Town of Arlington annual report 1913, Part 15

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
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Coral Street. ..


Park Street to Beacon Street.


40


250


March 4, 1872.


Cottage Avenue ..


Henderson Street, easterly ..


30


270


Court Street. ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Water Street .. . .


20-35


620


November 5, 1867.


Court Street Place. ..


Court Street, northerly ..


20


160


Crescent Hill Avenue . . .


Park Place to north of Montague Street .. .


40


1144


December 1, 1902.


Crescent Hill Avenue. . . 200 feet north of Montague Street, to Lex- ington Line ..


40


255


Cross Street ..


Teel Street to Henderson Street ..


40


215


Davis Avenue .. .


Mystic Street to Orient Avenue


40


900


tDay Street. .


George Street, westerly ..


40


350


Decatur Street. .


River Street to North Union Street ..


35 & 40


988


March 6, 1871


Decatur Street. ..


North Union Street, easterly ..


35


560


Devereaux Street. .


Chapman Street, southerly .


· 40


293


December 7, 1896.


tDodge Street .. ..


Irwin Street, northerly .


40


1075


tDothan Street ...


Wright Street to Winchester Line.


40


1520


Dow Road ..


Appleton Street, southeasterly .


50


500


+Dover Place. ..


George Street, easterly .


25


200


tDover Street. ..


George Street, westerly ..


40


250


+Draelon Avenue. ..


Dothan Street to Reed Street ..


40


1550


Draper Avenue ...


Mystic Street to Orient Avenue.


40


730


March 14, 1892. April 20, 1874.


Dudley Street.


Grove Street to Brattle Street.


40


1370


Dudley Street Place .


Dudley Street, southerly .


20


150


Dundee Road ...


Massachusetts Avenue to Selkirk Road ....


40


1100


tDunster Lane. .


Forest Street, northerly .


40


100


Eastern Avenue.


Park Circle to Highland Avenue. .


50


2040


.


November 27, 1875.


tEgerton Road ..


Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .. . . 40


420


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


216


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


1


Elder Terrace ..


[Lowell Street, easterly .


25-40


330


+Elmhurst Road.


Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenue ..


40


800


Elmore Street. .


Ashland Street to Oakland Avenue. 40


500


Everett Place.


Summer Street, northerly .. ·


36


300


Everett Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway .


40


1350


Eustis Street. ..


Glenburn Road, northeasterly.


40


475


Fairmont Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


40


1650


Fairview Avenue.


Mystic Street to Mystic Lake ..


40


900


Falmouth Road.


Mystic Street to Langley Road ..


40


950


Farrington Street.


Mystic Street to Rangeley Road ..


40


320


Fayette Street.


Glenburn Road, northeasterly ..


40


240


Fessenden Road ..


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly.


20


414


+Finley Street. .


Charlton Street to Brand Street ..


40


500


+First Street ..


Peck Avenue to Inverness Road.


40


200


Florence Avenue.


Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue.


.


Florence Avenue.


Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line.


50


3700


*Forest Street. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line. 40


4980


Old Town Way named Forest Street, November 9, 1846.


tForest Street Place.


Forest Street, westerly.


33


640


Fountain Road.


Gray Street Extension to Hawthorne Av. .


40


1150


+Fowle Avenue. ..


Circuit Avenue to Meadow Brook Park. ..


40


350


Franklin Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Lewis Avenue .. .


40


1570


May 1, 1876.


Franklin Street ..


Lewis Avenue to Mystic River Parkway ...


40


890


Franklin Avenue .


Madison Avenue, easterly .


40


150


tFrancis Street. .


Appleton Street, southerly ..


30


425


Freeman Street. .


Lake Street to 100 feet beyond Orvis Rd. .


40


730


#Freeman Street ..


From 100 feet beyond Orvis Road to Barnes Lane. .


40


300


Fremont Street


North Union Street, easterly.


30


1000


500 feet proposed.


#Fulton Street.


Appleton Street, southerly ..


30


350


Gardner Street ..


Broadway to Decatur Street.


35 & 40


2150


Gay Street ..


Brand Street, easterly .. .


40


375


George Street.


Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue. .


40


2530


George Street.


Appleton Street, southeasterly


50


900


Glen Avenue ..


Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue.


.


.


40


585


.


50


1900


March 12, 1883.


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


1150 feet proposed.


. .


. .


.


217


Includes Barnes Lane. April 14, 1896.


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. .


.


Decree of Superior Ct., June 30, 1899.


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued.


Name


Location


Width


Length


Date of Acceptance


Accept.


Private


Glenburn Road .


Park Avenue, easterly.


40


1340


Gloucester Street. .


Mt. Vernon Street to Highland Avenue.


40


688


Gloucester Street Ext. . . Highland Avenue, easterly.


40


233


Grafton Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway .


4.0


1411


Grand View Road


Gray Street to Eastern Avenue ..


40


1832


Gray Street. .


Ravine Street to Locke Farm.


40


1000


November 8, 1887. March 10, 1885.


Gray Street.


Pleasant Street to Ravine Street.


40


750


Gray Street.


From pt. 377 ft. W. of Cor. Bartlett Av. to Oakland Ave.


50


4611


November 20, 1911. Mt. Vernon St.


Gray Street ..


Robbins Road to Oakland Avenue.


50


1138


November 15, 1913.


Grove Street ..


|Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street. .


30


1460


March 2, 1840.


Grove Street Place .


Grove Street, westerly . .


40


490


Hamlet Street.


Franklin Street to Medford Street.


40


400


Harlow Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway


40


1295


Harvard Street ..


Appleton Street, southerly ..


50


674


March 6, 1911.


Hawthorne Avenue.


Pine Ridge Road to Park Avenue ..


40


1099


Henderson Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street. ·


40


1000


November 2, 1886, March 9, 1891.


+Henderson Street.


Cross Street to Somerville Line .. ..


40


300


+Henry Street ..


Wright Street to Winchester Line.


40


550


Hibbert Street.


Lexington Line to Rublee Street .. 40


635


+High Street ..


Appleton Street, southerly .. ..


30


25


Highland Avenue.


Massachusetts Avenue to Eastern Avenue.


50


3180


March 7, 1872. August 4, 1884.


Hillside Avenue.


Wollaston Avenue to Prospect Avenue ·


50


2704


Hillside Avenue.


Prospect Avenue to Belmont Line.


50


1706


tHilton Street. .


Broadway to Gardner ..


40


693


Hobbs Court ..


1111 Mass. Av. northerly to B. & L. R.R .. .


25


700


Hospital Road .


Summer Street to Symmes Hospital.


20


1200


*Hutchinson Road.


Old Mystic St. to Winchester Line .. 40


2995


Old Town Way named Oak Street, November 9, 1846.


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


1


218


.


·


to Oakland Ave., built 1913.


.


.


Inverness Road .


Aberdeen Road to First Street. Pleasant Street to Bartlett Avenue. .


40


350


Irving Street. .


40


1270


September 20, 1875; November 8, 1897; Nov. 15, 1898; Nov. 18, 1901.


Irving Street. .


Bartlett Avenue, westerly .


40


320


#Irwin Street. .


Charlton Street to Dodge Street ..


40


300


tJames Street. .


Thesda Street to Winchester Line. ..


40


910


Jason Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Brantwood Road 40-50


2770


November 4, 1884; Mar. 2, 1885; Mar. 13, 1893; July 1, 1895.


Jason Terrace. .


Jason Street, westerly ..


30


190


tJefferson Avenue.


Franklin Avenue to Lexington Line .. .


40


80


Kenilworth Road ..


Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue ..


40


1171


Kensington Park.


Pleasant Street to Kensington Road


40 & 45


516


November 8, 1897.


+Kensington Park ......


Kensington Road to Norfolk Road.


40


926


Kensington Road.


Kensington Park to Brantwood Road. ..


40


850


November 8, 1897.


Kilsythe Road .


Selkirk Road to Inverness Road ..


40


640


Lafayette Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Park Boulevard .


40


692


Lake Avenue.


Magnolia Street to Park Boulevard. .


40


709


*Lake Street ..


Mass. Av. to Cross St., Belmont Line .. . 50


5000


Old Town Way named Pond Street, November 9, 1846.


Lakeview .


Pleasant Street, easterly ..


40


498


November 15, 1898.


tLanark Road .


Kilsythe Road to Second Street. .


40


150


Lancaster Road .


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly. .


40


300


Langley Road ..


Upland Road to Falmouth Road.


40


584


Lansdowne Road.


Summer Street, northerly.


40


754


Laurel Avenue. .


Brattle Street, westerly .


40


170


Lee Terrace. .


99 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly .. .


20


450


tLennon Road .


Bow Street, northerly .


40


500


Lewis Avenue .. .


Medford Street to Franklin Street ..


40


720


May 1, 1876.


Lincoln Street. ..


Gray Street near Woodland Street ..


40


477


Linden Street ..


Park Avenue to Cliff Street. ..


50


1620


November 8, 1897. November 11, 1850; April 20, 1874.


Locke Street .. .


Mass. Avenue to north of Pierce Street ....


40


410


tLocke Street. ..


Henry Street to Winchester Line.


40


400


Lombard Road ..


Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace.


40


450


November 22, 1910.


Lombard Terrace.


Wellington Street to B. & L. R.R .. .


40


814


November 22, 1910.


Lorne Road.


Southerland Road, southeasterly .


40


300


.


.


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


219


.


.


Linwood Street ...


Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond . ... 40


660


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued.


Name


Location


Width


Length


Date of Acceptance


Accept.


Private


*Lowell Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Lexington Line ..


50


3876


Old Town Way named Lowell Street, November 9, 1846.


Lowell Street Place.


Lowell Street to B. & L. R.R ..


40


300


Madison Avenue .


Park Place to Lexington Line.


40


1600


Magnolia Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


40


1045


655


March 6, 1911.


tMalvern Street.


Appleton Street to Lexington Line. .


30


300


Maple Street. . .


Pleasant Street to Academy Street ..


40


670


April 20, 1874.


Marathon Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway .


45


1730


April 15, 1898.


Marion Road.


Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street.


40


270


March 6, 1911.


*Massachusetts Avenue. .


Cambridge Line to Lexington Line.


66-60


18310


Old Town Way named Main Street, November 9, 1847.


tMaybie Street. .


Charlton Street to Dodge Street.


40


425


*Medford Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Medford Line.


3180


Old Town Way named Medtord Street, November 9, 1846.


tMelrose Street.


Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .. .


40


415


+Menotomy Road


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


40


1361


¡Mill Lane ..


Lowell Street to Forest Street Place.


25


425


Mill Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street. .


50


860


June 11, 1872, also Old Town Way.


Millett Street.


Lansdowne Road, easterly ..


40


254


tMilton Street .


Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly.


40


409


Montague Street.


Westminster Av. to Crescent Hill Av ... .


40


390


November 2, 1886.


Montague Street.


Crescent Hill Avenue to Orient Avenue. . .


40


640


Moore Place. .


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


.


25


350


Morris Street.


Alpine to Park Avenue Extension .


40


230


Mt. Vernon Street. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


40


1360


*Mystic Street .


Mass. Avenue to Winchester Line .


50-60


8150


Mystic River Parkway . .


Somerville Line to Medford Street. .


4100


April 7, 1873. June 4, 1856; Sept. 3, 1873; Old Town. Way called Mystic St., Nov. 9,1846. Metropolitan Park Commission


Boulevard.


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


220


.


.


93-98


Newcomb Street. Lake Street to Barnes Lane. . 40


875


Newland Road. . Bow Street, northeasterly . 40


1200


Newman Way.


From 824 Massachusetts Avenue, westerly. 20


300


Norcross Street.


North Union Street to Gardner Street ... . .


30


770


Norfolk Road. Pleasant Street to Jason Street. 40


1101


North Union Street ..


Broadway to Decatur Street .. .


40


1920


Oakland Avenue .


Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue. .


50


2760


Oakland Avenue .


Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line. .


50


1524


Oakledge Street.


Bow Strect to Park Avenue Extension .


40


311


Oak Knoll .. .


Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


335


*Old Mystic Street.


Mystic Street to Mystic Street. 40


2200


Orchard Place ..


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly.


25


500


Orchard Terrace.


Medford Street, westerly . ..


40


344


Orient Avenue.


Davis Avenue to Fairview Avenue. 40


560


tOrient Avenue .


Lexington Line to Park Place.


40


2000


Orvis Road.


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


80


1150


Oxford Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway . . .


40


1453


Palmer Street. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street .. .


40


965


Parallel Street.


Franklin Street to Medford Street.


40


410


Park Avenue ..


Lowell Street to Belmont Line.


80


5920


June 29, 1875.


Park Avenue Extension .


Lowell Street, easterly .


40


2282


Park Boulevard.


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


40


1680


Park Circle.


Park Avenue to Park Avenue.


40


1050


March 30, 1903.


tPark Place .. .


Madison Avenue to Westminster Avenue. .


700


Park Street .. .


Warren Street to Coral Street ..


40


1518


March 4, 1872.


Park Street Place ..


Park Street, westerly. .


30


125


*Paul Revere Road


Appleton Street to Massachusetts Avenue . 50


2050


Nov. 10, 1877. Also Old Town Way formerly Vine Street, named Paul Revere Road, November 7, 1901


Pearl Avenue .


Mystic Street, easterly .


40


668


tPeck Avenue. .


Wollaston Avenue, westerly ..


40


600


Peirce Street ...


Forest Street to Locke Street.


40


680


Pelham Terrace.


Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


345


Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846.


tPerth Road. .


Selkirk Road to Third Street . . 40


200


+Philemon Street.


James Street to Lexington Line 40


750


Otherwise known as Wildwood Av. Originally called Cross Street. March 6, 1911; March 25, 1912. March 6, 1871. April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878.


Old Town Way named Mystic Street, November 9, 1846.


700 feet proposed. March 14, 1892; November 22, 1906.


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


221


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued.


Name


Location


Width


Length


Date of Acceptance


Accept.


Private


Pine Ridge Road


Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue ..


40


1171


1875


Pine Street.


Summer Street, northerly ..


40


750


*Pleasant Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line.


4820


Old Town Way, named Pleasant Street, November 9, 1846.


Plymouth Street.


Highland Avenue, easterly.


40


232


Pond Lane.


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..


30


700


November 11, 1850.


Pond Lane. ..


B. & L. R.R. to Boat Club House.


20-30


490


Prescott Street.


Russell Street to Winslow Street ..


40


591


March 14, 1892.


Prospect Avenue.


Hillside Avenue to Park Avenue ..


50


300


August 4, 1884.


Prospect Avenue


Wachusett Avenue to Hillside Avenue.


50


650


Raleigh Street .


Oxford Street to Harlow Street.


40


633


Ramsdell Court.


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


17


200


Randolph Street ..


Lake Street to Barnes Lane ..


40


940


Rangeley Road. .


Mystic Street to Glen Avenue ..


40


602


Ravine Street.


Irving Street to Gray Street. ..


40


368


March 6, 1893.


tReed Street. . .


Thesda Street, southwesterly ...


40


375


Renfrew Street ..


Cedar Avenue, northwesterly .


40


2650


Revere Street. .


Walnut Street to Menotomy Road ..


40


370


Rhinecliff Street.


Florence Avenue to Belmont Line.


40


2200


*River Street. .


Warren Street to Medford Line.


40


1800


March 2, 1857. April 14, 1896.


Robbins Road .


Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue ..


40


1200


Rockland Avenue


Millett Street, north and south ..


40


551


tRosslin Road .


Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road.


40


150


Rublee Street ..


Hibbert Street, westerly .. .


40


500


Russell Street. .


·


Mystic Street to Water Street ... .


40


791


March 4, 1872.


Russell Terrace.


Russell Street to Winslow Street ..


40


390


March 14, 1892.


tSachem Avenue.


Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park.


10


.


600


Sawin Street. .


Henderson Street to Teel Street. .. 40


215


March 16, 1908.


.


.


.


·


.


.


Robbins Road. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


45


1370


.


.


222


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Sawin Street. . .


|Teel Street, westerly ..


30


·


..


200


tSchool Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street .. 40


1363


+Shawmut Place ..


Summer Street, northerly ..


36


400


Schouler Court ...


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly ..


30


340


tSecond Street ..


Peck Avenue to Lanark Road .. .


40


150


+Selkirk Road.


Aberdeen Road to Perth Road.


40


400


Sherborn Street.


Medford Street, westerly .


40


625


tShore Road. ...


Chapman Street, southerly .


40


400


+Short Street .


Chestnut Street, easterly .


40


201


+Smith Street.


Arnold Street to Lancaster Road.


40


600


Spring Lane.


Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue.


3450


Spring Valley .


Pleasant Street to Spy Pond.


25


520


Spring Avenue.


Pine Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road ...


40


1350


Spring Road.


Southerland Road, southerly ..


40


300


+Steep Rock Road.


Philemon Street to Winchester Line.


40


300


Summer Street.


Mystic Street to Pine Street


50


4240


Summer Street. .


Pine Street, northerly.


1900


Summit Street. .


Alpine Street, northeasterly.


40


900


Sunny Side Avenue. .


Broadway, easterly .


40


450


Sunset Road. .


Bow Street, northeasterly


40


1200


Southerland Road


Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road


40


750


Swan Place ..


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly ..


30


600


Swan Street ..


Pleasant Street to Swan Place .. .


40


250


March 14, 1877.


Sylvia Street. . .


Lexington Line to Rublee Street ..


40


800


Tanager Street. .


Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue. . .


40


1150


November 22, 1906.


Teel Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street. . .


40


970


March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884.


Teel Street Place


Teel Street, westerly ..


30


206


+Temple Street.


Highland Avenue, easterly.


40


235


tThesda Street. .


Wright Street to Reed Street .


40


1620


+Third Street. .


Peck Avenue to Perth Road.


40


100


+Thomas Street .


Forest Street to Wright Street.


40


350


Thorndike Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R .. .


40


1700


¡Thompson Street.


Lowell Street, easterly. .


40


·


425


Trent Street.


Highland Avenue, easterly ..


40


229


.


.


.


.


Old Town Way, named Spring Place, November 9, 1846. November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867.


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


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·


223


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..


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April 7, 1873. Old Town Way, Nov. 9, 1846; March 16, 1908.


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ACCEPTED AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued.


Name


Location


Width


· Length


Date of Acceptance


Accept.


Private


Trowbridge Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road ....


45


1050


Tufts Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Warrén Street .. .


35


1300


April 2, 1866.


tUnnamed Street. .


Sylvia Street, westerly .


40


170


+Unnamed Street. .


Gray Street to Gloucester Street ..


40


587


tUnnamed Street. .


Gray Street to Gloucester Street .. .


40


544


tUnnamed Street.


965 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly ..


40


450


tUnnamed Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road


40


400


tUnnamed Street ..


Brattle Street, southerly ..


500


+Unnamed Street.


Norfolk Road, southwesterly.


40


200


Upland Road .


Falmouth Road, westerly ..


40


627


tValentine Road .


Appleton Street to George Street.


50


900


Varnum Street.


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly.


40


403


Wachusett Avenue.


Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.


50


650


November 13, 1894.


.


Wachusett Avenue.


Florence Avenue to Park Avenue. .


50


1800


Waldo Road.


Marathon Street to Cleveland Street ..


45


200


April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel St.


Waldo Road.


Marathon Street to Amsden Street.


45


750


tWalnut Avenue.


Glen Avenue, easterly. .


40


400


Walnut Court. .


Walnut Street, easterly ...


25


275


Walnut Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street. .


33


1360


*Warren Street ..


Medford Street to Broadway ..


50


2680


March 7, 1870. May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, No- vember 9, 1846.


tWarren Street ..


Appleton Street, southerly ..


30


350


Warwick Street.


Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street ..


45


200


Washington Street. .


Brattle Street, northerly ..


40


Washington Avenue


Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue.


40


250


Water Street. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street. ..


40


680


March 15, 1894.


tWater Street Extension Mystic Street to Russell Street ..


50


1300


Waverly Street.


Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue. .


40


2180


tWebcowet Road ..


Medford Street, northerly ..


40


1135


. .


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


224


See Brattle Street Place.


Webster Street .. .


Broadway to Warren Street ..


40


680


May 27, 1873. November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.


Wellington Street .. .


Pleasant Street, easterly .. .. ..


40


737


tWellington Street Ex .. .


Wellington Street to Addison Street . ..


40


191


West Street ..


Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street. . ..


50


450


130 feet proposed. August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.


Westmoreland Avenue. .


Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.


40


985


Whittemore Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R ... .


40


466


November 23, 1909.


+Wilbur Avenue. .


Wollaston Avenue, east and west .. .


40


900


Wildwood Avenue


Bartlett Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue. 40


Also known as Newman Way, 530 feet proposed.


Williams Street .


Arnold Street, southerly ...


40


500


Willow Place .. ..


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly.


30


169


Wilson Avenue ..


Lake Street, southerly .. . .


300


Windermere Avenue. .


Bartlett Avenue, northwesterly .


40


350


March 27, 1906.


Windermere Park.


Windermere Avenue, southerly


30


400


. Windsor Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road


45


1000


Winnick Place .


Medford Street, northwesterly. .


20


350


Winslow Street.


Mystic Street to Russell Terrace. . .


40


528


March 14, 1892.


Winter Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway .


40


1540


April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1846.


Wollaston Avenue


Park Avenue to West Street


60


1340


September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908.


Wollaston Avenue


West Street, westerly .


60


- 620


Woodbury Street.


Dundee Road to Hibbert Street. .


40


750


Woodland Street.


Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue .. .


40


282


March 22, 1909.


· Woodland Street.


Bartlett Avenue to Lincoln Street.


40


240


+Wright Street.


Winchester Line, southwesterly . .


10


1930


Wyman Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street .. .


40


1050


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906,


Wyman Lane. .


Lake Street, northwesterly ..


600


Wyman Terrace.


Mass. Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue. ..


40


751


*Street laid out by the County Commissioners.


+Proposed Street not built,


Length of Accepted Streets and Town Ways, Length of Private Streets open for travel, Length of Proposed Private Streets,


34.54 Miles. 25.35 Miles. 7.95 Miles.


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225


.


Westminster Avenue .. ..


Lowell Street to Lexington Line ..


50


2310


.


.


.


930


.


.


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


GENERAL STATISTICS.


Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42°, 25' north; longitude 71°, 09' west, at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation, 48 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation, 155 feet.


Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), elevation, 377 feet.


Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation, 281 feet.


The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867.


Population is estimated at 13,000.


Number of polls, 3413.


Number of voters: Men, 2307; women, 94. Total, 2401.


School enrollment: Public, 2600; parochial, 200. Total, 2800.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3520 acres, or 512 square miles; area covered by water, 237 acres.


Parks: Town, 69 acres; Metropolitan, 45.8 acres.


Total cemetery area, 41.2 acres; area taxed (tax rate $22.60), 2631.78 acres.


Valuation of real estate, $13,073,332.


Valuation of personal property, $1,695,878.


Public streets and town ways: Macadam, 12.64 miles; gravel, 21.80 miles; granite paving, 1ho mile. Total miles, 34.54.


Private streets open for travel, 25.35 miles.


Permanent sidewalks: Concrete, 6.1 miles; brick, 2.7 miles; artificial stone, 1.07 miles. Total miles, 9.87.


Edgestone, 9.03 miles.


Paved gutters, 11.21 miles.


Storm drain system, 9.06 miles.


Catch basins, 401.


Sewerage system, 29.78 miles; local metropolitan sewer svstem,


3.47 miles. Total, 33.25 miles.


Particular sewer system (1600 connections), 17.53 miles.


Number of buildings connected, 1673.


Water mains: Low system 20.35 miles; high system, 22.12 miles.


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Reservoir supply system, 2.39 miles. Total, 44.86 miles. Metropolitan system, 2.6 miles.


Cement lined pipe in use, 3.20 miles.


Cast iron pipe in use, 41.34 miles.


Fire hydrants, 441.


Fire pressure at Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street - Low system, 50 pounds; high system, 105 pounds; reservoir supply system, 50 pounds.


Water services, 2409.


Water meters, 2438.


Fire alarm boxes (Gamewell), 40.


Police signal boxes (Gamewell), 15.


Gas mains, 17.52 miles.


Street lights: Arc, 78; incandescent, 370. Total, 448.


Telephone and telegraph conduits, 5.2 miles.


Boston Elevated Railroad conduit, 1.5 miles.


Electric light conduits, 2.4 miles.


Steam railroads: Double track, 3.59 miles; single track, 0.24 miles. Total miles trackage, 7.42 miles.


Electric railway: (Double track counted twice), 11.74 miles.


Houses, 2155; other buildings, 891. Total, 3046.


Schoolhouses, 6; churches, 10; post offices, 3; police stations, 1; railroad stations, 4; fire stations, 3; hose wagon, 1; ladder truck, 1; auto hose and chemical, 1; auto hose, chemical and pump, 1.


AUDITOR'S REPORT


For the Financial Year Ending December 31, 1913.


The books of the Treasurer have been examined and agree with the Auditor's accounts. The cash balances in banks as reported by the Treasurer have been verified by bank statements.


The accounts of the Trustees of all Trust Funds have been examined and found correct, and all Investments on hand as reported by said Trustees have been examined and checked by me. Two new Trust Funds were received during the year from the Estate of Edwin S. Farmer, as follows:


Edwin S. Farmer, Poor Widows' Fund,


$5,000.00


Edwin S. Farmer, Relief Fund, 5,000.00


Owing to the death of our Collector of Taxes two complete audits were necessary in that office during the year, and in both of them the accounts were found to be correct and the uncollected assessments agreed with amounts shown in the respective reports of Walton H. Sears, representing the Estate of Harvey S. Sears, and Edward A. Bailey, Collector pro tem., who was appointed to fill the vacancy.


There are several overdrafts shown in the accounts for the year, as follows:




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