Town of Arlington annual report 1926, Part 19

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4. A change in the plan for mid-year examinations has resulted in saving about one week of school work by eliminating the formal examinations in January and replacing them with tests given during the year at the end of any particular phase of the work of each course. The results of all of these terminal tests in any subject take the place of the mid-year examination. The final examinations in June are retained.


5. A change in the Commercial Course has been effected by eliminating the teaching of typewriting from the Junior High School. This was done in the be- lief that typewriting is a purely Vocational subject and should not be spread over more years of the course than is necessary. It is certain that typewriting can be taught and all the other Commercial subjects can be thoroughly covered in the Public School Course if not begun before the Sophomore year.


6. The work in Penmanship has been greatly im- proved by the change from the Palmer to the Houston


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Method of Writing and by the good fortune of having employed a Supervisor who is probably the best Hous- ton Supervisor in the field.


All of these changes are in the line of improvement and not simply with the intent to have something new or different. They reflect our desire to keep pace with, indeed, a pace ahead of the march of progress.


Through the medium of the closing words of this report, I wish to express my gratitude for the intelli- gent appreciation of my problems and work shown by the members of the School Committee, also for the help- ful counsel and hearty support with which they have supplemented my efforts. For the splendid co-oper- ation, and the willing helpfulness of the members of the faculties and the other employees of the department, I am also deeply grateful.


Respectfully submitted, (Signed) CHESTER A. MOODY, Superintendent of Schools.


ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1925-1926


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Membership Average


Average


Daily


Per cent of


Attendance


HIGH SCHOOL.


X-XI-XII.


774


721.7


682.3


94.5


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CENTER


IX


190


185.1


174.7


94.4


VIII


167


159.9


150.8


94.3


VI


244


234.1


222.3


94.9


Industrial


32


27.1


25.2


92.9


633


606.2


573.


94.5


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WEST


IX.


107


100.1


95.8


95.6


VIII


127


126.9


121.5


95.8


VII


197


193.6


184.7


95.4


431


420.6


402.


95.6


CROSBY SCHOOL:


Mary E. Shields


VI


36


35.


33.5


95.7


Helen M. Fogg


VI


37


36.4


34.1


93.7


Mildred A. Evans


VI


39


38.6


37.1


96.1


Hazel G. Beckett


36


34.7


33.1


95.4


Blanche B. Stone


V.


30


27.3


26.1


95.6


Mary E. Burns


IV


32


33.7


31.3


92.9


Mary G. McCusker


IV


41


37.4


35.4


94.7


Isabel L. Rae


III


34


33.3


31.4


94.3


Helen Knowles


III


36


34.2


31.8


92.9


Marion B. Johnson


II


30


28.4


26.6


93.7


Sara M. Henderson


II


35


31.7


29.7


93.7


Gertrude L. Toomey Annie W. Cobb.


II


26


23.4


21.


89.7


I


39


36.5


33.1


90.7


Mildred M. Lougee


I.


40


37.4


32.4


86.6


Catherine E. Cody . .


60


29.3


25.4


86.7


Catherine E. Cody .


Sub-primary .


25.1


22.3


88.8


Josephine M. Gold- smith


11


10.2


8.6


84.3


562


532.6


492.9


92.5


V.


Sub-primary .


Special


Attendance


ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1925-1926


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Percent of


Attendance


CUTTER SCHOOL :


Alice G. W. Daniels.


VI


34


30.6


28.9


94.4


Francese S. Curtis .


VI


32


31.9


29.7


93.1


Mac F. Merrill


VI


34


33.1


31.7


95.8


Hazel B. Hurd


V.


35


36.9


35.3


95.7


Edna M. Smith


V.


37


37.8


34.8


92.1


Dorothy B. MacPeck


IV


38


38.9


36.6


94.1


Louise Barber


IV


41


38.3


36.0


93.9


Francis F. Knowles


III


36


39.2


36.4


92.9


Hazel E. Ripley


III


36


35.1


32.7


93.1


Arline Avery


LI


34


35.1


31.8


90.6


Florence E. Clark


II


41


33.8


31.2


92.3


Elizabeth Clark


I


43


38.


32.8


86.3


Ida C. Hunt.


I


41


40.


34.4


S6.


Gladys I. Sawyer


Sub-primary


63


58.9


55.2


93.7


545


527.6


487.5


92.4


HARDY SCHOOL


Alice W. King


V


37


37.5


35.2


93.9


Anna M. Holland


V.


34


36.6


34.7


94.8


Margaret B. Condon


IV


34


31.3


29.2


93.3


Bertha L. Long


IV


28


30.8


29.1


94.5


Catherine E. Enright


III


25


28.5


26.3


92.3


Esther M. Thomas


III


28


26.7


24.1


90.3


Elizabeth L. Holton


II


38


38.2


35.2


92.1


Frieda H. M. Mikels


II


36


34.1


30.8


90.3


Ellen E. Sweeney


36


38.


33.6


88.4


Annie B. Kimball.


I


36


36.1


31.9


88.4


Grace E. Fettretch.


Sub-primary


37


29.5


25.4


86.1


369


367.3


335.5


91.3


Attendance


ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1925-1926


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


'Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Percent of


Attendance


LOCKE SCHOOL :


Bertha W. Richards. .


VI


31


30.6


28.9


94:4


Helen Roberts.


VI:


34


31.4


29.6


94.3


Ellen Pollock


V


31


29.5


27.4


93.0


Winifred J. Slocum.


V.


28


28.8


27.2


94.4


Florence W. Cromwell V.


30


28.9


27.7


95.8


Miriam Braley


IV


37


36.1


33.8


93.6


Hazel Woodsome


IV


37


37.1


34.1


91.9


Edna MacArthur


IV


37


36.4


34.2


94.1


Carrie L. Horr


III


36


34.8


32.1


92.2


Amy D. Young


IT


30


30.9


27.7


89.6


Juliette H. Howard


II


33


31.1


28.6


91.9


Lillian M. Lvons.


II


31


29.2


26.2


89.7


Myrtle M. Davis


41


33.3


29.5


88.9


Helen P. Rhodes.


I


41


36.1


32.7


90.6


Edith F. Grant


I


1


15.4


12.9


83.8


Dorothea Johnson


Sub-primary


41


33.8


28.4


83.9


Edith F. Grant


Sub-primary .


()


6.4


5.5


85.9


Anna D. Shaw


Special


16


15.6


13.9


88.1


535


525.4


480.4


91.4


PARMENTER SCHOOL:


Grace W. Croncis


VI


48


45. '


42.8


95.1


Elizabeth L. Geer


V


29


1 29.5


27.9


94.6


June E. Simmons


IV


34


30.9


28.9


93.5


Grace B. Tibbetts


II-III.


37


34.8


32.3


92.8


Helen M. Dow


I


28


26.2


23.9


91.2


Marion L. Smith.


Sub-primary .


22


20.5


17.5


85.4


198


186.9


173.3


92.7


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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1925-1926


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Percent of


Attendance


PEIRCE SCHOOL:


Helen A. Enright


VI


38


38.1


35.9


94.2


Agnes V. Eaton.


V


37


37.9


35.9


94.7


Dorothy A. Brown


IV


38


35.5


33.3


93.9


Bernice V. Dodge.


III


24


24.7


23.3


94.3


Geneva Kramer.


II


27


29.2


27.4


93.8


Helen M. Warren .


L


32


32.3


29.1


90.1


Dorothea Johnson.


Sub-primary


25


22.1


19.7


89.1


221


219.8


204.6


93.1


RUSSELL SCHOOL :


Carrie L. Minot


VI


27


28.8


27.4


95.1


Nellie A. Grimes.


VI


30


29.8


27.9


93.6


Pauline H. Stuart.


V


35


37.7


35.5


94.2


Madeline Rinker.


IV-V


28


29.0


27.5


94.


Emily Webber


IV


37


37.6


35.5


94.4


Mabel C. Pond


III


45


40.4


38.1


94.3


Lottie C. Bailey


[I


38


34.8


31.0


89.1


May Browne.


II


37


35.4


32.6


92.1


Ruth Clifford.


I


30


29.6


26.7


90.2


Mary A. Chater


I


29


29.9


24.6


82.3


Grace E. Fettretch.


Sub-primary


33


24.8


21.7


87.5


Elizabeth A. Roach .


Special.


11


11.3


10.4


92.0


380


369.1


338.9


91.8


Totals and Averages


4648


4477.2


4170.4


93.1


COMPARATIVE TABLE OF AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP (Year ending June)


Year


High


Junior | Parmenter High Junior High Centre


Junior High West


Crosby


Cutter


Hardy


Locke


Parmenter


Peirce


Russell


Total


1922


748.


333.5


219.5


612.8


395.5


632.1


209.8


311.4


3,462.6


1923


537.1


491.6


362.9


671.1


422.2


590.9


185.4


310.8


3,572.


1924


543.2


494.7


357.7


766.7


455.7


653.


198.


334.6


3,803.6


1925


616.7


494.8


368.5


887.1


469.1


502.


195.7


187.


390.7


4,111.6


1926


721.7


606.2


420.6


532.6


527.6


367.3


525.4


186.9


219.8


369.1


4,477.2


*1926


787.9


443.6


288.2


507.4


516.4


560.2


469.5


540.2


181.8


251.9


385.1


4,932.2


*Fall Term.


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY


To the Town of Arlington :


The Trustees of the Robbins Library submit their annual report.


A ride or walk around Arlington would impress one with the growth of the Town. This increase in the number of townspeople is an added strain on the re- sources of the library.


The modern library is not simply a storehouse for books or a place from which novels may be borrowed- the modern library is a continuation school-a place where pupils may obtain material to supplement their. textbooks as well as a place in which true lovers of lit- erature may browse among books.


Books for recreational reading form a large portion of our collection and are always in great demand. How- ever, the readers of non-fiction are increasing, and we have requests for books on accounting, advertising, his- tory, psychology, child study, biography and travel, to mention a few of the subjects in constant demand. The library seeks a close co-operation with the schools, and the students come to the library in large numbers, tax- ing to the utmost the resourcefulness of the librarians.


The circulation of books and periodicals from the Central Library and Branches was 119,774 in 1926, showing a gain of 17,618 over the circulation in 1925.


The Trustees are very much gratified over the large increase in circulation in both adult and juvenile de- partments in the main library. There is also a credit-


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able increase in both branches, particularly considering their limited collection of books. This large increase in circulation entails more work on the part of the as- sistants. The Trustees wish to express their appre- ciation of the fine spirit of service and co-operation on the part of the library staff.


There was a gain of 1217 in the attendance in the reading room. It is difficult to give a sum total of the work accomplished in this department, inasmuch as an increase in attendance can in no way convey an idea of the time consumed in assisting readers.


1795 new borrowers registered in 1926, showing a gain of 228 over 1925.


There has been a gain of 7841 in books taken from the stack room-67591 as against 59750 in 1925. The use of periodicals shows a gain of 211-3305 as against 3094 in 1925.


Through the Inter-Library loan system 23 books were borrowed from the Boston Public Library in 1926. We also borrowed one book from the Cambridge Library, the Somerville Library and the Waltham Library.


We wish to thank the many interested citizens who have donated books, periodicals and pictures to the library. We are always very grateful for these gifts, particularly for recent fiction. We also wish to thank those who have given flowers to the library.


We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness and goodwill of Miss Grace Parker of the Arlington Advocate for printing our notices and book lists without charge. We also thank Mr. C. S. Parker for giving to the library a complete file of the Advocate for 1926.


During the past year several groups held exhibi- tions in the library-Camp Fire Girls, Southern Middle-


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sex Health Association, and the pupils of Mrs. W. Elliot Hanna of the Arlington High School loaned pictures and posters. Mrs. Frank Hodgdon loaned a collection of early United States money. A keen interest was manifested in these exhibitions.


Mrs. George B. C. Rugg continued her lectures on current books in the Art Gallery on the third floor. The use of this room for lectures was somewhat in the nature of an experiment, as there is no partition closing off the gallery from the rest of the library. It has not proved very successful, because the noise from the cir- culation department was annoying and there is no way of ventilating the room.


New catalogue cases were purchased for both the adult and juvenile departments.


The need for more books was mentioned in the 1925 report, and again we must emphasize the need for addi- tional books in all classes in the main library and branches. During 1926 we have added more books than in previous years. However, we have not been able to purchase sufficient new books and replacements to meet the demand.


During July and August the library closed on Wed- nesday and Friday at six o'clock.


LIBRARY STAFF


At the close of the year the Trustees appointed Miss Frances Hubbert librarian. Miss Elizabeth J. Newton was made associate librarian.


During the past year there have been many changes on the library staff. Miss Edith Rice, who has faith- fully served the library during the past twenty-eight years, has had a prolonged illness. The library held her position open until recently when it was decided that a children's librarian must be obtained. Miss Helen Thompson was employed to fill the vacancy.


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Miss Velma Moore, the reference librarian, resigned May 1st to be married. Miss Ruth Hennig was a substi- tute in the reading room in May and June, and on July 1st Miss Antoinette White, a graduate of the Simmons College Library School, joined the staff as reference librarian.


Miss Ruth Sampson joined the staff as a full time assistant after six years as a substitute.


CHILDREN'S ROOM


The circulation in the children's room was 33540 in 1926, showing a gain of 5364 over the circulation in 1925. Readers show a loss of 2321-12988 as against 15309 in 1925.


The steady growth of Arlington is most emphati- cally reflected in the children's room of the library. The Robbins Library was erected before a children's de- partment was thought necessary. Consequently, no provision was made for such a room. A number of years later when the need of a juvenile department arose, the emergency was met by using half of the second floor stack room. This make-shift room has been fairly ade- quate until 1926 when the use of the room increased to such an extent that it became overcrowded in several ways. The floor space has never been large, and now that the number of children using the room has in- creased there is considerable congestion.


To meet the demand for more books, an effort was made during the past year to increase the juvenile book stock by duplicating standard titles and purchasing more new books. This has taxed the shelving space of the room, making necessary a temporary readjustment which will do for the present.


The increase in the number of children using the juvenile department has caused a decrease in readers, which sounds rather like a paradox. However, this can


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easily be explained by the librarian. During the busy hours from 3 to 5:30 the children cannot be encouraged to browse. They must select their books and leave the room instead of sitting down to read. This does not mean that there is no room for reading in the children's room but that there is far less room than could be used to advantage.


The importance of having an attractive children's room with a good collection of books cannot be over em- phasized. We feel that the time will soon be at hand when an addition to the library to provide a new chil- dren's room will be a necessity.


Many collections of books have been sent to the classrooms in the schools. If we had more books, it would be possible to co-operate to a greater extent than we are now able to do.


The library held its annual Children's Book Week exhibition in the catalogue room during one week in November. Many new books were on view as well as the old favorites in new dress. A fire was kept burning in the fireplace which added to the attractiveness of the room. In the glass case were shown some of the hand- somely illustrated books for young people. There were in all 1021 visitors to the exhibition. Some of the teachers assigned a visit to the library during that week as one of the required lessons.


Respectfully submitted, .


WILLIAM A. MULLER, Chairman CYRUS E. DALLIN, M. HELEN TEELE, THERESE N. TURNER, DR. CHARLES J. WALSH, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON,


Trustees.


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LIBRARY STAFF FOR 1926


Librarian ELIZABETH J. NEWTON


Associate Librarian


FRANCES HUBBERT


Reference Department VELMA J. MOORE* ANTOINETTE WHITE


Cataloguer RUTH SAMPSON


Issue Department EDITH A. WHITTEMORE


Branch Department RUTH SAMPSON, in charge


Children's Department HELEN THOMPSON*


Janitor JAMES SULLIVAN


Arlington Heights Branch , M. MACIE SEABURY


East Arlington Branch EVA M. SMITH


Branch Messenger PROCTOR MICHELSON


*Resigned May 1st, 1926. ** Appointed July 1st, 1926.


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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT


Library Hours Central Library Open daily, except Sunday, 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. Children's Room 1 P. M. to 6 P. M. Closed on Holidays.


Arlington Heights Branch


Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday-1.30 to 6, 7 to 8.30 P. M. August-Open on Saturdays only. Closed on Holidays.


East Arlington Branch


Tuesday and Thursday-11.30 to 1.30, 3 to 6 P. M. Saturday-1 to 6, 7 to 8.30 P. M.


August-Open on Saturdays only.


Closed on Holidays.


Statistics Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31st, 1926


Robbins Library, Arlington, Mass. Free for lending and reference


Central Library


Number of branches


2


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Number of volumes at


beginning of year


27,685


5,559


33,244


Number of volumes added by purchase


1,038


695


1,733


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Number of volumes added by gift 30


30


Number of volumes lost in circulation 27


9 36


Total number of volumes at end of year 28,726


6,245


34,971


Total circulation


101,610


Total circulation of fiction


47,493


Total circulation of periodicals


3,305


Number of adult readers using Library for reading and study 29,633


Number of readers in Children's Room 12,988


Number of new readers registered during the year 1,448


Number of periodicals and newspapers purchased 88


Number of periodicals and newspapers donated 33


ARLINGTON HEIGHTS BRANCH


Number of volumes at beginning of year 1,547


Number of volumes added during year by purchase 116


Number of volumes added by gift 3


Total number of volumes at end of year 1,666


Total circulation 6,563


New readers registered 126


Number of periodicals and newspapers purchased 25


There was a gain of 1315 in the circulation of books and periodicals-6563 as against 5248 in 1925.


Readers show a gain of 11-126 as against 115 in 1925.


EAST ARLINGTON BRANCH


Number of volumes at beginning of year 1,022


Number of volumes added during year by purchase 85


Total number of volumes at end of year 1,107


Total circulation 11,601


Number of readers using Branch


4,304


New readers registered 221


Number of periodicals and newspapers purchased 23


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There was a gain of 4095 in the circulation of books and periodicals-11,601 as against 7506 in 1925.


Readers show a gain of 331-4304 as against 3973 in 1925.


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts 1


Appropriation by Town $13,425 00


Income from Endowment Funds 2,901 82


Other Sources 1,607 52


-- $17,934 34


Payments


Books and Periodicals


$3,742 28


Binding


581 18


Salaries and Wages


11,159 80


Fuel


625 94


Light


404 19


Maintenance of Building and


Equipment


610 09


Other Expenses


609 67


Balance of Income from Elbridge


Farmer Fund


201 19


$17,934 34


Respectfully submitted,


FRANCES HUBBERT,


Librarian.


ROBBINS LIBRARY ART FUND 1926


Principal of Fund $25,000 00


Accumulated Income, January 1,1926 7,690 89


$32,690 89


-


Receipts


Interest on


Fourth Liberty Bond $127 50


Sewer Loan of 1917 60 00 .


Schouler Ct. Land Purchase 100 00


Street Loan of 1922 255 00


Arlington Savings Bank Deposit 986 03


1,528 53


$34,219 42


Payment Paid Town for Disbursement 10 00


$34,209 42


Investments One Sewer Loan of 1917 Note, due June 1, 1927 $1,000 00


Two Schouler Ct. Purchase Notes, due serially beginning Janu- ary 1, 1927 2,000 00


One Street Loan of 1922 Note, due December 15, 1927 3,000 00 .


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Three Liberty Bonds, 4th Issue 3,000 00 Arlington Savings Bank, Book No. 20095 25,209 42 $34,209 42


CYRUS E. DALLIN, WILLIAM A. MULLER, M. HELEN TEELE, THERESE N. TURNER, DR. CHARLES J. WALSH, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, Trustees.


CHARLES A. HARDY, Town Treasurer. CLARENCE NEEDHAM, Town Accountant.


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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


Arlington, Mass., January 3, 1927.


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


Gentlemen :


Herewith is respectfully submitted the annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1926.


The Engineering Department furnishes all the Town departments and committees with such information, plans, designs, estimates and data of an engineering nature as they may require on work being done, or con- templated, also keeps careful notes, measurements and location of new work, additions, changes and extensions as they may occur, and properly records the same for future reference by maps, plans or profiles.


For the number and length of sewer and water mains constructed during the year, see Board of Public Works Report.


A large number of plans were verified by this De- partment and approved by the Board of Survey.


Plans were prepared for completing the grading at the Peirce School, Cutter School, Hardy School, Junior High School West and Parmenter School, and the work done under the supervision of this Department.


Street numbering plans of all new streets have been made, new buildings located, and numbers assigned.


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Plans have been made by the various companies and corporations and filed in the Town Engineer's Office, showing the locations of structures for which permits were granted by the Joint Board during the year.


The Engineering Department has prepared plans and performed miscellaneous services for all the Town de- partments and for the Town Counsel.


Sidewalk, street betterment and sewer assessment plans were prepared, and assessments levied.


Annexed to this report is a table giving the names of all streets in the Town, public and private, lengths, widths and total mileage ; also a table of general statistics pertaining to the Town.


Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. AHERN, Town Engineer.


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


Name


Location


Width


Date of Acceptance


Public


Private


Aberdeen Road.


Dundee Road, easterly .


40


730


Aberdeen Road


45 Tanager Street, 62 feet northwesterly


40


62


March 24, 1919.


Academy Street


734 Massachusetts Avenue to 40 Irving Street .


40


1520


April 2, 1866, September 20, 1875.


Acton Street .


21 Appleton Street, southerly .


50


510


November 2, 1886.


Adams Street .


319 Massachusetts Avenue to 216 Broadway


10


928


March 28, 1923.


Addison Street .


106 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond .


40


800


March 9, 1891.


Aerial Street .


169 Forest Street, easterly ..


10


450


TAerial Street .


Washington Street, 550 feet southwesterly


40


550


Albemarle Street


50 Walnut Street to 35 Mt. Vernon Street.


10


392


March 20, 1916


Alfred Road .


97 Lake Street, 460 feet to Spy Pond Parkway.


40


568


Allen Street. . .


339 Massachusetts Avenue to 70 Warren Street.


40


1122


May 6, 1924.


Alpine Street.


Park Avenue Ext., northerly.


40


1335


¡Alpine Street. .


Summer Street, southerly.


40


105


tAlton Street .


295 Broadway to 158 Warren Street


40


780


Amherst Street.


10 River Street to Rawson Road .


40


530


April 15, 1926. March 25, 1915 and April 15, 1926.


Amsden Street .


107 Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road


45


950


Andrew Street.


Foster Street to Allen Street ..


40


400


Appleton Place.


1 Appleton Street, southerly .


400


202


*Appleton Street.


1192 Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road ... 50


1450


April 9, 1875. Laid out by County Commissioner. Old Town Way named Appleton Street, November 9, 1846.


Appleton Street


Paul Revere Road to Wachusett Avenue.


50


1868


*Appleton Street


Wachusett Avenue to Lexington Line


40


4522


Argyle Road.


Dundee Road to Aberdeen Road . .


40


750


Arlmont Street.


Spring Street to 386 Park Avenue.


40


2926 One-half width in Belmont.


Arnold Street .


Dundee Road to Hibbert Street.


40


723


Ashland Street .


88 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue


50


832


April 7, 1898.


Avola Street


Ortona Street to Lexington Line.


40


1158


Avon Place .


390 Massachusetts Avenue, westerly


30


428


Bacon Street.


15 Central Street to 11 Mill Street.


30


345


906.5


Bartlett Avenue


818 Massachusetts Avenue to Irving Street.


45-40


1350


.


November 6, 1888; March 14, 1892; June 1, 1896; November 8, 1897.


Bartlett Avenue.


Irving Street to Gray Street.


40


370


Bartlett Avenue.


Gray Street to 16 Woodland Street


40


412


Beacon Street.


81 Warren Street to Coral Street


40


1447


March 4, 1872.


Beck Road.


41 Forest Street, easterly.


20


375


Belknap Street.


18 Linwood Street to Marion Road.


40


600


March 6, 1911.


Belknap Place.


290 Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street.


20


270


Bellington Street .


46 Arlmont Street, northeasterly.


40


600


+Belton Street. .


307 Broadway to Compton Street.


40


498


Benjamin Road .


49 Robbins Road, 530 feet northwesterly


40


530


November 22, 1906. March 4, 1872.


Bailey Road .


854 Massachusetts Avenue to Gloucester Street .


50-40


November 8, 1897.


.


March 22, 1909.


Laid out by County Commissioner in 1915.


Length


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


Name


Location


Width


Date of Aeceptanee


Public


Private


Berkeley Street ..


Wright Street, northwesterly to Harold Road.


40


240


Blossom Street .


21 Bow Street to Summit Street.


40


1528


Bloomfield Avenue


Summer Street, northerly.


40


400


Bonad Road .


90 Highland Avenue to Shawnee Road


40


554


April 15, 1926.


Bonad Road .


Shawnee Road to Valley Road


40


376


*Bow Street.


86 Forest Street to 95 Lowell Street .


40


1930


Old Town Way named Bow Street, November 9, 1846. Decree of Supreme Court, June 30, 1899.


Bowdoin Street.


36 River Street to Rawson Road .


40


530


September 8, 1921.


Bowen Street.


1114 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.


50


1470


Bowman Street.


Appleton Street to Lexington Line.


30


75


Bradley Road .


Highfield Road, northerly


40


870


Branch Avenue.


46 Park Avenue Ext. to Alpine Street


40


340


+Brand Street.


261 Forest Street to Edmund Road.




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