The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-18
STILL SQUABBLING
Overflow Sewer Dam
ages Yet a Source
of Argument.
AIDE: RMEN MEET.
Thernostadt Alarms At
lacked by Fire
Officials.


tee on claims, upon the petition of
PIERCE ". O'Sullivan. for compensation
for damage to property on Southbridge
street. in which Aldermen Huot and
O'Conneil figured, last nights meeting
of the upper board was uneventful.
The O'Sullivan claim is one of the
number which caused so much argu-
ment at last weeks meeting of the city
council. The committee on claims re-
ported leave to withdraw, and on mo-
tion of Alderman O'Connell, the petit
tion was laid over for one week in the
upper board. The matter was taken
up last night, and considerable argu-
ment resulted.
Alderman O'Connell said he was ac-
quainted with the facts in this case,
and thought the petitioner entitled to
compensation. He doubted the right
of the city solicitor to say that these
petitioners had no legal claim against
the city, and still holds to his original
opinion that the damages resulting
from overflow of the sewer was due to
the negligence of a servant in the en-
ploy of the city, and that the city is
liable for damage resulting.
Alderman OConnell said it had been
stated at a previous meeting Of the
city council, that some of the claim
ants lied in their statement of damage
done them. but he thought there was
no foundation for such a statement I'M
til the committee on claims had invest
igated the matter thoroughly
Alderman Huot. for the committee
said he would not be responsible for
what had been said in the lower board,
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ments had been overdrawn. He cited
a. case where the petitioner claimed to
have a quantity of coal in the cellar
when the sewage water flowed in. The
coal was washed afterward to remove
the accumulation of filth, but when an
attempt was made to burn it, the odor
was so diSagreeable it was necessary
to throw the coal away. He thought
this statement hardly reasonable.
alderman Kendall moved that the re-
port be accepted. Alderman O'Connell
moved as an amendment that the re-
port be recommitted. The amendment
was lost. and motion to accept the re-
port of the committee carried.
The report of the committee on fl
nance upon the recommendation of the
trustees of the city hospital for an APP
propriationof $50 000for the construction
and equipment of new heat, power
and laundry plant, was accepted ana
ton and arrangement for loan adopt
ed. the city treasurer being ordered un-
der approval of the mayor, to negotiate
a loan of 100000 payable in ten years,
with interest at 315 per cent.
Alderman O'Connell explained that
the committee had been advised by
the consulting engineer that a saving
of about $500 year can be made
when the new system is installed, at
which rate the new system will have
paid for itself and the interest on the
loan, beside saving money for the city,
in less than Is years time.
The report of the committee on fin
ance upon the report of the commit
tee on education recommending the
erection of a school house on the Graf
ton street lot was accepted. The. ac-
companying orders for an eight room
building at a cost of 1872, 900, according
to plans in the possession of the city
and providing for a hall on the third
floor, together with an order that the
city treasurer negotiate a loan for the
amount named, was adopted.
There was some discussion over the
fact that the committee on public
buildings is apparently overlooked in
the matter and it led to Alderman Bar
rett introducing the following order
which was adopted. That the commit
tee on public buildings confer with the
committee on school houses and ny
giene on the feasibility of constructing
the Grafton street building so as to in
clude a hall on the third floor of the
structure
Mayor Dodge sent in the appoint
inent of Obadiah B. Hadwen to succeed
himself as q member of the parks COM
mission which was confirmed.
The following assistant assessors
were appointed and their confirmation
laid over until the next meeting Of the
board: George G. Douglass, Ward 1;
Fred T.. Powers Ward 2; John w. Fo-
ley, Ward g. Frank a. Ratigan, Ward
4; John NJ O'COnnel Ward 5; Will
liam C. Barnard, Ward 6; Matthew G.
Fitzpatrick. Ward Z; Wyman S. White,
Ward s: assistant assessors at large,
James T. Benchley, Peter Swenson,
Thomas E. Bartlett, Denis c. Leonard,
Fred Fl. Flagg, Henry J. Fisher, Man
der A. Maynard, Daniel SeagraVe.
Two petitions from the New England
Te;ephone & Telegraph company to lay
underground conduits were referred to
the committee on streets on the part of
the board of aldermen.
The Telephone company petitioned for
a right to lay underground conduits in
the following streets:
Belmont street between Lincoln So.
and Shrewsbury line; Bridge street be-
tween Mechanic and Manchester
streets; Chandler street between Main
and Park avenue; Chestnut street be-
tween Elm and Sudbury streets;
Franklin street between railroad bridge
and Grafton street; Front street be-
tween Vine and Canal streets; Harvard
street between Sudbury and Dix
streets; May street between Main street
and Park avenue; Pleasant street be-
tween Chestnut and High streets:
Salisbury street between Grove and
Dean street: Sudbury street between
Chestnut and Harvard streets Union
street Between Mechanic and Foster
streets; Union street between Lincoln
and Market streets.
The company also asks permission to
lay conduits F. the purpose of connect
ing the follow distributing poles and
buildings with their underground sys-
tenE Bradley street at Green street;
Cypress street at North Foster street;
George street at Main street: Gold
street at Green street; Millbury street
at Vernon street; rear Of Miller build
ing. 156 Main street: Park street al
Main street; Southbridge street at
Myrtle street; Sudbury street at Main
street; Temple street at Green street,
Trumbull square at Park street; UnlOtl
street at North Foster street; Water
.