The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-18
Spencer Reservoir is
Covered Up.
LAST NIGHTS FIRE
Unearthed AnotherDefcien-
cy in Local Service.

Spencer Feb. 1.-THE fire engineers
II Spencer are again bang criticised
7y the citizens Of Spencer. The whole
trouble IS occasioned b. tie beautiful
snow The different hy6ractz and RS
eEFo--z II town we're badly covered u
ny ths recent s1orn- Las nights a-e
however, brought out E bad weakness
n the IRE department. as when ,h=
steamer arrived al the IRE. the rszz-,
volr a. the corner q Main and Bell
streets. which was 70 supply The
steamer with water, was found 20 b
covered with two fee: q snow. T1s
steamer boys did 10: know exactly
where the reservoir lay, and it being
completely covered quite & delay was
ea1s-o before the reservoir was 10
stated This was a bad s-a.e o. affairs
and should be looked unto. and ros
blame fixed upon the righ: party.
me citizens are crying out against
ne engineers for not sasing that the
reservoirs and hydrsasS were properly
uncovered The engineers. however
have an entirely different version %
ne matter, and claim that the Tessr-
Eolr was properly cleared OF but that
Il was again covered Up when the
tracks On the Warren Brookse!f and
Spencer electric road were shoyeled out
L this Is the case the engineers 90 not
stand wholly 70 blame, buc sill after
me electric car tracks were shoveled
out the hydranrs and reservoirs b.
side the track should have been in
specteo, 70 see that they were au free
from snow, and not in the predicame1t
IN which the reservoir was found las-
night.
As +, happened. the delay caus=d las.
evening mattered but little, but still.
a similar delay On another occasion
might cost properly owners thousands
OF dollars Barney EagSn- who has
charge OF clearing the snow from the
reservoirs and hydrants. claims that
every hydranC and reservoir through
out the town was properly uncovered
and put in condition as soon as pos
sible after the big storm.
The steamer boys themselves showed
a little weakness last night however,
in trying 70 get water from q reservoir
covered up with snow, when they could
have used q perfectly clear hydrant,
which was situated just across the
road.
Mrs. Harriet 3. Prouty passed away
last evening ar the home Of Henry
Knowlton. situated in the northern part
Of Spencer Mrs. Prouty was So years
Of age, and her death is attributed to
old age. The deceased has resided in
Spencer for several years, having lived
with her daughter, Mrs. knOwlton. Be
sides Mrs. KnOwlton, she is survived
by Brainard PrduJy, also OF this town.
The funeral viii take place tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock The intarment
will be in Pine Grove cemetery.
The first Warren car to make the
&f-,a-r- r~r1- 49, g. -
this morning, while the first Worcester {
car did not arrive in Spencer for two
hours later.
At the selectmen's meeting last night, (
orders were drawn aggregating $500.
George H. Kramer was drawn as Juror
for the next term Of The superior court.
committee consisting Of L. g P. /
MOreau and Louis Laugelin, attended
the meeting in the interests OF the St. |
Johns Society, to try and secure the
town hall in which to hold the business
meetings OF their society.
A large number were present a. the
First Congreg ational church this even |
ing where they enjoyed an excursion /
to Mt. WachUsett without even going I
outside the door. The excursion parry /
left the church al 7.5S D. m. making the |
round trip in a little over ten minutes
The famous Deestrict Sku1a which /
--.oN@T 2-1--- q Nr--4ru MT al the POGuQk I
chapel two weeks ago was presented at
the Baptist church this evening before |
a large audience.
The Knights Of Pythias have been
busy an day. moving their furniture |
and belongings from Kingsley's block |
into Castle hall In Sugden's block.
Three Spencer bowlers Smith. Dris |
coll and Bissonnette. established 2. new |
nine ball record for Spencer last even |
ing on Biss2nnerte's alleys They
rolled the high number Of 27O.