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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
..
...
...
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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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