The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-07
SETTLED.
Straight Road
Chosen.
DISTANCE SAVED
State Highway Officials
Visit Leicester.

Leicester, Dec 6.-Chief Engineer
Charles Mills and Inspecting Engineer
c. A. Johnston of the state highway
Bell of Leicester, drove to the site of
the proposed new road from c. w.
Bauder's to the Spencer line this af
ternoon. The gentlemen looked over
the two routes and discussed the mat
ter thoroughly. Mr. Mills told Mr..
Bell that he thought the rev road
could be laid out and graded, and the
damages resulting paid for consider
ably less money than it would take to
follow the present road around War
ren's corner, when the next strip Of
state highway is built. About one
seventh of a mile in distance will be
saved and there will be very little
grading done, and no long ledge of
rocks to blast.
The highway will start in about 40
feet south of Bauder's barn and go
across his pasture. A strip 20 feet
wide and 20 rods long will be taken off
sprout lot owned by Harvey Ludden.
The land taken will be 40 feet wide
and the road will rejoin the present
Main street just where the Spencer line
crosses at Rice's switch. 1t will pass
about $50 yards back of S. G. Warren's
residence and no buildings win have
to be moved. Surveyors will be sent
on to establish the grades at once. 1t
is intended to have everything planned
out before Jan. l, when 100000 for state
highway will be apportioned between
the various towns.
There viii be a free exhibition of $50
photographs of Florence at the Leices-
ter public library from December 6
until the 10th. Beside views of the
city, its palaces and cathedrals there
are copies of famous statues and paint
ings by world-renowned artists. Mi
chael Angelo, Raphael Titan, Van
dyke and Da Vinci are among the
number. The photographs are the
property of the Library Art Club.
There will be a Christmas sale of
pictures in the parish house connected
with the Unitarian Church on Fri
day evening, Dec. IS. Homemade and
confectioners' candy will also be on
sale During the evening the Lend-a-
Hand will give an entertainment in
three parts-frst. "Bo-Peep's Party:
second, The Search for Happiness;
third An Acting Charade." This will
| afford opportunity to purchase some
good engravings at low price and to
!
dren.
Invitations have been. sent out for
bonnet social" to be held in the yes
try of the First Congregational ChuI oh
on Friday evening, at 7.30 o'clock Gen
tlemen are to come prepared to trim
bonnet in the latest style.
The Ladies' Social Whist Club will
meet on Thursday evening with Mrs.
| Warren Smith at Mouth Pleasant.
There will be fall in bricks, We'd
nesday forenoon. when the brick Chin
ney of the old white & Son" card
! clothing factory on Main street tumbles
| down. The building is being made over
| by the owner, Henry 0. Smith, and the
chimney is now useless. Mason Jesse
stone wants to use the bricks and will
| knock the structure over some time In
| the forenoon. The chimney is about "a
! Feet high and has been built for many
| years.
| The Womens Foreign Missionary So
! clety Will meet with Mrs. r. H. Star
plrd OF Main street, Cherry Valley, on
| Friday afternoon
The Ladies Aid Society of the Cherry
Valley Methodist Church viii hold their
| regular meeting on Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. A. E. Moore of Auburn street
The Cherry Valley Loyal Temperance
! Legion will meet in the vestry of the
M, 70. Church on Wednesday at D. m.
The regular monthly business meeting
and social of the Cherry Valley Ep-
worth League was held this evening.
Inc attendance was quite large.
w: p Maloney moved today into John
! Neylon's tenement on Auburn street
The Shakspere Club met this after
noon with Mrs. H. O. smith. Several
short miscellaneous works of the author
| were read.
The. skating season has commenced
and though the ice is not of the best
parties We're enjoying themselves on
Sargents pond and Smiths millpond to-
night