The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-22
BOWKER'S REPORT.
The Net City Debt
Increased Over ST..
100000 in Year.
IT is S6,I87,I27.5l
City Water Supply In
creased By the Heavy
Rain.
IT is S6,I87,l27.5l

City Auditor John B. Bowker has pre-
pared figures showing the total amount
expended and the balance unexpended
at the end of nine months of the finan-
cial year. The net city debt Aug. 81
was $6,1S712L51, against $5,015, 6S9.S7 for
the same date year ago.
Aldermen Brannon, Back, O'Connell
Kendall and Vaughan of the alderman
ic telephone commission went to Haver-
hill yesterday and inspected the indie
pendent telephone system in operation
there.
They state that they found an ex-
change of 600 subscribers using instru-
ments similar to those of the Bell COM
pany. They also found that most bust
ness houses were compelled to have two
telephones. The Peoples company, as
the independent system is known, pro-
vides residence telephones, unlimited
service for S24 year with a slightly
higher rate for business houses.
The New England company makes no
reduction in rate, but furnishes a resi-
dence telephone gratis to all subscribers
having instruments at their places of
business. The old company has about
500 subscribers. Both exchange offices
We're visited by the committee, and so
far as the aldermen could observe there
is little difference in their operation.
The Peoples company gets over the
long distance question by renting a
long. distance instrument from the New
England company, over which messages
are transmitted from its subscribers.
The committee will give a hearing to-
night in the aldermanic chamber to all
petitioners who have asked to be heard
on the telephone question.
The city council committee on water
met last night and granted leave to
withdraw on the following petitions for
water in various streets: F. w. Haynes,
Elmwood street; Walker Ice Company,
Holden and Grove streets; J. NJ. Russell,
for high service pipes in German and
Haviland streets. The committee will
hold another meeting this evening to
act on several petitions and to make ar
rangements for the fall inspection of
the system. While the matter is not
finally settled the inspection will prob
ably take place Wednesday of next
week.
The license board met yesterday af-
ternoon and granted these petitions for
party at q Barclay street; E. J. Kelly
& Co.. to conduct pool room and bowl
ing alley at AT Main street; Joseph Gu
rett, to conduct a bail throwing amuse-
ment in the basement of Ill Front
street; r. E. Wagle, So Agricultural
street, Charles Sprague, 81 Ball street,
Edward D. Lee, 70 Austin street,
Charles w. Howard. SO Jackson street,
Lewis Anderson, 81 Oxford street to
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auctioneer at 1G6 Front street; Louis
Harrison, 2 Ledge street court, and Da-
vid D. Gledhall, 4S0 Southbridge street,
to deal in secondhand articles; to hang
signs, S. c. Parsons, 10 Pearl street
Gately e. Rogers, 2S2 Main street; w B.
Weston, 100 Front street; ]. j. Higgins,
to use a part of Shrewsbury street for
building purposes; c. A. Vaughan, to
build a wooden addition to the house, 30
Bradley street.
Leave to withdraw was granted on
the petitions of George E. Sharon to
build wooden additions to the barn, 20
Trumbull street, and the barn in the
rear of Hotel Pleasant. Sc Pleasant
street.
Frank F. Rogers, ex-city engineer of
Port Huron, Mich, who is enjoying a
trip through the eastern states, getting
new ideas in sewer and street construc-
ton, was visitor at city hall yester-
day. Mr.. Rogers visited the purifica-
ton works, where he was shown over
the plant by julius W. Bugbee, chemist
in charge of this branch Of the city
sewer system.
Work of scraping elm trees through
out the city, which will form another
part of the elm leaf beetle work, will
probably begin within a short time, al
though the park commissioners are
waiting to see how their appropriation
holds out before attempting further
work.
Marriage licenses issued yesterday:
To Daniel P. Donohue, 25, and Nora
Connors, "a; August Granberg, 90 and
Elida Bergstrom, 1S; Kusta Lautta-
mus, 81, and Maria Nicmi, 80; Victor ].
Thibeault. 25, and Clara I. Dallbeck,
"a; Charles Wilson, 46, and Amanda
Pierson, 80; Nikalai suhtala, 81, and
Mary Perala, %.
Permits to open and obstruet streets
issued yesterday: To sewer department,
1913 Southbridge street, house connec-
ton; sewer department, Lafayette,
corner Washington, sewer; Worcester
Gas Light Company, $50 feet on Agri-
cultural street, pipe line.
Officials of the water department are
wearing a happy smile. The rains of
the past few days have had a decided
effect on the reservoirs, and the brooks
are carrying a steadily increasing sup
ply into the receiving basins. 1t is es-
timated that something over two inches
of rain has fallen during the last two
days.
The amount received for taxes by the
city treasurer yesterday was $7262.
The office Of Charles F. Pierce, clerk
of the school board, has been fitted with
adjustable desk fixtures for electric
lights.
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