Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08

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event. the city should not be forced to
house its high school pupils in the
| grammar schools, as it is a detriment
to the children and prevents them from
doing the good work that they would
do in more congenial surroundings.
| Councilman O'Connell then moved
the adoption of his order under sus-
pension of the rules, and his motion
was passed, the board of aldermen con-
curing when the order reached that
| branch
The remainder of the session was
given up to the consideration of rou-
| tine matters in concurrence, but the
| board of aldermen gave President Halls
order fixing the number of police pa
| trolmen at lit, black eye by rejecting
/ it entirely after it had been referred to
the committee on police by the common
council. Just what was done by both
branches will be found in the following
! detailed report of the meeting:
IN CONCURRENCE
| The following petitions were referred;
John A. Erickson, street lights on
Forbes street; B. H. McMahon, electric
light on Richland street; G. W. Jackson,
I Il corner
| of Hampden street; Patrick Butler
catch basin in Gage street, Charles H
! Knapp, sidewalk on Baker street; Chas
| A. Homer, sidewalk on Pleasant street
L. V. K. Van De Mark, gravel sidewalk
on Park avenue; Arthur w. Woods,
water pipes in Ashton street; Huge
Book, water pipes in College street; the
license board, that the ordinance estab.
4 fishing the license board be amended sc
i
woke for cause any license granted by
them, and that parties whose licenses
may be revoked may have the right tC
I appeal to the board of aldermen as in
/ the refusal to grant such license, and
| that the ordinance regulating signs and
awnings be amended so as to define the
distance the lowest part Of such signs
must be carried above the sidewalk, the
! board being of the opinion that it was
| intended to have the distance 10 feet,
/ but by some mistake it was left out;
clerk of school committee, that the hall
/ in the Ledge street school house be par
titioned so as to make two school rooms,
/ that the eight room and four room
| school houses to be erected during the
coming year be built from plans now
owned by the city, and that three-story
school houses be built from those plans
so far as practicable; that the city coun-
| Gil purchase d lDl Ol ldIlC, CUHldlil1ilS o.
| GOO square feet, at the corner of Oxford
and Chandler streets, adjacent to and
adjoining the present English high
school building, as site for new high
| school building, and that new high
/ school house be erected on the site at a
cost of $4,000 for the building.
The quarterly report of the chief OF
police was received and placed on file
The committee on education, to whom
- csf t0nla e~nlaf ~
committee that the city purchase land
in the vicinity of the Oxford street
school and at the corner Of Edward and
| Earle streets, and erect school houses
| thereon, and also to erect a new school
| house on the lot at 1858 Main street
reported, in part, that it is ineXpedient
! to act on the request for tine purchase
of the lot at the corner of Edward and
| Earle streets, but it recommends the
purchase of a lot of land on East Ken
| dali street, owned by MeSsrs, Bennett,
Butler, Damon, Davis and Fisher, at an
estimated cost of $6072 so, said lot con-
| tanning $4,000 square feet; and further
/ that an eight-room building be erected
on the lot, at an estimated cost of $32, 000
The report was accepted and the recon-
mendation was referred to the commit
| tee on finance.
The same committee reported on the
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| addition OF four rooms to the Greendale
school house, recommending that the
request be granted and that the addition
be built at 5n estimated expense of
| SIG. 900, and that the matter be referred
| to the public buildings department, to
1 prepare plans and estimates. The re-
port was accepted and the recommends
tions adopted.
| The same committee, ON tine request
s4s,
| of two rooms to the Lake View school
house, recommended that the request be
granted, at an estimated expense OF
$3500; and the matter be referred to the
public buildings department, to prepare
| plans and estimates. The report was
accepted and the recommendation adopt
| ed.
! The same committee, on the request OF
the directors of the Free Public Library
for an appropriation Of 1880 to estab.
! iish eight delivery stations, reported rec
/ ommending that the request be granted
| and that the matter be referred to the
i committee on finance, to provide ways
! and means. The report was accepted
and the recommendation adopted
The same committee, to whom was re-
ferred the matter of establishing read
ing rooms in the outlying districts of the
city, reported that it is desirable to es
tablish two reading rooms, at an ex
pense not exceeding $2500, and recon-
mending that the matter be referred t
the committee ON finance, to provide
ways and means. The report was ac
i cepted and the recommendation adopt
4 ed
The report of the committee on water
relative to an improvement in the
water supply, which was published ir
the Spy after the meeting week ago
when II was accented hy the common
council and laid over by the board Of
! aldermen, was taken up by the latter
board and referred back to the commit,
! tee on water, the common council con
| curing In the reference. In connection
with the report, Alderman Russell of.
fered an order authorizing a water
loan OF s150, 900, which was adopted
The following appointments made by