The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-02

on finance in the common council.
The report of the committee on streets
upon the petitions of the Worcester
Electric Light Company, George M.
Bancroft, Grafton & Knight Manufac-
turing Company, A r. Parsons, A. NJ.
Thompson and others, for the watering
Of Faraday, Berkshire. wellington and
Paine streets and Bloomingdala road,
was accepted and an order adopted pro-
viding for the said watering at an eX-
pense of $231.05.
Leave to withdraw was given the fol-
lowing petitioners for street watering
on the recommendation Of the commit
tee on streets: James W. Weir and
others, Assonet street; Justin A. Ware.
Beacon street; John NJ. Dunno and
others, Endicott street; Thomas Har-
rop, Catherine Brosnan, H. A. Jones,
Anastasia Daniels, William Ware, 2.
w. Rafferty, and Christine F. Svedberg
We're also given leave to withdraw upon
their several petitions for the discon-
tinuance of the watering of streets
The report of the committee on
streets that it was ineXpedient to act
on the order relative to discontinuing
the watering of Lafayette street, was
accepted.
An order authorizing the mayor to
purchase the estate of Caroline Mower,
on Salem street, containing 29,25O
square feet of land, at a cost not to ex-
coed 40 cents a square foot, was re-
ferred to the committee on finance.
An order was adopted, authorizing
the city auditor to transfer all money
received from street betterment as
sesssments to the street construction
land damage account.
An order was adopted, providing for
the placing of the. street railway tax
of s17,77454, to the credit of the street
department maintenance account.
The report of the committee on pub
lie buildings relative to the erection of
the Grafton street school house, was
accepted and an order adopted provid-
ing for the construction of an eight
room building on the Grafton street
lot at an estimated expense of $500
The order relative to the ambulance
service was again laid on the table.
This order provides for the coneentra-
ton of all the ambulances owned by the
city, except the contagious disease am
bulance, at the central police station
on Waldo street, and provides for the
services of a. surgeon who shall devote
his entire time to this department.
The petition of Mrs. Hannah. Haffey
and others for the watering of Hard
ing street was referred to the commit
tee on streets.
A communication was received from
cars on Chandler street in which it was
stated that the officials of the Worces-
ter Consolidated Street Railway com
pany We're of the opinion that it would
be ineXpedient to run more cars than
are at present run over that line.
An order was adopted providing for
the purchase for the fire department of
5000 feet of hose at an expense of $500.
An order was also adopted authoriz-
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court of 1899 for authority to borrow
$780, 900 and issue 30year bonds to pro-
vide for the payment of the same.
The following jurors were drawn to
serve at the May term of the superior
criminal court, which sits May is:
John Foley, 10 Pink street; Charles NJ.
Scott, Is Oxford street, Albert w. III
tus. 50 Austin street; Nicholas j.
Mooney, 81 Austin street; Edward Hall,
Al Kingsbury street; Charles B. Sam
ford, 81 Fruit street; John F. Marc
ney, 3S Endicott street; George H. Mutt,
81 Mason street; Charles A Burrill,
Burnside street: Thomas Cooper, 236
Cambridge street.
The following petitions for the abate-
ment of street betterment assessments
were received and referred to the COM
mittee on street betterments: Michael
Leahy against estate on Brown street,
Charles Cutler against estate on La
grange street, Lafayette Robbins
against estate on Lagrange street.
A communication from the mayor
enclosing another from the superinten-
dent of streets relative to the assess
ments for street watering was read and
referred to the committee on streets
on the part of the board of aldermen.
The petition of G. Henry Whitcomb
and others for the extension of North
avenue was referred to the committee
on streets of the board of aldermen.
DEGREES establishing the grade of
Berwick street, Brooks avenue and
Wachoah road, were ordered placed
on file.
Adjourned for two weeks at rs
o'clock.