The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-15
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
Contractor Gennaro
Couldn't Finish
His Job.
THE STATE GETS Big END OF IT.
Two Weddings Take Place
in Clinton-0ther
Gossip.

Clinton, June 14-Joseph D Gennaro
has abandoned his contract for the con-
struction of the north dixie.
His books have been turned over to
the metropolitan water board, by his
superintendent, Mr.. Tuck. Through the
summer, and through the fall of 1898,
Gennaro toied with this contract to
dig a great ditch, that it might be filled
in again. He kept at the job all win
ter.
Today the contract is nearly complet-
ed, but Gennaro couldn't hang on to
complete it. He is another of the fin
ancial skulls that are whitening on the
edges of the metropolitan reservoir.
The state has succeeded in getting
the big end of it, with nearly every
contract thus far let,
Gernaro owes bills to a number of
local merchants, including Antonio Car
boni.
In the meantime the men who have
been unpaid for almost two months are
waiting for their money. Some of them
have a little laid by. Most of them
haven't a cent in the world. Today not
], a few didn't know where to turn for a
fbite to eat. Their more fortunate fell
lows were helping them out.
The water board may pay them some
time this week. 1t has money belong
ing to Gennaro with which to do the
work.
The men who have just left Gennaro
would have money of their own, or
might have it, # they choose to save
it, if they were paid as other Workmen
are-once a week.
They are ;?afo only once a month.
They are compelled by the contractors
Commissary to live until their first
months wages are due, and it Is the
pleasant habit of the contractors com
missaly to leave no wages dus. The
Italians who are habituated to do much
work on little fare will sometimes trade
at the conlnissary and save aoney
the workmen Of other nations usually
cannot.
1t is held by some persons here that
the contractors are disobeying the law
in paying their men once a month, ir-
stead of once a week. An amendment
to the weekly payment law, passed in
1886, provides that partners or per-
sons in the business of manufacturing
shall pay their help once a week in all
cases where more than rs persons are
employed.
The men who are building the Wa
chusett reservoir would probably be
held not TO be in manufacturing bus
mess, but each contractor employs
from so to 300 men, and should, so il
is argued by the merchants and others
of this place, pay their hello once a
week. as the Lancaster mills, the Cln-
ton Wire Cloth Company and many
other concerns in town are compelled
to do
Two-thirds of the men who come
Inc fr,-r owl Naraf
The contractor takes them, provides Tor
them at the commissary, and by the
end of the month owns all but The
most provident. They have been over
charged for every article of clothing
they have bought, and every article OF
food they have consumed.
Aside from the objection that the Ia
borers themselves suffer when they are
paid but once a month, local mer-
chants object to the practice because
it depriVeS them of much trade. II
the men were paid once a week and
left free to trade in the best market,
the town would profit.
This was another dusty day in the
region of the north dyke. Moulton &
O'Mshoney have cleared a large eA-
panse of the tableland which forms a
part Of their contract for stripping.
~ The contractors are disappointed be-
cause the layer of soil closest 10 the
dixie is somewhat thinner than was
expected. This makes the number OF
yards from a given space less than was
contemplated. They are working 2fU
men.
Division Engineer Wells is in charge
of all the stripping. He sees TO 1t that
ahe work is properly done and that the
soil is removed until the material be-
meath shall contain no more than
per cent of vegetable matter. The fear
was expressed today by a gentleman
who has had experience in the manage
ment of water works, that the great
tableland, upon which stripping is now
in progress, will some day be mass
of exposed vegetation. 1t is more than
100 feet from the level Of this tableland
10 the bed of the valley in which the
river flows. The lakeland will not
be more than 20 feet under water. II
the reservoir should be lowered 20 feet,
these flats would be exposed to sun
and air and would spring into vegeta-
ton Moulton & OMahoney have
reached the edge Of the bluff in places.
THE steep sides of the bluff will fall
to Brook & Nawn to be stripped. The
etrippings will be transported to the
dixie by the railroad which bridges the
Nashua. The distance is shorter by
wagon across the lakeland, but the
difficulty Of getting the soil to the tor
makes the other method the easiest.
The contract for building the prelimi-
nary work for the dam will be let this
week 1t is possible that Department
Engineer T. F. Richardson may as
sumo personal oversight of the build
ing Of the dam. which is to be an i'm
portant bit Of masonry.
Chief Bates has been asked b!
Deputy Sheriff Abbott A. jenkins o,
Milford to look out for a horse stoleT
from Milford June Z. The animal /:
q black mare, weighing about 105
rounds. small and unusually compact
Rev. Thomas L. Fisher Of Sioux Falls
6 d. was in town today. He is spend
1ne the summer on the homestead, a.
Pra4tis Junction, with his family. Mr.
Fisher was formerly pastor Of the Uni
tartan church.
There were three weddings today
and as many couples entered upol
lives of married bliss. Miss Mimi
Gertrude Lowe, daughter Of Selectmal
and Mrs. Horace H. Lowe, was mar
ried TO Dan Baker Clark, as the SUI
was at its meridian The ceremon,
was performed by Rev. J. c. Duncan
pastor Of the First Unitarian Church
The dining room Of the home wa
selected for the scene, in order that
might be Witnessed by Mr.. Lowe, VIII
was severely injured a few days ago Il
a collision with a trolley car.
The bridal party entered the dinin
room. from the second story, to tn
notes of the wedding march from Lo
hengrin, played by Miss Ruea Bell
BARTLETT The best man was Johl
Clark Of NeWtonville. brother Of tn
grooDn Miss Mildred Lowe. daint,