The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

This was the subject considered last
night at the board of trade by several
Of the members of that organization,
presumably the members Of the COM
mittee on municipal affairs and legis
lative matters sitting jointly.
The meeting was a secret one, and
those who attended were commit
tai relative to the deliberations of the
meeting, but enough was stated by sew
eral of those who did attend to indi
cate that the conference was one Of the
most important ever held by any com
mittee or committees OF the board Of
trade.
From what transpired, it is evident
that there is a feeling among many of
the members Of the organization that
the policy of the city relative to the
treatment and disposal of its sewage
is by no means satisfactory, and that
the time has come to take the sewage
disposal bull by the horns and devise
q plan that will relieve the city Of what
seems to be a most perplexing and ex-
pensive dilemma.
Last nights meeting was in session
for more than two hours, and the dis
cussion, according to the reports of the
same, were most animated. There We're
those among the number present who
wer inclined to the belief that the pres
ent system of sewage disposal was not
to be abandoned yet, but the majority
of those present were strong in their
convictions that no further time should
be lost in the preliminary measures
looking toward legislation to the end
already outlined.
Among the gentlemen present at last
nights conference were President IT.
wing E. Comins of the board of trade,
Secretary Charles e. Squier, Dr. Thorn
as c. MendenhaH, Theodore c. Bates,
A. w. Parmelee, George l.. BFownell,
Francis H. Dewey, William Hart, Or
lando W. Norcross, Justin A. Ware, J.
Russell Marble, Charles G. Reed, Charles
G. Washburn and Mayor Rufus b.
Dodge, Jr.
President Comins Of the Board of
Trade was seen by Spy man after
the meeting, but refused to say any
thing about the deliberations He stat
ed that as soon as the matter was in
shape for publication statement
would be made and the facts placed be-
fore the public. There was nothing to
give out about the matter just at pres
ent.
Mayor Dodge, who was seen at his |
residence late in the evening, said that |
the meeting was entirely informal and |
that it was of very slight Importance,
He doubted if it ever came to serious
public consideration.
Hon. Theodore c. Bates refused to
say anything about the meeting or its |
objects. He refused to admit that a |
meeting had been held
From other sources 1t was learned |
that the object of the meeting was prac-
tically as stated above. It was stated by |
one of the gentlemen present that Mr. |
Bates himself was one OF the principal |
speakers at the conference and that
Mayor Dodge was another.
Mr.. Bates, so IL was stated. made |
tive TO the problem OF sewage disposal
and openly advocated that the city Pc
tition the legislature for the preimn-
airy legislation for the construction Of
a trunk line sewer from Worcester to
tide water.
Mayor Dodge was inclined to the po-
sition that the city was at considerable
expense with It's present system Of sew
age disposal and that there were fea-
lures Of It that had not been success
fully tried. notably the matter Of a sep
aratlng sewer and the treatment Of the
sewage Of the city at the publication
works IN q more concentrated state.
Although the expense Of experimental
ton were heavy, the mayor was hardly
ready TO abandon the whole system for
the trunk sewer
Another Of tho gentlemen present. Mr..