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40
1453
Palmer Street.
361 Massachusetts Avenue to Mystic Valley Pkwy ..
40
2636
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 215 Forest Street ..
40
1710
426
March 26, 1917. and May 6. 1924 March 30, 1903
Park Circle.
280 Park Avenue to Park Avenue ..
40
1050
700
Park Street.
63 Warren Street to Coral Street.
40
1518
March 4, 1872
Park Street Place.
18 Park Street, westerly ..
30
125
Park Terrace ......
15 Mystic Street, easterly
10
300
Parker Street
40 Mary Street to Edith Street.
40
900
Patricia Terra e
42 Reed Street, westerly
*Paul Revere Road ..
83 Appleton Street to 1450 Massachusetts Avenue .... 50
2050
November 10. 1877, also Old Town Way formerly Vine Street, named Paul Revere Road, November 7, 1901
Peabody Road.
126 Pleasant Street. southeasterly ..
40
529
+Peck Avenue ..
137 Wollaston Avenue, westerly ...
40
600
Peirce Street.
23 Forest Street to Locke Street ...
40
680
April 15, 1926
Perkins Street.
77 Grandview Road to 70 Cedar Avenue ..
40
470
Pelham Terrace.
101 Pleasant Street, westerly ..
10
345
Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846
Noreross Street ..
47 North Union Street to Gardner Street.
30
Norfolk Road.
183 Pleasant Street to 96 Jason Street.
40
1101
April 3, 1929 April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878
April 15, 1926
March 25, 1915 Formerly Eleanor Road
May 6, 1924; March 28, 1928 March 25, 1918; March 24, 1920 March 14, 1892; Nov. 22. 1906 ; Mar. 31, 1927
*Park Place ......
2 Madison Avenue to 93 Westminster Avenue.
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TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Length
Name
Location
Width
Date of Acceptance
Public
Private
Perth Road.
110 Selkirk Road to Third Street.
40
200
Peter Tufts Road
27 Edmund Road to Overlook Road ...
10
570
Pheasant Avenue.
120 Ronald Road to Overlook Road.
10
500
Pheasant Avenue ..
47 Chatham Street, north and south.
40
713
¡Pheasant Avenue ..
263 Washington Street, southeasterly 250 feet ..
40
250
¡Philemon Street.
James Street to Lexington Line.
10
750
Philips Street ..
57 Beacon Street to 119 Franklin Street.
40
620
Formerly Exeter Street
Piedmont Street ..
163 Wollaston Avenue to Sylvia Street .. 12 Pine Street southerly ..
20
210
Pine Court ...
1146 Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly ...
20
403
Pine Ridge Road.
268 Gray Street to 40 Hawthorne Avenue.
10
619
April 3, 1929
Pine Street ..
14 Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane ..
10
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
Pond Lane ..
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 ...
16 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
225
Prescott Street ..
19 Russell Street to Winslow Street.
40
591
March 14, 1892
Princeton Road
42 Alfred Road, southwesterly ..
40
360
¡Proprietors Way.
351 Summer Street, northerly ..
40
340
Prospect Avenue ..
281 Park Avenue to 190 Wachusett Avenue ..
300
650
August 4, 1884
Puritan Road ..
90 Spring Avenue to 90 feet south of Hawthorne Avenu 1114 Massachusetts Avenue to Benjamin Road.
50
1100
April 4. 1931; formerly Bowen Street
Quincy
Street ..
31 Benjamin Road to 341 Gray Street.
50
Formerly Bowen Street
Radcliffe Road.
22 Victoria Road to 23 Edgehill Road.
40
455
Raleigh Street ..
50 Harlow Street to 52 Oxford Street ...
40
633
110
March 20, 1916; March 24. 1920
Ramsdell
Court.
791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
17
200
Randolph Street.
25 Lake Street to Elmhurst Road.
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 Valley Parkway
40
1734
April 15, 1926
.
330
Quincy
Street
40
675
Formerly Irwin Road
40
1039
Pine Avenue ..
552
370
331
Reed Street. Renfrew Street ..
Thesda Street to 725 Summer Street ..
40
..
235 Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue ..
40
¿Renfrew Street.
185 Florence Avenue to Appleton Street.
40
Reservoir Road ...
15 Nourse Street, westerly.
40
Revere Street.
37 Walnut Street to Menotomy Road.
40
370
hhinecliff Street
211 Florence Avenue to Belmont Line.
10
2200 980
Richardson Avenue.
1246 Massachusetts Avenue to 43 Appleton Street
40
398
2219
Ridge 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 16 Hawthorne Avenue ...
40 & 45
1370
1200
April 14. 1896
Rockland Avenue.
13 Millet Street, north and south.
40
551
Rockmont Road
19 Richfield Road. westerly 100 feet.
40
100
Ronald Road.
15 Overlook Road to Pheasant Avenue.
40
1270
May 6, 1924
Roslin Road ..
17 Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road.
40
150
Rublee Street.
149 Hibbert Street, westerly.
40
500
Publeo Stree
142 Hibbert Street to Williams Street
40
273
Russell Street.
74 Mystic Street to Water Street.
40
791
Rus ell Terrace
28 Russell Street to Winslow Street ..
40
390
Sachom Avenue.
127 Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park.
40
600
Sara goa Road ..
58 Cutter Avenue, westerly
40
100
Sawin Street ..
16 Henderson Street to Teele Street westerly.
40 & 30
215
200
School Street ..
060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1363
" chouler Court.
387 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly.
30
340
March 31, 1927
Scituate Street ..
23 Gloucester Street to Longfellow Road.
40
1905
Scituate Street ..
154 Longfellow Road to 136 Almont Street.
40
1029
Formerly Yale Street
Selkirk Road.
3 Aberdeen Road to Perth Road
40
500
Shawnee Road
11 Bonad Road to High Haith Road
40
557
Sherborn Street ..
06 Medford Street, westerly
40
625
March 31, 1927
hore Road
Chapman Street, southerly.
40
735
. Short Street.
Ely Road easterly.
40
201
Silk Street.
35 Broadway to Michael Street.
40
560
Smith Street
14Arnold Street to Lancaster Road.
40
600
#South Street
Abel Road to Ridge Street
40
1265
Spring Avenue.
133 Highland Avenue to Buena Vista Road.
40
2450
Spring Poad
20 Sutherland Road, southerly.
40
300
Spring Street.
289 Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue ..
3450
Spring Valley ..
144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond.
25
520
375 2650 1020 240 Formerly Nourse Road April 3, 1929
Rhinecliff Street ..
300 Appleton Street to 214 Florence Avenue.
50 & 40
Richfield Road ..
30 Victoria Road to 107 Summer Street. North of North Street to south of South Street ..
40
March 26, 1930 . A portion formerly Cutter Avenue
March 4. 1872 March 14, 1892
March 16, 1908 April 8, 1931
Old Town Way named Spring Place, No- vember 9, 1846 November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Spurcliff Road.
Mystic Street to Crosby Street.
40
916
Spy Fond Lane
119 Lake Street to Princeton Road.
40
590
+Spy Pond Parkway.
42 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.
14 Hillsdale Road, westerly.
40
650
¿Stowecroft Road.
10 Upland Road to Spurcliff Road ..
40
911
Summer Street.
131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street.
50
3920
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 Place.
214 Summer Sreet, southwesterly.
20
170
Summit Street.
10 Alpine Street, northeasterly ...
10
900
+Summit Street ...
600 Summer Street, southeasterly ..
40
118
Sunnyside Avenue.
17 Broadway, easterly
10
450
Sunset Road ..
75 Bow Street to 537 Summer Street.
10
1200
Sunset Road Ext.
,37 Summer Street to 176 Forest Street.
40
627
Surry Road
16 Daniels Street to Davis Road.
10
520
April 2, 1925
Sutherland Road
106 Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road
10
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 ..
115 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.
10
336
April 3, 1929
Temple Street ...
50 Lockeland Avenue to Endicott Road .. 100 Wright Street to Reed Street.
40
1620
Third Street ....
19 Peck Avenue to Perth Road ..
40
100
Thomas Street.
290 Forest Street to Wright Street.
40
350
+Thompson Place.
49 Lowell Street to Mill Lane.
10
425
+Thorn Road ..
146 Forest Street, southwesterly ...
40
185
Thorndike Street.
86 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R. R
40
1057
643
Trowbridge Street.
147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road ..
45
1050
Tufts Street.
287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Street.
35
1300
March 20. 1916 March 26, 1914 April 2, 1866
Teel Street ..
77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street.
40
970
40
630
Thesda Street ..
Length
Date of Acceptance
332
333
Udine Street.
413 Appleton Street to Rublee Street ...
40
960
¿Unnamed street. 129 Sylvia Street, westerly ..
40
170
+Unnamed street .. 1422 Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.
40
400
+Unnamed street ...
38 Kensington Park, southeasterly.
40
280
+Unnamed street.
Park Place, southerly.
40
525
March 20, 1916
tUpland Road West ..
162 Crosby Street to Columbia Road.
40
493
Valentine Road.
206 Appleton Street, westerly of Rhinecliff Street.
50 & 40
200
1707
March 26, 1930
Valley Road.
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue ...
50
783
Varnum Street ..
120 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R. R.
40
1625
92
Mar. 26, 1914 ; Mar. 28, 1928 ; Apr. 8, 1931
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 Street.
40
650
November 13, 1894
+Wachusett Avenue ..
206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue.
50
730
Wachusett Avenue ..
146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue ..
50
1800
Waldo Road.
57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street ..
45
940
April 15, 1898; April 15, 1926; March 26, 1930. Formerly Laurel Street
Waldo Road.
71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street ..
40
341
Wall Street.
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street.
40
448
Walnut Court.
20 Walnut Street, easterly ..
25
275
Walnut Street.
998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street.
33
1360
March 7, 1870
*Warren Street ..
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway
50
2680
May, 27, 1873 ; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846
+Warren Street Ext ........
59 Medford Street to Mystic Street ..
922
+Warren Street ..
538 Appleton Street, southerly.
30
350
Warwick Street ..
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street.
45
200
Washington Avenue.
55 Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue ..
40
250
Washington Street.
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street ..
40
700
Washington Street ..
334 Summer Street to Ronald Road ..
40
1442
April 8, 1931
Washington Street.
79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street ...
40
1235
Water Street.
675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street.
40
680
March 15, 1894
+Water Street Ext ..
Mystic Street to Russell Street.
50
1300
Waverly Street.
158 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue ..
40
2180
+Waverly Street.
163 Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
644
Webcowet Road.
128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace.
40
484
Webcowet Road ..
22 Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive.
40
608
Webster Street ....
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway ..
40
2390
Wellington Street.
86 Pleasant Street, easterly ..
40
737
+Wellington Street Ext .. 39 Wellington Street 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
..
340 190
Upland Road ...
20 Falmouth Road to 162 Crosby Street.
40
..
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15. 1926 November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
.
Length
Date of Acceptance
Name
Location
Width
Public
· Private
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
106Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R. R.
40
466
+ Wilbur Avenue
58 Williams Street to Ely Road ..
40
- 1082
Wild .vood Avenue.
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue ..
40
1110
Wild wood Avenue ..
7 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Avenue
10
365
Williams Street.
2 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street.
40
1250
Willow Place.
;01 Massachusetts Avenue. northerly
30
169
Wilcon Avneue.
70 Lake Street, sontherly ...
40
300
Winchester Road
'4 Old Mystic Street to 2 Greenwood Road.
10
441
March 27, 1906; April 3. 1929
Windermere Park
2 Windermere Avenue, southerly ..
30
400
Wirdcor Street
27 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly
45
577
Windsor Street ..
8 Waldo Road. 423 feet southeasterly ..
45
423
Winnich Place.
26 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street.
20
230
Winslow Street ...
30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace ..
40
528
Winter Street.
201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway.
10
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846
Winthrop Road
)7 Summer Street, northerly
10
265
Wollaston Avenue ..
103 Park Avenue to West Street ..
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894 : March 16, 1908
+ Wollaston Avenue.
3 West Street to Rublee Street ..
60
980
Wollaston Avenue ..
347 Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
60
495
Wowxlbury
Street
35 Dundee Road to Hibbert Street ..
10
750
Woodland
Street ..
120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue.
40
282
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915
Woodland
Street ..
109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street.
40
240
1930
Wyman Street.
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street ..
40
1050
600
Wyr an Terrace.
'42 Massachusetts Avenue to 352 Massachusetts Aven:
40
751
March 20, 1916
Yer a Road
Ridge Street to end ..
. 40
150
* Streets laid out by the County Commissioners.
+ Proposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways ..
54.52 miles
Length of Private Streets open for travel .. 37.32 miles
Length of Proposed Private Streets.
7.71 miles
40
441
April 3, 1929 Formerly Trent Street April 3, 1929. Formerly Trent Street
. Wildwood Avenue ..
14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road ..
10
3055
Windermere Avenue
8 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenne ..
March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
March 14, 1892
Wright Street.
607 Suminer Street to Winchester Line.
40
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906
Wvmran Lane ..
165 Lake Street, northwesterly ..
November 23, 1909
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TOWN ENGINEER'S 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 Cam- bridge to Arlington in 1867.
Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, 51/2 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.
Parks: Town, 95.23 acres ; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public streets and Town ways: Macadam, 28.14 miles; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13
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miles; Macasphalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; gravel, 17.02 miles; concrete, 3.27 miles; reinforced concrete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles ; bituminous macadam, 1.30 miles; total, 54.52 miles.
Private streets open for travel, 37.32 miles.
Length of proposed private streets, 7.71 miles.
Permanent sidewalks ; Tar concrete, 7.29 miles ; brick, 3.31 miles ; artificial stone, 31.29 miles.
Edgestones, 27.69 miles.
Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.
Storm drain system, 35.35 miles.
Catch basins, 1,339.
REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
December 31, 1933.
Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
Gentlemen :
On March 28, 1933, the present Town Counsel was appointed to succeed Paul M. White, Esq. At that time many actions and claims against the town were pending in Court or were in process of settlement, in connection with which Mr. White had done considerable preparatory work. There were also several cases which had been previ- ously referred by Mr. White to Damon Hall, Esq., and several to John Morrison, Esq., some of which were about ready for trial and some in varying stages of settlement. In view of this it was deemed expedient by the Board of Selectmen to allow such cases to be carried to completion by the attorneys originally engaged and this was done with my approval. All matters which have arisen during 1933 since March 28th have been attended to by the pres- ent Town Counsel.
A petition for assessment of damages filed in the Superior Court of Middlesex County by the Lowell Build- ing Wrecking Co., Inc., in connection with the taking of 52075 sq. ft. of land near the corner of Mystic and Sum- mer Streets which was assessed for $7500 and for which the town meeting appropriated $7500 was finally settled out of Court for $7800 the town taking a confirmatory deed to the land.
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Pursuant to Warrant Article 6 of the Town Meeting held March 22, 1933, a bill was filed in the legislature by the Town Counsel on behalf of the town for authority to sell a strip of land containing 855 sq. feet of the Ethel Wellington Playground which bill became Chapter 218 of the Acts of 1933. Thereafter the strip was conveyed to Gerardo Riccardi and another parcel in the rear of the Riccardi land containing 1710 sq. feet was acquired by the town by deed from Gerardo Riccardi as authorized by Warrant Article 5.
A parcel of land containing 3900 square feet situated in the center of Lockeland Avenue, but which had never been assessed by the town to anyone as owner, was con- veyed to the town by deed of the Lockeland Real Estate Trust and dedicated for Park purposes as authorized at the special town meeting held June 7, 1933.
The appeal of Francis Henderson from the Assessors' valuation of $14,000 on 201/2 acres of land on Hutchinson Road was tried before the State Board of Tax Appeals and the town's valuation was sustained.
The appeal of Americo Chaves was withdrawn by the appelant before trial.
The appeal of Max Benshimol from an assessment of $9600 upon a two family house on Randolph Street was tried and the Board of Tax Appeals reduced the valuation to $8500.
The appeal of Marion Garcelon from an assessment of $10,400 on a single family residence on Falmouth Road was tried and the town's valuation sustained.
The appeal of Sarah F. Niles from an assessment of $78,800 on 867,245 square feet of land and buildings
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thereon on Mystic Street bordering Mystic Lake was tried and the value was set at $75,000 by the Board of Tax Appeals.
There are several other tax appeals pending which may be reached for trial in the early part of 1934.
Several cases resulting from alleged defective side- walks have been settled out of Court with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, including the cases of Evelyn M. Russell, Mary F. Nolan, John W. Gates, Ellen Brown and Mary F. Moore.
Many bills due the town for damage by automobiles to police and fire signals and various other claims have been collected including a balance of $2794.50 overdue on the garbage contract dated June 27, 1927, which amount was collected in full from the bonding company.
Actions were brought in the Superior Court of Mid- dlesex County against the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Revere for money paid by the Welfare De- partment on cases for which the town should be reim- bursed by those cities. The Town Counsel has been kept in close touch with the Welfare Department by Welfare Agent Clifford Cook. Due to the constant and efficient supervision by Mr. Cook of each individual case it was necessary to institute only one court prosecution for fraud during the year and in that case the defendant was found guilty and placed on probation with the stipulation that restitution be made to the town.
The Town Counsel has been present at all regular meetings of the Board of Selectmen and the Joint Board, has rendered opinions to the School Committee, Board of Health and other boards, has attended hearings at the State House before various State Boards and Commis-
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sions and has attended to divers other matters affecting the town.
The Town Counsel wishes to express his thanks to each and every department of the town for the splendid co-operation extended by each of them throughout the year. The prompt and intelligent reports of investiga- tions of damage claims against the town rendered by Police Officer James J. Flynn have been most helpful and the excellent photographs and detailed plans submitted by Town Engineer James M. Keane have been of great practical value in many cases which have been or will be tried in the courts.
To Representative Nelson B. Crosby who has faith- fully kept the Town Counsel informed of all matters pend- ing before the legislature and at the State House affect- ing the interests of the town I wish to express my sincere appreciation as well as to each and every member of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Works for their courtesy and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. MURPHY, Town Counsel.
REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT January 12, 1934
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, 1933.
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were nineteen (19) lamps in- stalled as follows: one (1) on Alpine Street; two (2) on Colby Road; two (2) on Eastern Avenue; two (2) on Heard Road; one (1) on Henry Street; one (1) on Hillside Avenue; one (1) on Kenilworth Road; two (2) on Lan- caster Road, one (1) on Lowell Street; one (1) on Moun- tain Avenue; one (1) on Park Avenue; one (1) on Pond Terrace; one (1) on Upland Road; one (1) on Washington Avenue; one (1) on Winchester Road. The number 20 lamp at the end of Schouler Court was replaced with a number 70 lamp; and one number 20 lamp on Chestnut Street was discontinued.
Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1933 on 4000 hour schedule :
No. 20 80 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps 1,302
No. 70 600 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps 117
No. 75 1000 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps 123
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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
60 watt lamps multiple, burning until 2 A.M. .25
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
One thousand two hundred and twenty eight (1,228) permits for electrical construction were issued at fifty (50) cents for each permit.
There were two thousand and fourteen (2,014) in- spections made, and twelve hundred (1,200) installations approved.
There were no fires caused by defective wiring during the year.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company, the Telephone Company, and the Boston Elevated replaced one hundred and ninety (190) poles during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MASON, Superintendent of Wires.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF CEMETERIES
Arlington, Mass., January 1, 1934.
The report of the Commissioners having charge of the cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1933.
INTERRED
Number of Bodies received at Arlington Cemeteries .... 268
Number of Bodies in Old Cemetery. 1
Number of Bodies in Private Lots, Mt. Pleasant. 185
Number of Bodies in Single Graves. 58
Number of Bodies in Public Lots. 19
Number of Bodies in G. A. R. Lot. 2
Number of Bodies in Veterans' Lot. 3
VALUATION OF LOTS AND SINGLE GRAVES
616 Single Graves @ $50.00 per grave with care .. $30,800. 173 Two Graves @ $123.00 per lot with care ........ 20,279. 57 Three Graves @ $171.00 per lot with care inside 9,747.
6 Three Graves @ $186.00 per lot with care outside 1,116.
40 Four Graves @ $280.00 per lot with care outside 11,440.
224 Four Graves @ $120.00 per lot (inside) 26,880.
43 Four Graves @ $140.00 per lot (inside) 1,505.
65 Four Graves @ $140.00 per lot (outside) 9,100.
29 Four Graves @ $160.00 per lot (outside) 4,640.
46 Six Graves @ $180.00 per lot (inside) 7,200.
67 Six Graves @ $210.00 per lot (inside) 14,070.
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