The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-25
SPENCER EXCITED.
Post Office Location
a Fine Bone Of
Contention.
The WHOLE TOWN TALKS.
The New PLACE Strongly
Favored By Some Bus
mess Promoters.
The WHOLE TOWN TALKS.

Spencer, Aug. 24.-The proposed re-
moval of the post Office is still the only
topic discussed by the citizens of
Spencer. Many are opposed to the
proposed change and many favor it,
but those opposed to the change seem
to be the most active in their endeavors
to have the post office remain in its
present location.
A petition is being circulated about
the town, as stated in this mornings
Spy, to have the post office remain in
its present location. The signatures of
nearly 200 citizens have been obtained,
but all or nearly all of those that have
signed the petition are residents of the
eastern section Of the town, who nat
iurally would be opposed to the post
Office being changed from its present
location, as 1t would then be situated
further from their homes and places
| of business
The petition originated in the store
tof A. G. Pease & Co., who own the
greater part of the building where the
lpost office is now situated. That the
petition should originate in the bust
ness place of the owners of the build
shows that instead of being directly
and openly opposed to any removal,
they would not care if the block in
which the post office now is did not
belong to them.
Up to this time nothing has been
heard from those that favor the pro-
posed scheme, the opposition has done
all the talking and work, and now those
in favor of the proposed change wish
their side to become known.
The business places that are in
favor of the proposed change represent
the bulk of the retailers of the town.
They are: Sibley & Leavitt, A. F.
Warren, j. e. Fenner, c. B. Carpenter,
Abraham Greenwood, George Reynolds,
Massasoit Hotel, j. A. Harrington,
Pinkham & Sullivan, Raymond Billiard,
M. j. Curtis, Crimmins Brothers, E. E.
lDickerman, Spencer Sun, Waldo Hotel,
Alton Barr & Son, H. H. Capen, j. M,
| Mendell, Spencer Gas Company, S. S.
Wiggin, t. J. Bemis, A. E. Kingsley,
NJ ]. Davis, Michael Dillon, E. L.
Jaynes, Emory Sibley, T. "A. Casey, E.
| B. Honey Allen l.. Taft, Beebe, Web
Der & Co., Ne Plus Ultra Yeast Com
pany, S. D. Hobbs & Co., Lewis T.
Bemis and many others. All of these
are unanimously in favor of having the
post office changned from it's present
| location.
Another fact that those in favor of the
proposed change hold as significant. is
| that the petition has not been brought
| into this section of the town, although
| there are more business places in this
section than any other part of the
| town. One of these merchants in con-
versation with The Spy man, said: 81
| should think that the eastern portioa
of the town has had things their own
| way long enough. Now that we win a
good square decision, they kick and
| raise an awful rumpus about it, /
should think common sense should tell
! them that the Sugden block location is
far superior to the present location
When asked what he thought of the
petition being circulated, this gentle
man said: when the authorities in
Washington learn who started that pc
tition, it will seek it's fate in it's waste
basket. The way 1 look at it is this:
That petition was started by those peo-
pie for the simple reason that they
didn't want the post office removed
from their building, as they would losa
| money by the change. In their hearts
they don't care where the post office
| is situated, if only they get some rev
enue from it. When the change was
announced, what a lot of crying went
up from these same people when they
learned that the post office was to be
moved from their dark. dingy, wooden
building to the bright, clean looking To-
cation in Sugden block l don't want
to be too hard on. the people in the
eastern end of the town, but it does
| really seem as If they wanted the
earth with golden fence around it."
The reporter for The Spy later called
upon e. E. Dickerman, proprietor Of a
news room and stationery store, ais,
| owner and editor of The Spencer Sun.
| one of Spencer's prominent weeklies,
Mr.. Dickerman said: yes, l am in fa-
yor Of the proposed change, and am
willing to help the upholders of the re-
| moval in every way possible. While :
| do not wish to be too strong in my
words, must say that l do not see
any reason why the people in the other
part of the town should object to us
| having the post office near at hand
for little while. They have had the
| post Office in their vicinity as long as
1t has been in Spencer, and now that
| 1t is to be removed to better and
more central location, they object I
certainly cannot see any reason why
| they should object. The whole of the
opposition seems to be- coming from two
| or three men to whom the removal Of
the post office means a loss of rev.
ienue'
| Other business men were called upon,
and every one in the western section
of the town was in favor of the change.
One merchant said: 'They can cir
culate all the petitions they want to.
J but the post Office is coming down here
where we can get to it once in a while.
The orders have been given and YOU
may be sure that they win be carried
out"
! Raphael Larue, who went to New
York to bring back his Maynard son
Edward, aged Is, returned today. He
| found Edward In Brooklyn. Edward
tells many stories of his adventures
| When he left Spencer he had about
| $40 or $45. When his money was gone
he could not find work, and failing ia
be able to enlist in Uncle Sans army
he had to work for his food. He tells
| of working a day and night unload
ing tomatoes from ship for the mis-
erly sum of one dollar. Young I,arue
was pleased when he saw his kind
| parent coming for him, and was only
too glad to return home This expe-
rience has been lesson to young La
rue, and he VOWS that he will never 90
away again.
Dr. Eli Barnaud Of Worcester, form