Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-28
Municipal Affairs.

Municipal Affairs.
A regular session of the city council was
held last evening. The petition of Warren
Williams and Sumner Pratt, to enter the sew
er on Ashland street, was referred to the com.
mittee on sewers.
Alderman Stoddard, from the committee to
whom was referred the memorial in reference
to the obstruction of the streets by steam cars
and horse railroad cars, made a report, con-
Guiding with recommendation of the adop-
ton of an ordinance in reference to obstruc-
tons by steam cars, as follows:
/. No railroad corporation shall hereafter
make use of any highway or street, or any
part thereof in the city of Worcester, as IA
part OF their freight or car yard. Every cor
poration violating this ordinance shall forfeit
and pay to the use Of the city sum not ex-
ceedng twenty dollars for each violation
thereof.
2. No locomotive, train of cars, or single
car. shall be stopped across any street or
highway in the city. except to avoid collision.
or to prevent danger to persons in the street.
3. Where any railroad corporation has II
switch 50 located that in order to use said
switch il becomes necessary to pass over Or
upon any highway or street in the city, no
| conductor, engineer, or other agent of the
corporation, in charge of locomotive, train
| of cars, or single car, shall allow his lOcomo-
tive, train, or car, to come to full stop on
the highway or street, but shall pass entirely
across said highway or street before coming to
a full stop, each time that he may desire to
use said switch
4. Any conductor, engineman, fireman,
| brakeman, or other agent of railroad cor
poratiOn, violating sectiontwo or section three
of this ordinance, shall forfeit to the use of
city a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, and
the corporation on whose road the otfense is
committed, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars.
And the committee reported rules and reg
authority being reserved so to do in the char
ter thereof; and their report was adopted.
The report was accepted and the accompa-
nying order and rules and regulations adopted.
The following order, offered by Alderman
| Hobbs, was also adopted
Ordered, that the commissioner of high
ways be instructed to notify the Worcester
| Horse Railroad corporation that the block
| pavement on Main street, and particularly that
| portion of it between Central and Old Market
streets, is in an unsafe unsatisfactory condi-
| ton, caused by the improper and unworkman-
| like manner in which said pavement has been
relaid between and near the tracks of said
| corporation and that said corporation is ex-
| pected and will be required to repair and put
| the same in a candition satisfactory to the
| board of aldermen.
Calvin w. Angler, Charles H. Ballard and
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the criminal term of the superior court. at
Fitchburg, i'll August.
ARREST OF BURGLARs.-Two noted bur-
glars, named George Frasier and VIM. Con-
| ley, from New York, were arrested in this city
Monday afternoon by the police. About NOON
a dispatch was received by city MAJ shall
| Pratt from the chief OF police of Norwich,
describing their persons and stating that they
| were notorious burglars from New York, who
have been applying their trade in Noryich, and
had left by that mornings train for Worces-
ter. The marshal Immediately put his men
upon the search, and in about two hours the
villains were arrested by assistant marshal
RuggleS and officer Wentworth, and are now
in safe quarters. They will be taken to Nor
wich this morning.
The fourth anniversary of Rainbow Divis-
ion Sons Of Temperance, was held at the hall
last evening, Mr., George E. Stearns presid-
ing. Mr.. Mecorney made an interesting
speech, giving history OF the order, and in
teresting speeches were also made by Rev. T.
w. Lewis, Mr.. McCombe and others. There
was capital singing by the choir, under the d.
rection of Messrs. o. Collester and G. w.
Elkins.
New CoMMIssIoNs.-Prlv Geo. L. Sea
grave of UXbridge, in Co. A, 25th regiment
stationed at Newbern, has received the COM
mission of first lieutenant in colored regi-
ment now forming there for Gen. Wild's bri-
gade. Sy dney w. Phillips of the same regi-
ment, formerly clerk in the store of b. A
Goodnow of this city, has also received q
commission as first lieutenant in the I'd regi-
ment North Carolina colored volunteers.
Col. 7. w. HIGGINsoN arrived in this city
yesterday, direct from his field of service in
South Carolina. on a brief furlough.
1HE entertainment at the theater last eve
hng' drew a good audience and was well
worthy the liberal applause which it received.
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