The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-29
TOWN MAY SELL.
Webster and Dudley
Is After Plot at
Big, Lake.
SPECIAL MEETINGS.
Citizens Will Vote on the
Matter Within About
Two Weeks.

Webster. April 2S.-In a few days
the board of selectmen will call
special town meeting for the purpose
of selling a strip of land that the town
of Webster owns at the lake. The pur-
chasers who are anxious to get con-
troll of the land are the directors of the
| Webster and Dudley Electric Street
Railway Company. The announcement
of the proposed special meeting was
made public today 1t created quite
surprise among the business men.
The land in question is a strip some
| fifty feet in length, which is situated
south of the pumping station at the
| lake, and runs from Robert Temple
mans place to the lake shore at the
| NarroWs. The value of the land as
it now is, is about 5000, but to the
electric road company is worth much
| more.
If the town votes to sell the land, the
directors will extend their tracks to
the entrance of Beacon Park. The di-
rectors will erect a bridge over the
| tracks of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford road. The proposed ex-
| tGilSIOll Will COHI TIC IOth eRDOuL PoNNNi
and work will be started as soon as
possible.
| The local correspondent of The Spy
saw members of the board of selectmen
| today. They have not yet decided on
the date that the special town meet
| ing will be held, but they say that
probably within a fortnight. Notice
| to the effect that such a meeting has
been called has to be published nine
4 1,af he fr11n
meeting. 1t was the intention at first
to call the meeting a week from to-
morrow, but the time is too limited
now to hold the meeting until the fol-
| lowing week.
The Noble Order Of Bailiffs is new
organization that is now represented
| in Webster. Through the efforts of It's
| promoters, Messrs. John r. Haskell,
Fred A. Brandes' and Colin S. Camp
bell, meeting was held last night and
| permanent organization was effected
and officers elected for the ensuing
year as follows: l.. c., Colin s. Camp
bell; S. j., Oliver j. Laporte; Coun.,
Ralph w. Holman; Pro, Herbert d.
| Ide; c. b., Harry G. Vanderberg; Sher.,
William II. Klebart Con, James 1.
Meehan; S. and T., William c. Mahlert.
| The new order is separate from any
other organization, but one of the rules
| is that nobody can join the society, no
matter how high may be their stand
| ing, unless they are members of the
Knights of Pythias. There will be two
degrees worked on each applicant for
membership. The society will meet
probably once a month.
| Here is a list of the charter MEM
bers. q in number: John r. Haskell
Fred A. Brandes, Alphonse Deslaurier,
r. w. Holman, George C. Walker, Ike
| Shea, Charles W. Kosmaler, Colin S.
Campbell William C. Mahlert, Oliver
| j. Laporte, John A. Mathews, Henry
Burkhardt, William H. Klebart, Her
bert D. Ide, James Bartolomei, j. A.
| Wharton, Richard ]. Murphy, II. c.
Vanderberg, Edward H. Pattison
| Charles Hill and James l. Meehan.
| JE. W.Asselin, formerly a clerk at the
freight office of the local Boston and
Albany depot, who is now in Manila
with the Third Connecticut regiment
will return to Webster about the last
week in May. He, with other members
of the regiment, have been stringing
| telegraph wires from Santiago to
Havana, and they have completed their
work. The regiment now awaits orders
| from Washington to start for Camp
Meade, where they will be mustered
out of service. AS soon as Asselin re-
! ceiVeS his discharge he will start for
| home.
"Resolved, that the study Of history
| is more beneficial than the study of
mathematics" was debated by the
| scholars of the high school tonight
| The question was decided in the mega
| tive without much opposition, although
the affirmative speakers put up a good
argument before they were vanqulshed
The affirmative speakers were Arthur
Hobart and Kate Leland, against Selma
Kosmaler and Howard Merritt Others
who took part in the evenings enter
tainment were: Miss Gertrude Giroux,
H. c. Branch, Annie Fits, George F.
Babb William J. Love. Alice Bates,
Alice Skahan, Jessie Williams, Edith
Read, Stephen Traviers, Mary Dasey
and p. Edward Quinn.
The town has taken hand in light
ing up. The board of selectmen have de-
cided that arc lights shall be placed on
the corner of Granite and Oak streets.
corner of Cross and School, Fifth ave-
nue., with two incandescent lights on
Church street.
The annual meeting of the corpora
tors of the Webster Five Cent Savings
bank will meet at the banking rooms
at O'Clock next Wednesday afternoon
for the election Of officers and the tran
saction of business that may come be
fore them.
From postals that members OF Com
pany K, Sixth Mass. regiment. are re-
ceiving. it looks probable that they will
receive the additional two months Jay,
S31. 20. which they petitiOned for. To-
day Joseph f. Collins received a letter
from the state authorities at Washing
ton. 1t was signed by Auditor W. w.
Brown. Private Frank E. Bennett Of
Southbridge has also received a SINH
lar acknowledgment.
Webster Council, 22S, knights of CO.
lumbus, went to Putnam last night by
special train and assisted in working
the third with Cargill Council, 81. K.
of c.
Nicholas GILES, Main street grocer,
leaves town Sunday morning on the
boat train, bound on a three months
voyage to Europe. He will go with
friends from Pittsfield and St Louis.
In his absence his store will be looked
after by n. c. GILES.
The dance in Music hall by the local
fire department to all those who assist
ed in making their recent bazaar a sue
cess, was a complete success from a So
cial standpoint. On next Monday night
the firemen will still further celebrate
bv holding their annual banquet.
Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin" isl
billed for Music hail. next Wednesday
night.
The appearance of the street sprink-
Ter on the local streets is a welcome
sight. and especially to the merchants.
The selectmen will pay what is lack
ing if Mr.. Gleason cannot get the store
keepers to pay their share. He had con-
siderable trouble in getting them to
pay last year. as they claim that the
town ought to purchase a sprinkler and
operate it themselves.
The condition Of Judge Bartholomew