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Washington st.
Public
40
534
175
Rush
Broadway
Flint st.
Public
40
1,406
........
Russell rd.
Broadway
N. line Hamil- ton rd.
Public
40
559
........
Russell rd.
N. line Hamil- ton rd.
Northerly
Private
40
...
Russell st.
Elm st.
Cambridge line
Public
40
742
Sacramento
Somerville ave. Fitchburg R.R.
Public
10
80
Sacramento
Fitchburg R.R. Beacon st.
Public
40
294
Sacramento
Beacon st.
Cambridge line
Public
40
154
Sanborn ave.
Warren ave.
Walnut st.
Public
40
278
Sanborn ct.
Washington st.
Northwesterly
Private
30
175
Sargent ave.
Broadway
Walnut st.
Public
40
1,069
........
Sartwell ave.
Cedar st.
Cherry st.
Public
35
427
690
School
Somerville ave.
Highland ave.
Public
40
1,869
School
Highland ave.
Broadway
Public
50
2,454
.... ....
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
Washington st.
McGrath H'wy
Public
40
210
Shedd
Somerville ave.
Merriam st.
Private
40
310
tSheridan ave.
Hooker ave.
Weston ave.
Private
40
...
638
Sherman ct.
Sargent ave.
Marshall st.
Private
10
Shore dr.
Mystic ave.
Fellsway
Public
50
2,081
Sibley ct.
Cutter st.
Northwesterly
Private
10
100
Sibley pl.
Cutter st.
Northwesterly
Private
23+25
264
Silvey pl.
Craigie st.
Lowell st.
Public
40
1,018
.......
Skehan
Dane st.
Hanson st.
Private
30
....
405
Skehan
Hanson st.
Durham st.
Private
40
...
540
Smith ave.
Beacon st.
Line st.
Public
23
213
...
...
Snow ter.
Jaques st.
Southwesterly
Private
16
........
120
Somerville ave.
McGrath H'wy Union sq.
Public
75
1,812
Somerville ave.
Union sq.
N. Camb. line
Public
70
6,729
South
Medford st.
Water st.
Public
30
959
Spencer ave.
Cedar st.
Hancock st.
Public
40
727
Spring
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
Public
40
1,220
.....
Springfield
Concord ave.
Cambridge line
Public
20
673
200
Steeves cir.
Cherry st.
Easterly
Private
15
120
Sterling
North st.
Alewife Bk pky
Public
40
802
........
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
Public
30
125
.......
Stone ave.
Union sq.
Columbus ave.
Public
40
676
........
Stone ave.
Columbus ave.
Southeasterly Prosp't Hill py.
Public
30
142
.......
Sturtevant
Foley
Easterly
Public
40
995
Summer
Bow st.
Elm st.
Public
45
7,870
Summit ave.
Walnut st.
Vinal ave.
Public
45
532
Summit
College ave.
Billingham st.
Public
40
262
Sunnyside ave.
Walnut st.
Wigglesworth st
Public
25 to 35
306
Sunset rd.
Curtis st.
Hillsdale rd.
Public
40
656
Sycamore
Broadway
Medford st.
Public
45
1,245
----
...
100
Simpson ave.
Broadway
Holland st.
Public
30
306
...
...
Spring Hill ter.
Highland ave.
Belmont st.
Stanford ter.
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private
20
...
...
........
Stone pl.
Stone ave.
Broadway
Medford line
Private
40
..
........
t Proposed.
....
Royce pl.
Bonair st.
Northeasterly
Private
15+
...
....
Sawyer ave.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Private
40
...
...
250
Private
10
...
Skilton
Pearl st. around to Pearl st.
Public
40
788
Public
38
107
Strathmore rd.
15
Feet Public Private
........
...
279
LIST OF STREETS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With in
Length
Sycamore
Medford st.
B. & L. R.R.
Public
40
639
.......
Sycamore
B. & L.R.R.
Highland ave.
Public
35
722
Sycamore
Sycamore st.
Northwesterly
Private
12
........
Sydney
Grant st.
Temple st.
Public
40
679
.......
Talbot ave.
Packard ave.
College ave.
Private
50
1,409
Taunton
Wyatt st.
East'y to angle
Private
30
170
Taunton
Angle
Marion st.
Private
20
..
...
205
Taylor
Mystic ave.
Sydney st.
Public
40
309
... ...
Teele ave.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Public
40
685
Temple rd.
Mystic ave.
Shore drive
Public
40
1,420
...
...
Temple
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
25-40
1,886
400
Tennyson
Forster st.
Pembroke st.
Public
40
869
.......
Thorndike
Holland st.
Kingston st.
Public
40
584
.......
Thorndike
Underpass
B. & M. R.R. Arlington Br. Southwesterly
Public
20
88
...
Thorpe
Highland ave.
Public
30
468
......
Thurston
Broadway
Richdale ave.
Public
40
1,689
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 pky.
College ave.
College ave.
Public
22
900
........
Tufts
Washington st.
Cross st.
Public
40
982
........
Turner ct.
Franklin st.
Westerly
Private
20
150
Tyler
Vine st.
Dane st.
Public
40
404
.......
Union
Broadway
Mystic ave. Southwesterly
Private
10
100
Upland pk.
Main st.
Southwesterly
Private
20
175
Upland rd.
Curtis st.
Hillsdale rd.
Public
40
655
Vermont ave.
Mystic ave.
Penn. ave.
Public
40
433
...
Vernon
Central st.
Glenwood rd.
Public
40
764
Vernon
Glenwood rd.
Partridge av.
Public
40 to 30
190
........
Vernon
Partridge ave.
Lowell st.
Public
30
434
Victoria
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
40
1,036
200
Village
Dane st.
Vine st.
Private
25
370
Village ter.
Village st.
Northeasterly
Private
10+
110++
Vinal ave.
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public
45
1,425
...
...
Vinal
Richardson st.
Northeasterly
Private
19
200
Vine ct.
Vine st.
Northwesterly
Private
25
540
...
Vine
Fitchburg R.R.
Hanson st.
Private
40
662
...
....
Virginia
Aldrich st.
Jasper st.
Public
40
403
......
Wade ct.
Cedar st.
Westerly
Private
20
116
Waldo ave.
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Public
40
277
........
Waldo
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
Public
40
287
........
Walker
Broadway
Leonard st.
Public
40
713
........
Wallace
Holland st.
Broadway
Public
40
1,342
........
Bow st.
Broadway
Public
40
3,753
........
Walnut rd.
Jackson rd.
Southwesterly
Public
40
222
........
Ward
Medford st.
Harding st.
Public
30
433
.......
Ware
Curtis st.
Russell rd.
Public
40
735
........
Warner
Pow. House sq.
Medford line
Public
60
500
Warren ave.
Union sq.
Public
40
663
.......
Warren
Medford st.
Columbus ave. Cambridge line
Public
30 to 40
109
.....
...
...
95
Taylor pl.
Somerville ave.
Southerly
Private
15
66
1,628
...
Ten Hills rd.
Bailey rd.
Shore drive
Tenney ct.
Mystic ave.
Northeasterly
Private
30
...
....
...
...
140
Vine
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R.R.
Public
40
222
Vine
Hanson st.
Beacon st.
Walnut
Walnut st.
Kenneson rd.
Public
40
270
........
Walter ter.
...
..
Villa ave.
Winslow ave.
Arl'ton Br R.R.
Private
35
362
...
Union pl.
Linwood st.
Southeasterly
Private about 10
Tremont pl.
Tremont st.
Public
40
Public
30
...
Public
Feet Public Private
280
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
or Private
Feet Public Private
Warwick
Cedar st.
Clyde st.
Public
30-40 935
.... ....
Washington ave. Washington st.
Northerly
Private 18
350
Washington pL Washington st.
Southerly
Private about 7.5
114
Washington
Charlest'n line
Franklin ave.
Public
75 1,060
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R.R.
Public 60 to 100 4,009
Washington
Fitchburg R.R.
Cambridge line
Public 60
2,272
Washington ter. Washington st.
Northerly
Private
30-40
........
218
Washington ter. End of above
Westerly and Easterly
Private
40
...
...
Water
South st.
Northerly
Public
25
366
.... ....
Waterhouse
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
40
987
........
Watson
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Public
40
236
.... ....
Waverly
Washington st.
Roland st.
Private
35
200
Webster ave.
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public
49.5
1,880
........
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross st.
Public
40
997
........
Wellington ave. Walnut st.
Montgomery av.
Public
40
215
...
....
Wellington ave.
Montgomery av. Easterly
Private
40
85
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northeasterly Otis st.
Public
40
515
........
West
Hawthorne st.
Highland ave.
Public
30
192
.... ....
West
Highland ave.
Medford line
Public
40
710
........
Westminister
Broadway
Electric ave.
Public
40
376
........
Weston ave.
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Private
40
525
West Quincy
Bailey st.
Medford line
Public
40
292
........
Westwood rd.
Central st.
Benton rd.
Public
40
489
........
Wheatland
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
40
1,325
........
Wheeler
Pinckney st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Public
40
269
........
Whipple
Willow ave.
Highland ave.
Private
30
307
...
White st. pl.
White st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
200
Whitfield rd.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Public
40
687
........
Whitman
Mason st.
Packard ave.
Public
40
632
........
Wigglesworth
Pearl st.
Bonair st.
Public
40
744
........
William
College ave.
Chandler st.
Public
40
381
........
William
Broadway
Medford line
Private
50
50
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private
30
154
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Public
40
427
........
Willow ave.
Em st.
Broadway
Public
50
3,450
........
Willow pl.
Cambridge line
South st.
Public
25
125
.... ....
Wilson ave.
Lowell st.
Hinckley st.
Public
35
415
Winchester
Broadway
Summer st.
Public
40
300
Windsor rd.
Willow ave.
Hancock st.
Public
40
575
Windsor
Cambridge line
Northerly
Public
40
40
Windsor
End of above
Fitchburg R.R.
Public
27
490
...
Winslow ave.
College ave.
Clifton st.
Public
40
1.087
Winter
College ave.
TIn'land st.
Public
30
402
Winter Hill cir.
Broadway
Northeasterly
Private
25
177
Wisconsin ave.
Broadway
Penn. ave.
Public
50
499
...
....
Woodbine
Centre st.
Westerly
Private
30
461
Woodbine Ex.
End of above
Lowell st.
Private
35
218
Woods ave.
North st.
A lowife Bk nky Alewife brook
Public
40
1,152
........
Woodstock
Victoria st.
Public
40 to 32
361
.......
Wyatt cir.
1 -1. Around ro WERft -
Private
20
...
...
Wyatt
Concord ave.
lincoln nky
'ihlic
40
505
Yorktown
..: "o ling
Malvern ave.
Malvern ave.
Public
40
294
Yorktown
N. E. line
Northerly
Private
40
........
116
" -walk in Somervile.
Public
With
Length
in
....
.....
...
........
Wesley
Pearl st.
Arl'ton Br R.R.
Private
30
266
West Adams
Conwell ave.
Elm st.
Cambridge line
Public
40
65
Windom
Broadway
B. & L. R.R.
Public
20
307
........
Wilton
Medford line
Public
40
403
431
[White
Private
Elm st.
...
315
........
269
281
LIST OF STREETS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With in
Feet Public Private
Court
39 Adams st.
Southeasterly
Private
8
........
90
Court
Albion st.
Central st.
Private
12
........
216
Court
11 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
9
178
Court
21 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
10
........
100
Court
292 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private
15
........
yu
Court
612 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private
20
........
188
Court
Cambria st.
Northerly
Private
9
........
75
Court
112 Central st.
Northwesterly
Private
10
...
165
Court
113 Central st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
150
Court
227 Columbia st. Northwesterly
Private
10
117
Court
Conlon ct.
Windsor st. ex.
Private
20
..
240
Court
36 Craigie st.
Westerly
Private
25
..
126
Court
58 Dane st.
Easterly
Private
10
70
Court
20 Dimick st.
Southwesterly
Private
39.25
136
Court
91 Franklin st.
Westerly
Private
12
...
90
Court
66 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private
25
101
Court
101 Medford st.
Easterly
Private
8
75
Court
335 Somerville ave.
Northerly
Private
15
60
Court
10 Stone ave.
Northwesterly
Private
20
...
113
Court
Windsor st.
E'ly and W'ly
Private
20
...
...
370
Court
Irvington rd.
Boston ave.
Private
20
157
Total
475,226
54,622
Court
Buena Vista rd.
Easterly
Private
15
...
59
Court
12 Carlton st.
Southeasterly
Private
25
...
...
...
171
Court
35 Lexington av. Northerly
Private
21
..
...
...
...
Public, 90.288 miles [includes 1.406 miles of City Boulevard and Park Roadways, 2.331 miles of State Boulevard (Metropolitan Park Commission), and 0.98 miles State Highway]; private 10.804 miles.
Total length of streets in the city, 101.092 miles.
...
145
Length
282
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE SHOWING OLD NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS AS FORMERLY KNOWN
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
Aberdeen road
Addison place ...
... Gurney street Tube Works court
Albion street
Franklin 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)
Avon place
Middle lane Barberry lane Cross lane
Bartlett street (Wd. 5) ...
Earle street
Beacon place
Taggard court
Road to West Cambridge
Beacon street
Middlesex turnpike Hampshire street
Beech street
Oak street
Benedict avenue
Lovell street
Benton road
Benton avenue
Berwick road
Holland street
Bigelow street
D street
Bond street
Park street
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
Butler drive
Calvin street
Cameron avenue
Ten Hills street Dimick street Cameron street Bow street
Carlton street
High street
Bonner place
283
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
[ Rangeway Seventh rangeway Rangeway to Medford Second rangeway from Central street Leland street
Rose lane
Milk lane
Fifth rangeway
Tufts rangeway
Rangeway from Winter hill to Milk row
Centre street
Old road
Rand's lane Forest place City road
[ Chester street
Middle lane
Cross lane
Barberry lane New Church street
Church street
Claremon street
Cleveland street
Clifton street
College avenue Columbia street
Appleton street Elm st. (Davis sq. to Powder House sq.) Glass House court (westerly end)
Highland street
Columbus avenue ...
Warren avenue Probation path
Windham road (southeasterly end)
Brick Yard lane (Newton st. to Beacon st.)
Concord avenue
Lincoln street (Beacon street easterly) Garden street (Beacon street easterly)
Cooney street ..
Cottage avenue
Crescent street
Hanson lane Cottage place Mt. Vernon street
Cross street
Second rangeway (B'way to Medford st.) Runey's lane Three Pole lane
Crown street
Rand street
Pleasant avenue
Curtis avenue
Mt. Pleasant avenue
Curtis street
Second rangeway South street
Cutter avenue
Russell street
Dane avenue
Dane court
Dane street
Union street
Dartmouth street
Fruit street
Dearborn road Professors row (College ave. to Boston ave. ) Temple street -
Derby street
Winthrop street
Cedar street
Central street
Centre street Charles Ryan road
Chester avenue
Carmel street Claremont street Elm place
284
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known John street
Dickinson street
( Rollins street (southeasterly end)
Dimick street
¿ Calvin street
Dover street
Willow street
Dow street
Weare street
Dynamo street
Howard street
Eastman road
Eastman terrace or place
Elm court
Elm street
{ Charlestown lane
Milk lane
Road from Medford to Cambridge
Cambridge over Road from Medford to Quarry hill
Powder House road
Milk row or road
Cambridge road
( Elmwood avenue
Elmwood street
¿ 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
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
[ First rangeway
Franklin street
¿ Second poleway
Two Pole lane
Fremont street
Giles park
Tremont street Giles place
Cross-street place
Gilman street
Clarendon street
Gilson terrace
Gilson park Holmes street
Glendale avenue
Glenwood road
Jenny Lind avenue
Gould avenue
Gould court C strect
Hamilton road
Russell road
Hammond street
( Dickinson place ¿ Benefit street
Hancock street
Gordonia rd. (Summer st. to Highland ave.) ) Fanning avenue (Highland avenue to Lex- ington avenue)
Harding street
Harrison street (Wd. 6)
Harvard place
Rideout street Ivaloo place Chestnut street or court
Elm street
Greenville street
285
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Hawkins street
Hawthorne street
Henry avenue
Highland avenue
Highland road
Hillside park
Hinckley street
Holland street ...
New street to Arlington
Ivaloo street
§ Auburn court Wood street
Jackson road
Jaques street
Josephine avenue ...
Kensington avenue
§ Kensington street Kenilworth avenue
Kingman road
[ Kingman court or street Warren avenue or street
Kingston street
Lake street
Campbell park (angle to Cambridge line) Hawkins court
Langmaid avenue
Lesley avenue
Lexington avenue
Lincoln avenue
West street Alton street Lexington street George street
Linden avenue
( Brackett's row Leland street
Line street
Linwood street London street
Lynde street Linden street Lowell street
Lowell street ...
Rangeway Old rangeway Sixth rangeway Charles Adams' rangeway
Main street
Malvern avenue
Maple avenue
Maple street
Marion street
Cook st. (Adrian st. to north of Wyatt st.) Harcourt st. (North Wyatt st. to Dimick st.)
McGrath Highway
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known ( Hawkins court ) Milton street ( Graves street Evans or Evon street Ayer street [ Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane Church street [ (Medford street to Central street)
§ Dale avenue Ayer avenue
Marritt or Marrett place Lawrence street (southerly end )
Walter street Bond street (Temple street to Bond street ) Arnold street
White street Highland road ( Road from Medford to Boston Medford road Hollis street Parterre square Jackson street
No. traffic artery, parts Somerville ave., Medford st., Shawmut st., Aldrich st., Dana st., Edmands st., Fellsway east, Winthrop ave.
286
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street
Meacham road
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known ( Meacham street ¿ Brooks street
Road from Medford to Lechmere point Road from Canal bridge to Medford New rd. from Medford to Cambridge bridge
Medford street .....
Craigie's road to Medford
Road to Medford
Craigie road Gore street (easterly end)
Merriam street
Myrtle street Pierce's court
Miller street
Milton street
Mason avenue
Monmouth street
Harvard place
Moreland street ... Morrison avenue
Brooks street (Main st. to Meacham st.) Morrison street
Munroe street
Prospect street Mt. Pisgah avenue High street B street
Myrtle street
Warren street Mystic turnpike or road
Mystic avenue
Mystic street (Wd. 2) ......
Myrtle street
Newton street
Way by Bullard's bridge Road to Cambridgeport Brick Yard lane
North street
Proprietor's way Cook's lane Third rangeway
North Union street
Canal street
Norwood avenue
Magoun street
Oakland avenue
Oakman avenue 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 st. ) 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
-
Oliver Street
York terrace (easterly end)
Chestnut street Chestnut court (westerly end)
287
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Radcliffe road
Richardson street
Sacramento street ...
Sargent avenue
Sartwell avenue
Sawyer avenue
-
School street
Seven Pines avenue Sewall street
Shawmut street
Three Pole lane Second rangeway
Somerville avenue
Charlestown lane (Union sq. westerly) Milk Row road (Union sq. westerly) Milk row (Union square westerly) Kent's street (Union square westerly) Road from West Camb. to Charlestown County road Bridge street Milk street
Spring court Spring street
Spring Hill court
Spring Hill street
St. James avenue
Melburn place
Sycamore street
Lyceum street
Sycamore terrace
Chapel court
Teele avenue
Teele street
Temple street
Derby lane or street
Thorpe street
Thorpe place
Vernon street
Taylor street Euston street
Virginia street
Walnut street
Eglantine avenue Third rangeway Hazeltine's lane
Warner street
Warwick street
Elm street Angle northerly Warwick place
Highway to Newtowne
Road from Cambridge to Charlestown
Washington street
-
Road to old Cambridge Road from the colleges to Charlestown Charlestown road Milk row (Charlestown to Union square) Kirkland street (Union sq. to Cambridge) Cambridge st. (Union sq. to Charlestown]
Water street Webster avenue
Willow street Medford street
Webster street
Wesley park
Wesley street
( Lime street Sullivan street Hawkins park Prince street
Wheatland street
§ Walnut street New Walnut street
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known. S Veazie street ¿ Hawes avenue Appleton street (Lowell street westerly) Union street Mills street (Walnut street to angle)
( Chestnut street Maple street Sawyer street Fourth rangeway Ireland's lane (Somerville ave. northerly) Stiles street Heath street
-
288
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
§ Dynamo street
Whipple street ... Howard street
White street
White-street place
( Cottage street ¿ Maple street Cottage court
Willow avenue
1
Irving street Willow street
Winchester street
Charles street
Windsor road
Willow Dale street
Wyatt street
Wyatt's lane
Yorktown street
Albro street
Ball square
Central square
Prescott square
Concord square
Cutter square
Davis square
Russell square Clarendon square Metropolitan square Post Office square
Gerrior square
5
Gilman square
Homer square
Magoun square
Powder House square
Pollard square Tufts squar Russell square
Teele square
Union square
Wesley square
Wilson square
Oak square
Rangeway Eighth rangeway
§ Minot street
289
POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1953
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Somerville, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit herewith the Annual Report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1952.
ARRESTS
Whole number of arrests
2815
On summons
758
On warrants
289
Without warrants
1768
2815
Held for trial
2569
Delivered to other departments
148
Released on waiver
98
2815
Males
2616
Females
199
2815
Americans
2575
Foreigners
240
2815
Residents
1766
Non-residents
1049
2815
Minors
316
PERSONS ARRESTED FOR VARIOUS CRIMES
Males
Females
Abandonment, Infant Child
1
Accosting and annoying
9
Adultery
1
1
Affray
4
Assault & Battery, Dangerous weapon
8
2
Assault and Battery
97
10
Assault on Police Officer
7
Automobile, using without authority
17
Breaking & Entering, Nightime, int, Larceny
41
Breaking & Entering, Nightime, int. Felony
4
Breaking & Entering, Attempt, int. Larceny
2
Breaking & Entering Dwelling
4
Breaking Glass in Building
3
1
Burglars tools, Possession, having in Civil Capias
1
Conspiracy
4
Cont. Delinquency of Minor
5
2
Common Railer & Brawler
1
6
290
ANNUAL REPORTS
Default Warrant
3
Delinquent Children
159
13
Disturbing the Peace
3
2
Disturbing a Public Assembly
2
Dog, Keeping Unlicensed
3
Drunkenness
1042
89
Escape from Training Schools
2
Failing to furnish Light, Heat Water
3
Fireworks, Illegal Sale
1
Forgery
24
Fugitive from Justice
2
Gaming and Present at
37
Gaming and Keeping Implements
2
Illegimate Child Act, Violating
17
Injury, Real Estate
4
1
Kidnapping
3
2
Larceny, Attempt
1
Larceny of Automobile
7
Larceny of Gas and Electricity
1
Lewd Cohabitation
1
Lewdness
13
Liquor Laws, Violating
1
Lord's Day, Violating
3
Manslaughter
4
Motor Vehicle Laws, Violating
262
2
Neglect of Family
103
3
Neglect of Parent
1
Neglected Children
3
3
Non-payment of Wages
19
Operating under Influence
71
2
Operating Motor Vehicle to Endanger
12
Polygamy
1
Profanity
2
2
Promoting a Lottery and Concerned
13
2
Rape
3
Rape, Attempt
3
Receiving Stolen Goods
8
Registered Bets
15
Robbery, Attempt
4
Robbery, (Armed)
5
Robbery, (Unarmed)
2
Rude & Disorderly
5
Safe Keeping
56
5
Stubborness
2
Suspicious Persons
48
4
Selling Mortgaged Property
1
Threats & Intimidations
5
2
Trespass
3
Unnatural Act
Using M.V. W/O Auth. Rt. op. Susp.
8
Uttering
23
Unlawful Possession Hypodermic Syringe
1
Vagrants
1
Violation of City Ordinance
7
Violation of Conditions of Probation
95
6
Violation of Parking Meter Law
120
34
Violation of Parking Law
60
5
Larceny
94
1
Firearms, carrying without License
291
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Violation of Traffic Control Signal
1
Violation of Parole
1
Violation of Pure Food Laws 4
Assault Intent to Disfigure
1
Untrue & Misleading Advertising
2
Obstruction of Police Officer by Common Victualer
1
Violation of Dog Laws, Chapter 140, Sect. 157
2
2616
199
MALES
2616
FEMALES
199
2815
REPORTS
Accidents Reported
605
Automobiles Stolen
98
Automobiles Recovered
118
Bank Alarms
42
Buildings Found Open and Secured
746
Business House Alarms
367
Cases Investigated
4006
Dead Animals
176
Defective Lamps Reported
820
Defective Sidewalks Reported
119
Defective Streets Reported
114
Defective Catch Basins and Sewers
19
Defective Hydrants and Gates
24
Defective Signs and Signposts
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