The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Many Routine Mat.
tiers Await Action
Monday Night.
EVENING HIGH SCHOOL PLAN
Taxpayers Are Settling
Their Bills
Early.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAN.

Members of the city council will re-
quire all the reserve energy resulting
from the summer vacation, when they
tackle the calendar for tomorrow night.
There is an immense quantity of
routine business, together with many
questions of interest for consideration.
Whether the telephone committee will
be ready to report after its meeting
Monday afternoon is a question. Sew
eral members of the committee are op~
posed to action at present, and desire
further investigation. A subcommittee
mas looked into the matter to some ex-
tent, but the general sentiment of the
committee is that a decision at this
time would be rather hasty.
A hearing will be given the Worces-
ter and Webster Street Railway com
pany on its petition, submitted at the
last meeting of the council, for an or
lginal location in College street A de-
cree has been prepared, and may come
up for adoption. The decree drawn by
the city engineer and city solicitor for
the locations in Southbridge street,
at the same time The haywood street
Park avenue and haywood street, have
peen prepared, and will be submitted
extension is granted across Lowell
street to its westerly SIDE so that, as
tar as the city is concerned, tracks may
not be laid in Englewood avenue.
"A communication from the mayor,
enclosing a letter from the city solicit
tor, relative to settlement of the Pea
body q Stearns claim against the city,
VIII also be presented. The bill as sub
mitted calls for $2780,94, with interest
from Nov 4, 1898. The architects have
onered to settle for S20OO providing the
Dill is paid before Oct 49, and in the
opinion of the solicitor. is as little as
the city could expect, even in case of
litigation.
AS told in the columns of The Spy,
the highway department requires
money at once, and this matter will
doubtless come before the city council.
Street Commissioner Prior estimates
his expenses for the rest of the year at
$4,000 a month, or 100000 in round
numbers, and allowing for the income
received from various sources, he feels
obliged to ask for an additional appro-
priation Of $4,000. 1t is not at all GER
tain that this will be enough, but it is
all the department will ask for at pres
emit
Mr.. Prior estimates that the receipts
from street sprinkling assessments will
be about $4,000 from sidewalk assess
ments $4,000, and from work done for
other departments, the Gas Light COM
pany, and other jobs, $4,000, making in
all $4,000. There is a chance, too, that
$4,000 or $4,000 will be received from
the street railway company, and if il
comes in, as expected, there will be
balance of $4,000 the sum asked for.
If it is not received, however it will De
necessary to ask for more money later.
A number of residents in the neigh
borhood of West Boylston street and
Summit avenue, who were given leave
to withdraw on their petitions for
abatement of street betterment assess
ments, have filed new petitions, asking
for damages, or that the city assume
the betterment assessments.
Other petitions include those for the
laying out of Stearns square and relo-
cation of the boundaries of Webster
street; the recommendations of the
democratic city committee in regard to
places where caucuses shall be held will
come up for approval; the parks com
missioners will ask for an additional!
$1,000 and number of petitions for
sidewalks, street lights and catch bas-
ms will be taken up
Whether the threat of members OF
the common council, that the lower
board will refuse to concur with the
aldermen on the ground that their ac-
ton is Illegal, or not, remains to be
seen. Certain members of the council
will doubtless embrace the opportunity
to make a few comments on the ques'
ton.
j. J. Riordan, supervisor of the eve
ming high school, has sent out the fol-
lowing notice to persons who contem-
plate attending this seasons session:
The evening high school will open at
the English high school building, on
irving street, Monday, Oct. 2, at p. m.
This school will be open to graduates
of the ninth grade of the day schools,
graduates of the evening grammar
schools and others of equally advanced
education. 1000
The list of studies for the year 1899
1900 includes Latin, French German,
chemistry, physics, geometry, algebra,
a arithmetic, bookkeeping, stenography,
typewriting, English literature, English
grammar, geography, United States
history and civil government. Pupils
may select any two of these subjects:
Ann1ications for admission should be
made to the principal at the school
building. on any evening OF the week
beginning Sept. 20. .,,.,
This notice has been sent to pupils
who have finished the work OF the
grammar school, but do not intend 70
enter the day high schools; to puplls
who attended the day high schools last