The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17
In Board of Aldermen

The ordinance providing for a board
of public works had it's first reading,
was referred and ordered to be en-
rolled On motion of Alderman Wilhelm
G. Llchtenfels the report Of the COM
mittee on public buildings recommend
ing 1t inexpedient to act in the matter
of erecting a public bathhouse at Bell
Pond, was recommitted
The report of the Board of Health on
the unsanitary condition OF Middle
River was read for information, and
furnished a scientific treatise on the
spread Of malaria by mosquito bites.
When the order providing that the
election officers at the last election
should receive Sc for their services, AL
derman Edward ]. Mcmahon proposed
an amendment making the compensa-
! ton So, but this was lost ana the orig
! inal order was adopted.
/ Alderman Edwin G. Barrett intro
duced an order providing for police
protection for skaters at Salisbury
Pond This order Is to prevent acct
dents that may occur through the care
Iessness or ignorance of skaters who
FREQUENT Salisbury Pond during the
skating season. A patrolman viii be
stationed at the side Of the pond pro-
vided with proper appliances for rescu-
ing any person who may break through
the ice, and in every way will safe
guard the popular skating resort.
A short hearing was given the petit
TONERS for the location Of tracks Of
the Hartford e. Worcester Street Rail
way Company.
Ralph l. Stewart appeared for the
! petitioners. He said the company
asked for an entrance into Worcester
by way of Stafford and Ludlow Streets
from a point on the Leicester line. A
through line was proposed between
Worcester and Hartford. II would be
about 60 miles long, and the running
time would be about three hours. The
fare would be rs cents, as compared
with 81 70 charged by the railroads.
At the Hartford end Of the line
traffic arrangements had been made
with two street railway companies
which would allow them track as far
as the state line In Massachusetts,
hearings had been held in the towns
along the route and locations were
granted in practically every instance,
there being only a distance Of $50 rods
In the town of oxford which had not
been as vet granted. The company
wanted the track locations to be grant
ed before Jan. T. 50 that work could
begin in the spring.
II not granted by the present board,
the work would have to be gone over
again and a hearing asked for before
the IcN DOaib-
Mr. Stewart had blue print plans OF
the track locations given to members
of the board and he explained the pro-
posed route.
DR.. G. e. Adams appeared for the
heirs of Cynthia e. FaTnsworth. He
said he did not appear in remonstrance
to the location of the tracks on Stafford
and Ludlow Streets, but merely to ask
that the tracks be located in the mid
die of the street, as the Farnsworth
estate owned the abutting properly
along these streets.
The hearing was closed and on mo-
tion Of Alderman Louis j. Kendall,
there will be view Of the proposed
track location tomorrow at $50 a. m.
An order was passed for the WIDEN
ing Of Pleasant Street and Highland
street at Newton Square. An order was
introduced by Alderman Louis J. Ken
dali for the removal of the grass plot
at Newton Square, and the order was
aSopted. Persons living in the vicin-
itv of the Square have complained that
the grass plot with the high curbing
around Il was an obstruction rather
than an ornament and was better out
Of the way.