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Emergency Call.
Somerville is the originator of the emergency call in case of accidents for highway men, and is the only city in the Com- monwealth having such a call. The following is a copy of an order issued by the street commissioner on October 7, 1907 :-
"If at any time after this date, day or night, Sunday or holi- day, there should be an accident on the railroad, a burst water main, a collapse of a bridge, a big fire, or any other accident in the same line that would be likely to cause injury to life or limb, or be a menace to the safety of public travel, all employees of the highway department will be required to report immediately at the city stables and receive further orders there. In case of the above-mentioned accidents happening, eight blows will be sounded twice on the fire alarm. For further information, see the foremen or sub-foremen, who will explain more fully."
On October 17, 1907, an alarm was sounded to test the effi- ciency of the department, and inside of fifteen minutes there were forty-one men, two foremen, three sub-foremen, six double teams, and two single teams at the city stables.
The emergency wagon which is kept in the cellar of the stable was hooked up and in front of the stable in three minutes from the time of sounding the alarm. No one, excepting Mayor Grimmons, Assistant Chief Ring, of the fire department, Com- missioner Underwood, and the street commissioner, knew that the alarm was to be sounded.
I wish to recommend that a signal box 8-8 be placed in the city stables for the use of the department. There has also been installed at the city ledge and stables an emergency medicine chest, in compliance with the law of the State Legislature of 1907. These chests have been used several times, with very sat- isfactory results.
Miscellaneous.
Specifications were sent out to all the local and wholesale concerns and bids asked for the furnishing of tools and supplies of all kinds, including edgestones, brick, sand, gravel, cement, paving stock, etc. The bids were opened publicly in the office of the mayor, and the contracts were awarded to the lowest bid- der, preference being given Somerville citizens.
The department maintains its own painter, carpenter, black- smith, horseshoer, and harness repairer, all employed at the city stables.
If the names of certain streets in different parts of the city which are the same were changed, it would be a great conven- ience to the public.
This department has been called upon to furnish steam rollers, teams, crushed stone, sand, gravel, and ashes to the other departments, being reimbursed for the same.
379
STREET COMMISSIONER.
There were 207 permits issued to the Cambridge Gas Light Company and ninety-three to the Charlestown Gas and Electric Company for the opening of streets for gas connections and re- pairs ; 124 permits were issued to occupy and 157 to open streets ; two to blast rock and forty-four to cross the sidewalks to con- tractors and corporations ; nine to erect canopies, two to feed horses, and nine to run steam rollers through the streets; 172 permits were given to licensed drain layers to open streets for sewer connections.
There were 816 defects in the streets and sidewalks reported by the chief of police which were promptly repaired, thereby, in all probability, saving the city from law suits.
There were fifty-one signs and guide posts erected by the department during the year; 455.4 square yards of crossings paved with granite blocks, flagging, and bricks, and 4,693.4 yards of block stone gutters laid, at a cost of $9,548.64; 2,750 yards of sand and gravel were used; 6,777 loads of dirt and 11,218 loads of scrapings were removed from the streets; 2,000 loads of old macadam and 1,439 loads of ballast were used in the repairs and construction of streets ; 3,836 loads of ashes were used in the repair and construction of sidewalks and in setting and re-setting edgestones; 5,445.9 square yards of granolithic and 7,278.8 square yards of brick sidewalks were laid, and 13,791.3 feet, or nearly 2.612 miles of edgestones set, at a cost of $30,111.22 ; 8,762.4 feet of edgestones, or nearly 1.66 miles, were re-set, and 3,077.3 square yards of brick sidewalks re-laid, at a cost of $2,173.70. This amount includes patching sidewalks and attending to police reports of defects. There were 1,654.4 square yards of granolithic sidewalk laid by private parties on private streets.
I have attended twenty-five meetings of the Committee on Highways to consult and give information regarding work and petitions.
Recommendations.
I recommend that permanent paving be laid on Broadway, north side, from New Cross street to Fellsway East. This would carry the improvement to a point opposite the paving laid this year. Permanent paving should be laid on Highland ave- nue, extending from the pavement at Hamlet street northerly as far as the appropriation would allow.
The freight houses of the Boston & Maine Railroad, being removed from Boston to Rutherford avenue, Charlestown, cause all the heavy teams of the packing houses to use Medford street and Washington street, instead of East Cambridge. These streets are in poor condition and permanent pavement should be laid on the same, also on Somerville avenue, from Kent street to Oak square. Main street, from Broadway to the Medford line, is very narrow, thus making it a hard street to keep in re- pair, and should be paved with permanent pavement.
380
1
ANNUAL REPORTS. ! 1
Summer street, from Belmont street to Cutter square, should be re-macadamized, and School street, from Broadway to Med- ford street, and College avenue, from Davis square to Powder- house square, tarviated.
The re-macadamizing with a Tarvia top of Broadway, near Willow bridge, should be extended this year westerly to Pow- der-house square, and easterly to Magoun square.
Edgestones should be set and gutters paved with granite blocks on College avenue, from Broadway to the Medford line, Medford street, from the Boston & Maine Railroad bridge to Highland avenue, Beacon street, southerly side, from Washing- ton street to Park street, Elm street, from White street to Cut- ter square, and on one side of Packard avenue and Curtis street, the other sides of these streets being already set. This would improve the appearance of these two streets and care for the surface water which now gullies the sidewalks and gutters after a storm.
There are several brick and granolithic sidewalks that should be extended or the spaces completed so as to make one continu- ous walk between intersecting streets, as these spaces are very disagreeable to pedestrians, especially in the spring and fall.
Highways Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1906
$1,926 60
Receipts and credits :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, street railway tax
$40,439 71
Boston Elevated Railway tax
8,908 18
Bills receivable (Health Department) .
191 90
Use of steam road rollers by sundry per- sons
292 50
Waldo Bros., cement bags ·
9 69
Materials furnished prior to January 1, 1907, uncollected that day
168 38
Boston & Maine Railroad (proportional part of cost constructing sidewalk in Willow avenue, 1906)
50 25
Transfer from Overlay and Abatement ac- count
7,000 00
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1907 .
896 43
Value of tools and property on hand Janu- ary 1, 1907
25,783 59
Less amount transferred to Sidewalks Maintenance ac- count
1,000 00
$82,740 63
Total credit
$87,642 67
.
83,740 63
Profit and loss on tools, property, and materials
2,975 44
381
STREET COMMISSIONER.
0
DEBIT.
!
Expenditures :-
For repairs of sundry streets as per table B, at end of this report
$12,987 02
General repairs of streets
9,109 24
Repairs and maintenance of gravel sidewalks
2,441 94
Repairs of street crossings .
184 90
Repairs of stone paving
34 90
Repairs of street paving
13 25
Repairs of gutters
140 15
Removing snow and ice and care of slippery sidewalks
9,673 28
Cleaning streets
17,714 98
Care of subways
212 96
Removing trees
469 33
Trimming trees
278 10
Setting trees .
3 65
Blacksmithing
310 78
Carpentering
654 26
Painting
133 81
Street signs
267 78
Street Commissioner's salary
2,000 00
Street Commissioner's team
264 36
Street Commissioner's telephone
18 53
Steam piping for dry house .
67 89
Grading sidewalk, Warner street
48 25
Street opening at Broadway Parkway, opposite Fells- way east
124 58
Street opening, Highland avenue, between Cedar and Cherry streets (at Gurney estate)
48 82
Repairing shed
14 93
Repairing driveway 6 75
Health Department (bill unpaid December 31, 1907)
279 75
Public Grounds (bill unpaid December 31, 1907)
438 29
Sewer Department (bill unpaid December 31, 1907)
103 05
Boston Elevated Railway Co. (bill unpaid December 31, 1907) 48 40
Private work, the bills for which remained unpaid De- cember 31
406 35
Books, printing, stationery, and postage .
90 00
Sundry expenses .
1,473 06
Bills payable January 1, 1907
16 75
Clarendon-hill ledge (labor)
150 07
Value of materials on hand this day
1,460 64
Value of tools and personal property on hand this day :-
Horses
$6,940 00
Carts and implements used with horses
6,341 75
Harnesses and horse clothing
1,022 88
Stable utensils and property
548 75
Tools
2,452 32
Steam road rollers
7,150 00
Stone crusher and fittings
2,053 00
Street signs .
62 00
26,570 70
Total debit .
$88,261 50
Amount overdrawn ·
$618 83
:
Highways Construction Account.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1906
Appropriation
Transfer from Sewers Construction
$3,500 00
Waldo Bros., cement bags
783 75
Less transfer to Sidewalks Construction $4,283 75
2,000 00
Advertising and recording deeds in 1905 and 1906, charged in construction of streets in 1907 104 06
2,283 75
Total credit
$25,767 70
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Construction or partial construction of streets, as appears by table A, at end of this report $3,356 06
Less assessments
1,743 00
Paving Medford street and Central square to Highland avenue, with Hassam pavement
7,113 87
Paving Broadway (both sides), from end of pavement laid in 1906 to Cross street, and on southwesterly side, from Cross street to westerly line to Fellsway east, extended .
14,833 25
Paving Cross street (both sides), from Medford street to Tufts street, with Hassam pavement . · Paving Highland avenue (northeasterly side), from School street easterly to westerly end of driveway to the Public Library, with Hassam pavement
1,373 09
Widening Mossland street (northerly side), at corner of Elm street, and (southerly side) at corner of Som- erville avenue
1,675 11
Medford-street paving, Washington street to Central square, and Prospect Hill avenue (constructed in 1906), final payment .
84 79
· Medford-street paving, from School street to Broadway (constructed in 1906), final payment
122 78
Union-square paving, from Bow street to easterly corner of Stone avenue, and Somerville avenue, from Union square, westerly (southerly side), twenty-five feet beyond St. Thomas' church (constructed in 1906), final payment .
267 08
Advertising and recording releases for streets not con- structed .
151 85
Highway Betterment assessments, Veazie street and Clar- endon avenue, assumed by city
131 23
Real estate liens (tax title of 1904)
29 53
Sundry expenses
32 12
Books, printing, and stationery
26 75
Total debit
$27,690 21
Amount overdrawn
$1,922 51
382
ANNUAL REPORTS. :
$2,879 89 20,500 00
$1,613 06
235 70
HINCKLEY STREET, BEFORE ACCEPTANCE
HINCKLEY STREET, AFTER ACCEPTANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
383
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1907 .
$2,132 00
Net gain on materials
724 44
2,856 44
Total credit
$12,856 44
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For paving seventeen gutters as per table,
$8,995 49
Repairing gutters, Concord avenue
(Prospect street to Leon street)
444 14
Street crossings as per table .
1,463 60
Value of materials on hand this day
1,379 50
* Total debit
$12,282 73
Balance unexpended .
$573 71
Highways, Watering Streets.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Assessments and contributions from abut- ters
$29,079 05
Insurance on water carts (collected from contractors)
72 00
Total credit
$29,151 05
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Inspector of street watering
$936 25
Teaming (street watering)
21,653 32
New water carts (10)
3,605 00
Repairing water carts .
1,192 22
Painting water carts
891 76
Building water shed
67 00
Board of horse
92 10
Horseshoeing
20 25
Insurance on water carts
63 00
Books
16 00
Printing
17 50
Clerical work (making up assessment list),
120 68
Water posts
337 84
Repairing water posts
186 07
Use of city teams .
111 60
Value of materials on hand this day
$29,310 59
258 50
$29,569 09
Amount overdrawn .
$408 04
384
ANNUAL REPORTS. 1
Highways, Shade Trees.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For labor, setting trees
$251 76
Use of city teams
67 20
Rubber for tree guards
3 35
Trees (152)
147 50
Transportation of trees
8 00
Loam
9 00
Total credit
$486 81
Balance unexpended .
$13 19
Sidewalk Construction Account.
CREDIT.
-
Appropriation
$12,000 00
Transfer from Highways Construction ac- .
2,000 00
Receipts and credits :-
From North Packing and Provision Co., constructing brick sidewalk, Warren street
73 95
George F. McKenna, proportional part for construction of granolithic side- walk, Medford street and Sycamore street
100 00
l'otal credit .
$14,173 95
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For forty-six sidewalks con-
structed as per table C . $29,786 79
Less assessments 14,893 44
$14,893 35 183 61
Constructing sidewalk as per table D
Work on Summit-street sidewalk (aban- doned) 39 30
Warren-street sidewalk (northerly side), from Cambridge line to Medford street, and covered with bricks (paid by North Packing and Provision Co.), 73 95 Constructing granolithic steps for J. A. Ells, Bartlett street 5 57
Books, printing, and stationery
15 00
Total debit
$15,210 78
Amount overdrawn
$1,036 83
Sidewalk Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Transfer from Highways Maintenance ac-
1,000 00
count
.
Total credit
$500 00
$1,000 00
$2,000 00
count
385
STREET COMMISSIONER.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Bricks used in repairing sidewalks
$258 02
Crushed stone
32 13
Sand
41 92
Gravel
16 00
Repairing granolithic sidewalks
13 49
Repairing concrete sidewalks
8 00
Labor
1,511 25
Use of city teams
152 60
Tools
14 30
Total debit
$2,047 71
Amount overdrawn
.
$47 71
386
TABLE A. Streets Constructed in 1907.
STREET.
FROM
To
CONSTRUCTED
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Giles park .
Walnut street
.
.
·
.
Wholly
167
$ 215 30
Hamlet street
Highland avenue
Southwesterly end .
Wholly
·
.
451
420 46
Hinckley street .
Broadway
Richardson street .
·
·
.
.
·
·
·
·
·
·
.
637
717 84
Thorpe place
Highland avenue ·
Southwesterly end .
·
Wholly
468.
337 07
Vernon street
Glenwood road
Lowell street
Wholly
624
913 96
.
.
.
.
.
Wholly
579
667 39
Nashua street
Richardson street
Boston Lowell R. R.
Wholly
·
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Length in feet and cost .
.
.
2,926
$3,272 02
.
.
.
Westerly end
·
·
.
387
TABLE B. Streets Repaired.
STREET.
FROM
To
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
FEET.
COST.
Arthur street
Broadway
Bonair street .
Re-surfaced
438
$38 85
Belmont street
.
Highland avenue
Summer street
Re-surfaced
950
129 38
Brastow avenue
Porter street ·
Lowell street
Macadamized .
686
582 45
Brooks street
.
Glen street
Cross street
.
.
Re-surfaced and tarvia
1,200
1,155 96
Broadway
William street
.
Summer street
Macadamized and tarvia
970
1,133 54
Central street
·
.
Orchard street
.
Re-surfaced
670
94 17
Cherry street
Highland avenue
.
P. H. Sq. (Easterly Side)
Davis square .
Asphaltum
2,027
821 04
Dickinson street
.
Springfield street Cross street .
Rush street
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Carlton street
Macadamized and tarvia
600
987 08
Madison street .
School street .
Sycamore street
Macadamized .
891
659 03
Marshall street .
Broadway
Gilman square
Macadamized .
1,650
213 15
Prospect street
.
Webster avenue
Somerville avenue
·
Re-surfaced
1,262
287 18
Putnam avenue
Highland avenue
Summer street
.
Re-surfaced
1,400
214 22
School street
.
Summer street
Berkeley street
Macadamized .
460
472 85
Vernon street
Glenwood road
Central street .
Macadamized .
764
916 44
Vinal avenue
Highland avenue
Grand View avenue
Re-surfaced
210
111 55
Walnut street
Highland avenue .
Boston street
Macadamized and tarvia
660
495 22
Walnut street ·
.
Highland avenue .
Gilman street .
Macadamized and tarvia
550
327 40
Warner street .
.
Powder House Square ·
Medford line .
Re-surfaced ·
· ·
500
259 27
Length in feet and cost .
19,572
$12,987 02
·
-
STREET COMMISSIONER.
.
.
600
440 56
College avenue
Macadamized .
770
847 68
Ellsworth street
Brooks street .
Pearl street
Re-surfaced
680
163 84
Lake street
Hawkins street
.
·
.
.
Re-surfaced
Tarvia
900
1.011 63
Rush street .
Broadway
Flint street
.
.
Re-surfaced
230
26 35
Glen street
Highland avenue Elm street
.
Re-surfaced
504
79 28
Willow bridge
Summer street
Macadamized .
.
Beacon street .
.
1,518 90
Mystic avenue
.
.
-
.
.
Chester street
TABLE C. Sidewalks Constructed Where the Materials Were Furnished by the City and One-half the Cost Was Assessed Upon the Abutting Estates.
- .
388
·
1
Both .
.
·
·
Church street
.
.
Carried forward .
5,625.9
4.644.
3,394.7
$15,887 09
.
Southwesterly
Broadway .
.
Patrick Kearins, corner Į S Dexter street . ·
. ...
....
178.8
253 90
Broadway .
.
.
.
·
.
Northwesterly
Spencer avenue .
Lexington avenue
187.
.
. .
147 60
Cedar street
Northwesterly
Highland avenue
Spencer avenue
... .
....
46 63
Central street ·
Westerly
In front of estate of
Elix. T. Mongan, No. 24
....
32.1
.. .
30 50
Columbus avenue
Southerly
In front of estate of
Timothy L. Keefe, No.32
....
1,416.8
1,440 71
*Concord avenue
Both
Prospect street .
Leon street
....
137.3
194 97
Curtis street ·
Northwesterly
Fairmount avenue
Brick Block cor. B'way
....
64.
90 88
Curtis street
·
Both
.
Springfield street Willow avenue .
Liberty avenue
1,354.5
168.5
542 95
Giles park
·
.
Both
Walnut street
.
.
Medford street
·
. . .
401.4
569 99
Hamlet street .
Both
.
.
End of street
919.8
. . . .
549 57
Hancock street .
.
Easterly
Elm street
Summer street
.
.
Richardson street
1,138.1
....
·
...
.
-
....
120.5
201 11
Highland avenue
Northeasterly
School street
.
leading to Pub. Library §
Josephine avenue
·
.
Morrison avenue
Frederick avenue
...
. . .
813.7
1,310 15
Kenwood street
Both
.
.
.
·
Billingham street
.
. .
....
5
Northeasterly
Hawkins street
Church street
.1
737.5
1,190.6
1,852 30
.
Broadway
Medford street
. .
39.6
....
36 32
Beacon street ·
.
Northeasterly
In front of estate of
Margaret Thiery, No. 289
.. .
72.4
... .
87 69
Billingham street
.
Easterly .
Kenwood street .
Broadway ·
.
707.7
...
·
...
686 01
Boston avenue .
Northeasterly
In front of estate of
Boston & Lowell R. R. 1 Bridge . ·
243.1
·
.
243.9
601 21
Broadway .
Southwesterly
Boston avenue .:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
....
997.2
1,175 58
Dickinson street
.
Both
.
.
N'westerly end of Park
338.2
Glenwood road
.
Westerly
Broadway
.
.
.
542.6
....
1,035 49
Hinckley street .
·
Both .
.
Broadway .
.
Westerly driveway
....
Both .
College avenue ·
.
629 91
Lake street
·
·
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Bartlett street
Both
991.5
$1,390 00
.
*Where not already laid.
ANNUAL REPORTS. !
1,852 70
Fosket street .
.
North westerly
In front of estate of
Winsor L. Snow .
Beacon street
·
200 24
Cedar street
138.
.
46.2
....
.
·
960 59
Highland avenue
.
443.6
Hawkins street .
Pritchard avenue
.
TABLE C. - Concluded.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC
COST.
Brought forward .
5,625.9
4,644.
3,394.7
$15,887 09
Lowell street .
.
Easterly
.
.
.
.
No. 20 and 22 Medford
( Medford and .
In front of estate
.
street and 2 and 4 South street
... .
50.4
. ...
59 39
South streets .
·
Southeasterly
·
·
.
Prospect Hill avenue
Inc. estate No. 21
180.2
....
136.
425 72
Munroe street
Northerly ·
.
Richardson street
B.& M. R. R. South'n Div.
1,161.9
....
1,139 24
Nashua street
Both
.
Trull lane .
Central street
....
315.2
589 79
Oxford street ·
·
Westerly .
Broadway .
Professors' row
1,559.4
. ...
120.5
171 11
Park avenue
Easterly
.
.
Medford street
.
.. .
...
362 13
Perry street
1
Westerly ·
Washington street
.
Lincoln parkway . .
30.1
210.7
282 78
Perry street
Easterly .
.
Sidewalk already laid and along Lincoln
Parkway to Wyatt st. S
Nos. 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
... .
.. . .
87.2
123 82
Pritchard avenue
Northwesterly
.
Morrison avenue
Frederick avenue
....
....
430.
664 65
Rogers avenue .
.
Westerly .
.
.
Florence E. Perry
. . .
. ...
53.2
82 64
Rogers avenue .
Westerly .
In front of estate of .
Nos. 54 and 58
Stephen H. Murphy
....
. . .
57 15
*Summit street .
·
.
.
Burnside avenue .
Derby street
236.
... .
....
241 73
Temple street
·
.
.
.
915.9
....
....
934 45
Thorpe place ·
Both
.
.
Lowell street ·
Central street
2,342.4
.. . .
...
2,279 77
*Vernon street .
·
·
.
Broadway ·
Morrison avenue
1,641.5
... .
779.8
1,107 32
Windsor road
.
.
.
.
Hancock street :
.
Willow avenue .
...
....
.
13,791.3
7,213.6
5,316.6
$29,786 79
.
.
Easterly
.
Washington street
Lincoln park
1
.. .
. . .
..
.
.
Est. No. 25 .
.
....
497.6
. .. .
529 12
STREET COMMISSIONER.
*Where not already laid.
.
Southerly
Bartlett street .
Magoun square.
...
882.3
858 52
*Medford street
Northeasterly
.
.
.
.
.
Chandler street .
Wallace street
.
....
....
336.9
Partridge avenue
.
.
.
.
In front of estates
.
.
.
.
.
Jaques street
End of street
.
·
*Willow avenue .
North westerly
·
.
.
.
Both
In front of .
Belmont and Lowell street playground
98.
....
413.7
438 80
Medford street
Somerville avenue
R. R. Crossing
...
·
.
1,613 52
Packard avenue ·
Easterly
.
·
.
118.5
117 35
Summer street
South westerly
Hancock street
In front of estate of
59.5
Northerly .
Southeasterly
Highland avenue
Both
1,723 36
Broadway
..
389
97 43
-
390
ANNUAL REPORTS.
-
TABLE D. Sidewalk Constructed Where a Proportional Part Was Paid For by the Abutter.
For
Street.
Yards of Granolithic.
Cost.
George F. McKenna
Medford and Sycamore streets
129.3
$183 61
391
TABLE E. Gutters Paved in Connection with Setting Edgestones.
STREET.
Side.
From
To
Square Yards.
Cost.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Boston avenue
Railroad bridge
81.
$168 67
Boston avenue
Southwesterly
·
Cedar street
Northwesterly
Spencer avenue
Lexington avenue .
62.3
133 15
Fosket street
.
.
.
.
.
Liberty avenue
451.5
856 35
Giles park
Both
.
.
Highland avenue
End of street
306.6
536 25
Hinckley street
.
Both
.
.
·
.
Church street
245.8
388 80
Lake street
.
Northeasterly
Hawkins
.
( Belmont and Lowell .
32.7
53 04
Lowell street .
.
Easterly .
In front of the
street playground .
60.1
138 06
Munroe street .
.
Both
Richardson street
Boston & Maine R. R. .
387.3
671 85
Packard avenue
Westerly
Broadway
Professors row
.
10.
11 25
Temple street .
Southeasterly
Jaques street .
Derby street .
78.7
197 10
Thorpe place ·
Both .
Highland avenue
.
.
305.3
589 37
Vernon street .
Both .
Lowell street . .
Central street
780.8
1,423 04
Willow avenue
.
Northwesterly
Broadway
.
·
Morrison avenue
·
547.2
1,106 75
Total
.
.
4,693.4
$8,995 49
.
·
.
Pritchard avenue
235.9
473 36
Rogers avenue
·
·
.
112.8
205 55
Hamlet street .
.
Both
.
379.3
753 86
Broadway
Richardson street .
.
·
.
616.1
1,289 04
*Perry street .
Both
Wyatt street .
Northerly
.
.
.
.
End of street
.
.
* Where not already laid.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
.
Both
Willow avenue
Walnut street
Northwesterly end
.
.
1
.
.
.
Nashua street .
Northerly
Prospect Hill avenue
Including estate No. 21
.
.
·
392
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE F. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.
FOR.
LOCATION.
Mrs. E. Ashworth
104 Cross street
J. A. Bremner
344 Somerville avenue
E. L. Davis .
150 Broadway
Derby Desk Co ..
205 Tremont street . Vernon street
Alexander S. Ford
F. A. Flood .
108 Prospect street
George F. Hadley
. Richdale avenue
James P. Hurley .
25 Sydney street
William F. Henderson
28 Elm street
J. A. Marsh & Co.
Park street
Anna Monahan
13 Perry street
National Casket Co.
Somerville avenue
Thomas O'Connell
4 Tufts street
G. Henry Perkins
· 16 Arthur street
Winsor L. Snow .
57 Dover street
Arthur C. Whitney
. Wheatland street
TABLE G. Driveways Discontinued at Expense of Abutters.
FOR.
LOCATION.
Martha M. Brown
14 Dover street
James Cohen
129 Sycamore street
Rev. C. T. McGrath
12 Webster avenue
Rev. J. J. O'Brien
179 Summer street
TABLE H. Driveway Re=located at Expense of Abutter.
FOR.
LOCATION.
Henry G. Applin . .
100 Cross street
TABLE I. Driveways Extended at Expense of Abutters.
For.
Location.
F. S. McGown Arthur Viano
97 Flint street 140 Holland street
.
393
TABLE J. Streets Accepted by the Board of Aldermen of 1907.
STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
WIDTH IN FEET.
LENGTH IN FEET.
ACCEPTED.
Alpine street
5
Cedar st. .
Accepted portion of Alpine st. .
Varying from to 40
30
667
September 13, 1907
Appleton street
7
Liberty ave.
Clifton st.
40
120
January 3, 1908
Autumn street
4
Broadway
Bonair st.
20
408
December 27, 1907
Bay State avenue
7
Broadway
Fosket st.
40
1,237
October 25, 1907
Boston avenue
6
Broadway
Pritchard ave.
Varying from 65 to 50
796
September 13, 1907
Concord avenue .
2
Beacon st.
Wyatt st. .
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