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


The following petitions were refer
red John Diviny, compensation for
personal injuries and damage to prop
erty on Irving Street; Lillian M
Hovey, compensation for personal in
juries caused by alleged defect in Aus
tin Street; John M. Luby and John F..
Hardaker, compensation for time lost
from fire duty; John e. Valentine and
other call members of the fire depart
ment and Ransom C. Taylor and
others, an Increase of pay of call men
Of the fire department; r. r. Shum-
way, street light on Hollywood Street;
]. NJ Callahan, electric light on Trum-
bull Street opposite A. o. H. Hall; An
drew G. Septs, street lights on ally
Street; H. M. Wilson, gasoline wells
bach light on Lyford Street; w. H.
Livermore. gas lights on Midland
Street; Elmere Cooper, lights on Wind
sor Street; Adelard l. Fortier, sewer
in Illinois Street; Mrs. Della Madden,
abatement of street watering tax.
Orders were adopted as follows: For
location of additional street lights as
follows; Three welsbachs on Main
Street, one gas welsbach at corner of
Shelby Street and Eastern Avenue, an
arc light on Barber and Wildey Ave-
nues, an arc light at Richmond Ave-
nue. and Cornell Street, an arc light
at Holt and Crerie Avenues, one gaso-
lene welsbach on Olin Street; directing
the committee on sewers to consider
the advisability of constructing a
catch basin on Lafayette Street oppo-
site Lunell; for construction of side
walk on Harding Street from Winter
to Brown, cost $157; for construction
Of crosswalk on Arch Street at Orch
ard, for construction Of 95 feet of 12-
inch pipe sewer in Harrison Avenue,
cost $780, for curbing on west side of
Chelsea Street from Cambridge to
Crompton, cost 1852; authorizing the
city engineer to renumber Highland
Street; authorizing the street commits
sioner to work North Avenue from
Burncoat Street to South Avenue to
its full width, cost $110O; for laying
100 feet of 16-inch water pipe in Lake
side Avenue, cost s246S: for block paw
ing Ellsworth Street 1876 feet from
Quinsigamond Avenue, cost $1,000; au-
thorizing the mayor to petition the
General court Of 1902 for an act pro-
viding for the removal of overhead
wires and cables for construction of
sidewalk on east side Of Westminster
Street from Orne Street northerly, cost
so: transferring $1,000 from money
received for liquor license fees to ap-
preparation for parks commission;
transferring S12,5OO from unappropri-
ated balances to school department
salary account, transferring 500 from
money received flor liquor license. fees
to school department manual training
account; transferring 800 from money
received for liquor license fees and
$4,000 from money received from prem
iums on city bonds to the school de-
partment text book account; trans
ferring $4,000 from money received
from premiums on city bonds to school
department evening school account;
transferring $500 from money re-
ceived from premiums on city bonds to
appropriation for police department;
transferring $2500 from money re-
ceived from premiums on city bonds
to overseers of fpoor home farm ac-
count; transferring $1,000 from money
received from premiums on city bonds
to overseers of poor city relief ac-
count: transferring $4,000 from unap-
propriateds balances to appropriation
for City Hospital; transferring $1,000
from unappropriated balances to ap-
preparation for attachments; transfer
ring $500 from money received from
premiums on city bonds to appropria
ton for fire department. transferring
$4,000 from Incorporated balances to
appropriation for street maintenance;
for taking land for a sewer location in
Birch Street; for constructing side
walks on both sides of Batehelder
Street at cost of s99S.55 on east side
and $S41.61 on west side.
DEGREES locating sidewalks on Ash,
Batchelder. Orne and South Harding
Streets were adopted, and the follow
ing DEGREES were ordered on file: Lo-
eating sidewalks on Canterbury. Dean,
Grand, Market. Mill Patch Plymp-
ton. Seymour, South Harding. Hooper,
Lancaster and Pleasant Streets and
North Avenue
Leave to withdraw was given the
following petitioners; NJ. A Redding
street lights on Burncoat Street; Eliz-
abeth B. Andrews. additional street
lights on Lincoln Street; Boston & AL
bany Railroad Co.. reduction in rate
for use of water.
These sidewalk assessments were or
dered-Ashton Street. James Weeks.
s31.19: Nellie NJ Putnam. s20.SO. Ar
thur W. Woods. SS5.26; Samuel f. Scott.
Sal IS: John A. Goldberg, SlS.72; Angus
ia c. Gullberg. $1S.72: Rose Hopkins,
S37.43; Herbert J. May. 1891: Timothy
Desmond S51.57: Henry w. TAYLOR
heirs sS1.61: William S. Knight. 500. 65:
Mary L. Wood. s45.75; James Weeks.
s1s.72: Harriet NJ. Weeks. 1897.
Cambridge Street. north side-Cath-
crime Brophv. S7194: Michael McGau-
lev heirs. 1851; Samuel F. DAILY. 1887.
Martha c. Warden. STATS; Ellen Nc
Gaulev guardian. 1857: Francis ].
FLYNN. 1874; Helen NJ. Dryer, s74.5f;
Catherine Ahern. s60.21; Daniel Par
lin. s95.67.
Harrison Street. south side-Cromp-
ton e. Knowles Loom Works. 500. as;
Hill. s47.60; Elizabeth L. Hill, s45.47.
Institute Road. south side-Henry c.
$3.50; William c. Howes,