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Bridges.
Boston-avenue bridge over Mystic river and Broadway bridge over Alewife brook are in good condition. The railings of both have been painted during the year.
The new bridge over Mystic river at Middlesex avenue and the Fellsway boulevard, which is being constructed by the metro- politan park commission, is nearly completed.
Subways.
During the year a new subway has been built at Thorndike street under the railroad, and upon its completion it was put into the hands of the highway department.
The subways at Kent and Sacramento streets are in good condition, but require constant care to keep them neat and clean.
Brown=Tail and Gypsy Moths.
The city is not yet free from the brown-tail and gypsy moth pests, although much has been done toward their destruction, and at present most of them are found on private property.
After making a personal inspection, I find the trees in the highways are comparatively free from them. When they are re- moved from the trees by this department, the nests are all taken to the city yard and burned in a furnace ; this being the only sure way to destroy them.
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CLARENDON AVENUE, LOOKING TOWARD BROADWAY, FROM POINT NEAR CAMBRIDGE LINE.
CLARENDON AVENUE, LOOKING TOWARD BROADWAY, FROM POINT NEAR STONE QUARRY.
319
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Shade Trees.
Much interest in shade trees has been manifested within the last five years, and the interest is increasing. The conditions with which the shade trees have to contend in the cities is a seri- ous drawback to their growth, the principal damage being caused by the electric wires, which burn the limbs, thereby necessitating much injurious pruning.
Seventy-eight trees have been set out and forty-two cut down during the year.
Steam Road Rollers.
The city has two Buffalo Pitts rollers, one fifteen and one twelve-ton ; also one five-ton asphalt roller. All of these have been in use nearly the entire year, and are in good condition.
Wide Tires.
The legislature of 1900 passed an act (chapter 334) to regu- late the width of tires on draft wagons as follows :-
Section 1. On and after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and two, it shall be unlawful, except as provided in section four of this act, to use upon any road, street or way in this Commonwealth a draft wagon or cart having tires of iron or steel, or of any substance equally hard, which are less in width than one and one-half times the diameter of the axle, measured at the shoulder thereof; but in no case shall a tire more than four inches in width be required, and wagons or carts built with wooden or hollow axles shall have tires not less in width than the diameter of the axle, measured at the shoulder thereof.
Section 2. This act shall apply to all wagons and carts, the axles of which are two inches or more in diameter, measured as aforesaid, and to all stage coaches, tally-ho coaches, barges and other passenger vehicles not built to run on iron or steel rails, and constructed to carry eight or more persons.
Section 3. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and two, but shall not apply to wagons or other vehicles owned and used in this state on that date. (Approved May 23, 1900).
Under the above act, the city has placed wide tires on all its carts.
Clarendon Avenue.
An order having been passed by the board of aldermen June 25, 1903, for the laying out of Clarendon avenue, from Broadway to the Cambridge line, work was begun on said avenue soon after its acceptance, and $1,613.41 have already been expended. The city has until the first day of May, 1905, to complete the construc- tion of said avenue.
Middlesex Avenue.
December 11, 1902, a hearing was given before the board of aldermen on the petition of the Boston Elevated Railway Com- pany for track locations on Mystic avenue, from the Boston line
320
ANNUAL REPORTS.
to Middlesex avenue, and thence through Middlesex avenue to the Fellsway boulevard. The location has not yet been granted, and before such action is taken I would recommend that the avenue be raised to grade sixteen.
Packard Avenue.
Packard avenue was laid out as a public highway from Broadway to Professors row. Considerable work has been done toward its construction during the year, the sum of $2,376.44 having already been expended.
Miscellaneous Work.
There have been 1,403 loads of snow and ice, 6,241 loads of dirt, 8,903 loads of scrapings, and 3,301 loads of old macadam re- moved from the streets and 5,328 loads of ashes and 2,730 loads of ballast used in the streets.
476 permits were issued for the use of streets and sidewalks, and 406 defects in the streets and sidewalks which were reported by the chief of police were promptly repaired.
The Boston Elevated Railway Company has laid 150 feet of new rails on Newton street, and a cross-over on Highland avenue, at Davis square.
7,503.5 square yards of brick and 215 square yards of grano- lithic sidewalks have been laid; 18,273.5 feet, or nearly three and one-half miles, of edgestone and inside curbing were set; 5,988 square yards of stone gutters and 548 square yards of vitrified brick, granite, granolithic and concrete crossings were laid.
11,810.5 feet, or over two miles, of edgestone were re-set, and 6,328.6 square yards of brick sidewalks re-laid.
80 square yards of crossings and driveways have been paved or re-paved with granite blocks, 280 square yards of granite crossings surfaced with concrete, and 30 square yards of drive- ways paved or re-paved with brick.
The Cambridge Gas Light Company dug up 6,474 feet of trenches to lay main pipes.
Recommendations.
I would recommend that Medford street, from Broadway to Lowell street, be paved, and that the gutters be paved and the edgestones set on the southerly side of Washington street, from the Boston line to Tufts street ; also that Somerville avenue be paved with block stone, from Kent street to Elm street; that Linwood street be macadamized; that Washington street be re- surfaced, from Union square to the Cambridge line; that Jaques street, from Bond street to Temple street, be re-surfaced; and that a new shed be built at the city yard to shelter the water carts, as at present there is not room enough to properly care for them.
JUNCTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND PROFESSORS ROW.
321
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Highways Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,100 00
Receipts and credits :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, street
railway tax
$47,392 51
Boston Elevated railway tax
7,744 52
Transfer from Highways Construction account
3,807 25
Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, Boston Elevated Railway Co., and Patrick McGovan
1,000 00
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and In- surance Co., return premium
5 55
70 00
Ellis and Buswell, use of steam road roller, New England Oil Co., partial payment on repairs of Allen street
182 26
Sale of ledge stone
500 00
Materials furnished prior to January 1, 1903, the bills for which remained un- collected that day
816 64
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903, Value of tools and property on hand January 1, 1903
20,558 50
$82,585 44
Total credit
$84,685 44
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For repairs of sundry streets as per table B, at end of this report
$8,559 39
General repairs of streets
13,000 25
Repairs of stone paving
582 75
Repairs and maintenance of gravel sidewalks
4,748 09
Repairs of street crossings
1,622 56
Cleaning streets
14,972 06
Removing snow and ice and care of slippery sidewalks, ·
2,590 86
Maintenance of Middlesex-avenue bridge .
50 77
Teaming coal to schoolhouses
1,056 60
Teaming coal for relief stations (city to be reimbursed in July, 1904) .
63 20
Wakefield gravel land, taxes
101 50
Middlesex avenue widening
144 90
. Raising house of Mrs. Helen F. Ingalls, 12 Munroe street, on account of change in grade
449 72
Paving in front of stand pipes
60 55
Repairs of gutters
2,881 98
Repairing fence at Washington-street bridge
23 51
. Rolling walks and furnishing crushed stone for public grounds
154 01
Street signs
610 71
Care of subways
222 30
Removing trees
454 30
Trimming trees
253 40
Setting trees
79 00
Blacksmithing
488 50
Carpentering
149 63
Cutting edgestones at catch-basins
153 78
Amount carried forward
$53,474 32
.
.
.
508 21
322
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$53,474 32
Rolling trenches
18 39
Constructing driveway for American Tube Works
125 00
Constructing driveway at Armory
23 70
Constructing driveway in front of estate of Daniel M. Smith
33 43
Superintendent's salary
2,000 00
Superintendent's team, board of one horse
260 03
Sundry expenses
3,949 78
Books, stationery and printing
82 56
Private work, the bills for which remained unpaid
December 31, 1903 89 96
Value of materials on hand this day
1,868 45
Value of tools and personal property on hand this day :-
Horses
$4,500 00
Carts and implements used with horses
4,027 00
Harnesses and horse clothing
716 00
Stable utensils and property
210 25
Tools
1,417 20
Steam road rollers
7,800 00
Stone crusher and fittings .
1,573 00
Profit and loss on tools, property, and materials .
2,516 37
Total debit
$84,685 44
Highways, Construction Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$15,000 00
Transfer from Stone-avenue and Munroe-
street account 5 00
Transfer from Paved Gutters and Crossings account
94 36
Transfer from Middlesex-avenue Bridge account
109 63
Transfer from Watering Streets account ·
1,272 08
$16,481 07
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance
account
$3,807 25
Less transfer to Sidewalks Construction
account
1,185 50
Less transfer to Sidewalks Maintenance ac- count
1,185 35
6,178 10
Net credit
$10,302 97
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Construction or partial construction of streets as appears by table A at end of this report
$19,838 75
Less assessments
10,646 46
Addie Russell, damage to estate Broadway caused by change of grade
500 00
Abatement of highway betterment assessments of 1902
261 44
Amount carried forward
$9,953 73
·
$20,243 45
.
$9,192 29
322
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Amount brought forward
$9,953 73 Abatement of highway betterment assessment on Elm- ·
6 25
wood street . Advertising and recording releases for streets not con- structed 36 30
Hammond street betterment assessment, portion as- sumed by city 68 96
Printing slips, notices for laying out streets 3 25
Total debit
$10,068 49
Balance unexpended
$234 48
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . overdrawn in
Less amount
1902
$9,382 27
Transferred to Highways Con-
struction account 94 36
9,476 63
$11,123 37
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903 Net gain on materials
1,414 30
309 33
Total credit
$12,847 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For paving gutters as per table F $11,084 31
Street crossings as per table J .
1,368 69
Value of materials on hand this day
396 00
Total debit
$12,847 00
Sidewalks Construction Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$11,350 00
Less amount overdrawn in
1902 .
1,525 09
$9,824 91
Transfer from Highways Construction ac- count
1,185 50
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903,
151 29
Net gain on materials
81 08
Total credit
$11,242 78
Expenditures :-
For forty-one sidewalks constructed as per table C
$20,592 71
Less assessments
10,295 65
$10,297 06
Amount carried forward
$10,297 06
.
$20,600 00
.
DEBIT.
324
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$10,297 06
Constructing sidewalks as per table D
350 85
Constructing sidewalks as per table E
107 79
Constructing sidewalks for William H. Berry, Hall street, he having furnished the edgestone 66 58
Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses, constructing sidewalk Poplar street, in front of Bennett school . 30 08
Abatement of sidewalk assessment, Lowell and Tower streets
244 22
Value of materials on hand this day
146 20
Total debit
$11,242 78
Sidewalks Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Transfer from
Highways
Construction
account
1,185 35
Total credit
$7,185 35
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Bricks used in repairing sidewalks
$898 79
Repairing concrete sidewalks
329 56
Labor
5,064 53
City teams
495 60
Gravel and sand
330 44
Paving blocks
41 74
Crushed stone
10 54
Cement
1 15
Books
.
13 00
Total debit
$7,185 35
Highways, Watering Streets.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Receipts :-
Assessments and contribu-
tions from abutters
$20,725 80
Insurance on water carts
(collected from con-
tractors)
62 00
Less transfer to Highways Construction ac- count
1,272 08
$19,515 72
$20,787 80
Total credit
$20,515 72
325
STREET COMMISSIONER.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Charles I. Bucknam, supervising street watering
$800 00
Teaming
17,032 01
J. L. and H. K. Potter, three new water carts
1,000 00
Repairing carts ·
1,413 21
Board of horse and shoeing
125 50
Clerical service, making up assessment list,
96 00
Incidentals
49 00
Total debit
$20,515 72
Highways, Removing Brown=Tail Moths.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Receipts :-
From Public Grounds account
$37 00
From Public Buildings Maintenance,
Schoolhouses account ·
27 63
From sundry persons
126 46
191 09
Total credit
$3,191 09
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Labor, removing brown-tail moths from
trees
$3,588 00
City teams, use of
198 80
$3,786 80
Amount overdrawn
$595 71
Thorndike-street Subway.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$3,800 00
DEBIT.
Boston and Maine Railroad, partial pay- ment on account of constructing sub- way
$2,000 00
Lumber
.
8 93
Total debit
$2,008 93
Balance unexpended
$1,791 07
TABLE A. Streets Constructed or Partially Constructed in 1903.
STREET.
FROM
To
CONSTRUCTED WHOLLY OR PARTIALI.Y.
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Bedford
South street
Cambridge line
Materials used in 1902
·
.
·
.
.
.
Somerville avenue .
·
Cambridge line
Partially
.
569
546 07
Dane avenue
Dane street
·
Hanson street
Wholly
423
478 77
Durham Elmwood .
Holland street.
Cambridge line
Wholly
1,057
1,004 06
Fenwick
Heath street .
Broadway ·
Jaques street
Wholly
250
563 51
Fremont
Main street
Meacham street
Wholly
612
893 40
Gorham
Holland street .
Howard street
Wholly
·
.
.
.
.
Jay
·
Meacham road
Cambridge line
Wholly
647
366 71
Knowlton .
Junc. Wash. and Tufts sts.
N. E. line, Estate No. 37.
Wholly
461
652 18
Line
Washington street
Cambridge line
Partially
.
...
1 54
Marion
Wyatt street, Northerly .
Land of Dimick
Materials used in 1902
699
795 96
Maple
Poplar street
Medford street
Wholly
Wholly
886
504 55
Montrose .
.
School street
Sycamore street
.
Partially .
850
2,376 44
Packard avenue
.
Broadway
Professors row
·
·
Partially .
.
.
430
418 55
Pembroke
Central street .
·
·
.
·
·
.
.
666
729 15
Poplar
Somerville avenue .
·
·
Wholly .
·
·
Carried forward
.
.
.
.
.
.
12,497
$14,513 71
.
.
.
.
.
.
Leland street .
.
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
326
.
·
534
348 12
Holland street
Howard street
Wholly
.
275
128 30
Ibbetson
Kimball street
Lowell street
.
Wholly
653
693 24
Houghton .
Cambridge line
Springfield street
·
Wholly
290
363 92
Henry avenue
Highland avenue
Lexington avenue
Wholly
351
286 99
Fenwick
Heath street .
.
·
Houghton street
Wholly
476
394 98
Bolton
Oak street
Lake street
Wholly
300
156 36
330
1,613 41
Clarendon avenue
Broadway
·
·
.
.
763
564 00
.
.
.
.
Vernon street .
Medford street
975
560 01
Partridge avenue
.
Sycamore street
Wholly
.
Joy street .
·
Kingston
22 30
Partially
Beacon street .
Wholly
$51 19
Carlton
.
TABLE A .- Concluded.
STREET.
FROM
To
CONSTRUCTED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY.
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Brought forward
12,497
$14,513 71
South Church .
.
.
Somerville avenue .
.
.
·
.
.
.
94
62 09
Sycamore .
.
At both ends R. R .bridge
.
.
.
405
340 14
Tennyson .
.
.
Pembroke street
Wholly
Wholly
392
294 72
Veazie
Walnut street . .
Bradley street .
Wholly
500
539 66
Warren
Powder House square
Medford line
Wholly
38 00
Westminster
Broadway
Electric avenue
Partially
470
377 40
Wilton
Lowell street .
·
Lawrence street
Wholly
427
357 10
Willoughby
Central street . ·
Sycamore street
Wholly
277
503 97
Windom road, now Co- lumbus avenue.
Angle
Washington street .
Wholly
.
.
·
·
Length in feet and cost .
.
.
.
17,308
$19,838 75
.
.
.
Professors row .
·
.
College avenue
.
.
.
Partially
.
.
2,000
1,585 78
Church-street place
Wholly
246
1,058 02
South Church
.
Church-street place
Lake street
.
·
Wholly
Wholly
.
138 85
Thorndike
.
At both ends subway
.
.
.
.
.
.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
327
.
.
Curtis street .
.
.
Medford street
.
29 31
TABLE B. Streets Repaired.
STREET.
FROM
To
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
FEET.
COST.
Allen street
Somerville avenue .
.
Somerville. avenue .
.
Macadamized
·
.
.
.
.
Mystic river
·
.
.
Macadamized .
900
332 50
Columbus avenue
Walnut street .
·
·
Carlton street .
Macadamized .
300
120 19
Lake street
Church street .
.
School street .
·
.
Macadamized .
400
162 21
Mystic avenue .
Middlesex avenue .
.
Cross street
.
.
Macadamized .
600
235 36
Newton street .
·
Cross street
Mt. Vernon street
.
.
Macadamized -.
1,600
1,592 89
Somerville avenue
East Cambridge line
·
.
·
Macadamized .
300
104 07
Sunnyside avenue
Walnut street
Wigglesworth street
·
Macadamized .
200
112 03
White-street place
White street .
.
Southeasterly .
·
Length in feet and cost .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
14,290
$8,559 39
·
·
.
.
East Cambridge line
.
291 61
Boston avenue .
Medford line .
Angle
.
.
300
144 77
Medford street .
Dartmouth street ·
.
Macadamized .
.
.
.
Macadamized .
2,000
1,793 34
Pearl street
Concord avenue
Webster avenue
.
Charlestown street .
Macadamized .
680
$364 52
Beacon street
6,100
3,305 90
Macadamized .
910
·
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
328
.
Medford street
POPLAR STREET, FROM SOMERVILLE AVENUE.
MAPLE STREET, FROM POPLAR STREET.
TABLE C. Sidewalks Constructed Where the Materials Were Furnished by the City and One-half the Cost Was Assessed Upon the Abutting Estates.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
COST.
Adrian
Southerly
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
·
·
·
.
.
464 68
Burnside avenue .
·
.
.
·
Lake street .
630.3
417.4
812 43
Carlton
Both
· ·
Highland avenue
Spencer avenue
·
199.6
Claremon
Westerly
.
·
.
Morrison avenue .
...
292.1
266 87
Clifton .
·
.
Kenwood street
.
.
...
358.6
322 67
Crocker
·
.
.
Crown street
·
Lake street .
649.7
...
572 11
Grant .
Northwesterly
Broadway
·
.
Lexington avenue
612.8
....
795 56
Houghton
Both
.
·
Springfield street
Cambridge line
·
974.7
.
468.7
462 66
Hudson
South westerly
Lowell street
.
*Somerville avenue
Lowell street
.
Howard street
.
.
.
.
Southerly
· ·
Meacham road
.
Cambridge line
·
·
330.2
239.2
495 34
Kidder avenue
Northeasterly
College avenue
·
Powder House terrace Mt. Vernon street .
423.7
...
322 80
Lincoln avenue
Northeasterly
Lincoln street
Mt. Vernon street
252.4
161.4
1,442 66
Line
Easterly
·
Washington street
Cambridge line
.
.
398.1
334 00
Lowell .
.
.
Southeasterly
Highland avenue
.
Medford street .
.
1,096.8
895 43
Maple .
Both
Poplar street
.
Vernon street
1,984.4
·
·
713 30
Pembroke
.
.
.
.
Central street
.
.
Sycamore street .
842.5
. ..
.
* Where not already laid.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Carried forward .
·
13,533.5
4,420.S
$15,047 28
.
.
.
.
.
Holland street
Mead street .
....
450.6
397 59
College avenue
North westerly Both
Somerville avenue
.
Gorham
Southeasterly
Holland street
.
·
Howard street
746.6
·
343.4
317 86
Henry avenue
Both
·
.
Highland avenue
N. W. line, Est. No. 136
877.1
. ...
782 51
Ibbetson
·
536.5
....
683 49
Kingston
Both
·
347 70
Lincoln avenue
South westerly
Lincoln street
.
.
.
.
.
1,577 96
Partridge avenue
Both
.
.
.
Medford street
.
·
.
.
Both
Marion street
Joseph street
.
402.6
$380 21
Bolton
Both
Oak street .
.
Houghton street
.
·
783.4
Southeasterly
Elm street
Summer street
500.3
Somerville avenue
·
Cedar
· North westerly .
·
Appleton street
.
.
Broadway
Highland avenue
Church ( south )
.
·
·
.
.
504 66
416 81
Jay
Both
Holland street
.
841.4
388.4
180 13
340 60
Both Northeasterly
514 26
Jaques street
.
1,751.4
Opp. Crown street
.
702 99
329
330
TABLE C .- Concluded.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
COST.
Porter
Southeasterly
Highland avenue
·
Robinson
·
Westerly
*Landers street
·
Medford street
.
·
...
300 38
Tennyson .
Northerly
Pembroke street .
Medford street
398.1
....
141 40
Thorndike
Both
Arlington branch R. R.
Kingston street
189.9
. . .
450 92
Tower
Westerly
Highland avenue
Somerville Hospital
...
537.5
486 07
Tower
Westerly
Medford street
.
·
Vernon street
1,037.4
....
565 16
Veazie
Both
·
Highland avenue
Hudson street
·
·· · ·
389.8
332 18
Waldo
Both
.
Pearl street .
.
·
Chandler street .
·
..
124.3
125 38
William
·
·
Southerly ·
College avenue .
·
Sycamore street .
846.4
....
647 38
Willoughby
Both
·
.
.
.
.
Total
.
.
17,593.3
6,951.1
$20,592 71
.
Ames street
.
.
Somerville avenue
·
195.6
148.9
290 75
Tennyson .
Southerly
.
Pembroke street .
·
·
Richdale avenue .
211.5
187 96
Trull .
.
.
Southeasterly
Medford street
·
.
Bradley street
723.9
Walnut street
.
Northeast'ly line, Est. 20
...
218.1
183 85
Wesley
Westerly ·
·
Central street
Brought forward .
·
13,533.5
4,420.8
$15,047 28
Crown street
.
385.2
361 88
Bartlett street
·
360
289 83
School
Southerly
.
S. W. line, Hospital Est.
Crown street
282.3
155
Thurston
.
Southeasterly
868 19
386.2
314 10
ANNUAL REPORTS.
* Where not already laid.
331
STREET COMMISSIONEB.
TABLE D. Sidewalks Constructed where the Bricks and Edgestones were Furnished or Paid for by the Abutters.
For
Street.
Feet of Edgestones.
Yards of Bricks.
Cost to City.
Michael H. Dewire
121-131 Beacon street .
12.2
154
$86 65
W. J. Edwards
252-258 Beacon street .
....
114.2
42 38
Thomas Kilmartin
484-486 Medford street
....
74.5
23 93
John D. Taapken and
Holland street and
188
298.9
176 23
Emma Walsh
.
20 School street
37.2
25
21 66
Total .
237.4
666.6
$350 85
TABLE E. Granolithic Sidewalk Laid (the Edgestone being already set), the Abutters Paying the Excess above the Equivalent of One-half the Cost of a Brick Sidewalk.
For
Street.
Square Yards.
Cost to City.
Allen F. Carpenter .
Laurel street
60.1
$30 06
Grace M. Grant
54 Benton road
25.15
12 57
Wilbur F. Mansfield
775 Broadway
37.6
18 80
Edward I. Morrison
97 Rogers avenue
20.2
10 10
New England Mutual
Benton road
72.52
36 26
Life Insurance Co.
Total
.
. .
215.57
$107 79
-
V. H. Wooster
Teele square .
TABLE F. Gutters Paved in Connection with Setting Edgestones.
STREET.
Side.
From
To
Square Yards.
Cost.
Bolton
·
.
.
·
.
Houghton street
261
$500 98
Carlton .
Both
·
.
Cedar
.
.
North westerly
Highland avenue .
Spencer avenue
67
111 35
Church ( south )
Both
Church-street place
Lake street .
54
103 52
Gorham .
.
·
·
·
Howard street
249
469 30
Hall
.
.
.
.
In front of estate of Wil
liam H. Berry
67
137 43
Henry avenue
Both
Highland avenue .
Lexington avenue .
204
413 95
Holland
Southwesterly
In front of estate of John
D. Taapken
63
155 00
Houghton
.
Both
Springfield street .
Cambridge line
325
662 30
Ibbetson
Both
Somerville avenue
.
Lowell street .
341
672 87
Jay
Southeasterly
.
.
Powder House terrace .
110
223 67
Kingston
Both
Meacham road
Cambridge line
280
534.79
Line
Easterly
.
.
.
Cambridge line
584
1,128 69
Lincoln avenue
Both
.
.
·
·
188
335 82
Maple ·
Both
Poplar street .
.
.
Medford street
·
.
.
Both
Vernon street
.
·
.
772
1,195 00
Pembroke
.
.
.
.
Sycamore street
.
281
369 27
Professors row and
57 05
College avenue
Northwesterly
At the Bennett school .
12
61 95
School
Westerly
In front of Est. No. 20 .
.
.
12
29 25
*School
Westerly
·
.
Pembroke street
Medford street
·
63
174 85
Thorndike
Both ·
·
.
N. E. line, Hospital Est.
Crown street
110
276 76
Trull
.
Southeasterly
Medford street
Vernon street
346
669 11
Veazie
Both
Walnut street
·
.
Bradley street
241
436 22
Willoughby
·
.
·
Central street ·
Sycamore street
282
362 07
Total
.
.
5,932
$11,084 31
.
.
.
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
* Where not already laid.
332
.
.
.
210
340 12
Somerville avenue
Lake street .
.
·
.
.
.
Holland street
Howard street
179
364 73
Kidder avenue
Northeasterly
College avenue
.
Mt. Vernon street .
304
823 87
Partridge avenue
Both
Central street
Materials used in 1902 .
...
Poplar
.
.
·
.
Somerville avenue
Landers street
·
65
138 80
Tennyson
Both ·
.
Arlington Branch R. R.
Kingston street
.
.
·
.
Tower
Westerly
.
.
Southeasterly
Holland street
Southwesterly
.
.
Both
Oak street ·
.
.
.
.
Washington street
Lincoln street
·
Medford street
.
262
335 59
Both
.
333
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE G. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.
FOR.
LOCATION.
William J. Edwards
256 Beacon street.
J. Frank Mixer
119 Central street.
Peter Murray
. 34 Maple street.
John McCarthy
23 Maple street.
A. B. Parker
. 17 Gilman street.
Peter F. Quinn
. 24 School street.
Julia A. Record
Broadway at Record court.
Estate of John P. Squire
109 Prospect street.
Frank A. Titus
48 Broadway.
TABLE H. Driveway Discontinued at Expense of Abutter.
FOR.
LOCATION.
Ellen K. Larsen
6 Mossland street.
TABLE I. Streets Accepted in 1903.
STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
WIDTH, FEET.
LENGTH, FEET.
Clarendon ave. .
7
Broadway
Cambridge line Leland st.
40
1,217
Dane ave. .
2
Dane st.
30
569
Durham st.
2
Beacon st.
Hanson st.
40
423
Eastman ter.
6
Highland ave.
So'westerly end
40
296
Hillside park
3
Walnut st.
Westerly end .
40
196
Knowlton st.
1
Tufts st.
No'easterly line Estate No. 37 Professors row Crescent st. .
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