The Worcester spy., 1898-11-22
CHASTISED
BY an Irate
Citizen.
NEW FIRE HOUSE



charge of the work on the sewage res
eryoir, saw team stop on the edge of
a sewer trench near the foot of High
street. and the man in it leave his
wagon and deliberately pick up the
lanterns and put them into his wagon.
In the mind of man employed on
public work, this is a crime second on
| ly to highway robbery and murder,
inasmuch as in the absence of the pro-
tecting lanterns, vehicles, or pedes-
trians, unwarned of the presence of an
excavation, are likely to walk into it
to their own injury and the injury oe
the contractor, VINO has to stand the
damages arising.
One of the men went for owen Cum
ningham, Jr., while the others, eXas-
perated by an attempt of the lantern
chief to whip up his horse and drive
away, seized him and had given him
as sound a chastisement as man ever
had, when Mr.. Cunningham arrived
| upon the scene.
Mr., Cunningham perceived that the
! fellow was a we'll known and respect
able citizen of Clinton. and in defer
ence to the vigorous begging of the
thief and to his promises to do bet
| ter, decided not to have the fellow ar
rested and not to give his name to the
newspapers.
He regarded the chastisement the
fellow had received as punishment
enough to make him remember not to
take lanterns away from excavations
for sewers another time.
The excavation is of considerable
depth at the point where the lanterns
were taken, and they were a necessary
warning They We're rehghted and re-
placed. The thief drove off, a sorer
and, he said, a wiser man.
Unless there are more disappointing
delays. the new central fire station Will
be ready to turn over to the board of
engineers Thanksgiving day. The new
structure is a credit to the town
1t is made two stories high with
a tower. The front Is of yellow brick
The firs5 foo, holds the fire apparatus
and the stables. Grooved tracks are
laid for the steam engine and the
truck. A hose carriage will stand be-
tween engine and hook and ladder
There are three sets of doors. all OF
which, it is expected will be equipped
with electric appliances for automatic
opening. The stable doors will be sim
ilarly equipped.
The stables are eight in number and
viii give horse room for years to come
The entire floor is lighted with cleo
tricity and gas The fixtures are neat
ly designed and add greatly to the fin
ish Of the room. The wood is finished
in natural coIors and vanished. En-
trance is made at the tower corner
through a square hall. The floor OF
the hall has Pompeiian pavement.
At the left. wide stairway leads by
a series of easy ascents to the floor
above. Behind the stairway are lava
tories.
The stables are made after the latest
modern plans They afford every con-
venience for the comfort of the horses
and to make the care of the horses
easy.
On the second floor are lavatories, ar
engineers room, two company rooms
dormtories and a private sleeping room
> which will be used by one of the drivers
for the present. The dormitories car
each accommodate six or more beds
ard give ample accommodation for cal
. men who may desire to room in the
house. Each dormitory and company
room as well as the engineers room is
fitted with electric call bells, speaking
t tubes and everything necessary to per
nit the chief engineer free commune
cation with his men.
Above the second floor there is
: cOmmOdious attic, which may some day
= be used as a gymnasium for the men
! ond floor. 1t is rOomy and convenient
i The members of the Hook and Lad
! der Company, of the Steamer Company
: and of the Steamer Hose Company arr
impatient to get into new quarters. The
members of the hook and ladder are
2 especially desirous to make the change
? because they wish to try some new
{ electrical apparatus, the invention O
members of the company. They have
ca bn dfiR
? on taking his seat, merely presses {
button and the lamps on the apparatu:
2 are lighted. They are siX-candle power
electric lights, supplied from a bat
terry lodged in the basket of the truck.
BY pressing d second button, the
driver causes the great doors to fly
open automatically. The scheme is
as ingenious as the manner in which il
is accomplished is simple,
| When it is turned over to the board
of engineers, the house will probably
be thrown open to the public for a few
| hours and there will doubtless be a
simple ceremony Of dedication.
Later in the season the steamer COM
panies viii give a dance in the big loft
| Of the new quarters They intend to
make this dance very elaborate af-
| fair.
Major H. S. Dearing of the First
| heavy, and Lieut. j. S Hitchcock of
! the Second Massachusetts, arrived this
! afternoon to complete the work of eX-
! aiming the members of Co. X phys
| ically.
| Their arrival was not expected The
| men were most of them out on leave.
| A guard was ordered i'm search of the
| absentees, who began to return to tine
| armory, as they received word that
| they We're wanted.
| Late this afternoon Surgeon Dear
| ing said that the examinations would
| hardly be complete today. Tomorrow
| should see the work finished. Capt. F,
| J. Cannon was on hand all of the af-
| ternoon, although he is far from be-
! ing in good health. He is determined
| to hold the record for the state in the
| promptness with which he performs
| the work incident to mastering his
! company out of service.
Thursday night the local basket ball
| team will play the strong Fitchburg
| team.
| There was no sadder spectacle in the
| district court this morning than Frank
| J. McArdle. McArdle was arrested
| last night by officer Walter Burke He
was on the verge of delirium tremens
and almost a luuatic. He was with diff
| ficulty induced not TO beat his brains
! out by banging his head against the
door of his cell. He die do this until
he had cut his head and face in sew
eral places He was found guilty Of
| drunkenness and placed on probation
| for six months Timothy NJ. silk and
| Martin F. Gibbons were fined $5 fol
| drunkenness They raised the money
| Patrick Donovan and Richard Wal
lace, en- route, were fined S. for the
same oifense. They We're taken to
Fitchburg to work out the penalty
John Kittredge. known. as "Johnnlt