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April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9. 1846; March 16, 1908. September 18, 1914.
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, northeastcrly .
40
900
1Summit Street.
Summer Street, southwesterly
40
118
Sunnyside Avenue .
17 Broadway, easterly .
40
450
Sunset Road
75 Bow Street, northeasterly .
40
1200
1Sunset Road Ext.
Frost Street, southwesterly .
40
627
Surry Road .
16 Daniels Street to Davis Road .
40
520
April 2, 1925.
Sutherland Road
106 Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road
40
750
Swan Place
480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
30
600
Swan Street .
40 Pleasant Strcet to Swan Place .
40
250
March 14, 1877.
Sylvia Street .
Lexington Line to Rublee Street
40
800
Sylvia Street .
Rublee Street to Malvern Street .
40
2001
Tanager Street .
35 Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue
40
1150
Teel Strcet. .
77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street
40
970
30
206
November 22, 1906. March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884.
Teel Street Place .
(60 Teel Street, westerly
40
791 390
ĮMarch 4, 1872. March 14, 1892. March 16, 1908.
Sawin Street .
Teel Street, westerly .
30
Scituate Strect
23 Gloucester Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
March 31, 1927.
Old Town Way named Spring Place, Novem- ber 9, 1846. November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867.
. )74 Mystic Street to Water Street ..
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Length
Date of Acceptance
Public
Private
Temple Street .
60 Highland Avenue to Gray Street
40
966
+Thesda Street .
Wright Street to Reed Street .
40
1620
tThird Street .
Peek Avenue to Perth Road
40
100
tThomas 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
36 Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue.
40
1057
March 20, 1916.
Thorndike Street .
Lake Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
40
Trent Street .
14 Coleman Road to Lockeland Avenue.
40
619
Trowbridge Street
147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road .
45
1050
March 26, 1914.
Tufts Street ..
287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Street Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
35
1300
April 2, 1866.
Udine 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
206 Appleton Street to George Street.
50
900
Valentine Road.
George Street, southerly .
40
7544
Valley Road .
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue
50
783
Varnum Street
120 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly
403
1314
Wachusett Avenue
40
650
+Wachusett Avenue
Appleton Street to Florence Avenue
50
730
Wachusett Avenue
Florence Avenue to Park Avenue
50
1800
Waldo Road .
54 Marathon Street to 57 Cleveland Street .
200
April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street. April 15, 1926.
Waldo Road .
Windsor Street to Amsden Street .
45
238
Wall Street .
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street
40
448
+Walnut Avenue
Glen Avenue, easterly .
40
400
Walnut Court
20 Walnut Street, easterly .
25
275
Walnut Street .
998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street .
33
1360 2680
*Warren Street .
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway
50
+Warren Street
Appleton Street, southerly
30
350
Warwick Street ..
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street .
45
200
Washington Avenue ..
Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue .
40
250
Washington Street .
16 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
March 7, 1870. May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, November 9 1846.
. . .
..
. .
.
45
Waldo Road .
55 Marathon Street to Windsor Street .
45
512
March 26, 1914. November 13, 1894.
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street
40
643
288
289
Water Street . +Water Street Ext ..
1675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street . ..
40
680
. |March 15, 1894.
Mystic Street to Russell Street .
50
1300
Waverly Strcet .
148 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue .
40
2180
+Waverly Street ..
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue .
40
Webcowet Road .
128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace
40
Webcowet Road .
40
Webster Street . .
40
608 2390 737
April 15, 1926. March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926. November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.
+Wellington Street Ext.
Wellington Strcet to Addison Strcet .
40
191
West Street .
82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.
50
450
West Court Terrace.
167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly
40
200
Westminster Avenue
118 Lowell Street to Lexington Line .
50
2310
August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.
Westmoreland Avenue.
221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue ..
40
985
White Strcet .
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street
40
300
W hittemore Street
406 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
466
November 23, 1909.
+Wilbur Avenue .
Williams Strcet to Chestnut Street . ..
40
1082
Wildwood Avenue
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue .
40
1297
Williams Street .
Arnold Street, southerly
40
500
Williams Street .
Piedmont Street, northerly .
40
750
Willow Place . ..
801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
30
169
Wilson Avenue
170 Lake Street, southerly .
40
1435
Winchester Road . Windermere Avenue.
48 Bartlett Avenue, to Churchill Avenue
40
350
110
March 27, 1906.
Windermere Park .
Windermere Avenue, southerly
30
400
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
40
528
March 14, 1892.
Winter Strect ..
201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846
Wollaston Avenue .
103 Park Avenue to West Street .
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908.
+Wollaston Avenue .
West Street, westerly
60
620
1Wollaston 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 .
120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue .
40
282
March 22, 1909.
Woodland Street .
Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street .
40
240
March 25, 1915.
+Wright Street .
Winchester Line, southwesterly .
40
1930
Wyman Street .
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street ... ..
40
1050
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 Commissioncrs.
¡Proposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, :: 45.47 miles
Length of Private Streets open for travel, 37.32 miles
Length of Proposed Private Streets, 11:16 miles
. .
Wellington Street .
Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive. 267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway . 86 Pleasant Street, easterly .
40
644 484
.
. .
. .
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.
Wyman Lane ..
165 Lake Street, northwesterly . .
...
March 25, 1915. May 6, 1924.
Windsor Street .
127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly .. .
.
45
577
300
Old Mystic Street to Bradley Road .
.
130 fcet proposed.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
GENERAL STATISTICS
.
Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. west at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation, 48 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation, 155 feet.
Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), elevation, 377 feet.
Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation, 281 feet.
The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arling- ton 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 street and Town ways: Macadam, 22.34 miles; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; gravel, 18.19 miles; concrete, 2.29 miles; reinforced concrete and bituminous macadam, 1.25 miles.
Private streets open for travel, 37.32 miles.
Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 13.90 miles.
Edgestone, 14.76 miles.
Paved gutters, 14.11 miles.
Storm drain system, 20.83 miles. Catch basins, 756.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES
To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit my report as Superintendent of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1927.
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were twenty-eight (28) No. 75 lamps, ten (10) No. 70 lamps and sixty-one (61) No. 20 lamps installed as follows: Twenty-eight (28) No. 75 lamps in the new underground district on Massachusetts Avenue between Medford and Central Streets; three (3) No. 70 lamps on Massa- chusetts Avenue between Harlow and Franklin Streets, three (3) on Massachusetts Avenue between Bartlett Avenue and Schouler Court, one (1) on Massachusetts Avenue beyond Lake Street, one (1) on Massachusetts Avenue corner of Winter Street, one (1) at Broadway at Warren Street, one (1) on Park Avenue near B. & M. Station; four (4) No. 20 lamps on Appleton Street beyond George Street; three (3) on Alfred Road, one (1) on Belknap Street, four (4) on Bow Street, two (2) on Cornell Street, two (2) on Dartmouth Street, two (2) on Exeter Street, one (1) on Florence Avenue, two (2) on Ford- ham Street, eight (8) on Gray Street, two (2) on Maynard Street, one (1) on Mystic Street, two (2) on Mystic Lake Drive, nine (9) on Newport Street, two (2) on Old Mystic Street, ten (10) on Palmer Street, one (1) on Pond Lane, three (3) on Rangeley Road, and two (2) on Sherborn Street.
There were eight (8) No. 70 lamps and seven (7) No. 20 lamps discontinued.
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Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1927; all night schedule; total hours 3,780.
No. 20- 80 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 655 No. 70- 600 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 109 No. 75-1000 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 41
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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
50 Watt lamps, multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 P.M., 1,695 hours 49
Two (2) of these lamps on Pleasant Street and two (2) on Academy Street corner of Maple Street burn all night. Four (4) on the post at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street were discontinued and replaced with a No. 75 lamp, leaving forty-five (45) in service.
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
Two thousand and two (2,002) permits for electrical con- struction were issued at fifty (50c) cents for each permit.
There were two thousand eight hundred and sixty-three (2,863) inspections made; and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine (1,879) installations approved.
No fires were caused by defective wiring during the year.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company the Telephone Company, and the Boston Elevated Railway installed eighty-four (84) new poles, replaced one hundred and sixteen (116) poles; and relocated four (4) poles on public streets during the year.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
There were six (6) Fire Alarm boxes installed as follows: Box 13 on Massachusetts Avenue, opposite Park Boulevard,
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and 131 installed in the place of 13 at the corner of Henderson and Sawin Streets. Box 172 moved to Chandler Street, corner of Herbert Road. Box 173 installed on Milton Street, corner of Herbert Road. Box 161, Pond Lane near Boat House. Box 391, Mill Street, corner of Summer Street. Box 481, Forest Street, near Brand Street. Box 731, Aberdeen Road, opposite Inverness Road.
Box 174 is ordered and paid for and will be installed on Milton Street, corner of Brooks Avenue, as soon as it is com- pleted.
The Town of Winchester completed their construction to meet ours on the 23rd day of November and Mutual Aid for Winchester and Arlington went into effect on that date.
The William Penn tower bell was installed on a structure in the Boston Elevated yard at the Heights and was connected to the Fire Alarm System on the 10th day of October.
OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND CABLES
Five thousand seven hundred and fourteen (5,714) feet of four conductor fibrex cable was installed on Pond Lane, Fal- mouth Road, and Tanager Street. One thousand three hundred and thirty-six (1,336) feet of two conductor fibrex cable was installed on Mill Street. One thousand one hundred and ninety (1,190) feet of four conductor lead was drawn in from Fire Alarm Headquarters to the second pole on Pond Lane; and eight hundred and eighty-five (885) feet of two conductor lead was drawn in Massachusetts Avenue from Fire Box 72 to the bell tower.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
There were two boxes installed in the following locations: Box 221, Falmouth Road at Highfield Road; Box 414, Ap- pleton Street, corner Ashland Street.
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Box 23 was moved from Mystic Street at Old Mystic Street to Davis Avenue, Box 47 was moved from Park Avenue, corner Prospect Avenue, to Eastern Avenue, corner Hillcrest Street, and Box 32 on Massachusetts Avenue near Grove Street was moved to Massachusetts Avenue near Schouler Court.
The new switchboard and apparatus at the new Police Station was cut over and put in commission on June 15th, 1927.
Respectfully submitted, W. E. MASON, Superintendent of Wires.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1927.
At the Town Meeting held on March 7, 1927, William S. Fairchild was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 14 with the choice of James R. Smith as chairman.
APPOINTMENTS
At a meeting held on March 28, S. Alfred Benson was appointed Clerk of the Board, Water Registrar and Purchasing Agent. March 28, George E. Ahern was appointed Super- intendent of Public Works. These appointments were for the' year ending April 1, 1928.
MEETINGS
The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held fifty-two regular and nine special meetings.
The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:
Highway Division
$116,860.91
Sewer Extensions
74,158.75
Sewer Maintenance
3,892.58
Water Extensions
64,808.61
Water Maintenance (includes interest, Town Debt and Metropolitan Water Assessment)
110,382.60
Health Department
68,599.36
Snow and Ice 18,357.74
Storm Drains 34,913.37
Construction of Alfred Road
4,907.11
Construction of Appleton Place 446.77
Construction of Cornell Street.
5,013.79
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Construction of Dartmouth Street $4,801.97
Construction of Exeter Street .
4,886.92
Construction of Fordham Street.
5,113.18
Construction of Gray Street .
35,448.10
Construction of Maynard Street
7,579.63
Construction of Mystic Lake Drive
4,869.33
Construction of Newport Street .
12,961.82
Construction of Old Mystic Street
66.13
Construction of Palmer Street.
23,202.95
Construction of Rangeley Road.
11,550.30
Construction of Schouler Court.
7.60
Construction of Sherborn Street
7,051.20
General Administration Account.
15,760.41
Grading Playground, rear of High School
10,205.30
$645,846.43
HIGHWAY DIVISION
This year sections of Mystic Street and Massachusetts Avenue were reconstructed at a total cost of $29,481.40. Mystic Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street, a distance of 1,900 feet, was reconstructed with Simasco Asphalt Pavement, guaranteed for five years, at a net cost of $7,058.39. Massachusetts Avenue on the southerly side, from Pleasant Street to Academy Street, 1,065 feet, and from Lowell Street, both sides, to near Paul Revere Road, 2,200 feet, was recon- structed with a Vulcanized Asphalt Pavement, which is covered by a five year guarantee, at net cost of $22,423.01.
Fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and eight cents was expended in surfacing public streets with either a tar or asphaltic oil. Thirty thousand four hundred and six dollars and forty-six cents was expended in maintaining and cleaning streets; of this amount $4,453.84 was spent exclusively on Massachusetts Avenue.
The maintenance division of the Highway Department this year, in addition to the regular maintenance and cleaning work, has resurfaced Mill Street its entire length, and also after
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patching Pleasant Street treated the same with a surface treatment of hot asphalt and crushed stone from Massachusetts Avenue to the Belmont line.
Five thousand and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents was expended in the care and repair of the storm drain system. Six thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty- nine cents was expended upon the upkeep of gravel sidewalks and $3,659.08 on the care and repair of permanent sidewalks.
TABLE 1 HIGHWAY DIVISION
Appropriation
Expended
Balance
Appropriation .
$117,000.00
Maintenance of highways.
$61,749.60
Reconstruction of streets
29,481.40
*General account
25,629.91
Totals
$117,000.00
$116,860.91
$139.09
*Engineering, $145.32; holidays, $1,731.36; vacations, $3,871.73; Saturday afternoons, $4,692.79; street signs, $1,817.25; Town Yards and buildings, $3,691.65; tools and equipment, $6,265.96; material, $1,059.11; miscellaneous, $248.56; teaming, $719.33; supervision, stock and timekeeper, $3,798.76; credit for use of automobiles, $2,411.91.
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TABLE 2
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation for 1927
$20,000.00
Expenditure .
18,357.74
Balance, January 1, 1928
$1,642.26
STREET CONSTRUCTION
LOCATION
Appropriation
Net Cost
Balance
Alfred Road. .
$5,899.00
$4,907.11
$991.89
Cornell Street
5,992.50
5,013.79
978.71
Dartmouth Street .
5,992.50
4,801.97
1,190.53
Exeter Street
6,587.50
4,886.92
1,700.58
Fordham Street
5,822.50
5,113.18
709.32
Gray Street. .
38,505.00
35,448.10
3,056.90
Maynard Street
6,483.80
7,579.63
-1,095.83
Mystic Lake Drive
5,636.35
4,869.33
767.02
Newport Street .
16,337.00
12,961.82
3,375.18
Palmer Street .
21,953.38
23,202.95
-1,249.57
Rangeley Road.
10,500.00
11,550.30
-1,050.30
Sherborn Street
8,380.54
7,051.20
1,329.34
Totals
$138,090.07
$127,386.30
$10,703.77
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation for 1927
$35,000.00
Expenditure .
34,913.37
Balance, January 1, 1928.
$86.63
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Appleton Place (at Appleton Street)
15
40
$80.65
$2.02
Central Street (Northerly end to Mill Brook) .
12
171
556.36
3.25
Clark Street (Massachusetts Ave. to Peirce Street).
12
225
661.89
2.94
Gloucester Street (Newport St. to Highland Ave).
24
228
2,023.65
8.88
Gloucester Street (Highland Ave. to Lockeland Ave., and Lockland Ave. to the junction of Plymouth Street).
10
58
15
257
4,172.93
6.18
Hutchinson Road (at Winchester Country Club)
15
24
237.30
9.89
Lowell Street (Near Massachusetts Ave. to Mill Lane).
15
85
582.88
6.86
Massachusetts Ave. (Present end opposite High School to Loekeland Avenue) ...
30
161
2,999.66
7.12
Massachusetts Ave. (Lowell Street to Daniels Street) ..
10
97
15
477
3,913.02
6.82
Massachusetts Ave. (Southerly side from Library Drive to opposite Court Street) .
15
225
937.34
3.96
Medford Street (Sherborn Street to Warren Street) . Mill Lane (Lowell Street to Mill Brook) . Mystic Street (Near No. 326 and 327) .
15
273
610.16
2.24
Trunk drain from Alewife Brook, through private land to Fairmont Street; private land to Lake Avenue; Lake Avenue to Herbert Road ..
24
707
30
963
13,232.13
3.97
Installing catch basin, Davis Road
10
20
129.18
Installing two catch basins, Highland Avenue.
10
34
299.17
Installing two catch basins, Mystic Street
12
20
267.83
*General Expense
2,273.78
Material on hand
49.98
Totals
7,002
$34,913.37
4.24
10
1,090
18
575
15
526
1,436.51
2.73
10
106
448.95
24
260
10
12
24
360
15
8
*Saturday afternoons, $1,438.13; holidays, $336.00; miscellaneous, $304.36; supervision, time and stockkeeper, $195.29.
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TABLE 3 HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation for 1927. Expenditure .
$68,600.00
68,599.36
Balance, January 1, 1928
$0.64
Net Expense
Ashes
$25,442.49
Offal
30,911.24
Paper and rubbish
10,953.26
Repairs .
689.94
Equipment, sundries and supplies
602.43
Total
$68,599.36
.
SEWER DIVISION
Fourteen thousand four hundred and seventy-four feet of 'main sewer were laid during the year, and three hundred and ninety-three connections were made with the mains. Details of sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.
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TABLE 4
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1927
$73,000.00
From Reserve Fund
1,205.00
Available for 1927
$74,205.00
Expenditure
74,158.75
Balance, January 1, 1928.
$46.25
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Bacon Street (Mill Street easterly)
8
133
$435.33
$3.27
*Burch Street (White Street to Mary Street).
8
215
323.62
1.51
Cedar Avenue (Oakland Avenue to No. 14) .
8
183
767.78
4.20
Coleman Road (Trent Street to Moulton Road).
8
230
761.40
3.31
Davis Road (Old end to Surry Road) .
8
159
417.32
2.62
*Dorothy Road (Margaret Street to Bureh Street)
8
297
679.86
2.29
*Edith Street (Margaret Street to Bureh Street).
8
297
822.52
2.77
*Eleanor Road (Margaret Street to Burch Street).
8
297
774.72
2.61
Exeter Street (Park Street easterly)
8
92
146.21
1.59
Falmouth Road West (Falmouth Road to near Highfield Road) .
8
497
2,450.31
4.93
Forest Street (Connection to Metropolitan main)
12
56
338.10
6.04
Gaylord Street (Hawthorne Avenue southerly).
8
50
100.91
2.02
Gray Street (Valley Road to Irving Street)
8
238
1,848.07
7.77
Gray Street (Near Highland Avenue to Irving Street) .
8
397
1,724.63
4.34
Higgins Street (Old end easterly)
8
39
165.35
4.24
Hutchinson Road (Old Mystic Street to Winchester Road) .
8
628
2,679.35
4.27
Inverness Road (Kilsythe Road southerly)
8
121
335.80
2.78
Irving Street (Churchill Avenue westerly) .
8
82
147.08
1.79
Kensington Park (Old end near Norfolk Road southerly) .
S
259
1,487.93
5.74
Kilsythe Road (Old end westerly)
8
54
174.20
3.23
*Margaret Street and Private Lands (Near Lake Street to north of Boston and Lowell Railroad) . .
12
1,261
4,401.47
3.49
*Mary Street (Margaret Street to Burch Street)
8
295
880.14
2.98
*Mary Street (Burch Street to Parker Street)
8
215
308.08
1.43
*Mill Street (Present end to Summer Street)
8
758
2,730.42
3.60
Moulton Road (Coleman Road to Trent Street)
8
505
1,721.11
3.41
Mount Vernon Street (Present end to Hawthorne Avenue Extension) .
8
300
910.14
3.03
Mystie Lake Drive (Hayes Street westerly).
8
327
1,114.85
3.41
Palmer Street (Old end southerly) . .
8
491
702.30
1.43
*Pine Ridge Road (Gray Street to No. 43)
8
895
3,451.38
3.86
*Pine Street (Near Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane)
8
1,119
4,514.87
4.03
Private Lands (Brattle Street to Pine Street)
8
529
1,063.93
2.01
Surry Road (Davis Road easterly)
8
134
386.63
2.89
*Thorndike Street (Present end northerly)
S
348
1,654.76
4.76
West Court Terrace (Lowell Street easterly)
8
200
690.27
3.45
*Westminster Avenue (Present end to No. 72).
8
677
2,541.62
3.75
*White Street (Margaret Street to Burch Street)
8
296
576.94
1.95
Winchester Road (Hutchinson Road to Bradley Road)
8
725
2,192.37
3.02
Yale Street (Hawthorne Avenue southerly)
8
277
1,050.59
3.79
Total
$51,503.29
** General Expense
7,726.78
Particular sewers
15,734.79
*** Stock
806.11
Grand totals
14,474
$74,158.75
Park Avenue Extension (Old end northerly)
8
96
597.28
6.22
*School Street (Present end to Gray Street)
Summer Street (Grove Street easterly)
8
702
3,433.65
4.89
*Built by contract.
** Tools and equipment, $685.50; miscellaneous, $1,006.85; engineering, $685.81; Saturday afternoons, $3,308.53; holidays, $1,013.99; supervision, time and stockkeeper, $1,026.10. *** Credit.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
TABLE 5
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation for 1927
$3,900.00
Expenditure .
3,892.58
Balance, January 1, 1928
$7.42
Expenditures
Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains
$1,909.03
Brattle Street sewer pump.
229.12
Care and repair of particular sewers.
1,218.19
*General expense .
536.24
Total
$3,892.58
*Holidays, $72.51; miscellaneous, $25.80; Saturday afternoons, $218.13; tools and equipment, $219.80.
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS
1
General Population by census of 1925, 24,943.
Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system, 312 square miles.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 56.24 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metro- politan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 16.73 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
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