Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-08

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for street sprinkling; Worcester Bleach
& Dye Works company, water pipe in
West Fremont street; O. A. Kelley, cleo
trio lights from North park way to city
home farm on Lincoln street; Roland
Libby and other residents of Greendale,
j. H. Matthews and other residents of
Lake View, A. S. Lowell and other resi-
dents of North Worcester, e. w. PHILLIPS
and ether residents of South Worcester,
w w Clapp and other residents of Tat
muck, that the appropriation Of $500
asked for by the directors of the free
public library for the establishment of
sub-stations be granted; Norton Emery
Wheel company, catch basin in a new
street near BARRIERS crossing and at Odd
Fellows home; James Miles, sewer in
Murray avenue; P. w. Rafferty, against
watering Mill street; school committee,
an addition to the Lake View school
house; commissioners of Hope cemetery,
an appropriation of $4,000 for improve
ments in the cemetery; directors of Wei
come Mission, an appropriation of $4,000
for the purpose of carrying on the work
of the mission.
The committee on water reported
leave to withdraw on the petition OF
Nellie s. Patterson, for water in South
Buffum street. The report was accept
ed.
orders were adopted as follows: Di-
recting the committee on education to
Investigate and report as to the adj
visibility Of establishing reading rooms
in the outlying districts of the CITY; re
duesting the committee on sewers to
consider the advisability of constructing
catch basins at the corner of Scott and
Lamartine streets; requesting the street
commissioner and the superintendent OF
sewers to report what work had been
done toward securing relief from the
surface water on Southbridge street at
the railroad bridges
An order requesting the street COM
missioner to consider the advisability
Of constructing a catch basin to care
for the surface water in Soutthbridge
street, was referred to the committee on
streets.
The mayors recommendations for the
several department appropriations dur
ing the coming year were referred to
the finance committee. The recon-
mendations were presented to the board
of aldermen at their meeting week
ago. and were published in the report
of that meeting.
communication was received from
the trustees of the City Hospital, rec
ommending that the city enter into an
agreement with other beneficiaries I'M
der the will of the late Lutina McIntire,
for a compromise of that will, which has
caused SO much litigation, and in ac-
cordance with the recommendation, the
following order was adopted:
Ordered, that the city of Worcester,
trustee under the will of Lutina Nc
Intire, late of said city, deceased, ac-
cept thee provisions of an agreement
for composition and compromise under
said win, copy of which has been sub
mitted and is to be placed on file in
the office Of the city clerk and said
agreement shall be signed in the cor
porate name and its corporate seal
affixed by the mayor. asserting there
to.
The funds received by said city as
trustee under said agreement of com
promise, shall be accepted and he'd
upon the trust expressed in the eighth
item of said will, as set forth in said
copy thereof"
No copy of the agreement was filed
with the recommendation of the city
hospital trustees, but in the copy Of
the will, which is now in litigation. the
city is given $500 as trust fund, the
income of which shall be used for the
maintenance of the ward at the city
hospital for the care, of women and chill
dren afflicted with incurable diseases.
The will has been the cause Of a couple
Of very warm law suits and final dispo-
sition of the matter is now pending.
The law suits have eaten up about $1,000
of the estate in counsel fees so far, ava
the heirs at law are inclined to e1nA
into a compromise so that they may : L
a little of the estate Under the pro-
visions OF the agreement, which shares
what IS left of the estate pro rata
among the several slegatees. the city's
loo ms IF 10
between $500 and $500, if the agreement
is carried into effect.
The annual report of the commission
ers of Hope cemetery was received and
placed on file. 1t gave the following in
formation
The grounds of Hope cemetery have
been carefully looked after during the
year and the various Improvements
meet the commentator of those who
have made this the last resting place
of some of their family or friends. 1t
gives the commissioners great satsfac-
ton that many beautiful monuments
and handsome stones have been erected
Since the electric cars have furnished
easy transportation to the grounds, the
number of visitors has greatly in
creased. No unbecoming conduct and
no trespassng on the shrubbery or
flowers have been noticed the past year.
The residence of the superintendent and
his force of men scattered at different
points have added greatly to the pro-
lection of the property. The principal
work has been done on the Taylor land
in making an avenue and in taking out
at a depth of five feet two large lodges
to prepare the lots for burial purposes.
The stone was used for a wall 200 feet
in length and feet in height The
stone and clay win probably pay for
the past labor and its use for future
improvements. The Stoddard avenue is