Excerpt from A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc: In the City of BostonOrdered: That the Board Of Street Commissioners be authorized to prepare and publish a revised list Of streets, courts and places in the City Of Boston, similar to that published by the said Board in 1901, the expense Of publishing said book to be charged to the appropriation Of City Council, incidental expenses. Said edition to consist Of copies, Of which shall be distributed under the direction Of the Committee on Print ing, and Copies to be reserved for sale to the public by the City Messenger on terms to be fixed by the Mayor.Passed. Sent down for concurrence. November 4 came up concurred. Approved by the Mayor, November'16, 1909.It may not be out Of place to here give a brief state ment regarding the origin Of this work, the source from which the material was gathered, the fundamental base upon which it rests, and the process Of evolution through a period Of 200 years Of the modest first list Of the town ways to the pretentious Record Of the Streets Of 1910.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.