The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-26
Clinton Selectnlen
Discuss Measure
In Detail.
TOWN WILL Be DELIBERATE.
Judge Stone Returns and
Has Grist Of Inter-
esting Cases.

Clinton, July 25.-The seIectrnen
talked patrol wagon at their meeting
last night. They were a unit in believ-
ing that the town ought not to have
anything to do with the patrol wagon
offered by the Metropolitan water
board, but they were not clear in theiY,
minds as to the boards right TO pur-
chase patrol wagon for the town
without special vote of the town.
DR.. Philip T. O'Brien suggested that
the best thing to do would be to refer
the question to Town Solicitor q. A.
Evans. The board voted to take this
course.
DR.. O'Brien said during the discus
sion that it behooyed the selectmen to
be yigilant lest the Metropolitan off,
Gals usurped the authority of the Sc
lectmen over the officers who are paid
by the state.
Chairman Rodger thought that it
would be difficult for the states agents
to do this.
The whole matter must lie over until
Town Solicitor Evans returns from his
vacation
Some opposition to the towns owning
Its patrol wagon is expected from the
livery stable keepers. The towns pc
lice business, amounting to about $50
a month, is profitable to them.
Judge G. G. Stone was at his place in
the district court this morning for the
first time since he left town for his
summer vacation. John flynn, VINO
was arraigned for vagrancy, denied tho
charge. He got three months. Flynn
was equipped with a razor a piece of
soap, some bologna sausage, a small
section of comb and a varied assort-
Inent of odds and ends, when the police
found him.
George H. Warren was given two
hours in which to get out Of town He
put for the Boylston line at rate call
culated to give the court obedience far
inside the time limit.
William Z. Poole, who hasn't been
supporting his wife, Susie F. Poole, was
ordered to appear in court a month
hence, so that his honor may know if
he has done better.
ing dreaty wait in the extemporized
police station. He was fined SIS for
assault. His father has sent the mon
ey from Lynn, by registered letter. The
remittance was u hours behind at G
O'Clock this evening land Reardon was
weary Of waiting.
Because Of the construction of Uncle
Sans new 16-inch gun, Maj. j. M. In
gels of the United States army is get
ting lots of compliments in the periodi-
Gals Maj. ingalls, is a brother Of DR..
u. B. ingalls, Of this place, and is well
known to most of the people Of Clinton.
Maj. ingalls, has estimated the range
OF the new gun at POSTS miles, on "A
muzzle velocity of $500 foot seconsd.
At an angle of 40 degrees the missile
from the gun will reach an elevation
of 30,516 feet, or more than five miles.
One of the largest feathers in Mai.
Ingalls, hat was gained in a competi-
ton in which the ballistic experts of
the armies of the world competed.
Prior to the firing of the 9.2-inch gun
at Shoeburyness Eng, on the day Of
the Queens jubilee, the English all-
thorities requested the experts Of the
various armies to estimate the range.
Among others, Maj. ingalls,, who was
then Capt. ingalls,, received the data
His estimate was far the most accurate
handed In. He landed the projectile
within 100 yards Of where 1t actually
fell. The range attained by this shot
was in the neighborhood Of 10 miles
The other estimates ranged from 1900
yards short to several miles short.
Mai. ingalls, differs entirely with the
German expert, who limits the range of
the new 16-inch gun to 16 miles, and
requires the gun to be elevated at AZ
degrees.
The contract for the construction OF
the new road between Boylston and