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40
1,810
May 27, 1873.
Brattle st.
Summer st. to Brattle av
40
1,360
Brattle st. pl
Brattle st. to Pine st
40
1,400
+ Broadway
Mass. av. to Somerville line
64
5,400
Includes Washington av. (so-called). Old Town Way named Elin st. Nov. 9, 1846.
Brooks av
Lake st. to Barnes lane
40
765
*Cedar av
Summer st. ext. westerly
40
200
*Cedar av
Oakland av. to Park av
50
2,500
Cemetery st
Chestnut st. northerly
40
450
Mar. 15, 1894.
Central st.
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R.
30
564
Mar. 7, 1870.
Chapman st.
Pleasant st. to Devereaux st.
40
268
Dec. 7, 1896.
tChestnut st.
Medford st. to Mystic st
50
500
Old Town Way named Mystic st. Nov. 9, 1846.
*Chestnut st
Wollaston av. southerly
50
3,400
Church st.
Mass. av. to Bacon st
25
150
*('ircuit av
Sachem av. to Fowle av
40
350
Claremont av
Wollaston av. to Oakland av
60
2,171
Sept. 23, 1878.
Clark st
Mass. av. north of Pierce st
40
457
Cleveland st.
Mass. av. to Broadway
45
1,608
Apr. 15, 1898.
Cliff st
Florence av. to Oakland av
50
1,441
Nov. 8, 1897.
Apr. 2, 1866 ; Sep. 20, 1875 Nov. 2, 1886. Mar. 9, 1891.
Apr. 7, 1898. Nov. 22, 1906.
Mar. 4, 1872.
163
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS.
NAME.
LOCATION.
Width.
Date of Acceptance.
Accepted Private
Coral st
Park st. to Beacon st
250
Mar. 4, 1872.
Cottage av
Henderson st. easterly
370
Court st
Mass. av. to Water st ..
20 & 35
620
Crescent Hill av
Park pl. north of Montague st.
40
1,144
Crescent Hill av
200 ft. N. Montague to Lexington line Teel st. to Henderson st.
40
215
Davis av
Mystic st. to Orient av
40
900
* Day st.
George st. westerly
40
350
Decatur st.
River st. to No. Union st.
35 & 40
988
Mar. 6, 1871.
Decatur st.
No. Union st. easterly
35
560
Devereaux st
Chapman st. southerly
40
293
Dec. 7, 1896.
Dow rd.
Appleton st. southeasterly.
50
500
*Dover pl
George st. easterly
25
200
*Dover st
George st. westerly.
40
250
Draper av.
Mystic st. to Orient av
40
730
Dudley st.
Grove st. to Brattle st
40
1,370
Dudley st. pl.
Dudley st. southerly.
20
150
Dundee rd
Mass. av. to Selkirk rd
40
1,100
Eastern av
Park Circle to Highland av
50
2,040
Nov. 27, 1875.
Elder terrace
Lowell st. easterly
25 & 40
330
Elmore st
Ashland st. to Oakland av
40
500
*Everett pl
Summer st. northerly.
36
300
Fairmont st
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R.
40
1,650
Fairview av
Mystic st. to Mystic Lake
40
900
*First st.
Peck av. to Inverness rd
40
200
Florence av
Appleton st. to Claremont av
50
1,900
+Forest st.
Mass. av. to Winchester line.
40
4,980
+Forest st. pl.
Forest st. westerly
33
640
*Fowle av
Circuit av. to Meadow Brook pk.
40
350
Franklin st
Mass. av. to Lewis av ..
40
1,570
May 1, 1876.
Franklin st
Lewis av. to Mystic river
40
990
Franklin av
Madison av. easterly
40
150
*Fremont st.
No. Union st. easterly.
30
1,000
*Gardner st.
Broadway to Decatur st.
35
2,150
*George st.
Appleton st. southeasterly
50
900
Glen av
Mystic st. to Walnut st
40
585
*Gloucester st .. Grandview rd
Gray st. to Eastern av
40
1,832
Gray st
Ravine st. to Locke's Farm
40
1,000
Nov. 8, 1897. Mar. 10, 1885.
Gray st.
Pleasant st. to Ravine st ..
40
750
Gray st
Mt. Vernon st. to Robbins rd.
50
1,470
*Gray st
Robbins rd. to Oakland av
50
960
*Gray st.
Locke's Farm to Mt. Vernon st.
50
2,165
Grove st.
Mass. av. to Summer st
30
1,460
Mar. 2, 1840.
Grove st. pl
Grove st. westerly
40
490
Hamlet st
Franklin st. to Medford st
40
400
Harvard st.
Appleton st. southerly
50
780
Hawthorne av.
Pine Ridge rd. to Park av
40
1,099
Henderson st ..
Mass. av. to Cottage av
40
700
Henderson st.
Cottage av. to Cross st
40
300
Hibbert st.
Lexington line to Rublee st
40
635
Highland av
Mass. av. to Eastern av
50
3,180
May 7, 1872.
Hillside av.
Wollaston av. to Prospect av
50
2,704
Aug. 4, 1884.
Hutchinson rd ..
Old Mystic st. to Winchester line
2,995
Old Town Way named Oak st. Nov. 9, 1846.
Inverness rd
Aberdeen rd. to First st
40
350
Irving st
Academy st. to Jason st
40
400
Irving st.
Jason st. to Bartlett av
40
320
Sept. 20, 1875. Nov. 8, 1897.
Irving st
Pleasant st. to Academy st
40
550
Nov.15,1898, Nov.18,1901
Nov. 5, 1867 .- Dec. 1, 1902.
40
255
Cross st.
Mar. 14, 1892. Apr. 20, 1874.
Apr. 14, 1896.
Mar. 12, 1883. Old Town Way named Forest st. Nov. 9, 1846. Decree of Superior Court, June 30, 1899.
500 feet proposed. 1150 feet proposed.
Mt. Vernon st. to Highland av
40
688
Nov. 2, 1886. Mar. 9, 1891.
40 30
§ LENGTH.
164
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS.
§ LENGTH.
NAME.
LOCATION.
Width.
Date of Acceptance.
Accepted Private
rving st.
Bartlett av. westerly.
40 40 ¢ 50
2,770
Nov. 4, 1884, Mar. 2, 1885, Mar. 13, 1893, July 1,1895.
ason terrace ...
Jason st. westerly
30
190
Jefferson av
Franklin av. to Lexington line
40
80
Kenilworth rd ..
Gray st. to Hawthorne av
40
1,171
Kensington pk.
Pleasant st. to Kensington rd
40 & 45
516
Nov. 8, 1897.
Kensington pk
Kensington rd. to Jason st.
40
926
Kensington rd.
Kensington pk. to Brantwood rd.
40
850
Nov. 8, 1897.
Kensington rd.
Kensington pk. easterly.
40
176
Kilsythe rd.
Selkirk rd. to Inverness rd
40
640
afayette st
Mass. av. to Park boulevard.
40
692
ake av
Magnolia st. to Park boulevard
40
709
ake st.
Mass. av. to Cross st. Belmont
50
5,000
akeview
Pleasant st. southeasterly
40
498
Lanack rd.
Kilsytlie rd. to Second st.
40
150
ancaster rd
Mass. av. southerly
40
300
ansdowne rd ..
Summer st northerly
40
754
aurel av
Brattle st. westerly
40
170
aurel st
Marathon st. to Cleveland st
45
200
Apr. 15, 1898.
Lennon rd
Bow st. northerly
40
500
ewis av
Medford st. to Franklin st.
40
720
May 1, 1876.
incoln st
Gray st. near Woodland st
40
477
Lincoln av
Eastern av. to Park av
50
1,200
inden st
Cliff st. to Park av.
50
1,620 660
Nov. 8, 1897. Nov. 11, 1850; Apr. 20, 1874.
ocke st
Mass. av. to north of Pierce st
40
418
Lombard rd
Pleasant st. to Lombard terrace.
40
449
Lombard terrace
Wellington st. to B. & M. R. R ..
40
800
orne rd
Sutherland rd. southeasterly
40
300
Lowell st
Mass. av. to Lexington line. 50
3,876
Old Town Way, named Lowell st., Nov. 9, 1846.
owell st. pl.
Lowell st. to B. & M. R. R.
40
300
Madison av
Park pl. to Lexington line.
40
1,600
Iagnolia st
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R.
40
1,700
Iaple st
Pleasant st. to Academy st
40
670
Apr. 20, 1874.
Maple st
Oakland av. westerly
50
2,000
Iarathon st.
Mass. av. to Broadway.
45 93-98
18,310
Apr. 15, 1898. Old Town Way, named Main st., Nov. 9, 1846.
Medford st
Mass. av. to Medford line
3,180
Old Town Way, named Medford st., Nov. 9, 1846.
Menotomy rd .. Till st.
Mass. av. to Gray st
40
1,361
Mass. av. to Summer st.
50
860
Also Old Town June 11, 1872.
Way.
Millett st.
Lansdowne rd. easterly
40
254
Iontague st.
Westminster av. to Crescent Hill av
40
390
Nov. 2, 1886.
Toore pl
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R.
25
350
Monument pl ..
Mass. av. easterly
20
400
It. Vernon st
Mass. av. to Gray st.
40
1,360
Mystic st
Mass. av. to Winchester line
50-60
8,150
Apr. 7, 1873. June 4, 1856, Sept. 3. 1873, also Old Town Way, named Mystic st. Nov. 9, 1846.
Tortlı Cross st. No. Union st. to Gardner st
30
770
Old Town Way named Pond st., Nov. 9, 1846. Nov. 15, 1898.
Laurel st.
Marathon st. to Amsden st ..
45
750
inwood st.
Mass. av. to Spy Pond.
40
1,730
Mass. av
Cambridge line to Lexington line. .
66-60
320
ason st.
Mass. av. to Brantwood rd.
165
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS.
§ LENGTH.
NAME.
LOCATION.
Width.
Date of Acceptance.
Accepted Private
No. Union st.
Broadway to Decatur st.
40
1,920
Mar. 6, 1871.
Oakland av
Appleton st. to Park av.
50
2,120
Oakland av ..
Park av. to Claremont av
50
640
Apr. 14, 1896. Sept. 23, 1878.
Oakledge st
Bow st. to Park av. ext
40
311
Old Mystic st. .
Mystic st. to Mystic st.
40
2,200
Old Town Way, named Mystic st., Nov. 9, 1846
Orchard pl
Mass. av. southerly
25
500
Orchard terrace
Medford st. westerly
40
344
Orient av
Davis av. to Fairview av
40
560
*Orient av
Lexington line to Park pl
40
2,000
Palmer st
Mass. av. to Broadway
40
470
Palmer st
Broadway to Warren st.
40
495
Parallel st
Franklin st. to Medford st
40
410
*Park av
Lowell st. to Belmont line
80
5,920
June 29, 1875.
Park av. ext.
Lowell st. easterly.
40
1,032
*Park pl.
Madison av. to Crescent Hill av
40
300
'Park boulevard
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R
40
1,680
Park circle
Park av. to Park av.
40
1,050
Mar. 30, 1903. Mar. 4, 1872.
tPaul Revere rd
Appleton st. to Mass. av
50
2,050
Nov. 10, 1877; also Old Town Way (formerly Vine st.) named Paul Revere rd., Nov. 7, 1901.
Pearl av
Mystic st. easterly.
40
668
*Peck av
Wollaston av. westerly
40
600
Peirce st.
Forest st. to Locke st.
40
680
Pelham terrace. Pleasant st. westerly
40
345
Old Town Way, named Somerset pl., Nov. 9, 1846.
*Perth rd
Appleton st. to George st
40
200
Pine Ridge rd. . Gray st. to Hawthorne av
40
1,171
Pine st
Summer st. northerly
40
750
1875.
tPleasant st.
Mass. av. to Belmont line
4,820
Old Town Way, named Pleasant st., Nov. 9, 1846.
Pond Lane .. :
Mass. av. to Spy Pond
30
750
Prescott st.
Russell st. to Winslow st
40
591
Prospect av ..
Hillside av. to Park av
50
300
Ramsdell court.
Mass. av. northerly
17
200
* Rangeley rd.
Mystic st. to Glen av
40
602
Ravine st
Irving st. to Gray st.
40
368
Mar. 6, 1893.
*Revere st.
Walnut st. to Menotomy rd.
40
370
+River st
Warren st. to Medford line
40
1,800
Mar. 2, 1857.
Robbins rd
Mass. av. to Gray st.
45
1,370
Apr. 14, 1896.
Robbins rd
Gray st. to Hawthorne av
40
1,200
Rockland av
Millett st. north and south
40
551
*Rosslin rd.
Aberdeen rd. to Kilsythe rd.
40
150
*Rublee st.
Hibbert st. westerly
40
500
Russell st.
Mystic st. to Water st.
40
791
Russell terrace.
Russell st. to Winslow st.
40
390
*Sachem av
Mystic st. to Meadow Brook pk
40
600
Sawin st
Henderson st. to Teel st
40
215
Mar. 16, 1908.
Sawin st.
Teel st. westerly
30
200
*School st.
Mass. av. to Grav st.
40
1,363
*Shawmut pl.
Summer st. northerly
36
400
Schouler court
Mass. av. northerly.
30
340
*Second st.
Peck av. to Lanark rd.
40
150
Mar. 14, 1892. Nov. 22, 1906.
Park st.
Warren st. to Coral st.
40
1,518
Park st. pl.
Park st. westerly
30
125
40
Nov. 11, 1850.
Mar. 14, 1892. Aug. 4, 1884.
Mar. 4, 1872. Mar. 14, 1892.
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166
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS.
§ LENGTH.
NAME.
LOCATION.
Widtlı.
Date of Acceptance.
Accepted Prviate
Selkirk rd
Aberdeen rd. to Perthi rd.
40
400
Shore rd
Chapman st. southerly
40
400
Short st
Chestnut st. easterly.
40
200
Spring Lane
Pleasant st. to Highland av
3,450
Old Town Way, named Spring pl. Nov . 9, 1846.
Smith st
Arnold st. to Lancaster rd
40
600
Spring Valley
Pleasant st. to Spy Pond.
25
520
Nov. 11, 1850; Apr. 15, 1867.
Spring rd.
Sutherland rd. southerly
40
300
Summer st.
Mystic st. to Grove st
3,320
Apr. 7, 1873, also Old Town Way, Nov. 9, 1846.
Summer st.
Grove st. to Pine st
50
920
Mar. 16, 1908.
Summer st.
Pine st. northerly ..
40
445
Sutherland rd ..
Paul Revere rd. to Aberdeen rd.
40
750
wan pl
Mass. av. southerly.
30
600
wan st
Pleasant st. to Swan pl.
40
250
Mar. 14, 1877.
Sylvia st
Lexington line to Rublee st
40
800
Tanager st.
Wollaston av. to Wollaston av
40
1,150
Nov. 22, 1906.
eel st
Mass. av. to Sawin st
40
560
Mar. 10, 1884.
eel st.
Sawin st. to Cross st
40
410
Mar. 9, 1891.
Teel st. pl
Teel st. westerly
30
206
Third st
Peck av. to Perth rd
40
100
Thorndike st
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R.
40
1,700
Trowbridge st. Tufts st
Mass. av. to Warren st
35
1,300
Apr. 2, 1866.
Unnamed st
Sylvia st. westerly
40
170
Unnamed st
Gray st. to Gloucester st
40
587
Unnamed st
Gray st. to Gloucester st
40
544
Unnamed st
Brantwood rd ex to Kensington pk ex
40
787
Unnamed st
Brattle st. easterly
500
Valentine rd
Appleton st. to George st
50
900
Wachusett av
Wollaston av. to Appleton st
50
650
Nov. 13, 1894.
Walnut av ..
Glen av. easterly
40
400 275
Mar. 7, 1870.
Warren st.
Medford st. to Broadway
50
2,680
May 27, 1873, also Old Town Way, Nov. 9, 1846.
Warwick st . . . Washington st .. Washington av Water st.
Brattle st. northerly.
40
see Brattle st. pl.
Madison av. to Orient av
40
250
Mass. av. to Russell st
40
680
Mar. 15, 1894.
Water st. ext.
Mystic st. to Russell st.
50
1,300
Waverly st.
Wachusett av. to Chesnut st.
50
550
*Webcowet rd .. Webster st.
Broadway to Warren st.
40
680 650
May 27, 1873. Nov. 8, 1887.
Wellingt'nst ex West st.
Wollaston av. southerly
50
320
Westminster av Lowell st. to Lexington line
50
2,310
Aug. 4. 1884; Mar. 17, 1881.
Westmoreland av
Lowell st. to Orient av
40
985
Whittemore st ..
Mass. av. to B. & M. R. R
40
470
Wilbur av.
Wollaston av. east and west
40
900
Williams st.
Arnold st. southerly.
40
500
Walnut court.
Walnut st. easterly
25
Walnut st.
Mass. av. to Gray st.
33
1,360
Trowbridge st. to Laurel st
45
600
Medford st. northerly
40
1,135
Wellington st ..
Pleasant st. easterly
40
Wellington st. to Addison st
40
191
Mass. av. to Laurel st.
45
1,050
1,900
Sunnyside av
Broadway easterly.
167
TOWN ENGINEERS REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS.
$ LENGTH.
NAME.
LOCATION.
Width.
Date of Acceptance.
Accepted Private
Willow pl
Mass. av. northerly
30
169
Windermere av
Bartlett av. northwesterly
40
350
Mar. 27, 1906.
*Windsor st.
Mass. av. to Laurel st.
45
1,000 200
Windermere ct.
Windermere av. westerly
30
Winnick pl.
Medford st northwesterly
20
350
Winslow st
Mystic st. to Russell terrace
40
528
Mar. 14, 1892.
Winter st.
Mass. av. to Broadway
40
1,540
Apr. 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Nov. 9, 1846.
Wollaston av
Park av. to Claremont av.
60
640
Sept. 23, 1878.
Wollaston av
Claremont av. to Wachusett av
60
400
Nov. 13, 1894.
Wollaston av
Wachusett av. to West st
60
300
Mar. 16, 1908.
*Woodbury st.
Dundee rd. to Hibbert st.
40
750
Woodland st
Jason st. to Lincoln st
40
522
Wyman st.
Mass. av. to Broadway
40
630
Mar. 19, 1888. Nov. 22, 1906.
Wyman st.
Broadway to Warren st
40
420
t Streets laid out by County Commissioners.
§ Distances are by scale.
* Length proposed streets and ways 9.7 miles.
Total length of accepted streets and town ways 33 miles. Length private streets and ways open for travel 10.4 miles.
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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston in latitude 42 deg., 25 min., N., longitude 71 deg., 09 min., W., at an eleva- tion above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation, feet .... 48
I55
Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation, feet. . . Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), eleva- tion, feet 377
Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation, feet. 28I
The Town and a part of what is now Belmont was set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867. Population, estimated
Number of polls . 10,500
Number of voters : Men, 1,884; women, 118; total .... 2,755
2,002
School enrollment : Public, 2,090; Parochial, 181 ; total
2,27I Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, or 5 I-2 square miles.
Area covered by water, 237 acres.
Parks : Town, 48.24 acres ; Mystic River Reservation, Metro- politan, 17.7 acres. 65.94
Town Property, exclusive of Parks, acres
Total cemetery areas, acres. 31.6
Area taxed, tax rate, $19.30, acres. 41.2
Valuation, real estate 2,698
$9,742,883.
Valuation, personal property $1,337,163.
Public streets and Town ways : Macadam, 10.9 miles ;
gravel, 22 miles; granite paving, I-10 mile; total miles 33.0
Private Streets open to travel, miles.
9.7
Permanent sidewalks: Concrete, 6.1 miles; brick, I.o mile ; artificial stone, 0.56 miles ; total miles
7.66
Edgestone, miles.
8.39
Paved gutters, miles.
8.98
Storm drain system, miles
Catch basins 7.0
213.
Sewerage system, 23.81 miles; local Metropolitan sewer system, 3.47 miles ; total miles. 27.28
12.68
Particular sewer system ( 1,109 connections), miles ... Number of buildings connected. 1,138
Water mains : Low system, 18.25 miles : High system, 18.31 miles ; total miles
36.56
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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
Metropolitan system, miles. 2
Cement lined pipe in use, miles. 3.84
Cast iron pipe in use, miles . 32.72
Fire hydrants 380
Fire pressure at Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street: Low system, 50 lbs .; High system, 90 1bs.
Water services 1,979
Water meters 992
Fire alarm boxes (Gamewell).
¥35
Police signal boxes (Gamewell) .
I3
Gas mains, 10 miles, more or less.
Street lights : Arc, 83 ; incandescent, 242 ; total.
325
Telephone and telegraph conduits, miles. 4.71
Electric light conduits, miles. .76
Steam railroads : Double track, 3.59 miles ; single track, 0.24 mile ; total miles trackage. 7.42 Electric railways (double track counted twice), miles. 11.74
Houses, 1,692; other buildings, 812; total. 2,504 Schoolhouses, 6; churches, 10 ; post offices, 2 ; police station, I ; railroad stations, 3; hose houses, 3; chemical engine, I; hose wagons, 3 ; ladder truck, I. .
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES.
ARLINGTON, MASS., Jan. 20, 1909.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works :-
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit herewith my ninth annual report as Superintendent of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1908.
At the Annual Town Meeting the appropriations which have in the past been made separately for the Fire Alarm, Police Signal and Inspection of Wires Department were consolidated under one appropriation to be known as the Wire Department. This change was recommended to the Auditor by your Superintendent, to the end that the keeping of the accounts might be simplified, and also to make an expenditure of the appropriation made for the Town's electrical systems more advantageous in the purchasing of sup- plies direct for one department instead of for three as in the past. This recommendation received the approval of your Auditor, and the electrical appropriations called for were submitted by him to the Committee of Twenty-one as one appropriation for the Wire Department.
The work of the Wire Department may be classified under the following divisions :
I. Inspection of Electrical Wiring in Buildings.
2. Inspection of Electrical Wiring on the Streets.
3. Maintenance and operation of the Fire Alarm System.
4. Maintenance and operation of the Police Signal System.
5. Construction for Fire Alarm and Police Signal Systems.
6. Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets.
7. Supervision of Underground Conduits and Wires.
8. Supervision of Street Lighting.
INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL WIRING IN BUILDINGS. The work of inspecting electrical wiring in buildings has been given care- ful attention as in the past. Each year shows a very marked im- provement in the class of wiring and fittings installed for electric lighting and power. This condition has been brought about by the united efforts of the various insurance, electrical, architectural
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and other allied interests, which have approved of the rules and requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters govern- ing the installation of electric wiring and apparatus as published in the "National Electrical Code."
The enforcement of these rules and requirements by the various electrical departments, the hearty co-operation given the inspec- tion departments by reliable electrical contractors, with the most excellent work done by the Underwriters' laboratories in the test- ing and standardizing of electrical wires and fittings manufac- tured, has brought about a more durable and safe class of con- struction, and it should be the aim of all property owners to see that proper notifications are given the electrical inspection depart- ments of any new work, or changes made in an electrical instal- lation, to the end that an unsafe installation, which has not been inspected, may mean an electrical fire or probably more serious results.
TABULATION OF INTERIOR WIRING INSPECTIONS. MADE IN 1908.
Number of applications received 210
Number of inspections. 291
Number of incandescent lights wired for. 2136
Number of motors installed. 8
Horse power of motors installed ..
39 5-8
Number of unfinished inspections, Dec. 31st.
42
PERMITS ISSUED FOR INSTALLING OF METERS.
To Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Boston .... 288
To Lexington Gas & Electric Company, of Lexington. .. 3
Total
291
Incandescent lights installed on Edison service. 3683
Incandescent lights installed on Lex'n G. & E. Co., ser . .
35
Total
3718
Number of motors installed on Edison service. 8
Total horse power of motors installed on Edison service. 39 5-8 Arc lights installed on Edison service. I of 3990 watts
The Lexington Gas and Electric Company were given permis- sion to run wires and supply service for lighting and power in buildings on Sylvia and other streets near the Lexington Town
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Line, in accordance with the requirements of this Department. Permission being given by the Edison Electric Illuminating Con- pany to the Lexington Gas and Electric Company to establish this service, the Edison Company not having wires in this vicinity.
INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL WIRING AND SUPERVISION OF POLES, WIRES AND UNDERGROUND CONDUITS IN THE STREETS. Careful attention has been given to the condition of wires on the streets, and notification immediately given to the companies own- ing wires and poles when the same were found defective, all such notices receiving prompt attention from the various companies. Very little trouble has been experienced with the poles and wires on the streets other than on May 30, at 1:09 P. M., when two hard pine poles on Mystic Street, owned by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company broke off, and fell into the street nearly opposite the residence of Mr. J. Howell Crosby. The breaking of these poles was in all probability caused by the tightening of the span wires of the street railway several days before. These poles were located on an angle of the street and the strain was very great at this point. As these poles had been inspected and passed as safe several months before, this is a very weighty demonstration of the unreliability of a hard pine pole as a support for wires. The use of hard pine timber for poles has not been permitted by this department for several years, these poles having been set for about eight years. In the breaking of these poles all wires were carried to the street, the poles fall- ing directly across the street, and narrowly missing an electric car that had just passed. The fire alarm wires, including Box 28, telephone wires and trolley wires were all. broken, entirely blocking traffic. The breaking of the fire alarm wire gave imme- diate notification to this department of trouble, which was quickly located. The street was cleared by this department in a short time of all wires and broken poles and, with the assistance of the wire employees of other companies summoned, repairs were made in a very short time to the trolley, thus allowing the electric cars to proceed. Box 28 of the fire alarm system was placed in a new location and cut into commission inside of one hour after the break occurred.
The great value of the Police Signal was given at this time, as Box No. 23 of this system, which was in close proximity, was used to telephone to police headquarters orders to notify the various wire companies of the trouble and a quick response was made by all.
Forty-six (46) old poles were replaced on the highways by the following specified companies : Edison Company, 16 poles ; New
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England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 25 poles; Atlantic Telegraph by Edison Company, 5 poles.
Seven new poles were set in locations granted as follows :
Petitioner Company.
Street. Poles. Date Plan.
Date Granted.
Edison Company.
Paul Revere Road.
2 Jan. 7 Jan. 27, 1908.
66
Jason St. Cor.
66
Brantwood Road.
1 June 15
July 20,
66
Cleveland St.
2
8
20,
N. E. T. & T. Co.
Brattle St.
2
May 8
May 25, 66
Three (3) poles were removed by the Edison Company, and locations abandoned, these poles not being considered necessary by this department. Three (3) poles were changed to new loca- tions, one being too near to a fire hydrant, one for relocation of street light and one at the request of an abutter to allow building of a driveway. Twenty-four (24) permits were issued to the above companies to set, replace and remove poles as specified above. Complete records of pole construction are on file at Wire Department headquarters. The high tension system of wires built by the Edison Company on Broadway, from the Somerville line to Junction of Warren Street and on Mystic Street from Corner of Russell Street to the Winchester Town Line, is a very satisfactory piece of construction, the greatest care being shown in the building of these wires and poles.
All construction for electric lighting and power which has been buil+ during the past year has been very satisfactory, and in all cases care has been shown to do work in accordance with the town requirements. The pole construction as done by another company owning poles on our streets has not in many cases been satisfactory, very poor judgment having been shown in the selec- tion of poles to be set, and also in the manner the work was done, and it has been necessary on several occasions to order poles re- placed or reset, which has made much more work than was neces- sary if this work had been done properly in the first place. More attention will have to be given this question in the future by com- panies interested, or drastic measures will be recommended to compel a compliance of the requirements governing this class of work.
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