The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
MUST PAY MORE
Lancaster Will Have to Give CIin-
ton Better Rate For Its
Water
PETITION TO THE
LEGISLATURE READY
Four Young Men Narrowly ES-
cape Drowning BY Falling
Through Ice

Clinton, Dec. 17.-Lancaster will pay
more for water in the future. There
was meeting of the water board and
the special committee last night. 1t
was voted to make a new contract with
Lancaster similar to the old in general
form, but vastly different as to the
amount that Lancaster people viii be
obliged to pay.
Lancaster may take water under the
same rules and regulations as the
clinton department, at the same price
But no money will be returned to the
town. The price will be So a fau-
Get to the Lancaster takers. The Gin
ton water department will give all the
money.
Lancaster, under the new contract,
will also have to pay the same rate
per hydrant as this town pays for some
30 MIGRANTS that have not hitherto been
charged for. When the number of
faucets in a house exceeds a certain
figure, the water will be metered
Among those who win be obliged to pay
much larger sum, is Col John E.
Thayer. Col. Thayer has been get
ting his water at a fixed rate. In pro-
portion to the number of gallons he
uses, the rate is much smaller than
the meter rate in Clinton. 1t is es-
timated that under the new contract,
Clinton will get in the neighborhood of
$4,000 year instead of $500, as form
erly.
The meeting between the board and
the committee was brief Judge John
w. Corcoran, Edward w. Burdett, Will
liam G. McGlinchey of the water
board, and William Rodger, George
w. Morse and D. B. ingalls, of the
special committee, were present The
motion to make the change in the
contract was made by William Rod
ger.
There is possibility that Lancaster
will resent the increase by building a
water plant of its own. The town is
wealthy, and can afford to do so if
1t is willing to pay out more money
than it would have to pay Clinton.
1t is doubtful if the town win be
willing to do that There is much
talk among the citizens of Lancaster,
however, of establishing a pumping
station and bringing water from Spec
pond.
The basic idea of the new contract
is that Lancaster water takers shall
actually pay as much and about 40 pei
cent more, because they must pay in
terest amounting to about $500 on their
investment in pipe line.
The law committee met last night
Representative-elect David l. Walsh
was present by invitation. The COM
mittee voted to prepare a petition to
the legislature asking for bonds for
900. The bill which will be pre-
scented will include clause providing
for the appointment of six sinking fund
commissioners. The purpose is to
make the committee a bipartisan COM
nittee if that can be done, or at least
to provide some way to take them out
of politics. They will be elected.
Thomas Ryan, George Lang, Charles
Stewart and William Sullivan narrow
~ escaped drowning at Four ponds,
this afternoon. They were on the ice
and broke through. The pond is not
deep, but the mud at the bottom is.
The young men were in a serious pre-
dicament when Frank O'Malley showed
out rail and dragged them to safe
ty. The boys walked home, distance
of two miles, in their wet clothing.