Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-24
THE LAKE BRIDGE.
New Design Looked on With
Favor By All.
About Committee Meetings-The Street
Departmental Mayors Appoint
ments-Notes at City Hall.

! Members of the city government are
| looking with much favor on the design
for a cantilever bridge which City En-
gineer Mcclure has prepared and which
was shown at the meeting of the city
| government Monday evening The
structure is handsome one, and has
attracted favorable comment through
out the city. 1t is understood that even
! Councilman Powell looks upon it as a
substitute with favor If opposition to
it arises, no doubt the council will re-
| fuse to act, and in that case the stone
arch will be built The city will get
handsome bridge if either of those
that the city engineer has designed are
built. Either would be suitable, but so
much has been said against the stone
bridge that public opinion seems to be
against it. AS the matter now stands,
it would seem that the majority of the
members of the city government look
upon the new bridge with favor, and a
recommendation from the committee in
favor of the change is expected.
ABOUT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
made that coming committee meetings
would be posted in the city hall corri-
dor, but since that time another change
has come about, and for some weeks
past the new order has not been car
ried out regularly There are some
members of the city overnment who
don't like to read the announcement in
the papers that a committee meeting is
to be held before they get postal from
the clerk announcing it. Just why it is
hard to tell. There are some membership
don't want to give out reports of COM
mttee meetings to the press after the
meeting, but prefer to wait until they
report back to the city government.
Just why, it is hard to tell. Evidently
there are members in the city govern
ment who forget that they are the rep
resentatives of the people, that the
people elect them, pay the bills they
contract; and one would suppose, ought
10 nave the right to know what is GO
ing on. These members who are so
mum, as rule, are the ores that are
not familiar with the city charter.
The suggestion of many city officials
that kindergarten would be a good
tnlng for some of the members of the
city government is timely one
These members remind one of the
aVall until, at last, he was elected rep
resentative. After a few weeks alb
sence in the halls Of administration.
ne returned home. AS the train rolled
IN ne was standing on the platform. He
saw party of people in the depot who
had assembled to say goodbye to some
ITlends, but the legislator did not know
thls- he Immediately supposed that
Ihey We're gathered to welcome him
nome G tyoi
exclaimed:
Fellow citizens, approach me. For
set mat L am your legislator"
Ihere are things, at times, that ii is
WISE TO keep secret as long as possible.
but there are others that the public has
right to know about fully, and there's
no earthly excuse for Withholding the
facts. Some of the members saw that
thlngs never appear correctly. This
would never occur if a clear, full, truth
full report was given out.
THE STREET COMMISSIONERS.
When man comes down street now
adays and finds water standing in the
cutters or a crossWalk that is not clean,
nine times out of ten he imagines that
during his residence in the city has new
he thinks of it the more sure he is
Then he commences to talk about the
new street commissioner and finds fault
with his work. The fact of the matter
| is that the streets are in as good con&j-
ton as it is possible to keep them un-
der like circumstances and with the
means at the disposal of the depart
ment. With all the talk of neglect
there have been no reports Of flooded
/ CT IN Mr. Drio
| be new at the business, but he has not
shown by his work that he is One thing
| is certain. He has already had more to
| contend with this season than any two
winters within the past eight years have
| offered. If everybody would consider
this, things would appear in a new light.
THE MAYORS APPOINTMENTS.
A good many people would like to
know just what Mayor Dodge will do
with the present license commission,
and there is considerable talk on the
street about the matter. The mayor,
however. has nothing to say, other than
that he shall make no announcement
until he sends the appointments to the
| city government for confirmation.
There is also some guessing about the
! inspectors of animals and provisions.
Before the mayor makes these appoint
| ments some definite lines of work will
be laid out, and the inspectors will be
kept track of, as they have not in the
| past.
There is at present one vacancy on
the parks commission and another is ex-
pected. So, as a whole, the mayor has
considerable knowledge that is being
! sought after.
MADDEN'S SALARY.
Capt j. H. Madden of Hose may not
get the salary for the time he was a
member of the city council. The amount
is $19725 The question as to the legal
ity of paying the sum has arisen, and
the matter has been turned over to the
city solicitor for an opinion.
FUNERAL OF MRS. RICHARDSON.