Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-27
WEBSTER AFFAIRS.
Town Warrant of 20 Articles
Posted Saturday Afternoon.
Democrats Hold Caucus and Make Nom,
Inations-BlII Reported for Local
Sewage Notes.

Webster, Mass, March 26.-ConstabIe
Thomas Farrell today posted the town
warrant, which comprises 20 articles.
The polls will open at nine o'clock and
close at three in the afternoon, Monday,
April A. Some of te more important
articles are as follows: To choose a
moderator, to choose all necessary town
officers for the ensuing year, and to
vote 'yes" or mo" on the license ques-
ton, also to vote on the acceptance of
an act passed. by the legislature, au-
thorizing towns and cities to lay on.
public parks within their limits; to see
if the town will vote-to build a new
four-room school house and appropriate
the necessary funds; to see if the town
will appropriate $4,000 in addition to the
$500 already appropriated from the I'M
expended balance in the hands of the
sewer committee; to construct the sewer
on East Main street at the fall meeting
or act thereon; to see if the town will
appropriate money to lay a sewer on
North Main street from the railroad
crossing to connect with the sewer near
the South Village boarding house; to
see if the town will vote to instruct the
water commissioners to allow residents
of Webster to keep boats, oar-boXes
and lighthouses for private use only on
land near pumping station, for a
nominal payment for such privileges
as board may prescribe; to see if the
town will purchase, for a public park
the land known as Elliott shore and
the narrows; to see if the town will ex-
tend Myrtle avenue from Park street
to Negus street; to see if the town will
vote to instruct the seLectmen to re-
locate and extend Davis street, souther-
ly to Main street; to see if the town will
complete the laying out of Elm street;
to see if the town will pave Pleasant
street with granite blockpaving, from
Main street to oxford avenue bridge;
to see if the town will raise and
pay $113 for damages incurred
by overflow of sewerage from
of the Stockwell block to see if the
town will accept and adopt the provi-
sions Of chapter 331 of the acts of 1888,
a copy Of which follows Whoever takes
or catches any pickerel in any river,
stream or pond, in any manner than by
artificially or naturally baited hook and
hand-line, shall forfeit one dollar for
every pickerel so taken, but this act
shall not extend to any town unless
adopted thereby; to see if the town will
appropriate $3.50 to observe Memorial
day.
The residents of watch district No. ]
! assembled in Firemens Hall this after
noon, and the business of the year was
| transacted. The meeting was called tc
order by Louis z. Pattison Maurice P
Glare was chosen moderator and Mr.
| Pattison clerk. John Flint asked what
steps could be taken to abolish the pres
L. 81. Is..t..f I
taxes were made higher by maintaining
the district, and that instead of having
! two watchmen on the street at night, {
regular police force should exist, patrol
| ing the streets night and day. Mr.. Film
| said that his remarks were not intended
| to be detrimental to the present watch
men, but that the town needed then
where they could be of more service.
A motion was passed that John Flint
L. E. Pattison and Martin V. B. Bacl
prepare plans to abolish the district
Nothing can be done until the expiration
of the present fiscal year, when an arti
Gle will be placed in the town warrant
| Then the voters will decide the question
| However, an appropriation of $1400 wa
made to compensate the night watch
men for the ensuing year. This amour
also includes amy other expenses incur
red by the watch district.
The report of the prudential COMMITTEE
was read and accepted.
After balloting, the following were
elected a prudential committee for the
| ensuing year: c. Edgar Powers, James
r. Stanley, Henry H. Steinberg, James
| Cocks and Maurice p Glare.
This watch district was organized ir
| 1885, and at that time only one night
watchman was hired
The democratic caucus was held last
evening The meeting was called tC
order by Joseph P, Love, who was sub
sequently elected chairman, and William
f. Haggerty secretary.
The nominations were as follows: Sc
| lectman, John ]. Love; town clerk, John
| S. Cove; treasurer, oscar Shumway; col
| lector, Patrick Prout; overseer of poor,
| Jas. Cocks; assessor, Charles A. Vol
sard; school committee, Rev. Thomas t
Filmer; trustees public library Qhree
| years., John ]. Love and Louis e. Pat
tison; to fill vacancy of two years, Chas.
| G. Winter; surveyor of highways, Jas
Dugan; water commissioner, E. N. Big
Glow; auditors, William F. Haggerty, c.
| NJ Nash and James F. Maher; consta-
bles, Solomon Shumway, Thomas Far
| rell, M. P. Glare, ]. p. Love, William
Hyland, Gilbert Osborne, H. ]. King
John Sullivan, Herbert Authier, Daniel
Wroblewski and Robert Gatski; moder-
| ator, Hon. Charles Haggerty.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
James Mcguire, who was nominated
at the republican caucus for auditor, has
resigned as a candidate for that Office.
He has served the legal papers upon
the proper authorities, and his place
will have to be filed by an appointment
of the towns committee.
Rudolph Holly. Sr., foreman of the
bottoming room in B. A. Corbin & Sons
shoe factory who has been visiting in
Germany for the past ten weeks, will
sail on the new steamer, KAISER Will
helm der Crosse" from Bremen, Ger
many, March 49, and is expected in New
York city by April 8.
Chairman John Flint of the sewerage
committee received a telegram today
from the committee on drainage
in Boston, to the effect that the com
mittee had reported a bill authorizing
the town to construct and maintain a
system Of sewerage and sewage dis