The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-13
IN CONCURRENCE.

Petitions were received anu IeLelIeu
to committees as follows: Charles W.
Lathrop of Boston, for the repayment
of taxes paid under protest, claims;
Francis NJ Morrison, for compensation
for damage to property caused by
water flowing into the cellars of build
ings No. 1871 Millbury street, claims;
George L. Topper ct ais, for street
light in court leading to IL Central
street, lighting streets; Waldo Lincoln
ct ais, for street lights on Fowler
street, lighting streets; Cynthia K:
Snow ct ais, for a sewer in EngleWood
avenue and Genoa street, sewers; j.
w. Ainsworth ct ais, for a crossWalk
across Queen street, streets; Winslow
S. Lincoln ct ais, for sidewalk on
Chandler street, from June street TO
May street. streets; Richard Mathews
ct ais, for a sidewalk on Dale street,
streets; e. H. Vaughan ct al, that Sc
yer street, between Cedar and Elm
streets, be repaired and macadamized,
streets; remonstrance of Ell. Vaughan
ct ais. against opening a portion OF
Sever street for the purpose of relay
ing sewer pipes, streets; American car
Sprinkling Company, for flush hydrants
at the turnout of the Worcester and
Suburban Street Railway Company at
Fremont street, and near the junction
of June and Chandler streets, and for
standpipe at or near Britain square,
streets: H. s. Pike ct ais, for water
pipes in Dewey street, water; Allen
Wall Paper Co. ct al. for water pipes
in a new street from West Boylston
street to North avenue, water; S. A.
Cousineau ct ais, for water pipes in
Park avenue place, water; Norton EN-
cry Wheel Co. ct ais, for the location
of two hydrants on West Boylston
street, water; communication from
William H Burns ct ais, relative to
nuisance on the common, board Of
health; communications from Chas. F.
Pierce, clerk of school committee, for
an additional appropriation of 100000,
finance; for an addition to the new
Woodland street school house, educa-
ton; for an addition to the Abbott
street school house, education; relative
to the purchase of land on Richards
street for a new high school house, ed
ucation: relative to asphalt paving
around the Oxford street school house
and other schools, education.
The following petitioners were given
leave to withdraw upon their several
petitions: Ellen Sullivan for cOmpensa-
ton for damages for personal injuries
received by a fall on Pleasant street;
P. J. Murphy for compensation for land
taken in the widening of Cambridge
street; Worcester Traction Co. for da-
mage to property caused by the laying
out of West Fremont street.
Uuon the report of the committee on
finance orders were adopted providing
for the construction of portable band
stand at an expense not to exceed $780,
and providing for the lease for the term
of one year of 81. 200 square feet Of land
TNTApancta~ ctrlpt q VaqrlV
rental of S2500, and providing for its
purchase at the expiration of that time
for the sum of 100000 the land TO be de-
voted to the uses of the sewer depart
ment.
The committee on ordinances submit
ted a report upon the order relative. to
providing an ordinance regulating the
digging up of the streets of the. city.
An order providing for the amendment
Of CHAPTER Il, sections 40, 80 and 81 of
the revised ordinances of 1895, was re-
ferred to the committee on bills in sec
ond reading. This amendment provides
that a written permit shall be obtained
in each case from the street commits
sioner before streets or sidewalks are
disturbed.
The same committee reported that it
was inexpedient TO act upon the order
requesting the committee on ordinances
to present an ordinance relative to the
manufacture and use of acelylene gas.
The committee on sewers reported
recommending the adoption of orders
providing for the construction of a
number of sewers.
Upon the report of the committee on
streets an order was adopted upon the
petition Of George H. Mutt ct ais, pro-
viding for the construction Of a side
walk on May street, from Dewey street
to Park avenue, at an estimated ex-
pense of S535.63.
The committee on water reported on
the following petitions and orders for
construction were adopted in each case:
Petition of August Jurnberg ct ais, for
water pipes in Greenwood street; petit
ton of Nicholas Smith, for the abate-
ment of amount paid for repairing wa
ter meter: petition of F. w. Hovey, for
the removal Of standpipe in front of
No. IS Merrick street. Referred to the
committee on streets.
A large number of orders were adopt
ed
An order was adopted authorizing the
MAYOR to confer with the officials of the
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway
Company relative to the Improvement
of the tracks over the grade crossing
at Grafton street.
The committee on public buildings
upon its report (recommitted) upon
the order relative to constructing all
buildings to be erected this year by day
labor. and upon its report (recommit-
ted) upon the order relative to the con-
struction of the rev school house on
Grafton street by day labor, recon-