The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-26

A hearing was granted on the petition
of George A. Green and others for
widening Highland Street and Pleasant
Street at Newton Square. The facts
developed went to show that the petit
toners are DESTROYS of having the tri-
angular curbed plot in the centre Of the
square removed. and a piece of land %
feet wide now included in the Newton
Hill park utilized in making the high
way wider.
Willis e. SIbley appeared for the pc
tition and gave, as his opinion, that
the removal of the triangular plot was
Of full as much Importance as widen
ing the street Edwin p. Curtis, chair
man Of the parks commission, stated
| for his associates that they had voted
to make no objection to the land being
taken provided It can be done legally
James Draper. secretary of the park
commission, and r. A. Jones, who owns
property on Highland Street, spoke In
favor of the petition
There was a hearing at o'clock on
the petition of the Worcester ProVi-
dence Street Railway Co. for location
for its tracks in Greenwood Street. to
connect with the tracks OF the Consol-
dated. Ralph A. Stewart appeared for
the petition and stated that his clients
who are interested In many important
street railway companies have petit
toned for locations in Sutton, Douglas,
Milford and Millbury. and want loca-
tion in Greenwood Street to connect
with the Consolidated.so as to get their
passengers into the city, and give them
the benefit of the transfer system.
Mr.. Stewart explained that while the
time taken by the steam cars between
Worcester and Providence is about one
hour and 30 minutes his company be-
lieYe II can make the trip in two hours.
The fare for the trip Will be 80 cents,
five cents in each town through which
the line passes. Patrons of the road
will enjoy the privileges of the transfer
in Providence and Worcester
Mr.. Stewart said he would call no
witnesses but he spoke at some length
on what the line would mean to people
who live at the lower end Of Quinsiga-
mond village. He said that officials of
the American Steel & Wire Company
were generally favorable to the petit
ton.
Mr.. Stewart stated further that the
company would lay rs pound T rails /
and he presumed it would be unneces-
sary to pave between the rails in the |
Alderman Mcmahon made an elo- |
quent plea in favor of sustaining the |
mayor in his veto of the order grant
ing the New England Telephone & Tel
egraph Company locations for condUits
and poles in various streets of the city.
but the Republican aldermen voted
in adopting the order. the
mayors veto to the contrary notwith-
Aldermen Mcmahon and
voted to sustain the mayor.
Mr.. Mcmahon claimed In his argu-
ment that the requests for locations
were unfairly divided between the East
Side and the West Side. He pointed
out that of 20 requests for locations on
the West Side, is were for conduits and
four for poles. The petition covers Al
locations on the East Side and OF this
number 80 were for poles and eight for
conduits.
The alderman from Ward four spoke
at some length upon the nature Of the
conditions insisted upon by Mayor
mind they should have been retained
in the order.
Alderman Kendall made a motion
that the report Of the committee on
water recommending leave to with
draw on the petition Of the Worcester
Wooden Mills Co, for an abatement Of
a portion Of its water bill, be taken
from the table
Alderman Lancaster asked for infor-
nation and developed the facts that
the company enjoyed q special rate OF
five cents per thousand gallons for II
years and that when the 10 cent rate
was established for manufacturers the
company was included. At present it's
water bill amounts to about $500 and
the water department Is anxious to
have the matter settled up. Mr.. Lam |
caster referred to the fact that wooden |