The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
WHEELMEN ANGRY.
Dislike Uniform Tax
Levied By Millbury
Assessors.
LADIES WILL GO TO WEBSTER.
Fire Engineers So Decide
at Regular Meeting-A
Bicyclist Injured.
LADIES WILL GO TO WEBSTER.

Millbury, July 31.-Bicycle owners in
this town were extremely indignant to-
day when they received their tax bills.
They found that their bicycles had been
valued at $25 and taxed As cents ire
spective of value. A good many in
dividuals in town own bicycles, and the
value of the machine may not be more
than $40, yet they have to pay 4S cents
on them, as though they We're worth
s25.
Several told The Spy man today that
they thought tax of As cents on a BIZ
cycle was an unjust tax and that ev-
cry wheel should be taxed according to
us value, and not set any one value on
every wheel.
One of the assessors for this year. d.
f, Dempsey, was seen by The Spy man
| tonight, and he said that it would be
a hard job to look up every bicycle
owner and see what his wheel was
worth and tax it accordingly, and the
assessors thought that a uniform value
lfof S25 would be agreeable to every one
and consequently the assessors set this
as the value for each and every wheel
OF SIS value is only taxed As cents, as
though his wheel was worth only $25.
rms method makes it all right for the
man that has a wheel of $75 value. but
men who own wheels of $40 value can
not see it in that light, and are kick
ing. This method of valuing every
wheel at fixed rate by the assessors
is common thing in every town, and
the assessors here are surprised that
t1Vn1NpVC Oh L II oil
small sum as As cents
The board of fire engineers met in the
iiremen's rooms, this evening, for it's
regular monthly meeting At this
meeting the question of moving the
i1re alarm box in West Millbury from
the residence of w. w. Windle, was
discussed, The people of West Mill
bury think the box ought to be moved
from Windle's to point in front of the
Eagle fire headquarters. By so doing
they think the box would be more CEN
trally located and would be more con-
venient for the citizens of that part of
the town.
Other citizens think that there should
be two boxes in West Millbury, one at
w. w. Windle's, and another in front
of the Eagle fire headquarters. The
board of engineers can't see how a new
pox can be put in this year, as the APP
preparations are nearly exhausted, and
they cannot see how the present box
can be moved from W. w. Windle's
without it being very disagreeable for
some of the citizens in West Millbury,
| and thereby making a fight
AT this meeting bills of the fire de-
| partment were acted upon, and the
invitation from Webster for MillburSy
| to join in the muster at that place Sept.
|, was accepted and Millbury will send
Engine No. / and Hose No. 1 to the
muster.
The Young Millburys are red hot af-
| ter base ball, and they hereby, through
their manager, Anthony Lacouture, is
| sue challenge to play game of ball
with any team in the south county UNI
| der IA years of age. They wish any
| such team to answer through the col
umns of The Spy.
| The Millbury base ball team has a
| question brought before its notice that
is a hard one to decide There is only
| one good ball field in town, and that
Ills the flats, beyond the MacGowan
bridge These grounds are the best in
| town, but the Firemen's Base Ball club
| has secured them for the rest of the
| season, and so the Millbury team is
| without grounds to play on. Unless
| some arrangement can be made be-
| tween the two teams, it would seem
| that the Millburys would have to play
| all their games of the Blackstone Val
| ley league out of town, A meeting of
| The league will be held in the st. Ger
maine hotel in Baskerville tomorrow
| evening, and the Millbury case will
come before the board of directors.
| If the Millbury team is obliged to play
1 oil re or tfNxrr xKtfn he n
blow to the people in this town, who
have hoped to see base BAH games
of the league played here.
| A meeting of the Ladies Aid society
| of the First Congregational church was
held in the parlors this afternoon. The
/ question of arranging bazaar and mil
| itary drill to take place during the
winter came up, but a good many OF
| the members are out of town on va
cations, and the matter will have to be
| dropped for the present.
| Another case of scarlet fever mas
| been reported to the board of health.
| This time it is in the family of Fred
| Truman on Canal street. His Nhild
! Mary, aged I, is the victim, but DR.
| Robert Booth, who is attending, says
the case is a light one.
| The Maeabees of Worcester will hold
picnic at Harris grove on Sunday
| Aug. g.
/ Edward Cunningham of this place
ran into careless rider on North
| Main street late last night. He was
riding up Main street to his home
when he was struck by another rider
| and was thrown 20 feet and landed or
| his face. He received several bruises
| and his wheel was wrecked. The Other
rider, after picking himself up, rode
| off without waiting to see how badly
/ Cunningham was injured.
| John Keane has moved his harness
| shop from the Cunningham block or
/ South Main street to the Farnswortt
block on Elm street.
| Charles H. Morse has accepted a po-
sition in Fitchburg and left for thai
place today
The Globe Foundry Company OF
! Water street is rushed with work. A
| four ton consignment of castings viii
be shipped tomorrow for the Milford g
| Woonsocket railroad.
! Tax Collector Charles A. Whitney
| completed the tax list and mailed the
| 1895 tax bills this morning
| The Mllbury Water Company is
| putting in water at the b. o. Paine
wheelwright shops in Bramanville anc
at the Globe foundry on Water street
Rev. b. f. Benoit, the French mis-.