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During the year the sewer department has done consider- able miscellaneous work for other city departments and out- side companies where alterations and new construction work
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. Received from sale of cement bags, old .
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
have been required, furnishing materials and labor, and being reimbursed for the same to the amount of $347.29.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
At the present time there are nineteen separate parcels of land located in all parts of Somerville, used for parks and play- grounds, amounting to 70.4 acres, and also a boulevard about one and one-third miles in length maintained by the city. In- cluded in this total area are playgrounds where the land is owned by private parties and leased to the city, for use, in the following localities : On Fellsway east, 2.5 acres; Knowlton street, 1.5 acres ; and the cemetery lot, .7 acre.
Four of the larger pleasure parks, namely, Central Hill, Prospect Hill, Powder House park, and Broadway park, are beautifully-laid-out spots in a thickly-settled city, and famous for what they represent historically.
At the present time there are eight baseball "diamonds" and three football fields in use and under the city's supervision, as well as numerous smaller playgrounds, on which are located an outdoor gymnasium, running tracks, tennis courts, and vari- ous kinds of athletic apparatus for recreation and rest, where children can play and enjoy themselves and are safe from the dangers of a thickly-settled city.
This area of parks and playgrounds compares favorably with other cities, Somerville being very small in area and the most densely populated city in the state, averaging about 18,500 in population to a square mile.
The larger areas have been policed by regular officers from the police department, when required, the expense being paid from the police appropriation; trees and shrubs added to the various grounds, and bulbs, plants, and flowers furnished in their seasons, and during the winter time ponds flooded for skating when the weather was favorable, and a hockey rink maintained.
Several fields have been maintained for ball playing, and are constantly in use by the many athletic teams, the games being arranged for and regularly scheduled on the various grounds throughout the season, about three hundred games being provided for by schedule the past year.
Broadway and Lincoln parks have field houses constructed of concrete, with red-tiled roofs; are heated, lighted, and equipped with toilet rooms, etc., and on several of the play- fields similar buildings should be erected in place of some of the old wooden structures. Additional apparatus should be erected on some of the principal parks and playgrounds for the smaller children's pleasure, where a regular park employee can have the care of the same. Some of the smaller playground areas
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should be enclosed by wire fencing for the protection of chil- dren.
At the westerly end of Lincoln park, a wading pool having an area of not over 3,000 square feet could be constructed, with a concrete bottom and side walls, at a small cost. £
This would be a source of much enjoyment to a very large number of children in the immediate vicinity, and maintained exclu- sively for their use.
In certain localities of the city well-lighted playgrounds, during the summer evenings, should be maintained for the young men and women working in the factories daily.
The city has become so densely populated that portions of some of the larger 'park areas should be utilized for public rec- reation and physical training purposes : Broadway park (north- erly end), ball field and children's playground; Central Hill park, tennis courts and children's playground; Tufts park, chil- dren's playground, gymnastic apparatus, etc.
The Playgrounds Association has continued its good work in the city, and funds contributed by citizens and a sum of $1,600 appropriated by the city for the special equipment of grounds and supervision of playfields during the summer months has been expended under the direction of the school committee.
Certain areas were used in the city's parks, playgrounds, and schoolyards, which had been equipped with swings, sand boxes, and various kinds of gymnastic apparatus, and instruc- tors were employed during the months of July and August. Many children enjoyed themselves at these outdoor kindergar- ten schools, while the larger boys were instructed in baseball, basket ball, and other games, and in the use of gymnastic appa- ratus, teams being formed and athletic competitions held be- tween the various teams.
Probably better results, in this city, could be obtained by establishing a system with a permanent director of athletics and gymnastics to have charge and instruct in every form of ath- letics and recreation, including all sports and games for the high schools, grammar schools, and all others using the city's playfields and buildings.
During the past year the city's lease expired whereby an area of land owned by the trustees of Tufts College has been used as an enclosed athletic field for the last ten years. The city was fortunate in obtaining, permanently, from the Metro- politan Park Commission a large tract of land, which has been named "The Somerville Field," located in the northwesterly part of the city, bordered by Powder House boulevard and Ale- wife brook.
About 5.5 acres have been laid out and graded for playing baseball and football, and a reinforced grand stand constructed,
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with a seating capacity of about 4,500 persons, the total expen- diture being as follows :-
Cost of Constructing Reinforced Concrete Grand Stand and Foot- ball and Baseball Fields.
Excavating material and constructing con- crete foundations for piers below grade 12 (503 cubic yards concrete), day labor and materials
$2,807 73
Constructing grand stand, reinforced con- crete (315 cubic yards concrete), as per agreement .
4,682 50
Constructing front seat, centre entrance, and end walls of grand stand (36 cubic yards concrete)
397 28
Wire lathing, coloring and finishing curtain walls on rear and ends of stand
341 40
· Labor, placing girders, reinforcement for concrete, and miscellaneous work .
260 75
Lumber, 6"x12" girders and 2" plank for seats, foot rests, etc.
1,541 77
Labor and hardware, building seats
998 53
Building dressing-room and ticket offices, labor and materials
245 73
Iron and steel used in reinforcement
318 80
Painting and numbering seats 93 76
Supervision
100 00
Total cost grand stand (including dressing-room and ticket offices) ·
$11,788 25
. Sod for football field and baseball "dia- mond" (70,000 square feet) $500 00
Loam, labor, $1,350, and teaming, $1,569.31 (6,750 cubic yards) 2,919 31
Sub-grading field, spreading loam, sodding, seeding, rolling, and miscellaneous work (220,000 square feet =5.1 acres), labor, $3,209.26, and teaming, $414.50 .
3,623.76
Grass seed and oats .
117 90
Enclosing playfield with temporary wire fence and fencing off playfield,-labor and hardware, $406.43, lumber, $102.54, wire meshing, $201.49, canvas, $84.11 794 57
Flag poles, labor erecting, and flags
181 53
$8,137 07
Total expenditure, 1911, new recreation field $19,925 32
An unusually heavy foundation had to be constructed for this grand stand, on account of the location being in the old channel of the brook, the course of which has been changed about 300 feet westerly, and adding materially to the cost of the work.
At the dedication of this new field, where teams represent- ing the high schools of Somerville and Brockton played a foot- ball game, more than 10,000 people were within the enclosure, and at the Thanksgiving day game 12,000 people attended.
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The net proceeds from the high school games, above all expenditures, for the football season of 1911 amounted to about $2,500.
If this area is laid out and completed as designed, Somer- ville will have the finest recreation field owned by any city, and would include areas for baseball, football, basket ball, tennis, croquet, playfield for children, outdoor gymnasium, running track, swimming pool, and boating and skating on the brook, a concrete grand stand and field houses, equipped with shower baths, lavatories, dressing rooms, lockers, etc. In the 1910 re- port a plan was published showing the proposed laying-out.
An area owned by the city, and known as the Collins and Ham ledge property, located on Clarendon Hill, near the Cam- bridge boundary line, might be developed in the future into a pretty pleasure park, similar in nature to the Powder House park; also, the Holland-street ledge property, owned by the city, and situated in West Somerville, could be developed in the future by laying out a portion of the area for streets and house lots, and the remainder used for a children's playground.
There are a number of vacant lots in the city, owned by private parties, large enough for the purpose of establishing recreation grounds and breathing spaces, which undoubtedly could be obtained for short-term leases by payment of the taxes to the owner of the property, and be of great benefit to a large number in the congested parts of the city.
With all these various parcels of land referred to properly developed in the future as parks, playgrounds, and resting places, the city will be amply provided for in this line, and sec- ond to none in the state.
The city's assessment for Metropolitan parks and boule- vards for the year 1911 amounted to $19,300.23 on construction account, $18,497.03 being the proportional cost for maintaining the same; in addition to this, the city's special assessment for the Charles River Basin amounted to $13,049.66 on construc- tion account and $2,581.74 for maintenance; for the improve- ment of Alewife brook, $901.67, and for the maintenance of Wellington bridge across Mystic river, $813.98.
The total of the above assessments amounts to $55,144.31, being Somerville's proportional payment to the state on ac- count of the Metropolitan park system for the year 1911.
The total assessment paid to the state for parks and boule- vards amounts to $363,575.44 January 1, 1912, and the only length of state boulevard at present constructed in this city consists of seven-tenths of a mile of double roadway, located in the easterly part of the city, and extending between Broad- way and Mystic river, and four-tenths of a mile bordering Mystic river at the West Medford line.
In the 1910 report a table was published showing the area,
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year acquired, cost of land, cost of construction, present valua- tion, etc., of all city parks and playgrounds.
The old enclosed athletic field located on land owned by Tufts College and leased to the city for a period of ten years was abandoned by the city July 1, 1911, according to the terms of the lease. The cost of constructing this field, grading, en- closing with board fence, building wooden grand stand, dress- ing rooms, etc.,
Amounted to
$5,779 95
Cost of maintenance, 1901-1911
6,733 12
Total expenditure by the city, ten years $12,513 07
CREDIT.
Received from High School Athletic Association during the ten years, for use of field . $3,370 73
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. Maintenance Accounts. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1911.
(Playgrounds.)
(Parks.)
Broadway Park (15.9 acres) :- Maintenance of grounds, pond, and general
$857 22
Trimming and spraying trees
98 55
Drinking fountain, alterations 66 29
4 50
Tools and supplies .
145 61
Repairing tools and property
88 39
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
211 65
$201 22
$1,467 71
Broadway Parkway (2.0 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds, labor and teams $242 90
Plants, flowers, etc. 60 00
$302 90
Central Hill Park (13.1 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of
$41 30
property, labor and teams
$1,196 27
Re-surfacing concrete walks
252 90
Trimming and spraying trees ·
45 04
Tools and supplies
136 56
Repairing tools and property
72 05
Plants, flowers, bulbs, shrubs, etc.
268 40
$41 30
$1,971 22
$669 15
of property, labor and teams .
$540 80
Repairing flag pole
44 54
12 59
Tools and supplies
81 12
86 89
Repairing property and tools
66 45
$768 63
Lincoln Park (8.3 acres) :- Maintenance of playground and general care
$732 91
$196 72 care of property, labor and teams .
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(Playgrounds.) (Parks.)
Prospect Hill Park (2.6 acres) :- Maintenance of grounds and observation
$27 00 tower, labor and teams . $978 78
Tools and supplies 50 80
Repairing tools and property
62 75
Tufts Park (4.5 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and Old Powder House, labor and teams . $651 86
Tools and supplies
26 88
Repairing tools and property
79 09
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
132 85
$890 68
Paul Revere Park (.02 acre) :- Maintenance of grounds, labor . $26 35
Belmont Street Park (0.4 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds, labor and teams
$114 81
Repairing tools and property
7 28
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
73 20
$195 29
Powder House Square Parkway (0.2 acre) :- Maintenance of area between streets, labor Shrubs, etc. 8 25
$111 42
$119 67
Powder House Boulevard (1 1-3 miles long) :- Maintenance of roadway, walks, and grass plots, labor and teams
$297 50
Trimming and spraying trees
97 70
Improvement of roadway with "tarvia"
268 93
i
$664 13
Cemetery, Somerville avenue (0.7 acre) :- Maintenance of grounds, labor and teams Trimming and spraying trees 10 61
$104 82
$115 43
Old Athletic Field, Tufts College land (4.4 acres leased, lease expired July, 1911) :- Maintenance of playfield and care of property, labor and teams $67 41
$309 30
6 00
Supplies .
Repairing property, fence, seats, etc.
$427 85
"Somerville Field," at Alewife Brook (11.5 acres, new 1911) :-
$561 44
Maintenance of playfield and care of property, labor and teams Trees and shrubs
53 50
109 79
Tools and supplies 50 33
35 78
Repairing tools and property
15 50
191 56
Temporary fencing and dressing room
176 29
243 25
Dedication of new field, band, printing, labor, etc.
$29 72
$1,141 82
$325 34
112 55
$1,092 33
$35 98
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
(Playgrounds.)
Playground, Cedar street and Broadway
(Parks.) (4.3 acres) :-
$338 65 Maintenance of playfield, labor and teams
$23 35
Shrubs, etc. .
41 25
51 09 Gymnastic apparatus, swings, etc.
$389 74
$04 60
Playground, Glen street and Oliver street (0.9 acre + 1.5 acres leased) :-
$27 00
$126 91 Maintenance of playfield, labor and teams 12 80 Supplies and repairs .
4 79
$139 71
$31 79
Playground, Kent street and Somerville avenue (0.8 acre) :-
$64 37 Maintenance of playfield, labor and teams . $29 67
16 00
Swings, basket ball, etc.
-
$80 37
Playground, Beacon street, near Washington street (0.2 acre) :-
$17 80
$26 75 Maintenance of grounds, labor and teams Repairing fence . 59 52
$77 32
Playground, Webster avenue, near Cambridge line (0.2 acre) :-
$20 75 Maintenance of grounds, labor Playground, Poplar street and Joy street (0.5 acre) :-
$22 76 Maintenance of grounds, labor Playground, Mason street and Broadway
(0.3 acre) :--
$22 50 Maintenance of grounds, labor
Playgrounds, Fellsway East (2.5 acres,
$46 35
leased) :- Maintenance of playfield, labor Supplies
$54 25
Total expenditure, maintenance (70.4 acres) 65.7 acres city property + 4.4 acres leased land, 0.7 acre cemetery and 1.36 miles boulevard, and 0.54 mile parkway, roads
$3,400 63
$8,174 75
7 90
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Playgrounds and Recreation.
CREDIT. Appropriation for parks . $7,900 00
Parks.
Received from other de-
partments, labor, etc. . 275 00
$8,175 00
$3,000 00 Appropriation for playgrounds Received, partial receipts from
400 79 "Somerville Field"
$3,400 79
$0 16 Balance unexpended $0 25 (Expenditure, 1911, under direction of school committee, for summer playgrounds, city ap- propriation, $1,600.00.)
Appended Table.
Annexed to this report is a table giving names of all streets in the city, public and private, lengths, widths, and the total mileage ; in the 1910 report tables were given showing old names of certain streets as formerly known, and names of pub- lic squares in the city.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST W. BAILEY, City Engineer. -
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS.
STREET.
FROM
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Abdell
Somerville ave. .
Southwesterly
Private.
25
. .
..
Aberdeen road .
Cedar st.
Highland ave ..
Private.
40
. .
..
411
Aberdeen road ext.
Angle
Westerly .
Private.
30
...
67
Adams
Broadway .
Northeasterly Medford st. .
Public.
40
907
Addison pl.
Somerville ave ..
Southwesterly
Private.
20
....
150
Adelaide rd.
Somerville ave.
Easterly
Northeasterly
Private.
10
. .
..
116
Albion
Central st.
Cedar st.
Public.
40
2,742
100
Aldersey
Walnut st.
Vinal ave.
Public.
40
508
..
..
Aldrich
Pearl st.
B. & L. R. R. .
Public.
40
611
..
Alfred
Broadway
Medford line
Private.
50
50
Allen
Somerville av
Charlestown st.
Private.
25
....
680
Allen ct.
Park st.
North westerly
Private.
20
....
150
Alpine
Cedar st.
Southeasterly
Public.
30
667
..
..
Alpine
Alpine st.
Lowell st.
Public.
40
688
. .
Alston
Cross st.
Shawmut pl.
Public.
40
567
.. ..
Ames
Bartlett st.
Robinson st.
Public.
40
580
..
..
Appleton
Willow ave.
Clifton st.
Public.
40
548
..
..
Appleton
Clifton st.
Liberty ave.
Public.
40
120
115
Arthur ct.
Linden st.
Easterly
Private.
about 10
...
100
Arthur
Broadway
Bonair st.
Public.
40
438
..
Ash ave.
Meacham st.
East Albion st.
Public.
40
554
..
Ash ave.
East Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
....
151
Ashland .
Summer st.
Sartwell ave.
Public.
30
478
.. ..
Atherton
Central st.
Spring st.
Public.
40
741
Auburn ave.
Cross st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
30
600
Austin
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
716
..
Autumn .
Broadway .
Bonair st.
Public.
20'
408
.. ..
Avon .
School st.
Central st.
Public.
40
1,360
150
Bailey
North st.
West Adams st.
Private.
40
....
Banks
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public.
40
639
.. ..
Bartlett
Vernon st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,550
Bartlett
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
20
...
200
Barton
Broadway
Russell road.
Private.
40
....
382
Bay State ave.
Broadway .
Fosket st.
'Public.
40
1,237
. .
Beach ave.
Webster ave.
Columbia st.
Private.
about 20
200
Beacon pl.
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private.
15
200
Beacon
Cambridge line .
Somerville ave.
Public.
66
6,007
110
Bean's ct.
Cutter st. .
Southeasterly
Private.
16
...
120
Bedford .
South st.
Cambridge line
Public.
30
165
.. ..
Beech
Somerville ave.
Atherton st. .
Public.
40
323
Bellevue ter.
Albion st. .
Northeasterly
Private.
20
..
..
90
Belknap .
Broadway
Russell road.
Private.
40
449
Belmont
Somerville ave.
Public.
40
2,192
175
Belmont sq·
Belmont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
30
....
75
Belmont sq.
Belmont ter.
No'es'ly & so'ws'ly Easterly
Private.
20
200
Benedict
Union st. .
Austin st.
Public.
40
585
..
Bennett ct.
Bennett st.
Prospect st.
Private.
10
. .
. .
Bennett .
Prospect st.
Bennett ct.
Private.
40 to 25
..
Benton road
Summer st.
Hudson st.
Public.
40
1,208
.. ..
Berkeley
School st. .
Central st.
Public.
40
1,360
..
Berwick .
Hinckley st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
..
170
Bigelow
Boston st. .
Munroe st.
Public.
50
208
. . . .
Billingham
Broadway .
William st.
Public.
40
563
.. .
Bishop's pl.
Glen st.
Easterly .
Private.
10
..
. .
75
. .
..
..
138
Adrian
Marion st.
Joseph st.
Public.
40
579
166
Albion ct.
Albion st.
Southwesterly
Private.
16
Albion
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
50
..
Albion ter ..
Albion st. .
Southwesterly
Private.
25
100
Arlington
Franklin st.
Lincoln st.
Public.
40)
452
Arnold ave.
Porter st. .
Southeasterly Northeasterly
Private.
15
....
127
Arnold ct.
Beacon st.
Private.
10
. .
. .
145
Belmont ter.
Belmont st.
Private.
15
....
137
Benedict ave.
Broadway .
Benedict st.
Private.
24
100
Beckwith circle
Beacon st.
South westerly
Private.
20
Belmont pl.
Belmont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
25
Private.
20
. .
. .
Avon pl.
Cross st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
25
....
420
Beacon ter.
Somerville ave. .
Northeasterly .
Private.
20
Acadia pk.
Somerville ave. .
Private.
40
256
Albion pl.
Albion st. .
LENGTH.
203
100
400
Highland ave.
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Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Continued.
STREET.
FROM
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Blakeley ave.
Fellsway east
Cross st. .
Private.
40
630
Bleachery ct.
Somerville ave. .
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
30
..
. .
Bolton
Oak st.
Houghton st.
Public.
40
476
....
Bonair
Cross st.
Walnut st.
Public.
40
1,535
....
Bond .
Broadway .
Jaques st.
Public
40
655
....
Bonner ave.
Washington st.
Columbus ave.
Public.
40
376
....
Boston ave.
Medford line
Mystic river
Public.
60
915
....
Boston ave.
Broadway .
Medford line
Public.
50
80
....
Boston ave.
Broadway
Highland road .
Public.
65
287
...
Boston ave.
Highland road .
Prichard ave.
Public.
50
509
....
Boston ave.
Prichard ave.
Easterly to angle in st
Private.
50
...
1,025
Boston
Washington st. .
Prospect Hill ave.
Public.
45
640
....
Boston
Prospect Hill av.
Walnut st.
Public.
40
1,242
....
Bow
Union sq.
Wesley sq.
Public.
60
658
....
Bow
Wesley sq.
Somerville ave.
Public.
50
570
....
Bowdoin
Washington st.
Lincoln park
Public.
40
341
....
Bowers ave.
Cottage ave.
Elm st.
Private.
24
..
..
....
300
Bradford ave.
School st.
Southeasterly
Private.
40
....
150
Bradley .
Pearl st.
Walter st.
Public.
40
762
....
Brastow ave.
Lowell st.
Porter st.
Public.
40
686
. . . .
Bristol road
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
40
98
Broadway
Charlestown line
Cross st. .
Public.
100
2,590
....
Broadway
Cross st.
Marshall st.
Public.
100 to 200
2,060
....
Broadway
Marshall st.
Main st.
Public.
100
1,570
....
Broadway
Main st.
Top of hill
Public.
100 to 90
1,030
....
Broadway
Top of hill
Albion st.
Public.
90
2,540
...
Broadway
Albion st. .
Willow ave.
Public.
90 to 70
1,030
....
Broadway
Willow ave.
Paulina st.
Public ..
70
3,250
..
..
Broadway
Paulina st.
Arlington line
Public.
65-60-65
3,220
. .
..
250
Bromfield road
Warner st.
Dearborn road
Public.
40
1,262
Brook
Glen st.
Cross st. .
Public.
40
504
. . ..
Browning road
Sycamore st.
Central st.
Public.
40
679
....
Buckingham
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Public.
40
292
Buena Vista rd.
Holland st.
Arlington Br. R. R.
Private.
30
....
537
Burnside ave.
Elm st.
Summer st. .
Public.
40
720
....
Cady av.
Simpson ave.
Northwesterly .
Private.
40
....
194
Caldwell ave.
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
20
Calvin
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Public.
40
263
....
Calvin
Dimick st.
Washington st.
Public.
30
392
Cambria
Central st.
Benton road
Public.
40
488
. .
..
Cameron ave.
Holland st.
Cambridge line
Public.
60
1,065
....
Campbell pk.
Meacham rd.
Kingston st.
Public.
40
399
....
Campbell Pk. pl.
Kingston st. .
Arlington Br. R.R. Lake st.
Public.
40
300
Carver
Porter st. .
Northwesterly
Private.
40
....
156
Cedar ave.
Cedar st.
Linden ave.
Private.
22
. . .
290
Cedar ct.
Cedar st.
Southeasterly
Private.
15++
..
70++
Cedar St. pl.
Murdock st.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
....
220
Cedar St. pl.
Cedar n'r Elm st.
Private.
12+
80+
Central
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
Public.
33
1,043
Central
Summer st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
2,539 1,079
. . ..
Central
Medford st.
Broadway
Public.
45
Centre
Albion st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
35
200
Chandler
Park ave.
Broadway
Public.
40)
1,232
. .
Chapel
College ave ..
Chandler st.
Public.
40
273
..
Charles .
Washington st.
Southerly
Public.
30
166
..
Charlestown
Allen st.
Easterly
Private.
15
400
Charnwood road .
Willow ave.
Hancock st ..
Public.
40
589
*Chelsea
Mystic ave.
Melrose st.
Private.
50
....
1,390
.
Boston ave.
Angle in st. south'ly
Morrison ave.
Private.
40
. .
..
..
84
Carlton
Somerville ave.
Southeasterly Broadway
Cedar
Elm st.
Public.
40
4,137
..
..
Chapel ct.
Sycamore st. .
Northwesterly.
Private.
12
130
* Burnham
Broadway
Powder House Blvd.
Private.
40
. .
Private.
20
..
Broadway pl.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
22
288
Bow St. pl.
Bow st.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
...
..
*Proposed.
275
210
....
146
450
LENGTH.
342
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.
Cherry .
Elm st.
Highland ave.
Public.
45
1,450
....
Chester .
Elm st.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
885
....
Chester ave.
Medford st.
Angle .
Public.
about 22
220
. ..
Chester ave.
Angle
Cross st.
Private.
20
....
445
Chester pl ..
Chester st.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
200
Chestnut .
Poplar st.
Southeasterly
Public.
40
537
. .
. .
Chetwynd road
Curtis st. .
Proposed st.
Private.
40
...
656
Church .
Summer st.
Lake st.
Public.
40
964
..
..
Claremon
Holland st.
Mead st.
Public.
40
560
....
Clarendon ave.
Broadway .
Cambridge line
Public.
40
1,217
..
Clark .
Newton st.
Lincoln parkway
Private.
35
545
Cleveland
Central st.
Harvard st.
Public.
40
459
.. ..
Clifton
Appleton st.
Morrison ave.
Public.
40
200
....
Clifton
Morrison ave.
Arlington Br. R.R.
Private.
40
220
Clyde
Cedar st.
Murdock st.
Private.
30
600
College ave.
Davis sq.
Medford line
Public.
60
4,080
....
Columbia
Webster ave.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
816
...
Columbia ct.
Columbia st.
Webster ave.
Private.
9
...
150
Columbus ave .
Washington st. .
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