Report of the city of Somerville 1953, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1953
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Number of Pages: 416


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Washington st.


Northwesterly


Private


30


176


Sargent ave.


Broadway


Walnut st.


Public


40


1,069


........


Sartwell ave.


Cedar st.


Cherry st.


Public


35


427


........


Sawyer ave.


Packard ave.


Curtis st.


Private


40


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


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


Sherman ct.


Sargent ave.


Marshall st.


Private


10


250


Shore dr.


Mystic ave.


Fellsway


Public


50


2,081


........


Sibley ct.


Cutter st.


Northwesterly


Private


10


.......


100


Sibley pl.


Cutter st.


Northwesterly


Private


10


100


Silvey pl.


Craigie st.


Lowell st.


Public


40


1,018


...


...


Skehan


Dane st.


Hanson st.


Public


30


306


........


Skehan


Hanson st.


Durham st.


Private


30


....


...


405


Skilton


Pearl st. around to Pearl 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


40


788


Spring Hill ter.


Highland ave.


Belmont st.


Public


20


673


........


Stanford ter.


Beacon st.


Northeasterly


Private


20


........


200


Steeves cir.


Cherry st.


Easterly


Private


15


...


...


........


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 są.


Columbus ave.


Public


40


676


........


Stone ave.


Columbus ave.


Prosp't Hill py.


Public


38


107


........


Stone pl.


Stone ave.


Southeasterly


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


...


264


Simpson ave.


Broadway


Holland st.


Private


23++25


120


Seven Pines ave. Cameron ave.


Cambridge line


Public


40


....


120


Sterling


North st.


Alewife Bk pky


Public


40


802


Strathmore rd.


Broadway


Medford line


Private


40


15


t Proposed.


Feet Public Private


........


...


90


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


Street


From


To


Public or Private


With in


Feet Public Private


Sycamore


Medford st.


B. & L. R.R.


Public


40


639


......


Sycamore


B. & L.R.R.


Highland ave.


Public


35


722


..... 13+


Sydney


Grant st.


Temple st.


Public


40


679


.......


Talbot ave.


Packard ave.


College ave.


Private


50


1,409


Taunton


Wyatt st. Angle


Marion st.


Private


20


..


...


206


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


66


1,628


.......


Ten Hills rd.


Bailey rd.


Shore drive


Public


25-40


1,886


.......


Tenney ct.


Mystic ave.


Northeasterly


Private


30


........


400


Tennyson


Forster st.


Pembroke st.


Public


40


869


........


Thorndike


Hoiland st.


Kingston st.


Public


40


584


.......


Thorndike


Underpass


Public


20


88


.......


Thorpe


Highland ave.


Public


30


468


.......


Thurston


Broadway


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


........


Tremont pl.


Tremont st.


Southeasterly


Private about 10


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


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.


Public


40


362


Union pl.


Linwood st.


Southwesterly


Private


10


........


100


Upland pk.


Main st.


Southwesterly 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


.......


140


Vine


Somerville ave.


Fitchburg R.R.


Public


40


540


.....


...


Vine


Fitchburg R.R.


Hanson st.


Private


40


........


222


Vine


Hanson st.


Beacon st.


Public


30


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


........


Walnut


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.


Columbus ave.


Public


40


663


.......


Warren


Medford st.


Cambridge line


Public


30 to 40


109


.....


.....


Villa ave.


Winslow ave.


Arl'ton Br R.R.


Private


35


200


Vine ct.


Vine st.


Northwesterly


Private


25


........


Walnut st.


Kenneson rd.


Public


40


270


..


...


...


Taylor pl.


Somerville ave.


East'y to angle


Private


30


...


...


176


Taunton


Sycamore ter.


Sycamore st.


Northwesterly


Private


12


........


95


Southerly


Private


15


.....


........


175


Upland rd.


Curtis st.


B. & M. R.R. Arlington Br. Southwesterly Richdale ave.


Private


20


....


...


Walter ter.


Length


91:


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


Warwick


Cedar st.


Clyde st.


Public


30-40 935


.... ....


Washington ave. Washington st.


Northerly


Private


18


350


Washington pL Washington st.


Southerly


Washington


Charlest'n line


Franklin ave.


Public


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


........


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


...


85


Wesley pk.


Wesley sq. Pearl st.


Northeasterly Otis st.


Public


40


515


........


West


Hawthorne st.


Highland ave.


Public


30


192


266


West Adams


Conwell ave.


Medford line


Public


40


710


........


Westminster


Broadway


Electric ave.


Public


40


376


........


Weston ave.


Clarendon ave.


Broadway


Private


40


...


525


West Quincy


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


427


........


Willow ave.


Em st.


Broadway


Public


50


3,450


........


Willow pl.


Cambridge line


South st.


Public


25


125


........


Wilson ave.


Broadway


B. & L. R.R.


Public


20


307


........


Wilton


Lowell st.


Hinckley st.


Public


35


415


...


Winchester


Broadway


Medford line


Private


40


...


65


Windom


Elm st.


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.


Holland 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


........


212


Woods ave.


North st.


Alewife Bk pky


Public


40


1,152


........


Woodstock


Victoria st.


Alewife brook


Public


40 to 32


361


...


...


Wyatt cir.


Wvatt st. around to Wyatt st.


Private


20


...


315


Wyatt


Concord ave.


Lincoln pky


Public


40


505


........


Yorktown


Cambridge line N. E. line


Malvern ave.


Malvern ave


t'ublic


40


294


Yorktown


N. E. line


Northerly


Private


40


........


110


Waterhouse


Broadway


Cambridge line


Public


40


987


........


Wellington ave.


Montgomery av. Easterly


Private


Public


40


403


Wesley


Highland ave.


Arl'ton Br R.R.


Private


30


Bailey st.


Medford line


Public


40


292


431


1White


Elm st.


Cambridge line


Public


154


Willoughby


Central st.


Sycamore st.


Public


40


Woodbine Ex.


End of above


Lowell st.


Private


35


....


T Sidewalk in Somerville


........


Washington


Franklin ave.


Fitchburg R.R.


Privateabout 7.5 75 ..... 1,060


114


...


........


461


West


Westwood rd.


40


269


Feet Public Private


92


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


90


Court


612 Broadway


Southwesterly


Private


20


...


...


..


...


Court


12 Carlton st.


Southeasterly


Private


25


........


75


Court


112 Central st.


Northwesterly


Private


10


........


168


Court


113 Central st.


Southeasterly


Private


20


........


150


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


145


Court


Cambria st.


Northerly


Private


9


.....


59


Court


227 Columbia st. Northwesterly


Private


10


........


117


Court


Conlon ct.


Windsor st. ex.


Private


20


........


245


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.


Length


188


93


LIST OF STREETS


TABLE SHOWING OLD NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS AS FORMERLY KNOWN


Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known


Aberdeen road


Gurney street


Addison place


Tube Works court


Albion street


Franklin street Forest avenue or street (easterly end) Hobbs street


Aldrich street


Ruby street Eglantine street


Ash avenue Ashland street


Minnie avenue


Atherton street


Maple street Beech street (westerly end)


Avon place


Middle lane Barberry lane Cross lane


Bartlett street (Wd. 5) Beacon place


Earle street


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 road


Holland street


Bigelow street


High street D street


Bond street


Park street


Bonner place


Bonner avenue


Warren avenue


Boston ave. (s'th'ly end)


Southwick avenue Cypress street Orange street


Boston street


A street


Bow street


L 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


'94


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


Centre street


Charles Ryan road


Chester avenue


Middle lane


Cross lane


| Barberry lane


Church street


New Church street


Claremon street


Claremont street


Cleveland street


Clifton street


Elm place Appleton street


College avenue


Elm st. (Davis sq. to Powder House sq.) Glass House court (westerly end)


Highland street L


Columbus avenue


Warren avenue Probation path


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


Second rangeway (B'way to Medford st.) Runey's lane Three Pole lane


Crown street


Rand street ·


S Pleasant avenue


Curtis avenue


Mt. Pleasant avenue ( Second rangeway


Curtis street


South street


Cutter avenue ...


Russell street Dane court


Dane avenue


Dane street


Union street Fruit street


Dartmouth street ...


Dearborn road


Professors row


Derby street


(College ave. to Boston ave.) S Temple street Winthrop street


Cedar street ... .....


Central street ....


[ Chester street


( Carmel street


Columbia street


Windham road (southeasterly end)


Cross street


95


LIST OF STREETS


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 street


Charlestown lane


Milk lane


Road from Medford to Cambridge


Road from Medford


to


Cambridge over


Quarry hill Powder House road


Milk row or road Cambridge road


Elmwood 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 .. Flint avenue ..


Thurston street Runey place Runey street (Cross street to Aldrich


Flint street


street)


Forster street


Linwood street Federal street


Franklin street


First rangeway Second poleway


Two Pole lane


Fremont street


Giles park


Tremont street Giles place


Gilman street


Cross-street place Clarendon street


Gilson terrace


Gilson park Holmes street


Glendale avenue ..


Glenwood road .. Gould avenue


Jenny Lind avenue


Greenville street


Gould court C stret


Hamilton road


Russell road


Hammond street


( Dickinson place Benefit street Gordonia rd. (Summer st. to Highland ave.) Fanning avenue (Highland avenue to Lex- ington avenue)


Hancock street


Harding street ...


Harrison street (Wd. 6) Harvard place


Rideout street Ivaloo place Chestnut street or court


Elm court


Elm street


Elmwood avenue Davis street


96


ANNUAL REPORTS


Present Name of Street


Hawkins street


Former Names by Which Street Has Been Knows ( Hawkins court ¿ Milton street


Hawthorne street


( Graves street Evans or Evon street


Henry avenue


Ayer street ( Middle lane


Highland avenue


Cross lane Barberry lane Church street [ (Medford street to Central street)


Highland road


Ayer avenue


Hillside park


Marritt or Marrett place Lawrence street (southerly end)


Hinckley street


Holland street


New street to Arlington


Ivaloo street


Wood street


Jackson road


Jaques street


Walter street Bond street (Temple street to Bond street) Arnold street


Kensington avenue


Kenilworth avenue


Kingman road


Kingston street


Lake street


Langmaid avenue


West street


Lesley avenue


Alton street


Lexington avenue


Lexington street


Lincoln avenue


George street


Linden avenue


( Brackett's row Leland street Lynde street


Line street


Linwood street


Linden street


London street


Lowell street


Rangeway Old rangeway Sixth rangeway Charles Adams' rangeway


Lowell street


White street Highland road


( Road from Medford to Boston


Main street


Medford road Hollis street


Malvern avenue


Maple avenue


Maple street


Parterre square Jackson street


Marion street


McGrath Highway


§ Cook st. (Adrian st. to north of Wyatt st.) Harcourt st. (North Wyatt st. to Dimick st.) No. traffic artery, parts Somerville ave., Medford st., Shawmut st., Aldrich st., Dana st., Edmands st., Fellsway east, Winthrop ave.


Josephine avenue


( Kensington street


§ Kingman court or street


Warren avenue or street Campbell park (angle to Cambridge line) Hawkins court


( Auburn court


( Dale avenue


97


LIST OF STREETS


Present Name of Street


Meacham road


Medford street


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 Craigie's road to Medford Road to Medford


Craigie road Gore street (easterly end)


Merriam street Miller street


Milton street


Myrtle street Pierce's court 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 Orient street


Pearson avenue


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


Prospect Hill avenue


Orient street Cross street


Prospect street ( Road from Cambridgeport to Charlestown Pine street


Oliver Street


York terrace (easterly end) Chestnut street Chestnut court (westerly end)


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Present Name of Street


Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known ( Veazie street


Radcliffe road


Richardson street


Sacramento street


Sargent avenue


- Hawes avenue Appleton street (Lowell street westerly) Union street Mills street (Walnut street to angle)


Sartwell avenue


Sawyer avenue


§ Chestnut street Maple street, Sawyer street S Fourth rangeway


School street


Ireland's lane (Somerville ave. northerly) Stiles street


Seven Pines avenue Sewall street


Heath 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 Hill court


Spring street


Spring Hill street


St. James avenue


Melburn place


Sycamore street ... Sycamore terrace


Lyceum street


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


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


Sullivan street


Wesley park


Hawkins park


Wesley street


Prince street


Wheatland street


Walnut street New Walnut street


Chapel court


Highway to Newtowne Road from Cambridge to Charlestown


Lime street


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LIST OF STREETS


Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known


Whipple street ..... ..........


§ Dynamo street Howard street


White street


§ Cottage street ¿ Maple street Cottage court


Willow avenue


Rangeway | Eighth rangeway Irving street Willow street Charles street


Winchester street


( Minot street


Windsor road


Willow Dale street


Wyatt street


Wyatt's lane Albro street


Yorktown street


Ball square


Central square


Prescott square


Concord square


Cutter square


Davis square


Russell square Clarendon square ( Metropolitan square Post Office square


Gerrior square


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


White-street place


100


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES


February 18, 1954


To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville


Gentlemen:


Submitted herewith is the Annual Report for 1953 of the Veterans' Services Department.


A complete service in matters related to benefits for vet- erans and their dependents was available at all times.


We co-operated with other agencies in our endeavor to maintain greater efficiency in the department. These contacts as well as the opportunity for employment that existed during the year are reflected in the reduced amount of benefits paid as compared to the previous year.


A considerable number of veterans of the Korean Conflict obtained advice and guidance following their discharge from active duty.


We shall continue to assist and counsel all applicants and to adopt those programs which will contribute to that type of service.


Very truly yours,


THOMAS F. McGRATH,


Commissioner


SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS MADE BY THE VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1953


War Allowance


Somerville Veterans' Benefits


State Veterans Benefits


Soldiers' Burials


Total Relief


Cash


Medical


Fuel


Groceries


Cases


Persons


January


$99.00


$3,366.64


$3,371.64


$6,837.28


$2,251.43


$670.21


$352.50


$92.50


125


211


February


117.00


2,992.20


3,007.19.


6,116.39


2,193.36


408.84


325.00


65.00


115


182


March


84.00


3,132.28


3,147.30


$450.00


6,813.58


2,248.68


496.10


325.00


62.50


116


185


April


59.00


3,107.14


3,122.16


6,288.30


2,006.75


722.89


295.00


82.50


117


217


May


41.00


2,854.10


2,854.10


5,749.20


2,051.90


659.70


142.50


109


194


June


50.00


2,683.72


2,723.74


100.00


5,557.46


2,027.28


573.94


82.50


105


191


July


50.00


2,531.08


2,608.95


5,190.03


1,903.18


542.90


.....


85.00


108


191


August


150.00


2,367.62


2,391.57


4,909.19


1,957.39


385.23


25.00


104


185


September


175.00


1,885.61


1,860.62


3,921.23


1,650.28


210.33


25.00


90


146


October


190.00


2,243.86


2,218.87


4,652.73


1,659.93


345.93


205.50


32.50


95


149


November


26.25


2,342.41


2,534.09


150.00


5,052.75


1,747.09


300.32


215.50


79.50


105


167


December


25.00


2,255.00


2,380.00


4,660.00


1,795.93


218.57


218.00


22.50


93


142


$1,066.25


$31,761.66


$32,220.23


$700.00


$65,748.14


$23,493.20


$5,534.96


$1,936.50


$797.00


1282


2160


..


...


...


............


RECAPITULATION OF VETERANS' BENEFITS -- SOMERVILLE


101%


CITY AUDITOR


REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD


January 28, 1954


The Honorable The Board of Aldermen City Hall Somerville, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


The Planning Board of the City of Somerville, in accord- ance with Section 81-C of Chapter 41, of the General Laws of Massachusetts, herewith respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1953.


On February 3, 1953, at its annual organizational meeting, Mr. Harry P. Burden was reelected Chairman of the Planning Board for the ensuing year and Mr. John J. Molloy was elected clerk.


On July 1, 1953, Mr. Frederick Ryan, of 27 Austin Street was appointed to succeed Mr. John J. Donahue, who resigned.


During the year, several staff problems arose and were successfully solved. Mr. Harold P. Myer, research assistant, resigned as of March 21, and Mrs. Mary W. Vise was promoted from draftsman to fill his position. Mr. Frederick J. Lund of 26 Madison Street was appointed to the position of draftsman, having had several years of experience in a comparable posi- tion with the Cambridge Planning Board.


Mrs. Elizabeth King, Planning Director, resigned on August 29, 1954. During the Spring and Summer the Board had inter- viewed several candidates, and finally obtained the services of Mr. Alan McClennen, of Lincoln, Mass., who had recently been. serving as Assistant Planning Director and Director of Re- development in Cambridge.




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