The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Board of Aldermen Pass the Amended
Grade Crossing Order.

Aside from the telephone hearing,
last night, at the board of aldermen
meeting, most Of the work on the cal
endar was of a routine nature. The
grade crossing order came up as amend
ed by the common council. After some
fore the board was, the order was
passed as amended by a vote
of 8 to l, Alderman OCon-
nell voting alone in the negative On
going on record, the alderman from
ward said he wished to be understood
as opposed to the order as whole, and
not to the amendment providing for the
improvement in streets, as contemplate
ed in the amendment.
An attempt was made to take up the
report relating to turnouts on South
bridge street, but the motion was voted
down owing to the lateness of the hour.
These petitions were received and re-
ferred to the several committees: H.
A. Leonard and others, for additional
lights on Florence street; ]. G. Field
and Others for q surface and sanitary
sewer in Noyes street; T. Illberg & Co.,
for sidewalk on Arch street; w. B.
Barnard and Others for sidewalk on
Burncoat street; Harriet NJ Forbes and
others, for sidewalk on Einhorn road;
Harriet M. Forbes and others, for a
sidewalk on Trowbridge road; Herbert
G. Fisher and others, for a sidewalk
on Schussler road; Milton z. Dyer and
others, for water pipes in Summit ave-
nue..
These reports of the committee on
sewers were accepted and accompany
ing orders adopted: Upon petition Of NJ
j. Whtttal and others, for sewer in
Brussels street, cost 1928; upon petit
ton of Jonas Johnson and others, for
a sewer in Eiverar6 street, cost $l760;
upon petition Of +. E. Divoll and others,
for a sewer in Rodney street, cost 1886:
upon petition of Henry HELM and 9TH
ers, for a sewer in Stanton avenue, cost
$500.
Reports of the committee on streets
were accepted and orders adopted upon
the following petitions: John Skelhorne
and others, for sidewalk on Bancroft
street, cost 1910; Joseph G. Vaudreuil,
for sidewalk on Catharine street, cost
1891; Richard Matthews and others, for
sidewalk on Dale street, cost $210. AZ;
N. s. Liscomb and others, for a side
walk on Highland street, cost $2465; c.
r. Farley and others, for a. sidewalk
on Lake street, cost $2S75; Harrington
& Richardson Arms Company, for a
sidewalk on Park avenue, cost 1888;
Edward NJ. Woodward and others, for
a sidewalk on Pleasant street cost
$500; James P. Hackett, for a sidewalk
on Suffield street, cost 500. 80; H. G.
Barakian and others, for a sidewalk on
West street, cost $1,000; Edward A. D.
Moss and others, for a croSswalk on
Bellevue street, cost ST.. 10; T. F. Nc
Gauley, Cor a crosswalk on Cambridge
street, cost 1853 80: z. A. D. Moss and
others, for a crosswalk on Chandler
street, cost SIT 10; julius F. Knight,
for a crosswalk on June street, cost
$l25; N S. I1iscomb, for crosswa1ks on
Highland street cost S31S: John Dono-
van and others. for a crosswalk on La
fayette street, cost $50: ]. w. Aims
worth and others. for crosswalk on
Queen street, cost $10S
Orders authorizing the street com
missioner to construct walks and other
work as follows: Crosswalk. on Cam
bridge street, cost $40; reconstruct
crosswalks ON Front street, cost $176O. SO
crosswalks on Millbury street. cost
$222; repair sidewalks on Vernon
street, cost $1,000; repave Vernon street
cost $16.l42.65; repave Providence
street, cost $1,000; on the report recon
united upon the petition of Ludwig
johnson, for a crosswalk on Catherine
street, cost $74.10; sidewalk on Chandler
street, cost S47670.
Recommendation of the committe,
on water were accepted upon the fol
lowing petitions: Alfred Ahlstrom ant
others, for water In Greendale avenue
cost Of $444; Anna Z. Anderson anc
others for water in Henderson avenue
cost 1892; S. =. Cousineau, for water III
Park avenue, cost $4O9; William Wood
ward, for high service pipe in Pleasant
street, cost 1851; Norton Emery Vince
Company. for two MIGRANTS in Yves
Boylston street, cost 1922