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40
872
Menotomy Road.
1040 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1360
Menotomy Way .
47 Menotomy Road to 48 School Street.
6
260
+ Michael Street .
35 Gardner Strcet 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
425 860
.
Mill Street .
781 Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street.
50
Mill Street.
77 Summer Street to Cutter Avenue . 50
1237
·
November 22, 1910 November 22, 1910 Formerly Hawthorne Avenue
Old Town Way named Lowell Street, Novem- ber 9, 1816
March 6, 1911
Marathon Street.
155 Massachusetts Avenue to 52 Broadway
45
1730
March 6, 1911
March 31, 1927 March 28, 1928
April 3, 1929 April 9, 1930
Public Way decreed by Land Court in 1917 June 11, 1872, also Old Town Way
March 25, 1915
+Lincoln Street .
Linwood Street.
300 Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond.
40
40
Lovell Road .
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Millett Street.
Landsdowne 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
Montrose Avenue
23 Cutter Avenue to Mill Street. .
40
421
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 Wildwood Avenue to 28 Mt. Vernon Street.
40
778
March 26, 1930
Mountain Avenue.
156 Overlook Road, east and west.
40
410
+Mountain Avenue
From Washington Street, southeasterly 500 feet .. . . 966 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street .
40
1360
.April 7, 1873 April 3, 1929
Mt. Vernon Street.
Gray Street to Longfellow Road .
40
1322
Murray Street .
Dennett Road to Puritan Road
40
223
Mystic Bank
Davis Avenue to Fairview Avenue
40
296
Mystic Lake Drive
Hayes Street to Mystic Valley Parkway .
40
340
*Mystic Street.
493 Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line 50-60
8150
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
.
Newland Road.
90 Bow Street, northeasterly .
40
716
484
March 28, 1928
Newland Road Ext.
192 Forest Street, to 545 Summer Street.
40
789
Newman Way .
824 Massachusetts Avenue to Wildwood Avenue . 39 Gloucester Street to Spring Avenue
40
1178
March 31, 1927
Newport Street. .
Spring Avenue to Longfellow Road .
40
766
April 3, 1929
Newport Street.
58 Longfellow Road to 152 Arlmont Street.
40
1029
Newton Road.
Parallel Street to Hamlet Street.
40
395
+Nicod Street .
Williams Street to Appleton Street
40
1050
Norcross Street .
47 North Union Street to Gardner Street.
30
770
Norfolk Road .
. .
11 Norfolk Road, southwesterly .
40
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 Street .
152 Lowell Street, southerly .
40
360
Oak Knoll .
115 Pleasant Street, westerly .
40
359
Oakland Avenue .
50 Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue. .
50
2760
Oakland Avenue
Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line.
50
1524
Oakledge Street.
192 Bow Street to Park Avenue Ext. 40
311
Mystic Lake Drive
Webcowet Road to Hayes Street.
40
560
Formerly Orient Avenue March 31, 1927 April 3, 1929
June 4, 1856; September 3, 1873; Old Town Way called Mystic Street, November 9, 1846 Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard Metropolitan Park Commission Boulevard March 20, 1916
20
617
April 3, 1929
Newport Street.
Formerly Gaylord Street April 2, 1925 .
Originally called Cross Street March 6, 1911; March 25, 1912
183 Pleasant Street to 96 Jason Street.
40
1101
150
Norfolk Terrace.
40
500
Mt. Vernon Street.
392
Length
Date of Acceptance
April 3, 1929 April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878
393
"Old Mystic Street .
. |370 Mystic Street to 446 Mystic Street.
40
2200
Old Town Way named Old Mystic Street, No- vember 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.
40
Orlando Avenue
13 Cutter Avenue to Montrose Avenue
40
408
Ortona Street.
Appleton Street to Piedmont Street .
40
265
Orvis Circle .
142 Brooks Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
100
140
Orvis Road .
244 Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenue
80
920
March 25, 1915 Formerly Eleanor Road
Ottawa Road
186 Highland Avenue to High Haith Road
40
640
Overlook Road
431 Summer Street to Mountain Avenue.
50-40
1514
386
May 6, 1924; March 28, 1928
Oxford Street.
223 Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street.
40
667
March 25, 1918
Oxford Street
Raleigh Street to 100 Broadway .
40
786
March 24, 1920
Palmer Street .
361 Massachusetts Avenue to 108 Warren 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
June 29, 1875
Park Avenue Ext.
118 Lowell Street to Summer Street ..
40
1710
March 26, 1917, and May 6, 1924
Park Avenue Ext. .
215 Forest Street to Summer Street.
40
426
Park Circle .
280 Park Avenue to Park Avenue .
40
1050
March 30, 1903
+Park Place .
Madison Avenue to 93 Westminster Avenue
700
Park Street.
63 Warren Street to Coral Street
40
1518
125
Park Terrace .
15 Mystic Street, easterly
10
300
Parker Street.
40 Mary Street to Edith Street
40
900
*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 . Perkins Street .
23 Forest Street to Locke Street
40
680
470
Pelham Terrace
101 Pleasant Street, westerly
40
345
Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846
+Perth Road.
Selkirk Road to Third Street
40
200
Peter Tufts Road
27 Edmund Road to Overlook Road .
40
570
Pheasant Avenue
120 Ronald Road to Overlook Road.
40
500
Pheasant Avenue .
Chatham Street, north and south .
40
713
+Pheasant Avenue .
Washington Street, southeasterly 250 feet .
40
250
+Philemon Street.
James Street to Lexington Line . .
40
750
Phillips Street.
57 Beacon Street to 119 Franklin Street
40
620
Formerly Exeter Street
Piedmont Street.
[Wollaston Avenue to Sylvia Street.
40
1039
Pine Avenue .
|12 Pine Street to end. .
20
210
Pine Court. .
11146 Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly
20
403
March 4, 1872
Park Street Place .
48 Park Street, westerly .
30
April 15, 1926
4 Grandview Road to 70 Cedar Avenue
40
300
Osborne Road
51 Margaret Street to 30 Burch Street ..
40
2000
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Pine Ridge Road.
268 Gray Street to Spring Avenue
40
619
April 3, 1929
Pine Ridge Road.
114 Spring Avenue to 170 Hawthorne Avenue.
40
552
Pine Street.
Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane.
40
740
1875
*Pleasant Street.
626 Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line
4820
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
333
April 3, 1929 November 11, 1850
Pond Lane .
378 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R R ..
30
700
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
Puritan Road.
90 Spring Avenue to 90' south of Hawthorne Avenue 1114 Massachusetts Avenue to Benjamin Road.
50
1100
April 4, 1931; formerly Bowen Street
Quincy Street.
Benjamin Road to 341 Gray Street.
50
370
Formerly Bowen Street
Radcliffe Road.
22 Victoria Road to 23 Edgehill Road .
40
455
Raleigh Street .
Grafton Street to Harlow Street.
10
453
March 20, 1916
Raleigh Street .
Grafton Street to 52 Oxford Street.
40
180
March 24, 1920
Ramsdell Court.
791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
17
200
Randolph Street .
25 Lake Street to Barnes Lane .
40
940
March 20, 1916
Rangeley Road
151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue
40
602
March 31, 1927
Ravine Street.
43 Irving Street to 33 Gray Street .
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
40
2650
+Renfrew Street.
Florence Avenue to Appleton Street.
40
1020
Reservoir Road .
15 Nourse Street, westerly .
40
240
Revere Street. .
Walnut Street to Menotomy Road .
40
370
40
2200
Rhinecliff Street .
300 Appleton Street to 214 Florence Avenue
50 & 40
980
Richardson Avenue
1246 Massachusetts Avenue to 43 Appleton Street ..
40
398
March 26, 1930
Richfield Road
30 Victoria Road to Mill Street.
40
892
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. 15
1370
April 14, 1896
225
Prescott Street .
19 Russell Street to Winslow Street .
40
40
675
Formerly Irwin Road
Quincy Street.
394
Length
Date of Acceptance
Formerly Nourse Road April 3, 1929
Rhinecliff Street .
211 Florence Avenue to Belmont Line .
395
Robbins Road
Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
1200 551 100
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 .
74 Mystic Street to Water Street.
40
791 390
March 4, 1872 March 14, 1892
Russell Terrace
28 Russell Street to Winslow Street .
40
Sachem Avenue
127 Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park.
40
600
Saratoga Road.
58 Cutter Avenue, westerly .
40
100
Sawin Street.
46 Henderson Street to Teele Street.
40
215
March 16, 1908
Sawin Street.
Teele Street, westerly
30
200
School Street.
1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1363 340
April 8, 1931 March 31, 1927
Schouler Court.
887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .
30
Scituate Street.
23 Gloucester Street to Longfellow Road
40
1905
Scituate Street.
154 Longfellow Road to 136 Arlmont Street.
40
1029
Second Street.
Peck Avenue to Lanark Road.
40
150
+Selkirk Road
Aberdeen Road to Perth Road .
40
500
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
+Short Street.
Chestnut Street, easterly .
40
201
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
10
1100
Spring Road.
Sutherland Road, southerly
40
300
Spring Street.
289 Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue
3450
Old Town Way named Spring Place, Novem- ber 9, 1846 November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867
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
Stone Road.
Ridge Street, southerly
40
740
Stony Brook Road .
44 Hillsdale Road, westerly
40
650
+Stowecroft Road.
Upland Road to Spurcliff Road .
40
911
Summer Street .
131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street
50
3920
Summer Street
90 Brattle Street to Lexington Line .
50
6750
Summer Street 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.
175 Bow Street, northeasterly
40
1200
.
40
Rockland Avenue Millet Street, north and south .
Rockmont Road
14 Cutter Avenue, westerly 100'
40
Formerly Yale Street
April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; March 16, 1908 September 18, 1914
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public | Private
Sunset Road Ext.
176 Forest Street to 537 Summer Street.
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
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
November 22, 1906 March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884
Teel Street Place
¡60 Teele Street, westerly.
30
206
Temple Street .
60 Highland Avenue to Lockeland Avenue .
40
336
April 3, 1929
Temple Street.
50 Lockeland Avenue to 175 Irving Street.
40
630
+Thesda Street .
Wright Street to Reed Street.
40
1620
+Third Street .
Peck Avenue to Perth Road .
40
100
+Thomas Street.
290 Forest Street to Wright Street
40
350
+Thompson Place
Lowell Street to Mill Lane .
40
425
+Thorn Road.
146 Forest Street, southwesterly
40
185
Thorndike Street.
86 Massachusetts Avenue to Herbert Road
40
1057
March 20, 1916
Thorndike Street.
Herbert Road to B. & L. R.R.
40
643
Trowbridge Street.
287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Strect. 35
1300
April 2, 1866
Udine Street. .
Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
40
960
+Unnamed street
Sylvia Street, westerly .
40
170
tUnnamed street .
Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.
40
400
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 Columbia Road
40
493
Valentine Road .
206 Appleton Street, westerly .
50
200
March 26, 1930
Valentine Road
222 Appleton Street to 7 Rhinecliff Street
50
953
Valentine Road
13 Rhinecliff Street, westerly .
754
Valley Road .
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue
783
Varnum Street.
120 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
40
92
Venner Road
267 Pleasant Street to 76 Hillsdale Road
40
770
Victoria Road .
37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street. .
50
746
Village Lane.
285 Lake Street to 297 Lake Street.
40
363
Wachusett Avenue .
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Strect
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.
154 Marathon Street to 57 Cleveland Street. 45
200
April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street
Teel Street ..
77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street
40
970
396
147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road
45
1050
March 26, 1914
Tufts Street .
40 50
1625
March 26, 1914; March 28, 1928; April 8, 1931
Length
Date of Acceptance
397
Waldo Road.
155 Marathon Street to Windsor Street .
15
512 238
| April 15, 1926 March 26, 1930
March 7, 1870 May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, November 9, 1846
+Warren Street .
59 Medford Street to Mystic Street.
922
+Warren Street ..
Appleton Street, southerly .
30
350
Warwick Street.
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street.
45
200
Washington Avenue.
.
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street.
40
700
Washington Street.
Summer Street to Ronald Road . [79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street
40
1235
Water Street.
675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street
40
680
+Water Street Ext ..
Mystic Street to Russell Street.
50
1300
Waverly Street . .
[148 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue
40
2180
+Waverly Street. .
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
644
Webcowet Road
128 Medford Street to Orehard Terrace.
40
484
Webcowet Road .
Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive .. 267 Broadway to Mystie Valley Parkway
10
608 2390
Webster Street
86 Pleasant Street, easterly . ..
40
737
+Wellington Street Ext.
Wellington Street to Addison Street .
40
191
West Street.
82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.
50
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
November 23, 1909
+Wilbur Avenue .
Williams Street to Chestnut Street. .
40
1082
Wildwood Avenue.
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue .
40
1110
April 3, 1929 Formerly Trent Street
Wildwood Avenue.
17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Avenue
10
441
Wildwood Avenue.
14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road
40
365
4-3-29 Formerly Trent Street
Williams Street . .
Arnold Street, southerly .
10
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 Mystie Street to Bradley Road .
40
Winchester Road.
12 Bradley Road to 2 Greenwood Road .
40
Windermere Avenue
48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue ..
40
441
March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929
Windermere Park
Windermere Avenue, southerly .
30
400
Windsor Street. .
127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . . 45
577
Windsor Street .
Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly.
45
423
230
Winslow Street .
20 126 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street. 130 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace. 10
528
March 14, 1892
.
Wall Street. .
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street. .
40
448 275
Walnut Court. .
20 Walnut Street, easterly .
25
.
Walnut Street .
998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street.
33
1360 2680
*Warren Street .
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .
50
Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue .
40
250
Washington Street.
40
1442
Washington Street.
Windsor Street to Amsden Street. .
15
Waldo Road. .
Waldo Road.
71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street. .
40
341
April 8, 1931 March 15, 1894
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926 November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
Wellington Street .
40
450
1
1435 1620
March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
Winnick Place.
398
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS-Concluded
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Winter Street.
201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846
Winthrop Road
97 Summer Street, northerly .
40
265
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
+Wollaston 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 Ave
40
282
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915
Woodland Street .
Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street
40
240
Wright Street .
Winchester Line to Summer Street.
40
1930
Wyman Street.
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street. .
40
1050
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 .
Wyman Lane.
165 Lake Street, northwesterly .
40 ,
751
March 20, 1916
Yerxa Road .
Ridge Street to end
40
450
*Streets 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,
52.51 miles.
37.73 miles. 9.98 miles.
600
Wyman Terrace
342 Massachusetts Avenue to 352 Massachusetts Avenue .
Length
Date of Acceptance
399
TOWN ENGINEERING 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 Cambridge line, elevation 10 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 Cam- bridge 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, 89.23 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public street and Town ways: Macadam, 29.20 miles; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; gravel, 17.26 miles; concrete, 3.27 miles; rein- forced concrete and bituminous macadam, 1.25 miles.
Private streets open for travel, 37.73 miles.
Length of proposed private streets, 9.98 miles.
Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 30.73 miles.
Edgestone, 27.04 miles. Paved gutters, 15.08 miles. Storm drain system, 32.45 miles. Catch basins, 1197.
REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT
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, 1931.
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were forty-three (43) No. 20 lamps and three (3) No. 70 lamps installed on newly developed streets and various dark locations on other streets. Also four (4) No. 20 lamps were removed at various locations, having been replaced by lamps having higher candlepower.
The all night schedule, totalling 3,845 hours, was changed September 1 to a 4,000 hour schedule by the Edison Company at a slightly reduced rate under the previous schedule.
Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1931.
No. 20- 80 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps. 1,286 No. 70- 600 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps 113 No. 75-1,000 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps 117
ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
60 watt lamps multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 P.M., 1,695 hours 25
400
401
· REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
One thousand seven hundred and eighteen (1,718) permits for electrical construction were issued at fifty (50) cents for each permit.
There were three thousand one hundred and forty- eight (3,148) inspections made, and one thousand eight hundred and seventy (1,870) installations approved.
There were no fires caused by defective wiring in any building during the year. There was a small fire in a gasoline pump caused by a ground on one of the wires in a junction box inside the pump.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company, the Telephone Company, and the Boston Elevated installed twenty-six (26) new poles, replaced one hundred and eighty-one (181) poles and removed twelve (12) poles during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MASON, Superintendent of Wires.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF CEMETERIES
Arlington, Mass., January 1, 1932.
The report of the Commissioners having charge of the cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1931.
INTERMENTS AND REMOVALS
Number of Bodies received at Mt. Pleasant 222
Cemetery .
Number of Bodies interred at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 221
Number of Bodies interred in private Lots 169
Number of Bodies interred in Single Graves 39
Number of Bodies interred in Public Lot. 13
Number of Bodies interred in Soldiers' Lot. 0
Number of Bodies interred in Legion Graves.
0
Number of Bodies interred in Old Cemetery . . 0
Number of Bodies received from other Cemeteries . 2
Number of Bodies removed to other Cemeteries 2
Number of Bodies in Town Tomb 0
NUMBER OF LOTS and GRAVES READY FOR SALE
104 Single Graves @ $50 per Grave, with care
39 Two Grave Lots @ 100 per Lot, with care
12 Three Grave Lots @ 105 per Lot (Outside)
15 Three Grave Lots @ 90 per Lot (Inside)
98 Four Grave Lots @ 140 per Lot (Outside)
319 Four Grave Lots @ 120 per Lot (Inside)
50 Six Grave Lots @ 210 per Lot (Outside)
192 Six Grave Lots @ 180 per Lot (Inside)
44 Eight Grave Lots @ 200 per Lot (Outside)
14 Eight Grave Lots @ 240 per Lot (Inside)
$121,200.00
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403
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES
STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND
2 Lowering Devices
$150.00
Lawn Mowers. .
200.00
Hose and Carts.
90.00
Sail Cloths.
40.00
Dump Truck .
800.00
Evergreen Grave Coverings
160.00
Screen, Sand and Gravel.
160.00
4 Wheel Barrows
20.00
Waste Barrels.
20.00
Lawn Sprinklers
20.00
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