Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-15
THE BRIDGE AGAIN.
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chief of police so long. as he could keep
his job. He can perform his duties just
AS we'll for $4,000 year as he can for
$4,000. Later on he declared that the
chief was not protecting the city as he
should, and he referred to the fact that
he knew Of a couple of robberies in his
section of the city, and he had himself
intercepted house-breaker not great
while ago In fact according to his
way of thinking the chief has been tried
and found wanting. He moved that
the matter of the chiefs salary be laid
on the table, and suggested that the
city council give more consideration to
the needs of the men in the several city
departments rather than to the heads OF
the departments.
His motion to lay on the table was not
seconded, and Councilman O'Connell
took occasion to defend the report He
said the city had lost an efficient chief
in the person of Maj. Raymond, who
could not afford to keep the office at
the salary given.
Councilmen Timon, George G. Hunt,
Meagher Merritt and McManon favored
the raise, while Councilmen Connolly
and Williamson opposed it, ali speaking
many times on the question and Coun-
Gilman Williamson moving as an
amendment that the salary of the chief
be fixed at $4,000 year, the present rate.
This was seconded by Councilman Pow
ell. and President Hall, under the rules,
put the larger sum of $4,000 to a vote
first. The motion was defeated by a
yea and nay vote of 13 against Z for
the $4,000, as follows:
Yes-Councimen George G. Hunt,
Merritt, Mcmahon, Meagher, O'Connell,
Ryan and Timon, Z
No-Councilmen Back, Connolly, In
man, johnson, l.. j. Kendall, S. c..
Kendall, Lundberg, O'Leary, Powell, Ri
ward, Shea, Wall and Williamson, 10.
Observation-Disclosures Heath, James
Hunt and White, 3
The members then got into parlia-
mentary tangle regarding the means
they should pursue to adopt the rest Of
the report and points of order and other
things were thrust at President Hall,
but he put motion that the salary Of
the chief be fixed at $4,000 a year, and
this was carried.
Councilman Powell moved that the
salary of the deputy chief be fixed at
$500 a year, the same as now, in nom
concurrence with the board of aldermen,
which had fixed the salary at $500. This
motion was put to yea and nay vote
like the chiefs salary and in a similar
manner President Hall putting the
vote on the $1,000 first. This was de-
feated by vote of IA to g. Councilman
George c. Hunt coming over from the
yes column on the chiefs salary to the
no column on the raise for the deputy.
The rest of the order, raising the sal
aries of the captains and the lieuten-
ants, was adopted by a vote of II to s,
those who opposed the raises being
Councilmen Powell Wall, Back, S. G.
Kendall, johnson, L. j. Kendall, Shea
and Rivard.
Later in the evening, Councilman
Meagher moved that the vote whereby
the council had adopted the order as
amended in non-concurrence, be recon
sidered, and Councilman O'Connell
moved hat action on this motion be
postponed until the next meeting, six
members voting for the postponement.
The rest of the evening was given up
to the consideration of routine matters,
the board Of aldermen clearing their
calendar about 9.30 while the talk of
the. councilmen kept them in session
about three-fourths of an hour longer.
The detailed report OF the meeting will
be found below
IN CONCURRENCE.
The following petitions were referred:
Willis E. Sibley, fire alarm box on Pleas
ant street; Waldo E. Sessions, electric
lights on Lyman and Oakland streets;
Charles H. Robinson, electric light on
Pleasant street; E. Beaman Rice, cleo
trio light on West Boylston street; Bow
nellie and Ellsworth streets; John P.
Rydberg, catch basin on Millbury street,
near Esther street; Frederick w. White,
sidewalk on Berkshire street and cross
walk on Berkshire street at Highland
and Hampden streets; John P. Rydberg,
crosswalks on Esther and Millbury
streets; Helen A. Marble, brick cross
walk on Murray avenue opposite the
Ethan Allen estate; j. w. Hall, discon-
tinuing the watering of Gates street be-
yond No. IL; Michael F. Mcmahon, dis
continuing. the watering of Ward street
from Endfcott street to Mi!lbury street;
Charlotte r. Chamberlain, abatement of
watering bills of 1897 on Park avenue;
Thomas G. Kent and about $50 others,
that the city council desist from build
irg the bridge at the causeWay; Walter
W. Bragg and 40 Others in favor of the
construction OF the stone bridge at the
lake; George A. Park, fire alarm box on
Highland street; Daniel S. Scannel, for
a hearing on the manner in which work
on the Canterbury street school house
is carried on.
An invitation from the Ancient Order
of Hibernians to review it's parade at
the city hall, Thursday afternoon, at
4 o'clock, was accepted.
Notice of suit Of James H. Nicker-
son against the Lakeside Manufactur-
ing Company, in which the petitioner
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paying damages caused by the taking
of Kettle brook to the manufacturing
company. was referred to the city So
licitor.
Orders were adopted as follows: Des-
ignating the city stable on Salem street
as a public pound; abating a sidewalk
assessment against the estate of Fannie
E. Knowlten on Shattuck street in the
sum of $12.S9 and reassessing it on
Charles A. Goddard; abating a street
sprinkling assessment on the estate of
Catherine Brosnan on Ledge street in
the sum of $4.07; that the streets of the
city be watered during the coming mu-
nicipal year, in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 419 of the acts of
1897, and that the street commissioner
be authorized to sign contract to have
the work done, the city to furnish the
water free OF expense and to bear the
expense of watering certain areas and
streets in front of municipal buildings;
requiring all boards officers, trustees
and commissions of the city government
to make an annual report to the city
council on or before December 10 of
each year, and that the reports be
printed and submitted to the members
of the city council on or before Jam
uary is following; authorizing the wa
ter commissioner TO call for proposals
and enter into contracts for the pur-
chase of cast iron water pipes, gates
and hydrants in such quantities as may
be necessary during the coming year at
an estimated expense of $64, 300 60 di-
recting the street committee to consider
the advisability of relocating and wild
ening Shrewsbury street to a width of
so feet.
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