The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
COMMON COUNCIL.

! The meeting of the council was devoid
of any startling incidents, the major
portion of the meeting being taken up
with matters in concurrence with the
board Of aldermen. When the report of
the committee on claims came up upon
the matter of the petition of Patrick
| Shea for the refunding of money paid,
| as he claims, unlawfully, Councilman
| John H. Meagher asked of the commit
! tee what the reasons were for the ac-
ton they had recommended. Council
man Kendall said that it had appeared
at the hearing that Shea went to the
| bank and drew his money and at once
went to the city hall and paid his mon
| ey to the treasurer. That he thereaf-
| ter started for home, and on the way
| missed the money. He could not
prove the payment to the city treasurer
and the committee did not consider that
| he had any claim, as the books Of the
! city treasurer balanced. Councilman
! Meagher said that he had understood
that at one time the committee had
| voted to recommend the payment to
! Shea of $1,000. Later the committee re-
| considered the action whereby they
voted to allow Shea the money, This
years committee had given him no
| hearing and he thought that it was not
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and he was sure that if hearing was
given he could prove to their satsfac-
| ton. On this motion the petition was
| recommitted to the committee.
The council voted to recommit the
report of the committee on ordinances
upon the order relative to regulating
the erection of bulletin boards. Coun-
Gilman O'Leary said that it was
agreed that these boards are a NUS
no haanT11a q rppnprniZad evil
He thought that the committee should
get the opinion of the city solicitor in
regard to the matter. Councilman Hunt
said that it was evident to the commit
tee that they had no jurisdiction in the
matter. While recognizing this fact,
Councilman Leary thought that the
council might look to the future well
fare of the citizens. If nothing can be
done to regulate the matter he thought
that power could be gotten from the
state legislature. These boards are re-
cent Innovations and are erected on
private property. Councilman McMa-
hon said that real estate dealers were
agreed that the evil was a nuisance.
They work an injustice to a large num-
Der of people.
Councilman Merritt introduced two
orders which were referred to their
proper committees. The first was for
the discontinuance of the city hall
clock search light. He said that the
light was a great bill of expense to
the city. and thought that some more
satisfactory means might be employed
for lighting the clock The other pro-
vides for a conference between the
mayor and the superintendent of the
worcester Consolidated Street Railway
company relative to better and more
adequate service on the Chandler street
cars. He thinks that the time has
come when something must be done in
the matter.
On the report of the committee on
streets upon the order authorizing the
mayor to arrange with the street rail-
way company for the use of their
t,acks for street watering purposes, the
| committee reported that it was mex
( pedient to act. Councilman O'Leary
/ doubted the right of The city to oper-
ate watering cars on the tracks of the
/ street railroad. but thought however
! that the city should do its own water
ling of the streets. Upon this motion
/ the report and the order We're recon-
n1itted to the committee on streets in
non-concurrence. He did this in order
that the matter might receive greater
consideration at the hands of the com
mitee.
As a result of the joint hearing last
| evening an order was introduced by
/ committee on finance to inquire into the
4 great need, necessity and the advisa-
bility Of purchasing land at Quinsga-
u1ond village for the public park and
TO report at the next meeting Of the
council