The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-16
CARE OF STREETS
agreement Regarding Removal
Vi Snow Entered Into Between
Street Railways and City
CONFERENCE OF OFFICIALS
HELD YESTERDAY
The City viii Care For Sixty Per
Cent of the Area in All Streets
Where Tracks Are Laid

The question Of who will take care of
various streets, so far as removing
snow is concerned, this winter, is set
tied AS announced some time ago, an
agreement was entered into between
officials Of the Consolidated Street Rail
way Co. and the city whereby the city
should care for 90 per cent and the rail-
way company 40 per cent of the streets
in Worcester through which tracks are
laid, and yesterday the matter was
finally settled
The final agreement on streets to be
taken care of by each party to the ar
rangement was settled yesterday at a
conference in which Mayor Dodge
street Commissioner w. S. Prior City
Engineer F. A. Mcclure and Superin-
tendent John Akarman of the Consoli-
dated took part.
City Engineer Mcclure drew up a list
of streets for each, some time ago, but
1t did not suit the Consolidated, and
several changes were made. The list
finally adopted yesterday morning in
cludes a street territory of 5,575, 1922
square feet or about 1913 acres.
The final list as drawn up by Mr.. Nc
Clure was agreed to with a few excep-
tons. After a little exchanging, how
ever, the matter was finally adjusted,
although the 40 per cent and so per cent
proportion was slightly disturbed. The
result is satisfactory to both parties.
OF the five million square feet of
street area, 1,7S4226 square feet is oc-
cupied by tracks and the balance, $751;
556 square feet, by the streets proper.
r.tY, To fTA n1f
dated are as follows:
Thomas from Main to Summer, Lau
rel from Summer to Hanover, Laurel
from Edward to Eastern avenue, Han
over from Laurel to Belmont, Belmont
from Hanover to Edward, Edward from
Hanover to Laurel, Eastern avenue
from Laurel to end of track, Oak ave-
nue. from Belmont to Kendall, Kendall
from Oak avenue to Claiming, Chan
ming from Kendall to end of track,
Pleasant from Main to and including
Newton square and to Richmond ave-
nue. West from Pleasant to Cedar, Ce
dar from West to Agricultural, Agricul-
tural from Cedar to Highland, Highland
from Agricultural to Park avenue, Lin
coin square, Salisbury from Lincoln
square to Boynton, Boynton from Sails
bury to Highland, Highland from Boyn-
ton to Sever. Southbridge from Frank
lin square to Stearns square, Market
from Main to car barn, Franklin square,
Foster from Main to Washington
square, Pleasant from Richmond ave-
nue. to Mill, June from Pleasant to
Chandler, Salisbury from Boynton to
Forest, Chandler from Main to Park
avenue, Barber avenue from North ave
nue. to West Boylston, Park avenue
from Chandler to Mill, Mill from Park
avenue to Main, Curtis from Main to
car barn, Summer from Washington
square to Lincoln square.
The city gets Lincoln, from Lincoln
square to Burncoat, Burncoat from
Lincoln to North avenue, North ave
nue., from Burncoat to Barber avenue,
Front from Main to and including
Washington square, Grafton from R..
r. Loo. to Water square at Grafton
from Water to Providence, Grafton
from square to Hale Grafton square,
Providence from Water to Union ave-
nue., Grove from Salisbury to West
Boylston, West Boylston from Grove
to Barber's crossing, West Boylston
from Brooks to end of track, Millbury
from Vernon square to Greenwood
Trumbull from Front to and including
Trumbull square, Green from Trumbull
square to Millbury, Greenwood from
Millbnry to end of track, Main from
Franklin square to Gates lane,
Shrewsbury from Washington square
to Belmont, Main from Lincoln square
to Franklin square.
Each party will be responsible for the
removal of all the snow in the streets
assigned it both from the tracks and
from the sides. The area of the streets
assigned to the Consolidated represents
40 per cent, and the area of the streets
assigned to the city represents 60 per
cent of the total area of all the streets
In which there are tracks. Each party
will have it's own snow account, and
there will be no transfer of money from
one to the other
An agreement was also reached as to
number and location of catch basins on
the new lines opened on Salisbury,
Pleasant and June streets. According
to the provisions of the Consolidated S
franchise, the catch basins were to be
placed by the railway wherever they
were necessary by reason of the nature
of the street, and were to be built in
manner satisfactory to the street COM
missioner.