The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-14
COMMON COUNCIL.

A beam of satisfaction oerspread
/ the countenances of the members of
the common council as they glanced at
the calendar and perceived that there
was no business at all outlined for
| their consideration and future develop
ments showed that ten minutes only
was required to transact all the bust
ness that members desired to have
considered. II was by long odds the
most unaventful session of the new
year, the major part of the thirty-min-
ute session being taken up with con-
current business.
/ An order introduced by Councilman
Meagher was adopted, instrucdng the
city solicitor to draft an amendment to
/ the ordinances providing for the in
corporation of chapter 1852 of the acts
! Of 1883 The act is as follows:
! THE olS ers and men OF the fire de-
partmeut Of any city or town, with the
engines and apparatus thereof, shall
( have the right of way while going TO a
/ fire upon any alarm thereof, through
any street, lane or alley in said city or
town. subject to such rules and regu-
/ lations as the city council or board of
selectmen may prescribe. Whoever
wilfully and malciously obStructs or
retards the passage of such engines
and apparatus while so going to fire
shall be punished by imprisonment not
| exceeding three months or by fine not
/ exceeding fifty dollars.
! Out of respect to the memory of the
! late George e. Batchelder, 1t was voted
on motion of Councilman Lancaster to
attend the funeral at Old South Church
this afternoon at . o'clock and that the
members of the council meet in the
council chamber at $50 o'clock for that
purpose
An order introduced by Councilman
! George C. Hunt was adopted, providing
! for a conference OF the chief of police
with the officials of the Worcester Con-
solidated Street Railway Company for
the purpose of relieving the congested
condition of traffic at Harrington cor
ner. Mr.. Hunt said that it was evident
to every one that something should be
done at once to abate the nuisance
caused by the constant stopping OF cars
on the Crosswalks al Harrington cor
ner. During the busy hours of the day
the corner is nearly impossible. As
remedy for the evil he suggested that
those in authority consider the propo-
sition of painting the guide-poles white
at certain points and making such
, points stopping places and no others.
He thought that the poles opposite the
Park Theatre on Front street, the poles
OppO71'E N'1 . -. = -, -
street, IN front OF "elliistoll ; Go0l " !
flee on Main street. 20 me hoILH' aIiH
opposite Inc spy oliiCe 70 ny 'o o..,,
would be sultaple plaC5s LcI .I I S.o lI-
ping of the cars, and that in this way
the trouble would De aEefteq.
Not having received rePly W aeH
eral interrogauohs put 10 me sup ,.l.Il
tendent of public buildings, Councilman
Neagher introduced the following or
der for the second time Wllhm a month";
and the order was duly auopIeu'
Ordered
That the sunerintandent Of pub-
liz bni1dinas he ana hereby is d.
re.teG IN Snort at the newt meeting
~ +ISe common conncu
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noIiaa headouarfers. second how
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