The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
NO ICE CUT.
Salisbury Pond Is
Deserted.
WALKER co. LEASE
Reported Expired and Land
to Be Added to Park.

The question before the house is:
Does the Walker Ice Company cut
ice?"
They surely haven't cut ice on Sails
bury pond yet. and there seems to be
some doubt as to whether the company
cuts ice with Stephen Salisbury, the
owner of the ice house. and the ground
upon which it is located. 1t was Mr..
Salisbury's intention some time ago to
tear down the ice house and clear away
the ground on whiGF 1t is located, for
use as an addition to Institute park. it
is now very probable that Mr. Sails
bury will carry out his intention and
that the ice house will be torn down
and the land occupied by it added to
the park this spring.
The ice mouse is one of the largest
which the Walker Ice Company has oc-
cupied, and they have had control Of
it for several years. The lease of the
house expires, however, in a short time,
and the fact that it has not been re-
newed tends to show that Mr.. Sails
| bury purposes to adhere to his first
plan of taking down the house and add
Ing the land to the park When asked
! about his plans yesterday, Mr.. Sails
bury declined to make any definite
statement concerning them. He stated
that the lease held on the property by
the Walker Ice Company has not yet
expired, but said that he could not give
the date of its expiration. He would
not say that the lease of the property
now held by the Walker company would
be renewed by them or any other con-
Germ. He would not state definitely
whether the ice house was to be taken
down or not, and said that everything
was unsettled at the present time
The ice house has long been an eye
sore to the public, and its removal
would be cause for rejoicing on the part
OF residents in that section of the city,
and by all patrons of the park The
house is such a large one that its re-
moVal would afford considerable more
area for park purposes and the general
public would, of course, be highly graf
flied to see it, go.
The fact that the Walker Ice Com
pany has as yet cut no ice on Salisbury
pond goes to prove that the company's
management of the house will probably
terminate with the expiration of their
lease. Ice has been cut upon all other
ponds controlled by the company, but
it has been asserted that the ice upon
Salisbury pond has not attained suf-
ficient thickness for cutting
L. G. White, manager of the Walker
Ice Company, when asked regarding
the lease last night, refused to discuss
the matter for publication. He said
that the affair was personal one be-
| tween the company and Mr.. Salisbury,
and he positively refused TO either af-
| firm or deny the reports that the lease
had expired, or that the ice house is
| to be torn down.
The ice house in question is really
three houses Joined together, and COW
ers several acres of land. 1t is To-
Gated on a peninsula extending out into
Salisbury pond, in Institute Park.
| When Mr.. Salisbury gave to the city,
about seven years ago the land now
covered by Institute Park, it was stip-
ulated that at the expiration of the
lease on the ice house, it should be
taken down and the land graded and
put in shape for park purposes. This
lease is under stood to have expired
about Jan. 15 According to the stip-
ulations. the ice company was to have
one year in which to take out the ice
in the house. The house is not full
neSv but there is some ice in it.
Five unsuccessful attempts have been
made to cut ice on the pond this win
ter. About three years ago, the lease
on a house on the extreme end of the
peninsula expired, and it was torn
down. 1t is very probable that the re-
naming ones will suffer like fate,
and the neck of land be cleared off for
park purposes.