The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-11

the plant, and was informed that the
value was placed at $3.50, 600
Mr.: OConnell believes that the city
should water its own streets, the mat
ter mad been up for consideration a
| whole year and nothing had been done.
| Whether the contract for street water
ing mad been awarded or not had Moth
| ing 10 do with the matter. If the Amer
lean Car Sprinkler Company will not
sell OF lease cars, there are other COM
panles in the country as mentioned in
the order.
He did not consider the committee
mad given the matter careful consider
| alton, but said he, You will consider
an order for five-year contract for
watering the street, and give it careful
consideration"
Alderman O'Connell moved that the
| report beFeeemmitted Aldermen Ken-
dal moved as an amendment that The
! report be laid on the table.~ The mo-
| tlon as amended was carried.
Alderman OConnell introduced an or
| der that the street commissioner, I'M
der direction of the mayor, should De
! ordered to remove in Whole or IN part
| the snow pile on the common.
Alderman Wall considered the bile
encased as it is at the present time,
a menace to public health, and advo
Gated it's removal at no matter what
| cost Alderman Huot thought that the
sun would remove the pile easier than
any other means.
Alderman O'Connell said he did not
care for the removal of the whole but
thought the crust should be removed
to allow the sun to get at the snow.
| The motion was lost by a vote Of 4 to
3. Alderman O'Connell moved Tor re-
consideration, but was interrupted
Whila T,rafa RING bic 1oootia1a and for a
few minutes tilt seemed eminent be
tween the alderman and the chair. The
motion was lost, members of the board
being of the opinion that all that WIS
necessary is to call the street commits
sioners attention to the matter.
communication was read from the
mayor, appointing Richald Currier d
special officer at the Home farm. 1t
| was confirmed. sm
The clerk of the board of engineers
| sent in a communication stating the
changes in the department necessita-
! ted by making j w. Boyle captain of
Hose Z and transferring Capt. W. A.
Adams, formerly Of Hose T. to Engine
l. The appointments were confirmed
On motion of Alderman Barrett, the re-
port Of the committee on water upon
the petition of Mary G. Conlin for We
| ter in Byron street, was recommitted.
AL OIuEI IOT Tie TelOtdllOH OI SliEcl
! lights on Chandler street was referred
to the committee on street lighting.
| The mayor sent in a communication
! enclosing q communication from Supt.
Eddy of the sewer department, which
states that the present quarters Of the
department on East Worcester street
are insufficient and that steps will be
necessary in the near future, to build
or lease additional building. The com
munication was referred to the COM
mittee on sewers.
The aldermen adhered to their origi-
nal action, inexpedient to act, on the
report Of the committee on ordinances
relative to the erection of bulletin
boards.
The chief of police reported on an or
der adopted March 10 for the chief TO
consult with the superintendent of the
Consolidated Street Railway to see If
some arrangement could be made to
relieve the congested condition of af-
fairs at Harrington corner.
The report stated that as a result of
conference between the mayor, SUI
perintendent of streets, chief of police
and the superintendent of the railroad,
the company had agreed to the request
to stop its cars at certain places to
take on passengers or allow them to
leave the car. The report was referred
to the committee on police on the part
of the board.
The report of the committee on as
sessment for street betterments was
adopted as follows:
Bigelc-V court extension, cost $9756. 81 ;
Horace H. Bigelow, S666.50; Horace H.
Bigelow, $3976.50. Commercial street,
cost $43, TOOL; E. Avery Brewer
$6631. 80; Horace H. Bigelow, $S451;
Horace H. Bigelow, 1888; Horace H.
Bigelow. SS262; Horace H. Bigelow,
$7223 Orlando w. Norcross, $47S4; Ran
som c. Taylor $5227.5O.
An order for the apportionment Of
street betterments in three equal parts
was adopted in the following cases:
W. H. Butterfield Gushing street.
$23.25; Lewis Thorpe, trustees, Oberlin
street, $3374; Abbie ]. Allen, Oberlin
street. $44.30; Elizabeth A. Field, Sum-
nit avenue, $7402; William H. Field
Summit avenue, $107.33; Elizabeth A.
Field, Summit avenue, $137.40; Mrs. H
K. Tiffany heirs, Harvard street
1884; Melvina Rochelle, Rodney
street, $19.S6; George s. Bennett, Rod
ney street, $3S43; George S. Bennett,
Rodney street, $32.05; Sarah A. Black
stone, Rodney street, $12.70; George S.
Bennette, Rodney street. $12.70; Saph-
ronie Bourgeois Rodney street., $24.62;
George S. Bennett, East Kendall
street, 1881; George s. Bond, Page
street, 1887; George S. Bond, Page
street 1881: Carl H. Rydberg, West
Boylston street, $53.04; George w.
Sanders, West Boylston street,
$137.93.
An order fors the apportionment of
sewer assessments in five equal pay
ments was adopted in the following
cases:
Frank A. O'Brien, Hamilton street,
S12; Mary ]. Walsh. Isabella street, $S1
Helen M. Davis, Hawthorne street,
$40. 80; Charles E. Bond, Gilman street,
.s27. 80: Jason A Winchenbaugh, Gil
man street, $25. 90 Rose A. Hutchinson,
Gilman street, s21; Mary E. Holton,
Lyford street, $21 Andrew Patterson,
Mill street, s11615; Clara NJ Tainter,
Mill street, $72 IS; Merrick Bemis, Sails
bury street, $16402; Anna Warren heirs,
Park avenue, $16750: Sarah H. French,
Pratt court, S67; Albert c. Moullor,
Pratt court, $3.50; William c. Lyon,
Pratt court, S140.70
Aldermen Kendall, Huot and Wall
were appointed a committee of confer
ence to confer with a similar commit
tee from the common council on the Pc
tition of Patrick Shea for the refunding
| of money and the report of the COM
mittee on streets upon the order auth
| orizlng the mayor to arrange with the
street railway companies for the use of
their tracks for street watering pur-
poses.
The petitions of Arthur w. Woods and
Others for making public of Ashton
street, and Logan, Swift & Brigham and
others for making public of Lancaster
street. were referred to the commit
/ fee on streets. Petitions of Albert H.
Rannister and others for establishing
the grade of Berwick street. George p.
/ Burr and others for the grade of Brooks
avenue. and Thomas Allen for the grade
/ of Waconah road, were referred to the