Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-30

Nh. Edjtor-l saw, the othc. morning, as l was
perusing your paper by the first light Of day, that
the city fathers i'll their wisdom have ordered that
shall hereafter be known the Central Park"
do not know When this thereafter is to be. Per-
hapS i'll the good time coming" of which Charles
Mackay sings and Prof Denton discourses SO elo-
quently. Certain it is, that nobody has called me
yet by anything but my old name, and hope no.
body ever will. Imagine sir, polished cit frors
New ork landed i'll city, and DESTROYS Of seeing
| The sights which we have to efer You take him to
Court Hill. and show linn the architectural display
at that point, such as any city might be proud OF ;
next to the Luuatic Hospital, small town Of ITSELF
to Mechanics Hall, magnificent structure; land
now," you say to him, 1--WE will exhibit to your
soon to-be-rayished eyes our Central Park" Would
lie not think that you were guilty OF bathos! Smil
ing at the unitness OF the name, he would yet be
polite enough to inquire into my history and when
he had learned it, he would say: "My friend, this
modest piece Of ground, if it could speak, would
appeal to you, by all the sacred memories OF the
past to leave in the undstuIbed enjoy meLt OF its
old name.n And, MIR. Editor he would express my
sentiments exactly. If L still retained my original
proportions, not invaded by the builder and engi.
neer, but beautifed and cherished by apprecia-
tive and cultivated people, might think myself
worthy of y new appelation. But, yielding my
own interests to the public good suffered church,
town house, two school houses, and finally rail-
road, to quarter themselves within my limits, and
while have become so attached to my tenants that
would not give them notice to leave the premises
the once proud old mansion now aspires to be called
only Common
! do not propose to trouble your ear with COM
plants, but must ask leave to speak OF one bitter
disappointment. When opened my ear to the ad.
vanees OF the railroad from Norwich, now nearly
thirty years ago. did under the conviction that
there should be one central station from which all
travellers should arrive and depart And there was
good to believe that such would be the case
For 1t will be remembered that at about this time
the Western railroad company were authorized 10
build their road 'from the western termination of
the Boston and Worcester railroad, J" namely, from
the Foster street station. 1t clearly illegal
for the Western road to tap the Boston road at
Washington square as it would have been to do SO
at Brighton But have learned that neither
the interests of Worcester the law itself held
in much respect by some people, and have cause for
bitter but unavailing regret at having judged the
WORLDS honesty by the standard of my towns
IolK let do not altogether despond. Some
eighteen years ago an effort made to have one
central station at Foster street for all the rail
roads, and, though the project failed at the
time, 1t is not too late to carry it out
Let there be grand building crested, with an
iron roof, extending from Foster to Front street,
such as the large railroad stations in Europe Let
Front and Park and Southbridge streets be raised
at the crossings and then let the Western and Prov
idencs roads up side by side with the Norwich
to share in the convenience and the profit Of such
an arrangement. To facilitate this the land of my
neighbor Mr.. Bradley, and the shanties in the rear
should be purchased, and street laid out on
the side of the Union church, to give access to
the great station house and to Mechanic street; for
SO much of the latter as now the railroad,
would of course be given up. Is not this plan q
good one! Is it not feasible!
There many other things, Mr.. Editor, Of which
should like to write, and may perhaps do so, but
it shall only be condition that may sign myself
Now as ever,
The OLD COMMON