
Francis X. Lang,
Acting Secretary.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board
of the Commonwealth, held on the eleventh day
of June, 1956, at twelve o'clock noon, a majority
of said Board being present, the following vote
was passed:
Voted, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 10 of chapter 44 of the General Laws,
as last amended by chapter 56 of the Acts of
1952, approval is hereby given for the City of
Boston to authorize indebtedness, within one (1)
year from date, for the Construction of School
Buildings, Acquisition of Land and Original
Equipment and Furnishings Thereof, to an
amount not exceeding five million dollars ($5,-
000,000) , in excess of its normal limit of indebted-
ness as prescribed by said section 10.
Emergency Finance Board,
by Edward S. Zelazo,
Chairman,
George E. Lane,
John F. Kennedy,
Francis X. Lang,
Acting Secretary.
On motion of Councillor Foley the foregoing
vote was laid on the table.
Later in the session, Councillor Foley moved
that the foregoing vote be taken from the table.
The motion was carried. On further motion of
Councillor Foley the foregoing vote was placed
on file.
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LOAN OF §5,000,000 FOR SCHOOL BUILD.
ING CONSTRUCTION.
Coun. FOLEY moved that the message of the
Mayor of May 14, 1956, recommending that the
City Council originate an order for loan of $5,000,-
000 for school building construction and an order
originated by the City Council for loan of $5,000,-
000 for the purpose of acquiring land for, and con-
structing public sehoolhouses in the City of Boston,
including originally equipping and furnishing such
sehoolhouses, which was laid on the table on May
28, 1956, be taken from the table. The motion was
carried.
On further motion of Councillor Foley the order
was given its first reading and passage, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
REQUEST TO ORIGINATE LOAN ORDER
OF $5,000,000 FOR CONSTRUCTING
PUBLIC SCHOOLHOUSES.
Coun. FOLEY moved that the message of the
Mayor of May 28, 1956, transmitting communica-
tion from the School Committee requesting the
City Council to originate an order for loan of
$5,000,000 for constructing public sehoolhouses,
which was laid on the table on May 28, 1956, be
taken from the table.
The motion was carried.
On further motion of Councillor Foley the mes-
sage was placed on file.
NOTICE OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Notice was received from Samuel J. Tomasello.
member of the Board of Appeal, of his interest in a
contract between the City of Boston and the S. J.
Tomasello Corporation, for bituminous concrete
pavement in Brockton Street Extension, etc.
Placed on file.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city on June 21 and 22, 1956.
Placed on file.
ORGANIZATION OF CITY PLANNING
BOARD.
Notice was received from Mary T. Downey,
Secretary of City Planning Board, of organization
of the Board as follows: Chairman, Thomas F. Mc-
Donough; Vice-Chairman, Joseph A. Mitchell.
Placed on file.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FROM
CONGRESSMAN JOHN W. McCORMACK.
A communication was received from Representa-
tive John W. McCormack expressing appreciation
to the members of the City Council for the resolu-
tion it adopted congratulating him on his receipt of
the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from
Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C.
Placed on file.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FROM
HAROLD G. KERN.
A communication was received from Harold G
Kern expressing appreciation to the members of
the City Council for the resolution it adopted
congratulating him on his receipt of an Honorary
Degree from Marquette University.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and two
orders (referred February 27), the first order for an
appropriation of $150,000 for construction of
bridges and the second order for an appropriation
of $150,000 for construction of buildings, acquisi-
tion of land, etc. — recommending that the two
orders ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the two orders
were severally passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
2. Report on communication from the City
Messenger (referred January 23) complying with
the City Council order regarding tape recording
facilities — recommending that the communica-
tion be placed on file.
3. Report on communication from Boston
Municipal Research Bureau (referred February 6)
relative to providing technical assistance in exam-
ination of annual budget — recommending that
the communication be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the communica-
tions were severally placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred May 21) for an appropriation of $75,000
from income of George F. Parkman Fund, to be
expended under direction of Commissioner of
Parks and Recreation — recommending that same
ought to pass. ,
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerri-
gan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred June 4)
for commercial use shellfish permit for James Grant
— recommending that permit be granted.
2. Report on applications (referred today) for
commercial use shellfish permits for Richard A.
Bishop, George H. Fairbanks, Warren C. French,
Jr., Roy Kneeland, Herbert E. Lawson, William H.
Riley — recommending that permits be granted.
3. Report on application (referred today) for
family use shellfish permit for Stanley J. Sharka —
recommending that permit be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the permits were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
Report on notice from Metropolitan District
Commission (referred June 11) of taking of land of
City of Boston in vicinity of Nashua street for
benefit of Commonwealth of Massachusetts — rec-
ommending that notice be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the notice was
placed on file.
APPROPRIATION FOR SNOW REMOVAL
Coun. McDONOUGH moved that the order for
appropriation of $375,000 for snow removal, which
was laid on the table on June 4, 1956, be taken from
the table.
The motion was carried.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the order
was passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerri-
gan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and supple-
mentary appropriations and tax orders for $754,301
(referred May 21) — recommending passage of the
appropriations and tax orders as submitted by the
Mayor, with the exception of the two following
items which are reserved for further consideration:
Parks and Recreation Department, Item 7,
Structures and Improvements $240,000
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House of Correction, Penal Institutions
Department, Item 7, Structures and
Improvements 560,000
The report was accepted, and the supplementary
appropriations and tax orders as submitted by the
Mayor, with the exception of the two foregoing
items, were passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Kerri-
gan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
INTERIM REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE,
RE $10,000,000 LOAN FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
Interim Report of the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance.
Re: Proposed $10,000,000 Loan for Off-Street
Parking and Resolution Concerning Improve-
ment in Administration of Off-Street Parking
Program.
Your committee held a hearing on these matters
on June 20, 1956. Invited and in attendance
were representatives of five civic agencies, namely,
(1) Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; (2)
Boston Real Estate Board; (3) Boston Retail
Trade Board; (4) Boston Citizens' Council, and
(5) Boston Municipal Research Bureau.
These five agencies submitted the following
prepared statement.
The Chairman of the Real Estate Board was
. also heard.
Your committee cannot make a specific recom"
mendation as to the proposed $10,000,000 loan
at this time for a variety of reasons, namely:
(1) the failure to provide current accurate and
reliable figures as to the present status of the
off-street parking fund, i.e., moneys spent to
date, specific sums presently obligated and funds
available; (2) a difference of $1,400,000 in the
amount of money the city will have to spend in
the near future depending whether or not private
financing will be available for the Hayward Place
garage. Your committee here notes that the
Hayward Place Garage project has progressed
with maddening slowness so far; (3) your com-
mittee, while sympathetic to the proposal made
by the civic agencies to simultaneously plan and
construct three garages, notes that the present
creaking administrative machinery seems unable
to cope with the construction of one garage at a
time, let alone three, with anything like satis-
factory speed.
Your committee, therefore, recommends that
an immediate survey is necessary for the adminis-
tration of the off-street parking program. It
further recommends that such a survey be quickly
made by someone familiar with the personalities
presently involved as well as Boston's administra-
tive plan for this Program. Further, such a
survey should be made by an agency independent
of the present city administration. Such a survey
should be concerned with the immediate and
short-term objective of introducing some momen-
tum to the presently-stalled program.
The support and interest of his Honor the
Mayor should be earnestly solicited by the Council
for this survey.
The civic agencies have agreed to undertake
this survey with competent personnel. Your
committee feels this would be a good solution.
A short time limit should be arbitrarily set for
the completion of this survey. Your committee
suggests the end of July with action to be taken
by Labor Day.
In the meanwhile, it is the intention of your
committee to afford those charged with adminis-
tration of the present program an opportunity
to present an accounting of moneys spent and
obligated so far in connection with this program
at another hearing.
Finally, your committee cannot emphasize too
strongly that unless and until a specific, intelligent,
detailed, and accurate picture of the parking
program to date is presented, your committee will
recommend no appropriation of moneys.
Loose and casual references to sums and pro-
grams involving millions of dollars and the economic
future of Boston cannot in conscience be tolerated
by your committee, nor will they be.
For the Committee,
William J. Foley, Cha'rman.
Conference of Business and Civic
Organizations.
Off-Street Parking in the Citv of Boston —
The Problem and Some Recommendations
For Its Solution.
I. Introduction
The desperate necessity for establishing an
off-street parking program in the City of Boston
was recognized by the Massachusetts Legislature
in 1946 when it authorized the city to borrow
money to develop off-street parking facilities.
To date the Legislature has given the city per-
mission to borrow a total of $20,000,000 for devel-
oping such facilities out of which the Boston City
Council has approved loans totaling $10,000,000.
Unfortunately, the program lias moved at a
snail's pace and after a period of 10 years only
three garages and one open-air parking lot have
been built. But the lag cannot be blamed on
lack of funds because sufficient money has been
and still is available for speeding up the program.
II. What Has Been Accomplished In 10 Years
Specifically, this is what has happened. As
of April 30, 1956, Boston had issued $5,000,000
in parking bonds of which it had spent $4,586,054.
With this money the city has:
1. Built a 365-ear garage at Essex and
Lincoln streets.
2. Acquired land for garages which were
privately constructed at Winthrop square
(750 spaces) and Post Office square (900 spaces).
3. Acquired the land for a city-built garage
at Berkeley street and St. James avenue, near
the John Hancock Building (625 spaces).
This is now under construction.
4. Developed an open-air facility at Franklin
and Pearl streets (200 spaces).
The $413,976 balance from the first loan anP
the second $5,000,000 loan approved by the
City Council in 1955 has been encumbered as
follows:
1. $1,218,237 to construct a garage at
Berkeley street and St. James avenue.
2. $790,546 for land-takings, to date, at
Washington street and Hayward place,
3. A total of about $319,970 for plans at
Washington street and Hayward place, Central
and Kilby streets, Fort Hill square and Scollay
square.
4. $49,495 for demolition at Washington
street and Hayward place.
III. Close To $3,000,000 Balance In Second
$5,000,000
These, with other minor committments, leave
an unencumbered balance of close to $3,000,000
in the second $5,000,000 loan.
From this $3,000,000 the city of Boston will have
to pay $219,000 for more land-takings at Wash-
ington street and Hayward place, plus an amount
as yet undetermined for severance and improve-
ment damages at this same site' and $200,000 for
land-takings at Central and Kilby streets.
If private capital is not forthcoming and it
becomes necessary for the city itself to construct
a garage at Washington street and Hayward
place and one at Central and Kilby streets, the
unencumbered balance of about $3,000,000 will
be eaten up entirely.
But there is a possibility that after the sites
are opened for bids, private investors may be
interested in building garages at Washington
street and Hayward place and at Central and
Kilby streets. In that event the $3,000,000
will be available for the city itself to construct
a garage at Fort Hill square and at one other
location if necessary. Otherwise the money
can be used to acquire more sites.
IV. 10,000 to 12,000 Spaces Necessary
In December, 1954, the City of Boston Planning
Board estimated that a minimum of 10,000 to
12,000 additional parking spaces were needed
in downtown Boston and in the Back Bay up
to Copley square. Completion of the garages
at Berkeley street and St. James avenue (625
spaces), Washington street and Hayward place
(700 spaces), and Central and Kilby streets
(700 spaces) will provide more than 2,000 spaces
toward this goal. Private garages planned for
Province street and Lincoln street will provide
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another 550 spaces. The garage at Fort Hill
square is being planned for 700 spaces. This
makes a total of 3,275 spaces in some stage of
planning or construction.
But if the city is to come anywhere near the
minimum goal set by the Planning Board, 6,800
to 8,800 additional spaces must be provided.
Since the funds needed to develop many of these
spaces are available from the $10,000,000 au-
thorized by the Legislature, a definite action
program for adequate off-street parking facilities
must be initiated. The following such program is
recommended:
V. A 7-Point Action Program
1. To speed up the program the City Council
should approve immediately one half of the
$10,000,000 loan authorized by the Legislature.
2. With this $5,000,000 the Real Property
Board should have under way, by the end of thi8
year, plans for at least three more garages and
should have acquired sites for these garages
by March 31, 1957. The most practical areas
for sites would seem to be at Court square, along-
side City Hall Annex, which is located in a section
of downtown where the Planning Board has
established a need for 2,800 spaces, and in the
vicinity of Bedford and Kingston streets where
the Planning Board has indicated a need for
3,000 spaces. A third site could be selected in
any of several other areas — all in desperate need
of off-street parking facilities — such as Washington
and Dore streets, near the South Station, or in
the crowded market district. Any combination
of three such sites would produce 1,800 spaces.
3. By the end of 1957 the Real Property
Board should have selected sufficient areas need-
ing parking facilities to reach the target of 10,000
to 12,000 spaces set by the Planning Board.
Some time during 1957, if progress in the parking
program requires additional funds, the City
Council might then consider the remaining
$5,000,000.
4. The entire program should be keyed to a
definite time schedule and the Mayor and Real
Property Board should establish and make public
such a schedule which would include completion
dates for each project in the program.
5. The Mayor should direct the Corporation
Counsel to take the necessary legal action to
get an early decision on the question of the con-
stitutionality of the Parking Act which now is
holding up land-taking at Central and Kilby
streets and which may prevent land-takings by
eminent domain for off-street parking at other
sites.
6. Although court action is holding up progress
on the Central and Kilby Street garage, funds
allocated for this garage should not continue
to be tied up but should be freed so that they
can be used to acquire other sites in the parking
program.
7. Whenever private investors indicate an
interest in building on a city-selected site they
should be given every possible encouragement
within a definite period of time. In the past
the city has postponed action for too long hoping
that certain garages would be constructed by
private capital.
VI. Other Steps To Be Taken
The foregoing are some of the major recom"
mendations designed to produce for Boston the
kind of off-street parking program it must have
if it is to survive as a thriving metropolis. There
are other steps which should be taken in an over-all
attack on the problem. For instance, the Traffic
Commission should be urged to reduce the number
of on-street parking spaces in the surrounding
area as new garages are opened. Building Code
and Fire Prevention Regulations should be re-
examined to determine the advisability of changes
which would serve to expedite the program and
to cut the cost of building garages.
VII. Conclusion
All of the immediate steps to be taken, however,
should be aimed at speeding up the program.
To have built only three garages and one open-
air parking lot in 10 years in a city into whose
downtown area pour more than half a million
citizens by automobile every working day of
the year is a cause for deep alarm. The actual
and potential economic losses to the area which
result from traffic, strangulation are enormous.
The Boston City Council has asked the live
major civic and business organizations to make
specific recommendations as to administrative
changes which might be made to speed up the
off-street parking program.
We do not feel qualified to make such recom-
mendations at this time. We do, however, feel
that one of the most important steps to be taken
would be to bring in an outside consultant who
would make a study to determine what kind of
administrative organization is needed to carry
out the parking program efficiently.
Such experts are available. Almost all other
major cities have used them. The money to
hire such an expert could come from the off-street
parking funds which the city now has. We feel
that the results of such a survey should be re-
ported to the Mayor and the Boston City Council
within thirty days after its beginning.
We must emphasize that speed is of the utmost
importance. And if action is not forthcoming
by the end of this year, citizens concerned with
the off-street parking problem should seriously
consider requesting the necessary legislation
to transfer the entire program to a new public
agency.
Coun. PIEMONTE, a member of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and Finance, submitted
the following minority report:
Mr. Chairman, I would like to have this as a
minority committee report. I have not had an
opportunity to see this report prior to just hearing
it read. I would like to have noted my report
here as my standing that I am wholeheartedly in
accord with what has been stated time and time
again, that the city is sorely in need of parking
facilities. I am ready at this time and at any
time to vote for the appropriation, either a direct
appropriation or loan which is necessary for the
actual acquisition and erection of parking sites.
I don't feel that the present machinery is
inadequate. I don't agree that there ought to be
another survey made. I think that the surveys
on file are adequate. I think we have all the
information before us that is necessary for us to
proceed in a proper and orderly fashion with the
acquiring of sites and the erection of off-street
parking spaces.
It is my firm opinion that all that is lacking is
the intent. I believe that the administration
ought to place the responsibility where it belongs,
either on themselves or on whoever is offering
outside interference. I think the civic organiza-
tions ought to stop fumbling, a.nd tackling this
with kid gloves. The present laws of the Com-
monwealth provide for speedy methods by which
sites can be acquired and off-street parking garages
erected. All that is needed is a firm intent to
carry out the machinery that is provided by both
State law and our City ordinances. The State
law and the City ordinances also provide for
adequate notice and protection of rights of tax-
payers and the public. If the administration so
desires, or if the department in charge of parking
so desires, we could have off-street parking spaces
actually under construction within a period of
three months from the time the money was voted.
On the other hand, this is the present situation:
On the Hayward Place site the money was voted
in August. The site was selected in th i fall, yet
the orders to the architects were not given until
late this spring. It is my opinion that the delay
in building off-street parking sites was in great
part responsible on the fact that those in authority,
despite a thorough detailed report by their engineer
last fall, did not until actually two months ago
make plans as to the type of mechanical device
they were going to incorporate in the off-street
parking spaces. It appears that this hurdle is
passed and that all that is necessary now is a
firm desire for the men charged with the responsi-
bility to carry out the responsibilities of their duty.
In my opinion they are able and they are
capable. It is my opinion they have been pre-
vented from carrying out the work because of
outside interference, and I base that on my ob-
servations. If that is not the case, then there is
present laxity and we ought to face the situation
four-square and discharge these men of their
duties and replace them by others who are strong
enough to resist any interference.
I don't feel that we ought to pursue the course
that so often has been used in this city of ducking
the issues by suggesting some other route, some
other mode, some other machinery. I don't
think that it is fair to the citizens of Boston and
the taxpayers of Boston to ask for another study,
and to ask for the creation of an authority when
I, as a legislator, and the civic bodies who sug-
gested it, and my colleagues know today would
mean a delay of another year and a half or another
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CITY COUNCIL.
two years since it would be necessary for the Great
and General Court to change the law.
I have available reports from various cities and
towns throughout the Commonwealth. I have
before me some of the statements that the repre-
sentatives of civic organizations who have appeared
before us themselves have made and which were
carried in national magazines. Buffalo had a
similar problem, and I quote from the report of
the Buffalo Parking Board which was printed in
the national magazine "Traffic Quarterly" written
by Welles V. Moot:
"One of the suggestions was the creation of a
parking authority with power of condemnation,
issuance of bonds, etc. However, the State
Legislature was strongly opposed to any more
parking authorities because " they had too
frequently been used to avoid the tax limits set
up by the State Constitution. Also, some of
the business groups tried to acquire tracts
adequate for parking purposes close enough .to
the stores for satisfactory shopper parking, but
in every instance the lack of power of condemna-
tion ; and extravagant demands by property
owners stymied their attempts to provide such
parking for shoppers. "
It goes on, Mr. Chairman, to tell you of the great
contribution made by the downtown merchants.
I believe it would be well for our downtown
merchants to take full advantage of the anxiety
of this administration and of this present City
Council to help them. Unlike Buffalo and other
cities, this city has not asked the merchants to
contribute one penny for parking relief. It stands
ready and willing to help.
I, as a member of the City Council, merely ask
them to help us to help them get parking, and to
help us get the taxpayers an efficient administra-
tion. They can help us by helping the city acquire
the sites in the locales submitted by the City
Planning Board. They can help us by seeing to
it that the owners, some of them members of their
organization, cooperate a bit more by agreeing
on the price to be paid, and finally by following
through so that when money is appropriated for
any particular parking space they might do
everything in their power and everything at their
command to cooperate with the city in seeing the
off-street parking space a reality.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved that the interim
report of the committee be recommitted to the-
Committee on Appropriations and Finance. The
motion was lost.
The question came on the acceptance of th e
interim report of the committee and the said
report was accepted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Charles N. Vogel
(referred May 28) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Charles N. Vogel, a former member of
the Fire Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on September
18, 1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certifi-
cation of the panel appointed under the pro-
visions of said section, to the following the amount
stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $58 54
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suitable
for the purpose of this section.
2. Report on petition of Joseph F. Vogel
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Joseph F. Vogel, a member of the Fire Depart,
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical-
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on September
4, 1954, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amount stated:
George B. Smithy, M.D .$60
said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Leo R. Sennett
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Leo R. Sennett, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
July 1, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amounts stated:
The Carney Hospital $109 90
Albert B. Ferguson, M.D 20 00
Milton F. Brougham, M.D 100 00
Harold Gordon Lee, M.D 20 00
Total $249 90
said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursemen ts.
4. Report on petition of Anthony J. Peluso
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as a
result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Anthony J. Peluso, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on February 3,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund $58 75
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
5. Report on petition of Thomas F. Larkin (re-
ferred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as a
result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Thomas F. Larkin, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty en April 14,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated:
Harold Gordon Lee, M.D $1.35 0°
The Carney Hospital 109 90
Total $244 90
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said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
6. Report on petition of James T. George (re"
ferred .Tunc 11) for indemnification for hospital-
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as a
result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
James T. George, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on March 26,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated :
James T. George (petitioner) $4 70
George B. Smithy, M.D 25 00
Massachusetts General Hospital 30 00
Total $59 70
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
7. Report on petition of Guido S. Fiorenza
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Guido S. Fiorenza, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on January 29, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated :
Guido S. Fiorenza (petitioner) $4 50
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D 45 00
Total $49 50
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
8. Report on petition of Paul F. Gearin
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon pe-
tition of Paul F. Gearin, a meznber of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on February 1, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated :
Karl D. Kasparian, M.D $101 25
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
9. Report on petition of Arthur S. Dolber
(referred June 11) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Arthur S. Dolber, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on February
3, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amounts stated:
Arthur S. Dolber (petitioner) $10 00
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund 190 84
Milton F. Brougham, M.D 150 00
Total S350 84
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
10. Report on petition of Gardner DeYoung
(referred June 11) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as a member of the Fire Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred eighty
dollars ($180) be allowed and paid to Gardner
DeYoung in reimbursement for amount of execu-
tion issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
11. Report on petition of Joseph P. Kennedy
(referred June 11) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as a member of the Fire Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of five hundred dollars
($500) be allowed and paid to Joseph P. Kennedy
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member of
the Fire Department, said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
12. Report on petition of Nicholas J. Telch
(referred June 11) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Public Buildings Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of two thousand four
hundred forty-four dollars and fifty-five cents
($2,444.55) be allowed and paid to Nicholas J.
Telch in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as an
employee of the Public Buildings Department, said
sum to be charged to the appropriation for Execu-
tions of Court, Damage Claims and Reimburse-
ments.
13. Report on petition of Patrick Costello
(referred June 11) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Sewer Division,
Public Works Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of two hundred dollars
($200) be allowed and paid to Patrick Costello
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Sewer Division, Public Works Department,
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
14. Report on petition of Richard P. Cummings
(referred June 11) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Sewer Division,
Public Works Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of fifty dollars ($50) be
allowed and paid to Richard P. Cummings in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Sewer Division, Public Works Department,
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
TRANSFER OF SUMNER TUNNEL TO
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the City of Boston, through the
City Council and his Honor the Mayor, hereby
approves of the provisions of chapter 465 of the
Acts of 1956, and agrees to transfer the Sumner
Tunnel to the newly created Massachusetts
Port Authority for the sum of $15,000,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
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CITY COUNCIL.
APPRAISAL TO DETERMINE FAIR
VALUE OF SUMNER TUNNEL.
Coun. COLLINS offered tlie following:
Whereas, The Massachusetts Port Authority
Bill has been enacted by the Legislature and signed
by the Governor with an emergency preamble; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council under the
terms of the act will be called upon to accept or
reject a stipulated figure for the Sumner Tunnel;
and
Whereas, The true value of the Sumner Tunnel
and the question of what is a fair price to the City
of Boston and its citizens requires expert advice
and assistance; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Mayor take appropriate
action to authorize the expenditure of $25,000 or
whatever sum is reasonably necessary to complete
an engineering study or appraisal to determine
the fair value of the Sumner Tunnel and that the
results of said survey be forwarded to the Council.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
APPEARANCE OF FINANCE COMMISSION,
HOSPITAL TRUSTEES, AND OTHERS
BEFORE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
AVhereas, The Finance Commission of the City
of Boston in its report to his Honor the Mayor,
dated June 12, 1956, has made serious allegations
that the Boston City Hospital in particular, and
the Hospital Department in general, have been
mismanaged, and that public funds have been
wasted; and
Whereas, These charges reflect seriously upon
the administration of the city government and
have a tendency to undermine the public confidence
in the various institutions within the Hospital
Department; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council is the agency
which appropriates the monies necessary for the
maintenance of this department; and
Whereas, It is essential for the orderly processes
of government and for the protection of the health,
welfare, and safety of those members of the public
who have occasion to use the services of the
various institutions within the Hospital Depart-
ment, that full disclosure of the present conditions
of these institutions be made at this time; now,
therefore, be it
Ordered, That the Boston City Council, in meet-
ing assembled, requested his Honor the Mayor to
advise each individual member of the Finance
Commission of the City of Boston, the secretary
of said Commission, each individual member of the
Trustees of the Hospital Department, the Super-
intendent of said department, Dr. John F. Conlin,
the Assistant Superintendent in charge of the
Sanatorium Division, Dr. David Sherman, and the
Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Long
Island Hospital, John R. McGillivray, that the
Boston City Council respectfully requests their
attendance before the Executive Committee of
said Council at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 28, 1950;
and be it further
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor advise the
above-named individuals that the purpose of this
meeting is to allow the Finance Commission of the
City of Boston to document its charges, made in
the above-referred to report, and to supply the
Boston City Council with whatever other informa-
tion the commission possesses which may be
pertinent to this situation; and to allow the
Hospital Department, as represented by the
trustees, the superintendent, and his assistant
superintendents, to made answer to the allegations.
Coun. COLLINS moved to amend the foregoing
order by substituting ''2 p.m." for " 11 a.m."
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing motion to amend was carried.
Coun. McDONOUGH moved to further amend
the foregoing order by substituting the words
"Hospital Committee" for the words "Executive
Committee."
The motion to amend was carried.
Pres. McCORMACK in the chair.
PI The foregoing order, as amended, was passed
under suspension of the rules.
DAY AND EVENING ACTIVITIES AT COM-
MON AND BOSTON GARDENS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, Boston, because of the foresight of
its founding fathers, has the Common and Public
Garden located in the center of the city ; and
Whereas, This central location and the physical
assets of the Common and the Public Garden
lend themselves to housing central educational and
recreational activities for the citizens of Boston
and Metropolitan Boston; and
W"hereas, A program of recreational and educa-
tional activities for the Common and the Public
Garden would lead to the promotion of good will
and better public relations, and is especially
beneficial for the teenagers in Boston and neigh-
boring communities; and
Whereas, Such a program, if undertaken, would
serve to benefit society as a whole and would
afford the oportunity to the citizens of Boston to
take up their leisure time with cultural activities;
and
Whereas, Such a program, if undertaken, would
also be economically beneficial in that it would
give to the citizens of Boston and Metropolitan
Boston the opportunity to see all of Boston's
stores, such as Filene's, Jordan Marsh, Chandler's,
R. H. White, etc., especially for the teenagers,
many of whom have never had the opportunity
to see and appreciate the shopping centers of
Boston, due to the fast pace of modern living; and
Whereas, The schools of Boston and Greater
Boston have a wonderful musical program, and
arrangements could be made under the auspices
of the schools and various civic and social agencies
to have regular concerts throughout the summer;
and
Whereas, The Red Feather agencies in Boston
deal with problems all the way through for citizens
of Boston and Metropolitan Boston; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor consider
the advisability of conferring with Mr. W. Duncan
Russell of the Red Feather Campaign, formerly
conductor of Community Services; the Chairman
of Greater Boston Social Agencies; the Park Com-
missioner; a member representing the schools,
and such other representatives of agencies as he
may feel advisable, to set up a program of day and
evening recreational, cultural, and educationaj
activities for the Common and the Public Garden
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
PURCHASES FROM FIRMS VIOLATING
FEDERAL LABOR LAWS.
Coun McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, It is in the best interest of good gov-
ernment not to become involved in labor dis-
putes, and especially in ones removed many
hundreds of miles from our own State of Massa-
chusetts and the City of Boston; and
Whereas, The purchase of goods or services
from a strike-bound firm infers approval of that
firm's policies and conduct. Such purchases bring
with them also the possibility of picket lines,
litigation and inferior quality; and
Whereas, It is the best public policy for one arm
of government, and one subdivision ,to uphold the
legal processes of another arm of government.
It should be the policy of our city not to purchase
goods or services from a firm convicted of, and
still in, violation of federal labor laws, such as
unfair labor practice convictions by the NLRB
and continued noncompliance; now therefore be ij.
Resolved, That as a matter of best public policy
and interest, the Boston City Council recommends
and urges that all purchasing officers and depart-
ments and all subdivisions and units be instructed
that it is highly improper and undesirable to
purchase any goods or services from strike-bound
firms, or firms convicted of unfair labor practices
who continue noncompliance with federal labor
laws and court orders; such as Kohler Company,
of Kohler, Wisconsin, until such time as the strike
in question is settled and/or compliance with
federal law established.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
JUNE 25, 1956.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICAN FED-
ERATION OF TECHNICAL ENGINEERS.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following:
Whereas, There is presently a shortage of trained
technicians and engineers in the United States; and
Whereas, This shortage is a matter of great
concern to the leaders of our country; and
Whereas, The American Federation of Techni-
cal Engineers, AFL-CIO has for years been
attempting to insure an adequate level of com-
pensation to technicians and engineers; be it
therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council con-
gratulates the American Federation of Technical
Engineers on its long effort new nearing a success-
ful conclusion to provide technical and engineering
personnel an adequate rate of compensation; be it
further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council wel-
comes the American Federation of Technical
Engineers to Boston on the occasion of its 32d
National Convention.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro"
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred May 14) for appropriation of $250,000
for City Loans, Redemption, and Appropriation
of $70,500 for City Debt Requirements, Interest-
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonougli, McLaughlin,
Picnionte, White — 9.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn, the Council
voted to take a recess at 5.06 p.m., subject to the
call of the chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 6.41 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee
submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for transfer of $337,500 from
appropriation for Compensation Plan Amend-
ments to Various City Departments, and $17,500
from appropriation for Compensation Plan Amend-
ments to Various County Departments — recom-
mending that the orders ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the orders were
passed, yeas 9.
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonougli, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
Adjourned, at 6.23 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Foley, to meet on Monday, July 2, 1956.
Note: AH debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, July 2, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair. Absent, Councillors
Ahearn and Foley.
The Reverend John J. Cusack, of St. Augustine's
Roman Catholic Church, South Boston, was
escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JOHN J. CUSACK.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom, and
justice, through Whom authority is rightly ad-
ministered, laws are enacted, and judgment
decreed, assist with Thy Holy Spirit of counsel
and fortitude the members of this Council that
their administration may be righteously con-
ducted. May theii directions be eminently useful
to their people.
Let the light of divine wisdom direct their
deliberations. May the rulings of this Council
tend to peace, prosperity, and city-wide happiness.
Through Christ, Our Lord.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor Piemonte presiding at the box, in
the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Thirty-six traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear August 6, 1956:
Antonio Flammia, Ward 1; William A. Reidt,
Ward 1; Frank Cieri, Ward 3; Michael Cunniff,
Ward 3; Alexander Ridley, Ward 4; Louis W.
Simons, Ward 4; Ruth K. Wilkie, Ward 5; Frank J.
Brignoli, Ward 6; William M. Fraser, Ward 6;
Edward J. Grueter, Ward 6; Albin Tumas, Ward 7;
John G. Waters, Ward 8; William D. Ryder,
Ward 9; John P. Campbell, Ward 10; Thomas Nee,
Ward 10; John E. Lawrence, Ward 11; Myer E.
Levinson, Ward 12; Ralph D. Marcus, Ward 14;
Benjamin Whitehouse, Ward 17; Robert J.
Carroll, Ward 18; James T. McDonough, Ward 18;
Vincent Magno, Ward 18; Charles D. Osborne,
Ward 18; George D. Scanlon, Ward 18; Joseph D.
Conway, Ward 19; Edward G. Dalton, Ward 19;
James L. Titus, Ward 19; Matthew J. Maloney,
Ward 20; Alan Fink, Ward 21; Leo P. Nadeau,
Ward 21; Gertrude O. Roode, Ward 21; Samuel
Sweet, Ward 21; Stedman F. Briggs, Ward 22;
William J. Goode, Jr., Ward 22; Francis D.
Robertie, Ward 22; Edward F. Sherman, Ward 22.
Five grand jurors, Superior Criminal Court, to
appear August 6, 1956:
Paul Lewis, Ward 8; Lionel S. Bean, Ward 9;
James Kcrnen, Ward 15; Bartholomew O'Connor,
Ward 16; Charles II. Steeger, Jr., Ward 20.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable, with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond, for the term ending April 30,
1957: Charles Lewis, 33 Fidelis Way, Brighton.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
STATUS OF OFF-STREET PARKING
PROGRAM.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 2, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Recent publicity concerning the off-street park-
ing program has apparently left an impression
that the parking program could be considerably
accelerated if city officials eliminated the causes
for delays, and if a new agency were substituted
for the Real Property Board.
The delays which have occurred in the building
of additional off-street parking garages are as
exasperating to city officials, and I am sure to the
City Council, as they are to all other citizens. It
must be clearly understood in the construction of
a parking garage that it is necessary for the city
to take numerous steps and to comply strictly
with statutory law, which private capital would
not be compelled to observe. A better under-
standing of the reasons why delays occur in the
parking program can be ascertained from a report
which I have received from the Real Property
Board, copies of which I send to the City Council
membership. A perusal of this report will provide,
not an excuse for delays which have happened,
but an explanation of those delays.
The statement that a new agency, or some
new organizational setup, would vastly improve the
present situation is debatable. Of course, if an
agency were created which had complete, far-
reaching, unrestricted powers, that would be so.
Our experience, however, in trying to get minor
adjustments made in the off-street parking laws,
leads me to the conclusion that legislation setting
up an agency with almost autocratic power, would
be most difficult to have enacted. Be that as it
may, the suggestion that a change in organizational
setup might be an improvement on our present
system, will not be summarily dismissed. It will
be the subject of a study and report by the Ad-
ministrative Services Board.
With respect to the $10,000,000-loan order now
pending before your Honorable Body, I cannot
agree with the suggestion that this loan authoriza-
tion be reduced by 50 per cent, or even more.
The city, at this point, has no means of knowing
whether the Hayward Place facility will be con-
structed by private funds or through funds of
the city. If the city must pay for the construction
costs, including land acquisition, the estimated
cost will be in the vicinity of $2,800,000. This
amount will completely wipe out the balance of
the second $5,000,000, authorization for parking
garages, and leave a deficit to be absorbed by the
loan order now before your Body of $2,600,000.
The estimated cost, if the city must construct
the ten facilities embraced in the program now
under consideration is over $16,000,000. How
many or how few of these facilities will be con-
structed by private capital cannot be predicted.
We hope all of them will be attractive enough so
that private investors will pay the construction
costs on a long-term lease basis. We must, how-
ever, be prepared to construct out of our own funds.
There is need, therefore, for the appropriation of
the entire $10,000,000. Unless the entire amount
is made available, we are very likely to meet with
further delays which we are all anxious to avoid.
The loan authorization will be used, and in the
amounts necessary, only if there is a lack of interest
on the part of private capital in the construction
of any one, or more, of the ten contemplated
facilities.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Real Property Board.
Various Steps Taken in the Planning for Off-Strcct
Parking.
1. Area studies by Planning Board engineers
to ascertain need for oil-street parking in various
sections of the city.
(a) Total report presented to membership of
City Planning Board for its vote for recom-
mendations.
2. Study of Planning Board report by Real
Property Board.
(a) Specific site studies in each area recom-
mended by the Planning Board and accepted
by the Real Property Board — made by Real
Property Board; taking into consideration
traffic conditions in the area of the specific site ;
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value of structures to be taken; best use of land;
amount of land necessary for construction
purposes.
3. Retaining of architect to make site studies —
who must submit to the Real Property Board for
its consideration and approval basic studies of
type of structure. After submission to the Board
and approval, architect must draw preliminary
plans and specifications, together with certified
estimate of cost of construction. Upon acceptance
of the preliminary plans and specifications by the
Board, the architect is then directed to draw
final plans and specifications.
However, after preliminary plans and specifica-
tions, the engineers of the City of Boston Traffic
Commission are called upon to study the traffic
situations in and about the specific location, and
to work with the Real Property Board's architect
in locating entrances and exits to the structure in
order to minimize traffic confusion during the
hours of peak loads. The Traffic Commission is
also called upon by the Real Property Board
during the early studies to recommend to the Real
Property Board the maximum number of auto-
mobiles to be planned for in the structure, in order
to insure that the building will not be planned
for so many cars that maneuverability in the
adjoining streets would be impossible during peak
load hours. Upon completion of final plans and
specifications by the architect, the Real Property
Board votes tentative approval, subject to the
approval of the plan engineers of the Building
Department of the city and the Building Com-
missioner.
Invariably, there are certain details of the plans
that are at variance with the Building Code, and
appeals must be filed and argued before the City
of Boston Board of Appeal. There are cases in
which the building does not comply with the
height restrictions of specific areas, and the Real
Property Board must then go before both the
Board of Appeal and the Board of Zoning Adjust-
ment.
In each case, the departments above mentioned
conduct public hearings, after publicly advertising
for statutory periods of time.
During the period that the basic plans are being
studied by the Real Property Board, public hear-
ings are held on the question of the Real Property
Board taking by eminent domain.
Prior to these hearings being held, the Real
Property Board calls upon the Survey Division of
the Public Works Department of the city to col-
laborate with the Board's architect at each specific
site location, and the Survey Division sends out a
party of surveyors and engineers to survey the
property and to draw a taking plan, which plan
must be drawn with great accuracy.
The Survey Division of the Public Works De-
partment then supplies the Real Property Board's
architect with topography and public utility plans.
The taking plan cannot be completed until the
Law Department, through the Corporation Coun-
sel, retains the services of title checkers who supply
the Survey Division with title abstracts for the
completion of the plans.
The Law Department then draws the Order of
Taking which is submitted to the Real Property
Board for its vote. Before the taking is effective,
after a vote of the Real Property Board, the Order
of Taking is recorded with the Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds; and the Real Property Board
then notifies owners and tenants of the taking,
and posts the property with notices to quit and
vacate the premises.
During these functions of the various depart-
ments, the Real Property Board retains the services
of competent appraisers to evaluate the various
properties for settlement and court trial purposes.
When all of the above steps have been taken,
demolition contracts are drawn by the Real
Property Board which must be approved as to
form by the Law Department; and, after public
advertising, the contracts are awarded for demo-
lition.
After the building department has determined
that the plans and specifications comply with the
Building Code in every phase and so notifies the
Real Property Board; the Real Property Board
then advertises for bidders, either for forty-year
leases or for general contractors; prior to whioh
the proposed leases, contracts, and the completed
plans and specifications must be made available
to all prospective bidders for a sufficient length
of time prior to the opening of bids so that they
can determine the amount that they should bid.
During the construction work the architect
supervises the work, together with the engineers
designated by the Building Commissioner and the
Real Property Department.
Beal Property Department.
This is in Answer to Some of the Allegations
Included in the Report of the Conference of
Business and Civic Organizations which was
Recorded by Mr. Gummere at the Council
Hearing at Council Chamber, City Hall, on
June 20, 1956.
In the introduction of the above-mentioned
report, it was stated that the program has moved
at a snail's pace and that after a period of ten
years only three garages and one open-air parking
lot have been built. "But the lag can not be
blamed on lack of funds because sufficient money
has been and still is available for speeding up the
program."
On Page 2 of said report — III, captioned "Close
to $3,000,000-Balance in Second $5,000,000-
Loan." In paragraph three of that caption Mr.
Gummere stated: "If private capital is not forth-
coming and it becomes necessary for the city
itself to construct a garage at Washington street
and Hayward place and one at Central and Kilby
streets, the unencumbered balance of about
$3,000,000 will be eaten up entirely."
My report, submitted to the Council indicates
that if it is necessary for the city to pay for the
construction of Hayward place, Central and Kilby
streets, Fort Hill square, and the reconstruction of
the Essex and Lincoln streets structure necessitated
by an eminent-domain taking of 22J per cent of
the said structure for highway purposes by the
Commonwealth, that we will have a deficit on
the first $10,000,000 of approximately $2,000,000.
Paragraph one under II, "What Has Been
Accomplished in 10 Years" is fairly accurate.
Over a period of years Boston has issued only
$5,000,000 in parking bonds. This is in keeping
with the policy of the city not to issue bonds
at one time, but to borrow money as we actually
pay it out. In accordance with the Acts of 1946,
chapter 474, the city may borrow for off-street
parking for a one-year period or issue bonds.
It has been the policy of the city to pay our
expenditures out of general funds and then, when
the funds are needed, to borrow for a short term;
then to issue parking facility bonds when the
market is best for such issuance.
There have been many items that should be
taken into consideration when considering a reason
why more parking structures have not been
constructed during the past six years:
Plans for Winthrop square, Post Office square,
and St. James avenue were slowed down because,
among other things, of the Korean incident. As
a matter of fact, the structures at Post Office
square were not immediately demolished after the
taking, because there was a possibility that, in
the event that the Korean incident developed into
a full-fledged war, the available space in said
buildings could be used in conjunction with the
war effort.
Our application for permission to construct and
to use steel for the construction of Winthrop
square was filed with the National Production
Authority in Washington on May 2, 1951.
Our application was turned down and it was
necessary to file appeals and for the Chairman of
the Real Property Board to go to Washington to
argue before the Board of Appeal. Our authoriza-
tion for the construction of Winthrop square and
our allotment for controlled materials was finally
given by the National Production Authority on
March 21, 1952.
The Real Property Board then advertised for
forty-year lessees, but prospective bidders com-
plained that under Regulation X of the Federal
Reserve Act it would be impossible for anyone to
bid, because said regulation prohibited developers
from borrowing over 50 per cent of the cost of
construction.1
The Real Property Board appealed from the
provisions of said Regulation X — and the chair-
man went to Washington and argued his case
before the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System in 1952 and obtained a favorable
finding, to the end that Regulation X was relaxed
and the Real Property Board was then able to
obtain bidders.
The Real Property Board filed an application
to use controlled materials for the construction of
Post Office square. That, also, was turned down
by the National Production Authority, but after
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arguing appeals and submitting a brochure to the
National Production Authority, their permission
was finally granted.
The same procedure had to be followed for
Copley square.
During this period of time, the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts had started to make takings for
the construction of the Fitzgerald Expressway,
but had not fully determined the precise locations
of its down ramps.
The Board at that time went on record not to
locate any additional off-street parking areas until
such down ramps information became available.
However, it should be noted that in 1951 the
Real Property Board had a bill filed in the Legisla-
ture by the Law Department requesting the
transfer of Fort Hill square to the Real Property
Department for off-street parking purposes. The
bill was turned down. The following year the
Real Property Board filed a new bill requesting
that Fort Hill square be transferred. Again, the
bill was turned down.
During this waiting period, the Planning Board
engineers were making an exhaustive off-street
parking study, which was issued in December,
1954. Within a month after the issuance of this
report, approval for the second .$5,000,000-loan
was requested of the City Council. On March 14,
after public hearings, the Council gave the $5,000,-
000 its first reading and, at that time, the Council
passed a resolution recommending that those
funds be used for locating off-street parking
sites at:
1. Atlantic avenue, Congress, and Purchase
streets;
2. Fort Hill square;
3. Kingston and Bedford streets;
4. Washington street and Hayward place;
5. Bromfield and Province streets;
6. Central and Kilby streets;
and, by further resolution, strongly urged that
the money not be used for acquisition or con-
struction of parking facilities at Washington and
Hollis streets and the Scollay Square area.
The loan order received its final reading and
passage on March 28, 1955.
On March 24, 1955, the Real Property Board
voted to hold a public hearing for a taking by
eminent domain at Hayward place and Harrison
avenue for off-street parking purposes, which
hearing was held on April 28, 1955.
After due deliberation, on May 13, 1955, the
Real Property Board retained the services of
Wm. Nelson Jacobs Associates, architects, to
create studies, plans, and specifications for off-
street parking structure to be erected at Hayward
place. Because of the fact that the Board was to
use an automatic hoist system in this area, th e
Jacobs Associates were directed to make a thorough
and detailed study of all automatic hoist systems
in operation or under study throughout the
country. The study made by Jacobs Associates
was very exhaustive and detailed. However,
during the period of the studies, unfortunately,
the architect, Wm. Nelson Jacobs, met with sudden
death.
The Real Property Board then, on December
16, 1955, awarded the contract to the successors
of Wm. Nelson Jacobs Associates — Wm. Nelson
Jacobs, Associates, Inc., which consists of the
same personnel, with the exception of the deceased
Mr. Jacobs.
On February 14, 1956, the city applied for a
building permit of the City of Boston Building
Department and final plans were placed on file
with the Building Department on February 17,
1956. A turndown by the Building Department
because the building exceeded the allowable
height was argued before the Board of Appeal,
and the height restriction was removed by said
board on March 28, 1956; further argumentation
was held before the Board of Zoning Adjustment,
where a new height met with its approval on May
4, 1956. Further variances from the Building
Code were argued before the Board of Appeal on
June 20, 1956, and, upon the same date, the
Board approved the said variances.
In the interim, after public advertising, a con-
tract was awarded to a demolition company, and
demolition of the existing structures commenced
on April 7, 1956. The demolition is now about
65 per cent completed and it is expected that
demolition will be completed about August 1, 1956.
Public hearings were held for the taking of land
at Central and Kilby streets on May 5, 1955, and
August 10, 1955, and the services of M. A. Dyer
Company were retained as architect-engineers, by
a vote of the Real Property Board on July 13,
1955. After preliminary studies drawn by M. A.
Dyer Company, the Board decided that the auto-
matic hoist system, also, should be used at that
area; and the taking plans were prepared by the
Survey Division of the City Public Works De-
partment.
In the interim, owners of two parcels which
would have been included in the taking, which
parcels are being used as small privately operated
parking lots, obtained temporary restriction orders
from the Superior Court. The architect was
instructed, upon completion and acceptance of his
preliminary plans and specifications, to tem-
porarily discontinue his work until further order
of court.
The Fort Hill Square site was turned over to the
Real Property Board for off-street parking purposes
by an order of the Governor's Council on March 1,
1956, and recorded in the Suffolk Registry of
Deeds on April 3, 1956. On May 10, 1956, the
deed was received by the Real Property Board.
As a result of telephone advice from the State
Public Works Department to the effect that this
property was in the process of being turned over
to the City of Boston on March 22, 1956, the
Real Property Board voted to retain the services
of John M. Gray, Arcmtect_Engineer, and City
Planning Engineer, who proceeded immediately
to submit studies of the site.
The Survey Division of the Public Works De-
partment of the city was then notified to make a
topographical plan and to locate street points.
The architect has proceeded expeditiously; his
preliminary studies have been accepted by the
Real Property Board and he is now working
toward the completion of the preliminary plans
and specifications for a 700-car, mechanical hoist
system parking structure.
The Real Property Board has ascertained from
the State Department of Public Works that the
site at Atlantic avenue, Congress and Purchase
streets will be under the jurisdiction of the State
General Contractor for about one and one half
years; and until such time as the Real Property
Board receives specific Order of Transfer it can
not proceed with this site.
In lieu of the Scollay Square site, the full Real
Property Board sent for the owner of the parking
lot at Court square, who originally agreed to con-
struct a substantial off-street parking structure.
When the time within which he was to report back
to the Real Property Board had arrived, he brought
a bill in equity against the Board and obtained a
temporary restraining order against the Real
Property Board taking his site.
The Board summoned the owners of the area
recommended by both the Planning Board and
the City Council at Province street. As a result
of the conferences originated by the Real Property
Board, the owners of that site are privately con-
structing an automatic hoist system parking
structure and plans, by their architect, are well
under way.
As a result of the conferences with the Real
Property Board, the owners of the former United
States Hotel site at Lincoln and Beach streets are
in the process of constructing a combination
retail store, parking structure, and office building.
No. 3 of the City Council resolution of March 14,
1955, is still under consideration by the Real
Property Board.
The Board has held public hearings prior to
making takings and has determined that the area
requires further study before making a taking.
The foregoing is somewhat in answer not only
to certain councillors' allegations concerning a
lagging program, but also in answer to No. 7
recommendation found on Page 3 of Mr. Gum-
mere's report.
No. 1 of V. — entitled "A 7-Point Action Pro-
gram"— does not sound intelligible because it is
difficult to determine how one half of the amount
of money requested can speed up a program.
No. 2 of V. — found on Page 2 of Mr. Gum-
mere's report, is well explained above, and all
items in that recommendation were given to Mr.
Daniel Ahern of the Chamber of Commerce less
than two weeks ago.
No. 3 of V. — states that by the end of 1957
we should have selected sufficient areas. The
area report was submitted by the City Planning
Board and the Real Property Board to the City
Council in June of 1956.
No. 4 of V.— is practically impossible, as
exemplified above.
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No. 5 of V. — as explained to the committee
which wrote the report, has been taken care of
and it appears that all parties are awaiting a
Supreme Court decision of the Maiden Off-Street
Parking case before trying these cases on their
merits; the Maiden case having been argued
before the Supreme Judicial Court during its
March sitting.
In answer to No. 6 of V. — the Real Property
Board feels that when the restraining order tying
up Central-Kilby streets is dissolved, that the
site is sufficiently important to go ahead at once.
Therefore, we deem it advisable to keep funds
allocated for that purpose.
The first paragraph of VII. — intimates that
the city built three garages and an open-air
parking lot and has done nothing else.
The report does not indicate at that point that
the three structures and the parking lot care for
about 3,000 cars.
The joint committee in its report suggested an
outside consultant. Unless said consultant is a
qualified plan examiner and construction engineer,
he can certainly do nothing to accelerate.
We need several qualified engineers and, of
course, they, at this time are at a premium.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PAYMENTS TO THE CITY FOR
SUMNER TUNNEL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 2, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
_ I submit herewith order for the acceptance of
the provisions of section 8 of chapter 465 of the
Acts of 1956, creating the Massachusetts Port
Authority, insofar as said provisions relate to
payments to be made to the city and the Sinking
Fund Commissioners for the Sumner Tunnel.
In accordance with the last paragraph of section
8 of the above-entitled act, your Honorable Body
must accept or reject said provisions within 60
days after the effective date of the act, which was
June 21, 1956.
I submit the order for the acceptance of section
8 at this time so that your Honorable Body may
have full opportunity to consider the entire act ,
and in doing so, I am fully aware that under a
possible construction in the provisions of section
22 of the act, the city might be required to reim-
burse the Authority for portions of pensions
payable by the Authority but allocable to the
period the employee was in the service of the city.
I am working in conjunction with the Chairman of
the Authority to clarify this matter in favor of
the city.
In my opinion, the creation of the Massachusetts
Port Authority will have a salutary effect upon
the entire community. Unquestionably, the Port
of Boston facilities need improvement, and the
airport needs further expansion and improvement.
These improvements, plus an additional crossing
from Boston to East Boston, can be done through
the issuance of revenue bonds by the Authority.
In addition, the Authority will have the power to
investigate the construction of bus and truck
terminals, off-street parking facilities, and facilities
for the handling, storage, loading or unloading of
freight or passengers at railroads or motor terminals
or airports. It may also investigate the operations
and finances of the MTA.
The City of Boston will be duly compensated
by the transfer of the Sumner Tunnel to the new
Authority by a payment of approximately $15,-
000,000, which will be used for the maturity of
outstanding Sumner Tunnel bonds and the re-
mainder for general municipal purposes. This
compensation, to my mind, is completely adequate
and especially so because the City of Boston will
benefit by the building of another facility, such
as a bridge or tunnel, from the mainland to East
Boston. This, ordinarily, would be a primary
obligation of the city itself and at today's con-
struction costs, it is estimated that such a facility
would cost approximately $35,000,000.
I recommend strongly that your Honorable
Body adopt the order submitted herewith.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That the provisions of section 8 of
chapter 465 of the Acts of 1956 (entitled "An
Act Providing for the Construction of an Additional
Vehicular Crossing Between Boston Proper and
East Boston; Creating the Massachusetts Port
Authority and Defining Its Powers and Duties;
Providing for the Issuance of Revenue Bonds of
the Authority, Payable Solely from Tolls and
Other Revenues, for Financing Such Additional
Crossing, Refinancing the Existing Tunnel and
the Mystic River Bridge and Refinancing and
Improving the State-Owned Airports and Port of
Boston Facilities; and Providing for the Transfer
to Said Authority of Said Existing Tunnel, Bridge,
Airports and Port Facilities") relating to payments
to be made to the City of Boston and the Board
of Commissioners of Sinking Funds of the City of
Boston for the Sumner Tunnel be, and the same
hereby are, accepted.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
Later in the session Councillor Piemonte sub-
mitted the following:
Ordered, That the City Clerk cause to be pub-
lished with the communication of his Honor the
Mayor relative to the Port Authority the opinion
of the Corporation Counsel dated July 2, 1956,
and attached herewith.
City of Boston,
Law Department, July 2, 1956.
Executive Committee, City Council, Boston.
Gentlemen:
This is in response to your request for "a written
communication calling to attention the factors
involved in the acceptance of chapter 465 of the
Acts of 1956 and the authority and responsibility
of the City Council in regard to such act, including
an opinion on the powers of the Massachusetts
Port Authority to take by eminent domain the
Sumner Tunnel, and any other legal questions
that may be presented."
Chapter 465 of the Acts of 1956, which creates
the Massachusetts Port Authority and provides,
among other things, for the transfer of the Sumner
Tunnel to the Authority, defines the Sumner
Tunnel, in clause (n) of section 1 of the act, as
the vehicular tunnel under Boston Harbor hereto-
fore constructed and financed by the city under
St. 1929, c. 297 (as amended by St. 1932, c. 287;
St. 1935, c. 74; St. 1935, c. 312; St. 1935, c. 455;
and St. 1937, c. 93), and refinanced under St.
1945, c. 361, together with all entrance plazas and
buildings constructed, and all equipment, appur-
tenances, property, rights, easements, and in-
terests acquired or leased by the city in connection
with the construction or the operation of the tunnel,
but excluding street approaches and additional
street and traffic improvements and lands or ease-
ments therein acquired for the same under St.
1932, c. 287, and excluding lands or easements
therein used as a printing plant and police station
under St. 1932, c. 31, as originally enacted or as
amended by St. 1932, c. 23.
In St. 1929, c. 297, s. 14, it is explicitly stated
that "The city shall have, hold and enjoy in its
private or proprietary capacity, as its own prop-
erty, the said tunnel and the same shall never be
taken by the commonwealth except on payment
of just compensation." The question thus arises
whether the Commonwealth has delegated to the
Massachusetts Port Authority power to take the
Sumner Tunnel by eminent domain. By St. 1956,
c. 465, s. 3, cl. (k), and the second paragraph of
St. 1956, c. 465, s. 4, the Authority is ostensibly
delegated broad powers of eminent domain; but
such a delegation of power is valid only to the
extent that adequate provision is made for the
certain payment of just compensation without
unreasonable delay. Connecticut River Railroad
Co. v. County Commissioners of Franklin, 127,
Mass. 50. Attorney General v. Old Colony Railroad
Co., 160 Mass. 62, 90-91. Under St. 1956, c. 465,
s. 15, all moneys received pursuant to the au-
thority of St. 1956, c. 465, whether as proceeds
from the sale of revenue bonds or as revenues,
shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and
applied solely as provided in said St. 1956, c. 465.
So far as I can find, chapter 465 of the Acts of
1956 makes no provision for the payment of such
damages as might be assessed upon a petition for
damages under chapter 79 of the General Laws
or as might be determined in a proceeding under
chapter 80A of the General Laws. Under St.
1956, c. 465, ss. 8 and 9, the proceeds from the
issue of revenue bonds by the Authority are to
be applied to certain purposes only; and the
payment for the Sumner Tunnel of damages so
assessed or determined is not among those pur-
poses. I conclude, therefore, that the Authority's
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eminent domain power does not embrace the
Sumner Tunnel.
In Higginson v. Treasurer and School House
Commissioners of Boston, 212 Mass. 583, the
Supreme Judicial Court said (at P. 585):
". . . The property which a municipality
holds in its private capacity is not subject to
the unrestricted authority of the Legislature,
and no person can deprive it of such property
rights against its will, except by the exercise of
eminent domain with payment of full compen-
sation. Mount Hope Cemetery v. Boston, 158
Mass. 509. Ware v. Fitchburg, 200 Mass. 61, 08.
Codman v. Crocker, 203 Mass. 146, 150."
What St. 1950, c. 465, imports is a legislative
taking of the Sumner Tunnel for a specified com-
pensation with consent. This, in my opinion, is
the plain meaning of the last paragraph of St.
1956, c. 465, s. 8, which states:
"The provisions of this section relating to
payments to be made to the city and the board
for the Sumner Tunnel shall within thirty days
after the effective date of this act be submitted
by the mayor of the city to the city council of
the city for acceptance and if accepted by vote
of said council or if not rejected by vote of said
council within sixty days after the effective
date of this act shall be presumed to constitute
the payment of just compensation for the
Sumner Tunnel."
Since it does not rest with the Legislature to
say what compensation shall be paid, the question
of compensation being a judicial inquiry (Monon-
gahela Navigation Co. v. United States, 148 U. S.
312, 327), and since, as stated above, St. 1956,
c. 465, does not adequately provide for a judicial
ascertainment of just compensation for the Sumner
Tunnel, it follows that in my opinion, the legis-
lative taking of the Sumner Tunnel will be in-
effectual if the provisions of St. 1956, c. 465, s. 8,
relating to payments for the Sumner Tunnel are
rejected.
Accordingly, when the Mayor submits to the
City Council for acceptance the provisions of
St. 1956, c. 465, s. 8, relating to payments to be
made for the Sumner Tunnel, the authority and
responsibility of the City Council will be to de-
termine whether, as the governing body of the city,
it will consent to the transfer of the Sumner Tunnel
for the compensation specified. That compensa-
tion consists of three amounts: (1) such sum as,
when added to the securities (computed at prin-
cipal face amount) and cash in the traffic tunnel
sinking funds, will equal the aggregate principal
amount of the city's traffic tunnel debt outstand-
ing at the time the compensation is paid (probably
about $7,100,000); (2) the sum of $2,619,380,
which in the years 1939 to 1945, inclusive, the
city raised in tax levies because of the operation
of the tunnel at a deficit; and (3) an additional
sum of $5,300,000.
You also ask my opinion on any other legal
question that may be presented. I take this to
pose the question whether the provisions of St.
1956, c. 465, are such as to leave the holders of
tunnel bonds as secure under St. 1956, c. 465, as
they would be under St. 1929, c. 297, and amend-
ments thereof. So far as appears, no useful
purpose would be served by setting forth here
all the factors pertaining to this question. Suffice
it to say, therefore, that in my opinion, the rights
of tunnel bondholders are not unconstitutionally
impaired by St. 1956, c. 465.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
The order was passed under suspension of the
rules.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the Committee named, viz,:
Claims.
Rose L. Avery, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1284 A Blue Hill
avenue.
John W. L. Bouzan, for compensation for dam-
age to car by police car.
Helen Davis, for compensation for damage to
clothing caused by defective bench in Public
Garden.
Deerfoot Farms, for refund on vehicle milk
license and ice cream mix license.
Mary G. Doyle, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 2 Pinedale road,
Roslindale.
Philip F. Fallo, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
John F. Flynn, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in Zeigler
street.
Madeline Holtz, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 39-51 Boylston
street.
Herbert Home, for compensation for injuries
caused by fire truck.
Michael Imbriano, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Michael Imbriano, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Mrs. Richard Juliano, for compensation for
damage to property at 124 Neponset avenue,
Dorchester, caused by water being shut off.
Mitchell Mabardi, for refund on Lord's Dav
and Soft Drink License No. 224 and 933.
John J. Madden, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Police Department.
Alexander McNeil, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Hospital Department.
National Fire Insurance Company, of Hart-
ford, for compensation for damage to car of
Judith Gale by fire apparatus.
Celia Principe, for compensation for collapse of
water boiler at 47 Saratoga street, East Boston,
caused by water being shut off.
David Rollins, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Redlands road,
West Roxbury.
Joseph ■Sampson, for compensation for damage
to property at 89 Austin street, Hyde Park, dur-
ing sidewalk installation.
Gertrude Swartz, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 2032 Columbus
avenue.
Max Wiseman, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Henry T. Yetman, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 107 Woodard road, West
Roxbury, during sidewalk installation.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Delia M. Illingworth, to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
Walter M. Illingworth, late member of the Police
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from Frank D'Amico, 182 Falcon
street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 10,
1956, at 11 a.m., on petition of the Directors of
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company relative to the alterations of existing
bridge on Savin Hill avenue, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Joseph A. Cappadona,
having been duly approved by the Assistant
Collector-Treasurer, was received and approved.
APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM ARTHUR
REILLY AND GEORGE G. HYLAND.
Notices were received from the Mayor of the
appointments of William Arthur Reilly, Chair-
man of the Traffic Commission, and George G.
Ilyland, Commissioner of Public Works, to be
members of the special unpaid commission to
investigate and study the establishment of a
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retail market area in the City of Boston for the
occupancy of street stands.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
FEES FOR GOLF PRIVILEGES AT GEORGE
WRIGHT GOLF COURSE.
A petition was received from members of th«
George Wright Golf Course concerning fees for
daily, week-end, and holiday golf privileges at
the George Wright Golf Course.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
LIST OF JURORS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the City Clerk,
July 2, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that the list of inhabi-
tants qualified to serve as jurors, prepared by the
Election Commissioners, and printed in City
Document No. 32, was filed with mo on June 28,
1956. It contains 8,024 names.
Respectfully,
W. J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Notice was received from Samuel J. Tomasello,
member of the Board of Appeal, of his interest in
a contract between the City of Boston and the
S. J. Tomasello Corporation, for off-street parking
facility, Cleary square, Hyde Park.
Placed on file.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOSTON "GLOBE"
AND JOSEPH A. KEBLINSKY.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, The off-street parking program is of
extreme importance to the economic future of the
City of Boston;
Whereas, It is, therefore, essential that the
residents of Boston be fully apprised of all the
facts ;
Whereas, In an attempt to so apprise the public,
the Boston "Globe" on Wednesday, June 27,
1956, published a lengthy article on this subject
as written by its City Hall reporter, Joseph A.
Keblinsky; and
Whereas, This article gave an impartial and
accurate resum6 of the program to date and the
various problems associated with it; and
Whereas, This article was extremely informative
to those who read it, a fine public service, and was
written and published in a manner consistent
with the highest traditions of the newspaper pro-
fession, now therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its congratulations
and thanks to the Boston "Globe" and its City
Hall reporter, Joseph A. Keblinsky, for a job well
done; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the publisher of the Boston "Globe"
and to Joseph A. Keblinsky.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, Civil Defense is not a purely local
issue; and
Whereas, An attack on an American city would
be an attack on the United States and that Civil
Defense should have an equal standing in the
National Defense with the Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marines, and Coast Guard; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, through his Honor, the
Mayor, petition for federal funds for Civil De-
fense to be allocated proportionately according
to target areas' populations, and that such legisla-
tion be passed as shall provide for recommenda-
tions made for survival before the Government
Operations Senate Sub-Committee's hearings on
Civil Defense.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
REALIGNING BUILDING INSPECTORS'
DISTRICTS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor respect-
fully request the Building Commissioner to con-
sider the advisability of realigning the building
inspectors' districts.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.08 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 5.35 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred June 25) of Edward Besco as Weigher
of Goods for the term ending April 30, 1957 — rec-
ommending the appointment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred June 25) of John P. Custes as Weigher
of Coal for the term ending April 30, 1957 — -
recommending the appointment be confirmed.
3. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred June 25) of James Michael Concannon
as constable, with authority to serve civil process
upon filing bond, for the term ending April 30,
1957 — recommending the appointment be con-
firmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Kerrigan and McDonough. Whole number of
ballots 7, yeas 7, and the appointments were
confirmed.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
Report on appointments by the Mayor (re-
ferred today) of William Arthur Reilly, Chair-
man of the Traffic Commission, and George G.
Hyland, Commissioner of Public Works, to be
members of the special unpaid commission to
investigate and study the establishment of a re-
tail market area — recommending that the notices
be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the notices were
placed on file.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT FIDELIS WAY AND
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE.
Coun. McCORMACK and McLAUGHLIN,
for all the Councillors, offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commission investi-
gate the advisability of making Fidelis Way,
Brighton, Ward 21, a one-way street, and that
they also install traffic lights at the intersection
of Commonwealth avenue and Fidelis Way.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
HEAVY TRUCKS ON GALLIVAN
BOULEVARD.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commission take
immediate steps to alleviate the use of Gallivan
Boulevard in Dorchester by heavy trucks.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.42 p.m., on motion of Coun-
cillor Piemonte, to meet on Monday, July 9, 1956.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
In office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, July 9, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.. President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend William R. Coen, of St. Patrick's
Roman Catholic Church, Roxbury, was escorted
to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. WILLIAM R. COEN.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We humbly beseech Thee, O Almighty God, to
look with favor on these men of the Boston City
Council whose privileged duty it is to lead and
guide the citizens of Boston in noble and honest
living.
May they be wise in their decisions, prudent in
their plans, steadfast and courageous in their
obligations. We ask you, dear Lord, to bless and
protect them from all dangers — physical and
spiritual — so that with a sound body, clear mind,
and virtuous conduct they may give strong
leadership and good example to their people.
Finally, we ask Thee, O Lord, to direct all their
actions by Thy holy inspiration, and carry them
on by Thy gracious assistance, that every prayer
and work of theirs may begin always from Thee
and through Thee be happily ended. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
FIRE LOSSES FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 9, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith further communication
from the Fire Commissioner relative to your
order of June 11, 1956, concerning the losses
caused by fire each year in the City of Boston
for the past five years.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, July 3, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Sir:
Under date of June 22, 1956, I advised you that
I was writing to the State Fire Marshal in order
to obtain the information requested by the City
Council in their order of June 11, 1956.
Please be advised that I have received the
following information from Robert M. Tappin,
State Fire Marshal:
Year No. of Loss
Fires
1955 Not completed
1954 2,371 $5,879,807
1953 2,566 $5,584,466
1952 2,927 $5,338,421
1951 Not available
1950 Not available
Note. — The above figures are for losses over $100.
Very truly yours,
Francis X. Cotter,
Fire Commissioner.
Placed on file.
ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENT IN
PRESTON COURT, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 2, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewitha communication from George
G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public Works, relative
to the abandonment of certain rights to lay water
pipes acquired December 2, 1896, and I recommend
the adoption of the accompanying order author-
izing the abandonment of the easements as
requested by the commissioner.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
July 2, 1956.
Mayor John B. Hynes and City Council.
Gentlemen:
By an instrument dated December 2, 1896, and
recorded with Suffolk Registry of Deeds, Book
2417, page 306, the City of Boston acquired the
right to lay water pipes in Preston court, Dor-
chester district of the City of Boston.
No damages have been paid as a result of this
acquisition, and, in fact, there has been no con-
struction pursuant to this acquisition. Due to
changes in the proposed development of the area
in question, it is my opinion that a portion of the
easements acquired as aforesaid is no longer
required for public purposes; and I therefore
recommend that the City of Boston abandon its
right to lay water pipes in that portion of Preston
court lying northerly of Christopher street, being
the area measuring 24 feet by 60 feet shown as
Preston court on Land Court Plan No. 5275C,
filed with the Land Registration Office for Suffolk
County with Certificate of Title No. 22043; also
being the area shown as Preston court on Land
Court Plan No. 5416A, filed in said Land Regis-
tration Office with Certificate of Title No. 6846.
Respectfully,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Whereas, By an instrument dated December 2,
1896, recorded with Suffolk Registry of Deeds,
Book 2417, page 306, the City of Boston acquired
the right to lay water pipes in Preston court,
Dorchester district of the City of Boston; and
Whereas, No water pipes have ever been laid
in that portion of Preston court lying northerly
of Christopher street; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works of
the City of Boston has determined that the right
to lay water pipes in that portion of Preston court
lying northerly of Christopher street is no longer
needed for public purposes; now, therefore, it
is hereby
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be, and he
hereby is, authorized in the name and behalf
of the City of Boston to execute and cause to
be recorded with Suffolk Registry of Deeds,
Registered Land Division, a declaration that the
right of the City of Boston to lay water pipes in
that portion of Preston court lying northerly of
Christopher street, being the area measuring
24 feet by 60 feet shown as Preston court on
Land Court Plan No. 5275C, filed with the Land
Registration Office for Suffolk County with
Certificate of Title No. 22043; also being the area
shown as Preston court on Land Court Plan No.
5416A, filed in said Land Registration Office with
Certificate of Title No. 6846, be abandoned.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
TRANSFER OF LAND FROM PUBLIC
WORKS COMMISSIONER TO FIRE
COMMISSIONER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, June 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Under the provisions of chapter 86 of the Acts
of 1956, the City of Boston was authorized to
establish, develop, and maintain on Moon Island
in Boston Harbor a school for instructing its fire
fighters in the techniques of extinguishing fires
and of protecting life and property in case of (ire.
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The Fire Commissioner has requested that a
parcel of land on Moon Island containing approxi-
mately 300,000 square feet be transferred to his
department for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of chapter 86 of the Acts of 1956.
The Public Works Commissioner has determined
that this particular parcel of land is not required
for the purposes of his department.
I transmit herewith an order transferring a
parcel of land on Moon Island from the care,
custody, control, and management of the Public
Works Commissioner to the care, custody, control,
and management of the Fire Commissioner to
be used for the purposes set forth in chapter 86.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
June 11, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes and City Council.
Gentlemen:
The Fire Commissioner of the City of Boston
has requested from this department the use of
approximately 300,000 square feet of land on
Moon Island for the purpose of constructing
thereon a school for the instruction of fire fighters.
It is my determination that the 300,000 square
feet of land requested by the Fire Commissioner
for this purpose is no longer required for sewerage
purposes.
Respectfully,
Geobgb G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in fee
of Moon Island in Boston Harbor held by said city
for sewerage purposes; and
Whereas, By St. 1956, c. 86, the City of Boston is
authorized to transfer a portion of Moon Island to
the Fire Department; and
Whereas, The Public Works Commissioner has
determined that a portion of Moon Island, herein-
after described, is no longer required for sewerage
purposes; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the following parcel of land be, and
the same hereby is, transferred from the care,
custody, control, and management of the Public
Works Commissioner to the care, custody, control,
and management of the Fire Commissioner for the
purposes set forth in St. 1956, c. 86: Three hundred
thousand (300,000) square feet of land situated on
Moon Island, Boston Harbor, shown on a plan
marked "Plan of Land in Quincy, Massachusetts,
Belonging to the City of Boston, Transferred to Fire
Department, under Chapter 86, Acts of 1956,
dated June 4, 1956."
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
SALE OF PIGS BY PENAL INSTITUTIONS
DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 9, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
The House of Correction, at Deer Island, has a
surplus of 100 pigs. These pigs weigh a total of
about 12,500 pounds. In order that these surplus
pigs may be sold at the present market price of
approximately $1,875, it is necessary that the City
Council give its approval to the sale.
I therefore submit to you herewith an order for
the sale of the surplus pigs and recommend its
passage by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Penal Institutions Department,
July 2, 195G.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
This department has a surplus of one hundred
(100) pigs at the House of Correction, Deer Island,
which we would like to sell in order to avoid the
expense of purchasing feed for them. These pigs
weigh about one hundred and twenty-five (125)
pounds each, a total of about twelve thousand five
hundred (12,500) pounds.
At the present market price, the City of Boston
should receive approximately one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five dollars ($1,875) from this
sale. If approved, it is our intention to advertise
this sale in the "City Record" and sell to the high-
est bidder with a representative of the Sealer of
Weights and Measures Department to supervise
the weighing.
Authority by the City Council and your Honor's
approval of this public sale is respectfully requested.
Very truly yours,
Albert E. Desatjlniers,
Deputy Commissioner.
Ordered, That the Penal Institutions Commis-
sioner is hereby authorized to sell to the highest
bidder 100 surplus pigs at the House of Correction,
Deer Island.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the Committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Alfred A. Allardi, for compensation for damage
to car by city employees painting parking meters.
Robert W. Brundige, to bo reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Rose Butts, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect in Avon street, Boston.
Edward N. and Joseph Cannata, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 47 Bowdoin avenue,
during renovation of Bowdoin avenue.
Robert W. Donovan, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Seiver Division.
Carole Duerden, for compensation for damage to
clothing caused by paint from street sign posts at
Elm and Newburn streets, Jamaica Plain.
John Frenchko, for compensation for damage to
property at 12, 14, and 16 Rollins street, Boston,
caused by bulldozer plow.
Annie L. Lavelle, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Bromfield and
Province streets.
Thomas E. Mahoney, for compensation for
damage to bicycle caused by city truck.
Stephen J. McCloskey, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 164 Tremont
street.
Joseph Melito, for compensation for damage to
car by snowplow.
Joseph C. Raedy, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
Joseph C. Raedy, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
Julia Sheehan, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Commonwealth
avenue.
David C. Walsh, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment.
David C. Walsh, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Parks and Recreation Department.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 9, 1956,
at 11.30 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison Com-
pany for grant of locations in William T. Morrissey
Boulevard and Freeport street, Dorchester, for
underground conduits and manholes.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH L. MALONE.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Joseph L. Malone, 296 Bellevuo
street, West Roxbury, to be Director of Civil
Defense, for the term ending July 1, 1957, unless
sooner terminated by operation of law.
Placed on file.
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APPOINTMENT OF ABNER G. MESSINGER.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of the appointment of Abner G. Messinger,
43 Regis road, Mattapan, as a Member of the Bos-
ton Housing Authority, for the term ending Decem-
ber 23, 1958.
Placed on file.
RULES AND FORMS FOR PROBATE
COURTS IN COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
A certified copy of the order prescribing rules
and forms for all probate courts in the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, entered on July 2, 1956,
by order of the Supreme Judicial Court, was
received from Chester A. Dolan, Jr., Clerk of
the Supreme Judicial Court.
Placed on file.
LOAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLHOUSES.
Coun. FOLEY called up, under unfinished
business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz.:
1. Order for loan of $5,000,000 for the purpose
of acquiring land for, and constructing, public
schoolhouses in the City of Boston, including
originally equipping and furnishing such school-
houses.
On June 25, 1956, "the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas nine.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 9 :
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
July 2) of Charles Lewis as constable, with au-
thority to serve civil process upon filing of bond,
for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recommending
the appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Ahearn
and Piemonte. Whole number of ballots, 9,
yeas 9, and the appointment was confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Michael Imbriano
(referred July 2) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of his
acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of six hundred fifty
dollars ($650) be allowed and paid to Michael
Imbriano in reimbursement for amount of exe-
cution issued against him on account of his acts
as a member of the Fire Department, said sum
to be charged to the appropriation for"Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of John P. Toohey
(referred June 25) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Highway Division,
Public Works Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of seven hundred seventy-
eight dollars ($778) be allowed and paid to John
P. Toohey in reimbursement for amount of exe-
cution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Highway Division, Public
Works Department, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Michael Imbriano
(referred July 2) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of two thousand two
hundred thirty-three dollars and eighty-four cents
($2,233.84) be allowed and paid to Michael
Imbriano in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as a mem-
ber of the Fire Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of John J. Madden
(referred July 2) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred sixty-
four dollars and sixty cents ($164.60) be allowed
and paid to John J. Madden in reimbursement
for amount of execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Police
Department, said sum to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Executions for Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
5. Report on petition of Herbert V. Wilkins
(referred June 25) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Automotive
Division, Public Works Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of seventy-five dollars
($75) be allowed and paid to Herbert V. Wilkins
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Automotive Division, Public Works De-
partment, said sum to be charged to the appro-
priation for Executions of Court, Damage Claims
and Reimbursements.
6. Report on petition of Philip F. Fallo
(referred July 2) to be reimbursed as a result of
an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of sixty dollars ($60)
be allowed and paid to Philip F. Fallo in reim-
bursement for amount of execution issued against
him on account of his acts as an employee of the
Parks and Recreation Department, said sum to
be charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
NAMING OF INTERSECTION IN HONOR
OF HARRY BECKMAN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the square at the intersection of
Pasadena road and Blue Hill avenue, Dorchester,
in honor of Harry Beckman, who lost his life
while in the service of his country.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective July 11, 1956, the
following-named persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed in the service of the Clerk of Com-
mittees Department to the positions set against
their respective names until the third Wednesday
of August, 1956, at the salaries in effect for them
on July 10, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-receptionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RELEASE OF REPORT ON STAFF PROB-
LEMS OF PLANNING BOARD.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
City Planning Board to release to the public the
report on the staff problems of the Boston Planning
Board recently completed by the city's private
consultants, Adams, Howard, and Greeley, and
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that copies of said report be forthwith forwarded
to each member of the Boston City Council.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordinance
(referred May 14) fixing fees for licenses and
permits and the charges for certain services and
work — recommending the ordinance be rejected
without prejudice.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance as
submitted by the Mayor was rejected without
prejudice.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.02 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 5.40 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred July 2) for acceptance of section 8 of
- chapter 465 of Acts of 1956, providing for pay-
ments by the Massachusetts Port Authority for
the Sumner Tunnel — recommending that the
order ought to pass.
The report was accepted. ,
Councillor WHITE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed, yeas 6, nays 2:
Yeas— Councillors Ahearn, Kerrigan, Mc-
Cormack, McLaughlin, Piemonte, White — 6.
Nays — Councillors Collins, McDonough — 2.
Voting Present — Councillor Foley.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on supplementary appropriations
and tax orders submitted by the Mayor (referred
May 21) of $240,000 for the Parks and Recreation
Department, and $60,000 for the Penal Institutions
Department — recommending that the appropria-
tion of $240,000 for the Parks and Recreation De-
partment be reduced to $10,000, and passage of the
appropriation of $60,000 for the Penal Institutions
Department.
The report of the committee was accepted, and
the appropriation of $10,000 for the Parks and
Recreation Department, and the appropriation of
$60,000 for the Penal Institutions Department
were passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred June 25) for supplementary appropriation
of $145,200 for Suffolk County — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted and the order was
passed, yeas 9:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte, White — 9.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred June 11) for loan of $10,000,000 for off-
street parking facilities — submitting the following
report:
Concerning the Proposed Ten-Million-Dollar
Loan for Off-Street Parking Facilities.
Your committee held further hearings on this
subject on July 5, 1956, and on July 6, 1956.
The principal witness heard by your committee
on both dates was Chairman Herman Carp of
the Real Property Board.
Your committee amassed a wealth of statistics
at these two hearings and classified them into
three categories, namely:
1. Money spent from the first ten million
dollars.
2. Money firmly committed out of the first
ten million dollars.
3. Moneys allocated to various sites.
The figures have also been corrected by deduct-
ing from the moneys expended an amount repre-
senting that sum returned to the fund and again
available. The detailed figures will be furnished
later.
Generally the figures are money
expended to the end of June, 1956 $5,465,370 82
Moneys firmly committed to end of
June, 1956 . 1,641,281 00
Total $7,106,651 82
Moneys returned to fund and
again available $1 19,414 37
Net of moneys expended from fund
or firmly obligated $6,957,237 45
Allocated from the fund by the Real Property
Board:
Haywood structure $1 ,400,000 00
Central and Kilby, land and
structure 1,019,000 00
Fort Hill structure 1 ,400,000 00
Essex and Lincoln, remodeling. . . . 450,000 00
Total $4,869,000 00
It is to be noted that when the allocated
moneys are added to the net amount of moneys
spent or allocated a deficit of $1 ,826,237.45 appears.
One million four hundred thousand dollars of
this allocated money represents money set aside
for the construction of the Hayward Place garage.
It is to be hoped that private capital will be
attracted to build this garage on a 40-year lease
basis.
In making a recommendation for a specific
sum, your committee finds it difficult to reconcile
the Real Estate Board's policy on allocation
with reasonably close surveillance by the Council
of the operation of the off-street parking program.
Your committee therefore, recommends that
the Real Property Board prepare a schedule of
proposed activity for the next twelve months,
setting forth thereon: (1) the date which the
adopted policy of the Real Property Board con-
cerning allocation would require that money be
available for each site; and (2) setting forth the
latest date legally which money would have to
be available to accomplish the proposed program.
Your committee recommends, because of the
time factor involved, rejection without prejudice
of the Mayor's order and the initiation of a similar
order by the Council at this meeting.
Coun. PIEMONTE, a member of the Committee
on Appropriations and Finance, submitted a
minority report as follows:
Minority Report of Councillor Piemonte
be $10,000,000 for Off-Street Parking.
Coun. PIEMONTE.— Mr. President, I would
like to offer a minority report, if you please. I
believe the Council have sufficient data on which
to take action on the Mayor's order for an addi-
tional $10,000,000 for off-street parking. The
city has available recommendations of the City
Planning Board on a number of off-street parking
sites. The need for additional sites has been
agreed upon by all the Boston civic and business
organizations.
While it is true it may not be necessary to expend
all the $10,000,000 already allocated, and there
is a probability that lessees may build on proposed
sites, thus releasing for future expenditures that
portion of the money for other sites, yet it is good
business to have the allocated money and the
authorization for that proportion necessary to
build the structures on sites in the event private
enterprise does not itself elect to build.
The question resolves itself, do we want addi-
tional off-street parking spaces, and how fast do
we want them built? While the program originated
in 1946, the record indicates that from 1946 to
1950, only two off-street parking sites were built.
Since 1950 there have been built four off-street
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parking sites, or they are in the process of being
built, and there are two others on which land
takings have been commenced.
Too much emphasis is placed on the Chairman
of the Board. It is well to bear in mind the
Board is made up of the Chairman of the Board,
and the vice-presidents of two of our leading
banks who, in their respective positions, are in
charge of real estate, and the Chairman of the
City Planning Board. The legislation and the
city ordinances provide the machinery whereby,
if free from outside influence, the city might avail
itself of off-street parking spaces necessary to
alleviate the needs of the merchants and shoppers.
This hearing has afforded the Council an
opportunity again to note the great need of
better public relations for the entire City of
Boston. I have taken in detail the cost of the
various items and it is refreshing to note the
cooperation that the City of Boston has received
from its real estate owners, and especially from
its old trusts. On one piece of property on
which the assessed valuation was .$900, 000-odd,
and this took place within the past several months,
the trustees agreed on a figure of $790,000. It
is significant to note that with the exception
of St. James avenue the cost of land takings to
the city under the present Real Estate Board is
much less than the assessed valuation. On St.
James avenue, and I have not had the opportunity
as yet to make a detailed study of it, the question
of severance damages came into the picture.
It is also refreshing to note on such items as
advertising under the first two off-street parking
sites which were built in the City of Boston under
this program, and not under the present Real
Estate Board, there was marked under the item
such sums as $3,121.18. The largest expenditure
since for the same item is $849.67, and in some
instances has been as low as $185. These facts,
among others, which were brought out in the
hearing, indicate that what Boston needs more
than anything else is a better public relations
program.
The foregoing report of the committee was
accepted, and the order for loan of $10,000,000
as submitted by the Mayor was rejected without
prejudice.
Conn. AHEARN in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
ORDER FOR LOAN OF $10,000,000 FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FACILITIES.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That under the authority contained in
chapter 450 of the Acts of 1955, the sum of ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) be, and hereby is ap-
propriated, to be expended under the direction of
the Real Property Board, for the establishment of
off-street parking facilities, and that the Collector-
Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the
Mayor, to issue from time to time, bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the city to said amount,
said issues to be outside the limit of indebtedness
of the city.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
STUDY OF RECOMMENDATIONS CON-
CERNING FIXING OF FEES, LICENSES, etc.
Ceun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston City Council give
serious study to the recommendations concerning
the Fixing of Fees for Licenses and Permits and
the Charges for Certain Services which were
contained in an ordinance submitted by the
Mayor on May 14, 195fi, and which was this day
rejected without prejudice by the City Council.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
DISPLAY OF STATUE OF JOHN BARRY,
'■FATHER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY."
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor and the
Director of Public Celebrations make proper
arrangements for display and recognition of the
statue of John Barry, "Father of the American
Navy," which will soon depart from Boston for
erection in Ireland as a permanent memorial to
tliis great Irish American patriot who fought so
gallantly in the cause of American independence.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
INCREASE IN COMPENSATION TO
POLICE COMMISSIONER.
Coun. FOLEY, McCORMACK, KERRIGAN,
and McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the provisions of chapter 510
of the Acts of 1956 providing for an increase in
compensation to the Police Commissioner of the
City of Boston be, and hereby is, accepted.
Passed under suspention of the rules.
Adjourned at 7.48 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Collins, to meet on Monday, July 16, 1956.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on lile
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, July 16, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend Salvatore Benedictis, O.F.M.,
of St. Leonard of Port Maurice Roman Catholic
Church, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. SALVATORE
BENEDICTIS.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty and most just God, who knowest
the weakness of our nature, listen to the sup-
plications of Thy servants. Give us strength
to ward off all evils from human society. Make
all our labors and energies do Thy holy will
of God.
May we always stand united with the will
to fight this good and peaceful battle of Christ.
May we always, according to our talents,
powers and position, contribute something to
the Christian reconstruction of human society.
May we become instruments of peace, love
and faith that God may always be present
with us and in us to life eternal. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Weigher of coal for the term ending April
30, 1957, Fritjof O. Torgersen, 65 Courtland
Circle, Milton.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
STATUS OF REZONING STUDY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 16, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the City Planning Board in re-
gard to your motion of June 11, 1956, relative
to submitting a partial report on the Rezoning
Study.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
City Planning Board,
July 5, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In answer to your request for consideration
and report on Councillor Piemonte's motion
of June 11, 1956, suggesting that the Planning
Board consider the advisability of submitting
a partial report on the Rezoning Study, I
am replying as follows:
At its meeting on June 26 the Board gave
due consideration to the councillor's motion,
and also to the Board's letter of June 5 ex-
plaining the status of the Rezoning Study.
As stated in that letter, a preliminary or partial
report on the Rezoning Study is in progress
and as soon as it is ready a copy of it will
be sent to him.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. McDonough, Chairman.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
The message of the Mayor submitted June
11, 1956, and the foregoing message were
referred to the Executive Committee.
HEAVY TRUCKS ON GALLIVAN
BOULEVARD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 16, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from
the Traffic Commissioner relative to your order .
of July 2, 1956, in regard to immediate steps
being taken to alleviate the use of Gallivan
Boulevard in Dorchester by heavy trucks.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
July 11, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to the City Council order of
July 2, 1956, requesting that the Traffic Com-
mission take immediate steps to alleviate the
use of Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester by
heavy trucks, I submit the following informa-
tion:
All of the streets in the Neponset area and
approaching streets are being subjected to
unusually heavy truck traffic due to the major
construction work which is taking place at
Neponset Circle and in connection with the
Southeast Expressway. This condition is
likely to continue for a period of more than
a year.
While it has been possible to detour heavy
trucks from some residential streets, a num-
bered route or a main highway cannot be so
designated because, obviously, such roadways
were designed for and intended to accom-
modate vehicular traffic of all types. To bar
heavy trucks from Gallivan Boulevard would
mean that trucks in both directions would
have to use residential streets.
In order to alleviate conditions on Gallivan
Boulevard the contractors, the state, and
M.D.C. engineers, and the people of the district
have been most cooperative. Several confer-
ences have been held with all parties repre-
sented and at the present time the best
conditions which can be achieved are in being.
The contractor is prosecuting the work as
quickly as possible and, by putting up with
inconvenience at the present time the job is
being shortened so that the whole situation
will clear up much more quickly. If impedi-
ments and obstacles are to be placed in the
way of the. construction work a long delay
will result with continued disturbance to
neighbors in the area.
Such conditions are faced wherever a major
highway is being constructed and most persons
have resigned themselves to the fact that
temporary inconvenience is worth the ultimate
benefit which will accrue. This work had to
begin some time — it was long overdue, as a
matter of fact — but at least it is already pretty
well along and it is more likely that conditions
will gradually improve rather than get worse.
I assure you that the city authorities have
been diligent in attending to this matter of
traffic in the area in question and at the
moment there does not appear to be any
specific regulation which may be enacted which
will further improve the unpleasantness now
being borne by residents of the Neponset and
Gallivan Boulevard area.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner,
Placed on file.
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PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the Committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Jessamine Cowhig, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Newbury
street.
Thomas P. Donegan, for son, for compensa-
tion for injuries caused by an alleged defect
in Babson street, Mattapan.
Yetta Godfried, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 25 Favre street,
Mattapan.
Laura Guillemette, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Devon-
shire street.
Hyman Hoffman, for compensation for
damage to car and injuries caused by car of
Public Works Department.
Ivan Hoffman, for compensation for injuries
caused by car of Public Works Department.
Leo Hoffman, for compensation for injuries
caused by car of Public Works Department.
Rose Hoffman, for compensation for injuries
caused by car of Public Works Department.
Fred G. Kakas & Sons, Inc., for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 392 and 394
Boylston street, caused by break in water
main.
Andrew J. Lloyd Company, for compensation
for damage to property at 396 Boylston street,
caused by break in water main.
Harold F. MacDonald, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Police Depart-
ment.
- Mrs. Martin Mulkern, for compensation for
damage to waste pipe at 53 Dix street, Dor-
chester, caused by newly laid water pipe.
Wilfred R. Powell, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Depart-
ment.
Alfred L. Repucci, to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on
account of his acts as employee of Parks and
Recreation Department.
John F. Ricco, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at Clay-
mont terrace and Neponset avenue.
Mrs. Roland Scopa, for compensation for
collapse of water boiler at 5 Antrim street,
East Boston, caused by water being shut off.
Joseph Sutton, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Police Depart-
ment.
Benjamin Teperow, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of execution issued against ■ him on ac-
count of the acts of Timothy D. Donahue,
late employee of the Fire Department.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of John J. Crehan, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Petition of Louis Crifo, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing- ex-
penses.
Petition of Paul J. DeRosa, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses
Petition of Paul M. Kilduff, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Petition of George H. King, retired employee
of Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and
nursing expenses.
Petition of James E. Lewis, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Petition of Charles J. McCarthy, employee
of Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and
nursing expenses.
Petition of David F. Sheehan, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Petition of Walter L. Sullivan, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Petition of William A. Terrenzi, employee
of Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and
nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
HEARING BEFORE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received of hearing before the
Metropolitan District Commission to be held
on July 26, 1956, at 2 P.M., on petition of
Boston Edison Company and New England
Telephone & Telegraph Company for pole
locations on land in control of Metropolitan
District Commission, off Bernice street, Dor-
chester.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of excess land at
Newacre road and Washington street, Hyde
Park, under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of James J. Concannon,
having been duly approved by the Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved.
COMPENSATION FOR LAND TAKINGS
BY COMMONWEALTH.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Law Department, July 10, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council.
Gentlemen:
On April 30, 1956, the City Clerk presented
to you a notice he had received from the
State Department of Public Works stating
that by an order dated February 28, 1956,
with entry made March 16, 1956, that depart-
ment had taken in Parcel 5-D-9 shown on
a certain plan an easement for the purpose
of constructing, maintaining, and using
drainage structures and in Parcels 5-TE-l,
5-TE-2, and 5-TE-4 shown on the same plan a
temporary easement for the purpose of spread-
ing fill in the process of effecting soil stabili-
zation and to construct drainage facilities.
By an order passed by your Honorable Body
on May 21, 1956, and transmitted to me by
the office of the City Clerk on May 24, 1956,
you requested that I seek, adequate compen-
sation for the taking of these easements in
land belonging to the city.
Investigation has disclosed that these takings
were made under St. 1954, c. 403, which ex-
pressly provides in section 6 that no damages
shall be paid for public lands or parks, park-
ways or reservations. In my opinion, the
term "public lands," as used in this statutory
provision, means lands already appropriated
to a public use. It follows that in my opinion
no damages can be recovered for the taking
of Parcel No. 5-TE-2, which at the time of
the taking had already been appropriated to
public school purposes, nor for Parcel No.
5-D-9 and Parcel No. 5-TE-4, which at such
time had already been appropriated to public
park purposes. However, chapter 693 of the
Acts of 1955 provides that notwithstanding
any provisions of law authorizing the taking
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by eminent domain or otherwise of certain
public lands for highway improvements with-
out the payment of damages therefor, the
State Department of Public Works is author-
ized and directed to pay the city or town in
possession thereof an amount to be mutually
agreed on. Pursuant to your order, I have
written the State Department of Public Works
requesting a conference for the purpose of
fixing at an early date the amount to be paid
under the statute just mentioned.
Parcel No. 5-TE-l was held by the city
through tax title foreclosure and, in my opin-
ion, cannot fairly be said to be land appropri-
ated to a public use within the sense of that
phrase as used in St. 1954, c. 403, s. 6.
Damages for the taking' of the aforesaid ease-
ment in Parcel No. 5-TE-l have accordingly
been sought in a petition for damages filed
this day in the Superior Court.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on
Ordinances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordin-
ance (referred May 21) further providing
against the littering of streets — recommending
the ordinance be rejected without prejudice.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance
as submitted by the Mayor was rejected
without prejudice.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF CECILIA
WALKOWSKI.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective July 11, 1956, Cecilia
Walkowski be, and she hereby is, appointed
in the service of the Clerk of Committees
Department to the position of Temporary
Stenographer-Clerk until the third Wednesday
of August, 1956, at a salary of $73 per week,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Edward T. Kelley.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Kerrigan, the
Council voted at 2.43 P.M., to take a recess,
subject to the call of the Chair. The member's
reassembled in the Council Chamber and were
called to order by President McCORMACK at
5.31 P.M.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Com-
mittee, submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred June 25) ap-
proving provisions on transfer of Sumner
Tunnel to Massachusetts Port Authority for
$15,000,000 — recommending no further action
is necessary.
2. Report on order (referred June 25)
concerning determination of value of Sumner
Tunnel — recommending no further action is
necessary.
The reports were accepted.
3. Report on message of the Mayor submit-
ted June 11, 1956, and the message of the Mayor
of today ( referred today ) concerning submission
of partial report on Rezoning Study — recom-
mending that both messages be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and both messages
of the Mayor were placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred July 9) for sale of surplus
pigs by Penal Institutions Department —
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
was passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRI-
ATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Ap-
propriations and Finance, submitted the
following:
Report on order (referred July 9) for loan
of $10,000,000 for off-street parking facilities
— recommending passage of the order in the
following new draft:
Ordered, That under the authority con-
tained in chapter 450 of the Acts of 1955,
the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) be,
and hereby is, appropriated, to be expended
under the direction of the Real Property
Board, for the establishment of off-street
parking facilities, and that the Collector-
Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of
the Mayor, to issue from time to time, bonds
or certificates of indebtedness of the city to
said amount, said issues to be outside the
Jimit of indebtedness of the city.
The report was accepted and the order in
the new draft for loan of $5,000,000 for off-
street parking facilities was read once and
passed, yeas 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for
final action.
OPPOSING CONSTRUCTION OF OFF-
STREET PARKING FACILITY AT
SCOLLAY SQUARE, P EMBERTON
SQUARE, AND HOWARD STREET.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
■Whereas, On March 28, 1955, the Boston
City Council passed a resolution in connection
with a $5,000,000 loan order for off-street
parking, said resolution recommending that
none of those funds be used to acquire land
and/or to construct a garage on a site known
as Scollay square, and bounded by Scollay
square, Pemberton square, and Howard
street; and
Whereas, There has been passed on a first
reading today by the Boston City Council a
loan order in the amount of $5,000,000 for
the further construction of off-street parking
facilities within the City of Boston; and
Whereas, There has been a recommendation
for a garage in the Scollay Square-Court
Street area; and
Whereas, The loan order just passed in-
cludes sufficient funds for the construction of
an off-street parking facility in Court square,
on the site of a present parking area: and
Whereas, There has been no justification,
given for an off-street parking garage on the
site known as Scollay square, as bounded by
Scollay square, Pemberton square, and How-
ard street : and
Whereas, In fact, the Planning Board in
its most recent letter on this subject dated
May 9, 1956, indicates but a need of a max-
imum of 150 car spaces in that area and in-
dicates that no such facility should be built
there at this time; now therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council
reaffirms its position as expressed in the reso-
lution of March 28, 1955, and recommends
again that none of the funds to be borrowed
under the loan order which just received its
first reading, be used for acquisition or clear-
ance of this site nor for the construction of
an off-street parking garage thereon at this
time; and be it fxirther.
Resolved, That any objections to any other
specific sites as set forth in the resolution
dated March 28, 1955, are hereby withdrawn.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
OPPOSITION TO SINGLE TRACK SYSTEM
ON BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD.
BETWEEN FRAMINGHAM, MASSA-
CHUSETTS, AND SCHODACK JUNC-
TION, NEW YORK.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston & Albany Railroad
have petitioned the Interstate Commerce Com-
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mission for the right to install traffic control
system on one of the two main tracks, between
Framingham, Mass., and Schodack Junction,
New York, and discontinue the automatic
block signal system on the second main track
between these points, subsequently removing
or converting the second track to a side track;
and
Whereas, The installation of a single track
system will seriously reduce the traffic capa-
city of this line which is so vital to the
progress and prosperity of the Port of
Boston; and
Whereas, The granting of this petition will
seriously hamper any effort by the newly-
formed Massachusetts Port Authority to in-
crease shipping from the Port of Boston,
and will be in direct opposition to the
recently enacted legislation designed to in-
crease the amount of freight and passenger
traffic coming into and going from the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts and our principal
port cities; and
Whereas, A single track system, particularly
over this route with such mountainous terri-
tory between Chester and Pittsfield, Mass.,
with severe grades and sharp turns will
greatly increase the accident potential due
to human error; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council go
on record as opposed to the granting of the
petition of the Boston & Albany Railroad for
a single track system between Framingham
and Schodack Junction, New York, and favor
the continuance of the present system; and
be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the hearing officer of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washington, D. C,
to the Massachusetts Port Authority, and the
Boston & Albany Railroad.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
BRINGING THE SITUATION IN POLAND
BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS,
AND PROCLAIMING JULY 28, 1956,
"POZNAN MEMORIAL DAY."
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, After World War I the United
States, recognizing the gratitude of the people
of the United States to the patriotic Polish
citizens who assisted in the attainment of
American independence, and the long-continued
friendship between the peoples of the two
nations, strongly endorsed and vigorously
sustained the independence of Poland; and
Whereas, During World War II the people
of Poland fought steadfastly as allies of the
United States; and
Whereas, After World War II, against the
will and the continued effort of the people of
the United States and in violation of the
solemn agreement previously entered into by
the Government of the Union of Soviet Social-
ist Republics, the Polish people were deprived
of their right to elect a national government
of their own choice and deprived of their
independence as a nation; and
Whereas, The communist dictatorship which
has been imposed on the people of Poland has
ruthlessly trampled upon the rights and liber-
ties of the Polish people and has subjected
them to continue physical hardship and suf-
fering; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council is deeply
moved by the brutal action of the Soviet
dictatorship in suppressing the spontaneous
uprising at Poznan; and
Whereas, The cry for freedom and bread
of the people of Poznan gave evidence to the
people of the world of the ruthless exploitation
of Polish labor and the suffering of the Polish
people in striking contradiction of the recent
claim of Soviet leaders that people behind
the Iron Curtain enjoy liberty and plenty; and
Whereas, The Boston City Council feels the
deepest sympathy for the loved ones of those
who have given their lives in the struggle for
liberty and views with the utmost anxiety and
the deepest concern the reports of mass re-
prisals being inaugurated by the Communist'
authorities in order to reestablish the sub-
jugation of the Polish people; therefore be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor ask
the President of the United States and the
Secretary of State in view of its urgency, to
give immediate consideration to the advisability
of bringing the situation in Poland before
the United Nations, and to take all possible
diplomatic measures to prevent mass reprisal
against the people of Poznan and elsewhere in
Poland, and to implement the offer of food
from the United States which has already
been made; and be it further
Resolved, That it is the sense of the mem-
bers of the Boston City Council that until the
people of Poland and the other captive nations
of the world have restored to them the full
rights of freedom and self-government, which
they have been deprived, the peace of the
world will be threatened and the security of
the United States endangered; and be it
further
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor proclaim
Saturday, July 28, 1956, to be "Poznan Mem-
orial Day."
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the
Council voted that when it adjourned it would
be to meet on Monday, July 30, 1956, at 2 p.m.
ORDINANCE RE LITTER ON STREETS.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Providing Further Against the
Littering of Streets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows :
1n?„h^Pt,er 40 of the Revised Ordinances of
1J47 is hereby amended by striking out section
39 and inserting in place thereof the following
six sections:
Section 39. No person in any public way
public alley or other public place under the
charge of the commissioner of public works
shall, whether in or upon a vehicle or on foot
deposit, drop or throw upon such way, alley
or place or any roadway or walk thereof, and
suffer to remain there, any filth, rubbish or
other substance unless it is deposited, dropped
or thrown into a receptacle provided for the
purpose by the public works department
Section 39A. No driver of any vehicle upon
any public way, public alley or other public
Place under the charge of the commissioner of
public works shall permit to drop or fall from
such vehicle onto such way, alley or place or
any roadway or walk thereof, and suffer to
remain there, any substance except in the main-
tenance or repair of such way, alley or place
Section 39B. No person shall sweep, throw
or otherwise remove into any public way
public alley or other public place under the
charge of the commissioner of public works
or into any roadway or walk of any of them'
from any building or structure or from any
land not constituting a part of such way, alley
or place, any filth, rubbish or other substance
and suffer the same to remain there; provided
that filth, rubbish or other substance which
by law or by arrangement is to be collected
and removed by the public works department
(whether through employees in its service or
through an independent contractor acting for
it) or by a person having a permit under
section fourteen of this chapter or section 31A
of chapter 111 of the General Laws, may,
after five o clock in the afternoon of the day
preceedmg the scheduled time of such collec-
tion, be placed by the owner or occupant of
an estate upon the sidewalk of any such way
or alley abutting such estate in a covered metal
receptacle or, if no garbage or putreseible
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matter or substance is included, in a securely-
tied bundle or in a receptacle with its contents
so arranged that any light matter or substance
is not likely to be scattered or blown about.
No person placing a receptacle upon the side-
walk of any way or alley as aforesaid shall
suffer the same to remain upon such way or
alley or any roadway or walk thereof more
than twelve hours after such collection.
Section 39C. No person shall in any public
way, public alley or other public place under
the charge of the commissioner of public works
or upon any roadway or walk thereof rum-
mage in or through rubbish or refuse of any
kind or interfere with any bundle of rubbish
or refuse or any receptacle containing rubbish
or refuse.
Section 39D. No person shall deposit, drop
or throw any filth, rubbish or other substance
into a drum or other barrel with a diameter
of more than twenty inches or a height of
more than twenty-eight inches if by law or by
arrangement such filth, rubbish or other sub-
stance is to be collected therefrom by the
public works department (whether through
employees in its service or through an in-
dependent contractor acting for it) or by a
person having a permit under section fourteen
of this chapter or section 31A of chapter 111
of the General Laws.
Section 39E. No person shall deposit, drop
or throw into a drum or other barrel with a
diameter of twenty inches or less and a height
of twenty-eight inches or less any filth, rubbish
or other substance which by law or by arrange-
ment is to be collected therefrom by the public
works department (whether through employees
in its service or through an independent con-
tractor for it) or by a person having a permit
under section fourteen of this chapter or sec-
tion 31A of chapter 111 of the General Laws
if such drum or barrel will thereby be filled so
high that such filth, rubbish or other substance
or any part thereof is likely to drop or fall
from such receptacle while it is being moved
in the process of such collection.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
Adjourned at 5.57 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor McLaughlin, to meet on Monday, July
30, 1956. at 2 P.M.
Note: AH debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, July 30, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Senior
Member WHITE in the chair. Absent, Councillor
McCormack.
The Reverend Fidelis Connolly, C.P., of St.
Gabriel's Monastery, and the Reverend Father
Brendan, Master of Novitiates, Dunkirk, were
escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. FIDELIS
CONNOLLY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Dear God, to whom You give much, from
these You expect much. Give these men the
humility to realize whatever gifts they have
received are from You. Give them the prudence
to excercise their talents with divine circumspec-
tion. Give them the wisdom to submerge private
interests and ambitions for the good of the whole
people. To whom You give much, You expect
much. Richly You reward the talents used prop-
erly; severely will You punish their misdirection.
Dear God, today give these men those divine
insights and that noble determination to work for
Your greater glory and for the temporal and
eternal well being of the people of Boston.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women. Blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of
God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost, Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
DAY AND EVENING ACTIVITIES AT
COMMON AND PUBLIC GARDEN.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment concerning your resolution of June 25, 1956,
relative to setting up a program of day and eve-
ning recreational cultural and educational activi-
ties for the Common and the Public Garden.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
July 11, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayors Office.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge the memo from the office
of the Mayor dated July 2, 1956, with attached
order of Councillor Piemonte of June 25, 1956.
This particular order concerned with recreational
leisure and the cultural activities for the benefit
of the public and teenagers on Boston Common and
the Public Garden is more or less associated with
the recent report on "Recreation Needs of Boston,
issued by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau.
I have appointed a committee, consisting of
Mr. Duncan W. Russell, of Community Services;
Mr. Joseph McKenney, Physical Director of the
Boston School Department; Mr. Frederick Cronin,
Chairman of the Housing Authority; and Joseph
Barresi, of the Municipal Research Bureau, to dis-
cuss and evaluate this recent report. I do not
believe it is advisable for the Parks and Recreation
Department to inaugurate another program until
such time as we have the findings of this particular
committee. Councillor Piemonte may be assured
that the requests contained in his order will receive
our earnest consideration.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT FIDELIS WAY
AND COMMONWEALTH AVENUE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your order of
July 2, 1956, relative to making Fidelis Way,
Brighton, a one-way street, and that they also
install traffic lights at the intersection of Common-
wealth avenue and Fidelis Way.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
July 23, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Council order dated July 2,
1956, for all the councillors, that the Traffic Com-
mission investigate the advisability of making
Fidelis Way, Brighton, Ward 21, a one-way street,
and that they also install traffic lights at the inter-
section of Commonwealth avenue and Fidelis Way,
I wish to report that Fidelis Way is a private way,
over which we have no control; that the M.T.A. has
installed a chain link fence opposite Fidelis Way on
Commonwealth avenue to prevent people from
crossing their right of way, therefore, the installa-
tion of signals would not be warranted.
Respectfully submitted,
Wsi. Aethur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF LAND, 105 DORCHESTER
AVENUE, TO PUBLIC WORKS DE-
PARTMENT.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit communication of Dr. John H. Cauley ,
Health Commissioner of the City of Boston, rec-
ommending the transfer of the Health Department
property at 105 Dorchester avenue to the Public
Works Department.
I enclose proposed form of order whereby this
property may be transferred from the care, custody,
control and management of the Health Department
to the care, custody, control and management of the
Commissioner of Public Works and recommend
adoption rf the same.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Health Department, July 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
City Council,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Health Department has in its custody a
parcel of land comprising approximately five
thousand five hundred ten (5,510) square feet,
together with a brick building thereon, numbered
105 in the numbering of Dorchester avenue, South
Boston. Said land, together with the building
thereon, was formerly a convenience station, but
is presently being used and occupied as a labora-
tory by the Public Works Department with the
permission of the Health Department.
Inasmuch as the Health Department has no
further use of said property for Health Department
purposes, and inasmuch as the Public Works De-
partment desires to continue its aforesaid use and
occupation, it is requested that said land, together
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with the building thereon, be transferred to the
Public Works Department.
Respectfully,
John H. Cauley,
Health Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in fee
of approximately five thousand five hundred ten
(5,510) square feet of land, together with the build-
ing thereon, situated on the westerly side of Dor-
chester avenue, being numbered 105 in the number-
ing of said Dorchester avenue in the South Boston
district of the City of Boston, held by the city for
Health Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Health Commissioner of the City
of Boston has determined that the above-mentioned
parcel of land, together with the building thereon,
is no longer required for Health Department
purposes; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works
desires to use said property as a laboratory; now,
therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel of
land, together with the building thereon, be, and
the same hereby is, transferred from the care,
custody, control and management of the Health
Department to the care, custody, control and
management of the Commissioner of Public Works.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
TRANSFER OF LAND, 3085 WASHINGTON
STREET, WEST ROXBURY, TO PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication of Francis
X. Cotter, Fire Commissioner, recommending the
transfer of the Fire Department property at 3085
Washington street, Roxbury (formerly 3087 and
3089), to the Public Works Department.
I enclose proposed form of order whereby this
property may be transferred from the care, custo-
dy, control, and management of the Fire Depart-
ment to the care, custody, control and management
of the Commissioner of Public Works and recom-
mend adoption of the same.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, July 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes, ,
Mayor of Boston
and
City Council,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The Fire Department has in its custody the
abandoned fire station at 3085 Washington street,
Roxbury (formerly 3087 and 3089 and formerly
the headquarters of Engine Company 42 and
Ladder Company 30). This property, comprising
3,848 square feet of land, together with the building
thereon, has been used and occupied with the
permission of the Fire Commissioner since October,
1953, as headquarters of one of the branches of
the Sewer Division.
Inasmuch as the Fire Department has no further
use of this property for Fire Department purposes
and inasmuch as the Public Works Department
desires to continue its aforesaid use and occupation,
it is requested that the said land and building be
transferred to the Public Works Department.
Respectfully,
Feancis X. Cotter.
Fire Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in
fee of approximately three thousand eight hundred
forty-eight (3,848) square feet of land, together
with the building thereon, situated on the north-
westerly side of Washington street, and being
numbered 3085 (formerly 3087 and 3089 in the
numbering of said Washington street) in the West
Roxbury district of the City of Boston, held by
the city for Fire Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Fire Commissioner of the City of
Boston has determined that the above-mentioned
parcel of land, together with the building thereon,
is no longer required for Fire Department purposes;
and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works
desires to use the said property as headquarters for
one of the branches of the Sewer Division; now,
therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel of
land, together with the building thereon, be, and
the same hereby is, transferred from the care,
custody, control and management of the Fire
Department to the care, custody, control and
management of the Commissioner of Public
Works.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for family use of shellfish permit
was received from Michael Gardiner, 30 South
Crescent Circle, Brighton, Ward 22.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 27, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison Company
for location in Leverett Circle and Nashua street
for manhole and underground connections.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held August 1,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Clyde O. Darwin
and others protesting discontinuance by Boston &
Maine Transportation Company of bus for
Billerica, Massachusetts.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 20, 1956,
at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison Company
for locations for poles on land in control of the
Metropolitan District Commission in the City of
Boston.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held July 20,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston Edison
Company for locations for underground conduits
and manhole in Neponset Valley Parkway,
Dorchester.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
Notice was received from the State Department
of Public Works establishing speed limits on the
American Legion Highway, from Blue Hill avenue
to Cummins Highway.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Charles Lewis, having
been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer,
was received and approved by the Council.
REPORT OF ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF
BOSTON.
Communication was received from the Animal
Rescue League of Boston relative to the collection
and disposition of unlicensed dogs in the City of
Boston from July 1, 1955, through June 30,
1956.
Placed on file.
LOAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFF-
STREET PARKING FACILITIES.
Coun. FOLEY called up, under unfinished
business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz.:
1. Order for loan of $5,000,000 for the establish-
ment of off-street parking facilities.
On July 16, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed. Yeas, nine.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White.
Nays — 0.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred July 9) for abandonment of right to lay
water pipes in Preston court, Dorchester — recom-
mending that the same ought to pass.
The report was accepted and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0. \
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred July 9) on the transfer of a portion of
Moon Island from the Public Works Commissioner
to the Fire Department — recommending that the
same ought to pass.
The report was accepted and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0.
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins. Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committees named, viz. :
Claims.
Margaret V. Alsavich, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in D street,
near Clifton street.
Estelle Berger, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in East Sixth street.
Martin Callender, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Elmwood street,
Roxbury.
John M. Cole, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Huntington avenue
and Conant street.
James V. and Mary J. Cuoco, and children,
Mary Jane, Linda R., and Patricia, for compen-
sation for injuries and damage to property caused *
by patrol wagon of Police Department.
George W. Daynes, for compensation for damage
to car by ladder truck of Fire Department.
Helen D. Earle, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by paint on bench, Boston
Public Garden.
Anthony Engino, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 150 Quincy street.
Joseph Fernandez, to be reimbursed for expenses
incurred in digging for leak in water pipe at
38 Hutchings street, Roxbury.
Mary Gear, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 366 Dudley street.
Bessie Goldberg, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 90 Massachusetts
avenue.
Fay Greenfield, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 110 Summer street.
Jack L. Hadley, for compensation for injuries
caused by defect in playground, rear of Patrick T.
Campbell School.
Alice D. Hennessey, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 25 Winter street,
Boston.
Evelyn Martell, for daughter Laurel, for com-
pensation for injuries caused by defect in swimming
pool, Central avenue, Hyde Park.
John F. Magennis, for compensation for damage
to property at 624 Hyde Park avenue, Roslindale,
caused during replacement of hydrant.
Patrick F. McDonough, for compensation for
injuries and damage to clothing, caused by an
alleged defect at 1960 Commonwealth avenue.
Bernard T. McNeely, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Franklin
Field.
Maurice J. Prendergast, for compensation for
injury to dog by Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment mowing machine.
Alice G. Reardon, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at West Broadway
and F street, South Boston.
Mary Sadowski, for compensation for damage
to property at 25 Howell street, Dorchester, caused
by water meter reader breaking glass.
Elizabeth Thompson, for compensation for
injuries caused by fall on staircase in Boston
Public Library.
Genevieve E. Ward, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Dorchester and
Vinton streets, South Boston.
Licenses.
Petition of Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
Company for license to operate jitnevs on proposed
East-West Toll Road Extension of New York-
Boston Highway.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on application (referred today) for
family use shellfish permit for Michael Gardiner
— recommending that permit be granted.
The report was accepted and the permit was
granted under the usual conditions.
DEATH OF FATHER LOUIS RINALDI.
Coun. FOLEY and PIEMONTE offered the
following:
Whereas, There recently passed on in Boston
Father Louis Rinaldi of the Order of Salesians,
the Director of the Don Bosco School; and
Whereas, The Order of Salesians and the Don
Bosco School have made great contributions to
the City of Boston in the few years since the
establishment of the order here, under the benign
and able guidance of Father Rinaldi; and
Whereas, Father Rinaldi served his fellow-
men with devotion, humility, and gentleness;
be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
presses to the Order of Salesians and to the family
of the beloved Father Louis Rinaldi its sincere
condolences; be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ac-
knowledges the acute loss of the people of Boston
in the death of a gentle and saintly man.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
COOPERATION IN VOTER
REGISTRATION DRIVE.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to request the chairman and the members
of the Election Commission to extend every cour-
tesy and cooperation to those organizing the major
voter registration effort about to be undertaken
in Boston by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CAMP YOFI MEMBERS AT COUNCIL
MEETING.
Chairman WHITE, on behalf of the Boston
City Council, welcomed the members of Camp
Yofi to the meeting and briefly outlined the
procedure being followed by the Council.
Miss Merle Snyder, Counselor-Director of the
camp, was invited to occupy the roster with the
presiding officer.
CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM BUILDING
DEPARTMENT.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Building Commissioner to review the history
of his department with respect to the structures
at 56 and 58 Cabot street, Roxbury, which col-
lasped on July" 25, and request said Building
Commissioner to forward to the Boston City
Council, in chronological order, the history of
said premises, setting forth the dates of com-
plaints and/or inspections, the nature of the
complaints, findings, and recommendations of the
inspectors, and what compliance, if any, there
was on the part of the owner or person in control
of said premises to the recommendations or orders
of the Building Department.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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CITY COUNCIL.
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, CASTLE ISLAND.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, There presently is in operation in
Boston, under the jurisdiction of the Parks and
Recreation Department at Castle Island, a recrea-
tion and training program for exceptional children,
and
Whereas, This program has been most successful
and is a model of its kind; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council ex-
tends its congratulation to the Board of Parks and
Recreation and to the Park Department on this
most successful and nobly motivated program.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
REPAIR OF CASTLE ISLAND PIERS.
Coun. FOLEY, KERRIGAN, and McCOR-
MACK submitted the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Board of Parks and Recreation to repair the piers
at Castle Island, to permit fishing therefrom.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
STATUE OF CAPT. JOHN BARRY.
Coun. McDONOUGH submitted the following:
Whereas, The statue of Capt. John Barry, Irish-
born American naval hero of the Revolutionary
War, is to be blessed and shipped aboard the
U. S. S. "Charles S. Sperry" from the Navy Yard
at Charlestown on Tuesday, July 31, 1956, as a gift
from the United States Government to Wexford,
Ireland, the birthplace of Captain Barry; and
Whereas, The presentation will be made by
officials of the United States Navy in an unveiling
"ceremony at Wexford on September 16, 1956, the
project being sponsored by the Ancient Order of
Hibernians in America; and
Whereas, Captain Barry served our country with
such extraordinary ability and distinction in naval
engagements during the Revolutionary War that
he has become known as the "Father of the
American Navy," therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby extends its sincere
greetings and very best wishes to the Irish Republic,
and particularly to the County of Wexford, in its
acceptance of this bronze statue and expresses the
hope that it will occupy a prominent location in
the birthplace of this great hero.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
July 16) of Fritjof O. Torgersen to be Weigher of
Coal for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recom-
mending that appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Mc-
Laughlin and Piemonte. Whole number of ballots,
8, yeas 8, and the appointment was confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Walter L. Sullivan
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Walter L. Sullivan, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
April 28, 1956, 7here be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $115 80
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of David F. Sheehan
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of David F. Sheehan, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
March 26, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $113 25
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Charles J. McCarthy
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Charles J. McCarthy, a member of
the Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury received through
no fault of his own while in the performance of his
duty on March 2, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Dr. Isaac Golden, 284 Chestnut street,
Chelsea $11 00
Charles J. McCarthy (petitioner), 190
Waldemar avenue, East Boston 75
Total $11 75
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
4. Report on petition of James E. Lewis
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of James E. Lewis, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
March 21, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated :
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $212 82
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
5. Report on petition of Paul M. Kilduff
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while in
the performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Paul M. Kilduff, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of
his own while in the performance of his duty on
April 2, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amounts stated:
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Carney Hospital, 2100 Dorchester avenue,
Dorchester $329 70
Dr. James C. Walker, 412 Beacon street. .. . 325 00
Dr. Harold Gordon Lee, 1101 Beacon
street, Brookline 240 00
Total $894 70
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
6. Report on petition of Paul J. DeRosa
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of Paul J. DeRosa, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on April 30,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated :
Dr. B. A. Godvin, 483 Beacon street $210 00
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
7. Report on petition of John J. Crehan
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him while
in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of John J. Crehan, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on March 2,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the ■
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated :
Dr. Lawrence J. Christian, 1065 Beacon
street, Brookline $70 00
John J. Crehan (petitioner), 10 Bonad road,
West Roxbury 4 35
Total $74 35
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
8. Report on petition of William A. Terrenzi
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury sustained by him in the
performance of his duty as a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of William A. Terrenzi, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on March 20, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated :
Dr. Samuel E. Marcellino, 71 Blue Hills
Parkway, Milton $75 00
Dr. Max Chafetz, 168 Shaw road, Brook-
line 20 00
Milton Hospital and Convalescent Home,
92 Highland street, Milton. 82 32
Total $177 32
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
9. Report on petition of Louis Crifo (referred
July 16) for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury sustained by him while in the per-
formance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Louis Crifo, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on May 5, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated :
Carney Hospital, 2100 Dorchester avenue,
Dorchester $5 00
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
10. Report on petition of Ernestine Byrnes
(referred February 8, 1954) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband, Daniel
P. Byrnes, a member of the Police Department —
recommending no further action is necessary as
the petitioner has availed herself of benefits
under the State-Boston Retirement System.
The report was accepted.
Adjourned at 3.10 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, August 6, 1956.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, August 6, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend Jerome Does, C.P., of St.
Gabriel's Monastery, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JEROME DOES.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O incomprehensible Creator, true fountain
of light and only author of all knowledge, we
are come before Thee, hindered indeed by our
many and grievous sins, but especially gathered
together in Thy name. Vouchsafe, we beseech
Thee, to enlighten our understanding and to
remove from us all darkness of sin and igno-
rance. Come unto us and be with us; vouch-
safe to enter our hearts; teach us what we
are to do and whither we ought to tend; show
us what we must accomplish, in order with
Thy help, we may be able to please Thee in
all things. Be Thou alone the author and
finisher of our judgments.
Suffer us not to disturb the order of justice,
Thou who lovest equity above all things; let
not ignorance draw us into devious paths; nor
partiality sway our minds, neither let respect
of riches or persons pervert our judgment;
but unite us to Thee effectually by the gift
of Thine only grace, that we may be one in
Thee and may never forsake the truth;
inasmuch as we are gathered together in Thy
name, so may we in all things hold fast to
justice tempered by pity, that in this life our
judgment may in no wise be at variance with
Thee and in the life to come we may attain
to everlasting rewards for deeds well done.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with
thee. Blessed art thou among women. Blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and
at the hour of our death. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable, with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond, for the term
ending April 30, 1957: Arthur A. Guarino,
26 Everton street, Dorchester.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
the Director of Civil Defense in regard to
your resolution of July 2, 1956, relative to
the allocation of federal funds for civil defense,
proportionately according to target areas'
population.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Civil Defense, July 19, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
A recommendation similar to that included
in Councillor McCormack's order of July 2,
1956, that "... Federal Funds for Civil
Defense ... be allocated proportionately
according to target areas' population ..."
was made at the first national conference on civil
defense held in Washington several years ago.
Since that time the principle contained therein
has been utilized in the distribution and al-
location of federal funds to the several states.
However, because funds appropriated at the
national level for civil defense have been very
limited, the only financial aid received to date
by target cities has been in the form of
matching funds for the purpose of purchasing
essential civil defense equipment.
I have no doubt that legislation favorable
to the recommendations made for survival
planning before the Senate's Subcommittee on
Government Operations will be passed in the
near future if the volumes of testimony sub-
mitted to the committee is any indication of
the increased interest in civil defense at the
national level.
Very truly yours,
Joseph L. Malone, Director.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
DOCK, FANEUIL HALL, AND POST
OFFICE SQUARES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
The island in the center of Post Office
square is in the process of improvements which
will beautify the square, channelize traffic,
and unquestionably enhance property values
in adjacent buildings. This work is being
done under the supervision of the Commis-
sioner of Public Works. It is the opinion of
the Commissioner of Public Works, concurred
in by the Chairman of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Commission, that the jurisdiction of this
island be transferred to the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department for care and maintenance.
An ordinance accomplishing this transfer is
herewith submitted and I respectfully recom-
mend its adoption.
It is also proposed by the Commissioner of
Public Works that the present grass area
located around the Samuel Adams statue in
Dock square be transferred to the jurisdiction
of the Parks and Recreation Commission for
care and maintenance. The Chairman of the
Parks and Recreation Department is agreeable
to this transfer. I therefore respectfully
recommend to your Honorable Body that the
attached ordinance be adopted to accomplish
this purpose.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
July 27, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In accordance with an agreement that was
reached at your office several months ago,
arrangements are being made for the installa-
tion of an attractive island in the center of
Post Office square which will improve the
appearance of the square, enhance the property
values of the adjacent buildings, and chan-
nelize traffic. The improvement will consist
of the setting of granite edgestones, construc-
tion of appropriate walks, installation of
benches, seeding and loaming of the area,
the planting of flowering shrubs, bushes, etc.
It is my understanding that said area will
also serve as a memorial to George T. Angell,
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founder of the M.S.P.C.A., and the present
monument to his memory will be located within
the island area.
A contract was recently completed under
the jurisdiction of this department for the
installation of the granite edgestones, which
now enclose the island area. While the edge-
stone work was done by this department, it
was agreed at the above-referenced conference
that all the beautification work and the sub-
sequent maintenance of the area would be
under the jurisdiction of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Commission.
Therefore I respectfully submit herewith,
for transmittal to the City Council, a proposed
ordinance which was prepared by the Law
Department and which provides for the trans-
fer to the Parks and Recreation Commission
of the care and maintenance of the area in
question. After the transfer has been ap-
proved by the Council, arrangements will be
made by the Par-ks and Recreation Commission
to complete the improvement.
In connection with the general subject
matter of the maintenance of such reserva-
tions, I have discussed with Commissioner
Frank Kelley the advisability of transferring
to his department the care and maintenance
of the present grass area which is located
around the Samuel Adams statue in Dock
square. Frankly, this particular area is
generally in a rather unsightly condition, as
this department has taken no steps to beautify
it other than to cut the grass. The mainte-
nance of areas of this kind, in my opinion,
should be placed under the jurisdiction of the
Parks and Recreation Commission, as said
commission is better equipped than the Public
Works Department to keep them in an at-
tractive condition. Commissioner Kelley has
agreed to accept the transfer of the latter-
referenced area to his department. We have
therefore included in the above-referrenced pro-
posed ordinance the transfer to the Parks and
Recreation Commission, of the care and main-
tenance of the reservation surrounding the
Samuel Adams statue in Dock square.
I enclose plans showing both areas referred
to.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston,
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six
An Ordinance Vesting in the Parks and Reci'e-
ation Commission Powers and Duties Rela-
tive to the Maintenance of Certain Portions
of Dock, Faneuil Hall, and Post Office
Squares.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows :
Until otherwise provided, the Parks and
Recreation Commission shall improve, main-
tain, keep in repair, govern and regulate the
portion of Post Office square shown as "Pro-
posed Island" on Street Laying-Out Depart-
ment plan No. L-8503A, entitled "City of
Boston, Post Office Square, Boston Proper,
March 19, 1954, James W. Haley, Chief
Engineer, Street Laying-Out Department,"
and now in the custody of the Commissioner of
Public Works, and also the portions of Dock
and Faneuil Hall squares lying within the
circle with radius of fifteen feet and area of
about seven hundred and seven square feet
shown on Public Works Department Survey
Division Plan No. L-8626, entitled "City of
Boston, Dock Square, Boston Proper, June 20,
1955, George G. Hyland, Commissioner of
Public Works," and now in the custody of the
Commissioner of Public Works; and the powers
and duties of the Commissioner of Public
Works with respect to improving, maintaining,
keeping in repair, governing and regulating
said portion of Post Office square and the
aforesaid portions of Dock and Faneuil Hall
squares are hereby transferred to the Parks
and Recreation Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS ON LAND
AT DOVER AND ALBANY STREETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, July 23, 1956.
To the Honorable City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication received
from Charles A. Callanan, Building Com-
missioner, relative to the release of certain
conditions and restrictions contained in a deed
given by the City of Boston to Henry R.
Plimpton, dated September 11, 1875, and re-
corded with the Suffolk Registry of Deeds,
Book 1287, page 169, and containing approxi-
mately 14,344 square feet of land situated on
the southwesterly junction of Dover and
Albany streets.
The release of these restrictions will enable
the Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., which
obtained title to these premises on July 13,
1956, by deed recorded with the Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds, Instrument No. 46, to go
forward with its plans to modernize the
premises.
I submit herewith an order which would
permit the releasing of the conditions and
restrictions and recommend its adoption by
your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Building Department, July 26, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
Honorable City Council,
City Hall.
Gentlemen :
This is a petition for relief from certain
restrictions that the City of Boston imposed
about 75 years ago on land that the Socony
Mobil Oil Company, Inc., now owns on the
southwesterly junction of Dover and Albany
streets, Boston.
The area of the said land is about 14,344
square feet and has a frontage of 120 feet
on Albany street and 119.54 feet on Dover
street, and is shown on plan entitled, "Plan
Showing Land in Boston, Massachusetts, and
Surveyed for Standard Oil Company of
New York," by A. C. Peters Company, Inc.,
Civil Engineers, dated July 16, 1930, recorded
with Suffolk Deeds, Book 5223, page 551. The
Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., took title
to the land on July 13, 1956, by instrument
No. 46, recorded with Suffolk Registry of
Deeds.
Originally, the land was owned by the City
of Boston, having been reclaimed by the city
from the flats. The City of Boston sold the
premises to one Henry R. Plimpton on Sep-
tember 11, 1875, by deed recorded with Suffolk
Registry of Deeds, Book 1287, page 169. The
said deed recited that the land was subject to
certain conditions, which conditions have been
interpreted as restrictions, one of which was
the following:
"2. No cellar, basement room, or other
apartment in any building erected on said
land shall be sunk more than three feet
below the level of the present coping of the
Dry Dock in Charlestown, such level to be
determined from time to time by the City
Engineer, or other officer duly appointed
for that purpose by the City Council."
By another instrument dated December 14,
1881, and recorded with Suffolk Registry of
Deeds, Book 1546, page 309, the City of Boston
made a declaration relative to said premises
as follows:
"That the City of Boston doth hereby so
far as it may lawfully do so without affect-
ing the rights of parties holding title under
it, declare that the conditions set forth in
its deed to Henry R. Plimpton, dated Sep-
tember 11, 1875, recorded with Suffolk Deeds,
Lib. 1287, fol. 169, of land in said Boston
shall be regarded and considered by it as
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restrictions merely and that it will not claim
any forfeiture of said land by reason of any
breach of the said conditions."
The Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., sug-
gests that the restrictions imposed 75 years
ago have long since served their purpose and
now tend only to lessen the value of the land.
Accordingly, the Socony Mobil Oil Company,
Inc., prays that the City Council authorize
the Mayor to annul the restrictions set forth
in said deed and that the Mayor release the
land from, the restrictions.
Respectfully,
Charles A. Callanan,
Building Commissioner.
Ordered, That the Mayor of the City of
Boston be, and he hereby is, authorized to
execute in the name of and in behalf of the
City of Boston an instrument in writing
satisfactory in form to the Corporation
Counsel releasing the conditions and restric-
tions contained in a certain parcel of real es-
tate, situated at the southwesterly junction of
Dover and Albany streets in said Boston with
frontages of 120 feet on Albany street and
119.54 feet on Dover street, containing about
14,344 square feet of land, said land having
been conveyed by the City of Boston to one
Henry R. Plimpton by deed dated September
11, 1875, and recorded with the Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds, Book 1287, page 169, the
said premises being now owned by the Socony
Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and cause the same
to be recorded with the Suffolk Registry of
Deeds.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPROPRIATION FROM PARKMAN
FUND INCOME.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 2, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of the attached communica-
tion from the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation requesting the appropriation of
$33,000 from the income of the George F.
Parkman Fund, to be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation, for the Maintenance and Im-
provement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887.
The 1956 budget estimates for the personal
services requirements of the Park and Recrea-
tion Department included an estimate of the
total yearly income from the George F. Park-
man Fund. The budget allowances made
provision for the appropriation of this in-
come as it accrued for the purpose of defray-
ing the cost of work actually performed on
the Common and Parks in Existence on Jan-
uary 12, 1887.
I submit herewith an order appropriating
the sum of $33,000, the accrued income now
available from the Parkman Fund, and re-
spectfully recommend its immediate passage
by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
August 2, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
You are respectfully requested to ask the
City Council to transfer from the income
of the George F. Parkman Fund the sum of
$33,000 which is now available, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Park Com-
missioner, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on
January 12, 1887, Maintenance
and Improvement of $33,000
"When making up the budget estimates for
the year 1956, a sum equal to the total yearly
income of the George F. Parkman Fund was
deducted from Item 100, Permanent Em-
ployees, with the understanding that this
deduction was to be replaced by the total
yearly income of said Parkman Fund for
1956, to be transferred as it accrued from
time to time during the year to the regular
maintenance appropriation of the Parks and
Recreation Department.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley,
Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of thirty-three thou-
sand dollars ($33,000) be, and hereby is,
appropriated from the income of the George
F. Parkman Fund, to be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation, for the Maintenance and Im-
provement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on
January 12, 1887, Maintenance and
Improvement of $33,000
Referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance.
CONSIDERATION TO LOAN ORDER FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
Pending before your Honorable Body is a
loan order for the construction of bridges.
It is most important that action be taken
on this loan order so that essential bridge
work may be commenced before the elapse of
too much time.
According to the Commissioner of Public
Works, whose communication is attached, the
bridge on Massachusetts avenue, near St.
Botolph street, is in a weakened condition
and needs replacement immediately. A new
Summer Street bridge is also an absolute
necessity.
I respectfully request, therefore, that you
give prompt consideration to the loan order
before you. If further information is de-
sired the Public Works Commissioner will be
available.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
July 31, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
I respectfully call to your attention the
necessity of providing approximately $3,000,000
for the construction of bridges under the
provisions of clause 4 of section 7, chapter 44
of the General Laws.
Under date of February 21, I wrote to your
Honor concerning this matter, and you sub-
sequently submitted a Loan Order, so called,
in the above amount, to the City Council, for
its consideration. This order was rejected,
and a substitute order in the same amount
was initiated by the Council. The latter-re-
ferenced order was referred to the Appropria-
tions Committee, but it is my understanding
that no action has been taken on it.
In my letter of February 21, I pointed out
to your Honor that one of the bridges in-
cluded in those scheduled for construction
during the current year was a highway bridge
that crosses the right-of-way of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad on
Massachusetts avenue, near St. Botolph street.
I further stated that the existing structure is
not only in a weakened condition, but that
it presented a definite hazard to the safety
of motorists, due to the presence of two plate
girders located in the roadway area of Massa-
chusetts avenue.
Subsequent to the forwarding of the above-
referenced communication to you, a young
motorist was killed at the bridge, due to an
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accident which occurred when he drove head-
long into one of the girders. Last week,
another similar accident occurred at this
bridge and I saw a picture in the Boston
"Traveler" showing a seriously injured
motorist being led from the scene of the
accident by a policeman. The necessity of
providing a new bridge at this location is so
obvious that emphasis on the matter is un-
necessary.
In addition, as pointed out in my previous
letter of February 21, a new Summer Street
Bridge in the rear of the South Station is
an absolute necessity.
I respectfully request, therefor, that steps
be taken to provide for the passage of the
substitute loan order in the amount of
$3,000,000 that was initiated by the members
of the City Council after they had acted
unfavorably on the order submitted to them
by you as a result of my letter of February
21. The down payment, so called, in the
amount of $150,000, has been made available,
due to favorable action by the ' City Council
on June 25.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Refen-ed to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the Committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Ellen Alden, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Branch and
Charles streets.
Martha Belfiore, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Bourne
street, Roslindale.
Checker Taxi Company, for compensation
for damage to cab by city truck.
Joseph A. Cicconi, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in
performance of duty as employee of Public.
Works Department, Paving Division.
Walter Covell, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 158 Summer
Gaetano Giambarresi, for compensation for
collapse of water boiler at 19 Battery street,
caused by water being shut off.
Dorothy Grey, also known as Dorothy Cos-
sitt, for compensation for injuries caused by
an alleged defect at 122 Tremont street.
Martial Henault, for compensation for in-
juries caused by defect in Registry Depart-
ment, Birth Record Division.
James T. Jenks, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect
at 2227 Centre street, West Roxbury.
Geraldine M. Lawless, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 11
Ludlow street, Chavlesttown.
Mary E. McCarthy, for compensation for
collapse of water boiler at 151 Orlando street,
Mattapan, caused by water being shut off.
Henry F. Rodwell, to be reimbursed as re-
sult of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Sanitary
Division, Public Works Department.
Moses I. Shapiro, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 292
Washington street.
Stewart Brothers Company, by William J.
Mannix, for compensation for damage to car
caused by an alleged defect in Washington
street, Brighton.
Katharine Sullivan, for compensation for
damage to car by truck of School Committee.
Kamel Tabagh, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by paint on bench on Bos-
ton Common.
William H. Watts, to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on
account of his acts as employee of Public
Works Department, Sanitary Division.
Ida Wecker, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1098 Blue Hill
avenue, Dorchester.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Ruth V. MeFadden to be paid
annuity on account of the death of her
husband, James F. MeFadden, late member
of the Fire Department.
Petition of Mary Sullivan to be paid annuity
on account of the death of her husband,
Herbert W. Sullivan, late member of the
Fire Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING.
Notice was received from the Department
of Public Utilities of hearing to be held
August 13, 1956, at 10 A.M., on petition of
Boston Edison Company for location for
pipes and wires in portions of boulevard in
control of Metropolitan District Commission
on Columbia road, South Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
COMMUNICATION FROM DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the
Department of Public Utilities transmitting
copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company for locations for under-
ground conduits and manholes in Freeport
street and William Morrissey Boulevard, Dor-
chester.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of taking of land of City
of Boston on Ventura street, Dorchester, for
park and recreational purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works trans-
mitting copy of order of layout and taking
of portion of state highway (Southeast
Expressway ) .
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF JOHN D. RUDNICK.
Notice was received from the Health De-
partment of the appointment of John D.
Rudnick as temporary environmental sanita-
tion inspector.
Placed on file.
RECOGNITION OF HONOR TO
JOE CRONIN.
Coun. WHITE submitted the following:
Whereas, Joe Cronin was a major league
baseball player of great talent, the majority
of whose career was with the Boston Red
Sox; one of the outstanding clutch players
in the history of the game; a most successful
manager who led the Red Sox to their first
American League pennant in 28 years; today
an outstanding and respected Red Sox ex-
ecutive, vice-president, and general manager;
Whereas, Joe Cronin, adopted son of Boston,
who has made his home here, has won recog-
nition as one of Boston's first citizens;
Whereas, Joe Cronin and Mrs. Cronin have
raised four children in an ideal, wholesome,
and happy environment;
Whereas, Joe Cronin has become an ex-
emplary idol not only to the youth of Boston
but to his state and his nation by the way he
has conducted himself as player and manager
and by the high regard he has been held in
by all people interested in sports;
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Whereas, He has been accorded baseball's
highest honor, having been inducted to the
Hall of Fame, at Cooperstown, New York,
July 23, 1956; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, at
this meeting assembled, under its rules, ex-
press to Joe Cronin, Mrs. Cronin, and the
Boston American League Baseball Club its
pleasure of the recognition accorded to Joe
Cronin by his recent induction to the Baseball
Hall of Fame; be it further
Resolved, That the Boston City Council
recognizes the great honor accorded to our
city in the above recognition of Joe Cronin's
talents; be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
spread upon the records of the Boston City
Council and that a copy of this resolution be
sent to Joe Cronin and the Boston American
League Baseball Club.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
AGGREGATE VALUE OF ABATEMENTS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Chairman of the Board of Assessors to
advise the Boston City Council of the aggre-
gate value of the abatements granted last
year which have been recognized in this year's
assessments of values.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SCHEDULE OF HOSPITAL STUDIES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Board of Trustees and/or Superintendent
of the Boston City Hospital to furnish the
Boston City Council a detailed schedule of all
pending or authorized studies relative to the
Hospital Department of the City of Boston*
setting forth the date of authorization, the
expenditures involved, the subject matter, and
the completion date, if any; and, further
That the Board of Trustees and/or Super-
intendent be requested from time to time to
forward to the Boston City Council, as they
become available, any interim or final reports
or studies authorized.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEE'S DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective August 15, 1950,
the following-named persons be, and they
hereby are, appointed in the service of the
Clerk of Committee's Department to the posi-
tions set against their respective names until
the third Wednesday of September, 195G. at
the salaries in effect for them on August 14,
1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-recep-
tionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, temporary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Cecilia A. Walkowski, temporary stenog-
rapher.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. MCDONOUGH in the chair.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the
manner prescribed by law, Councillor Ahearn
presiding at the box, in the absense of the
Mayor, viz.:
Fifty-seven traverse jurors, Superior Crim-
inal Court, to appear September 10, 1956.
Thomas Conway, Ward 1; George H. Gross,
Ward 1; Harry R. Hodsdon, Ward 1; George
F. Broderick, Ward 2; Edith Corbett, Ward
2; Thomas V. Desmond, Ward 2; Roy W.
McNeill, Ward 2; Pauline LaMonica, Ward 3;
Harriet H. Botham, Ward 5; Joseph A. Crow-
ley, Ward 6; John F. Connolly, Ward 7; John
P. Dowd, Ward 7; Edward W. Kaminski,
Ward 7; Frank N. Peterson, Ward 7; Robert
H. Travis, Ward 7; Gordon H. MacKay, Ward
8; William F. Sullivan, Ward 8; Edgar U.
Dingle, Ward 9; Jeremiah V. Murphy, Jr.,
Ward 9; Arthur H. Flattick, Ward 10; Richard
E. Gately, Ward 10; Walter W. Taylor, Ward
10; Thomas J. Connolly, Ward 11; Philip
Higgins, Ward 11; Irving E. Pengeroth, Ward
11; Curtis L. Bartlett, Ward 12; Lester E.
Chadwick, Ward 12; Darnley Leon Corbin,
Ward 12; Merton J. Fewell, Ward 12; Edmund
L. Neal, Ward 12; Ruth Sabatt, Ward 12;
Ellen F. Tooks, Ward 12.
Alfred C. Mortell, Ward 13; Rudolph Becker,
Ward 14; Morris Weiner, Ward 14; Robert
Joseph Burns, Ward 15; Joseph J. Pocius,
Ward 15; Joseph A. Finn, Ward 16; William
J. Gaston, Ward 16; Patrick J. Thompson,
Ward 16; John J. Waish, Ward 16; Louis
Brooks, Ward 17; Herbert Branson. Ward 18;
John H. Harkins, Ward 18; Robert K. Mans-
field, Ward 18; Joseph E. Santospirito, Ward
18; John L. Schillig, Ward 18; George F.
Schramm, Ward 18; Joseph L. Stone, Ward
18; Sven F. Akeson, Ward 19; Earle W. Cook,
Ward 19; Edward P. Kenney, Ward 20; Lor-
enzo Loubier, Ward 20; Sydney Freeman,
Ward 21; Francis W. Harvey, Ward 21;
Edward P. McEleney, Ward 21; Edward J.
DiGesse, Ward 22.
One hundred forty-two traverse jurors,
Superior Civil Court, to appear September 10,
1956.
Samuel A. Pedone, Ward 1; Ruth W. San-
ford, Ward 1; Michael Scopa, Ward 1; Fred-
erick G. Thornton, Ward 1; Gertrude A.
Clifford, Ward 2; William W. Fowle, Ward 2;
Roy N. Hemeon, Ward 2; William C. Hickey,
Ward 2; Cheever A. Hill, Ward 2; George J.
Jones, Ward 2; Samuel F. Mansell, Ward 2;
Margaret Moore, Ward 2; Thomas E. Johnson,
Ward 3; Frank C. Kasabuski, Ward 3; Alex-
ander J. Migliozzi, Ward 3; Peter John
Bandis, Ward 4; Francis A. Sullivan, Ward 4;
Harold W. Weaver, Ward 4; Marie B. Wyman.
Ward 4; Hilda P. Driscoll, Ward 5; James
C. Smith, Ward 5; Joseph Costello, Ward G;
Edward Lane, Ward 6; John J. Ward, Ward
6: Roland V. Beatty, Ward 7; Thomas P.
Casey, Ward 7; Thomas F. Collins, Ward 7;
John F. Conley, Ward 7; Thomas G. Davis.
Ward 7; Alexander James, Ward 7; Harry
William Mack, Ward 7; James J. Quigley.
Ward 7; Roy Allen Stanley, Ward 7; Albert
J. Whelan. Ward 7.
George L. Bynoe, Ward 8; Carl O. Rund-
quist, Ward 8; John B. Violette. Ward 8;
John M. Weaver, Ward 8; John O. Francis.
Ward 9; Charles S. Goldstein, Ward 9; Joseph
H. Kaufman, Ward 9; Gerald Eugene Smith,
Ward 9; Matthias Comerford. Ward 10;
Everett A. Dunbar, Ward 10; Samuel Miceli,
Ward 10; Robert J. Moreau, Ward 10; Thomas
D. Scanlan, Ward 10; Norman W. Bampton.
Ward 11; John J. Carey, Ward 11; Mary
McManamy, Ward 11; Albert E. Smith, Ward
11; Abram Danis, Ward 12; Henry L. Waelter,
Ward 12; Hubert R. McDowell, Ward 12;
Jacob Madoff, Ward 12; Thelma V. Bursaw.
Ward 13; Robert B. Clarke, Ward 13; John
P. Curran, Ward 13; Robert F. Daley, Ward
13; Frank A. DiBella, Ward 13; C. Vincent
Fisher, Ward 13; Arthur Gordon, Ward 13;
Paul S. Guthro, Ward 13; Joseph C. Lubin,
Ward 13; John J. McDonough, Ward 13;
Robert V. MacFarlane, Ward 13; Robert A.
Manning, Ward 13; James J. Noonan, Ward
13: Horace H. Norton, Ward 13; Anthony J.
Tortora, Ward 13.
Louis Katz, Ward 14: Isadore Klein, Ward
14; Anthony J. Muscato, Ward 14; Hyman
Pitcher, Ward 14: Clarence Thistle, Ward 14;
Harry Broide, Ward 15; Maurice K. Connors,
Ward 15; Ruby R. Erickson, Ward 15; Walter
H Lethin, Ward 15; Cyril F. McGerigle.
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Ward 15; Francis W. Pacella, Ward 15;
Walter W. Rigby, Ward 15; Kenneth W.
Taber, Ward 15; Francis H. Bogle, Ward 16;
Thomas G. Dennehy, Ward 16; John J. Fitz-
gerald, Ward 16; James Mawn, Ward 16;
Daniel F. Sharkey, Ward 16; Nathan Good-
man, Ward 17; John E. Lindholm, Ward 17;
Dennis J. McCarthy, Ward 17; Paul F. Palmer,
Ward 17; Howard W. Smith, Ward 17; Wilbur
G. Steiman, Ward 17; Henry L. Tafe, Jr.,
Ward 17; Roland H. Webb, Ward 17; Walter
Wertheim, Ward 17; Richard F. Hunt, Ward
18; Anthony Ieni, Ward 18; Joseph Lanata,
Ward 18; Louise A. Morrison, Ward 18;
Richard W. Perkins, Ward 18; Martin J.
Roche, Ward 18; Chester K. Wickes, Ward
18; Raymond G. Alexander, Ward 19; William
A. Anderson, Ward 19; John F. Egan, Ward
19; Asa R. Frost, Ward 19; George C. Glockler,
Ward 19; Sarah C. Melanaphy, Ward 19.
William F. Armstrong, Ward 20; William
J. Beninghof, Ward 20; William Brauneis,
Ward 20; Richard D. Casey, Ward 20; George
H. Curtin, Ward 20; Thomas Harrington,
Ward 20; Joseph A. Jacksina, Ward 20;
George F. Malone, Ward 20: Alfred E. Ober-
lander, Ward 20; Edward D. Ralowiez, Ward
20; Harriott F. Reimels, Ward 20; Jerome J.
Werby, Ward 20; Samuel Albert, Ward 21;
Howard L. Byer, Ward 21; Ann L. Fitz-
gerald, Ward 21; William J. Fitzgerald. Ward
21; Hans W. Henkel, Ward 21; Sydney S.
Levy, Ward 21; Edward J. Lothrop, Ward 21;
Alice J. Mahoney, Ward 21; Frances Marder,
Ward 21; Ferdinand M. Mehlinger, Ward 21;
George L. Mills, Ward 21; Catherine C. Ryan,
Ward 21; Robert D. Brady, Ward 22; James
J. Condon, Ward 22; Thomas K. Conlon,
Ward 22; Paul N. Cox, Ward 22; Joseph D.
Craven, Ward 22; Edward S. Monroe, Ward
22; George F. Neal, Ward 22; Frank Nicolasso,
Ward 22.
REPORT ON COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. MoDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred January
30) for commercial use shellfish permit for
Richard M. Muise — recommending no further
action is necessary.
The report was accepted.
2. Report on application (referred April
30) for commercial use shellfish permit for
Arthur H. Swan — recommending that permit
be granted.
3. Report on applications (referred June
25) for commercial use shellfish permits for
John F. Callahan, Joseph A. Fraser, and
James L'Heureux — recommending that permits
be granted.
4. Report on application (referred July 2)
for commercial use shellfish permit for Frank
D'Amico — recommending that permit be
granted.
The reports were accepted, and the permits
were severally granted under the xisual con-
ditions.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of David C. Walsh
(referred July 9) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Parks and
Recreation Department — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of three hundred
eighty-five dollars ($385) be allowed and paid
to David C. Walsh in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Parks and Recreation Department, said sum
to be charged to the appropriation for Ex-
ecutions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
2. Report on petition of David C. Walsh
(referred July 9) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Parks and
Recreation Department — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred
fifty dollars ($450) be allowed and paid to
David C. Walsh in reimbursement for amount
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Parks and
Recreation Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Robert W. Donovan
(referred July 9) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Sanitary
Division, Public Works Department — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of twenty-five dollars
($25) be allowed and paid to Robert W.
Donovan in reimbursement for amount of
execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Sanitary Divi-
sion, Public Works Department, said sum to
be charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor McCormack, the
Council voted that when it adjourn, it be
to meet on Monday, August 20, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Adjourned at 3.15 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Piemonte, to meet on Monday, August
20, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, August 20, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Juniper Lynch, O.F.M., of St.
Anthony's Shrine, Boston, was escorted to the
rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JUNIPER LYNCH.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy legisla-
tors, enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Grant
that they may be duly instructed by Thee so
that, enlightened by Thy gifts of wisdom, under-
standing, and counsel, they may make just laws,
and, aided by Thy gifts of prudence and fortitude,
they may have the courage and the loyalty to
enforce them. Through Jesus Christ, Who lives
and reigns with Thee forever, world without
end. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
COOPERATION IN VOTER REGISTRATION
DRIVE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 8, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners
concerning your order of July 30, 1956, relative to
extending every courtesy and cooperation to
those organizing the major voter registration
effort about to be undertaken in Boston by the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Election Department, August 6, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your communication of August
1, 1956, together with Councillor Foley's order
of July 30, 1956.
May I point out that this Board will be very
happy to extend every courtesy and co-operation
to those organizing the major voter registration
effort about to be undertaken in Boston by the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Very truly yours,
Board of Election Commissioners,
David Lasker, Chairman.
Placed on file.
REPAIR OF CASTLE ISLAND PIERS.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 8, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Park Commissioner concerning your order of
July 30, 1956, relative to repairing the piers at
Castle Island to permit fishing thereon.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
August 6, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Office of the Mayor.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt under date of
August 3 of your memo dated August 1, 1956,
with attached order of Councillors Foley, Kerrigan,
and McCormack, requesting that the Board of
Park Commissioners repair the piers at Castle
Island to permit fishing therefrom.
This is to state that this matter has been called
to our attention previously and that the chief
engineer has made an investigation of this situa-
tion and we are making some repairs to the pier
sufficient to allow safe fishing at this particular
location. There is another section of the pier
that can not be repaired at this time because of
the amount of money that would be involved in
the repairs.
It should be remembered that we are only
temporary custodians of Castle Island, the entire
area being owned by the federal government
and we endeavor to keep the city's expenses at
this location at a minimum.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF LAND ON MORELAND
STREET, WEST ROXBURY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 8, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
In the custody of the Real Property Depart-
ment is a parcel of land at Moreland and Prospect
streets, in the West Roxbury district. This land
is now being utilized by the Public Works De-
partment of the city. The Real Property De-
partment has no further use of the land and
recommends its transfer to the Public Works
Department.
Therefore, I recommend the passage of the
accompanying order transferring the aforesaid
parcel of land to the care, custody, and control of
the Public Works Department.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department, August 0, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
City Council.
Gentlemen:
The Real Property Department has in its
custody a parcel of land comprising approxi-
mately 30,421 square feet of land, together with
the building thereon, on the northeasterly side of
Moreland street, making the northeasterly corner
of Moreland and Prospect streets, in the West
Roxbury district of Boston. Said property was
formerly in the custody of the Board of Street
Commissioners, but has been in the custody of
the Real Property Department since 1950. (See
chapter 318 of the Acts of 1950.) Many years
ago the Board of Street Commissioners authorized
the use of said land by the Public Works De-
partment, and the Public Works Department has
since utilized the property as Highway Division
Headquarters for the West Roxbury district.
Inasmuch as the Public Works Department
desires to continue its aforesaid use and occupa-
tion, it is requested that said land be transferred
to the Public Works Department.
Respectfully,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property.
Vote.
At a meeting of the Committee on Foreclosed
Real Estate of the Real Property Department,
held on August 2, 1956, at 809 City Hall An-
nex. . . .
At the request of the City Law Department, on
motion duly made and seconded, it was unani-
mously
Voted, To transfer a parcel of land comprising
approximately 30,421 square feet of land, together
with the building thereon, on the northeasterly
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side of Moreland street, making the northeasterly
corner of Moreland and Prospect streets, in the
West Roxbury district, of Boston, from the care,
custody, and control of the Real Property De-
partment to the Public Works Department, to be
used as a city yard for the West Roxbury district.
A true copy.
Attest:
Joseph B. Burke,
Executive Secretary.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in
fee of approximately thirty thousand four hun-
dred twenty-one (30,421) square feet of land,
together with the building thereon, on the north-
easterly side of Moreland street, making the
northeasterly corner of Moreland and Prospect
streets, in the West Roxbury district of the City
of Boston, now in the custody of the Real Prop-
erty Department; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works
of the City of Boston desires to use said property
as headquarters for the activities of the Highway
Division in the West Roxbury district; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Real Property
of the City of Boston has recommended that said
property be transferred; now, therefore, it is
hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel of
land, together with the building thereon, be, and
the same hereby is, transferred from the care,
custody, control, and management of the Real
Property Department to the care, custody, con-
trol, and management of the Commissioner of
Public Works.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPROPRIATION FOR DEMOLITION OR
RESTORATION OF ABANDONED PROP-
ERTIES.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
The growing number of vacant, abandoned, di-
lapidated, and dangerous structures in the City of
Boston is cause for deep concern, even alarm.
It is estimated that there are up to two thousand
structures of this type within our city, a great
number of which cannot, for one reason or another,
be restored to use.
Unless the city government moves, with prompt-
ness and determination, these unsightly structures
will, without doubt, be responsible for further decay
and blight.
In order that effective action might be taken to
stem the growth of decay and blight, and to remove
or demolish structures which are beyond the stage
of repair or renovation, I called together recently
a group of bank officials to discuss this situation.
From this group a committee of five was appointed
by me to make a report and recommendations.
The initial report of the committee has been made
and its recommendations are attached herewith.
After consulting with various departmental
officials, the committee arrived at the conclusion
that no real progress can be made in attacking
this problem until there is a co-ordination in the
efforts of the half dozen or more city departments
which are concerned, in one respect or another, in
this matter. At the present time, the weapons at
the disposal of the city are dispersed in various
directions, and the result is that our present efforts
are slow, cumbersome, and too thinly dispersed to
be fully effective.
It is obvious that when the Law Department, the
Fire Department, the Police Department, the
Building Department, the School Department, the
Real Property Department, the Health Depart-
ment, the Public Works Department, and the
City Planning Board, are all involved in some
aspect of urban blight, there is need of co-ordination
in order that the authority of each of these depart-
ments may be exercised in harmony with the
authority of all the departments. It is also
obvious that the efforts of the fifteen local neighbor-
hood rehabilitation committees can meet with little
success when properties in the category referred
to above are allowed to remain and to infect the
the whole neighborhood.
The committee recommends that a Director of
Demolition and Restoration be appointed by the
city, to work under the direction of the Mayor,
and to bring cohesion to the divided efforts now
being made by various departments in this problem
of abandoned, dilapidated structures. I concur in
this recommendation and submit, herewith, to
your Honorable Body an order for the transfer of
$2.3,000 from the Reserve Fund to an appropriation
for Demolition or Restoration of abandoned prop-
erties.
I shall appoint a Director of Demolition and
Restoration, as recommended by the committee.
This individual will be an attorney well versed in
this field. In a program involving hundreds of
structures which must be demolished or renovated,
it is essential that the Director of Demolition and
Restoration be given the full support of the city
administration. It is my purpose to call together all
of the department officials concerned in this matter,
and instruct those officials to give complete co-
operation to the director so that we may enlistour
full forces in an effort which, to my mind, will have
a great bearing on the future health of our city.
No city can hope for substantial progress, or even
hope to hold its own, if structural eyesores dot
the city in increased profusion. It is expected that
federal aid may be possible when the program of
the city has been formulated and after initial steps
indicating official recognition of the problem have
been taken.
In order that the program of demolition and
restoration may begin at once I most respectfully
request the approval of your Honorable Body, at
today's meeting, of the order herewith submitted
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
July 17, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
The committee appointed by you herewith
reports its recommendations as to the steps
necessary to further activate and strengthen the
work of your City of Boston Neighborhood
Rehabilitation and Conservation Program in the
demolition and removal of abanded property.
1. Dwelling units in Boston are being aban-
doned at such an alarmingly rapid rate, that
immediate action should be taken by the city.
Spot checks by the committee indicate that there
are probably nearer 2,000 buildings, rather than
600 (453 vacant and abandoned — 149 dilapidated
but occupied) buildings, as scheduled in the city
survey of May 18, 1956, which have deteriorated
to such a point that they cannot be repaired.
2. The amount of abandonment is so great
and so extensive that the problem of demolition
and removal of these buildings must be met
head-on, if the Neighborhood Rehabilition Pro-
gram is to continue. Preliminary consultation
with representatives of the various city depart-
ments indicates that there is need for co-ordinat-
ing machinery to affect acquisition and removal
of the abandoned properties.
3. The primary requirement for an effective
Rehabilition Program is the prompt appointment
of a full-time Co-ordinator with adequate ex-
perience in this line of effort, to tie together the
full force of the various city departments on this
one problem — .preferably designated as a "Direc-
tor of Demolition and Restoration," assigned to
the Mayor's personal staff, having full authority
to use the departments which have statutory
control over various phases of the problem and
assisted by an experienced attorney.
Such a Co-ordinator should devote his time
exclusively to the acquiring and razing of aban-
doned properties for the city. He should have the
assistance of an over-all advisory committee for
the counseling and support which they might
bring to his work. Such a committee might well
include an attorney, builder, real estate broker,
social worker, banker and a city Councilman.
A budget of $15,000 might be adequate for the
first year's operation.
Very truly yours,
Robert M. Morgan.
William F. Keesler.
Henry H. Pierce.
Thomas J. Giblin.
William B. Carolan.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts
of 1909, as amended, the City Auditor be and
hereby is, authorized to transfer from the appro-
priation for Reserve Fund, $25,000 to the appro-
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priation for Demolition or Restoration of Aban-
doned Properties, $25,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
APPROPRIATION FOR OFF-STREET PARK-
ING FACILITY AT CODMAN SQUARE.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In pursuance of the program of the city to
construct parking areas at local shopping centers,
the Real Property Board, at its recent meeting of
August 2, has voted to construct a parking space
in the Codman Square section of the city.
The location has been admirably chosen, for
it is directly in the rear of the center of the shopping
area. Eighty automobiles will be accommodated
in this parking space and the total cost of its
construction will be $90,000.
The funds for the construction of local parking
areas are provided through the parking meter fees,
obviating the necessity of appropriating taxes
for this purpose.
I respectfully request your Honorable Body to
give approval to this proposal for a Codman
Square off-street parking facility as promptly as
possible so that construction may begin, and so
that the facility may be in use prior to the Christ-
mas season.
I respectfully recommend approval of the
accompanying order for the transfer of $90,000 tor
a parking facility at Codman square, Dorchester.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
August 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
At a meeting of the Real Property Board held
on August 2, 1956, on motion duly made and
seconded, it was unanimously
Voted, That the chairman is directed to write
to his Honor, the Mayor, requesting him to ask
the City Council for an appropriation of funds
in the amount of $90,000 to be used for the con-
struction of the proposed Codman Square off-
street parking facility.
The said funds are to be transferred from the
"Parking Meter Fees" fund to the Real Property
Department for the acquisition, construction,
and maintenance of the said proposed Codman
Square off-street parking site.
CODMAN SQUARE.
Location: Aspinwall road, Southern avenue, and
rear, 573-577 Washington street. (As per plot
plan attached hereto.)
Area : square feet 28,600
Number of cars 80
Cost of land (approximately) $44,185
Cost of improvements (approximately) ... 41,815
Meters 4,000
Total $90,000
Respectfully submitted,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property,
Chairman, Real Property Board.
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
22B of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as estab-
lished by chapter 776 of the Acts of 1949, the
sum of $90,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated
from the special account, "Parking Meter Fees,"
to be expended by the Board of Real Estate
Commissioners, for acquiring off-street parking
areas and facilities and constructing or recon-
structing and resurfacing such areas and facilities
in the Codman Square district.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENT IN
WYVERN STREET, WEST ROXBURY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 10, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
George G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public
Works, relative to abandonment of a portion of
certain sewer easements acquired under an order
of taking dated June 27, 1899, and recommend
the adoption of the accompanying order author-
izing abandonment of said portion of these sewer
easements as requested by the Commissioner of
Public Works.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
August 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston
and
City Council,
City Hall.
Gentlemen :
By an order of the Board of Street Commis-
sioners of the City of Boston dated June 27, 1899,
and approved by the Mayor on the same date,
the City of Boston acquired easements for sewer-
age purposes in certain private lands in the West
Roxbury district of Boston, as shown on a plan
marked, "City of Boston, Plan No. 61, Sewerage
Works, Neponset Avenue Branch of Stony Brook,
West Roxbury, December 30, 1898, William
Jackson, City Engineer."
No damages have been paid as a result of these
takings, and, in fact, there has been no construc-
tion pursuant to the order of taking. It is my
opinion that a portion of the easements acquired
under the above-mentioned order is no longer
required for public purposes, and I therefore
recommend that the portion of the original ease-
ments, as shown on a plan marked "City of
Boston, Wyvern Street, West Roxbury, August 2,
1956, George G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public
Works," be abandoned.
Respectfully,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Whereas, By an order of the Street Commis-
sioners of the City of Boston dated June 27, 1899,
and approved by the Mayor of Boston June 27,
1899, and recorded witli Suffolk Registry of Deeds
on July 5, 1899, Book 2618, page 613, the City
of Boston acquired by eminent domain an ease-
ment for sewerage purposes in certain private
lands in the West Roxbury district of the City
of Boston, shown on a plan marked "City of
Boston, Plan No. 61, Sewerage Works, Neponset
Avenue Branch of Stony Brook, West Roxbury,
December 30, 1898, William Jackson, City En-
gineer"; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works
of the City of Boston has determined that a
portion of said easement is no longer required
for public purposes; and
Whereas, No awards for damages were awarded
as a result of the aforesaid taking for sewerage
purposes; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor of the City
of Boston be, and he hereby is, authorized in the
name and behalf of the City of Boston to execute
and cause to be recorded an instrument declaring
that the easement for sewerage purposes in the
following-described parcel of land, being a portion
of the aforesaid taking dated June 27, 1899, be
abandoned:
A certain parcel of land in the West Roxbury
district of Boston bounded:
Northeasterly by Wyvern street by two measure-
ments, eight and 88/100 (8.88) feet and one and
13/100 (1.13) feet; southeasterly by land of
Norton, one hundred twenty-seven and 66/100
(127.66) feet; northeasterly by the same, one
hundred ninety-three and 80/100 (193.80) feet;
southeasterly by land described in the order of
taking as taken from James Byrne, guardian, and
from Thomas F. Dolan and Catherine A. Dolan,
ten and 52/100 (10.52) feet; southwesterly by
other land of Norton, two hundred two and
31/100 (202.31) feet; and northwesterly by the
same, one hundred thirty-two and 93/100 (132.93)
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feet; containing three thousand two hundred
eighty-three (3,283) square feet, more or less,
being shown on plan titled "City of Boston,
Wyvern Street, West Roxbury, August- 2, 1956,
George G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public
Works, James W. Haley, Chief Engineer, Survey
Division, Public Works Department," on file
with the Public Improvement Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPROPRIATION FOR INSTALLATION
OF PARKING METERS.
The following was received:
Citv of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 20, 1 9/5(1.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am requested by the Chairman of the Boston
Traffic Commission to provide $10,000 from
liarking meter revenues for the purpose of pur-
chasing 200 meter heads. These meter heads
are necessary for replacement purposes, and to
complete installations in new locations. The
immediate need is for about 100 meter heads.
It is necessary, however, to have another 100
meter heads in reserve to provide for future needs
and for loss of meter heads through damage or
vandalism.
I respectfully request passage of the accom-
panying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hvnes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
August 16, 1950.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Our Parking Meter Division informs me that
all of our parking meters are in operation on the
streets of the city and that we do not have a suffi-
cient number of spare meter heads for replace-
ments and repairs.
Vandalism has been a factor which has caused
us to use a considerable number of meter heads
through damage or theft, and of course the toll
taken by accidents involving automobiles knock-
ing down meters and meter posts requires us to
have a supply on hand for replacement purposes.
In addition, there are various locations where
application has been made for the installation of
parking meters and which locations have been
approved by the Traffic Commission. These
are often extensions of present locations or they
involve small numbers of ten to twenty in public
squares where there are not now meters but where
there have been requests from merchants for
meter installations.
Accordingly, I am submitting this information
and a request for the sum of $10,000 from our
parking meter revenues for the purpose of advertis-
ing and awarding a contract for 200 meter heads.
This department would supply the meter posts
and do the necessary installation work, so it is
estimated, based on recent prices, that $10,000
would purchase approximately 200 meter heads.
About 100 of these would be placed in service
at once, leaving us only 100 remaining as reserves.
We now have 8,370 parking meters in service.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of $10,000 be, and the
same hereby is, appropriated from the revenue
received from parking meter fees, to be expended
by the Boston Traffic Commission fcr the acquisi-
tion and installation of parking meters.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
ORDINANCE FIXING FEES FOR LICENSES
AND PERMITS AND CHARGES FOR
CERTAIN SERVICES AND WORK.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 20, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
On May 14, 1956, I submitted to your Honorable
Body a new schedule of fees for most licenses and
permits granted by the City of Boston. On
July 9, your Honorable Body rejected this ordi-
nance without prejudice.
I now resubmit the same ordinance and schedule
of fees and service charges as that submitted on
May 14. In my opinion, the present fees charged
by the city are not reflective of the time and labor
involved in the issuance of licenses and permits.
It is estimated that the passage of the new schedule
as proposed in the ordinance will increase the
revenues of the city by approximately $300,000
annually. Because of rising expenditures in almost
every city and county department and in the
School Department it is most necessary that the
city obtain, from whatever source possible, addi-
tional income to meet higher costs of government.
Therefore, I most earnestly request your Honor-
able Body to give the new schedule of fees your
approval, and I recommend passage of the accom-
panying ordinance.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 20, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1949 empowered the
City of Boston to fix by ordinance the fees for
most licenses and permits granted under the
authority of statutes where the entire proceeds of
the fee form part of the income of the city, and
also the charges to be paid for services rendered
or work performed by the city for any person ot
class of persons unless the service is rendered or
work performed as part of the general services
furnished for the benefit of the citizens of the
city as a whole. By an express provision in the
statute, unless its terms are explicitly nullified by
a subsequent statute, a fee or charge fixed there-
under shall apply notwithstanding any general or
special law fixing a different fee or charge, or im-
posing any limitation on the amount thereof, or
designating a particular board or officer to fix
said amount.
Ever since the passage of chapter 222 of the
Acts of 1949, as opportnuity has from time to
time presented itself, members of the Law De-
partment have worked upon an ordinance which
not only would exercise in a comprehensive way
the broad power vested by said chapter but also
would serve as a general index to licenses, permits
and special services and to the provisions of law
pertaining thereto. At long last the work of
preparing this ordinance has been completed, and
it is transmitted to you herewith, together with
a table of changes setting forth in summary
fashion the chief differences between existing fees
and charges and those proposed.
In the preparation of the ordinance, considera-
tion has been given to the report made by the
Boston Finance Commission on February 7, 1956,
as well as to many suggestions from other sources
concerning proper fees and charges. Suffice it to
say that, in the light of current conditions, present
fees and charges would be reasonably adjusted by
the ordinance transmitted herewith. I recom-
mend its adoption.
Respectfully,
John B. Hynes, Mayor.
(The ordinance accompanying the foregoing
message is a resubmission of the ordinance rec-
ommended by the Mayor on May 14, 1956,
which appears in the City Council Proceedings
of May 14, 1956, on pages 141 to 163, inclusive,
except for a change in section 12, in the effective
date of said ordinance, if adopted, from July 1,
1956, to November 1, 1956.)
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Italian Canteen, by Nicola Montenigro, for com-
pensation for damage to property at 346 Hanover
street, caused by city employees pumping water.
Joseph F. Caruso, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Carmine Dacerno, to be reimbursed as result of
two executions issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Service.
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George W. Daynes, for compensation for
damage to car by fire apparatus.
Edward J. Flynn, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Richard J. Gogan, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by paint on bench on Boston
Common.
Scott L. Goldberg, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 32-33 Bataan court,
Roxbury.
Edward W. Gorfine, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Monument
square.
Dorothy R. Gulesian, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
Ruth Hardy, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 5287 Washington
street, Brighton.
D. Headley, for compensation for damage to car
by fire apparatus.
Joseph L. Herman, for compensation for damage
to car by police car.
Greta N. Hughes, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 528 Commonwealth
avenue.
Charles Hurwitz, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Columbus avenue.
Marjorie Jacobs, for compensation for damage
to property at 15 Woodbole avenue, Mattapan,
caused by firemen.
George Kelly, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Gardner street.
James E. McCarthy, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
James E. McCarthy, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
James E. McCarthy, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
Melinda and Samuel Parella, for compensation
for damage to property and injuries caused by ball
thrown from North End Park.
Anne and R. Francis Pascarelli, for compensa-
tion for injuries caused by an alleged defect at
3 School street, Dorchester.
James W. Pendleton, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 35 Cranston street, Jamaica
Plain, caused by employees of Water Department.
Esther Pitnof, to be reimbursed for expenses of
car wash caused by city men cutting down trees.
Anthony Ponzo, Jr., for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in North
square.
William D. Puzzo, for compensation for damage
to car by Police Department vehicle.
John J. Reddington, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 22 and 24 Maynard street, Ros-
lindale, caused by backing up of sewage.
Charles A. Reynolds, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 73 Cornhill.
Barbara Schoor, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1191 Boylston street.
George F. Shamon, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Police Department.
Robert J. Shea, Jr., to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Parks and Recreation De-
partment.
Lillian S. Sobol, for compensation for damage to
car caused by an alleged defect at 141 Northamp-
ton street.
Assunta Telese, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Faywood avenue,
East Boston.
Licenses.
Petition to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day, viz.:
Brigham Bowlaway, by Thomas J. Mclntyre,
761 Huntington avenue, Roxbury, Ward 10.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Agnes C. Girvan, to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, George W.
Girvan, late member of the Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Application for commercial use shellfish per-
mits were received from Arthur C. Liska, 33
Washburn street, Dorchester, Ward 7; Herbert
E. Lawson, 867 Washington street, Dorchester,
Ward 7.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Paul J. DeRosa, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Francis J. Kelley, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Robert Randall, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held August 31,
1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Metropolitan
Transit Authority, for pole location on Washington
street, between Wilder street and Columbia road,
Dorchester.
Placed on file.
COMMUNICATION FROM DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Boston Edison Com-
pany for locations of underground conduits in
Neponset Valley Parkway.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Boston Edison
Company for locations of manhole and under-
ground connections in Leverett Circle and Nashua
street.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Boston Edison
Company for pole locations, etc., on Playstead
road, Dorchester.
Severally placed on file.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city from August 13, 1956, to
August 17, 1956, inclusive.
Placed on file.
ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENT IN
PRESTON COURT, DORCHESTER.
Coun. PIEMONTE called up, under unfinished
business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz. :
1. Order for abandonment of right of City of
Boston to lay water pipes in Preston court, Dor-
chester.
On July 30, 1956, the foregoing order was read
once and passed, yeas 8, nays 0.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Alexander McNeil (re-
ferred July 2) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Hospital Department — rec-
ommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the [um'of twelve hundred dollars
(SI, 200) be allowed and paid to Alexander McNeil
in reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Hospital Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims, and Reimbursements.
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CITY COUNCIL.
2. Report on petition of Benjamin Teperow,
Administrator of the Estate of Timothy D. Dona-
hue (referred July 16), to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against Timothy D. Donahue
as a result of his acts as a member of the Fire De-
partment — recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That the sum of three hundred fifteen
dollars and thirty-three cents ($315.33) be allowed
and paid to Benjamin Teperow, Administrator of
the Estate of Timothy D. Donahue, in reimburse-
ment for amount of execution issued against
Timothy D. Donahue as a result of his acts as a
member of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims, and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of William H. Watts (re-
ferred August 6) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of ninety-five dollars
($95) be allowed and paid to William H. Watts in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Sanitary Division, Public Works Depart-
ment, said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims, and
Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of Henry F. Rodwell (re-
ferred August 6) to be reimbursed as a result of an
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Sanitary Division,
Public Works Department — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of one thousand seven
hundred six dollars and thirty-one cents ($1 ,706.31)
be allowed and paid to Henry F. Rodwell in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as an employee
of the Sanitary Division, Public Works Depart-
ment, said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims, and
Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1 Report on notice of order of taking by the
Metropolitan District Commission (referred
August 6) of land on Ventura street, Dorchester,
for park and recreational purposes — recommend-
ing that the notice be placed on file.
2 Report on communication from the State
Board of Housing (referred July 16) approving
sale of parcel of excess land at Newacre road and
Washington street, Hyde Park, under section 6
of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946— recommend-
ing that the communication be placed on hie.
3. Report on notice from the Department of
Public Utilities (referred August 6) of hearing on
petition of Boston Edison Company for locations
for pipes and wires in portions of boulevard in
control of Metropolitan District Commission on
Columbia road, South Bpston — recommending
that the notice be placed on hie.
The reports were accepted, and the notices
and communication were severally placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred July 30), for transfer of land at 3085
Washington street, West Roxbury, from Fire
Department to Commissioner of Public Works —
recommending that the order ought to pass.
5. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred July 30) for transfer of land at 105
Dorchester avenue, from Health Department to
Commissioner of Public Works — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed, yeas 9.
6. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred August 6) for release of conditions and
restrictions on property at junction of Dover and
Albany streets — recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
oiven its first reading and passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormaek, McDonough, McLaughlin.
Piemonte— 8.
Nays— 0.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred August 6) for appropriation of $33,000
from income of George F. Parkman Fund to be
expended under direction of Commissioner of
Parks and Recreation — recommending that same
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred August 6) of Arthur A. Guarino as
constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1956 — recommending that the appointment be
confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Ahearn and White. Whole number of ballots 9,
yeas 9, and the appointment was confirmed.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR JOHN
F. KENNEDY, CONGRESSMAN JOHN
W. McCORMACK, AND MAYOR JOHN
B. HYNES.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, The Democratic party has just con-
cluded its National Convention ; and
Whereas, This convention was conducted at a
time in the history of the United States of America
when courageous leadership is essential to the
future well being of this nation and the world, and
Whereas, Strong, fresh, vibrant, and intelligent
young men are needed to carry on the fight to
maintain the government of the United States in
the manner which best serves all the people, and
best enables the people to realize the constitu-
tional guarantee of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness; and,
Whereas, There was a great need to bring forth
new personalities upon whom the heavy mantle
of dynamic leadership of the Democratic party
eventually could be placed by our present leaders
for the continuation of the fight for constant
improvement of the general welfare of our people
which these leaders have been so courageously
making; and
Whereas, This convention has brought before
the American people a group of young political
leaders capable of fulfilling these great responsibili-
ties, but none with any greater stature, courage,
and ability than the junior senator from the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy;
and,
Whereas, Senator Kennedy, by the manner in
which he narrated the film " Pursuit of Happiness,"
by the force and dignity with which he nominated
the Democratic Standard Bearer — Adlai E.
Stevenson, of Illinois, by the magnificent fight
he made for the nomination for the high office of
Vice-President of the United States, and by the
gentlemanly and courageous manner in which he
accepted defeat, maintained the highest tradition
of the Democratic party, and reflected great honor
and credit upon his state, his nation, his family,
his countless friends and supporters, as well as
himself; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its heartfelt congratu-
lations to Senator John F. Kennedy, and its best
wishes for a lifelong continuance of his brilliant
career in public service, and outstanding leader-
ship in the Democratic party.
Coun. FOLEY moved to amend the foregoing
resolution by adding the following words:
"Be it further resolved, That the Boston City
Council further extends its congratulations and
thanks to the Honorable John B. Hynes, Mayor
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of the City of Boston, for his brilliantly effective
efforts to bring to Massachusetts the honor of
the nomination for the Vice-Presidency of the
Honorable Senator John F. Kennedy by persuasion
of those many prominent municipal officials
throughout the country familiar to him as a result
of his prominence in the United States Conference
of Mayors.
And be it further resolved, That the Boston
City Council further extends its congratulations
and thanks to the Honorable Congressman John
W. McCormack, 12th Massachusetts Congres-
sional District, for his use of his enormous prestige
at the Democratic National Convention to secure
the nomination of the Honorable John F. Kennedy
for the office of Vice-President of the United
States."
The motion was carried.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
The foregoing resolution as amended was
adopted under suspension of the rules.
DEATH OF JAMES H. MOONEY.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, The untimely passing of James H.
Mooney, Superintendent of Construction in our
Department of School Buildings, results in the loss
of one of our most valuable city employees; and
Whereas, Mr. Mooney won state-wide and
nation-wide recognition as an authority on building
codes and fire prevention; and
Whereas, During World War II, Mr. Mooney set
up a model plant for protection of buildings in air
raids — which was adopted by cities throughout the
nation — and later served on President Truman's
Conference on Fire Prevention; and
Whereas, James Mooney, a disabled veteran of
World War I, received several decorations from the
French government; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in meet-
ing assembled, extends its heartfelt sympathy and
condolences to the wife and family of James H.
Mooney who, throughout his lifetime, served his
city, his state, and his country, with great dis-
tinction.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
SIDEWALK ON COREY STREET.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Ordered, That the the Commissioner of Public
Works make a sidewalk along Corey street (north-
erly side), from Keane road to Ledge wood road,
Ward 20, in front of the estates bordering thereon;
said sidewalk to be from 3 to 10 inches above the
gutter adjoining, to be from 5 to 12 feet in width,
and to be built of artificial stone, with granite edge-
stones, under the provisions of chapter 252 of the
Acts of 1951.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PROPOSED ASSOCIATION OF CITY AND
'TOWN OFFICIALS OF GREATER BOSTON.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following: ,
Ordered, that his Honor the Mayor be requested,
as Mayor of the largest city in Greater Boston, to
take the initiative in forming an association com-
posed of the mayors, city councillors, aldermen,
city managers, and members of the boards of select-
men of the cities and towns of Greater Boston, such
association to meet at least annually and more
often as the rules and bylaws of the association may
provide.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
BLUE CROSS— BLUE SHIELD
DEDUCTIONS.
Coun. McDONOUGH and KERRIGAN offered
the following: , . ,
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to withhold the monthly Blue Cross-Blue Shield
payments from the pay checks of municipal and
county employees at the end of the pay period
falling nearest the middle of the month rather than
at the end of the month as is now the practice in
order to lighten the burden of financial demands
which are made on such employees at the end or
start of any monthly period.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
HEAVY TRUCKING ON RIVER STREET,
BLUE HILL AVENUE, AND MORTON
STREET.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Traffic Commissioner to investigate the heavy
trucking on River street, Blue Hill avenue, and
Morton street, which is disrupting the peace and
quiet of the private homes and hospitals, with a
view to correcting this disturbance.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ADEQUATE LIGHTING ON CUNARD
STREET, ROXBURY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, His Honor the Mayor is requested to
direct the Commissioner of Public Works to provide
for the installation of adequate lighting on Cunard
street, Roxbury, between Columbus avenue and
Cabot street.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPAIR OF PIER AT COMMERCIAL
BEACH.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Parks and Recreation Commission to repair or
reconstruct and maintain the lower section of the
pier located at Commercial Beach, so called, in the
North End section of the City of Boston.
Coun. McDonough moved to amend the fore-
going order by adding the following words: "and
the fish pier that is now blocked off at Castle
Island." The motion was carried.
The order as amended was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
Later in the session Councillor McDonough
moved reconsideration of the foregoing vote for the
purpose of withdrawing his amendment to the
foregoing order. The motion to reconsider pre-
vailed.
On further motion of Councillor McDonough the
amendment was withdrawn.
In connection with the foregoing order Councillor
McCormack offered the following communication:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Office of the Secretary,
State House, Boston.
Resolutions Memorializing the City of Boston to
Repair or Reconstruct, and Maintain, a
Certain Pier in Said City.
Resolved, That the General Court of Massa-
chusetts hereby memorializes the City of Boston
to repair or reconstruct, and maintain, the lower
section of the pier located at Commercial Beach,
so called, in the City of Boston; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be
sent forthwith, by the Secretary of the Common-
wealth, to the Mayor of the City of Boston, and the
members of the Boston City Council.
House of Representatives, April 12, 1956.
Adopted.
Lawrence R. Grove, Clerk.
Senate, August 10, 1956.
Adopted, in concurrence.
Thomas A. Chadwick, Assistant Clerk.
Acting Clerk.
A true copy.
Attest: Edward J. Cronin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the order as
originally submitted by him was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
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COLLECTION OF TRASH IN SOUTH
BOSTON DISTRICT.
Coun. FOLEY, McCORMACK, and KERRI-
GAN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works be requested to investigate the hours of
collection of trash in the South Boston district
with particular reference to the question of whether
trash collection in the South Boston district is com-
menced at an unseasonable hour in the morning.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.39 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 3.58 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for transfer of appropriation
of $25,000 from the Reserve Fund to appropriation
for Demolition or Restoration of Abandoned
Properties — recommending that the order ought
to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING TAX
AND WATER BILLS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, At the present time slips of paper
containing information relative to locations where
tax and water bills may be paid are attached by
means of paper clips to tax and water bills sent
out by the Collecting Division of the Treasury
Department; and
Whereas, It appears that there might be savings
in the cost of paper, in the cost of printing, and in
the manual labor involved in attaching the paper
clips if these slips of paper were eliminated and
the said information were printed on the back of
the bills; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Director of Administrative Services to have
the additional information now contained on the
said slips of paper printed on the reverse side of
the tax and water bills.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing resolution was adopted under
suspension of the rules.
PARKING IN DOWNTOWN AREA
AFTER 6 P.M.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The shortage of parking facilities is a
handicap to many businesses in downtown Boston;
and
Whereas, Certain businesses, especially restau-
rants, theaters, and hotels find the parking shortage
in the evening to be as great a handicap, or even
a greater handicap than the daytime parking
shortage; and
Whereas, The flow of traffic in the evening is
substantially less than the daytime traffic on most
downtown streets; and
Whereas, In many areas the Traffic Commission
has found it practical to restrict parking until
6 p.m. but to allow parking after this hour; be it,
therefore
Resolved, That the Traffic Commission review
parking regulations in the downtown area to
discover if there are additional streets now fully
restricted to traffic in which it would be possible
to allow parking after 6 p.m. and thus facilitate
evening business in downtown Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
MAYOR SAMUEL S. POLLARD OF
LOWELL AT COUNCIL MEETING.
President McCORMACK, on behalf -of the
Boston City Council, welcomed Mayor Samuel S.
Pollard of Lowell, who was invited to occupy the
rostrum with the presiding officer.
STUDY OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
AT BOSTON & ALBANY YARDS AND
SOUTH STATION.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The construction of the proposed toll
road into Boston, together with the proposed
commercial and industrial developments at the
Boston & Albany Railroad yards near Copley
square and in the vicinity of South Station,
would have a sweeping and permanent effect on
the economy of this city, and
Whereas, The construction of this new road
might require substantial adjustments in the ex-
isting transportation facilities and services, and
Whereas, The Boston City Planning Board is a
most important agency of our city government,
having been created according to chapter 12 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 as amended by chap-
ter 4 of the Ordinances of 1952 for the purpose of
guiding all major improvements in the city, and
Whereas, The nine members of the Boston City
Planning Board have been selected especially for
their civic interest and knowledge of community
development, and
Whereas, The Boston City Planning Board has
the technical assistance provided by a large staff
of graduate city planners, and
Whereas, The City Planning Board has pre-
pared a General Plan of the City of Boston to
insure the most efficient and economic develop-
ment of our city, and
Whereas, The City Planning Board, from time
to time, makes special studies for the develop-
ment of business and residential areas and for
the extension of community facilities, and
Whereas, It is the function of the City Planning
Board to advise the Mayor on all major improve-
ments, public or private, proposed for the city,
be it, therefore,
Resolved, That this Body recommend to his
Honor the Mayor that he call on the City Plan-
ning Board to study the above-mentioned im-
provements to provide him with its considered
advice, and that his Honor the Mayor, at his
discretion, make such advice available to this
Body and to the general public.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MORTON STREET,
BLUE HILL AVENUE, AND RIVER
STREET.
A communication was received from Repre-
sentatives Michael H. CantweU, Michael Paul
Feeney and Charles L. Patrone protesting heavy
trucking on Morton street, Blue Hill avenue,
and River street.
Referred to the Committee on Public Services
and Recreation.
Adjourned, at 4.08 p.m., on motion of Coun-
cillor Piemonte, to meet on Monday, August 27,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City or Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, August 27, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M..
President McCORMACK in the chair. Absent,
Councillor Foley.
The Reverend John Donovan, of St. Mary
of the Nativity Roman Catholic Church,
Scituate, and his brother, Paul Donovan, a
seminarian at St. John's Seminary, Brighton,
were escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JOHN DONOVAN.
O God, Supreme Ruler of the universe, Who
has given to men the unique faculty of direct-
ing their own affairs, Who has provided that
men should live with one another under the
direction of just and lawful government, grant
us who are assembled here as the Council of
the City of Boston Thy indispensable grace.
Illumine our minds that we may know Thy
will with regard to the issues before us. Let
not our first interest be expediency or self-
gain but to determine the welfare of our citi-
zens with right conscience. Move us to act
only by the standards of Thy eternal justice.
Guide all here present who seek nothing but
the common good so that our deliberations
and endeavors may protect and advance our
fair City of Boston. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
TRANSFER OF LAND AT BROADWAY AND
DORCHESTER AVENUE TO BOARD
OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 23, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit communication of Commissioner
Francis X. Cotter of the Fire Department
recommending the transfer of the Fire Depart-
ment property on the corner of Broadway and
Dorchester avenue in South Boston, and more
specifically located on the northeast corner
of Broadway and the northwest corner of
Dorchester avenue. This property, comprising
approximately 2,803 square feet of land,
together with the building thereon, was form-
erly a fire station but is presently being used
and occupied by the Board of Election Com-
missioners with the permission of the Fire
Department.
I enclose proposed form of order transferring
the aforesaid parcel of land, together with the
building thereon, to the care, custody and con-
trol of the Board of Election Commissioners.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, August 10, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
City Council.
Gentlemen :
The Fire Department has in its custody the
abandoned fire station on the corner of Broad-
way and Dorchester avenue in South Boston,
and more specifically located on the northeast
corner of Broadway and the northwest corner
of Dorchester avenue. This property, compris-
ing approximately 2,803 square feet of land,
together with the building thereon, was form-
erly a fire station, but is presently being used
and occupied by the Board of Election Com-
missioners with the permission of the Fire
Department.
Inasmuch as the Fire Department has no
further use of said property for Fire Depart-
ment purposes, and inasmuch as the Board
of Election Commissioners desires to continue
its aforesaid use and occupation, it is requested
that the said land and building be transferred
to the Board of Election Commissioners.
Respectfully,
Francis X. Cotter,
Fire Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner
in fee of approximately two thousand eight
hundred and three (2,803) square feet of
land, together with the building thereon, on
the corner of Broadway and Dorchester avenue
in South Boston, and more specifically on the
northeast corner of Broadway and the north-
west corner of Dorchester avenue, held by
the City for Fire Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Fire Commissioner of the City
of Boston has determined that the above-men-
tioned parcel of land, together with the build-
ing thereon, is no longer required for Fire
Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Board of Election Commis-
sioners of the City of Boston desire to use
the said property for Election Department
purposes; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel
of land, together with the building thereon,
be, and the same hereby is, transferred from
the care, custody, control and management of
the Fire Department to the care, custody,
control and management of the Board of
Election Commissioners.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
The foregoing message and order were re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO AD-
MINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPART-
MENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 27, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am informed by the Purchasing Agent,
who supervises the activities of the Printing
Department, that it is advisable to appropriate
sufficient money at this time to complete the
processing of approximately three hundred
thousand additional plates for a more or less
permanent police and voting list.
Originally, it was envisioned that the pro-
gram of substituting the Addressograph-
Multilith process for the Monotype pi-ocess
would be extended over a three-year period.
However, in doing this, there is a distinct loss
to the city. It is now decided that the com-
pletion of the processing of the necessary
plates, if accomplished promptly, will permit
the city to begin a saving in 1957 of at least
one hundred thousand dollars.
So that the continuing annual saving of
one hundred thousand dollars may be possible
beginning next year, I recommend that fifty
thousand dollars be transferred from the
Reserve Fund to the Administrative Services
Department. This transfer, if given the ap-
proval of your Honorable Body, will make
it possible to complete the Addressograph-
Multilith process by December 1st of this year.
Respectfully,
J. B. HYNES, Mayor.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Reserve Fund,
$50,000, to the appropriation for Administra-
tive Services Department, 2, Contractual Serv-
ices, $50,000.
On motion of Councillor McCormack the
message and order were referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and Finance.
LOAN FOR DEMOLITION OF ABANDONED
AND DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, August 27, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
As your Honorable Body is aware, for
sometime we have been attempting, by various
means and programs, to solve the problem
of neighborhood deterioration in the City of
Boston. It has become increasingly clear that
this problem cannot be solved by other than
a decisive frontal attack.
The number of buildings abandoned by their
owners is increasing at a rapid rate. Recently,
1 requested a representative group of bank
officials, who have a financial interest in this
-problem, to make a survey of the situation
as it exists in Boston. This committee con-
sulted with various departmental officials. Spot
checks by the committee indicated that the
number of buildings dilapidated, dangerous,
vacant or abandoned, is close to 2,000. Un-
doubtedly, a large percentage of these struc-
tures cannot be rehabilitated.
In my judgment, the health and the safety
of the citizens of Boston require that these
structures be demolished or put in acceptable
condition. If they are allowed to remain as
a blot on the face of the city we shall not
only encourage a most dangerous situation,
but we will also discourage any possible im-
provement in neighborhoods which can be im-
proved if these structures are removed.
On Thursday, August 23, the Public Safety
Commission in a special meeting, voted as
follows :
"... That a state of emergency
exists in the City of Boston, due to the
recent rapid increase in the number of
abandoned buildings in the City of Boston,
which constitute a menace to the public
health and safety and the cause of alarm
and fear on the part of the residents of
the city. It is recommended that an im-
mediate appropriation of $500,000 be made
available in order to remedy this critical
situation as rapidly as possible ..."
I therefore present to your Honorable Body
a loan order, attached herewith, for the
emergency appropriation of $500,000 for the
demolition of unsafe, dangerous structures
within our city. One hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars of this amount will be spent under
the direction of the Building Commissioner
and $350,000 will be spent under the direction
of the Health Commissioner.
I request approval of the loan order by
your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That under the provisions of clause
9 of section 8 of chapter 44 of the General
Laws, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000) be, and hereby is, appropriated,
for the demolition of abandoned and dilapi-
dated structures, and that to meet said ap-
propriation the Collector-Treasurer be au-
thorized to issue, from time to time, on request
of the Mayor, bonds or certificates of indebted-
ness of the city to said amount. .
On motion of Councillor McCormack the
rules were suspended and the order was given
its first reading and passage, yeas 8, nays 0;
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 8.
Nays — 0.
On further motion of Councillor McCormack
the order was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations and Finance.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Florence Bates, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in North-
ampton street, Boston.
Charles A. Brophy, for compensation for
damage to property and personal injuries by
city truck.
Rita M. Conley, for compensation for damage
to dress caused by an alleged defect in a
door in the Assessing Department, Tabulating
Division.
Nicholas Cosmopulos, for compensation for
loss of false teeth while patient at City
Hospital.
Helen Feeney, for compensation for damage
to dress caused by a broken chair in the As-
sessing Department, Tabulating Division.
Geraldine Barter Her, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Port-
land and Causeway streets, Boston.
Robert F. Joyce, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Police Department.
John Kennedy, for compensation for damage
to car by city truck.
Lorraine Kiernan, for compensation for
personal injuries caused by fall on stairs at
housing project, 41 Bickford street, Jamaica
Plain.
Rubin L. Levinsky, for compensation for
damage to property during sidewalk installa-
tion on Alabama street, Mattapan.
Helen M. Murphy, for compensation for
damage to dress in the Assessing Department,
Tabulating Division.
Rita O'Brien, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Prentiss
street and Columbus avenue.
Ida Palmer, for compensation for damage to
articles in washing machine caused by rusty
water'.
Phyllis A. Potvine, for compensation for
personal injuries caused by an alleged defect
at 5 and 7 Herman street, Roxbury.
Angelo Romano, for compensation for dam-
age to property at 49 Bowdoin avenue, Dor-
chester, during street and sidewalk construc-
tion.
Salvatore J. Saccardo, for compensation for
damage to property at 274 Bunker Hill street,
Charlestown, by firemen.
Dorothea Sgroi, for compensation for dam-
age to skirt in the Assessing Department,
Tabulating Division.
Dr. George A. Snook, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in
Northampton street, Boston.
Nick _ Stevenson, for compensation for per-
sonal injuries caused by piece of lumber
thrown from window by fireman.
Clara Vitale, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 38 and
40 Chauncy street, Boston.
AUGUST 27, 1956.
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PETITIONS FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Alice G. Kelley to be paid an-
nuity on account of death of her husband,
Edward L. Kelley, late member of the Police
Department.
Petition of Gertrude F. McNamara to be
paid annuity on account of death of her
husband, John F. McNamara, late member of
the Fire Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
1956 TAX RATE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission, August 24, 1956.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council.
The Finance Commission herewith places
upon record the official figures of the 1956 tax
rate computations and its analysis of them.
This rate of $78.70 sets a new high record
not only in the City of Boston, but in the
cities of Massachusetts. And yet it is doubt-
ful if it has reached the limit. A sales tax
next year may keep it near the present level,
but may not do much better. If a sales tax is
authorized, the benefits to the Boston taxpayers
will depend on the distribution of its proceeds,
which will be directed by the Legislature in
the authorizing statute.
It is widely accepted that the 1956 rate is,
at last, a realistic rate. Certainly an analysis
of the computations of it gives strong support
to that opinion. Nevertheless, it is $8.90
higher than a year ago; and despite the fact
that a new attitude toward Appellate Tax
B'oard determination of valuations has been
proclaimed, not all of those who in recent
years complained about high valuation will
benefit therefrom. There are certain restric-
tions imposed in the application of the new
policy which will deprive many property
holders of any 1956 benefit.
Annually for many years the Finance Com-
mission has been revealing the unsoundness of
the valuation total on which the rate rested.
It pointed to original valuations which later
had to be reduced at extra cost to the city
and to the taxpayers. It pointed -to excessive
estimates of income other than taxes which to
a staggering total resulted in operation deficits.
It pointed tx> excessive estimates of yield from
certain taxes, like the motor vehicle excise
receipts; and it pointed to the large scale
business of procuring abatements after the tax
rate was established. Eventually so many
private agencies took up the Finance Com-
mission's lead that now the city administrators
are coming closer to realistic rate-making
rather than political rate-making.
So far, therefore, the reform consists of
this: According to official announcement,
where the Appellate Tax Board or the Boston
Board of Review determined valuation within
the last two years, the assessors accepted those
figures as the 1956 valuation. In all others,
they were not bound to vary from assessments
of other years. The change in policy does
not apply to properties wherein a reduction in
valuation of less than $10,000 has been granted
by either board in the last two years. It is
difficult to obtain at this time more than an
unsupported estimate of the effect of the policy
on total valuations because no parcel by parcel
comparison of valuations has yet been made.
The established facts are: the total of valua-
tions, real and personal property, in 1956 is
$1,517,808,000; in 1955, it was $1,541,500,000,
or $23,692,000 more. It has been officially
estimated that new taxable valuations in 1956
amount to approximately $20,000,000; but there
has been a loss of approximately $5,300,000 by
additional Central Artery and "New York
Streets" area takings.
The new attitude amounts to a partial
stabilization of assessments for the remaining
three years of this administration. Many
prominent real estate representatives asserted
in conference with the city rate-makers that
stabilization of valuations is most important
for the good of the city. Fluctuations in the
past several years due to the desire to keep
the rate at a figure acceptable to administra-
tion leaders played havoc with efforts to pro-
mote large real estate developments; and it
made a profitable business for some who had
enough influence to obtain abatements. So far,
therefore, as relates to determination of tax-
able valuations, the decisions of the assessors
irr 1956 are less provocative than in genera-
tions though they will not necessarily be en-
tirely acceptable to many property owners.
Regarding the city's "Revenues and Credits,"
in the estimates used there is in 1956 less of
the gamble of previous years evident. The
city fiscal authorities lean heavily to the
opinion that without a catastrophe, the result
should be that there will be little, if any,
addition at the end of 1956 to the operation
deficits accumulated in the past several years.
That conservatism rather than liberality
governed the revenue estimates is evident.
From city, county, and school departmental
revenue, it is estimated that $13,768,808.08
will be received in 1956. The corresponding
estimate in 1955 was $16,244,007.19. It proved
almost $3,000,000 too much. From motor
vehicle taxes, it is estimated that $4,911,517
will be received in 1956. In 1955 the estimate
was $6,191,529, which figure proved about
$1,000,000 too high.
Parking meter receipts are figured to be
$180,000 in 1956 as against an estimate in
1955 of $397,000. Poll taxes, which by law
must be assumed to be collected entirely, have
dropped from $468,200 to $451,000 in the
estimates.
The estimates of Boston's share of state
revenue, supplied for tax computation pur-
poses by the state, are again on the optimistic
side. In 1956 the total of them as listed by
the Boston assessors is $25,688,119.38, which is
$90,891.51 more than the estimate of them used
in 1955. These figures include "Aid and As-
sistance" coming from reimbursement to Boston
for welfare grants chargeable to the state and
other municipalities.
On the appropriation side, city appropria-
tions total $111,441,721.63. This is $4,791,342.03
more than the 1955 total; county appropria-
tions in 1956 total $7,837,120.25, which is
$1,028,708.08 more than the 1955 total; school
appropriations total $29,320,706.21 or $1,359,-
321.50 higher than in 1955. Metropolitan
assessments are in 1956 a total of $2,236,954.48,
which is $453,026.81 more than in 1955; the
Metropolitan Transit Authority assessments in
1956 total $5,002,408.07, which is $202,112.79
more than in 1955; the state assessment is
$93,738.24, or $3,458.70 less than in 1955; and
the combined overlay accounts in 1956 total
$16,036,777.98, which is $4,541,710.79 more
than in 1955. In this last item, the city is
appropriating $3,670,763.10 more than the
norma) $2,000,000 required by statute for pro-
viding Overlay deficits.
It is noteworthy that for a 1956 overlay
(refunds on accoirnt of abatements, etc.) the
total used is $4,790,578.89, which is $1,084,631.12
greater than the figure used in 1955. This
new figure represents 4.16 per cent of the tax
levy. It is hoped by the fiscal officers that it
will suffice to cover all refunds of 1956 assess-
ments ordered by the Board of Review.
The appropriation total in 1956 is therefore
$172,370,328.06 or $12,375,664 greater i.n 1956
than in 1955. Since the various revenues other
than taxes total only $52,918,839.46, the neces-
sary tax levy is $11,854,789.60 more than in
1955.
To summarize briefly: increased appropria-
tions and charges in 1956 with a lower offset
in revenues and credits necessitated a higher
tax levy; and a lower total of assessable valua-
tions, in turn, necessitated a higher tax rate.
The official tabulation of valuations, real
and pei'sonal property, follows:
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Oi TV OOUNOiL.
Real Estate Valuation
WARD 1955 1956
1 $42,767,500 $40,971,000
2 34,917,600 34,282,700
3 413,176,400 395,692,500
4 94,918,000 94,851,400
5 165,232,300 164,109,800
6 74,436,700 72,661,400
7 26,959,700 26,587,200
8 28,613,200 28,114,700
9 24,761,200 24,581 ,600
10 18,623,200 18,093,600
II 24,542,100 24,116,800
12 30,349,100 30,076,100
13 24,125,800 23,591,800
14 43,690,000 43,374,900
15 21,474,700 21,292,200
16 35,081,600 34,982,800
17 34,562,000 34,603,600
18 53,950,200 57,411,000
19 33,055,400 33,346,200
20 58,171,600 58,725,000
21 75,105,700 74,682,100
22 51,117,900 50,495,200
Totals $1,409,337,900 $1,386,643,600
Personal Property Valuation
1955 1956
1 $1,800,600 $1,760,100
2 687,500 553,000
3 85,932,100 85,912,000
4 914,200 828,200
5 31,206,300 30,951,900
6 1,362,600 1,353,000
7 523,400 508,700
8 1,026,000 888,800
9 1,173,500 1,136,200
10 273,300 258,100
11 476,800 464,600
12 361,500 341,500
13 -. . 385,500 380,200
14 784,200 743,900
15 338,400 348,200
16 725,800 690,400
17 478,300 477,900
18 1,397,700 1,432,700
19 486,100 450,400
20 479,800 477,100
21 606,900 589,800
22 681,600 617,700
Totals $132,162,100 $131,164,400
CHANGE
$1,796,500-
634,900-
17,483,900-
66,600 -
1,122,500-
1,775,300-
372,500-
498,500-
179,000-
529,600-
425,300-
273,000-
534,000-
321,100-
182,500-
98,800-
41,600+
3,460,800+
290,800+
553,400+
423,600-
622,700-
$22,694,300
AUGUST 27, 1956.
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These tables reveal that the total 1956
assessed value of the real estate of the city-
is smaller by $22,694,300 than the total of the
assessed valuation in 1955. The personal
property total declined $997,700. In Wards
17, 18, 19, and 20 there is a higher total of
real estate value than in 1955. In personal
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES
City:
General Maintenance
Debt Service
Pension Systems . . . .
Non-Contributory Pensions ....
Hurricane Emergency
County:
General Maintenance
Debt Service
Non-Contributory Pensions ....
Schools:
General Maintenance
Debt Service .
School Buildings:
Alterations and Repairs *
Land and Buildings
Excess Appropriations
Metropolitan District Commission:
Maintenance Assessments ....
Boston Arena Authority
Metropolitan Transit Authority:
Operating Deficits
Debt Retirement
State Assessments
Overlay:
1954 Deficit
1953 Deficit
1952 Deficit
1951 Deficit
1950 and Prior Deficits
Funding Account
Current Year
property valuation, two wards, 15 and 18,
have higher totals than in 1955, the other 20
being all lower, but without distinctive change.
The official recording by the Board of
Assessors of the 1956 computations of the tax
rate, compared with the 1955 computations
follows:
1955
$92,260,580 75
6,214,981 99
2,791,743 26
4,380,000 00
1,003,073 00
6,530,640 92
107,771 25
170,000 00
22,799,007 19
188,848 7.5
2,059,305 80
134,775 00
3,279,448 97
1,783,927 67
4,184,207 52
516,087 70
97,197 04
2,277,439 73
1,757,528 79
1,066,168 99
685,981 91
2,000,000 00
3,705,947 77
Totals
REVENUES AND CREDITS
Departmental Revenue:
City General
Printing and Rent Board
Housing Authority .
County
Schools-Income
Appropriation Balance
State Revenue:
Income Tax
Corporate Excise Tax
Public Lands
Old Age Meals lax .
Hurricane Reimbursement
Aid and Assistance .
Courthouse Maintenance
School Construction, Chapter 645-648
Special Classes, Chapter 514-554 .
Flood Emergency Reimbursement
Other Revenue:
Motor Excise Current Year
Motor Excise Other Years
Parking Meter Receipts .
Poll Tax ....
Tax Title Loan
Sumner Tunnel Proceeds
Tax Levy ....
Taxable Valuation
Tax Rate
$159,994,664 06
195S
$11,969,000 00
706,000 00
1,020,000 00
950,000 00
1,470,079 87
128,927 32
4,733,143 00
5,765,429 00
194,718 00
377,620 87
1,328,317 00
12,400,000 00
228,000 00
130,000 00
440,000 00
4,083,000 00
2,108,529 00
397,000 00
468,200 00
3,500,000 00
107,596,700 00
1950
$97,107,628 00
6,987,258 16
2,760,835 47
4,580,000 00
7,500,986 50
105,033 75
172,000 00
22,352,058 OS
236,841 25
1,952,600 00
137,560 00
5,141,647 88
2,210,831 21
26,123 37
4,386,320 30
516,087 77
93,738 34
1,708,937 32
1,306,564 54
1,317,795 57
695,807 05
546,331 51
5,670,763 10
4,790,578 89
$172,370,328 06
1956
$9,841,250 00
835,500 00
840,000 00
1,100,000 00
1,143,179 00
8,879 08
5,018,306 63
6,061,734 70
190,149 31
385,568 34
13,100,000 00
185,000 00
150,600 00
281,760 40
315,000 00
2,384,443 00
2,527,074 00
180,000 00
451,014 00
7,919,380 00
119,451,489 60
159,994,664 06 172,370,328 06
The Finance Commission repeats the con-
clusion of its tax rate analysis report of a
year ago:
"An increase in revenue by a much-needed
rise in fees and charges would give a small
amount of help; but new taxes, to which
there is much and powerful opposition, is
practically the only means by which the
present property tax rate can be reduced,
or kept at its recent level."
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman,
Leo J. Dunn,
Edward U. Lee,
Roger J. Abizaid, M.D..
Henry A. Sasserno,
The Finance Commission.
Robert E. Cunnifp, Secretary.
Placed on file.
1,541,500,000 00 $1,517,808,000 00
$69 80 $78 70
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Arthur A. Guarino,
having been duly approved by the Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved by the
Council.
NOTICE OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Notice was received from Samuel J. Tom-
asello, member of the Board of Appeal, of
his interest in a contract between the City
of Boston and the S. J. Tomasello Corpora-
tion for bituminous concrete pavement in
Child street, etc.
Placed on file.
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CITY COUNCIL.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred August 20) for transfer of
land on Moreland street, West Roxbury, from
the Real Property Department to the Com-
missioner of Public Works — recommending
that same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
was passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 8.
Nays — 0.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred August 20) for abandonment
of easement for sewerage purpose in Wyvern
street, West Roxbury — recommending that
same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
was given its first reading and passage,
yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 8.
Nays — 0.
The order was assigned for 14 days for
final action.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the' Committee
on Appropriations and Finance, submftted
the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred June 25) for appropriation of
$1'3,794.70 from revenue of parking meter
fees for purchase of motor cycles by Police
Department — recommending that same ought
to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
was passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins. Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, Whits; — 8.
Nays— 0.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT FIRTH ROAD,
WASHINGTON AND SOUTH STREETS,
AND LEE HILL ROAD.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN and COLLINS offered
the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner be
requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
arrange for the installation of pedestrian
controlled traffic signal lights at the intersec-
tion of Firth road, Washington street. South
street, and Lee Hill road in Ward 19.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT ON REDEVELOPMENT OF
'NEW YORK STREETS" AREA.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, A number of suggestions and pro-
posals have been advanced regarding the
redevelopment of the South Station, South
Cove, and adjacent areas, any and all of which
may have direct or indirect bearing upon the
future use of the "New York Streets" area,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That Kane Simonian, Chief. Urban
Renewal Division, Boston Housing Authority,
be requested to appear before the Executive
Committee of the Boston City Council on
Monday, September 10, 1956, at 3 p.m., to
explain the status of the proposed sale and
redevelopment of the New York Streets area.
On motion of Councillor Collins, the resolu-
tion was referred to the Executive Committee.
Ooun. AHEARN in the chair.
SIDEWALK ON KENRICK STREET.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works make a sidewalk along Kenrick street
( northerly side) , from Brayton road to the
Newton line, Ward 22, in front of the estates
bordering thereon; said sidewalk to be from
3 to 10 inches above the gutter adjoining,
to be from 5 to 12 feet in width, and to be
built of artificial stone, with granite edge-
stones, under the provisions of chapter 203
of the Acts of 1943, as amended.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
IMPROVEMENTS ON CERTAIN STREETS
IN DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install
electric lights on Groom, Holden, Belden, and
Howell streets in the Dorchester section; and
be it further
Ordered, that these streets be properly
paved.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
STUDY BY PLANNING BOARD OF
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING SITE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The location of the proposed
$28,000,000 Federal Building in Boston would
have a sweeping and permanent effect on the
future economy of this city; and
Whereas, The Boston City Planning Board
is a most important agency of our city gov-
ernment, having been created according to
chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
as amended by chapter 4 of the Ordinances
of 1952 for the purposes of guiding all major
improvements in the city; and
Whereas, The nine members of the Boston
City Planning Board have been selected es-
pecially for their civic interest and knowl-
edge of community development; and
Whereas, The Boston City Planning Board
has the technical assistance provided by a
large staff of graduate city planners; and
Whereas, The City Planning Board has
prepared a general plan of the City of Boston
to insure the most efficient and economic
development of our city; and
Whereas, The City Planning Board froin
time to time makes special studies for the
development of business and residential areas,
and for the extension of community facilities:
and
Whereas. The City Planning Board has
made an over-all plan for future building
in Boston; and
Whereas, it is the function of the City
Planning Board to advise the Mayor on all
major improvements, public or private, pro-
posed for the city; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor request
the City Planning Board to review their study
for future building in Boston and make
recommendations for particular sites for the
location of the proposed $28,000,000 Federal
Building in Boston, and that their suggestions
and recommendations be forwarded to the
appropriate federal committee or department
in charge of selecting locations for the pro-
posed new Boston Federal Building; and, be
it further
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor follow
this matter up by personal call or in any
other way he may deem advisable or proper
to the end that the new Boston Federal Build-
ing be located in coordination with Boston's
plans and to the best interests of our city.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
AUGUST 27, 1956.
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APPROACHES TO CHARLES RIVERBANK
AND PLAYGROUND.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The people of the Back Bay of
Boston, both young and old, are suffering
from the lack of approaches to the Charles
Riverbank and playground; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Metropolitan District
Commission be requested to provide a bridge
for such crossing at Gloucester street and at
such other points as may make the Riverbank
and playground more accessible to the people
of the Back Bay section of Boston; and
Further that a copy of this resolve be for-
warded to the Metropolitan District Com-
mission.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
SIDEWALK ON WILLOWDEAN AVENUE,
WARD 20.
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works make a sidewalk along Willowdean
avenue (both sides), from Weld street to
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, Ward 20,
in front of the estates bordering thereon; said
sidewalk to be from 3 to 10 inches above the
gutter adjoining, to be from 5 to 12 feet in
width, and to be built of artificial stone, with
granite edgestones, under the provisions of
chapter 203 of the Acts of 1943, as amended.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON NEWTON
STREET, BLUE HILL AVENUE, AND
RIVER STREET.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN. Chairman of the
Committee on Public Services and Recreation,
upon receiving unanimous consent to make
a statement, stated that a meeting of the
Committee on Public Services and Recreation
was held this morning upon the petition of
Representatives Michael H. Cantwell, Michael
Paul Feeney, and Charles L. Patrone for relief
from the heavy truck traffic on Newton street,
Blue Hill avenue,, and River street, and that
Commissioner of Public Works George G.
Hyland had previously advised Councillor
McLaughlin that a vote had been taken to
restrict truck traffic in this particular project,
between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and
that the contractor concerned had agreed
thereto.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the
Council voted that when it adjourn, it be to
meet on Monday, September 10, 1956, at 2 P.M.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on applications (referred August 20)
for commercial use shellfish permits for
Herbert E. Lawson and Arthur C. Liska —
recommending that permits be granted.
The report was accepted, and the permits
were severally granted under the usual con-
ditions.
Adjourned, at 3.35 P.M., on motion of
Councillor McLaughlin, to meet on Monday,
September 10, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: AH debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
■447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, September 10, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend Gerard D. Barry, of St.
Augustine Roman Catholic Church, South
Boston, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. GERARD D.
BARRY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, from Whom all holy desires, rights,
counsel, and just works proceed, give to these,
Thy civil servants, the graces necessary to
fulfill their civic and sacred duties. We pray
for those who are joined together that Thy
authority may be preserved by Thy help.
Grant to them the firm faith to hold stead-
fast to Thy will in the execution of their
office. Give to them the courageous faith to
undertake and carry out without hesitation
the great things for God and our city.
May the souls of their predecessors and the
souls of all the faithful departed through
the mercy of God rest in peace.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPEARANCE OF DR. JOHN F. CONLIN
BEFORE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte the rules
were suspended on the order of business to
allow the introduction of the following order:
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, A newspaper story account of the
graduation exercises of nurses held at John
Hancock Hall on Friday, September 7, 1956,
contained statements alleged to have been
made by Dr. John F. Conlin, Superintendent
of the Boston City Hospital, which reflected
on certain members of the Boston City
Council, now therefore be it
Ordered, That the City Messenger be, and
is hereby directed, on behalf of the City
Council, to request Dr. John F. Conlin, Super-
intendent of the Boston City Hospital, to
appear before the Executive Committee of
the Boston City Council at 3:30 P.M. this
afternoon and at such other dates as in the
opinion of the Chairman of the Executive
Committee he may deem it advisable, and to
take with him any and all copies of reports,
memorandums, or communications pertaining
to inspections by the Boston Health Depart-
ment of the Boston City Hospital received
or sent within the past four months.
The order was passed.
SEPTEMBER 16 DESIGNATED
"I AM AN AMERICAN DAY."
On motion of Councillor White the rules
were suspended to allow the introduction of
the following resolution :
Coun. WHITE offered the following:
Whereas, Sunday, September 16, has been
designated this year as "I Am An American
Day," with appropriate ceremonies to be held
at 2 p.m. at the Hatch Memorial Shell on
Boston's Esplanade: and
Whereas, This day has been kindled by the
spirit of American families since it was first
originated in 1933 through the zeal, efforts,
and vision of the late William Randolph
Hearst who gave birth to the movement
which eventually led Congress to set aside one
day each year as "I Am An American Day";
and
Whereas, The "Record-American" and "Sun-
day Advertiser," together with the Massa-
chusetts Department of American Legion and
Mayor John B. Hynes, have joined in spon-
soring this observance at which Americans
may reaffirm their faith in the glorious princi-
ples of America and re-echo pride in being
blessed with the American heritage, through
birth or adoption; therefore, we, the members
of the Boston City Council, in meeting as-
sembled.
Resolved, To publicly extend our congratula-
tions to the "Hearst" newspapers, the Massa-
chusetts Department of the American Legion,
and Mayor John B. Hynes for their efforts
in keeping alive so vital a day with fitting
and proper ceremonies of re-dedication.
The resolution was adopted.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed
by law, Councillor Foley presiding at the box,
in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Fifty-nine traverse jurors, Superior Crim-
inal Court, to appear October 1, 1956.
Coun. KERRIGAN in the chair.
Joseph E. St. Croix, Ward 1; Louis Yan-
ucci, Ward 1; James L. Doherty, Ward 2;
George W. Farrell, Ward 2; Gordon W. Mabey,
Ward 2; William J. Tiernan, Ward 2; Victor
Fatalo, Ward 3; Alfred J. Grondell, Ward 3;
Joseph Lipani, Ward 3; Warren F. Payne,
Ward 3; Patrick Rizzo, Ward 3; James E.
Bolwell, Ward 4; William L. Hill, Ward 4;
George G. Wright, Jr., Ward 4; Abraham
Rubin, Ward 5; Ezra F. Stevens, Ward 5;
Joseph F. Taylor, Ward 5; Edward R. Dalzell,
Ward 6; John J. Driscoll, Ward 6; Orlando
Guarente, Ward 6: Elmer C. Lowe, Ward 6:
Henry Subrize, Ward 6; John P. McGoldrick,
Ward 7; Patrick Francis Coughlin, Ward S;
Willard N. Ellis, Ward 8; Martin J. Mahoney,
Ward 9; James E. Williams, Ward 9; Thomas
J. McMullen, Ward 10; Kenneth James Golden,
Ward 11.
Joseph J. Johnson, Ward 12; Odell Muckle,
Ward 12; Barnet Riseman, Ward 12; Arthur
Singer, Ward 12; Maurice F. Cashman, Ward
13- Wilfred J. Lavoie, Ward 13; Mary E.
Mathey, Ward 13; William F. Miller, Ward
13- Raymond J. Nerino, Ward 13; Merton J.
Bergman, Ward 14; Ernest Lloyd, Ward 14;
Gerard J. Magner, Ward 14; Max W. Robot-
nick, Ward 14; Sophie H. Cogin, Ward 15;
William Francis Noone, Ward 15; Nicholas
Louis Christo, Ward 16; George Norris, Ward
17- Esther E. White, Ward 17; John Mc-
Clintock, Ward 18; George R. Forsburg, Ward
20; Katherine D. McWeeny, Ward 20; Elmer
E ' Wieher, Ward 20; Frederick Abbott, Ward
21; John Archbold, Ward 21; Leon Cohen,
Ward 21; Edith B. Grosbayne, Ward 21:
Samuel Levenson, Ward 21; James J. Lyons,
Ward 22: Philip P. Vincuilla, Ward 22;
Michael J. Whyte. Ward 22.
One hundred sixty-nine traverse jurors,
Superior Civil Court, to appear October 1,
1956:
James Barbero, Ward 1; Daniel J. Bonito,
Ward 1; Joseph David Caristo, Ward 1; Aldo
Ferrario, Ward 1; John Kovacev, Ward 1;
James F. Lavin, Ward 1; Thomas F. LoSciuto.
Ward 1; Henry Marshall. Ward 1; Henry
Pascucci, Ward 1; Joseph E. Fawcett, Ward 2;
John C. Harrington, Ward 2; Joseph G. Kirk.
Ward 2; Dale H. Newbanks, Ward 2: Gerald
T. O'Brien. Ward 2; Edward F. Ruiz, Ward 2:
Frank A. Abate, Ward 3; Joseph Bruno, Ward
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3; Pasquale Ferrara, Ward 3; Paul W.
Gouvalaris, Ward 3; Edward J. Hocking,
Ward 3; James Marciello, Ward 3; Alexander
Parisi, Ward 3; Albert F. Passacantilli, Ward
3; Sulim Spiegel, Ward 3; Grace M. Ciccolo,
Ward 4; Daniel S. Cook, Ward 4; Richard H.
Counts, Ward 4; Harold C. Hughes, Ward 4;
Joseph R. Madden, Ward 4; James Whelden,
Ward 4; Olof W. Zetterquist, Ward 4.
Margaret M. Brady, Ward 5; Alfred Can-
cellieri, Ward 5; Eleanor A. Cedergren, Ward
5; Joseph E. Farrow, Ward 5; James H. Gray,
Ward 5; Robert W. Pollock, Ward 5; John
K. Stack, Ward 5; Dorothy V. White, Ward
5; Henry Benatti, Ward 6; Peter M. Burke,
Ward 6; Harry G. Flessas, Ward 6; John
J Heffernan, Ward 6; James M. Kent,
Ward 6; Edward C. Peluso, Ward 6; William
P. Wasson, Ward 6; Mary Buckley, Ward 7;
Frederick A. Dean, Ward 7; John Doyle, Ward
7; John Joseph Mahoney, Ward 7; William
F. Melchin, Ward 7; James R. Pierce, Ward
7; Edward Pontius, Ward 7; Andrew Yanoolis,
Ward 7; Jennie Bukuras, Ward 8; Albert P.
Patrick, Ward 8; William Bennett, Ward 9;
Cleveland Cloud, Ward 9; Frank Henry Davis,
Ward 9; Fred Lewis, Ward 9; Roosevelt
Miller, Ward 9; Marion I. Scott, Ward 9; Robert
Williams, Ward 9; Irving L. Wood, Ward 9;
Anthony S. Ferrante, Ward 10; Mary E.
Flannery, Ward 10; Catherine H. Gallagher,
Ward 10; John C. George, Ward 10;
Christopher G. Gewlas, Ward 10; Leroy Hall-
man, Jr., Ward 10; Herve H. Hebert, Ward
10; Helen' Henningson, Ward 10; Francis
Murphy, Ward 10; Julius H. Sirkin, Ward
10;
Allen F. Greene, Ward 11; Eleanor R.
McDonald, Ward 11; Daniel McLaughlin,
Ward 11; Denis C. Nevin, Ward 11; Lillian
M. Noonan, Ward 11; Arthur Ruf, Ward 11;
Francis L. Shea, Ward 11; Charles E. Brooks,
Ward 12; Carl E. Gilliland, Ward 12; Sidney
Kasin, Ward 12; Gordon L. Lane, Ward 12;
Lewis R. Manley, Ward 12; Jolly McCray,
Ward 12; Morris E. Pelowsky, Ward 12;
William J. Bartholomew, Ward 13; Charles
E. Connors, Ward 13; Robert J. Corcoran,
Ward 13; Michael Dosick, Ward 13; Thomas
P. Downes, Ward 13; Chester Dunham, Ward
13; Carl F. Fall, Ward 13; George C. French,
Ward 13; Lorraine Hauswith, Ward 13; Joseph
J. King, Ward 13; James J. McEleney, Ward
13; John Walsh, Ward 13.
Frank V. Alicata, Ward 14; Bernard D.
Baker, Ward 14; Morris Baker, Ward 14;
Samuel Baron, Ward 14; John F. Callahan,
Ward 14; Cecelia L. Casey, Ward 14; Elliot
S. Fishman, Ward 14; George Glassberg, Ward
14; Sidney Klickstein, Ward 14; Sidney Ryter,
Ward 14; George E. Williams, Ward 14; Fred
L. Brennan, Ward 15; John F. Cleary, Ward
15; William T. Curley, Ward 15; Edward P.
Donovan, Ward 15; Henry J. Gordon, Ward
15; Ferdinand W. Webber, Ward 15; Coleman
J. Anderson, Ward 16; John J. Butt, Ward
16; Joseph P. Connolly, Ward 16; Helen F.
Jordan, Ward 16; J. Albert Nelson, Ward 16;
Lewis F. Weir, Ward 16.
Catherine T. Cassidy, Ward 17; Helen M.
Egan, Ward 17; Thomas P. Hubert, Ward 17;
Burton G. Johnson, Ward 17; John V.
Loughman, Ward 17; Charles A. McLean, Jr.,
Ward 17; Francis L. Norton, Ward 17; Arthur
J. Perry, Ward 17; Walter R. Collins, Ward
18; Leo Colton, Ward 18; Charles H. Degan,
Ward 18; Anthony J. Giunta, Ward 18; Robert
M. Harlow, Ward 18; M. Alice Harrington,
Ward 18; Charles Keith, Ward 18; Patrick
Kelley, Ward 18; Harold A. Krumin, Ward
18; Grace Lidman, Ward 18; Simon K. Ludmer,
Ward 18; Margaret E. Madden, Ward 18;
Donald Munroe, Ward 18; Vincent P. Quirk,
Ward 18; Gladys L. Roussell, Ward 18; Francis
J. Savage, Ward 18; Maurice P. Seidel, Ward
18; Gloria E. Swangren, Ward 18; Edward
Thomas Barritt, Ward 19; Patrick J. Mc-
Partlin, Ward 19; Gunnar N. Bjorkman, Ward
20; Gerard Bourgeois, Jr., Ward 20; Arthur
Dinon, Ward 20; Harry Johnson, Ward 20;
Howard A. Nelson, Ward 20; Daniel J.
O'Rourke, Jr., Ward 20; James Joseph Vitello,
Ward 20; Wilfred E. Clee, Ward 21; Hyman
W. Dine, Ward 21; Peter Ginsberg, Ward 21;
Benjamin Nathan, Ward 21; Mary P. Philpot,
Ward 21; Walter F. Cahill, Ward 22; Frank
Certo, Ward 22; Thomas J. Ford, Ward 22;
Joseph J. McAleer, Ward 22; John J. Mc-
Carthy, Ward 22; Thomas P. Pembroke,
Ward 22.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Constable with authority to serve civil
process upon filing of bond for the term end-
ing April 30, 1957: Louis Benjamin Gilman,
22 Pasadena road, Dorchester.
Weighers of Goods for the term ending April
30, 1957: Willis H. Chapin, 74 Ford street,
Brockton; Jerome F. Maloney, 83 Brooks
street, East Boston; Edward J. Buck, 21
Clifford street, Hyde Park.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Confirmations.
HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RIVER STREET,
BLUE HILL AVENUE, AND MORTON
STREET.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Acting Traffic Commissioner concerning your
order of August 20, 1956, relative to in-
vestigating the heavy trucking on River street,
Blue Hill avenue, and Morton street, which is
disrupting the peace and quiet of the private
homes and hospitals with a view to correcting
this disturbance.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
August 28, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
In reply to Councillor Ahearn's order of
August 20, 1956, I submit the following report:
At a meeting of this commission held Thurs-
day, August 23, 1956, representatives of the
Savin Construction Company which has been
hauling fill from Canton to the site of the
Southeast Expressway in heavy trucks over
various streets in Dorchester agreed to dis-
continue the operation of these trucks from
10 P.M. each day to 6 A.M. each succeeding
day beginning Saturday, August 25, 1956.
The commission felt that this would abate
the nuisance that has been disturbing the resi-
dents of Dorchester.
Very truly yours,
Timothy J. O'Connor,
Acting Commissioner.
Placed on file.
LIGHTING ON CUNARD STREET,
ROXBURY.
The following was received:
City of Boston.
Office of the Mayor, September 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of August 20, 1956, concerning the in-
stallation of adequate lighting on Cunard
street, Roxbury, between Columbus avenue and
Cabot street.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1956.
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City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
August 24, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order
that was passed in the City Council, under
date of August 20, 1956.
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to direct the Commissioner of Public
Works to provide for the installation of
adequate lighting on Cunard street, Roxbury,
between Columbus avenue and Cabot street."
You may be assured that an immediate
survey will be made of the street lighting
facilities on Cunard street, and steps will be
taken to provide for additional street lights,
if the result of said survey determines that
such installation is necessary.
I trust, therefore, that this matter will be
adjusted satisfactorily in the not too distant
future.
Very truly yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
COLLECTION OF TRASH IN
SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning
your order of August 20, 1956, relative to
investigating the hours of collection of trash
in the South Boston district.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
August 24, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order
that was passed in the City Council, under
idate of August 20, 1956.
"Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works be requested to investigate the hours
of collection of trash in the South Boston
district with particular reference to the ques-
tion of whether trash collection in the South
Boston district is commenced at an unseason-
able hour in the morning."
You may be assured that this matter will
be investigated by me immediately, and steps
"will be taken to see that the daily collection
of refuse material in South Boston starts
at a reasonable hour that will not unduly
interfere with the comfort or sleep of the
residents.
Very truly yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING TAX
AND WATER BILLS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
the Director of Administrative Services con-
cerning your resolution of August 20, 1956,
relative to having the additional information
now contained on attached slips of paper-
printed on the reverse side of the tax and
water bills.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Service Department,
August 20, 1956.
Dear Sir:
Inquiry of the Collector's Office (Mr. John
Connors) and personal observation by a mem-
ber of this department disclose that at no
time are paper clips used to attach the notice
of local payment points to tax bill.
In connection with the possibility of print-
ing the notice of the local payment points on
the reverse side of the tax bills, inquiry shows
the following:
The tax bill forms are printed and delivered
far in advance of the actual billing of the
tax bills, and the preparation of individual
bills is dependent on the work flow of the
Assessing Department. From these facts it
can be seen that it is not possible to print
the specific local dates on the reverse side
of the bills, as they cannot be established by
the Collector's Office until the time the bills
are received from the Assessing Department.
The printing of the notice of payment
locations on a separate slip of paper, of a
different color than the bill, has been found
to make the notice stand out well and helps
accomplish what its intention is intended to
be, namely, to provide convenience for the
taxpayer. This feature may be lost if the
notice were printed on the reverse, in which
position it may be overlooked.
I trust this information answers the ques-
tion raised by Councillor Piemonte.
John A. Breen, Director.
Placed on file.
IMPROVEMENTS ON CERTAIN STREETS
IN DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
the Commissioner of Public Works concern-
ing your order of August 27, 1956, in regard
to installing electric lights on Groom, Holden,
Belden, and Hamlet streets, in Dorchester,
and also that these streets be properly paved.
Respectfully,
J. B Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
September 4, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order
that was passed in the City Council under
date of August 27:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install
electric lights on Groom, Holden, Belden, and
Hamlet streets in the Dorchester section; and
be it further
"Ordered, That these streets be properly
paved."
Immediate steps will be taken to conduct
a street lighting survey of the above-refer-
enced streets, and steps will be taken to pro-
vide for the installation of whatever electric
lights are determined necessary as the result
of the survey. However, I do not _ believe
that it is possible to provide for the installa-
tion of the new lights this year, as the
Boston Edison Company has a large backlog
of work to do in the various streets through-
out the city in connection with our street
lighting modernization program. However,
we will do everything within reason to have
this improvement effected as soon as possible.
The same applies to the paving or the re-
surfacing of these streets. Due to the late-
ness of the season, we cannot provide for
the complete reconstruction of these streets,
but we will give consideration to including
this improvement in the 1957 street recon-
struction program. In the meantime, a street
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survey will be made, and steps will be taken
to effect whatever repairs are deemed neces-
sary at this time.
I trust, therefore, that these matters will
eventually be adjusted to the satisfaction of
the residents of these streets.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM
BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from
the Building Commissioner relative to your
order f>f July 30, 1956, concerning the com-
plaints, inspections, and recommendations
with respect to the structures at 56 and 58
Cabot street, Roxbury.
Respectfully,
J. B. HYNES, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Building Department, August 20, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to the order of July 30 in-
troduced in the Boston City Council by
Councillor Gabriel F. Piemonte and received
in this department on August 3, 1956, I report
as follows:
October 1, 1955 — The rear wall in the
premises 56 and 58 Cabot street collapsed.
October 3, 1955 — Notices were sent to the
owners of the properties numbered 56, 58, 60,
and 62 Cabot street giving them until October
5 to file applications showing this Department
how the condition was to be corrected. On
the same day the Mayor's permission to enter
and make safe, under the provisions of chapter
479, section 116 (d), was requested for the
premises 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62 Cabot street.
It will be noted that the buildings on each
side of the collapse were included in this
request.
October 4, 1955 — The Mayor's permission
was granted to enter and make safe.
October 5, 1955 — Bids were requested and
were received to take down the premises num-
bered 56, 58, and 60 Cabot street. These bids
were as follows:
City Building Wrecking Company $3,216
American Building Wrecking Company, 4,425
Central Building Wrecking Company.... 4,770
October 6, 1955 — A letter was addressed to
his Honor the Mayor requesting authority to
accept the bid of the City Building Wrecking
Company, in the sum of $3,216, without
advertising, as required by the City Charter.
October 6, 1955 — Letters were addressed by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to
the owners of the adjoining property num-
bered 54, 60, and 62 Cabot street advising
them of the unsafe condition of the adjoining
buildings and directing them to take steps to
secure their own property.
October 10, 1955 — A letter was addressed to
the Corporation Counsel concerning the prem-
ises 54, 56, 60, and 62 Cabot street.
October 14, 1955 — A contract was signed
with the City Building Wrecking Company to
take down the premises numbered 56, 58,
and 60, Cabot street.
October 18, 1955 — A permit was granted to
raze the premises 56, 58, and 60 Cabot street.
October 26, 1955 — Mr. Dennis J. Keohane,
Head of Construction and Safety Inspections
Division, visited the premises and found that
the work had been discontinued; but he re-
ported that the walls had been tied in and the
immediate danger of further collapse removed.
November 2, 1955 — The City Building Wreck-
ing Company by letter confirmed to this office
the statements made on October 26 regarding
the inadvisability of proceeding because of the
condition of the walls of the adjoining building.
November 14, 1955 — Mr. Keohane's notes
indicate that he felt that the work could not
proceed until the owners of 54 and 62 Cabot
street had taken steps to protect their property.
January 20, 1956 — The district inspector
ordered the premises 54 Cabot street razed.
February 6, 1956 — Notice sent to owner of
54 Cabot street.
February 16, 1956 — The representative of the
owner of the premises 54 Cabot street came
to this office and reported to Mr. Keohane that
his property had been damaged when the wall
fell and that he would hold the city responsible
for any further damage.
April 13, 1956— The City Building Wrecking
Company informed this department that their
insurance coverage did not permit operations
after six months from the issuance of the
permit.
May 16, 1956 — Mr. Keohane met the owner
of 54 Cabot street and he refused to proceed
with the work as requested through the con-
tractor.
May 22, 1956 — Mr. Keohane visited the
premises 54 Cabot street with a contractor
of the owner's selection, explaining what was
required so that wrecking ' operations could
be resumed, viz: return brick corners on rear;
tie floors to side wall, and patch timber holes.
June 6, 1956-June 13, 1956— Mr. Keohane
visited the premises for an examination of the
wall and found no work in progress.
July 25, 1956 — Further collapse of the rear
wall of 56 and 58 Cabot street.
July 25, 1956 — Mayor's approval for the
razing of 54, 56, 60, and 62 Cabot street re-
quested.
July 26, 1956 — Acting Mayor's approval
received.
July 26, 1956 — Vacate orders were issued to
four families residing in 54 Cabot street.
July 26, 1956 — Mayor's approval for the
removal of the entire block 44 to 68 Cabot
street was requested and received. Acting
Mayor's approval was received. Notices were
issued giving owners of these properties until
July 27, 1956, at 5 P.M., to file applications in
this office showing how the complaint was to
be abated. Bids were solicited for the complete
removal of the buildings numbered 44 to 64,
inclusive.
July 27, 1956 — Attested statements were
received from three members of the depart-
ment concerned with said applications that no
applications had been received as requested in
the notice of July 26.
July 30, 1956 — Bids received as follows:
John J. Duane Building Wrecking
Company $9,900
Central Building Wrecking Com-
pany 15,444
City Building Wrecking Company.... 15,445
American Building Wrecking Com-
pany 15,675
E. Polcari & Sons 17,300
N. Y. Building Wrecking Company, 19,800
July 30, 1956 — Letter to Mayor requesting
permission to award the contract to John J.
Duane Building Wrecking Company in the sum
of $9,900. Mayor's approval received same
date. Appeal filed with the Board of Appeal
in behalf of the owner of 54 Cabot street.
July 31, 1956— Contract signed for the
removal of the buildings numbered 44 and 64
Cabot street, inclusive, with the exception of
54, on which premises an appeal had been filed.
August 1, 1956 — Appeal dismissed by Board
of Appeal after hearing.
August 3, 1956 — Building Department noti-
fied of dismissal of appeal by Board of Appeal.
Contract signed for the razing of number 54
Cabot street.
Very truly yours,
Charles A. Callanan,
Building Commissioner.
Placed on file.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1956.
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INCREASING THE SALARY OF CHAIR-
MAN OF BOARD OF REVIEW,
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 10, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Since the adoption of the employee's Com-
pensation and Classification Plan, and since
the adoption of the Reorganization Plan for
city departments, it has become evident that
the salaries paid to some department officials
are not commensurate with the responsibilities
entailed. It is my intention to survey the
salaries paid to department officials with a
view to presenting to your Honorable Body a
revised schedule.
In the meantime, I submit a change in the
salary rate of the Chairman of the Board of
Review, in the Assessing Department. In my
judgment, this position is a most sensitive and
responsible one. The present occupant of the
position and future occupants of this position,
should be adequately compensated. The at-
tached ordinance increases the salary of this
position from $9,500 to $11,000 per annum. I
recommend its passage.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Increasing the Salary Of the
Chairman of the Board of Review in the
Assessing Department.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
The first paragraph of section 5 of chapter 3
of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out
clause (2), as appearing in section 2 of
chapter 3 of the Ordinances of 1954, and in-
serting in place thereof the following clause:
(2) The assessor of taxes, twelve thousand
dollars; the two associate assessors of taxes,
four thousand dollars each; the chairman of
the board of review in the assessing depart-
ment, eleven thousand dollars; and the other
two members of said board, eighty-five hundred
dollars each.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz. :
Claims.
James Beal, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 562 Washing-
ton street, Dorchester.
Anna Bragel, for compensation for damage
to car by city car.
George Bragel, for compensation for injuries
caused by city car.
Israel M. and Etta Brody, for compensation
for damage to car and personal injuries
caused by police car.
Mrs. Emery Carr, for son, Michael, for
compensation for injuries caused by rock
thrown by city employee in Paving Division
Yard, West Roxbury.
John A. Crasco, for compensation for eye-
glasses broken while in performance of duty
as employee at Sanatorium Division.
Leonard B. Johnson, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in
performance of duty as employee of Fire
Department.
Jean Keener, for compensation for injuries
caused by city car.
Benjamin L. Michelson, d/b/a Boston Spring-
Bed Manufacturing Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 47 Ellery
street, Boston, caused by water.
John T. Nolan, for compensation for damage
to car by city vehicle.
Louis Orkes, for compensation for injuries
and damage to property by motorcycle of
Police Department.
Herbert A. Rich, for compensation for
damage to clothing caused by water from
hydrant at corner of Bennington and Brooks
streets. East Boston.
Arthur J. Roche, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sanitary Division.
Joseph A. Rossi, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Police Department.
Herbert Sandler, for compensation for
damage to car by city motor vehicle.
Service Insurance Companies, for compen-
sation for damage to car of Edith M. Brown
by city car.
Charles W. Sullivan, for compensation for
injuries and damage to property caused by
city employee.
James J. Supple, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Water Division,
Public Works Department.
Edward Tolin, for compensation for injuries
caused by motorcycle of Police Department.
Herbert C. Towle, for compensation for
damage to clothing caused by defective fire
hydrant cover at Doane and Kilby streets.
Committee on Licenses.
Petitions to operate bowling alleys on the
Lord's day, viz.:
Alford's Arlington Square Alleys, Leo J.
Alford, 392 Tremont street; Arborway Bowl-
away, Salvatore Cacciola, 1 Boynton street,
Jamaica Plain; Bond Bowling and Billiards,
Inc., Edward H. Margolis, 615 Washington
street; Boylston Bowladrome, Inc., Morris
Vigoda, 1260 Boylston street, Broadway
Recreation, Joseph W. Rubbicco, 448 West
Broadway, South Boston; Central Park Lanes,
Angelo Vozzella, 10 Saratoga street, East
Boston; Codman Square Bowlaway, Inc.,
Harry Hamparian, 649 Washington street,
Dorchester; Julius Covitz, 1231 Hyde Park
avenue, Hyde Park; Grove Hall Recreation
Center, Maurice C. Smith, 464-468 Blue Hill
avenue, Dorchester; Hibernian Bowling Alleys,
Mortimer J. Cronin, 184 Dudley street, Rox-
bury; Huntington 55 Alleys, Inc., Edward H.
Margolis, 253A Huntington avenue; Hyde
Park Bowling Alleys, Julius Covitz, 1226 Hyde
Park avenue, Hyde Park; Hyde Square Bowl-
away, Angelo Iorio, 403 Centre street, Ja-
maica Plain; Kenmore Bowladrome, Inc.,
Morris Vigoda, 82 Lansdowne street, Boston;
Mrs. Marie Kittrell, 216 Hanover street; Mat-
tapan Bowladrome, Samuel Orren, 1348 Blue
Hill avenue, Mattapan; Maverick Garden
Bowladrome, Winthrop Beach Bowlaway, Inc..
Leonard D. DiPietro, 2 Maverick square. East
Boston; North Station Bowling Alleys, Joseph
A. Bruno, 222J Friend street; Roseland of
Mass., Inc., Charles Shribman, 13 Burbank
street; Dominick Rubbicco, 4264 Washington
street, Roslindale; Webster Bowling Alleys,
Louis J. Pumphrey, 3 Taber street, Roxbury;
West Roxbury Bowling Center, Inc., Stanford
W. Dennison, 119 Park street, West Roxbury.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH
PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish
permits were received from the following:
Edward Elms, 214 Havre street, East Bos-
ton, Ward 1; Anthony Ferragamo, 23 Leyden
street, East Boston, Ward 1; Harold T. Mat-
thews, 306 Meridian street, East Boston, Ward
1; Arthur A. Paino, 65 Harvest street, Dor-
chester, Ward 7.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Licenses.
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PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Joseph L. Regan, retired em-
ployee of Boston Police Department, for in-
demnification for hospital, surgical, medical
and nursing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of hearing to be held
September 20, 1956, at 2:15 P.M., on petition
of Boston Edison Company for locations for
underground wires in Neponset Valley Park-
way, Hyde Park.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of hearing to be held
September 20, 1956, at 2 P.M., on petition
of Boston Edison Company for locations for
poles and wires in private property in con-
trol of Metropolitan District Commission in
Dorchester.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of hearing to be held
September 20, 1956, at 2:30 P.M., on petition
of Boston Edison Company for locations for
manhole and underground wires in Leverett
Circle and Nashua street.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
' Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held Sep-
tember 25, 1956, at 10 o'clock A.M., on peti-
tion of the Western Union Telegraph Company
on its rates and charges.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held Sep-
tember 19, 1956, at 10 o'clock A.M., on peti-
tion of Johnson Bus Lines, Inc., on its rates
and charges.
Severally placed on file.
NOTICES FROM STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works transmit-
ting copy of order of layout and taking of
section of state highway (John F. Fitzgerald
Expressway ) .
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works for trans-
mitting copy of order of taking of land of
City of Boston in South Boston and Dorchester
ifor state highway.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works trans-
mitting copy of order of taking of land of
City of Boston in South Boston and Dor-
chester for easement and temporary ease-
ments for state highway purposes.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Public Works trans-
mitting copy of order of taking of land of
City of Boston in South Boston and Dor-
chester for state highway.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Public Lands.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of John J. Grigalus, 52 G street,
South Boston, to be a member of the Board
of Appeal in the Building Department, for
the term ending May 1, 1957, vice James A.
McElaney, deceased.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Edward F. Mullen, 11 Orkney
road, Brighton, to be a member of the Boaid
of Review in the Assessing Department, for
a term expiring on the first Monday of the
January following the next biennial municipal
election at which a Mayor is elected, vice
Philip J. Camerlengo, deceased.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Francis C. Cleary, 67 Tenny-
son street, West Roxbury, to be Director of
Civil Defense for the City of Boston, for the
term ending July 1, 1957, unless sooner ter-
minated by operation of law, vice Joseph L.
Malone, resigned.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Harry J. Blake, 21 Brimmer
street, to be Associate Commissioner of Parks
and Recreation, for the term ending May 1,
1958, vice Theodore G. Haffenreffer, deceased.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of John A. Murray, 37 Pinckney
street, as Director of Demolition and Admin-
istrative Assistant for Urban Renewal.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Peter Turchon, 313 Washing-
ton street, Boston, as Consultant to the Direc-
tor of Demolition.
Severally placed on file.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
LAND TAKINGS FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING AT 28-30 AND 32-34 HAY-
WARD PLACE, AND 24-28 HARRISON
AVENUE EXTENSION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission,
September 10, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council.
Chapter 474, Acts of 1946, is the act which
authorizes the city to establish public off-street
(parking facilities. Section 1, paragraph "A"
of this enabling act contains this clause:
"... no purchase and no award, settle-
ment or agreement for judgment in emi-
nent domain proceedings hereunder shall be
made by the city or in its behalf, unless
the terms of the proposed purchase, award,
settlement or agreement, together with all
pertinent facts, shall first have been sub-
mitted to the Boston Finance Commission
not less than ten days before such purchase,
award, settlement or agreement;"
On September 6 official notice was received
by the Finance Commission to the effect the
Real Property Board of the City of Boston
had voted to award damages to Michael A.
Gerokoulis et a]., Trustees of the Gerokoulis
Realty Trust, in the amount of $40,000; said
damages resulting from a taking by eminent
domain, made by the Board on September 16,
1955, and approved by the Mayor on Sep-
tember 16, 1955, of the property located at
28-30 and 32-34 Hayward place and 24-28
Harrison Avenue Extension, Boston.
It has been the practice of the Commission
to transmit copies of such required notifica-
tions to the City Council in order that they
thus may be placed on the public record.
A copy of the letter referred to is therefore
enclosed.
Respectfully submitted,
The Finance Commission,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
August 30, 1956.
The Boston Finance Commission,
24 School Street,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified, in accordance with
law, that it is the intention of the Real
Property Board to award damages to Michael
A. Gerokoulis et al., Trustees of the Gerokoulis
Realty Trust, in the amount of $40,000; said
damages resulting from a taking by eminent
domain, made by the Board on September 16,
1955, and approved by the Mayor on Sep-
SEPTEMBER 10, 1956.
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tember 16, 1955, of the property located at
28-30 and 32-34 Hayward place and 24-28
Harrison Avenue Extension, Boston.
Enclosed please find for your information
pertinent facts relating to this award.
Very truly yours,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property
Chairman, Real Property Board.
It is suggested that the Finance Commis-
sion make its own "inspection of applications."
Very truly yours,
Jeremiah A. Coakley,
Head Administrative Clerk.
Gerokoulis Property:
24-28 Harrison Avenue Extension
28-30 and 32-34 Hayward place.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM A. MOTLEY.
Notice was received from the Health De-
partment of the appointment of William A.
Motley as temporary environmental sanitation
inspector.
Placed on file.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3:21 p.m., subject
to the call of the Chair. The members re-
assembled in the Council Chamber and were
called to order by Senior Member Kerrigan
at 5:26 P.M.
REPORT ON COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on
Ordinances, submitted the following:
1. Report on ordinance (referred July 16)
providing further against the littering of
streets — recommending that same ought to
pass.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
ordinance (referred August 6) providing for
transfer to Parks and Recreations Commission
of portions of Post Office, Dock, and Faneuil
Hall squares — recommending that same ought
to pass.
The reports were adopted, and the ordinances
were severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Marie Burke
(referred February 6) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband,
Edmund J. Burke, a member of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the ac-
companying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an
City of Boston,
Board of Assessors, June 14, 1955.
Herman Carp, Commissioner,
Real Property Department.
Dear Sir:
The records of the Assessing Department
show the following assessment and abatement
information on properties involved in your
request:
Assessed
Abatement
Year
Locus
Valuation
1952
12-14
Hayward place
$28,000
$5,000
1953
12-14
Hayward place
28,000
5,000
1954
12-14
Hayward place
28,000
Abatement pending
1952
16-22
Hayward place
60,000
$10,000
1953
16-22
Hayward place
60,000
10,000
1954
16-22
Hayward place
60,000
Abatement pending
1952
24-26
Hayward place
30,000
$5,000
1953
24-26
Hayward place
30,000
5,000
1954
24-26
Hayward place
30,000
Abatement pending
1952
28-30
Hayward place
15,700
Abatement pending
1953
28-30
Hayward place
15,700
Abatement pending
1954
28-30
Hayward place
15,700
None
1952
32-34
Hayward place
15,700
Abatement pending
1953
32-34
Hayward place
15,700
Abatement pending
1954
32-34
Hayward place
15,700
None
1952
24-28
Harrison Avenue
Extension
12,300
Abatement pending
1953
24-28
Harrison Avenue
Extension
12,300
Abatement pending
1954
24-28
Harrison Avenue
Extension
12,300
None
1952
558-70 Washington street
900,000
Not filed
1953
558-70 Washington street
900,000
Not filed
1954
558-70 Washington street
900,000
Abatement pending
annuity of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed
and paid to Marie Burke, widow of Edmund
J. Burke, a member of the Police Department,
who died on January 28, 1956, on account of
injuries received in the performance of his
duty; said annuity to continue so long as she
remains unmarried and to become effective
upon the date of the approval of this order
by the Mayor, and to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Police Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
2. Report on petition of Alfred L. Repucci
(referred July 16) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Parks and
Recreation Department — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred
thirty-eight dollars and twenty-eight cents
($438.28) be allowed and paid to Alfred L.
Repucci in reimbursement for amount of ex-
ecution issued against him on account of his
acts as an employee of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Mildred E.
Bostwick (referred April 16) to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her hus-
band, Charles A. Bostwick, a member of the
Police Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of
section 89A of chapter 32 of the General
Laws, an annuity of fifteen hundred dollars
be allowed and paid to Mildred E. Bostwick.
widow of Charles A. Bostwick, a member of
the Police Department, who died on March 18,
1956, on account of injuries received in the
performance of his duty; said annuity to
continue so long as she remains unmai-ried and
to become effective upon the date of the
approval of this order by the Mayor, and to
be charged to the appropriation for Police
Department, Pensions and Annuities.
4. Report on petition of Eleanor T. Franz
(referred April 23) to be paid an annuity On
account of the death of her husband, Henry
S. Franz, a member of the Fire Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
order :
Ordered, That under the provisions of
section 89A of chapter 32 of the General
Laws, an annuity of fifteen hundred dollars
be allowed and paid to Eleanor T. Franz,
widow of Henry S. Franz, late member of the
Fire Department, who died on February 25,
1956, on account of injuries received in the
performance of his duty; said annuity to con-
tinue so long as she remains unmarried and
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to become effective upon the date Of the ap-
proval of this order by the Mayor, and to be
charged to the appropriation for Fire Depart-
ment, Pensions and Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
EXTENSION OF MTA TO RIVERSIDE.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN and AHEARN offered
the following:
Whereas, The lack of adequate mass trans-
portation for the public and traffic congestion
are two of the most pressing problems now
facing the City of Boston; and
Whereas, The early reduction, and eventual
solution of these problems are essential to the
future economic well being, not only of Boston,
but of the entire Greater Boston area; and
Whereas, There is presently pending before
proper authority the recommendation of the
Conference of Business and Civic Organiza-
tions to extend our rapid transit facilities to
Riverside by using the Highland Branch of
the Boston & Albany Railroad, as but one
step in breaking the log jam now hampering
our mass transportation facilities; and
Whereas, There already have been many
studies, reports, plans, recommendations, etc.,
which died a-borning for many reasons, includ-
ing lack of support from the people and public
officials, outside of Boston, and lack of a
coordinated effort on the part of those who
did support these prior efforts to improve
the situation; and
Whereas, These problems of traffic and mass
transportation are now in the critical stage,
" and time is of the essence if we are to secure
the economic future of Boston and her en-
virons; now, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, wholeheartedly favors the
proposed extension of our rapid transit facili-
ties to Riverside over the Highland Branch
of the Boston & Albany Railroad; and be it
further
Resolved, That the governmental agencies,
whose approval, is necessary before this plan
can be put into operation, be urged to act
without undue delay so that an essential step
towards the solution of these problems and
towards securing the future of Boston, can be
taken at the earliest possible moment.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective September 19, 1956,
the following-named persons be, and they
hereby are, appointed in the service of the
Clerk of Committees Department to the posi-
tions set against their respective names until
the third Wednesday of October, 1956, at the
salaries in effect for them on September 18,
1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk.
Nicholas DiMella, temporary stenographer.
Agnes G. Dinsmore, temporary clerk-recep-
tionist.
Coleman P. Flaherty, temporary clerk.
John J. Kerrigan, tempoi-ary clerk.
Paul G. O'Hara, temporary clerk.
Cecilia A. Walkowski, temporary stenogra-
pher.
Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONFERENCE OF BUSINESS AND CIVIC
ORGANIZATIONS RE HOSPITAL DE-
PARTMENT.
Coun. FOLEY and McDONOUGH offered
the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to invite the Conference of Business
and Civic Organizations, including the Boston
Citizens Council, the Boston Retail Trade
Board, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau,
the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce,
and the Boston Real Estate Board, to interest
itself and its staff in the major policy decisions
now facing the Hospital Department of the
City of Boston, its trustees and administrators,
included among which are:
1. The question of whether to rehabilitate
the present physical plant of the hospital Or
build an entirely new plant.
2. The inquiry into the precise role pres-
ently played by the Hospital Department of
the City of Boston in the total hospital service
picture in Boston, presently under way.
3. The action necessary to revamp the
presently deficient personnel program of the
Hospital Department.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
STAFF TO ASSIST COMMITTEE STUDY-
ING ZECKENDORF PROPOSALS.
Coun. FOLEY and COLLINS offered the
following:
Ordered, That the Boston City Council as
a result of previous experience with the
abandoned Boston & Albany Railroad yards
and the Mayor's Committee for the redevelop-
ment thereof, recommends most strongly that
the committee now in process of formation for
the purpose of assessing the Zeckendorf pro-
posals be furnished either competent staff on
loan from the Planning Board on the Urban
Redevelopment Authority or the funds to retain
such professional help to prepare an economic
analysis of the feasibility of the proposal.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor Foley, the Council
voted that when it adjourn, it be to meet on
Monday, September 24, 1956, at 2 P.M.
RELEASE OF CONDITIONS AND RE-
STRICTIONS ON CERTAIN LAND AT
DOVER AND ALBANY STREETS.
Coun. PIEMONTE called up, under un-
finished business, No. 1 on the Calendar, viz.:
1. Order releasing conditions and restric-
tions in a certain parcel of land at Dover and
Albany streets, Boston.
On August 20, 1956, the foregoing was read
once and passed, yeas 7, nays 0.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 7, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte
—7.
Nays — 0.
ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENT FOR
SEWERAGE PURPOSES ON LAND ON
WYVERN STREET, WEST ROXBURY.
Coun. PIEMONTE called up, under un-
finished business, No. 2 on the Calendar, viz.:
2. Order for abandonment of easement for
sewerage purposes, in land on Wyvern street,
West Roxbury.
On August 27, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 8, nays 0.
T*ie order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 7, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte
Nays — 0.
Adjourned, at 5.57 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor Piemonte, to meet on Monday, September
24, 1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947. '
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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Proceedings of City Council.
pending a decision to do a major reconstruction
job with funds appropriated from the Capital
Improvement appropriation, or to tear it all down.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley,
Commissioner.
Monday, September 24, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend George E. Murphy, of St.
William's Roman Catholic Church, Dorchester,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. GEORGE E.
MURPHY.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty God, supreme law giver and source of
all authority, look down upon this group gathered
here today who have been chosen to carry out
Thy law and to exercise Thy authority. Grant
them justice in carrying out Thy will, and grant
them charity in all their deliberations. Grant
they may humbly carry out their important work.
Thus with justice and charity, Thy will be done.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
RESIGNATION OF CONSTABLE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 17, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
You are hereby notified that I have accepted
the resignation of Leonard Linsky, of 247 Walnut
avenue, Roxbury, as a constable, authorized to
serve civil process, effective September 13, 1956.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Placed on file.
REPAIR OF PIER AT COMMERCIAL
BEACH.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September IS, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation concerning
your order of August 20, 1956, relative to repairing
or reconstructing and maintaining the lower section
of the pier located at Commercial Beach, so called,
in the North End section of the City of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
September 10, 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I have your memo of August 22 with inclosure,
copy of Councillor Piemonte's order as follows:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Parks and Recreation Commission to repair
or reconstruct and maintain the lower section of
the pier located at Commercial Beach, so called,
in the North End section of the City of Boston.
We gave up repairing this structure sometime
ago as repairs could not keep pace with the
destruction done by vandals. The work of repair-
ing it would be very costly, and we have no money
in our budget for this purpose. The pier has been
closed for some years and must remain closed
Coun. PIEMONTE in the chair
The Chair referred the message and communica-
tion to the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation
for specific instances of vandalism for each year.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT FIRTH ROAD, WASH-
INGTON, AND SOUTH STREETS, AND
LEE HILL ROAD.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 18, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your order of
August 27, 1956, relative to the installation of
pedestrian-controlled traffic lights at the inter-
section of Firth road, Washington street, South
street, and Lee Hill road in Ward 19.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
September 12, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Referring to the City Council order dated
August 27 requesting the installation of a pedes-
trian-controlled traffic signal at Firth road,
Washington street, South street, and Lee Hill
road in Ward 19, I submit the following comments:
I have had several requests for signals in this
vicinity especially since the opening of a large
super market on Washington street opposite
Bexley road.
There is a large playground at the intersection
of Firth road and Washington street and in
addition there is a bus stop at each side of Wash-
ington street, at Firth road. Accordingly, this
is a suitable location for a pedestrian flasher
signal and we are a,dding it to our list of locations
where signals should be installed.
The date upon which action may be expected
in this matter is dependent upon the date and
size of our next appropriation for traffic signals,
which appropriation, as you know, comes to us
periodically from the proceeds of the sale of land
and buildings. Therefore, while I cannot give a
definite promise as to when this work will be
done, I can give assurance of our knowledge of
the need of the installation and our desire to
accomplish this project as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
EMERGENCY LOAN FOR DEMOLITION
OF DILAPIDATED AND ABANDONED
STRUCTURES.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 24, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am informed that the state officials who must
approve the emergency loan for $500,000, now .
pending before your Honorable Body, cannot
act upon the loan until such time as the City
Council has given this loan order its second and
final reading and until such time as the loan
order is approved by the Mayor.
In view of this development, I respectfully
request that your Honorable Body give the
emergency loan for $500,000 for the demolition
of dilapidated and abandoned structures its
second reading.
At the present time the program for the demoli-
tion of these type of structures must necessarily
stop because of lack of funds. The Director of
Demolition informs me that no federal assistance,
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which could amount to two-thirds of the cost of
the program, will be forthcoming unless the city
first makes an appropriation for this purpose.
Therefore, in order that there may not be any
further delay in the demolishing of dangerous
structures in our city, and so that we may appeal
for federal funds to aid in this work, I earnestly
hope that the loan order before your Honorable
Body will be passed.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 21, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am requested by the Boston Housing Authority
to forward an order to your Honorable Body for an
appropriation of $10,000 for the completion of the
preparation of plans and estimates for the submis-
sion of applications for planning advances to the
federal government, involving two or more urban
renewal projects.
This appropriation is necessary in order to con-
tinue the services of planners who are now em-
ployed. There is great difficulty in obtaining city
planners and it is, therefore, most desirable that
this appropriation be made available in order that
we may continue the services of qualified planners
who are now working in the Housing Authority.
The communication of the Housing Authority
in full explanation of this matter is attached
herewith.
I respectfully request passage of the accompany-
ing order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Boston Housing Authority,
September 19, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
This Authority has voted to respectfully request
that your Honor submit to the City Council an
order requesting the appropriation of an additional
$10,000 for the completion of the preparation of
plans and estimates for the submission of applica-
tions for planning advances to the federal govern-
ment for two or more urban renewal projects, in
accordance with section 260 and 26BBB of chapter
121 of the General Laws.
The sum of $10,000 originally appropriated by
the City Council on January 9, 1956, has been
expended as follows:
The application for a planning advance from
the federal government for the South Cove
urban renewal project has been completed.
Application will be submitted to the federal
government when a resolution is adopted by
the City Council authorizing the filing of the
application.
The preparation of an application for a
planning advance from the federal government
for the Charlestown-State Prison urban renewal
project is approximately 50 per cent completed.
The selection of a pilot rehabilitation project
area for an urban renewal project of the rehabili-
tation type is now being made. A preliminary
screening of potential areas is being undertaken,
with the assembling and evaluating of informa-
tion needed for this determination. After the
selection of the pilot rehabilitation urban renewal
project area is made, an application will be
prepared for submission to the federal govern-
ment for a planning advance for this project.
As of the week of September 17, 1956, the
original $10,000 appropriation has been depleted.
This appropriation was used to employ a chief
planner, an associate city planner, and a part-time
planner. The additional $10,000 will pay for the
services of this personnel for another six months.
There is an extreme shortage of city planners.
It is of extreme importance to the urban renewal
program to retain this specialized personnel. The
Authority hoped to be able to retain these planners
with funds from an application for a planning
advance for the final planning phase of the Matta-
pan project, which is now pending before the
federal government. Unfortunately, the processing
of the application has been delayed.
It is the judgment of the Authority that the
retention of these technical employees is of vital
importance to the urban renewal program in order
to complete the applications for two or more urban
renewal project planning advances so that Boston
will be able to take advantage of at least $10,000,000
in capital grants which has been pledged by the
federal government for the renewal of our city.
Your Honor is respectfully urged to take im-
mediate action because of the urgency of this
matter.
A copy of the original appropriation order is
enclosed for your convenience.
Respectfully yours,
F. A. Cronin, Chairman.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941 ,
the city Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized
to transfer:
From the appropriation for Reserve Fund,
$10,000, to the appropriation for Urban Renewal
Program, $10,000.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing message and order were referr-
ed to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF LAND IN HYDE PARK TO
COMMISSIONER OF REAL PROPERTY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 17, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication of Com-
missioner George G. Hyland of the Public Works
Department recommending the transfer of the
property at 11 Thatcher street, Hyde Park, to
the Real Property Department.
I enclose proposed form of order whereby this
property may be transferred from the care, custody,
control, and management of the Public Works
Department to the care, custody, control, and
management of the Commissioner of Real Property.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
September 14, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston,
and
City Council,
Boston Mass.
Gentlemen :
At the present time, this department has under
its jurisdiction a lot of land located at 11 Thatcher
street, Hyde Park, containing 8,025 square feet.
It is marked as lot 63 on plate 14 of the Hyde
Park Atlas.
The property came into the possession of this
department with the annexation of Hyde Park.
It is no longer needed by the department, and I
suggest, therefore, that it be transferred to the
Real Property Department and sold at public
auction.
Respectfully,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in fee
of approximately eight thousand twenty-five
(8,025) square feet of vacant land situated on the
northerly side of Thatcher street, being numbered
11 in the numbering of said Thatcher street in the
Hyde Park district of the City of Boston, held by
the city for Public Works Department purposes;
and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works of
the City of Boston has determined that the above-
mentioned parcel of land is no longer required for
Public Works Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Real Property Board desires to
sell said parcel of land at public auction; now,
therefore, it is hereby
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Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel of
land be, and the same hereby is, transferred from
the care, custody, control and management of
the Public Works Department to the care, custody,
control and management of the Commissioner
of Real Property.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
SALE OF LAND ON COMMONWEALTH
AND CHESTNUT HILL AVENUES,
BRIGHTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 14, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication received
from Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner, Parks and
Recreation Department, relative to a proposed
sale of 64,335 square feet of land at the junction
of Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill avenues for
sale at public auction at an upset price of
$160,000.
Since the Parks and Recreation Department has
determined that the land is no longer required for
park or playground purposes, I submit herewith
order whereby the City of Boston may sell this
land at public auction at an upset price of
.$160,000.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
July 19, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
At a meeting of the Parks and Recreation Com-
mission held at the office of the Commission on
Wednesday, July 18, 1956, consideration was
given to the proposed sale of land owned by this
department at the junction of Commonwealth
and Chestnut Hill avenues.
Previously, on February 18, 1955, the Com-
mission voted that before taking any action on
the sale of this land, the Law Department be
requested to ascertain from other city depart-
ments if any one of them was interested in acquir-
ing the land. The departments reported that
they had no interest in it.
The land is of no further use to this department
for park or playground purposes. The entire tract
contains approximately 66,762 square feet, but it
was decided that an area of 2,427 square feet, on
the easterly tip of the tract, be retained by the
city for the purpose of widening the two inter-
secting streets.
The Law Department then retained Earle R.
Barnard, 232 Bay State road, Boston, to make an
appraisal of the remaining parcel, an area of
approximately 64,335 square feet. The appraiser
has submitted an estimate of $2.50 per square
foot, or approximately $160,000, as a minimum
fair market value for this property.
Accordingly, at the meeting of the Commission
on July 18, it was voted to request your Honor to
draw an order on the City Council asking authority
to offer this tract of land at the junction of Com-
monwealth and Chestnut Hill avenues, containing
approximately 64,335 square feet, for sale at
public auction at an upset price of $160,000.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston owns in fee a cer-
tain parcel of land containing approximately
sixty-four thousand three hundred thirty-five
(64,335) square feet situate at the northwesterly
corner of Commonwealth avenue and Chestnut
Hill avenue in the Brighton district; and
Whereas, The said parcel of land is now in the
custody, care and control of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Commission of the City of Boston and the
said Parks and Recreation Commission has de-
clared the said parcel of land is no longer required
for any public purpose; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the Parks and Recreation Com-
rilission of the City of Boston be, and it hereby is.
authorized in the name and behalf of the City of
Boston to sell at public auction at an upset price
of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000)
the aforesaid parcel of land, hereinafter described;
and it is hereby further
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor of the City
of Boston be, and he hereby is, authorized in the
name and behalf of the City of Boston to execute
and deliver to the purchaser at said public auction
a written instrument satisfactory in form to the
Law Department of the City of Boston conveying
all the City of Boston's right, title and interest in
and to said parcel of land, bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of
Chestnut Hill avenue, then running southeasterly
by the southwesterly line of Chestnut Hill avenue,
four hundred seventeen and 44/100 (417.44) feet;
thence turning and running southeasterly and
southwesterly by the southwesterly line of Chest-
nut Hill avenue and the northerly line of Com-
monwealth avenue, one hundred seven and 99/100
(107.99) feet in a radius of forty and 07/100 (40.07)
(radius — 40.07) feet; then running southwesterly
by the northeasterly line of Commonwealth avenue,
by one measurement, three hundred ninety-three
and 61/100 (393.61) feet in a radius of two thousand
four hundred (radius — 2,400) feet; thence turn-
ing and running northeasterly to the point of be-
ginning by lands now or formerly of Grace D. Allen
and William S. Heath, by two measurements,
forty-nine and 65/100 (49.65) and one hundred
seventy-six and 96/100 (176.96) feet, respectively;
containing sixty-four thousand three hundred
thirty- five (64,335) square feet of land, more or
less. Said parcel of land and all of said measure-
ments are shown on a plan marked "City of Bos-
ton, Commonwealth avenue and Chestnut Hill
avenue, Brighton, June 1, 1914, F. O. Whitney,
Chief Engineer, Street Laying-Out Department"
and revised to show proposed street widening
June 22, 1956.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz. :
Claims.
Dr. Alan C. Aisenberg, for compensation for
damage to car by truck of Parks and Recreation
Department.
Julia Baker, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect in Belden street.
Winton D. Bee, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 35 Tyler street.
Finley J. Bcrtucelli, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Alfred, Richard and Janet Boulos, Maurice
Nolan, and John P. Ferrari, for compensation for
accident caused by city employee.
Joseph P. Boyd, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Fire Department.
Joseph P. Boyd, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Fire Department.
Marilyn Bruno, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1 Gladstone street,
East Boston. . , . .
Marie Buonopane, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1035 Saratoga
street, East Boston.
Stephen E. Burge, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Eleanor A. Campbell, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at West Newton
and St. Botolph streets.
John T. Cashman, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Joseph N. Castelli, for compensation for damage
to property at 109 N street, South Boston, caused
by leak in water main.
Isadore E. Colman, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 99 Esmond street,
Dorchester. . , , ,
John H. Currier, Jr., to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Water Division, Public
Works Department.
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Harry Cutler, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1011 Harrison
avenue.
James V. Damiano, for compensation for injuries
caused by projection from fence at Philbrick
School, Roslindale.
Charle9 Davis, for compensation for loss of
clothing while patient at City Hospital.
Lawrence E. DeVoe, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred wliile in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
Henry M. Durand, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Arthur J. Enaire, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Arthur F. Eunson, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Mrs. R. Ferrari, for compensation for damage
to property at 67 Austin street, Hyde Park, during
street reconstruction.
James F. Foran, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Paving Division.
Lester W. and Eileen F. Franklin, for compen-
sation for damage to property at 54 Alabama street,
Mattapan, during sidewalk installation.
Alice M. Gargan, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at North Beacon
street, Brighton.
Helen Georgenes, for compensation for damage
to property at 51 Oakton avenue, Dorchester, by
. tree.
Mary F. Harrington, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in
Rhoades street, Dorchester.
Alice B. Gosner, for compensation for damage
to stockings at Ward 20, Precinct 21, voting booth.
George A. Hunt, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment.
Antoon J. Khouri, for compensation for collapse
of water boiler at 4418 Washington street, Roslin-
dale, caused when emergency water valve in street
was opened.
Richard L. Kunze, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 43 Knoll street,
Roslindale.
Charles Lutsky, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 352 Harrison avenue.
Florence V. Mahoney, for compensation for
damage to clothing by city sprinkler.
Mary A. McLeod, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 3510 Washington
street.
Edward J. McManus, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Health Department,
Weights and Measures Division.
Tana A. Midgal, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 50 Favre street.
Walter K. Morse, Jr., for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 360 Hunt-
ington avenue.
Emory W. Moulton, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Sewer Division, Public
Works Department.
Vernon L. Myers, for compensation for damage
to car by police cruiser.
Joseph J. Otto, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of School Committee.
Angelina and Pasquale Pacitti, for compensation
for injuries and damage to car by city motor
vehicle.
Anthony A. Parziale, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Viola Pilato, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Walley street,
East Boston.
Rose Romano, for compensation for damage to
property at 274 North street, caused by water
being shut off. . . .
Lucia Russo, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 350 Charles street.
Nicholas A. Vacca, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department.
Lawrence A. West, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Paving Division.
Curtis E. Wrenn, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect in Ziegler street.
Licenses.
Petitions to operate bowling alleys on the
Lord's day, viz.:
Blue Hill Bowlaway, Samuel Epstein, 6 Living-
stone street, Dorchester; Botto Corporation,
Antonio Botto, 107 Cambridge street; Cale-
donian Bowling Alleys, George E. Thomas, 1505
Veterans Foreign Wars Parkway, West Roxbury;
Columbia Recreation, Joseph Rubbicco, 707A
Columbia road, Dorchester; Commonwealth Rec-
reation, Joseph Diamond, 1105 Commonwealth
avenue, Brighton; Egleston Bowlaway, Arthur
Iorio, 3186 Washington street, Jamaica Plain;
Fenway Alleys, Inc., Joffre Gotrcau, 136 Massa-
chusetts avenue; Jamaica Bowlaway, Arthur
Iorio, 702A Centre street, Jamaica Plain; Lucky
Strike Bowladrome of Boston, Inc., Joseph
Bonigli, 289 Adams street, Dorchester; Miah J.
Murray, Inc., Joseph F. Ierardi, 1156 Washing-
ton street; Mount Pleasant Bowling & Billiards,
Joseph F. McLaughlin, 590 Dudley street, Dor-
chester; Olindy's South Station Alleys, Inc.,
Albert H. Slate, basement, South Station, Atlantic
avenue; Scollay Alleys, Samuel Selett, 48 Scollay
square; Talbot Bowladrome, Sumner Ross, 56
Talbot avenue, Dorchester; West Roxbury
Liederkranz, Mrs. Lee M. Jekowski, 46 Rock-
land street, West Roxbury.
PETITIONS FOR ANNUITIES.
Petition of Mary E. Kenny, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
John F. Kenny, late member of the Police De-
partment.
Petition of Mary D. Norton, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Patrick J. Norton, late member of the Police
Department.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
REDUCTION OF ANNUITY.
Petition of Eleanor T. Franz for a reduction
of the annuity granted to her on account of the
death of her husband, Henry S. Franz, late
member of the Fire Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Francis X. Barry, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses.
Petition of John P. Femino, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses.
Petition of Guido S. Fiorenza, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses.
Petition of Joseph J. Otto, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses.
Petition of John J. Walsh, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELLFISH PERMITS.
Applications for commercial use shellfish per-
mits were received from the following:
George H. Fairbanks, 72 Waltham street,
Ward 3; David F. Fullerton, 2 West Eagle street,
East Boston, Ward 1 ; James Grant, 69 Saratoga
street, East Boston, Ward 1; Daniel Mulkern,
255 Border street, East Boston, Ward 1; Joseph
F. Wardell, 50 Barnes avenue, East Boston,
Ward 1.
Severally referred to the Committee on Licenses.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1956.
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OVERPASS ACROSS JAMES J. STORROW
MEMORIAL DRIVE.
The following was received :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Metropolitan District Commission,
20 Somerset Street, September 18, 1956.
Gabriel F. Piemonte, Esq.,
Boston City Council.
Dear Councillor Piemonte:
Commissioner Greenough, before leaving for a
few days of out-of-town business, asked me to
acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 28
and the City Council resolution of August 27,
regarding the possibility of constructing a pedes-
trian overpass across the James J. Storrow
Memorial Drive, at Gloucester street.
The commission is presently constructing an
overpass, located 160 feet westerly of Fairfield
street and 360 feet easterly of Gloucester street,
which should be completed within a brief time.
With the completion of this overpass, crossings
will be available at Embankment road (the
Fiedler Bridge), at Dartmouth street, Fairfield-
Gloucester streets and the Harvard Bridge where
a stairs access to the outer embankment is available.
Very truly yours,
Edward F. Barky,
Executive Assistant.
Placed on file.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held September
2-1, 1956, at 10 a.m., on petition of Boston ) '.dison
Company for locations for wires and cables in
portion of William T. Morrissey Boulevard,
Dorchester.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held October 3,
1956, at 2.30 p.m., on petition of State Department
of Public Works for exemption of minimum
clearance of railroad bridge over John F. Fitz-
gerald Expressway.
Severally placed on file.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Boston Edison Com-
pany for location for wires and cables in Columbia
road, at Carrington street, South Boston.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for erection of pole on Washington
street, between Wilder street and Columbia road.
Severally placed on file.
COMMUNICATION FROM STATE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Works transmitting copy of
layout and order of taking of altered location of
section of state highway (Southeast Expressway).
Placed on file.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
SCHOOL COSTS.
The following was received:
The Finance Commission of the City of Boston,
September 14, 1956.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council:
At the beginning of another school year, during
which the School Committee must make policy
decisions which carry cost as well as educational
implications, and include the subject of a revision
of the Rules of the Committee, the Finance Com-
mission wishes to submit pertinent data. In
particular, attention is called to questions of per-
sonnel administration.
Expenditure Levels.
The central fact in the situation surrounding the
Boston School System is that of shrinking size
paralleled by increasing costs.
The decline in pupil enrollment started as far
back as 1935; in fact, there are approximately
50,000 fewer pupils in the schools today than in that
year. During the same period costs increased
approximately $9,000,000.
Rather than analyze the long period since 1935
with respect to expenditures, it seems advisable to
consider the more immediate past, the period since
1950.
During this period the pupil load has shrunk by
some 3,000, the number of teachers, supervisors,
and directors by approximately 200, and the num-
ber of buildings by approximately 30. On the other
hand, the outlay in dollars in that period, 1950-55,
for purposes controlled by the School Committee
increased from 823,452,544 to $27,396,633. This
does not include the outlay for repair and construc-
tion of buildings.
The following table shows the expenditures in
several functional categories for these two years:
Year
Administration Instruction
1950 $1,037,754 $17,939,777
19SS.
967,669 20,406,297
It is also possible to determine how Boston's
level of per capita Expenditure in the various
functional categories compares with that of tne
larger cities of the country during this period, by-
using the comparative data published by the
Federal Office of Education which shows the per
capita expenditures under the following six head-
ings: Administration (general, educational, and
business); Instruction; Operation of the Buildings;
Maintenance of the Buildings; Auxiliary Services
(including Medical, Nursing, Cafeteria Services);
Fixed Charges (including Pension Funds, Insur-
ance, and Rents) . Capital Outlay and Debt Service
are not included in this federal document.
An examination of this inter-city data for 1950
and 1955 produces the following conclusions, when
Boston is compared with 14 of*the largest cities of
the country (New York, Philadelphia, Detroit,
Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans,
Washington, Milwaukee, Cleveland, St. Louis,
Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati).
Both in 1950 and 1955, Boston ranked highest in
per pupil expenditure for Administration, although
the amount declined in 1955, whereas it increased
in the case of most other cities. Boston was third
highest in the category of Instruction in both years.
It was eighth highest in 1950 and the seventh high-
est in 1955 in the cost of Operation of Buildings.
Building
Operation
Auxiliary
Service
Fixed
Charges
$2,465,914
$1,205,444
$214,898
3,108,312
788,474
565,391
It shows even a better standing in this category
when the comparison is limited to cities in the
northeast section of the country.
In the category of Maintenance of Buildings,
Boston was seventh highest in 1950, and third
highest in 1955. In Auxiliary Services, it was third
highest in 1950 and fifth highest in 1955.
Boston is at the bottom of the list in the category
of Fixed Charges in both years; but this comparison
has no validity because the figure for Boston does
not include the pensions paid by the City govern-
ment, whereas the figures for most of the other
cities include that amount.
As the federal publication cautions, however,
these figures do not relate to the quality, efficiency,
or adequacy of the educational program; they
simply show the level of expenditure. However,
it appears that Boston has, at least since 1950,
the first year in which Boston submitted data on
this functional basis, observed a relatively high
level of expenditure in Administration and In-
struction; and that the per capita expenditure for
Maintenance of Buildings and Auxiliary Services
is relatively high.
The Salary Item.
The principal item of expenditure in the school
system, of course, is that for salaries; for several
years this has represented about 90 per cent of the
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cost. Expenditures for salaries rose from $20,468,-
509 in 1950 to 523,664,546 in 1955.
Increases in salary levels, rather than increases
in the number of personnel are the primary reason
for the increase in this item. In general, there
has been a downward revision in the size of the staff
as the school system has contracted. However, an
examination of the staff size at the end of 1950
and 1955, including vacancies and expansions,
shows areas where there has been an increase of
staff, as follows:
Staff Increases (1950-1955).
In the area of General Administration, there
was an increase of ten clerks in the Secretary's
Office. In Educational Administration an increase
of two assistants in the Superintendent's Office,
two supervisors in the Office of Supervisors of
Attendance, and one supervisor in the Office of
Licensed Minors.
In the area of Instruction, Educational Direction
and Supervision, there was an increase of two
clerks in the Adult Education and Recreation
Activities, an increase of three professionals and
three clerks in the Division of Educational In-
vestigation and Measurement, four professionals
and one clerk in the Division of Juvenile Adjust-
ment, one assistant director in the Division of
Music, three supervisors in Physical Education,
and one director and one clerk in the Division of
Business Education.
In the area of Special Education, there was an
increase of one teacher each in Speech Improve-
ment and the Clerical School and in the Godvin
School, and an increase of four in the Day School
for Immigrants.
In the Division of Adult Education and Recre-
ational Activities, expenditures for salaries Con-
nected with the programs moved with the change
in average membership both in the Evening Schools
and the Summer Review School. However, in the
case of school centers, the salary expenditures
went from $60,699 in 1950 to $130,292 in 1955,
while the average membership in the centers
changed little, moving from 2,702 to 2,795 in the
same period.
Suggested Offset to Outside Use of School
Accommodations.
As an offset to the increasing expenditure for
Outside Use of Schools (salary expenditure rose
from $33,619 to $37,161 in the 1950 to 1955
period) the following quote from the Finance
Commission Report of February 7, 1956, on the
general subject of fees is pertinent:
"Civic, fraternal, philanthropic and educa-
tional groups are permitted to use hall and
gymnasia in schools without a fee except
when admission is charged for the event. Some
other groups are permitted to use the facilities
upon payment of a fee. The fee consists of the
estimated cost of the salaries paid to the cus-
todians assigned to the school for the hours of
occupancy involved in the use. The reasoning
behind this custodial basis appears to be that
the larger schools will produce the heavier fee
since the size of the custodial staff will vary
directly with the size of the school.
"However, the history of the fee levied for
~ the use of school facilities shows that a higher
fee was set up four years ago than is now charged.
In 1952 the Superintendent of Schools was re-
quested by the then School Committee to make
a report on the cost of the operation of school
facilities as the basis of a fee for nonschool use.
He appointed a committee of school officials,
including the Chief Custodian. The report
recommended a fee of $75 for high school and
junior high school halls. The School Committee
increased the figure to $90. This fee was in
effect for only a month.
"The Committee then appointed a subcom-
mittee of its membership to reconsider the
subject. The latter decided that the estimated
custodial cost during the hours of use should
constitute the fee. No provision is made for
the cost of heat and light.
"A review of the paid uses of school facilities
by nonschool groups during 1955 shows there
were 350 uses. The following samples are
indicative of the use and the fee paid:
Fee
Use of 14 classrooms for civil service ex-
aminations for 5| hours $45.00
Use of high school hall for talent show for
4 \ hours 50 . 00
Use of high school hall for lecture for 3}
hours 35 . 25
Use of cafeteria for breakfast for 3 hours.. 30.00
"Fee schedules should be based on all the
elements of cost involved in the use of school
facilities."
Auxiliary Services.
The quantitative factors involved in the de-
termination of staff requirements in Auxiliary
Services would appear to be:
1) Pupil Load and 2) Number of Buildings.
The following table shows the size of staff in these
services in relation to those factors. School nurses
are replacing medical aides, and they should be
considered jointly.
June 30, 1950
School Physicians 54
Supervisors of Attendance 33
School Nurses 63
School Medical Aides 16
Pupil Enrollment as of September 91,577
Number of School Buildings 234
June 30, 1955
56
37
66
11
88,853
207
In a report published January, 1955, a Survey
by the Jacobs Company found that the staffs
of Supervisors of Attendance and School Physi-
cians were unduly large.
Whereas, the report recommended higher
salaries for the physicians, it recommended lower
starting salaries for the Supervisors of Attendance.
Custodial
The inauguration of the 40-hour work week in
the early 1950's increased the size of the custodial
staff; at present, there are about 70 more personnel
than in 1950. However, the custodial strength
as of July 10, 1956, which was 483, is within the
maximum of 490 allowed in the maximum man-
power needs set out in the Jacobs' Survey.
A pertinent finding in the Jacobs' Report which
points in the direction of personnel savings states
that custodial manpower needs can be reduced
by an estimated 10 per cent, operating at present
service levels, if operations are fully mechanized.
Submasters and Vice-Principals
An area of instruction in which the statistical
picture suggests a review of the situation is the
matter of submasters and vice-principals in
elementary districts. They assist principals in the
latters' supervisory functions.
The rules governing the number of such
positions are briefly as follows :
Main District Building.
One submaster and one vice-principal (in girls'
districts — two vice-principals).
Small Building.
One submaster of one vice-principal, in each
building, where six or more teachers present.
The following table relates the change in the
number of such positions to the number of buildings .
(See table on next i>age)
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Year
June, 1950.
June, 1955.
Number of
Elementary Buildings
184
160
Submasters
73
72
Vice-Principals
135
136
(Figures from Annual Statistics of Boston Public Schools)
These statistics raise the question of a lack of
adjustment to reduced size of the elementary
building system.
The Strayer Report contained the following
observation :
"Some principals have more than one sub-
master or vice-principal in the main building
(of the district), which hardly seems necessary. "
According to the 1956 Manual of the School
Committee this condition still obtains in some
districts.
Increase in Salary Levels.
As previously indicated, it is the increase in
salary levels, rather than an increase in staff
which accounts primarily for the approximately
$3,000,000 increase in the salary item between
1950 and 1955. The changing salary levels may
be indicated broadly by citing the over-all increases
given during this period. They include the
following:
September 1, 1950 — $204 increase to all
teachers.
September 1, 1951— $264 increase to all
teachers and civil service employees.
September 1,
school teachers;
high teachers.
September 1,
school teachers;
high teachers.
September 1, 1954 -
civil service employees.
1952 — $120 increase to lr -h
$180 to elementary and junior
1953 — $120 increase to high
$180 to elementary and junior
$5 increase per week to
September 1, 1954 — $120 increase to high
school teachers; $180 to elementary 2nd junior
high teachers.
September 1, 1955 — various salary increases
throughout the system.
September 1, 1955 — $120 increase to high
school teachers; $180 to elementary and junior
high teachers.
September 1, 1956 — $120 increase to high
school teachers; $180 to elementary and junior
high teachers.
Those not on maximum salaries for their rank —
about 30 per cent of the teachers — receive in
addition the regular $144 annual increment.
This list is incomplete. To gain a complete
picture the annual schedule of salaries would
have to be studied. While in the main salary
increases cover classes of positions, there are many
cases of selective treatment where individual
positions have been raised or incumbents placed
on maximum both in the academic and the non-
academic areas.
The Upward Revision of Salary Schedule since 1950.
The following cross section of changes in the
salary schedule for the 1950-1955 period, and the
future salary objectives, taken from the Annual
Schedule of Salaries for Teachers, Members of
the Supervisory Staff and Others, is offered to
show:
1) To what extent the upward revision in the
salary schedule has been and will be a factor in
the increase of the personnel item;
2) To what extent there appear to be shifts
not only in the year-to-year evaluation of a
particular position, but also in the evaluation
which that position bears in relation to other
positions.
Position
Changes in Shedule of Salaries
(Annual Increment is $144)
Mini- Maxi- Mini-
mum
1950
mum
1951
mum
1955
Maxi-
mum
1956
$8,136
6,456
Headmaster $5,796— $7,020 $7,032-
Department Head 3,984 — 5,568 4,872-
High School Teacher, Master's Degree. . 3,120 — 4,992 3,504-
Bachelor's Degree. — 4,992
Principal 5,364— 6,300 6,840-
Sub-Master, Vice Principal 3,120 — 4,992 4,104-
Vocational Instructor 3,984 — 5,568 4,872-
Shop Supervisor $2,916— $5,076 $3,624— $6,504
Teacher — Elementary, Junior High 2,688 — 4,128 — 5,112
Teacher — Juvenile Adjustment 2,928 — 4,604 different — 5,736
degree — 5,508
Director: Juvenile Adjustment $4,128— $5,568 $6,840— $7,776
Director: Statistics — Publicity 5,864— 6,800 6,840— 7,776
Director: School Lunches 5,364— 6,948 6,525— 7,986
Director: School Hygiene — 8,800 —11,223
Director: Physical Education 5,568— 7,152 —10,000
* Director: Evening, Summer Schools.. . 5,364 — 7,236 Director
* Director: Extended Use 5,364 — ■ 5,940 Asst. Director
Head Supervisor of Attendance 5,364— 6,300 — 8,532
Supervisor Safety and Health Education. 4,128—6,144 4,512—6,528
New Maximum
1956-1957
$8,736
6,456
5,736 5.856+$200 bonus
5,508 5,628+$200 bonus
7,776 8,376
5,976 6,156
6,456 6,504+$152 bonus
$6,624
5,292
5,856 Master
5,508 Bachelor
$8,004
8,004
7,986 Jacobs'
Survey
11,223
10,000
9,184
8,824
8,532
6,504
(Now only Super-
visor of Safety)
* Now one department
Directors :
Kindergarten, Elementary Supervisors, Practice and Training, Fine Arts, Special Classes, Home
Economics, Industrial Arts, Music, Visual-Radio Education, Business Education, Education
Investment-Measurement, Vocational Guidance, Speech Improvement:
$5,568— $6,144 $6,840— $7,776 $8,004
Conclusions.
The foregoing data, taken largely from pub-
lished reports of the School Committee has been
correlated to point up certain trends in the
school picture, and warrant the following ob-
servations.
The level of expenditure for the school system
is, per capita, relatively high among the larger
cities of the country in several functional cate-
gories.
Although there has been a general contraction
in the size of staff as the dimensions of the school
system have shrunk, there are some areas where
an increase has taken place or a lack of down-
ward adjustment is indicated.
The principal reason for the increase in the
cost of the school system is found in the personnel
item, particularly in the series of changes in tho
salary schedule.
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CITY COUNCIL.
The Finance Commission does not presume
to pass on the propriety of any salary range,
but it is concerned with the procedures involved.
There is a lack of stability in the salary schedule.
The evaluation of many positions, as expressed
in the salary schedule, has changed several times
since 1950 as has the relationship to other posi-
tions. More or less of a chain reaction of demand
among the several segments of school personnel
seems to have developed. For instance, in Feb-
ruary 1956, 80 petitions from various groups and
individuals among school personnel were filed
with the Board of Salary Adjustment (composed
of six superintendents). The latter's recommen-
dations were then translated into a Revised
Schedule and transmitted to the School Committee.
Another aspect is that relating to the budgetary
process. A rule of the School Committee adopted
July 7, 1953, provides
"Annually on or before the second Monday
of March, in each year, the School Committee
shall determine what, if any, increases and re-
ductions in the compensation of employees of
the school department shall be provided for in
the annual budget. "
The effect of this rule would be to prevent the
August salary scramble; however, if this rule is
suspended, its salutary effect may be nullified.
In view of all the foregoing data, the Finance
Commission believes that the School Committee
should:
1) Explore all areas for further possibilities of
adjusting the size of staff to the pupil load and
other pertinent factors, where educationally pos-
sible, and weigh carefully the recommendations
of the Strayer and the Jacobs Surveys that make
for personnel savings;
2) For the purpose of stabilizing the salary
schedule and achieving one which is objectively
sound and detached from pressures, determine
the proper evaluation of positions, after a study
by the Assistant Superintendent in Charge of
Personnel. This should resemble the type of
classification and pay plan prepared for other
segments of municipal personnel.
Personnel practice ought to conform to the
following principles of a salary policy, enunciated
in the Strayer Report:
1) "A salary policy ought to define a compre-
hensive, long-term payment plan.
2) "Salary policy has to be expressed first in
terms of a basic schedule for the rank and file of
the teaching personnel. "
3) The Strayer Report endorsed the single
salary schedule which "requires that teachers of
equivalent educational preparation be paid equal
salaries and be advanced equally in terms of step
increments for satisfactory service, regardless of
the educational level of the school or grade in
which they teach.
4) "The salary grades for administrative,
supervisory and special service groups should be
considered differentiations from the basic salary
schedule, related to it, as well as to each other,
by definitely known measures determined upon
as a matter of policy. . . . It is only those
personnel assignments which represent definitely
heavier responsibility, strategically greater values
to the schools, special and extensive preparation,
special difficulties of procurement, and the like,
which need to be accompanied by salary grades
differentiated from the basic.
5) "Certainly, the office in the Boston School
System which is functionally responsible for the
research and leadership in the salary field should
be engaged in a detailed study of the cost of
living factor. This is not something that can be
done by a board around the table.
6) "Assign to an assistant superintendent the
definite functional responsibility for the develop-
ment of instructional salary policy. . . . Ad-
ministrative responsibility for and leadership in
the developmental tasks ahead with respect to
salaries are simply not in the province of boards.
(An assistant superintendent has been ap-
pointed to head up instructional personnel
management; but a Salary Adjustment Board
considers salary revisions.)
7) "Salaries will be computed automatically
from schedules set up after job analysis, thus
obviating time-consuming and morale-destroying
special pleading.
8) "Clerical salary policy should be unified
and coordinated throughout the school system.
Leadership in this task belongs with the assistant
superintendent in charge of personnel."
(This last recommendation has not been
adopted).
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman,
Leo J. Dunn,
Edward U. Lee,
Roger J. Abizaid, M.D.,
Henry A. Sasserno,
The Finance Commission.
Robert E. Cunniff,
Secretary.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY FINANCE
BOARD TO RENEWAL OF LOAN OF
$3,500,000.
The following was received:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Emergency Finance Board.
State House, September 20, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing the vote passed by the Emergency
Finance Board on September 20, 1956, authorizing
the City of Boston to renew the tax title loan
which becomes due on October 3, 1956.
Very truly yours,
Herman B. Dine, Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Emergency Finance Board,
State House, September 20, 1950.
At the meeting of the Emergency Finance Board
of the Commonwealth, held on the 20th day of
September, 1956, a majority of said Board being
present, the following vote was passed:
Voted, To approve the renewal by the treasurer
of the City of Boston of so much of the three
million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000)
tax title loan, which was originally approved by
this Board under date of July 19, 1955, as is
outstanding on October 3, 1956. The rate of in-
terest on the renewal loan is to be two and one
half per cent (2j%) payable at maturity.
Emergency Finance Board,
Edward S. Zelazo, Chairman,
Gerald L. Woodland,
George E. Lane,
Herman B. Dine, Secretary.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Notice was received from Samuel J. Tomasello,
member of Board of Appeal, of interest in con-
tract between the City of Boston and the S. J.
Tomasello Corporation, for bituminous concrete
pavement, and widening and sewerage works in
Forest Hills street.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Anna V. Connors
(referred December 13, 1954) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband, John J.
Connors, a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Anna V. Connors, widow of John J. Connors, a
member of the Police Department, who died on
October 18, 1954, on account of injuries received
in the performance of his duty, said annuity to
continue so long as she remains unmarried, and to
date from August 1, 1956, and to be charged to the
appropriation for Police Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
2. Report on petition of Alida Burke (referred
December 29, 1955) to be paid an annuity on ac-
count of the death of her husband, William F.
Burke, a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
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268
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Alida Burke, widow of William F. Burke, a mem-
ber of the Police Department, who died on October
21, 1952, on account of injuries received in the per-
formance of his duty, said annuity to continue so
long as she remains unmarried and to date from
July 1, 1956, and to be charged to the appropria-
tion for Police Department, Pensions and An-
nuities.
3. Report on petition of Gertrude M. Lowney
(referred April 9) to be paid an annuity on account
of the death of her husband, John F. Lowney, a
member of the Police Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Gertrude M. Lowney, widow of John F. Lowney,
a member of the Police Department, who died on
March 25, 1956, on account of injuries received in
the performance of his duty, said annuity to con-
tinue so long as she remains unmarried, and to date
from July 1, 1956, and to be charged to the appro-
priation for Police Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
4. Report on petition of Alice M. Heffernan
(referred April 2) to be paid an annuity on account
of the death of her husband, Michael M. Heffernan,
a member of the Police Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid
to Alice M. Heffernan, widow of Michael M.
Heffernan, a member of the Police Department,
who died on January 8, 1956, on account of
injuries received in the performance of his duty,
said annuity to continue so long as she remains
unmarried, and to date from July 1, 1956, and
to be charged to the appropriation for Police
Department, Pensions and Annuities.
5. Report on petition of Lulu G. Marshall
(referred April 23) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, James F.
Marshall, a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid
to Lulu G. Marshall, widow of James F. Marshall,
a member of the Fire Department, who died on
April 15, 1956, on account of injuries received
in the performance of his duty, said annuity to
continue so long as she remains unmarried, and
to date from July 1, 1956, and to be charged to
the appropriation for Fire Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
6. Report on petition of Mabel A. McDevitt
(referred March 12) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, Neil A.
McDevitt, retired member of the Police Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accompany-
ing order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of eighteen hundred and twelve dollars be allowed
and paid to Mabel A. McDevitt, widow of Neil
A. McDevitt, retired member of the Police De-
partment, who died on February 22, 1956, on
account of injuries received in the performance
of his duty, said annuity being made up of allow-
ances as follows :
For the widow, Mabel A. McDevitt, so long
as she remains unmarried, $1,500 per annum.
For the following-named child during the time
that such child is under the age of eighteen or
over said age and physically or mentally in-
capacitated from earning, $312 per annum:
Kathleen A. McDevitt, born July 12, 1947,
provided, however, that if the widow remarries,
the annuity for such child shall be $520 during
the remainder of the time aforesaid; said annuity
to date from July 1, 1956, and to be charged to
the appropriation for Police Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
7. Report on petition of Delia M. Illingworth
(referred July 2) to be paid an annuity on account
of the death of her husband, Walter C. Illingworth,
a member of the Police Department — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Delia M. Illingworth, widow of Walter C. Illing-
worth, a member of the Police Department, who
died on June 11, 1956, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty, said
annuity to continue so long as she remains un-
married; such annuity to become effective upon
the date of the approval of this order by the
Mayor, and to be charged to the appropriation
for Police Department, Pensions and Annuities.
8. Report on petition of Paul J. DeRosa
(referred August 20) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Paul J. DeRosa, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
April 30, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
B. A. Godvin, M.D., 483 Beacon street,
Boston $100
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
9. Report on petition of George H. King
(referred July 16) for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury sustained by him while in the
performance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of George H. King, a former member of
the Fire Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on July 6,
1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certification
of the panel appointed under the provisions of said
section, to the following the amount stated:
Dr. Ronald A. Mertens, 609 Centre street,
Jamaica Plain $75
said sum to be paid from any appropriation
suitable for the purpose of this section.
10. Report on petition of Robert E. Randall
(referred August 20) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury received by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Robert E. Randall, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on February 23, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated :
Robert E. Randall (petitioner), 71 Loring
street, Hyde Park $23.25
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury 23.87
Total $47.12
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
11. Report on petition of Francis J. Kelley
(referred August 20) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Francis J. Kelley, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on May 2, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
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recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Francis J. Kelley (petitioner), 120 Pleasant
street, Dorchester $3
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D., 1101 Beacon street,
Brookline 25
Total $28
said sums to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
12. Report on petition of Robert J. Shea, Jr.
(referred August 20) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of two hundred ninety-
four dollars ($294) be allowed and paid to Robert
J. Shea, Jr., in reimbursement for amount of
execution issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Parks and Recreation
Department, said sum to be charged to the appro-
priation for Executions of Court, Damage Claims
and Reimbursements.
13. Report on petition of Robert F. Joyce
(referred August 27) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order.
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred forty-
eight dollars and ten cents ($148.10) be allowed
and paid to Robert F. Joyce in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as a member of the Police Department,
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Re-
imbursements.
14. Report on petition of Joseph A. Rossi
(referred September 10) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of two hundred eighty-
five dollars ($285) be allowed and paid to Joseph A.
Rossi in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Police Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
15. Report on petition of George F. Shamon
(referred August 20) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Police Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of nine hundred seventy-
five dollars ($975) be allowed and paid to George F.
Shamon in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Police Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
16. Report on petition of Eleanor T. Franz
(referred today) for reduction of annuity granted
her on account of the death of her husband,
Henry S. Franz — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That the annuity payable to Eleanor T.
Franz under section 89A of chapter 32 of the
General Laws by virtue of an order passed by the
City Council on September 10, 1956, and approved
by the Mayor on September 11, 1956, be, and the
same hereby is, reduced from the amount, fixed in
said order, of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) a
year, to the amount of fourteen hundred dollars
($1,400) a year, effective as of September 11, 1956.
17. Report on petition of Carmine Dacerno
(referred August 20) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as an employee of the Sanitary Division,
Public Works Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred ninety-
five dollars ($495) be allowed and paid to Carmine
Dacerne in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as an
employee of the Sanitary Division, Public Works
Department, said sum to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
18. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
November 28, 1955) vetoing order passed Novem-
ber 14, 1955, for payment of annuity to Mary F.
Lane on account of the death of her husband ,
Walter A. Lane, late member of the Police Depart-
ment— recommending sustaining said veto and
passage of the accompanying draft of a new order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of fifteen hundred dollars be allowed and paid to
Mary F. Lane, widow of Walter A. Lane, a member
of the Police Department, who died on February 24,
1955, on account of injuries received in the perform-
ance of his duty, said annuity to continue so long
as she remains unmarried, and to date from
November 1, 1955, and to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Police Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
The question came on sustaining the veto of the
Mayor on the order passed on November 14, 1955,
and the said veto was sustained, yeas 8, nays 1:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
White— 8.
Nays — Councillor Piemonte — 1 .
The question then came on the passage of the
order in the new draft as submitted) by the Com-
mittee, and the order was passed, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on petitions (referred September 10) for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day,
viz.:
Arborway Bowlaway, Salvatore Cacciola, 1
Boynton street, Jamaica Plain; Bond Bowling and
Billiards, Inc., Edward H. Margolis, 615 Wash-
ington street; Boylston Bowladrome, Inc., Morris
Vigoda, 1260 Boylston street; Broadway Recrea-
tion, Joseph W. Rubbicco, 448 West Broadway,
South Boston; Central Park Lanes, Angelo
Vozzella, 10 Saratoga street, East Boston; Codman
Square Bowlaway, Inc., Harry Hamparian, 649
Washington street, Dorchester; Julius Covitz, 1231
Hyde Park avenue, Hyde Park; Grove Hall Recre-
ation Center, Maurice C. Smith, 464-468 Blue Hill
avenue, Dorchester; Hibernian Bowling Alleys,
Mortimer J. Cronin, 184 Dudley street, Roxbury;
Huntington 55 Alleys, Inc., Edward H. Margolis,
253 A Huntington avenue; Hyde Park Bowling
Alleys, Julius Covitz, 1226 Hyde Park avenue,
Hyde Park; Kenmore Bowladrome, Inc., Morris
Vigoda, 82 Lansdowne street; Mattapan Bowla-
drome, Samuel Orren, 1348 Blue Hill avenue,
Mattapan; Maverick Garden Bowladrome, Win-
throp Beach Bowlaway, Inc., Leonard D. DiPietro,
2 Maverick square, East Boston; North Station
Bowling Alleys, Joseph A. Bruno, 222-J Friend
street; Roseland of Massachusetts, Inc., Charles
Shribman, 13 Burbank street; Dominick Rubbicco,
4264 Washington street, Roslindale; Webster
Bowling Alleys, Louis J. Pumphrey, 3 Taber
street, Roxbury; West Roxbury Bowling Center,
Inc., Stanford W. Dennison, 119 Park street, West
Roxbury — recommending that the licenses be
granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor (re-
ferred September 10) of Louis Benjamin Gilman as
constable with authority to serve civil process upon
filing of bond, for the term ending April 30, 1957 —
recommending that the appointment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointments by the Mayor (re-
ferred September 10) of Willis H. Chapin, Jerome
F. Maloney, Edward J. Buck as weighers of goods,
for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recommending
that the appointments be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
McLaughlin and McDonough. Whole number of
ballots 9, yeas 9, and the appointments were
confirmed.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1956.
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PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDARY LINES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That two members of the City Council,
the City Clerk, and the Chief Engineer of the
Survey Division of the Public Works Department,
or their duly appointed substitutes, be, and hereby
are, appointed in behalf of the City Council, to
perambulate the boundary lines and to examine
the bound marks between Boston and the adjacent
cities and towns of Revere, Everett, Somerville,
Newton, Brookline, Dedham, Milton, and Win-
throp; to report descriptions of the same and to
cause bound marks to be erected or removed
wherever necessary; the expense incurred under
authority of this order, if any, to be charged to
the City Council appropriation for Transportation
of Persons.
The order was passed under suspension of the
rules, and President McCormack appointed
Councillor iPiemonte and McDonough as the two
members from the Council.
COMMENDATIONS TO GALBREATH CORPO-
RATION, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION, AND R. M.
BRADLEY & CO.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The proposed construction of a
$4,000,000-ofHce building on the site of the Hotel
Brunswick; and
Whereas, The selection of this site by the Inter-
national Business Machines Corporation, as its
New England headquarters, is evidence of the
advantages Boston offers with its cultural, histori-
cal, economical, and geographical location; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, commend the Galbreath
Corporation for their vision and confidence in
Boston as shown by their decision to construct
the $1,000, OOO-office building on the site of the
Hotel Brunswick, the International Business
Machines Corporation, for their wisdom in the
selection of Boston as its headquarters, and the
R. M. Bradley & Co., Inc., for their continuous
successful and untiring efforts in pointing out
Boston's cultural, economical, and other ad-
vantages, and bringing to Boston prestige, new
firms, more revenue, and additional employment,
be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Galbreath Corporation, the
International Business Machines Corporation, and
the R. M. Bradley & Co.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN RE ANTI-
LITTERING ORDINANCE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, A clean city is necessary from the
standpoint of health as well as appearance ; and
Whereas, The cleanliness of Boston affords good
public relations; and
Whereas, The Mayor and the Boston City
Council, in an effort to improve the appearance
and provide for more healthful conditions of the
city, have enacted an anti-litter law, effective as of
September 11, 1956; and
Whereas, There is nothing more useless than a
law which is not observed; and
Whereas, In order for the city and its people to
realize the benefits of the newly-adopted anti-
litter law, they must be made aware of the law,
and there must be strict enforcement of it; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
School Committee and other agencies to conduct
an educational campaign relative to the anti-litter
law, by such means as distributing copies of the
law to the public schools; and be it further
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor call upon
other public and private agencies to conduct such
an educational campaign, and that he make avail-
able for such agencies copies of the law or brochures
or pamphlets describing the provisions of the law
and the benefits it will afford to the people of
Boston; and be it further
Resolved, That the health and sanitation inspec-
tors and the members of the Police Department
be called upon for strict enforcement of the anti-
litter law, and that such item be contained in the
regular roll call of the departments.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
ORDINANCE RE LEASHING OF DOGS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following-
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel of the
City of Boston be requested to draw up an ordi-
nance designed to require the leashing of dogs in
certain congested areas in the City of Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
IMPROVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON SQUARE.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The plot of land located in front of the
Brighton Municipal Court, the Public Library,
and adjacent to the Municipal Building at Chest-
nut Hill avenue and Academy Hill road, containing
about a half an acre, offers by virtue of its central
location and size excellent opportunities for the
development of a beautiful small park; and
Whereas, In addition to the development of a
natural beauty spot the location would be a fine
one for recreation and rest for the mothers and
children in the neighborhood in passing to and
from the shopping center as well as of good use to
all of the people in Brighton Center; and
Whereas, Said site at present is without a single
flower, tree or shrub, and undeveloped in any way;
and
Whereas, Formerly this park was widely used
and greatly enjoyed by the people of Brighton; and
Whereas, Brighton will be observing in 1957 the
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the found-
ing of the town of Brighton, the centennial of
which founding was noted with great public atten-
tion and celebration which took place on this very
site; and
Whereas, The one hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary of the founding of Brighton should be observed
publicly; now therefore be it
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor is earnestly
requested in the interest of the development of
Brighton and to observe the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Brighton,
to direct the Park Commissioner to rededicate at
this time Brighton square, formerly called Wilson
Park, to public use by the landscaping and beauti-
fication of said square by the planting of trees,
flowers and shrubbery, and installation of adequate
park benches.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
IMPROVE PUBLIC WAY, BETWEEN BEA-
CON STREET AND COMMONWEALTH
AVENUE, AT CHESTNUT HILL.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The public way running between
Beacon street and Commonwealth avenue and
passing between the reservoirs at Chestnut Hill is
on the whole in need of repair and possibly recon-
struction; and
Whereas, One portion of said way is in a posi-
tively dangerous and impassable condition at
ordinarily safe speeds of travel; and
Whereas, There is apparently some difference of
opinion between the Metropolitan District Com-
mission and the City of Boston with respect to
jurisdiction and the obligation to maintain said
way in a safe condition; now therefore be it
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor is requested
to direct the Park Commissioner to consult witli
the Commissioner of the Metropolitan District
Commission immediately with a view to fixing
responsibility for the maintenance of said way and
cooperating in its repair and reconstruction; and
be it further
Ordered, That a copy of this order be sent forth-
with to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan
District Commission.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
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LIGHTING ON ALPINE STREET,
ROXBURY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor is hereby
requested to direct the Commissioner of Public
Works to cause the gas lights on Alpine street,
Roxbury, to be removed as soon as possible, and
to install new and adequate lighting on said
street.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY for the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance, submitted the following:
On the message of the Mayor and order (referred
August 27) for loan of $500,000 for demolition of
abandoned and dilapidated structures — submits the
following report:
Your committee met on Friday, September 21,
1956, concerning this appropriation.
Present were the Health Commissioner, the
Director of Demolition, the Building Commissioner
and others.
As a result of the hearing, it appears that
1) 34 buildings have been marked for im-
mediate demolition.
2) While the need for much demolition of
buildings is known to all, an orderly and intelli-
gent direction of the effort is equally necessary.
The present plan calls for a director with but one
assistant who will coordinate the efforts of the
Fire, Building and Health departments in proc-
essing buildings for demolition. Final authority
in -ordering demolition rests with the Building and
Health Commissioners who will condemn build-
ings and oversee the letting of contracts.
Whether this is the optimum organizational ar-
rangement is an open question.
Your committee feels that the co-ordination
necessary for success in this program might well
be from a higher echelon which leads to
3) This program clearly should be an integral
part of an Urban Renewal Program, out of which
substantial financing might come from federal
sources and also the rehabilitation of neighbor-
hoods must proceed hand in hand with an intelli-
gent demolition program.
Rehabilitation plus intelligent yet expeditious
demolition should obviously be part of the Urban
Renewal program the city so desperately needs.
Your committee recommends that some moneys
be immediately appropriated for this program.
The exact amount to be determined after further
discussion in the executive session of this Council.
_ To provide a statistical basis for this considera-
tion in executive we note
1) 34 buildings have presently been marked
for demolition.
2) The average cost of demolition of a structure
is slightly in excess of $1 ,000.
3) The Director of Demolition hopes to process
10 to 15 buildings a week from now on.
4) There are about 450 unoccupied structures
according to Building Department survey of May,
1956.
5) There are about 153 substandard dwellings
in Boston.
6) The Mayor's Committee appointed sub-
sequent to the Building Department survey found
2,000 substandard buildings.
It was impossible to discover at the meeting on
the 21st with any degree of accuracy how many
of the buildings mentioned above, in either cate-
gory, of the Building Department survey of the
Mayor's Committee, are likely subjects for de-
molition.
Your committee recommends reference of the
order referred to our committee on August 27,
1956, be referred to the Executive Committee.
For the Committee,
William J. Foley, Jr., Chairman.
The report was accepted.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN in the chair.
The message of the Mayor and order and the
report of the Committee were referred to the
Executive Commitee.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON PAGE STREET,
DORCHESTER.
Coun. KERRIGAN, FOLEY, McCORMACK,
and McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works be requested, through his honor the Mayor,
to replace the present antiquated gas lamps on
Page street, Dorchester, with modern electric
lights.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
WATER FRONT DEVELOPMENT WITH
URBAN RENEWAL MONEY.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, Because of changes in the size of
shipping used in ocean-borne commerce, parts of
the Boston water front are presently unused; and
Whereas, Because of the building of the South-
east Expressway the two leading Boston yacht
construction and repair yards, Simms and Hart's
must relocate their facilities; and
Whereas, The loss of the Simms Yard would
eliminate the last builder of quality yachts and
boats from the Boston scene; and
Whereas, There is presently a great need for a
yacht marina in Boston; and
Whereas, There is presently under way an
Urban Renewal Program for Boston in the course
of which some thought has been given to sites at
or near the water front; and
Whereas, Boston has a great and noble mari-
time tradition; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Urban Redevelopment
Authority give consideration to the following
point program:
1. Selection of a section of the Boston water
front now unused for the location of a yacht
marina, yacht construction, repair, and storage
facility.
2. Move toward the relocation thereon of
those yacht building and storage facilities being
displaced by the Southeast Expressway.
3. Financing of the above with Urban Re-
newal money.
4. Simple recreational development of the
harbor islands presently within the confines of
Boston to take advantage from a recreational
standpoint of one of the^few truly beautiful major
harbors in the United States.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 4.15 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber and were called to order by
Senior Member WHITE at 6.20 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for transfer of appropriation of
$10,000 from Reserve Fund to Urban Renewal
Program — that same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for loan order of $500,000 for
demolition of condemned and abandoned struc-
tures— that same ought to pass.
The report was accepted. On August 27, 1956,
etc., foregoing order was read once and passed,
yeas 8, nays 0.
The order was given its secoi»d reading and
final passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1956.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred May 21)
for commercial use shellfish permit for Maurice X.
Roche — recommending no further action is
necessary. «
2. Report on applications (referred June 25)
for commercial use shellfish permits for Daniel C.
French and Joseph A. Kearney — recommending
no further action is necessary.
The reports were accepted.
3. Report on application (referred September
10) for commercial use shellfish permit for Arthur
A. Paino — recommending that permit be granted
The report was accepted, and the permit was
granted under the U6ual conditions.
Adjourned, at 6.24 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Kerrigan, to meet on Monday, October 1, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, October 1, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Vincent J. Gorski, captain,
United States Navy, chaplain, First Naval District,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. VINCENT J. GORSKI.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, we humbly ask
Thee to bless the members of the City Council and
tiie members of their families and the inhabitants
of the great City of Boston whom they represent.
Grant them and to all of us who seek, Thy ways
and the ways of Thy commandments. Grant
wisdom to all our leaders both civic and military
that they may most effectively direct our efforts
both at home and abroad.
Grant eternal rest to all who died in the service
of our country.
Teach us how to watch and pray so that at home
and throughout the world we may help build peace
with justice based on the brotherhood of man under
the fatherhood of Almighty God.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAAVN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
aw, Councillor McDonough presiding at the box
n the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Sixty-two traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear November 5, 1956:
Violetta DeDeo, Ward 1 ; Rita Pepe, Ward 1 ;
Erich A. Schulze, Ward 2; Gerald N. Ficociello,
Ward 3; Annibale J. Forte, Ward 3; George E.
Laham, Ward 3; Habeeb J. Lewis, Ward 3;
Anthony Riccio, Ward 3; Michael Roberts,
Ward 3; Bertha Beckair, Ward 4; N. Robert
Lanchester, Ward 4; Loring R. Lantz, Ward 4;
Chesley A. Sullivan, Ward 4; David M. Bridgham,
Ward 5; Joseph J. Kinahan, Ward 5; John J.
McLellan, Ward 5; Charles R. O. Wood, Ward 5;
Fred H. Gibson, Ward 6; John F. Murray, Ward 6;
John C. Newman, Ward 7; Walter A. Sikora,
Ward 7; Charles Ellison, Ward 9; Walter Fennell,
Ward 9; Eldon L. King, Ward 9; Richard R.
Bonin, Ward 10; Edwin II. Holmer, Ward 10;
Peter F. Lawless, Ward 10; James L. Mont-
gomery, Ward 10; Nicholas P. Savoy, Ward 10;
John E. Sheehan, Ward 10; John C. Hughes,
Ward 11.
Benjamin Ginsberg, Ward 12; Edwin R. Jackson,
Ward 12; Joseph D. Keane, Ward 12; Charles F.
Lloyd, Ward 12; George F. Kerrissey, Ward 13;
John G. Long, Jr., Ward 13; James L. Murray,
Ward 13; Elizabeth R. Shea, Ward 13; Robert
Feigen, Ward 14; Eugene H. Murphy, Ward 14;
Hyman Shiff, Ward 14; Joseph P. Burke, Ward 15;
Peter J. Rizzo, Ward 15; Cecil Varner, Ward 15;
William J. Dobbin, Ward 16; Robert C. Harrison,
Ward 10; Edward J. Kennedy, Ward 16; Daniel V.
Johnston, Ward 17; James W. Urquhart, Ward 17;
Saverio Caggiano, Ward 18; Joseph E. Dockray,
Ward 19; Joseph Vincent Mulkern, Ward 19;
Leo F. Cox, Ward 20; Frederick A. W. Sandberg,
Ward 20; Eleanor M. Steele, Ward 20; Paul 8.
Breck, Ward 21 ; Jacob Fisher, Ward 21 ; Frances C.
Picard, Ward 21; Frank M. Foster, Ward 22;
Stephen D. Mclnnis, Ward 22; Henry J. Sullivan,
Ward 22.
Coun. PIEMONTE in the chair.
Two hundred sixteen traverse jurors, Superior
Civil Court, to appear November 5, 1956:
George F. Bell, Ward 1 ; John P. Burke, Ward 1 ;
John A. Caprio, Jr., Ward 1; Dennis L. Cronin,
Ward 1 ; Paul T. Driscoll, Ward 1 ; Louis J. Fagone,
Ward 1; Walter F. Lally, Ward 1; Edward Lom-
bardo, Ward 1 ; John J. Marashka, Ward 1 ; Ver-
onica L. Noyes, Ward 1; Edward F. Palumbo,
Ward 1; Roland D. Quinn, Ward 1; Vincent J.
Savio, Ward 1; Charles Shlager, Ward 1; Lawrence
A. Dewey, Ward 2; James O'Brien, Ward 2;
Lucian B. Perreault, Ward 2; John W. Williams,
Ward 2; Frank Barassi, Jr., Ward 3; Josephine
Cincotti, Ward 3; George David, Ward 3; Car-
barino Gizzi, Ward 3; Carl Kaminsky, Ward 3;
Eva Rinaldi, Ward 3; George Alexander, Ward 4;
James B. Casey, Ward 4; Carl Elles, Ward 4;
Max Hildebrandt, Ward 4; Sydney W. Keene,
Ward 4; Charles J. McDonald, Ward 4; Samuel
Patterson, Ward 4; Wallace Record, Jr., Ward 4;
Warren F. Shepard, Ward 4; William Sorenson,
Ward 4; Florence D. Dodge, Ward 5; George L.
Donovan, Ward 5; Richard B. Epps, Ward 5;
Joe H. Giltner, Ward 5; John F. Markham, Ward
5; John J. McAulay, Ward 5; Mary T. Riordan,
Ward 5; Madolon D. Rowley, Ward 5; James
Smith, Ward 5; Alyce I. Wilson, Ward 5; Robert
E. Zimmerman, Ward 5; Nicholas Arcieri, Ward (i;
Eugene A. Brennan, Ward 6; Anna Burke, Ward 6;
William J. Donahue, Ward 6; Rose Milisi, Ward 0;
Edward J. Rcavey, Ward 6; Bernard Columbo,
Ward 7; Walter J. Daley, Ward 7; Peter Flaherty,
Ward 7; Henry J. Gatek, Ward 7; Jackson S.
Gott, Ward 7; William II. Lewis, Ward 7; Law-
rence J. McColgan, Ward 7; Ruth Nee, Ward 7;
Matthew J. Nest, Ward 7; Peter Perry, Ward 7;
Charles R. Radzik, Ward 7; John J. Reardon,
Ward 7; William T. Scanlan, Ward 7; Delmas D.
Taylor, Ward 7.
Philip G. Barrett, Ward 8; Albert J. Gessner,
Ward 8; Martin J. McDonough, Ward 8; Thomas
A. O'Brien, Ward 8; Amelia Peters, Ward 8;
.Albert L. Pilotte Ward 8; Benjamin G. Vermette,
Ward 8; James E. Welch, Ward 8; Ralph Mer-
curio, Ward 9; Frederick Biggins, Ward 10;
Charles Currie, Ward 10; Joseph W. Devine,
Ward 10; Thomas F. Franklin, Ward 10; Ver-
vonica M. Gasciewicz, Ward 10; John W. Gazda,
Ward 10; John L. Hogan, Ward 10; James S.
Kiggins, Ward 10; John J. Loughrcy, Ward 10;
Peter J. Lydon, Jr., Ward 10; Joseph E. McElroy,
Ward 10; Edward L. Sullivan, Ward 10; Anthony
G. Cavalieri, Ward 11; Bernard F. Diettrich,
Ward 11; Charles Dow, Ward 11; Kenneth R.
Haddock, Ward 11; James G. Ingram, Ward 11;
Harold V. Kingston, Ward 11; Thomas Knightly,
Ward 11; Florence McCarthy, Ward 11; John M.
Maclver, Ward 11; Joseph A. Meulenaere, Ward
11; Mary A. Miller, Ward 11; Anthony J. Murray,
Ward 11; George W. O'Neil, Ward 11; Charles
Bouton, Ward 12; William J. Cutler, Ward 12;
Annie Gladstein, Ward 12; Joseph L. Howard,
Ward 12; Raymond W. Jarvis, Ward 12; Bruno
Kaufman, Ward 12; Milton Mykytow, Ward 12;
Felix Petrilli, Ward 12; Lawrence M. Reamer,
Ward 12; Thomas A. Wood, Ward 12; Ronald C.
Anderson, Ward 13; Fred A. Babcoek, Jr., Ward
13; Marshall L. Ballon, Ward 13; Joseph Braucr,
Ward 13; Albert R. Bugli, Ward 13; Warren K-.
Dockham, Ward 13; George F. Kuers, Ward 13;
John W. Lentz, Ward 13; William F. O'Connell,
Ward 13; George M. Ryan, Ward 13; Roger D.
Sullivan, Ward 13.
Jacob Cohen, Ward 14; Joseph Cohen, Ward 14;
Michael J. Danesco, Ward 14; Arthur M. Elias,
Ward 14; Julius Fishman, Ward 14; Goldie
Greenwald, Ward 14; Winifred King, Ward 14;
Max Kramer, Ward 14; James G. Larkin, Ward 14,
Samuel Shapiro, Ward 14; Joseph A. Strazzulla;
Ward 14; Mary E. Sullivan, Ward 14; Knut
Carlsen, Ward 15; James J. Conley, Ward 15;
Thomas J. Glavin, Ward 15; Marie M. McKeogh,
Ward 15; Thomas J. Maloncy, Ward 15; Francis I.
Moynihan, Ward 15; Jane Munroe, Ward 15;
Leo J. O'Brien Ward 15; George L. Pettipaw,
Ward 15; Paul J. Rooncy, Ward 15; Mary A. P.
Sughrue, Ward 15; Joseph Zakowsky, Ward 15;
Fiances D. Dickson, Ward 16; James Dunnctt,
Ward 16; Michael J. Gargan, Jr., Ward 16; John
E. Holmes, Ward 16; Walter A. Keppler, Ward 16;
Leo J. Looney, Ward 16; Edward J. Lynch, Ward
16; Patrick J. McCue, Ward 16; Victor A. Malis,
Ward 16; James A. Meehan, Ward 16; Robert A.
Rush, Ward 16; Robert F. Sullivan, Ward 16;
Edward .1. Bartlett, Ward 17; Andrew W. Boyd,
Ward 17; John A. Courtney, Ward 17; James E.
Cusick, Ward 17; George N. Donahue Ward 17;
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Francis E. Murphy, Ward 17; Jacob Rabinovitz
Ward 17; John J. Talbot, Ward 17.
Nicholas F. Boncoddo, Ward 18; Francis L.
Brink, Ward 18; Andrew J. Caraber, Ward 18;
Denis J. Dunn, Ward 18; John F. Healy, Ward 18;
Charles E. Hoag, Ward 18; George B. Jones,
Ward 18; August May, Ward 18; Howard R.
Pinkman, Ward 18; Forrest C. Sprague, Ward 18;
Joseph T. Ware, Ward 18; Richard Wells, Ward 18;
Frank P. Yundt, Ward 18; James E. Cowles,
Ward 19; Paul J. Donohue, Ward 19; Joseph
Lehane, Ward 19; Ronald G. MacLellan, Ward 19;
Joseph F. Shields, Ward 19; George T. Bell, Ward
20; Edmund J. Butler, Ward 20; Verna M. Claus,
Ward 20; Calvin R. Conners, Ward 20; George T.
Goularte, WTard 20; George A. Hulbert, Ward 20;
Edward H. Kelly, Ward 20; Howard J. Landers,
Ward 20; George F. McGowan, Ward 20; Patrick
H. McLaughlin, Ward 20; Francis M. Mazza,
Ward 20; Joseph Quinlan, Ward 20; John F.
Roddy, Ward 20; Lillian E. Stenman, Ward 20;
Catherine E. Sullivan, Ward 20; Angelo Iacoviello,
Ward 21; Paul B. Kendall, Ward 21; Philip J.
Roche Ward 21; Alfred T. Soulard, Ward 21;
Arthur H. Adelbcrg, Ward 22; Thomas Ccllucci,
Ward 22; Edward F. Champagne, Ward 22;
Margaret C. Donovan, Ward 22; Lawrence G.
Dougherty, Ward 22; Leo Michael Fallon, Ward
22; Frank W. Fraser, Ward 22; William A. Froton,
Ward 22; John J. Langille, Ward 22; Margaret R.
McGaffigan, Ward 22; Matthew J. Mullen, Ward
22; Emilio Paolini, Ward 22; Claire J. Phipps,
Ward 22; Thomas L. Tangney, Ward 22; George
N. Taylor, Ward 22.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable, with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond, for the term ending April 30,
1957: John Blaney, 910 East Broadway, South
Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
PARKING IN DOWNTOWN AREA
AFTER 6 P.M.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 21, 195G.
To the City Council
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your resolution
of August 20, 1956, relative to surveying the down-
town area for the purpose of determining whether
additional streets would be available to allow
parking after 6 p.m.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
. Boston Traffic Commission,
September 17, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to the Council order of August 20,
1956, comprising a resolution calling upon the
Traffic Commission to survey the downtown area
for the purpose of determining whether additional
streets would be available to allow parking after
6 p.m., this matter was discussed at a meeting of
the Traffic Commission on September 14.
In the vicinity of the theater and restaurant sec-
tion of downtown Boston, Deputy Hincliey has
reported extreme congestion and serious obstruc-
tion of traffic movements during the early evening
hours.
The Traffic Commission is desirous of main-
taining conditions which would be conducive to
evening business and will review the downtown
parking regulations, bearing in mind the purposes
of the Council order.
However, it is felt that the area between Broad-
way and State street would not be subject to many
changes during present conditions.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF LAND IN CHARLESTOWN
TO REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
Transmitted herewith is a communication from
the Parks and Recreation Department recommend-
ing and requesting the transfer of property in
Chariest-own known as Dewey Beach to the Real
Property Department.
I enclose proposed form of order whereby this
property may be transferred from the care, custody
control and management of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department to the care, custody, control and
management of the Commissioner of Real Property
and recommend adoption of the same.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
August 13, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
At a meeting of the Parks and Recreation Com-
mission held on Thursday, May 10, consideration
was given to chapter 76, "An Act Relative to the
Lease and Sale of Certain Land Owned by the City
of Boston in the Charlestown District of Said
City."
It was voted unanimously, by the commission,
to recommend to the Law Department that ar-
rangements be made to transfer this area to the
Real Property Division of the city and that the
land be either leased or sold by this division of the
city government.
Accordingly, it is respectfully requested that
arrangements be made to draw the necessary order
on the City Council so that the transfer of this
property might be made.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley", Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in fee
of approximately two hundred ninety thousand
one hundred fifty (290,150) square feet of land
known as Dewey Beach in the Charlestown district
of Boston consisting of two (2) parcels of land
bounded and described as fellows:
Parcel No. 1, on the northerly side of Medford
street, containing 20,150 square feet, bounded as
follows :
Northwesterly by land now or formerly of
Edmands & Collier, 59.65 feet; northeasterly by the
Boston & Maine Railroad, 338.6 feet; southeasterly
by land now or formerly of H. Wood & Son, 59.17
feet; southwesterly by the northeasterly line of
Medford street, 339.75 feet.
Parcel No. 2, area on the northerly side of the
Boston & Maine Railroad, containing about 270,000
square feet, bounded as follows:
Southwesterly by the northeasterly line of the
Boston & Maine Railroad, 338 plus feet; north-
westerly by a line of underterminate length which
runs along land now or formerly of Edmands &
Collier to the low water line; northeasterly by the
low water line (undeterminate length) ; south-
easterly by a line of undeterminate length which
runs along land now or formerly of H. Wood & Son
to the Boston & Maine Railroad; and
Whereas, The Parks and Recreation Commission
has determined that said land is no longer required
for Parks and Recreation Department purposes;
and
Whereas, The Parks and Recreation Commission
voted unanimously on May 10, 1956, to transfer
the said land to the Real Property Department to
be leased or sold by said Real Property Depart-
ment; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the above-described two (2)
parcels of land be, and the same hereby are, trans-
ferred from the care, custody, control and manage-
ment of the Parks and Recreation Department to
the care, custody, control and management of the
Commissioner of Real Property.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
OCTOBER l, 1956.
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CONVEYANCE OF OLD COLONY HOUSING
PROJECT TO BOSTON HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of a communication from the
Chairman of the Boston Housing Authority
relative to the conveyance of the Old Colony
Project in South Boston to the Boston Housing
Authority. Upon conveyance to the Housing
Authority, the project will, thereafter, be a low-
rent project.
In order that this transfer may be consum-
mated, it is required by the Federal Public Hous-
ing Administration that the governing body of
the city declare a need for the project in question
for low rent purposes. In 1951, such a resolution
was adopted by the City Council and approved
by me. However, because of the Korean War
situation, the conveyance did not take place at
that time.
The accompanying resolution revives and rati-
fies the resolution adopted in June of 1951. After
approval and after conveyance of this project to
the Housing Authority, the Housing Authority
will pay to the city full ad valorem taxes for the
remainder of this year and for next year. Sub-
sequently, the city will receive the usual 10 per
cent of collected shelter rents in lieu of taxes.
I respectfully request adoption of the attached
resolution.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Housing Authority,
September 28, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
As you know this Authority has requested the
Public Housing Administration to convey to it
for low rent housing purposes the project in South
Boston, Mass. 19051, known as Old Colony
Project. This project is owned by the United
States of America, having been acquired from this
Authority for war purposes. The project was
originally built by the Authority for low rent
housing purposes.
Before the project may be conveyed to the
Authority for such purposes, it is required by
applicable federal law that the City of Boston,
through its governing body, declare a need for
the project for low rent purposes and request
its conveyance to this Authority.
The Boston City Council on December 28,
1950, adopted a resolution (amended June 25,
1951) which contained the findings and requests
outlined above a,nd such resolution was later
approved by you as Mayor. However, by reason
of the war situation then existing in Korea the
project was not conveyed to the Authority at
that time. Due to the lapse of time Public Housing
Administration now requests a new finding be
made as to need and a new request for the con-
veyance.
On June 25, 1951, a form of Cooperation
Agreement between the City of Boston and the
Authority in connection with this project was
approved by the City Council and later executed
under date of June 28, 1951 by you on behalf of
the City.
Public Housing Administration officials have
advised that there will be no need of the execu-
tion of a new Cooperation Agreement, but re-
quests the ratification of the existing agreement
dated June 28, 1951.
The Cooperation Agreement of June 28, 1951,
is similar to those already existing for other low-
rent projects and provides for payment to the
City of 10 percent of collected shelter rents in
lieu _ of taxes and for other normal municipal
services insofar as they apply to the Authority.
However, in the year of conveyance and the year
thereafter, the Authority may pay full ad valorem
taxes to the city.
I enclose herewith a form of resolution which
has been approved by Public Housing Admin-
istration as adequate for the purposes required
by federal law.
It is respectfully requested that your Honor
submit the resolution for approval to the City
Council.
Public Housing Administration has advised the
Authority that the conveyance of the project
must be completed during the calendar year 1956.
Under such circumstances your early action on
this matter will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
F. A. Ckonin, Chairman.
P,esolution Requesting Conveyance of Permanent
War Housing Project, Mass. 19051, for Low-
Rent Housing.
In City Council of the City of Boston:
Whereas, The United States of America, acting
through the Housing and Home Finance Agency,
Public Housing Administration, owns permanent
war housing, now known as Project Mass. 19051,
consisting of 873 dwelling units located in the City
of Boston, South Boston district, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts; and
Whereas, Such housing is no longer needed for
the purposes of war; and
Whereas, There exists in said City of Boston a
need for such housing to be operated as low-rent
public housing at rents within the means of low-
income families, especially of living or deceased
veterans and servicemen, winch need is not being
met by private enterprise; and
Whereas, Such condition constitutes a menace
to health, safety, morals, and welfare of inhabitants
of the City of Boston; and
Whereas, The Congress of the United States has
authorized by Public Law 475, approved by the
President April 20, 1950, the conveyance to a
Public Housing Agency of such housing to provide
housing to families of low-income, and the Boston
Housing Authority proposes to acquire such
housing and to operate it as low-rent housing;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the City Council of the City of
Boston:
Sec. 1. That it is the determination, finding'
and declaration of the City Council of the City
of Boston that it will be in the best interests of
the community to make such housing available
as low-rent housing for families of low income.
Sec. 2. That the City Council of the City of
Boston does hereby request the conveyance of
such housing to the Boston Housing Authority
to be administered as low-rent housing for
families of low income.
Sec. 3. That the execution by the Mayor and
City Clerk of the City of Boston of the Co-
operation Agreement dated June 28, 1951,
between the Boston Housing Authority and
tlie City of Boston be, and hereby is, adopted
and ratified.
Sec. 4. 'This resolution shall be in full force
and effect from and after its approval by the
Mayor of the City of Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Public Housing.
PLANNING ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR
PROPOSED SOUTH COVE URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, September 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
The Boston Housing Authority, through its
Urban Renewal Division, is most anxious to
obtain from the federal government a planning
advance for the proposed South Cove urban
renewal project. The application for such an
advance payment from the federal government
must be accompanied by a resolution adopted by
the City Council authorizing the signing of the
application.
The renewal study of the South Cove area,
herewith attached, gives, I believe, sufficient
information to support the proposal of the city
government that this area of our city, contiguous
to the downtown Boston area, be renewed.
It is only by recognizing the need for renewal
of old and exhausted areas in our city that we can
prevent our city from becoming blighted, and keep
abreast of modern-day conditions.
I respectfully request the adoption of the
accompanying resolution by your Honorable Body*
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor,
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Boston Housing Authority,
September 19, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
On January 9, 1956, the City Council appro-
priated .$10,000 to be expended by the Housing Au-
thority for the preparation of plans and estimates
for the submission to the federal government of
one or more applications for planning advances
for urban renewal projects. The Council order
was approved by your Honor on January 10, 1956.
Pursuant to this appropriation, the Urban
Renewal Division of this Authority has completed
the application for submission to the federal
government for a planning advance for the South
Cove urban renewal project.
Accompanying this letter I am enclosing copies
of a report describing existing conditions in this
area as determined from actual planning studies
in order to support the application for a planning
advance in compliance with federal requirements
for the submission of an application.
In accordance with federal procedures, this
application for a planning advance for the South
Cove urban renewal project must be accompanied
by a resolution by the City Council, authorizing
the filing of the application.
This Authority has voted to respectfully request
that your Honor submit the required resolution
to the City Council. A suggested resolution in the
form approved by the federal government ia
attached hereto.
Respectfully yours,
F. A. Cronin, Chairman.
Resolution of Governing Body of Locality Re-
questing the Reservation of Capital Grant
Funds, Approving the Undertaking of Surveys
and Plans for an Urban Renewal Project, and
the Filing of an Application for Federal
Advance of Funds.
Whereas, Under Title I of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended, and the Housing Act of 1954,
as amended, the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator is authorized to extend financial
assistance to localities in the elimination and
prevention of the spread of their slums and urban
blight through the planning and undertaking of
urban renewal projects; and
Whereas, It is desirable and in the public
interest that the Boston Housing Authority
prepare surveys and plans, presently estimated
to cost approximately two hundered sixty-six
thousand, three hundred fifty-six (266,356)
dollars, in order to undertake and carry out an
urban renewal project of the character con-
templated by section 110 (c) of said Title I, in that
certain area, proposed as an urban renewal area,
situated in the City of Boston, County of Suffolk,
and State of Massachusetts, and described as
follows:
Beginning at the intersection of Arlington street
and Piedmont street; thence easterly on Piedmont
street to Church street; thence northerly along
Church street to Stuart street; thence easterly
along Stuart street to Carver street; thence
southerly along Carver street, a distance of
approximately 330 feet; thence easterly to War-
renton street; thence southerly along Warrenton
street to Tremont street; thence northeasterly
along Tremont street to Hollis street; thence
easterly along Hollis street to Dillaway street;
thence northerly on Dillaway to Dore street;
thence westerly along Dore street to Tremont
street; thence northerly on Tremont street to
Stuart street; thence easterly on Stuart street to
Washington street; thence southerly on Washing-
ton street, a distance of approximately 80 feet;
thence easterly along a line parallel to Kneeland
street to Hudson street; thence northerly along
Hudson street to Kneeland street; thence easterly
on Kneeland street to the taking line of the
Central Artery; thence southerly along the taking
line of the Central Artery to the Boston & Albany
Railroad line; thence westerly along the Boston &
Albany Railroad line to the point of beginning;
Whereas, The above-cited federal law requires
as a condition to the execution of a contract for a
loan and capital grant for an urban renewal
project that the locality present to the Housing
and Home Finance Administrator a workable
program, as set forth in section 101 (i) of said
Title I, for utilizing appropriate public and private
resources to eliminate and prevent the development
or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage
needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the
redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum
areas or to undertake such other feasible com-
munity activities as may be suitably employed to
achieve the objectives of such a program; and the
governing body of the locality in which the project
is situated; (2) the provision of local grants-in-aid
which may consist of donations of cash, land,
demolition or removal work, and the installation,
construction or reconstruction of streets, utilities,
parks, playgrounds or other improvements or the
provision of other public buildings or facilities;
and (3) the development of a feasible method for
the relocation of families displaced from the
urban renewal area; now therefore be it
Resolved, By the Mayor and Council of the
City of Boston
Section 1. That the proposed urban renewal
area described above is a slum, blighted, de-
teriorated or deteriorating area appropriate
for an urban renewal project and that the
undertaking by the Boston Housing Authority
of surveys and plans for an urban renewal
project of the character contemplated by section
110 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended
and supplemented, in the proposed urban re-
newal area described above, is hereby approved.
Sect. 2. That the financial assistance
provided under said Title I to assist urban
renewal projects is needed and that the Housing
and Home Finance Administrator is hereby
requested to reserve for an urban renewal
project in the proposed urban renewal area
described above federal capital grant funds in an
amount sufficient to enable the Boston Housing
Authority to finance the undertaking of the
project.
Sect. 3. That it is cognizant of the conditions
that are imposed in the undertaking and carry-
ing out of urban renewal projects with federal
financial assistance under Title I, including the
requirements of said Title I respecting the work-
able program mentioned above, and that it is
the sense of this body (a) that a feasible method
for the relocation of families displaced from the
urban renewal area, in conformity with said
Title I, can be prepared; and (b) that local
grants-in-aid, consisting of donations of cash,
land demolition or removal work, and the in-
stallation, construction or reconstruction of
streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds or other
improvements or the provision of other public
buildings or facilities, necessary for carrying
out in the urban renewal area the urban renewal
objectives of said Title I in accordance with the
urban renewal plan, can and will be provided
in an amount which will not be less than one-
third of the net project cost and which, together
with the federal capital grant, will be generally
equal to the difference between gross project
costs and the proceeds or value of project land
sold, leased, or retained for use in accordance
with the urban renewal plan.
Sect. 4. That the filing of an application by
the Boston Housing Authority for an advance
of funds from the United States of America to
enable it to defray the cost of the surveys and
plans for an urban renewal project in the urban
renewal area described above is hereby approved .
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
AUTHORIZING CITY TO LIMIT
BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO USE
OR CONSTRUCTION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 1, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In Massachusetts, zoning regulations were
enabled by the adoption on November 5, 1918,
of Article LX of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution of Massachusetts. This constitutional
amendment was followed by the enactment of
chapter 601 of the Acts of 1920 authorizing cities
and towns throughout the Commonwealth to
pass zoning ordinances and bylaws. The "home
rule" power over zoning thus given Boston was
soon pre-empted by the Legislature by the enact-
ment of chapter 488 of the Acts of 1924, which
itself established zoning regulations for Boston.
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Such pre-emption continued until the current
year; for the Zoning Enabling Act which is now
to be found in chapter 40A of the General Laws
as inserted by chapter 368 of the Acts of 1954
expressly excludes Boston from the power it renews
in all other cities and towns to pass zoning
regulations.
The present Legislature was once again
petitioned to give Boston "home rule" in this
important field. This petition resulted in chapter
665 of the Acts of 1956, entitled "An Act
Authorizing the City of Boston to Limit Buildings
According to Their Use or Construction to Specified
Districts." This statute is, in substance, a
zoning enabling act for Boston, adapting to Boston
said chapter 40A of the General Laws and
establishing a Zoning Commission modeled after
the existing Zoning Adjustment Board but with
power to promulgate zoning regulations after
due notice and hearing as well as to make the
map changes which that Board may now make.
The existing zoning law would be repealed effective
with the promulgation of the new regulations.
Typical of "home ride" measures, said chapter
665 of the Acts of 1956 is subject to acceptance
by your Honorable Body, subject to the provisions
of the City Charter, before any of its provisions
take effect. To demonstrate that Boston is not
loath to accept "home rule" whenever it is
tendered, I recommend early adoption of the
order transmitted herewith for the acceptance
of said chapter.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956,
entitled "An Act Authorizing the City of Boston
to Limit Buildings According to Their Use or
Construction to Specified Districts," be, and the
same hereby is, accepted.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Herbert P. Barton, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division. ...
Fredly Baum, for compensation for injuries
caused by defect in schoolyard of Harriet Baldwin
School.
Thomas H. Byron, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Paving Division. . ,
Mary Conway, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1137 Columbus
avenue, Roxbury.
William D. English, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Julia Fasano, for compensation for damage to
property at 58 Hemman street, West Roxbury,
caused as a result of work performed on Hemman
street.
Vera Ferrari, for compensation for damage to
property at 67 Austin street, Hyde Park, during
sewer construction.
Paula Fox, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 1600A Blue Hill avenue.
James A. Freaney, Inc., for compensation for
damage to property by fire apparatus.
Giro's Cafe, Inc., for compensation for damage
to property at 462 and 464 Hanover street, caused
by defective sewer.
Jean Julian, for compensation for injuries caused
by an alleged defect at 38 Howard avenue, Rox-
bury. . . .
Lena McDonough, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 408 Hyde Park
avenue. ,
Bartley T. Nee, to be reimbursed as result ot
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
John W. Ryan, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department. _ _
Sara Swartz, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Crawford and
Hoi worthy streets.
William J. Turner, for compensation for damage
to car by City of Boston X-Ray Bus.
Liliane R. Walsh, for compensation for damage
to dress caused by catching on file in Assessing
Department.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
Notice was received from the State Department
of Public Works of taking of land of City of Boston
for easement for drainage purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
APPOINTMENT OF EDWARD J.
McCORMACK, Jr.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the ap-
pointment of Edward J. McCormack, Jr., President
of the Boston City Council, as a member of the
Mayor's Rehabilitation Committee.
Placed on file.
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF FITNESS FOR
HUMAN HABITATION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Health Department, September 27, 1956.
Mr. Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith are Regulations Establishing
Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habita-
tion in the City of Boston, established under the
provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), chapter 111,
section 128 C, as appearing in Statute 1954,
chapter 209, section 2.
Yours very truly,
John H. Cauley, M.D., M.P.H.,
Health Commissioner.
Boston, Mass., September 27, 1956.
I, John H. Cauley, Health Commissioner of the
City of Boston, acting under General Laws (Tor.
Ed.), chapter 111, section 128C, as appearing in
Statute 1954, chapter 209, section 2, and after
notice to all persons deemed interested and a
public hearing, do hereby make the following
regulations which I in my capacity aforesaid deem
reasonable and necessary to establish minimum
standards of fitness for human habitation:
Regulations Establishing Minimum Standards
of Fitness for Human Habitation in
the City of Boston.
Sect. 1. Definitions.
1 . 1 — Dwelling shall mean a building or struc-
ture used in whole or in part for human habitation,
including all dormitories, fraternity houses,
dwelling units, and lodging units therein and the
premises thereof.
1 . 2 — Dwelling Unit shall mean any room or
group of rooms located within a dwelling and form-
ing a single habitable unit with facilities which
are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
cooking, and eating.
1.3 — Garbage shall mean the animal and vege-
table material and wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption
of food.
1.4 — Habitable Room shall mean a room or
enclosed floor space used or intended to be used
for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes
excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments,
laundries, pantries, foyers, or communicating
corridors, closets, and storage spaces.
1 . 5 — Infestation shall mean the presence,
within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents,
or other pests.
1.6 — Lodging House shall mean any dwelling
or that part of any dwelling, containing one or
more lodging units, in which space is let by the
owner or operator to five or more persons who are
not within the second degree of kinship.
1.7 — Lodging Unit shall mean a rented room
or group of rooms, containing no cooking facilities,
used for living purposes by a separate family or
group of persons living together or by a person
living alone, within a dwelling.
1.8 — Occupant shall mean any person living,
sleeping, or cooking in a dwelling.
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1.9 — Operator shall mean any person who has
charge, care, or control of a building or part thereof,
in which dwelling units or lodging units are let.
1.10 — Ordinary Minimum Winter Conditions
shall mean 15 degrees Fahrenheit above the lowest
temperature recorded for the city or town during
the preceding ten-year period.
1.11 — Owner shall mean any person who,
alone or jointly or severally with others:
(a) Shall have legal title to any dwelling or
dwelling unit, with or without accompanying
actual possession thereof; or
(b) Shall have charge, care, or control of any
dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of
the owner, or as executor, executrix, administra-
tor, administratrix, trustee, or guardian of the
estate of the owner. Any such person thus
representing the actual owner shall be bound
to comply with the provisions of these minimum
standards to the same extent as' if he were the
owner.
1.12 — Plumbing shall mean and include all of
the following supplied facilities and equipment;
gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes,
garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets,
sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs,
shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines,
catch basins, drains, vent, and any other similar
supplied fixtures, together with all connections
to water, sewer, or gas lines.
1 . 13 — Rubbish shall mean combustible and non-
combustible waste material, except garbage, and
the term shall include such material as the residue
from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other
combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches,
yard trimmings, grass clippings, tin cans, metals,
mineral matter, glass, crockery, and dust.
1.14 — Temporary Housing shall mean any
tent, mobile dwelling place or other structure used
for human habitation which is located on a lot or
tract of land for less than thirty consecutive days.
1.15 — Meaning of Certain Words. When-
ever the words "Dwelling", "dwelling unit",
"lodging house", "lodging unit", "premises" are
used in these minimum standards, they shall be
construed as though they were followed by the
words "or any part thereof".
Sect. 2. Right of Entry.
2 . 1 — The owner or occupant of every dwelling,
dwelling unit and lodging unit, or the person in
charge thereof, shall give the Health Commissioner
or his authorized agent free access to such dwelling
or dwelling unit, at all reasonable times for the
purpose of inspection, examination, or survey.
2.2 — Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling
unit shall give the owner thereof, or his agent or
employee, access to any part of such dwelling, or
dwelling unit at all reasonable times for the purpose
of making such repairs or alterations as are neces-
sary to effect compliance with the provisions of
these minimum standards or with an order issued
pursuant to the provisions of these minimum
standards.
Sect. 3. Plumbing.
3.1 — A safe and adequate supply of water from a
source approved by the Health Commissioner shall
be piped into each dwelling.
3 . 2 — Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen
sink in good working condition and properly con-
nected to an approved sewer system.
. 3 . 3 — Every dwelling shall be provided with such
number of water closets, lavatories, bathtubs or
showers as the Health Commissioner may require
but in no case less than one water closet, lavatory,
bathtub or shower for each dwelling unit. In
lodging houses, dormitories and fraternity houses
there shall be provided a minimum of one water
closet, lavatory and bathtub or shower for every
eight persons or part thereof. All plumbing fixtures
shall be properly connected to approved water and
sewer systems.
3.4 — Every kitchen sink, lavatory and bathtub
or shower required by these minimum standards
shall be properly connected to both hot and cold
water lines.
3.5 — Every dwelling shall have supplied water-
heating facilities which are properly installed, are
maintained in safe and good working condition, are
properly connected with the hot water lines re-
quired under the provisions of Subsection 3.4 of
Section 3 of these minimum standards, and are
capable of heating water to such a temperature and
in sufficient quantity to permit an adequate
amount of water to be drawn at every required
kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower at a
temperature of not less than 120 degrees Fahren-
heit.
3.6 — The water closet and bathtub or shower
compartment for each dwelling unit or lodging
house shall be accessible from within the dwelling
unit without passing through any part of any other
dwelling unit or lodging unit; and such water
closet or bathtub or shower compartment shall be
separated from all other rooms by walls which
afford privacy.
3 . 7 — No privy shall be constructed or continued
in use except by written permission from the Health
Commissioner. No privy shall be a source of pollu-
tion of any water supply or stream.
3.8 — Where connection to a public sewer is not
practicable, a dwelling shall be served by cesspools,
septic tanks or other means of subsurface disposal
of sewage, which shall be approved by the Health
Commissioner, and maintained by the owner to the
satisfaction of the Health Commissioner.
3.9 — All plumbing shall be properly installed
and maintained in good sanitary working condition ,
free from defects, leaks and obstruction.
3.10 — Every sink, tub, shower, toilet, or other
plumbing fixture in a building used for habitation
shall be provided with a proper and unobstructed
drain which discharges into a sewerage system out-
side the building, and said fixtures and drains shall
be maintained by the owner in a sanitary working
condition at all times.
Sect. 4. Garbage and Rubbish.
4.1— Garbage or other organic waste shall be
stored in water-tight receptacles of metal or other
approved material and provided with tight-
fitting covers. Sufficient receptacles outside the
Dwelling Unit or Units shall be provided for the
maximum needs of the occupants of the dwelling.
Mechanical disposal or incineration of garbage may
be permitted, provided that such mechanical dis-
posal or incineration methods are specifically ap-
proved by the Health Commissioner. Receptacles
for garbage shall be provided in accordance with
Subsection 8.7 of Section 8 of these standards.
4.2 — Rubbish or other inorganic waste shall be
stored in receptacles of metal or other approved
material. Sufficient receptacles shall be provided
outside the dwelling unit or units to take care of the
maximum needs of the occupants of the building.
Incineration of rubbish may be permitted provided
that such incineration methods are approved by
the Health Commissioner. Receptacles for rubbish
shall be provided in accordance with Subsection
8.7 of Section 8 of these standards.
Sect. 5. Light, Ventilation, Heating
and Egress.
5.1— Every habitable room shall have at least
one window or skylight facing directly to the out-
doors. The minimum total window or skylight
area measured between stops, for every habitable
room shall be 10 per cent of the floor area of such
room. Whenever walls or other portions of struc-
tures face a window or any such room and such
light-obstruction structures are located less than
3 feet from the window and extend to a level above
that of the ceiling of the room, such a window shall
not be deemed to face directly to the outdoors and
shall not be included as contributing to the required
minimum total window area.
5.2 — Every habitable room shall have at least
one window or skylight which can be easily opened.
The total openable window area in every habitable
room shall be equal to at least 45 per cent of the
minimum window area or minimum skylight area,
as required in Subsection 5.1 of Section 5 of these
minimum standards, except where there is supplied
some other device affording adequate ventilation
and approved by the Health Commissioner.
5.3 — Every bathroom and water closet com-
partment shall be well lighted and ventilated.
Three foot candles of light (three lumens per
square foot) shall be provided by either natural
or artificial means and shall be available at all
times. Such light shall be measured 36 inches
from the floor at the center of the room. Every
bathroom and water closet compartment shall have
at least one window or skylight which can be easily
opened. The total openable window area shall
be equal to at least forty-five per cent of the mini-
mum window area or minimum skylight area as
required in Subsection 5.1 of Section 5 of these
minimum standards. Such window area require-
ments of this section may be waived provided that
there is an installed mechanical ventilation system
approved by the Health Commissioner.
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5 . 4 — Electric service shall be provided and every
habitable room shall contain at least two separate
wall type electric convenience outlets, or one such
convenience outlet and one ceiling-or-wall type
electric light fixture. Every sucli outlet and fixture
shall be properly installed, shall be maintained in
good and safe working condition, and shall be
connected to the source of electric power in a safe
manner. *
* No temporary wiring shall be used except ex-
tension cords which run directly from portable
electrical fixtures to convenience outlets, and which
do not lie under rugs or other floor coverings, nor
extend through doorways, transom or other
openings through structural elements.
5.5 — Every portion of any interior passageway
or staircase common to two or more families in a
building used for human habitation shall be illu-
minated naturally or artificially at all times with an
illumination of at least two lumens per square foot
(2 foot candles) in the darkest portion of the nor-
mally travelled stairs and passageways. Such
means of illumination in dwellings occupied by
three families or less may be controlled by switches
that may be turned on as needed.
5.G — Every means of egress from a dwelling unit
or a lodging unit shall be safe and unobstructed.
5.7 — Every dwelling shall have heating facili-
ties which are properly installed, are maintained in
safe and good working condition, and are capable
of safely and adequately heating all habitable
rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments
located therein to a temperature of at least 70
degrees Fahrenheit under ordinary minimum
Winter conditions. The temperature shall be read
at a height cf three feet above the floor level in the
center of the rooms. Such heating equipment
shall bo installed and maintained in accordance
with the applicable regulations of the Board of
Fire Prevention Regulations of the Massachusetts
Department of Public Safety.
5.8 — Space heaters, except electrical, shall be
properly vented to a chimney or duct leading to
the outdoors.
Sect. 6. Maintenance.
6.1 — Every foundation, floor, wall, ceiling, door,
window and roof shall be kept in good repair and
capable of the use intended by its design.
6 . 2 — Every inside and outside stair, every porch
and every appurtenance thereto shall be so con-
structed as to be safe to use and capable of support-
ing the load that normal use may cause to be
placed thereon ; and shall be kept in sound condition
and good repair. Every stairway having three or
more steps shall be properly bannistered and safely
balustraded.
6.3 — Railings shall be provided around porches,
balconies, and roofs used for egress or tenancy
purposes and/or similar places. Such protective
railings shall be properly balustered and be not
less than three feet in height.
6.4 — Every roof, wall, window, exterior door
and hatchway shall be free from holes or leaks
that would permit the entrance of water within a
dwelling and be cause of dampness.
6.5 — Every foundation, floor, wall and ceiling
shall be free from chronic dampness. Conditions
of dampness found to be detrimental to health or
to affect structural safety or to cause deterioration
cf plumbing or wiring shall be damp-proofed in a
manner satisfactory to the Health Commissioner.
6.6 — Every dwelling shall be free from rodents
or vermin. Rodent or vermin extermination and
rodent proofing and vermin proofing may be
required by the Health Commissioner. Rodent
and vermin extermination shall be carried out in
accordance with Subsection 8.8 of Section 8 of
these minimum standards.
6.7 — Every dwelling shall be clean and free
from garbage or rubbish. When a dwelling or
dwelling unit is not reasonably clean or free from
garbage or rubbish, the Health Commissioner may
cause the responsible person in accordance with the
provisions of Subsections 8.3 through 8.10 inclusive
of Section 8 of these minimum standards to put
the dwelling or dwelling unit in a cleanly condition.
6.8 — When a wall or ceiling within a dwelling
has deteriorated so as to provide a harborage for
rodents or vermin, or such wall or ceiling has be-
come seriously stained or soiled, the Health Com-
missioner may order the owner to clean,, repair,
paint, whitewash or paper such walls or ceilings.
Nothing in this standard shall be construed as to
place upon the non-resident owner responsibilities
for cleanliness contained in Subsection 8.6 of these
minimum standards.
6.9 — Every water closet compartment floor and
bathroom floor shall be constructed and main-
tained so as to be reasonably impervious to water
and so as to permit such floor to be kept in a
clean and sanitary condition.
Sect. 7. Space, Use and Occupancy.
7.1 — Every dwelling unit shall contain at least
150 square feet of floor space for the first occupant
thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of
floor space for every additional occupant thereof,
the floor space to be calculated on the basis of
total habitable room area.
7.2 — In every dwelling unit of two or more
rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes
by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square
feet of floor space and every room occupied for
sleeping purposes by more than one occupant
shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space
for each occupant thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in every lodging unit every room oc-
cupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall
contain at lea.st 80 square feet of floor space, and
every room occupied for sleeping purposes by
more than one occupant shall contain at least
60 square feet of floor space for each occupant
thereof.
7 . 3 — At least one half of the floor area of every
habitable room shall have a ceiling height of at
least 7 feet; and the floor area of that part of any
room where the ceiling height is less than 4 feet
shall not be considered as part of the floor area in
computing the total floor area of the room for the
purpose of determining the maximum permissible
occupancy thereof.
7.4 — No room in a dwelling may be used for
sleeping if the floor level of the room is lower than
three and one-half feet below the average grade of
the ground adjacent to and within 15 feet of the
exterior walls of the room.
7.5 — A room located below the level of the
ground but with the floor level less than three and
one-half feet below the average grade of the ground
adjacent to and within 15 feet of the exterior walls
of the room may be used for sleeping upon the
written permission of the Building Commissioner.
7.6 — No temporary housing shall be used with-
out written permission of the Health Commissioner.
Sect. 8. Responsibilities of Owners and
Occupants.
8.1 — No owner, operator, or occupants shall
cause any service facility, equipment or utility
which is required under these minimum standards
to be removed from or shut off from or discon-
tinued from any occupied dwelling let or occupied
by him, except for such temporary interruption as
may be necessary while actual repairs or alterations
are in process or during temporary emergencies
when discontinuance of service is approved by the
Health Commissioner. In the event that any
service or utility which the owner or operator has
agreed to supply is discontinued the owner or
operator shall take immediate steps to cause the
restoration of such service or utility.
8.2 — The owner of a dwelling located in an area
found by the Health Commissioner to be infested
by rats, insects or other vermin shall carry out
such rat stoppage, vermin proofing or other means
of preventing or remedying such infestations of
said dwellings as may be required by the Health
Commissioner.
8.3 — Every owner of a dwelling containing
more than six dwelling units or a dwelling unit
containing one or more lodging units shall be
responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary
condition the shared or public areas of the dwellings
and premises thereof.
8.4 — Every occupant of a dwelling shall keep
in a clean and sanitary condition that part of
the dwelling, which he occupies and controls
and in the case of a dwelling having less than six
dwelling units, the occupant shall be responsible
for the cleanliness of the stairs and landings immedi-
ately adjacent to the dwelling unit.
8.5 — Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall
dispose of all his rubbish in a clean and sanitary
manner by placing it in the rubbish containers
required by Subsection 4.2 of Section 4 of these
minimum standards.
8.6 — Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall
dispose of all his garbage and any other organic
waste which might provide food for rodents, by
placing it in the garbage disposal facilities or
garbage storage receptacles required by Subsec-
tion 4.1 of Section 4 of these minimum standards.
8.7 — It shall be tin1 responsibility <>i an occupant
of a dwelling unit to furnish such garbage and
rubbish .storage receptacles as are necessar
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within the dwelling unit. In dwellings containing
no more than three dwelling units it shall be the
responsibility of the occupant of a dwelling to
furnish such additional storage receptacles as
are needed for the storage of garbage and refuse
until removal from the premises. In dwellings
containing four or more dwelling units, it shall
be the responsibility of the owner to furnish
such receptacles without the dwelling unit, for
all dwelling units on the premises.
8.8 — Every occupant of a dwelling containing
a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for
the extermination of any insects, rodents or other
pests therein or on the premises; and every occu-
pant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing
more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible
for such extermination whenever his dwelling
unit in a dwelling containing more than one
dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwith-
standing the foregoing provisions of this sub-
section, whenever infestation is caused by failure
of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rat-proof
or reasonably insect-proof condition, extermination
shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever
infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling
units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public
parts of any dwelling containing two or more
dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be
the responsibility of the owner.
8.9 — Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall
keep all plumbing fixtures therein in a clean and
sanitary condition and shall be responsible for the
exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and
operation thereof.
8.10 — The owner shall be responsible for com-
pliance with the provisions of Subsection 3.9 of
Section 3 and the lighting equipment provisions
of Subsection 5.5 of Section 5 standards.
- Sect. 9. Penalties, Conflict, Partial
Invalidity, Variance.
9 . 1 — Any person who violates any of these
regulations or who wilfully impedes or obstructs
the examination of the premises by the Health
Commissioner or a duly designated subordinate
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten
dollars nor more than fifty dollars. Each day
during any portion of which such violation is
allowed to continue shall be considered a separate
offence.
9.2 — These regulations shall apply to all
buildings used for human habitation within the
City of Boston. The Health Commissioner or a
duly designated subordinate shall enforce these
regulations in accordance with the provisions of
General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 111.
9.3 — In any case where a provision of these
minimum standards is found to be in conflict with
a provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety or
health law or special law or ordinance or regulation
of this municipality existing at the time of publica-
tion of these standards, the provision which
establishes the higher standard for the promotion
and protection of the health and safety of the
people shall prevail.
9.4 — If any section, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word of these minimum standards
should be declared invalid for any reason what-
soever, such decision shall not affect the remain-
ing portions of these standards, which shall remain
in full force and effect; and to this end the pro-
visions of these standards are hereby declared
severable.
9.5 — The Health Commissioner may vary the
application of any provision of these minimum
standards to any particular case when in his
opinion the enforcement thereof would do manifest
injustice, provided that the decision of the Health
Commissioner shall not conflict with the spirit of
any provision of these minimum standards.
John H. Caulicy, M.D., M.P.H.,
Health Commissioner.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Francis X. Barry
(referred September 24) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Francis X. Barry, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurrd
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on July 15, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $198
John J. Todd, M.D., 587 Beacon street 90
Total $288
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of John P. Femino
(referred September 24) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of John P. Femino, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on January 29, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Donald H. Osterberg, M.D., 04 Gordon ter-
race, Belmont $25
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D.. 1101 Beacon street,
Brookline 10
Total $35
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of Guido S. Fiorenza
(referred September 24) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Guido S. Fiorenza, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on January 29, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Joseph P. Lynch, Jr., M.D., 270 Common-
wealth avenue $205
Joseph J. O'Connor, M.D., 314 Common-
wealth avenue 30
Walter Segner, M.D., 818 Harrison avenue 15
Total $250
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of Joseph J. Otto (re-
ferred September 24) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of Joseph J. Otto, a member of the Fire De-
partment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on July 30,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amounts
stated:
George B. Smithy, M.D., 475 Common-
wealth avenue $40 00
Nathaniel M. Stone, M.D., 475 Common-
wealth avenue 7 50
Total $47 50
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said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
5. Report on petition of John J. Walsh (re-
ferred September 24) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of John J. Walsh, a member of the Fire De-
partment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result of
an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on October
21, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
a mounts stated :
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D., 1101 Beacon street,
Brookline $25
Peter F. Rogerson, 3 Marilyn road, Milton. . '. 18
Total $i^
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropri-
ations and Finance, submitted the following:
1- Report on the proposed 83, 000,000 loan
(referred April 9) for construction and repair of
bridges, your committee submits the following
statistics provided by the Public Works Commis-
sioner and recommends the passage of the order:
Bridge Division.
Special Appropriations.
Bridges, Construction:
Unencumbered Balance:
Revenue Account (Engineering and Salaries) $29,400
Non Revenue Account (Construction) 12,200
Total $41,600
* Present Encumbrances:
From From Non-
Revenue Revenue Total.
Account. Account.
Charlestown Bridge:
Approach Spans — $1,164,957 $1,164,957
Drawspans $122,000 540,708 662,708
$1,827,665
* Note. — Approach span contract encumbered for full amount of bid plus 25 per cent ($931,965 plus
$232,991 =$1,164,956). Draw-span contract encumbered for amount of bid plus 25 per cent of unit price
items only ($606,244 plus $56,461 =$662,708).
Bridges, Repairs Balance:
Budget Item:
712 General $17,000
713 L Street (South Boston Approach) 50,000
714 Various Bridges 30,000
Total $97,000
Capital Improvement Program, 1957-1902.
Summary.
Estimated Cost.
Project. Proposed Bridges Bridges
Schedule. Constructed. Repaired.
Bridges Repairs, 1957 — $170,000
Bridges Repairs, 1958-1962, inclusive — — (per year) 100,000
Massachusetts Avenue over New Haven Railroad — (Re-
build) 1957-1957 $225,000
Boylston Street— (Redeck) 1956-1957 200,000
Winthrop Bridge— (Rebuild) 1957 45,000
Summer Street over Fort Point Channel— (Rebuild) 1957-1958 3,100,000
Maiden Bridge— (Rebuild) 1957-1958 3,500,000 (State will build
this bridge)
Bennington Street— (Rebuild) '. 1957-1958 250,000
Dover Street- West Fourth Street— (Rebuild) 1957-1958 500,000
Summer Street over Reserved Channel— (Rebuild) 1958-1959 750,000
Broadway Bridge over Boston & Albany Railroad 1958 250,000
Massachusetts Avenue over Boston & Albany Railroad —
(Rebuild) 1959 225,000
Arlington Square over Boston & Albany and New Haven
Railroad— (Rebuild) I960 100,000
Northern Avenue Bridge— (Rebuild) 1961 3,500,000
Southampton, Boston Street and Dorchester Avenue —
(Rebuild) 1962 100,000
Bridges Construction (6- Year Program) Total $12,745,000
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Bridges Construction Program (Tentative for 1950 and 1957).
Project. Estimated Cost.
Massachusetts Avenue over New Haven Railroad (Rebuild) . . . $214,000
Winthrop Bridge (Rebuild) 42,000 (State — $105,000)
(Town — 28,000)
Total Cost..$175,000
Summer Street over Fort Point Channel 1,300,000 Depending on relocation
(Minimum) of American Sugar
3,100,000
(Maximum)
Broadway over Boston & Albany Railroad (Rebuild) 175,000 (Railroad share (?)
$175,000)
Total 3350,000
Boylston Street over Boston & Albany Railroad (Redeck) 200,000
Total 31,931,000 (Using minimum figure
for Summer Street)
Total $3,731,000 (Using maximum figure
for Summer Street)
See also summary of 6-year program for Capital Improvements, 1957-1902 totaling $12,745,000, which
includes above tabulation.
The report was accepted, and the order received
its first reading and passage, yeas 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred August 27) for transfer of $50,000 from
the Reserve Fund to Administrative Services
Department, Contractual Services — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
3. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
September 24) requesting passage of loan order
of $500,000 for demolition of abandoned and
dilapidated structures — recommending that the
message be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the message was
placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred August 20) for appropriation of $10,000
from revenue from parking meter fees to be ex-
pended by Boston Traffic Commission for acquisi-
tion and installation of parking meters — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
Report on petition (referred August 20) of
Brigham Bowlaway, Thomas J. Mclntyrc, 701
Huntington avenue, R.oxbury, for license to
operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day — recom-
mending that license be granted.
The report was accepted, and the license was
granted under the usual conditions.
APPEARANCE OF ELECTION COMMIS-
SIONERS BEFORE EXECUTIVE COM-
MITTEE.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN and FOLEY offered the
following:
Ordered, That the Board of Election Com-
missioners or its Chairman, be requested to appear
before the Executive Committee of the City
Council today for the purpose of presenting
information in connection with the registration
of voters.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
SARRTCE T. NEDDER.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Special Committee to Memo-
rialize Veterans be requested to consider renaming
the intersection of Readville and Knight streets
in the Readville section of Hyde Park the Sarkice
T. Nedder Square, in honor of the memory of Air
Force Sergeant Sarkice T. Nedder who lost his
life on March 24, 1945, while serving his country
with honor and outstanding valor.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOSTON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston Symphony Orchestra has
now returned from an outstandingly successful
tour of Europe during which the performances of
the orchestra were enthusiastically received and
accorded the greatest acclaim for their musical
attainment not only by the people but also by the
music critics; and
Whereas, The tour of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra was eminently successful in creating
friendship abroad and international good will;
and
Whereas, The Symphony's performance served
to better establish the finest culture and art of
America in foreign lands; now therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby takes pleasure in
greeting with pride and in extending its warmest
welcome to the Boston Symphony Orchestra on
its return to Boston and expresses the Council's
felicitations and congratulations to the Boston
Symphony Orchestra on the occasion of the com-
pletion of the orchestra's successful tour.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
Coun. AHEARN moved reconsideration of the
foregoing vote.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
DEFINITE DATE TO COMPLY WITH
HEALTH STANDARD CODE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The City of Boston, through its
Health Commissioner, has adopted a minimum
health standard; and
Whereas, Such a minimum health standard
code is a necessary requirement in order to comply
with the urban redevelopment program; and
Whereas, It has been found in other cities that
the key to success of minimum health standards
is the setting forth or inclusion in the minimum
health code of a specific date by which compliance
must be had; and
Whereas, The absence of such a specific date
in the minimum health standard code tends to
encourage delay in its application; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor instruct
the Health Commissioner to review the minimum
health standards in comparison with other cities
and to confer with representatives from other
cities relative to the length of time which could
be construed as reasonable for all property owners
to comply with the minimum health standards;
and, be it further
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor instruct
the Health Commissioner to decide upon a definite
date as the time when all landlords must have
complied with the requirements of the minimum
health standard code, or else the property should
be automatically declared unfit for habitation and
foreclosure proceedings instituted.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
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HOUSING PROJECT FOR ELDERLY
PEOPLE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, There is at present a lack of housing
accommodations for elderly people and single
people in the City of Boston; and
Whereas, In connection with the same there is
going to be an additional need for such accom-
modations, as the Housing Authority stated in
their preliminary report relative to the proposed
plan to redevelop the South Cove area that
"the dominant group of residents consists of
middle-aged male drifters"; and
Whereas, The City of Boston has as yet failed
to provide for housing accommodations for elderly
people and single people; and
Whereas, The state has provided legislation
for cities to build projects for elderly people and
single people; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor take
immediate steps to bring into being some project
designed principally for the comfort and welfare
of our aged people, and also for those who live
alone; and, be it further
Resolved, That such a project take into con-
sideration the recreational needs and spiritual
comfort of the residents.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
INFORMATION ON ANNUAL REPORTS
OF DEPARTMENTS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The Revised Ordinances of 1947,
chapter 3, section 24, as amended by the Ordi-
nances of 1954, chapter 2, section 12, provides
that every officer in charge of a department shall
within thirty days after the close of the financial
year transmit to the Mayor a report containing a
statement of the acts and doings, and receipts
and expenditures, of the departmert for such
financial year, together with such other matters
as may be required by law, or as the Mayor or
officer may deem to be of public interest; and
Whereas, An enlightened public is the best
safeguard of our democracy and the administration
of our government; and
Whereas, It appears that the letter and spirit
cf the said ordinance is being violated; now,
therefore, be it
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested, under the provisions of section 17F of
chapter 376 of the Acts of 1951, and any amend-
ments pursuant thereto, and under any authority
vested in the City Council, to furnish the City
Council, at the meeting of the Council next en-
suing after one week from the receipt of this
order, answers in writing to the questions set
forth in the following:
1. A list of the departments showing the
date that the last annual report was filed for the
respective department, and for what year it was
filed.
2. Whether or not the last annual report of
the respective department was printed as a public
document.
3. If the last annual report of the respective
department was printed as a public document,
what is its public document number?
4. If the last annual report of the respective
department was not printed as a public document,
what provisions have been made for the public
or for members of the City Council to become
acquainted with the report?
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO REAPPRAISE
AUDITING AND COLLECTION OF FUNDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, According to the press there has been
a repeated instance of a shortage of housing
receipts; and
Whereas, This repeat performance of pilfering
of public funds reflects unfavorably on the hun-
dreds of honest workers in the Housing Authority ;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Housing Authority to reappraise their system of
auditing and collection of funds, and that they
make public a report of their findings.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN in the chair
MEMORIAL TO FRED ALLEN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor take im-
mediate steps to establish some permanent
memorial to the memory of the late and beloved
Fred Allen.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENT OF
CERTAIN STREETS, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Public Works Commissioner to install electric lights
on the following streets: Alvan terrace, Conrad
street, Gene street, Harrow street, Hillsboro
street, Holden place, Humphreys place, Norfolk
avenue, Ramsey street, Sumner park, Wendovcr
street; and be it further
Ordered, That these streets be properly paved.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PERSONNEL ADYI[M[STRA.TION AT
CITY HOSPITAL.
Coun. FOLEY and KERRIGAN offered the
following:
Ordered, The Boston City Council notes with
approval the efforts presently being made in the
Hospital Department by the newly appointed
Director of Personnel to rationalize and modernize
the outdated personnel policies hitherto in effect.
It further notes the continuing need for improve-
ment in personnel administration, particularly with
reference to:
1. Upgrading of pay schedules in line with other
city departments.
2. Provision of incentive to employees by
adequate promotional opportunity.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. PIEMONTE in the chair.
DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN RENEWAL
PROGRAM.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to immediately direct those presently
guiding the city's urban renewal program to
consult with, and keep closely informed of all
developments, the Chairman of the Board of
Park Commissioners.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
STATUTORY LIMIT OF BORROWING
POWER RE URBAN RENEWAL FUNDS.
Coun. FOLEY and AHEARN offered the fol-
lowing:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the study of the problem as
to whether the statutory limit on the borrowing
power of the City of Boston for urban renewal
purposes may prove to be an unreasonable and
unnecessary restraint on the city's ability to take
advantage of urban renewal funds.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN in the chair.
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TRUCKING FACILITIES, SOUTH BOSTON.
Coun. FOLEY and KERRIGAN offered the
following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to submit the following proposal to the
City Planning Board and department for evalua-
tion as soon as practical:
(1) Truck highway linkage of the industrial
complex centering on the Commonwealth Pier
with the Central Arterial Highway to the south and
west, connecting at Dover street and using the
Dover Street Bridge, and the present railroad
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roadbed, between and parallel to B and A streets
in South Boston.
(2) Relocation of the Naval Training facilities
on E street and First street in South Boston to
a point on the water front presently unsuited for
commercial development but suitable for urban
renewal.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspension
of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 4 p.m., subject to the call
of the Chair. The members reassembled in the
Council Chamber and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
Report on order (referred today) for appearance
of Board of Election Commissioners or its Chairman
before Executive Committee for information on
registration of voters — recommending that no
further action is necessary.
The report was accepted.
Adjourned, at 5.01 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McDonough, to meet on Monday, October 8,
1950, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
administrative services department
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, October 8, 195G.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Senior Mem-
ber PIEMONTE in the chair. Absent, Councillor
White.
The Reverend Thomas~Keane, of St. Anthony's
Roman Catholic Church, Allston, was escorted to
the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. THOMAS KEANE.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Before Thee we gather, O Almighty God, creator
and maker of this America — hindered by our many
and grievous sins — here to ask of Thee that Thou
would enter our hearts; teach us what we are to do
and where we ought to tend; show us what we must
accomplish in order that, with Thy help, we may be
able to please Thee in all things. Weak and frail
human beings though we may be, we beg that Thou
alone be the author and the finisher of our judg-
ments.
In the governing of those who have been en-
trusted to our care, suffer us not to disturb the
order of justice, Thou who loves equity above all
things; let not ignorance draw us into devious
paths, nor partiality sway our minds; neither let
respect of riches or persons pervert our judgment,
but unite us to Thee by the gift of Thy grace that
we may be one in Thee and may never forsake the
truth; as we are gathered together in Thy name, so
may we in all tilings hold fast to justice tempered
by pity so that in this life, our judgments may in no
way be at variance with Thee and in the life to
come we may attain to the everlasting rewards for
deeds well done. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN RE ANTI-
LITTERING ORDINANCE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 8, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
resolution of September 24, 1956, relative to an
educational campaign against the littering of
streets under the new city ordinance governing this
matter.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 1, 195G.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
September 24:
"Whereas, A clean city is necessary from the
standpoint of health as well as appearance; and
" Whereas, The cleanliness of Boston affords good
public relations; and
"Whereas, the Mayor and the Boston City
Council, in an effort to improve the appearance and
provide for more healthful conditions of the city,
have enacted an anti-litter law, effective as of
September 11, 1956; and
"Whereas, There is nothing more useless than a
law which is not observed; and
"Whereas, In order for the city and its people to
realize the benefits of the newly-adopted anti-litter
law, they must be made aware of the law, and there
must be strict enforcement of it; now, therefore, be
it
"Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
School Committee and other agencies to conduct an
educational campaign relative to the anti-litter
law, by such means as distributing copies of the law
to the public schools; and be it further
"Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor call upon
other public and private agencies to conduct such
an educational campaign, and that he make avail-
able for such agencies copies of the law or brochures
or pamphlets describing the provisions of the law
and the benefits it will afford to the people of
Boston; and be it further
"Resolved, That the Health and Sanitation In-
spectors and the members of the Police Department
be called upon for strict enforcement of the anti-
litter law, and that such item be contained in the
regular rollcall of the departments."
We are in the process of preparing a pamphlet
containing all existing laws, ordinances, regulations,
suggestions, etc., that we feel will be effective in
eliminating the littering of our streets. We expect
to print at least 5,000 copies of the pamphlet, and
we will distribute it freely to all public and paro-
chial schools, civic groups, etc.
Respectfully yours,
Geof.ge G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
LIGHTING ON ALPINE STREET, ROXBURY.
The following was received :
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of September 24, 1956, relative to removing
the gas lights on Alpine street, Roxbury, and to
install new and adequate lighting on said street.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
PublicWorks Department,
October 5. 1956.
Mr. Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of Sep-
tember 24, 1956:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor is hereby
requested to direct the Commissioner of Public
Works to cause the gas lights on Alpine street,
Roxbury, to be removed as soon as possible and
to install new and adequate lighting on said street."
Orders have been issued to the Boston Edison
Company for the installation of new electric
lighting units in the above-referenced street. It
is my understanding that the installation of the
poles has been started and should be completed
within a short time.
I trust, therefore, that these arrangements will
prove satisfactory.
Yours very truly,
Geouge G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON PAGE STREET,
DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of September 24, 1956, relative to replacing
the present antiquated gas lamps on Page street,
Dorchester, with modern electric lights.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor,
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C'ty of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 1, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
September 24:
"Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works be requested, through his Honor the Mayor,
to replace the present antiquated gas lamps on
Page street, Dorchester, with modern electric
lights."
There are approximately 2,800 gas lamps still
remaining in various streets throughout the city
and we are taking steps to remove them with a,s
much expedition as possible. The speed with
which the gas lamps are replaced with electric
depends entirely on the ability of the Boston
Edison Company to install the new electric lights.
I am told that the Edison Company has only forty
splicers available for assignment to this work,
with the result that the change from gas to electric
cannot be effected as speedily as we would like
to have said change made.
You may be assured that we will give every
consideration to effecting this desirable improve-
ment in Page street as soon as possible, although
we are changing from gas to electric on an area
basis rather than on the basis of individual streets.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
STUDY OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
AT BOSTON & ALBANY YARDS AND
SOUTH STATION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 8, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Chairman of the City Planning Board relative to
your resolution of August 20, 1956, concerning
proposed commercial and industrial developments
at the Boston & Albany Railroad yards and at
the South Station, and the proposed extension of
the Toll Highway into central Boston, also in
answer to your resolution of August 27, 1956,
concerning a site for the new federal building.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City Planning Board,
September 25, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In answer to your referral of City Council resolu-
tion, dated August 20, concerning proposed com-
mercial and industrial developments at the Boston
& Albany Railroad yards and at the South Station,
and the proposed extension of the Toll Highway
into central Boston, and also in answer to City
Council resolution of August 27 concerning a site
for the new federal building, I have the following to
report:
Concerning the Boston & Albany development,
happily the outline plans drawn in this office
shortly after the announcement of the availability
of the yards are in accord with proposals later de-
veloped independently by outstanding experts.
These plans conform to the general plan and can be
developed in accordance with existing regulations
zoning and otherwise, and existing utility net-
works. Basic elements, large office building, audi-
torium, mercantile development, underground
parking, etc., were all incorporated in the Stevens
proposals which were designed by a group of ex-
perts of nation-wide reputation. Although there
was some resistance on the part of those who feared
disturbance of the downtown economy, the pro-
posals now are generally recognized as desirable.
It is our understanding that the Prudential Life
Insurance Company is interested in the total de-
velopment of the site on a somewhat similar scale.
Certain features of the Zeckendorf proposal for
commercial redevelopment near South Station have
been urged by the Planning Board for some years.
The filling in of Fort Point Channel is an example.
One of our intensive studies is now being made
within the area being considered by Mr. Zeckendorf
to be specific, the area bounded by Eliot, Kneeland
and Albany streets and Broadway. This is the
third of a series of studies within the central dis-
trict, the first two already published, being the
North End Water Front Proposal and the Govern-
ment Center north of State street.
Regarding the Government Center plan it can be
said that at a meeting of the Board called by your
Honor there was general acceptance of the plan.
Follow-up steps were taken towards implementing
the plan by forwarding appropriate recommenda-
tions and data to federal officials.
The Board has had considerable discussion re-
garding the Toll Highway. It is of the opinion that
in any event the recommendations in the Master
Highway Plan should not be upset. Actually no
plans have as yet been made upon which to base a
determination of the cost of the toll road and several
studies are still under way concerning it. All of
these proposals are interrelated. Many factors
are involved and more time is necessary for study
by various groups before thinking on the above
proposition can be solidified. Until such time as
more concrete developments are available it is im-
possible to take a definite position on these matters.
When the results of the various studies have been
made available and it is possible to evaluate them
we will be glad to submit a further reply.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. McDonotjgh, Chairman.
Placed on file.
AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I forward herewith a proposal by the Supervisor
of Personnel to amend the Compensation and
Classification Plans for the Officers and Employees
of Suffolk County.
This proposal is a result of a study of personnel
in county departments, similar to the study made
for the employees of city departments. Under
the prevailing statutes, any changes in the Com-
pensation and Classification Plan for County
Employees must be proposed by the Supervisor
of Personnel. The latter official has given time
and study to the so-called Evans report and has
discussed with each of the county officials the
schedules proposed by Mr. Evans. The proposal
forwarded to your Honorable Body differs, in
some degree, from the schedules arrived at by
Mr. Evans.
I favor the adoption of the proposal as sub-
mitted by the Supervisor of Personnel which will
be put into effect, as of October 1, 1956, after
consideration and approval by your Honorable
Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
October 3, 1956.
To the Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen:
By the rules for the Administration of the
Classification and Compensation Plans for the
Officers and Employees of Suffolk County, the
Supervisor of Personnel is authorized to propose
changes and revisions in those plans. Any changes
and revisions shall be submitted to the City
Council and shall become effective upon approval
by the City Council subject to the provisions of
the City Charter.
Under the aforesaid authority, there is submitted
herewith an order repealing the present Classifica-
tion and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County, substituting in
their place, revised plans as set forth in the accom-
panying Schedule B. This revision of the present
county plan is presented as a result of a study
made of the duties of classified positions in the
service of the County of Suffolk.
After consultations and correspondence with the
various unit heads the information contained in
the study has been utilized by me in compiling
this proposal which is hereby submitted for your
action.
OCTOBER 8, 1956.
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Your favorable consideration of the accom-
panying order is hereby recommended, to be
ellective as of October 1, 1956.
Respectfully,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
Ordered, That Schedule B of the Classification
and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County, adopted by order
passed by the City Council on November 24, 1952,
and approved by the Mayor on November 25,
1952, be, and the same hereby is, amended, by
including the following new classifications:
Assistant Chief Officer (Administration).
Duties: Under general supervision, to perform
important clerical work at the County Jail requir-
ing the exercise of considerable judgment and
special knowledge of procedures of the courts and
the State Department of Correction.
Compensation Grade: 22.
Assistant Chief Officer (Hospital).
Duties: Under general supervision, to exercise
control over all inmates assigned to the hospital
at the County Jail; to assign and direct the work
of officers designated to assist him at the jail
hospital; to render first aid in emergency cases;
to maintain required medical and drug records;
and to perform related work.
Compensation Grade: 22.
Deputy Master (Administration).
Duties: Under direction, to supervise, plan, and
direct the clerical work cf the office of the County
House of Correction; to individually perform
difficult or complex work of a clerical nature; to
make decisions as to the method of doing work;
to perform the duties of Deputy Master under
assignment; and to perform other related work.
Compensation Grade: 24.
Executive Secretary (Penal).
Duties: Under general direction, to act as
confidential secretary to the Penal Institutions
Commissioner; to serve as intermediary between
the commissioner and the public; to coordinate
the operation of the parole section of the depart-
ment; to interview applicants for positions and
process necessary civil service papers; to arrange
appointments and conferences; to supervise the
personnel of the Penal Institutions Department,
Central Office; and to perform other related work.
Compensation Grade: 26.
Jail Officer and Chief Power Plant
Engineer.
Duties: Under direction, to have responsibility
for the conduct and safeguarding of inmates of the
County Jail; to have charge of the operation, main-
tenance and repair of heating, lighting, ventilating
and other mechanical systems in the County Jail;
to supervise, direct, and be responsible for the
proper conduct of subordinates, including county
employees and inmates; to make requisitions for
supplies, materials, and equipment; to keep records
and make reports; and to perform other related
work.
Compensation Grade: 22.
Jail Officer and Engineer, Second-Class
Plant.
Duties: Under general supervision, to have
responsibility for the conduct and safeguarding of
inmates of the County Jail; during a definite period
or watch, to operate, maintain and repair heating,
lighting, ventilating and other mechanical systems
in the County Jail; to supervise, direct, and instruct
subordinates, including inmates, in their duties;
to keep records and make reports; and to perform
other related work.
Compensation Grade: 20.
Jail Officer and Steam Fireman.
Duties: Under supervision, to have responsi-
bility for the conduct and safeguarding of inmates
of the County Jail; to fire boilers and maintain
proper firebed, steam pressure and water level in
same; to do such cleaning and repair work as may
be required to keep boilers, boiler room and boiler
room equipment in proper condition; to draw fires,
clean flues and grates; and to perform other related
work as required.
Compensation Grade: 17.
Laboratory Technician.
Duties: Under direction, to prepare microscopic
slides of routine autopsies by the paraffin method,
consisting of blocking, dehydrating, clearing, em-
bedding, trimming, cutting, staining, mounting
and labelling tissues; to prepare frozen sections for
special studies; to prepare solutions and stains
required in these processes; to prepare equipment
and order supplies required in these processes; and
to perform clerical work as required.
Compensation Grade: 14.
Procedural Technician.
Duties: Under direction, to perform difficult and
complex legal clerical work in one of the county
courts, the Registry of Deeds, or one of the County
Medical Examiner Services; to advise members of
the bar, litigants, and the public relative to agency
procedures and practices; to make decisions as to
methods of preparing agency records and court
dockets; to supervise subordinate employees in
discharging these functions; and to perform other
related work.
Compensation Grade: 20.
Senior Legal Aide.
Duties: Under general direction, to supervise a
group of legal aides and clerical employees in the
preparation of cases on trial in the Superior Crimi-
nal Court; to assist in the preparation of briefs for
the Commonwealth in cases taken to the Supreme
Court on exceptions; to assist in the examination of
titles on bail bonds; and to perform other related
work.
Compensation Grade: 25.
Senior Watchman.
Duties: Under general supervision, to supervise,
direct, and assign the work of watchman in the Suf-
folk County Courthouse; to see that the buildings
are guarded and protected at all times against
trespass, vandalism, theft, fire, and other hazards;
and to perform other related work as required.
Compensation Grade: 15.
To delete the following classifications from the
County Plans:
Floor Officer. Compensation Grade: 16.
Plan Copyist. Compensation Grade: 20.
To adjust compensation grades as follows:
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption of "Chief Power Plant
Engineer" the figure "20" and insert in place
thereof the figure "22."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption of "Chief Stenographer
and Indictment Clerk" the figure "26" and insert
in place thereof the figure "30."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption of "Court Officer" (not
including Roxbury District Court) the figure "17"
and insert in place thereof the figure "18."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Deputy Penal Institu-
tions Commissioner" the figure "25" and insert
in place thereof the figure "30."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Gateman" the figure
"12" and insert in place thereof the figure "14."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Institution Industries
Supervisor" the figure "22" and insert in place
thereof the figure "23."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caotion "Investigator" the
figure "17" and insert in place thereof the figure
"20."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Matron" the figure "8"
and insert in place thereof the figure "10."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Messenger and Clerical
Assistant" the figure "18" and insert in place
thereof the figure "20."
Strike out after the words "ComDensation
Grade" under the caption "Parole Agent" the
figure "17" and insert in place thereof the figure
"20."
Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Poultry Supervisor"
the figure "21" and insert in place thereof the
figure "23."
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Strike out after the words "Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Secretary and Chief
Clerk" the figure "30" and insert in place thereof
the figure "34."
Strike out after the words 'Compensation
Grade" under the caption "Supervising Mortuary
Attendant" the figure "17" and insert in place
thereof the figure "18."
Referred to the Executive Committee.
APPROPRIATION FROM PARKMAN FUND.
The following was received:
City of Boston,'
Office of the Mayor, October 3, 1056.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen: .
I am in receipt of the attached communication
from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
requesting the appropriation of $29,000 from the
income of the George F. Parkman Fund, to be
expended under the direction of the Commissioner
of Parks and Recreation, for the Maintenance and
Improvement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887.
The 1956 budget estimates for the personal
service requirements of the Parks and Recreation
Department included an estimate of the total
yearly income from the George F. Parkman Fund.
The budget allowances made provision for the
appropriation of this income as it accrued for the
purpose of defraying the cost of work actually
performed on the Common and Parks in Existence
on January 12, 1887. .
I submit herewith an order appropriating the
sum of $29,000, the accrued income now available
from the Parkman Fund, and respectfully recom-
mend its immediate passage by your Honorable
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
October 2, 195G.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
You are respectfully asked to request the City
Council to transfer from the income of the George
F. Parkman Fund the sum of $29,000, which is
now available, to be expended under the direction
of the Parks and Recreation Commissioner as
follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on Janu-
ary 12, 1887, Maintenance and Im-
provement of $29,000
When making up the budget estimates for the
year 1956, a sum equal to the total yearly income
of the George F. Parkman Fund was deducted
from Item 100, Permanent Employees, with the
understanding that this deduction was to be
replaced by the total yearly income of said Park-
man Fund for 1956, to be transferred as it accrued
from time to time during the year to the regular
maintenance appropriation of the Parks and
Recreation Department.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of twenty-nine thousand
dollars ($29,000) be, and hereby is, appropriated
from the income of the George F. Parkman Fund,
to be expended under the direction of the Commis-
sioner of Parks and Recreation for the Maintenance
and Improvement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on Janu-
ary 12, 1887, Maintenance and Im-
provement of $29,000
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Abraham S. Caplan and Abram Salter, for re-
fund for overcharges for water at 553-555 Boylston
street.
Mary P. Carnegie, for compensation for damage
to property at 673 Cummins Highway, caused
during construction work on Cummins Highway.
Marie L. Coffey, for compensation for damage
to car by fire apparatus.
Sarah A. Deshon, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 249 Park street,
West Roxbury.
Louise M. Foster, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Harrison avenue
and Monsignor Reynolds Way.
John F. Hounsell, for compensation for damage
to car caused by City Hospital ambulance.
Edith E. McAuliffe, for compensation for in-
juries and damage to property caused by an alleged
defect at Beacon and Maitland streets.
Charles Parker, for compensation for damage
to cab caused by an alleged defect at Washington
street and Clifton road.
Margaret Penta, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Green and High
streets, Charlestown.
Helen J. Ware, for compensation for damage to
clothing caused by catching on chair in Assessing
Department.
Licenses.
Petition to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day, viz.:
Brigham Bowlaway, Thomas J. Melntyre, 761
Huntington avenue, Roxbury.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Frederick W. Cavanagh, employee
of Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of James F. Doneghey, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Anthony J. Peluso, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Calvin W. Sweeney, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of George H. King, retired employee
of Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from James V. D'Amico, 630 Ben-
nington street, East Boston, Ward 1.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy of
order granting petition of Boston Edison Company
for locations for underground wires and cables in
William T. Morrissey Boulevard, southeast of
Mt. Vernon street, Dorchester.
Placed on file.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF
PROBATE COURTS.
Communication was received from the Supreme
Judicial Court on reassignment of F. Anthony
Hanlon of Adams on Administrative Committee
of Probate Courts, and redesignation of John C.
Leggat of Lowell as chairman of Administrative
Committee.
Placed on file.
ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGE.
Communication was received from the Supreme
Judicial Court of assignment of Charles F. Gadsby
of Somerville as judge of Appellate Division and
designation of Charles F. Gadsby as presiding
judge for Northern District.
Placed on file.
OCTOBER 8, 1956.
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APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY LOAN FOR
DEMOLITION OF DILAPIDATED AND
ABANDONED PROPERTIES.
The following was received:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation,
September 28, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mayor Hynes:
The board described in clause (9), section 8, of
Chapter 44 of the General Laws approved a loan of
$500,000 for certain emergency appropriations as
voted by the city government on September 24,
1956, a copy of which approval is enclosed.
Very truly yours,
Herman B. Dine,
Director of Accounts.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation.
To Whom It May Concern:
We, the undersigned, acting as a board as de-
scribed in clause (9), section 8, of chapter 44 of the
General Laws, at a meeting held at the State
House on the twenty-seventh of September, 1956,
hereby approve for the City of Boston an emer-
gency appropriation of five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000) for the demolition of abandoned
and dilapidated structures.
The loan to be issued by said city to meet the
above appropriation is limited to two years.
George Finoold,
Attorney General.
John A. Kennedy,
Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Herman B. Dine,
Director of Accounts.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF
CHARLES A. CALLANAN.
Notice was received from the Board of Commis-
sioners of School Buildings of the election of
Charles A. Callanan, 5 Charles River Square, to be
Superintendent of Construction of the Department
of School Buildings, effective October 15, 1956.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on applications (referred September
10) for commercial use shellfish permits for Edward
Elms, Anthony Ferragamo, Harold T. Matthews —
recommending that permits be granted.
2. Report on applications (referred September
24) for commercial use shellfish permits for George
H. Fairbanks, David F. Fullerton, James Grant,
Daniel Mulkern, Joseph F. Wardell — recommend-
ing that permits be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the permits were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
3. Report on petition (referred September 10)
for license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day for Mrs. Marie Kittrell, 216 Hanover street —
recommending that the license be granted.
4. Report on petitions (referred September 2 4)
for license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day, viz.: Botta Corporation, Antonio Botta, 107
Cambridge street; Blue Hill Bowlaway, Samuel
Epstein, 6 Livingstone street, Dorchester; Cale-
donian Bowling Alleys, George E. Thomas, 1505
V. F. W. Parkway, West Roxbury; Common-
wealth Recreation, Joseph Diamond, 1105 Com-
monwealth avenue, Brighton; Fenway Alleys,
Inc., Joffre Gotreau, 136 Massachusetts avenue;
Lucky Strike Bowladrome of Boston, Inc., Joseph
Bonigli, 289 Adams street, Dorchester; Mount
Pleasant Bowling & Billiards, John F. McLaughlin,
590 Dudley Street, Dorchester; Miah J. Murray,
Inc., John F. Ierardi, 1156 Washington street;
O'Lindy's South Station Alleys, Albert II. Slate,
basement, South Station, Atlantic avenue; Scollay
Bowladrome, Sumner Ross, 56 Talbot avenue,
Dorchester; West Roxbury Liederkranz, Mrs. Lee
M. Jekowski, 46 Rockland street, West Roxbury —
recommending that the licenses be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1. Report on communication from the State
Department of Public Works (referred September
10) transmitting copy of layout and order of taking
of altered location of section of state highway —
recommending that the communication be placed
on file.
2. Report on notice from the State Department
of Public Works (referred September 10) of order
of taking of land in South Boston and Dorchester
for state highway — recommending that the notice
be placed on file.
3. Report on notice from the State Depart-
ment of Public Works (referred September 10) of
order of taking of land in South Boston and Dor-
chester for state highway — recommending that
the notice be placed on file.
4. Report on notice from the State Department
of Public Works (referred October 1) of order of
taking of land of City of Boston for easement for
drainage purposes — recommending that the notice
be placed on file.
5. Report on notice from the State Department
of Public Works (referred September 10) of order of
taking of land in South Boston and Dorchester for
easement and temporary easements for state high-
way purposes — recommending that the notice be
placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the communica-
tion and notices were severally placed on file.
6. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred August 27) for transfer of land on Broad-
way and Dorchester avenue from Fire Department
to Board of Election Commissioners — recommend-
ing that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 7, nays 0:
Yeas — -Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte — 7.
Yeas— 0:
ORDINANCE REGARDING FEES FOR
LICENSES AND PERMITS.
Coun. AHEARN, Chairman of the Committee
on Ordinances, submitted a verbal report on the
status of the proposed ordinance concerning fees
for licenses and permits. The committee will
recommend certain changes in the proposed ordi-
nance, and the corporation Counsel is readying
a redraft which will be referred to the Executive
Committee for review at the next meeting of the
Council.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on Con-
firmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor (referred
October 1) of John Blaney as constable with au-
thority to serve civil process upon filing of bond,
for the term ending April 30, 1957 — recommending
that the appointment be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question came
on confirmation. Committee, Councillors Ahearn
and McDonough. Whole number of ballots 7,
yeas 7, and the appointment was confirmed.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Joseph L. Regan
(referred September 10) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Police Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Joseph L. Regan, a former member of
the Police Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on September
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27, 1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certifi-
cation of the panel appointed under the provisions
of said section, to the following the amount stated:
Joseph L. Regan (petitioner), 36 Miami
Avenue, West Roxbury $33.50
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suitable
for the purpose of this section.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed.
POLICE COMMISSIONER TO APPEAR
BEFORE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The City Council under authority of
chapter 222 of the Acts of 1949 is now considering
a proposed ordinance which would increase the
fee for a hackney carriage license; and
Whereas, Formerly this matter was handled
exclusively by the Police Commissioner; and
Whereas, Legally authorized representatives of
taxi drivers appeared before the City Council
Committee on Ordinances and opposed the increase
in fee and further stated that for many years taxi-
cabs unlicensed in Boston and servicing the Logan
Airport have been improperly soliciting business
in Boston; and
Whereas, The legal problems concerned with
unlicensed taxicabs soliciting business in Boston
have been recently made the subject of an official
opinion of the Attorney General wherein the
Attorney General has ruled in substance:
1. The regular solicitation of business in
Boston by taxicabs not licensed by the Police
Commissioner is a violation of section 3 of
chapter 392 of the Acts of 1930.
2. No city or town may properly license a
taxicab for operation "at Logan Airport only."
Whereas, Section 62A of chapter 40 of the
Revised Ordinance of 1947, approved May 29,
1951, is still in force; and
Whereas, The solution to the taxicab problem
is one which will require the cooperation of the
Boston Police Department; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council in
meeting assembled hereby respectfully requests
that the Honorable Thomas F. Sullivan, Police
Commissioner, appear before the City Council
Committee on Ordinances on Wednesday, October
10, 1956, at 3 p.m., for the purpose of discussing
the proposed hackney carriage license fee and the
problem of unlicensed taxicabs doing business at
the Logan Airport and in Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
ORDINANCE CONCERNING LICENSING
OF HACKNEY CARRIAGES AND
OTHER VEHICLES.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Concerning the Licensing of Hackney
Carriages and Other Vehicles.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows :
Chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out section 62A,
and inserting in place thereof the following:
Section 62A. No person, firm, or corporation
shall offer for hire or operate a hackney carriage
or other vehicle for the purpose of transporting,
soliciting, and/or picking up a passenger or pas-
sengers for hire within the limits of the city of
Boston unless licensed thereto by the police com-
missioner of the city of Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
S. THOMAS NEDDER.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That the order passed by the City
Council on October 1, 1956, authorizing the
Committee to Memorialize Veterans to name the
intersection of Readville and Knight streets in
the Readville section of Hyde Park be, and hereby
is, rescinded; and be it further
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the intersection of Readville
street and Neponset Valley Parkway, in the
Readville section of Hyde Park, the S. Thomas
Nedder Square, in honor of the memory of Air
Force Sergt. S. Thomas Nedder who lost his life
on March 24, 1945, while serving his country
with honor and outstanding valor.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
SURVEY FOR INFORMATION ON
MECHANICAL GARAGE SYSTEMS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Whereas, The City of Boston has embarked
on an off-street parking program designed to
afford traffic relief to the downtown area and to
encourage shopping, and to stimulate and pro-
mote business; and
Whereas, Due to the density of the area, the
high value of the land, and the extensive use
of the area per foot, it appears that the most effi-
cient method to use would be the mechanical
garages; and
Whereas, There are in operation in the United
States a number of different types of mechan-
ical garages; and
Whereas, The specifications contained in the
proposal for bids on the Haywood Place off-
street parking were so drawn as to limit the
prospective bidder to the use of but one mechan-
ical garage system, and
AVhereas, The City Charter and Ordinances
specifically provide for competitive bidding in
all purchases and contracts of over two thousand
dollars; and
Whereas, Any proposals for bids which include
specifications which limit any prospective bidder
to but one product is in violation of the spirit
of the provisions of the City Charter and Ordi-
nances; and
Whereas, The taxpayers of Boston are entitled
to the best available system from the standpoint
of economy, safety, and all other features; and
Whereas, There is not at present in the City
of Boston any private or public agency whose
task is to furnish the purchasing agent or the
Purchasing Department with the statistical, his-
torical and other pertinent data necessary to
evaluate the various systems; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his honor the Mayor be re-
quested to appoint competent, unbiased engi-
neers, architects, or other technical experts to
make a survey of all the mechanical garage sys-
tems now operating throughout the country, and
to make a report detailing their findings, and,
without limiting the findings to the following, it
should include: a classified list of the mechanized
garage systems in use or available giving the
cities where they are operating, the date when
they were put up, the floor area, the height, the
number of cars to be accommodated, the cost,
the safety, the maintenance and operating costs,
the accident experience since their erection, the
average daily use, the highest daily use, and the
cost per unit of the various mechanized garage
systems.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
Coun. PIEMONTE moved the suspension of the
rules and the adoption of the resolution. The
rules were not suspended (six votes being necessary
for suspension of the rules), yeas 2, nays 5:
Yeas — Councillors McLaughlin, Piemonte — 2.
Nays — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McDonough — 5.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following
motion:
That the foregoing resolution be referred to the
Executive Committee and that the said Executive
Committee hold a hearing on this matter on
Monday, October 15, 1956, at 4 o'clock p.m., and
that the City Clerk be directed to invite the
following persons to appear at this hearing:
Members of the Real Property Board in the
Real Property Department;
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The architects and engineers who were engaged
to make a study of the matter contained in the
resolution;
Mr. Richmond, representative of the Pigeon
Hole Parking System of Massachusetts;
Local representative of the Boswer System;
Representatives of such other parking systems as
the Real Property Board may have listed;
Such other persons as the Chairman of the Real
Property Board or the members of the City Council
may direct the City Clerk to invite;
and that with the invitation a copy of the resolution
be enclosed.
The motion was carried, and the resolution was
referred to the Executive Committee.
Coun. McCORMACK in the chair.
CALL FOR STATE ELECTION,
NOVEMBER 6.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That meetings of the citizens of this
city, qualified to vote for state officers, be held
at the several polling places designated for the
purpose by the Board of Election Commissioners
on Tuesday, the sixth day of November, 1956,
for the election of Presidential Electors, Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, State Secretary, State
Treasurer, State Auditor, Attorney-General, Rep-
resentatives in Congress, Councillors, Senators in
the General Court, Representatives in the General
Court, Sheriff; also to give in their votes "Yes"
or "No" on the following questions:
A. Shall licenses be granted
in this city (or town) for
the sale therein of all alcoholic
beverages (whiskey, rum, gin,
malt beverages, wines and all
other alcoholic beverages ) ?
B. Shall licenses be granted
in this city (or town) for
the sale therein of wines and
malt beverages (wines and
beer, ale and all other malt
beverages)?
C. Shall licenses be granted
in this city (or town) for
the sale therein of all alcoholic
beverages in packages, so
called, not to be drunk on the
premises?
The polls at said meetings shall be opened at
eight o'clock a.m. and closed at eight o'clock p.m.
Ordered, That the City Clerk be hereby directed
to give notice of said meetings according to law.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
GENERAL LAWS.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the provisions of sections 55,
56, and 57 of chapter 54 of the General Laws be,
and hereby are. suspended and made inapplicable
as to the questions to be voted upon at the State
Election to be held on November 6, 1956.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPAIR OF DENTON PLACE.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Public Works Commissioner
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
take immediate steps as to the repairing of Denton
terrace, a public way in the Roslindale section of
Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
JOHN KOMAR.
Coun. McCORMACK and McDONOUGH
offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested, through his Honor the
Mayor, to name the square at the corner of King
and Train streets, Dorchester, in honor of Lieut.
John Komar of the United States Air Force
who lost his life in an accident in the Mediterranean
area while in the service of the United States.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
DEATH OF WILLIAM F. DWYER.
Coun. KERRIGAN and AHEARN offered
the following :
Whereas, The members of the Boston City
Council have just learned with deep regret of the
sudden and untimely death of William F. Dwyer,
who formerly served with integrity and ability
as a member of this Body; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby extends its sincere
sympathy and condolence to the family of William
F. Dwyer and prays that Divine Providence will
give them the strength to bear up under their
tremendous loss.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
DEATH OF STUART C. RAND.
Coun. KERRIGAN and AHEARN offered the
following :
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby extends its sincere
sympathy and condolence to the family of Stuart C.
Rand, Trustee of the City Hospital and a former
member of the Legislature, in their recent be-
reavement, and hopes that God will give them the
strength to carry on in the face of their tremendous
loss.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
Adjourned, at 4.46 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McLaughlin, to meet on Monday, October 15,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrativb Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, October 15, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Arnold Martenise, O.F.M., of
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Roman Catholic
Church, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. MARTENISE.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O God, You who through divine providence
govern divinely well the intricate workings of our
universe, deign today to govern our very being, so
that this Council, to which you have entrusted
some small portion of your work, may deliberate
maturely, decide impartially, and regulate wisely.
We ask this of You, through whom kings reign
and princes rule. In the name of Christ Jesus
our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENTS OF
CERTAIN STREETS, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 11, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of October 1, 1956, in regard to installing
electric lights on Alvan terrace, Conrad street,
Gene street, Harrow street, Hillsboro street,
Holden place, Humphreys place, Norfolk avenue,
Ramsey street, Sumner park, Wendover street,
and also that these streets be properly paved.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 8, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 1:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on the following streets:
"Alvan terrace, Conrad street, Gene street,
Harrow street, Hillsboro street, Holden place,
Humphreys place, Norfolk avenue, Ramsey street,
Sumner park, Wendover street; and be it further
"Ordered, That these streets be properly paved. "
A street lighting survey will be made of the
above-referenced public and private streets, and
every reasonable effort will be made to expedite
the removal of the existing gas lamps and their
replacement with modern electric lights. However,
I cannot give any assurance that these necessary
improvements will be done at an early date, as
we are in the midst of a major program to replace
all remaining gas lights with electric street lights.
Immediate steps will be taken to effect whatever
repairs are necessary to the roadway and sidewalk
areas of the public streets included in the above
list and, if necessary, they will be included in the
1957 highway program for complete reconstruction,
subject to budgetary appropriations.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
INFORMATION ON ANNUAL REPORTS
OF DEPARTMENTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 10, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Director of Administrative Services relative to
your order of October 1, 1956, in regard to various
questions concerning annual reports of depart-
ments of the city.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Memo to the Mayor.
October 8, 1956.
Subject: Annual Reports of Departments of the
City.
An examination into the questions raised by
Councillor Piemonte's order of October 1, 1956, on
the above subject, shows that reports from city
departments are sent to the Mayor or the City
Clerk for printing as a public document, as required
by the Revised Ordinances of 1947, etc. The
accompanying listing shows the Public Document
numbers of each report. Exceptions to the above
statement were found, however, and a brief ex-
planation concerning these follows:
Civil Defense — Mr. Cleary, newly named as
director, was unaware of the necessity for this
report and will proceed to write a report for the
year 1955. This will be Public Document No. 9.
Library — The staff of the Library has produced
two publications:
1. Statistical Report, 1954.
2. Report of Examining Committee, 1955-
1956. Copies of these reports are attached.
Plans are made by the Library to produce an
annual report of the nature which other city
departments are now doing. The number of this
would be Public Document No. 15.
Penal Institutions — On inquiry of this depart-
ment, we learned that this report has not been
made up for some years, principally because of a
shortage of clerical help; however, a report of this
nature will be started next week and it will be
known as Public Document No. 17.
Real Property — This department has not
produced a report of the nature described in the
Revised Ordinances, but does produce a report of a
general nature, which is on sale for 25 cents to the
public — this for the reason that, when no charge
was made for this report, it was felt that wastage
occurred, inasmuch as several were taken when it
was felt that one would suffice. This report is
currently being reprinted and will be available in
approximately one month. A statistical report of
this department for the year 1955 accompanies
this for your perusal.
Veterans' Services — This department compiles a
monthly report, which is sent to the Mayor's Office,
and steps are being taken to provide funds for
printing an annual report for 1956, this to be
known as Public Document No. 23.
In summary, I feel that the accompanying list
and the information contained in this letter com-
bine to answer the first three questions raised in
the order. In regard to the fourth question, it
may be said that all public documents, as described
in this communication, are at present or will be in
the future available at the City Messenger's Office
for the information of the public or members of the
City Council.
Mr. O'Donnell, the City Messenger, will send a
reminder on January 2 to all departments in
order that their reports for 1956 be sent to him for
printing. In the case where a report has not been
made in past years, Mr. O'Donnell will also require
that a report* be compiled to cover such a period
and a copy of the listing attached has been passed
to him for this purpose.
I trust that this information meets the require-
ments of Councillor Piemonte's order.
J. A. Breen, Director.
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Annual Reports — Departments of the City.
Department and Public Date Last Report
Document No. Filed
Address of Mayor (1) January 3, 195G
Administrative Services (2) . . . March 6, 1956
Assessing Not done since 1951
Auditing August 21
Boston Retirement Board. . . .Not done since 1954
Building June 1
City Clerk January 19
City Planning Not done since 1954
Civil Defense See text
Election January 2
Fire August 6
Health Not done since 1954
Hospital Not done since 1954
Law July 10
Library See text
Parks and Recreation June 27
Penal Institutions See text
Public Works July 10
Real Property See text
School Buildings May 11
Traffic August 8
Treasury April 16
Veterans' Services See text
Welfare Not done since 1953
Zoning Adjustment Board Not done since 1953
The Police Department Report for 1955 is State
of Massachusetts Public Document No. 49.
The Licensing Board Report for 1955 is State of
Massachusetts Public Document No. 74.
The Business Manager's Annual Report, 1955, for
the School Department is available on request at
the School Committee offices, 15 Beacon street.
Reports of the Finance Commission for 1955 are
also available on request at their offices.
We are informed that the Housing Authority
compiles an annual report which is submitted to
the State Housing Board, State House, and this
report is available at their offices.
Real Property Department Report — 1955.
Real Property Department,
Herman Carp, Commissioner of Real Property.
Real Property Board,
Herman Carp, Chairman,
William F. Keesler,
Thomas F. McDonough,
George P. Donovan,
David L. Currier.
Report on Foreclosed Properties and Sale of
Properties — 1955.
No. of
Parcels.
On Hand as of December 31, 1954 3,192
Foreclosed Parcels Received 209
Transfers from Other Departments .... 2
211
3,403
Redeemed 14
Transferred to Other Departments .... 68
Reserved 12
Sold 544
638
Total Number of Parcels on Hand as of
December 31, 1955 2,765
Number of Properties Rented in 1955 23
Rents Received — Foreclosed Properties. . $162,217
Sales Price $266,520
Assessed Value $387,200
Taxes Owed City $193,315
Sale of Foreclosed Property - Papers Passed — 1955.
Month.
Selling
Price.
Assessed
Value.
Taxes
Due.
No. of
Parcels.
Build-
ings.
January. .
February .
March
April
May
June
July
August. . .
September
October . . .
November
December.
$15,665
27,850
10,855
10,455
25,080
36,525
24,500
6,100
8,175
43,565
16,915
40,835
$266,520
$24,700
49,500
14,500
15,800
33,900
43,200
53,600
8,000
9,500
45,200
17,700
71,600
$20,258 07
1,294 99
9,196 35
8,736 58
19,498 15
35,915 44
21,562 55
8,976 20
8,910 18
25,734 01
12,382 10
20,850 82
$387,200
$193,315 44
46
6
20
16
47
108
21
1
19
142
50
68
544
City' of Boston Parking Facilities — Income —
1955.
Devonshire and Federal streets (Win-
throp square) $61,501 00
Essex, Columbia, and Lincoln streets 96,001 00
Franklin, Pearl, and Hartford streets 42,286 00
Congress, Milk, and Pearl streets (Post
Office square) *55,999 92
Berkeley street, Clarendon street, and
St. James avenue (Copley square) . . 49,610 00
Total $305,397 92
* Does not include
of architect-engineer.
,113.75 for reimbursement
Parcels with buildings included in total.
City of Boston Parking Facilities — Ex-
penditures— 1955.
Columbia, Lincoln, and Essex streets $6,198 70
Franklin and Pearl streets 1,389 20
Copley square (Back Bay) 3,147 40
Hay ward place 21 1 76
Central and Kilby streets 888 49
Washington and Hollis streets 1,502 35
Kingston and Rowe streets 439 30
High and Oliver streets, Central
Artery 451 05
Warrenton, Stuart, and Tremont
streets 479 10
Howard street, Scollay square 6,945 80
Summer and Arch streets 481 95
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Bedford and Columbia streets $477 00
Miscellaneous 2,369 10
Total $24,981 20
(Annexed hereto is the statistical report,
1954, of the Boston Public Library, and the
report of the Examining Committee, 1955-1956,
of the Boston Public Library.)
In connection with the foregoing message of
the Mayor, Councillor Piemonte offered the
following motion:
Moved, That the message of the Mayor and
the communication of Mr. Breen, Director of
Administrative Services, be returned to Mr.
Breen with the request that the order passed
by the Council on October 1, 1956, be complied
with and that particular attention be called to
the lack of adequate annual reports filed by the
Real Property Board or even suggested to be filed.
The motion was carried.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The foregoing petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Irene Bellamy, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Dwight street,
Boston.
Nathan Berman, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 18 Cheney street,
Boston.
Charles Capobianco, for compensation for
collapse of water boiler at 209 Salem street,
Boston, caused by water being shut off.
Robert W. Donovan, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sanitary Division.
Edward P. Elmo, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Automotive Division.
Leon Feiner, for compensation for injuries
caused by defect in stairway at Head House,
Franklin Field.
Martha Johnson, for compensation for damage
to property at 133 Appleton street, Boston,
caused by water seepage.
Paul W. Keefe, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Kniager, for compensation
for damage to property at 60 Alabama street,
Mattapan, during sidewalk installation.
Dorothy Rice, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Harrison avenue
and Kneeland street.
George W. Ryan, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Paving Division.
Stanhope Bindery, Inc., for compensation for
damage to property at 155 Columbus avenue,
Boston, caused by break in water pipe.
Joseph G. Sullivan, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 55 Milton
avenue, Dorchester.
Licenses.
Petition to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day, viz.:
Orient Bowlaway, Henry Baldassaro, 981
Bennington street, East Boston.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Agnes M. Shaw, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Thomas J. Shaw, late member of the Police
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Charles N. Vogel, retired member of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPLICATION FOR SHELLFISH PERMIT.
Application for commercial use shellfish permit
was received from Leonard W. D'Amico, 74
North Margin street, Ward 3.
Referred to the Committee on Licenses.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of hearing to be held October
18, 1956, at 2.15 p.m., on petition of Boston
Edison Company for grant of location in Columbia
road at Covington street, South Boston, for pipes
and wires.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held October 24,
1956, at 2.15 p.m., on petition of Metropolitan
Transit Authority for permission to install under-
ground wires and cables on Albany, Troy, Wash-
ington and Waterford streets.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS J. HUGHES.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Thomas J. Hughes, 114 Princeton
street, East Boston, to be Building Commissioner,
effective October 15, 1956, for the term ending
May 15, 1961, vice Charles A. Callanan, resigned.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of John Blaney, having
been duly approved by the Assistant Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved by the
Council.
LOAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES.
Coun. FOLEY called up, under Unfinished
Business, No. 1 on the calendar, viz.:
1. Order for loan of $3,000,000 for Construc-
tion of Bridges.
On October 1, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following report:
1. Report on petition of Anthony J. Peluso
(referred October 8) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of Anthony J. Peluso, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on February 3, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the fol-
lowing the amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $22 50
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
2. Report on petition of James F. Doneghey
(referred October 8) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
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of James F. Doneghey, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
December 5, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the fol-
lowing the amounts stated:
George W. Geiss, M.D., 270 Commonwealth
avenue $205
J. Edward Noonan, 1218 Massachusetts ave-
nue, Cambridge 280
Total St-i85
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
3. Report on petition of Frederick W. Cavanagh
(referred October 8) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of Frederick W. Cavanagh, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury received through no
fault of his own while in the performance of his
duty on December 3f, 1952, there be allowed and
paid, as recommended by the Fire Commissioner
and approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
Frederick W. Cavanagh (petitioner), 15
Gavin Way, South Boston $22 75
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
4. Report on petition of Calvin W. Sweeney
(referred October 8) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of Calvin W. Sweeney, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
May 15, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following
the amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $380
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and ordinance
(referred August 20) fixing fees for licenses and
permits and charges for certain services and work — ■
recommending rejection of the ordinance as
submitted by the Mayor, without prejudice, and
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the Boston City Council give
serious study to the recommendations concerning
the Fixing of Fees for Licenses and Permits and
the Charges for Certain Services which were
contained in an ordinance submitted by the Mayor
on August 20, 1956, and which was this day re-
jected without prejudice by the City Council.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance as
submitted by the Mayor was rejected without
prejudice. The question then came on the passage
of the order as submitted by the committee, and
the order was passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred October 8) for appropriation of $29,000
from income of George F. Parkman Fund, to be
expended under direction of Commissioner of
Parks and Recreation — recommending that
same ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENT OF
CERTAIN STREETS, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on Chase street, Clapp street, Dawes street,
Dawes terrace, East Cottage street, Edison Green,
Franklin court, Harvest street, Mayhew street,
Mt. Vernon street, Norfolk avenue, Pond street,
Roseclair street, St. Margaret street, Sexton court,
Sumner street, and Willis street; and be it further
Ordered, That these streets or courts be pro-
perly paved and resurfaced.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PAVEMENT OF CAWFIELD AND
ELDER STREETS, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to pave and re-
surface the following streets: Cawfield street and
Elder street, Dorchester.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective October 17, 1956, the
following-named persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed in the service of the Clerk of Committees
Department to the positions set against their
respective names until the third Wednesday of
November, 1956, at the salaries in effect for them
on October 16, 1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk, Nicholas
DiMella, temporary stenographer, Agnes G.
Dinsmore, temporary clerk-receptionist, Coleman
P. Flaherty, temporary clerk, John J. Kerrigan,
temporary clerk, Paul G. O'Hara, temporary
clerk, Cecilia A. Walkowski, temporary stenog-
rapher, Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ATTENDANCE OF SECRETARY OF REAL
PROPERTY BOARD AT EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Executive Secretary of the
Real Property Board be, and is hereby, requested
to attend a hearing of the Executive Committee of
the City Council to be called for at 4 p.m., October
15, and any continuances or postponements
thereof and he be, and is hereby, requested to
produce at said hearing all records and minutes of
meetings of the Real Property Board at which the
matter of mechanized garages was discussed and
all agreements, including supplements thereto,
communications and memos to and from architect
selected or other architects with reference to
mechanized garages and all votes taken by the
Real Property Board on questions and matters
involving mechanized garages, including the
selection of type of mechanized garage unit, the
selection of the architect, the awarding of the
contract with the architect of the Hayward
Place garage.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
OCTOBER 15, 1956.
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RECESS.
On motion of Councillor McDonough, the
Council voted to take a recess at 3.55 p.m., subject
to the call of the Chair. The members reassembled
in the Council Chamber and were called to order
by Senior Member White at 7.15 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition (referred September 10)
of Alford's Arlington Square Alleys, Leo J. Alford,
for license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day — -recommending that the license be granted.
2. Report on petition (referred September 24)
of Columbia Recreation, Joseph Rubbicco, for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's
day — recommending that the license be granted.
3. Report on application (referred October 8)
of James V. D'Amico for commercial use shellfish
permit — recommending that permit be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses and
permit were severally granted under the usual
conditions.
Adjourned at 7.17 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Ahearn, to meet on Monday, October 22, 1956,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, October 22, 1950.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Senior
Member WHITE in the chair. Absent, Councillor
McCormack.
The Reverend John J. Fogarty, of St. Mary's
Roman Catholic Church, Charlestown, was
escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. FOGARTY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Direct all our actions, we beseech Thee, O
God, and carry them on by Thy powerful as-
sistance that every thought, word, and action
of ours may begin from Thee and be ended happily
by Thee.
In our endeavors to serve Thee well, O God,
grant us a greater love of Thee and a greater love
of souls. Bless the members of this City Council
and their work, and inspire them to see that in
serving their fellowman they are serving Thee.
Give to these here present a realization and ap-
preciation of all the virtues which they are to
practice in order to please Thee, but especially
a keen sense of the virtue of justice, in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of our great city, for
Thou hast commanded us: "Seek ye first the king-
dom of God and His justice and all things else
shall be added unto you. "
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO
HERBERT A. PHILBRICK.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn the rules
were suspended on the order of business to allow
him to offer the following resolutions:
Whereas, Mr. Herbert A. Philbrick demonstrated
by his activities as an F.B.I, secret agent extra-
ordinary courage and loyalty to the United States
of America; and
Whereas, Mr. Herbert A. Philbrick at great
personal risk to himself and his family undertook
with remarkable success the assignment of a
counterspy in the communist underground for nine
years ; and
Whereas, The work of Mr. Herbert A. Philbrick
was an invaluable contribution and enabled our
government to learn important facts not otherwise
available about the actions and plans of an enemy
dedicated to the violent overthrow of our govern-
ment; and
Whereas, The chronicle of Mr. Philbrick's
activities as an F.B.I, secret agent on a three-year
television series entitled "I Led Three Lives"
was just recently concluded; and
Whereas, Said television program provided not
only fine entertainment but served to educate the
public in a graphic and dramatic manner in the
devious and clever methods of communists and the
true nature and purpose of communism with all
the brutal and inhuman tactics of the Com-
munist party members; and
Whereas, The facts of the plots and techniques
of communism revealed on the program "I Led
Three Lives" served to prove the necessity of
constant vigilance against communism and served
as a powerful force against un- American and sub-
versive activities; now therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, is happy to salute Herbert A.
Philbrick, an American patriot, and expresses
the Council's gratitude for the great work he has
done for our country and congratulates him on the
recent successful conclusion of the television
series "I Led Three Lives" which served to edu-
cate America as to the true nature and evil of
communism.
COMMENDATIONS TO NARRAGANSETT
BREWING COMPANY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The medium of television now reaching
into almost every home in our community has
become one of the most important factors in
educating and influencing the thinking ot our
people; and
Whereas, Many television programs sponsored
by business because of the type of subject presented
and the manner of portrayal are detrimental to
our people, especially our youth, and follow a low
standard of entertainment with no value by way of
information and education; and
Whereas, The community should take notice of
and encourage the better television programs which
have a high purpose, are done in good taste and
which therefore are in the nature of a public
service; and
Whereas, The television series entitled "I Led
Three Lives " was a television program in the nature
of a public service in that it served to reveal and
dramatize the evils of communism as well as
provide good entertainment; now therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby commends the Nar-
ragansett Brewing Company of Cranston, Rhode
Island, for sponsoring over a period of three years
the television program "I Led Three Lives"
recently concluded and which provided good enter-
tainment and also served to educate and remind
the public of the true nature and purpose of com-
munism, namely, an enemy organization devoted
to the violent overthrow of our government and
the use of every tactic, evil and illegal, to* achieve
its objective.
The resolutions were severally adopted under
suspension of the rules.
REPAIR OF PIER AT COMMERCIAL
BEACH.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 15, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith further communication from
the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation con-
cerning your order of August 20, 1950, relative to
specific instances of vandalism for each year at the
lower section of the pier at Commercial Beach,
so called, in the North End section of the city.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
October 3, 1950.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
Receipt of memo from your office dated Septem-
ber 27 is hereby acknowledged. The matter of
repair of the North End pier has been presented
to us previously. As pointed out in my letter of
September 10, it was impossible to keep up with
the repairs required to the pier. The expense
would be great and we have no funds within our
budget for repairs.
Your most recent request regarding this pier
comes to us in the form of a memo from City Clerk
Walter J. Malloy in which he states that Coun-
cillor Piemonte desires a report as to the specific
instances of vandalism.
It is impossible to give the dates and occasions of
the vandalism because in most instances it was not
known until after the damage had been caused.
This is an old structure and should be torn down
unless sufficient funds are provided for reconstruc-
tion. To reconstruct the pier would be a major
expense.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Chairman.
P.S. We have placed in our "Capital Budget" an
item for repair of this pier. This has been sub-
mitted to the Planning Board.
The message of the Mayor submitted on Sep-
tember 24, 1950, and the foregoing message were
severally placed on file.
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PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Ernest Alioto, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 340 Summer street.
Walter G. Austin, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Avenue Cafeteria, Inc., for compensation for
damage to property at 293-297 Atlantic avenue,
caused during sidewalk construction.
Mrs. A. C. Doering, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at underpass, South
Street Footway.
Stephen E. Feld, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect at Massachusetts
avenue and Boylston street.
Harriette L. Foley, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at East Broadway and
Emerson street.
Mrs. Harry Grossman, for compensation for
damage to property at 8 Bangor road, West Rox-
bury, caused by water from fire hydrants.
Angelina Guarino, for compensation for damage
to property at 47 Arborview road, Jamaica Plain,
caused by water being shut off.
Anthony F. Kern, for compensation for damage
to property at 130 Willow street, West Roxbury,
caused by water being shut off.
Mount Vernon Church, for compensation for
damage to property at 6 Massachusetts avenue,
caused by voting machines.
Camille LaGrassa, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Brooks and Lexing-
ton streets.
Albert F. Maraggia, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
William J. O'Brien, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
Thomas F. O'Toole, to be reimbursed as result
of two executions issued against him on account of
his acts as employee of Police Department.
Guiseppe Pagliuca, for compensation for damage
to clothing, etc., at 203 Salem street, Boston,
caused by water being shut off.
Pasquale Pagliuca, for compensation for collapse
of water boiler at 203 Salem street, Boston, caused
by water being shut off.
Helen Shaevel, for compensation for damage to
property at 28 and 30 Langdon street, Roxbury,
caused by city men cutting down trees.
Helen N. Shehadi, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 40 South Fairview
street.
Stephen A. Tarantino, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in North
street.
Barbara Tentindo, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Brooks and Lexing-
ton streets.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Catherine H. Doherty, to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her husband,
Henry Doherty, late member of the Police Depart-
ment.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city from October 18, 1956, to
October 26, 1956, inclusive.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition (referred October 8) of
Brigham Bowlaway, Thomas J. Mclntyre, for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day
— recommending that the license be granted.
2. Report on petition (referred October 15) of
Orient Bowlaway, Henry Baldassaro, for license to
operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day — recom-
mending that the license be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN EAST BOSTON
THE NIGHT BEFORE JULY 4, 1957.
Coun. FOLEY, PIEMONTE, and McCOR-
MACK offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the Director of Public Celebra-
tions to allocate sufficient funds in the 1957 budget
to provide for a fireworks display in the East
Boston district the night before July 4, 1957; and
be it further
Ordered, That a committee be appointed, con-
sisting of both Representatives from Ward 1 in
the Great and General Court and the Senator
from the Second Suffolk District, to determine
where in the East Boston district the said fire-
works display is to be presented.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
ARTHUR CAPARELLIOTIS.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested to name the square at the
corner of Parker and Ruggles street in Roxbury in
honor of Seaman First Class Arthur Caparelliotis,
U.S.N., who lost his life on May 31, 1948, while
in the service of the United States.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REVIEW OF OFF-STREET PARKING
GARAGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The City Council has just completed
a week's hearing concerning our off-street parking
program in general and more particularly among
other things the type of parking garages to be
constructed and the manner of bidding; and
Whereas, While the hearings have not been
completed they have given the City Council a
much better insight into the Real Property Board's
off-street parking program; and
Whereas, Said hearing raised very many serious
and basic questions and problems of policy which
should be investigated and answered; now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, states that while it intends to
complete the hearings now going on, it is dissatisfied
with the manner in which the off-street parking
program is administered and has progressed thus far
and urges the Real Property Board to revisit the
off-street parking garage construction program in
the light of the new facts revealed at the Boston
City Council Executive Committee Hearings.
Coun. AHEARN moved suspension of the
rules and adoption of the resolution. The motion
to suspend the rules was lost. The resolution was
referred to the Executive Committee.
FENCING IN OF SMALL AREAS FOR
VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be requested
to request the Chairman of the Board of Parks and
Recreation to assess the value of and test the
following program, namely, the fencing in, with
short lengths of snow fence, of reservations of small
plots of land in park areas throughout the city for
the use of very young children who have reached
the toddling stage.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN in the chair.
OCTOBER 22, 1956.
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POST AUDIT UNDER CONTROL OF
CITY COUNCIL.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel prepare
for this Honorable Body an ordinance providing for
a post audit under the control of the City Council.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REVIEW OF PROCEDURE OF COM-
PENSATION REVIEW BOARD.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Director of Administrative Services, in association
with union representatives of municipal employees,
to review the procedure of the Compensation Re-
view Board for the purpose of establishing defined
procedure including the time in which a hearing is
granted to petitioners and to set a definite time
limit from the date of filing of the petitioner for a
hearing date on the merits of said petition and a
definite time limit from the date of the hearing in
which the Review Board shall make known their
decision.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ASSIGNMENTS OF WORK AREA AND
WORK LOAD OF BUILDING IN-
SPECTORS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Director of Administrative Services to consult with
the Building Commissioner and the inspectors in
that department with a view to determining
whether the interests of the taxpayers of Boston
are adequately protected by sufficiency in the
number of inspectors and/or by assignments of
work area and work load.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor, com-
munication from the Supervisor of Personnel, and
order (referred October 8) amending the Classi-
fication and Compensation Plans for the Officers
and Employees of Suffolk County — recommending
passage of the order in the accompanying new
draft:
Ordered, That Schedule B of the Classification
and Compensation Plans for the Officers and
Employees of Suffolk County, adopted by order
passed by the City Council on November 24, 1952,
and approved by the Mayor on November 25. 1952,
be, and the same hereby is, amended, effective
as of October 1, 1956, as follows:
(1) By striking out the following classifications:
Floor Officer.
Duties: Under supervision, to maintain order
in the main corridor of the County Court House;
to give information and answer all inquiries relative
to the courts and county departments located in
said building; and to perform other related work
as required. Compensation Grade: 16.
Plan Copyist.
Duties: Under general direction, to receive and
reduce maps and plans accompanying recorded
instruments to a standard size; making and
certifying copies of all recorded plans; writing deed
descriptions; advising lawyers and others as to
subdivisions of land; and to perform other related
work. Compensation Grade: 20.
(2) By inserting in their respective places in
the alphabetical list of positions the following new
classifications:
Assistant Chief Officer (Administration).
Duties: Under general supervision, to perform
important clerical work at the County Jail requiring
the exercise of considerable judgment and special
knowledge of procedures of the courts and the
State Department of Correction. Compensation
Grade: 22.
Assistant Chief Officer (Hospital).
Duties: Under general supervision, to exercise
control over all inmates assigned to the hospital
at the County Jail; to assign and direct the work
of officers designated to assist him at the jail
hospital; to render first aid in emergency cases;
to maintain required medical and drug records;
and to perform related work. Compensation
Grade: 22.
Deputy Master (Administration).
Duties: Under direction, to supervise, plan, and
direct the clerical work of the office of the County
House of Correction; to individually perform
difficult or complex work of a clerical nature; to
make decisions as to the method of doing work ;
to perform the duties of Deputy Master tinder
assignment; and to perform other related work.
Compensation Grade: 24.
Executive Secretary (Penal).
Duties: Under general direction, to act as
confidential secretary to the Penal Institutions
Commissioner; to serve as intermediary between
the commissioner and the public; to coordinate
the operation of the parole section of the depart-
ment; to interview applicants for positions and
process necessary civil service papers; to arrange
appointments and conferences; to supervise the
personnel of the Penal Institutions Department,
Central Office; and to perform other related work.
Compensation Grade: 26.
Jail Officer and Chief Power Plant Engineer.
Duties: Under direction, to have responsibility
for the conduct and safeguarding of inmates of
the County Jail; to have charge of the operation,
maintenance and repair of heating, lighting,
ventilating and other mechanical systems in the
County Jail; to supervise, direct, and be responsible
for the proper conduct of subordinates, including
county employees and inmates; to make requisi-
tions for supplies, materials, and equipment;
to keep records and make reports; and to perform
other related work. Compensation Grade: 22.
Jail Officer and Engineer, Second-Class
Plant.
Duties: Under general supervision, to have
responsibility for the conduct and safeguarding
of inmates of the County Jail; during a definite
period or watch, to operate, maintain and repair
heating, lighting, ventilating and other mechanical
systems in the County Jail; to supervise, direct,
and instruct subordinates, including inmates, in
their duties; to keep records and make reports;
and to perform other related work. Compensation
Grade: 20.
Jail Officer and Steam Fireman.
Duties: Under supervision, to have responsibility
for the conduct and safeguarding of inmates of
the County Jail; to fire boilers and maintain proper
firebed, steam pressure and water level in same;
to do such cleaning and repair work as may be
required to keep boilers, boiler room, and boiler
room equipment in proper condition; to draw
fires, clean flues and grates; and to perform other
related work as required. Compensation Grade: 17.
Laboratory Technician.
Duties: Under direction, to prepare microscopic
slides of routine autopsies by the paraffin method,
consisting of blocking, dehydrating, clearing,
embedding, trimming, cutting, staining, mounting
and labelling tissues; to prepare frozen sections
for special studies; to prepare solutions and stains
required in these processes; to prepare equipment
and order supplies required in these processes; and
to perform clerical work as required. Compensa-
tion Grade: 14.
Procedural Technician.
Duties: Under direction, to perform difficult and
complex legal clerical work in one of the county
courts, the Registry of Deeds, or one of the County
Medical Examiner Services; to advise members
of the bar, litigants, and the public relative to
agency procedures and practices; to make decisions
as to methods of preparing agency records and
court dockets; to supervise subordinate employees
in discharging these functions; and to perform
other related work. Compensation Grade: 20.
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Senior Legal Aide.
Duties: Under general direction, to supervise a
group of legal aides and clerical employees in the
preparation of cases on trial in the Superior
Criminal Court; to assist in the preparation of
briefs for the Commonwealth in cases taken to the
Supreme Court on exceptions; to assist in the
examination of titles on bail bonds; and to perform
other related work. Compensation Grade: 25.
Senior Watchman.
Duties: Under general supervision, to supervise,
direct, and assign the work of watchman in the
Suffolk County Courthouse; to see that the build-
ings are guarded and protected at all times against
trespass, vandalism, theft, fire, and other hazards;
and to perform other retated work as required.
Compensation Grade: 15.
(3) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption of "Chief
Power Plant Engineer" the figure "20" and in-
serting in place thereof the figure "22";
(4) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption of "Chief
Stenographer and Indictment Clerk" the figure
"26" and inserting in place thereof the figure "HO";
(5) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade," wherever such words appear
under the caption "Court Officer" in connection
with the Municipal Court of the Brighton District,
the Municipal Court of the Charlestown District,
the District Court of Chelsea, the Municipal Court
of the Dorchester District, the East Boston
District Court, the Municipal Court of the South
Boston District or the Municipal Court of the
West Roxbury District, the figure "17" and
inserting in place thereof the figure "18";
(6) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Deputy
Penal Institutions Commissioner" the figure "25"
and inserting in place thereof the figure "30";
(7) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Gateman"
the figure "12" and inserting in place thereof the
figure "14";
(8) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Institution
Industries Supervisor" the figure "22" and insert-
ing in place thereof the figure "23";
(9) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Investigator"
the figure "17" and inserting in place thereof the
figure~"20";
(10) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Matron"
the figure "8" and inserting in place thereof the
figure "10";
(11) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Messenger
and Clerical Assistant" the figure "18" and insert-
ing in place thereof the figure "20";
(12) By striking out after the words ^"Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Parole
Agent" the figure "17" and inserting in place
thereof the figure "20";
(13) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Poultry
Supervisor" the figure "21" and inserting in
place thereof the figure "23";
(14) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Secretary
and Chief Clerk" the figure "30" and inserting in
place thereof the figure "34"; and
(15) By striking out after the words "Com-
pensation Grade" under the caption "Supervising
Mortuary Attendant" the figure "17" and insert-
ing in place thereof the figure "18."
The report was accepted, and the order in the
new draft was passed.
REPORT ON COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following report:
1. Report on petition of Joseph P. Boyd
(referred September 24) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as a member of the Fire De-
partment— recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That the sum of eleven thousand
dollars ($11,000) be allowed and paid to Joseph
P. Boyd in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of Joseph P. Boyd (re-
ferred September 24) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order :
Ordered, That the sum of ten thousand dollars
(810,000) be allowed and paid to Joseph P. Boyd in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member of
the Fire Department, said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of George H. King
(referred October 8) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of George H. King, a former member of
the Fire Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on July 6,
1954, there be allowed and paid, upon certification
of the panel appointed under the provisions of said
section, to the following the amounts stated:
Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital, 222
South Huntington avenue $73
Ronald A. Mortens, M.D., 609 Centre street,
Jamaica Plain 70
Total $143
said sums to be paid from any appropriation suit-
able for the purpose of this section.
The reports were accepted and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and order (re-
ferred September 24) for transfer of land at 11
Thatcher street, Hyde Park, from Public Works
Department to the Commissioner of Real Property
— recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McDonough, McLaughlin, Piemonte, White
—8.
Nays — 0.
Adjourned at 3.42 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, October 29, 1950 ,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, October 29, 1950.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Senior
Member WHITE in the chair. Absent, Councillor
McCormack.
The Reverend Samuel Tyler, Jr., of Trinity
Church, Boston, left the following prayer to be
inserted in the record.
PRAYER OF REV. SAMUEL TYLER, Jr.
Our Father, Who has set a restlessness in our hearts
and made us all seekers after that which we can
never fully find, forbid us to be satisfied with what
we make of life. Draw us from base content, and
set our eyes on far-off goals. Keep us at tasks
too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for
strength and so help us not to pray for proper tasks
equal to our power, but power equal to our tasks.
To all in authority in government, give wise and
understanding hearts, that they may desire to
strive for a community of the people in which
both groups and individuals can find their lives
fulfilled. Increase in them faith, hope, and per-
severance. Grant that among the multitudes no
hasty passions may weaken the hands of those
whose undismayed devotion is given to the build-
ing of a city in which justice and law, understanding
and tolerance, love and peace, shall reign according
to Thy will.
All of which we ask in the name of the master
of all mankind, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The meeting
Flag.
was opened with the salute to the
COMMENDATIONS TO JEWISH WAR
VETERANS.
On motion of Chairman White the rules Mere
suspended on the order of business to allow him
to offer the following resolution for Councillor
McCormack:
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting, assembled, desires to heartily congratu-
late and highly commend the Jewish War Veterans
of the United States, Department of Massachusetts,
Samuel Magazine, commander, for their splendid
efforts in aiding Israel in its struggle for inde-
pendence through their sponsorship of the film
"Hill 24 Doesn't Answer," a real life story of
Israel's battle for a place among the nations of the
world.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
JURORS DRAWN.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Kerrigan presiding
at the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Ninety additional traverse jurors, Superior
Criminal Court, to appear November 26, 195G:
Mary Trabucco, Ward 1 ; Rocco Umbro, Ward 1 ;
Joseph A. Anthony, Ward 2; Michael J. Ball, Ward
3; Winthrop Dowe, Ward 3; Sabino M. Fuccillo,
Ward 3; Anthony Previti, Ward 3; Bayard S.
Stone, Ward 4; Joseph C. Sylvester, Ward 4; Ray-
mond T. Burns, Ward 5; Anna C. Gcndron, Ward
5; James H. Gilbert, Ward 5; Anne J. Keycs, Ward
5; Thomas H. Malim, Ward 5; Thomas J. Con-
nolly, Ward G; Charles C. Crowley, Ward 6; Evan-
geline Mahar, Ward 6; Joseph Perdicaro, Ward 0;
Edward J. Travis, Ward 6; Milton J. Durgin, Ward
7; Francis L. Murphy, Jr., Ward 7; Herbert
Schulze, Ward 7; Charles A. Waggett, Ward 7;
Helen Colantonio, Ward 8; Charles H. Crowley,
Jr., Ward 8; Francis V. Glynn, Ward 8; Melvin A.
Gouthro, Ward 8; Alice Handy, Ward 8; John A.
Murphy, Ward 8; David J. Roberts, Ward 8;
Saint A. Hunt, Ward 9; Raymond S. Mallory, Ward
10; James J. O'Halloran, Ward 10; Nicholas D.
Valavams, Ward 11; Paul Factor, Ward 12; Joseph
P. Lyons, Ward 12; Mark S. Raynor, Ward 12;
Isadore Rubinstein, Ward 12; Peter E. Gibbons
Ward 13; Thomas J. McGrail, Ward 13; Martin
Berg, Ward 14; Arthur E. Brugman, Ward 14;
Ethel Coopersmith, Ward 14; Philip Fine, Ward 14-
Ann I. Gottlieb, Ward 14; Albert E. Kelly, Ward
14; David S. Kneppel, Ward 14; Joseph L.
Plunkett, Ward 14; Mollv Weisberg, Ward 14-
Julia A. Carroll, Ward 15; Thomas A. Dooley
Ward 15; John M. Sheehan, Ward 15; William
Wallace, Ward 15.
William A. Donahoe, Jr., Ward 16; Ernest F.
Hart, Ward 16; Francis A. Stanley, Ward 16-
Bernhard A. Warner, Ward 16; Elery Willey, Ward
16; Morris Branzburg, Ward 17; Robert Feuerhahn
Ward 17; Chester L. Glennon, Ward 17; Henry J.
Orchard, Ward 17; Nathan Sirot, Ward 17; John
Wilkas, Ward 17; Joseph Bloom, Ward 18; Mi-
chael A. Castaldi, Ward 18; John G. Glaze, Ward
18; Armando J. Marini, Ward 18; James G. Moses,
Ward 18; August Braun, Ward 19; Francis J.
Dunbar, Ward 19; James M. Hillcoat, Ward 19;
Albert G. Johnson, Ward 19; Harold A. Newcomb,
Ward 19; John E. Nixon, Ward 19; Edward F.
Conway, Ward 20; Josephine Famiglietti, Ward 20;
Harold Greenberg, Ward 20; Stephen D. Merrick,
Ward 20; William F. O'Brien, Ward 20; Stephen P.
Schecle, Ward 20; Sydney Birnbaum, Ward 21;
Lester Dana, Ward 21; Herman Dynes, Ward 21;
Dennis Favreau, Ward 21 ; Grace B. Knickerbocker,
Ward 21; Allan C. Byrne, Ward 22; H. Ernest
Greene, Ward 22; Helen Moore, Ward 22; Frank
Walter Patterson, Ward 22.
Sixty-four traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear December 3, 1956:
Nicholas DiGirolamo, Ward 1; Arthur Faretra,
Ward 1 ; Stephen Lanovara, Ward 1 ; Richard B.
Silva, Ward 1 ; Harold O. Bailey, Ward 2; Charles J.
Bevilacqua, Ward 3; John Jantos, Ward 3; William
W. Carpenter, Ward 4; John B. Lancaster, Jr.,
Ward 4; Charles P. Kelleher, Ward 5; Edward J.
Butler, Ward 6; Louis A. Rizzo, Ward 7; John J.
McDonald, Ward 8; John J. McGloin, Ward 8;
James Soukaros, Ward 8; Robert Sanders, Ward 9;
John Conway, Ward 10; Albert Lindi, Ward 10;
Edward F. McCarthy, Ward 10; Mary E. Foote,
Ward 11; John J. Hantz, Jr., Ward 11; James M.
Kay, Ward 11; Paul R. Kelly, Ward; Michael
Barbosa, Ward 12; Abraham Bornstein, Ward 12;
Walter Egli, Ward 12; Edward L. Martin, Ward 12;
Sidnev Needle, Ward 12; Leonard L. Wayne,
Ward 12; Edward Weiner, Ward 12; John J.
Flaherty, Ward 13; Edward J. Kelley, Ward 13;
Edward D. Peters, Ward 13; Philmore M. Gilbert,
Ward 14; Henry Lewis, Ward 14; Peter F. Holloran,
Ward 15; George W. Slater, Ward 15; Lucy C.
Cloonan, Ward 16; Katherine J. Connor, Ward 16;
William H. Curtis, Ward 16; Joseph E. Hickey,
Ward 16; William M. Keefc, Ward 16; Francis W.
Sullivan, Ward 16; William Clifford, Ward 17;
Thomas B. Hennigan, Ward 17; Angelo Martini,
Ward 17; Charles P. Read, Ward 17; Francis J.
Sebra, Ward 17; Henrietta Van Emdcn, Ward 17;
Robert A. Wilcox, Ward 17; Mario P. Decina,
Ward 18; James R. Goode, Ward 18; Giovanni
Sisti, Ward 18; Gordon J. Berranc, Ward 19;
James A. Morrissey, Ward 19; Charles R. Caff raw
Ward 20; Sheffield G. Haddad, Ward 20; Frank J.
E. O'Brien, Ward 20; Eugene P. Regan, Ward 20;
Robert C. Cowan, Ward 21; Winifred L. Healcy,
Ward 21; Irving Saxe, Ward 21; Cecil Bridger,
Ward 22; James M. Clifford, Ward 22.
The following jurors were drawn in the manner
prescribed by law, Councillor Piemonte presiding
at the box, in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
One hundred eighty-nine traverse jurors, Su-
perior Civil Court, to appear December 3, 1956:
Alice A. Barresy, Ward 1; Robert R. Brown,
Ward 1; Louis Craven, Ward 1; John J. Dalelio,
Ward 1 ; John James Danna, Ward 1 ; Victor
DePippo, Ward 1 ; Mildred DesRoches, Ward 1 ;
Joseph Fabiano, Ward 1 ; Charles J. Raeke, Ward
1 ; George T. Williams, Ward 1 ; Leo C. Francis,
Ward 2 ; George P. Healey, Ward 2; Ralph Maglio,
Ward 2; Leo J. Murphy, Ward 2; Rosario J.
DiCarlo, Ward 3; Arthur J. Lee, Ward 3; Joseph
Vincent Mazzaro, Ward 3; Albert J. Onessimo,
Ward 3; Freeman Rock, Ward 3; John Stepanis,
Ward 3; Louis Weiner, Ward 3; Jeremiah Connor,
Ward 4; A. Paul Keljik, Ward 4; Edward I.
Malick, Ward 4; Kaissar Nicholas Malouf, Ward
4; Gustav G. Nygrcn, Ward 4 ; Thomas S. P. Reid,
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Ward 4; Norman L. Smith, Ward 4; Samuel L.
Squires, Ward 4; Maurice E. White, Ward 4;
Walter F. Worton, Ward 4; James George Agnos,
Ward 5; Emily P. Bonin, Ward 5; James II. Deal,
Ward 5; Leola M. Goslin, Ward 5; Austin Kearney,
Ward 5; Francis Leahy, Ward 5; John Markt,
Ward 5; Alfred J. Philip, Ward 5; Solomon Z.
Rivkind, Ward 5; Matthew Roberts, Ward 5;
Charles Ruggero, Ward 5; Alice B. Sosinski,
Ward 5; A. Turner Wells, Ward 5; Henry
Frechette, Ward G; John J. Gillen, Ward 6;
Robert J. Harvey, Ward 6; Robert McKenzJe,
Ward C; Joseph E. O'Neill, Ward 6; John J.
Suplee, Ward 6; John J. Wigley, Ward 6; August
A. Bernardi, Ward 7; Victor F. Childers, Ward 7;
Charles M. Fidler, Ward 7; James H. McMullen,
Ward 7; Robert L. Mascal, Ward 7; Arthur A.
Paino, Ward 7.
Augustus Commodore, Ward 8; Marilyn R.
Fownes, Ward 8; Robert J. Goggin, Ward 8;
Johanna T. Grant, Ward 8; Lillian T. LaRose,
Ward 8; Leo M. Moran, Ward 8; Cecii Havelock
States, Ward 8; Robert B. Williams, Ward 8;
Robert Davis, Jr., Ward 9; Russell G. Fitch,
Ward 9; Milton A. Paige, Ward 9; Henry G.
Reid, Ward 9; Leroy H. Sultis, Ward 9; Lucille
E. Ward, Ward 9; Edward J. Adams, Ward 10;
William G. Bolan, Ward 10; Anne Condon,
Ward 10; Bernard F. Eldridge, Ward 10; Gerhard
F. Fiebelkorn, Ward 10; George K. Harrington,
Ward 10; Elizabeth Slepian, Ward 10; Catherine
M. Sullivan, Ward 10; Harry Albach, Ward 11;
John J. Dolan, Ward 11 ; Marie E. Dolan, Ward 11 ;
Walter G. Gray, Ward 11; Harriet J. Kelleher,
Ward 11; William C. Kelly, Ward 11; Robert J.
Kuhner, Ward 11 ; William F. McCarthy, Ward 11 ;
Walter V. Mulloney, Ward 11 ; Ernest W. Saldwalk,
Ward 11; Joseph Smythe, Ward 11; Robert A.
Waters, Ward 11; Gustav A. Johnson, Ward 12;
Sumner Landay, Ward 12; David L. Levine,
Ward 12; Earle C. Mace, Ward 12; Edward I.
Mildcn, Ward 12; Charles W. Munroe, Ward 12;
Joseph Pridgen, Ward 12; John F. Cieslik, Ward
13; Joseph McCoy, Ward 13; Paul D. Owen,
Ward 13; Wilbur L. Proctor, Ward 13; Walter V.
Riley, Ward 13; Myer H. Adelson, Ward 14;
Alfred D. Baker, Ward 14; Morris Chartkoff,
Ward 14; Rubin Gordon, Ward 14; Morris M.
Gravin, Ward 14; Jack Kramer, Ward 14; Ralph
Levin, Ward 14; James R. Sharp, Ward 14;
Charles D. Sullivan, Ward 14; Morris Wine,
Ward 14; John A. Burke, Ward 15; Joseph V.
Campbell, Ward 15; William F. Cleary, Ward 15;
James F. Dunphy, Ward 15; Gordon J. Lynch,
Ward 15; John E. McHugh, Ward 1.5; Daniel E.
O'Connell, Ward 15; Jospeh A. O'Toole, Ward 15;
Joseph M. Reidy, Ward 15; Anthony J. Shaw,
Ward 15; Frederick W. Wiedemann, Jr., Ward 15.
Rose P. Collins, Ward 16; John P. Conlcy,
Ward 16; William B. Dinsmore, Ward 16; James
Divers, Ward 16; Joseph T. Fitzmaurice, Ward 16;
Agnes M. Griffin, Ward 16; Curtis M. Low,
Ward 16; Alice M. Mayne, Ward 16; John .1.
Riordan, Ward 16; Walter J. Baronas, Ward 17;
Sarali Butera, Ward 17; Phillip R. Cullinan,
Ward 17; S. Francis Durbano, Ward 17; John L.
Furfari, Ward 17; Rubin Randall, Ward 17;
J. Martin Silverman, Ward 17; Nicholas F.
Feeney, Ward 18; William B. Ferzoco, Ward 18;
Francis W. Gately, Ward 18; Richard J. Healy,
Ward 18; Dorothy F. Kraus. Ward 18; Philip V.
Murtha, Ward 18; Francis E. Pinell, Ward 18;
James P. Pistorio, Ward 18; Frances Rowe,
Ward 18; Mary Saturno, Ward 18; James C.
Thorp, Ward 18; John C. Bowman, Ward 19;
Louis C. Bright, Ward 19; Benjamin R. Chernack,
Ward 19; Robert G. Easterbrook, Ward 19;
Anthony F. Giovino, Ward 19; William M.
Huppeler, Ward 19; James J. Luther, Ward 19;
Marguerite Scavitto, Ward 19; Blanche G. Thorpe,
Ward 19; James E. Cairns, Ward 20; Joseph F.
Celli, Ward 20; Martin C. Johnson, Ward 29;
Thomas R. Leahy, Ward 20; Stuart G. Long,
Ward 20; Luke G. Molloy, Ward 20; William J.
Milling, Ward 20; Edward E. Nicholas, Ward 20;
Frank L. Priore, Ward 20, Tuilio W. Stanziani,
Ward 20; Abraham Weisenberg, Ward 20; Boris
Finn, Ward 21; Eli Fishman, Ward 21, Ida Levi,
Ward 21; Henry H. Liebert, Ward 21; Morris
Missel, Ward 21; Helen W. Pifer, Ward 21;
George Spering, Ward 21; Francis H. Taylor,
Ward 21; Nathan E. Babcock, Ward 22; Edmond
L. Coombs, Ward 22; Rita V. Knight, Ward 22;
Robert C. Leigh, Ward 22; William J. McGary,
Ward 22; William J. Rutyna, Ward 22; Walter
F. Sullivan, Ward 22; Henry A. Sydell, Ward 22;
William J. Thomas, Ward 22; Warren Walsh,
Ward 22.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointments:
Weigher of Goods for the term ending April 30,
1957: Albert F. Charbonnier, 443 Main street,
Charlestown.
Weigher of Coal for the term ending April 30,
1957: Albert F. Charbonnier, 443 Main street,
Charlestown.
Severally referred to the Committee on Con-
firmations.
REPAIR OF DENTON TERRACE,
ROSLINDALE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of October 8, 1956, relative to the immediate
repairing of Denton terrace, a public way in the
Roslindale section of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 15, 1956.
Harold B. Flenuning,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 8:
"Ordered, That the Public Works Commissioner
be requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
take immediate steps to the repairing of Denton
terrace, a public way in the Roslindale section of
Boston. "
A survey will be made of the above-referenced
street, and steps will be taken to effect whatever
repairs are necessary.
If complete reconstruction is involved, we will
include such work in the 1957 highway recon-
struction program, but, in any event, we will effect
whatever repairs are necessary at this time, and
make the street safe for the passage of motor vehi-
cles and pedestrians.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
DEFINITE DATE TO COMPLY WITH
HEALTH STANDARD CODE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 25, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Health Commissioner relative to your order of
October 1, 1956, with reference to Regulations
Establishing Minimum Standards of P'itncss for
Human Habitation in the City of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Health Department, October 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge a communication from
your office under date of October 5, 1956, relative
to a Council order of October 1, 1956, with reference
to Regulations Establishing Minimum Standards
of Fitness for Human Habitation in the City of
Boston.
In accordance with the Acts of 1954, chapter
209, section 128C, the final sentence in this
section sets forth that "Regulations made by a
local board of health shall become effective upon
passage by the board, and publication once in a
newspaper of local distribution. "
The desirability of establishing a future date
and setting forth a particular time when Minimum
Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation in
the City of Boston would become effective was
seriously considered by the Health Department
OCTOBER 29, 1956.
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before the same were adopted. However, the
requirements of the statute are very specifically
set forth in section 128A, chapter 209 of the
Acts of 1954, above quoted.
The situation is that the Minimum Standards
of Fitness for Human Habitation in the City of
Boston are now in effect; and the Health Depart-
ment, with the force of inspectors available, is
attempting to start a survey in each individual
district by individual inspectors in order that the
provisions of the minimum standards shall be
enforced.
Respectfully,
John H. Cauley, M.D.,
Health Commissioner.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN in the chair
In connection with the foregoing message
Councillor Piemonte offered the following motion:
Moved, That this be remanded to the Health
Commissioner with the suggestion that he give
serious consideration to inserting a compliance
statement in the minimum standards promulgated
by his department.
The motion was carried.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Salvatore Apone, for compensation for accident
caused by city vehicle of Meter Department.
Daniel A. Denehy, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occured while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Maurice J. DiBlasi, for compensation for damage
to property at 122 Blackstone street, caused by
city pickup truck.
Lillian Coleman, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 74 Floyd street,
Boston.
Walter R. Grey, for compensation for damage
to property at 14 Wichita terrace, Dorchester,
during resurfacing of Wichita terrace.
Edward W. Jacobs, for compensation for
personal injuries and damage to property caused
by city truck.
Ralph R. Lee, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
William Logue, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Service.
William Meisler, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect in Hawley street.
Mary Panarese, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 426 Meridian street,
East Boston.
Foster D. Parsons, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Police Department.
George Pearson, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at St. Cecilia and
Scotia streets.
Michael J. Riley, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Public Works Department,
Highway Division.
William A. Schumacher, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
C. E. Stumcke, for compensation for damage to
car by Fire Department truck.
Ralph R. White, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
HEARING BEFORE METROPOLITAN DIS-
TRICT COMMISSION.
Notice was received from the Metropolitan
District Commission of hearing to be held on
November 8, 1956, at 2 p.m., on petition of Boston
Edison Company for locations for manholes and
underground conduit in William T. Morrissey
Boulevard.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of parcel of land in
Readville under section 6 of chapter 372 of the
Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
PURCHASING PROCEDURE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission, October 24, 1956.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council.
The Finance Commission desires to call your
attention to the fact that there is a loophole in the
intended procedures of purchasing for city de-
partments by which it can happen that the city
may not obtain its needs at the best prices available
to it. There is nothing in statute, ordinance,
or Mayor's directive, or in prevailing practices
which requires the City Purchasing Agent before
he awards a contract to notify the department
head who initiated the purchase of the prices and
firms bidding in competition, or that it is proposed
to award the contract to anyone in particular of
the bidders.
Currently the Purchasing Agent, on requisition
from a department head, will make all arrange-
ments for a purchase. He assumes that there is
nothing to warrant any interference with a de-
cision by him to award to any particular bidder,
except that he must obtain authorization from
the Mayor under certain circumstances. After
the contract has been executed, which includes
the Mayor's approval, the Purchasing Agent
simply sends the contract as executed to the
requisitioning officer. It is then that the depart-
ment head who wants the purchase learns officially
exactly what has been purchased, from whom
purchased, and the price to be paid. In other
words, before the contract has been awarded to a
bidder, there is no set practice of obtaining in-
formation from the department head which might
bear on proper award.
There has been one episode recently which
illustrates the possibility of loss of advantage
to the city by a loophole in this procedure.
Some time ago the City Hospital administrative
authorities decided that the animal cages used in
connection with its laboratories were beyond
repair. The doctor in charge of this service,
authorized to arrange for replacement, consulted
the Norwich Wire Works of New York, manufac-
turers of this type of equipment, to furnish drawings
of suitable cages.
The drawings were accepted, and discussion
took place as to the price which the Norwich
Company would charge to make the cages. The
Finance Commission has been informed by the
Hospital authorities that at this time the Norwich
Company representative verbally offered a price
of $500 each for forty units of two cages and
stated that the price per unit would be somewhat
less if the number of units were increased above
forty.
Informed by the City Auditor that bids must
be solicited by advertising, the Hospital Superin-
tendent made requisition to the Purchasing
Division of the Administrative Services Depart-
ment for purchase of the cages. The contract
was advertised by the Purchasing Division on
September 7, and executed by the Purchasing
Division on September 14 to the lowest of these
three bidders:
B. Feneno Company, Inc., $45,840; Warren E
ColUns, Inc., $48,200; R. B. Mearn Company,
Inc., $51,400.
The drawings furnished by the Norwich Com-
pany were used as the basis of the bidding. In
the solicitation for bids, the purchasing division
described what was wanted as a bid to furnish
"80 cages." Though it was thus referred to, since
the Norwich Company drawings were the specifi-
cations, it meant the same thing as the private
offering by the Norwich Company of forty units
of two cages each.
It was not until this executed contract was re-
ceived by the Hospital Superintendent that he
learned who had bid, the amounts of the bids, and
to whom the contract was awarded. Noting that
the price to be paid to the bidder was $45,840
after having received a quotation of $20,000 from
the Norwich Company, the Superintendent
immediately conferred with the City Auditor as
to what should now be done.
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Subsequently the Auditor, the Superintendent
of the City Hospital, and the City Purchasing
Agent forwarded registered letters to the B. Feneno
Company giving notice that the contract was being
voided.
On September 17, which was three days after
the contract had been executed, the Hospital
Superintendent obtained from the Norwich Com-
pany a letter confirming the offer made verbally
some weeks earlier to furnish the cages as specified
in the drawings for $20,000. The Norwich Com-
pany had not submitted a bid to tire Purchasing
Division. Its representative claimed that its
place of business being in New York, it was not
familiar with the "City Record" which contained
the only official notice of the call for bids. It had
no knowledge therefore that bids were solicited.
It might be said that the Hospital Department
was at fault in not volunteering to the Purchasing
Division the information privately received and in
failure to notify the Norwich Company with whom
it had had a previous contact, that it must now
offer a formal bid. It might be said also that
had the practice been for the Purchasing Division
to inform the Hospital Department, before award
was made, of the result of the canvass of bids, the
contract might not have been awarded to B. Feneno
Company, Inc., at $45,840, or $25,840 more than
the Norwich Company offered.
It would appear from this experience that
either by Mayor's directive, or by ordinance, it
should be required in all instances that an exchange
of information should take place between depart-
ment heads requisitioning purchase and the Pur-
chasing Agent before consummation of a contract
for which bids had been solicited by the Pur-
chasing Division. Inasmuch as mayors' directives
lapse with each mayor, and may sometimes be
neglected by department officials, it would be best
to obtain the desired control by ordinance.
The Commission, therefore, recommends that the
Mayor and Council amend the purchasing ordi-
nance as indicated.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman,
Leo J. Dunn,
Edward U. Lee,
Roger J. Abi/aid, M.D.,
Henry A. Sasserno,
The Finance Commission.
Robert E. Cunniff,
Secretary.
Placed on file.
COMMUNICATION FROM
JOHN W. GALBREATH.
A communication was received from John W.
Galbreath expressing appreciation for resolution
adopted by City Council on September 24, 1950,
commending International Business Machines
Corporation, Galbreath Corporation, and R. M.
Bradley & Co., Inc., on proposed plan to build
an office building in Boston.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
Report on petition of John T. Cashman (re-
ferred September 24) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account of
his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of eleven hundred three
dollars ($1,103) be allowed and paid to John T.
Cashman in reimbursement for amount of execu-
tion issued against him on account of his acts as a
member of the Fire Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The report was accepted, and the order was
VISIT TO CITY COUNCIL OF CYO
MEMBERS.
Chairman McLAUGHLIN welcomed to the
meeting of the City Council Father J. Joseph
Kierce, Deanery Director of the Catholic Youth
Organization, and five members of the organization.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following reports:
1. In compliance with an order passed by the
City Council on October 15, 1956, that the City
Council give serious study to the recommendations
concerning the Fixing of Fees for Licenses and
Permits and Charges for Certain Services and
Work, contained in an ordinance submitted by
the Mayor on August 20, 1956, and which was
rejected, without prejudice, by the City Council
on October 15, 1956, the Committee on Ordinances
having given such study to the said recommenda-
tions, respectfully recommends that the accom-
panying ordinance be referred to the Executive
Committee for study, especially with respect to
clauses (20), (68), (85), (92), (108), (127), (129),
(132), (134), (143) to (157), inclusive, (171), (208),
(213), (287), (295), (298), (301), (305), and (316).
For the Committee,
Francis X. Ahearn, Chairman.
An Ordinance Fixing the Fees for Licenses
and Permits and the Charges for Cer-
tain Services and Work.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows :
Section 1. Chapter 41 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947 is hereby amended by striking out
section 22 (as most recently amended by chapter 7
of the Ordinances of 1955), section 22A (as inserted
by section 4 of chapter 3 of the Ordinances of 1953),
section 23, section 23A (as inserted by chapter 9 of
the Ordinances of 1950), and the note following
section 23A.
Section 2. The Revised Ordinances of 1947
are hereby further amended by inserting after
chapter 40 the following new chapter: —
Chapter 40A.
Fees and Charges.
Section 1. Fees and charges are hereby fixed
under chapter 222 of the acts of 1949 as follows: —
(1) Abatement Records, Copies of. The fee to
be paid for the furnishing by the secretary of the
board of review in the assessing department of a
copy of a record which section 60 of chapter 59 of
the General Laws requires be kept shall be $1.00
for each page or part thereof.
(2) Alcohol (Methyl or Wood), License to
Manufacture or Deal in. The fee for a license
granted by the health commissioner under section
303B of chapter 94 of the General Laws to engage
in the business described in section 303A of said
chapter" shall be $3.00.
(3) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Building
Code. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the board
of appeal from a decision of such commissioner
under the Boston Building Code shall be $15.00.
(4) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Zoning
Law. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the board
of appeal from a decision of such commissioner
under chapter 488 of the acts of 1924 shallbc $25.00.
(5) Assessors' Certificate as to Abutters. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf of
the board of assessors of the persons who on a
specified assessment date were assessed for parcels
of land abutting on a specified parcel of land shall
be a primary fee of $1.00 if the certificate is prepared
by the applicant therefor, and of $2.00 if it is not,
and in either ease an additional fee of 50f! for each
parcel of land abutting on the specified parcel.
(6) Assessors' Certificate as to Listing of Person.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in be-
half of the board of assessors as to the record of the
listing of a person on one or more specified dates
under chapter 29 of the General Acts of 1917, as
amended, or under corresponding provisions of
earlier law, shall be 25<i for each date specified but
in no event less than $1.00; and the charge to be
paid for a duplicate of any such certificate, if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25f».
(7) Assessors' Certificate as to Poll Tax. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf of
the board of assessors as to the assessment of a
particular person for a poll tax on one or more
assessment dates shall be 25(< for eacli assessment
date but in no event less than SI. 00; and the charge
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to be paid for a duplicate of any such certificate, if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25*.
(8) Assessors' Certificate as to Real Estate Tax.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in be-
half of the board of assessors as to the assessment
on one or more assessment dates of a particular
parcel of land or of two or more parcels of land
assessed to the same person or persons on such date
or dates shall be 25^ for each assessment date but
in no event less than $1.00; and the charge to be
paid for a duplicate of any such certificate if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25(5.
(9) Assignment f/b/o Creditors. The fee of
the city clerk for filing and indexing a copy of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors under sec-
tion 41 of chapter 203 of the General Laws shall be
$2.00.
(10) Assignment of Wages. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under either chapter 154 or
chapter 255 of the General Laws an assignment of,
or order for, future wages or salary, including any
acceptance thereof by the employer, shall be $1.00.
(11) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing a
certified copy of writ and return of attachment of
bulky personal property under section 51 of chapter
223 of the General Laws shall be SI. 00.
(12) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property,
Dissolution of. The fee of the city clerk for re-
ceiving and filing a dissolution of attachment of
bulky personal property shall be $1.00.
(13) Attorney. See Power of Attorney.
(14) Auction, License of Establishment for
Closing Out. The fee for a license granted by the
police commissioner under section 18 of chapter 100
of the General Laws to conduct or maintain an
establishment for holding an auction represented or
advertised by any such descriptive term as is set
forth in said section 18 shall be $10.00.
(15) Auction, License of Establishment for
Sale of Jewelry, etc., at. The fee for a license
granted by the police commissioner under section 14
of chapter 100 of the General Laws to conduct or
maintain an establishment for the sale at auction
of the articles or goods enumerated in said section
14 shall be $10.00.
(16) Auctioneer's License (for Resident). The
fee for an auctioneer's license granted by the police
commissioner under section 2 of chapter 100 of the
General Laws shall be $10.00.
(17) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auction Goods Brought into City for Sale by
Auction.) The fee for an annual auctioneer's per-
mit granted by the police commissioner under
section 6 of chapter 100 of the General Laws shall
be $25.00.
(18) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auction Jewelry, etc., at Licensed Establishment).
The fee for a permit to act as an auctioneer issued
by the police commissioner under section 14 of
chapter 100 of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(19) Auctioneer's Special License (for Non-
Resident to Auction Real Estate, Livestock and
General Farm Equipment and Produce). The fee
for a special auctioneer's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 2 of chapter 100
of the General Laws shall be $5.00 for each of the
days for which it is granted.
(20) Automatic Amusement Device License.
The annual fee for a license granted by the licensing
board under section 177A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws for any automatic amusement device
licensed thereunder shall be $35.00. The fee for
any such license granted after January thirty-first
in any year shall be $3.00 for each calendar month
in which the license may be exercised. The fee for
every amendment of any such license by changing
the premises specified shall be $2.00.
(21) Badges, Medallions and Plates, Replace-
ment of Lost. Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided in this ordinance, the fee of any board or
officer for replacing any lost badge, medallion or
plate shall be $1.00.
(22) Bathing Suits. The charge to be paid to
the parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of a bathing suit furnished by said depart-
ment shall be, in the case of a child under age thir-
teen, 5*, and in the case of any other person, 15*.
(23) Baths (Vapor, Pool, Shower or Other).
The fee for an annual license granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws to conduct an establishment for the
giving of vapor, pool, shower or other baths for hire
or reward shall be $25.00.
(24) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Certificate of Appropriateness. The fee for the
issuance of a certificate of appropriateness by the
secretary of the Beacon Hill architectural commis-
sion under section 7 of chapter 616 of the acts of
1955 shall be, in the case of the construction or re-
construction of the whole of such portion of the
exterior of a structure as is designed to be open to
view from a public way, $35.00, and in every other
case, $5.00.
(25) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Certificate of Notice of Demolition. The fee for
the issuance by the secretary of the Beacon Hill
architectural commission of a certificate under
section 8 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955 relative
to the expiration of the period specified in said
section 8 shall be $25.00.
(26) Beast, Determination of Amount Due
from Owner of Impounded. The fee of the city
clerk for issuing a warrant under section 36 of
chapter 49 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(27) Beverage Bottles. See Registration of
Beverage Bottles.
(28) Beverages, Manufacture or Bottling of.
The fee for a permit granted by the health com-
missioner under section 10B of chapter 94 of the
General Laws to engage in the business of manu-
facturing or bottling carbonated non-alcoholic
beverages, soda waters, mineral or spring waters
shall be that prescribed by said section 10B.
(29) Bicycle Registration. The fee for the
registration of a bicycle and the issuance of a
certificate of registration and registration plate
by the police department under section I1A of
chapter 85 of the General Laws shall be 2.5(4.
(30) Bicycle Registration, Duplicate Plate.
The charge of the police department for replacing
a lost bicycle registration plate shall be 25(4.
(31) Bills of Sale. See Personal Property
Mortgages, etc.
(32) Birth, Entry of Delayed Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for entering under section
13 or section 13A of chapter 46 of the General
Laws a delayed record of birth shall be $1.00.
(33) Birth, Marriage or Death, Amendment,
Correction or Supplementation of Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for amending, correcting
or supplementing under section 13 of chapter 46
of the General Laws the record of a birth, marriage
or death, including amending thereunder the
record of the birth of an illegitimate child upon
legitimation, shall be $1.00.
(34) Birth, Marriage or Death, Certificate as
to Record of. The fee of the city registrar for
furnishing a certificate as to the record of a birth,
marriage or death shall be $1.00.
(35) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Copy of
Record of. The fee of the city registrar for fur-
nishing a certified copy of a record or paper relating
to a birth, marriage or death shall be $2.00 for
each page or part thereof; provided, that any person
whom for cause the citv registrar deems entitled
to exemption from said fee shall receive such copy
for such reduced fee, or without fee, as the city
registrar may determine.
(36) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Search of
Records of. The fee of the city registrar for search-
ing, or causing to be searched, upon request,
records or papers relating to births, marriages or
deaths shall be 50* for each quarter hour or fraction
thereof; provided, that any person whom for
cause the city registrar deems entitled to exemp-
tion from said fee shall receive such service for
such reduced fee, or without fee, as the city registrar
mav determine.
(37) Blasting Bond. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving and filing a bond given under section
19 of chapter 148 of the General Laws in connec-
tion with a permit to use an explosive in the
blasting of rock or other substance shall be $1.00.
(38) Blasting Permit. The fee for a permit
granted by the head of the fire department under
section 10A of chapter 148 of the General Laws to
use explosives shall be $5.00 for each blast or
series of concomitant blasts thereby authorized.
(39) Boat License. The fee for a license to
run a steamboat or other boat propelled by power
other than muscular power for the conveyance for
hire of passengers on a lake, pond or waters not
within the maritime jurisdiction of the United
States granted by the city council under section
191 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be
$50.00; and the fee of the city clerk for recording
such a license under section 192 of said chapter 140
shall be $1.00.
(40) Boat or Raft, Permit to Moor. The fee
for a permit granted by the commissioner of
public works to moor a boat or raft to property
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of the city under the charge of such commissioner
shall be, for each monthly period in which such
permit may be exercised, a primary fee of 506 and
an additional fee of 50c for each five feet in the
length of the boat or raft.
(41) Bowling Alley License. The fees for a
license to keep a bowling alley for hire, gain or
reward granted by the licensing board under
section 177 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an additional
fee of $8.00 for each alley or bed.
(42) Bowling Alley Sunday License. The fees
for a license for the operation of a bowling alley
between the hours of one and eleven postmeridian
on the Lord's day granted by the city council,
with the approval of the mayor, under section 4B
of chapter 136 of the General Laws shall be a
primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of $5.00
for each alley or bed .
(43) Boxing Ring. The charge to be paid for
the furnishing of a boxing ring by the parks and
recreation department shall be $45.00 for the
transportation, assembly and dismantling of the
ring and $5.00 for each day of use; provided, that
such ring is furnished to a hospital, no charge
shall be made either for transportation, assembly
and dismantling or for use.
(44) Builder's or Mechanic's License. The fee
for a license granted by the board of examiners
under section 120 of the Boston Building Code
shall be, in the case of an original license and of a
renewal license in connection with which a reexami-
nation is required, $10.00, and in the case of any
other renewal license, $3.00.
(45) Building Permit. The fees of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to erect, enlarge, alter or
substantially repair a building or structure shall
be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional fee of
$1.00 for each five hundred dollars of the fair cost
of the work to be authorized by such permit as
determined by said commissioner; but in no event
shall such additional fee exceed $2,000.00. The
fees of the building commissioner for receiving an
application for an amendment of such a permit
shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional
fee of $1.00 for each five hundred dollars of the
fair cost of the additional work to be authorized by
such amendment as determined by said commis-
sioner; but in no event shall such additional fee be
greater than the a.mount by which $2,000.00
exceeds the total of the additional fee for receiving
the application for such permit and the additional
fees for receiving prior applications, if any, for
the amendment of such permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (c) of section 111 of
the Boston Building Code for ordinary repairs and
minor alterations not involving vital structural
changes, or for such a permit to erect, enlarge,
alter or substantially repair one or more signs,
permanent awnings, marquees or other projections
or fire escapes, balconies or other like structures
with or without ordinary repair and minor altera-
tions as aforesaid, shall be a primary fee of $1.00
and an additional fee of $1.00 for each five hundred
dollars of the fair cost of the work to be authorized
by such permit as determined by said commissioner.
The fee of the building commissioner for issuing
under paragraph (d) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code a special permit for the foundations
of a building shall be $5.00.
(46) Building Demolition Permit. The fees
of the building commissioner for receiving an
application for a permit under paragraph (a) of
section 111 of the Boston Building Code to de-
molish a building or structure shall be a primary
fee of $2.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
three thousand cubic feet in the building as
measured by the outer side of the outside walls,
the exterior of the roof and the top of the founda-
tion walls.
(47) Building Moving Permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of
the Boston Building Code to move a building or
structure shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an
additional fee of $3.00 for each five thousand cubic
feet in the building as measured by the outer side
of the outside walls, the exterior of the roof and
the top of the foundation walls.
(48) Building Occupancy, Permit to Change.
The fee of the building commissioner for receiving
an application for a permit under paragraph (a)
of section 111 of the Boston Building Code to
change the occupancy of a building or structure
shall be $5.00.
(49) Building Plan Inspection Fee. The fee of
the building commissioner for producing under
paragraph (g) of section 109 of the Boston Building
Code the plans of a building or structure for
inspection more than two months after the com-
pletion of the work described in such plans shall be,
in the case of a building or structure classified for
occupancy in Group I, $1.00, and in the case of
each other building or structure, $2.00.
(50) Business Name, Certificate or Statement
relative to. The fee of the city clerk for receiving,
filing and indexing a certificate presented under
section 5 of chapter 110 of the General Laws shall
be $1.00 and for receiving, filing and indexing a
statement presented under said section 5 shall
be $1.00.
(51) Business Name, Certified Copy of Certifi-
cate or Statement relative to. The fee of the city
clerk for furnishing a certified copy of a certificate
or statement filed under section 5 of chapter 110 of
the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(52) Carousel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chapter
140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a carousel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may
be exercised, except that in the case of a carousel
exclusively for children under age thirteen, such
fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The fee for
a license so granted to establish, keep open and
maintain a carousel other than at a carnival shall
be $15.00 for each monthly period in which such
license may be exercised, except that in the case
of a carousel exclusively for children under age
thirteen, such fee shall be $5.00 for each such
monthly period.
(53) Cemetery, Permit for. The fee for a
permit granted by the mayor and city council
under section 34 of chapter 114 of the General
Laws to use land for burial purposes shall be
$100.00.
(54) Cemetery Chapel, Use of. The charge to
be paid to the cemetery division of the parks and
recreation department for using for a funeral or
memorial service a cemetery chapel shall be, when
heating is required or desired, $15.00, and in all
other cases, $10.00.
(55) Cemetery Grave Opening Charges. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for opening a
grave for an interment or removal between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 pm.. on any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, here-
inafter called regular cemetery hours, shall be, in
the case of a first interment or a removal thereof,
$30.00, and in the case of a second interment or a
removal thereof, $25.00; and the charge to be paid
as aforesaid for opening a grave for an interment
or removal at any other time shall be, in the case
of a first interment or a removal thereof, $40.00,
and in the case of a second interment or a removal
thereof, $35.00; provided, that the charge to be
paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for the
interment or removal of the remains of an infant
dying before attaining the age of six months or
the cremated remains of any deceased person shall
be, in the case of such an interment or removal
during regular cemetery hours, $10.00, and in the
case of such an interment or removal at any other
time, $20.00; and provided also, that the charge
to be paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for
two simultaneous interments or two simultaneous
removals during regular cemetery hours shall be
$40.00, and at any other time $50.00, unless both
interments or removals are of the remains of
infants dying as aforesaid or of cremated remains,
in which case such charge shall be, if such inter-
ments or removals are during regular cemetery
hours, $20.00, and if they are not during such
hours, $30.00; and provided further, that the
charge to be paid as aforesaid for raising from an
opened grave the remains of any deceased person
shall be $5.00 and for transporting such remains
from one grave to another within the same ceme-
tery, an additional $5.00.
(56) Cemetery Interment Device Charge. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of an interment device furnished by said
department shall be $5.00; and the charge to be
so paid for the use on one day of an artificial grass
mat so furnished shall be an additional $5.00.
(57) Cemetery Monument Foundation Charge.
The charge to be paid to the cemetery division
of the parks and recreation department for con-
structing a foundation for a headstone or monument
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shall be $6.00 for each square foot of surface area
and proportionately for a fraction of a square
foot of such area.
(58) Cemetery, Recording of Deed to Grave or
Lot in. The fee of the parks and recreation com-
mission for recording as agent of the city clerk
under section 51 of chapter 550 of the acts of
1948 a deed to a grave or lot in any cemetery
belonging to the city shall be SI. 00; provided,
that there shall be no fee for so recording a deed
of the city executed under section 9 of chapter 22
of these ordinances.
(59) Cesspool, Permit for Emptying of. The
fee for a permit to empty a cesspool, vault or
privy granted by the health commissioner under
section 16 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall
be, in cases where the permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, $10.00, and, in cases where the
permit is granted for a greater or less period,
the amount bearing the same ratio to $10.00 as
the number of months for which the permit is
granted bears to twelve, but in no event less
than $1.00.
(60) Chiropodist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 21 of chapter
112 of the General Laws the name and address
of a registered chiropodist and the date and
number of his certificate shall be $1.00.
(61) Church Records, Certified Copies of. The
fee of the city clerk, and of the city registrar
for furnishing a certified copy of any record or
registry in his custody under section 16 of chapter
66 of the General Laws shall be $2.00 for each
page or part thereof.
(62) City Clerk, Indexing of Instruments by.
If any instrument or paper required by law to be
recorded or filed with, and indexed by, the city
clerk contains the names of more than two persons,
there shall be added to the fee fixed by this section
for recording or filing such instrument or paper
the sum of 25j* for eacli additional person whose
name is to be indexed.
(63) City Clerk, Recording of Instruments by.
The fee of the city clerk for recording an instrument
or paper shall, except as otherwise expressly
provided by this section, be $1.00 for each page
or part thereof.
(64) Closing Out Sales. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing an inventory, bond
and statement under section 28A of chapter 93
of the General Laws for a sale with any such
designation as is set forth in said section 28A
shall be $5.00.
(65) Club License. The fee for a license
granted by the licensing board under section 21E
of chapter 140 of the General Laws to a club,
society, association or other organization, either
incorporated or unincorporated, authorizing it to
dispense food and beverages to be consumed on
its premises, to its stockholders or members and
their guests, but to no others, shall be $15.00.
(66) Commissions of Constables. The fee of
the city clerk for issuing the commission of a
constable shall be $5.00.
(67) Commissions of Weighers, etc. The fee
of the city clerk for issuing the commission of a
weigher, measurer or surveyor appointed under
section 85 of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
or of a public weigher of fish appointed under
section 89 of said chapter 41, or of a weigher of
beef appointed under section 140 of chapter 94
of the General Laws, or of a weigher of grain
appointed under section 219 of said chapter 94,
or of a weigher of hay appointed under section
236 of said chapter 94, or of a weigher of coal
appointed under section 238 of said chapter 94,
or of an inspector of lime appointed under section
262 of said chapter 94, or of a measurer of wood
and bark provided for by section 296 of said
chapter 94, or of a measurer of leather appointed
under section 1 of chapter 95 of the General Laws,
or of a weigher of vessels appointed under section
6 of chapter 102 of the General Laws, shall be $2.00.
(68) Common Victualler's License. The fees
for a common victualler's license granted by the
licensing board under section 2 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be a primary fee of
$15.00 and an additional fee of $15.00 for each
fifty seats as determined by the maximum seating
capacity.
(69) Copies or Duplicates of Licenses and
Permits. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this ordinance, the fee for a certified copy or
duplicate of any license or permit shah be $1.09.
(70) Cows, permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit from the health commissioner to
keep cows, whether granted under section 7 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances or under a regulation
made by such commissioner under section 31 of
chapter 111 of the General Laws, shall be $5.00
for each cow.
(71) Cross Country Course. The charge to
be paid for each setting up and removal by the
parks and recreation department of the flags of
a cross country course shall be $35.00.
(72) Dancing School License. The fee for a
dancing school license granted by the mayor under
section 185H of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $5.00.
(73) Day Care Agencies. The fee for a license
to conduct an agency giving day care to children
granted by the health commissioner under section
59 of chapter 111 of the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(74) Deaths. See Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
(75) Decorative Material Test. The charge to
be paid for a determination by the testing labora-
tory in the fire department of the flammability of
a sample of decorative material required by lawful
rules of the head of said department to have a
letter of approval before use in a public building
or place of assembly shall be $1.00.
(76) Directional Sign. The charge to be paid
for the erection by the Boston traffic commission
of a directional sign upon the request of a charitable
religious, educational, literary, recreational, social,
civic or veterans' organization or of a hospital
shall be $10.00, which shall include maintenance
for five years.
(77) Dog License. The fee for a dog license
issued by the police commissioner under section
147 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be,
in the case of a male dog or of a spayed female
dog for which the certificate required by section
139 of said chapter 140 has been filed with the
city clerk, $2.00, and in the case of any other
female dog $5.00; except that a dog license shall
be issued without charge in the case of a dog
specially trained to lead or serve a blind person
if the division of the blind of the commonwealth
certifies that such dog is so trained and actually
in the service of a blind person.
(78) Dog License, Change in Record of. The
fee of the police commissioner for changing under
section 138 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
the record of a dog license to show the name and
address of a new owner or keeper shall be 50^.
(79) Dogs, Spayed Female. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing under section 139 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws a certificate or
statement that a female dog has been spayed and
thereby deprived of the power of propagation
shall be $1.00.
(80) Dog Tag Substitute. The fee for a
substitute dog tag furnished by the police commis-
sioner under section 137 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be 25^.
(81) Dog Transfer License. The fee for a dog
transfer license granted by the police commissioner
under section 146 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be 50fS.
(82) Dump, Assignment of Place for. The fee
for the assignment by the health commissioner
under section 150A of chapter 111 of the General
Laws of a place as a dumping ground for garbage,
rubbish or other refuse shall be $100.00.
(83) Dump Permit. The fee for an annual
permit granted by the health commissioner to
deposit or dump refuse or noxious or decaying
liquid or solid matter or house-dirt, house-offal
or other house refuse matter, whether granted
under section 10 or section 14, or both, of chapter
40 of these ordinances, shall be $100.00.
(84) Duplicate Receipt. The charge to be paid
for the issuance by any board or officer of the city
of a duplicate receipt for any payment shall be 35^.
(85) Dynamo Installation Permit. The fee of
the building commissioner for receiving an applica-
tion for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111
of the Boston Building Code to install one or more
engines or dynamos shall be $3.00 for each engine
or dynamo.
(85) Eggs, License to Break and Can. The fees
for an annual license granted by the health com-
missioner under section 89 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws to carry on an establishment for the
breaking and canning of eggs shall be $100.00.
(87) Electric Wiring, etc., Permit for. The fee
for a permit granted by the building commissioner
under chapter 268 of the acts of 1898, as amended,
shall be a primary fee of $1.00 and, according to
the nature and extent of the work authorized,
additional fees as follows:
(a) Service Connection. For each so-called
service connection installation, alteration or re-
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location authorized, whether connection with public
utility system or isolated generating plant, $1.00;
(b) Main Switch. For each main switch or like
circuit breaker, alteration or relocation authorized,
$1.00 if the capacity thereof does not exceed one
hundred amperes, and if the capacity thereof
exceeds one hundred amperes, $1.00 for each
hundred amperes but in no event more than
$20.00;
(c) Meter Loop. For each meter loop instal-
lation, alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(d) Panel Board. For each panel board in-
stallation, alteration or relocation authorized, if
but only if, no branch circuit installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(e) Branch Circuit. For each branch circuit
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
$1.00;
(f) Lighting Fixtures, etc. For each incan-
descent lamp rated at 500 watts or over, each
arc lamp and each mercury vapor lamp installa-
tion, alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00; and
for each other lighting fixture (other than sign or
outline lighting) installation, alteration or reloca-
tion authorized, and for each lighting circuit
switch outlet installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, and for each lighting circuit plug re-
ceptacle installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, 25j*;
(g) Signs. For each sign or outline lighting
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
whether fluorescent, incandescent, neon or other
or a combination of all or any thereof, $1.00 plus
the amount payable under subclause (i) for each
converter included therein, plus the amount
payable under subclause (k) for each transformer
connected therewith, plus $1.00 for each kilowatt
of the aggregate capacity of the fluorescent tubes
and incandescent lamps;
-(h) Heating Devices, etc. For each heating
device installation, alteration or relocation author-
ized, and for each heating circuit plug receptacle
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
'Ibi for each kilowatt of the capacity thereof ex-
cept that, where the authorization is for the in-
stallation, alteration or relocation of two or more
of the aforesaid on the same premises at the same
time and for the same person, the amount pay-
able under this subclause shall be 25 (! for each
kilowatt of the aggregate capacity thereof; pro-
vided, that in no event shall the total amount
payable under this subclause be less than 50^ for
each such device or receptacle; and provided,
further, that the capacity of any such device or
receptacle in excess of fifty kilowatts shall be
excluded in computing the amount payable under
this subclause;
(i) Motors, etc. For each motor installation ,
alteration or relocation authorized, and for each
power circuit plug receptacle installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, 25^ for each horsepower
of the capacity thereof except that, where the au-
thorization is for the installation, alteration or
relocation of two or more of the aforesaid on the
same premises, at the same time and for the same
person, the amount payable under this subclause
shall be 25^ for each horsepower of the aggregate
capacity thereof; provided, that in no event shall
the total amount payable under this subclause be
less than 50fi for each motor or receptacle afore-
said; and provided, further, that the capacity of
any motor or receptacle aforesaid in excess of
fifty horsepower shall be excluded in computing
the amount payable under this subclause;
(j) Generators, etc. For each generator
installation, alteration, or relocation authorized,
and for each rectifier or other battery charging
device installation, alteration or relocation author-
ized, $2.00 if the capacity thereof is not more than
ten kilowatts, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than t,wenty-five, kilowatts,
$5.00 if the capacity thereof is more than twenty-
five, but not more than fifty, kilowatts, and
$10.00 if the capacity thereof is more than fifty
kilowatts, and in addition thereto, in eacli case,
the amount payable under subclause (k) for the
motors thereof, if any; and
(k) Transformers. For each ignition, neon
sign, outline lighting or signalling transformer
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
50(t; and for each other transformer installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, $2.00 if the
capacity thereof is not more than ten kilovolt-
amperes, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than twenty-five, kilo-
voltamperes, $5.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than twenty-five, but not more than fifty, kilo-
voltamperes, and $10.00 if the capacity thereof
is more than fifty kilovoltamperes.
The tees for a permit granted by the building
commissioner under said chapter 268 for an in-
stallation, alteration or relocation to remain in
place for thirty days or less shall be a primary
fee of $1.00 and one third of the additional fees
otherwise fixed by subclauses (a) to (k), inclusive.
The fee of the building commissioner for reinspect-
ing under said chapter 268, after alleged correction,
work found on previous inspection to be defective
shall be $2.00.
(88) Elevator or Escalator Installation, Altera-
tion or Repair Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to install, alter or sub-
stantially repair one or more elevators shall be
$12.00 for the first elevator and $3.00 for each
additional elevator on the same premises or on
adjacent premises in the same ownership or control;
provided, that if such application relates exclusively
to one or more builder's hoists, the fee shall be
$2.00 for each car; and provided, further, that if
such application relates exclusively to one or more
dumbwaiters, the fee shall be $1.00 for each car.
The word "elevator", as used in this clause, shall
be construed to include escalator.
(89) Elevator and Escalator Inspection. The
fee of the building commissioner for inspecting
and testing under section 64 of chapter 143 of the
General Laws an elevator as defined in section 62
of said chapter 143 shall be $8.00 for the first
elevator and $2.00 for each additional elevator
on the same premises or on adjacent premises in
the same ownership or control; except that in
cases where, at the request of the owner or person
in control of the premises where an elevator is
located, such inspection and testing is done at a
time other than when the office of the building
commissioner is open for the transaction of public
business, such fee shall be $12.00 for the first
elevator and $3.00 for each additional elevator on
such premises or on adjacent premises in the same
ownership or control.
(90) Elevator Operator's License. The fee for a
license to act as an operator of elevators granted by
the building commissioner whether under chapter
714 of the acts of 1913 or under regulations made by
the state board of elevator regulations under sec-
tion 69 of chapter 143 of the General Laws shall be,
in the case of an original license and of a license
granted upon presentation of a license to act as an
operator of elevators issued by another licensing
authority and of a renewal license in connection
with which a reexamination is required, $2.00, and
in the case of any other renewal license, $1.00.
(91) Engine Installation Permit. See Dynamo
Installation Permit.
(92) Entertainment License. The fee for a
license granted by the licensing board under sec-
tion 183A of chapter 140 of the General Laws
(including a license so granted to an innholder or
common victualler) shall be $100.00; provided,
that in cases where the entertainment is solely
through the use of television, radio, and music
provided by mechanical or electrical means, the
fee shall be $50.00; and provided also, that in
cases where the entertainment is solely provided
by not exceeding four instrumentalists, the fee
shall be $75.00.
(93) Explosives. See Flammable and/or Ex-
plosive Materials.
(94) Factor's Lien. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving, filing and indexing under section 42 of
chapter 255 of the General Laws a notice of a
factor's lien shall be $3.00.
(95) Factor's Lien, Discharge of. The fee of the
city clerk for receiving and filing under section 44
of chapter 255 of the General Laws a certificate,
or a certified copy of a certificate, of the discharge
of a factor's lien shall be $3.00.
(96) Fence Viewers, Assignment by. The fee
of the city clerk for recording an assignment by
fence viewers under section 6 of chapter 49 of the
General Laws shall be $1.00.
(97) Ferris Wheel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chapter
140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a Ferris wheel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, except that in the case of a Ferris wheel
exclusively for children under thirteen years of age,
such fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The fee
for a license so granted to establish, keep open and
maintain a Ferris wheel other than at a carnival
shall be $15.00 for each monthly period in which
such license may be exercised, except that in the
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case of a Ferris wheel exclusively for children under
thirteen years of age, such fee shall be $5.00 for
each such monthly period.
(98) Fire (Large) in Open Air, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the fire commissioner
under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set, main-
tain or increase a fire or fires in the open air other
than in an incinerator shall, except in the case of a
permit coming within clause (99) or (100) of this
section, be S15.00 for the first monthly period and
$5.00 for each additional monthly period in which
it may be exercised; provided, that there shall be
no fee for a permit granted as aforesaid to set,
maintain or increase a fire or fires in connection
with a patriotic or public celebration.
(99) Fire (Small or Torch) in Open Air, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the fire com-
missioner under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to
set, maintain or increase in the open air a flame or
flames in connection with one or more appliances
or devices using or producing flame or a fire or fires
not exceeding four square feet in area each shall be
$2.50 for each monthly period in which such permit
may be exercised; provided, that if such permit
limits such flame or flames or such fire or fires to a
single estate, the fee for such permit shall be $1.00
for each such period.
(100) Fire in Open Air for Burning Leaves, etc.,
Permit for. There shall be no fee for a permit
granted by the fire commissioner under chapter 355
of the acts of 1943 to set, maintain or increase a
fire or fires in the open air if such permit limits
all fires thereunder to a single estate and to the
burning of leaves, grass and brush from such
estate and restricts each fire thereunder to four
square feet in area.
(101) Fire Fighting Exhibition License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under sec-
tion 180 of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep open and maintain an outdoor
exhibition of fire fighting for the amusement of the
public shall be $25.00 for each day on which such
license may be exercised.
(102) Firearms, License to Carry or Possess.
The fee for a license to carry a pistol or revolver in
the commonwealth or to possess therein a machine
gun, granted by the mayor or the police com-
missioner under* section 131 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $5.00.
(103) Firearms, License to Purchase, Rent or
Lease. The fee for a license to purchase, rent or
lease a pistol or revolver granted by the mayor or
the police commissioner under section 131A of
chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(104) Firearms, License to Sell, Rent or Lease.
The fee for a license to sell, rent or lease firearms
granted by the licensing board under section 122
of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(105) Fireworks Bond. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving and filing a bond given under sec-
tion 40 of chapter 148 of the General Laws and
conditioned upon the payment of any judgment
for loss, damage or injury resulting from the
storage or manufacture of fireworks shall be $1.00.
(106) Fireworks Display Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the head of the fire department
under section 10A of chapter 148 of the General
Laws for a supervised display of fireworks shall
be $5.00.
(107) Fishing License. The fee for a fishing
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
sections 8 and 8A of said chapter 131.
(108) Flammable Materials, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the head of the fire
department under section 10A or section 23 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to keep, store or
use one or more flammable fluids, solids or gases
shall be, if such permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, one half of the fee which would be
payable under clause (109) of this section for a
license granted under section 13 of said chapter 148
for the keeping, storage or use of such fluids, solids
or gases, and if such permit is granted for any
other period, for each monthly period in which
such permit may be exercised one twenty-fourth
of the fee which would be so payable for such a
license; provided, that the fee for an annual permit
granted as aforesaid solely for the keeping, storage
and use of not exceeding one thousand gallons of
light fuel oil shall be $1.00.
(109) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
License for. The fee for a license granted under
section 13 of chapter 148 of the General Laws by
the committee on licenses in the public safety
commission to use land for the keeping, storage,
manufacture or sale of one or more of the articles
named in section 9 of said chapter 148 shall be a
primary fee of S20.00 and an additional fee equal,
in the case of fluids, to $6.00 for each thousand
of the first ten thousand gallons thereof, S3. 00 for
each thousand of the next ninety thousand gallons
thereof, $3.00 for each ten thousand of the next
four million nine hundred thousand gallons thereof,
and $3.00 for each one hundred thousand gallons
thereof in excess of five million gallons and equal,
in the case of solids and gases, to $4.00 for each
hundred of the first ten hundred cubic feet thereof,
$2.00 for each thousand of the next four hundred
ninety-nine thousand cubic feet thereof, and $2.00
for each ten thousand cubic feet thereof in excess
of five hundred thousand cubic feet; provided, that
the fee for a license granted as aforesaid which
relates exclusively to all or part of an estate owned
or occupied by the same person or persons for the
whole or a part or parts of which a license or licenses
held by such person or persons are in force under
said section 13 shall be a primary fee of 820.00 and
an additional fee equal to the amount by which the
additional fee which would be payable under this
clause for a license granted under said section 13
to use such estate for the aggregate authorized by
such licenses would be increased by the inclusion
of the new license.
(110) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Recording of License for. The fee of the city clerk
for recording a license granted under section 13 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws by the committee
on licenses in the public safety commission shall be
$1.00 for each page or part thereof.
(111) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of License for. The fee of the
fire commissioner for receiving under section 13
of chapter 148 of the General Laws a certificate of
registration setting forth the name and address of
the holder of a license granted under said section 13
or corresponding provisions of earlier law shall be
one half of the fee which would have been payable
for such license if clause (109) of this section had
then been in force; provided, that where two or
more such licenses are held by the same person or
persons and relate to one estate owned or occupied
by such person or persons, although no Wo of
such licenses relate to the same part of said estate
and none of them to the whole of said estate, the fee
of the fire commissioner for receiving under said
section 13 a certificate of registration setting forth
the name and address of the holder of such licenses
shall be one half of the fee which would be payable
under clause (109) of this section for a license
granted under said section 13 to use such estate
for the aggregate authorized by such licenses.
(112) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of Unlicensed but Lawful Use
of Land for. The fee of the fire commissioner for
receiving pursuant to section 2 of chapter 394 of the
acts of 1936 from the owner or occupant of a build-
ing or other structure lawfully used for any of the
purposes specified in section 13 of chapter 148 of
the General Laws without a license a certificate re-
citing such use shall be one half of the fee which
would be payable under clause (109) of this section
for a license granted under said section 13 for such
use.
(113) Flashpoint Determination. The charge
to be paid for a determination by the testing labo-
ratory in the fire department of the flashpoint of
any flammable fluid or solid shall be $3.00.
(114) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Retail. The fee for a license granted by
the health commissioner under section 651 of chap-
ter 94 of the General Laws to manufacture frozen
desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for sale at
retail shall be $5.00 for each premises specified in
the license.
(115) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Wholesale. The fee for a license granted
by the health commissioner under section 651 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws to manufacture
frozen desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for sale
at wholesale shall be, for the manufacture of not
more than twenty-five thousand gallons, $25.00;
for the manufacture of more than twenty-five thou-
sand, but not more than one hundred thousand,
gallons, $50.00; for the manufacture of more than
one hundred thousand, but not more than two
hundred and fifty thousand, gallons, $100.00; for
the manufacture of more than two hundred and
fifty thousand, but not more than five hundred
thousand, gallons, $150.00; and for the manufacture
of more than five hundred thousand gallons,
$200.00.
(116) Frozen Desserts, Permit to Have for
Sale. The fee for a permit to have frozen desserts
and ice cream mix, or either, in custody or posses-
sion with intent to sell or to offer or expose for sale
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or to deliver in the city granted by the health com-
missioner under a regulation made by such commis-
sioner under section 65Q of chapter 94 of the
General Laws shall be $1.00.
(117) Fuel Oil Burner, Permit to Install or
Alter. The fee for a permit granted by the head of
the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws for the installation or
alteration of a fuel oil burner shall be, in the case of
a power oil burner, S3. 00, and in the case of any
other oil burner, $1.00.
(118) Fumigation of Certain Buildings, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the head of
the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws to fumigate a warehouse,
factory or commercial building by the use of a
volatile inflammable liquid or a material requiring
flame shall be $3.00.
(119) Funeral Director's License. Thefeefora
license to act as a funeral director in Boston
granted by the health commissioner under section
49 of chapter 114 of the General Laws shall be
S10.00.
(120) Garage Permits. The fees for a permit
granted by the committee on licenses in the public
safety commission under chapter 577 of the acts
of 1913, as amended, to erect or maintain a garage
for the storage, keeping or care of motor vehicles
(including a lubritorium or repair shop) shall be a
primary fee of $50.00 and an additional fee equal
to $5.00 for each inspection, repair, lubricating or
wash-stand bay thereof and $1.00 for each of the
first hundred parking spaces therein and $25.00 for
each hundred additional parking spaces therein;
provided that the fees for a permit so granted to
erect or maintain a private garige for the storage or
keeping of automobiles only shall be a primary fee
of $15.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each bay
thereof, except that the total fee for a permit so
granted to erect or maintain as an appurtenance to
a dwelling a garage for the storage or keeping of not
more than two automobiles shall be $5.00. In
determining the fees hereinbefore prescribed for a
permit granted as aforesaid, a group of individual
garages constituting one estate shall be considered
as one garage.
(121) Garbage, etc., Permit to Transport. The
fee for a permit to remove or transport garbage,
offal or other offensive substances through the
streets of the city grantel by the health commis-
sioner under section 31 A of chapter 111 of the
General Laws shall be $25.00 for each vehicle used
in such removal and transportation.
(122) Gases. See Flammable Materials, also
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment.
(123) Gasfitting Installation, Alteration or Re-
pair Permit. The fees of the building commis-
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially re-
pair gasfitting shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and
an additional fee of 50fi for each appliance or fixture
to be installed, altered or substantially repaired
thereunder.
(124) Gasfitter's Licenses. The fee for a mas-
ter gaslitter's license granted by the board of ex-
aminers of gasfitters under section 121 of the Boston
Building Code shall be, in the case of an original
license and of a renewal license in connection with
which a reexamination is required, $10.00, and in
the case of any other renewal license, $3.00; and
the fee for a journeyman gasfitter's license so
granted shall be, in the case of an original license
and of a renewal license in connection with which a
reexamination is required, $5.00, and in the case of
any other renewal license, $1.00.
(125) Gasoline Tank, Permit to Remove or
Relocate. The fee for a permit granted bv the
head of the fire department under section 38A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to remove or
relocate an underground tank which has been used
for the keeping or storage of gasoline shall be $3.00
for each tank.
(126) Goats, Permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit to keep goats granted by the health
commissioner under section 4 of chapter 40 of these
ordinances shall be $3.00 for each goat.
(127) Golf Course, Franklin Park. The fee for
a license from the parks and recreation commission
permitting the licensee to use throughout the year
for which it is given the Franklin Park golf course
for the playing of golf shall be, in the case of a per-
son resident in the city, $25.00 and, in the case of
any other person, $40.00. The fee for the use of
such golf course for the playing of golf by a person
without such a license shall be, on a Saturday, Sun-
day or legal holiday, S2.00 in the case of a person
resident in the city and $3.00 in the case of any
other person and, on any day other than a Satur-
day, Sunday or legal holiday, $1.50 in the case of a
person resident in the city and $2.00 in the case of
any other person; provided, that the fee for such
use of such golf course by a person resident in the
city commencing to play after 5:00 p.m. on any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday
shall be $1.00. The charge to be paid to the parks
and recreation department for the use of a turkish
towel furnished by said department at said golf
course shall be 15fS.
(128) Golf Course, George Wright. The fee
for a license from the parks and recreation commis-
sion permitting the licensee to use throughout the
year for which it is given the George Wright golf
course for the playing of golf shall be, in the case of
a person resident in the city, $40.00 and, in the case
of any other person, $60.00, and in addition thereto
in each case a locker fee of $5.00. The fee for the
use of such golf course for the playing of golf by a
person without such a license shall be, on a Satur-
day, Sunday or legal holiday, $2.50 in the case of a
person resident in the city and $3.50 in the case of
any other person and, on any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, $2.00 in the
case of a person resident in the city and $2.50 in the
case of any other person. The charge to be paid
to the parks and recreation department for the use
of a turkish towel furnished by said department at
said golf course shall be 15^.
(129) Golf Course Clubhouse, Use of George
Wright. The charge to be paid for the use of the
clubhouse at the George Wright golf course for a
social, civic or similar event shall be $50.00.
(130) Gravel Removal Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the building commissioner under
chapter 204 of the acts of 1945 to excavate land to a
depth of more than five feet for the purposes of
obtaining and removing sand, gravel or loam shall
be $5.00.
(131) Gun Club License. The fee for a gun
club license granted by the city council under
section 23 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall
be $15.00.
(132) Hackney Carriage License. Thefeefora
license granted by the police commissioner under
chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to set up and use a
vehicle as a hackney carriage shall be $10.00 for
each vehicle. The fee for every amendment of any
such license shall likewise be $10.00 for each vehi-
cle, except that, in cases where the amendment
results solely from the substitution of one vehicle
for another, the fee therefor shall be $1.00 for each
vehicle.
(133) Hackney Carriage Driver's License. The
fee for a license granted by the police commissioner
under chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to drive or
have charge of a hackney carriage shall be $2.00.
(134) Halls, etc., in Municipally Owned Build-
ings, Use of. The charge to be paid for the exclusive
use on a weekday of a hall with a seating capacity
of less than five hundred in a municipally owned
building other than a library or school shall be
$30.00, except that the charge for such a use
ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $15.00 and the
charge for such a use commencing after 5:00 p.m.
shall be $25.00; and the charge to be paid for the
exclusive use of such a hall on a Sunday or legal
holiday shall be $40.00, except that the charge
for such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be
$25.00 and the charge for such a use commencing
after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be $25.00. The
charge to be paid for the exclusive use on a week-
day of a hall with a seating capacity of five hundred
or more but less than one thousand in a munici-
pally owned building other than a library or
school shall be $50.00, except that the charge for
such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $25.00
and the charge for such a use commencing after
5:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the charge to be
paid for the exclusive use of such a hall on a
Sunday or legal holiday shall be $60.00, except
that the charge for such a use ceasing before
6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the charge for such a
use commencing after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be
$35.00. The charge to be paid for the exclusive
use on a weekday of a hall with a seating capacity
of one thousand or more in a municipally owned
building other than a library or school shall be
$70.00, except that the charge for such a use
ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the
charge for such a use commencing after 5:00 p.m.
shall be $45.00; and the charge to be paid for the
exclusive use of such a hall on a Sunday or legal
holiday shall be $80.00, except that the charge
for such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be
$45.00 and the charge for such a use commencing
after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be $45.00. The word
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"hall", as used in this clause, shall be construed to
include a gymnasium with seating accommodations.
(135) Hamburg. See Sausages and Chopped
Meat.
(136) Handcart Licenses. See Wagon and
Handcart Licenses.
(137) Hawker's or Peddler's License. The fee
for an annual hawker's or peddler's license
granted by the health commissioner under section
19 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be, if
sales within the market limits are authorized,
$10.00, otherwise $5.00.
(138) Hawker's or Peddler's Number Plates.
The fee of the health commissioner for assigning
under section 19 of chapter 40 of these ordinances
a number to a person hawking or peddling any of
the articles enumerated in section 17 chapterlOl
of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(139) Health Division Medical Records, Ab-
stracts and Copies of. The charge to be paid for
an abstract, or a copy, of a medical record kept in
the health division of the health department shall
be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each
additional page.
(140) Heating Installation Permit. The fee
of the building commissioner for receiving an
application for a permit under paragraph (a) of
section 111 of the Boston Building Code to install
a steam boiler, furnace, heater or other heat-
producing apparatus the installation of which is
regulated by the Boston Building Code shall be
$2.00 for each boiler, furnace, heater or other
heat-producing apparatus.
(141) Hens. See Poultry.
(142) Home for Sick and Aged, Application for
Approval of Location of. The fee which shall be
paid to the building commissioner for receiving an
application for the approval by the health com-
missioner and the building commissioner of the
location of a hospital, home for aged, convalescent
home, sanitarium or similar use under paragraph
(3) of section 3 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1924
shall be $25.00 plus the cost of publishing the
notice of hearing.
(143) Hospital. The charges to be paid for
services rendered in the hospital department shall
be as prescribed in clauses (144) to (157), inclusive,
except that, in every case in which a rate certified
under section 30K of chapter 7 of the General Laws
is applicable, such portion of the charges so pre-
scribed as in excess of such rate shall be waived,
and except further that, in every other case, such
portion of the charges so prescribed as, in the
judgment of the board of trustees in charge of
said department, the patient or persons bound to
support him are unable to pay shall also be waived.
(144) Hospital Admission. The charge to be
paid for admission on one day to the out-patient
department at the city hospital for diagnosis or
treatment shall be 50e\ The charge to be paid for
each admission to the accident floor at the city
hospital for diagnosis or treatment shall be, in the
case of a child under age thirteen, $2.00, and in
the case of any other person, $3.00. The charge
to be paid for each admission to the East Boston
relief station for diagnosis or treatment shall be,
in the case of a child under age thirteen, $2.00, and
in the case of any other person, $3.00; provided,
that such charge shall be waived in case of transfer
of the patient to the accident floor at the city
hospital.
(145) Hospital Bed and Board. The charge to
be paid for bed and board at the city hospital shall
be, in the case of bed and board in a private room,
$21.00 a day, in the case of bed and board in a
semi-private room, $18.00 a day, in the case of
bed and board in a ward, $15.00 a day, and in the
case of bed and board in a nursery for a child
born at the hospital, $5.00 for each day after its
mother is discharged from the hospital. The
charge to be paid for bed and board at the Long
Island hospital shall be, in the case of a person
chronically ill or permanently and totally disabled,
$10.00 a day, and in the case of any other person,
$7.50 a day. The charge to be paid for bed and
board at the sanatorium shall be $15.00 a day.
(140) Hospital Blood Transfusion Equipment.
The charge to be paid for the use of equipment
and facilities at the city hospital in connection
with a blood transfusion shall be $10.00.
(147) Hospital Delivery Room. The charge
to be paid for each use of a delivery room at the
city hospital, including materials and equipment
for any anesthesia in connection with such use,
shall be $25.00.
(148) Hospital, Electrocardiogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at the
city hospital for an electrocardiogram shall be $5.00.
(149) Hospital, Electroencephalogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at the
city hospital for an electroencephalogram shall
be $15.00.
(150) Hospital Laboratory. The charge to be
paid for each analysis made by a laboratory at the
city hospital shall be such amount, not less than
$1.00 nor more than $5.00, as the board of trustees
in charge of the hospital department shall from
time to time determine approximates the cost of
such analysis; provided, however, that until said
board establishes for laboratory analyses a schedule
of charges determined as aforesaid, each bed
patient at the city hospital shall be charged a
laboratory fee of $5.00 for the first day of each
admission and of $1.00 for each day he remains in
the hospital thereafter, but in no event more than
$18.00 for any one admission.
(151) Hospital Operating Room and Anesthesia.
The charge to be paid for each use of an operating
room at the city hospital, exclusive of materials
and equipment for anesthesia but inclusive of any
use of a recovery room, shall be such amount, not
less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00, as the
board of trustees in charge of the hospital depart-
ment considering the nature of the operation or
procedure shall from time to time determine; and
the charge to be paid for each use of equipment
for anesthesia at the city hospital, including all
materials supplied in connection witli such use,
shall be such amount, not less than $5.00 nor more
than $15.00, as the board of trustees in charge of
the hospital department considering the nature of
the operation or procedure shall from time to
time determine.
(152) Hospital Oxygen Mask, etc. The
charges to be paid for each use of equipment
for oxygen at the city hospital, including all
materials supplied in connection with such use,
shall be a primary charge of $3.00 and an addi-
tional charge of 50f^ for each hour of use; but in no
event shall the total charge for one use exceed
$50.00.
. (153) Hospital, Pharmaceuticals, etc., at. The
charge to be paid for any pharmaceutical prepara-
tion, biological product or intravenous solution
furnished at the city hospital shall be such amount
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department shall from time to time determine
approximates the cost of furnishing such pharma-
ceutical preparation, biological product or intra-
venous solution; provided, however, that until said
board establishes for furnishing pharmaceutical
preparations, biological products and intravenous
solutions a schedule of charges determined as
aforesaid, each bed patient at the city hospital,
unless hospitalized solely for a tonsillectomy and
adenoidectomy or either, shall be charged a
pharmacy fee of $1.00 a day but in no event more
than $12.00 for any one admission.
(154) Hospital, Plaster or Other Cast at. The
charge to be paid for the supply of materials and
the use of equipment in connection with the
application of a cast at the city hospital, including
materials and equipment for any anesthesia in
connection with such application, shall be such
amount, not less than $10.00 nor more than $50.00,
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department considering the type of cast involved
shall from time to time determine. The charge
to be paid for the use of equipment at the city
hospital in connection with the removal of a cast
shall be $2.00.
(155) Hospital Radium. The charge to be
paid for the use of radium controlled by the
hospital department shall be $10.00.
(156) Hospital Records, Abstracts and Copies
of. The charge to be paid for an abstract, or a
copy, of a record kept in the hospital department
under section 70 of chapter 111 of the General
Laws shall be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00
for each additional page.
(157) Hospital X-Rav Equipment. The charge
to be paid for the use of x-ray equipment at the
city hospital for diagnosis or therapy shall be such
amount, not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00,
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department considering the nature and circum-
stances thereof shall from time to time determine.
(158) Hunting License. The fee for a hunting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by section
8 of said chapter 131.
(159) Hydrant Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(160) Ice Cream. See Frozen Desserts.
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(161) Incinerator. Assignment of Place for
Refuse Disposal. The fee for the assignment by
the health commissioner under section 150A of
chapter 111 of the General Laws of a place as a
site for a refuse disposal incinerator shall be .$100.00.
(162) Incinerator Permit. The fee for an
annual permit granted by the fire commissioner
under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set,
maintain or increase fires in an incinerator in the
open shall be $25.00; provided, that when such a
permit is granted solely for such an incinerator
for the purpose of burning rubbish from households
on the estate on which it is located, the fee therefor
shall be $2.00.
(163) Inflammables. See Flammable and/or
Explosive Materials.
(164) Innholder's License. The fee for an
innholder's license granted by the licensing board
under section 2 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be $100.00.
(165) Intelligence Office License. The fee for
a license to establish or keep an intelligence office
granted by the licensing board under section 42
of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be, in
the case of a business employment bureau, $50.00,
in the case of a domestics and laborers employment
bureau, $25.00, and in the case of an intelligence
office furnishing its services without charge to
employer or employee, $2.00.
(166) Jitney License. The fee for a license
granted by the city council, with the approval of
the mayor, under section 1 of chapter 159A of
the General Laws to operate a motor vehicle upon
a public way for the carriage of passengers for hire,
in such a manner as to afford a means of trans-
portation similar to that afforded by a railway
company, by indiscriminately receiving and dis-
charging passengers along the route on which the
vehicle is operated or may be running, or for
transporting passengers for hire as a business
between fixed and regular termini shall be $25.00;
and the fee for an amendment of any such license
shall be $10.00.
(167) Junk Collector's License. The fee for
and annual junk collector's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 1 of chapter
39 of these ordinances shall be $15.00.
(168) Junk Shopkeeper's License. The fee
for an annual junk shopkeeper's license granted
by the police commissioner under section 1 of
chapter 39 of these ordinances shall be $75.00.
(169) Kennel License. The fee for a kennel
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 137A of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $10.00 if four dogs or less are kept in the
kennel, $25.00 if more than four, but not more
than ten, dogs are kept in the kennel, and $50.00
if more than ten dogs are kept in the kennel;
except that a kennel license shall be issued without
charge to any domestic charitable corporation
incorporated exclusively for the purpose of pro-
tecting animals from cruelty, neglect or abuse
and for the relief of suffering among animals.
Dogs under the age of three months shall not be
counted iA determining the fee for a kennel license.
(170) Kennel Transfer License. The fee for
the issuance under section 137A of chapter 140
of the General Laws of a new license in the case of
the removal of a kennel to Boston shall be $3.00.
(171) L Street Solarium. The fee for the use
of either solarium at the L Street Bathhouse on
any day shall be 25^ for any two hours or fraction
thereof, which fee shall include a half-ounce piece
of soap and the use of a locker and of a turkish
towel furnished by the parks and recreation
department.
(172) Labor, Claim for. See Public Buildings
and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(173) Library, Permit for Non-Rcsident to
Borrow Materials from Public. The fee for a
permit for a person not resident in the city to
borrow books or other library material from the
public library granted under section 8 of chapter
78 of the General Laws by the board of trustees
in charge of the library department shall be $1.00
for each four-month period in which such permit
may be exercised.
(174) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
Permit. The fee for a permit granted by the head
of the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws to install or connect
liquefied oetroleum gas equipment shall be $1.00.
(175) Loading Zone Permit. The fee for an
annual permit for a loading zone, so called, granted
by the Boston traffic commission under section 2
of chapter 263 of the acts of 1929 shall be $2.00
for each foot of curbing abutting on said zone,
but in no event less than $40.00.
(176) Locations. See Public Utility Locations.
(177) Lodging House License. The fee for a
lodging house license granted by the licensing board
under section 23 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be, in the case of a lodging house having
less than ten rooms let or adapted for letting to
lodgers, $10.00, and in the case of a lodging house
having ten or more, but less than twenty, such
rooms, $20.00, and in the case of all other lodging
houses, $45.00.
(178) Lunch Cart License. The fee for an
annual license to maintain a vehicle for the sale
of food in a public way granted by the commissioner
of public works and the police commissioner under
section 49 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall
be $120.00.
(179) Manure, Permit for Removal of. The
fee for an annual permit for the removal of manure
granted by the health commissioner under section
6 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be $3.00.
(180) Marriage License. The fee of the city
registrar for entering notice of intention of marriage
and issuing certificate thereof shall be that pre-
scribed by clause 42 of section 34 of chapter 262
of the General Laws.
(181) Marriages. See Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
(182) Marriages Solemnized outside Massa-
chusetts, Recording of. The fee of the city
registrar for receiving under section 36 of chapter
207 of the General Laws a certificate or declaration
of marriage solemnized outside Massachusetts
shall be $2.00.
(183) Married Woman's Separate Business
Certificate. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 11 of chapter 209 of the General
Laws a certificate of a married woman who does
or proposes to do business on her separate account
shall be $1.00.
(184) Massage License. The fee for an annual
license to practice massage granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(185) Materials, Claims for. See Public
Buildings and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(186) Milk License. The fee for a license
granted by the inspector of milk under section 41
of chapter 94 of the General Laws to deliver,
exchange, expose for sale or sell, or have in custody
or possession with intent so to do, milk, skimmed
milk or cream shall be $1.00 for each premises
and $3.00 for each vehicle to be used under such
license.
(187) Milk Dispenser Permit. The fee for a
permit to serve milk from a dispenser at an
establishment where food or drink is or may be
served granted by the health commissioner under
a regulation made by such commissioner under
section 31 of chapter 111 of the General Laws
shall be $1.00.
(188) Milk Pasteurization Plant License. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 48A of chapter 94 of the General
Laws for the maintenance of an establishment for
the pasteurization of milk shall be $25.00.
(189) Milk, Permit to Sell at Wholesale Where
Dairy Farm Certificate Not Required. The fee
for an annual permit granted by the health com-
missioner under section 43 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws for a dealer in milk to sell or deliver
for sale or have in possession with intent to sell
or deliver for sale milk and cream, or either of
them, in cases where a certificate of registration
issued under section 16C of said chapter 94 is
not required for the issue of such permit, shall
be $100.00.
(190) Minor's Badge, etc. The fee for a minor's
badge, whether issued by the city clerk under
section 16 of chapter 39 of these ordinances or by
the superintendent of schools (or a person author-
ized by him in writing) under section 70 of chapter
149 of the General Laws or under regulations made
by the school committee pursuant to section 19
of chapter 101 of the General Laws, shall be 25fi;
but no fee shall be charged for a minor's license
under said section 16 or for an employment permit
or educational certificate issued under any provi-
sion of said chapter 149.
(191) Mortgages. See Personal Property
Mortgages, etc., also Real Estate Tax Payment
Certificate.
(192) Motel, etc., License for. The fee for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 32B of chapter 140 of the General Laws for
a recreational camp or an overnight camp or cabin
or a motel shall be, in the case of an original
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license, $50.00 plus the cost of publishing the notice
of hearing, and, in the case of a renewal license,
$25.00.
(193) Motor Carriers. See Jitney License.
(194) Moving Pictures, Permit for Special
Exhibition of. The fee for a permit granted by the
mayor under section 1 of chapter 280 of the acts of
1913 for a special exhibition of moving pictures
shall be $3.00.
(195) Municipal Lien Certificate. The fee for
a certificate of taxes and other assessments, in-
cluding water rates and charges, constituting liens
on a parcel of real estate, furnished by the collector-
treasurer under section 23 of chapter 60 of the
General Laws shall be $3.00.
(196) Musicians, Band or Group of Itinerant.
The fee for an itinerant musicians' license granted
by the police commissioner under section 47 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a band or group
of musicians shall be $2.00, except that, in cases
where such a license is granted for a period longer
than one month, the fee therefor shall be $2.00 for
each monthly period for which it is granted.
(197) Musicians, Individual Itinerant. The
fee for an annual itinerant musician's license
granted an individual musician by the police com-
missioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of these
ordinances shall be $10.00.
(198) Musicians. See also Sound Trucks.
(199) Newsboys on Common. The fee for an
annual permit granted by the mayor under section
79 of chapter 40 of these ordinances to sell news-
papers on the Common shall be $1.00.
(200) Nitrocellulose, Permit for Outdoor
Storage of. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 10A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws for the outdoor
storage of nitrocellulose shall be $5.00 for each
monthly period in which such permit may be ex-
ercised.
(201) Non-Resident of Commonwealth Doing
Business in City, Certificate and Statement of.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing a
certificate and statement under section 5A of
chapter 227 of the General Laws shall be £15.00.
(202) Offensive Trade, Assignment of Location
for. The fee for the assignment by the health
commissioner under section 143 of chapter 111 of
the General Lows of a location for the exercise of a
trade or employment referred to in said section 143
shall be $100.00.
(203) Offensive Trade, Permit to Occupy or
Use Building for. The fee for a permit from the
mayor and city council under section 151 of
chapter 111 of the General Laws to occupy or use
a building for carrying on the business of slaughter-
ing cattle, horses, mules, sheep or other animals, or
for a melting or rendering establishment, or for
other noxious or offensive trade or occupation,
or to permit or allow such a trade or occupation
to be carried on upon premises owned or occupied
by the permittee shall be $100.00.
(204) Oil Burner. See Fuel Oil Burner.
(205) Oleomargarine, Registration of Sellers of.
The fee for the registration by the inspector of
milk under section 53 of chapter 94 of the General
Laws of the name of a person proposing to sell
or offer for sale oleomargarine in a store, booth,
stand or market place and the address of the
proposed place of sale shall be $1.00 for each place
of sale.
(206) Optometrist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 70 of chapter
112 of the General Laws an optometrist's certifi-
cate of registration or for issuing thereunder a
certified copy of such a certificate or for receiving
and filing therunder such a certified copy shall be
$1.00.
(207) Osteopath's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter
112 of the General Laws, by virtue of section 10
of said chapter, an osteopath's certificate of registra-
tion or, in a case where it is lost, the certified
statement provided for by said section 8, shall be
$1.00.
(208) Parking Space License. The fee for a
license granted by the committee on licenses in
the public safety commission under section 56 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to engage in the
business of conducting or maintaining an open
air parking space shall be a primary fee of $15.00
and an additional fee for each calendar month in
which such license may be exercised of 25{S for
each car space authorized under such license.
(209) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Construction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees
of the parks and recreation commission for a permit
to occupy or obstruct, in connection with the
erection, alteration, repair, painting, cleaning,
decorating, demolition or removal of a building or
structure, a portion of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission shall be,
for each monthly period in which such permit
may be exercised, a primary fee of $3.00 and an
additional fee of $1.00 for each ten square feet of
such parkway or other way to be occupied or ob-
structed at any one time in such period.
(210) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Moving. The fee of the parks and recreation
commission for a permit to move a building in a
parkway or other way under its control shall be
$150.00 for the first day, and $75.00 for each
additional day, on which it may be exercised.
(211) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Canopy.
The fee of the parks and recreation commission
for a permit for the temporary projection of a
cloth or canvas canopy over a parkway or other
way under the control of said commission shall be
$3.00 for each day for which such permit is granted.
(212) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Roof
Snow Removal. The fee of the parks and recreation
commission for an annual permit to occupy or
obstruct from time to time a portion of a parkway
or other way under the control of said commission
for the purpose of removing snow or ice from the
roof of a specified building or structure shall be
$3.00.
(213) Parkway Opening Permit. The fee
of the parks and recreation commission for a per-
mit to open a parkwray or other way under the
control of said commission or portion thereof shall
be, in the case of an opening for the purpose of
construction a driveway, $5.00, and in the case
of an opening for the purpose of entering a par-
ticular drain into a public sewer, $3.00, and in the
case of an opening for the purpose of constructing,
reconstructing or repairing the roadways and side
walks or either, $1.00 for each hundred linear feet
of opening as measured by the sideline of such
parkway or other way but in no event less than
$1.00, and in the case of an opening for any other
purpose, $1.00 for each two hundred square feet
of such parkway or other way to be opened but in
no event less than $1.00.
(214) Parkway Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The
fee of the parks and recreation commission for an
annual permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or
across the sidewalk of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission for the pur-
pose of delivering coal or other fuel to an estate
shall be $1.00 for each location.
(215) Pawnbroker's License. The fee for a
pawnbroker's license granted by the police com-
missioner under section 70 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be that prescribed by section 77
of said chapter 140.
(216) Peddlers. See Hawkers and Peddlers.
(217) Personal Property in Pledge, Notice of
Intention to Sell. The fee of the city clerk for
recording under section 3 of chapter 255 of the
General Laws a written notice of intention to en-
force payment or performance by a sale of personal
property in pledge, including affidavit of service
of such notice, shall be $1.50.
(218) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.,
Recording of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under chapter 255 of the General Laws a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255), a bill of
sale of personal property given for security (in-
cluding, when the condition for redemption of
the property included in the bill of sale is in
writing, such writing, and when such condition is
oral, the written statement of such condition pro-
vided for by law), or any deed or conveyance,
however called, by which personal property is
conveyed to a creditor or title thereto retained by
a seller as security for the payment of a debt or
other obligation shall be $1.00 for each page or
part thereof, but in no event less than $3.00.
(219) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., As-
signment of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
an assignment of a mortgage of personal property
(including a mortgage given under section 7A of
said chapter 255) or of a bill of sale of personal
property given for security shall be $1.00.
(220) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Dis-
charge of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
a partial release, or a release or discharge, or a
written acknowledgment of the satisfaction of
the condition of redemption, of a mortgage of
personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or of a bill
of sale given for security shall be $1.00.
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(221) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Dis-
charge on Margin of Record of. The fee of the city
clerk for attesting under section 3 of chapter 255
of the General Laws an entry made by the holder
of a mortgage of personal property (including a
mortgage given under section 7A of said chapter
255) on the margin of the record of such mortgage
in acknowledgement of the satisfaction thereof
shall be $1.00.
(222) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Fore-
closure of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
a written notice of intention to foreclose a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or a bill of
sale of personal property given for security, includ-
ing affidavit of service of such notice, shall be $1.50.
i (223) Physician's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter
112 of the General Laws a physician's certificate
of registration or, in a case where it is lost, the
certified statement provided for by said section 8,
shall be $1.00.
(224) Piano. The charge to be paid for the
furnishing of a spinet piano by the parks and re-
creation department shall be $12.00 for delivering
and picking up the same and $3.00 for each day
of use.
(225) Picnic Grove License. The fee for a license
to establish, let, keep open and maintain a grove to
be used for picnics or other lawful gatherings and
amusements granted by the licensing board under
section 188 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $25.00.
(226) Pledge of Personal Property. See Per-
sonal Property in Pledge.
(227) Plumbing Installation, Alteration or
Repair Permit. The fees cf the building commis-
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
-under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially
repair plumbing shall be a primary fee of $5.00 in
the case of a permit for the installation of a plumb-
ing system or the alteration or substantial repair
of the major portion of a plumbing system, and
of $2.00 in all other cases, and in every case an
additional fee of 50(< for each appliance or fixture
to be installed, altered or substantially repaired;
provided, that the total fee for receiving any such
application shall in no case exceed $300.00.
(228) Pool Room License. The fees for a license
to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table for hire, gain
or reward granted by the licensing board under
section 177 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an additional
fee of $8.00 for each table.
(229) Poultry (Hens), Permit to Keep. The
fee for an annual permit to keep hens granted by
the health commissioner under section 4 of chap-
ter 40 of these ordinances shall be a primary fee
of $5.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
fifty hens.
(230) Poultry Slaughter House License. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 139A of chapter 94 of the General
Laws for the maintenance of an establishment
for the slaughtering of poultry shall be $100.00.
(231) Power of Attorney. The fee of the city-
clerk for recording under section 3 of chapter 255
of the General Laws a power of attorney shall be
$1.00.
(232) Proprietors of Common Property, De-
posit of Records of. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving records of the proprietors of common
property deposited under section 15 of chapter 179
of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(233) Pubh'c Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor on. The fee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 28 of chapter 149 of the
General Laws a sworn statement of claim made
under said section 28 shall be $1.00.
(234) Public Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor and/or Materials on. The fee of the city-
clerk for receiving and filing under section 29 of
chapter 149 of the General Laws a sworn statement
of claim made under said section 29 shall be $1.00.
(235) Public Buildings and Works, Discharge
of Claim for Labor and/or Materials on. The fee
of the city clerk for receiving and filing a release,
discharge or other written acknowledgment of
satisfaction of a claim under section 28 or section 29
of chapter 149 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(236) Public Records, Furnishing Copy of.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
section, the fee for the furnishing under section 10
of chapter 60 of the General Laws by any board
and officer of the city of a copy of a public record
in its or his custody shall be $1.00 for each sheet,
or part thereof, of plans and $1.00 for each page,
or part thereof, of other matter.
(237) Public Utility, Condensed Return (Gas
and Electric). The fee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 84A of chapter 164 of the
General Laws a copy of a condensed return of
business and financial condition shall be $1.00.
(238) Public Utility, Condensed Return (Tele-
phone). The fee of the city clerk for receiving and
filing under section 12A of chapter 166 of the
General Laws a copy of a condensed return of
business and financial condition shall be $1.00.
(239) Public Utility Locations Granted by
Public Improvement Commission. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 22 of chap-
ter 166 of the General Laws an attested copy of an
order of the public improvement commission
granting a location cr an alteration or transfer
thereof or authorizing an increase in the number
of wires or cables or attachments shall be $5.00.
(240) Public Utility Locations Granted by D. P.
U. for Gas Mains. The fee of the city clerk for record-
ing under section 70A of chapter 164 of the General
Laws an attested copy of an order of the state
department of public utilities granting a location
for a main for the transmission of gas, including
certificate by clerk of said department as to notice
and hearing, shall be $5.00.
(241) Public Utility Locations Granted by
D. P. U. for Transmission of Electricity. The fee
of the city clerk for recording under section 28 of
chapter 166 of the General Laws an attested copy
of an order of the state department of public
utilities granting a location for a line for the trans-
mission of electricity, including certificate by clerk
of said department as to notice and hearing, shall
be $5.00.
(242) Public Utility Locations Granted by
M. D. C. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 46 of chapter 92 of the General Laws
an attested copy oi an order of the Metropolitan
District Commission granting under sections 43
and 44 of said chapter, or altering, extending or
revoking under section 45 of said chapter, a loca-
tion, shall be $5.00.
(243) Public Works. See Public Buildings
and Works.
(244) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Labor) against. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving and filing a sworn statement executed
under section 99 of chapter 159 of the General
Laws shall be S1.00.
(245) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Materials) against. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving and filing under section 98 of chapter 159
of the General Laws a written notice of intention to
claim a right of action under section 96 of said
chapter against a railroad or railway shall be $1.00.
(246) Real Estate Tax Payment Certificate.
Tb.3 fee for a certificate of the payment of a tax
given by the collector-treasurer under section 60
of chapter 60 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(247) Refuse, Removal of. The charge to be
paid the public works department for removing
refuse which by section 1 of chapter 27 of these
ordinances said department is authorized but not
required to remove shall be 20e a barrel.
(248) Refuse, Permit to Transport. The fee
for a permit to transport refuse matter through
the streets of the city granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 14 of chapter 40 of
these ordinances shall be $25.00 for each vehicle
used in such transportation.
(249) Registered Bonds, Issuance of. The fee
of the collector-treasurer for issuing pursuant to
sections 4, 5, and 6 of chapter 107 of the General
Laws a registered bond, promissory note or certifi-
cate of indebtedness of the city in exchange for
any other bond, promissory note or certificate of
indebtedness of the city shall be 50^.
(250) Registration of Beverage Bottles. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing under
section 17 ot chapter 110 of the General Laws a
description of the name used by a person engaged
in manufacturing, bottling or selling beverages
in vessels shall be $1.00.
(251) Registration of Milk, Cream and Ice
Cream Cans. The fee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 21 of chapter 110 of the
General Laws a description of the name used by a
person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in
milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs, or
cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage of
frozen desserts and/or ice cream mix shall be $1.00.
(252) Registration of Permission to Use An-
other's Name on Milk Bottles. The fee of the
inspector of milk for registering under section 45 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws written permission
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to use the name of another on, or on cap, tag or
label attached to, milk vessels shall be $1.00.
(253) Rendering of Animals, License for. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 154 of chapter 111 of the General
Laws to engage in the business of killing horses or
in the rendering of horses or other animals shall be
$ 10.00.
(254) Roller Coaster License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 186 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws to establish, keep
open and maintain an inclined railway exclusively
for children under thirteen years of age shall be, in
the case of such an inclined railway at a carnival,
$3.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, and in the case of such an inclined rail-
way other than at a carnival $5.00 for each monthly
period in which such license may be exercised.
(255) Roller Skating Rink License. The fee
for an annual license granted by the mayor under
section 18G of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep open and maintain a skating rink
to be used for roller skating shall be S50.00.
(256) Sale of Article. Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided in this ordinance, the charge to be
paid a board or officer for furnishing an article in
the exercise of the powers, or the performance of the
duties, of such board or officer shall be such sum as
such board or officer shall determine approximates
the cost of furnishing such article.
(257) Sausages and Chopped Meat, License to
Manufacture. The fee for an annual license
granted by the health commissioner pursuant to
section 144 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on an establishment for the manufacture of
sausages and chopped meat, or either, shall be
$100.00.
(258) Second Hand Dealer's License. The fee
for an annual license to be a dealer in, or keeper of a
shop for the purchase, sale or barter of, second hand
articles granted by the police commissioner under
section 1 of chapter 39 of these ordinances shall be
$30.00.
(259) Second Hand Motor Vehicles. The fees
for used car dealer's licenses, agent's or seller's
licenses and motor vehicle junk licenses granted by
the police commissioner under section 59 of chapter
140 of the General Laws shall be as respectively .
fixed by the police commissioner under said sec-
tion 59.
(260) Sewer Entrance Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 10 of chapter 27 of these ordinances
to enter a particular drain into a public sewer shall
be three cents for each square foot of land lying
within one hundred feet of the street or strip of land
in which the public sewer is laid and constituting
part of the estate from which the entry is made;
provided, that such a permit shall be issued without
fee if a betterment assessment levied upon such
estate for the construction of the public sewer has
been paid.
(261) Shellfish Permits. The fee for every
family use shellfish permit granted by the city coun-
cil under section 22A of chapter 40 of these ordi-
nances shall be $1.00; and the fee for every com-
mercial use shellfish permit so granted shall be
$5.00.
(262) Shooting Gallery License. The fee for a
shooting gallery license granted by the licensing
board under section 56A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $50.00. The city clerk shall
receive no fee for receiving and filing the bond pro-
vided for by said section 56A.
(263) Shooting Gallery Sunday License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under section
4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws to maintain
and operate a shooting gallery on a specified Sunday
shall be $3.00.
(264) Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The fee of
the commissioner of public works for an annual per-
mit to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the ,
sidewalk at a specified location shall be, in the case
of a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle used
(or designed for use) for business purposes, $5.00
for each location, and in the case of a motor vehicle
used (or designed for use) for business purposes,
$25.00 for each location; provided, that the fee of
the commissioner of public works for an annual
permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the
sidewalk at a specified location for the purpose of
delivering coal or other fuel to an estate shall be
$1.00 for each location.
(265) Sight-Seeing Automobiles. The fee for a
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1931 for a
sight-seeing automobile shall be $2.00 for each
seating accommodation for a sightseer.
(266) Sight-Seeing Automobile Drivers. The
fee for a sight-seeing automobile driver's license
granted by the police commissioner under section 3
of chapter 399 of the acts of 1931 shall be $2.00.
(267) Slaughtering License. The fees for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 119 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle,
horses, mules, sheep or swine shall be a primary fee
of $100.00, payable at the time of the issuance of the
license, and the following additional fees, payable
at the close of the last business day of each month
during the term of the license; 5^ for every calf,
swine, sheep or goat slaughtered under the license
during such month, and 15c for every other animal
so slaughtered; provided, however, that no addi-
tional fee shall be required for any animal slaugh-
tered under federal inspection.
(268) Soft Drink License. The fee for a license
to keep open a place of business for the retail sale
of soft drinks, so called, granted by the licensing
board acting under section 21 A of chapter 140 of
the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(269) Sound Trucks. The fee for an itinerant
musician's license granted by the police commis-
sioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of these ordi-
nances for a sound truck engaged in advertising
goods, wares or merchandise for sale shall be $2.00
for each day for which such license is granted.
(270) Special Police Officers. The fee of the
police commissioner for appointing a person a
special police officer under chapter 282 of the acts
of 1898 shall be .$5.00.
(271) Sporting License. The fee for a sporting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131 of
the General Laws shall be as prescribed by section 8
of said chapter 131.
(272) Sprinkler System, Permit for Installation,
Alteration or Repair of. The fees of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a per-
mit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to install, alter or substan-
ially repair a sprinkler system or other fire ex-
tinguishing apparatus shall be a primary fee of
$2.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each five
hundred dollars of the fair cost of the work to be
authorized by such permit as determined by said
commissioner.
(273) Sprinkler System, Permit for Discon-
nection of. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 27 A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(274) Stables. The fee for a license to occupy
or use a building for a stable granted by the health
commissioner under chapter 89 of the acts of 1889
shall be $100.00.
(275) Stallion Registration. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 176 of chapter
140 of the General Laws the certificate for a stallion
kept for breeding purposes shall be $1.00.
(276) Standpipe Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(277) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Placard. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 35 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a person, while
on foot in a street, to carry and display one or more
show cards, placards or signs for the purpose of
advertising goods, wares or merchandise for sale
shall be $5.00, except that, in cases where such a
permit is granted for a period longer than one
month, the fee therefor shall be $5.00 for each
monthly period for which it is granted.
(278) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Distribution of Handbills. The fee for a permit
granted by the commissioner of public works under
section 35 of chapter 40 of these ordinances for a
person to distribute to persons in a street handbills,
cards, circulars or papers (other than newspapers)
, for the purpose of advertising goods, wares or
merchandise for sale shall be $5.00 for each day
for which such permit is granted.
(279) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
Vehicle. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 35 of chap-
ter 40 of these ordinances for a person to operate
in the streets north and east of Massachusetts
avenue or any of them a vehicle used principally for
advertising shall be $2.00 for each day for which
such permit is granted.
(280) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning,
Canopy or Marquee. The fees for an annual per-
mit granted by the public improvement commis-
sion under section 8 of chapter 85 of the General
Laws for the permanent projection over a public
way of an awning, canopy or marquee shall be, in
the case of an awning, canopy or marquee without
sign, a primary fee of $10.00 and an additional fee
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of $1.00 for each hundred square feet of public way
covered thereby, and in the case of an awning,
canopy or marquee with sign, a primary fee of
$15.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
hundred square feet of public way covered thereby
and a further additional fee of $1.00 for each ten
square feet of the face area of the sign or signs de-
termined by aggregating the face area of each sign
as computed without regard to its shape by multi-
plying its maximum height by its maximum width
within the limits of the public way. The fees for an
annual permit granted bv the commissioner of pub-
lic works under said section 8 for the projection over
a public way or ways from a single estate of one or
more retractable awnings shall be a primary fee
of $5.00 and an additional fee of 50f( for each hun-
dred square feet of public way covered thereby.
The fee for a permit granted by the commissioner of
public works under said section 8 for the temporary
projection over a public way of a cloth or canvas
canopy shall be $3.00 for each day for which such
permit is granted.
(281) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning
Work. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 9 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a
portion or portions of a street or streets for the
purpose of placing, repairing or removing one or
more awnings on a specified building or structure
shall be $1.00 for each monthly period for which
such permit is granted; and the fee for a.n annual
permit so granted to occupv and obstruct portions
of streets for the purpose of placing, repairing and
removing awnings on buildings and structures
shall be $100.00.
(282) Street Occupancy Permit for Building
Construction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees
for a permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordi-
nances to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions
of a street or streets in connection with the erection,
alteration, repair, painting, cleaning, decorating,
demolition, or removal of a building or structure
shall be, for each monthly period in wdiich such
permit may be exercised, a primarv fee of $3.00 and
an additional fee of $1 .00 for each ten square feet of
street to be occupied or obstructed at any one time
in such period, except that the total fee for a permit
so granted to occupy or obstruct a portion or por-
tions of a street or streets for the purpose of making
to a specified building or structure alterations or
repairs requiring not more than three consecutive
working days to complete shall be $1.00 and except
further that the total fee for an annual permit so
granted to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions
of a street or streets for the purpose of cleaning
decorative and sign work on a specified building or
structure or removing stains from such building or
structure or for both purposes shall be $5.00.
(283) Street Occupancy Permit for Building
Moving. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 18 of chap-
ter 85 of the General Laws or section 9 or 13 of
chapter 27 of these ordinances to move a building
in a street or streets shall be $150.00 for the first
day, and $7.5.00 for each additional day, on which
it may be exercised.
(284) Street Occupancy Permit for Heating
Plant Cleaning. The fee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public works under section 9
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or
obstruct a portion of a street for the purpose of
cleaning the heating plant or plants of a specified
building or structure shall be $3.00; and the fee
for an annual permit so granted to occupy and
obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of clean-
ing heating plants of buildings and structures shall
be $100.00.
(285) Street Occupancy Permit for Oversize
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public, works under section 19 of
chapter 90 of the General Laws to operate on a
public way a motor vehicle or trailer having an out-
side width of more than ninety-six inches or an
extreme over-all length of more than thirty-three
feet shall be $5.00 a day.
(286) Street Occupancy Permit for Overweight
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 30 of
chapter 85 of the General Laws to operate or move
on a public way a vehicle or object weighing more
than fourteen tons or, in the case of a vehicle
equipped with pneumatic tires, more than fifteen
tons shall be $5.00 a day.
(287) Street Occupancy Permit for Public Util-
ity Work. The fee for an annual permit granted
by the commissioner of public works to a public
service corporation under section 9 or 14 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct por-
tions of streets for the purpose of clearing manholes
and placing and testing equipment shall be $18.00
for each ward for which such permit is granted.
(288) Street Occupancy Permit for Raising or
Lowei-ing Goods. The fee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public works under section 9
or 11 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy,
obstruct or use a portion of a street for the purpose
of raising or lowering goods or merchandise into or
from a soecified building or structure shall be $3.00,
provided, that the fee for an annual permit so
granted shall be $30.00.
(289) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign. The
fees for an annual permit granted by the public
improvement commission under section 8 of chap-
ter 85 of the General Laws for the placement on, or
the projection over, a public way of a sign, adver-
tising device, clock or other like structure shall be a
primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of $1.00
for each twenty square feet of the total face area
thereof determined by aggregating the area of eacli
face as computed without regard to its shape by
multiplying its maximum height by its maximum
width within the limits of the public way. The fee
for a permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 8 of chapter 85 of the General
Laws for the temporary projection over a public
way of a sign or advertising device shall be $1.00
for each day for which such permit is granted.
(290) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign Work.
The fee for a permit granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 9 of chapter 27 of
these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a portion or
portions of a street or streets for the purpose of
placing, painting, repairing or removing a sign on a
specified building or structure shall be $3.00 for
each monthly period for which such permit is
granted; and the fee for an annual permit so
granted to occupy and obstruct portions of streets
for the purpose of placing, painting, repairing and
removing signs on buildings and structures shall be
$300.00.
(291) Street Occupancy Permit for Snow Re-
moval from Building. The fee for an annual per-
mit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to
occupy or obstruct a portion or portions of a street
or streets for the purpose of removing snow and ice
from a specified building or structure shall be $1.00.
(292) Street Occupancy Permit fcr Storage and
Sale of Merchandise. The fee for a license to use
specified parts of public streets for the storage and
sale of merchandise granted by the commissioner of
public works under section 1 of chapter 584 of the
acts of 1907 shall be such sum, not less than $25.00
nor more than $3,000.00, as said commissioner
shall determine approximates the value of the
privilege granted.
(293) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Cleaning. The fee for an annual permit granted
by the commissioner ofpublic works under section 9
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or
obstruct a portion or portions of a street or streets
for the purpose of cleaning one or more windows of
a specified building or structure shall be $1.00; and
the fee for an annual permit so granted to occupy
and obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of
cleaning the windows of buildings and structures
shall be $50.00.
(294) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Glazing. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 9 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a por-
tion or portions of a street or streets for the purpose
of glazing one or more window sashes of a specified
building or structure shall be $1 .00 for each monthly
period for which such permit is granted; and the
fee for an annual permit so granted to occupy
and obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of
glazing window sashes of buildings and structures
shall be $100.00.
(295) Street Opening Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordi-
nances to open a street or portion thereof shall be,
in the case of an opening for the purpose of con-
structing a driveway, and also in the case of an
opening for the purpose of entering a particular
drain into a public sewer, $5.00, and in the case of
an opening for the purpose of constructing or re-
constructing roadways and sidewalks or either,
$1.00 for each hundred linear feet of opening as
measured by the sidelines of the street but in no
event less than $1.00, and in the case of an opening
for any other purpose, $1.00 for each two hundred
square feet of street to be opened but in no event
less than $1.00; provided, that the fee for an annual
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permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under said section 9 to a so-called district
contractor to open streets or portions thereof for
the purpose of repairing roadways and sidewalks
in his district shall be $10.00.
(296) Street Railway Motormen, Conductors
and Despatchers. The fee for a license granted by
the police commissioner under section 1 of chapter
59 of the acts of 1879 to act in the capacity of a
conductor, motorman or driver of a street railway
car or trackless trolley vehicle or of a starter or
despatcher of such cars and vehicles shall be $1.00.
(297) Sunday Arcade License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 4A of
chapter 136 of the General Laws to maintain and
operate on a specified Sunday games and such
amusement devices as may be lawfully operated on
secular days shall be $10.00.
(298) Sunday Entertainment License. The
fees for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4 of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
hold a public entertainment on one Sunday shall
be a primary fee of $10.00 and, if a, payment of
money or other valuable consideration is charged
for admission thereto and the licensee or a prede-
cessor of the licensee has previously given in this
city on a Sunday a similar public entertainment,
an additional fee of $5.00 for each thousand of the
average Sunday paid attendance during the last
such public entertainment so given; provided,
that in cases where there is no admission or cover
charge and there is only entertainment through
the use of television, radio, and music provided by
mechanical or electrical means, the fee shall be
$2.00; and provided also, that in cases where there
is no admission or cover charge and the entertain-
ment is solely provided by not exceeding four
instrumentalists, the fee shall be $5.00. The fee
for an annual license granted by the mayor under
said section 4 to hold on Sunday a public enter-
tainment solely through the use of motion pictures
shall be $100.00. The fee for an annual license
granted by the mayor under said section 4 to hold
on Sunday a public entertainment solely through
the use of television, radio, and music provided by
mechanical or electrical means shall be $50.00.
The fees fixed by this clause shall be in addition
to any sum payable to the state commissioner of
public safety.
(299) Sunday Photographic Studio License.
The fee for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
maintain and operate a photographic gallery or
studio on a specified Sunday shall be $2.00.
(300) Sunday Retail Dealer's License. The
fee for a license to keep open a place of business
on the Lord's day for the sale of frozen desserts
and/or ice cream mix, confectionery, soda water
or fruit granted by the licensing board under
section 7 of chapter 136 of the General Laws shall
be $6.00.
(301) Sunday Sports License. The fee for a
license granted by the city council with the approval
of the mayor under section 22 of chapter 136 of the
General Laws to conduct on the Lord's day at a
designated playground, park or other place an
outdoor athletic sport or game or an indoor hockey
or basketball game, if granted for a term specified
in clause 5 of section 25 of chapter 41 of these
ordinances, shall be, if the place designated has a
seating capacity of not more than ten thousand,
$100.00, and if the place designated has a seating
capacity of more than ten thousand but not more
than twenty thousand, $500.00, and if the place
designated has a seating capacity of more than
twenty thousand, $1,000.00. The fee for a license
granted as aforesaid, if granted for a term specified
in clause 7 of said section 25, shall be one half of
the fee which would be payable under this clause
for a license for the place designated if granted
for a term specified in clause 5 aforesaid. The
fee for a license granted as aforesaid, if granted
for a single Sunday, shall be $100.00.
(302) Taxicab Licenses. See Hackney Car-
riage Licenses.
(303) Taxes. See Assessors' Certificate, also
Municipal Lien Certificate, also Real Estate Tax
Payment Certificate.
(304) Torch in Open Air. See Fire (Small or
Torch) in Open Air.
(305) Towels. The charge to be paid to the
parks and recreation department for a half-ounce
piece of soap furnished by said department shall
be If!; and the charge to be paid to said department
for the use on one day of each cotton crash towel
furnished by said department shall be 2(4.
(306) Trailer Coach Park License. The fee
for a trailer coach park license granted by the
health commissioner under section 32B of chapter
140 of the General Laws shall be, in the case of an
original license, $50.00 plus the cost of publishing
the notice of hearing, and, in the case of a renewal
license, $25.00. The fee provided for by the pre-
ceding sentence shall be in addition to the addi-
tional license fee prescribed by section 32G of said
chapter 140. The city clerk shall receive no fee
for receiving and filing any copy of a trailer coach
park license sent him by the health commissioner
pursuant to section 32F of said chapter 140.
(307) Transient Vendor's License. The fee for
a license issued to a transient vendor by the city
clerk under section 5 of chapter 101 of the General
Laws shall be an amount equal to the tax assessable
under the tax levy last preceding the issue of such
license upon property having a valuation equal
to the valuation certified under section 19 of
chapter 39 of these ordinances.
(308) Trapping License. The fee for a trapping
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
section 8 of said chapter 131.
(309) Trust Instruments and Amendments.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing
under section 2 of chapter 182 of the General
Laws a copy of a written instrument or declaration
of trust, or a copy of an amendment thereof,
shall be $5.00.
(310) Use Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for issuing a use permit under section
18 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1924 shall be $3.00.
(311) Used Car Dealer's License. See Second
Hand Motor Vehicles.
(312) Vessels, Liens on. The fee of the city
clerk for recording a statement filed under section
15 of chapter 255 of the General Laws to enforce a
lien on a vessel shall be $1.00 for each page or part
thereof, but in no event less than $3.00.
(313) Voter, Certificate of Appearance on
Voting List of Name of Certain. The fee of the
board of election commissioners for furnishing a
certificate as to the appearance on an annual
register of voters of the name of a particular person
shall be $1.00, except that, in cases where the
board's minutes of the naturalization of such
person are included therein on request of the
applicant therefor, the fee shall be $2.00.
(314) Wagon and Handcart Licenses. The
fee for an annual license granted by the police
commissioner under rules made by him in the
exercise of such of the powers arising from section
22 of chapter 40 of the General Laws as are vested
in him by or under the city charter shall be $2.00.
^ (315) Water Meter, Examination and Test of.
The fee of the commissioner of public works for
examining and testing a water meter under section
10 of chapter 1 65 of the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(310) Weights and Measures, Adjustment of.
The charge to be paid for the repair, alteration or
adjustment of any weight, scale, balance, measure,
or measuring device shall be 10(4 for each minute
or fraction thereof.
(317) Weights and Measures, Sealing of. The
fee for the sealing of a weight or measure under
sections 41 to 53, inclusive, or any of them, of
chapter 98 of the General Laws shall be: —
(a) In the case of a machine or other mechanical
device used for determining linear or area measure-
ment, $1.00; and
(b) In the case of a liquid capacity measure
(other than a vehicle tank) with a measuring
capacity of more than one gallon or a measure on
a pump, 25fi; and
(c) In the case of a liquid measuring meter
(other than a water meter) having an inlet pipe
with a diameter of one inch or less, $1.00; and in
the case of such a meter having an inlet pipe with
a diameter of more than one inch, $3.00; and
(d) In the case of milk and cream bottles and
jars, 50(4 a gross; and
(e) In the case of a scale or balance with a
weighing capacity of less than 100 pounds, 50(4;
and in the case of a scale or balance with a weighing
capacity of 100 pounds or more but less than 5,000
pounds, $1.00; and in the case of a scale or balance
with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds or more
but less than 10,000 pounds, $2.00; and in the
case of a scale or balance with a weighing capacity
of 10,000 pounds or more, $5.00; and
(f) In the case of a taximeter or measuring
device upon a vehicle to determine the cost of
transportation, $1.00; and
(g) In the case of a farm milk tank or a vehicle
tank used in the sale of a commodity by liquid
measure and having a single compartment, and
in the case of each compartment of a farm milk
tank or a vehicle tank so used having two or more
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compartments, a primary fee of 50d and an addi-
tional fee of 50d for each 100 gallons, or fraction
thereof, of capacity; and
(h) In the case of a weight or any other
measure, 10c.
(318) Welder's Certificate of Qualification.
The charge of the building commissioner tor
issuing under paragraph (r) of section 2809 of
Boston Building Code a certificate of qualification
as a welder shall be S3. 00. The charge of the
building commissioner for examining an applicant
for a certificate of qualification as a welder shall
be the cost of structural steel bar stock and welding
wire required therein not supplied by the applicant
plus the expense of testing completed specimens
not otherwise defrayed by the applicant.
(319) Zoning Map Change. The entry fee
which shall be paid to the board of zoning ad-
justment for each petition for changing the zoning
map shall be S35.00. ,
Section 2. Except as otherwise expressly
provided by section one, the entire fee fixed by
said section for a permit or license shall be payable
at the time of the issuance of such permit or license.
The entire fee or charge fixed by section one for
furnishing an article or the use thereof or the
use of a place, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing a copy or certified copy of a
record or paper, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing service or work shall be pay-
able at the time of application therefor, except
that charges fixed by clauses (144) to (157),
inclusive, of said section and not waived under
clause (143) of said section shall become due and
payable only upon presentation of bill therefor.
Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in section one, the fee for the renewal
of a license or permit shall equal the fee which
would be payable under section one for an original
license or permit for the same purpose.
Section 4. Nothing in section one shall be
construed to affect in any way the exemption from
a fee or charge for a permit or license provided by
section 6 of chapter 572 of the acts of 1949 or by
section 6 of chapter 6G9 of the acts of 1953 or by
any similar statute.
Section 5. Neither the Boston Housing Au-
thority nor any person acting in its stead shall
be charged any fee for any license or permit for
which the fee may be fixed by ordinance under
chapter 222 of the acts of 1949.
Section 6. The charge to be paid by beards
and officers for the publication of advertisements
in the "City Record" shall be $1.00 for each quarter
of an inch or fraction thereof. The "City Record"
shall be sold on the following terms payable in
advance: — annual subscription, $5.00; single
copy, 15(*.
Section 3. Section 5 of chapter 9 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended
by striking out all after the first sentence.
Section 4. Section 1 of chapter 27 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section
45 of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the third
sentence, the words "twenty cents a barrel"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the charge
fixed by clause (240) of section one of chapter
forty A of these ordinances".
Section 5. Chapter 27A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 58
of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and inserting
in place thereof the following section: —
Section 5. The assistant commissioner of
real property shall have the care, custody and
management of Faneuil hall, shall, weather
permitting, every day except Sundays, display
the national flag upon the building in which said
hall is located, shall, upon vote of the city council
approved by the mayor and payment of the
charge prescribed by clause (134) of section one
of chapter forty A of these ordinances, permit the
use of said hall, and shall hold all persons signing
the application for such permit jointly and severally
liable for all damage done to said hall at or in
connection with the meeting for which such
permit is granted.
Section 6. The first sentence of section 20 of
chapter 39 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947 is
hereby amended by striking out the words "a fee
equivalent to the taxes assessable under the last
preceding tax levy upon an amount of property
equal to the valuation certified by the assessors as
provided for in section nineteen of this chapter"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the
fee prescribed by clause (307) of section one of
chapter forty A of these ordinances".
Section 7. The third paragraph of section 19
of chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out the words,
", and to charge therefor a license fee of ten dollars
per annum for sales within the market limits and
five dollars per annum for sales elsewhere".
Section 8. Paragraph (1) of section 22A
of said chapter 4C, as most recently amended by
chapter 10 of the Ordinances of 1953, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence.
Section 9. Section 92 of said chapter 40 is
hereby amended by striking out the third sentence.
Section 10. Section 25 of chapter 41 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended
by striking out clauses 6 and 8.
Section 11. Section 31 of said chapter 41 is
hereby amended by striking out, in the second
sentence of regulation 2, the words ", and the fee
therefor shall be five dollars per year for each
bowling alley or bed, except that the maximum
fee in any event shall not be in excess of $100 for
the term", so as to make said sentence read as
follows: — Licenses voted by the city council shall
be issued by the city clerk.
Section 12. This ordinance shall take effect
on December 1, 1956, and anything in section 3 of
chapter 1 of the Rev'sed Ordinances of 1947 to
the contrary notwithstanding, shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the same.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance was
referred to the Executive Committee.
Later in the session Coun. AHEARN offered
the following motion:
Moved, That the Executive Committee of the
City Council meet on Wednesday, October 31,
1956, at 2 p.m., for the purpose of considering the
ordinance Fixing the Fees for Licenses and Permits
and Charges for Certain Services and Work which
wa.s referred to the Executive Committee today.
The motion was carried.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and ordi-
nance (referred September 10) increasing salary
of Chairman of Board of Review in Assessing
Department — recommending that the ordinance
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance
was passed.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENT ON
CERTAIN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH
BOSTON STREETS.
Coun. McCORMACK, KERRIGAN, and
FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Public Works Commissioner to install street lights
on the following streets in Dorchester:
Col. Michael J. McDonough Way, Dr. Michael
Gavin Way, Gen. Lawrence J. Logan Way, Gen.
William H. Devine Way, Henry Sterling square,
Kemp street, Mons. Denis F. O'Callaghan Way,
Carmody court, Carpenter street, Darius court,
Dexter street, East Eighth street, East Ninth
street, Ellery street, Gifford place, Glover court,
Humboldt place, Jenkins street, Leeds street,
Liberty place, Mercer street, Mohawk street,
Patterson Way, Pilsudski Way, Preble street, Rev.
Richard A. Burke street, Rogers street, Transit
street, Trimount place, Vinton court, Ward court,
Wendeller street. Woodward place; and be it
further
Ordered, That these streets or courts be properly
paved and resurfaced.
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on the following streets:
Cottage street, D street, Darius court, E street,
Earl street, East Eighth street, East Ninth street,
F street, Frederick street, Gustin street, Knowlton
street, Lark street, Mercer street, Middle street,
Mitchell street, Plummer place, Sayward place,
Telegraph street, Tuckerman street, West Eighth
street, West Ninth street, West Seventh street,
Woodward street, and be it further
Ordered, That these streets or courts be properly
paved.
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on the following streets in Dorchester:
Baker street, Bellflower street, Blake terrace,
Buttonwood street, Clapp street, Cottrell street,
Dorchester avenue, Dorset street, Field's court,
Harvest street, Harvest terrace, Howell street,
Locust street, Power street, Rawson street, Von
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Hillern street, Washburn street, West Bellflower
street, Willow court; and be it further
Ordered, That these streets or courts be properly
paved.
The orders were severally passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
HEAVY TRUCK REGULATIONS AND
TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON COLUMBIA
ROAD, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK, KERRIGAN, and
FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Traffic Commissioner to install traffic signs such as
"Slow" and "Stop" on the Columbia Road section
of Dorchester for the protection of the residents of
the Columbia Road section of Dorchester; and be
it further.
Resolved, That this order refer also to the
"Boston Street Section" as well; and be it further
Ordered, That a time be set for heavy trucking
along the said route.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TRAFFIC LIGHT AT ST. EDWARD ROAD
AND SARATOGA STREET.
Conn. McCORMACK, KERRIGAN, and
FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Traffic Commissioner to install a pedestrian traffic
light at the corner of St. Edward road and Saratoga
street.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
NAMING OF SQUARE IN HONOR OF
HAROLD S. MacFARLAND.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Committee to Memorialize
Veterans be requested to name the intersection of
Falkland and Hobart streets in honor of the mem-
ory of Harold S. MacFarland, who lost his life
while serving in the armed forces of our country.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
STREET LIGHTING AT BENNETT AND
OAKLAND STREETS.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the Commissioner of Public
Works to arrange for the prompt installation of
modern street lighting at Bennett and Oakland
streets, Ward 22.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON PURCHASING
PROCEDURE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be,
and he is hereby, directed to prepare and present
to this Honorable Body for its consideration an
ordinance making it mandatory that the Purchas-
ing Agent confer, for the purpose of exchanging
information, with the department head requisi-
tioning a purchase before the consummation of
the contract.
Passed under suspension ot the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 2.50 p.m., for the purpose
of deliberating in a meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee on the two resolutions now in Executive
Committee with reference to mechanized garages.
The members reassembled in the Council Cham-
ber, and were called to order by Senior Member
WHITE at 5.44 p.m.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor Kerrigan, the Council
voted that when it adjourn it be to meet on Tues-
day, November 13, 1956, at 2 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The Executive Committee recommended pas-
sage of the following resolution, submitted by Coun-
cillor Piemonte:
Whereas, An extensive hearing on the general
subject of off-street parking and particularly
mechanical garages has been held by the Execu-
tive Committee of the City Council which empha-
sized the merits of a number of mechanical systems;
and
Whereas, The City of Boston does not have cur-
rently available an up-to-date survey of these
systems; therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to appoint competent, unbiased engi-
neers, architects, or other technical experts to
make a survey of all the mechanical garage sys-
tems now operating throughout the country, and
to make a report detailing their findings, and,
without limiting the findings to the following, it
should include: a classified list of the mechanized
garage systems in use or available, giving the
cities where they are operating, the date when
they were put up, the floor area, the height, the
number of cars to be accommodated, the cost,
the safety, the maintenance and operating costs,
the accident experience since their erection, the
average daily use, the highest daily use, and the
cost per unit of the various mechanized garage
systems.
The report was accepted, and the resolution was
adopted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for the Committee on
Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition (referred September 10)
of Hyde Square Bowlaway, Angelo Iorio, for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day
— recommending that the license be granted.
2. Report on petitions (referred September 24)
of Jamaica Bowlaway and Egleston Bowlawav, for
license to operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day
— recommending that the licenses be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses were
severally granted under the usual conditions.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
Coun. WHITE, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, announced that at the meeting of this
committee to be held on Wednesday, October 31,
1950, at 2 p.m., in addition to the consideration of
the ordinance concerning the fixing of fees for
licenses and permits, all other matters pending
before this committee would be considered.
Adjourned at 6.10 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McDonough, to meet on Tuesday, November 13,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings In accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrattvb Services Department
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Proceedings of City Council.
Tuesday, November 13, 1956.
Regular adjourned meeting of the City Council
held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all the
members present.
Right Reverend Albert J. Shea, of St. James
Roman Catholic Church, Boston, was escorted
to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY RT. REV. ALBERT J. SHEA.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Heavenly Father, Whose Divine Mercy and
Justice we humbly reverence, we place ourselves
today in Thy keeping.
At this time, as the members of the City Council
of Boston are gathered in the interests of our city
and its people, our minds are naturally recalling a
November day of 1918 when joy and suffering,
hope and fear mingled together as peace returned
to a weary world.
It is in the power of this Council by Thy Grace
to contribute to the well-being of the City of
Boston. Grant, dear Saviour, that at this and
every meeting their deliberations may be guided
by the light of Thy Divine Wisdom. Grant to
them, also, Eternal Father, a full understanding
of peace as they understood it in the original
Armistice Day, that it may inspire every thought
and action in the office to which they have been
elected by a confident people.
We are grateful for Thy blessings of the past.
We implore Thee, dear Lord, to stay with us, to
direct and to guide and to bless our works. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1957: Russell Theodore Blakeley, 11 Harvard
terrace, AUston.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENT OF
CERTAIN STREETS, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 8, 195G.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works in regard to your
order of October 15, 1956, relative to installing
electric lights on Chase street, Clapp street,
Dawes street, Dawes terrace, East Cottage street,
Edison Green, Franklin court, Harvest street,
Mayhew street, Mt. Vernon street, Norfolk avenue,
Pond street, Roseclair street, St. Margaret street,
Sexton court, Sumner street, Willis street, and
asking also that these streets or courts be properly
paved and resurfaced.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 2, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 15:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on Chase street, Clapp street, Dawes
street, Dawes terrace, East Cottage street, Edison
Green, Franklin court, Harvest street, Mayhew
street, Mt. Vernon street, Norfolk avenue, Pond
street, Roseclair street, St. Margaret street,
Sexton court, Sumner street, Willis street; and
bo it further
"Ordered, That these streets or courts be
properly paved and resurfaced."
Upon investigation, I find that the above-
referenced are all public streets, with the excep-
tion of Dawes terrace, Franklin court, and Sexton
court. An immediate survey will be made of the
public streets, and steps will be taken to effect
whatever repairs are necessary at this time; and
arrangements will also be made to include in the
1957 highway program those streets that should
be resurfaced or reconstructed.
I also find that arrangements have already been
made to replace the existing gas lamps on Dawes
street and Mayhew street with modern electric
street lights.
A street lighting survey of all other streets
included in the above-referenced list will be made,
and steps taken to install new electric lights at
some time in the future.
I trust, therefore, that these matters will be
adjusted satisfactorily.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works,
Placed on file.
PAVEMENT OF CAWFIELD AND ELDER
STREETS, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of October 15, 1956, concerning the re-
surfacing of Cawfield and Elder streets, Dorchester.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 25, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 15:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to pave and re-
surface the following streets:
"Cawfield street and Elder street, Dorchester."
Immediate steps will be taken to effect whatever
repairs are necessary to the above streets, and
arrangements will be made to include the complete
reconstruction of them in the 1957 highway pro-
gram, if conditions warrant such action.
I trust, therefore, that this matter will be
adjusted satisfactorily.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
IMPROVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON SQUARE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen: ...
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation concerning
your order of September 24, 1956, relative to
development of land located in front of Brighton
Municipal Court.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor,
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City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
November 1, 1956.
Harold B. Hemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt of your memo
enclosed with order of Councillor Francis Ahearn
regarding development of land located in front of
Brighton Municipal Court.
We will endeavor to do this work in 1957 if
funds are provided in the budget. We have
asked for an appropriation.
Very truly yours,
Fbank R. Keixey, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
SALE OF PIGS BY PENAL INSTITUTIONS
DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, October 30, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
The House of Correction at Deer Island has a
surplus of 100 pigs. These pigs weigh a total of
about 12,500 pounds. In order that these surplus
pigs may be sold at the present market price of
approximately $1,875, it is necessary that the City
Council give its approval to the sale.
I therefore submit to you herewith an order for
the sale of the surplus pigs and recommend pas-
sage by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Htnes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Penal Institutions Department,
October 26, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
This department has a surplus of 100 pigs at
the House of Correction, Deer Island, which we
would like to sell in order to avoid the expense
of purchasing feed for them. These pigs weigh
about 125 pounds each, a total of about 12,500
pounds.
At the present market price, the City of Boston
should receive approximately $1,875 from this
sale. If approved, it is our intention to advertise
this sale in the "City Record" and sell to the high-
est bidder with a representative of the Sealer of
Weights and Measures Department to supervise
the weighing.
Authority by the City Council and your Honor's
approval of this public sale is respectfully re-
quested.
Very truly yours,
Edwakd L. Friel,
Penal Institutions Commissioner.
Ordered, That the Penal Institutions Commis-
sioner is hereby authorized to sell to the highest
bidder 100 surplus pigs at the House of Correction,
Deer Island.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
SALE OF LAND ON VIENNA STREET,
EAST BOSTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of a communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works in which he con-
cludes, after a duly held public hearing, that there
is no continuing public necessity for retaining a
small portion of Vienna street, East Boston.
The area of land in question comprises 1,488
square feet. It represents that part of Vienna
street which was intended to be used for highway
purposes, but not so used. An abutting owner
has made an offer for this area of land and the
Commissioner of Public Works recommends that
the said offer be accepted and approved.
I therefore, transmit to your Honorable Body
an order for the sale of 1,488 square feet of land
in Vienna street, East Boston, for the sum of
$470, which is the valuation of property abutting
the area to be discontinued and sold.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Improvement Commission,
October 17, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Transmitted herewith for your approval is an
order for the proposed discontinuance of a portion
of Vienna street, formerly Orleans street, East
Boston District.
Several years ago, in connection with the con-
struction of the East Boston Expressway, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts made a widening,
on behalf of the City of Boston, of Orleans street,
now Vienna street, taking a parcel of land at the
northeasterly corner of said Vienna street and
Neptune road. In constructing Vienna street,
however, the Commonwealth utilized only a
small portion of this taking, and the above-ref-
erenced discontinuance is being made on that
portion which has never been used for highway
purposes and left in an unsightly condition.
We have received a petition from Mr. Joseph
Buono, owner of the abutting property, requesting
this discontinuance and offering to purchase the
area amounting to 1,488 square feet for $470
which is the assessors' valuation of the abutting
property (30 cents a square foot).
After viewing the location and holding a public
hearing, this Commission has concluded that
there is no continuing public necessity for retaining
and maintaining this small area of land. It is
respectfully recommended, therefore, that the
enclosed order, which provides your Honor with
the necessary authorization to sell this land at
private sale to Joseph Buono for the sum of $470,
be transmitted to the City Council for the approval
of that body.
Respectfully,
Geoege G. Hyland, Chairman.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in
fee of approximately one thousand four hundred
eighty-eight (1,488) square feet of land in Vienna
street, East Boston District (formerly Orleans
street), being that portion of Vienna street dis-
continued as a public highway by an order of
the Public Improvement Commission and approved
by his Honor the Mayor October 17, 1956; and
Whereas, The Public Improvement Commission
has determined the said parcel of land is no longer
required for public purposes; and
Whereas, Joseph Buono is the owner of the
abutting property and has offered to purchase
the land for the sum of $470; now, therefore, it is
hereby
Ordered, That the Mayor of the City of Boston
be, and he hereby is, authorized to sell at private
sale to Joseph Buono for the minimum price of $470
and to execute and deliver to the purchaser an in-
strument in writing satisfactory in form to the Cor-
poration Counsel of the City of Boston conveying
all the City of Boston's right, title, and interest
in and to the following-described parcel of land:
A certain parcel of land situated at the north-
easterly corner of Neptune road in Vienna street,
in the East Boston District of the City of Boston,
bounded:
Southwesterly by the southwesterly line of
Vienna street as it existed prior to the order of
discontinuance dated October 17, 1956, seventy-
seven and 86-100 feet; northeasterly by the
northeasterly line of Vienna street as it existed
prior to the order of discontinuance dated October
17, 1956, twenty-six and 23-100 feet; northwesterly
by the northwesterly line of Vienna street as
laid out under the order dated October 17, 1956,
by two measurements, sixty-six and 18-100
feet and twenty-one and 32-100 feet on a curve
of fifteen and 22-100 feet radius: containing
one thousand four hundred eighty-eight square feet,
more or less.
The above-described parcel of land is shown
on the plan marked "City of Boston, Vienna
Street, East Boston, September 26, 1956, George
G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public Works,"
and on file in the office of the Public Works De-
partment.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
NOVEMBER 13, 1956.
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APPROPRIATION FROM PARKMAN
FUND.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I am in receipt of the attached communication
from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
requesting the appropriation of $25,000 from the
income of the George F. Parkman Fund, to be
expended under the direction of the Commissioner
of Parks and Recreation, for the Maintenance
and Improvement of the Common and Parks in
Existence on January 12, 1887.
The 1956 budget estimates for the personal
service requirements of the Parks and Recreation
Department included an estimate of the total
yearly income from the George F. Parkman Fund.
The budget allowances made provision for the
appropriation of this income as it accrued for the
purpose of defraying the cost of work actually
performed on the Common and Parks in Existence
on January 12, 1887.
I submit herewith an order appropriating the
sum of $25,000, the accrued income now available
from the Parkman Fund, and respectfully recom-
mend its immediate passage by your Honorable
Body.
Respectfully,
» J. fi. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
November 2, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
You are respectfully asked to request the City
Council to transfer from the income of the George
F. Parkman Fund the sum of $25,000 which is now
available, to be expended under the direction of
the Park Commissioner, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on Jan-
uary 12, 1887, Maintenance and Im-
provement of $25,000
When making up the budget estimates for the
year 1956, a sum equal to the total yearly income
of the George F. Parkman Fund was deducted
from Item 100, Permanent Employees, with the
understanding that this deduction was to be re-
placed by the total yearly income of said Parkman
Fund for 1956, to be transferred as it accrued from
time to time during the year to the regular main-
tenance appropriation of the Parks and Recreation
Department.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) be, and hereby is, appropriated
from the income of the George F. Parkman Fund,
to be expended under the direction of the Commis-
sioner of Parks and Recreation, for the Main-
tenance and Improvement of the Common and
Parks in Existence on January 12, 1887, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on Jan-
uary 12, 1887, Maintenance and Im-
provement of $25,000
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
and Finance.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO SNOW
REMOVAL.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 13, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for the
transfer of $30,000 from the appropriation for
Bridges, Repair, etc., Rebuilding of South Boston
Approach, Summer Street Bridge, at Reserved
Channel, to the appropriation for Snow Removal,
and a letter from the Commissioner of Public
Works explaining the reasons therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 9, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
At the present time, there are no funds available
in our special budgetary item titled, "Snow
Removal," for the purchase of supplies and
materials.
The Purchasing Department is in the process
of awarding a contract to the Eastern Minerals of
Chelsea for the furnishing of 1,000 tons of salt to
this department, but the contract cannot be ex-
ecuted, due to lack of funds. It is most essential
that this salt be provided, in order that we will
have an ample stock on hand in the event of snow
or icy conditions developing during the remainder
of the current year. It is most advantageous to
have a salt contract with a vendor located in Chel-
sea, as the material can be delivered in trucks on 24
hours' notice. The other contracts that we have
with salt companies provide for deliveries from
distant locations over railroad lines, and we have
to wait from three to four weeks for deliveries.
Therefore, as stated, there is a big advantage in
having a contract with a local supplier for salt.
At the present time, the City Auditor is holding
a contract for the purchase of 23 new plows, due to
lack of appropriations. Bids for these plows were
opened in this department several weeks ago, and
the low bid was submitted by the E. J. Bleiler
Equipment Company, of Needham, in the amount
of $12,075.
It is estimated that the salt will cost $14,750 for
1,000 tons. Under the circumstances, we will
need a minimum of $26,825, in order to execute
these contracts. I feel that at least $30,000 should
be provided at this time, with the understanding
that the estimated balance of $3,175 will be used
to pay for overtime worked by department em-
ployees in connection with the installation of
plows on contractors' trucks hired by the de-
partment.
I respectfully recommend, therefore, that an
order be submitted to the City Council, requesting
the transfer of $30,000 to our Snow Removal item
from Item 713, Bridges Repairs. The latter item
provided for the rebuilding of the South Boston
approach to the Summer Street Bridge, at the
Reserved Channel. This work, however, cannot
be done this year, and I feel that it is more benefi-
cial to the city if the above-referenced $30,000
were provided for the purposes described above.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941,
the City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized
to transfer:
From the appropriation for Bridges, Repair,
etc., Rebuilding of South Boston Approach,
Summer Street Bridge, at Reserved Channel,
$30,000, to the appropriation for Snow Removal,
$30,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for the
transfer of $20,000 from the appropriation for
Conventions and Entertainment of Distinguished
Guests to the appropriation for Public Celebrations,
and a letter from the Director of Public Cele-
brations explaining the reason therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 9, 1956.
John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
We have been advised that the budget of
Public Celebrations is in need of $20,000, to
continue the rest of the year.
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As you know the cost of everything has in-
creased tremendously and this has made the
cost of Public Celebrations in Boston rise with
the times.
The following are public Celebrations that
have gone over allocations:
March 17th, Evacuation Day.
April 9th, Bataan Day.
April 19th, Patriots' Day.
June 17th, Bunker Hill Day.
June, Art Festival.
July 4th, Independence Day.
October 12th, Columbus Day.
December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.
This money is to be transferred from Con-
ventions and Distinguished Guests to Public
Celebrations.
Sincerely,
John D. Brown,
Director Public Celebrations.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 4S6 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 004 of the Acts of 1941,
the City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized
to transfer:
From the appropriation for Conventions,
Entertainment of Distinguished Guests, §20,000,
to the appropriation for Public Celebrations,
$20,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
PUBLIC WAYS, CONSTRUCTION OF,
SEWERAGE WORKS, CONSTRUCTION
- OF, BUILDINGS, DEPARTMENTAL
EQUIPMENT, AND BRIDGES, CON-
STRUCTION OF.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for the
transfer of S20.845.50 from the Reserve Fund
to Public Ways, Construction of, Sewerage Works,
Construction of, Buildings, Departmental Equip-
ment, and Bridges, Construction of, to provide
additional funds in accordance with section 7
of chapter 44 of the General Laws, each in the
amount of $4,169.10. I am transmitting to you
also the letter of the City Auditor explaining the
reason for this transfer request.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. 6. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, November 5, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with section 7 of chapter 44 of
the General Laws, prior to authorization of a loan,
an appropriation must be made of ten cents on
each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation
of the city for the preceding year. This year
appropriations in the amount of $150,000 were
made in anticipation of loan authorizations for
Public Ways, Construction of; Sewerage Works;
Construction of Buildings; Departmental Equip-
ment; and Bridges, Construction of. It has been
called to our attention that the so-called statutory
down-payment appropriations in connection with
each of these loan authorizations should have
been $154,169.10, based on a valuation of 81,541,-
691,000 for 1955. I am submitting herewith
requests for transfers of funds from the Reserve
Fund to each of these respective appropriations
in the amount of $4,169.10 to fulfill the require-
ments of the statute. I respectfully request that
these be submitted for the consideration of the
City Council at today's meeting.
Respectfully,
Joseph P. Lally, City Auditor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941, the
City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized to trans-
fer:
From the appropriation for Reserve Fund,
$20,845.50, to the appropriation for Public Ways,
Construction of, $4,169.10; Sewerage Works,
$4,169.10; Construction of Buildings, $4,169.10;
Departmental Equipment, $4,169.10; Bridges,
Construction of , $4,169.10.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PRINTING OF "BOSTON'S STREETS
SUPPLEMENT."
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mavor, November 13, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
It is time that the volume " Boston's Streets" be
brought up to date. In the accompanying com-
munication from the Commissioner of Public
Works it is proposed that instead of printing a
new volume, a pamphlet supplementing the 1955
edition be printed. This would appear to be quite
satisfactory, and, of course, a distinct saving in
expenditure.
I, therefore, recommend the passage of the
attached order for the printing of 1,000 copies of
a pamphlet entitled "Boston's Streets Supple-
ment."
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 8, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In recent years, it has been the practice of the
city to put out a new edition of "Boston's Streets"
every four or five years. Because of the long
period between editions, we receive many in-
quiries daily from other city departments and the
public relative to changes that might have taken
place since the last edition was published.
This, I believe, shows the need for either pub-
lishing new editions more frequently or publishing
periodic supplements to the most recent edition.
New editions are costly, and accordingly, I suggest
that we provide for the issuing of annual supple-
ments which could be prepared in pamphlet form.
I respectfully recommend, therefore, that you
submit to the City Council, for approval, the
attached order which provides, in substance, for
the printing of 1,000 copies of a pamphlet sup-
plementing the 1955 edition of the booklet titled,
"Boston's Streets."
Respectfully yours,
George 6. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Purchasing Agent, in conjunction with the Com-
missioner of Public Works, to prepare and print
1,000 copies of the pamphlet entitled "Boston's
Streets Supplement" to be distributed by the
City Messenger to the various city departments —
the expense of same to be charged to the appro-
priation for City Documents.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Lewis W. AlUopp, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Basty Bottini, for compensation for damage to
car by city sweeper vehicle.
P. Frank Cleary, for compensation for collapse
of water boiler at 11 Denny street, Dorchester,
caused by water being shut off.
Sidney Finkelstein, for compensation for per-
sonal injuries caused by City of Boston fire engine.
Lena Gallese, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 72 Bennington
street, East Boston.
A. Josephine Haid, for compensation for damage
to suit dress caused by desk drawer in Election
Department, City Hall Annex.
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John A. Hardy, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Robert F. Joyce, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Robert F. Joyce, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Robert F. Joyce, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Police Department.
Melvin Kaufman, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by City of Boston fire engine.
Harvey Lipson, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by City of Boston fire engine.
Dorothea A. Mahoney, for compensation for
damage to car by city sweeper vehicle.
Alary Malames, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 502 Cambridge
street, Brighton.
James W. Marley, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Henrietta G. Matta, to be reimbursed for towing
expenses incurred when car was moved while
Water Division was working on street.
Edith McAuliffe, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Beacon street, at
corner of Maitland street.
Frances Morrill, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by city vehicle.
Hazel R. Mulrenin, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at St. Cecilia and
Belvidere streets. '
Mary O'Neil, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Cambridge street,
near Allston Depot.
John Regan, to be reimbursed as result of acci-
dent which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Health Department.
Almerinda Renzetti, for compensation for per-
sonal injuries caused by city vehicle.
Antoinette P. Renzetti, for compensation for
personal injuries caused by city vehicle.
Lerio A. Renzetti, for compensation for personal
injuries caused by city vehicle.
Leo B. Rose, to be reimbursed as result of execu-
tion issued against him on account of his acts as
employee of Parks and Recreation Department.
Mary A. Ryan, for compensation for personal
injuries and broken eyeglasses caused by an alleged
defect at 448 Gallivan Boulevard. . . .
Carmella Sasso, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 87 Brooks street,
East Boston.
Richard Sheinfeldt, for compensation for per-
sonal injuries caused by City of Boston fire engine.
Annie Sherer, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 1052 Blue Hill ave-
nue, Dorchester. . .
Paul Solomon, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Columbia street.
Eleanor Venezia, for compensation for injuries
received in Children's Room, Charlestown Branch,
Boston Public Library. .
Arthur Verenis, doing business as Faneuil J-™1*
Market, for compensation for damage to truck by
firemen.
PETITION FOR RETIREMENT.
The petition of Thomas J. Delaney, Correction
Officer and Clothing Cutter in the House of Cor-
rection, Penal Institutions Department, for retire-
ment as a veteran was received.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of William J. Carey, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Paul J. DeRosa, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Prisco C. DeSisto, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for nospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Prisco C. DeSisto, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Owen J. Gallagher, employee ot
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification lor
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Paul F. Gearin, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of James T. George, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Daniel P. Laffan, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of James A. Madden, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of James H. Mullane, employee of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of George F. Todd, employee of Boston
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Petition of Charles N. Vogel, retired member of
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE FROM MILK CONTROL
COMMISSION.
A communication was received from the State
Milk Control Commission transmitting copy of
order revising the designation of Milk Marketing
Area No. 17.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the State
Department of Public Utilities transmitting copy
of order granting petition of Metropolitan Transit
Authority for permission to install underground
wires and cables on Albany, Troy, Washington
and Waterford streets.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF JOHN A. DALY.
Notice was received from the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of
the appointment of John A. Daly, Cambridge, as
Executive Secretary to the Justices of the Supreme
Judicial Court.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF CERTAIN STREETS AND
PARKWAYS TO METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
October 30, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
I am forwarding herewith, a communication
relating to the transfer of certain parkways and
roadways under the care and control of the Parks
and Recreation Department to the care and
control of the Metropolitan District Commission
of the Commonwealth.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
October 29, 1956
Metropolitan District Commission, 20 Somerset
Street, Boston, Mass.
Attention: Commissioner Charles W. Greenough.
Gentlemen:
This communication relates to the following
public ways and parkways (or portions thereof)
located in the City of Boston insofar as the same
are under the care and control of the Parks and
Recreation Department:
(1) that portion of Gallivan Boulevard
which lies between Morton street and William
T. Morrissey Boulevard;
(2) that portion of Morton street which
lies between Forest Hills street and Gallivan
Boulevard;
(3) the Arborway;
(4) the Jamaicaway ;
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(5) the Riverway;
(6) the Fenway;
(7) that portion of Park Drive which lies
between Audubon Circle and Boylston street;
(8) that portion of Boylston street which
lies between its junction with Ipswich street,
near Park Drive, and Hemenway street;
(9) Charlesgate West;
(10) Charlesgate East;
(11) Agassiz road;
(12) that portion of Centre street which
lies between Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway
and the Arborway;
(13) that portion of Hyde Park avenue
which lies between Milton street and Wolcott
square;
(14) that portion of Milton street which
lies between Hyde Park avenue and the Neponset
Valley Parkway;
(15) that portion of Perkins street which
lies between the Jamaicaway and Francis
Parkman Drive;
(16) Francis Parkman Drive between Perkins
street and the Jamaicaway at Kelly Circle;
(17) Chestnut street between Perkins street
and Riverdale Parkway Drive at the Brookline
town line, and
(18) Willow Pond road between the Jamaica-
way, at Bynner street, and Riverdale Parkway
Drive in the town of Brookline.
The transfer to your commission under chapter
581 of the Acts of 1956 of the care, control and
maintenance of the public ways and parkways
(or portions thereof) to which this communication
relates is hereby approved as of 12.01 a.m., on
Tuesday, October 30, 1956, and thereby made
effective as of said hour and day pursuant to the
provisions of said chapter 581.
For the purpose of providing continuous con-
nection, such transfer is hereby declared to include
so much of any public way or parkway inter-
secting the public ways and parkways (or portions
thereof) to which this communication relates as
lies within the sidelines thereof extended, in-
cluding Commonwealth avenue between Charles-
gate East and Charlesgate West (exclusive of
the bridge over the Muddy River), and including
also the Bypass road, between Park Drive and the
Riverway.
For the sake of definiteness, such transfer is
hereby further declared to include:
(a) all roadways within the limits of the
public ways and parkways (or portions thereof)
to which this communication relates;
(b) all walks and paths along, and approxi-
mately level with, every such roadway, if
within twenty-five feet thereof, whether or
not constructed as a sidewalk; and
(c) all lands lying between such roadways
or between such walks or paths and such road-
ways, irrespective of the size, shape, or purpose
thereof, but excluding all monuments and
other memorials subject to the supervision of
the Art Commission of the City of Boston.
Likewise for the sake of definiteness, such
transfer is hereby also declared to include all
signals and other devices (except parking meters)
for the control of traffic on the public ways and
parkways (or portions thereof) to which this
communication relates, all traffic signs thereon
(whether directional or regulatory), all trees and
plantings on lands herein declared to be included
in such transfer, and all street lights as well as
catch basins and drains servicing the public ways
and parkways (or portions thereof) to which this
communication relates.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Chairman.
Harky J. Blake,
Thomas J. Carty,
Daniel G. O'Connor,
O. Phillip Snowden,
Parks and Recreation Commission
of the City of Boston.
City of Boston and County of Suffolk,
October 30, 1956.
To: Walter J. Malloy, City Clerk.
From: George G. Hyland, Commissioner, Public
Works Department.
Subject: Transfer of Highways to M. D. C.
Dear Mr. Malloy:
I enclose for your information, attention, and
also for the information of the members of the
City Council, a photostatic copy of official com-
munication of October 29 that I sent to the Metro-
politan District Commission, transferring to said
commission the highways designated in the above
communication which were formerly under the
care and control of the Public Works Department.
This transfer is being effected in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 581 of the Acts
of 1956.
While the list of highways includes those that
are under the jurisdiction of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department, the transfer that I approved
affects only those that were under the care and
control of the Public Works Department.
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
October 29, 1956.
Metropolitan District Commission, 20 Somerset
Street, Boston, Mass.
Attention: Commissioner Charles W. Greenough.
Gentlemen:
This communication relates to the following
public ways and parkways (or portions thereof)
located in the City of Boston insofar as the same
are under the care and control of the Public Works
Department:
(1) that portion of Gallivan Boulevard
which lies between Morton street and William T.
Morrissey Boulevard;
(2) that portion of Morton street which
lies between Forest Hills street and Gallivan
Boulevard;
(3) the Arborway;
(4) the Jamaicaway;
(5) the Riverway;
(6) the Fenway;
(7) that portion of Park Drive which lies
between Audubon Circle and Boylston street;
(8) that portion of Boylston street which
lies between its junction with Ipswich street,
near Park Drive, and Hemenway street;
(9) Charlesgate West;
(10) Charlesgate East;
(11) Agassiz road;
(12) that portion of Centre street which lies
between Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway and
the Arborway;
(13) that portion of Hyde Park avenue
which lies between Milton street and Wolcott
square ;
(14) that portion of Milton street which
lies between Hyde Park avenue and the Ne-
ponset Valley Parkway;
(15) that portion of Perkins street which
lies between the Jamaicaway and Francis
Parkman Drive;
(16) Francis Parkman Drive, between Per-
kins street and the Jamaicaway, at Kelly Circle;
(17) Chestnut street, between Perkins street
and Riverdale Parkway Drive, at the Brookline
town line, and
(18) Willow Pond road, between the Jamaica-
way, at Bynner street, and Riverdale Parkway
Drive, in the town of Brookline.
The transfer to your commission under chapter
581 of the Acts of 1956 of the care, control and
maintenance of the public ways and parkways
(or portions thereof) to which this communication
relates is hereby approved as of 12:01 a.m., on
Tuesday, October 30, 1956, and thereby made
effective as of said hour and day pursuant to the
provisions of said chapter 581.
For the purpose of providing continuous con-
nection, such transfer is hereby declared to include
so much of any public way or parkway inter-
secting the public ways and parkways (or portions
thereof) to which this communication relates as
lies within the sidelines thereof extended, includ-
ing Beacon street, between Charlesgate East and
Charlesgate West (exclusive of the bridge over the
Muddy River).
For the sake of definiteness, such transfer is
hereby further deolared to include:
(a) all roadways within the limits of the
public ways and parkways (or portions thereof)
to which this communication relates;
(b) all walks and paths along, and approxi-
mately level with, every such roadway, if within
25 feet thereof, whether or not constructed as
a sidewalk; and
(c) all lands lying between such roadways
or between such walks or paths and such road-
ways, irrespective of the size, shape or purpose
thereof, but excluding all monuments and other
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memorials subject to the supervision of the Art
Commission of the City of Boston.
Likewise for the sake of definiteness, such trans-
fer is hereby also declared to include all signals
and other devices (except parking meters) for the
control of traffic on the public ways and parkways
(or portions thereof) to which this communication
relates, all traffic signs thereon (whether direc-
tional or regulatory), all trees and plantings on
lands herein declared to be included in such
transfer, and all street lights as well as catch
basins and drains servicing the public ways and
parkways (or portions thereof) to which this
communication relates.
Yours very truly,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Severally placed on file.
MONUMENT IN BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN CITY OF BOSTON AND
CITY OF NEWTON.
A communication was received from the County
Commissioners of Middlesex County transmitting
copy of order authorizing removing and resetting
monument marking city corner B-N-20 in the
boundary line between the City of Boston and the
City of Newton.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW H. HEPBURN.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Andrew H. Hepburn, 31 St. James
avenue, to be a member of the Beacon Hill Archi-
tectural Commission for the term ending May 1,
1959, vice John G. Greene, resigned.
Placed on file.
INVITATION TO ATTEND GROUND-
BREAKING CEREMONIES OF HEBREW
HOME FOR AGED.
A communication was received from the Hebrew
Home for Aged extending an invitation to the
members of the City Council to attend the ground-
breaking ceremonies of the Hebrew Home for
Aged on Sunday, November 18, 1956, at 2 p.m.
Placed on file.
AMATEUR FOOTBALL GAME FOR
NAZARETH FUND.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That a license be hereby granted to
use Fenway Park on the afternoon of Sunday,
November 25, 1956, for an amateur football
game between the Ohippewas of South Boston and
St. Paul's of Roxbury, to the Nazareth Fund by
Robert Cusick, provided that the provisions of
section 25 of chapter 41 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1947 relative to liability insurance shall be
complied with. The fee for said license shall be $5.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Order of the Board of County Commissioners
that the Suffolk County Classification and Com-
pensation Plan be amended by the addition
thereto of the position of foreman mechanic with
a compensation grade allocation of 19.
Referred to the Supervisor of Personnel for
report.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT POPE'S HILL STREET,
SOUTH MUNROE TERRACE, AND
NEPONSET AVENUE.
Coun. McDONOUGH offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Traffic Commissioner to install pedestrian actuated
traffic lights at the intersection of Pope's Hill
street. South Munroe terrace, and Neponset
avenue.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
HOUSING.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Public
Housing, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and resolution
(referred October 1) requesting conveyance of
Old Colony Housing Project to Boston Housing
Authority — recommending that the resolution be
referred to the Executive Committee.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing report was accepted, and the
message of the Mayor and the resolution were
referred to the Executive Committee.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.08 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber, and were called to order
by President McCORMACK at 4.30 p.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for transfer of appropriation of
$20,845.50 from the Reserve Fund, to appropria-
tion for Public Ways, Construction of, $4,169.10,
Sewerage Works $4,169.10, Construction of Build-
ings $4,169.10, Departmental Equipment $4,169.10,
Bridges, Construction of, $4,169.10 — recommend-
ing that the order ought to pass.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for transfer of appropriation of
$30,000 from Bridges, Repair, etc., to Snow Removal
— recommending that the order ought to pass.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed, yeas 9.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and res-
olution (referred today) for conveyance of Old
Colony Project to Boston Housing Authority —
recommending that the resolution be adopted.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
The foregoing report of the committee was
accepted, and the resolution was adopted, yeas 8,
nays 1 :
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
White— 8.
Nays — Councillor Piemonte — 1.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for sale of 100 surplus pigs at
House of Correction, Deer Island — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
5. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) to prepare and print 1,000 copies
of pamphlet entitled "Boston's Streets Supple-
ment"— recommending that the order ought to
pass.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
6. Report on communication from Supervisor
of Personnel and order (referred March 26) for
change of grade of Court Officers in County
Classification and Compensation Plan — recom-
mending that no further action is necessary.
7. Report on communication from Supervisor
of Personnel and order (referred June 4) for change
of grade of Parole Agents in County Classification
and Compensation Plan — recommending that no
further action is necessary.
8. Report on communication from Supervisor
of Personnel and order (referred February 13)
for change of grade of Van Drivers in County
Classification and Compensation Plan — recom-
mending that no further action is necessary.
The reports were accepted.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on order (referred April 9) for loan of
$1,000,000 for Construction of Departmental
Buildings — recommending that the order ought
to pass.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing report of the committee was
accepted, and the order was given its first reading
and passage, yeas, 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for final
action.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
HOUSING.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Public
Housing, submitted the following:
1. Report on notice from State Housing Board
(referred June 11) of ratification of final excep-
tions to certification of chapter 372, veterans'
housing developments — recommending that the
notice be placed on file.
2. Report on notice from State Housing Board
(referred May 21) approving sale of three parcels
of property and one parcel of excess land in Dor-
chester under section 6 of chapter 372 of Acts
of 1940 — recommending that the notice be placed
on file.
The reports were accepted, and the notices
were severally placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred October 29) of Albert F. Charbonnier
as Weigher of Coal for term ending April 30,
1957 — recommending that the appointment be
confirmed.
2. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred October 29) of Albert F. Charbonnier
as Weigher of Goods for term ending April 30,
1957 — recommending that the appointment be
confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Foley and McLaughlin. Whole number of ballots,
8, yeas 8, and the appointments were confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Charles N. Vogel
(referred October 15) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Charles N. Vogel, a former member of
the Fire Department retired for accidental dis-
ability, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical and nursing expenses incurred through no
fault of his own while in the performance of his
duty on September 18, 1954, there be allowed and
paid, upon certification of the panel appointed
under the provisions of said section, to the fol-
lowing the amount stated:
Charles N. Vogel (petitioner), 108 Stoughton
street, Dorchester $57 . 03
said sum to be paid from any appropriation suit-
able for the purpose of this section.
2. Report on petition of Thomas F. O'Toolc
(referred October 22) to be reimbursed as a result
of executions issued against him on account of his
acts as a member of the Police Department — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of one thousand three
hundred ninety-two dollars and forty-six cents
($1,392.46) be allowed and paid to Thomas F.
O'Toole in reimbursement for amount of execu-
tions issued against him on account of his acts
as a member of the Police Department, said sum
to be charged to the appropriation for Executions
of Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
"SLOW" SIGNS AND PAINT CROSSWALKS
IN FRONT OF POST OFFICE, BRIGHTON.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor direct the
Street Commissioner to paint a crosswalk and
"Slow" signs as well as take care of any other
necessary action to insure the safety of pedestrians
crossing Washington street in front of the post
office in Brighton.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.11 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Ahearn, to meet on Monday, November 19, 1950 ,
at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing a^gg^o Section
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, November 19, 195G.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., President
McCORMACK in the chair, and all the members
present.
The Reverend Leonard T. MeGrath, of St.
Monica's Roman Catholic Church, South Boston,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. LEONARD T.
McGRATH.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O Lord, we beseech Thee that all our actions
may be carried on by Thy holy inspiration so that
every deed and work of ours may always begin from
Thee and by Thee be happily ended. Through
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending April 30,
1957: Isadore Rubin, 755 Morton street, Dorches-
ter.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations. -
LOAN IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE.
The following was received:
City of Boston.
Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the attached recommendation
of the City Auditor, I submit herewith an order
authorizing the issuance of temporary loans in
anticipation of revenue in the amount of $15,000.-
000 to meet the city's financial requirements for
the balance of the fiscal year. Such action is
necessary as outlined in the letter of the City
Auditor.
I respectfully recommend consideration and
adoption of the order in question.
Respectfully,
J. 6. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, November 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
Under date of December 28, 1955, I recom-
mended to you that an order be submitted to the
City Council for authorization of temporarj'
loans in anticipation of revenue in the amount
of $75,000,000, and such an order was adopted
by the City Council on January 9, 1956. It is
now quite certain that this authorization will
not be sufficient for the financial requirements
of the city for the remainder of the fiscal year
and that an additional authorization of $15,000,000
will be necessary.
This situation has been brought about by three
major factors: (1) the lateness of the mailing of
bills because of unavoidable delay in the setting
of the tax rate; (2) the fact that funds in the
amount of $7,919,380 have not been forthcoming
from the Massachusetts Port Authority, which
amount was used as an estimated receipt in the
computation of the tax rate; and (3) the increase
in the operating expenses of the municipal govern-
ment.
In regard to the lateness in mailing tax bills'
payment was consequently delayed. A com-
parison of tax receipts of the 1955 and 1956 tax
levies at comparable dates illustrates this quite
conclusively.
Date in Year Receipts.
of Levy Levy of 1955 Levy of 1955
September 30 $27,206,359 920,192,924
October 15 $37,850,796 $42,176,755
October 31 $84,361,508
$83,405,069
Because receipts of the 1956 levy were running
approximately $7,000,000 behind what would
have been a normal percentage of the levy as of
September 30, it was necessary to issue a tempo-
rary loan of $5,000,000 in August which ordinarily
would not have been issued until November. As
of September 30, 1956, $50,000,000 had been
issued, and as of the same date in 1955, $55,000,000
had been issued.
It had been expected that transfer of the
Sumner Traffic Tunnel to the Massachusetts Port
Authority would have been consummated before
now and consequently the amount of $7,919,380
would have been received for general funds of the
city. However, the transfer has not ta,ken place,
and it will now be necessary to finance this
anticipated revenue by means of a temporary loan.
Total appropriations and charges for fiscal year
1956 were $167,579,949, an increase of $11,291,233
over the 1955 total of $156,288,716. These
increased operating expenses have resulted quite
reasonably in an increase in the monthly average
expenditure. None of these factors could have
been foreseen when the recommendation was made.
By authority of section 4 of chapter 44 of the
General Laws, the city could issue in 1956, in
anticipation of revenue receipts, temporary loans
which would not exceed in the aggregate the total
tax levy of the fiscal year 1955 together with the
corporation and income tax received from the
Commonwealth during the same year. This
would total approximately $117,500,000. In 1955
an authorization of $75,000,000 was made, and
it was necessary to issue during the year tempo-
rary loans in the same amount. In 1956 an
authorization of $75,000,000 was made, and as
of this date $68,000,000 has been issued. It is
now quite certain that an additional authorization
of $15,000,000 should be made for the financial
requirements of the city for the remainder of the
year.
Immediate action is necessary, and I respect-
fully recommend that an order be submitted to
the City Council for consideration and adoption.
Respectfully,
Joseph P. Lally, City Auditor.
Ordered, That to provide temporarily money
to meet the appropriations for the financial year
1956, the Collector-Treasurer be, and hereby is,
authorized to issue and sell, at such times and in
such amounts as he may deem best, notes or
certificates of indebtedness of the City of Boston
not exceeding $15,000,000 in the total, in antici-
pation of the revenue of the financial year; that
all such notes or certificates of indebtedness be
made payable with the interest thereon within
one year of their date and bear interest from
their date until the same are made payable at
such rate as the Collector-Treasurer and the
Mayor may determine. The said Collector-
Treasurer is hereby further authorized to renew
or refund any such notes issued for a shorter
period than one year, under the provisions of
section 17 of chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PAVEMENT ON
CERTAIN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH
BOSTON STREETS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
.Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Public Works Commissioner concerning your
order of October 29, 1950, relative to installing
electric lights on the following streets: Cottage
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street, D street, Darius court, E street, Earl
street, East Eighth street, East Ninth street, F
street, Frederick street, Gustin street, Knowlton
street, Lark street, Mercer street, Middle street,
Mitchell street, Plummer place, Sayward place,
Telegraph street, Tuckerman street, West Eighth
street, West Ninth street, West Seventh street.
Woodward street and having these streets or
courts properly paved.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 9, 195G.
Harold B. Hemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 29:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on the following streets: Cottage street, D
street, Darius court, E street, Earl street, East
Eighth street, East Ninth street, F street, Frederick
street, Gustin street, Knowlton street, Lark street,
Mercer street, Middle street, Mitchell street,
Plummer place, Sayward place, Telegraph street,
Tuckerman street, West Eighth street, West
Ninth street, West Seventh street, Woodward
street; and be it further ordered, That these
streets or courts be properly paved."
A survey of the above-referenced streets will be
made, and steps taken to provide for the effecting
of whatever repairs are deemed necessary. Con-
sideration will be given to including in the 1957
highway program those streets that need complete
resurfacing. .. .
The installation of modern electric street-
lighting facilities in such a large number of streets
cannot be accomplished within what might be
considered a reasonable period, but you may be
assured that we will do everything within reason
to provide for the modernization of the street-
lighting facilities in these streets as soon as possible,
consistent with the carrying out of the city-wide
program in connection with street-lighting mod-
ernization.
Respectfully yours.
Geobge G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston,
OHice of the Mayor, November 19, 19.50.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen: .
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of October 29, 1950, relative to installing
street lights on the following streets in Dorchester —
Col. Michael McDonough Way, Dr. Michael
Gavin Way, Gen. Lawrence ,T. Logan Way, Gen,
William II. Devine Way, Henry Sterling square.
Kemp street, Mon. Denis F. O'Callaghan Way,
Carmody court, Carpenter court, Darius court,
Dexter street, East Eighth street, East Ninth
street, Ellery street, Gifford place, Glover court,
Humboldt place, Jenkins street, Leeds street,
Liberty place, Mercer street, Mohawk street,
Patterson Way, Pilsudski Way, Preble street,
Rev. Richard A. Burke street, Rogers street,
Transit street, Trimount place, Vinton court,
Ward court, Wendeller street, Woodward place—
and having these streets or courts properly paved
and resurfaced.
• Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 9, 195G.
Harold B. Flemming, _
Chief Clerk, Mayor s Olhce.
Dear Mr. Flemming: , „,, . , t, ±
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 29: , „„
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install street
lights on the following streets in Dorchester: Col.
AFichael McDonough Way, Dr. Michael Gavin
Way, Gen. Lawrence J. Logan Way, Gen. William
II Devine Way, Henry Sterling square, Kemp
street, Mon. Denis F. O'Callaghan Way, Carmody
court, Carpenter court, Darius court, Dexter
street, East Eighth street, East Ninth street,
Ellery street, Gifford place, Glover court, Humboldt
place, Jenkins street, Leeds street, Liberty place,
Mercer street, Mohawk street, Patterson Way,
Pilsudski Way, Preble street, Rev. Richard A.
Burke street, Rogers street, Transit street, Tri-
mount place, Vinton court, Ward court, Wendeller
street, Woodward place; and be it further ordered.
That these streets or courts be properly paved
and resurfaced."
Necessary repairs will be made to the above-
referenced streets in the immediate future, and
consideration will be given to including in the
1957 program those streets that should be com-
pletely reconstructed.
A street-lighting survey of said streets will
also be made, and steps will be taken to provide
for the modernization of the street-lighting facili-
ties, having in mind, however, that we must, of
necessity, conduct a street-lighting modernization
program in all sections of the city. It is a physical
impossibility, therefore, to effect all street-lighting
improvements within what might be considered
a reasonable length of time, as the Boston Edison
Company can do a limited amount of this type
of work annually, as said company has a serious
problem in providing the number of cable splicers
needed to carry out a major street-lighting pro-
gram. However, we are making reasonable head-
way in the matter, and we have installed approxi-
mately 800 new electric street-lighting units this
year in place of gas lights. However, we still
have approximately 2,700 gas lights in the various
public streets throughout the city.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1950.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works concerning your
order of October 29, 1950, relative to installing
electric lights on the following streets in Dor-
chester— Baker street, Bellflower street, Blake
terrace, Buttonwood street, Clapp street, Cottrcll
street, Dorchester avenue, Dorset street, Field's
court, Harvest street, Harvest terrace, Howell
street, Locust street, Power street, Rawson street,
Von Hillcrn street, Washburn street, West Bell-
flower street, Willow- court — and having these
streets or courts properly paved.
Respectfully yours,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 9, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order that
was passed in the City Council under date of
October 29:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Public Works Commissioner to install electric
lights on the following streets in Dorchester:
Baker street, Bellflower street, Blake terrace,
Buttonwood street, Clapp street, Cottrell street,
Dorchester avenue, Dorset street, Field's court,
Harvest street, Harvest terrace, Howell street,
Locust street, Power street, Rawson street. Von
Hillern street, Washburn street, West Bellflower
street, Willow court; and be it further ordered,
That these streets or courts be properly paved."
Steps will be taken to provide for the conducting
of a street-lighting survey in all of the above-
referenced streets, and I trust that we will bo able
to provide for the improvement of existing facili-
ties as soon as possible.
Steps will also be taken to effect whatever repairs
are necessary, and consideration will be given to
including in the 1957 highway program those
streets that need complete reconstruction.
Respectfully yours,
Geokoe G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Severally placed on file.
November 19, 1956.
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STREET LIGHTING AT BENNETT
AND OAKLAND STREETS.
Tlic following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Public Works relative to your
order of October 29, 195G, concerning the prompt
installation of modern street lighting at Bennett
and Oakland streets, Ward 22.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Public Works Department,
November 8, 1956.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Mr. Flemming:
This is in reference to the following order
that was passed in the City Council under date
of October 29:
"Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to direct the Commissioner of Public
Works to arrange for the prompt installation of
modern street lighting at Bennett and Oakland
streets, Ward 22."
An immediate street-lighting survey will be
made of the above-referenced intersection, and
steps taken to provide whatever additional
lighting facilities are deemed necessary.
I trust, therefore, that the matter will be ad-
justed satisfactorily.
Respectfully yours,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Placed on file.
FENCING IN OF SMALL AREAS FOR
VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Commissioner of Parks and Recreation concerning
your order of October 22, 1956, relative to assessing
the value of and testing the following program
namely, the fencing in, with short lengths of snow
fences, a reservation of small plots of land in
park areas throughout the city for the use of
very young children who have reached the
toddling stage.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
November 6, 1950.
Harold B. Flemming,
Chief Clerk, Mayor's Office.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge your memo of October
30 with copy of Councillor Foley's order reading
"That his Honor the Mayor be requested to
request the Chairman of the Board of Parks and
Recreation to assess the value of and test the
following program, namely, the fencing in, with
short lengths of snow fences, a reservation of
small plots of land in park areas throughout the
city for the use of very young children who have
reached the toddling stage."
This matter will receive our consideration.
Very truly yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF LAND, EAST BOSTON, TO
REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 15, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication of Commis-
sioner Frank R. Kelley of the Parks and Recreation
Department recommending the transfer of the
property at 32 Orleans street, East Boston, to the
Real Property Department.
I enclose proposed form of order whereby this
property may be transferred from the care, custody,
control, and management of the Parks and Recre-
ation Department to the care, custody, control, and
management of the Commissioner of Real Property.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
October 15, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
It is respecfully requested that you prepare an
order on tlte City Council transferring 1,068 square
feet of land located at 32 Orleans street, East
Boston, from the Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment to the Real Property Division.
This parcel of land is the balance remaining from
a lot sold on September 30, 1941. Because of its
small size the area is of no use to this department
for park or playground purposes. At a meeting
of the Parks and Recreation Commission held on
October 9,-1956, it was voted to request its transfer
to the Real Property Division.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in fee
of approximately 1,068 square feet of land located
on the northwesterly side of Orleans street, being
numbered 32 in the numbering of said Orleans
street, in the East Boston district of the City of
Boston, held by the city for park or playground
purposes; and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Parks and Recre-
ation has determined that the above-mentioned
parcel of land is no longer required for Parks and
Recreation Department purposes; and
Whereas, The Real Property Board desires to
sell said parcel of land; now, therefore, it is hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcel of
land be, and the same hereby is, transferred from
the care, custody, control, and management of the
Parks and Recreation Department to the care,
custody, control, and management of the Com-
missioner of Real Property.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
SURVEY OF MECHANICAL GARAGE
SYSTEMS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 19, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In the order adopted by your Honorable Body
on October 29, a request was made that I appoint
an engineering expert or experts to make a survey
of all mechanical garage systems operating through-
out the country.
With respect to this request it has come to my
attention that just such a study is now being made
by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
and the American Standards Association, and
another similar study by the Eno Foundation for
traffic control. I am requesting the Director of
Administrative Services to make arrangements
to receive copies of these survey reports when they
are available.
With further reference to the City Council
order, I believe it may be advisable to assign one
member of the City Planning Board staff to off-
street parking studies. It is my purpose to aug-
ment the present staff of the City Planning Board
this year, if competent planners are available.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the foregoing
message was referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Mario Cardillo, for compensation for damage to
car by city of Boston fire engine.
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City Spa, Inc., and Nago Elia, for compensation
for damage to building and personal property as
result of water escaping from pipe at 791-797
Harrison avenue.
Francis Coughtin, for compensation for damage
to property at 114 Marine road, South Boston,
caused by broken sewer pipe.
Samuel Ensoff, for refund of fee paid for In-
telligence Office Class I License.
Samuel Gondelman, for compensation for damage
to property at 50 Brockton street, Mattapan,
caused during construction of Brockton street.
Irving and Florence K. Goodman, for compensa-
tion for damage to property at 22 Farwell avenue,
Hyde Park, during sidewalk construction.
William F. Guzowski, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Fire Department.
Jack E. Molesworth, for compensation for
damage to car caused by towing by Police Depart-
ment.
Philip and Bernice Polins, for compensation for
damage to property at 14 Farwell avenue, Hyde
Park, during sidewalk construction.
Cono Terranova, for compensation for damage
to car caused by an alleged defect at 32 Cresthill
road, Brighton. »
Alfred J. Torpey, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Water Division.
Florence Williams, for compensation for damage
to clothing and golf equipment at Franklin Park
Girls' Locker Room.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS BEFORE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held December 11,
1956, at 10 a.m. on rates and charges by Plymouth
and Brockton Street Railway Company.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held November
23, 1956, at 9.30 a.m. on petition of Boston Edison
Company for pole location on private property in
control of Metropolitan District Commission in
Hyde Park.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held December 14,
1956, at 10 a.m. on petition of Boston & Maine
Railroad for increase in fares.
Severally placed on file.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMISSION ON
AWARDS FOR LAND TAKINGS AT
62-55 KINGSTON STREET AND 69-83
BEDFORD STREET.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Finance Commission, November 15, 1956.
To the Honorable the City Council:
In accordance with the provisions of chapter 474
of the Acts of 1946 it is required that the Real
Property Board must file with the Finance Com-
mission a statement of the intention of the Board
to award damages for a taking by the Board of a
site for off-street parking.
Recently the Commission has been informed of
the intention of the Board to make an award to
the trustees under the will of Eben D. Jordan, Sr.,
for a taking at 62-55 Kingston street and 69-83
Bedford street.
A copy of the letter from the Real Property
Board is submitted to you for the purpose of
placing the information contained therein on the
public record.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Dwight Rudd, Chairman.
City of Boston,
Real Property Department,
November 5, 1956.
The Boston Finance Commission.
Gentlemen :
You are hereby notified, in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 474 of the Acts of 1946, as
amended, that it is the intention of the Real
Property Board to award damages to the trustees
under the will of Eben D. Jordan, Sr., in the
amount of $381,558.32; said damages resulting from
a taking by eminent domain, made by the Board
on October 5, 1956, approved by the Mayor on
October 5, 1956, and recorded with Suffolk Reg-
istry of Deeds on October 15, 1956, of the property
located at 62-55 Kingston street and 69-83 Bed-
ford street, Boston.
Enclosed please find pertinent facts relating to
this award.
Very truly yours,
Herman Carp,
Commissioner of Real Property,
Chairman, Real Property Board.
City of Boston,
Board of Assessors, November 5, 1956.
To whom it may concern:
The records of the Assessing Department show the following assessed values and abate-
ments made on the parcels as listed and for the years as noted below:
Year.
Ward.
Locus.
Area
In Feet.
Land
Value.
Building
Value.
Total
Value.
Abatement.
1954
1955
1956
3
3
3
69-83 Bedford street
69-83 Bedford street
69-83 Bedford street
24,341
24,341
24,341
8350,000
250,000
250,000
$200,000
150,000
150,000
$550,000
400,000
400,000
$150,000
1954
1955
1956
3
3
3
70-78 Kingston street
76-78 Kingston street
76-78 Kingston street
1,233
1,233
1,233
15,000
15,000
15,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
4,000
4,000
1954
1955
1956
3
3
11-13 Columbia street
11-13 Columbia street
11-13 Columbia street
2,522
2,522
2,522
6,000
6,000
6,000
12,000
12,000
12,000
1S.000
18,000
18,000
7,000
1954
1955
1956
3
3
3
80-84 Kingston street
80-84 Kingston street
80-84 Kingston street
7,465
7,465
7,465
75,000
75,000
75,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
125,000
125,000
125,000
25,000
AT B
Jeremiah A. Coakley,
Head Administrative Clerk.
City of Boston,
City Clerk's Office,
November 5, 1956.
I hereby certify that Jeremiah A. Coakley is the Head Administrative Clerk in the Assess-
ing Department of the City of Boston and that the foregoing signature is his signature.
Attest: i W. J. Malloy, City Clerk.
Placed on file.
NOVEMBER 19, 1956.
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AMENDMENT TO RULES AND FORMS
FOR PROBATE COURTS.
Notice was received from the Clerk of the Su-
preme Judicial Court of amendments to rules and
forms for Probate Courts, under order dated
July 2, 1950.
Placed on fde.
APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY J. SCALLI.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of Anthony J. Scalli,
fit) Chestnut street, Charlestown, as environ-
mental sanitation inspector (temporary).
Place on file.
APPOINTMENT OF FREDERICK A. DAVIS.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Frederick A. Davis to be a planning
commissioner for the City of Boston, for the term
ending May 1, 1962, vice William F. Otis, resigned.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appropria-
tions and Finance, submitted the following:
Report on message of the Mayor and" order
freferred November 13) for appropriation of
$25,000 from income of Parkman Fund to be
expended under direction of Commissioner of
Parks and Recreation — recommending that same
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Thomas J. Delaney,
correction officer and clothing cutter at the House
of Correction, Penal Institutions Department (re-
ferred November 13), for retirement as a veteran —
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Whereas, Thomas J. Delaney, employed in the
service of the County of Suffolk as correction
officer and clothing cutter in the House of Correc-
tion, Penal Institutions Department, has made
application to be retired under the provisions of
section 57 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as
amended; and
Whereas, The said Thomas .1. Delaney has sub-
mitted to the City Council satisfactory evidence
that he is a veteran as defined in section 50 of
chapter 32 of the General Laws; that he has been
certified for retirement for disability by the duly
authorized medical board; that he has been in the
service of the county at least ten years; that he is
incapacitated for active service; and that his total
income from all sources, exclusive of his retirement
allowance and of any sum received from the gov-
ernment of the United States as a pension for war
service, does not exceed $1,000;
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 57
of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended,
Thomas J. Delaney, employed in the service of
the County of Suffolk as correction officer and
clothing cutter in the House of Correction, Penal
Institutions Department, be, and hereby is,
retired by the Mayor and City Council, acting as
county commissioners, at an annual pension of
$3,106.94, being 64 per cent of his highest regular
rate of compensation.
2. Report on petition of William J. Carey (re-
ferred November 13) for indemnification for hospi-
tal, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition
of William J. Carey, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on July 20,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated :
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D., 1101 Beacon street,
Brooklme $25
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
3. Report on petition of Paul J. DeRosa
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by
him while in the performance of his duty as a
member of the Fire Department — recommending
passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under 'the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Paul J. DeRosa, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on April 30, 1955, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
B. A. Godvin, M.D., 483 Beacon street $100
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of Prisco C. DeSisto
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department— recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Prisco C. DeSisto, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on March 15, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated:
Prisco C. DeSisto (petitioner), 29 South
Sydney street, Dorchester $30 55
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
5. Report on petition of Prisco C. DeSisto
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Prisco C. DeSisto, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on December 12, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
Prisco C. DeSisto (petitioner), 29 South
Sydney street, Dorchester $5
Burton E. Hamilton, M.D., 319 Longwood
avenue 55
Total $60
said sum to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
6. Report on petition of Owen J. Gallagher (re-
ferred November 13) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
Owen J. Gallagher, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on August 1 ,
1950, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
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CITY OOUNOiJL.
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated :
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $455 50
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
7. Report on petition of Paul F. Gearin (re-
ferred November 13) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses in-
curred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, unon petition
of Paul F. Gearin, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on February 1,
1956, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated :
Harold Gordon Lee, M.D., 1101 Beacon
street, Brookline .$20
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
8. Report on petition of .Tames T. George (re-
ferred November 13) for indemnification for hos-
pital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of James T. George, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
March 26, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the follow-
ing the amounts stated:
James T. George (petitioner), 7 Fenwood
road, Roxbury $9 55
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 736 Cambridge
street, Brighton 151 44
George B. Smithy, M.D., 475 Common-
wealth avenue 155 00
Frances J. Bonner, M.D., 127A Bay State
road 105 00
Norris B. Flanagan, M.D., 270 Common-
wealth avenue 15 00
Thomas P. R. llinchey, M.D., 1101 Beacon
street, Brookline 25 00
Total $553 99
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
9. Report on petition of Daniel P. Lallan
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order.
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon peti-
tion of Daniel P. Laffan, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred as
a result of an injury received through no fault of his
own while in the performance of his duty on Janu-
ary 26, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as recom-
mended by the Fire Commissioner and approved
by the Corporation Counsel, to the following the
amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South- ^
ampton street, Roxbury S244
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
10. Report on petition of James A. Madden
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section 100
of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon petition of
James A. Madden, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment, for indemnification for hospital, surgical,
medical, and nursing expenses incurred as a result
of an injury received through no fault of his own
while in the performance of his duty on July 23,
1955, there be allowed and paid, as recommended
by the Fire Commissioner and approved by the
Corporation Counsel, to the following the amount
stated :
Harold Gordon Lee, M.D., 1101 Beacon street,
Brookline $20
said amount to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
11. Report on petition of James H. Mullanc
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of James H. Mullanc, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgioal, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault,
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on September 14, 1956, there be allowed and paid,
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
James H. Mullane (petitioner), 1 Hopkins
street, Dorchester $7 20
John J. Gilbert, M.D., 530 East Broad-
way, South Boston 144 00
Total $151 20
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
12. Report on petition of George F. Todd
(referred November 13) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of George F. Todd, a member of the
Fire Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty
on July 26, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as
recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amount stated :
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $80
said amount to be charged to the appropriation
for Executions of Court, Damage Claims and
Reimbursements.
Coun. FOLEY in the chair.
The foregoing reports were accepted, and the
foregoing orders were severally passed.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN CLERK
OF COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective November 21, 1956, the
following-named persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed in the service of the Clerk of Com-
mittees Department to the positions set against
their respective names until the third Wednesday
of December, 1956, at the salaries in effect for
them on November 20, 1956.
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk; Nicholas
DiMella, temporary stenographer; Agnes G. Dins-
more, temporary clerk-receptionist; Coleman P.
Flaherty, temporary clerk; John J. Kerrigan,
NOVEMBER 19, 195«.
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temporary clerk; Paul G. O'Hara, temporary
clerk; Cecilia A. Walkowski, temporary stenogra-
pher; Frances B. Winn, temporary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HEARING ON
WEST END URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That Mr. Frederick A. Cronin, Chair-
man of the Boston Housing Authority, and Mr.
Kane Simonian, Chief of Urban Renewal, be, and
hereby are, requested to appear before the Execu-
tive Committee of the Boston City Council on
Monday, November 20, at 3 p.m.. for the purpose
of informing the City Council of recent develop-
ments concerning the West End Urban Renewal
Project, and discussing the sales contract for the
West End Project, which contract was executed
prior to approval by the City Council of final
plans for the project.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the members of the Boston
Housing Authoi'ity, the executive secretary of
said Board, and the director of urban renewal be,
and hereby are, requested to attend a hearing of the
Executive Committee of the Boston City Council
at such time and dates as the Council may appoint,
to discuss the alleged sales contract for the West
End Project area, including all negotiations and
discussions leading to the same, and that they
produce at the said hearing the minutes of the
meetings of the Boston Housing Authority for
the past year, the general information require-
ments for proposals to purchase or lease the pro-
ject land in the West End Project, together with
copies of all advertisements, brochures, and
leaflets that were put out in connection therewith.
Severally referred to the Executive Committee'
PIN BALL MACHINE LICENSES.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following: '
Whereas, As a result of recent activity by the
Boston Police Department and hearings hold by the
Licensing Board of the City of Boston, it has been
proved that:
(1) Certain alleged amusement devices, to
wit, pin ball machines, are being used as gambling
devices; and
(2) Certain other alleged amusement devices
of the same description are so equipped as to be
able to be used as gambling devices; and
Whereas, It was not the intention of the Great
and General Court of the Commonwealth, when it
authorized the licensing of said machines as
amusement devices, nor the intention of the
Licensing Board of the City of Boston when it
issued licenses for the operation of said machines,
that they be used for gambling purposes; and
Whereas, The use of said machines for any pur-
pose other than pure amusement is contrary to
public policy and detrimental to the morals and
well-being of the community; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in meet-
ing assembled, strongly recommends that the
Licensing Board of the City of Boston revoke all
presently existing pin ball machine licenses forth-
with, and refuse to issue any such licenses until it is
clearly established that no such machine can be
used for gambling purposes.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
FIRST CONFERENCE ON MUNICIPAL
ADMINISTRATION.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston City Council having ob-
served the eminently satisfactory manner in which
the first Conference on Municipal Administration
was conducted and the splendid forward-looking
spirit manifested by the personnel wdio participated ;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Library Department and the
Administrative Services Department which co-
operated in the arrangements for the conference
are commended for the initiative displayed, and
it is hoped that these conferences will be held
periodically and their scope broadened so that top
personnel of the various city departments as well
as those in lower echelon may benefit from the
free exchange of information of mutual benefit to
themselves and the taxpayers of the City of
Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
SYNCHRONIZATION OF CERTAIN
TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner be, and
hereby is, requested to synchronize the traffic lights
on major traffic routes in and out of Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TOWING OF AUTOMOBILES.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be, and
he hereby is, directed to furnish the Boston City
Council with a written opinion on the rights and
liability of the City of Boston in the towing of cars,
said opinion to cover both the cars in the area
designated as towing area by the Legislature and
also towing under other circumstances; and, more
particularly, without limiting to the same, the
rights and liability of the City of Boston in the
towing of cars while clearing cars that are in
parade routes.
Coun. WHITE in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspension
of the rules.
APPROVAL OF PLAN TO EXPAND
PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Whereas, The Boston City Planning Board is
presently engaged in a major effort to expand the
Planning Department of the City of Boston both
vertically and horizontally, that is, by not only
increasing the professional staff but also by creat-
ing and tilling more highly compensated positions
than presently allotted the Planning Department;
and
Whereas, The Boston City Council has for many
years been urging and emphasizing the necessity
of creating and filling positions in the Planning
Department involving a high level of compensa-
tion and professional capacity; be it, therefore,
Resolved, That the Boston City Council hereby
reiterates its position that Boston planning prob-
lems are presently of such magnitude as to wan-ant
the engagement of the best professional planners
in the United States on a full-time basis; and be it
further
Resolved; That the Boston City Council feels
that the level of compensation necessary to attract
such personnel should be high enough to permit
the Planning Board to be selective; and be it
further
Resolved, That the City Council will support
appropriations for personnel in the Planning
Department sufficiently high to obtain the high-
level, nationally recognized planners we need; and
be it further
Resolved, That the City Council considers the
retention on a full-time basis of a high-level,
nationally recognized planner at wdiatever com-
pensation is necessary to be the cornerstone and
the indispensable element in an intelligent, orderly,
and effective expansion of the Planning Board.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Pieinonte, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.45 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber, and were called to order bv
President McCORMACK at 5.34 p.m.
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CITY CO LUST OIL.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for temporary loan of $15,000,000
in anticipation of revenue — recommending that
the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 9. On
motion of Councilor Piemonte the message and
order were referred to the Executive Committee.
2. Report on the order of Councillor Ahearn
and the order of Councillor Piemonte (referred
today) for appearance of members of Boston
Housing Authority before the Executive Committee
concerning the AVest End Urban Renewal Project
— recommending passage of the orders in the
accompanying new draft.
Ordered, That the members of the Boston Hous-
ing Authority, the executive secretary of the said
Authority, and Mr. Kane Simonian, Director of
Urban Renewal, be, and they are hereby, requested
to attend a hearing of the Executive Committee of
the Boston City Council in City Hall, Monday,
November 26, 1956, at 3 p.m., to discuss the alleged
sales contract for the West End Urban Renewal
Project, including all negotiations and discussions
leading to the same, and that they produce at the
said hearing the minutes of the meetings of the
Boston Housing Authority for the past year, the
general information requirements for proposals to
purchase or lease the project land in the West End
Project, together with copies of all advertisements,
brochures, and leaflets that were put out in connec-
tion therewith.
The report was accepted, and the order in the
new draft was passed.
LARK STREET, WARD 7,
ONE WAY.
and McCOR-
Coun. KERRIGAN, FOLEY,
MACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner be
requested, through his Honor the Mayor, to
designate Lark street, Ward 7, as a one-way
street, in order to eliminate the present traffic
hazard.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 5.44 p.m., on motion of Councillor
McLaughlin, to meet on Monday, November 26,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
Cnre op Boston
Administrativb Sebvicbs Department
PEINTrNG <^||g>g» S8CTION
CITY COUNCIL.
U3t>
CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, November 26, 1956
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend Joseph J. Raflferty, of All
Saints Roman Catholic Church, Roxbury, was
escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JOSEPH J.
RAFFERTY.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom, and
justice, through Whom authority is rightly
administered, laws are enacted, and judgments
decreed, assist with Thy holy spirit of counsel
and fortitude these men, that their administra-
tion may be conducted in righteousness and be
eminently useful to Thy people over whom
they preside without regard to race, color, or
creed, by encouraging due respect for virtue,
by a faithful execution of laws in justice and
mercy, and by restraining vice and immorality.
Let the light of Thy divine wisdom direct
their deliberations and shine forth in all their
proceedings so that they may tend to the
preservation of peace, the promotion of hap-
piness, the increase of industry and sobriety,
and may perpetuate to us the blessings of
equal liberty under God. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
DREDGING OF BASIN AT SAVIN HILL IN
DORCHESTER BAY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 21, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I have been informed that under section 11
of chapter 91 of the General Laws, as
amended, the State Department of Public
Works is about to dredge certain portions of
Dorchester Bay near the Savin Hill Yacht
Club at Fox Point. The purpose of the work
is to enlarge and deepen the existing basin
sufficiently to accommodate normal boating ac-
tivities in the area. The entire cost of the
project, which it is estimated will approximate
$75,000, will be borne by the state. It is
customary, however, for the state to obtain
from the municipality in which it does any
such work an assumption by that municipality
of liability for all damages to property suf-
fered by any person by any taking of land (or
any right, interest, or easement therein) inci-
dent to the project. In the present case no
taking of land is anticipated, but the state
nevertheless insists upon its customary require-
ment of assumption of liability by the city.
Accordingly, I recommend passage by your
Honorable Body of the accompanying Order
which will enable me to execute the necessary
instruments and thereby expedite the early
commencement of the above-described project.
Respectfully,
J. B Hynbs, Mayor.
Ordered, That the Mayor of the City of Bos-
ton be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute
and deliver in the name and behalf of the City
of Boston an instrument whereby the city, by
virtue of section 29 of chapter 91 of the
General Laws, as amended, will assume liabil-
ity for all damages to property to be suffered
by any person by any taking of land, or of
any right, interest, or easement therein, within
the City of Boston, to be made by the Depart-
ment of Public Works of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts for the purpose of dredging
the basin at Savin Hill in Dorchester Bay as
now proposed by said department under sec-
tion 11 of said chapter 91, as amended.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
COUNTY COURTHOUSE (CUSTODIAN).
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, November 26, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the transfer of $8,800 from the appropriation
for Court Officer's Division, Superior Court,
to the appropriation for County Court House
(Custodian) and a letter from the Chairman
of the Court House Commission explaining the
reasons therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Court House Commission,
November 21, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
The Court House Commission respectfully
requests that you authorize the transfer of
$8,800 from available sources to Group 200,
Contractual Services, to provide an appropria-
tion to cover the approximate cost of altera-
tions and improvements in the Juvenile Court.
An estimate has been submitted by W. A.
MacLeod Company, 50 Congress street, Boston,
to do the following work as outlined on specifi-
cations and drawings prepared by O. R.
Freeman, architect:
"Alterations to the courtroom, conference
loom, and waiting room as shown on the
drawings. Included in the estimate are the
following allowances: hung acoustic ceiling,
$580; electric work, including two ceiling
fixtures, $200; baseboard heating in court-
room and waiting room, $600; rubber floor
tile and base, $560; three sash units with
prism glass, $300; painting and finishing of
oak, $1,000; general work such as gypsum
block and plaster, carpentry, oak panels and
mouldings, demolition, doors, frames, hard-
ware, cutting for trades, trucking, insurance,
supervision, builder's fee, etc., $4,760;
architect's fee, $800; total, $8,800."
The Juvenile Court, of necessity, is located
in the rear of the first floor of the Old Court
House Building. At present the rooms are
dingy and dark, and most unimpressive as
courtrooms. The commission is of the opinion
that these improvements are necessary and
long overdue and requests your Honor's ap-
proval to undertake these alterations.
Respectfully yours,
Court House Commission,
by Arno I. Drew, Chairman.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Court Officer's
Division, Superior Court, Personal Services,
$8,800, to the appropriation for County Court
House (Custodian), Contractual Services,
$8,800.
Referred to the Executive Committee,
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PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Eli J. Ames Realty Corporation, for com-
pensation for damage to property at 661, 665,
and 671 Atlantic avenue, caused by defective
water supply line.
Donald A. Beaton, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Dixwell
street near Columbus avenue.
Patrick J. Caprio, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Police De-
partment.
Mrs. E. Russell Davis, for compensation for
injuries caused by defect at Winthrop Square
Parking Facility.
Mathew B. Denenberg, for claim caused by
negligence of one of city employees on Wash-
ington street.
Ann Epstein, for compensation for injuries
caused by police vehicle.
Rita E. Frazier, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Cliff
street, Roxbury.
John Hauptman, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 753-757
Dorchester avenue.
Leonard Heifetz, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 140 Beach
street.
Arthur H. Johnson, et al., for compensation
for damage to car and injuries caused by
police vehicle.
Barbara Leone, for compensation for damage
to car by police vehicle.
Ida Sable, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at Washington and
Mora streets.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Nora F. McCarthy to be paid
annuity on account of death of her husband,
John J. McCarthy, late member of the Fire
Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Raymond B. LaCasse, retired
member of the Boston Fire Department, for
indemnification for hospital, surgical, medical,
and nursing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING BOARD.
Notice was received from the State Housing
Board of approval of sale of excess land in
Millstone street, Readville, under section 6 of
chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946.
Placed on file.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Notice was received from the Department of
Public Utilities of hearing to be held Novem-
ber 23, 1956, at 9.30 A.M. on petition of Bos-
ton Edison Company for pole location on
private property in care and control of Metro-
politan District Commission in Dorchester Dis-
trict.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
A communication was received from the
State Department of Agriculture transmitting
copy of order concerning livestock disease
control.
Placed on file.
ABSENCE OF MAYOR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city on November 20, 1956.
Notice was received from the Mayor of his
absence from the city from November 23 to
28, 1956, inclusive.
Severally placed on file.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON
PURCHASING PROCEDURE.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Law Department, November 26, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In response to an order passed by your
Honorable Body on October 29, 1956, I trans-
mit to you herewith a draft of an ordinance
limiting the powers of the Purchasing Agent
in ordering materials and supplies other than
those of a constantly recurrent nature. In
my opinion, the situation which prompted
your order would be better remedied by a
change in administrative procedure than by
ian ordinance; but if your Honorable Body
determines upon an ordinance, I think you
will find the enclosed draft a practical adapta-
tion of the principle outlined in your order.
Respectfully,
William L. Baxter,
Corporation Counsel.
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Six.
An Ordinance Limiting The Powers of the
Purchasing Agent in Ordering Certain
Materials and Supplies.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
Chapter 3A of the Revised Ordinances of
1947 is hereby amended by striking out section
5, as appearing in section 9 of chapter 8 of
the Ordinances of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following section:
Section 5. The purchasing agent, when
satisfied of the legality of any requisition in
writing signed by the officer in charge of a
department requiring materials or supplies of
any kind, if such materials or supplies are
of a constantly recurrent nature, shall at
once comply with such requisition and furnish
the materials or supplies requisitioned, but
if such materials or supplies are not of such
nature, shall ascertain with reasonable dis-
patch the cost of such materials or supplies
and notify such officer thereof and upon
receipt of written approval of such cost by
such officer at once comply with such requisi-
tion and furnish the materials or supplies
requisitioned; and in either case shall require
suitable evidence that the materials or supplies
furnished are accepted by the officer issuing
the requisition, and shall keep suitable records
of all requisitions received and materials and
supplies furnished.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
PIN-BALL MACHINE LICENSES.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Licensing Board, November 26, 1956.
W. J. Malloy, Esq.,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of your com-
munication (on November 23, 1956) relative
to pin-ball machines, in which you inform
this Board of the adoption by the City Council,
on November 19, 1956, of the following reso-
lution:
"Resolved, That the Boston City Council
in meeting assembled, strongly recommends
that the Licensing Board for the City of
Boston revoke all presently existing pin-ball
machine licenses forthwith — and refuse to
issue any such licenses until it is clearly
NOVEMBER 26, 1956.
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established that no such machine can be used
for gambling purposes."
The Board respects this resolution and shall,
in the very near future, carefully consider
its contents and report to you.
Very truly yours,
Mary E. Driscoll, Chairman.
Placed on file.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 2.16 P.M., subject
to the call of the Chair. The members re-
assembled in the Council Chamber, and were
called to order by President McCORMACK at
8.07 P.M.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
1. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred November 13) of Russell Theodore
Blakeley as constable with authority to serve
civil process upon filing of bond for the term
ending April 30, 1957 — recommending that the
appointment be confirmed.
2. Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred November 19) of Isadore Rubin as
constable with authority to serve civil process
upon filing of bond for the term ending
April 30, 1957 recommending that the ap-
pointment be confirmed.
The reports were accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Piemonte and White. Whole number of ballots
8, yeas 8, and the appointments were con-
firmed.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred November 13) for transfer
of appropriation of $20,000 to Public Cele-
brations— recommending that the order ought
to pass.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for transfer of appro-
priation of $8,800 to County Court House
(Custodian), Contractual Services — recommend-
ing that the order ought to pass.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, McDonough, Piemonte.
White— 8.
Nays— 0.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred November 19) for temporary
loan of $15,000,000 in anticipation of revenue
— recommending that the order ought to pass.
On November 19, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 9.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its second reading and passage, yeas 8,
nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, Piemonte,
White— 8.
Nays— 0.
Adjourned at 8.14 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor White, to meet on Wednesday, No-
vember 28, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City or Boston
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Wednesday, November 28, 1956.
Regular adjourned meeting of the City Council
held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all the
members present.
The Reverend Francis L. Gallagher, of Our
Lady Help of Christians Roman Catholic Church,
Newton, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. FRANCIS L.
GALLAGHER.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We are come, O God, the Holy Ghost, we are
assembled before Thee, hindered indeed by our
many and grievous sins, .but especially gathered
together in Thy name. Come unto us and be
with us; vouchsafe to enter our hearts; teach us
what we are to do and whither we ought to tend;
show us what we must accomplish in order that,
with Thy help, we may be able to please Thee in all
things. Be Thou alone the author and finisher of
our judgments, who alone with God, the Father,
and His Son dost possess a glorious name.
Permit us not to disturb the order of justice,
Thou who lovest equity above all things; let not
ignorance draw us into devious paths, nor par-
tiality sway our minds; neither let respect of
riches or persons pervert our judgment, but unite
us to Thee effectually by the gift of Thine only
grace, that we may be one in Thee and may
never forsake the truth; inasmuch as we are
gathered together in Thy name, so may we in all
things hold fast to justice tempered by pity,
so that in this life our judgment may in no wise
be at variance with Thee and in the life to come
we may attain to everlasting rewards for deeds
well done. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
LOAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DE-
PARTMENTAL BUILDINGS.
Coun. FOLEY called up, under unfinished busi-
ness, the following:
Order for loan of $1,000,000 for construction of
departmental buildings.
On November 13, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 9.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
White— 8.
Nays — 0.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of James W. Marley
(referred November 13) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on ac-
count of his acts as an employee of the Fire Depart-
ment, Maintenance Division — recommending pas-
sage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of $275.87 be allowed and
paid to James W. Marley in reimbursement for
amount of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as an employee of the Fire Department
Maintenance Division, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of Mary A. Norton
(referred September 24) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, Patrick J ;
Norton, a member of the Police Department — ■
recommending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of ohapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of $1,500 be allowed and paid to Mary A. Norton,
widow of Patrick J. Norton, late member of the
Police Department, who died on August 2, 1956,
on account of injuries received in the performance
of his duty, said annuity to continue so long as
she remains unmarried; such annuity to become
effective upon the date of the approval of this order
by the Mayor, and to be charged to the appropria-
tion for Police Department, Pensions and Annuities.
3. Report on petition of Joanne M. McDonough
(referred June 25) to be paid an annuity on account
of the death of her husband, John F. McDonough,
late member of the Fire Department — recommend-
ing passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws, an annuity
of $1,500 be allowed and paid to Joanne M.
McDonough, widow of John F. McDonough, late
member of the Fire Department, who died on
May 31, 1956, on account of injuries received in
the performance of his duty, said annuity to con-
tinue so long as she remains unmarried, and to
become effective upon the date of the approval of
this order by the Mayor, and to be charged to the
appropriation for Fire Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders were
severally passed.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 2.40 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber, and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.07 p.m.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PERAM-
BULATION OF THE BOUNDARY LINES.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Perambulation of the Boundary Lines Between
Boston and the Cities of Revere, Everett, Somer-
ville, and Newton, and the Towns of Brookline,
Dedham, Milton, and Winthrop, submitted the
following:
In City Council, November 28, 1956.
The special committee appointed to examine
the lines and bound marks between the City of
Boston and the Cities of Revere, Everett, Somer-
ville, and Newton, and the Towns of Brookline,
Dedham, Milton, and Winthrop respectfully
report that they have attended to the duty with
which they are charged and have examined and
verified with the committees appointed by the
said cities and towns the several boundaries and
bound marks in the existing boundary lines.
The committee found that the boundary markers
were substantially in the same condition as
reported by the previous perambulation com-
mittee. The Boston-Winthrop boundary line,
when officially established, was a water boundary,
and has not been included in previous peram-
bulation reports. However, the filling of Belle
Isle Inlet for the expansion of the Logan Airport
has extended across this line. Shirley Gut, between
Winthrop and Deer Island, is now filled in in the
vicinity of the boundary line. It is the opinion
of this committee that the boundary line at both
of these locations should be defined and suitably
marked, and to accomplish this purpose the
committee recommends that a suitable plan for
these boundaries be prepared by the Commissioner
of Public Works for submission to and deter-
mination by the Land Court as required by law.
The Boston-Revere boundary line likewise
was originally established along the center of
Belle Isle Inlet between Bennington street and the
Chelsea River. Most of this inlet has been filled,
and its location is unmarked. The line as surveyed
at the time of filling Belle Isle Inlet is a series
of short courses with many bends. It is the
opinion of this committee that the boundary
line should be adjusted, eliminating the insig-
nificant bends, and then properly marked by the
installation of stone bounds, and to effectuate
this result this committee recommends that a
suitable plan embodying such changes be prepared
by the Commissioner of Public Works for sub-
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mission to and approval by the Department of
Public Works of the Commonwealth, with the
later submission by the said department to the
General Court for the passage of the necessary
legislation.
The Boston-Everett boundary line is reported
by the engineers of both communities to be marked
by a series of stone bounds — all of which are
buried distances from two to six feet below the
surface. It is the recommendation of this com-
mittee that such bounds be raised and made
visible.
The Boston-Somerville boundary line is well
marked except where it crosses Main street,
Charlestown, in the vicinity of the new Sullivan
Square improvement. It is recommended that
road markers be placed at this location.
The Boston-Brookline boundary line, the
longest of any of Boston's boundary lines, with
approximately 100 bends, is well marked, as is
the line between Boston and Newton, Boston and
Dedham, and Boston and Milton. At the Boston-
Brookline boundary line, in the vicinity of Pond
street and Avon street, the Brookline officials
pointed out that their town desires a minor re-
adjustment of the boundary line so that the
small portion of Larz Anderson Park lying in
Boston would become a part of the Town of
Brookline, which will require legislation and
should be initiated by the Town of Brookline.
Since the perambulation by this committee
of the Boston-Newton boundary line, the City
Council received and placed on file on November
19, 1956, an attested copy of order of the Middlesex
County Commissioners granting permission to the
Department of Public Works of the Common-
wealth to remove the monument marking the
city corner B-N-20 in the boundary line between
the City of Boston and the City of Newton,
situated on the northerly side of Baker street in
Boston and Dedham street in Newton, and
replacement of the same by a concrete bound set
in a suitable container twelve inches below the
surface of the pavement; and, further, for the
setting up of the existing bound marking the
city corner B-N-20 as a roadstone at the inter-
section of the said city line and the new northerly
line of Baker street as relocated.
We submit herewith descriptions of the bound-
ary lines and marks for record.
Gabriel, F. Piemonte,
Patrick F. McDonough,
Councillors.
Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
James W. Haley,
Chief Engineer, Survey Division,
Public Works Department.
(The descriptions of the boundary lines and
marks are annexed hereto.)
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the report
of the special committee was referred to the
Executive Committee.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following :
1. Report on ordinance (referred October 29)
fixing the fees for licenses and permits and the
charges for certain services and work — recom-
mending passage of the ordinance in the accom-
panying new draft:
An Ordinance Fixing the Fees for Licenses
and Permits and the Charges for Cer-
tain Services and Work.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows :
Section 1. Chapter 41 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947 is hereby amended by striking out
section 22 (as most recently amended by chapter 7
of the Ordinances of 1955), section 22A (as inserted
by section 4 of chapter 3 of the Ordinances of 1953),
section 23, section 23A (as inserted by chapter 9 of
the Ordinances of 1950), and the note following
section 23A.
Section 2. The Revised Ordinances of 1947
are hereby further amended by inserting after
chapter 40 the following new chapter: —
Chapter 40A.
Fees and Charges.
Section 1. Fees and charges are hereby fixed
under chapter 222 of the acts of 1949 as follows: —
(1) _ Abatement Records, Copies of. The fee to
be paid for the furnishing by the secretary of the
board of review in the assessing department of a
copy of a record which section 60 of chapter 59 of
the General Laws requires be kept shall be $1.00
for each page or part thereof.
(2) Alcohol (Methyl or Wood), License to
Manufacture or Deal in. The fee for a license
granted by the health commissioner under section
303B of chapter 94 of the General Laws to engage
in the business described in section 303A of said
chapter shall be $3.00.
(3) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Building
Code. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the board
of appeal from a decision of such commissioner
under the Boston Building Code shall be $15.00.
(4) Appeal to Board of Appeal under Zoning
Law. The entry fee which shall be paid to the
building commissioner for each appeal to the board
of appeal from a decision of such commissioner
under chapter 488 of the acts of 1924 shallbe $25.00.
(5) Assessors' Certificate as to Abutters. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf of
the board of assessors of the persons who on a
specified assessment date were assessed for parcels
of land abutting on a specified parcel of land shall
be a primary fee of $1.00 if the certificate is prepared
by the applicant therefor, and of $2.00 if it is not,
and in either case an additional fee of 50(4 for each
parcel of land abutting on the specified parcel.
(6) Assessors' Certificate as to Listing of Person.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in be-
half of the board of assessors as to the record of the
listing of a person on one or more specified dates
under chapter 29 of the General Acts of 1917, as
amended, or under corresponding provisions of
earlier law, shall be 25(5 for each date specified but
in no event less than $1.00; and the charge to be
paid for a duplicate of any such certificate, if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25 |S.
(7) Assessors' Certificate as to Poll Tax. The
charge to be paid for a certificate by or in behalf of
the board of assessors as to the assessment of a
particular person for a poll tax on one or more
assessment dates shall be 25 i for each assessment
date but in no event less than $1.00; and the charge
to be paid for a duplicate of any such certificate, if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25{S.
(8) Assessors' Certificate as to Real Estate Tax.
The charge to be paid for a certificate by or in be-
half of the board of assessors as to the assessment
on one or more assessment dates of a particular
parcel of land or of two or more parcels of land
assessed to the same person or persons on such date
or dates shall be 25 fi for each assessment date but
in no event less than $1.00; and the charge to be
paid for a duplicate of any such certificate if
ordered simultaneously with the original, shall be
25f*.
(9) Assignment f/b/o Creditors. The fee of
the city clerk for filing and indexing a copy of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors under sec-
tion 41 of chapter 203 of the General Laws shall be
$2.00.
(10) Assignment of Wages. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under either chapter 154 or
chapter 255 of the General Laws an assignment of,
or order for, future wages or salary, including any
acceptance thereof by the employer, shall be $1.00.
(11) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing a
certified copy of writ and return of attachment of
bulky personal property under section 51 of chapter
223 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(12) Attachment of Bulky Personal Property,
Dissolution of. The fee of the city clerk for re-
ceiving and filing a dissolution of attachment of
bulky personal property shall be $1.00.
(13) Attorney. See Power of Attorney.
(14) Auction, License of Establishment for
Closing Out. The fee for a license granted by the
police commissioner under section 18 of chapter 100
of the General Laws to conduct or maintain an
establishment for holding an auction represented or
advertised by any such descriptive term as is set
forth in said section 18 shall be $10.00.
(15) Auction, License of Establishment for
Sale of Jewelry, etc., at. The fee for a license
granted by the police commissioner under section 14
of chapter 100 of the General Laws to conduct or
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maintain an establishment for the sale at auction
of the articles or goods enumerated in said section
14 shall be 810.00.
(10) Auctioneer's License (for Resident). The
fee for an auctioneer's license granted by the police
commissioner under section 2 of chapter 100 of the
General Laws shall be $10.00.
(17) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auction Goods Brought into City for Sale by
Auction.) The fee for an annual auctioneer's per-
mit granted by the police commissioner under
section 6 of chapter 100 of the General Laws shall
be $25.00.
(18) Auctioneer's Permit (for Non-Resident to
Auotion Jewelry, etc., at Licensed Establishment).
The fee for a permit to act as an auctioneer issued
by the police commissioner under section 14 of
chapter 100 of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(19) Auctioneer's Special License (for Non-
Resident to Auction Real Estate, Livestock and
General Farm Equipment and Produce). The fee
for a special auctioneer's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 2 of chapter 100
of the General Laws shall be $5.00 for each of the
days for which it is granted.
(20) Automatic Amusement Device License.
The annual fee for a license granted by the licensing
board under section 177A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws for any automatic amusement device
licensed thereunder shall be $35.00. The fee for
any such license granted after January thirty-first
in any year shall be $3.00 for each calendar month
in which the license may be exercised. The fee for
every amendment of any such license by changing
the premises specified shall be $3.00.
(21) Badges, Medallions and Plates, Replace-
ment of Lost. Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided in this ordinance, the fee of any board or
officer for replacing any lost badge, medallion or
plate shall be $1.00.
(22) Bathing Suits. The charge to be paid to
the parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of a bathing suit furnished by said depart-
ment shall be, in the case of a child under age thir-
teen, 5ji, and in the case of any other person, 15^.
(23) Baths (Vapor, Pool, Shower or Other).
The fee for an annual license granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws to conduct an establishment for the
giving of vapor, pool, shower or other baths for hire
or reward shall be $25.00.
(24) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Certificate of Appropriateness. The fee for the
issuance of a certificate of appropriateness by the
secretary of the Beacon Hill architectural commis-
sion under section 7 of chapter 616 of the acts of
1955 shall be, in the case of the construction or re-
construction of the whole of such portion of the
exterior of a structure as is designed to be open to
view from a public way, $35.00, and in every other
case, $5.00.
(25) Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Certificate of Notice of Demolition. The fee for
the issuance by the secretary of the Beacon Hill
architectural commission of a certificate under
section 8 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955 relative
to the expiration of the period specified in said
section 8 shall be $25.00.
(26) Beast, Determination of Amount Due
from Owner of Impounded. The fee of the city
clerk for issuing a warrant under section 36 of
chapter 49 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(27) Beverage Bottles. See Registration of
Beverage Bottles.
(28) Beverages, Manufacture or Bottling of.
The fee for a permit granted by the health com-
missioner under section 10B of chapter 94 of the
General Laws to engage in the business of manu-
facturing or bottling carbonated non-alcoholic
beverages, soda waters, mineral or spring waters
shall be that prescribed by said section 10B.
(29) Bicycle Registration. The fee for the
registration of a bicycle and the issuance of a
certificate of registration and registration plate
by the police department under section 11A of
chapter 85 of the General Laws shall be 25£.
(30) Bicycle Registration, Duplicate Plate.
The charge of the police department for replacing
a lost bicycle registration plate shall be 25^.
(31) Bills of Sale. See Personal Property
Mortgages, etc.
(32) Birth, Entry of Delayed Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for entering under section
13 or section 13A of chapter 46 of the General
Laws a delayed record of birth shall be $1.00.
(33) Birth, Marriage or Death, Amendment,
Correction or Supplementation of Record of. The
fee of the city registrar for amending, correcting
or supplementing under section 13 of chapter 46
of the General Laws the record of a birth, marriage
or death, including amending thereunder the
record of the birth of an illegitimate child upon
legitimation, shall be $1.00.
(34) Birth, Marriage or Death, Certificate as
to Record of. The fee of the city registrar for
furnishing a certificate as to the record of a birth,
marriage or death shall be $1.00.
(35) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Copy of
Record of. The fee of the city registrar for fur-
nishing a certified copy of a record or paper relating
to a birth, marriage or death shall be $2.00 for
each page or part thereof ; provided , that any person
whom for cause the city registrar deems entitled
to exemption from said fee shall receive such copy
for such reduced fee, or without fee, as the city
registrar may determine.
(36) Births, Marriages and Deaths, Search of
Records of. The fee of the city registrar for search-
ing, or causing to be searched, upon request,
records or papers relating to births, marriages or
deaths shall be 50)! for each quarter hour or fraction
thereof; provided, that any person whom for
cause the city registrar deems entitled to exemp-
tion from said fee shall receive such service for
such reduced fee, or without fee, as the city registrar
mav determine.
(37) Blasting Bond. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving and filing a bond given under section
19 of chapter 148 of the General Laws in connec-
tion with a permit to use an explosive in the
blasting of rock or other substance shall be $1.00.
(38) Blasting Permit. The fee for a permit
granted by the head of the fire department under
section 10A of chapter 148 of the General Laws to
use explosives shall be $5.00 for each blast or
series of concomitant blasts thereby authorized.
(39) Boat License. The fee for a license to
run a steamboat or other boat propelled by power
other than muscular power for the conveyance for
hire of passengers on a lake, pond or waters not
within the maritime jurisdiction of the United
States granted by the city council under section
191 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be
$50.00; and the fee of the city clerk for recording
such a license under section 192 of said chapter 140
shall be $1.00.
(40) Boat or Raft, Permit to Moor. The fee
for a permit granted by the commissioner of
public works to moor a boat or raft to property
of the city under the charge of such commissioner
shall be, for each monthly period in which such
permit may be exercised , a primary fee of 50f< and
an additional fee of 50£ for each five feet in the
length of the boat or raft.
(41) Bowling Alley License. The fees for a
license to keep a bowling alley for hire, gain or
reward granted by the licensing board under
section 177 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an additional
fee of $8.00 for each alley or bed.
(42) Bowling Alley Sunday License. The fees
for a license for the operation of a bowling alley
between the hours of one and eleven postmeridian
on the Lord's day granted by the city council,
with the approval of the mayor, under section 4B
of chapter 136 of the General Laws shall be a
primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of $5.00
for each alley or bed.
(43) Boxing Ring. The charge to be paid for
the furnishing of a boxing ring by the parks and
recreation department shall be $45.00 for the
transportation, assembly and dismantling of the
ring and $5.00 for each day of use; provided, that
such ring is furnished to a hospital, no charge
shall be made either for transportation, assembly
and dismantling or for use.
(44) Builder's or Mechanic's License. The fee
for a license granted by the board of examiners
under section 120 of the Boston Building Code
shall be, in the case of an original license and of a
renewal license in connection with which a reexami-
nation is required, $10.00, and in the case of any
other renewal license, $3.00.
(45) Building Permit. The fees of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to erect, enlarge, alter or
substantially repair a building or structure shall
be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional fee of
$1.00 for each five hundred dollars of the fair cost
of the work to be authorized by such permit as
determined by said commissioner; but in no event
shaU such additional fee exceed $2,000.00. The
fees of the building commissioner for receiving an
application for an amendment of such a permit
shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and an additional
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fee of SI .00 for each five hundred dollars of the
fair cost of the additional work to be authorized by
such amendment as determined by said commis-
sioner; but in no event shall such additional fee be
greater than the amount by which $2,000.00
exceeds the total of the additional fee for receiving
the application for such permit and the additional
fees for receiving prior applications, if any, for
the amendment of such permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (c) of section 111 of
the Boston Building Code for ordinary repairs and
minor alterations not involving vital structural
changes, or for such a permit to erect, enlarge,
alter or substantially repair one or more signs,
permanent awnings, marquees or other projections
or fire escapes, balconies or other like structures
with or without ordinary repair and minor altera-
tions as aforesaid, shall be a primary fee of 81.00
and an additional fee of $1.00 for each five hundred
dollars of the fair cost of the work to be authorized
by such permit as determined by said commissioner.
The fee of the building commissioner for issuing
under paragraph (d) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code a special permit for the foundations
of a building shall be $5.00.
(46) Building Demolition Permit. The fees of
the building commissioner for receiving an appli-
cation for a permit under paragraph (a) of
section 111 of the Boston Building Code to de-
molish a building or structure shall be a primary
fee of $3.00 and an additional fee of $3.00 for each
story in the building or structure to be demolished
and a further additional fee of $1.00 for each full
five thousand cubic feet in such building or struc-
ture as measured by the outer side of the outside
walls, the exterior of the roof and the top of the
foundation walls.
(47) Building Moving Permit. The fees of the
building commissioner for receiving an application
for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of
the Boston Building Code to move a building or
structure shall be a primary fee of $5.00 and an
additional fee of $3.00 for each five thousand cubic
feet in the building as measured by the outer side
of the outside walls, the exterior of the roof and
the top of the foundation walls.
(48) Building Occupancy, Permit to Change.
The fee of the building commissioner for receiving
an application for a permit under paragraph (a)
of section 111 of the Boston Building Code to
change the occupancy of a building or structure
shall be $5.00.
(49) Building Plan Inspection Fee. The fee of
the building commissioner for producing under
paragraph (g) of section 109 of the Boston Building
Code the plans of a building or structure for
inspection more than two months after the com-
pletion of the work described in such plans shall be,
in the case of a building or structure classified for
occupancy in Group I, $1.00, and in the case of
each other building or structure, $2.00.
(50) Business Name, Certificate or Statement
relative to. The fee of the city clerk for receiving,
filing and indexing a certificate presented under
section 5 of chapter 110 of the General Laws shall
be $1.00 and for receiving, filing and indexing a
statement presented under said section 5 shall
be $1.00.
(51) Business Name, Certified Copy of Certifi-
cate or Statement relative to. The fee of the city
clerk for furnishing a certified copy of a certificate
or statement filed under section 5 of chapter 110 of
the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(52) Carousel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chapter
140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a carousel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may
be exercised, except that in the case of a carousel
exclusively for children under age thirteen, such
fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The fee for
a license so granted to establish, keep open and
maintain a carousel other than at a carnival shall
be $15.00 for each monthly period in which such
license may be exercised, except that in the case
of a carousel exclusively for children under age
thirteen, such fee shall be $5.00 for each such
monthly period.
(53) Cemetery, Permit for. The fee for a
permit granted by the mayor and city council
under section 34 of chapter 114 of the General
Laws to use land for burial purposes shall be
$100.00.
(54) Cemetery Chapel, Use of. The charge to
be paid to the cemetery division of the parks and
recreation department for using for a funeral or
memorial service a cemetery chapel shall be, when
heating is required or desired, $15.00, and in all
other cases, $10.00.
(55) Cemetery Grave Opening Charges. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for opening a
grave for an interment or removal between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 ph.. on any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, here-
inafter called regular cemetery hours, shall be, in
the case of a first interment or a removal thereof,
$30.00, and in the case of a second interment or a
removal thereof, $25.00; and the charge to be paid
as aforesaid for opening a grave for an interment
or removal at any other time shall be, in the case
of a first interment or a removal thereof, $40.00,
and in the case of a second interment or a removal
thereof, $35.00; provided, that the charge to be
paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for the
interment or removal of the remains of an infant
dying before attaining the age of six months or
the cremated remains of any deceased person shall
be, in the case of such an interment or removal
during regular cemetery hours, $10.00, and in the
case of such an interment or removal at any other
time, $20.00; and provided also, that the charge
to be paid as aforesaid for opening a grave for
two simultaneous interments or two simultaneous
removals during regular cemetery hours shall be
$40.00, and at any other time $50.00, unless both
interments or removals are of the remains of
infants dying as aforesaid or of cremated remains,
in which case such charge shall be, if such inter-
ments or removals are during regular cemetery
hours, $20.00, and if they are not during such
hours, $30.00; and provided further, that the
charge to be paid as aforesaid for raising from an
opened grave the remains of any deceased person
shall be $5.00 and for transporting such remains
from one grave to another within the same ceme-
tery, an additional $5.00.
(56) Cemetery Interment Device Charge. The
charge to be paid to the cemetery division of the
parks and recreation department for the use on
one day of an interment device furnished by said
department shall be $5.00; and the charge to be
so paid for the use on one day of an artificial grass
mat so furnished shall be an additional $5.00.
(57) Cemetery Monument Foundation Charge.
The charge to be paid to the cemetery division
of the parks and recreation department for con-
structing a foundation for a headstone or monument
shall be 86.00 for each full square foot of surface
area and $1.50 for each additional quarter of a
square foot or fraction thereof.
(58) Cemetery, Recording of Deed to Grave or
Lot in. The fee of the parks and recreation com-
mission for recording as agent of the city clerk
under section 51 of chapter 550 of the acts of
1948 a deed to a grave or lot in any cemetery
belonging to the city shall be $1.00; provided,
that there shall be no fee for so recording a deed
of the city executed under section 9 of chapter 22
of these ordinances.
(59) Cesspool, Permit for Emptying of. The
fee for a permit to empty a cesspool, vault or
privy granted by the health commissioner under
section 16 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall
be, in cases where the permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, $10.00, and, in cases where the
permit is granted for a greater or less period,
the amount bearing the same ratio to $10.00 as
the number of months for which the permit is
granted bears to twelve, but in no event less
than $1.00.
(60) Chiropodist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 21 of chapter
112 of the General Laws the name and address
of a registered chiropodist and the date and
number of his certificate shall be $1.00.
(61) Church Records, Certified Copies of. The
fee of the city clerk, and of the city registrar
for furnishing a certified copy of any record or
registry in his custody under section 16 of chapter
66 of the General Laws shall be $2.00 for each
page or part thereof.
(62) City Clerk, Indexing of Instruments by.
If any instrument or paper required by law to be
recorded or filed with, and indexed by, the city
clerk contains the names of more than two persons,
there shall be added to the fee fixed by this section
for recording or filing such instrument or paper
the sum of 25(5 for each additional person whose
name is to be indexed.
(63) City Clerk, Recording of Instruments by.
The fee of the city clerk for recording an instrument
or paper shall, except as otherwise expressly
provided by this section, be $1.00 for each page
or part thereof.
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(64) Closing Out Sales. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing an inventory, bond
and statement under section 28A of chapter 93
of the General Laws for a sale with any such
designation as is set forth in said section 28A
shall be $5.00.
(65) Club License. The fee for a license
granted by the licensing board under section 21E
of chapter 140 of the General Laws to a club,
society, association or other organization, either
incorporated or unincorporated, authorizing it to
dispense food and beverages to be consumed on
its premises, to its stockholders or members and
their guests, but to no others, shall be $15.00.
(66) Commissions of Constables. The fee of
the city clerk for issuing the commission of a
constable shall be $5.00.
(67) Commissions of Weighers, etc. The fee
of the city clerk for issuing the commission of a
weigher, measurer or surveyor appointed under
section 85 of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
or of a public weigher of fish appointed under
section 89 of said chapter 41, or of a weigher of
beef appointed under section 140 of chapter 94
of the General Laws, or of a weigher of grain
appointed under section 219 of said chapter 94,
or of a weigher of hay appointed under section
236 of said chapter 94, or of a weigher of coal
appointed under section 238 of said chapter 94,
or of an inspector of lime appointed under section
262 of said chapter 94, or of a measurer of wood
and bark provided for by section 296 of said
chapter 94, or of a measurer of leather appointed
under section 1 of chapter 95 of the General Laws,
or of a weigher of vessels appointed under section
6 of chapter 102 of the General Laws, shall be $2.00.
(68) Common Victualler's License. The fees
for a common victualler's license granted by the
licensing board under section 2 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be a primary fee of
$15.00 and an additional fee of $15,00 for each
fifty seats as determined by the maximum seating
capacity.
(69) Copies or Duplicates of Licenses and
Permits. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this ordinance, the fee for a certified copy or
duplicate of any license or permit shall be $1.00.
(70) Cows, permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit from the health commissioner to
keep cows, whether granted under section 7 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances or under a regulation
made by such commissioner under section 31 of
chapter 111 of the General Laws, shall be $5.00
for each cow.
(71) Cross Country Course. The charge to
be paid for each setting up and removal by the
parks and recreation department of the flags of
a cross country course shall be $35.00.
(72) Dancing School License. The fee for a
dancing school license granted by the mayor under
section 185H of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $5.00.
(73) Day Care Agencies. The fee for a license
to conduct an agency giving day care to children
granted by the health commissioner under section
59 of chapter 1 1 1 of the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(74) Deaths. See Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
(75) Decorative Material Test. The charge to
be paid for a determination by the testing labora-
tory in the fire department of the flammability of
a sample of decorative material required by lawful
rules of the head of said department to have a
letter of approval before use in a public building
or place of assembly shall be $1.00.
(76) Directional Sign. The charge to be paid
for the erection by the Boston traffic commission
of a directional sign upon the request of a charitable
religious, educational, literary, recreational, social,
civic or veterans' organization or of a hospital
shall be $10.00, which shall include maintenance
for five years.
(77) Dog License. The fee for a dog license
issued by the police commissioner under section
147 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be,
in the case of a male dog or of a spayed female
dog for which the certificate required by section
139 of said chapter 140 has been filed with the
city clerk, $2.00, and in the case of any other
female dog $5.00; except that a dog license shall
be issued without charge in the case of a dog
specially trained to lead or serve a blind person
if the division of the blind of the commonwealth
certifies that such dog is so trained and actually
in the service of a blind person.
(78) Dog License, Change in Record of. The
fee of the police commissioner for changing under
section 138 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
the record of a dog license to show the name and
address of a new owner or keeper shall be 50(S.
(79) Dogs, Spayed Female. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing under section 139 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws a certificate or
statement that a female dog has been spayed and
thereby deprived of the power of propagation
shall be $1.00.
(80) Dog Tag Substitute. The fee for a
substitute dog tag furnished by the police commis-
sioner under section 137 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be 25(S.
(81) Dog Transfer License. The fee for a dog
transfer license granted by the police commissioner
under section 146 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be 50(i.
(82) Dump, Assignment of Place for. The fee
for the assignment by the health commissioner
under section 150 A of chapter 111 of the General
Laws of a place as a dumping ground for garbage,
rubbish or other refuse shall be $100.00.
(83) Dump Permit. The fee for an annual
permit granted by the health commissioner to
deposit or dump refuse or noxious or decaying
liquid or solid matter or house-dirt, house-offal
or other house refuse matter, whether granted
under section 10 or section 14, or both, of chapter^
40 of these ordinances, shall be $100.00.
(84) Duplicate Receipt. The charge to be paid
for the issuance by any board or officer of the city
of a duplicate receipt for any payment shall be 35£.
(85) Dynamo Installation Permit. The fee of
the building commissioner for receiving an applica-
tion for a permit under paragraph (a) of section 111
of the Boston Building Code to install one or more
engines or dynamos shall be $5.00 for each engine
or dynamo.
(86) Eggs, License to Break and Can. The fees
for an annual license granted by the health com-
missioner under section 89 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws to carry on an establishment for the
breaking and canning of eggs shall be $100.00.
(87) Electric Wiring, etc., Permit for. The fee
for a permit granted by the building commissioner
under chapter 268 of the acts of 1898, as amended,
shall be a primary fee of $1.00 and, according to
the nature and extent of the work authorized,
additional fees as follows:
(a) Service Connection. For each so-called
service connection installation, alteration or re-
location authorized, whether connection with public
utility system or isolated generating plant, $1.00;
(b) Main Switch. For each main switch or like
circuit breaker, alteration or relocation authorized,
$1.00 if the capacity thereof does not exceed one
hundred amperes, and if the capacity thereof
exceeds one hundred amperes, $1.00 for each
hundred amperes but in no event more than
$20.00;
(c) Meter Loop. For each meter loop instal-
lation, alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(d) Panel Board. For each panel board in-
stallation, alteration or relocation authorized, if
but only if, no branch circuit installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, $1.00;
(e) Branch Circuit. For each branch circuit
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
$1.00;
(f) Lighting Fixtures, etc. For each incan-
descent lamp rated at 500 watts or over, each
arc lamp and each mercury vapor lamp installa-
tion, alteration or relocation authorized, $1.00; and
for each other lighting fixture (other than sign or
outline lighting) installation, alteration or reloca-
tion authorized, and for each lighting circuit
switch outlet installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, and for each lighting circuit plug re-
ceptacle installation, alteration or relocation
authorized, 25(^;
(g) Signs. For each sign or outline lighting
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
whether fluorescent, incandescent, neon or other
or a combination of all or any thereof, $1.00 plus
the amount payable under subclause (i) for each
convertor included therein, plus the amount
payable under subclause (k) for each transformer
connected therewith, plus $1.00 for each kilowatt
of the aggregate capacity of the fluorescent tube3
and incandescent lamps;
(h) Heating Devices, etc. For each heating
device installation, alteration or relocation author-
ized, and for each heating circuit plug receptacle
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
25^ for each kilowatt of the capacity thereof ex-
cept that, where the authorization is for the in-
stallation, alteration or relocation of two or more
of the aforesaid on the same premises at the same
time and for the same person, the amount pay-
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able under this subclause shall be 25fS for each
kilowatt of the aggregate capacity thereof; pro-
vided, that in no event shall the total amount
payable under this subclause be less than 500 for
each such device or receptacle; and provided,
further, that the capacity of any such device or
receptacle in excess of fifty kilowatts shall be
excluded in computing the amount payable under
this subclause;
(i) Motors, etc. For each motor installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, and for each
power circuit plug receptacle installation, alteration
or relocation authorized, 250 for each horsepower
of the capacity thereof except that, where the au-
thorization is for the installation, alteration or
relocation of two or more of the aforesaid on the
same premises, at the same time and for the same
person, the amount payable under this subclause
shall be 250 for each horsepower of the aggregate
capacity thereof; provided, that in no event shall
the total amount payable under this subclause be
less than 500 for each motor or receptacle afore-
said; and provided, further, that the capacity of
any motor or receptacle aforesaid in excess of
fifty horsepower shall be excluded in computing
the amount payable under this subclause;
(j) Generators, _ etc. For each generator
installation, alteration, or relocation authorized,
and for each rectifier or other battery charging
device installation, alteration or relocation author-
ized, $2.00 if the capacity thereof is not more than
ten kilowatts, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than twenty-five, kilowatts,
$5.00 if the capacity thereof is more than twenty-
five, but not more than fifty, kilowatts, and
S 10.00 if the capacity thereof is more than fifty
kilowatts, and in addition thereto, in each case,
the amount payable under subclause (k) for the
motors thereof, if any; and
(k) - Transformers. For each ignition, neon
sign, outline lighting or signalling transformer
installation, alteration or relocation authorized,
500; and for each other transformer installation,
alteration or relocation authorized, $2.00 if the
capacity thereof is not more than ten kilovolt-
amperes, $3.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than ten, but not more than twenty-five, kilo-
voltamperes, $5.00 if the capacity thereof is more
than twenty-five, but not more than fifty, kilo-
voltamperes, and $10.00 if the capacity thereof
is more than fifty kilovoltamperes.
The fees for a permit granted by the building
commissioner under said chapter 268 for an in-
stallation, alteration or relocation to remain in
place for thirty days or less shall be a primary
fee of $1.00 and one third of the additional fees
otherwise fixed by subclauses (a) to (k), inclusive.
The fee of the building commissioner for reinspect-
ing under said chapter 268, after alleged correction,
work found on previous inspection to be defective
shall be $2.00.
(88) Elevator or Escalator Installation, Altera-
tion or Repair Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a
permit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to install, alter or sub-
stantially repair one or more elevators shall be
$12.00 for the first elevator and $3.00 for each
additional elevator on the same premises or on
adjacent premises in the same ownership or control;
provided, that if such application relates exclusively
to one or more builder's hoists, the fee shall be
$2.00 for each car; and provided, further, that if
such application relates exclusively to one or more
dumbwaiters, the fee shall be $1.00 for each car.
The word "elevator", as used in this clause, shall
be construed to include escalator.
(89) Elevator and Escalator Inspection. The
fee of the building commissioner for inspecting
and testing under section 64 of chapter 143 of the
General Laws an elevator as defined in section 62
of said chapter 143 shall be $8.00 for the first
elevator and $2.00 for each additional elevator
on the same premises or on adjacent premises in
the same ownership or control; except that in
cases where, at the request of the owner or person
in control of the premises where an elevator is
located, such inspection and testing is done at a
time other than when the office of the building
commissioner is open for the transaction of public
business, such fee shall be $12.00 for the first
elevator and $3.00 for each additional elevator on
such premises or on adjacent premises in the same
ownership or control.
(90) Elevator Operator's License. The fee for a
license to act as an operator of elevators granted by
the building commissioner whether under chapter
714 of the acts of 1913 or under regulations made by
the state board of elevator regulations under sec-
tion 69 of chapter 143 of the General Laws shall be,
in the case of an original license and of a license
granted upon presentation of a license to act as an
operator of elevators issued by another licensing
authority and of a renewal license in connection
with which a reexamination is required, $2.00, and
in the case of any other renewal license, $1.00.
(91) Engine Installation Permit. See Dynamo
Installation Permit.
(92) Entertainment License. The fee for a
license granted by the licensing board under sec-
tion 183A of chapter 140 of the General Laws
(including a license so granted to an innholder or
common victualler) shall be $100.00; provided,
that in cases where the entertainment is solely
through the use of television, radio, and music
provided by mechanical or electrical means, the
fee shall be $50.00; and provided also, that in
cases where the entertainment is solely provided
by not exceeding four instrumentalists, the fee
shall be $75.00.
(93) Explosives. See Flammable and/or Ex-
plosive Materials.
(94) Factor's Lien. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving, filing and indexing under section 42 of
chapter 255 of the General Laws a notice of a
factor's lien shall be $3.00.
(95) Factor's Lien, Discharge of. The fee of the
city clerk for receiving and filing under section 44
of chapter 255 of the General Laws a certificate,
or a certified copy of a certificate, of the discharge
of a factor's lien shall be $3.00.
(96) Fence Viewers, Assignment by. The fee
of the city clerk for recording an assignment by
fence viewers under section 6 of chapter 49 of the
General Laws shall be $1.00.
(97) Ferris Wheel License. The fee for a license
granted by the mayor under section 186 of chapter
140 of the General Laws to establish, keep open
and maintain a Ferris wheel at a carnival shall be
$10.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, except that in the case of a Ferris wheel
exclusively for children under thirteen years of age,
such fee shall be $3.00 for each such day. The fee
for a license so granted to establish, keep open and
maintain a Ferris wheel other than at a carnival
shall be $15.00 for each monthly period in which
such license may be exercised, except that in the
case of a Ferris wheel exclusively for children under
thirteen years of age, such fee shall be $5.00 for
each such monthly period.
(98) Fire (Large) in Open Air, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the fire commissioner
under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set, main-
tain or increase a fire or fires in the open air other
than in an incinerator shall, except in the case of a
permit coming within clause (99) or (100) of this
section, be $15.00 for the first monthly period and
■S5.00 for each additional monthly period in which
it may be exercised; provided, that there shall be
no fee for a permit granted as aforesaid to set,
maintain or increase a fire or fires in connection
with a patriotic or public celebration.
(99) Fire (Small or Torch) in Open Air, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the fire com-
missioner under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to
set, maintain or increase in the open air a flame or
flames in connection with one or more appliances
or devices using or producing flame or a fire or fires
not exceeding four square feet in area each shall be
$2.50 for each monthly period in which such permit
may be exercised; provided, that if such permit
limits such flame or flames or such fire or fires to a
single estate, the fee for such permit shall be $1.00
for each such period.
(100) Fire in Open Air for Burning Leaves, etc.,
Permit for. There shall be no fee for a permit
granted by the fire commissioner under chapter 355
of the acts of 1943 to set, maintain or increase a
fire or fires in the open air if such permit limits
all fires thereunder to a single estate and to the
burning of leaves, grass and brush from such
estate and restricts each fire thereunder to four
square feet in area.
(101) Fire Fighting Exhibition License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under sec-
tion 186 of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep open and maintain an outdoor
exhibition of fire fighting for the amusement of the
public shall be $25.00 for each day on which such
license may be exercised.
(102) Firearms, License to Carry or Possess.
The fee for a license to carry a pistol or revolver in
the commonwealth or to possess therein a machine
gun, granted by the mayor or the police com-
missioner under section 131 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $5.00.
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(103) Firearms, License to Purchase, Rent or
Lease. The fee for a license to purchase, rent or
lease a pistol or revolver granted by the mayor or
the police commissioner under section 131A of
chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be SI. 00.
(104) Firearms, License to Sell, Rent or Lease.
The fee for a license to sell, rent or lease firearms
granted by the licensing board under section 122
of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(105) Fireworks Bond. The fee of the city clerk
for receiving and filing a bond given under sec-
tion 40 of chapter 148 of the General Laws and
conditioned upon the payment of any judgment
for loss, damage or injury resulting from the
storage or manufacture of fireworks shall be $1.00.
(106) Fireworks Display Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the head of the fire department
under section 10A of chapter 148 of the General
Laws for a supervised display of fireworks shall
be $5.00.
(107) Fishing License. The fee for a fishing
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
sections 8 and 8A of said chapter 131.
(108) Flammable Materials, Permit for. The
fee for a permit granted by the head of the fire
department under section 10A or section 23 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to keep, store or
use one or more flammable fluids, solids or gases
shall be, if such permit is granted for a twelve-
month period, one half of the fee which would be
payable under clause (109) of this section for a
license granted under section 13 of said chapter 148
for the keeping, storage or use of such fluids, solids
or gases, and if such permit is granted for any
other period, for each monthly period in which
such permit may be exercised one twenty-fourth
of the fee which would be so payable for such a
license; provided, that the fee for an annual permit
granted as aforesaid solely for the keeping, storage
and use of not exceeding one thousand gallons of
light fuel oil shall be $1.00.
(109) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
License for. The fee for a license granted under
section 13 of chapter 148 of the General Laws by
the committee on licenses in the public safety
commission to use land for the keeping, storage,
manufacture or sale of one or more of the articles
named in section 9 of said chapter 148 shall be a
primary fee of $20.00 and an additional fee equal,
in the case of fluids, to $6.00 for each thousand
of the first ten thousand gallons thereof, $3.00 for
each thousand of the next ninety thousand gallons
thereof, $3.00 for each ten thousand of the next
four million nine hundred thousand gallons thereof,
and $3.00 for each one hundred thousand gallons
thereof in excess of five million gallons and equal,
in the case of solids and gases, to $4.00 for each
hundred of the first ten hundred cubic feet thereof,
$2.00 for each thousand of the next four hundred
ninety-nine thousand cubic feet thereof, and $2.00
for each ten thousand cubic feet thereof in excess
of five hundred thousand cubic feet; provided, that
the fee for a license granted as aforesaid which
relates exclusively to all or part of an estate owned
or occupied by the same person or persons for the
whole or a part or parts of which a license or licenses
held by such person or persons are in force under
said section 13 shall be a primary fee of $20.00 and
an additional fee equal to the amount by which the
additional fee which would be payable under this
clause for a license granted under said section 13
to use such estate for the aggregate authorized by
such licenses would be increased by the inclusion
of the new license.
(110) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Recording of License for. The fee of the city clerk
for recording a license granted under section 13 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws by the committee
on licenses in the public safety commission shall be
$1.00 for each page or part thereof.
(111) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of License for. The fee of the
fire commissioner for receiving under section 1.3
of chapter 148 of the General Laws a certificate of
registration setting forth the name and address of
the holder of a license granted under said section 13
or corresponding provisions of earlier law shall be
one half of the fee which would have been payable
for such license if clause (109) of this section had
then been in force; provided, that where two or
more such licenses are held by the same person or
persons and relate to one estate owned or occupied
by such person or persons, although no two of
such licenses relate to the same part of said estate
and none of them to the whole of said estate, the fee
of the fire commissioner for receiving under said
section 13 a certificate of registration setting forth
the name and address of the holder of such licenses
shall be one half of the fee which would be payable
under clause (109) of this section for a license
granted under said section 13 to use such estate
for the aggregate authorized by such licenses.
(112) Flammable and/or Explosive Materials,
Annual Registration of Unlicensed but Lawful Use
of Land for. The fee of the fire commissioner for
receiving pursuant to section 2 of chapter 394 of the
acts of 1936 from the owner or occupant of a build-
ing or other structure lawfully used for any of the
purposes specified in section 13 of chapter 148 of
the General Laws without a license a certificate re-
citing such use shall be one half of the fee which
would be payable under clause (109) of this section
for a license granted under said section 13 for such
use.
(113) Flashpoint Determination. The charge
to be paid for a determination by the testing labo-
ratory in the fire department of the flashpoint of
any flammable fluid or solid shall be $3.00.
(114) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Retail. The fee for a license granted by
the health commissioner under section 651 of chap-
ter 94 of the General Laws to manufacture frozen
desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for sale at
retail shall be $5.00 for each premises specified in
the license.
(115) Frozen Desserts, License to Manufacture
for Sale at Wholesale. The fee for a license granted
by the health commissioner under section 651 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws to manufacture
frozen desserts and ice cream mix, or either, for sale
at wholesale shall be, for the manufacture of not
more than twenty-five thousand gallons, $25.00;
for the manufacture of more than twenty-five thou-
sand, but not more than one hundred thousand,
gallons, $50.00; for the manufacture of more than
one hundred thousand, but not more than two
hundred and fifty thousand, gallons, $100.00; for
the manufacture of more than two hundred and
fifty thousand, but not more than five hundred
thousand, gallons, $150.00; and for the manufacture
of more than five hundred thousand gallons,
$200.00.
(116) Frozen Desserts, Permit to Have for
Sale. The fee for a permit to have frozen desserts
and ice cream mix, or either, in custody or posses-
sion with intent to sell or to offer or expose for sale
or to deliver in the city granted by the health com-
missioner under a regulation made by such commis-
sioner under section 65Q of chapter 94 of the
General Laws shall be $1.00.
(117) Fuel Oil Burner, Permit to Install or
Alter. The fee for a permit granted by the head of
the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws for the installation or
alteration of a fuel oil burner shall be, in the case of
a power oil burner, $3.00, and in the case of any
other oil burner, $1.00.
(118) Fumigation of Certain Buildings, Permit
for. The fee for a permit granted by the head of
the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws to fumigate a warehouse,
factory or commercial building by the use of a
volatile inflammable liquid or a material requiring
flame shall be $3.00.
(119) Funeral Director's License. The fee for a
license to act as a funeral director in Boston
granted by the health commissioner under section
49 of chapter 114 of the General Laws shall be
$10.00.
(120) Garage Permits. The fees for a permit
granted by the committee on licenses in the public
safetv commission under chapter 577 of the acts
of 1913, as amended, to erect or maintain a garage
for the storage, keeping or care of motor vehicles
(including a lubritorium or repair shop) shall be a
primary fee of $50.00 and an additional fee equal
to $5.00 for ea.ch inspection, repair, lubricating or
wash-stand bay thereof and $1.00 for each of the
first hundred parking spaces therein and $25.00 for
each hundred additional parking spaces therein;
provided that the fees for a permit so granted to
erect or maintain a private garage for the storage or
keeping of automobiles only shall be a primary fee
of $15.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each bay
thereof, except that the total fee for a permit so
granted to erect or maintain as an appurtenance to
a dwelling a garage for the storage or keeping of not
more than two automobiles shall be $5.00. In
determining the fees hereinbefore prescribed for a
permit granted as aforesaid, a group of individual
garages constituting one estate shall be considered
as one garage.
(121) Garbage, etc., Permit to Transport. The
fee for a permit to remove or transport garbage,
offal or other offensive substances through the
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streets of the city granted by the health commis-
sioner under section 31 A of chapter 111 of the
General Laws shall be $25.00 for each vehicle used
in such removal and transportation.
(122) Gases. See Flammable Materials, also
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment.
(123) Gasfitting Installation, Alteration or Re-
pair Permit. The fees of the building commis-
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially re-
pair gasfitting shall be a primary fee of $2.00 and
an additional fee of 50(i for each appliance or fixture
to be installed, altered or substantially repaired
thereunder.
(124) Gasfitter's Licenses. The fee for a mas-
ter gasfitter's license granted by the board of ex-
aminers of gasfitters under section 121 of the Boston
Building Code shall be, in the case of an original
license and of a renewal license in connection with
which a reexamination is required, 810.00, and in
the case of any other renewal license, $3.00; and
the fee for a journeyman gasfitter's license so
granted shall be, in the case of an original license
and of a renewal license in connection with which a
reexamination is required, $5.00, and in the case of
any other renewal license, $1.00.
(125) Gasoline Tank, Permit to Remove or
Relocate. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 38A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to remove or
relocate an underground tank whicli has been used
for the keeping or storage of gasoline shall be $3.00
for each tank.
(126) Goats, Permit to Keep. The fee for an
annual permit to keep goats granted by the health
commissioner under section 4 of chapter 40 of these
ordinances shall be $3.00 for each goat.
(127) Golf Course, FraniJin Par*. The fee for
a license from the parks and recreation commission
permitting the licensee to use throughout the year
for which it is given the Franklin Park golf course
for the playing of golf shall be, in the case of a per-
son resident in the city, $25.00 and, in the case of
any other person, $50.00. The fee for the use of
such golf course for the playing of golf by a person
without such a license shall be, on a Saturday, Sun-
day or legal holiday, $2.00 in the case of a person
resident in the city and $3.00 in the case of any
other person and, on any day other than a Satur-
day, Sunday or legal holiday, $1.50 in the case of a
person resident in the city and $2.00 in the case of
any other person; provided, that the fee for such
use of such golf course by a person resident in the
city commencing to play after 5:00 p.m. on any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday
shall be $1.00. The charge to be paid to the parks
and recreation department for the use of a turkish
towel furnished by said department at said golf
course shall be 15f^.
(128) Golf Course, George Wright. The fee
for a license from the parks and recreation commis-
sion permitting the licensee to use throughout the
year for which it is given the George Wright golf
course for the playing of golf shall be, in the case of
a person resident in the city, $40.00 and, in the case
of any other person, $70.00, and in addition thereto
in each case a locker fee of $5.00. The fee for the
use of such golf course for the playing of golf by a
person without such a license shall be, on a Satur-
day, Sunday or legal holiday, $2.50 in the case of a
person resident in the city and $4.00 in the case of
any other person and, on any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, $2.00 in the
case of a person resident in the city and $2.50 in the
case of any other person. The charge to be paid
to the parks and recreation department for the use
of a turkish towel furnished by said department at
said golf course shall be 15fS.
(129) Golf Course Clubhouse, Use of George
Wright. The charge to be paid for the use of the
clubhouse at the George Wright golf course for a
social, civic or similar event shall be $50.00.
(130) Gravel Removal Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the building commissioner under
chapter 204 of the acts of 1945 to excavate land to a
depth of more than five feet for the purposes of
obtaining and removing sand, gravel or loam shall
be $5.00.
(131) Gun Club License. The fee for a gun
club license granted by the city council under
section 23 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall
be $15.00.
(132) Hackney Carriage License. The fee for a
license granted by the police commissioner under
chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to set up and use a
vehicle as a hackney carriage shall be $10.00 for
each vehicle. The fee for every amendment of any
such license shall likewise be $10.00 for each vehi-
cle, except that, in cases where the amendment
results solely from the substitution of one vehicle
for another, the fee therefor shall be $1.00 for each
vehicle.
(133) Hackney Carriage Driver's License. The
fee for a license granted by the police commissioner
under chapter 392 of the acts of 1930 to drive or
have charge of a hackney carriage shall be $2.00.
(134) Halls, etc., in Municipally Owned Build-
ings, Use of. The charge to be paid for the exclusive
use on a weekday of a hall with a seating capacity
of less than five hundred in a municipally owned
building other than a library or school shall be
330.00, except that the charge for such a use
ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $15.00 and the
charge for such a use commencing after 5:00 p.m.
shall be $25.00; and the charge to be paid for the
exclusive use of such a hall on a Sunday or legal
holiday shall be $40.00, except that the charge
for such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be
$25.00 and the charge for such a use commencing
after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be $25.00. The
charge to be paid for the exclusive use on a week-
day of a hall with a seating capacity of five hundred
or more but less than one thousand in a munici-
pally owned building other than a library or
school shall be $50.00, except that the charge for
such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $25.00
and the charge for such a use commencing after
5:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the charge to be
paid for the exclusive use of such a hall on a
Sunday or legal holiday shall be $60.00, except
that the charge for such a use ceasing before
6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the charge for such a
use commencing after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be
$35.00. The charge to be paid for the exclusive
use on a weekday of a hall with a seating capacity
of one thousand or more in a municipally owned
building other than a library or school shall be
$70.00, except that the charge for such a use
ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be $35.00 and the
charge for such a use commencing after 5:00 p.m.
shall be $45.00; and the charge to be paid for the
exclusive use of such a hall on a Sunday or legal
holiday shall be $80.00, except that the charge
for such a use ceasing before 6:00 p.m. shall be
$45.00 and the charge for such a use commencing
after 5:00 p.m. shall likewise be $45.00. The word
"hall", as used in this clause, shall be construed to
include a gymnasium with seating accommodations.
(135) Hamburg. See Sausages and Chopped
Meat.
(136) Handcart Licenses. See Wagon and
Handcart Licenses.
(137) Hawker's or Peddler's License. The fee
for an annual hawker's or peddler's license
granted by the health commissioner under section
19 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be, if
sales within the market limits are authorized,
$10.00, otherwise $5.00.
(138) Hawker's or Peddler's Number Plates.
The fee of the health commissioner for assigning
under section 19 of chapter 40 of these ordinances
a number to a person hawking or peddling any of
the articles enumerated in section 17 chapter 101
of the General Laws shall be $2.00.
(139) Health Division Medical Records, Ab-
stracts and Copies of. The charge to be paid for
an abstract, or a copy, of a medical record kept in
the health division of the health department shall
be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each
additional page.
(140) Heating Installation Permit. The fee
of the building commissioner for receiving an
application for a permit under paragraph (a) of
section 111 of the Boston Building Code to install
a steam boiler, furnace, heater or other heat-
producing apparatus the installation of which is
regulated by the Boston Building Code shall be
$2.00 for each boiler, furnace, heater or other
heat-producing apparatus.
(141) Hens. See Poultry.
(142) Home for Sick and Aged, Application for
Approval of Location of. The fee which shall be
paid to the building commissioner for receiving an
application for the approval by the health com-
missioner and the building commissioner of the
location of a hospital, home for aged, convalescent
home, sanitarium or similar use under paragraph
(3) of section 3 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1924
shall be $25.00 plus the cost of publishing the
notice of hearing.
(143) Hospital. The charges to be paid for
services rendered in the hospital department shall
be as prescribed in clauses (144) to (157), inclusive,
except that, in every case in which a rate certified
under section 30K of chapter 7 of the General Laws
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is applicable, such portion of the charges so pre-
scribed as in excess of such rate shall be waived,
and except further that, in every other case, such
portion of the charges so prescribed as, in the
judgment of the board of trustees in charge of
said department, the patient or persons bound to
support him are unable to pay shall also be waived.
(144) Hospital Admission. The charge to be
paid for admission on one day to the out-patient
department at the city hospital for diagnosis or
treatment shall be 50^. The charge to be paid for
each admission to the accident floor at the city
hospital for diagnosis or treatment shall be, in the
case of a child under age thirteen, $2.00, and in
the case of any other person, $3.00. The charge
to be paid for each admission to the East Boston
relief station for diagnosis or treatment shall be,
in the case of a child under age thirteen, $2.00, and
in the case of any other person, $3. 00; provided,
that such charge shall be waived in case of transfer
of the patient to the accident floor at the city
hospital.
(145) Hospital Bed and Board. The charge to
be paid for bed and board at the city hospital shall
be, in the ease of bed and board in a private room,
$21.00 a day, in the case of bed and board in a
semi-private room, $18.00 a day, in the case of
bed and board in a ward, $15.00 a day, and in the
case of bed and board in a nursery for a child
born at the hospital, $5.00 for each day after its
mother is discharged from the hospital. The
charge to be paid for bed and board at the Long
Island hospital shall be, in the case of a person
chronically ill or permanently and totally disabled,
$10.00 a day, and in the case of any other person,
$7.50 a day. The charge to be paid for bed and
board at the sanatorium shall be $15.00 a day.
(146) Hospital Blood Transfusion Equipment.
The charge to be paid for the use of equipment
and facilities at the city hospital in connection
with a blood transfusion shall be $10.00.
(147) Hospital Delivery Room. The charge
to be paid for each use of a delivery room at the
city hospital, including materials and equipment
for any anesthesia in connection with such use,
shall be $25.00.
(148) Hospital, Electrocardiogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at the
city hospital for an electrocardiogram shall be $5.00:
(149) Hospital, Electroencephalogram at. The
charge to be paid for the use of equipment at the
city hospital for an electroencephalogram shall
be $15.00.
(150) Hospital Laboratory. The charge to be
paid for each analysis made by a laboratory at the
city hospital shall be such amount, not less than
$1.00 nor more than $5.00, as the board of trustees
in charge of the hospital department shall from
time to time determine approximates the cost of
such analysis; provided, however, that until said
board establishes for laboratory analyses a schedule
of charges determined as aforesaid, each bed
patient at the city hospital shall be charged a
laboratory fee of $5.00 for the first day of each
admission and of $1.00 for each day he remains in
the hospital thereafter, but in no event more than
$18.00 for any one admission.
(151) Hospital Operating Room and Anesthesia.
The charge to be paid for each use of an operating
room at the city hospital, exclusive of materials
and equipment for anesthesia but inclusive of any
use of a recovery room, shall be such amount, not
less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00, as the
board of trustees in charge of the hospital depart-
ment considering the nature of the operation or
procedure shall from time to time determine; and
the charge to be paid for each use of equipment
for anesthesia at the city hospital, including all
materials supplied in connection with such use,
shall be such amount, not less than $5.00 nor more
than $15.00, as the board of trustees in charge of
the hospital department considering the nature of
the operation or procedure shall from time to
time determine.
(152) Hospital Oxygen Mask, etc. _ The
charges to be paid for each use of equipment
for oxygen at the city hospital, including all
materials supplied in connection with such use,
shall be a primary charge of $3.00 and an addi-
tional charge of 50)* for each hour of use; but in no
event shall the total charge for one use exceed
$50.00.
(153) Hospital, Pharmaceuticals, etc., at. The
charge to be paid for any pharmaceutical prepara-
tion, biological product or intravenous solution
furnished at the city hospital shall be such amount
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department shall from time to time determine
approximates the cost of furnishing such pharma-
ceutical preparation, biological product or intra-
venous solution; provided, however, that until said
board establishes for furnishing pharmaceutical
preparations, biological products and intravenous
solutions a schedule of charges determined as
aforesaid, each bed patient at the city hospital,
unless hospitalized solely for a tonsillectomy and
adenoidectomy or either, shall be charged a
pharmacy fee of $1.00 a day but in no event more
than $12.00 for any one admission.
(154) Hospital, Plaster or Other Cast at. The
charge to be paid for the supply of materials and
the use of equipment in connection with the
application of a cast at the city hospital, including
materials and equipment for any anesthesia in
connection with such application, shall be such
amount, not less than $10.00 nor more than $50.00,
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department considering the type of cast involved
shall from time to time determine. The charge
to be paid for the use of equipment at the city
hospital in connection with the removal of a cast
shall be $2.00.
(155) Hospital Radium. The charge to be
paid for the use of radium controlled by the
hospital department shall be $10.00.
(156) Hospital Records, Abstracts and Copies
of. The charge to be paid for an abstract, or a
copy, of a record kept in the hospital department
under section 70 of chapter 111 of the General
Laws shall be $2.00 for the first page and $1.00
for each additional page.
(157) Hospital X-Ray Equipment. The charge
to be paid for the use of x-ray equipment at the
city hospital for diagnosis or therapy shall be such
amount, not less than $5.00 nor more than S50.00,
as the board of trustees in charge of the hospital
department considering the nature and circum-
stances thereof shall from time to time determine.
(158) Hunting License. The fee for a hunting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by section
8 of said chapter 131.
(159) Hydrant Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(160) Ice Cream. See Frozen Desserts.
(161) Incinerator. Assignment of Place for
Refuse Disposal. The fee for the assignment by
the health commissioner under section 150A of
chapter 111 of the General Laws of a place as a
site for a refuse disposal incinerator shall be $100.00.
(162) Incinerator Permit. The fee for an
annual permit granted by the fire commissioner
under chapter 355 of the acts of 1943 to set,
maintain or increase fires in an incinerator in the
open shall be $25.00; provided, that when such a
permit is granted solely for such an incinerator
for the purpose of burning rubbish from households
on the estate on which it is located, the fee therefor
shall be $2.00.
(163) Inflammables. See Flammable and/or
Explosive Materials.
(164) Innholder's License. The fee for an
innholder's license granted by the licensing board
under section 2 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be $100.00.
(165) Intelligence Office License. The fee for
a license to establish or keep an intelligence office
granted by the licensing board under section 42
of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall be, in
the case of a business employment bureau, $50.00,
in the case of a domestics and laborers employment
bureau, $25.00, and in the case of an intelligence
office furnishing its services without charge to
employer or employee, $2.00.
(166) Jitney License. The fee for a license
granted by the city council, with the approval of
the mayor, under section 1 of chapter 159A of
the General Laws to operate a motor vehicle upon
a public way for the carriage of passengers for hire,
in such a manner as to afford a means of trans-
portation similar to that afforded by a railway
company, by indiscriminately receiving and dis-
charging passengers along the route on which the
vehicle is operated or may be running, or for
transporting passengers for hire as a business
between fixed and regular termini shall be $25.00;
and the fee for an amendment of any such license
shall be $10.00.
(167) Junk Collector's License. The fee for
and annual junk collector's license granted by the
police commissioner under section 1 of chapter
39 of these ordinances shall be $15.00.
(168) Junk Shopkeeper's License. The fee
for an annual junk shopkeeper's license granted
by the police commissioner under section 1 of
chapter 39 of these ordinances shall be $75.00.
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(169) Kennel License. The fee for a kennel
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 137A of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be S10.00 if four dogs or less are kept in the
kennel, $25.00 if more than four, but not more
than ten, dogs are kept in the kennel, and $50.00
if more than ten dogs are kept in the kennel;
except that a kennel license shall be issued without
charge to any domestic charitable corporation
incorporated exclusively for the purpose of pro-
tecting animals from cruelty, neglect or abuse
and for the relief of suffering among animals.
Dogs under the age of three months shall not be
counted in determining the fee for a kennel license.
(170) Kennel Transfer License. The fee for
the issuance under section 137A of chapter 140
of the General Laws of a new license in the case of
the removal of a kennel to Boston shall be $3.00.
(171) L Street Solarium. The fee for the use
of either solarium at the L Street Bathhouse on
any day shall be 25i for any two hours or fraction
thereof, which fee shall include a half-ounce piece
of soap and the use of a locker and of a turfcish
towel furnished by the parks and recreation
department.
(172) Labor, Claim for. See Public Buildings
and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(173) Library, Permit for Non-Resident to
Borrow Materials from Public. The fee for a
permit for a person not resident in the city to
borrow books or other library material from the
public library granted under section 8 of chapter
78 of the General Laws by the boarri of trustees
in charge of the library department shall be $1.00
for each four-month period in which such permit
may be exercised.
(174) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
Permit. The fee for a permit granted by the head
of the fire department under section 10A of chapter
148 of the General Laws to install or connect
liquefied petroleum gas equipment shall be $1.00.
(175) Loading Zone Permit. The fee for an
annual permit for a loading zone, so called, granted
by the Boston traffic commission under section 2
of chapter 263 of the acts of 1929 shall be $2.00
for each foot of curbing abutting on said zone,
but in no event less than $10.00.
(176) Locations. See Public Utility Locations.
(177) Lodging House License. The fee for a
lodging house license granted by the licensing board
under section 23 of chapter 140 of the General
Laws shall be, in the case of a lodging house having
less than ten rooms let or adapted for letting to
lodgers, $10.00, and in the case of a lodging house
having ten or more, but less than twenty, such
rooms, $20.00, and in the case of all other lodging
houses, $45.00.
(178) Lunch Cart License. The fee for an
annual license to maintain a vehicle for the sale
of food in a public way granted by the commissioner
of public works and the police commissioner under
section 49 of chapter 140 of the General Laws shall
be $120.00.
(179) Manure, Permit for Removal of. The
fee for an annual permit for the removal of manure
granted by the health commissioner under section
6 of chapter 40 of these ordinances shall be $3.00.
(180) Marriage License. The fee of the city
registrar for entering notice of intention of marriage
and issuing certificate thereof shall be that pre-
scribed by clause 42 of section 34 of chapter 262
of the General Laws.
(181) Marriages. See Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
(182) Marriages Solemnized outside Massa-
chusetts, Recording of. The fee of the city
registrar for receiving under section 36 of chapter
207 of the General Laws a certificate or declaration
of marriage solemnized outside Massachusetts
shall be $2.00.
(183) Married Woman's Separate Business
Certificate. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 11 of chapter 209 of the General
Laws a certificate of a married woman who does
or proposes to do business on her separate account
shall be $1.00.
(184) Massage License. The fee for an annual
license to practice massage granted by the health
commissioner under section 51 of chapter 140
of the General Laws shall be $25.00.
(185) Materials, Claims for. See Public
Buildings and Works or Railroads and Railways.
(186) Milk License. The fee for a license
granted by the inspector of milk under section 41
of chapter 94 of the General Laws to deliver,
exchange, expose for sale or sell, or have in custody
or possession with intent so to do, milk, skimmed
milk or cream shall be $1.00 for each premises
and S3. 00 for each vehicle to be used under such
license.
(187) Milk Dispenser Permit. The fee for a
permit to serve milk from a dispenser at an
establishment where food or drink is or may be
served granted by the health commissioner under
a regulation made by such commissioner under
section 31 of chapter 111 of the General Laws
shall be $1.00.
(188) Milk Pasteurization Plant License. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 48A of chapter 94 of the General
Laws for the maintenance of an establishment for
the pasteurization of milk shall be $25.00.
(189) Milk, Permit t3 Sell at Wholesale Where
Dairy Farm Certificate Not Required. The fee
for an annual permit granted by the health com-
missioner under section 43 of chapter 94 of the
General Laws for a dealer in milk to sell or deliver
for sale or have in possession with intent to sell
or deliver for sale milk and cream, or either of
them, in cases where a certificate of registration
issued under section 16C of said chapter 94 is
not required for the issue of such permit, shall
be $100.00.
(190) Minor's Badge, etc. The fee for a minor's
badge, whether issued by the city clerk under
section 16 of chapter 39 of these ordinances or by
the superintendent of schools (or a person author-
ized by him in writing) under section 70 of chapter
149 of the General Laws or under regulations made
by the school committee pursuant to section 19
of chapter 101 of the General Laws, shall be 25^;
but no fee shall be charged for a minor's license
under said section 16 or for an employment permit
or educational certificate issued under any provi-
sion of said chapter 149.
(191) Mortgages. See Personal Property
Mortgages, etc., also Real Estate Tax Payment
Certificate.
(192) Motel, etc., License for. The fee for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 32B of chapter 140 of the General Laws for
a recreational camp or an overnight camp or cabin
or a motel shall be, in the case of an original
license, $50.00 plus the cost of publishing the notice
of hearing, and, in the case of a renewal license,
$25.00.
(193) Motor Carriers. See Jitney License.
(194) _ Moving Pictures, Permit for Special
Exhibition of. The fee for a permit granted by the
mayor under section 1 of chapter 280 of the acts of
1913 for a special exhibition of moving pictures
shall be $3.00.
(195) Municipal Lien Certificate. The fee for
a certificate of taxes and other assessments, in-
cluding water rates and charges, constituting liens
on a parcel of real estate, furnished by the collector-
treasurer under section 23 of chapter 60 of the
General Laws shall be $3.00.
(196) Musicians, Band or Group of Itinerant.
The fee for an itinerant musicians' license granted
by the police commissioner under section 47 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a band or group
of musicians shall be $2.00, except that, in cases
wdiere such a license is granted for a period longer
than one month, the fee therefor shall be S2.00 for
each monthly period for which it is granted.
(.197) Musicians, Individual Itinerant. The
fee for an annual itinerant musician's license
granted an individual musician by the police com-
missioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of these
ordinances shall be $10.00.
(198) Musicians. See also Sound Trucks.
(199) Newsboys on Common. The fee for an
annual permit granted by the mayor under section
79 of chapter 40 of these ordinances to sell news-
papers on the Common shall be $1.00.
(200) Nitrocellulose, Permit for Outdoor
Storage of. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 10A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws for the outdoor
storage of nitrocellulose shall be $5.00 for each
monthly period in which such permit may be ex-
ercised.
(201) Non-Resident of Commonwealth Doing
Business in City, Certificate and Statement of.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing a
certificate and statement under section 5A of
chapter 227 of the General Laws shall be $15.00.
(202) Offensive Trade, Assignment of Location
for. The fee for the assignment by the health
commissioner under section 143 of chapter 111 of
the General Laws of a location for the exercise of a
trade or employment referred to in said section 143
shall be $100.00.
(203) Offensive Trade, Permit to Occupy or
Use Building for. The fee for a permit from the
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mayor and city council under section 151 of
chapter 111 of the General Laws to occupy or use
a building for carrying on the business of slaughter-
ing cattle, horses, mules, sheep or other animals, or
for a melting or rendering establishment, or for
other noxious or offensive trade or occupation,
or to permit or allow such a trade or occupation
to be carried on upon premises owned or occupied
by the permittee shall be 8100.00.
(204) Oil Burner. See Fuel Oil Burner.
(205) Oleomargarine, Registration of Sellers of.
The fee for the registration by the inspector of
milk under section 53 of chapter 94 of the General
Laws of the name of a person proposing to sell
or offer for sale oleomargarine in a store, booth,
stand or market place and the address of the
proposed place of sale shall be $1.00 for each place
of sale.
(206) Optometrist's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 70 of chapter
112 of the General Laws an optometrist's certifi-
cate of registration or for issuing thereunder a
certified copy of such a certificate or for receiving
and filing therunder such a certified copy shall be
§1.00.
(207) Osteopath's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter
112 of the General Laws, by virtue of section 10
of said chapter, an osteopath's certificate of regis-
tration or, in a case where it is lost, the certified
statement provided for by said section 8, shall be
$1.00.
(208) Parking Space License. The fee for a
license granted by the committee on licenses in
the public safety commission under section 56 of
chapter 148 of the General Laws to engage in the
business of conducting or maintaining an open
air parking space shall be a primary fee of $15.00
and an additional fee for each calendar month in
which such license may be exercised of 25(^ for
each car space authorized under such license.
(209) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Construction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees
of the parks and recreation commission for a permit
to occupy or obstruct, in connection with the
erection, alteration, repair, painting, cleaning,
decorating, demolition or removal of a building or
structure, a portion of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission shall be,
for each monthly period in which such permit
may be exercised, a primary fee of S3. 00 and an
additional fee of $1.00 for each ten square feet of
such parkway or other way to be occupied or ob-
structed at any one time in such period.
(210) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Building
Moving. The fee of the parks and recreation
commission for a permit to move a building in a
parkway or other way under its control shall be
$150.00 for the first day, and $75.00 for each
additional day, on which it may be exercised.
(211) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Canopy.
The fee of the parks and recreation commission
for a permit for the temporary projection of a
cloth or canvas canopy over a parkway or other
way under the control of said commission shall be
$3.00 for each day for which such permit is granted.
(212) Parkway Occupancy Permit for Roof
Snow Removal. The fee of the parks and recreation
commission for an annual permit to occupy or
obstruct from time to time a portion of a parkway
or other way under the control of said commission
for the purpose of removing snow or ice from the
roof of a specified building or structure shall be
$3.00.
(213) Parkway Opening Permit. The fee
of the parks and recreation commission for a per-
mit to open a parkway or other way under the
control of said commission or portion thereof shall
be, in the case of an opening for the purpose of
constructing a driveway, and also in the case of an
opening for the purpose of entering a particular
drain into a public sewer, $5.00, and in the case of
an opening for the purpose of constructing, recon-
structing or repairing the roadways and sidewalks
or either, $1.00 for each hundred linear feet of
opening as measured by the sideline of such park-
way or other way but in no event less than $1.00,
and in the case of an opening for any other pur-
pose, $1.00 for each two hundred square feet of
such parkway or other way to be opened but in no
event less than $1.00.
(214) Parkway Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The
fee of the parks and recreation commission for an
annual permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or
across the sidewalk of a parkway or other way
under the control of said commission for the pur-
pose of delivering coal or other fuel to an estate
shall be $] .00 for each location.
(215) Pawnbroker's License. The fee for a
pawnbroker's license granted by the police com-
missioner under section 70 of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be that prescribed by section 77
of said chapter 140.
(216) Peddlers. See Hawkers and Peddlers.
(217) Personal Property in Pledge, Notice of
Intention to Sell. The fee of the city clerk for
recording under section 3 of chapter 255 of the
General Laws a written notice of intention to en-
force payment or performance by a sale of personal
property in pledge, including affidavit of service
of such notice, shall be $1.50.
(218) Personal Property Mortgages, etc.,
Recording of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under chapter 255 of the General Laws a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255)! a bill of
sale of personal property given for security (in-
cluding, when the condition for redemption of
the property included in the bill of sale is in
writing, such writing, and when such condition is
oral, the written statement of such condition pro-
vided for by law), or any deed or conveyance,
however called, by which personal property is
conveyed to a creditor or title thereto retained by
a seller as security for the payment of a debt or
other obligation shall be $1.00 for each page or
part thereof, but in no event less than $3.00.
(219) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., As-
signment of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
an assignment of a mortgage of personal property
(including a mortgage given under section 7A of
said chapter 255) or of a bill of sale of personal
property given for security shall be $1.00.
(220) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Dis-
charge of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
a partial release, or a release or discharge, or a
written acknowledgment of the satisfaction of
the condition of redemption, of a mortgage of
personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or of a bill
of sale given for security shall be $1.00.
(221) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Dis-
charge on Margin of Record of. The fee of the city
clerk for attesting under section 3 of chapter 255
of the General Laws an entry made by the holder
of a mortgage of personal property (including a
mortgage given under section 7 A of said chapter
255) on the margin of the record of such mortgage
in acknowledgement of the satisfaction thereof
shall be $1.00.
(222) Personal Property Mortgages, etc., Fore-
closure of. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 3 of chapter 255 of the General Laws
a written notice of intention to foreclose a mortgage
of personal property (including a mortgage given
under section 7A of said chapter 255) or a bill of
sale of personal property given for security, includ-
ing affidavit of service of such notice, shall be $1.50.
"(223) Physician's Certificate. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 8 of chapter
112 of the General Laws a physician's certificate
of registration or, in a case where it is lost, the
certified statement provided for by said section 8,
shall be $1.00.
(224) Piano. The charge to be paid for the
furnishing of a spinet piano by the parks and re-
creation department shall be $12.00 for delivering
and picking up the same and $3.00 for each day
of use.
(225) Picnic Grove License. The fee for a license
to establish, let, keep open and maintain a grove to
be used for picnics or other lawful gatherings and
amusements granted by the licensing board under
section 188 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be $25.00.
(226) Pledge of Personal Property. See Per-
sonal Property in Pledge.
(227) Plumbing Installation, Alteration or
Repair Permit. The fees of the building commis-
sioner for receiving an application for a permit
under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the Boston
Building Code to install, alter or substantially
repair plumbing shall be a primary fee of $5.00 in
the case of a permit for the installation of a plumb-
ing system or the alteration or substantial repair
of the major portion of a plumbing system, and
of $2.00 in all other cases, and in every case an
additional fee of 50f! for each appliance or fixture
to be installed, altered or substantially repaired;
provided, that the total fee for receiving any such
application shall in no case exceed $300.00.
(228) Pool Room License. The fees for a license
to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table for hire, gain
or reward granted by the licensing board under
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section 177 of chapter 140 of the General Laws
shall be a primary fee of §5.00 and an additional
fee of $8.00 for each table.
(229) Poultry (Hens), Permit to Keep. The
fee for an annual permit to keep hens granted by
the health commissioner under section 4 of chap-
ter 40 of these ordinances shall be a primary fee
of $5.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
fifty hens.
(230) Poultry Slaughter House License. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 139 A of chapter 94 of the General
Laws for the maintenance of an establishment
for the slaughtering of poultry shall be $100.00.
(231) Power of Attorney. The fee of the city
clerk for recording under section 3 of chapter 255
of the General Laws a power of attorney shall be
$1.00.
(232) Proprietors of Common Property, De-
posit of Records of. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving records of the proprietors of common
property deposited under section 15 of chapter 179
of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(233) Public Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor on. The fee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 28 of chapter 149 of the
General Laws a sworn statement of claim made
under said section 28 shall be $1.00.
(234) Public Buildings and Works, Claim for
Labor and/or Materials on. The fee of the city
clerk for receiving and filing under section 29 of
chapter 149 of the General Laws a sworn statement
of claim made under said section 29 shall be $1.00.
(235) Public Buildings and Works, Discharge
of Claim for Labor and/or Materials on. The fee
of the city clerk for receiving and filing a release,
discharge or other written acknowledgment of
satisfaction of a claim under section 28 or section 29
of chapter 149 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(236) Public Records, Furnishing Copy of.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
section, the fee for the furnishing under section 10
of chapter 66 of the General Laws by any board
and officer of the city of a copy of a public record
in its or his custody shall be $1.00 for each sheet,
or part thereof, of plans and $1.00 for each page,
or part thereof, of other matter.
(237) Public Utility, Condensed Return. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing under
section 84A of chapter 164 of the General Laws, or
under section 12A of chapter 166 of the General
Laws, a copy of a condensed return of business and
financial condition shall be $1.00.
(238) Public Utility Locations Granted by
Building Commissioner. The fee of the city clerk
for recording under section 22 of chapter 166 of the
General Laws an attested copy of an order of the
building commissioner granting under chapter 268
of the Special Acts of 1915 a location for under-
ground wires, cables, conductors or conduits shall
be $5.00.
(239) Public Utility Locations Granted by
Public Improvement Commission. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 22 of chap-
ter 166 of the General Laws an attested copy of an
order of the public improvement commission
granting a location or an alteration or transfer
thereof or authorizing an increase in the number
of wires or cables or attachments shall be $5.00.
(240) Public Utility Locations Granted by
D. P. U. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 70A of chapter 164 of the General
Laws an attested copy of an order of the state
department of public utilities granting a location
for a main for the transmission of gas, or for re-
cording under section 28 of chapter 166 of the
General Laws an attested copy of an order of said
department granting a location for a line for the
transmission of electricity, including in either case
certificate by clerk of said department as to notice
and hearing, shall be $5.00.
(241) Public Utility Locations Granted by
M. D. C. The fee of the city clerk for recording
under section 46 of chapter 92 of the General Laws
an attested copy of an order of the Metropolitan
District Commission granting under sections 43
and 44 of said chapter, or altering, extending or
revoking under section 45 of said chapter, a loca-
tion, shall be $5.00.
(242) Public Way, Certificate of Existence of.
The fee of the city clerk for furnishing under sec-
tion 79F of chapter 233 of the General Laws a
certificate that a particular way is a public way as
a matter of record shall be $1.00.
(243) Public Works. See Public Buildings
and Works.
(244) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Labor) againBt. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving and filing a sworn statement executed
under section 99 of chapter 159 of the General
Laws shall be $1.00.
(245) Railroads and Railways, Claim (for
Materials) against. The fee of the city clerk for
receiving and filing under section 98 of chapter 159
of the General Laws a written notice of intention to
claim a right of action under section 96 of said
chapter against a railroad or railway shall be $1.00.
(246) Real Estate Tax Payment Certificate.
The fee for a certificate of the payment of a tax
given by the collector-treasurer under section 60
of chapter 60 of the General Laws shall be $1.00.
(247) Refuse, Removal of. The charge to be
paid the public works department for removing
refuse which by section 1 of chapter 27 of these
ordinances said department is authorized but not
required to remove shall be 20i a barrel.
(248) Refuse, Permit to Transport. The fee
for a permit to transport refuse matter through
the streets of the city granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 14 »f chapter 40 of
these ordinances shall be $25.00 for each vehicle
used in such transportation.
(249) Registered Bonds, Issuance of. The fee
of the collector-treasurer for issuing pursuant to
sections 4, 5, and 6 of chapter 107 of the General
Laws a registered bond, promissory note or certifi-
cate of indebtedness of the city in exchange for
any other bond, promissory note or certificate of
indebtedness of the city shall be 50(5.
(250) Registration of Beverage Bottles. The
fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing under
section 17 of chapter 110 of the General Laws a
description of the name used by a person engaged
in manufacturing, bottling or selling beverages
in vessels shall be $1.00.
(251) Registration of Milk, Cream and Ice
Cream Cans. The fee of the city clerk for receiving
and filing under section 21 of chapter 110 of the
General Laws a description of the name used by a
person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in
milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs, or
cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage of
frozen desserts and/or ice cream mix shall be $1.00.
(252) Registration of Permission to Use An-
other's Name on Milk Bottles. The fee of the
inspector of milk for registering under section 45 of
chapter 94 of the General Laws written permission
to use the name of another on, or on cap, tag or
label attached to, milk vessels shall be $1.00
(253) Rendering of Animals, License for. The
fee for a license granted by the health commissioner
under section 154 of chapter 111 of the General
Laws to engage in the business of killing horses or
in the rendering of horses or other animals shall be
$10.00.
(254) Roller Coaster License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 186 of
chapter 140 of the General Laws to establish, keep
open and maintain an inclined railway exclusively
for children under thirteen years of age shall be, in
the case of such an inclined railway at a carnival,
$3.00 for each day on which such license may be
exercised, and in the case of such an inclined rail-
way other than at a carnival $5.00 for each monthly
period in which such license may be exercised.
(255) Roller Skating Rink License. The fee
for an annual license granted by the mayor under
section 186 of chapter 140 of the General Laws to
establish, keep open and maintain a skating rink
to be used for roller skating shall be $50.00.
(256) Sale of Article. Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided in this ordinance, the charge to be
paid a board or officer for furnishing an article in
the exercise of the powers, or the performance of the
duties, of such board or officer shall be such sum as
such board or officer shall determine approximates
the cost of furnishing such article.
(257) Sausages and Chopped Meat, License to
Manufacture. The fee for an annual license
granted by the health commissioner pursuant to
section 144 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on an establishment for the manufacture of
sausages and chopped meat, or either, shall be
$100.00.
(258) Second Hand Dealer's License. The fee
for an annual license to be a dealer in, or keeper of a
shop for the purchase, sale or barter of, second hand
articles granted by the police commissioner under
section 1 of chapter 39 of these ordinances shall be
$30.00.
(259) Second Hand Motor Vehicles. The fees
for used car dealer's licenses, agent's or seller's
licenses and motor vehicle junk licenses granted by
the police commissioner under section 59 of chapter
140 of the General Laws shall be as respectively
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fixed by the police commissioner under said sec-
tion 59.
(260) Sewer Entrance Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 10 of chapter 27 of these ordinances
to enter a particular drain into a public sewer shall
be three cents for each square foot of land lying
within one hundred feet of the street or strip of land
in which the public sewer is laid and constituting
part of the estate from which the entry is made;
provided, that such a permit shall be issued without
fee if a betterment assessment levied upon such
estate for the construction of the public sewer has
been paid.
(261) Shellfish Permits. The fee for every
family use shellfish permit granted by the city coun-
cil under section 22A of chapter 40 of these ordi-
nances shall be SI. 00; and the fee for every com-
mercial use shellfish permit so granted shall be
$5.00.
(262) Shooting Gallery License. The fee for a
shooting gallery license granted by the licensing
board under section 56A of chapter 140 of the
General Laws shall be $50.00. The city clerk shall
receive no fee for receiving and filing the bond pro-
vided for by said section 56A.
(263) Shooting Gallery Sunday License. The
fee for a license granted by the mayor under section
4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws to maintain
and operate a shooting gallery on a specified Sunday
shall be $3.00.
(264) Sidewalk Crossing Permit. The fee of
the commissioner of public works for an annual per-
mit to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the
sidewalk at a specified location shall be, in the case
of a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle used
(or designed for use) for business purposes, $5.00
for each location, and in the case of a motor vehicle
used (or designed for use) for business purposes,
$25.00 for each location; provided, that the fee of
the commissioner of public works for an annual
permit to drive a motor vehicle upon or across the
sidewalk at a specified location for the purpose of
delivering coal or other fuel to an estate shall be
$1.00 for each location.
(265) Sight-Seeing Automobiles. The fee for a
license granted by the police commissioner under
section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1931 for a
sight-seeing automobile shall be $2.00 for each
seating accommodation for a sightseer.
(266) Sight-Seeing Automobile Drivers. The
fee for a sight-seeing automobile driver's license
granted by the police commissioner under section 3
of chapter 399 of the acts of 1931 shall be $2.00.
(267) Slaughtering License. The fees for a
license granted by the health commissioner under
section 119 of chapter 94 of the General Laws to
carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle,
horses, mules, sheep or swine shall be a primary fee
of $100.00, payable at the time of the issuance of the
license, and the following additional fees, payable
at the close of the last business day of each month
during the term of the license: hi for every calf,
swine, sheep or goat slaughtered under the license
during such month, and 15^ for every other animal
so slaughtered; provided, however, that no addi-
tional fee shall be required for any animal slaugh-
tered under federal inspection.
(268) Soft Drink License. The fee for a license
to keep open a place of business for the retail sale
of soft drinks, so called, granted by the licensing
board acting under section 21A of chapter 140 of
the General Laws shall be $3.00
(269) Sound Trucks. The fee for an itinerant
musician's license granted by the police commis-
sioner under section 47 of chapter 40 of these ordi-
nances for a sound truck engaged in advertising
goods, wares or merchandise for sale shall be $2.00
for each day for which such license is granted.
(270) Special Police Officers. The fee of the
police commissioner for appointing a person a
special police officer under chapter 282 of the acts
of 1898 shall be $5.00.
(271) Sporting License. The fee for a sporting
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131 of
the General Laws shall be as prescribed by section 8
of said chapter 131.
(272) Sprinkler System, Permit for Installation,
Alteration or Repair of. The fees of the building
commissioner for receiving an application for a per-
mit under paragraph (a) of section 111 of the
Boston Building Code to install, alter or substan-
ially repair a sprinkler system or other fire ex-
tinguishing apparatus shall be a primary fee of
$2.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each five
hundred dollars of the fair cost of the work to be
authorized by such permit as determined by said
commissioner.
(273) Sprinkler System, Permit for Discon-
nection of. The fee for a permit granted by the
head of the fire department under section 27 A of
chapter 148 of the General Laws shall be $5.00.
(274) Stables. The fee for a license to occupy
or use a building for a stable granted by the health
commissioner under chapter 89 of the acts of 1889
shall be $100.00.
(275) Stallion Registration. The fee of the
city clerk for recording under section 176 of chapter
140 of the General Laws the certificate for a stallion
kept for breeding purposes shall be $1.00.
(276) Standpipe Disconnection. See Sprinkler
System Disconnection.
(277) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Placard. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 35 of
chapter 40 of these ordinances for a person, while
on foot in a street, to carry and display one or more
show cards, placards or signs for the purpose of
advertising goods, wares or merchandise for sale
shall be $5.00, except that, in cases where such a
permit is granted for a period longer than one
month, the fee therefor shall be $5.00 for each
monthly period for which it is granted.
(278) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
by Distribution of Handbills. The fee for a permit
granted by the commissioner of public works under
section 35 of chapter 40 of these ordinances for a
person to distribute to persons in a street handbills,
cards, circulars or papers (other than newspapers)
for the purpose of advertising goods, wares or
merchandise for sale shall be $5.00 for each day
for which such permit is granted.
(279) Street Occupancy Permit for Advertising
Vehicle. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 35 of chap-
ter 40 of these ordinances for a person to operate
in the streets north and east of Massachusetts
avenue or any of them a vehicle used principally for
advertising shall be $2.00 for each day for which
such permit is granted.
(280) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning,
Canopy or Marquee. The fees for an annual per-
mit, granted by the public improvement commis-
sion under section 8 of chapter 85 of the General
Laws for the permanent projection over a public
way of an awning, canopy or marquee shall be, in
the case of an awning, canopy or marquee without
sign, a primary fee of $10.00 and an additional fee
of $1.00 for each hundred square feet of public way
covered thereby, and in the case of an awning,
canopy or marquee with sign, a primary fee of
$15.00 and an additional fee of $1.00 for each
hundred square feet of public way covered thereby
and a further additional fee of $1.00 for each twenty
square feet of the face area of the sign or signs de-
termined by aggregating the face area of each sign
as computed without regard to its shape by multi-
plying its maximum height by its maximum width
within the limits of the public way. The fees for an
annual permit granted by the commissioner of pub-
lic works under said section 8 for the projection over
a public way or ways from a single estate of one or
more retractable awnings shall be a primary fee
of $5.00 and an additional fee of 50(5 for each hun-
dred square feet of public way covered thereby.
The fee for a permit granted by the commissioner of
public works under said section 8 for the temporary
projection over a public way of a cloth or canvas
canopy shall be $3.00 for each day for which such
permit is granted.
(281) Street Occupancy Permit for Awning
Work. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 9 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a
portion or portions of a street or streets for the
purpose of placing, repairing or removing one or
more awnings on a specified building or structure
shall be $1.00 for each monthly period for which
such permit is granted ; and the fee for an annual
permit so granted to occupy and obstruct portions
of streets for the purpose of placing, repairing and
removing awnings on buildings and structures
shall be $100.00.
(282) Street Occupancy Permit for Building
Construction, Repair, Demolition, etc. The fees
for a permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordi-
nances to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions
of a street or streets in connection with the erection,
alteration, repair, painting, cleaning, decorating,
demolition, or removal of a building or structure
shall be, for each monthly period in winch such
permit may be exercised, a primary fee of $3.00 o.nd
an additional fee of $1.00 for each ten square feet of
street to be occupied or obstructed at any one time
in such period, except that the total fee for a permit
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so granted to occupy or obstruct a portion or por-
tions of a street or streets for the purpose of making
to a specified building or structure alterations or
repairs requiring not more than three consecutive
working days to complete shall be $1.00 and except
further that the total fee for an annual permit so
granted to occupy or obstruct a portion or portions
of a street or streets for the purpose of cleaning
decorative and sign work on a specified building or
structure or removing stains from such building or
structure or for both purposes shall be $5.00.
(283) Street Occupancy Permit for Building-
Moving. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 18 of chap-
ter 85 of the General Laws or section 9 or 13 of
chapter 27 of these ordinances to move a building
in a street or streets shall be $150.00 for the first
day, and $75.00 for each additional day, on which
it mav be exercised.
(281) Street Occupancy Permit for Heating
Plant Cleaning. The fee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public, works under section 9
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or
obstruct a portion of a street for the purpose of
cleaning the heating plant or plants of a specified
building or structure shall be $3.00; and the fee
for an annual permit so granted to occupy and
obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of clean-
ing heating plants of buildings and structures shall
be $100.00.
(285) Street Occupancy Permit for Oversize
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 19 of
chapter 90 of the General Laws to operate on a
public way a motor vehicle or trailer having an out-
side width of more than ninety-six inches or an
extreme over-all length of more than thirty-three
feet shall be $5.00 a day.
(286) Street Occupancy Permit for Overweight
Vehicle, etc. The fee for a permit granted by the
commissioner of public works under section 30 of
chapter 85 of the General Laws to operate or move
on a public way a vehicle or object weighing more
than fourteen tons or, in the case of a vehicle
equipped with pneumatic tires, more than fifteen
tons shall be $5.00 a day.
(287) Street Occupancy Permit for Public Util-
ity Work. The fee for an annual permit granted
by the commissioner of public works to a public
service corporation under section 9 or 14 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct por-
tions of streets for the purpose of clearing manholes
and placing and testing equipment shall be $18.00
for each ward for which such permit is granted.
(288) Street Occupancy Permit for Raising or
Lowering Goods. The fee for a permit granted by
the commissioner of public works under section 9
or 11 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy,
obstruct or use a portion of a street for the purpose
of raising or lowering goods or merchandise into or
from a specified building or structure shall be $3.00;
provided, that the fee for an annual permit so
granted shall be $30.00.
(289) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign. The
fees for an annual permit granted by the public
improvement commission under section 8 of chap-
ter 85 of the General Laws for the placement on, or
the projection over, a public way of a sign, adver-
tising device, clock or other like structure shall be a
primary fee of $5.00 and an additional fee of $1.00
for each twenty square feet of the total face area
thereof determined by aggregating the area of each
face as computed without regard to its shape by
multiplying its maximum height by its maximum
width within the limits of the public way. The fee
for a permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 8 of chapter 85 of the General
Laws for the temporary projection over a public
way of a sign or advertising device shall be $1.00
for eacli day for which such permit is granted.
(290) Street Occupancy Permit for Sign Work.
The fee for a permit granted by the commissioner
of public works under section 9 of chapter 27 of
these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a portion or
portions of a street or streets for the purpose of
placing, painting, repairing or removing a sign on a
specified building or structure shall be $3.00 for
each monthly period for which such permit is
granted ; and the fee for an annual permit so
granted to occupy and obstruct portions of streets
for the purpose of placing, painting, repairing and
removing signs on buildings and structures shall be
$300.00.
(291) Street Occupancy Permit for Snow Re-
moval from Building. The fee for an annual per-
mit granted by the commissioner of public works
under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordinances to
occupy or obstruct a portion or portions of a street
or streets for the purpose of removing snow and ice
from a specified building or structure shall be $1.00.
(292) Street Occupancy Permit for Storage and
Sale of Merchandise. The fee for a license to use
specified parts of public streets for the storage and
sale of merchandise granted by the commissioner of
public works under section 1 of chapter 584 of the
acts of 1907 shall be such sum, not less than $5.00
nor more than $3,000.00, as said commissioner
shall determine approximates the value of the
privilege granted.
(293) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Cleaning. The fee for an annual permit granted
by the commissioner of public works under section 9
of chapter 27 of these ordinances to occupy or
obstruct a portion or portions of a street or streets
for the purpose of cleaning one or more windows of
a specified building or structure shall be $1.00; and
the fee for an annual permit so granted to occupy
and obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of
cleaning the windows of buildings and structures
shall be $50.00.
(294) Street Occupancy Permit for Window
Glazing. The fee for a permit granted by the com-
missioner of public works under section 9 of chapter
27 of these ordinances to occupy or obstruct a por-
tion or portions of a street or streets for the purpose
of glazing one or more window sashes of a specified
building or structure shall be $1 .00 for each monthly
period for which such permit is granted; and the
fee for an annual permit so granted to occupy
and obstruct portions of streets for the purpose of
glazing window sashes of buildings and structures
shall be $100.00.
(295) Street Opening Permit. The fee for a
permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under section 9 of chapter 27 of these ordi-
nances to open a street or portion thereof shall be,
in the case of an opening for the purpose of con-
structing a driveway, and also in the case of an
opening for the purpose of entering a particular
drain into a public sewer, $5.00, and in the case of
an opening for the purpose of constructing or re-
constructing roadways and sidewalks or either,
$1.00 for each hundred linear feet of opening as
measured by the sidelines of the street but in no
event less than $1.00, and in the case of an opening
for any other purpose, $1.00 for each two hundred
square feet of street to be opened but in no event
less than $1.00; provided, that the fee for an annual
permit granted by the commissioner of public
works under said section 9 to a so-called district
contractor to open streets or portions thereof for
the purpose of repairing roadways and sidewalks
in his district shall be $10.00.
(296) Street Railway Motormen, Conductors
and Despatchers. The fee for a license granted by
the police commissioner under section 1 of chapter
59 of the acts of 1879 to act in the capacity of a
conductor, motorman or driver of a street railway
car or trackless trolley vehicle or of a starter or
despatcher of such cars and vehicles shall be $1.00.
(297) Sunday Arcade License. The fee for a
license granted by the mayor under section 4A of
chapter 136 of the General Laws to maintain and
operate on a specified Sunday games and such
amusement devices as may be lawfully operated on
secular days shall be $10.00.
(298) Sunday Entertainment License. The
fees for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4 of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
hold a public entertainment on one Sunday shall
be a primary fee of $10.00 and, if a payment of
money or other valuable consideration is charged
for admission thereto and the licensee or a prede-
cessor of the licensee has previously given in this
city on a Sunday a similar public entertainment,
an additional fee of $5.00 for each thousand of the
average Sunday paid attendance during the last
such public entertainment so given; provided,
that in cases where there is no admission or cover
charge and there is only entertainment through
the use of television, radio, and music provided by
mechanical or electrical means, the fee shall be
S2.00; and provided also, that in cases where there
is no admission or cover charge and the entertain-
ment is solely provided by not exceeding four
instrumentalists, the fee shall be $5.00. The fee
for an annual license granted by the mayor under
said section 4 to hold on Sunday a public enter-
tainment solely through the use of motion pictures
shall be $100.00. The fee for an annual license
granted by the mayor under said section 4 to hold
on Sunday a public entertainment solely through
the use of television, radio, and music provided by
mechanical or electrical means shall be $50. 00.
The fees fixed by this clause shall be in addition
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to any sum payable to the state commissioner of
public safety.
(299) Sunday Photographic Studio License.
The fee for a license granted by the mayor under
section 4A of chapter 136 of the General Laws to
maintain and operate a photographic gallery or
studio on a specified Sunday shall be S2.00.
(300) Sunday Retail Dealer's License. The
fee for a license to keep open a place of business
on the Lord's day for the sale of frozen desserts
and/or ice cream mix, confectionery, soda water
or fruit granted by the licensing board under
section 7 of chapter 136 of the General Laws shall
be $6.00.
(301) Sunday Sports License. The fee for a
license granted by the city council with the approval
of the mayor under section 22 of chapter 136 of the
General Laws to conduct on the Lord's day at a
designated playground, park or other place an
outdoor athletic sport or game or an indoor hockey
or basketball game, if granted for a term specified
in clause 5 of section 25 of chapter 41 of these
ordinances, shall be, if the place designated has a
seating capacity of not more than ten thousand,
$100.00, and if the place designated has a seating
capacity of more than ten thousand but not more
than twenty thousand, $500.00, and if the place
designated has a seating capacity of more than
twenty thousand, $1,000.00. The fee for a license
granted as aforesaid, if granted for a term specified
in clause 7 of said section 25, shall be one half of
the fee which would be payable under this clause
for a license for the place designated if granted
for a term specified in clause 5 aforesaid. The
fee for a license granted as aforesaid, if granted
for a single Sunday, shall be $100.00.
(302) Taxicab Licenses. See Hackney Car-
riage Licenses.
(303) Taxes. See Assessors' Certificate, also
Municipal Lien Certificate, also Real Estate Tax
Payment Certificate.
(304) Torch in Open Air. See Fire (Small or
Torch) in Open Air.
(305) Towels. The charge to be paid to the
parks and recreation department for a half-ounce
piece of soap furnished by said department shall
be 1(4; and the charge to be paid to said department '
for the use on one day of each cotton crash towel
furnished by said department shall be 2(4.
(306) Trailer Coach Park License. The fee
for a trailer coach park license granted by the
health commissioner under section 32B of chapter
140 of the General Laws shall be, in the case of an
original license, $50.00 plus the cost of publishing
the notice of hearing, and, in the case of a renewal
license, $25.00. The fee provided for by the pre-
ceding sentence shall be in addition to the addi-
tional license fee prescribed by section 32G of said
chapter 140. The city clerk shall receive no fee
for receiving and filing any copy of a trailer coach
park license sent him by the health commissioner
pursuant to section 32P of said chapter 140.
(307) Transient Vendor's License. The fee for
a license issued to a transient vendor by the city
clerk under section 5 of chapter 101 of the General
Laws shall be an amount equal to the tax assessable
under the tax levy last preceding the issue of such
license upon property having a valuation equal
to the valuation certified under section 19 of
chapter 39 of these ordinances.
(308) Trapping License. The fee for a trapping
license issued by the city clerk under chapter 131
of the General Laws shall be as prescribed by
section 8 of said chapter 131.
(309) Trust Instruments and Amendments.
The fee of the city clerk for receiving and filing
under section 2 of chapter 182 of the General
Laws a copy of a written instrument or declaration
of trust, or a copy of an amendment thereof,
shall be $5.00.
(310) Use Permit. The fee of the building
commissioner for issuing a use permit under section
18 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1924 shall be $3.00.
(311) Used Car Dealer's License. See Second
Hand Motor Vehicles.
(312) Vessels, Liens on. The fee of the city
clerk for recording a statement filed under section
15 of chapter 255 of the General Laws to enforce a
lien on a vessel shall be $1.00 for each page or part
thereof, but in no event less than $3.00.
(313) Voter, Certificate of Appearance on
Voting List of Name of Certain. The fee of the
board of election commissioners for furnishing a
certificate as to the appearance on an annual
register of voters of the name of a particular person
shall be $1.00, except that, in cases where the
board's minutes of the naturalization of such
person are included therein on request of the
applicant therefor, the fee shall be $2.00.
(314) Wagon and Handcart Licenses. The
fee for an annual license granted by the police
commissioner under rules made by him in the
exercise of such of the powers arising from section
22 of chapter 40 of the General Laws as are vested
in him by or under the city charter shall be $2.00.
(315) Water Meter, Examination and Test of.
The fee of the commissioner of public works for
examining and testing a water meter under section
10 of chapter 165 of the General Laws shall be $3.00.
(316) Weights and Measures, Adjustment of.
The charge to be paid for the repair, alteration or
adjustment of any weight, scale, balance, measure,
or measuring device shall be 10ft for each minute
or fraction thereof.
(317) Weights and Measures, Sealing of. The
fee for the sealing of a weight or measure under
sections 41 to 53, inclusive, or any of them, of
chapter 98 of the General Laws shall be: —
(a) In the case of a machine or other mechanical
device used for determining linear or area measure-
ment, $1.00; and
(b) In the case of a liquid capacity measure
(other than a vehicle tank) with a measuring
capacity of more than one gallon or a measure on
a pump, 25(4; and
(c) In the case of a liquid measuring meter
(other than a water meter) having an inlet pipe
with a diameter of one inch or less, $1.00; and in
the case of such a meter having an inlet pipe with
a diameter of more than one inch, $3.00; and
(d) In the case of milk and cream bottles and
jars, 50(5 a gross; and
(e) In the case of a scale or balance with a
weighing capacity of less than 100 pounds, 50fi;
and in the case of a scale or balance with a weighing
capacity of 100 pounds or more but less than 5,000
pounds, $1.00; and in the case of a scale or balance
with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds or more
but less than 10,000 pounds, $2.00; and in the
case of a scale or balance with a weighing capacity
of 10,000 pounds or more, $5.00; and
(f) In the case of a taximeter or measuring
device upon a vehicle to determine the cost of
transportation, $1.00; and
(g) In the case of a farm milk tank or a vehicle
tank used in the sale of a commodity by liquid
measure and having a single compartment, and
in the case of each compartment of a farm milk
tank or a vehicle tank so used having two or more
compartments, a primary fee of 50(4 and an addi-
tional fee of 50(4 for each 100 gallons, or fraction
thereof, of capacity; and
(h) In the case of a weight or any other
measure, 10(4.
(318) Welder's Certificate of Qualification.
The charge of the building commissioner tor
issuing under paragraph (r) of section 2809 of
Boston Building Code a certificate of qualification
as a welder shall be $3.00. The charge of the
building commissioner for examining an applicant
for a certificate of qualification as a welder shall
be the cost of structural steel bar stock and welding
wire required therein not supplied by the applicant
plus the expense of testing completed specimens
not otherwise defrayed by the applicant.
(319) Zoning Map Change. The entry fee
which shall be paid to the board of zoning ad-
justment for each petition for changing the zoning
map shall be $35.00.
Section 2. Except as otherwise expressly
provided by section one, the entire fee fixed by
said section for a permit or license shall be payable
at the time of the issuance of such permit or license.
The entire fee or charge fixed by section one for
furnishing an article or the use thereof or the
use of a place, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing a copy or certified copy of a
record or paper, and the entire fee or charge so
fixed for furnishing service or work shall be pay-
able at the time of application therefor, except
that charges fixed by clauses (144) to (157),
inclusive, of said section and not waived under
clause (143) of said section shall become due and
payable only upon presentation of bill therefor.
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Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in section one, the fee for the renewal
of a license or permit shall equal the fee which
■would be payable under section one for an original
license or permit for the same purpose.
Section 4. Nothing in section one shall be
construed to affect in any way the exemption from
a fee or charge for a permit or license provided by
section 6 of chapter 572 of the acts of 1949 or by
section 6 of chapter 669 of the acts of 1953 or by
any similar statute.
Section 5. Neither the Boston Housing Au-
thority nor any person acting in its stead shall
be charged any fee for any license or permit for
which the fee may be fixed by ordinance under
chapter 222 of the acts of 1949.
Section 6. The charge to be paid by boards
and officers for the publication of advertisements
in the "City Record" shall be $1. OOfor each quarter
of an inch or fraction thereof. The "City Record"
shall be sold on the following terms payable in
advance: — annual subscription, 355.00; single
copy, 15(S.
Section 3. Section 5 of chapter 9 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended
by striking out all after the first sentence.
Section 4. Section 1 of chapter 27 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section
45 of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the third
sentence, the words "twenty cents a barrel"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the charge
fixed by clause (246) of section one of chapter
forty A of these ordinances".
Section 5. Chapter 27 A of the Revised
Ordinances of 1947, as appearing in section 58
of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and inserting
in place thereof the following section: —
Section 5. The assistant commissioner of
real property shall have the care, custody and
management of Faneuil hall, shall, weather
permitting, every day except Sundays, display
the national flag upon the building in which said
hall is located, shall, upon vote of the city council
approved by the mayor and payment of the
charge prescribed by clause (134) of section one
of chapter forty A of these ordinances, permit the
use of said hall, and shall hold all persons signing
the application for such permit jointly and severally
liable for all damage done to said hall at or in
connection with the meeting for which such
permit is granted.
Section 6. The first sentence of section 20 of
chapter 39 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947 is
hereby amended by striking out the words "a fee
equivalent to the taxes assessable under the last
preceding tax levy upon an amount of property
equal to the valuation certified by the assessors as
provided for in section nineteen of this chapter"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the
fee prescribed by clause (307) of section one of
chapter forty A of these ordinances".
Section 7. The third paragraph of section 19
of chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out the words,
", and to ■charge therefor a license fee of ten dollars
per annum for sales within the market limits and
rive dollars per annum for sales elsewhere".
Section 8. Paragraph (1) of section 22A
of said chapter 40, as most recently amended by
chapter 10 of the Ordinances of 1953, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence.
Section 9. Section 92 of said chapter 40 is
hereby amended by striking out the third sentence.
Section 10. Section 25 of chapter 41 of the
Revised Ordinances of 1947 is hereby amended
by striking out clauses 6 and 8.
Section 11. Section 31 of said chapter 41 is
hereby amended by striking out, in the second
sentence of regulation 2, the words ", and the fee
therefor shall be five dollars per year for each
bowling alley or bed, except that the maximum
fee in any event shall not be in excess of $100 for
the term", so as to make said sentence read as
follows: — Licenses voted by the city council shall
be issued by the city clerk.
Section 12. This ordinance shall take effect
on December 1, 1956; and anything in section 3 of
chapter 1 of the Rev'sed Ordinances of 1947 to
the contrary notwithstanding, shall be published
by the action of the city council in passing the same.
The report was accepted, and the ordinance
in the new draft was passed.
EMPLOYMENT FOR HUNGARIAN
REFUGEES.
Whereas, Thousands of freedom-loving Hun-
garians have elected to surrender their homes and
possessions to win their freedom which they valua
much more than their property; and
Whereas, They are paying an extremely heavy
price in life and worldly goods to achieve their
freedom; and
Whereas, The United States has opened its doors
to some 5,000 of these Hungarian Nationalists;
and
Whereas, People who will make sacrifices such
as those being made by these modern martyrs are
not interested in charity alone but an opportunity
for gainful employment, to provide for themselves
and their loved ones under conditions that they
could not obtain in the land of their birth; and
Whereas, Boston, as the Cradle of Liberty, should
lead the other cities of the nation in helping these
people establish themselves in our land; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council call
upon the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
to contact the State Department to determine the
nature of the skills and crafts to which these
people can be adapted and in which they are
trained; and make a survey of the members of the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in an
effort to find employment for the Hungarian im-
migrants; and, by the example set in Boston,
prove to the world that America truly is a land of
freedom and equal opportunity.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
APPEARANCE OF MEMBERS OF BOSTON
HOUSING AUTHORITY BEFORE EX-
ECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Ordered, That the Boston City Council, through
the Chairman of its Executive Committee, arrange
with the members of the Boston Housing Au-
thority and the Director of Urban Renewal for a
convenient time to appear before the Executive
Committee of the Council on the order passed by
the City Council on November 19, 1956, concern-
ing the contract between the Charles River Park,
Inc., and the Boston Housing Authority concern-
ing the West End Project area, and thereafter call
a meeting of the Executive Committee for that
purpose.
Coun. McCORMACK moved that the fore-
going order be amended by adding the following
words:
"And be it further
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"Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel prepare
a memorandum to determine what power the
Boston City Council lias in relation to the above-
mentioned contract."
The motion was carried.
Coun. FOLEY moved that the foregoing order
be further amended by inserting after the word
"area" the words "and generally the coordination
between the City Council and Boston Housing
Authority in matters of urban redevelopment and
renewal."
The motion was carried.
Coun.. McDONOUGH moved that the fore-
going order be further amended by inserting after
the words "before the Executive Committee"
the words "or, in the event they refuse to do so
because of the gravity of the information which
they have and which we must obtain in order to
properly legislate, they be invited to appear before
the Executive Committee in a special Executive
Session."
The motion was lost.
Councillor AHEARN in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order as amended was passed
under suspension of the rules.
Adjourned at 6.20 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Collins, to meet on Monday, December 3, 1956,
at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing o^^b Section
CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, December 3, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m., Presi-
dent McCORMACK in the chair, and all the
members present.
The Reverend Francis S. Miaskiewicz, D.C.L.,
of St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church, May-
nard, was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. FRANCIS S.
MIASKIEWICZ.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Almighty and Eternal God, by Thy grace we
have lived to see this day when we are again gath-
ered together to take part in the serious and im-
portant deliberations and decisions which are the
proper function of the Boston City Council. We
are men of varying ages, different backgrounds,
and avocations. But this we have in common,
that our lives are all inspired by a holy concern
for the common good of our electorate.
We recognize the august importance of our
office. We realize, as St. Thomas Aquinas teaches,
that all authority stems from You, our loving
and provident God. And, therefore, we are fully
aware that, whatever be the authority vested in
and wielded by us during these deliberations, it is
a direct participation in Your own divine author-
ity and power.
Therefore, it is true that we are accountable
for our actions to our electorate. It is true that we
are ever accountable before the tribunal of our own
consciences. But, first of all and above all, we are
accountable to You, Almighty God, because we
are the earthly stewards of Thy divine authority.
Give us, then, the light ever to see the true
course, the course of fairness and of justice, the
course of mercy and of charity. Give us also the
courage to follow in practice the dictates of truth.
Guard us from error, but, if err we must, let our
shortcomings never occur through malice but only
from forgivable human weakness and oversight.
Dear God, be with us always, help us in our
tasks because we want to be Your faithful and
constant servants. This we ask through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
At the request of Councillor McDonough,
Father Miaskiewicz offered the following prayer
for the repose of the soul of Edward W. Fallon,
Superintendent of the Police Department.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us; and lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is
the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. May
perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and
the souls of all the faithful departed through the
mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed by
law, Councillor McLaughlin presiding at the box,
in the absenoe of the Mayor, viz. :
Twenty-two grand jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear January 7, 1957:
Michael Apicco, Ward 1; Herbert Larsen, Ward
1; Dorothy C. MacLoon, Ward 2; Raymond J.
Cantwell, Ward 3; John J. Abraham, Ward 4;
Edward B. Parker, Ward 5; James D. Flynn,
Ward 6; Walter H. Ingersoll, Ward 6; Evelyn F.
Stadler, Ward 6; Herbert H. Johnson, Jr., Ward
7; David S. Forrester, Ward 12; James H. Baker,
Ward 13; James M. Carney, Ward 13; Francis
G. Shea, Ward 14; Grace A. Harris, Ward 16;
Thomas F. Davis, Ward 17; Abraham Linder,
Ward 17; Elsa D. Myren, Ward 17; Lester F.
Brooks, Ward 20; Alice H. Cruickshank, Ward
20; Paul J. Molinari, Ward 20; John F. Mahoney,
Ward 22.
Fifty-nine traverse jurors, Superior Criminal
Court, to appear January 7, 1957:
Dorothy Conti, Ward 1; Nunzio Cotte, Ward
1; Frank Nostro, Ward 1; George J. Thornton,
Ward 1; Arthur H. Hansen, Ward 2; John F.
Leonard, Ward 2; Arthur I. McNamara, Ward 2;
John M. Murray, Ward 2; Martin Doucett, Ward
3; Francis V. Baker, Ward 4; Sally K. Bender,
Ward 5; Lyman C. Harding, Ward 5; Sally A.
Lee, Ward 6; Martin J. Nee, Ward 6; Joseph W.
Pyne, Ward 6; John J. Santry, Ward 6; Richard
W. Shea, Ward 6; Samuel Glynn, Ward 7; Edward
W. Jacewicz, Ward 7; Joseph E. Napolitano,
Ward 7; Edward Stuart, Ward 9; John A. Buck-
ley, Ward 10; Charles L. Malloy, Ward 10; John
J. Nee, Ward 10; Wilfred Desharnais, Ward 11;
Francis E. Doyle, Ward 11; Joseph Driscoll,
Ward 11; John J. Jordan, Ward 11; Richard E.
Lass, Ward 11; Charles J. McLaughlin, Ward 11;
Edward F. McMahon, Ward 12; Benjamin
Whitman, Ward 12; John F. Corrigan, Ward 13;
Kenneth M. Dixon, Ward 13; Clarence N. Mc-
Kinnon, Ward 13; Louis Miller, Ward 14; William
Roffman, Ward 14; Harold J. Dunphy, Ward
15; Joseph J. Gagnon, Ward 15; James B. Murphy,
Ward 15; Francis L. Rooney, Ward 15; Frank J.
Connaughton, Ward 16; Patrick Gallagher,
Ward 16; Vernaul E. Prairrie, Ward 16; John C.
Wherty, Ward 16; Julius Kesselman, Ward 17;
George F. Cokely, Ward 18; Karl E. Ericson,
Ward 18; George T. Little, Ward 18; Waldo C.
Quinn, Ward 18; Anton S. Anderson, Ward 19;
Aaron Goodof, Ward 19; August C. Zinke, Ward
19; Thomas P. Faherty, Ward 21; George E.
Franklin, Ward 21; Elizabeth L. Winkley, Ward
21; Anna Caruso, Ward 22; Margot Eva Fuld,
Ward 22; Paul P. Moore, Ward 22.
Coun. McDONOUGH in the chair.
One hundred eighty-four traverse jurors,
Superior Civil Court, to appear January 7, 1957:
John L. Albanese, Ward 1; Joseph Celeste,
Ward 1; Florence L. Giella, Ward 1; Amilio
Giovanniello, Ward 1 ; Matthew T. Hoey, Ward 1 ;
Andrew J. Keller, Jr., Ward 1; Ralph Morrelli,
Ward 1; Catherine Tagariello, Ward 1; Patrick J.
Conroy, Ward 2; Harold Devlin, Ward 2; Timothy
Doherty, Ward 2; Joseph F. Keane, Ward 2;
Francis X. Lang, Ward 2; Peter F. Mclsaac,
Ward 2; James J. Mahoney, Ward 2; Joseph D.
Chiarenza, Ward 3; Louise T. Comperchio,
Ward 3; Nicholas DiMasi, Ward 3; Armando
DiStasio, Ward 3; Frank Kratochwill, Ward 3;
Maurice F. Rahilly, Ward 3; Alfred P. Rosano,
Ward 3; Albert B. Backman, Ward 4; Nelson J.
Demers, Ward 4; Herbert Esterkes, Ward 4;
Richard J. Maloney, Ward 4; John E. Riordan,
Ward 4; Joseph L. Smith, Ward 4; William T.
White, Ward 4; Rein A. Wilson, Ward 4; Robert
B. Jenks, Ward 5; Robert M. Johnson, Ward 5;
Ralph S. Lawrence, Ward 5; Sidney H. Lehman,
Ward 5; Andrew D. Maclachlan, Ward 5; James
A. Martin, Ward 5; Edwin W Sturtevant, Ward
5; Edward C. Holland, Ward 6; Matthew J.
Keating, Ward 6; Arthur J. O'Leary, Ward 6;
William A. Tucker, Ward 6; Sophie Anna Wies-
berg, Ward 6; Peter Zoza, Ward 6; William Boyd,
Ward 7; Edward F. Chamberlin, Ward 7; John J.
Finn, Ward 7; John J. Lynch, Ward 7; Lewis
Newton, Jr., Ward 7; Edward F. Phillips, Ward 7;
John A. Rowan, Ward 7; Julio Stella, Ward 7;
Mary F. DiGirolamo, Ward 8; Russell Morash,
Ward 8; Timothy O'Donnell, Ward 8; Anne Vel-
leca, Ward 8; Stanley Williams, Ward 8; Eric
Eugene Miller, Ward 9. .
John B. Desjeans, Ward 10; William J. Dris-
coll, Ward 10; Thomas Faherty, Ward 10; Elea-
nor M. FaUon, Ward 10; George W. Flood, Ward
10; Charles H. Harper, Ward 10; Harold Harris,
Ward 10; Joseph P. Melling, Ward 10; Eleanor
M. Paul, Ward 10; Ralph L. Simmons, Ward 10;
John W. Sliwa, Jr., Ward 10; Thomas Martin
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Barnett, Ward 11; Charlotte E. Carlson, Ward 11;
Leo A. Collin, Ward 11; Joseph H. Deery, Ward
11; Harold C. Fuller, Ward 11; George A. Goyea,
Ward 11; Thomas W. Johnston, Ward 11; Eliza-
beth M. Scott, Ward 11; William M. Bingham,
Ward 12; James W. Butler, Ward 12; Alfred
Colantuoni, Ward 12; William F. Flannery, Ward
12; Neville Folkes, Ward 12; Albert Gay, Ward
12; Charles R. Holeman, Ward 12; Leo Jordan,
Ward 12; Albert V. Monthero, Ward 12; Theo-
dore Pearlman, Ward 12; Donald J. Singleton,
Ward 12; Robert Weinstein, Ward 12; Joyce S.
Williams, Ward 12; Joseph S. Blanchard, Ward
13; Joseph B. Connors, Ward 13; Charles F. Hen-
nessy, Jr., Ward 13; James F. Keaney, Ward 13;
John W. McEachern, Ward 13; James G. NeUigan,
Ward 13; Walter S. Pleach, Ward 13; Ida Buck-
man, Ward 14; James Dennis, Ward 14; Charles
C. Penn, Ward 14; John F. Ryan, Ward 14; Gar-
land W. Sanders, Ward 14; Paul Sorgman, Ward
14; Solomon Weiner, Ward 14; Ray Wolf, Ward
14; Joseph L. Ardagna, Ward 15; Kieran P. Ber-
gin. Ward 15; Gabriel DeSimone, Ward 15; John
J. Foti, Ward 15; Doris R. Hendsbee, Ward 15;
John J. Hill, Ward 15; Carl V. Johnson, Ward 15;
Ferdinand J. Kiley, Jr., Ward 15; Catherine V.
Mahoney, Ward 15; Theodore H. Nagle, Ward 15;
John Staunton, Ward 15; Carroll D. Sullivan,
Ward 15; Joseph P. Trapani, Ward 15; Allan R.
Andreasson, Ward 16; Charles H. Becker, Ward
16; Thomas F. Byrne, Ward 16; Thomas J. Car-
roll, Ward 16; Joseph Drobach, Ward 16; Everett
K. Fernald, Ward 16; William C. Leslie, Ward 16;
Timothy L. O'Brien, Ward 16; Thomas P. J.
O'Leary, Ward 16; Carl H. Olson, Ward 16;
Walter R. Thomas, Ward 16.
Charles V. Gale, Ward 17; James W. Higgins,
Ward 17; Harry Keimach, Ward 17; James F.
Kelley, Ward 17; Gunnar H. Larsen, Ward 17;
Russell E. Moore, Ward 17; John C. O'Keefe,
Ward 17; David Schraft, Ward 17; Gerard A.
Beaudet, Ward 18; Leo J. Bulger, Ward 18;
James F. Collins, Ward 18; Paul J. Davis, Ward
18; Walter Diotte, Ward 18; William Kells,
Ward 18; Michael J. Madden, Ward 18; Alphonse
A. Matukas, Ward 18; Albert D. Moore, Ward
18; Alexander Smith, Ward 18; Edward G. Vick-
ery, Ward 18; William Voloshen, Ward 18; Wil-
liam W. Case, Ward 19; Charles J. Dolan, Ward
19; Francis A. Dudley, Ward 19; Arthur F. Hig-
gins, Ward 19; Kenneth P. Hill, Ward 19; Mary
F. McGrath, Ward 19; William H. Wright, Ward
19; Herbert J. Cusick, Ward 20; Sooren Daniels,
Ward 20; Nellie David, Ward 20; Jacques Dun-
Lany, Ward 20; Patrick Foley, Ward 20; Dennis
F. Keating, Ward 20; Victor Leon, Ward 20;
Joseph E. Maloney, Ward 20; Philip J. Malloy,
Ward 20; John A. Nicholson, Ward 20; Patrick A.
Puzo, Ward 20; Jeremiah J. Reen, Ward 20; Ethel
L. Stevens, Ward 20; Robert M. Zimmerman,
Ward 20; Theodore Blank, Ward 21; Edward J.
Brooks, Ward 21; Frank G. Brown, Jr., Ward 21;
Faith Carter, Ward 21; Joseph Goldie, Ward 21;
Max Henick, Ward 21; Julius J. Herbert, Ward
21; Arthur L. Stephens, Ward 21; Carl C. Wilson,
Ward 21; Edward L. Cain, Ward 22; Joseph B.
Cicero, Ward 22; Paul G. Curry, Ward 22; Wil-
liam F. Fetch, Ward 22; Herbert J. Hanna, Ward
22; Harold C. L. Olson, Ward 22.
"SLOW" SIGNS AND PAINT CROSSWALKS
IN FRONT OF POST OFFICE, BRIGHTON.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your order of
November 13, 1956, relative to painting a cross-
walk and "Slow" signs as well as take care of
any other necessary action to insure the safety
of pedestrians crossing Washington street, in
front of the post office, in Brighton.
Respectfully,
J. B. Htnes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
November 29, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Councillor Aheam's order of
November 13, 1956, I wish to report that cross-
walks and "Slow" signs have been painted in the
roadway of Eastburn street and Washington
street, which is in front of the post office in
Brighton.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRAFFIC LIGHT AT ST. EDWARD ROAD
AND SARATOGA STREET.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your order of
October 29, 1956, relative to installing a pedes-
trian traffic light at the corner of St. Edward
road and Saratoga street.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
November 29, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
In response to a Council order dated October
29, 1956, introduced by Councillors McCormack,
Kerrigan, and Foley, requesting the installation
of a pedestrian traffic light at the oorner of St.
Edward road and Saratoga street, a survey of
the area in question has been made.
Our record of personal injury accidents at this
location is considerably lower than at numerous
other intersections throughout the city.
St. Edward road serves as an entrance to the
large M.T.A. parking lot at Orient Heights Sta-
tion and the principal activity is during the
morning and evening peak hours when auto-
mobiles enter or leave the parking lot. During
the remainder of the day there is very little ac-
tivity at this location.
Under such circumstances, it is possible, fre-
quently, to have a police officer assigned during
the morning and evening hours to handle the
problem.
There are many intersections where traffic
lights are needed during all of the day and eve-
ning hours and until such time as we can achieve
the installation of signal lights at such locations
it would not be in the public interest to divert
appropriations to areas where problems are
limited to two or three hours a day. This is the
status which applies to churches, schools, and, in
this instance, a parking lot. It may be readily
seen that in such areas heavy traffic is limited to
a very short portion of the day.
At the present time we do not have any funds
for traffic signals at any location. In connection
with our 1957 activities we hope that funds will
be made available for some signal light installa-
tions but, as stated above, there are several
areas where there exists an extreme need for
signalization and in order to provide lights at
such locations we will have to forego the installa-
tion at St. Edward road and Saratoga street for
the present.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
TRANSFER OF LAND ON SALEM
STREET TO COMMISSIONER OF
REAL PROPERTY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from Fire
Commissioner Francis X. Cotter in which he
recommends the transfer of land at 133 Salem
street, Boston Proper, to the Commissioner of
Real Property.
I submit herewith an order transferring this
land from the care, custody, control and manage-
ment of the Fire Department to the oare, custody ,
control and management of the Commissioner of
DECEMBER 3, 1956.
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Real Property and recommend the passage of the
order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, November 16, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes and City Council.
Gentlemen:
The Fire Department has in its control the land
at 133 Salem street, Boston Proper, formerly oc-
cupied by Engine Company 8. The transfer of
Engine Company 8 to a new fire station rendered
the property no longer necessary for public pur-
poses, and I, therefore, recommend that it be
transferred to the Commissioner of Real Prop-
erty for public sale.
Respectfully,
Francis X. Cotter,
Fire Commissioner.
Whereas, The City of Boston is the owner in
fee of two (2) parcels of land containing approxi-
mately two thousand five hundred sixty-eight
(2,568) square feet located on the northeasterly
side of Salem street, being numbered 133 in the
numbering of said Salem street, Boston Proper,
held by the city for Fire Department purposes ;
and
Whereas, The Fire Commissioner has deter-
mined that the above-mentioned parcels of land
are no longer required for Fire Department pur-
poses; and
Whereas, The Real Property Board desires to
sell said parcels of land; now, therefore, it is
hereby
Ordered, That the above-mentioned parcels
of land be, and the same hereby are, transferred
from the care, custody, control and manage-
ment of the Fire Department to the care, custody,
control and management of the Commissioner
of Real Property.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DE-
PARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 3, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for the
transfer of $70,000 from Available Sources to the
appropriation for the Administrative Services
Department and a letter from the Director of
Administrative Services explaining the reasons
therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the ac-
companying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
December 3, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
You are respectfully asked to request the City
Council to transfer from Available Sources to the
Printing Section, Purchasing Division, Adminis-
trative Services Department, the sum of $70,000
which is urgently needed to carry on the printing
services for the remainder of the calendar year.
The transfer of the printing activities of the
Library Department to the Printing Section, the
reorganization necessary to provide for the pro-
duction of the Police and Voting lists by the
addressograph method, the incidental expenses for
providing supplies and materials which could not
be anticipated at the time of the preparation of
the 1956 Printing Section budget have combined
to create the necessity for providing these addi-
tional funds.
The basic reasons for the deficit are as follows:
In order to insure delivery on scheduled dates
of the regular and the supplementary voting lists
for the Presidential Election Year of 1956, it was
necessary to employ additional temporary em-
ployees and to incur overtime charges by the use
of permanent employees in expediting these lists.
In addition to this, the union employees in the
plant, in compliance with existing agreements
with the Graphic Arts Institute of New England,
were granted salary increases which could not be
anticipated at the time of the preparation of the
1956 budget.
Substantial moving expenses were incurred in
the transfer of machinery and equipment from the
Library Department to the Printing Section.
During the current year it became necessary to
make alterations to a room in the Printing Plant
building for the purpose of making it suitable to
adequately house the addressograph unit. In
addition to this, extraordinary repairs have been
required on some of the old equipment and ma-
chinery, much of which is over thirty years of age.
In addition to this, a substantial increase in
the volume of production at the Printing Section
has necessitated a like increase in the amount of
supplies and materials required to be purchased
for the completion of this increased work load.
It is therefore requested that the following allo-
cation be made:
For Personal Services $40,000
For Contractual Services 15 000
For Supplies and Materials 15,000
$70,000
Respectfully yours,
John A. Breen, Director.
Ordered, That in accordance with the provisions
of section 3B of chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909,
as amended by chapter 604 of the Acts of 1941,
the City Auditor be, and hereby is, authorized to
transfer:
From the appropriation for Real Property
Department, 2, Contractual Services, $20,000,
Library Department, 1, Personal Services, $10,000,
Election Department, 1, Personal Services, $5,000,
Hospital Department, 7, Structures and Improve-
ments, $5,000, to the appropriation for Adminis-
trative Services Department, 1, Personal Services,
$40,000.
From the appropriation for Hospital Depart-
ment, 7, Structures and Improvements, $15,000,
to the appropriation for 2, Contractual Services,
$15,000.
From the appropriation for Hospital Depart-
ment, 7, Structures and Improvements, $15,000,
to the appropriation for 3, Supplies and Materials,
$15,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committees named, viz.:
Claims.
Donald G. Berry, for compensation for in-
juries caused by City of Boston motor vehicle.
Joseph Bossi, for compensation for damage to
property at 210 Saratoga street, East Boston,
caused by break in main drain pipe.
Gregory Campo, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Public Works Department,
Sanitary Division.
Mildred Chambers, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 121 Meri-
dian street, East Boston.
Antonio J. D'Antonio, for compensation for
damage to property at 128 Salem street, caused
by city scoop picking up dirt.
Helen Donahue, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 315 Centre street,
Jamaica Plain.
Catherine T. Downey, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 11 Short
street, Charlestown.
Frank M. Foster, for compensation for damage
to clothing caused by a nail in bench in Suffolk
County Courthouse.
William. K. Haley, Jr., to be reimbursed as
result of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Police Department.
Albert Jeanetti, also known as Albert Gian-
netti, for compensation for injuries caused by an
alleged defect at 74 West street, Hyde Park.
Camillo F. Jeanetti, for compensation for in-
juries and damage to car caused by an alleged
defect at 74 West street, Hyde Park.
Joseph P. Kennedy, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Fire Department.
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Catherine Kincaide, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect at 4245 Wash-
ington street, Roslindale.
Kirkwood Cab Company, Inc., for compensa-
tion for damage to property caused by City of
Boston motor vehicle.
Edward J. Morin, for compensation for damage
to truck by city truck.
Marguerite L. Neville, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Court
square, Boston.
Harry Stein, for compensation for damage to
property at 165 Milk street, Boston, caused by
manhole explosion.
John M. Sweeney, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
William H. Watts, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance
of duty as employee of Public Works Depart-
ment, Sanitary Service.
Licenses.
Petition of Strand Recreation Room, Amos E.
Cowan, 716 East Broadway, South Boston,
Ward 6, to operate bowling alley on the Lord's
day.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Mary J. Gorham, to be paid annuity
on account of the death of her husband, Joseph W.
Gorham, late member of the Fire Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
MINORS' LICENSES.
The. applications of Martin Jersky, 40 Corey
street, Charlestown, Ward 2, and William F.
Gateley, 12 Rugby road, Mattapan, for news-
boys' licenses were received.
Licenses granted under usual conditions.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities transmitting copy of
order granting petition of Boston Edison Company
for pole location on private property in control
of Metropolitan District Commission on Truman
Highway, Hyde Park.
Placed on file.
VOTE ON LICENSE QUESTION.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Board of Election Commissioners,
November 29, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy, Esq.,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
We hereby certify that at the State Election
held on November 6, 1956, the vote upon the fol-
lowing question in this city was as follows:
Question No. 1.
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city for the
sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky,
rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other
alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes 134,044
No 27,549
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city for
the sale of wines and malt beverages (wines and
beer, ale and all other beverages)?
Yes 126,132
No 24,566
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city for
the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in pack-
ages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
Yes 130,618
No 22,820
Very truly yours,
David Lasker,
Joseph Rtjsso,
Peblie Dyab Chase,
Board of Election Com-
missioners of Boston.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Russell T. Blakeley,
having been duly approved by the Acting Col-
lector-Treasurer was received and approved.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
DEATH OF EDWARD W. FALLON.
Coun. McDONOUGH, for all other members of
the City Council, offered the following:
Whereas, Superintendent Edward W. Fallon
gave to the people of Boston thirty-seven years of
outstanding public service as a member of the
Police Department; and
Whereas, Superintendent Fallon's exemplary
service and heroic record of accomplishments
started with the position of patrolman and con-
tinued through every promotional rank, including
sergeant, lieutenant, captain and, finally, to the
important and difficult position of superintendent,
the duties of which office he carried out with dis-
tinction and in an exceptionally faithful and effi-
cient manner for the past twenty years; and
Whereas, Almighty God has seen fit in his wis-
dom to call Superintendent Fallon to his heavenly
reward; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, sincerely regrets the untimely
death of Superintendent Fallon and desires to
express its sincere sympathy and condolence to
Mrs. Fallon and family and prays that Divine
Providence will grant them the strength and cour-
age to carry on in the face of their tremendous
loss.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
rising vote.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on Ordi-
nances, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of members of the
George Wright Golf Course (referred July 2) re
fees for playing golf — recommending that no
further action is necessary.
2. Report on communication from the Cor-
poration Counsel and ordinance (referred No-
vember 30, 1953) concerning the regulation of the
operation of sound trucks — recommending that
no further action is necessary.
The reports were severally accepted.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Whereas, On Sunday, December 2, 1956, there
was a four-alarm fire at 150 St. Botolph street in
the Back Bay section of Boston; and
Whereas, This fire took the lives of two persons,
made many homeless, and caused a substantial
financial loss to the owner; and
Whereas, But for the outstanding work per-
formed by the officers and men of the Boston
Fire Department who answered the alarms for
this fire, many more lives would have been lost,
and a congested neighborhood could have been
engulfed in flames; and
Whereas, The amazing courage and excellent
work displayed by the officers and men of the
Boston Fire Department on this terrible occa-
sion were consistent with the highest traditions
of this department; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends its highest congratu-
lations and deepest appreciation to all officers
and men of the Boston Fire Department who
participated in the many daring rescues and the
extinguishment of the fire; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Fire Commissioner and to each
company that participated in this operation.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
DECEMBER 3, 1956.
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LEGISLATION TO LICENSE VENDING
MACHINES.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request the
Corporation Counsel to prepare legislation for
presentation to the Great and General Court for
the 1957 session to enable the City of Boston to
license all vending machines not now covered by
ordinance.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ORDINANCE INCREASING FEES FOR
AUTOMATIC AMUSEMENT DEVICES.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN offered the following:
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Increasing the Fees for Automatic
Amusement Device Licenses.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston, as
follows:
Section 1. Chapter 40A of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1947 as inserted by section 2 of chapter
7 of the Ordinances of 1956 is hereby amended
by striking out clause (20) as so appearing and
inserting in place thereof the following:
(20) Automatic Amusement Device License.
The annual fee for a license granted by the li-
censing board under section 177A of chapter 140
of the General Laws for any automatic amuse-
ment device licensed thereunder shall be $100.
The fee for any such license granted after Janu-
ary thirty-first in any year shall be $8 for each
calendar month in which the license may be
exercised. The fee for every amendment of any
such license by changing the premises specified
shall be $5.
Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON URBAN RENEWAL.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, The urban renewal program is of
vital importance to the future of the City of
Boston; and
Whereas, Increased citizen participation in the
program and additional education of the public at
large is a prerequisite to a more effective program ;
and
Whereas, In many states, Oregon for example,
the state enabling statute makes the creation of
a citizens' advisory committee mandatory and
many other communities have created such com-
mittees on their own initiative, notably the Alle-
gheny Conference on Community Development;
and
Whereas, No such Advisory Committee is in
existence in Boston; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Boston Housing Authority
is hereby requested to consult with Mayor John
B. Hynes and request the Mayor to name a
provisional chairman as a first step in selecting
an Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal, and
that there be appointed by the Mayor, in con-
sultation with the Boston Housing Authority, an
Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal giving
representation to all of the principal business,
industrial, labor, professional, real estate, build-
ing, civic and social interests of the city. The
services of the committee will be purely advisory.
Some of the functions of the committee might be
to advise concerning the selection of project areas,
as well as in relocating families which are displaced.
The committee should also be of considerable
assistance in determining the best reuses of the
cleared land with consideration both for the
requirements of city planning and of obtaining
maximum return.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
LEGISLATION FOR INCREASED PAY-
MENT FOR SUMNER TUNNEL.
Coun. FOLEY and McCORMACK offered the
following:
Whereas, It now appears that because of a
variety of circumstances, transfer of the Sumner
Tunnel from the City of Boston to the Massa-
chusetts Port Authority will not take place, if at
all, until a year after the time contemplated when
the original legislation was proposed; and
Whereas, In the interim, the Sumner Tunnel
will write off a very substantial amount of the
bonded debt still owed by the facility; and
Whereas, The debt being less than contem-
plated at the time of the passage of the legislation,
the Massachusetts Port Authority investment in
the Sumner Tunnel will be correspondingly low-
ered; and
Whereas, The present contemplated outlay of
the Massachusetts Port Authority for the purpose
of acquiring the tunnel appears to be modest in
view of the fact that the tunnel is to be capital-
ized at double to triple the outlay to acquire it;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council feels
that justice and equity demand that the sum to
be paid the City of Boston should be increased by
legislation by an amount equal to the amount of
the debt on the tunnel written off, between the
date of transfer implied in the legislation origi-
nally, and the ultimate transfer date.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor White, the Council
voted to take a recess at 3.52 p.m., subject to the
call of the Chair. The members reassembled in
the Council Chamber, and were called to order by
President McCORMACK at 5.57 p.m.
REZONING DISTRICT BOUNDED BY
PERKINS STREET, JAMAICAWAY,
AND PARKTON ROAD, JAMAICA
PLAIN.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN and COLLINS offered
the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel be
directed to give a ruling to the Boston City Coun-
cil as to whether or not the construction of a
motel is within the purview of the regulations
pertaining to an R-40 zone; and be it further
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Board of Zoning Adjustment to consider the
advisability of rezoning the district in Jamaica
Plain, bounded by Perkins street, the Jamaica-
way, and Parkton road, with the specific intent
of preventing the construction, in that residential
area, of a motel.
Coun. PIEMONTE in the chair.
President McCORMACK in the chair.
The foregoing order was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
PLAY AREA OR PLAYGROUND AT COR-
NER OF HOBART STREET AND
RANELEGH ROAD, BRIGHTON.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, The neighborhood in the vicinity of
Hobart street and Ranelegh road, Brighton, is in
great need of a play area and/or playground;
and
Whereas, There is a fine open area readily
adaptable and available located at Hobart street
and Ranelegh road, the former site of a school
building; and
Whereas, Said site is under the jurisdiction of
the School Department and is not now being
utilized to its fullest and best advantage for the
benefit of the city and the neighborhood's people;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor is hereby
requested to direct the Park Commissioner to
consult immediately with the proper authorities
in the School Department with a view to the
acquisition by the Park Department of the city-
owned land at the corner of Hobart street and
Ranelegh road, Brighton, for the purpose of pre-
paring and devoting said site to play area and/or
playground purposes on a year-round basis.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
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REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTEREST COSTS
ON SUMNER TUNNEL.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, An important and persuasive factor
in the vote of the Boston City Council trans-
ferring the Sumner Tunnel to the Port Authority
was the receipt by the City of Boston in the year
1956 of the cash consideration to be given which
cash it was contemplated was to be used to lower
the tax rate of City of Boston in 1956; and
Whereas, The receipt of the cash consideration
for the Sumner Tunnel by the City of Boston has
not and will not be received in 1956 and this fact
has necessitated the borrowing of substantial
sums of money at the high interest rates of to-
day's money market; now, therefore, be it
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel of the
City of Boston prepare at once a petition for
legislation to be filed by the President of the City
Council and which would reimburse the City of
Boston for the interest costs incurred by the city
in borrowing special funds to take care of the
failure of the City of Boston to receive the cash
consideration for the sale of Sumner Tunnel in
1956; and be it further
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor consult
with the Port Authority on this matter, and that
his Honor the Mayor remind the Port Authority
that its representative, Mr. Ephraim Brest, has
already told the City Council in a public hearing
that he personally favors such legislation and
that he feels that the Port Authority has a moral
obligation to repay the City of Boston for costs
of interest incurred in borrowing special funds be-
cause of the failure of the City of Boston to re-
ceive the cash consideration for the transftr
by the city of the Sumner Tunnel.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL OF AP-
POINTMENTS TO ZONING COMMIS-
SION.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Corporation Counsel prepare
for filing forthwith by the Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Ordinances a petition for legislation
amending chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956 to pro-
vide that appointments by the Mayor of the
members of the Zoning Commission shall be
subject to confirmation by the Boston City
Council.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
BORROWING FOR URBAN RENEWAL.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be re-
quested to seek legislation raising the general
statutory limit on borrowing for urban renewal
purposes or to seek special legislation raising the
limit for Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
LEGISLATION TO INCREASE PURCHASE
PRICE FOR SUMNER TUNNEL.
Coun. COLLINS and McDONOUGH offered
the following:
Whereas, It now appears that the transfer of
the Sumner Tunnel from the City of Boston to
the Massachusetts Port Authority will not occur
until at least one year after the time contemplated
when the original legislation was proposed; and
Whereas, The total cost to the Port Author-
ity was originally intended to approximate
§15,000,000; and
Whereas, The original cost of construction was
$19,000,000 to the city and the replacement cost
would approximate $35,000,000 ; therefore be it
Resolved, That legislation be drafted by the Law
Department to amend the original act to author-
ize payment to the City of Boston of $20,000,000
to include retirement of funded debt payment of
tax moneys expended to make up operating
deficits, and the balance to be paid to the general
fund of the City of Boston.
The resolution was adopted under suspension of
the rules.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on resolution (referred today) to
increase sum to be paid the City of Boston for
Sumner Tunnel — recommending that the resolu-
tion be adopted.
The report was accepted, and the resolution was
adopted.
2. Report on report of Special Committee on
Perambulation of Boundaries (referred Novem-
ber 28) — recommending that the report be re-
committed to the Special Committee on Peram-
bulation to be rewritten.
The report was accepted, and the said reference
ordered.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred November 26) concerning dredging by
State Department of Public Works in Savin Hill
Basin — recommending that the order ought to
pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
4. Report on message of the Mayor and order
(referred today) for transfer of appropriation of
$70,000 to Administrative Services Department —
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Collins, Foley, Kerrigan,
McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin, Pie-
monte, White — 8.
Nays — 0.
Voting Present — Councillor Ahearn.
Adjourned at 6.15 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, December 10,
1956, at 2 p.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City of Boston
Administrative Services Department
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, December 10, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend John J. Linnehan, chaplain
of Long Island Hospital, Boston, was es-
corted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JOHN J.
LINNEHAN.
In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom and
justice, through Whom authority is rightly
administered, laws are enacted and judgments
decreed, assist with Thy holy spirit of counsel
and fortitude the members of this Boston
City Council, that their administration may
be conducted in righteousness, and be emi-
nently useful to Thy people, by encouraging
due respect for religion; by a faithful execu-
tion of the laws in justice and mercy; and
by restraining vice and immorality. Let not
ignorance draw them into devious paths nor
partiality sway their minds; neither let re-
spect of riches or persons pervert their judg-
ment but unite them to Thee effectually by
the gift of Thine only grace that they may
be one in Thee and never forsake the truth.
Let the light of Thy divine wisdom direct the
deliberations of this Council and shine forth
in all the proceedings and laws framed for
our rule and government so that we may tend
to the preservation of peace and the promo-
tion of happiness, the increase of industry,
sobriety and useful knowledge; and may per-
petuate to us the blessings of equal liberty.
We recommend likewise to Thy unbounded
mercy all our brethren and fellow citizens
throughout the city, that they may be blessed
in the knowledge and be sanctified in the
observance of Thy most Holy Law, that they
may be preserved in union and in that peace
which the world cannot give; and after en-
joying the blessings of this life be admitted
to those which are eternal. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute
to the Flag.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council, the
Mayor submitted the following appointment:
Weigher of Goods for the term ending
April 30, 1957: William Reynolds, 1 McDevitt
road. Randolph.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT POPE'S HILL
STREET, SOUTH MUNROE TERRACE,
AND NEPONSET AVENUE.
The following- was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order
of November 13, 1956, in regard to installing
pedestrian-actuated traffic lights at the inter-
section of Pope's Hill street, South Munroe
terrace, and Neponset avenue.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
December 5, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Councillor McDonough's
order of November 13, 1956, requesting the
installation of a pedestrian-actuated traffic
signal at Neponset avenue, Pope's Hill street,
and South Munroe terrace, I report as follows:
This intersection is at the crest of a grade
in Neponset avenue and is traversed by a
considerable volume of fast-moving traffic in
Neponset avenue. The section immediately
west of the intersection in the South Munroe
Terrace and North Munroe Terrace area is
heavily populated by people who must cross
Neponset avenue to reach inbound buses. Also,
there is a small shopping area immediately
adjacent to the intersection.
We believe that this would be an excellent
location for the signal requested and arc
placing it on our list of locations to be con-
sidered when funds are provided for this
purpose.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
SYNCHRONIZATION OF CERTAIN
TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner relative to your order
of November 19, 1956, in regard to synchro-
nizing the traffic lights on major traffic routes
in and out of Boston.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission,
December 5, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Council order dated
November 19, 1956, introduced by Councillor
Piemonte, requesting the synchronization of
the traffic lights on major traffic routes in
and out of Boston, I wish to report as follows:
All of the traffic signals under the juris-
diction of the city are inspected and checked
at regular intervals, at least weekly, by em-
ployees of this department. Each periodic
inspection includes the checking of the timing
and synchronization of the signals.
All adjacent traffic signals on major arter-
ies which are close enough to be interconnected
are incorporated into a system with definite
offsets or time relation between intersections
so as to allow the maximum flow of traffic
within the capabilities of our existing equip-
ment.
The timing of all our signals has been
closely scrutinized and approved by the Mas-
sachusetts Department of Public Works at the
time of issuance of signal permits.
Our engineers feel that no further im-
provement in the timing of our signals is
possible until such time as sufficient funds
are made available to replace most of out-
existing obsolete controllers, many of which
are over 26 years old.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
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HEAVY TRUCK REGULATIONS AND
TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON COLUMBIA
ROAD, DORCHESTER.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I transmit herewith communication from the
Traffic Commissioner concerning your order of
October 29, 1956, relative to installation of
"Slow" and "Stop" signs on the Columbia
Road section of Dorchester, also on the Boston
Street section, and that a time be set for heavy
trucking along the said route.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Boston Traffic Commission.
November 30, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
With reference to Council order of Oc-
tober 29, 1956, by Councillors McCormack,
Kerrigan, and Foley, requesting "Slow" and
"Stop" signs on the Columbia Road section
of Dorchester, also on the Boston Street sec-
tion, and that a time be set for heavy truck-
ing along the said route, I wish to report as
follows :
As a result of our survey, orders have been
issued to erect a number of "Slow" signs in
the two streets. The survey showed the need
for "Stop" signs at Columbia road in the
following streets: Richfield street, the south-
east roadway at Columbia road near Hamilton
street, and Hamilton street. The establish-
ment of "Stop" streets requires that traffic
counts be made and that the recommendation
be approved by the Massachusetts Public
Works Department, in accordance with the
provisions of section 2 of chapter 85 of the
General Laws. This work is being done.
It may be assumed that the request "That
a time be set for heavy trucking along the
said route" was inspired by the fact that this
commission adopted a regulation to exclude
trucks having a capacity of over five tons
from Gallivan Boulevard, between the hours
of 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. This rule was adopted
as a measure to abate the nuisance which
obtained in Gallivan Boulevard as a result
of the constant stream of heavy trucks which
were traveling all night through the street
carrying gravel from Canton to the site of
the Southeast Expressway and silt in the
reverse direction on the return trip. No com-
parable condition exists in the Boston Street-
Columbia Road route.
There are really only two available routes
for north and southbound truck traffic having
its origin and destination south or southeast
of Dorchester, namely, Dorchester Avenue and
the Boston Street-Columbia Road routes.
Normal truck travel must be permitted to
use routes of this type at all hours of the
day or night, at least until such time as the
Southeast Expressway is in operation when
this facility should intercept and carry prac-
tically all of the truck traffic in this general
area.
For these reasons it would not appear to be
practicable to attempt to limit the hours when
trucks could use the Boston Street-Columbia
Road route.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. Arthur Reilly, Commissioner.
Placed on file.
APPROPRIATION FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 7, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith an appropriation order
for $4,033.28 from "Sales of City Property"
and a communication from the Parks and
Recreation Commissioner explaining the
reasons therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
December 4, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
The Parks and Recreation Department has
acquired for playground purposes an area of
land in the West Roxbury district, located
at Gardner and Baker streets. Under the
provisions of section 63 of chapter 44 of the
General Laws, the sum of $25,000 was appro-
priated from the account "Sales of City
Property" for the acquisition of this land.
Approval was given at two meetings of the
City Council held on January 11, 1954, and
January 25, 1954, and it was approved by
your Honor on January 26, 1954.
The Law Department has finally completed
the taking of several parcels of land at this
area and the total cost of the takings amounts
to $29,033.28. We therefore must obtain an
additional appropriation of $4,033.28 in order
that the city may obtain full title on this
property.
I therefore respectfully request that you
approve the taking of $4,033.28 from the
appropriation "Sales of City Property" and
transferring it to the appropriation 1-11-41-
814, Playground, Gardner and Baker Streets,
West Roxbury.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 63 of chapter 44 of the General Laws,
the sum of four thousand thirty-three dollars
and twenty-eight cents ($4,033.28) be and
hereby is, appropriated from Sales of City
Property to be expended by the Parks and
Recreation Department for the establishment
of a playground at Gardner and Baker streets
in the West Roxbury district, as follows:
Playground, Gardner and Baker streets, West
Roxbury $4,033.28
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPART-
MENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 6, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the transfer of $6,000 from the appropriation
of Administrative Services Department, Con-
tractual Services, to the Administrative
Services Department, Personal Services, and
a letter from the director explaining the
reasons therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department.
December 6, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
You are respectfully asked to request the
City Council to transfer from the appropria-
tion for Administrative Services Department,
Contractual Services, to the Administrative
Services Department, Personal Services, the
sum of $6,000.
Upon the creation of the position of
Supervisor of Budgets no additional appropria-
tion was requested. A senior clerk-typist
returned from a leave of absence for whom
no appropriation was requested; and addi-
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tional overtime was necessary due to the re-
duction of the longevity steps for city em-
ployees.
Respectfully yours,
J. A. Breen, Director.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Administrative
Services Department, 2, Contractual Services,
$6,000, to the appropriation for Administrative
Services Department, 1, Personal Services,
$6,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION TO FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 10, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the transfer of $35,300 from the Clerk's Office,
Superior Court, Civil Session, to the appropria-
tion for Fire Department, and a letter from
the Fire Commissioner explaining the reason
therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Fire Department, December 6, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
Your Honor's approval is respectfully re-
quested for the transfer of $35,300 from
Available Resources, to Item 2, Contractual
Services, in the 1956 Fire Department budget
for the following reasons:
Under Item 2, service orders amounting to
approximately $16,000 have been issued for
necessary automobile repairs and repairs to
buildings, various types of nozzles, etc. We
also require the sum of approximately $8,700
to pay for telephone service in the Fire De-
partment for October, November, and Decem-
ber, and $9,000 to pay for electricity used
during November and December. Twenty-
four hundred dollars will be required to pay
for steam supplied by the Boston Edison to
heat Engine Houses 4 and 25 for the last
three months of 1956. It is estimated that
$600 will be expended for steam to operate
high pressure pumps, and another $600 is
needed to pay for illuminating gas for October,
November, and December of 1956. The $35,-
300 is requested from available resources inas-
much as it is not obtainable from the Fire
Department budget.
Respectfully yours,
Francis X. Cotter,
Fire Commissioner.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Clerk's Office,
Superior Court, Civil Session, 2, Contractual
Services, $35,300, to the appropriation for Fire
Department, 2, Contractual Services, $35,300.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Mrs. Arax Boyajian, for compensation for
damage to property at 1 Bentham road, Dor-
chester, caused by city men installing street
lights.
Julia Cosindas, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 19 Belvidere
street.
John J. Creedon, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account
of his acts as employee of Fire Department.
Alfred C. DeTore, for compensation for in-
juries caused by city motor vehicle.
Charles F. Donovan, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Sanitary Division.
Flash Realty Company, for compensation for
damage to heating system at 357 Warren street,
Roxbury, caused by water being shut off.
Paul J. McDonald, for compensation for
damage to clothing caused by an alleged defect
at Dorchester street, between Old Colony ave-
nue and Ninth street.
Marilyn E. Murray, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Clayton
and Dickens streets, Dorchester
Harry Solov, for compensation for injuries
and damage to car by fire engine.
William Spiller, for compensation for damage
to car by ladder truck of Fire Department.
Mrs. Siran Topjian, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at Wash-
ington and Avon streets.
Victoria Carapellueci, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 27
Lowell street.
PETITION TO AMEND EFFECTIVE DATE
OF ANNUITY.
Petition of Anna V. Connors, to amend
effective date of annuity granted to her by
order of the City Council passed on September
24, 1956, on account of the death of her
husband, John J. Connors, late member of
the Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Copy of notice was received from the De-
partment of Public Utilities of hearing to be
held on December 19, 1956, at 11 A.M., on
petition of City of Boston for approval of
proposed tolls for use of Sumner Tunnel.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGE.
Communication was received from the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the
assignment of Pierre A. Northrup as judge
of the Appellate Division for the Northern
District for the period beginning on December
4, 1956, and expiring on September 30, 1957.
Placed on file.
APPROVAL OF CONSTABLE'S BOND.
The constable's bond of Isadore Rubin, hav-
ing been duly approved by the Acting Collector-
Treasurer, was received and approved.
AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CLASSIFICA-
TION AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Administrative Services Department,
December 5, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
In conformity with G. L. chapter 35, section
51, a report is hereby submitted in connection
with order submitted to the City Council on
November 13, 1956, concerning an amendment
to the Classification and Compensation Plan
for the Officers and Employees of Suffolk
County by the creation of the position of
Foreman Mechanic, Grade 19.
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CITY COUNCIL.
The present working- force of mechanics at
the Suffolk County Court House numbers 21,
and consists of 8 painters, 4 electricians, 3
carpenters, 3 elevator mechanics, 2 plumbers,
and 1 steamfitter. All bear the title of
mechanic.
These employees are under the direct super-
vision of the superintendent and assistant
superintendent, either of whom lays out all
work assignments for this group.
In my opinion, to amend the County Plan
by the addition of a new title of Foreman
Mechanic would provide for the creation of a
position which is not necessary for the efficient
maintenance of the Suffolk County Court
House.
Accordingly, I recommend that your Honor-
able Body not adopt the order referred to me
on November 15, 1956.
Respectfully,
Duncan T. Foley,
Supervisor of Personnel.
The report of the Supervisor of Personnel
and the order were referred to the Executive
Committee.
CHANCES IN VOTING PRECINCTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Board of Election Commissioners,
December 6, 1956.
Walter J. Malloy, Esq.,
City Clerk.
Dear Sir:
The following is a vote of the Board of
Election Commissioners taken under date of
October 1, 1956:
Voted, To decrease the number of precincts
.in Ward 15 from 15 to 11 in number.
These changes, which will make a total of
285 precincts in the City of Boston, are set
forth in the description which will be for-
warded to you under separate cover.
The new precinct lines are to become effec-
tive for the police listing of January 1, 1957.
Very truly yours,
Board op Election Commissioners,
David Lasker, Chairman.
(Annexed hereto are sheets showing the
changes in the voting precincts.)
Referred to the Executive Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Gregory Campo
(referred December 3) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him on
account of his acts as an employee of the
Sanitary Division, Public Works Department
— recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred fifty
dollars ($450) be allowed and paid to Gregory
Campo in reimbursement for amount of execu-
tion issued against him on account of his acts
as an employee of the Sanitary Division, Public
Works Department, said sum to be charged
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
2. Report on petition of William K. Haley,
Jr. (referred December 3), to be reimbursed as
a result of an execution issued against him
on account of his acts as a member of the
Police Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of four hundred fifty-
six dollars and forty-six cents ($456.46) be
allowed and paid to William K. Haley, Jr., in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member
of the Police Department, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for Executions of
Court, Damage Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of John M. Sweeney
(referred December 3) to be reimbursed as a
result of an execution issued against him orr
account of his acts as an employee of the
Fire Alarm Division, Fire Department — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That the sum of eighty dollars
($80) be allowed and paid to John M. Sweeney
in reimbursement for amount of execution
issued against him on account of his acts as
an employee of the Fire Alarm Division, Fire
Department, said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements.
4. Report on petition of Charles N. Vogel
(referred November 13) for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical and nursing
expenses incurred as a result of an injury
sustained by him while in the performance of
his duty as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Charles N. Vogel, a former member
of the Fire Department, retired for accidental
disability, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no
fault of his own while in the performance of
his duty on September 18, 1954, there be
allowed and paid, upon certification of the
panel appointed under the provisions of said
section, to the following, the amount stated:
Charles N. Vogel (petitioner), 108 Stoughton
street Dorchester, $67.18 said sum to be paid
from any appropriation suitable for the pur-
pose of this section.
5. Report on petition of Raymond B.
LaCasse (referred November 26) for indemni-
fication for hospital, surgical, medical and
nursing expenses incurred as a result of an
injury sustained by him while in the perform-
ance of his duty as a member of the Fire
Department — l-eeommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 100B of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
upon petition of Raymond B. LaCasse, a
former member of the Fire Department, retired
for accidental disability, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical medical and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury received
through no fault of his own while in the per-
formance of his duty on February 20, 1955,
there be allowed and paid, upon certification
of the panel appointed under the provisions
of said section, to the following, the amount
stated :
John P. Rattigan, M.D., 247 Commonwealth
avenue, $20 said sum to be paid from any
appropriation suitable for the purpose of this
section.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OLYMPIC
ATHLETES.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Whereas, Mayor Hynes has declared this as
"Olympic Week"; and
Whereas, The Greater Boston Chamber of
Commerce is holding a luncheon and other
suitable ceremonies to welcome back the Gold
Medal Winnars from Massachusetts at the
recent Olympic Games; and
Whereas, They have listed as those being
honored: Tenley Albright of Newton; Charles
Jenkins of Cambridge; and Harold Connolly
of Boston; and
Whereas, Massachusetts has another Gold
Medal Winner in the person of William Yorzyk
of Northampton; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, extends official congratula-
tions to these athletes who have, by their
sportsmanship and ability, reflected tremendous
credit upon Massachusetts and the United
States; and urges that the Chamber of Com-
merce extend the scope of its ceremonies to
take in all Gold Medal Winners from, our
state — and invite Bill Yorzyk of Northampton
to participate.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
DECEMBER 10, 1956.
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EXPEDITING DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC DUR-
ING CHRISTMAS SEASON.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner,
through his Honor the Mayor, be requested
to investigate the possibility of expediting the
downtown traffic during the Christmas season.
Referred to the Executive Committee,
PROPOSED OFF-STREET PARKING
FACILITY AT FORT HILL SQUARE.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN offered the following:
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Real
Property Board appear before the Executive
Committee of the Boston City Council on
Friday, December 14, at 2 p.m., to discuss1 the
status of the plans for the proposed off-street
parking facility at Fort Hill square; and be
it further
Ordered, That a duly authorized representa-
tive of the Conference of Business and Civic
Organizations be formally invited to attend and
express the views of that organization on this
vital subject; and be it further
Ordered, That the Chairman of the Real
Property Board be directed to bring with him
to this meeting any and all plans, studies,
reports, letters, and official records and minutes
of Board Meetings, which contain any informa-
tion of any kind concerning this proposed
facility and which pertain in any way to said
facility.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
JAMAICA PLAIN POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, The Jamaica Plain district of the
City of Boston is among the busiest and
most flourishing in our city;
Whereas, The existing Jamaica Plain Post
Office is located in an inadequate one-story,
converted store, without loading platform or
parking facilities;
Whereas, The traffic congestion in the
vicinity of Centre and Myrtle streets con-
stitutes a fire hazard and illegal parking a
menace to life and safety; and
Whereas, The present post office was at
least partially condemned in 1942; and
Whereas, The Jamaica Plain business dis-
trict is a flourishing one and the residential
district extensive; therefore be it
Resolved, The Boston City Council, in meet-
ing assembled, urges the removal of the Ja-
maica Plain Post Office from its present site
to a more spacious area complete with park-
ing, loading and other necessary facilities.
If such a building is not available then the
Federal Government should provide for the
erection of suitable quarters; be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be
forwarded by the City Clerk to Senators
Saltonstall and Kennedy and to Congressmen
McCormack and Curtis.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HAROLD
CONNOLLY.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
Whereas, Mr. Harold Connolly of Brighton
has distinguished himself as a great athlete
in world-wide competition in the 1956 Olympic
games in which he was awarded a Gold Medal
and established a new Olympic record for the
hammer throw of 207 feet 33 inches; and
Whereas, Mr. Harold Connolly demonstrated
in his athletic activities and training ex-
traordinary qualities of self-discipline, cour-
age, and perseverance enabling him to over-
come every obstacle and handicap and marking
him as a true and really great champion as
the holder of the unofficial world's record
for the hammer throw and;
Whereas, Mr. Harold Connolly exemplifies, in
the best American tradition, the finest of our
youth in our Boston public school system and
our local colleges as a graduate of Brighton
High School and Boston College; and
Whereas, Mr. Harold Connolly has brought
great honor, distinction, and fame to our city
and is the only athlete in recent times to
bring an Olympic Gold Medal to Boston; now
therefore be it
Resolved, That the Boston City Council, in
meeting assembled, hereby extends its greet-
ings and felicitations to Harold Connolly of
Brighton, 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winner,
outstanding athlete and citizen of Boston, and
welcomes Mr. Connolly home with congratula-
tions to him for his outstanding sportsmanship
and thrilling victory in the recent Olympic
games in Australia.
The resolution was adopted under suspen-
sion of the rules.
APPOINTMENT OF "LEGISLATIVE TASK
FORCE."
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to form a "Legislative Task Force"
for the purpose of furthering Boston's legis-
lative program in the 1957 session of the
Legislature: that this "Legislative Task Force"
be composed of
(1) All the organizations in the Confer-
ence of Business and Civic Organizations;
(2) All the Unions and Associations
representing and speaking for the em-
ployees of the Suffolk County and the City
of Boston;
(3) The elected representatives of the
people of Boston in both the City Council
and the Legislature;
(4) The Central Labor Union; be it
further
Ordered, That some time during the month
of December, this group be assembled in a
convenient place for the purpose of explana-
tion and discussion of the various bills com-
posing the program and for the further pur-
pose of determining what parts of the pro-
gram are acceptable to all; and be it further
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to see that this "Task Force" is
staffed with a paid full-time secretary and
such stenographic help as necessary to keep
the members of the group informed as to
the progress of legislation before committees,
etc.; and be it further
Ordered, That some suitable person, other
than the Mayor, be requested to act as Chair-
man of this "Legislative Task Force."
Passed under suspension of the rules.
SMALL RADAR ON POLICE BOAT.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That the Police Commissioner be
requested to investigate the desirability of
equipping one of the police boats with a
small surface search radar set with a view
in mind of providing such equipment in the
1957 budget.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the
Council voted to take a recess at 3.17 p.m.,
subject to the call of the Chair. The members
reassembled in the Council Chamber, and were
called to order by President McCORMACK
at 5.15 P.M.
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CITY COUNCIL.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Executive Com-
mittee, submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred today) to
investigate possibility of expediting downtown
traffic during Christmas Season — recommend-
ing that the order be placed on file.
2. Report on notice of hearing before De-
partment of Public Utilities (referred today)
on petition of City of Boston for approval
of proposed tolls for use of Sumner Tunnel —
recommending that the notice be placed on
file.
3. Report on message of the Mayor (re-
ferred today) on synchronization of certain
traffic lights — recommending that the message
be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the order,
notice, and message were severally placed on
file.
4. Report on order (referred today) to
consider installation of surface search radar
on police boat — recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
was passed.
5. Report on communication from the Elec-
tion Commissioner (referred today) trans-
mitting list of precinct changes in Ward 15 —
recommending that the communication be
placed on file, and ordered printed as a City
Document.
The report was accepted, the communication
was placed on file, and printed as Document
42—1956.
(5. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for appropriation of
$4,033.28 from Sales of City Property Account
to Parks and Recreation for Playground at
Gardner and Baker Streets, West Roxbury
District — recommending that the order ought
to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 8,
nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, MeDonough, McLaugh-
lin, Piemonte — 8.
Nays— 0.
The order was assigned for 14 days for
final action.
7. Report on the message of the Mayor
and order (referred today) for transfer of
appropriation of $6,000 from Administrative
Services Department, Contractual Services, to
Administrative Services Department, Personal
Services — recommending that the order ought
to pass.
8. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for transfer of appro-
priation of $35,300 to Fire Department — rec-
ommending that the order ought to pass.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed, yeas 8, nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley,
Kerrigan, McCormack, MeDonough, McLaugh-
lin, Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT.
In connection with the foregoing two orders
for transfer of appropriations and the fore-
going order for appropriation for playground
at Gardner and Baker streets, West Roxbury,
President McCormack stated that Councillor
White who had been unavoidably called from
the meeting informed him that he would have
voted in the affirmative on the said orders had
he been present.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
President McCORMACK announced that the
Committee on Prisons was meeting Wednesday
morning, December 12, 1956, at 10.30 A.M., and
that the Executive Committee was meeting
on Wednesday afternoon, December 12, 1956,
at 2 P.M., and again on Friday afternoon.
December 14, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Adjourned at 5.21 P.M., on motion of Coun-
cillor MeDonough, to meet on Monday, Decem-
ber 17, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
City op Boston
Administrative Services Department
Printing *£3§ao. Section
DECEMBER 17, 1956.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
Proceedings of City Council.
Monday, December 17, 1956.
Regular meeting of the City Council held in
the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 P.M.,
President McCORMACK in the chair, and all
the members present.
The Reverend James Abbarno, P.S.S.C.,
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Boston,
was escorted to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. JAMES ABBARNO.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, look down
upon these men who have been freely chosen
by Your children in the great City of Boston
to rule over them. Enlighten their minds
and instruct their hearts that they may know
the design of Your divine will. Lead them
not into temptation but deliver them from any
thought that is not honest, any word that is
not true any law that is not just. May they
seek above all Your glory and honor so that
Your kingdom of peace and justice for all
may come on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to
the Flag.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
Subject to confirmation by the Council,
the Mayor submitted the following appoint-
ments:
Weighers of Goods for the term ending
Apiil 30, 1957: John F. Perry, 77 Turner
street, Brighton; William J. O'Kane, 21 High
Ledge avenue, Wellesley; Thomas Ashe, 7
Cerina road, Jamaica Plain; John W. Quinlan,
384 Riverway; Maurice E. Lane, Jr. 135
Holton street, Brighton.
Referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
APPROPRIATION FROM PARKMAN FUND
INCOME.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 17, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen :
I am in receipt of the attached communica-
tion from the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation, requesting the appropriation of
$16,139.20 from the income of the George F.
Parkman Fund, to be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner of Parks and
Recreation, for the Maintenance and Improve-
ment of the Common and Parks in Existence
on January 12, 1887
The 1956 budget estimates for the personal
service requirements of the Parks and Recrea-
tion Department included an estimate of the
total yearly income from the George F. Park-
man Fund. The budget allowances made pro-
vision for the appropriation of this income as it
accrued for the purpose of defraying the cost
of work actually performed on the Common
and Parks in Existence on January 12, 1887.
I submit herewith an order appropriating
the sum of $16,139.20 the accrued income now
available from the Parkman Fund, and
respectfully recommend its immediate passage
by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. HYNES, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Parks and Recreation Department,
December 14, 1956.
Hon. John B Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
You are respectfully requested to ask the
City Council to transfer from the income of
the George F. Parkman Fund the sum of
$16,139.20, the balance of the income for the
year 1956 which is now available, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Parks and
Recreation Department, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on
January 12, 1887, Maintenance
and Improvement of $16,139.20
When making up the budget estimates for
the year 1957, a sum equal to the total yearly
income of the George F. Parkman Fund was
deducted from Item 100, Permanent Employees,
with the understanding that this deduction
was to be replaced by the total yearly income
of said. Parkman Fund for 1957, to be trans-
ferred as it accrued from time to time during
the year to the regular maintenance appropria-
tion of the Parks and Recreation Department.
Respectfully yours,
Frank R. Kelley, Commissioner.
Ordered, That the sum of sixteen thousand
one hundred thirty-nine dollars and twenty
cents ($16,139.20) be, and hereby is, appropri-
ated from the income of the George F Parkman
Fund, to be expended under the direction of
the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation,
for the Maintenance and Improvement of the
Common and Parks in Existence on January
12, 1887, as follows:
Common and Parks in Existence on
January 12, 1887, Maintenance
and Improvement of $16,139.20
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS TO
PENSIONS AND ANNUITIES, CITY.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 14, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the transfer of $115,000 from available sources
to the appropriation for Pensions and An-
nuities, City. This request is necessary, due
to a larger number of noncontributory pen-
sion retirements than was anticipated at the
time of the submission of the 1956 budget.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Welfare Depart-
ment, 4, Current Charges and Obligations,
$60,000, Court Officers Division, Superior
Court, 1, Personal Services, $15,000, Criminal
Session, Superior Court, 2, Contractual Services
$15,000, Pensions and Annuities, County,
$10,000, Election Department, 1, Personal Serv-
ices, $10,000, Library Department, 1, Personal
Services, $5,000, to the appropriation for Pen-
sions and Annuities, City, $115,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS TO
EXECUTIONS OF COURT, DAMAGE
CLAIMS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.
The following was received:
City of Boston,
Office of the Mayor, December 17, 1956.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith an order providing for
the transfer of $125,000 from available sources
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CITY COUNCIL.
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements, and a
letter from the City Auditor explaining the
reason therefor.
I respectfully recommend adoption of the
accompanying order by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hynes, Mayor.
City of Boston,
Auditing Department, December 17, 1956.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir:
The appropriation order for the fiscal year
1956 included an appropriation in the amount
of $350,000 for Executions of Court, Damage
Claims and Reimbursements. This was a re-
duction of $100,000 from the amount which
had been requested originally. It now appears
that it will be necessary to provide an ad-
ditional $125,000 to meet the requirements for
the year. I have been advised by the Cor-
poration Counsel that the number of suits
filed against the City of Boston has increased,
and because of increased medical costs where
personal injuries are concerned, and increased
damage costs where damage to vehicles is
concerned, it has resulted generally in in-
creased judgments and settlements. I recom-
mend that an order be submitted for the ap-
proval of the City Council requesting the
transfer of funds from other available sources.
Very truly yours,
Joseph P. Lally,
City Auditor.
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3B of chapter 486 of the
Acts of 1909, as amended by chapter 604 of
the Acts of 1941, the City Auditor be, and
hereby is, authorized to transfer:
From the appropriation for Assessing De-
partment, 2, Contractual Services, $37,000,
Hospital Department, 7, Structures and Im-
provements, $63,000, Reserve Fund, $25,000,
to the appropriation for Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements, $125,000.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Eileen T. Abreau, for compensation for
loss of coat at City Hospital.
Frank Altieri & Son, for compensation for
damage to property at 10 Faneuil Hall square,
caused by water backing into cellar.
David A. Ambuter, for compensation for
damage to property at 39 Pond Circle, Jamaica
Plain, caused by snowplow.
Mrs. C. Anselmo, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect at 1 West
Milton street, Hyde Park.
Jacob Cohen Beef Company, Inc., for com-
pensation for damage to truck caused by an
alleged defect in Guest street.
Mrs. Joseph Cohen, for compensation for
injuries caused by an alleged defect in Centre
street, Jamaica Plain
Henry DiPietro, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Hospital Depart-
ment.
Oscar T. Dubois, for compensation for
damage to car by tow truck of Police Depart-
ment.
Ida Duca, for compensation for injuries
caused by an alleged defect at 400 Bremen
street.
Robert Egersheim, for compensation for
damage to car caused by an alleged defect in
Pleasant street, Dorchester.
John Gillis, for compensation for damage
to car by police truck.
Charles Goldberg, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in perform-
ance of duty as employee of Public Works
Department, Paving Division.
Maryland Casualty Company, for compensa-
tion for damage to property of Furniture
Outlet of Boston, caused by police wagon.
Capt. Clyde H. Patterson, Jr., for compensa-
tion for damage to car by fire engine.
Barbara A. Ridge, for compensation for in-
juries caused by an alleged defect in Forest
Hills street, Jamaica Plain.
Thomas D. Russo, Inc., for compensation
for damage to property at 75 Bradeen street,
Roslindale, caused by break in water main.
James F. Ryan, for compensation for
damage to car by city truck.
PETITIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Gerard D. Spear, employee of
the Boston Fire Department, for indemnifica-
tion for hospital, surgical, medical, and nurs-
ing expenses.
Petition of John J. Walsh, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification
for hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing
expenses.
Severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Copy of notice was received of a hearing
to be held January 3, 1957, at 2 P.M., before
the Metropolitan District Commission on
petition of Boston Edison Company for pole
locations on private property in control of
Metropolitan District Commission in Hyde
Park.
Placed on file.
NOTICE FROM DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
A communication was received from the
Department of Public Utilities transmitting
copy of order granting petition of Boston
Edison Company for pole location in private
property in control of Metropolitan District
Commission off Medway street, Dorchester,
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH F.
O'CONNELL, JR.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Joseph F. O'Connell, Jr., 292
Marborough street, Boston, as a member of
the Board of Commissioners of School Build-
ings for the term ending December 1, 1959.
Placed on file.
APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS J HUGHES.
Notice was received from the Mayor of the
appointment of Thomas J. Hughes as a mem-
ber of the Coordinating Committee on Urban
Renewal.
Placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following:
1. Report on communication of the Corpo-
ration Counsel (referred July 16) concerning
adequate compensation for lands taken for
easements by Commonwealth — recommending
that the communication be placed on file.
The report was accepted, and the communi-
cation was placed on file.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred November 13) for sale of
land on Vienna street (formerly Orleans
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street) , East Boston, to Joseph Buono — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
given its first reading and passage, yeas 9.
The order was assigned for 14 days for
final action.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred December 3) for transfer of
land at 133 Salem street from Fire Department
to Commissioner of Real Property — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
4. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred November 19) for transfer of
land at 32 Orleans street, East Boston, from
Parks and Recreation Department to Com-
missioner of Real Property — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order was
passed, yeas 9.
5. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred October 1) for transfer of
land at Dewey Beach, Charlestown, from
Pai'ks and Recreation Department to Com-
missioner of Real Property — recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, and the order
failed of passage (G votes being required for
passage), yeas 5, nays 4:
Yeas — Councillors Collins, Kerrigan, Mc-
Cormack, Piemonte, White — 5.
Nays — Couneilloi-s A h e a r n, Foley, Mc-
Donough, McLaughlin — 4.
On motion of Councillor Piemonte, the
foregoing vote was reconsidered.
The message and the order were referred to
the Executive Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
ORDINANCES.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on
Ordinances, submitted the following:
Report on order (referred July 9) for study
of ordinance fixing fees for licenses and per-
mits— recommending no further action is
necessary.
The report was accepted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Ap-
propriations and Finance, submitted the
following:
1. Report on copy of report of Administra-
tive Services Department (referred February
13) on Library Department — recommending
the copy of report be placed on file.
2. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred January 16) on legislation to change
beginning of financial year to July 1 — recom-
mending that the message be placed on file.
3. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred August 6) requesting action on order
for loan of $3,000,000 for construction of
bridges — recommending that the message be
placed on file.
4 Report on vote of State Emergency
Board (referred February 27) approving
orders for loans for bridges, public ways, ad-
ditional departmental equipment, sewers, and
buildings — recommending that the vote be
placed on file.
5. Report on order (referred April 30) for
preparation of list of delinquent taxpayers —
recommending that the order be placed on file.
6. Report on order (referred April 30) for
publication in "City Record" of delinquent tax-
payers— recommending that the order be placed
on file.
The reports were accepted, and foregoing
messages, communications, vote, and orders
were severally placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
CONFIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointment by the Mayor
(referred December 10) of William Reynolds
as weigher of goods for the term ending April
30, 1957 — recommending that the appointment
be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Foley and Kerrigan. Whole number of ballots,
9, yeas 9, and the appointment was confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
Coun. MCDONOUGH, for the Committee
on Licenses, submitted the following:
1. Report on application (referred October
15) for commercial use shellfish permit for
Leonard W. D'Amico — recommending that the
permit be granted.
2. Report on petition (referred December
3) Of Strand Recreation Room for license to
operate bowling alleys on the Lord's day —
recommending that the license be granted.
The reports were accepted, and the licenses
were severally granted under the usual terms
and conditions.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
HOUSING.
Coun. AHEARN, for the Committee on
Public Housing, submitted the following:
Report on order (referred April 9) for
residents to retain storage facilities in Orient
Heights development — recommending no
further action is necessary.
The report was accepted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. MCLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Gertrude F. Mc-
Namara (referred August 27) to be paid an
annuity on account of the death of her hus-
band, John F. McNamara, a member of the
Fire Department — recommending passage of
the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,500 be allowed and paid to
Gertrude F. McNamara, widow of John F.
McNamara, late member of the Fire Depart-
ment, who died on August 20, 1956, on account
of injuries received in the performance of
his duty, said annuity to continue so long as
she remains unmarried and to become effective
upon the date of the approval of this order
by the Mayor, and to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Fire Department, Pensions and
Annuities.
2. Report on petition of Alice G. Kelley
(referred August 27) to be paid an annuity
on account of the death of her husband,
Edward L. Kelley, a member of the Police
Department — recommending passage of the
accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,812 be allowed and paid to
Alice G. Kelley, widow of Edward L. Kelley,
a member of the Police Department, who died
on August G, 1956, on account of injuries
received in the performance of his duty, said
annuity being made up of allowances as
follows :
For the widow, Alice G. Kelley, so long as
she remains unmarried, $1,500 for the follow-
ing-named child during such time as he is
under the age of eighteen or over said age
and physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning, $312 per annum — Thomas P. Kelley,
born November 24, 1939 — provided, however,
that if the widow remarries, the annuity for
said child shall be $520 during the remainder of
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the time aforesaid; to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Police Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
3. Report on petition of Ruth F. McFadden
(referred August 6) to be paid an annuity on
account of the death of her husband, James
F. McFadden, a member of the Fire Depart-
ment— recommending passage of the accom-
panying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of sec-
tion 89A of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
an annuity of $1,500 be allowed and paid to
Ruth F McFadden, widow of James F.
McFadden, late member of the Fire Depart-
ment, who died on July 31, 1956, on account
of injuries received in the performance of his
duty, said annuity to continue so long as she
remains unmarried and to become effective
upon the date of the approval of this order
by the Mayor, and to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Fire Department, Pensions
and Annuities.
The reports were accepted, and the orders
were severally passed.
APPOINTMENTS TO CLERK OF COM-
MITTEES DEPARTMENT.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That effective December 19, 1956,
the following-named persons be, and they
hereby are, appointed in the service of the
Clerk of Committees Department to the posi-
tions set against their respective names until
the third Wednesday of January, 1957, at the
salaries in effect for them on December 18,
1956:
Francis R. Burke, temporary clerk; Nicholas
J. DiMella, temporary stenographer; Agnes G.
Dinsmore, temporary clerk-receptionist; Cole-
man P. Flaherty, temporary clerk; John J.
Kerrigan, temporary clerk; Paul G. O'Hara,
temporary clerk; Cecila A. Walkowski, tem-
porary stenographer; Frances B. Winn, tem-
porary clerk.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON ROSSETER
STREET, DORCHESTER.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Commissioner of Public
Works, through his Honor the Mayor, be re-
quested to install electric lights on Rosseter
street in the Dorchester area of Boston.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT SCHOOL AND
WASHINGTON STREETS, JAMAICA
PLAIN.
Coun. McCORMACK offered the following:
Ordered, That the Traffic Commissioner of
the City of Boston, through his Honor the
Mayor, be requested to install traffic lights at
the intersection of School and Washington
streets, Jamaica Plain.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
Coun. AHEARN in the chair.
ACCEPTANCE OF BID ON NEW YORK
STREETS AREA.
Coun. COLLINS offered the following:
Whereas, The New York Streets area has
been substantially cleared for many months;
and
Whereas, A bid of $400,000 has been ten-
dered by a group of responsible individuals;
and
Whereas, The great need of the City of
Boston is the construction of additional tax-
producing property to expand a dwindling
tax base; and
Whereas, The development of this area
would not be inconsistent with the so-called
Zeckendorf proposal; therefore, be it
Resolved, The Urban Redevelopment Division
of the Boston Housing Authority is requested
to accept the bid presently being entertained
or to take other appropriate action to bring
about the development of this vital area
without further procrastination.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER-FRONT
RESTORATION SITE AND CLIPPER
SHIP.
Coun. FOLEY offered the following:
Ordered, That his Honor the Mayor request
the Art Commission to determine the feasibil-
ity of establishing on the Boston water front
upon the site of a pier or wharf, significant
in Boston's history and no longer situated so
as to be commercially useful, a restoration
similar to the one successfully accomplished
at Mystic, Connecticut; and be it further
Ordered, That a further determination be
made of the possibility and desirability of
mooring at said historically repaired site the
U. S. S. "Constitution" and if available a
restored clipper ship, preferably one originally
constructed by Donald McKay; and be it
further
Ordered, That there be included in the
assessment of the proposal an estimate of the
likelihood of obtaining funds from private
sources including those interested in the
tourist industry in this area.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor McDonough, the
Council voted to take a recess at 3.17 P.M.,
subject to the call of the Chair. The members
reassembled in the Council Chamber, and were
called to order by President McCORMACK at
4.27 P.M.
THE NEXT MEETING..
On motion of Councillor White, it was voted
that when the Council adjourns it be to meet
on Wednesday, December 26, 1956, at 2 P.M.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Coun. WHITE, for the Executive Committee,
submitted the following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for transfer of ap-
propriation of $125,000 to Executions of Court,
Damage Claims and Reimbursements — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
2. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for transfer of $115,000
to Pensions and Annuities, City — recommend-
ing that the order ought to pass.
3. Report on message of the Mayor and
order (referred today) for appropriation of
$16,139.20 from income of George F. Parkman
Fund, to be expended under direction of Com-
missioner of Parks and Recreation — recom-
mending that the order ought to pass.
The reports were accepted, and the three
orders were severally passed, yeas 9.
4. Report on copy of proposed regulations
(referred February 6) establishing minimum
standards of fitness for human habitations —
recommending that the communication be
placed on file.
5. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred May 28) for study of problems in
Electrical Inspection Division of Building De-
partment— recommending that the message be
placed on file.
6. Report on communication from the Cor-
poration Counsel (referred June 11) concern-
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ing certain information on Union Freight
Railroad — recommending that the communica-
tion be placed on file.
7. Report on message of the Mayor and
communication (referred May 14) concerning
providing paper ballots by Election Depart-
ment— -recommending that the message be
placed on file.
8. Report on communication from the Cor-
poration Counsel (referred June 4) concerning
minimum qualifications for Clerk of Works —
recommending that the communication be
placed on file.
9. Report on message of the Mayor and
communication (referred May 14) concerning
improvement of ballots in machine precincts —
recommending that the message be placed on
file.
10. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred November 19) concerning report on
systems for oft'-street parking garages — recom-
mending that the message be placed on file.
11. Report on order (referred January 30)
concerning Union Freight Railroad trains and
cars standing on Atlantic and Northern ave-
nues— recommending that the order be placed
on file.
12. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred April 9) concerning yearly report
of Union Freight Railroad Company accidents
— recommending that the message be placed
on file.
13. Report on order (referred April 30)
concerning Committee on Licenses of Public
Safety Commission to appear before Executive
Committee on May 7, 1956 — recommending
that the order be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the messages,
communications, and orders were severally
placed on file.
14. Report on order (referred April 16)
relative to appearance of Health Commissioner
before Executive Committee on April 23, 1956
— recommending no further action is necessary.
15. Report on order (referred April 23)
concerning conference on towing regulations —
recommending no further action is necessary.
16. Report on order (referred October 17,
1955) concerning amendment to Revised Ordi-
nances of 1949, chapter 27, relative to Public
Works Department — recommending no further
action is necessary.
17. Report on order (referred June 4) for
review of form of proposals for contracts —
recommending no further action is necessary.
18. Report on order (referred August 27)
for Executive Committee meeting on Septem-
ber 10, 1956, on Urban Redevelopment of New
York Streets area — recommending no further
action is necessary.
19. Report on message of the Mayor
(referred December 29, 1955) vetoing two
orders for acceptance of chapter 760 of the
Acts of 1955 concerning life, accident, hospi-
talization, medical, and surgical insurance for
employees of City of Boston and County of
Suffolk — recommending no further action is
necessary.
The reports were severally accepted.
Adjourned at 4.37 P.M., on motion of
Councillor Piemonte, to meet on Wednesday,
December 26, 1956, at 2 P.M.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
447, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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Proceedings of City Council.
Wednesday, December 26, 195G.
Regular adjourned meeting of the City Council
held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 2 p.m.,
President MeCORMACK in the chair. Absent,
Councillor White.
The Reverend Richard Callahan, O.F.M.,
of Saint Anthony's Shrine, Boston, was escorted
to the rostrum.
INVOCATION BY REV. RICHARD
CALLAHAN.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful
people, and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
Send forth Thy spirit and all shall be created,
and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the
Holy Spirit has instructed the hearts of Thy
faithful, let us know what is right, and always to
enjoy Thy consolation. Through Christ, our
Lord, Amen.
The meeting was opened with the salute to the
Flag.
JURORS DRAWN.
Jurors were drawn in the manner prescribed
by law, Councillor Piemonte presiding at the box
in the absence of the Mayor, viz.:
Fifty traverse jurors, Superior Civil Court,
to appear January 7, 1957:
Tallman H. Gundersen, Ward 1; John H.
MeWilliams, Ward 1; William M. Shea, Ward 1;
Helen V. McMahon, Ward 2; George Coppola,
Ward 3; John Esposito, Ward 3; Joseph R. Mas-
sana, Ward 3; Paul E. Murdock, Ward 5; Carl F.
Ohlsen, Ward 5; Edward F. Cunniff, Ward 6; Ann
E. Moran, Ward 6; Alfred J. Amidei, Ward 7;
Charles E. Dana, Ward 7; Malcolm F. Fitzgerald,
Ward 7; Mary Hagerty, Ward 7; John J. Horgan,
Ward 7; Cornelius J. Ryan, Ward 7; Anna C.
Shortt, Ward 7; Edward A. Martin, Ward 8;
Arthur E. Anderson, Ward 9; Joseph F. Fraser,
Ward 9; Edward F. Gordon, Ward 9; Maron
M. Lumpkin, Ward 9; Albert O'Neil, Ward 9;
James E. Carroll, Ward 10; Charles L. Samuel,
Ward 11; Henry Key, Ward 12; Arthur G. Van-
denberg, Ward 12; Mary H. Barrett, Ward 13;
James A. O'Donovan, Ward 13; Thomas A.
Manna, Ward 14; William E. Reeves, Ward 14;
Samuel Rothman, Ward 14; Robert H. Gorrill,
Ward 15; Thomas F. Madden, Ward 15; James
Ferns, Ward 16; Paul F. Fraher, Ward 16; Wil-
liam J. Timmins, Jr., Ward 16; John Brady,
Ward 17; George J. McManus, Ward 17; David
Warsofsky, Ward 17; John J. Wesley, Ward 17;
Stanley L. Boles, Ward 18; Joseph L. LeBlanc,
Ward 18; Burpee C. White, Ward 18; James J.
Johnston, Ward 20; Nils E. Berg, Ward 21;
Jacob Klaff, Ward 21; John S. Crowley, Ward 22;
Edna M. Jolin, Ward 22.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the committee named, viz.:
Claims.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bevis, for compensation for
damage to property at 19 River street, Dor-
chester, caused by negligence of contractor acting
for city.
Edward J. Casey, to be reimbursed as result of
execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of the Fire Department.
William F. Dyer, to be reimbursed as result of
accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Chester W. Eastman, to be reimbursed as result
of accident which occurred while in performance of
duty as employee of Fire Department.
Robert G. Hayhurst, to be reimbursed as result
of execution issued against him on account of his
acts as employee of Fire Department.
Linda Realty Company, Inc., for compensation
for damage to property at 68 Pemberton square,
caused by negligent maintenance of city property
at 1 Beacon street.
John J. Long, to be reimbursed as result of ex-
ecution issued against him on account of his acts
as employee of Fire Department.
Napoleon Moquin, for compensation for in-
juries caused by Police Department motor vehicle.
Michael J. O'Donnell, to be reimbursed as
result of accident which occurred while in per-
formance of duty as employee of Fire Depart-
ment.
William F. Quigley, for compensation for
damage to property at 10 Weld avenue, Roxbury,
caused by broken sewer pipe.
J. F. & F. I. Robinson, Inc., for compensation
for damage to car of Laura R. Sweeney and Jose-
phine A. Rand, caused by police ambulance.
PETITION FOR ANNUITY.
Petition of Helen E. Freeley to be paid annuity
on account of death of her husband, Patrick J.
Freeley, late member of the Fire Department.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
PETITION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
Petition of Henry J. Schneider, employee of the
Boston Fire Department, for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES H.
KOUGEAS.
Notice was received from the Health Depart-
ment of the appointment of Charles H. Kougeas
as temporary environmental sanitation in-
spector, effective December 19, 1956.
Placed on file.
LEASE OF SCHOOL BUILDING.
A communication was received from the School
Committee enclosing order passed by the com-
mittee requesting the City Council to authorize
leasing of the school building at 7 Glenway street,
Dorchester, to the Sergt. Philip S. Green, Chapter
No. 93, Disabled American Veterans.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
JAMAICA PLAIN POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
A communication was received from the office
of U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy concerning the
facilities of the Jamaica Plain post office, stating
that the senator will take the matter up with
the Post Office Department, and promising all
possible assistance.
Placed on file.
APPROPRIATION FOR PLAYGROUND IN
WEST ROXBURY.
President MeCORMACK called up, under un-
finished business, No. 1 on the calendar, viz.:
1. Order for appropriation of .$4,033.28 from
Sales of City Property, to be expended by the
Parks and Recreation Department, for playground
at Gardner and Baker streets, West Roxbury.
On December 10, 1956, the foregoing order was
read once and passed, yeas 8, nays 0.
The order was given its second reading and
passage, yeas 8. nays 0:
Yeas — Councillors Ahearn, Collins, Foley, Ker-
rigan, McCormack, McDonough, McLaughlin,
Piemonte — 8.
Nays — 0.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS AND FINANCE.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on Appro-
priations and Finance, submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred March 5) to ex-
tend time of bonds for public improvements — rec-
ommending that the order be placed on file.
2. Report on resolution (referred April 2) re-
questing the Commonwealth to assume the cost
of services of auditors in the courts — recommend-
ing that the resolution be placed on file.
3. Report on the communication from the
Sinking Funds Commissioners (referred February
27) on the borrowing capacity of the city for 1956
— recommending that the communication be
placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
July 2) requesting favorable action on the order
for loan of $10,000,000 for off-street parking facil-
ities— recommending that the message be placed
on file.
The reports were accepted, and the order,
resolution, communication, and message were
severally placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
LANDS.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted the following oral report:
Mr. President, for the Committee on Public
Lands, I wish to submit the following report:
We have before us an order for the sale of cer-
tain lands on Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill
avenues, Brighton, at public auction. This came
before us on September 24, 1956. We held three
hearings on this matter, and at these hearings
many people from the neighborhood came up.
There was no one in favor, all of them objecting
to the sale of the land.
The committee was especially interested in the
problem confronting us since this land is in a
very fine residential area of the City of Boston and
yet it was confronted with the problem of where
it did not want in any way to hinder the adminis-
tration's desire to get more money into the treas-
ury of the city.
On the second to the last meeting, we told the
objectors we would report this out, and a poll of
the committee was taken at that time of those
present, Mr. President, and the report was that it
ought not to pass, at least in its present form, and
that if a sale of this property should ever be made,
it ought to be with restrictions containing rights
in the deed to protect the interests of the city and
the taxpayers.
Since then, however, one of the members of
the committee interested in checking on a petition
which was presented at the last hearing, wanted
to make a personal call on the objectors, and
asked that the report of the committee be held
up pending an opportunity for him to do so. Of
course the holidays have intervened since that
time, and he has not had the full opportunity.
That is the report of the committee and I
would like at this time to state that I as an in-
dividual member of the committee am against
the sale either at public auction or private auction
unless protective restrictions are contained in the
deed, due to the fact that this land is located in a
strictly residential area.
The Chair stated the oral report was accepted
as an interim report.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CON-
FIRMATIONS.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Confirmations, submitted the following:
Report on appointments by the Mayor (re-
ferred December 17) of John F. Perry, William J.
O'Kane, Thomas Ashe, John W. Quinlan, and
Maurice E. Lane, Jr., as Weighers of Goods for
the term ending April 30, 1957— recommending
that the appointments be confirmed.
The report was accepted, and the question
came on confirmation. Committee, Councillors
Ahearn and Foley. Whole number of ballots, 8,
yeas 8, and the appointments were confirmed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
SERVICES AND RECREATION.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Public Services and Recreation, submitted the
following:
1. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
March 26) concerning weekly deductions for
Blue Cross and Blue Shield — recommending
that the message be placed on file.
2. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
February 6) on election to be held for bargaining
unit for fire fighters — recommending that the
message be placed on file.
3. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
December 5, 1955) for construction of launching
ramps at East Boston, Charles River, etc. —
recommending that the message be placed on file.
4. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
February 6) on use of snow-making equipment —
recommending that the message be placed on file.
5. Report on message of the Mayor (referred
Februars' 13) concerning monthly fees for all-
night parking — recommending that the message
be placed on file.
6. Report on communication from Representa-
tives Cantwell, Feeney and Patrone (referred
August 20) concerning heavy trucking on Morton
street, Blue Hill avenue, and River street — recom-
mending that the message be placed on file.
7. Report on communication from the Cor-
oration Counsel (referred February 6) on prep-
aration of ordinance for bargaining unit for the
Fire Department — recommending that the com-
munication be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the messages
and communications were severally placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
1. Report on petition of Gerard D. Spear
(referred December 17) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty — recom-
mending passage of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon
petition of Gerard D. Spear, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his duty on
August 7, 1956, there be allowed and paid, as rec-
ommended by the Fire Commissioner and ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, to the follow-
ing the amount stated:
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, 115 South-
ampton street, Roxbury $252
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
2. Report on petition of John J. Creedon (re-
ferred December 10) to be reimbursed as a result
of an execution issued against him on account
of his acts as a member of the Fire Department —
recommending passage of the accompanying
order:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred dollars
($100) be allowed and paid to John J. Creedon in
reimbursement for amount of execution issued
against him on account of his acts as a member of
the Fire Department, said sum to be charged to
the appropriation for Executions of Court, Dam-
age Claims and Reimbursements.
3. Report on petition of John J. Walsh (re-
ferred December 17) for indemnification for
hospital, surgical, medical, and nursing expenses
incurred as a result of an injury sustained by him
while in the performance of his duty as a member
of the Fire Department — recommending passage
of the accompanying order:
Ordered, That under the provisions of section
100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, upon pe-
tition of John J. Walsh, a member of the Fire
Department, for indemnification for hospital,
surgical, medical, and nursing expenses incurred
as a result of an injury received through no fault
of his own while in the performance of his dutv
on October 21, 1955, there be allowed and paid,
DECEMBER 26, 195«.
375
as recommended by the Fire Commissioner and
approved by the Corporation Counsel, to the
following the amounts stated:
John J. Walsh (petitioner), 23 Fletcher street,
Roslindale $31
Walter Wegner. M.D., 818 Harrison avenue... 15
Paul I. O'Brien, M.D., 1101 Beacon street,
Brookline 15
Total $61
said sum to be charged to the appropriation for
Executions of Court, Damage Claims and Reim-
bursements.
The reports were accepted and the orders were
severally passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS
FOR THE YEAR 1956.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, for the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
The Committee on Claims respectfully submits
the following report showing the disposition of
claims against the city during the municipal year
1956:
Report on Claims for Year 1956.
Claims pending January 1, 1956 752
Claims received during 1956 902
1,654
Claims approved during 1956 315
Claims disapproved during 19.56 406
Claims approved during 1956 (not executions) 115
Claims approved during 1956 (on executions) 61 897
Claims pending January 1, 1957 757
Amount paid on approved claims during 1956 .$95,902 74
Amount paid on reimbursements during 1956 (not executions) 19,436 10
Amount paid on reimbursements during 1956 (on executions) 52,049 17
Total amount paid during 1956 $167,387 91
The report was accepted.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
RULES.
Coun. KERRIGAN, for the Committee on
Rules, submitted the following:
1. Report on order (referred April 30) to open
Executive Committee meetings to the public —
recommending that the order be placed on file.
2. Report on order (referred February 7, 1955)
to amend Rule 25, Section 2, of City Council
Rules, increasing to seven members the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and Finance — recom-
mending that the order be placed on file.
3. Report on resolution (referred February 7,
1955) for appropriation for budget consultant for
the City Council — recommending that the resolu-
tion be placed on file.
The reports were accepted, and the orders and
resolution were severally placed on file.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PERAMBU-
LATION OF THE BOUNDARY LINES.
Coun. PIEMONTE, for the Special Committee
on Perambulation of the Boundary Lines, be-
tween Boston and the Cities of Revere, Everett,
Somerville, and Newton, and the Towns of Brook-
line, Dedham, Milton, and Winthrop, submitted
the following:
The Special Committee on Perambulation of
the Boundary Lines, to whom was recommitted
on December 3, 1956, a report of said committee
on the perambulation of the said boundary lines,
having considered the same, respectfully rec-
ommends acceptance of the report in the ac-
companying new draft:
In City Council, December 26, 1956.
The special committee appointed to examine
the lines and bound marks, between the City of
Boston and the Cities of Revere, Everett, Somer-
ville, and Newton, and the Towns of Brookline,
Dedham, Milton, and Winthrop respectfully re-
port that they have attended to the duty with
which they are charged and have examined and
verified with the committees appointed by the
said cities and towns the several boundaries and
bound marks in the existing boundary lines.
The committee found that the boundary mark-
ers were substantially in the same condition as
reported by the previous perambulation com-
mittee. The Boston-Winthrop boundary line,
when officially established, was a water boundary,
and has not been included in previous perambula-
tions reports. However, the filling of Belle Isle
Inlet for the expansion of the Logan Airport has
extended across this line. Shirley Gut, between
Winthrop and Deer Island, is now filled in in the
vicinity of the boundary line. It is the opinion
of this committee that the boundary line at both
of these locations should be defined and suitably
marked, and to accomplish this purpose, the
committee recommends that a suitable plan for
these boundaries be prepared by the Commissioner
of Public Works for submission to and determina-
tion by the Land Court as required by law.
The Boston-Revere boundary line likewise
was originally established along the center of
Belle Isle Inlet, between Bennington street and
the Chelsea River. Most of this inlet has been
filled, and its location is unmarked. The line
as surveyed at the time of filling Belle Isle Inlet
is a series of short courses with many bends.
It is the opinion of this committee that the more
significant bends should be properly marked by
the installation of stone bounds.
The Boston-Everett boundary line is reported
by the engineers cf both communities to be marked
by a series of stone bounds — all of which are
buried distances from 2 to 6 feet below the sur-
face. It is the recommendation of this committee
that such bounds be raised and made visible.
The Boston-Somerville boundary line is well
marked except where it crosses Main street,
Charlestown, in the vicinity of the new Sullivan
Square improvement. It is recommended that
road markers be placed at this location.
The Boston-Brookline boundary line, the
longest of any of Boston's boundary lines, with
approximately 100 bends, is well marked, as is
the line between Boston and Newton, Boston
and Dedham, and Boston and Milton. At the
Boston-Brookline boundary line in the vicinity
of Pond street and Avon street, the Brookline
officials pointed out that their town desires a
readjustment of the boundary line so that the
small portion of Larz Anderson Park lying in
Boston would become a part of the Town of Brook-
line. Your committee made no comment to the
Brookline committee on their informal proposal
but wishes to bring it to the attention of the City
Council that such a proposal was made by the
said Brookline committee.
Since the perambulation by this committee of
the Boston-Newton boundary line, the City
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CITY COUNCIL.
Council received and placed on file on November
19, 1956, an attested copy of order of the Middle-
sex County Commissioners granting permission
to the Department of Public Works of the Com-
monwealth to remove the monument marking the
city corner B-N-20 in the boundary line, between
the City of Boston and the City of Newton situa-
ted on the northerly side of Baker street, in Boston
and Dedham street in Newton, and replacement
of the same by a concrete bound set in a suitable
container twelve (12) inches below the surface
of the pavement; and further for the setting up
of the existing bound marking the city corner
B-N-20 as a roadstone at the intersection of the
said city line and the new northerly line of Baker
street as relocated.
We submit herewith descriptions of the bound-
ary lines and marks for record.
Gabriel F. Piemonte,
Patrick F. McDonough,
Councillors.
Walter J. Malloy,
City Clerk.
James W. Haley,
Chief Engineer, Survey Division,
Public Works Department.
(The report of the committee and descriptions
are contained in City Document No. 39.)
The report of the committee was accepted, and
ordered printed.
CORRECTIVE CHANGE IN ORDINANCE
FIXING FEES FOR LICENSES, PER-
MITS, ETC.
Coun. AHEARN offered the following:
City of Boston.
In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-six.
An Ordinance Making a Corrective Change
in the Ordinance of the Current Year Fixing
the Fees for Licenses and Permits and the Charges
for Certain Services and Work.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Boston,
as follows:
Chapter 7 of the Ordinances of 1956 is hereby
amended by striking out section 4 and inserting
in place thereof the following section:
Section 4. Section 1 of chapter 27 of the Re-
vised Ordinances of 1947, as amended by section
45 of chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the third
sentence, the words "twenty cents a barrel"
and inserting in place thereof the words "the
charge fixed by clause (247) of section one of
chapter forty A of these ordinances".
Passed under suspension of the rules.
COMMENDATION TO THOMAS O'DAY.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Resolved, That Thomas O'Day, Editor of
the "City Record," be commended for his action
in having the City Council Proceedings printed
as a separate document and inserted in the "City
Record," thereby effecting a savings and at the
same time making it possible to have a separate
pamphlet in the event that one is so desired.
The resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
SALE OF LAND ON COMMONWEALTH
AND CHESTNUT HILL AVENUES,
BRIGHTON.
Coun. PIEMONTE offered the following:
Moved, That the Committee on Public Lands
be discharged of the order pending before them
for sale of land, Commonwealth and Chestnut
Hill avenues, Brighton, for the purpose of rejecting
the pending order for the sale of land.
Coun. AHEARN moved to amend the foregoing
motion by striking out the words "for the purpose
of rejecting the pending order for the sale of land."
On motion of Councillor Foley, the motion
and amendment were laid on the table.
On further motion of Councillor Foley, the order
for the sale of land at Commonwealth and Chest-
nut Hill avenues, Brighton, referred to the Com-
mittee on Public Lands on September 24, 1956,
was recalled from the Committee on Public
Lands.
On motion of Councillor Ahearn, the order
was referred to the Executive Committee. Coun-
cillor Piemonte requested that his objecjion
to reference of the order to the Executive Com-
mittee be noted on the record.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INSPECTION
OF PRISONS.
Coun. FOLEY, for the Committee on In-
spection of Prisons, submitted the following:
In accordance with the provisions of chapter 126
of the General Laws, the Committee on Inspec-
tion of Prisons made the customary semiannual
inspections of the House of Correction at Deer
Island.
A consultation with Penal Institutions Com-
missioner Friel indicated that the administration
of the House of Correction is apprehensive about
the location of the sewerage treatment plant on
Deer Island by the Metropolitan District Com-
mission.
The commissioner feels that an engineering
survey ought to be made to determine whether
it will be possible to operate the institution in
close proximity to the sewerage treatment plant,
particularly with reference to the generation of
odors from the plant which might, under certain
atmospheric conditions, make the institution
uninhabitable.
The committee respectfully submits the follow-
ing report of commitments to and discharges from
the Suffolk County Jail and the House of Correc-
tion at Deer Island during the municipal year
1956.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sheriff's Office, July 12, 1956.
To the Inspectors of Prisons for the County of Suffolk.
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report of commitments and discharges of the Suffolk County Jail
for the period from December 28, 1955, to June 30, 1956:
Males. Females. Total.
155 27 182
Remaining December 27, 1955
Committed December 28, 1955 to June 30, 1956
Discharged December 28, 1955 to June 30, 1956
Remaining June 30, 1956
Escapes 0
Deaths 0
Insane 8
Respectfully yours,
3,669
3,608
216
392
377
42
4,061
3,985
258
Frederick R. Sullivan,
Sheriff and Jailer.
DECEMBER 26, 1956-
377
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sheriff's Office, December 19, 1956.
To the Inspectors of Prisons for the County of Suffolk.
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report of commitments and discharges of the Suffolk County Jail
for the period from June 30, 1956, to December 15, 1950:
Remaining June 30, 1950
Committed July 1 to December 15, 195G
Discharged July 1 to December 15, 1950
Remaining December 15, 1950
Escapes 0
Deaths 1
Insane
Respectfully yours.
Males.
210
Females.
42
Total
258
3,533
390
3,923
3,557
394
3,951
192
38
230
Frederick R. Sullivan,
Sheriff and Jailer.
635
14
458
1
2
12
Suffolk County.
House of Correction, June 1G, 1950.
To the Inspectors of Prisons for Suffolk County.
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report of the commitments to and the discharges from the Suffolk
County House of Correction at Deer Island from December 10, 1955, to June 15, 1950, inclusive:
Remaining December 16, 1955 592
Committed 1,254
Discharged 1 , 140
Remaining June 15, 1950 706
Showing How Discharged.
Expiration of sentence
Expiration of sentence and line paid
Permit of Penal Commissioner
Expiration of sentence and permit of Penal Commissioner
Fine paid and permit of Penal Commissioner
Order of the Court
Transferred to:
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Boston State Hospital
Charles Street Jail
Billerica House of Correction
Cambridge House of Correction
Salem House of Correction
Metropolitan State Hospital
Grafton State Hospital
Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk 6
Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater 1
Respectfully submitted,
William P. Kelley,
Acting Master.
Suffolk County.
House of Correction, December 19, 1950.
Boston City Council.
Gentlemen:
The following is a report of men committed to and discharged from the Suffolk County House of Cor-
rection during the period of June 16, 1950, to December 15, 1950, inclusive:
Number remaining, June 15, 1956 700
Committed by the Courts .
Returned for Violation of Parole
Transferred from Suffolk County Jail
Transferred from Springfield House of Correction
Transferred from Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk ....
Transferred from Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater.
Returned from Escape
46
Discharged by Expiration of Sentence
Permit of Penal Commissioner
Expiration of Sentence and Permit of Penal Commissioner
Expiration of Sentence and Fine Paid
Fine Paid and Permit of Penal Commissioner
Discharged by Order of Court
Escaped
Died
Transferred to Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Transferred to Suffolk County Jail
Transferred to Salem House of Correction .
Transferred to Cambridge House of Correction
Transferred to New Bedford House of Correction
Transferred to Worcester House of Correction
Transferred to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk
Transferred to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord
Transferred to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater.
1,424
4
2
1
o
1
12
1
52
Number remaining, December 15, 1956.
608
Respectfully submitted,
The report was accepted.
William P. Kelley,
Master.
378
CITY COUNCIL.
RECESS.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, the
Council voted to take a recess at 3.48 p.m., subject
to the call of the Chair. The members reassembled
in the Council Chamber, and were called to cider
by President McCORMACK at 4.12 r.M.
THE NEXT MEETING.
On motion of Councillor McLaughlin, it was
voted that when the Council adjourns it be to
meet on Monday, January 7, 1957, at 11 a.m.
PRESENTATION OF GAVEL TO
PRESIDENT McCORMACK.
Coun. McLAUGHLIN, in behalf of the mem-
bers of the Council, presented President Mc-
CORMACK a gavel in appreciation of his services
as president of the Council for the municipal year
of 1956.
President McCORMACK expressed his thanks
and his appreciation of the consideration and co-
operation throughout the year of the Council
members, Council attaches, and the members of
the press. (Applause.)
Adjourned at 4.20 p.m., on motion of Councillor
Piemonte, to meet on Monday, January 7, 1957,
at 1 a.m.
Note: All debate of City Council eliminated
from proceedings in accordance with Chapter
-147, Acts of 1947.
(Stenographic copy of such debate on file
in office of City Clerk.)
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