Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-11
Municipal Affairs.

At the regular meeting of the city council,
held last evening, business was transacted as
follows: Petitions were received from R. b.
Eenchman and others, for a street lamp on
Forest avenue; referred to the committee on
lighting streets. From j. D. L. Jones and others,
asking that one name be given to both Provi-
dence street and that portion of Grafton street
between Washington square and Winthrop
street; referred to the committee on renumber-
ing streets. From Daniel Goddard, for damages
10 his estate on Chatham street; from Cove and
Keiher, asking that Ellsworth street be made
public; to the committee on highways. From
Clarrissa Wellington, for $3.50 damages to her
estate on Union street; from Michael Doyle for
damages to his estate; from Patrick Kelley
for damages to his estate on Blackstone street;
and from o. Howard, for sewer in Hammond
street, to the committee on sewers. From Z. G.
Houghton, for water in Cutler street, to the
committee on water. From Robert +. Comstock
and others, for concrere sidewalk on Sycamore
street, in place of the brick pavement now or
dered, to the committee on sidewalks.
Councilman j. ii. Walker introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted and sent
to the board of alderman, which non-concurred
in the adoption and referred it to the committee
on education, and sent it back to the common
council, where it was referred to a special COM
mittee, consisting of Councilman ]. II, Walker,
Hewett and Ames on the part of that board
1t was not again reached by the aldermen:
Whereas an expenditure of from $4,000 to $4,000
has been incurred by the city for the plans and for
the superntendence of the construction of the new
high school building by competent architects; and
Whereas, no authority to employ superintend-
ent OF the construction of tine new high school
building, at additional expense of $4,000 or more,
was conferred upon the joint standing committee
education by the order adopted June rs, 1869,
by any subsequent order; therefore,
Resolved, that allimonies paid John G. Newton
for experimenting the construction OF the new high
school building has been taken from the city treas
ury without authority, and in violation OF sec
ton 10 of the city charter, and Of section OF chap
ter of the city ordinances.
The committee on education, to whom was
referred the communication from the commits
sioners OF shade trees and public grounds in re-
lation to the removal of the Old South meeting
house and the school house from the common,
reported, stating that they fully concurred with
the commissioners of shade trees and public
grounds as to the Importance of removing the
buildings in question at the time the railroad
tracks are taken from the common; also stating
that they had conferred with committee of the
Old South parish, requesting the society to sub
nit the matter of proper sum to be paid by
the city for the REIMBURSEMENT by the parish of
its claims on the common to three disinterested
persons for arbitration; and had received from
the parish committee a letter declin-
ing to so refer the subject of fixing a
price on the claims, and stating that
the parish did not desire to sell, and would
proceed with the repairs now under way. The
letter also invited a proposition from the city,
which should show the parish how much it was
willing to pay Tor the REIMBURSEMENT of its
rights. The report closed with recommended
ton to the council to request the city solicitor
to submit his written opinion as TO the legal
right of the Old South parish to longer occupy
the common as site for their meeting house.