The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-16
Is ENDED.
The Clintont cemetery
Case Closed.
RETURNE TO STATE
Final Action Taken Yester
day by Order of Court.

metropolitan water board A half dozen
gentlemen met quietly to transact bust
ness Of greatest interest to the people
Of Clinton and especially TO the people
OF St. Johns parish.
John Mcnamara and Martin Murphy
turned over the land so long in their
possession to the metropolitan water
board, to be used for a. cemetery.
The deeds We're made to this board,
which will in due time make them over
10 the new St. Johns cemetery c0rpor-
alton
There were present Chairman
SpTague, Judge John W. Co-coran, Mr..
Murphy and Mr.. Mcnamara. 1t took
some little zine to arrange the details,
which, however, had been previously
arranged in a broader way at a meeting
of the corporation held in Clinton, Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. Murphy received the states check
Tor what he paid for the portion Of the
property held by him and sum for
reasonable expense incurred in making
the transaction. The same was done in
Mr.. McNamara's case.
This is the end, as far as can be per-
ceived Of a dispute that has annoyed
and interested Catholic people all over
the state At one time ii looked as If
st. Johns parish would suffer severely
by the animosities growing out Of the
affair
The settlement was exclusively fore
told in The Spy Monday morning
which printed an exclusive report Of the
meeting of ST. Johns corporation to
make an amica6le adjustment, Sunday
afternoon.
The land that figures in the case is &.
flat of some 81 acres, situated in the
town Of Lancaster 1t is the heart Of the
new cemetery, to which will be trans
ierTed 1000 bodies from the old Gene
Terry, soon to be covered beneath the
waters Of the metropolitan reservoir.
IT was purchased by Mr.. Mcnamara
end Mr. Murphy as a ub-committee
acting for Bishop Thomas D. Beavan Of
the Springfield diocese.
When Bishop Beavan turned his title
IN the cemetery property over to the St
John cemetery corporation. a disagree
1nent arose between the gentlemen and
the corporation about the land. The
dispute grew until Judge John W Cor
coran brought a bill to compel con-
veyance The bill was filed in the su-
preme court, in Worcester several
months ago.
The court issued an Injunction re-
straining the holders Of the land from
selling or otherwise alternating it. La
ter the water board seized the property.
The bill and all other actions cease BY
reason Of the settlement
II has never been known what rea-
sons Mr. Mcnamara and Mr.. Murphy
held for holding the land.
They have not been suspected Of
holding it for profit, however and
the idea Of making a profit was prob
ably not in the mind Of either Of Them
II was said last night that Mr.. Nc
Namara wished to compel the perform
aHce Of some pledge made to the people
OF the parish. as he believed, when ac-
ton toward getting the control Of the
cemetery from Bishop Beaver was
taken.
The litigation has attracted the at
1ention Of Catholics all over Massachu-
sets, because this was the first in
stance in Massachusetts in which a
athoic bishop has resigned this title
IN . cemetery property to the people.
Ihere is nothing now except the
weather that prevents work on the
transfer Of the bodies. except that Inc
contract for the work has not been
let
Bids for the work were offered in The
once OF Chief Engineer Harold Parker
at noon.
small army Of contractors was in
town looking after the interests of their
Isspeetlye firms. Among them were
X Paterson of New York II. @
Dung Of Beverly, James J. WEIGH Of
salem NJ. J. O'Hearn of Brookline. a.
NJ. Mckenzie and Mr. Little Of Leon
mister The bids were opened bv tba
trustees. IN the absence Of Judge Cor
cofan, John i. Philbin was chosen
chairman. J. r. O'Toole. w II IA .
/ Dc
present '''O
There were Is bids. The lowest for
moving the bodies was the bid of NJ J.
,Hearn Of Brookline, which was as
Bodies, large $40: small. sloo;
Monuments $685. beadstones, sls re-
p'sH'ng fences 800; moving fences.
1000 Martin Maxey g. Co. Clinton hid
- on large and 81 on small bodies.
monuments. $3.50; headstones. IS: re-
placing fences, curbings, etc. $1,000;
moving fences, etc $4,000.
BIDS were submitted by George s
Gibson Joseph D. Gennaro and L. Ro-
maine, also of Clinton.
The records Of births are all returned
TO the office Of the town clerk There
We're 462 births during the year. The
births outnumbered the deaths by al.
most 10 The largest number Of btr+bo
were returned by Dr. Philip r. O'Brien
who scored 129.
January was the favorite month with
the new corners. There were ~ in that
month, a in February 81 in March. 2,
in April IS in May, "A in June. IS II
July, AZ in August, 80 in September. 2;
in October, 81 in November, As in De.
cember.
The Congregational Church in Ster
ling has opened its doors TO the Penta.
costal band. In celebration Of tn,
event large load OF people viii u
from this place tomorrow night to at
tend the meeting. All the members O
the band will be there-Miss Hayes
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