Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-30
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SOLD BY GEO P. HARLOW, AFoTHECARY,
jc3O deoptf Agent for worce'terand vicinity.

Jc5O deoptf Agent for Worcester and vicinity
GtrY OF WORCE STFR.-JN BOARD
~ og MAYOR 4 ALDERMEN, June /, lSi3-The Nav
represent to your honorable Board that the public
Venienee necessity require the location & construc-
ton ct a town way in said city Of Worcester from
Southbridge Street along what is now known Il called
Locust street to Beacon str crossing the tracks Of
the Providence Worcester rail roa IS or occupied by
them, n level with the tracks Of said rail roads Or
from point on sand S9uthbrdge Street north OF said
Locust street 70 the point Of intersection of said Locust
Street with said rail roads, thence following the line
of said Locust Street to Beacon street.
The said Mayor Aldermen further represent hatthe
public necessity requires said 20 be located subs
tlay as asked Tor herein III preference to crossing id
rail roads under the same at point further the
following reasons viz
That the Commissioners have legal authority or
power to determine 81 specify in what manner rail
pass under rail road their power being expressly lin
tied TO cases in which the shall the rail
safety a6so uiely requires in case way under
raj road, that the bridge Shalt be built maintained d
owned by the rail road Co poratiOn uEder its sole care
81 supervision, " at its expense u no autnor-
ity is given to the Commissioners to order If
That the construction Of said way under sad rail
roads. if the Conni 'soneTs had power to order
the iry to build the same would b. attended with
enormous expens, entirely dsproportioncd the ad-
vanSses to be derived from It's That the Land dam
ages would he very heavy the Grade Of that portion
Of said Street of said rail oads be so steep
and Objectionable as to make it nearly as thor
oueh for the heavy business which it il designed
accommodate Il that to reduce the hill improve the
grade would Involve an ad onal expense for damages
to large amount
That the public although for the rail roads
crossing under SAID ROADS, lhrOuRn dark
asked for twenty feet wide Il eighty feet long at
PORT where said roads are constantly usedfor making up
and switching off trains would be quite unsafe AZ OBJ
jertiOnable forty foot street crossing at grade
They further represent, that the said Worces-
ter d Nashua IL Providence IL Worcester rail roads are
concerned he track of the latter being used for trans
poraton Of reight only the tracks occupied by them
not within the regular legal location Of said rail
roads but built upon land within the location the
Norwich road " that consequently the law relating to
crossing OF r roads does not apply to the tracks of said
Cornerdtions, at the proposed crossing.
Wherefore the said MaN and Aldermen respectllly
ask of your honorable board reriusson t. locate Il Law
out said town way across the tr cks the Norwich Il
Wore. ter he Worcester 81 Nashua d the TROY iderce
Il Worcester rail roads npOn level with the same at
the inicrs, elton of the line Locust Street with sa
rail roads such other pont IL direction as 70 your
honorable boar, may en- best in compliance with the
petition of William ~. Jacobs & others
ID. WALDO LINCOLN, Mayor.
GEORGE HOBBS
STEPHEN TAFT
HARRISON BLISS Aldermen
GEO. CROMPTON of
E h. SrODDAkD f:he CITY of
CHAS. A. WHEELER Worcester.
l.. W. STURTEVANT
f. H. KELLEY