The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-29
In Board of Aldermen

MefnDefS Oh the DUdfu Oh dlueflIlSI
put in busy afternoon and evening.
AT o clock the members met at Davis
studio and had their pictures taken as
a board. At 2 o'clock they started for
Quinsigamond and viewed the location
asked by the American Steel and Wire
company for it's railroad tracks in
Millbury street, and at 7.45 they as
sembled in the aldermanic chamber to
take up the work Of the evening.
There were numerous recesses dur
irg the session, at which time the re-
firing members were given all sorts of
good wishes from their associates who
remain to join hands with the new
members-elect
The order to revoke the location of
the tracks of the North End Street
Railway company in Summer street
was adopted after considerable debate.
| Alderman P. j. OConnell held that the
board had not
INVESTIGATED THE MATTER
sufficiently and that action should not
| be taken until members were prepared
| to state from personal inspection what
| they know of the matter. He laid as
much blame on himself as any for not
attending to the matter, but he had
seen nothing to convince him that pub
| their removal.
Alderman Henry Brannon explained
\ that the highway committee had been
guided by the city solicitor in the mat
ter, ana that he had prepared the or
der Alderman O'Connell did not ques-
| ton the matter of law, but rather the
matter of fact The order was adopted
as was an order requesting the mayor
| to petition the railroad commissioners
| to approve the revocation of the loca-
| ton Of the tracks of the North End
| Street Railway company, in Summer
street
On motion of Alderman O'Connell, it
was voted TO promulgate the ordinance
amending the ordinance relative to the
license board, giving the power to re-
woke licenses, by publishing the amend
ment twice in each of the four Wor-
cestcr daily newspapers.
| An order was adopted, granting the
petition Of the American Steel and
| Wire company for permission to eX-
| tend it's freight tracks across Millbury
street
Alderman T. J. Barrett introduced
| the following resolution as expressing
| the sentiment of members of the board
| toward Henry Brannon, who mas served
| as it's presiding officer during the year
| past
| Resolved, that members of the board
| of aldermen hereby express their ap-
probation to Henry Brannon, for the
| ability, courtesy and impartiality with
| which he
HAS DISCHARGED HIS DUTIES
as president of the board during the
| present year, and that, in retiring from
| the office which he has so acceptably
| filled, he takes with him the best wishes
| of his associates.
| The resolutions were adopted unan-
| imously.,
President Brannon accepted the res
olutions gracefully, saying that as the
! time drew near to part, he would say
| that of his five years experience in the
| city government, no year had been
more enjoyable than the past. He com
| mended the board for its fearless, de-
cided and impartial action, and the
manner in which the committee work
| has been performed.
| Alderman O'Connell referred joking
| ly to thu men who leave the board, and
| congratulated them on having an op
| portunity to stay at home with their
| wives and children. He referred to the
words of David B. Hill, when some one
| remarked that he would be out of
politics when he was dead. His reply
was that after death he would be
| statesman. Alderman OConnell re-
ferred to the retlFlnS IneIHpeFS as polll-
ically dead, and that they might con-
slider themselves statesmen in future.
He then moved the adoption of the
following resolution, which was second
ed by Alderman Barrett, and adopted
unanimously.
Be it resolved, that the members of
the board of aldermen of the year 1899,
recognizing the unfailing
COURTESY OF THE CITY CLERK
during the current year, do take this
opportunity of expressing their thanks
to, him for the many kindnesses re-
ceived at his hands, and for the faith
full and honorable discharge of his du
ties as clerk of the board.
These names were drawn to serve as
members of the grand jury for Grim
inal business the coming year:
Arthur e. Hartshorn 1877 May street;
Fred H. Hammond, 49S Pleasant street;
Louiseau Antonin, I Shale street; Olaf
G. Hedlund, 81 Catherine street; George
H. Pike, Elliott street; Peter H.
Breen, 113 Ward street; Nathan H.
Ingraham, Woodbne street; William
McNulty, Preston street.
Adjourned sine die.