Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-13
CITY AND COUNTY



A regular meeting OF the city council was
held last evening. In the board of mayor and
aldermen, the petition OF J. r. Stone and 9th
ers, for cross walk near the Worcester Acad
envy, on Lincoln Square, was referred to the
committee on sidewalks, with authority to
act OF Nourse, Mason, & Co., for lamps on
Union street, referred to the committee on
lighting streets of Isaac Davis and others,
for leave TO cross Central street with a sewer,
referred to highway commissioner; of Thos.
O'Brien, for damages for injury by defect in
highway, to committee Oh claims; of Work
man & Wall, for payment for rent of room
used by assessors last year, to committee on
claims of Edwin Haven, Tor renewal of his
license TO keep an intelligence office, granted !;
of G. q. Wheelock, Tor renewal Of his license
10 run passenger wagon, granted.
A communication was received from Isaac
Davis and James Green, declining to accept
the proposition OF the city council adopted
Oct y, in settlement of matter between
them and the city, TO set curbstones and pave
the cutters in trout of their estate on Mechan.
ic street. condition OF their paving their
own sidewalk, and relinquishing all claim Tor
damages. The communication was laid on
the table.
The committee on sewers, to whom had been
committed srndry petitions, papers, &C.. in
reference to a sewer across Union street. from
Foster street TO Mill Brook, reported that a
sewer of eighteen inches diameter be CON
structed from Foster street to Union street,
and one twenty-tour inches i'll diameter from
Union street, passing near Gatess spring, to
Mill Brook. The report was recommitted,
with instructions to consider the expediency
OF a surface drainage. The same committee
reported, on the petition Of f. p Stowell and
others for an extension Of the sewer on Pleas.
ant street from Oxford street to Crown street,
that the highway commissioner do the work
adopted. The same committee also reported
on the petition Of Isaac Davis and others for
sewer on Crown street to connect with the
Pleasant street sewer, that semicircular sewer
be made, ten inches by thirteen inches in size,
OF brick, at the expense Of the petitioners,
provided only those shall enter it who con-
tribute towards its construction. Adopted
The same committe reported in favor of grant
ing leave to Thomas Gates to enter the sewer
Oh Front street. Adopted.
The committee on water reported an order
authorizing all new hydrants on Main street,
where sidewalks are paved to be similar to
those in use in Boston, as being less expensive
and better answering the purpose than those
nov III use metz AuOpIGus lie same COM
mittee reported that $50 be paid to Ebridge
Hewitt, tor watering the streets in front OF the
City Hall and the school houses. Adopted.
The report of the Highway committee, ac-
cOmpanied with a plan, for the grading of
Newbury, Congress, and Chatham streets,
was laid on the table. The same committee.
on the petition of Patrick O'Rouke, for the
re location OF Foyle street, reported plan,
and an order OF notice, returnable Saturday,
Nov, a, at clock, P. NJ. Accepted. An
order O notice, returnable at the same time
was sued, on the petition of /. B. Stone and
others, for new road from GAINESVILLE near
New Worcester, to Auburn line.
Warrants were ordered 10 be issued for
ward meetings on Monday, Dec. 10, the day
of the city election.
a special meeting of the board of Mayor
and aldermen was ordered for Saturday after
noon next for the further consideration of the
Elizabeth street matter. Both boards ad.
journed for three weeks.