The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-16

yesterday and over 100 teams. -Four
gangs were kept at work on Main
street They cleared the snow for more
than two thirds the width of the street
from Lincoln square to Piedmont
street. They did such good work on
the principal street that single gang
can clear it from curb to curb this
morning.
The four gangs which have been at
work on Main street will be kept on
that street today and will work south
from Piedmont street. Street Commits
sioner Prior expects to have the street
passable as far as Webster square this
evening One gang was at work on
Front street yesterday. 1t was big
gang and had large number of teams
to cart the snow and it did effective
work Front, Trumbull, Vine and
Spring streets were cleared and relieved
the congestion on Front street. A
single gang can clear Front street
from curb to curb this morning, so
well did the shovelers do yesterday.
In the afternoon the street commits
sioner sent a gang of men to Exchange
street. They worked through Waldo
street and a portion of Foster. Other
gangs were at work on Lincoln, Thorn
as, Pleasant, Pearl and Elm streets
yesterday. When the gangs knocked
off last evening at o'clock they had
cleared the streets in the heart of the
city effectively and thoroughly for the
time they have been at work.
The eight gangs which were sent out
on the country roads Tuesday, went out
again yesterday. On the first day they
broke out the main lines from the
neighboring country towns. Yesterday
they devoted their attention to the cross
roads between these lines, and broke
them out. They had difficult work in
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high as the heads of the horses, and the
men were forced to cut a way for the
teams. Where the snow had not drift
ed, the teams were driven through and
broke out the roads. These men did
not meet the difficulties that they did
the first day from drifting snow. There
was little wind yesterday, and when
they had thrown the snow to one side.
it stayed there.
The street commissioner had to clear
off the sidewalks at school houses and
other public buildings yesterday with
the men he had secured for removing
the snow. He detailed 20 men for this
work and they were kept busy all day
long. There were about 40 houses at
which they had to shovel They had fin
ished last evening. Street Commission
err Prior will be able to add them to the
street gangs today.
The work of the department was in
creased yesterday by snow from side
walks and roofs being thrown into the
streets for the department to remove.
There were six gangs out which were
known as section gangs, their business
being to cut a way through the side
streets of the city away from the CEN
ter. They simply drove through the
streets to break the road, and shoveled
when they encountered a drift through
which the horses could not be driven.
Two gangs will be put on Lincoln
street today. The commissioner will
also make an attempt to get through
Chandler street and Grafton and ProVi-
dence. The Consolidated street railway
company has worked in Chandler street
and removed the snow from one side
for a considerable distance. That work
will greatly assist the removal by the
street department. In Grafton and
Providence streets the railway company
has not made any attempt to remove
the snow even from the tracks, and if
the city makes the first start there il
win have the entire street to take care
Of. But the railroad company will make
an ATTEMPT today to run cars on those
lines so the commissioner will have the
assistance of the immense gang hired
bv the Consolidated in clearing Provi-
dence and Grafton streets Street Com
missioner Prior expects that all the
principal streets will be practically free
when today's work is finished.