The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-04
ARE UP AGAINST IT.
Consolidated Road
WiresG to Union
Point.
A CONTROVERSY MAY FOLLOW.
Webster and Southbridge
Ready For the Great Ball
Game Today.
A CONTROVERSY MAY FOLLOW.

Webster, July 3.-Work was COM
menced early this morning by a section
gang of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad from East Thomp-
son, Conn.,, in fortifying the entrance
to Union Point at the lake. The gate
that was there is being wired tight to
the posts that upheld it. This entirely
blocks any attempt to enter the old
picnic grounds at Union Point which
was formerly occupied by Alfred Fair
banks, who gave clam dinners, served
ice cream, soda, cigars, candy, ETC.,
conducted bowling alley and sub-let
the grounds for the pleasure of picnic
parties.
This, however was all in days gone
by and for the past few years the
place has been closed and deserted. The
proprietor, Mr.. Fairbanks, was ousted
by the owner of the land, Horatio N.
Slater, after some legal controversy,
and the once principal place of the big
lake, barred to ALL OF late years the
place has been seldom visited, and
even Mr.. Slater kept away from it,
and the only visitors were sometimes
fisherman, who, simply out of curios-
row in just to see how the old place
looked nowadays.
The steps that once led to the main
houses have nearly rotted away bv the
snow, ice, rain.
Judging from the size of the wire the
section gang is using, the railroad peo-
| pie want it understood that they are
masters of the situation. 1t is thought
now that Mr.. Slater will order the
| fence chopped down just to demon
strate the fact that he has got thing
or two to say in the matter.
| If this move is made, then the rail-
| road people will take their turn at
| jumping, and who will make the first
| king is question. 1t is probable that
| this crossing will turn into the same
| kind of a difficulty that Edgar S.
| Hill had with Beacon Park crossing
| last year.
All that the railroad people are try
| ing to do is to get Mr.. Slater to take
out lease in the same way that Mr..
| Hill was obliged to, but Mr.. Slater
probably doesn't care enough about
| the place to trouble himself about the
lease.
The body of James Sweeney, aged q
years, was brought here on the 1O.35
train this forenoon from Dedham for
| interment at North Webster. The boy
was born here. He leaves two uncles
in town, officer William Hyland and
| Edward Meagher.
| Thomas Allen and family of Norwich
| CT, who have been visiting Mrs. Norah
| Conway, returned today.
David II. Bishop returned to Mar!bo-
no today.
James Hart, better known as "Sig"
| Hart, who is with Pawnee Bills cir
Gus as clever magician, spent Sunday
| with his folks in town. He is in the
best of health, and this is the first
| time in ten years he has been home.
| The st. Jean Baptste people were
unable to secure their special train to
| Southbridge tomorrow morning, and
they will be obliged to go down on the
$40 train. Two hundred of the So
| ciety will go down with their families,
| friends and best girls
| The North village wooden works are
closed until Wednesday.
| Misses Nellie and Jennie Frenzy of
Waterbury, Conn, who have been visit
| ing Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Whalen on
Lake street, returned home this fore
| noon.
| All interest is conferred on the dual
games with Southbridge. Webster, in
| full, turned out this morning to watch
their team practice, and which was al
| so continued this afternoon. Webster
Is short of Connaughton, ana probably
Fox will cover that position. Horton
Of the Worcesters will pitch for Web
ster the afternoon game, while Sanders
| will take turn at the morning game
A score of rather pretty lassies from
| Spencer were driven into Beacon park
this noon, where they had select out
ing. They had their own luncheon.
| Their bus arrived decorated with flags,
| but returned minus them, and the girls
were saying all kinds of naughty
things and calling the Webster boys
real mean things" because they stole
their pretty flags"
| The Misses Della Casey and Rose
Author of Putnam, Ct, are visiting
VIM. ]. Lonergan over the Fourth.