Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-07
CtITY or WORCESTER.-IN BoARD

GITY OF WORCESTER.-IN BOARD
~ OF MAYOR d ALDERMEN June |, lsj3.-The May
or Aldermen Of the CITY # Worcester, resnectully
represent to your honorable Board that the public
venience necessity requires the location 4 construc-
lion of town way in said city Ol Worcester, from
Souhbridge Street along what is known a called
Locust street to Beacon street crossing tracks OF
the Norwich Worcester the Worcester " Nashua q
the providence worcester ra1l roads, occupied by
them, On level with the tracks of said rail roads. or
from point sad Southbridge Street north OF said
Locust street 10 the point OF intersection Of said Locust
Street with said rail roads, thence following line
The said MAYOR Aldermen further repres INT that
public necessity requires said 20 be located
italy as asked for herein in preference to crossing sad
ran roads under the same at point further south for the
following reasons viz
That the Com nissioners have no legal authority
power to determine a specify in what manner a rail
road bridge shall be constructed when town way shall
tied to cases in which the shall pass the rail
road or on grade with it, That the public necessity
safety absolutely requires in way passes under
raj road, that the bridge shalt be built maintained
owned by the rail road Co poraton under its sole
supervision ~ at its own expense, " author
iy given to the Commissioners to order 1t otherwise.
That the construction Of said way under said rail
roads even if the Commissioners had power order
the city TO build the same, would b., attended with
enormous e&pense, entirely disprop0rtoned 70 the ad
vantages be derived from That the land dam
ages would be heavy, the grade OF that portion
OF 3ad street west Of said rail roads, would be so steep
and objectionable to maze nearly useless thor
oughare for the heavy business which IL designed to
accommodate 81 that t. reduce the hill improve the
grade would involve an additional expense for damage
10 large amount
That for the public. although not for the rail roads
crossing under said roads, through dark narrow way
as asked for, twenty feet wide eighty feet long, at
point where said roads are constantly usedtor making up
and switching of trains, would be quite ssfe a. OBJ
jectonable forty foot street crossing at grade.
They further represent that the said Worces
ter Nashua Il Providence d Worcester rail roads
concerned (he track of the latter being used for trans
portaton Of freight only the tracks occupied by them
not within the regular & legal location of said rail
roads, but built upon land within the location OF the
Norwich road IL that consequently tle law relating to
crossing of rail- roads does not apply to the tracks Of said
Corporations, at the proposed crossing
Wherefore the said May and Aldermen respectfully
ask OF your honorable board permission to locate lay
d
Worre ter, the Worcester Nashua, the Providence
d Worcester rail roads upon level with the same, at
the intersection the line of Locust Street with said
rail roads or at such other point direction your
honorable boar may best in compliance with the
petition of William II. Jacobs d others.
d. WALDO LINCOLN, Mayor.
GEORGE HOBBS
STEPHEN TAFT
HARRISON BLISS Aldermen
GEO. CROMPT0N of
i b. STODDARD C.he City of
CHAS. A. WHEELER Worcester
L. w STURTEVANT I
r. H. KELLEY