The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

presse5 me Undertaking said the de-
away absoS As plan would be far and
done. Tb e,e VI any other If it could be
/ exnensa = ney were willing to eliminate
ti %pe4se entirely if the Man was rrao
# w oie Out they concluded at tbe start
Nh 90 NOT and gave 1t no considaratio,,
NAB QUEENS movement is sirnnlv r.
will al investigation. That As ali Thai
whioh necessary. If the commission
fea sihlo 'ne citizens engage REPORTS a
tracirs q pan Tor the depression of the
for 10 ~ II VIII be a matter of informa tio,1
ior the city council. = i''loi iiif''ion
oily w Aat the plan of operation Of tha
noS S grace crossing commission is 70 he
ba 49, KNOWS, No information bas
c nseti reserved from either appointee ex~
al 81 mat they will be here this weel,
t5 fly, ready to begin work. How lone
,rh34 WIZ continue uninterruptedly. and
ao go WORK they will do of their own
~, Without relying on the informa-
oe ~, "HIcn tney can secure in the office
WbatI ei.y engineer, nobody can tell.
be n oTi11I they viii desire to give public
or + I, ,iien turing their Investigations.
VI "hether they will desire to accent
any information which other eneineers
may possess, is all guessworJ1 No
1ooy has any idea what they intend tn
uo n, OF When they intend to do II.
Inc citizens desire public HEARINGS
When the opponents of the elevated
tiachS plan prevented the passage of
the orqer to petition the legislature
ana erected compromise which re-
suited in the creation of the new grade
crossing commission, the understand
ing among the directors was that the
new commission would give the public
an opportunity to explain it's desires
ana not maintain the same secrecy that
the retired commission did. Such was
the understanding of the DIRECTORS.
whether the commissioners will feel
pound TO carry out any such plan, only
the future will develop.
The citizens who head the new move
ment accomplished one grand good
thing when 1t saved Worcester's city
council from itself. Had the city coun-
Gil passed the order to petition the le-
gislature for the solution Of the grade
question, the city would have
been placed entirely at the mercy of
the railroads, for it would have been
divided house that would be sure to fall,
The citizens accomplished a result that
will allow unity.
The citizens at the head of the new
are not afraid of the inn
pending contest in the legislature with
the railroad companies. Why they
have no fear when the retired COM
mission was unusually timorous, they
will not tell. but they laugh at the idea
Of the railroad companies, compelling
them to take any plan they choose.
They say instead of that result, the
railroad companies will be glad to
agree to any plan on which united
goes to the legislature. They
have card to play when the game is
on, and when they show it, the rail-
road companies will ask for a new deal
with some other city as their oppo-
hent.
The cityiof Newton forced the Bos-
ton and Albany Railroad to depress the
tracks through that city after a long
struggle. 1t took three years, but the
stuck to 1t, and won, and
low they have as pretty a city as they
lad before the problem was solved.
The accommodations are perfect, and
10 disadvantages have appeared. The
citizens are confident, they can accom-
olish the same result as Newton.
For several days the question has
been whether the objectors to elevated
tracks would agree to the reporG of
The city grade crossing commission, if
It reported the same plans as the citi-
zens commission that has Just retired.
Possibly some of the questioners are
too confidently a report in
favor of elevated tracks. The new
may report in favor of the
depressed tracks Even the men who
brought in the report, feel now that
here are greater possibilities in the de-
pressed system than they thought ex-
sted when they made their report.