Report of the city of Somerville 1905, Part 25

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 486


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about 30


....


465


Miller


Sacramento st.


Beacon st.


Private.


33


Monmouth


Central st.


Westerly .


Public.


40


267


200


Montgomery ave.


Broadway .


Wellington ave.


Public.


40


Morgan .


Beacon st.


Park st.


Public.


40


Morrison pl.


Morrison pl. .


Easterly


Private.


15


....


* Proposed.


Linwood pl.


Linwood st.


South westerly


Private.


London .


Linwood st.


B. & L. R. R. .


Private.


40


. .


385


Lowden ave.


Broadway


Fosket st.


Private.


40


I.owell


Summer st.


Crown st.


Private.


33-+


5


...


May pl. .


Hawkins st.


Easterly


Private.


12


· Meacham road


340


255


.


110


822


190


280


540


580


200


314


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Continued.


STREET.


FROM


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Mt. Pleasant ct


Perkins st.


Southwesterly


Private.


40


. .


..


Mt. Pleasant . .


Broadway .


Perkins st.


Public.


33


584


. .


. .


Mt. Vernon ave. .


Main st.


Meacham st.


Private.


50


800


Mt. Vernon


Washington st. .


Pearl st. .


Public.


40


600


....


Mt. Vernon


Pearl st.


Perkins st.


Public.


50


473


. ..


Mt. Vernon


Perkins st.


Broadway


Public.


40


590


....


Munroe .


Walnut st.


Easterly


Public.


40


375


..


Munroe


End of above


Boston st.


Public.


50


1,214


....


Murdock


Cedar st ..


Clyde st.


Private.


30


....


250


Museum


Beacon st.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


164


100


Myrtle pl.


Myrtle st.


Westerly .


Private.


20++


120


Myrtle


Washington st.


Perkins st.


Public.


40


1,423


. .


..


Mystic ave.


Charlestown line


Union st.


Public.


60


378


....


Mystic ave.


Union st. .


Medford line


Public.


66


6,938


...


Mystic


Washington st.


Somerville ave.


Public.


40


360


. .


Mystic


Benedict st.


Mystic ave. .


Private.


40


330


Nashua


Richardson st.


B. &. L. R. R. .


Public.


35


637


Nevada ave.


Village st.


Hanson st.


Private.


20


Newberne


Appleton st.


Morrison ave.


Public.


40


200


..


Newberne


Morrison ave.


Arlington Br. R.R.


Private.


40


Newbury


Holland st.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


1,260


100


Newton pl.


Newton st.


Easterly


Private.


about 10


Newton .


Prospect st.


Webster ave.


Public.


25


470


Newton .


Webster ave.


Concord ave.


Public.


40+


637


. .


Norfolk .


Webster ave.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


283


..


..


North


Broadway .


Medford line b. 17


Public.


40


1,961


..


North


Medford line b. 17


Medford line b. 18


Public.


37 to 42


649


600


North Union Norton


Mystic ave.


Northeasterly .


Private.


30


. ..


200


Norwood ave.


Broadway .


Medford st. .


Public.


40


350


Oak


Prospect st.


Angle


Public.


40


665


. . ..


Oak


Angle


Cambridge line


Public.


30


563


....


Oak St. pl. .


Oak st.


Northerly


Private.


4


440


Olive ave.


Linden ave.


Southeasterly


Private.


25


..


100


Oliver


Franklin st.


Cross st.


Public.


40


1,085


Orchard .


Cambridge line


Meacham road


Public.


40


1,567


450


Ossipee road


Packard ave.


Curtis st.


Public.


40


682


....


Otis


Cross st.


Wigglesworth st.


Public.


40


1,200


....


Oxford


School st.


Central st.


Public.


35


1,361


.. .


Oxford


Beacon st.


Cambridge line


Public.


50


100


. .


Packard ave.


Broadway


Professors row


Public.


60


1,758


....


Packard ave.


Professors row


Medford line


Private.


60


Palmer ave.


Franklin st.


Northwesterly


Private.


20


Park ave.


College ave.


Wallace st.


Public.


40


467


220


Park pl.


Park pl. .


Northeasterly


Private.


20


150


Park .


Somerville ave.


Beacon st.


Public.


50


1,238


Parker pl.


Porter st.


Northwesterly


Private.


20


....


200


Partridge ave.


Vernon st.


Broadway


Public.


40


1,467


100


Patten ct.


Cutter st. .


Southeasterly


Private.


8


....


775


Pearl .


Crescent st.


Mt Vernon st.


Public.


37


341


..


Pearl .


Mt. Vernon st.


Franklin st.


Public.


50


957


..


..


Pearl .


Franklin st.


Cross st.


Public.


40


1,060


....


Pearl .


Cross st.


Medford st.


Public.


50


2,447


Pearl St. pl.


Pearl st.


Northeasterly


Private.


20


....


200


Pearl ter.


Pearl st.


Northerly


Private.


23


....


161


..


Murray .


Washington st.


Southerly


Private.


30


....


Myrtle ct.


Myrtle st.


Easterlv


Private.


10


....


173


Newman pl.


Cedar st.


Southeasterly


Private.


15


Southeasterly


Private.


20


Oakland ave.


Marshall st.


School st.


Public.


40


155


Olive sq.


Lake st.


Southerly


Private.


about 15


Osgood


Granite st.


Easterly & west'ly


Private.


40


..


200


Park pl.


Laurel st.


Easterly .


Private.


30


....


150


Parker


Washington st. .


Fremont ave.


Private.


35


..


Paulina .


Broadway .


Holland st. .


Private.


40


. ..


242


.


LENGTH.


260


900


200


100


Nashua st.


85


315


CITY ENGINEER.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Continued.


STREET.


FROM


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Pearson ave.


Morrison ave.


Boston ave.


Private.


45


....


Pearson road


Broadway .


Dearborn road


Private.


40


....


1,654


Pembroke ct.


Pembroke st.


Southwesterly


Private.


25


....


Pembroke


Central st.


Sycamore st.


Public.


40


430


....


Perkins pl.


Perkins st.


Northeasterly .


Private.


20


...


Perkins .


Franklin st.


Charlestown line .


Public.


40


1,336


..


Perry


Washington st.


Lincoln parkway .


Public.


40


606


. .


Peterson ter.


Porter st.


Northwesterly


Private.


13+


....


125


Pinckney


Washington st.


Perkins st. Spring st.


Private.


30


....


380


Pitman


Spring st.


Belmont st. Vinal ave.


Public.


40


543


Poplar ct.


Poplar st.


Southeasterly


Private.


10


.


..


Poplar


Somerville ave.


Linwood st.


Public.


30


351


Poplar


Linwood st.


Joy st.


Public.


35


315


Poplar


Joy st. .


B. & L. R. R.


Private.


35


....


220


Porter pl.


Porter st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


20


Porter


Elm st.


Mountain ave.


Public.


45


1,622


Porter


Mountain ave.


Highland ave. . Northwesterly,


Public.


40


415


Powder house boulevard


square


Mystic river and Medford line


Public.


80


7,200


..


..


Prescott


Summer st.


Highland ave. .


Public.


50


1,110


....


Preston road


School st.


Summer st.


Public.


40


839


Princeton


Alpine st.


Lowell st.


Public.


40


648


..


Princeton


Lowell st.


Centre st.


Private.


40


....


540


Pritchard ave.


Morrison ave.


Frederick ave.


Public


40


634


511


Professors row


College ave.


Curtis st.


Public.


40


2,000


....


.


Medford st.


Munroe st.


Public.


40


597


Prospect Hill p'k'y


Munroe st.


Stone ave.


Public.


40


400


Prospect pl.


Prospect st.


Newton st.


Private.


20


130


Putnam .


Summer st.


Highland ave.


Public.


50


1,262


...


Quincy


Somerville ave.


Summer st.


Public.


40


781


Randolplı pl.


Cross st.


Westerly .


Private.


15


Raymond ave.


Curtis st.


North st.


Public.


40


1,345


Record's pl. Reed's ct. .


Broadway .


Southwesterly


Private.


10


..


105


Remick ct.


Cutter st.


Southeasterly


Private.


10


..


100


Richardson


Lowell st.


Lawrence st.


Public.


35


467


135


Richdale ave.


School st.


Sycamore st.


Public.


40


875


Richmond hi'h'ds


Madison st.


Southerly


Private.


30


....


170


Robinson


Central st.


Bartlett st.


Public.


40


582


..


Rogers ave.


Morrison ave.


Boston ave.


Public


45


1,682


Roseland


Beacon st.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


121


Rossmore


Somerville ave.


Washington st.


Public.


40


534


175


Rush .


Broadway .


Flint st.


Public.


40


1,400


Russell road


Broadway .


North st. .


Private.


40


1,193


Russell .


Elm st.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


700


....


Sacramento


Somerville ave.


Fitchburg R. R.


Public.


40


80


Sacramento


Fitchburg R. R.


Beacon st.


Public.


40


290


..


Sacramento


Beacon st.


·


Cambridge line


Private.


40


156


Sanborn ave.


Warren ave.


Walnut st.


Public.


40


280


Sanborn ct.


Washington


st.


Nortlıwesterly


Private.


30


176


Sargent ave.


Broadway .


Walnut st.


Public.


40


1,075


. .


..


Sartwell ave.


Cedar st.


Cherry st.


Private.


35


....


..


..


....


Pritchard ave.


Frederick ave.


Boston ave.


Private.


40


Prospect


Washington st.


Cambridge line


Public.


50


2,071


....


. ..


Richardson ter.


Richardson st.


Northeasterly


Private.


20


Roberts .


Lawrence st.


Northwesterly


Private.


20


Roland st.


Waverly st.


Boston line


Private.


40


100


Royce pl.


Bonair st.


Northeasterly


Private.


15++


...


65


Porter ave.


Porter st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


20


1,186


. . .


Pitman


Beech st.


Southeasterly


Private.


24


....


Public.


Private.


26


...


390


Pleasant ave.


Walnut st.


80


Powder house ter.


Kidder ave.


Liberty ave.


Public.


40


585


Prospect Hill av.


Oliver st.


Southwesterly


Private.


20


..


..


155


Pinckney pl.


Pinckney st.


40


1,300


130


200


LENGTH.


400


244


110


150


195


Powder house


316


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Continued.


STREET.


FROM


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Sawyer ave.


Packard ave. ·


Curtis st.


Private.


40


School


Somerville ave.


Highland ave.


Public.


40


1,901


School


Highland ave. .


Broadway


Public.


50


2,500


. . ..


Sellon pl.


Marshall st. .


Northwesterly


Private.


12


120


Seven Pines ave .


Cameron ave. .


Cambridge line


Public.


40


92


..


Sewall ct.


Sewall st. .


Southwesterly .


Private.


25


190


Sewall


Grant st.


Temple st.


Public.


40


615


....


Shawmut pl.


Shawmut st. .


Alston st.


Private.


30


...


200


Shawmut


Washington st. .


Cross st.


Public.


40


575


Shedd


Somerville ave.


Merriam ave.


Private.


40


...


310


Sherman ct.


Sargent ave. . .


Marshall st.


Private.


10


...


250


Sherman


Somerville ave.


Frost ave.


Private.


35


...


270


Sibley ct.


Cutter st. .


Northwesterly .


Private.


10


.


.


100


Sibley pl.


Cutter st. .


Northwesterly .


Private.


10


. .


100


Simpson ave.


Broadway .


Holland st. .


Private.


40


·


825


Skehan .


Dane st.


Hanson st.


Public.


30


306


Skehan


Hanson


Durham


Private.


30


·


414


Skilton ave.


Pearl st.


Pearl st.


Private.


40


....


540


Smith ave.


Beacon st.


Line st.


Private.


25+


. .


200


Snow pl.


Belmont st.


Easterly


Private.


30


..


75


Snow pl.


Snow pl.


N'th'ly and S'th'ly


Private.


20


....


222


Snow ter.


Jaques st.


Southwesterly


Private.


16


120


Somerville ave.


E. Camb. line


Union sq.


Public.


75


4,325


. .


..


South


Medford st.


Water st.


Public.


30


989


....


Spencer ave.


Cedar st.


Hancock st.


Public.


40


727


. .


..


Spring ct.


Somerville ave.


Westerly .


Private.


20


200


Spring


Somerville ave.


Summer st.


Public.


40


1,220


Springfield


Concord ave.


Cambridge line


Public.


40


788


Spring Hill ter.


Highland ave.


Belmont st.


Private.


20


670


Stanford ter.


Beacon st.


Northeasterly School st.


Public.


40


458


St. James ave.


Elm st.


Summer st.


Public.


40


488


..


Stone ave.


Union sq. .


Columbus ave. .


Public.


40


676


Stone ave.


Columbus ave.


Prospect Hill p'k'y


Public.


38


107


..


Stone pl.


Stone ave.


Southeasterly


Private.


30


145


Summer


Bow st.


Elm st.


Public.


45


7,900


..


..


Summit ave.


Walnut st.


Vinal ave.


Public.


45


532


. .


Summit .


College ave.


Billingham st.


Public.


40


262


Sumner


Lawrence st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


20


175


Sunnyside ave.


Walnut st.


Wigglesworth st.


Private.


35


250


Sycamore


Broadway


Medford st.


Public.


45


1,275


Sycamore


Medford st.


B. & L. R R. .


Public.


40


667


..


. .


Sycamore


B. & L. R. R.


Highland ave. .


Public.


35


722


....


Sydney


Grant st.


Temple st.


Public.


40


679


..


Talbot ave.


Packard ave.


College ave.


Private.


50


1,409 '


* Tannery (Ext'n)


Woodstock st.(Ext'n)


Private.


40


. .


160


Taunton.


Cambridge line . Wyatt st.


Easterly to angle .


Private.


30


. .


..


95 -


Taylor pl.


Somerville ave.


Southerly


Private.


15


....


....


685


Temple .


Broadway


Mystic ave.


Public.


66


1,637


Tenney ct.


Mystic ave.


Northeasterly


Private.


30


400


Tennyson


Forster st.


Pembroke st.


Public.


40


922


Thorndike


Holland st.


Arl'ngt'n Br. R. R. Kingston st.


Public.


40


115


. . ..


Thurston


Broadway


Richdale ave.


Public.


40


1,660


..


Tower ct.


Tyler st.


Northeasterly


Private.


25


....


Tower


Crown st.


Highland ave.


Public.


40


559


Tremont pl.


Tremont st.


Southeasterly


Private.


about 10


....


75.


.


..


200


Taylor


Mystic ave.


Sydney st.


Private.


40


310.


Teele ave.


Packard ave.


Curtis st.


Private.


40


Public.


40


465


....


Thorndike


Arl'gt'n Br. R.R. Highland ave.


Southwesterly


Public.


30


468


..


..


*Proposed.


. .


420


200


Stickney ave. .


Marshall st. .


Summer st.


Northeasterly


Private


30


125 .


Somerville ave.


Union sq.


N. Camb. line


Public.


6,793


....


170


Taunton


Angle


Marion st.


Private.


20


..


.


Thorpe pl.


150


Private.


St. James ave. ext.


....


LENGTH.


690


....


317


CITY ENGINEER.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Continued.


STREET.


FROM


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Tremont


Webster ave.


Cambridge line .


Public.


40


589


Trull


Vernon st.


Medford st.


Public.


40


1,050


'Trull lane


Highland ave.


Oxford st.


Private.


15


...


200


Tufts parkway


College ave. .


College ave.


Public.


22


900


Tufts


Washington st.


Cross st.


Public.


40


982


Tyler


Vine st.


Dane st.


Public.


40


404


..


Unnamed st.


Ware st.


Powder h'se blvd.


Private.


20-40


....


283


Unnamed st.


(Highway


and


Water


Dept.


grounds) .


Broadway .


Cedar st. .


Private.


45


980


Union


Broadway


Mystic ave.


Public.


40


345


. .


Union pl.


Linwood st.


Southwesterly


Private.


10


..


175


Veazie


Walnut st.


Bradley st.


Public.


35


392


. .


Veazie


Bradley st.


Marshall st.


Public.


40


261


....


Vernon


Central st.


Glenwood road


Public.


40


761


....


Vernon


Glenwood road .


Partridge ave.


Public.


40 to 30


190


....


Vernon


Partridge ave.


Lowell st.


Public.


30


434


Victoria


Broadway


Cambridge line


Private.


40


....


1,036


Villa ave.


Winslow ave.


Arlington Br. R. R.


Private.


35


200


Village


Dane st.


Vine st.


Private.


25


370


Vinal ave.


Summer st.


Highland ave.


Public.


45


1,425


200


Vine


Somerville ave.


Hanson st.


Private.


40


....


780


Vine


Hanson st.


Beacon st.


Private.


25


650


Virginia .


Aldrich st.


Jasper st.


Public.


40


405


....


Wade ct.


Cedar st.


Westerly .


Private.


20


180


Waldo ave.


Beacon st.


Dimick st.


Private.


40


Waldo


Highland ave.


Hudson st.


Public.


40


287


....


Wallace .


Holland st.


Broadway


Public.


40


1,342


..


..


Walnut


Bow st.


Broadway


Public.


40


3,948


..


Walter pl.


Walter st.


Southwesterly


Private.


40


....


222


Walter


Walnut st.


S about 100 ft. N. of Bradley st.


-


Public.


40


548


..


..


Ward


Medford st.


Earle st.


Private.


30


610


Ware .


Curtis st.


Powder h'se blvd.


Private.


40


....


700


Warner


Powder House sq.


Medford line


Public.


60


500


..


Warren ave.


Union sq.


Columbus ave.


Public.


40


663


..


..


Warren .


Medford st.


Cambridge line


Public.


30 to 40


109


..


Warwick


Cedar st.


Warwick pl.


Public.


40


665


..


Washington


Charlest'n line


Franklin ave.


Public.


75


1,060


. .


Washington


Franklin ave.


Fitchburg R. R.


Public.


60 to 100


3,977


..


Washington


Fitchburg R. R. South st.


Northerly


Private.


25


..


....


236


Webster ave.


Union sq.


Cambridge line


Public.


49.5


1,955


..


Webster


Franklin st.


Cross st. .


Public.


40


1.034


. .


Wellington ave.


Walnut st.


Montgomery


ave.


Public.


40


215


Wesley pk.


Wesley sq.


Northeasterly


Public.


40


405


Wesley


Pearl st.


Otis st.


Public.


40


515


West .


Broadway .


Heath st.


Private.


30


..


..


250


West .


Hawthorne st.


Arlington Br. R. R.


Private.


30


460


Westminster


Broadway .


Electric ave.


Public.


40


376


Weston ave.


Clarendon ave.


Broadway


Private.


40


....


525


Westwood road


Central st.


Benton road


Public.


40


489


..


2,344


250


Waterhouse


Broadway


Cambridge line


Private.


40


986


Waverly


Washington st. .


Roland st.


Private.


35


200


Wellington ave.


Montgomery ave.


Easterly .


Private.


40


150


Washington ave.


Washington st.


Northerly


Private.


18


350


Water


Watson .


Broadway


Fairmount ave.


Private.


40


...


140


Vine ct. .


Vine st.


Northwesterly


Private.


25


....


100


Upland Park


Main st.


Southwesterly


Private.


20


Vinal .


Richardson st.


Northeasterly


Private.


20


....


Warwick place


Warwick st.


Northeasterly


Private.


15


Cambridge line


Public


60


85


LENGTH.


..


277


318


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Concluded.


STREET.


FROM.


To


Public or Private


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Wheatland .


Broadway .


Mystic ave. .


Public. Public.


40


1,364


....


Wheeler


Pinckney st. .


Mt. Vernon st.


Whipple


Highland ave.


Arlington Br. R. R.


Private.


30


318


+ White .


Elm st.


Cambridge line


Public.


307


White St. pl.


White st.


Southeasterly


Private.


20


..


684


Wigglesworth .


Bonair st. .


Pearl st. .


Public.


40


744


...


William .


Chandler st.


College ave.


Public.


40


381


45


Williams ct.


Porter st. .


Northwesterly


Private.


30


. .


. .


Willoughby


Central st.


Sycamore st.


Public.


40


427


Willow ave.


Elm st.


Broadway


Public.


50


3,534


150


Wilson ave.


Broadway .


B. & L. R. R.


Private.


20


. .


310


Wilton


Lowell st. .


Lawrence st.


Public.


35


470


65


Windom


Elm st.


Summer st. .


Public.


40


300


. .


Windsor road .


Willow ave.


Hancock st.


Public.


40


575


....


Winslow ave. . Winter


College ave.


Holland st.


Public.


30


402


. .


..


Winter Hill cir.


Broadway .


Northeasterly


Private.


25


177


(Extension.)


Mystic ave.


Middlesex ave.


Private.


40


Woodbine


Centre st.


Lowell st.


Private.


30


600


*Woods ave.


North st.


Alewife brook


Private.


40


..


1,350


Woodstock .


Victoria st.


Alewife brook


Private.


40


...


415


(Extension.)


Victoria st.


Tannery st. (Ext'n.)


Private.


40


....


920


Wyatt circle


Wyatt st.


Wyatt st.


Private.


20


...


315


Wyatt


Concord ave.


Lincoln parkway .


Public.


40


496


Yorktown


Cambridge line .


¡ N. E. line Mal-) vern ave.


Public.


40


294


Yorktown


Malvern ave.


Northerly


Private.


40


...


*Proposed.


+Sidewalk in Somerville.


Court


26 Craigie st.


Westerly


Private.


25


126


Court


36 Craigie st.


Westerly


Private.


25


126


Court


292 Broadway


Southwesterly


Private.


15


. .


70


Court


66 Lowell st.


Westerly


Private.


25


....


101


Court


Olive ave.


Porter st.


Private.


7.5


....


156


Court


10 Stone ave.


Northwesterly


Private.


20


....


113


Court


21 Albion st .


Northeasterly


Private.


10


....


117


Court


11 Albion st.


Northeasterly


Private.


9


... .


170


Court


20 Dimick st.


Southwesterly


Private.


39.25


....


136


Court


612 Broadway


Southwesterly


Private.


20


....


188


Total


370,779


124,063


. .


96


Court


58 Dane st.


Easterly


Private.


10


..


101


Court


78 Lowell st.


Westerly


Private.


25


....


100


Court


227 Columbia st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


10


. .


..


Winchester


Broadway .


Medford line


Private.


40


. .


Clifton st.


Public.


40


1,123


....


Whitfield road.


Packard ave.


Curtis st.


Private.


40


·


William .


Broadway .


Medford line


Private.


50


....


150


Willow pl. .


Cambridge line


South st. .


Private.


25


Winthrop ave.


583


*Woodstock


( N. E. line


100


....


..


269


....


200


40


LENGTH.


Public, 70.223 miles ( includes 2.843 miles boulevards ); private, 23.497 miles. Total length of streets in the city, 93.720 miles.


... .


College ave.


.C .


WILLOW AVENUE. Granolithic Laid by Highways Department.


REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.


OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER, 1 CITY HALL, January 1, 1906.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-I most respectfully submit the thirtieth an- nual report, containing a brief summary of the principal work performed by the highway department during the year 1905, with recommendations for necessary improvements and addi- tions for the coming year.


The highway department has made great progress toward the improvement of the main streets the past year.


Pearl and Medford Streets.


Pearl street, from Cross street to Medford street, including Gilman square, and Medford street, from Gilman square to School street, have been put in a first-class condition with bitulithic paving at a cost of $18,558.54.


Edgestones were reset where needed, and flagging cross- ings laid at street intersections.


The street railway company raised and repaired its tracks, and all the mains and connections of the telephone, water, gas, and sewer pipes were repaired before the bitulithic paving was laid.


The firm of Warren. Brothers Corporation received the contract to lay the bitulithic for $2.25 per square yard with a five-year guarantee. I recommend that this kind of paving be extended on Medford street to Magoun square.


Highland Avenue.


The department, with its own labor and the co-operation of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, paved the portion of Highland avenue extending from Davis square easterly about 100 feet, with paving brick, the joints being grouted with Port- land cement on a concrete base, at a cost of $1,261.52. This paving should be extended on Highland avenue to Grove street.


Holland and Washington Streets.


Holland street, the entire length, and Washington street from Union square to the Cambridge line have been macadam- ized, trap rock being used for the two top layers on Washington street, at a total cost for both streets of $9,364.11.


320


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Granite Paving.


Somerville avenue, in front of Squire's box factory, and Warren street, which is used a great deal for heavy teaming, were paved with granite paving blocks at a cost of $1,396.72.


The city should continue to pave portions of the main streets with some kind of permanent paving each year. By so doing, not only may the main streets be put in first-class condi- tion, but all the side streets in the vicinity may be repaired with the old material excavated for the new paving.


Clarendon Avenue.


An order was passed by the board of aldermen January 25, 1903, for the laying out and acceptance of Clarendon avenue, from Broadway to the Cambridge line.


Work was begun at once and was completed May 1, 1905, at a cost of $17.260.98. Although the cost was great, the high- way department received a large amount of stone, which was crushed and used on the streets. The laying out of this street has placed on the market a large tract of improved land for building purposes from which the city will receive an increase in taxes. It also furnished work for unemployed citizens in the winter time, when most of the work was done.


City Ledge.


The city ledge between Broadway and Holland street would have been nearly exhausted at the end of this year had not the city constructed Clarendon avenue, thereby receiving enough stone for street work without drawing very heavily on the city ledge. I agree with Mayor Chandler when he says in his inaugural address of 1905 that with the complete removal of the city ledge, opportunity would be given for a great im- provement. A sixty-foot street could be laid out through this property to connect with Cameron and Packard avenues, thus affording a fine thoroughfare between North Cambridge and Tufts College. I would recommend, as last year, the early con- sideration of the advisability of purchasing a stone ledge of suitable material, if found in a favorable location. I think great improvement at a less cost can be made in the construction and maintenance of our streets if such a purchase is made.


Stone Crusher.


The crushing plant has worked 287 days the past year, but was unable to supply the demand for stone. The plant was thoroughly overhauled, and the installment of a new screen has added greatly to the improvement of the plant, and it is my in- tention to add to the bin capacity, thereby saving handling the crushed stone. Fourteen thousand six hundred fifty tons were crushed, and 1,693 tons purchased during the year.


CLARENDON AVENUE .- Before Construction.


CLARENDON AVENUE .- After Construction.


321


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Street Cleaning.


All the streets, both accepted and private, were cleaned during the year, and all the paved streets, swept as often as the highway appropriation would allow. $12,018.06 was spent in this branch of the work.


Patrolmen with push carts have been constantly kept at the squares and on the main streets, and I hope the appropria- tion will allow this force to be increased the coming year, and also be sufficient for the purchase of a gutter sweeper. The placing of one or more waste barrels at all the schoolhouses for the pupils, and on the main streets for the public, would not only save the city expense, but would improve the looks of the streets in the vicinity, and it is my intention to carry out this idea. The teaming in this branch of the work the coming year will be increased, as the dumping places are few and far between.


Bridges.


The bridges are in good condition. By the decision of the county commissioners two bridges are to be built over the tracks at Lowell street. One will be paid for by the Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation, while the decision as to the pay- ment for the other is yet to be determined by the court. The construction of the bridges will develop the unimproved land in the vicinity of Albion and adjacent streets, and will be a great benefit to the general public. Plans are being drawn by the city engineer for the abolishing of grade crossings on the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad.


Shade Trees.


There is nothing which helps to improve the looks of a city more than shade trees. Trees have been set out on Highland avenue and Holland street the entire length at the expense of the city, and in cases where individuals paid for the trees, the department set them out, protecting them with a wire guard and pole, and watering them during the dry season. I recom- mend that the city purchase and set out shade trees on Summer street. The department has set out 675 trees, while forty-six dead and dangerous trees were removed during the year.


Subways.


The subways at Kent, Sacramento, and Thorndike streets are in good condition. Men are assigned to care for the same, and extra help is provided in case of a storm. If subways were built at West street and Hancock street, on the Arlington Branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, it would be a great convenience and safety to the public until such time as grade crossings are abolished.


322


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The Brown=tail and Gypsy Moth.


The original home of the brown-tail moth was in Europe, where the insect is found all over the entire continent except in the northern portions. It first came here in the year 1890 and the first serious outbreak occurred in 1897. All of the streets are now generally infested throughout the entire city.




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