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50
820
November 8, 1897. November 11, 1850; April 20, 1874.
Locke Street .
21 Lowell Strcet 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
450
Lombard Terrace .
Wellington Street to B. & L. R.R ..
40
814
Lorne Road .
Sutherland Road, southeasterly .
40
300
Lovell Road .
32 Bradley Road to easterly to Mclvin Road . 40
450
·
Old Town Way named Pond Street, Novem- ber 9, 1846. May 6, 1924.
Kilsythe Road .
Kensington Park to Brantwood Road. Selkirk Road to Inverness Road .
40
640
April 11, 1922.
+King Street .
Summer Street, northerly . .
40
. . .
336
November 22, 1910. November 22, 1910.
Linwood Street .
300 Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond .
40
660
Lincoln Street .
76 Gray Street to 31 Woodland Street
40
370
900
Kensington Road .
40
*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
Lublin Street ..
431 Appleton Street, northwesterly .
40
314
Madison Avenue
.
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
Margaret Street
82 Lake Street to Thorndike Street Extension .
40
1182
Marion Road .
286 Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street .
40
270
Mary Street .
11 Margaret Street to west of Parker Street .
40
650
*Massachusetts Avenue .
Cambridge Line to Lexington Line .
66-98
18310
Old Town Way named Main Street, Novem- ber 9, 1847.
+Maybie Street .
Carleton Road to Dodge Street . .
40
425
Maynard Street. .
160 Medford Street to Hayes Street .
40
598
Maynard Street.
Hayes Street to Mystic Valley Parkway
40
391
Medford Street
451 Massachusetts Avenue to Medford Line
3180
Melrose Street .
152 Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .
40
845
582
Melvin Road .
19 Melvin Road to 200 Winchester Road
40
850
Menotomy Road
1040 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1361
+Michael Street .
35 Gardner Street to Silk Street .
40
320
+Middle Street.
Winchester Line to south of South Street
40
687
Mill Lane .
25 Lowell Street to Forest Street Place .
25
425
Mill Street .
781 Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street .
50
860
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
943
558
March 25, 1915; March 28, 1928.
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
Mott Street .
15 Parker Street, westerly
40
130
Moulton Road .
132 Trent Street to 28 Mt. Vernon Street .
40
778
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 Hawthorne Avenue
40
1325
Murray Street ..
Dennett Road to Irwin Road . ..
40
223
Mystic Bank
Davis Avenue to Fairview Avenue .
40
560
Mystic Lake Drive.
Webcowet Road to Hayes Street .
40
296
329
*Mystic Street ..
493 Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line.
50-60
8150
June 4, 1856; September 3, 1873; Old Town Way called Mystic Street, November 9, 1846.
.
.
Park Place to Lexington Line ..
40
1600
Magnolia Street .
.
.
.
March 6, 1911. April 20, 1874. April 15, 1898.
March 6, 1911.
March 31, 1927. March 28, 1928. Old Town Way named Medford Street, November 9, 1846.
March 25, 1915; March 28, 1928.
337
.
.
.
.
Formerly Orient Avenue March 31, 1927.
Mystic Lake Drive .
Hayes Street to Mystic Valley Parkway .
40
.
.
Public Way decrced by Land Court in 1917. June 11, 1872, also Old Town Way.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Mystic River Parkway . . .
Somerville Line to Medford Street
4100
Mystic River Parkway .
Medford Street to Mystic Street .
3600
Newcomb Street .
39 Lake Street to Barnes Lane.
40
875
Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard. Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard. March 20, 1916 March 28, 1928.
Newland Road
90 Bow Street, northeasterly .
40
716
484
+Newland Road Ext
Forest Strect, westerly .
40
789
Newman Way .
824 Massachusetts Avenue to Wildwood Avenue .
20
630
Newport Street .
39 Gloucester Street to Spring Avenue
40
1178
March 31, 1927.
Newport Street .
Spring Avenue to Hawthorne Avenue.
40
694
Newton Road .
Parallel Street to Hamlet Street .
40
395
April 2, 1925.
¡Nicod Street. . Williams Street to Appleton Street .
40
1050
Norcross Street .
47 North Union Street to Gardner Street
30
770
Originally called Cross Street.
Norfolk Road .
183 Pleasant Street to 96 Jason Street
40
1101
March 6, 1911; March 25, 1912.
Norfolk Terrace .
11 Norfolk Road, southwesterly.
40
150
Now Kensington Park.
North Street .
Winchester Line to Ridge Street .
40
773
North Union Street
101 Broadway to Decatur Street .
40
1920
March 6, 1871.
Nourse Road .
Nourse Street, westerly
40
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 Mystic Street to 446 Mystic Street
40
2200
Old Town Way named Old Mystic Street, November 9, 1846.
Orchard-Place .
1020 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly
25
500
Orchard Terrace
152 Medford Street to Webcowet Road
40
344
April 15, 1926.
+Orient Avenue
Lexington Line to Summit Street . .
10
2000
Ortona Street.
Appleton Street to Piedmont Street.
40
265
Orvis Circle .
142 Brooks Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
20
320
Orvis Road.
244 Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenuc
80
920
March 25, 1915.
Orvis Road.
Brooks Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
40
640
Overlook Road
431 Summer Street to Mountain Avenue .
50-40
1514
386
May 6, 1924; March 28, 1928. March 25, 1918.
Oxford Street .
223 Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street .
40
667
Oxford Street .
40
786
March 24, 1920.
Palmer Street .
40
965
March 14, 1892; November 22, 1906.
Palmer Street .
108 Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway
40
1671
March 31, 1927.
Parallel Street .
181 Franklin Street to 168 Medford Street
40
410
Park Avenue .
118 Lowell Street to Belmont Line .
80-50
5920
Park Avenue Ext.
118 Lowell Street to Summer Street .
40
1710
tPark 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 ..
40
1050
March 30, 1903.
+Park Place .
Madison Avenue to 93 Westminster Avenue
700
·
.
230
Ottawa Road .
186 Highland Avenue to High Haith Road .
Raleigh Street to 100 Broadway
361 Massachusetts Avenue to 108 Warren Street
June 29, 1875. March 26, 1917, and May 6, 1924.
Length
Date of Acceptance
338
339
Park Street . 163 Warren Street to Coral Street
40
1518
125
Park Terrace .
15 Mystic Street, easterly
10
300 400
*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 Strect to Locke Street .
40
680
Pelham Terrace
101 Pleasant Street, westerly
40
345
+Perth Road
Selkirk Road to Third Strect
40
200
Peter Tufts Road .
27 Edmund Road to Overlook Road
10
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 fcet
40
250
+Philemon Street. .
James Strect to Lexington Line .
40
750
Piedmont Street .
Wollaston Avcnuc to Sylvia Street
40
1039
Pine Avenue.
12 Pine Street to end .
20
210
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
1875. Old Town Way, named Pleasant Street, No- vember 9, 1846.
Pleasant View Road
21 Hillsdale Road to 31 Spring Street.
40
1000
Plymouth Street
30 Highland Avenue to Lockeland Avenue .
40
332
Pond Lanc
378 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
30
700
November 11, 1850.
Pond Lane
B. & L. R.R. to Boat Club House .
20-30
490
Pond Terrace
46 Pond Lane, westerly .
30
160
Pondview Road
115 Lake Street to Princeton Road
40
567
April 15, 1926.
Prentiss Road .
965 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
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
Radcliffe Road .
22 Victoria Road to 23 Edgehill Road .
40
455
Raleigh Street .
Grafton Street to Harlow Strect.
40
453
Raleigh Street .
Grafton Street to 52 Oxford Street .
10
180
Ramsdell Court .
791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
17
200
Randolph Street .
25 Lake Street to Barnes Lane.
40
940
March 20, 1916.
Rangelcy Road .
151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue .
40
602
March 31, 1927.
Ravine Street .
43 Irving Street to 33 Gray Strcet .
40
368
March 6, 1893.
Rawson Road . .
200 Broadway to Mystic River Parkway
40
1734
April 15, 1926.
Reed Street . . .
Thesda Street to 725 Summer Street . .
40
375
Renfrew Street .
235 Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue
10
2650
+Renfrew Street .
Florence Avenue to Appleton Street .
10
1020
.
|March 4, 1872.
Park Street Place .
48 Park Strcet, westerly .
30
.
Parker Street
40 Mary Street to Dorothy Road
40
.
.
April 15, 1926. Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846.
Prescott Street
19 Russell Street to Winslow Street .
40
225
March 20, 1916. March 24, 1920.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Revere Street.
Walnut Street to Menotomy Road
40
370
Rhinecliff Street .
211 Florence Avenue to Belmont Line
40
2200
Rhinecliffe Street .
300 Appleton Street to 214 Florence Avenue
50 & 40
980
Richardson Avenue
1246 Massachusetts Avenue to 43 Appleton Street
40
398
Richfield Road.
30 Victoria Road to 46 Edgehill Road
40
610
Ridge Street. ..
North of North Street to south of South Street .
50
820
Ridge Street .
Yerxa Road to Stone Road
50
1000
*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 Pheasant Avenue
40
1270
May 6, 1924.
Roslin 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 .
28 Russell Street to Winslow Street .
40
390
March 14, 1892.
Sachem Avenue
127 Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park
40
600
Sawin Street .
Teele Street, westerly .
30
200
School Street .
1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1363
Schouler Court
887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
30
340
March 31, 1927.
Scituate Street.
23 Gloucester Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
1905
Second Street
Peck Avenue to Lanark Road .
40
150
tselkirk Road .
Aberdeen Road to Perth Road .
40
500
+Shawmut Placc
109 Summer Street, northerly .
36
400
Shawnee Road
41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road .
40
557
Sherborn Street.
106 Medford Street, westerly .
40
625
March 31, 1927.
+Shore Road .
Chapman Street, southerly .
40
735
Silk Street .
35 Broadway to Michael Street .
40
560
+Smith Street
Arnold Street to Lancaster Road
40
600
+South Street .
Abel Road to Ridge Street ..
40
1265
Spring Avenue
Pine Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road
40
1350
Spring Avenue
133 Highland Avenue to Coolidge 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
.
340
Sawin Street .
46 Henderson Street to Teele Street .
40
215
March 16, 1908. .
74 Mystic Street to Water Street .
40
791
March 4, 1872.
Russell Terrace
.
.
40
201
+Short Street .
Chestnut Street, easterly ..
Length
Date of Acceptance
Old Town Way named Spring Place, Novem- ber 9, 1846. November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867.
.
.
341
Stone Road. Stony Brook Road . +Stowecroft Road . Summer Street .
|Ridge Street, southerly.
44 Hillsdale Road, westerly
40
Upland Road to Spureliff Road .
40
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
Sunnyside 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 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 Street to Swan Place .
40
250
March 14, 1877.
Sylvie 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
November 22, 1906.
Teele Street . .
77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street.
40
970
March 9, 1881; Mareh 10, 1884.
Teele Street Plaee
60 Teele Street, westerly
30
206
Temple Street .
·
Wright Street to Reed Street
40
1620
+Third Street . .
Peek Avenue to Perth Road .
40
100
+Thomas Street .
290 Forest Street to Wright Street .
40
350
+Thompson Street.
Lowell Street to Mill Lane .
425
+Thorn Road .
146 Forest Street, southwesterly.
185
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 1300
April 2, 1866.
Udine Street .
Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
40
960
+Unnamed street .
Sylvia Street, westerly .
40
170
+Unnamed street
Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.
40
400
+Unnamed street .
Norfolk Road, southwesterly .
40
200
Unnamed street.
Hibbert Street to Sylvia Street .
40
180
+Unnamed street .
Kensington Park, southeasterly .
40
280
+Unnamed street .
Park Place, southerly.
40
340
Upland Road .
Falmouth Road, westerly .
40
525
March 20, 1916.
Upland Road
West of Langley Road
40
102
tUpland 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
754
Valley Road
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue .
50
783
Varnum Street.
120 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
40
1031
686
March 26, 1914; Mareh 28, 1928.
.
60 Highland Avenue to Gray Street
40
966
+Thesda Street . .
86 Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue .
1057
March 20, 1916.
Thorndike Street.
March 26, 1914.
Tufts Street .
287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Street.
35
.
.
.
40
·
.
740 650 911
131 Mystie Street to Brattle Street.
50
.
April 7, 1873: Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; March 16, 1908. September 18, 1914.
40 40 40
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Length
Date of Acceptance
Public
Private
Venner Road
267 Pleasant Street to 76 Hillsdale Road . .
40
770
Victoria Road .
37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street .
50
746
Wachusett Avenue .
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street
40
650
November 13, 1894.
+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
45
200 512
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
*Warren Street .
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .
50
2680
March 7, 1870. May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, November 9, 1846.
+Warren Street . Warwick Street .
Appleton Street, southerly .
30
350
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
March 15, 1894.
+Water Street Ext.
Mystic Street to Russell Street .
50
1300
Waverly Strect
148 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue
40
2180
tWaverly Street.
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue .
40
644
Webcowet Road .
128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace .
40
484
Webcowet Road .
Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive.
40
608 2390
April 15, 1926. March 25, 1861, and April 15. 1926. November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.
Wellington Street
86 Pleasant Street, easterly .
40
737
+Wellington Street Ext.
Wellington Strect 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
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 Street .
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street .
40
300
Whittemore Street .
406 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
466
1082-
+Wilbur 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
300
Winchester Road .
Old Mystic Street to Bradley Road .
40
1435
Winchester Road
12 Bradley Road to 2 Greenwood Road .
40
1620
.
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street .
45
200
342
.
.
.
November 23, 1909.
Williams Street to Chestnut Street .
40
Wildwood Avenue.
.
.
Webster Street .
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway .
40
Waldo Road.
55 Marathon Street to Windsor Street
45
Windermere Avenue Windermere Park
148 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue . . Windermere Avenue, southerly .
30
400
Windsor Street .
127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly ..
45
577
March 25, 1915. May 6, 1924.
March 14, 1892. April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846. September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908.
Wollaston Avenue
103 Park Avenue to West Street .
60
1340
+Wollaston Avenue
West Street, westerly .
60
620
+Wollaston Avenue
Appleton Street to near Wilbur Avenue
60
860
Wollaston Avenue.
Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
60
495
Woodbury Street .
Dundce Road to Hibbert Street.
40
750
Woodland Street
120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue
40
282
Woodland Street
Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street .
40
240
+Wright Street.
Winchester Line, southwesterly .
40
1930
Wyman Strect .
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street
40
1050
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.
Wyman Lane .
165 Lake Street, northwesterly . . 342 Massachusetts Avenue to 352 Massachusetts Avenue .
40
751
March 20, 1916.
Yale Street .
Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Ext .
40
1117
Yerxa Road ..
| Ridge Street to end .
40
450
343
*Street laid out by the County Commissioners. +Proposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, Length of Private Streets open for travel, Length of Proposed Private Streets,
47.01 miles.
39.51 miles
11.12 miles.
45
423
Winnick Place .
126 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street . .
20
230
Winslow Strect .
30 Mystic Street to Russell Terracc .
40
528
40
1540
Winter Street.
201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway
40
350
110
|March 27, 1906.
Windsor Street ..
Waldo Road, 423 feet southeastcrly
March 22, 1909. March 25, 1915.
600
Wyman Terrace
344
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 Arlington 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, 64.83 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public street and Town ways: Macadam, 23.88 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, 39.51 miles.
Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 19.53 miles.
Edgestone, 15.40 miles.
Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.
Storm drain system, 23.44 miles.
Catch basins, 853.
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, 1928.
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were four hundred and forty-nine (449) No. 20 lamps, four (4) No. 70 lamps, and thirty (30) No. 75 lamps installed as follows: Four hundred and forty-nine (449) No. 20 lamps were installed on newly accepted streets; and unaccepted streets as voted for in the Town Meeting in April, 1928: One (1) No. 70 lamp at Summer and Mystic Streets, one (1) No. 70 lamp on Lake Street at Randolph Street, one (1) No. 70 lamp at Warren and Alton Streets, and one (1) No. 70 lamp on Lowell Street near Lexington line. The thirty (30) No. 75 lamps were installed on Massachusetts Avenue be- tween the Cambridge line and Franklin Street, and nineteen (19) No. 70 lamps and three (3) No. 20 lamps were discontinued along this route.
Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1928; all night schedule; total hours 3,780.
No. 20- 80 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 1,101
No. 70- 600 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 94 No. 75-1,000 Candle Power Series Incandescent Lamps 71
1,266
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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
50 Watt lamps, multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 P.M., 1,695 hours
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INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
Two thousand and one (2,001) permits for electrical con- struction were issued at fifty (50) cents for each permit.
There were three thousand and four (3,004) inspections made; and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six (1,926) 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 Company installed sixty-one (61) new poles, replaced one hundred and twenty-two (122) poles; and removed nineteen (19) poles during the year.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
There were four (4) Fire Alarm boxes installed as follows: box 83 Mt. Vernon Street near Spring Avenue; box 175 Mar- garet Street, opposite Eleanor Road; box 642 Dow Avenue near Appleton Street. Box 161 was moved from Pond Lane to the Junior High East and replaced by box 164. Box 61 was moved from the corner of Park and Prospect Avenues to the corner of Oakland and Wachusett Avenues.
OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND CABLES
Two thousand, four hundred and seventy-four (2,474) feet of twin lead cable was drawn in from box 47 to box 72. Two thousand, five hundred and eighty (2,580) feet of four-conductor fibrex cable was installed as follows: Eleven hundred and eighty (1,180) feet on Oakland Avenue from Park Avenue to Wachusett Avenue; eight hundred and twenty-five (825) feet on Wachusett Avenue from box 63 to the corner of Appleton Street; five hun- dred and seventy-five (575) feet from first pole on Winter Street
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to the pole front of Crosby School. Also five hundred and eighty (580) feet of two-conductor fibrex cable was installed on Tufts Street from first pole from Massachusetts Avenue to pole opposite rear of Junior High East.
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