Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-07
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Recommendations to Be Re-
ported Next Monday Evening.
Work on Sewer Construction to Be Stopped
for the Season Other City Hall
Matters

The committee of the city council on
the mayors inaugural and unfinished
business met Thursday evening, and de-
cided on several recommendations,
which will be reported to the city coun-
Gil next Monday evening If these are
adopted, so much Of the mayors inau-
gural as relates to the grade crossing
matter will be referred to a special com
mittee, to consist Of the president and
two members Of the board Of aldermen
and the president and three members of
the common council; so much as relates
to the water department to the com
mittee on water; so much as relates to
the license commission and the home
farm and the city relief to- the commit
tee on legislative matters; so much as
relates to the police department to the
committee on police; so much as relates
to the supervision of wires to the com
mittee on lighting streets; so much as
relates to the street department to the
committee on streets; so much as re-
lates to the sewer department to the
committee on sewers; so much as re-
lates to the new city hall to a special
committee, to consist of the president
and two members of the board of alder
men, and the president and three MEM
bers Of the common council
The recommendations relative to the
disposition of the unfinished business
were as follows: Communication from
the school department relative to the
purchase of land and the erection Of
new school houses to the committee on
education; report Of the committee on
finance asking for further time on the
petition relative to the purchase of
land for a fire engine house on Provi-
dence street; the report of the same
committee on the petition for suitable
marking of the spot where the Declara-
ton of Independence was first read on
the soil Of Massachusetts; the report of
the same committee on a suitable loea-
ton and buildings for water, sewer and
public buildings departments, to be re-
ferred to the committee on finance; re-
port of the fire department committee
on the petition for a fire company at
Greendale and for a fire engine house
on East Kendall street, to the commit
tee on fire department.; report of the
committee on ordinances relative to
copies of contracts being presented to
the city council, to the committee on
ordinances.
The committee also voted to report
tive orders for the appointment of the
two special committees on grade cross
ings and new city hall recommended
above
TO STOP SEWER WORK.
The mayor and the superintendent of
sewers have decided to stop work on
sewer construction for the season. This
does not mean that the policy of the
department with regard to the construc-
ton Of the separation system is to be
abandoned, but the mayor is of the
opinion that It does not pay to prosecute
the work, when the ground is frozen SO
hard that it has to be thawed out by
building fires above it. Two OF three
hundred men will be thrown out of
work by this order. 1t is understood
that this action also meets with the APP
prevail of the city engineer, who is not
W. " in sympathy with the way with
the work on the separation sys-
his been rushed by the sewer de-
>. 1t is quite likely that before
his work is resumed it may be
~ latter of discussion in the city
There are quite a number OF
Jie who think the city should go
w in the sewage separation matter,
ANA see If the problem of the sewage
nuisance cannot be satisfactorily solved
without going to the enormous expense
Which will be required to build an en-
tirely new system of sewerage.
A LICENSE BOARD ORGANIZES.
The license board met Thursday af-
ternoon and organized by the choice of
Chief of Police brennan as chairman.
The other members, besides Secretary
Towne, are Chief Engineer Vaughn of
the fire department and Clerk Coffey of
the board of health.
1t was voted to hold meetings every
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock.
All applications to come before the
board must be made at the Office of AS
sistant City Clerk Towne
Allrequests for using streets for build
ing purposes and all licenses for laying
drains must be approved by the street
commissioner before being granted by
the board
Licenses were granted as follows For
selling petroleum Johnson & Davis,
Miller & Driscoll A. j. McCarron, F.
Jacobs; for job wagon, Charles e. Girls
void.
OPPOSITION TO SUPT. PECK.
The opposition to Superintendent of
Public Buildings A. E. Peck is not adj
vancing in very formidable manner.
A number Of names are mentioned, but
the council does not seem to be concen-
trated upon any one man. 1t is the gem
eral opinion among the members of the
common council that Capt. Peck will
carry the council easily. The opposition
may gain sufficient strength before next
Mondays meeting, but it looks doubtful.
MAYOR DODGE BUSY.
Callers kept Mayor Dodge busy all
day Thursday, and he had little time to
do anything else but attend to them.
There were all sorts of people in the
anteroom, evidently some who had an
excuse for occupying the executives
time. and others who did not. A box of
cigars occupied a conspicuous place on
the mayors desk, and many OF his
friends went away smoking ard happy.
OFF FOR KLONDTKE.