Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-14
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Az the state lunuc IOSpal in Worcester the week
ending Jan u, 1862.



one hundred muskets by the city, the club to
be organized into an independent military
company and give security for the care and
| custody OF the arms, and hold itself ready to
obey the call of the city authorities for aid in
preserving the public peace il required The
| petition was referred TO the military commit.
tee. consisting of aldermen Pratt and Walker
and councimen Dadmun, Leland, and Henry
The mayor, with aldermen Harding and
! Chandler and councilmen Ball, Metcalf, and
Green, were appointed joint special commit
tee to petition the Legislature for the passage
of an act creating a board of commissioners Of
| public grounds for the city.
Aldermen Bemis and Walker and council
men Metcalf, Leland, and Norton, were select
| ed joint special special committee to make
arrangements for the inauguration of the free
public library
Aldermen Bemis and Pratt, joined by coun-
cilmen Kelley, Cleveland and DOherly, were
appointed joint special committee TO procure
history of all facts, correspondence, services,
sacrifices, &C., of the Worcester volunteers in
the war, including accounts OF all patriotic
meetings and other doings in the matter, with
view TO their preservation in connected
form in the Free Public Library
The committee on highways and the high.
way commissioner were authorized TO contract
for the building of the stone bridge at Qlin-
sigamond, ordered by the county commission.
ers.
Alderman Walker, Bemis, and Harding
were appointed committee to examine tie
watch house and lock up, and report to the
next meeting as TO their condition, with power
to act meanwhile in procuring whatever arli.
cles may be needed there.
The mayor was authorized to grant licenses
for exhibitions of moral character when the
applicant has no means of comforting with the
board.
VIM. Piper was granted license to open
his theater the coming year, under the usual
restrictions, with leave to exhibit Saturday
evenings, on condition OF closing before II
o'clock.
The annual report of the board of engineers
of the fire department, was made by the CHIEF
engineer, Azirus Brown. He recommended
the purchase Of an additional 1000 feet of hose,
and erection of several reservoirs in different
sections of the city.
From January 10 May last there were TWEEN
ty-two alarms Of fire, with loss of $4,000
by fires, and fourteen alarms from May 10
January with loss of S500O The number
of men connected with the fire department is
now PSI. The report was referred to the
committee on the fire department
The aqueduct commissioner, William d.
Cheeyer, submitted his report, which was re.
ferrcd to the committee on water The ex-
penseS of the deartment for the year were
1745 76, and the receipts Sl707 So The
water in Bell Pond is now very low, and has
been below the average during the year. All
the hydrants have been renewed within four
years. -Four water meters have been put in,
and more are recommended.
An order was adopted authorizing the COM
mittee on water to contract with VIM. L.
Merrifeld for the pumping of water into the
city reservoir, as the public interest may re-
quire.
The annual report of the highway commits
sioner, Henry Prentice, was made, and re.
terred to the committee on highways The
amount expended during the year has been
S1l ,484 OIL, exceeding the appropriations the
sum OF s256 Of. The schedule of property on
hand shows an amount in value of 81, 1893 IT,
The board Of overseers of the poor made
their annual report, which was accepted. 1t
is a long and interesting statement of the man
ner in which that department has been con
Quoted during the year, representing affairs in
a most favorable condition at the aims house,
under the efficient superintendent of L. b.
Drury -Four persons have been sent there by
the court, thirty three have been inmates during
the year, and All travellers have been furnish
ed with food and lodging. There have been
two births and four deaths there during the
year Fifty-sx persons have been sent to the
state amshouse at Monson. Ten persons,
most of them with families, have received
weekly allowances, in sums OF IS cents to So.
Nine hunlred and fifty-six persons in desti-
tute circumstances have received assistance,
257 of whom had legal claim upon the city, &C
belonged to other cities and towns, 107 to 9th.
er states, 10 were from Scotland, from
France, Is from Germany, so from Canada,
80 from England, and 407 from Ireland.
The amount paid for the city poor in the
almshouse has been Is2599 As; for the city
poor out of the almshouse, s2ll2 95; for poor
people having no settlement, Sl649 80; max.
ing the total amount for the support of the
poor and destitute for the year, s6361 70.
number of measurers of wood and bark
were elected, for various sections Of the city,
almost entirely the present ncumbents.
DIR. p. L. Hubon was elected city physician
on the part Of the common council, in non.
concurrence with the aldermen. The vote
stood l3 for Dr. Hubon, to 10 for DR.. Gilman.
Both boards adjourned for two weeks.
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