Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-06
THE LICENSE BOARD
Speculation as to the Nominees
of Monday Night.
Improving the Water Service New School
Houses-The Old City Hall
Clock.

The expected appointment of the mem
bers of the license commission for 1898
by Mayor Dodge, is the chief item of
interest at tomorrow nights meeting of
the city council but nobody can say for
sure thing that he knows who the
appointees will be outside of Mayor
Dodge. The mayor has kept his own
counsel in the matter, and he has not
even limited that he will make any
change in the present makeup of the
commission, but everybody on the out
side is looking for a change, and they
expect that it is Commissioner NJ. b.
Lambs head which is to fall The dem
ocrats naturally look to see one of their
party get the vacant place, and those
who claim to have an inside pointer on
the matter say that M J. P. McCaf-
ferty is the man who will get the plum.
He will not get it without a struggle,
however, If he gets it at all, as there
are others in his party who would like
the place. and they have had their
friends working for them ever since
election day. Mr.. McCafferty's friends
seem to be the most numerous, and they
are said to be the fellows "who cut the
most ice" If Mr.. McCafferty does not
get the place, there will be some very
| disappointed men in the city Monday
evening.
Among the others who are mentioned
in connection with the position are
Charles j. OHara, John B. Ratigan,
John j. Heron and Nicholas ]. Mooney
Deputy Sheriff James Early has also
been spoken of as a likely man for the
place, but in talking about the matter
win a spy reporter a few days ago, he
said his name was being used without
| his consent. Although it is generally
believed that Mr.. Lamb is out Of the
contest, he is candidate for the place
for another year, and if Mayor Dodge
| sees nit to reappoint him he will not de-
cline.
! Outside of the appointment of the IL
eense commission, perhaps the single
item or business that is attracting the
most attention from the members Of the
city council is the report of the water
committee recommending that loan OF
$150,OOO be made in order to provide
money for bettering the water supply
by constructing new and larger mains
as was mapped out in the report of the
committee submitted at the last meetine
OF the city council There still remains
unborroWed the sum of $175,00G of The
100000 authorized by the legislature
Wnen the city took Kettle Brook. and il
IS proposed to take the money from thi,
II the city council votes in favor of tn,
| loan.
A report from the committee on edu
catlon is expected on the question o.
providing new school house for tn,
Belmont street district This matter ha,
been before the city council now for 3
| couple of years, and no definite action
mas been taken in the past because O
the opposition of some of the member,
OF the council to the proposed site at tn,
corner or Edward and Earle streets
rms site was favored by the school com
mlttee, and as that body has the fina
say where school houses shall be locate,
there was hitch in the proceedings
The committee on school houses AM
| hygiene Of the school committee wa
authorized to act for the entire board il
the selection of a site for the Belmon
street district school at last Tuesda,
nights meeting of the committee am
the subcommittee has agreed with tn
committee on education of the city coun
Gil on site. The members do not car
to give it out on the ground that tn
owners will go up on the price if it /
known that the city is after 1t, but it i
| hoped that the deal will be completed S,
that the matter may be settled Monda,
| evening, The committee will recon
mend that a new eight-room house b,
| erected ON the lot, and will also recon
mend that additions be made to thu
| houses at Greendale and Lake View.
| There will be the usual grist of peti
tions and orders of minor importance
to give the members a rather lively ses
| sion.
THE OLD CITY HALL CLOCK.
The question of transferring the il
Illuminated clock in the old city hall
tower to the tower of the new fire de-
partment headquarters was considered
at a meeting of the committee on pub
lie buildings of the city council Satur-
day evening. According to. the plans
that have been prepared for the trans
fer the clock will be placed in the new
tower at point SS feet from the
ground, and as a question was raised as
to whether such small clock could be
seen distinctly at such a distance from
the ground, Alderman Mellen was ap-
pointed a committee of one to confer
with Howard & Son, the clock makers
of Boston, to see if the clock will be
suitable for it's proposed new home.
COMMERCIAL STREET.
The engineers of City Engineer Nc
Cures Office spent Saturday taking
levels on the proposed extension of
Comercial street to School street to see
how the sills of the buildings that are
to be passed compare with the estab-