Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-14
CGTY OF WORCESTER.-IN BoARD

- VIZ w OACIIOl Mn BOARD
- OF MAYOR q ALDERMEN Jaue |, ls63-The Nav
or Aldermen of the city If Worcester RESPECTFULLY
represent to your honorable Board that the public
yenlehce necessity requires the location construc-
non OF town way in said city Of Worcester, from
SouuhoIage street along what is now known ~ called
street 70 Beac0n street crossing the tracks of
the orw oh n Worcester. the Worcester a. Nashua q
toe Providence ~ Worcester rai roads, occupied by
them, level with the tracks said rail roads or
nom point on sand Southbrdge Street north of said
Street with said rail roads following the line
Of said Locust Street to Beacon Street
The said Mayor Il Aldermen further repres mt that the
public necessity requreSsaid to be located subs an
ay as loT herein IN preference to crossing sid
toas uhuer the same at point further south for the
following reasons viz:
That the Commissioners have no legal authority or
power to determine n specify in what manner a rail
road bridge shall be constructed when town way shall
pass under rail road, their power being expressly i'm.
Tied to in which the way shall pass over the rail
road or on grade with it. That the public necessity n
d. road that the bridge shal be built & maintained
owned by the rail road Co p0ration under its
supervision q at its own rtsS expense, author
ny Is given to the Commissioners to order ii ote
mat The construction OF said way under SAID rail
toaus; even II the commissioners had power TO order
the CITY to build the same, would be attended with
vantages be derived from its use That the land dam
ages would be very heavy the grade of that portion
and objectionable to maze 1t nearly useless as a thor
0ughare for the heavy business which Ii Ia designed to
accommodate az that to reduce the hill q improve the
grade would Involve an additi lna expense for damage
That ior the public, although not for the rail roads
crossing under said roads, through a dark way
point where said roads constantly used for maxim I'M
and switching of trains would be quite unsafe a. OBJ
Je.Lonable as forty foot street crossing grade.
They further represent that said Worces
ter Nashua b Providence d Worcester rail- roads are
concerned he track OF the latter being for trans
portaon Of reght only the tracks occupied by them
are not within the regular legal location of said rail
roads but are built upon land within the location OF the
Norwich road, that consequently the law relating to
crossing of rail roads does apply to the tracks of said
Corporations, at the proposed crossing.
wherefore the said May and Aldermen respectfully
ask OF your honorable board permission locate lay
1gt stlu town way across the tracks OF the Norwich
Worr ter the Worcester 81 Nashua & the Providence
y Worcester rail roads upon level with the same nj
te intersection of the line of Locust Street with said
ra roads or at such other point direction MS 10 vou
honorable boar may best compliance with tho
petition Of William II. Jacobs e. others ~ w
ID. WALDO LINCOLN Mayor
GEORGE HOBBS
STEPHEN TAFT
HARRISON BLISS Aldermen
GEO CROMPTON of
L. b. GODDARD f.he civ of
CHAS. A. WHEELER Worcester
l.. W. STURTEVANT
i. II. KELLEY