MARKET DEPARTMENT. Office in Rotunda of Faneuil Hall Market. Rev. [Rev. Ord. 1898, (now Rev. Ord. 1914), Chap. 1, § 4, tenth to twelfth; Ord. 1914, Chap. 22 and Chap. 40, §§ 29-34; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, § 26.] PATRICK H. GRAHAM, Superintendent of Markets. Salary, $4,000. Term ends in 1926. PETER J. CONNOLLY, Clerk and Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $2,100. Faneuil Hall Market, proposed in Mayor Quincy's message of July 31, 1823, and completed in 1826, was under the charge of a Clerk of the Market until an ordinance of September 9, 1852, established the office of Superintendent. According to the Revised Ordinances of 1914, Chap. 1, § 4, tenth, Faneuil Hall Market includes the lower floor, porches and cellar of the buildings called respectively Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. The Superintendent has charge and control of these two buildings. He may assign stands within their limits; and it is his duty, from time to time, to lease the stalls in the market at rents not less than those established by the City Council. The market police are appointed by the Police Commissioner and under his control. In the 12th paragraph of § 4 the “Market limits" are fully described. As a municipal enterprise the Quincy Market has been steadily profitable, yielding a total net income in rentals, etc., of about $4,500,000 in the past 70 years. Faneuil Hall Market yields $15,000 to $16,000 net yearly income, or about one-sixth that of Quincy Market. For a historical and financial article on "Public Markets in Boston" see BULLETIN of Statistics Department for June, 1912. OVERSEERS OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE. Office, Charity Building, 43 Hawkins street. [Stat. 1864, Chap. 128; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 27; C.C., Title IV., Chap. 27; Stat. 1909, Chap. 538; Stat. 1913, Chap. 763; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 23; Stat. 1921, Chap. 146. FRANKLIN P. DALY. Terms end in 1923. SIMON E. HECHT. The Overseers of the Poor in the Town of Boston, a corporation established in 1772 by act of the Legislature, were succeeded in 1864 by the corporation called "Overseers of the Poor in the City of Boston," consisting of twelve residents of Boston, four of whom are appointed annually to serve for the term of three years from the first day of May. The Board has issued annual reports since 1865. The Overseers of the Poor are also incorporated as a Board of Trustees of John Boylston's and other charitable funds, left for the assistance of persons of good character and advanced age, "who have been reduced by misfortune to indigence and want." In charge of the Overseers are the Wayfarers' Lodge on Hawkins street, opened in 1878, which gives free lodging to homeless men who are out of employment, but exacts work in its woodyard for meals furnished; and the Temporary Home on Chardon street for destitute women and children, opened in 1870. In the year ending Jan. 31, 1922, the number of individual cases of aid given was 20,808, including 5,036 men in Wayfarers' Lodge, 1,951 women and children in Temporary Home and 13,821 persons, representing 4,607 families, aided in their own homes by money, provisions, etc., of which 1,391 families were in the class provided for by Chapter 763, Acts of 1913, i. e., mothers with dependent children under 14 years of age. Payments to this class amounted to $715,091 (i. e., $78,074 more than in 1920) against which there were receipts from the State and from other municipalities amounting to $383,573 for their proportional part, according to the legal settlement of the mother. The total amount of the 17 permanent charity funds in the custody of the Overseers on Feb. 1,. 1922, was $918,127, the annual income from which (about $36,000) is distributed to pensioners according to the intentions of the donors of the funds. PARK DEPARTMENT. Offices, 33 Beacon Street. [Stat. 1875, Chap. 185; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 28; C.C., Title IV., Chap. 24; Stat. 1911, Chap. 435, 540; Ord. 1912, Chap. 10; Ord. 1913, Chap. 5; Ord. 1914, Chap. 3; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 24; Ord. 1920, Chap. 13.] JAMES B. SHEA, Chairman. Salary, $7,000. WILLIAM P. LONG, Deputy Commissioner. Salary, $3,500. *Two commissioners serve without compensation. DANIEL J. BYRNE, Secretary and Chief Clerk. Salary, $3,300. Power to establish parks in Boston was granted by the Commonwealth on May 6, 1875, subject to acceptance by the people. This act was accepted by a vote of the citizens on June 9, 1875; yeas, 3,706; nays, 2,311. The first Board of Park Commissioners was appointed on July 8, 1875, and confirmed on July 15, 1875. The Board consisted of three members who served without compensation. As thus constituted, the department continued up to 1913, when, by the provisions of Chapter 10, Ordinances of 1912, which went into effect in March, 1913, it was merged with the Public Grounds, Bath and Music Departments, under the name of Park and Recreation Department. By Ordinances of 1920, Chap. 13, the Cemetery Department was merged with the Park Department (of which it became the Cemetery Division), the latter title of the department being substituted for Park and Recreation Department, and the salary of the chairman was increased to $7,000. The chairman of the Board of Commissioners is now a salaried official and required to devote his entire time to the work, likewise the Deputy Commissioner. PARKS, ETC., WITH LOCATION, AREA AND YEAR ACQUIRED. Common, Tremont to Charles and Beacon to Boylston st., 1634. * 48.40 Public Garden, Charles to Arlington and Beacon to Boylston st., 1823. Commonwealth ave., Arlington st. to Newton line, 1894-1905 Back Bay Fens, Beacon st. to Brookline ave., 1877 . 24.25 112.70 116.99 40.00 180.00 36.00 † Arnold Arboretum and Bussey Park, South, Centre and Walter sts., 1882, 1895 223.00 West Roxbury Parkway, from Centre and Walter sts., near 77.88 527.00 Total Acres, Main Park System 1,386.22 This area of the Common is exclusive of the old cemetery on Boylston st. side, containing 1.40 acres. ✦ of this park, only the roads and walks are maintained by the City. The construction and care of that part of the parkway extending from Weld st. to Washington st. was transferred to the Metropolitan Park Commission by Chap. 270, Acts of 1915. The roadway and bridge over W. Roxbury Branch R. R. was completed in 1921. from Centre st. to Washington. MARINE PARK SYSTEM. Columbia road Dorchester way Franklin Park to Marine Park, City Point, Acres. 31.20 Strandway, Columbia road railroad bridge to City Point (land 133.80; flats 131.50), 1890-1901. 265.30 Marine Park and Aquarium, Farragut road, City Point (land 57.40 104.00 Total Acres, Marine Park System 457.90 MISCELLANEOUS PARKS. *Irving W. Adams Park, Junction of Washington and South sts., Roslindale, 1919 * Stanley H. Ringer Park, Allston st., and Griggs place, 1916 Berners Sq., Longwood ave., Bellevue and Plymouth sts., Roxbury, 1901 Carroll Pond, Carroll st., West Roxbury, 1921 Charlesbank, Charles st., from Cambridge st. to Leverett, 1883 10.00 10.40 Chestnut Hill Park, Beacon st. and Commonwealth ave., Brighton, 1898-1902 Copp's Hill terraces, Commercial and Charter sts., North 0.60 * Vincent Cutillo Park, North End, Morton and Stillman sts., 1917 0.48 Dorchester Park, Dorchester ave. and Richmond st., 1891 Franklin Field, Blue Hill and Talbot aves., Dorchester (park area), 1892. (See under Playgrounds for larger area) Freeport St. (Malloch's) Wharf and grounds, Dorchester (land 1.15; flats, 2.54), 1912 † Governor's Island, Boston Harbor, about one mile north of City Point North End Beach, Commercial and Charter sts. (land 3.70; *William B. Corbett Park, between Washington and Claybourne sts., Dorchester, 1917. 0.94 Park, East Cottage, Pleasant and Pond sts., Dorchester, 1921 Trinity Triangle, Huntington ave., Trinity place and St. James ave., 1885 0.22 0.12 † Governor's Island, the site of Fort Winthrop (now unoccupied), is owned by United States, but in 1902 Congress authorized its use as a park by the City. * Named for soldier killed in World War. World War Memorial Park, (formerly Wood Island), East Boston, Acres. on eastern waterfront (land 55.60; flats 155.40), 1882, 1891 . 211.00 Total Acres, Miscellaneous Parks . 445.39 PLAYGROUNDS, WITH LOCATION, AREA AND YEAR ACQUIRED. Stanley H. Ringer, Allston st. and Griggs place, Brighton, 1916, † James L. Cronin, Brent st., near Talbot ave., Dorchester, 1899, A Bennett, Charles St. place, Charlestown, 1920 . Billings Field, La Grange and Bellevue sts., W. Roxbury, 1896 * Charlesbank, Charles st., 1883 Acres. 2.00 2.20 0.11 10.80 3.50 Charlestown, Main and Alford sts. (land 14; flats 4), 1891 17.73 1891 1.00 4.00 Christopher Gibson, Dorchester and Geneva aves., 1897 *Columbus Park, Strandway (15 acres improved) Common, Charles st. side 3.90 4.60 79.00 3.50 † William Amerena. Cottage st., East Boston, 1902 3.85 * Dorchester Park, Dorchester ave. and Richmond st., 1891 1.00 5.07 Factory Hill, Town st., Hyde Park, 1912 5.20 Fallon Field, South and Robert sts., Roslindale, 1899 3.87 † ‡ J. M. & J. J. Sullivan, Fellows st., at Hunneman st., Roxbury, 1897 0.85 . * Fens, Back Bay, 1877 5.00 James F. Healy, Washington st. and Firth road, Roslindale, 1902 9.60 Franklin Field, Blue Hill and Talbot aves., Dorchester, 1892 * Franklin Park, 1883-84 60.00 36.00 † Frederick B. Emmons, Rutherford ave., Charlestown, 1912 1.10 1.90 4.17 1.57 5.10 4.41 0.41 60.33 Mission Hill Tremont and Smith sts., Roxbury, 1913-1915 4.24 1.07 2.09 * Playgrounds located in parks, and included in areas of parks. |