Town of Arlington annual report 1920, Part 16

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
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Freeman Street.


Orvis Road to Barnes Lane


40


500


Fremont Street.


North Union Street to Alewife Brook Parkway.


30


1500


+Frost Street.


Forest Street to Wright Street.


40


950


+Fulton Street.


Appleton Street, southerly.


30


350


+Garden Street.


Mystic Street, easterly and southerly


40


490


Gardner Street.


Broadway to Decatur Street ..


35-40


2150 1150 feet proposed.


295


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


470


Egerton Road .


Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .


Glenburn Road, northeasterly .


40


Everett Place.


725


Florence Avenue .


Claremont Avenue to Renfrew Street .


50


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


Name


Location


Width


Publie


Private


Gaylord Street.


Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Extension


40


1029


Gay Street.


Brand Street, easterly .


40


375


George Street.


Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.


40


2530


+George Street.


Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.


40


430


George Street.


Appleton Street, southeasterly .


50


900


Glen Avenue.


Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue.


40


585


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


Gould Road.


Pleasant Street to Shore Road .


40


500


Gorham Street.


Washington Street Extension to Candia Street. Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street


40


650


March 26, 1914. March 20, 1916.


Grafton Street.


Raleigh Street to Broadway.


40


761


1832


Gray Street.


Pleasant Street to Ravine Street .


40


750


March 10, 1885. November 8, 1887. .


Gray Street ..


Ravine Street to Loeke Farm


40


1000


Gray Street.


From point 377 feet west of eorner Bartlett Avenue to Oakland Avenue.


50


4611


November 20, 1911; November 15, 1913; Mt. Vernon Street to Oakland Avenue, built 1913.


Gray Street.


Locke Farm to Mt. Vernon Street.


50


2200


Not construeted.


Grove Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street.


30


1460


March 2, 1840.


Grove Street Place.


Grove Street, westerly


40


Hamlet Street .


Franklin Street to Medford Street.


40


400


+Hamlet Street ..


Franklin Street to Beacon Street.


40


765


Harlow Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street


40


630


Harlow Street .


Raleigh Street to Broadway


40


665


Harvard Street.


Appleton Street, southerly .


50


674


Mareh 6, 1911.


Hayes Street .


Medford Street to Lower Mystie Lake


40


575


Hawthorne Avenue


Pine Ridge Road to Park Avenue.


40


1099


Hawthorne Avenue Ext.


High Haith Road to 74 feet west of Yale Street


40


1050


+Heard Road .


Forest Street to Wright Street.


40


610


Hemloek Street.


Brattle Street to Pine Street.


50


320


March 16, 1908, formerly Summer Street.


Hemlock Street


Pine Street to 88 feet beyond Lansdowne Road


40


550


Henderson Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street.


40


1000


Formerly Summer Street. November 2, 1886; March 9, 1891.


Henderson Street.


Cross Street to Alewife Brook Parkway


40


80


296


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


40


559


Grafton Street.


Grand View Road .


Gray Street to Eastern Avenue


40


490


March 26, 1914. March 24, 1920.


Length


Date of Acceptance


+Henry Street.


Wright Street to Winchester Line.


40


550


Hibbert Street.


Lexington Line to Rublee Street.


40


635


+Hibbert Strect .


Rublee Street to Piedmont Street.


40


189


+High Street.


Appleton Street, southerly . .


30


25


+Highfield Road .


Falmouth Road West, north and south


40


830


High Haith Road


Highland Avenue to Spring Street ..


10


1291


+High Haith Road .


Spring Street to Arlmont Street.


40


454


Highland Avenue.


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street .


526


Highland Avenue.


Massachusetts Avenue to Eastern Avenue.


50


3180


March 7, 1872.


+Hill Avenue


Park Place to Park Avenue Extension


10


500


Hillcrest Street .


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street.


10


864


Hillside Avenue .


Wollaston Avenue to Prospeet Avenue


50


2704


August 4, 1884.


Hillside Avenue


Prospect Avenue to Charlton Street.


1706


+Hilton Strect.


Broadway to Gardner.


10


693


Hobbs Court.


1111 Massachusetts Avenue northerly to B. & L. R.R ..


25


700


Hopkins Road


Pleasant Street, southerly


40 & 50


629


March 26, 1917.


+Hopkins Road .


Spy Pond, northerly .


50


121


Hospital Road .


Summer Street to Symmes Hospital.


20


1200


*Hutchinson Road


Old Mystic Street to Winchester Line. 10


2995


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


Intervale Road


Robin Hood Road to Lake Shore Drive.


40


523


Inverness Road .


Aberdeen Road to First Street.


40


350


Iroquois Road .


Bonad Road to Ottawa Road.


40


875


Irving Street.


Pleasant Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


1270


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


Irving Street.


Bartlett Avenue, westerly


40


320


Jackson Street.


Fabyan Street, southeasterly


40


338


+James Street.


Thesda Street to Winchester Line.


40


910


Jason Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Brantwood Road.


40-50


2770


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


Jason Terraee .


Jason Street, westerly.


30


190


+Jefferson 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


Kensington Road .


Kensington Park to Brantwood Road.


10


850


Kilsythe Road


Selkirk Road to Inverness Road.


40


640


+King Street. .


Summer Street, northerly


40


260


Lafayette Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Park Boulevard


40


692


Lake Avenue.


Magnolia Street to Park Boulevard


10


709


Lakehill Avenue.


Lake Street, northwesterly.


40


631


Lake Shore Drive


Robin Hood Road, east and west.


40


606


.


.


November 8, 1897. November 8, 1897. . ·


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


297


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


Length


Name


Location


Width


Public


Private


*Lake Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street, Belmont


50


5000


Old Town Way named Pond Street November 9, 1846. November 15, 1898.


Lakeview .


Pleasant Street, easterly


40


498


+Lanark Road.


Kilsythe Road to Second Street.


40


150


Lancaster Road.


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


40


300


Langley Road .


Upland Road to Falmouth Road .


40


584


March 20, 1916.


+Langley Road Ext.


Upland Road to Stowecroft Road.


40


911


Lansdowne Road .


Hemlock Street, northerly.


40


754


Laurel Street.


Brattle Street, westerly


40


290


Lee Terrace.


99 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly


20


450


Lennon Road


Bow Street, northerly


40


500


+Lennon Road Ext.


Summer Street, southwesterly


40


250


Lewis Avenue.


Medford Street to Franklin Street.


40


720


May 1, 1876. March 25, 1915.


+Lincoln Street .


Woodland Street, 104 feet southwesterly .


40


104


Linden Street.


Park Avenue to Cliff Street.


50


1620


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


Locke Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to north of Peirce Street


40


410


+Locke Street.


H nry Street to Winchester Line.


40


400


Lombard Road.


Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace.


40


450


Lombard Terrace


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


40


814


Lorne Road.


Sutherland Road, southeasterly . 40


300


*Lowell Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Lexington Line


50


3876


Old Town Way named Lowell Street November 9, 1816.


Lowell Street Place.


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


40


300


Lublin Street .


Appleton Street, northwesterly ..


40


314


Madison Avenue


Park Place to Lexington Line ..


40


1600


Magnolia Street.


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


40


1045


655


Malvern Street .


Appleton Street to Lexington Line.


40


300


Maple Street. .


Pleasant Street to Academy Street.


40


670


Marathon Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway.


45


1730


Marion Road. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street 40


270


*Massachusetts Avenue. . .


Cambridge Line to Lexington Line. 66-98


18310


+Maybie Street ..


Charlton Street to Dodge Street . .


40


425


Maynard Street. . .


Hayes Street, east and west.


40


475


298


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Lincoln Street.


Gray Street to Woodland Street.


40


370


Linwood Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond.


40


660


November 22, 1910. November 22, 1920.


March 6, 1911.


April 20, 1874. April 15, 1898. March 6, 1911. Old Town Way named Main Street, November 9, 1847.


Date of Acceptance


Line .


*Medford Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Medford Line.


3180


Melrose Strect.


Massachusetts Avenue, southwestcrly .


10


415


+Menotomy Road


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street. . Lowell Street to Forest Street Place.


25


425


Mill Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Strect.


50


860


Millett Street.


Lansdowne Road to Rockland Avenue.


10


254


+Millett Street Ext.


Rockland Avenue to Symmes Hospital.


40


260


Milton Street .


Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .


40


409


Modena Street.


Appleton Street to Sylvia Street .


40


190


Montague Street.


40


390


Montague Strect .


40


640


Moore Place.


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


25


350


Morris Street.


Alpine to Park Avenue Extension.


40


230


Mountain Avenue


Overlook Road, east and west.


4C


410


Mt. Vernon Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


40


1360


625


*Mystic Street. .


Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line.


50-60,


8150


.


Mystic River Parkway.


Somerville Line to Medford Street.


4100


Mystic River Parkway.


Medford Street to Mystic Street.


3600


Newcomb Street.


Lake Street to Barnes Lane.


40


875


March 20, 1916.


Newland Road .


Bow Street, northeasterly


10


1200


+Newland Road Ext.


Forest Street, westerly .


40


789


Newman Way.


From 824 Massachusetts Avenue, westerly


20


300


Newport Street .


Gloucester Street to Gray Street.


40


544


+Nicod Street.


Williams Street to Appleton Street.


40


1050


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


Nourse Road .


Nourse Street, westerly .


40


240 360


Nourse Street . .


Lowell Strect, southerly.


40


Oakland Avenue.


Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue


50


2760


April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878.


Oakland Avenue.


Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line.


' 50


1524


Oakledge Street .


Bow Street 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. . Orchard Terrace


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly Medford Street, westerly .


25


500


40


344


.


40


1361


Mill Lane.


Public Way decreed by Land Court in 1917. June 11, 1872, also Old Town Way.


March 25, 1915.


November 2, 1886.


April 7, 1873.


Mystic Lake rive.


Webcowet Road, easterly


10


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


224 feet built.


Originally called Cross Street. March 6, 1911; March 25, 1912. March 6, 1871.


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


299


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


Old Town Way named Medford Street, November 9, 1846. March 25, 1915.


Westminster Avenue to Crescent Hill Avenue. . Crescent Hill Avenue to Orient Avenue


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


Name


Location


Width


Date of Acceptance


Public Private


Orient Avenue.


Davis Avenue to Fairview Avenue.


40


560


+Orient Avenue


Lexington Line to Summit Street.


40


2000


Ortona Street.


Appleton Street to Piedmont Street.


40


265


Orvis Road


Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenue.


80


920


March 25, 1915.


Orvis Road.


Brooks Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..


Ottawa Road


Highland Avenue, southeasterly


40


640


Overlook Road .


Summer Street to Mountain Avenue .


40


1900


Oxford Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street


40


667


March 25, 1918.


Oxford Street .


Raleigh Street to Broadway


40


786


March 24, 1920.


Palmer Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street


40


965


March 14, 1892; November 22, 1906.


+Palmer Street.


Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway Franklin Street to Medford Street.


40


410


Park Avenue.


Lowell Street to Belmont Line.


80


5920


June 29, 1875.


Park Avenue Ext ..


Lowell Street to Summer Street ..


40


1035


675


March 26, 1917.


+Park Avenue Ext.


Forest Street to Summer Street.


40


426


Park Boulevard .


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


40


1680


Park Circle.


Park Avenue to Park Avenue.


40


1050


March 30, 1903.


+Park 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


Park Terrace.


Mystic Street, easterly


10


300


*Paul Revere Road


Appleton Street to Massachusetts Avenue


50


2050


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


Peabody Road.


Pleasant Street, southeasterly


40


529


Pearl Avenue .


Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue


40


668


+Peck Avenue . .


Wollaston Avenue, westerly .


40


600


Peirce Street .


Forest Street to Locke Street.


40


680


Pelham Terrace


Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


345


+Perth Road


Selkirk Road to Third Street.


40


200


Pheasant Avenue .


Ronald Road to Overlook Road.


40


500


Pheasant Avenue .


Chatham Street, north and south.


40


713


Peter Tufts Road .


Edmund Road to Overlook Road .


40


570


+Philemo Street. .


James Street to Lexington Line.


40


750


Piedmont Street. .


Wollaston Avenue to Silvia Street.


40


1039


Pine Ridge Road.


Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue


40


1171


300


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


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


1671


Parallel Street.


40


230


Length


Pine Street. *Pleasant Street .


Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line.


40


750 4820


1875 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


Pond Terrace


Pond Lane, westerly.


20


160


Prentiss Road


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .


40


225


Prescott Street.


Russell Street to Winslow Street.


40


591


March 14, 1892.


+Proprietors Way .


Summer Street, northerly


40


340


Prospect Avenue.


Hillside Avenue to Park Avenue


50


300


August 4, 1884.


Prospect Avenue .


Wachusett Avenue to Hillside Avenue.


50


453


March 20, 1916.


Raleigh Street ..


Grafton Street to Oxford Street.


40


180


March 24, 1920.


Ramsdell Court.


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .


17


200


Randolph Street


Lake Street to Barnes Lane.


40


940


March 20, 1916.


Rangeley Road .


Mystic Street to Glen Avenue .


40


602


Ravine Street.


Irving Street to Gray Street.


40


368


March 6, 1893.


Rawson Road .


Broadway to Mystic River Prakway


40


1734


+Reed Street .


Thesda Street, southwesterly .


40


375


Renfrew Street .


Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue.


40


2650


+Renfrew Street.


Florence Avenue to Appleton Street .


40


1020


Revere Street . .


Walnut Street to Menotomy Road .


40


370


Rhinecliff Street.


Florence Avenue to Belmont Line .


40


2200


+Rhinecliff Street .


Florence Avenue to George Street.


40


160


*River Street .


Warren Street to Medford Line.


40


1800


March 2, 1857.


Robin Hood Road


Mystic Street to Lake Shore Drive


40


1000


Robbins Road .


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street


45


1370


April 14, 1896.


Robbins Road.


Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue


40


1200


Rockland Avenue


Millet Street, north and south.


40


551


Ronald Road


Overlook Road to Pheasant Avenue


40


1270


+Rosslin Road.


Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road.


40


150


Rublee Street.


Hibbert Street, westerly


40


500


Rublee Street.


Hibbert Street to Williams Street.


40


273


Russell Street.


Mystic Street to Water Street.


40


791


March 4, 1872.


Russell Terrace .


Russell Street to Winslow Street.


40


390


March 14, 1892.


+Sachem Avenue.


Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park


40


600


Sawin Street.


Henderson Street to Teel Street.


40


215


March 16, 1908.


Sawin Street. ..


Teel Street, westerly .


30


200


+School Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street


40


1363


+Shore Road .


Chapman Street, southerly .


40


735


Schouler Court.


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


340


+Shawmut Place.


Summer Street, northerly .


36


400


Raleigh Street.


Grafton Street to Harlow Street,


40


650


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


301


.


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


Length


Name


Location


Width


Date of Acceptance


Public


Private


Scituate Street.


Gloucester Street to Gray Street.


40


587


224 feet built.


+Second Street.


Peck Avenue to Lanark Road


40


150


+Selkirk Road.


Aberdeen Road to Perth Road.


40


500


Shawnee Road


Bonad Road to High Haith Road.


40


557


Sherborn Street.


Medford Street, westerly .


40


625


+Short Street.


Chestnut Street, easterly .


40


201


+Smith Street ..


Arnold Street to Lancaster Road


40


600


Spring Avenue


Pine Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road.


40


1350


Spring Road.


Sutherland Road, southerly


40


300


Spring Street.


Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue


3450


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


Spring Valley .


Pleasant Street to Spy Pond.


25


520


+Spurcliff Road


Mystic Street to Crosby Street.


40


916


¡Steep Rock Road


Philemon Street to Winchester Line


40


300


Stowecroft Road.


Upland Road to Spurcliff Road.


40


911


+Summer Street.


Mystic Street to Brattle Street.


50


3920


April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846; March 16, 1908. September 18, 1914.


Summer Street.


Brattle Street to Lexington Line.


50


6750


Summer Street Avenue.


Hemlock Street, westerly.


40


465


Summer Street Place.


Summer Street, southwesterly


20


170


Summit Street. .


Alpine Street, northeasterly .


40


900


+Summit Street. .


Summer Street, southwesterly


40


118


Sunny Side Avenue


Broadway, easterly .


40


450


Sunset Road.


Bow Street, northeasterly .


40


1200


+Sunset Road Ext. .


Frost Street, southwesterly .


40


627


Surry Road


Daniels Street, westerly.


40


520


406 feet built.


Sutherland 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


Sylvia Street.


Rublee Street to Malvern Street.


40


2001


Tanager Street.


Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue.


40


1150 970


November 22, 1906. March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884.


Teel Street Place


Teel Street, westerly .


30


206


Temple Strect.


Highland Avenue, easterly .


40


235


¡Thesda Street.


Wright Street to Reed Street


40


1620


+Third Street .


Peck Avenue to Perth Road .


40


100


302


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


800


Tcel Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street .


40


¡Thomas Street. Forest Street to Wright Street.


40


350


¡Thompson Street.


Lowell Street to Mill Lane.


40


425


+Thorn Road .


Forest Street, southwesterly .


40


185


Thorndike Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue.


40


1057


March 20, 1916.


Thorndike Street. .


Lake Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..


40


Trent Street .


Highland Avenue, easterly .


40


229


Trowbridge Street.


1050


March 26, 1914. April 2, 1866.


Udine Street.


Appleton Street to Rublee Street.


40


960


+Unnamed street


Sylvia Street, westerly .


40


170


+Unnamed street


Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.


40


400


+Unnamed street .


Norfolk Road, southwesterly .


40


200


Unnamed street


Hibbert Street to Sylvia Street.


40


180


+Unnamed street .


Kensington Park, southeasterly .


40


280


+Unnamed street .


Park Place, southerly


40


340


Upland Road.


Falmouth Road, westerly


40


525


March 20, 1916.


Upland Road.


West of Langley Road


40


102


+Upland Road West


Crosby Street to Highfield Road


40


493


+Valentine Road .


Appleton Street to George Street.


50


900


Varnum Street ..


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


40


403


March 26, 1914. November 13, 1894.


+Wachusett Avenue


Appleton Street to Florence Avenue.


50


730


Wachusett Avenue.


Florence Avenue to Park Avenue.


50


1800


Waldo Road.


Marathon Street to Cleveland Street.


200


April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street.


Waldo Road ..


Marathon Street to Amsden Street. .


45


Wall Street.


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street .


40


448


+Walnut Avenue


Glen Avenue, easterly .


40


400


Walnut Court ..


Walnut Street, easterly


25


275


Walnut Street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street .


33


1360


March 7, 1870


*Warren Street.


Medford Street to Broadway


50


2680


May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846.


+Warren Street.


Appleton Street, southerly .


30


350


Warwick Street.


Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street.


45


200


Washington Avenue .


Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue.


40


250


Washington Street.


Brattle Street to Summer Street :


40


700


Washington Street Ext.


Summer Street to Overlook Road .


40


2080


Water Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street.


40


680


March 15, 1894.


+Water Street Ext.


Mystic Street to Russell Street.


50


1300


Waverly Street. .


Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.


40


2180


+Waverly Street.


Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.


40


644


Webcowet Road.


Medford Street to Orchard Terrace. .


40


484


Webcowet Road.


Orchard Terrace, northerly


40


608


Webster Street.


Broadway to Warren Street.


40


680


May 27, 1873.


+Webster Street.


Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway.


40


1710


303


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


643


Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road. .


45


Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street.


35


1300


Tufts Street .


Wachusett Avenue.


Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.


40


650


45


750


.


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS -- Concluded


Name


Location .


Width


Date of Acceptance


Publie


.Private


Wellington Street .


Pleasant Street, easterly.


40


737


November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.


+Wellington Street Ext.


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.


Westminster Avenue.


Lowell Street to Lexington Line.


50


2310


985


Whittemore Street.


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


40


466


November 23, 1909.


+Wilbur Avenue .


Williams Street to Chestnut Street.


40


1082


Wildwood Avenue.


Bartlett Avenue, westerly .


40


300


+Wildwood Avenue


Massachusetts Avenue, southerly


40


630


Williams Street .


Arnold Street, southerly.


40


500


Williams Street .


Piedmont Street, northerly


40


750


Willow Place ..


Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


169


Wilson Avenue .


Old Mystie Street to Hutchinson Road.


40


635


Windemere Avenue.


Bartlett Avenue, northwesterly


40


350


Mareh 27, 1906.


Windemere Park.


Windemere Avenue, southerly ..


30


400


Windsor Street.


Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . .


45


577


March 25, 1915.


Windsor Street.


Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly


45


423


Winnick Plaee.


Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street .


20


230


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


+Wollaston Avenue .


Appleton Street to near Wilbur Avenue.


60


860


Wollaston Avenue.


Appleton Street to Rublee Street.


60


495


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


March 25, 1915.


+Wright Street.


Winchester Line, southwesterly .


40


1930


Wyman Street.


Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street.


40


1050


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.


Wyman Lane. .


Lake Street, northwesterly.


40


751


.


March 20, 1916.


Yale Street .


Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Extension


40


1117


*Street laid out by the County Commissioners. Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, 42.28 miles. +Proposed Street not built. Length of Private Streets open for travel, 29.78 miles. Length of Proposed Private Streets, 11.66 miles.


.


304


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


+Winchester Road.


Lake Street, southerly


300


Westmoreland Avenue


Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.


40


Length


600


Wyman Terrace.


Massachusetts Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue


.


305


TOWN ENGINEER'S 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), eleva- tion, 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.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3520 acres, 51/2 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.


Parks: Town, 54.63 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.


Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.


Public streets and Town ways: Macadam, 19.41 miles; gravel, 22.09 miles; granite paving, 0.3 mile; concrete paving, 0.48 mile. Total miles, 42.28.


Private streets open for travel, 29.78 miles.


Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 3.36 miles. Total miles, 14.07.


· Edgestone, 10.00 miles.


Paved gutters, 12.32 miles.


Storm drain system, 12.45 miles.


Catch basins, 466.


Sewerage system, 37.10 miles; local Metropolitan sewer system, 3.47 miles. Total, 40.57 miles.


Particular sewer system (2515 connections), 25.49 miles.


Number of buildings connected, 2591.


Water mains: Reservoir supply, 2.49 miles; Metropolitan low system, 22.24 miles; Metropolitan high system, 27.51 miles. Total, 52.24 miles.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.


Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my twenty-first annual report as Superintendent of Wires for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1920, as follows:




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