The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-04
DEF ECTIVE B.
Leicester Fire
House.
A CRYING NEED
Must Be Remedied Soon to
Prevent Disaster.

Leicester, Dec. 1.-The recent storm
showed up the defects in the engine
house for Steamer Company No. /,
back of the town hall, to their best
advantage. and the roof of that build
ing seems to be full of leaks. The fire
engineers say that the building must
be repaired or rebuilt next spring, at
the latest if the town expects to have
its fre-fghting apparatus ready for
use at. all times,
Some months ago $500 was spent in
painting ana repairing Leicester fire
apparatus, and all the machines We're
put in ffrst-class condition. Since the
snow has begun to melt on the roof,
water drops down in many places, and
the machines have had to be moved to
avoid rusting the pipes.
James A. Quinn, secretary and treas
urer Of Steamer Company No. l, was
seen by q Spy reporter, and spoke his
mind freely on the matter, Last
year" said Mr.. Quinn, 1.-The engineers
went before the town at the March
meeting to ask for repairs, and were
refused. This year something must
be done, as the roof leaks all over and
paratus escapes serious damage before
spring. The engineers approve of the
plan of rebuilding the engine house,
and extending the town hall over the
co1npanys rooms, as was spoken of
at last town meeting. Chief Engineer
Sargent will have an article inserted
i'm the warrant for the annual town
meeting, to remedy affairs at the build
ing. 1t will be impossible to repair the
present structure in a proper manner,
as the ioists are rotten in some places,
and further repairs would have to be
constantly made This plan involves
the expenditure Of about $4,000 with re-
pairs on the town hall, requiring
thousand or two more.
Thomas Barnard and his sister, Miss
Josie Barnard of Greenville, started
fo,. Worcester early this afternoon,
but were delayed about an hour by d
snow bank on Leicester hill. The sleigh
tbev were riding in ran upon a bank
Of snow too far and tipped over,
throwing the occupants out. The horse
ran on down the hill and finally
brought up on his head in another
drift. The sleigh was a wreck and
the harness was broken IN many
places. Mr. Barnard lod the horse with
remnant
SHOWS stable, and proceeded towards
the city with the same horse and new
outfit.
The subcommittee CHOSEN to prepare
q permanent course Of study for Lei
cester Academy, met last evening and
drew ND a proposition for q permanent
course TO be submitted TO the eXecu-
tive board. Two plans We're discussed,
one prepared by Principal Allan M. 4.
chase and a second by Dr.C.G, Stearns.
THE remaining member, Rev. j. f.
Redican, favored DR.. Stearns' scheme,
and that course Of study was adopted.
mis- plan lays the greatest stress upon
Natural sciences, while Mr.. Chase made
tbe classics the chief factor in his sys-
fem The report makes provision Tor
graduates to enter colleges like Har-
Tard with or without preparation in
creek and if adopted, will require an
other teaching period daily The eN-
ecntive committee will act on the sub
committees report soon.
Clarence w. Taylor, who has been
aesisfant engineer at J. and j. Muir
doclr,s for some time, will commence
work tomorrow as assistant al the
mower station of the Worcester ana
Suburban.
Tbeodore Snow, who was laid off at
G. w. Warren's shop, is driving team
for A. h. Davidson.
Tohn MCGOWAN moved into the ten
ament in the post office building To-
day.
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