The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1846-03-10
Che DaiIp 9pp.
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TUESDAY, MaRCH 10, 1916.
Correspondence Of the spy.

The question IS often asked " When " i'll the Iegisla
iure rise and is question easier asked than an
swered My own opinion is that the middle OF AnriI !;
as early as any safe calculation can be made on lis r
ing. mere great amount of business on hand 10 he
acted upon, including many questions of more Than or
diary Importance, which require investigation and de-
liberation and which il is necessary 10 dispose of def
nteiy at this session. Among them are the Boston Wa
ter 'l which passed to be engTossed in the Sena NJ,
the Ill., and will come up in the House in the course of
The present week, where il will probably occupy the time
oftwo or three days. Then there are The petitions fo
another bridge between Boston and Cambridge the be
ttoners asking the privilege Of building the bridge and
receiving toll thereon till il shall have paid for itself and
accumulated fund sufficiently large for its future sun
port, when i shall become free. Or if the Stockholders
OF the existing bridges viii sell their right at fair yalua
ion proposed that either the State or Corporation
established for the purpose should purchase them and
receive toll ill the purchase paid for and sufficient
fund accumulated for their support when they shall be-
come free Il is time that The claims of that portion of
The community who under the necessity Of passing
over these bridges for free communication with the cty
should be resoIuely met and adjusted The earlier
is done, the better be DONE and more to the sails
faction Of all the parties concerned and thus source of
constant agitation and irritation will be put at rest and
disposed Of.
Another important question for The consideration Of the
Legislature petition from Newburyport for the wid
enng Of The draw 10 the bridge over The river IN that
town. 1t seems that ship building is carried on exen
sively at that place. above the bndge-or which bust
ness the valuable timber that comes down the Merrlmac
affords peculiar advantages. When Tie bridge was
granted, twas required that there should be draw SO
IN xvidt Cnhs ~.
was constructed, the corporation made an arrangement
with the propretors of the bridge TO rebuild the structure
the existing pes and have ii two stories in height
the upper story for the railroad track Ii was accord
ingy cons trucied and the draw made SO feet wide
according 10 the charter THIS width has Till recenly
been sufficient for all purposes. But they ae now build
;ng merchant ships much larger than heretofore and
during the last season. The Newburypoit ship builders
have lost several large contracts because the draw of the
bridge was not sufficiently wide admit of the passage
ofships Of the desired The petitioners the efore
ask that the proprieors of the bridge may be tired
towden the draw. This brings up the question whether
The corporation, havrg complied with he condition Of
the charter The width of the draw can be required
10 widen il. II they cannot another question arises
whether the Stale confer the authority upon any cor
poralon 10 obsuct navigabe waters so as TO prevent
Of craft Of any desirable slze These qaes
lions viii doubtless give rise animated md na-sllv
pfotfsced debates.
There various petitions for leave extendwharves
in Boston, some Of which meet with sturdy opposition
and will be suffered pass without strong eor, to
defeat them. In cases. the projected wharves are
said TO extend across channels which il is important 10
have kept open, and in other cases. they encroach upon
flats belonging to the Comm anweah, for which It is said
that the State might realize large sum- if it would sell
them for the purpose Of being filed up and built upon.
These fats, between the city proper and South Boston
quite extensive and company has petioned for
act Of Incorporation and leave TO Gil them up and lay
them oat into streets.
These are a few Of the many important subjects that
are to be considered and determined without naming Il
the various railroad schemes OF those not one Of the
contested cases has yet acted upon either house
The committees find their examinations much edi-
Gus Than they had anticipated. The most minute and
thorough investigation becomes necessary, many
es because rival routes Of nearly equal claims pre-
sented where but one road is wanted and the response
blity rests upon the Legislature Of determining which
shall be chartered