Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-08


board to establish breeding troughs to
raise trout on Poor Farm brook near
the Stratton place. They stated that |
they would get trout fry from the state
hatcheries which they would raise to
"yearlings'' and then put in the lake. |
They stated that this was done to stock
the lake in the interest of sport and to
give all sportsmen, good fishing. The
board voted to refer the matter to the !
committee on farm, with request to
investigate and report at the next meet |
ing.
A special meeting of the board will
be held at the farm Jan. 20 at p. m.
THE CITY WATER.
City Engineer Mcclure discussed the
the communication from III. H. c."
which appeared in Fridays Spy, at a
request of a reporter, Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Mcclure opened by saying that a
great deal Of hard feeling toward Wor-
cester had always been shown by Lei
cester people, and he was not surprised
that the information which H. H. CT
quotes came from Leicester. Mr.. Nc
Clure said that the water is analysed
monthly. and that it is shown to be OF
excellent quality. The streams empty
ing into the reservoirs are from time TO
time examined, and at present are IN
good condition. The cause for the re-
cent muddy water was due to the fact
that the water was drawn low, and, in
that condition, the wave action on the
muddy shores rolled the whole reSer-
yoir. He said that there was no more
typhoid this year than usual, and none
Of the cases had been traced to the
water supply. The city does not control
the water sheds lying about the brooks
and their tributaries, and, in conse-
is- al n things
that it would if it was within its
power.
THE STONE CUTTERS STRIKE.
The union stone cutters on the Can
terbury street school house quit work
again Friday morning because of the
employment Of non-union mer, and dur
ing the day there were but two nom
union men at work on the building The
attitude of the unions is not helping
their demands. They requested the city
to have work done by the day, and now
their men refuse to work because of the
employment of non-union men. the
city recognizes no union in its work, and
can not. All it requires of a man is
compliance with the civil service regu-
lations and an ability to do acceptable
work.
Assistant Superintendent Of Buildings
Charles Adams, who has charge of the
work does not hesitate to express his
disgust at the action of the union. At
ter the opinion of President Scullin of
the local union on the matter, Thurs
day, it was expected that the trouble
would end, and there was some surprise
at the action Friday morning. Superin-
tendent Adams says he has had enough
of the business, and that three times is
usually out, and he thinks that the rule
win apply in this particular case. He
says he has no further use for the union
men, and that if they apply today they
will be told that they are not wanted. /
If the union is recognized in this case
a precedent will be established that will 1
place the city in a peculiar position
In future the officials think that it |
viii be better to let the work out by
contract, and let the contractor do the
work with such men as he sees fit to !
hire. The officials anticipate no trouble
in getting the work well done.
Probably if the work is done by nom
union men the union bricklayers will re-
fuse to lay brick on the foundations
built by non-union men, but the officials
say that plenty of good bricklayers can
be secured who do not belong to the
union. The situation, all in all, is an
unfortunate one.
COUNCIL CAUCUS
The republican members of the com |
mon council viii have a run together
at the office of James Hunt in the Wal
ker building this evening. Among other
things Superintendent Of Public Build
ings Peck viii be talked over. The in |
dications are that ne will be endorsed
unless the opposition is united on a. |
strong man.
There is some feeling that Assessor
Talbot was not used right and an at
tempt will be made to find out lust
what an endorsement means in the eau
Gus.
It is expected that Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Blaney will no doubt be endorsed
for the positions which they hold, assis-
tant superintendent Of public buildings
and assistant street commissioner, res
pectively.
UNDERWRITERS RETURNS.
During the year 1897, there We're 1921
certificates OF death filed with the city
clerk, as against 1911 last year. The
certificates We're divided among the I'M
dertakers as follows: Sessions, 49e;
Athy, 317; Fay, 14S Hildreth, TAG; Roy,
1893; Caswell, 145 Berustrom, 1856: Rey-
nolds &C.; Murphy, GA; Murray, 80; Cal
laIhan, 95; Ouellette. 80; Isenberg, II.
The total is considerably larger than
during the year. owing to the fact that
many deaths are reported by Worcester
undertakers that belong to surrounding
towns.
WARD STREET BIDS.
The first set of bids for the contract
for the addition to the Ward street
school house, which was recently let to
]. G. Yaudreuil, were as follows:
MelIay e, Son S1k 7Q2
j. A. McDernott .....,............ 15,049
Urgel Jacques .................... 1854
j. l. Elliott ..................... 1887
r. X FaEcher .......s....,...-.... 4,31b
j. G yaudreuil ................. 1926.
Rankin & Woodside .............. 1873
The three lowest, together with
fourth, whose bid was rejected, were
asked to figure again, with the follow
ing result;
Il. x. Faucner ...,..........-...-a...$l5 439
Rankin & Woodside .............. 1908
]. G. Vaudreuil ...........-..... 1903
ASSESSOR HURLBUT SWORN IN.
The newly-elected assessor, George c.
Hurlbut, was sworn in by City Clerk
Towne, Thursday afternoon. In the
course of a few days the board viii or
ganize for the year.
MAYOR DODGE STILL BUSY