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N'th'ly and S'th'ly
Private.
20
....
120
Somerville ave.
E. Camb. line
Union sq.
Public.
75
4,325
....
Somerville ave.
Union sq.
N. Camb. line .
Public.
70
6,793
....
South
Medford st. .
Water st.
Public.
30
989
.. ..
Spencer ave.
Cedar st.
Hancock st.
Public.
40
727
. .
..
Spring ct.
Somerville ave.
Westerly .
Private.
20
....
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
....
200
Stickney ave. .
Marshall st.
School st.
Public.
40
458
. .
St. James ave.
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public.
40
488
St. James ave. ext.
Summer st.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
676
. .
Stone ave.
Columbus ave. 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
....
Walnut st.
Wigglesworth st.
Private.
35
.. .
..
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. * Tannery (Ext'n)
Cambridge line .
College ave. . Woodstock st. (Ext'n)
Private. Private.
40
....
160
. .
..
School
120
Sewall
Grant st.
Temple st.
Public.
40
Shawmut pl.
Shawmut st.
Alston st.
Private.
30
Cross st.
Public.
40
10
..
825
Skehan
Dane st.
Hanson st.
Public.
30
Snow pl.
Belmont st.
Easterly
Private.
30
....
222
Snow ter.
Jaques st.
Southwesterly
Private.
16
200
Stanford ter.
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private.
'20
...
125
Stone ave.
Union sq. .
Columbus ave.
Public.
40
Public.
38
107
...
Stone pl.
Sunset rd.
Curtis st. .
Proposed st.
Private.
40
658
Packard ave.
50
1,409
175
Sunnyside ave.
250
Shedd
Northwesterly
Private.
100
Simpson ave.
Highland ave.
Public.
40
1,901
..
...
156
400
....
690
190
575
200
670
Prospect Hill p'k'y
·
.
*Proposed,
LENGTH.
175
340
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.
Taunton.
Wyatt st.
Easterly to angle .
Private.
30
....
Taunton
Angle
Marion st.
Private.
20
95
Taylor pl.
Somerville ave.
Southerly
Private.
15
....
200
Taylor
Mystic ave. .
Sydney st.
Private.
40
....
310
Teele ave.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Private.
40
...
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.
Public.
40
465
.. . .
Thorndike
Arl'gt'n Br. R.R.
Kingston st.
Public.
40
115
. ..
Thorpe pl.
Highland ave.
Southwesterly
Public.
30
468
..
Thurston
Broadway
Richdale ave.
Public.
40
1,660
Timmins pl.
Dane st.
Westerly
Private.
3.5
97
Tower ct.
Tyler st.
Northeasterly
Private.
25
150
Tower
Crown st.
Highland ave.
Public.
40
559
75
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
....
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.
10
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
Public
40
1,036
Villa ave.
Winslow ave. Dane st.
Vine st.
Private.
25
370
Vinal ave.
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public.
45
1,425
200
Vine ct.
Vine st.
Northwesterly
Private.
25
....
140
Vine .
Somerville ave.
Hanson st.
Private.
40
....
780
Vine .
Hanson st.
Beacon st.
Public.
30
662
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
Walker st.
Broadway .
Leonard st.
Private.
40
Wallace .
Holland st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,342
..
Walnut
Bow st.
Broadway
Public.
40
3,948
270
Walnut road
Walnut st.
Kenneson road
Private.
40
....
222
Walter pl.
Walter st.
Southwesterly
Private.
40
....
548
..
Ward
Medford st.
Emery st.
Private.
30
450
Ware .
Curtis st. .
Dow st.
Private.
40
. . ..
680
Warner
Powder Housesq.
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 place
Warwick st. . Cedar st.
Warwick pl.
Public.
40
665
Washington ave.
Washington st.
Northerly
Private.
18
...
114
Washington
Charlest'n line .
Franklin ave.
Public.
75
1,060
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Public.
60 to 100 60
2,344
Water
South st.
Northerly
Private.
25
250
Waterhouse
Broadway
Cambridge line
Private.
40
..
986
Watson .
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Private.
40
..
. .
236
Waverly
Washington st.
Roland st.
Private.
35
..
200
....
Tremont pl.
Tremont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
about 10
....
100
Upland Park
Main st.
Southiwesterly
Private.
20
....
Arlington Br. R. R.
Private.
35
....
200
Village
Richardson st.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
....
277
Walter
Walnut st.
of Bradley st.
Private.
15
150
Warwick
350
Washington pl.
Washington st. .
Southerly.
Private.
about 7.5
3,977
Washington
Fitchburg R. R.
Cambridge line ·
Public.
287
713
( about 100 ft. N.
Public.
40
....
170
....
..
....
LENGTH.
. .
Vinal
Northeasterly
341
CİTY ENGINEER.
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Concluded.
STREET.
FROM.
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public. Private.
Webster ave.
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public.
49.5
1,955
. . . .
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross st. .
ave.
Public.
40
215
. .
Wellington ave.
Montgomery ave.
Easterly .
Private.
40
85
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northeasterly
Public.
40
405
Wesley
Pearl st.
Otis st.
Public.
40
515
..
. .
West .
Hawthorne st.
Highland ave. .
Public.
30
192
266
Westminster
Broadway
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Private.
40
....
525
Westwood road
Central st.
Benton road
Public.
40
489
....
Wheatland .
Broadway .
Mystic ave. .
Public.
40
1,364
. .
..
Wheeler
Pinckney st. .
Mt. Vernon st.
Public.
40
269
..
Whipple
Highland ave.
Arlington Br. R. R.
Private.
30
307
200
Whitfield road.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Private
40
. .
..
632
Wigglesworth .
Bonair st. .
Pearl st. .
Public.
40
744
William
Chandler st.
College ave.
Public
40
381
...
William .
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
50
45
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
...
150
Willow ave.
Elm st.
Broadway
Public.
50
3,534
150
Wilson ave.
Broadway .
Lawrence st.
Public.
35
470
..
Winchester
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
40
65
Windom
Elm st.
Summer st. .
Public.
40
300
....
Windsor road .
Willow ave.
Hancock st.
Public.
40
575
....
Winslow ave. .
College ave. .
Clifton st.
Public.
40
1,123
....
Winter
College ave. .
Holland st.
Public.
30
402
.. . .
Winter Hill cir.
Broadway .
Northeasterly
Private.
25
.. . .
177
Winthrop ave.
(Extension.)
Mystic ave.
Middlesex ave.
Private.
40
Woodbine .
Centre st.
Lowell st.
Private.
30
600
*Woods ave.
North st. .
Powder House Blvd.
Private.
40
..
1,355
Woodstock .
Victoria st.
Alewife brook .
Private,
40
. .
..
410
*Woodstock
(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
. .
..
100
*Proposed.
+Sidewalk in Somerville.
Court
11 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private.
9
....
170
Court
21 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private.
10
...
100
Court
292 Broadway
.
Southwesterly
Private.
15
..
96
Court
612 Broadway
South westerly .
Private.
20
..
..
.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
150
Court
227 Columbia st.
Northwesterly .
Private.
10
117
Court
36 Craigie st.
Westerly
Private.
25
. .
126
Court
58 Dane st.
Easterly
Private.
10
..
136
Court
66 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private.
25
...
101
Court
78 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private.
25
....
101
Court
Olive ave.
Porter st.
Private.
7.5
....
156
Court
10 Stone ave.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
....
113
Total
400,562
107,484
. .
Wellington ave.
Walnut st.
.
West .
Highland ave.
Arlington Br.R.R. Electric ave.
Public.
40
376
318
+ White
Elm st.
Cambridge line
White St. pl.
White st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
....
684
Whitman st.
Mason st. .
Packard ave.
Private.
40
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Public.
40
427
Willow pl.
Cambridge line
South st. .
Private.
25
..
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
20
310
Wilton
Lowell st. .
Private.
30
..
Public, 75.864 miles ( includes 3.294 miles boulevards and 1.16 miles State Highway); private, 20.357 miles.
Total length of streets in the city, 96.221 miles.
. .
Court
20 Dimick st.
Southwesterly
Private.
39.25
....
188
Court
113 Central st.
.
.
Public.
40
1,034
Montgomery
Public.
Weston ave.
LENGTH.
583
N. E. line
342
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING OLD NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS AS FOR= MERLY KNOWN.
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
Aberdeen road. . Gurney street
Addison place. Tube Works court
L
Franklin street
Albion street. Forest avenue or street (easterly end) Hobbs street
Aldrich street. Ruby street
Eglantine street
Ash avenue. Minnie avenue
Ashland street Maple street
Atherton street. . Beech street (westerly end)
Middle lane
Avon , place Barberry lane Cross lane 1 i
Bartlett street (Wd. 5) ... Earle street Beacon place Taggard court
Beacon street
Road to West Cambridge Middlesex turnpike Hampshire street
Beech street. . Oak street
Benedict avenue Lovell street
Benton road. Benton avenue
Berwick street. Holland street
Bigelow street. S High street
D street
Bond street. Park street
§ Bonner place
Bonner avenue
Warren avenue
Southwick avenue
Boston ave. (s'th'ly end)
Cypress street Orange street
Boston street.
A street
Bow street.
Charlestown lane Milk Row road Milk row
Road to Menotomy
Menotomy road
Medford road Road from Menotomy to Boston
Medford road over Winter hill
Broadway
Great road from Charlestown to Menotomy
Winter Hill road or street
West Cambridge road Charlestown road Broadway street Main street
Calvin street .. Dimick street
Cameron avenue. Cameron street Carlton street. Bow street
1 .
343
CITY ENGINEER.
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
1
Cedar street.
Rangeway Seventh rangeway Rangeway to Medford Second rangeway from Central street Leland street
Rose lane Milk lane
1
Central street.
Fifth rangeway Tufts rangeway Rangeway from Winter hill to Milk row
Centre street : Old road Rand's lane
Centre street.
Forest place
L Chester street Middle lane
Chester avenue
Cross lane Barberry lane
Church street. New Church street
City road. . City Farm street
Claremon street. § Carmel street Claremont street
Cleveland street. Elm place
Clifton street. Appleton street
College avenue. Elm street (Davis sq. to Powder House sq.)
Columbia street. Glass House court (westerly end)
Columbus avenue
Highland street Warren avenue Probation path Windham road (southeasterly end) 1
Concord avenue
Brick Yard lane (Newton st. to Beacon st.) Lincoln street (Beacon street easterly) Garden street (Beacon street easterly)
Cooney street
Hanson lane
Cottage avenue. Cottage place
Crescent street. Mt. Vernon street
Cross street.
Second rangeway (Broadway to Medford st.) Runey's lane Three Pole lane
Crown street. Rand street
Curtis avenue
Pleasant avenue Mt. Pleasant avenue
Curtis street.
South street
Cutter avenue. Russell street 1
Dane avenue. Dane court
1
Dane street .. Union street
Dartmouth street Fruit street
Dearborn road. Professors row (College ave. to Boston ave.)
Derby street.
Temple street
1
Winthrop street
Dickinson street
John street
1
Second rangeway --
1
1
-
344
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
Dimick street.
§ Rollins street (southcasterly end)
Calvin street
1
Dover street Willow street
Dow street. . Weare street
Dynamo street. Howard street
Eastman road.
Eastman terrace or place Elm street
Charlestown lane Milk lane .
Elm street.
Road from Medford to Cambridge
Road
from"
Medford to
Cambridge over
Quarry hill Powder House road
Milk row or road
(Cambridge road
Elmwood street.
Elmwood avenue Davis street
Emery street Harding street
Eustis street. Eustis court
Everett avenue.
Everett street
Evergreen square Cutter square or place
Fairlee street ..
Graham street
Fanning avenue Dexter street
Fellsway east. Winthrop avenue
1
Fellsway west Chauncey avenue or street
Fenwick street. . Thurston street
Flint avenue.
Runey place
Flint street. Runey street (Cross street to Aldrich street)
Forster street.
Linwood street
Federal street
1
First rangeway
Franklin street. Second poleway
Two Pole lane
Fremont street. Tremont street
Giles park. Giles place
S Cross-street place
Gilman street.
¿ Clarendon street
Gilson terrace . Gilson park
Glendale avenue. Holmes street 1
Glenwood road. . Jenny Lind avenue Gould avenue Gould court
Greenville street. C street
Hammond street S Dickinson place Benefit street
!
Hancock street.
Gordonia rd. (Summer st. to Highland ave.)
Fanning avenue (Highland avenue to Lex-
ington avenue)
Harding street. . Rideout street 1
1
Harrison street (Wd. 6). Ivaloo place
! i
Harvard place. . Chestnut street or court 1
Hawkins street.
S Hawkins court
¿ Milton street
1
Elm court
1
ČÍTÝ ENGINEER.
345
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
Hawthorne street.
Graves street Evans or Evon street
Henry avenue. .Ayer street
Highland avenue
Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane Church street 1
(Medford st. to Central st.)
Highland road.
S Dale avenue Ayer avenue
Hillside park. Marritt or Marrett place
Hinckley street. Lawrence street (southerly end)
Holland street New street to Arlington
Ivaloo street Auburn court
Wood street
1
Jaques street. Bond street (Temple street to Bond street)
Josephine avenue. Arnold street
Kensington avenue. § Kensington street
Kenilworth avenue
Kingman road. 5 Kingman court or street Warren avenue or street
Kingston street. Campbell park (angle to Cambridge line)
Lake street .. Hawkins court
Langmaid avenue
West street
Lesley avenue. Alton street
Lexington avenue Lexington street
Lincoln avenue. George street
Linden avenue Brackett's row
Leland street
Line street. Lynde street
Linwood street Linden street
London street. Lowell street
Lowell street
Rangeway Old rangeway Sixth rangeway Charles Adams' rangeway White street Highland road Road from Medford to Boston Medford road
Malvern avenue Hollis street
Maple avenue.
. Parterre square
Maple street. . Jackson street
Marion street Cook st. (Adrian st. to north of Wyatt st.) l Harcourt st. (North Wyatt st. to Dimick st.)
Meacham road § Meacham street Brooks street
Medford street.
Road from Medford to Lechmere point Road from Canal bridge to Medford New road from Medford to Cambridge bridge Craigie's road to Medford Road to Medford Craigie road Gore street (easterly end)
Main street
1
346
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
Merriam street .. Myrtle street
Miller street. Pierce's court
Milton street.
Mason avenue
York terrace (easterly end)
Chestnut street
Monmouth street
Chestnut court (westerly end)
Harvard place
Moreland street. Brooks street (Main street to Meacham st.) Morrison street
Munroe street.
Prospect street Mt. Pisgah avenue High street B street
Myrtle street .. Warren street
Mystic avenue. Mystic turnpike or road
Mystic street (Wd. 2) ... Myrtle street
Newton
street.
.
Way by Bullard's bridge
Road to Cambridgeport
Brick Yard lane
1
1
North street.
Proprietor's way Cook's lane Third rangeway
North Union street. Canal street 1
Norwood avenue. Magoun street
1
Oakland avenue. Oakman avenue
Oliver street. Broom street
Oxford street.
§ High street (westerly end)
{ Trull street
Park street.
§ Baldwin street
Snowhill street
Paulina street. .James street
Pearson avenue. Orient street
Perkins street. Proprietor's way (part)
Perry street North Wyatt street
Pitman street. Walnut street
Poplar street. Walnut street (Linwood street to Joy street)
Powder House boulevard. Barnett street (North street easterly)
Prentiss street. Harris street
Preston road.
Preston street
Pritchard avenue.
Orient street
Prospect Hill avenue
Cross street
Prospect street.
§ Road from Cambridgeport to Charlestown
Pine street
Richardson street Appleton street (Lowell street westerly)
Sacramento street. .Union street
Sargent avenue. Mills street (Walnut street to angle)
Sartwell avenue Chestnut street
Maple street
Sawyer avenue Sawyer street
School street § Fourth rangeway
Ireland's lane (Somerville avenue northerly)
1
Morrison avenue
347
CÍTY ENGINEER.
Present Name of Street. Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known.
Seven Pines avenue
Sewall street.
Stiles street Heath street J Three Pole lane
Shawmut street.
Second rangeway
Somerville avenue.
Charlestown lane (Union square westerly) Milk Row road (Union square westerly) Milk row (Union square westerly) Kent's street (Union square westerly) Road from West Cambridge to Charlestown County road Bridge street Milk street
Spring court
Spring Hill court
Spring street.
Spring Hill street
St. James avenue.
. Melburn place
Sycamore street.
Lyceum street
Teele avenue. . Teele street
Temple street. Derby lane or street
Thorpe street. . Thorpe place
Veazie street. . Hawes avenue
Taylor street
Vernon street
Euston street
Virginia street
Eglantine avenue
Walnut street.
Hazeltine's lane
Warner street.
Elm street
Highway to Newtowne Road from Cambridge to Charlestown Road to old Cambridge Cambridge road Road from the colleges to Charlestown
Charlestown road Milk row (Charlestown to Union square) Kirkland street (Union square to Cambridge) Cambridge street (Union sq. to Charlestown)
Water street. Willow street
Webster avenue. . Medford street
Webster street.
Sullivan street
Wesley park. Hawkins park
Wesley street. Prince street
§ Walnut street
Wheatland street.
New Walnut street
White street.
Cottage street Maple street
White-street place . Cottage court
Willow avenue.
1 Rangeway Eighth rangeway Irving street Willow street
Winchester street. Charles street § Minot street
Windsor road.
Willow Dale street Wyatt street Wyatt's lane Yorktown street. Albro street
Third rangeway
·Washington street ..
§ Lime street
318
ANNUAL REPORTS.
LIST OF SQUARES IN THE CITY
Present Name.
Former Name.
Ball square.
Central square. Prescott square
Concord square.
Cutter square
Russell square
Davis square .. Clarendon square
Gilman square
Homer square.
Magoun square
Pollard square
Metropolitan square. Post-Office square
Oak square.
Powder House square .. . Tufts square
Teele square. Russell square
Union square.
Wesley square
REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 1, 1911. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I most respectfully submit the thirty-fifth an- nual report, containing a brief summary of the principal work performed by the highway department during the year 1910, with recommendations for necessary improvements and addi- tions for the coming year.
The Highways Maintenance appropriation for this depart- ment is received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be- ing the amount of the street railway tax and the Boston Elevated Railway tax.
This department has charge of the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, and management of ways, streets, and sidewalks and bridges ; also the setting out and care of shade trees, the suppression of brown-tail and gypsy moths, elm-leaf beetles, and the supervision of street watering and oiling.
The department is keeping pace with the other cities of the Commonwealth in the modern construction of highways, Somerville being one of the first cities to use tarvia as a road binder.
Two great improvements have been completed and one started this year. The Somerville avenue bridge and the Low- ell street bridges have been opened for traffic, and the abolition of the Webster avenue grade crossing is under way, all of which will be greatly appreciated by the public.
The department is following out the custom of construct- ing one or more thoroughfares each year. College avenue from Powder House square to Winter street was constructed with the tarvia macadam, two coats penetration method, and with paving brick grouted on a concrete base, from Winter street to the Boston & Maine railroad tracks at Davis square, at a cost of $8,397.54 ; credits, $155.95 ; net cost, $8,241.59.
Somerville avenue from Lowell street to and including Oak square was paved by the department with granite paving blocks on a gravel base, the joints filled with pea stone and tarvia No. 13, at a cost of $3.08 per square yard. Total cost, $12,851.05 ; credits by paving stock, $282.40. Net cost, $12,568.65.
Somerville avenue from Medford street to the East Cam- bridge line, where not already paved, was paved with granite paving blocks on a Hassam base, grouted with Portland cement. This work was let to the Simpson Bros. Corporation at $2.96 per square yard. Total cost, $13,529.58. Credits, $477.50, Net cost, $13,052.08.
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The total cost of these several pieces of work includes the resetting of edgestone and crossings and the repaving of the sidewalks.
All the good material from the streets that were con- structed was used to great advantage on the side streets.
Holland Street Ledge.
Quarrying is carried on at this ledge in the winter time as well as in the summer, thus giving work to many men who would otherwise be unemployed. A large amount of good stone still remains which can be used after it is crushed for con- crete, granolithic sidewalks, and for repairing side streets.
A dynamite magazine has been constructed this year, thus improving the safety of the surrounding property.
The steam drill has worked 273 days.
Stone Crusher.
The crushing plant has worked 257 days during the year, but was unable to supply the demand for crushed stone. As only hard stone is used for the last two layers, which are the nut and pea size, specifications were issued and bids called for supplying same. A contract was made with the Winchester Stone Company at $1.09 and $1.10 per ton, F. O. B., Somer- ville or Cambridge. There were 8,769 tons of stone crushed and 3,285} tons purchased during the year.
Street Cleaning.
All the streets, both public and private, were cleaned in the spring and fall, and paved streets were swept as often as con- sidered necessary. Push cart men are kept in the squares to care for same and on some of the main streets. Two extra men with push carts were added to the force this year to care for the east and west ends of the city.
I hope the coming year to place a single team, with an ex- tra man, in each ward in the city. The driver will be instructed to care for the ward to which he is assigned with regard to keeping it clean, and on rainy days fill up any holes or depres- sions he may find. In this way the entire city will be covered once or more each week.
Every resident in the city should have pride enough to see that the street in front of his home or place of business is kept clean.
In this branch of the work the department has been greatly helped by the new rule of the board of health, whereby the em- ployees of the health department set out the ash and rubbish barrels on the sidewalk. In this manner only the material which can be collected that day is set out, whereas in former years the tenants sometimes set out the barrels, etc., the night before, and some were left that could not be collected. The re- sult was that in many cases the barrels were tipped over and the rubbish blown over the streets.
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Bridges.
The bridges in the city are in good condition. Many of the railroad bridges have been replanked this year. Willow bridge over the Boston & Maine Railroad, Southern Division, should be widened. A new bridge was constructed on Mystic avenue at the Boston line over the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
Shade Trees.
Trees purchased by the abutters are set out free of cost. There are many dead and dangerous trees which the depart- ment is removing as fast as possible that have been killed by wires, gas, and insects. Fifty-eight dead and dangerous trees were removed during the year, and 251 trees set out. One hundred and eighty trees were trimmed by request.
In former years all hearings on the removal of trees were held by the board of aldermen. Under the new law the hear- ings are held before the street commissioner.
Elm-Leaf Beetle.
In order that the department may be able to successfully fight against the ravages of this pest the city should purchase a spraying machine which would make it possible to cover the entire city while the beetles are eating the leaves, thus saving the beautiful elm trees of which we are so proud. This ma- chine could also be used for spraying the trees for the gypsy, brown-tail, and Tussock moths. During the year there were 1,064 trees sprayed which were infested with the elm-leaf beetle.
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