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Appendix C. 



AN EXTRACT FllOM A DESCRIPTION OF SECTION 8, MEDFORD, 



AS IT APPEARS IN THE SECTION BOOK, SHOWING THE 



CONDITION OF THAT SECTION AND THE WORK DONE IN 



IT IN 1891. [THIS SECTION INCLUDES THE GLENWOOD 



DISTRICT.] 



Medford, Section 8. 



Boundaries. 

 Commencing at a point on the centre line of Main Street, in 

 front of the Boston & Maine station of the Medford branch rail- 

 road ; thence easterly by the centre line of said railroad to the 

 centre line of the main line of the Boston & Maine Railroad ; thence 

 northerly on said main line of railroad to a creek flowing under 

 said railroad (the centre line of said creek being the boundary 

 line between Medford and Everett) ; thence northwesterly and 

 northerly by said boundary line to the centre line of Salem Street 

 to Valley Street ; thence westerly by said Valley Street to Forest 

 Street ; thence southerly by the centre line of said Forest Street 

 and Main Street to the point in front of the railroad station, the 

 point of beginning. 



Description. 

 Section 8, Medford, contains the cottage formerly occupied by 

 Mr. L. Trouvelot, the gentleman who imported the gypsy moth 

 and accidentally liberated it here. The southwestern angle of the 

 section near the Medford branch railroad station constitutes a 

 large part of the business portion of the town. It is quite com- 

 pactly built up with dwelling-houses, shops, stores, etc. The 

 traffic with outside towns is considerable. The principal thorough- 

 fare, Salem Street, is the high-road to Maiden and the towns to 

 the east. Forest Street, which forms the western boundary, is 

 much used for can'iage driving. On the Medford branch railroad 

 and within this section are the Park Street and Glenwood stations. 

 Near these stations and on the intervening land along the line are 

 the homes of small householders and people whose business is in 

 Boston. Here, as elsewhere through much of this section, each 

 house has its lot of land and generally a small garden or orchard. 



