Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-16
A NEW HIGHWAY.
W est Boylston Voters Want to
Get Around the Basin,
Judge GaskiI VIII Resume Business To-
monow-Important Probate Court
Business-The Day Failure.

The fact that a large part of the
town of West Boylston and a portion of
Clinton is to be submerged by the great
metropolitan water basin, makes
changes necessary in the highways, and
Tuesday there was filed with the county
commissioners a petition for the estab-
lishment by the county of new high
way in that town to take the place of
the old roads. Other petitions will fol-
low, as new roads will be necessitated
by the submersion of the old turnpikes.
The petition states that, Whereas, the
metropolitan water basin board deem it
necessary to discontinue portion of the
public way leading from Northboro
through Boylston to Clinton across the
Central Massachusetts Railroad by a.
bridge, and known in part or in whole
as the Bald hill road, and also a portion
of the public way in Clinton known as
Boylston street, and leading northerly
and northeasterly from said Bald hill
road, and also to discontinue other pub
lie ways and to lay out and build in
place Of said ways so to be discon-
tinued, new ways, the description and
sketch of which are filed with the coun-
ty commissioners, the plan being made
by Engineer Frederic P. Stearns of the
metropolitan water board. The county
commissioners, in conjunction with the
towns, have previously built a part of
the new road from. Northboro to Boyl-
ston, and the new route outlined is to
continue this road past the River road
addition, by the property of j.. L. Miller,
Lorenzo F. Wood, south of Corville's
pond, property of Daniel Corville, John
Philhin EaTOlinR R9tag RanHO1ph
Mullen, by the Lancaster mills to Ian
caster street, etc. The commissioners
have set the 23d inst. as the date for
the hearing of remonstrants to the Pc
tition, at the court room of the second
district court of eastern Worcester, at
Clinton.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
A large number of builders and con-
tractors, personally or by letter, applied
Tuesday for the specifications for the
new court house, and inquiries have
been received from well-known firms in
New England and New York. The ad-
ditional sets of blue prints which were
ordered will be delivered to the appIi-
cantS at once.
JUDGE GAsKILL BETTER.
Judge Francis A. Gaskill mas greatly
improved in health, and was on the
street Tuesday afternoon The superior
civil court will resume this morning at
10 O'Clock.
Miss Gillette and her lawyer, Charles
S. Hayden of Fitchburg, and Charles E.
Ware, who appears for fac remon-
strants, have been notified to appear.
No formal cemonstrance has yet been
filed with the clerk of the courts and
the OPPOSITION which will be made will be
announced this morning when the case
comes up, Miss Gillette having the rec
concentration of the board Of examiners.
JAMES H. WALL WILL.
A petition was filed in the probate
court Tuesday by the Boston Safe De-
post and Trust Company, as trustee I'M
der the will of the late James H. Wall.
with George f. Wall ct ais. named as
respondents, the petitioners asking for
the instructions of the court as to the
distribution and disposition which they
should make of the interest in the es-
tate of which they are the trustees,
which was held by the late James H,
wall, Jr., who died recently in Indiana.
The kith of James H. Wall, Jr., are his
widow, Mrs. Abbie A. Wall, two child
rem, Joseph A. Wall and Mrs. NJ. G. Bour
OF Chicago. The widow ana two child
rem make one claim as to the disposition
OF the property, and other claims are
made by other relatives, Emma I. Pink
ham, Mary p, Dunlop and William G..
Thompson. The petitioners ask what
settlement shall be effected between the
executor of the will of James H. Wall,
Sr., and the executor of the will OF
James Fl. Wall. Jr. Solomon Lincoln ap-
pears for the petitioners, the hearing up
on the matter being set for April 5.
A $4,000 SUIT.
A suit with an al damnum of $40 900
was brought against the George F.
Blake Manufacturing Company in the
superior court of Hampton county Tues
day afternoon, by James A. Cunning.
ham, through his next friend. Patrick
Cunningham. The case is an action of
tort, ana the writ was served late Tues
Gay afternoon by Deputy Sheriff James
early, being returnable the first Mon.
DAY IN April. The attachment is from
an OLD claim, Carroll & McClintock OF
Springfield appearing for the plaintiff.
RECENT WILLS.
BY the win of Francis H. Inman of
this city, which was filed for probate
Tuesday, $1,000 is given to the home for
old men. The remainder of the estate
goes to relatives. To his son, William Fl.
Hinman, one-half interest in the build
ing on Front street, and the entire in
terest in the business of Pratt & Inman.
IS given, and to Mary e. Inman, wife of
William II. Inman, is given the house
and lot on Pattison street and $4,000.
The will of Mrs. Hutchins. the wife of
G. Henry Hutchins. was filed for pro-
bate Tuesday afternoon. The estate is
left entirely to her husband and child
rem, her husband being named as ex-
ecutor.
CREDITORS OF c. S. DAY.