The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
Matters That Will
Be Considered
BY CITY COUNCIL.
Of Grade Crossings
Commission Expected.

For the session of the city council,
tomorrow evening, there is light cal
endar, the principal subject being the
report of the grade crossing commits
sion That will have to come in under
susbension of the rules, for the commits
Eio4 couldn't get up speed enough to
get past. the pole before the flag fell.
whe amendment to the joint rules
adopted at the last meeting of the city
council froze it out except through sus-
pension. According to that amend
nnent. all matters of such nature must
be reported to City Clerk Enoch H.
Towne before o'clock on the secular
DAY next preceding that on which the
meeting is held.
Another order which will be intro
duced provides for petition for
amending the charter to add another
member to the board of assessors. rms
III the, order introduced by President
Henry Brannon of the board of alder
nler A report from the committee on
l6gisative matters is on the card rec
c1nmending the granting of the petition
Of the registrars of voters relative to
the change in making up the lists from
: alphabetical order to an arrangement
by streets.
City Treasurer Fred w. White will
send in an order requesting authority
to borrow money from time to time, the
entire sum rot to exceed 100000, in
anticipation of the tax levy. There is
a large number of sidewalk assess
fEEiatS and large number of petitions
Tor abatement of street betterments
Whether the report of the grade
crossing will be admitted under sus-
pension of the rules, might be doubtful
but for the pressing necessity of action
commission. Members of the city
council are not greatly impressed with
the assumed dignity of the commission,
and unless considerable effort is made
In behalf of the report, it may encoun-
ter a head wind and rough water. Only
a majority vote is required to suspend
the rules. which may be fortunate for
TIL. commission. The commission has
no intentions of passing the report at
the meeting Monday evening; it's plan
Nfs to ghave the city council meet in joint
session with the commission Tuesday
evening. There will certainly be OBJ
lection to the immediate passing Of the
report Members of the city council
have not fully persuaded themselves
reached the best conclusion, but it is
not for that reason particularly that
they will ask delay. They maintain
that they should have some time in
Which to consider the problem. They
say the commissioners have not only
spent months in its consideration, but
have had every means to secure knowl-
edge on the subject. The criticism of
The city council is that the commission
desires to rush the report through with
only "a hours consideration by the
city council of a subject that they have
had under consideration for months.
The order for the fourth assessor is
not scheduled for a smooth sea. either.
when it was first suggested, it bore
ear-marks of a good thing, but a little
more thought revealed the fact that
considerable danger attends the en-
largement of the board.
Chairman Amos M. Parker of the
Board of assessors does not favor the
order. and he knows what he is talking
about. He mentions the probability
of a deadlock in the board in the valu-
alton of real estate, if the board is
composed of an even number of mem
bers. He also says the desires of the
promoters of the order can be accom-
rlished by placing a clerk in the office,
~ The argument advanced in favor of
the order is that the work of the board
faQliiraS their ahSanpa from tba offioo