Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-28
Municipal Affairs.

The regular meeting of the city council was
held last evening, at which the following petit
tons were presented and referred: From Ed
ward Ames and others for a sidewalk on por-
ton of the west side of West street, to the COM
mittee on sidewalks; from Samuel Mawhinney
and others for water pipes in Blossom street, to
the committee on water; from G. A. Hamilton
and Others for culvert near the house of John
Campbell on Lamartine street, to the committee
on sidewalks; from Mary Donahoe and Daniel
DAILY for compensation for damage to their
estate on Hibernia street by the construction of
Mechanic street, to the committee on sewers;
from S. w. Bemis and others, asking that Dix
street be made public, to the committee on high
ways; from Gardner Light, for a sidewalk on
Hanover street, to the committee on sidewalks;
from W. H. Jourdan and others, asking that
Hammond street be made public, to the com
mittee on highways; from E. p. Halsted and
others, asking that Cedar street be widened, to
the committee on highways; from Francis
Flynn, for damages caused his estate on Black
stone street by the building of the main sewer
TO the committee on sewers.
A communication was received from |. n.
Reyes, setting forth that the east wall of one of
the buildings of his planing-mill works, on the
corner of Central and Union streets, has been
undermined by the building of the main sewer,
and that it is cracked, settled and sunk in such
a way that it will be necessary to rebuild it.
Mr. Reyes therefore petitioned the city council
to view and appraise the damage, and award
him lust compensation for his loss.
An order was adopted requesting the commit
tee on water to inquire into the expediency of
raising the dam at Lynde brook reservoir to a
greater height this season, and if deemed expe'
dent by them, that they inquire into the ex-
pense of such additional improvement and re-
port to the council.
A communication was received from the
chairman of the board of commissioners ON
shade trees and public grounds, relative to fur
ther action in regard to improving the common,
and referred to the committee on highways,
The Joint special committee,-Aldn Sprague
and Barnard and Councilmen Towle and
Childs-apponted TO investigate the business
of the assessors office, presented report speak
ing in high terms of the systematic and accurate
manner in which the books are kept, the thor
oughness in the performance of the duties of
the office, etc. The following facts appear in
the report During the past year the sum OF
$500 has been paid to VIM, l., Clark, clerk of
the board; S1O6S to L, NJ. Gould-Se0G for five
rate of 81 per day; 1888 has been paid Henry
Griffin-S600 for five months and 1888 for ex-
ira work at 81 per day The assistant assessors
have been paid for their services at the rate of
SO per day: j. p. HoughtOn S54, ]. J. Brosni-
han S12, and d. d. Keyes $3.50, making in all
S1O2 The committee recommended in the re-
mort that for the year 1871 the pay of the clerk of
the board of assessors be fixed at $1,000; that
the other assessors be paid S110O for nine
months from April list; and that a sum not
avoaadinp S500 he allowed for clerical assistance
inlthe office.
on finance be requested to incorporate that part
of the report relating to salaries into their order
fixing salaries. The report was accepted.
A resolution was adopted calling for the APP
pointment of committee from the common
council to act with the committee on the matter
of the railroad on the common appointed by the
board of aldermen a. the beginning of the year.
The president of the council appointed Council
men Hatch, J. II. Walker, Hewett and Ross
An order instructing The highway commits
sioner to grade and construct that part of Pres
colt street north of Mill Brook, as located by
the city council of 1870, was adopted.
The committee on claims having eXamin ed
into the claim of Messrs. Clark & Nelson for pay
for the rent of land on Church street, on which
II was at one time the intention OF the city 10
construct baths, reported in favor of paying the
claimants the sum of $50; an order was accord.
ingly adopted authorizing the mayor to draw
his warrant for the same.
An order was adopted authorizing the joint
standing committee on lighting streets to pur-
chase fifty new gas and twenty new oil lamps
70 be set in such places as the committee may
deem desirable.
The report of the joint standing committee on
finance fixing the salaries of city officers
which has been osclating between the board oil
MAYOR and aldermen and the common council
several weeks without an agreement came up
and after some sharp debate on the matter o.
fixing the salary of the city clerk, a list of sala
ries was completed, which fixed the salary o
city clerk at $4,000 for the year instead of $500
with $500 additional for clerk hire, as suggested
in the report. With that and few other amend
ments the order went to the common council
where it was voted to take up and act upor
each salary separately, as had been done in tn
board of aldermen. The mayors salary