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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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