Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-01

petition from the Consolidated for per-
mission to put in two turnouts for Park
| avenue, and the other was petition
from the Worcester and Clinton COM
Boylston streets.
A report was received from the COM
| mittee on water, in compliance with a
recent order instructing the committee
to consider a scheme for lettering the
water supply, that it had considered the
! matter and recommended that cast
iron water pipe be laid as follows: 5000
feet of 4O-inch pipe from New Worces-
ter through Main street; 1000 feet of 40
inch pipe through Wyman street; $50
| feet of 40-inch pipe through Hollis
street; 1900 feet of 40-inch pipe in Bea-
con street to Hammond street; 300 feet
! or 36-inch pipe in Beacon street from
Hammond street north; 1900 feet of 16-
inch pipe from Prescott street through
Gardner and Lincoln streets; 1000 feet
OF Pinch pipe from Lincoln street
| through Harrington avenue; 1860 feet Of
| l2-inch pipe from Catharine street
through Windsor street; $500 feet Of 16-
inch pipe from Union avenue through
Vernon street; 900 feet of 16-inch pipe in
Ballard street; 1900 feet of 16-inch pipe
from Prescott street through North
street; 1915 feet of 16-inch pipe from
North street to Grove street; 1900 feet
u 1o-lllCn pipe Ill NTTONe street QOfIn
to Park avenue; 1900 feet of 20-inch pipe
in Park avenue to West Boylston street
l451 feet of 20-inch pipe in West Boyl-
ston street; the estimated cost of the
whole to be $93,41251
With the report was an order chat
the water commissioner, under the di-
rection of the mayor, be and he is here
by authorized to call for proposals and
to enter into contracts for the purchase
Iii Tow
grants in such quantities as may be
necessary for the use of the water de-
partment the ensuing year"
The board Of aldermen accepted the
report and adopted the order, but when
they reached the common council. that
oranch accepted the report, but Presi-
dent Hall ruled the order out of order
on the ground that 1t was in violation
OF section 20 of the city charter. and
section 10 Of the joint rules and orders.
which provide that no order shall be
ADOPTED for the expenditure of money
unless an appropriation is made to cover
the expense. When the order was sent
back to the board Of aldermen, it was
recommltted to the committee on water.
IN CONCURRENCE.
The following petitions were referred:
James Hunt, sidewalk on easterIy side
of Freeland street from Main street to
estate of Julia NJ. Royce; Jules Grafton,
sidewalk on westerly side of Wall street;
also crosswalks across Branch, Chrome,
ThJrne, Montreal and Wall streets:
CHARLES Clarity, sidewalk ON northerly
SIDE OF Winthrop street from Arlington
stree tc Providence street; John Mad
der heirs, abatement of an assessment
Tor street watering on Ward street;
Parks commission, abatement of bills
Tor the year 1897 for watering n streets
abutting on public parks; George w.
Earle, compensation for time lost by
reason of an injury sustained while. ex-
erclsing horses of the fire department;
Daniel w. Darling, hearing in regard
to the method of assessments for side
walks and the computing of cost for The
same.
The following orders were adopted:
fequesting the committee on streets to
consider the advisaL;-ty of relocating
certain telegraph an telephone poles on
tSe north side of Cambridge street from
Kansas street easterly.
An order offered by President Hall Of
the common council, fixing the number
of police patrolmen at 117-an increase
of 5-was referred to the committee on
police.
An order offered by C5dneilHiafi Will
lie buildings be authorized to place the
clock in the tower of the old city hall
in the tower of the new fire department
headquarters, was referred to the COM
mtttee on public buildings.
The joint special committee to con-
slider the advisability of constructing a
central work shop for the use of the
several city departments was appointed
as follows: Aldermen Russell Hildreth
oil nd
Back, Mcmahon, s. G. Kendall, Johnson,
Connolly, Williamson and Ryan.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
George T. Dewey appeared in behalf
of the Worcester Consolidated Street
Railroad on the petition for authority
to construct turnouts on Park avenue
He said that a petition containing over
700 names had been presented to the
company for a ten minute running time
on the Chandler street Lire instead Of
Is as is now in vogue. This means, he
said, an increase of so per cent in cars
and expense. The road is willing to
accede, owing to the great accommoda-
ton it will give the residents, but to do
it the two extra turnouts are absolutely
necessary.
Rev. Alonzo Sanderson and other res
idents of the vicinity, spoke of the need.
There were no remonstrances, and af-
ter Alderman Brannon had been as
Sured that 10 minute time would be CIV
en- as soon as possible if the request was
granted, the hearing closed Later in
the evening the city engineer and city
solicitor were ordered to prepare the
necessary decree.
The hearing of the Worcester & Clin-
ton Street Railroad Co. was next in
order w. r. Dame of Clinton appeared
for the petitioners and explained what
is already known about the franchise.
President Patten and Jerome Marble, a
director, also spoke. They stated that
they desired to build in the spring and
urged prompt action. The petition was
granted and later the decree adopted,
after consultation with the city solicitor.
The decree gives the company location
from Adams square through Lincoln
and Boylston streets to the Shrewsbury
line.
The following appointments from the
mayor were confirmed: ]. H. Breen.
railroad policeman; Harry NJ Wheeler.
Ezra Churchill, Patrick O'Hara and
Carmi Head, special policemen; w. ]. |
Harrington and William Marcy weigh
ers of coal.
The petition of James r. ]. Cahiu and
others, that Gage street from East
Shelby to Elliott street be made public, |
was referred to the committee on
streets.
President Potter announced the APP
pontment of Aldermen Russell. Hill |
dreth, Mellen and Huot as members of
the joint special committee, which was
authorized at the last meeting of the
city government, to consider the adj
Visibility of the construction Of a CEN
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