The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-09

| to the plan Some citizens hold that
| the place for fire horses is in their
stables until the alarm sounds. except
Wnen II is necessary to take team out
| for exercise.
The town, so it is held has spent
large sums of money almost solely in
order That the apparatus may be got
Ten 10 a ire few minutes quicker
IMAM 1T otherwise might be. The new
IRE station IS equipped precisely as
are metropolitan fire stations. Game
Wen IRE alarm boxes are distributed
az convenient points in the town. An
alarm Is rung in from a. box. The sta
pie doors in the fire station fly open.
the horses, carefully trained to know
their places, run to their positions I'M
oer the harness, the driver jumps to
MS seat the great doors fly open. and
three pieces of apparatus fly out, and
speed toward the connagratjun. The
apparatus is we'll under way within 16
or Il seconds after the first stroke of
the alarm. The town has spent thou
SANDS OF dollars to make this great
speed possible.
IT is urged that if the men and horses
are TO be away from the fire house en-
gagged IN other work. the money
spent for specific enable the appara-
luS 10 make the quickest possible time
to a fire-might as well not have been
spent
OF what use, it is urged, is the del
lcate electrical apparatus on the doors.
the dencate adjustment of the harness
SO that 1t can be dropped speedily on to
the horses, if the horses are hitched to
water carts at a distance from the APP
paratus when the alarm comes in
IL has been urged that when the
horses are out for exercise, they are at
distance from the fire house. The re-
ply IS made that no more than one
team can properly be exercised at one
time, and that that team should be at
tdched TO piece of apparatus, rs a
hose or supply wagon.
Thomas F. Cav. Hugh NIcGufnnis
ana Patrick Hoban were each found
guilty of the larceny of bottles of lia
uor from the window of NJ. T. DIVERS
saloon. They We're each fined SO. I'm
TO late hour this afternoon they had
not secured money with which TO nav
the hnes, and it is likely they will be
Obliged to do 80 days in FTtchbure
cav Is 10 years old. He is the son of
a widow. He has fallen into bad com
pany recently but the police do not
regard him as bad fellow at heart
McGulnnis they do not regard so Ie-
hlently. Hoban's record has been ex-
celIent. lie was a member of Co. K
and was as good a soldier as any.
The Lancaster mills, which employ
thousand hands, have posted a notice
announcing that an increase in nav
VIII take effect April 81. The schedule
has not been announced Supt Rich
ardson will make the announcement
later, as soon as the percentage of
raise can be determined from the
books and figures. Supt Richardson
says that the price of ginghams, which
the company manufactures, has not
advanced, but that the company is
selling freely and hopes for better pri-
ces.
Early this morning fre destroyed a
house in Lancaster centre. which is
owned by Mrs. Charles Bragg. The
house was tenanted by William Smith,
with his wife and TWO children. Moth
ing was saved but some of Smiths par
lor furniture. The blaze was discov-
cred by George It, Bailey. The bells
were rung, and the local fire depart
ment called out. The property is in,
sured for $500. The Smiths were home
less today and were being sheltered by
neighbors.