The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-24
BLAME THE BOARD.
Clinton Takes I'm
kindly to New
West Road.
RESERVOIR ROUTE CRITICISED.
Shedden Of Oakdale Con-
tinues Hopeless Search
For Wife.

Clinton, Nov. 23.-The metropolitan
water board has finished the road on
the west side of the Wachusett reser-
voir, and opened it for travel. Now
that it is opened, it hasn't a friend out
side of the board, it's engineers. the
contractors who built it and the county
commissioners.
The county commissioners, upon
whom already is heaped more criticism
than ordinary men could stand, are re-
ferred to by the people of at least four
towns in this section, by all sorts of dis
agreeable names. 1t is held to have
been somebody's error that the road
was not surfaced with rock, as the road
on the east side Of the reservoir is.
More persons find fault because the
specifications under which the road
was constructed have either not been
lived up to, or were not drawn, as it
was promised the business men here
they should be.
The gravel with which the road is
surfaced is said not to be first quality.
It seems to have been taken from any
place that was handiest. Superintend-
ent Loren B. Walker of the Clinton
road department says that the surface
will not wear well. The feeling is that
the county commissioners should not
have given the road their Endorsement
1t does not take the place of all the
roads that were taken
The prospect is that most people who
go to Worcester will prefer to go
through Boylston rather than by way
Of West Boylston. The contrary was
the custom. The latter route was the
better when the old roads were in use.
Life is all tragedy for William Shed
den of Oakdale. Clinton people made
his acquaintance while the Sterling
swamp mystery was the excitement
Shedden identified the body found in
the swamp with the clothing burned
off, as that of his wife. He stuck to the
story until an inquest developed the
contrary. There were many remarkable
points of resemblance, but She was not
the woman.
Shedden, it seems, has never aban-
doned the searcl. for her Chief of Po-
lice Bates saw him yesterday He was
on his way to Boston to investigate
the disappearance of a woman whose
description read like the description of
Elizabeth Sbedden,
He told CHIEF 7ate~ that he was go
ing 70 look until he finds her Shedden
is mill hand. He earns no more than
average wages. 1t is a hardship to
him to spend the money that he does
in railroad fares, but he does not be-
grudge it.
Whenever he learns of a woman be-
ing found dead, and unknown, if there
are points in which the description re-
sembles that of Mrs. Shedden, he goes
straight to the spot and investigates.
He told Chief Bates that he has never
been able to find any trace of Mrs.
Shedden since she disappeared from
the house of a relative near Boston,
two years ago or more.
The Clinton Gas Light Company
yearns to hear disa greeable things
about itself. Il has furnished users of
Its product lately with a blank con-
tanning a number of questions one of
which is, what opinion of the quality
of the gas is entertained by the con-
sumer Recently the quality has been
undeniably poor The apology rendered
by Supt. Spaulding is that coal for
consumption under the boilers got
mixed with the coal intended for gas
making. and couldn't be separated The
mixture is exhausted, or soon will be,
it was said at the office of the com
pany, today. The gas is more like the
scents of Araby than it used to be.
Nobody thought of putting the mixed
coal under the boilers instead of into
the retorts.
The Brownies" will be given tomor-
row night, in town hall, for the benefit
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
The fair which was held tonight for
the benefit of the German Lutheran
church attracted an excellent attend
ance. A feature of the evening was a
graphophone grand concert donated by
H. B. Merchant
The members of Torrent hose com
pany are going to show their apprecia-
ton of Charles f. Martin by giving
him a banquet tomorrow evening. Mr..
Martin is retiring as foreman of the
company.
The funeral of Mrs Lawrence Con-
naughton took place today. st. Johns
church held a large assemblage of
friends and relatives at this morning.
when the service was read by Father
OGara The pail bearers were John A.
Grady, James McNuIty. Michael Mona
han. Michael O'Malley, Bernard Nc
Iaughlin and Edward Gallagher. In
terment was in new st. Johns ceme
terry.
Thomas L. Walsh has located in Bos-
ton. and will make his residence there
temporarily He wishes to pursue his
work in the office of Charles H. Choate,
Jr., and keep up his studies at the
Boston university law school at the
same time.
Rev. w. w. Jordan and Rev. ]. H.
Moorehead are arranging the details OF
the THANKSGIVING day service, which
will be held in Congregational church.
The sermon will be preached by Rev
Mr.. Moorehead. The offering will be
for the benefit of Clinton hospital.