Town of Arlington annual report 1928, Part 19

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1928
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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


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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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