The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25

Watch and Clock Company of Boston
say that they are prepared to tucnish
four sectional dials of glass and iron,
four foot, six inches in diameter,
mounted on an iron circle, to be Sc
cured to the wall of the tower in such
a manner that the dials will project
some five inches from the face OF the
wall or $2S22. In their estimate, 1t is
provided that the tower wall shall be
recessed IA feet, six inches in diameter
to a depth of ten inches This will leave
a space between the inside of the re-
cess and the glass dial of about 10
inches and within this space the appar-
atus for the illumination of the dial VIII
be located They guarantee that the
dials will give satisfaction and be free
from expensive repairs. The communl-
cation was referred to the committee
on public buildings.
The appointment by the mayor of Obe-
diah B. Hadwen as member of the
parks commission, was con1lrfaeu III
this board without opposition.
The report of the committee on
finance. upon request of the trustees of
the city hospital, for an appropriation
for the construction and equipment OF
a new heat, power and laundry plant
was accepted and an order adopted pro-
yiding for an appropriation of 100000
for the purpose. Two ether orders were
also adopted for the erection of a school
house on the Grafton street school
house lot and an appropriation OF $S2,OOO
for that purpose.
The report of the committee on
claims upon the petition Of P. j. O'Sulli-
van for compensation for damage TO
his property on Southbridge street,
recommending that he have leave TO
withdraw, was recommitted to the com
mittee in non-concurrence, ana later
similar petitions of Margaret Gillgan,
Mary E. Hennessey, William McDer-
mott and Peter O'Loughl1n, WeHe SIM
ilarly referred.
These orders were adopted without
debate: Requesting the committee on
public buildings to confer with the
committee on school houses and hy-
giene relative to the construction of
a hall in Grafton street school mouse;
directing the committee on fire depart
ment to inquire into the use by pri-
vate parties Of gongs in the fire depart
ment building; directing the committee
on streets to consider the advisability
of remacadamizing or paving Provi-
dence and Vernon streets; directing
the committee on street lighting to con-
slider the matter of relocating and
erecting new lights on Millbury street
and Penn avenue, at the corner of Mott
street.
councilman AlCMdllOIl WlSAAC0 NAloSb
something might be done to regulate
the indiscriminate placing of shade
trees in the public streets. He char
acterized the letting of contracts for
such work to incompetent men as nom
sense, and thought the matter should
be taken up and investigated.
Councilman James Hunt offered an
order. referred to the committee on
public buildings, that the work on
school houses under construction be
done by day labor.
An order introduced by Councilman
O'Leary, providing for the purchase of
land on Grafton hill for a playground
for the children of the district, was re-
ferred to the committee on finance, and
an order of Councilman Meagher's,
providing for the construction of cross
walks on Front street to Commercial,
was referred to the committee on
streets.
The report of the committee on
streets. recommending that it was in
expedient to act upon the order rela-
tive to the purchase of a plant for
street watering purposes, was recon-
mitted to the committee on streets
without opposition.
At $40 the council adjourned for one
week