Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22

Street lighting ..................... $500 90
Supervisor of wires ...........,.. 400 90
| Treasury department ............ 1850 90
1924, 700 90
| Interest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 141, ,780 q
Interest on sewer loans .......... 1890 90
Sinking funds .................... 214.20o 90
81, ,6S8, $50 q
Ordered that the sum of 81, 513, ,2S0.21,
comprising $141, 1921 for interest, SAT, 800
| for interest on sewer loans, $214,200 for
contributions to the sinking funds, and
81, 700 for municipal expenses, the
same being the amount of said appro-
priation less 1000, which is the esti-
mated amount of the corporation tax
for this year, payable to the treasurer
of the commonwealth, and to be refund
ed to the city be assessed on the polls
| and estates of the inhabitants of the
| city of Worcester and of the non-resi-
| dents liable to be assessed in said city
according to the provisions of law, and
for the purposes before specified.
! And it is further ordered that interest
at the rate Of per cent per annum
from and after the tenth day of Octo-
Der, 1898, shall be charged on all taxes
so assessed, excepting such as shall be
duly paid on or before said tenth day
of October, said date being hereby fixed
| for the payment Of said taxes.
| A communication from the city audi
| tor, informing the city council in accord
ance with the provisions of section 2 Of
chapter of the revised ordinances, that
the balance of the appropriation for the
Kettle brook water supply Is only $2S91
was referred to the finance committee
| A communication was received from
| the superintendent of sewers relative
to the abolition Of the surface water
nuisance on Southbridge Street, to the
/ hot
the matter had been laid on the table
| pending the abolition of the grade cross
| ings. The street commissioner also re-
ported that he had done nothing, be-
cause his department had not been or
dered to do anything. The matter had
been referred to the former street com
missioner, MIR. Stone, and he reported
that, owing to the fact that the New
England Railroad Company had refused
! to enter a combination with the other
railroads for the construction Of catch
| basins, nothing had been done up to the
| time that his report had been present
| ed. Commissioner Prior reported that
he had been ordered to do Tothing since
! he was elected The matter was then
referred to the committee on streets to
/ consider plan for abolishing' the null
| sance
City Engineer Mcclure reported that
! the estimated cost of widening and re-
pairing the bridge by which Foster
street crosses Union street, was SIS 900
/ The report was referred to the commit
| tee on streets.
J An order requesting the superfntend-
/ ent Of sewers to construct q catch basin
| on Salisbury street at or near the cor
! ner Of Institute road, was referred to
| the sewer committee.
The annual report of the parks com
mission was received and ordered placed
| on file An abstract of the report will
| be found in another part of the paper.
| communication was received from
H. Fl. Bigelow, presenting to each MEM
Der OF the city council a copy Of the
! plan for the bridge which he would like
| to see constructed at the lake.
An invitation from Fidelity Council,
Daughters of Liberty, to attend fair
at Commonwealth Hall, February %
and "a, was accepted.
| The resignation of Calvin L. Harts-
horn as a member Of the parks commits
sion was communicated to the city coun-
| ell by Mayor Dodge.
| Leave to withdraw was reported by
| the committee on police on the petition
of G. E. Hilton for police call box at
Rice square. The report was accepted.
IN NON-CONCURRENCE.
President Halls order, 'that the city
hall commissioners be and are hereby
requested to cause table to be pre-
pared and placed n the new city hall
| building, which shall contain the
names of all of the members of the city
| hall commission from the date of the
| creation of said commission to the time
of the completion and dedication Of fhe
new building, said tablet to be substf-
tuted for any whici may have been pro-
cured which shall be found not to con-
! tain the names Of all who have served
! on said commission" !" was adopted bv
| the common council, but il was referred
to the committee on public buildings by
the board Of aldermen in ren-ecncur-
| renee.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
A report from the committee on water.
recommending the adoption of an order
authorizing the water commissioner to
call for proposals for cast-iron water
| pipe, gates and ahydrants, which it is
estimated vial cost about $4,000, was
laid on the table.
! The committee on streets reported an
order granting the New England Tele-
phone & Telegraph Company locations
for poles and wires in Sigourney, Mill
bury, Lafayette, Mechanic and other
| streets, but the report was laid on the
table, pending an investigation by the
members of the board as to the exact
locations of the poles. The adoption of
the order was opposed by Aldermen
Barrett, Mellen and O'Connell, who said
| the time had come to grapple with this
question of overhead wires in earnest,
and they wanted no repetition of the
scenes at the fire at the Bijou, last
week, when two persons nearly lost
their lives on account Of the network of
wires.
An order was adopted requesting the
mayor to petition the Massachusetts
state highway commission to lay out
| West Boylston street between Brooks
street and the city line as state high
| way.
| Petitions from Vernon F. Prentice to
extend and make public Freeland street,
and from Rev. D. F. McGillicuddy, to