Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-29

firm who must suffer a loss also. He
has now fully decided to remain in the
board. The amount of the business the
| firm has mad with the city has been
| greatly exaggerated Mr. Thompson
says that it has hardly Melted more
than $500 yearly, as the profits in the
| business are small.
THE WATER COMMITTEE.
The water committee met Friday az
ternoon and consulted with the commits
sioner and the city engineer. 1t is the
purpose Of the board to lay out as far
as possible the work for the coming
year in order that bids for pipe and
other supplies may be called for. Alder
man Russelrs order for Improvement in
| the water supply system is before the
| committee. Just what the order in
| wolves the committee will not say, but
the Trainer implies that it intends,
should 1t be found feasible, to make ex-
tended changes in outlying districts
which are not well supplied at present
at considerable cost. If action is Ia
ken the matter viii be referred back to
the city government, in the shape of an
| order.
THE LICENSE BOARD.
The decision of the license board in
refusing to grant petition to erect a
barbers sign on Green street, comes
after consultation with the city solicit
or, and the refusal is on the grounds
of lack of jurisdiction The board says
that it has no right to grant licenses for
any advertising device in the street that
| is not attached to the building, and not
then if it extends more than four feet
beyond the line. The decision means
| that no devices can be maintained on
| the streets which are not attached to
the building, with the exception OF
| clocks
The city solicitor gives the following
| opinion, after noting the ordinance rel
| ative to signs:
ut seems to me that your only au-
thority to grant licenses under any of
| these provisions is confined to instances
where the applicant desires to affix his
sign to some building or structure on
| private land and project such sign over
the street.
Then you have jurisdiction. You
| have no jurisdiction to authorize any
| sign to be affixed to any tree or other
object within the limits of the street
| or sidewalk and you have no jurisdic-
ton in the event of an applicant plac-
| ing any sign wholly upon structures or
| property entirely outside the limits of
| the highway. 1t will be observed that
| clocks are the only advertising devices
| excepted from the provisions indicated
that they can be set up within the
limits OF the street"
REFERS TO LAKE BRIDGE.
In the annual report of the state har-
Dor and land commission, the following
paragraph relates to the proposed stone
| I,r;5o,. r n,,;re; 90 .
''The board were satisfied that the
mayor and others representing the par
ties interested, were entitled to proceed
so far as the license from this board
| could afford them the opportunity, and
that the validity of the objections Of
fered could be raised and settled by the
tribunal properly constituted for the de
| termination of questions of that char
acter without prejudice, if a license
were granted and, if a license were re
4 fused proposed public benefit might
be defeated without just reason. Conse
quentiy the license issued
THE CITY HALL CLOCK.
The. big clock in the new city han /:
running well for youngster. Will
age, it will acquire q steadiness anG
dignity that win command the respect
OF all who carry timepieces, but it viii
] never find a strong place in the hearts
of the people until its face has been il
! Illuminated The idea of lighting the
face has been given up by the city hall
| commission, and unless there is some
| special agitation on the part of the pub
! lie in the matter nothing will be done.
! The reason given is that the expense
would be too great. Possibly the MEM
bers Of the body are mistaken and some
plan within the means of the city can
be hit upon. 1t certainly seems as if
small amount of light, comparatively
considers that the face is visible from
the street now by the reflections of the
arc lights.