The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-29
LICENSES HELD UP
Truckmen May Lose
Their Yellow
Jackets.
COMPLAINTS RIFE.
License Board Will Make
Rigid Investiga-,
ton.

Truckmen and drivers of job wagons
seem to be up against a sort of hard
luck proposition whichever way they
turn. First comes the petition of the
Consolidated Street Railway, asking
for franchise to lay a side track on
the south side of Front street, extend
ing from the mall in the rear of the
city hall to Salem square. The track,
if allowed, will run along the side of
the street where the job wagons line
up at present, and should the prayer
of the railroad company be granted the
city will be obliged to designate some
other place where the teams may
stand.
Some years ago the truckmen were
allowed to stand at the east end of the
common, but when the Suburban Street
Railway tracks were laid they were
obliged to move, and were given per-
mission to stand along. the north side
of the common with the condition that
the line should not advance further to-
ward Main street than the elephant"
elm What the next move will be, in
case the railroad is allowed to place it's
tracks along the side of the common, is
question that is disturbing the
drivers.
None of the truckmen are assigned a
specific stand, but have been allowed
to occupy their position through suf-
ferance.
Worse than all. however, is the blow
that fell yesterday, when the license
board refused to grant job wagon Ii
censes until investigation had been
j Of lopY mo orr
living up to the requirements laid down
by the board of health, so far as re-
lates to the dumping of ashes and other
rubbish. May 1, when the licenses 'eX-
pire, is close at hand, and considerable
speculation will be INDUCED in by these
men. and strict attention paid to re-
qurements the next few days.
Each season the board of health is
sues a statement to the truckmen of
the city, embodying the rules that are
to govern the dumping of ashes and
other garbage within the city limits.
The last notice of this sort sent out,
follows
Your attention is called to the fol-
lowing rule of the board of health:
Rule Pho person or persons shall
deposit ashes or rubbish in any place
within the city limits, except in such
places as shall be designated by the
board of health"
Under the authority of the above
rule. the board of health designates
the following places (nO other) as suit
able for the purpose of public dump;
Vacant land on southerly side of
haywood street, west of Beaver
brook.
Land of James Downey, southerly
side of haywood street, east of Bea-
yer brook
Low land of Mr.. Salisbury on
easterly side of Grove street, oppo-
site old dump .e
Rear. of 306 Pleasant street.
Corner Bradford and Parker
streets.
Land on Southbrdge street, oppo
site Wellington's coal yard.
Vacant land owned by H. H. Big
Glow. southerly side of Shrewsbury
street.
Rear Southgate Wooden Company,
SOuthgate street.
Land of Marvin NJ. Taylor, south
of West Fremont street and west of
Blackstone river.
You are hereby notified that any de-
cayed or decaying animal or vegetable
matter taken to these dumps must be
properly buried Any person or per
sons who shall be found violating any
prosecuted, and in case Of licensed
truckmen. notice will be sent to the
license board requesting that their Ii
censes be revoked.
The next few days will be anxious
ones for the job wagon drivers as a
class. and it is not improbable that a
few may lose their licenses.