Town of Arlington annual report 1923, Part 18

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
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Gray Street ..


Ravine Street to 100 feet west of Lincoln Street .. 40 . . 100 feet west of Lincoln Street to Mt. Vernon Street . 50


1000


2200


Gray Street .


245 Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street .


35-40


2150


550


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


Name


Location


Width


Public


Private


+Henry Street ..


Wright Street to Winchester Line.


40


550


Hibbert Street .


Lexington Line to Rublee Street .


40


635


+Hibbert Street ..


Rublee Street to Piedmont Street .


40


189


Higgins Street ..


16 Bowen Street to Robbins Road .


40


380


+High Street .


Appleton Street, southerly .


30


25


+High field Road .


Falmouth Road West, north and south.


40


830


High Haith Road


126 Highland Avenue to Spring Street .


40


1291


+High Haith Road .


Spring Street to Arlmont Street . .


40


454


Highland Avenue .


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street


50


526


Highland Avenue


920 Massachusetts Avenue to Eastern Avenue .


50


3180


March 7, 1872.


+Hill Avenue .


Park Place to Park Avenue Ext.


40


500


Hillcrest Street ..


40 Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street.


40


864


Hillside Avenue .


37 Wollaston Avenue to Prospect Avenue . . .


50


2704


August 4, 1884.


Hillside Avenue


Prospect Avenue to Charlton Street .


50


1706


Hilton Street . .


77 Broadway to Gardner Street


40


693


Hobbs Court. .


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


25


700


Hopkins Road .


114 Pleasant Street, southerly .


40 & 50


629


March 26, 1917.


+Hopkins Road .


Spy Pond, northerly .


50


121


Hospital Road . .


190 Summer Street to Symmes Hospital.


20


1200


Howard Street .


36 Bowen Street to Robbins Road


40


500


*Hutchinson Road


Old Mystic Street to Winchester Line .


40


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 .


.


139 Pleasant Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


1270


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


Irving Street


Bartlett Avenue to Gray Street.


40 & 50


1109


Jackson Street .


Fabyan Street, southeasterly .


40


338


+James Street .


Thesda Street to Winchester Line


40


910


Jason Street .


754 Massachusetts Avenue to Brantwood Road .


40-50


2770


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


Jason Terrace.


11 Jason Street, westerly


30


190


tJefferson Avenue


Franklin Avenue to Lexington Line .


40


80


Kenilworth Road


300 Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue ..


40


1171


Kensington Park .


191 Pleasant Street to Kensington Road


40 & 50


516


November 8, 1897. November 8, 1897.


Kensington Road .


Kensington Park to Brantwood Road.


40


850


Kilsythe Road . .


Selkirk Road to Inverness Road . ..


40


640


Kimball Road ..


215 Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue .


40


668


April 11, 1922. .


+King Street .


Summer Street, northerly . ..


40


260


Lafayette Street


136 Massachusetts Avenue to Park Boulevard .


40


692


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


318


Length


Date of Acceptance


Irving Street .


Bonad Road to Ottawa Road .


40


875


Lake Avenue . *Lake Street


[Magnolia Street to Park Boulevard ..


40


709


50


5000


Old Town Way named Pond Street, Novem- ber 9, 1846.


Lakehill Avenue ..


181 Lake Street, northwesterly ..


.


Lake Shore Drive .


Robin Hood Road, east and west


40


606


Lakeview . .


132 Pleasant Street, easterly .


40


498


November 15, 1898.


Lanark Road .


Kilsythe Road to Second Street.


40


150


Lancaster Road .


1512 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly


40


300


Langley Road .


Upland Road to Falmouth Road


40


584


March 20, 1916.


+Langley Road Ext.


Upland Road to Stowccroft Road .


40


911


Lansdowne Road .


Hemlock Street, northerly .


40


754


Laurel Street .


12 Brattle Street, westerly ...


40


290


Lee Terrace ..


99 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly


20


450


Lennon Road


44 Bow Street, northerly


40


500


+Lennon Road Ext.


Summer Street, southwesterly .


40


250


Lewis Avenue.


83 Medford Street to Franklin Street.


40


720


May 1, 1876. March 25, 1915.


Lincoln Street .


76 Gray Street to 31 Woodland Street .


40


370


104


Linden Street .


210 Park Avenue to Cliff Street ..


50


820


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


Linwood Street .


300 Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond .


40


660


Locke Street .


21 Lowell Street to north of Peirce Street .


40


410


+Locke Street .


Henry Street to Winchester Line .


40


400


Lockeland Avenue


890 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


50


1421


Lombard Road ..


66 Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace .


40


814


Lorne Road ..


Sutherland Road, southeasterly .


40


300


*Lowell Street .


1218 Massachusetts Avenue to Lexington Line


50


3876


Old Town Way named Lowell Street, Novem- ber 9, 1816.


Lowell Street Place


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


40


300


Lubin Street .


431 Appleton Street, northwesterly .


40


314


Madison Avenue .


Park Place to Lexington Line. .


40


1600


Magnolia Street .


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


40


1045


655


Malvern Street ..


Appleton Street to Lexington Line ..


40


300


Maple Street ..


71 Pleasant Street to Academy Street ..


40


670


Marathon Street


155 Massachusetts Avenue to 52 Broadway .


45


1730


+Marden Street .


50 Lake Street to Chandler Street ..


40


330


Marion Road .


286 Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street .


40


270


*Massachusetts Avenue . .


Cambridge Line to Lexington Line .


66-98


18310


+Maybie Street.


Carleton Road to Dodge Strect .


40


425


Maynard Street .


160 Medford Street to Mystic Valley Parkway ...


40


989


Medford Street


451 Massachusetts Avenue to Medford Line


3180. .


Mclrose Street.


152 Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .


40


415


1012


+Menotomy Road .


1040 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street. 1


40


1361


April 20, 1874. April 15, 1898.


March 6, 1911. Old Town Way named Main Street, Novem- ber 9, 1847.


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


319


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


November 22, 1910. November 22, 1910.


Lombard Terrace .


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


40


450


+Lincoln Street ..


Woodland Strect, 104 feet southwesterly .


40


-


200 Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street, Belmont


Line .


40


631


.


March 6, 1911.


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


Name


Location


Width


Public


Private


Mill Lane .


25 Lowell Street to Forest Street Place.


25


425


Mill Street .


781 Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street .


50


860


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


Millett Street .


Lansdowne Road to Rockland Avenue.


40


254


+Millett Street Ext.


Rockland Avenue to Symmes Hospital .


40


260


Milton Street .


138 Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly


40


409


1092


March 25, 1915.


Modena Street .


Appleton Street to Sylvia Street . .


40


190


Montague Street .


179 Westminster Avenue to Crescent Hill Avenue .


40


390


November 2, 1886.


Montague Street


Crescent Hill Avenue to Orient Avenue .


40


640


Moore Place .


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


25


350


Morris Street .


Alpine to Park Avenue Ext.


40


230


+Moulton Road .


132 Trent Street, southwesterly


40


60


Mountain Avenue


156 Overlook Road, east and west


- 40


410


+Mountain Avenue .


From Washington Street, southeasterly 500 feet


40


500


Mt. Vernon Street


966 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


40


1360


April 7, 1873.


Mt. Vernon Street.


Gray Street to Spring Avenue .


40


600


Mystic Lake Drive.


Webcowet Road, easterly ..


40


625


*Mystic Street.


493 Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line


50-60


8150


June 4, 1856; September 3, 1873; Old Town Way called Mystie Street, November 9, 1846.


Newcomb Street .


39 Lake Street to Barnes Lane.


40


875


1200


+Newland Road Ext.


Forest Street, westerly .


40


789


Newman Way .


824 Massachusetts Avenue to Wildwood Avenue


20


630


Newport Strect .


39 Gloucester Street to Hawthorne Avenue.


40


1872


Newton Road.


Parallel Street to Hamlet Street ..


40


395


+Nicod Street .


Williams Strect to Appleton Street .


40


1050


Norcross Street


47 North Union Street to Gardner Street


30


770


Norfolk Road ..


183 Pleasant Street to 96 Jason Street .


40


1101


150


North Union Strect.


101 Broadway to Decatur Street .


40


1920


March 6, 1871.


Nourse Road .


Nourse Street, westerly


4C


240


Nourse Street .


152 Lowell Street, southerly .


40


360


Oak Knoll .


115 Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


335


Oakland Avenue


50 Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue .


50


2760


April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878.


Oakland Avenue ..


Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line .


50


1524


Oakledge Street .


92 Bow Street to Park Avenue Ext.


40


311


*Old Mystic Street


370 Mystie Street to 446 Mystie Street


40


2200


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


Orchard Place


1020 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly


25


500


320


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard. Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard. March 20, 1916.


Mystic River Parkway ... Somerville Line to Medford Street


4100


Mystic River Parkway ..


. Medford Street to Mystic Street .


3600


Newland Road .


90 Bow Street, northeasterly


40


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


Norfolk Terrace


11 Norfolk Road, southwesterly .


40


Length


Date of Acceptance


Orchard Terrace . 1152 Medford Street, westerly


40


344


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 Cirele .


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


20


320


Orvis Road .


244 Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenue


80


920


March 25, 1915.


Orvis Road .


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


230


Ottawa Road


186 Highland Avenue to High Haith Road .


40


640


Overlook Road .


431 Summer Street to Mountain Avenue.


40


1900


Oxford Street .


223 Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street .


40


667


Oxford Street .


Raleigh Street to 100 Broadway .


40


786


Palmer Street .


361 Massachusetts Avenue to 108 Warren Street


40


965


Palmer Street .


108 Warren Street to Mystie Valley Parkway .


40


1671


Parallel Street .


181 Franklin Street to 168 Medford Street


40


410


Park Avenue . .


118 Lowell Street to Belmont Line


80-50


5920


June 29, 1875 Mareh 26, 1917.


Park Avenue Ext.


118 Lowell Street to Summer Street . .


40


1035


675


+Park Avenue Ext.


215 Forest Street to Summer Street .


40


426


Park Boulevard .


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


40


1680


Park Circle .


280 Park Avenue to Park Avenue . . Madison Avenue to 93 Westminster Avenue


40


1050


March 30, 1903.


Park Street.


63 Warren Street to Coral Street .


40


1518


Mareh 4, 1872.


Fark Street Place


48 Park Street, westerly


30


125


Park Terrace


15 Mystie Street, easterly


10


300


*Paul Revere Road


83 Appleton Street to 1450 Massachusetts Avenue. 50


2050


November 10, 1877, also Old Town Way for- merly Vine Street, named Paul Revere Road, November 7, 1901. .


Peabody Road


126 Pleasant Street, southeasterly


40


529


+Peck Avenue .


Wollaston Avenue, westerly .


40


600


Peirce Street.


23 Forest Street to Loeke Street .


40


680


Pelham Terrace


101 Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


345


+Perth Road .


Selkirk Road to Third Street .


40


200


Peter Tufts Road.


27 Edmund Road to Overlook Road .


40


570


Pheasant Avenue.


120 Ronald Road to Overlook Road .


40


500


Pheasant Avenue .


Chatham Street, north and south . .


40


713


+Pheasant Avenue


Washington Street, southeasterly 250 feet


40


250


+Philemon Street .


James Street to Lexington Line .


40


750


Piedmont Street


Wollaston Avenue to Sylvia Street


40


1039


Pine Ridge Road .


268 Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue


40


1171


Pine Street .


Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane ..


40


740


*Pleasant Street .


626 Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line .


4820


Plymouth Street


30 Highland Avenue to Loekeland Avenue.


40


332


Pond Lane .


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


30


700


Pond Lane .


B. &. L. R.R. to Boat Club House 46 Pond Lane, westerly .


20-30


490


Pond Terrace


30


160


Mareh 25, 1918. Mareh 24, 1920. March 14, 1892; November 22, 1906.


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


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


1875. Old Town Way, named Pleasant Street, No- vember 9, 1846. November 11, 1850.


321


. .


.


700


+Park Place .


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


Name


Location


Width


Public


Private


Pondview Road .


115 Lake Street to Princeton Road


40


567


Prentiss Road .


965 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .


40


225


Prescott Street


19 Russell Street to Winslow Street


40


591


March 14, 1892.


+Princeton Road .


Alfred Road, southwesterly .


40


360


+Proprietors Way.


351 Summer Street, northerly


40


340


Prospect Avenue .


Hillside Avenue to 281 Park Avenue


50


300


August 4, 1884.


Prospect Avenue


Wachusett Avenue to Hillside Avenue .


50


650


Raleigh Street .


Grafton Street to Harlow Street .


40


453


March 20, 1916.


Raleigh Street . .


Grafton Street to 52 Oxford Street


40


180


March 24, 1920.


Ramsdell Court .


791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


17


200


Randolph Strect .


25 Lake Street to Barnes Lane.


40


940


March 20, 1916.


Randolph Street.


26 Lake Street to Lake Avenue.


40


1394


Rangeley Road .


151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue


40


602


Ravine Street .


43 Irving Street to 33 Gray Street .


40


368


March 6, 1893.


Rawson Road.


200 Broadway to Mystic River Parkway


40


1734


+Reed Street .


Thesda Street, southwesterly .


40


375


Renfrew Street.


235 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


Rhinccliff Strect .


211 Florence Avenue to Belmont Line


40


2200


+Rhinecliff Street ..


Florence Avenue to George Street .


40


160


*River Street . .


15 Warren Street to Medford Line .


40


1800


March 2, 1857.


Robin Hood Road


372 Mystic Street to Lake Shore Drive


40


1000


Robbins Road .


1019 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.


15 Overlook Road to Pleasant 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 .


74 Mystic Street to Water Street


40


791


March 4, 1872.


Russell Terrace .


28 Russell Street to Winslow Street


40


390


March 14, 1892.


Sachem Avenue


127 Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park


40


600


Sawin Street .


46 Henderson Street to Teel Street .


40


215


March 16, 1908.


Sawin Street ..


Teel Street, westerly ..


30


200


+School Street .


1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


40


1363


Schouler Court.


887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


340


Scituate Street . .


23 Gloucester Street to Hawthorne Avenue


40


1905


+Second Street.


Peck Avenue to Lanark Road .


40


150


/Selkirk Road ..


Aberdeen Road to Perth Road .


40


500


+Shawmut Place .


109 Summer Street, northerly ..


36


400


/


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


322


.


Length


Date of Acceptance


Shawnee Road |41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road


40


557


Sherborn Street 106 Medford Street, westerly .


40


625


+Shorc Road .


Chapman Street, southerly .


40


735


¡Short Street . .


Chestnut Street, easterly . ...


40


201


+Smith Strect .


Arnold Street to Lancaster Road .


40


600


Spring Avenue .


Pinc Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road.


40


1350


Spring Avenue .


133 Highland Avenue to Dennett Road .


40


1100


Spring Road .


Sutherland Road, southerly .


40


300


Spring Street


289 Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue


3450


Spring Valley .


144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond .


25


520


+Spurcliff Road .


Mystic Street to Crosby Street . .


40


916


+Spy Pond Parkway


Alfred Road, south and north ..


60


600


¿Steep Rock Road .


Philemon Street to Winchester Line.


40


300


Stowecroft Road .


Upland Road to Spurcliff Road .


40


911


Summer Street .


131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street .


50


3920


Summer Street .


90 Brattle Street to Lexington Line


50


6750


Summer Street Avenue .


Hemlock Street, westerly ..


40


465


Summer Street Place


214 Summer Street, southwesterly


20


170


Summit Street .


Alpine Street, northeasterly .


40


900


Summit Street .


Summer Street, southwesterly .


40


118


Sunny Side Avenue.


17 Broadway, easterly .


40


450


Sunset Road


75 Bow Street, northeasterly ..


40


1200


¿Sunset Road Ext.


Frost Street, southwesterly . . .


40


627


Surry Road.


16 Daniels Street, westerly .


40


520


Sutherland Road .


106 Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road


40


750


Swan Place .


480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


30


600


Swan Street .


40 Pleasant Street to Swan Place ..


40


250


March 14, 1877.


Sylvia Street .


Lexington Line to Rublee Street.


40


800


Sylvia Strcet .


Rublee Street to Malvern Street .


40


2001


Tanager Street.


35 Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue.


40


1150 970


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


Teel Strect Place


60 Tcel Street, westerly .


30


206


Temple Street .


60 Highland Avenue to Gray Street . .


40


966


+Thesda Street .


Wright Street to Reed Street .


40


1620


+Third Street .


Peck Avenue to Perth Road


40


100


Thomas Street


290 Forest Street to Wright Street


40


350


+Thompson Street


Lowell Street to Mill Lane


40


425


+Thorn Road ..


146 Forest Street, southwesterly .


40


185


Thorndike Street .


86 Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue .


40


1057


March 20, 1916.


Thorndike Street .


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


40


643


Trent Street. 14 Coleman Road to Lockeland Avenue. ·


40


619


Trowbridge Street .


147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road . .


45


1050. .


March 26, 1914. April 2, 1866.


Tufts Street . 287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Street. . Udine Street . . Appleton Street to Rublee Street .. 35 10


1300


960


.


. .


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


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


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


323


...


. .


.


.


Teel Strect .


77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street.


40


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


Name


Location


Width


Publie


Private


+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


+Úpland Road West


Crosby Street to Highfield Road .


40


493


+Valentine Road


206 Appleton Street to George Street


50


900


Valley Road . .


114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue .


50


783


Varnum Street


120 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


40


403


1314


Wachusett Avenue


62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street .


40


650


730


Wachusett Avenue .


Florence Avenue to Park Avenue


50


1800


Waldo Road .


54 Marathon Street to 57 Cleveland Street.


45


200


April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street.


Waldo Road .


55 Marathon Street to Amsden Street


45


750


Wall Street .


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street .


40


448


+Walnut Avenue .


Glen Avenue, easterly


40


400


Walnut Street .


998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street .


33


1360


Mareh 7, 1870.


*Warren Street .


59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .


50


2680


May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, November 9, 1846.


+Warren Street .


Appleton Street, southerly


30


350


Warwiek Street .


27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street .


45


200


Washington Avenue


Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue .


40


250


Washington Street ..


46 Brattle Street to Summer Street .


40


700


Washington Street Ext.


. . Summer Street to Overlook Road . .


40


2080


+Washington Street.


Near Overlook Road to Gay Street.


60


700


Water Street ..


675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street.


40


680


Mareh 15, 1894.


+Water Street Ext.


Mystie Street to Russell Street.


50


1300


Waverly Street .


148 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue .


40


2180


+Waverly Street.


Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue .


40


644


Webcowet Road .


128 Medford Street to Orehard Terrace


40


484


Webcowet Road .


Orchard Terraee, northerly .


40


608


Webster Street.


267 Broadway to Warren Street.


40


680


May 27, 1873.


Webster Street.


111 Warren Street to Mystie Valley Parkway


40


1710


Wellington Street .


86 Pleasant Street, easterly .


40


737


November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.


+Wellington Street Ext. . . Wellington Street to Addison Street. .


40


191


West Street . .


82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street .


50


450


130 feet proposed.


+West Court Terrace .


167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly ..


40


200


.


Walnut Court .


20 Walnut Street, easterly ..


25


275


+Wachusett Avenue


Appleton Street to Florence Avenue .


50


March 26, 1914. November 13, 1894.


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


324


Length


Date of Acceptance


· Westminster Avenue 118 Lowell Strect to Lexington Line .


50


2310


August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.


Westmoreland Avenue . .


221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue .


40


985


Whittemore Street .


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


40


466


November 23, 1909.


+Wilbur Avenue .. Wild wood Avenue.


Williams Street to Chestnut Street . .


40


1082


40


1297


Williams Street.


40


500


Williams Street .


Piedmont Street, northerly


40


750


Willow Place . .


801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


169


Wilson Avenue.


170 Lake Street, southerly


300


Winchester Road .


Old Mystic Street to Hutchinson Road .


40


350


110


March 27, 1906.


Windemere Park .


Windemere Avenue, southerly .


30


400


Windsor Street.


127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . . .


45


577


March 25, 1915.


Windsor Street .


Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly .


45


423


Winnick Place .


126 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street .


20


230


Winslow Street ..


30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace .


10


528


March 14, 1892.


Winter Street.


201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway


40


1540


Wollaston Avenue


103 Park Avenue to West Street


60


1340


April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846. 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 Avenuc .


Appleton Street to Rublee Street.


60


495


Woodbury Strect .


Dundee Road to Hibbert Street.


40


750


Woodland Street .


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


March 22, 1909. March 25, 1915.


+Wright Street .


Winchester Line, southwesterly .


40


1930


Wyman Street .


347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street


40


1050


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.


Wyman Lane .


165 Lake Street, northwesterly ..


600


Wyman Terrace.


342 Massachusetts Avenue to 352 Massachusetts Avenue .


40


751


March 20, 1916.


Yale Street


Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Ext.


40


1117


*Street laid out by the County Commissioners.


+Proposed Strcet not built.


. Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, 37.82 miles 40.63 miles Length of Private Streets open for travel, Length of Proposed Private Streets, 11.31 miles


TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


325


.


.


Woodland Street .


Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street


40


240


40


635


48 Bartlett Avenue, to Churchill Avenue


Windemere Avenue.


31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue Arnold Street, southerly .


326


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), 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 Arl- ington in 1867.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, 512 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, 19.09 miles; Simasco, 0.06 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; gravel, 19.84 miles; concrete paving, 1.49 miles. Total miles 40.63.


Private streets open for travel, 37.82 miles.


Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 6.21 miles. Total miles, 16.92.


Edgestone, 11.36 miles.


Paved gutters, 12.97 miles.


Storm drain system, 14.56 miles.


Catch basins, 527.


Sewerage system, 40.02 miles; local Metropolitan sewer system, 3.47 miles. Total, 43.49 miles.


Particular sewer system .(3,118 connections), 30.62 miles.


Number of buildings connected, 3,186.


Water mains: Reservoir supply, 2.49 miles; Metropolitan low system, 24.39 miles; Metropolitan high system, 30.10 miles. Total, 56.98 miles.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES


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


Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my report as Superin- tendendent of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1923.


STREET LIGHTING


During the year there were ten (10) new street lights ordered and installed, as follows: Adams Street, four (4); Devereaux Street one (1); Gould Road one (1); Massachusetts Avenue one (1) near Mystic Street; Old Mystic Street one (1), beyond Hutchinson Road; Summer Street two (2), near Brattle Street, ordered in 1922 but not installed until January 1, 1923.


SUMMARY OF STREET LIGHTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1923, ALL LIGHTS BURNING ON THE ALL-NIGHT LIGHTING SCHEDULE TOTAL HOURS 3,747:


60 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 51


80 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 7


100 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 1




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