The Worcester spy., 1899-06-30

Mary E. Kelley and others, for side
walk on Barclay street; WinSloW ).
Lincoln and others for a sidewalk on
Chandler street. John w. Hadley and
others, for a sidewalk on Florence
street; Alice L. Howarth and others,
not to locate a sidewalk on Florence
street; upon the remonstrance of T. II.
Buckley against sidewalk on Graf
ton street; George F. Orr and others
for a crosswalk on Gardner street;
Forehand Arms Company and Others,
for a crosswalk on Gardner and Tain
ter streets; Mrs James Haven ard
others for a crosswalk on Grand street,
B. d. Armstrong and others, ior a
crosswalk ON Parker street; F. w.
Hovey, for the removal of the stand
pipe in front of rs Merrick street; upon
the remonstrance of E. H. Vaughan
and others against opening Sever street
between Cedar and Elm streets, for
laying or repairing sewer pipe.
The report of the city engineer rel
ative to the amount of material re-
quired to fill the swamp between
Southbridge street and the tracks of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, was read, giving the
approximate amount as 10000 cubic
yards. The report was accepted and
placed on file.
An order to transfer money received
on account of premium on funded
water loans, to the account for water
works maintenance, was referred to
the committee on finance, as was an or
der for a loan of $4,000 for the use OF
the sewer department.
An order for the superintendent of
street lighting to arrange for renewal
of the contract with the Welsbach
Street Lighting Company, for three
year contract, from Sept. l, 1899, was
referred to the committee on street
lighting.
The following orders were adopted:
To construct Institute road from Far
mum street to Haviland street at an es-
timated expense of 1872; to construct
ShaWmut street at an estimated eX-
pense of $22S; for surface sewer in
Commercial street; for catch basins in
Providence and Winthrop streets, at an
expense of $3.50; to grant e. L. Vaughn,
chief engineer of fire department, leave
of absence for 10 days, for the purpose
of attending the international firemen' S
convention, expenses not to exceed $10O,
the amount to be charged to the appro-
priation for fire department.
DEGREES locating sidewalks on Ban
croft, Highland, Lake, Millbury, Pleas
ant and West streets, were adopted.
The decree locating sidewalks on Shaw
nut street were placed on file.
The report of the committee on pub
lie buildings upon the order relative to
| lighting the city hall clock, which was
| referred to the committee on street
| lighting, by the common council in
| n-concurrence, was laid on the table.
An attempt was made to take the or
der directing the committee on military
affairs to consider the matter of Sun
| day band concerts from the table, but
the motion was defeated by a vote of
| . to A.
Other reports taken from the table
and accepted, included the following
Report of the committee on claims, rec
ommending leave to withdraw on the
petition of Francis Cosgrove heirs for
compensation for land taken in laying
out Brown street; report of the COM
| mittee ON streets, recommending leave
! to withdraw on petition of John M
| Dunno, for watering Endicott street;
report of the committee on sewers. rec
| ommending leave to withdraw on the
| petition of the Sisters of Providence for
sewer in Spur street.
A communication from the clerk of
| the board of engineers of the fire de-
partment, giving notice Of several
| changes was read and approved. The
| mayor sent in the names of Jeremiah
| DAILY and Alonzo Pratt as appointees
| for special police which were coh-
| frmed.
Petitions of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company FOR To-
cations for its poles and wires in sew
| eral streets were referred to the COM
mittee on streets. The petition of the
Worcester Gas Light Company, fol-
permission to lay pipes in several
| streets, was referred to the commit
tee on streets. The report of the
aldermanic committee on streets, upon
| the petition of the New England Tele-
| phone and Telegraph Company, to lay
| underground conduits in Harvard
street, was accepted, and the accompa-
nying order adopted. The order to
promulgate the ordinance as to the
opening of streets and amending chap
ter Al of the revised ordinance, was
passed to be promulgated by two in
sertions in each of the four Worcester
dailies. DEGREES establishing the grade
of Rockingham and Somerset streets
and William street extension, were
placed on file.
Alderman O'Connell introduced an
order which was adopted to have the
street committee consider the advisa-
bility of widening Trumbull street at
the junction Of Trumbull and Park
streets so that the westerly side Of
TrumbuH street will be in line with
the westerly side of Washington street.
The board adjourned until Thursday
evening, July 6, at 7.45 o'clock.