Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13
State Highway Commissioners
Give Full County Sum,
LEICESTER VERY HAPPY.
Other County Towns Must Wait
For New Highways,
Town Now Has sle, 500 to Build It's State
Hghways-FuIl Text of Commissions
Letter-Word from
Washington.

! SeeIlS 70 lilCluuG lle lduu NllulH tne
/ limits of the town of Leicester only, and
the town fathers think they have an inn
portant town to rule over, in conse-
quence. AT the special hearing grant
ed to the selectmen of Spencer and Lei
cester at Boston few weeks ago, $13,-
500 out of the $4,000 apportioned to
Worcester county, was awarded to Lei
cester.
Today Chairman A. e. Smith re-
/ Iceived a letter from the Office of the
commission a Boston, which explains
itself. 1t reads as follows:
( Office of Massachusetts Highway Com
mission, A Mount Vernon Street, Bos-
ton, Feb. 11th, 1898.
Mr. A E. Smith, Chairman Of Select
men, Leicester, Mass.
Dear Sir-Referring to my recent let
ter, in which l stated that the commits.
sion had allotted the sum of S13,500 for
new work in your town this year,
would state that this allotment is in
| creased to $4,000, l might say, in ex-
PLANTATION of this matter that the allot-
ment originally made was $4,000, but,
4 in considering the work necessary to be
i done in Worcester county, the commits
sion thought it advisable to deduct from
this amount sum sufficient to con-
struct short section in the eastern
part of West Brool1field, which is a con.
4 tinuation of the Ware road
On further investigation OF the mat
ter, however it was found that this
\ piece can be constructed just as well
when another section of the road is
built, as at the present time Under
these circumstances the $4,000 was
i transferred to Leicester, making your
) total allotment for this year $15,00000,
as stated above, Yours truly,
A. B. Fletcher, Secretary.
This additional money, which. will
expend the total appropriation for
Worcester county. on the road between
Leicester and Spencer, will make to-
: tai Of $1S,500 to be used in 1898.
This will cover the expense for a
macadam road from Rawson street to
the Spencer line sure, and it may pos
: sibly extend beyond. This section of
state road will not be so expensive per
: mile as the previous sections, as ma
tive stone will be used instead of trap
z rock. The native stone which was used
on thea first section from the Worcester
line west, proved too soft for the heavy
travel between Leicester and Worces-
ter, but as the traffic between Spencer
{ and Leicester is much lighter, the trap
! rock will not be used.
) BETTER SERVICE ASSURED.
: Chairman A. E. Smith of the board
of seleotmen received notice late this
evening to the effect that the petition
recently forwarded to Washington.
complaining of the inefficiency Of the
mail service between this town and
Worcester, had been received. and that
Hon. Joseph H. Walker had presented
the complaint to the postal authorities
receiving in reply the assurance of the
: postmaster general that change
t should be made at once and better SER
vice furnished
t IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICE.
Funeral services for Miss Eldora E.
r Loring were held at her late residence
today, at 2 o'clock. Many friends were
| present. The flowers were of unusual
: beauty, among them carnations from the
r Ladies' Charitable Society,", and roses
i from the w. C. t. u. Rev. A. H. Cool
: idge read the Scriptures, and spoke
, touchingly of the associations connected
with the old house and the family of
: which our friend had been the mainstay
, for many years. caring tenderly for the
aged father and mother, the brother
and sister, with the twin daughters,
until one by one removed by DEATH
Rev. D. c. Reid offered prayer, Rev.
Mr. Coolidge the benediction. cover the
, line to Jesus" and "Hold thou, my
hand were beautifully sung by quar-
? tet composed of Mrs Cora B. Denny,
Mrs. Lizzie Smith, George E. and F. J..
Marsh. Among the out-of-town friends
+ We're: Walter Bolton and wife of Hyde
! Park, F. A. Bolton of Boston, Miss
C1aribel Moulton of Woburn, Mrs Geo.
, Sprague of Whitnsville, Mrs Henry
/ Of GnaDNar INN
! of Ware, Alfred Burrill and wife, Mrs.
Sarah e. Merriam, Miss Carrie, Merriam,
! Mrs. F. A. Lamb OF Worcester, Mrs. A
: Fl. Coolidge of Worcester. Interment
,, will be at Pine Grove cemetery. The
bearers were Braman Grout, ]. @.
Jordan. Charles Munroe and Henry
A fine program has been prepared for
: the sacred concert. at ST. Joseph's
! Church, Sunday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
: The performers are Mrs. Daniel Dow
ney, soprano; Mrs M. p. McGrath, alto;
Mr. G. Frank Monroe, tenor; Daniel
Downey, baritone; Joseph Rodgers,
vioiinist; Edward F. Howe, pianist.
Daniel Downey will be director
The numberg to be presented are as
follows: Beneath the Abeles," Pin
suit, Mrs Downey. Miss McGrath
Messrs, Monroe and Downey; 20, rest
in the Lord" Mendelssohn, Mrs Nc
[
, Yjeuxtemps. Mr.. Rodgers; ''The pill
GRIM" Adams Mr.. Monroe; Repent
! ance." Gounod, Mrs. Downey, violin OBJ
. ligato by Mr.. Rodgers; "In anthem
DID, Hosmer, Mr.. Downey; "Come to
me,'' Rubenstein, MRS. 4Downey and
,, Mr.. Monroe; "The home land,, Hawley,
Mrs. McGrath; go, F'ather mighty" Mi
calow, Mrs. Downey, MessIis. Monroe
and Downey; Rhapsodie hongroise,"
Hauser, Mr.. Rodgers; otis time to say
good night" Collier. Mrs. Downey,
Mrs. McGrath, Messrs. Monroe and
Downey.
DIED AT THE VALLEY.
Andrew Mclaughlin, for over fifty
years a resident of Cherry Valley, died
there today, aged 76 years. He leaves
widow and three daughters, Mrs. John
| Grady of Cherry Valley, Mrs Julius c.
: Warren of Northfield and Rose E., who
resides at home.
! His funeral will be held from his late
! residence, Auburn road, Cherry Valley,
Monday morning, with a requiem high
mass in ST. Joseph's Church, Leicester,
at nine clock. The interment will be
: in st. Johns cemetery, Worcester.
A GRIST OF NEWS BRIEFS.
The Epworth League Total Abstinence
t Society has appointed Misses Cora B.
2 Goyett, Anna Richardson and Mary
, Ashworth as a committee to purchase
: new singing books. The society has de-
cided to have a no-license rally on some
{ fevening just before election, with a con-
: cert by local talent
: The subject Of the pastors discourse
( at the First Congregational Church