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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17
Supervisor of Wires

The supervisor of wires in his report
for the year ending Nov. 30, 1901, said:
1t the business of this department
to see that all wires, designed to carry
an electric light or power current are
properly installed and safely main
tanned.
Blank notices are furnished all par
ties in the city having to do with
electrical construction upon which they
are required to notify this office before
work on any installation is begun. The
records of the office are so arranged
and kept as to show the complete his
tory of each installation. When work
on an installation is completed, ana
up to the standard prescribed by the
National Code, permit is issued for
its completion with an outside circuit,
or. if an isolated plant, is formerly ap-
proved.
The notices of new work for the year
number $780, having an aggregate Of l4O
arcs. 1879 incandescents, and So motors,
the combined capacity of which is 1879
horse power.
have been received and inspected dur
ing the year 1901.
The inspection of outside construction
prescribed by statute was made during
July and August. One hundred thirty
six defective poles or other supports
were found the owners of which were
notified. and have either removed or re-
naired the defective construction. Of
the defective poles noted. Is We're on
tbe nronertv of the Consolidated Street
Railway, 112 belonged to the New Eng
land Telephone & Telegraph Company,
and six were line poles belonging to the
Electric Light Company.
Attention is again called to the con-
dition of the abandoned line, the own
ers of which are unknown, running
through the city from the Millbury
line on Grafton Street to the Auburn
line on Burnett Street, following Graf
ION. Water Millbury, Lafayette, South
bridge. Canterbury, Cambridge, Main,
STAFFORD. James and Burnett Streets.
This department has, under orders
Of the MAYOR. taken down some of the
1,7ost dangerous poles on this line. The
entire construction should be removed
at once as the line is of the weakest.
The work of removing poles and
burving wires in the thicl6ly settled
I,orfion Of the city has been vigorously
prosecuted by the Electric Light Com
panv during the year. 1t has con-
strIicted seven and one-half miles Of
additional conduit work and taken
down SIG poles, carrying "a miles Of
single wire, during the year. The con-
duit used in this construction averages
four and One-naI uuCts Pei COANIAt, -
of vitrifed clay, bedded in cement, and
makes a thoroughly satisfactory con-
struction. am advised that the num-
her of noles removed by this company
during the year would have been much
larger but for the presence of munic-
ipaI wires. and the wires Of the tele-
phone company, in many places where
the electric light wires were under
ground.
The telephone people have done prac-
tically no conduit work during the
year.
The re-inspection of installations
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17

The maximum consumption Of water
for one day amounted to l264l'zoO gar
Ions.
The average daily gallons per capita
of water users, 70.
The attention Of the department upon
work of a general nature has been OF
more than the usual Importance, par
ticularly that relating to the abolition
of grade crossings upon the southern
railroads. Plans of all the crossings
living between the Union Station and
Cambridge Street were prepared with
relation to this matter. The new map
of the entire city has been completed
for use by the various committees.
For the public buildings departing
six buildings were laid out and other
measurements made as requested, and
for the assessors department a large
tract of the Greendale district was
surveyed and mapped together with
much other work for the general use
Of the assessors.
The usual record Of the temperatures
has been kept as heretofore.
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Fund Commissioners

The report of the commission Of the
Jacques fund shows a balance on hand,
Dec. /, 1900, Of $237 06L9i; receipts dur
ing the year, 81, 1861; payments dui-
ing the year, SIO,011.15; balance on
hand, Nov. 90. 1901, S23S, 207.40.
The trust fund receipts for the year
1901 are s40,35s.26. Amount on hand
Dec. 1, 1900, 1888, 1853; payments dur
ing year. $23,4T529; amount on hand,
Nov. 60 1901, 1893, 679.s6.
The funds are invested as follows:
First mortgages, $194,475; bank stock,
SO, 300: railroad stock, $3.50; bank de-
posits, S166, 1880.
The report Of the commission On the
sinking fund shows a balance Dec. l.
1900, of s4,O52. 1852. "a; payments during
the year, s163. 537.4O; balance Nov. 30
1901, ALSO, 042.64.
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water for all purposes taxes this sys-
tenn to its utmost, and unless rectif1ed
will surely fail to afford protection IN
time of drought.
l recommend that the low level por--
tons of the South Worcester ana
Quinsigamond districts be supplied
from the low service through suitable
mains extended to these localities. /
also recommend that the use of the
high service water for elevator pur-
poses be discontinued.
I am of the opi1ion that the time has
arrived when the city should avail it
self of the waters of Asnebumskit
Brook, and I further recommend that
the necessary action to acquire this
stream be taken at an early date.
The following table shows the month
ly and annual, and the average daily
consumption of water, in gallons, in
GLIDING waste and leakage for the year:
Average Daily
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17
Millinery Almost Given Away
During Our Great Clearance Sale

We are more than making good
our statements. Many prices be-
ing made lower than advertised.
Indeed, we are positively
ashamed to quote some OF our
present prices in comparison with
former prices, the cut being SO
deep.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17

2S47 over last year. Based on the com
parison between our water census and
the United States census of 1900, 1t Is
estimated that our present population
IS 121 ,064
It is recommended that the sugges-
tions of the city engineer relating to
increasing the water supply and re-
lieving the draft on the high service
system be adopted. II is fact well
known to everybody who is familiar
with our water system that the bal
ance of safety between the supply and
demand is very slight, and with our
increasing population and consequent
lily increasing draft we are in need Of
a larger supply.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17
CITY Clerk

The city clerk. Z. H. Towne. report
ed the following statement Of the
money received by him as fees. or
otherwise, during the year ending Nov.
30. 1901: Licensed amusements. 1855. 50
auctioneers, $50: billiards, 1913: slaugh-
ter Of cattle, $40; dogs, S2S4S; fireworks.
1910; hacks and job wagons. S225; in
telligence Office, S191; junk dealers, 1924
rag Satherers. s27S; pawnbrOkers, $780,
petroleum, $3.50; shooting galleries, So
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-17

Nov 30, 1901, S116O46.25 Bills have been
number of 1883. amounting to $19,29l.l1.
Number of attachments, 27amounting
to s398 %; amount of bills in hands OF
treasurer, Nov. 30, 1901, $2,S337O;
amount collected during the year.
s1Q 5S2 M
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REPORTS OF HEADS OF
CITY DEPART MENTS
Continued From Page Four.)

per mile of street lighted by this sys-
TEN is but very little in excess of that
paid for the uncertain open-hame lamp,
the hours burned being equal
The gasoline used this year was
bought of the Jerome Marble Company
of this city, their price being the lowest
Offered.
The cost of this branch of the street
lighting service for the year is $27 1888
All wooden posts formerly used in
the gasoline service have been taken
from the streets and stored. A con-
siderable number of iron posts have
been removed from streets where per-
manent resurfacing was being done by
the highway department.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
OHIO DEMOCRATS
REPUDIATE BRYAN

Columbus. Ohio, July 1.-THE Dem.
ocrntic State convention here yester.
day had more prominent men as dele
gates than any convention of Demo
erals In Ohio for many years. 1t was
otherwise distinguished.
In the alleged stampede for prin.
ciplcs rather than men" the most strik.
Ing turn of the convention was OIL
bryan, The most bitter things were
said on his leadership yesterday morn.
ing when ii was said that his name
should not he mentioned. and thai
there should he no reference to either
of the national platforms on which
he made his campaigns. After this
plan had been agreed on one of the
tweniy-one members Of that committee
offered minority report reattirminr
the Kansas City platform ana express.
Ing confidence in Bryan. md he re.
ccived o,>v six votes out of $50 dele,
gates ON las substitute for the platform
preamble.
The following ticket was nominated.
Guvernor-James kilhournc.
Lieutenant Governor = Anthony
uowells
Judge of Supreme Conrt-losepl
Hidy.
Clerk OF Supreme Court-Harry Il.
Young.
Attorney General-M. b. Mccarthy
Treasurer of Slater. +. Alshire.
Member of Board of Public Works
James X. Holman.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
UNIVERSITY OF norRE DAME
Metre Dame. Indiana.

We coll the attention of our
readers to the advertisement Of Notrs
Dame University. one of the great ID.
ucational institutions Of the West
which appears in another column s
this paper. Those Of our readers who
may have occasion to look up college
for their sons during the coming year
would do we'll to correspond with The
president. who will send them cata-
logue free of charge, as well as all par
ticulars regarding terms. courses Of
studies, etc.
There is a thorough preparatory
school in connection with the unlyer-
sity, in which students OF all grades
will have every opportunity of prepar-
Ing themselves for higher studies. The
Commercial Course. intended for
young men preparing for business,
may be finished in one or two years
according to the ability OF the student
st. Edwards Hall. for boys under thlr.
teen, is an unique department OF the
institution. The higher courses are
thorough in every respect, and STU
dents will find every opportunity Of
perfecting themselves in any line Of
work they may choose to select Thor
oughness in class work. exactness In
the care of students. and devotion to
the best interests Of all, are the dis.
tinguishing characteristics of Note
Dame University.
Fifty-seven years OF active work IN
the cause OF education have made thi
institution famous all over the coup
try,
North Park union., 1901-07-19
Bar Association,

Colorado Springs. July 1.-THE ban
quet at the Cliff house last night CLOSED
one of the most successful meetings OF
the Colorado Bar Association. The at
tendance has been about fifty lawyer.
and Judges. not including residents oi
Colorado Springs. The election of Off
GERS resulted as follows
Pesident-Platt Rogers of Denver
First vice president Harry n
Haynes OF Greeley.
Second vice president-Henry A
Dubhs of Pueblo
Secretary and trensurer-Lucius W
Hoyt of Denver.
Delegates to the American Bar Asso
cintion-Julius c. Gunter of Trinidad
Hon James w. McCreery of Greeley
and Willard Teller of Denver.
he helped to her scat. She was accom-
panied by her father. Judge Morrison
and her brother Hayward
North Park union., 1901-07-19
W.T. Mu.enm Donations.

"a spinning wheel which las been
I'm possession OF fhe descendants of
Priscilla Mullins ana .DOin Alden for
.muny generations. has been donated
to .tlB. 4rollec1lon OF war relics In the
'rapit6l ay john II. Wilson, ndminlstra-
tor of the estate. aff Esther Stone VIII
liams. The wheel was last In actual
use lay Mrs M1llinms' great grand
mother, Mrs John Alden df 'GlaremUnt.
New Hampshire. the seventh genera
ition Hf the Puritan .Aldens. With the
whssl was sent IL pair of cards for
'cariIng the max.
In "a letter addressed no Cecil 4.
Dc1ne the custodian of fhe collection.
Mr- Wilson xtnted tint lie was acting
according 40 the wishes of Mrs. Wil
lIAn,s dn stnding 1he wheel to the ,mu-
scum. and alse nwo shots found I'm
bueiidetl In n wooden pillar Mt Fort
Sumter, South Carolina. The shots
were given Mrs. Williams by N soldier
MMed Thomas DAILY of one of the
Massachusetts, regiments that went to
the relief OF Anderson In 1861. Mr..
l)Haey dug the shots out of the pillar
afttr the wur and they nre supposed
/ fS l,c among the first fired by the Con
.fN4lerates.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
SCHEME TO SCARE wolvra
k.p. a. Bay at Nigh. by . r..... a,

Kept at Bay at Night by . Patent a
Examiners In the patent ofice ~.
learned by experience that 1t Ia a m,"
take to jump at conclusions reesrd;.-
the usefulness of inventions sey. ~
Presbyterian Banner. A contriv.se ~
at which they were inclined to nol.
good deal of fun designed to frioht,s
wolves on western prairies was pstsn.
ed less than three months ago. and ~
ready 1t has come into considerable n..
In the sheep-growing districts In th.,
part of the country.
The device Is an automatic v,,,
which goes of at regular interval.
soaring the wolves away from ~
focks. 1t consists of sort of ho,
which contains clOckwork attachmor,
with a small steel barrel projectins
from one end. A magazine, also witS
the box Is loaded with blank c,rt,
ridges, which are fired by the cloct-
work once in ten minutes or so. By tha
help of simple mechanical attach.
ment the intervals between discharee,
are made as long or as short us NAV ha
desired.
Wolves do not attack sheep In the
daytime, and the gun needs to be in on.
Grafton only from sunset to sunrise. Il
is at the period of lambing that the
flocks are In danger, the fierce wolves
raidlng them and carrying off the lamb.
kins, and hence the apparatus de.
scribed is intended to be employed ex.
clusively during the season. 1t may be
that the wolf, which is n decidedly In.
telligent animal, may learn the decep.
ton after awhile and realize that the
automatic gun has not n man behind
1t. In Russia it has been found that
wolves are afraid Of the humming Of
telegraph wires.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

DR.. Leopdad Ringer. "a fashionab's
viennese 'dentist. has Just sued his as
sistart, DR.. Won Hauer. flor tho sum dt
El3o. being the estimated value OF
.eftxfn lmcheons' and dinnersVaten by
tho latter while he was the dance Of
DIR. Riegef's daughter. Tho engage
.ment lasted two month";. anu was then
.br0hsn OF. Dr.. Rieger maintains that
:he TODD wasn6Dtained under false pro
tences, n his assistant was never seri-
ous In his attentions to his daughter.
Aftsr q dealrof argument the case has
been decided rsgainE DR.. Rieger, who
also has to spay the costa. amounting
to E11o.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
CoLORADO's CAPITAL
m. R.vss.. Case.


The revenue case. which involves the
validity OF the revenue law enacted mt
the last session Of the Legislature, will
be tried In Pueblo. On the 9th instant
Judge Dixon denied the application OF
the state for change OF venua to
Arapnh0e county in the mandamus
proceedings begun against the state
board of equalization. acting under the
law, by large number OF railroads.
The contention OF the state was that
In this proceeding the cause Of action
Ii inilivIsible and arose wholly In Arap-
ahoe county. md that as consequence
no court other than one in Arnpmhoe
county hns Jurisdiction to try the case.
The position of the plaintiffs was that
nm essential part of the cause Of action
arose In Pueblo county and that as a
consequence the District Court OF this
county properly has Jurisdiction.
In rendering his opinion Judge Dixon
In effect swept aside both the conten-
tloIrs and stated that to his mind n
malldamus proceedings Is strictly nnnl-
ngpus to proceeding In hnbeas cor
pms. when the questions Involved are
these n, issue In the present case. He
took the position that neither section
2G nor ~. chapter . Of the code. pro
viding where n civil action shall he
brought. applied to the present pro
ceedlnge. So
He asserted that chapter % Of the
code. covering mnnlamns proceedings,
governs the present case md that the
lin might with right be filed In and
heard by the Supreme Court or by any
District court He drew distinction
between the civil cases governed by
sections - and % and the present pro
'ceedings. saying ihat these hitter are
quite different from proceedings he
tween private parties, since the relat-
ors In ,hesc proceedings are acting in
n Qussapnblic capacity or OH behalf OF
all the residents OF the state. The pro
ceetfuGs, therefore, are Of the nature
of AN extraordinary legal remedy and
Of the mature OF public proceedings.
However, said Judge Dixon. if this
view OF the venue, being MS wide ms the
stnte md therefore lying in any dis
trict court, were not correct under his
interpretation of the Inandamus chap
trr of the code. his Jurisdiction Of the
case could not he questioned under the
provisions Of section y of chapter of
1he code, relating 10 civil actions,
which says that proceedings may be
begun IN any county where n whole or
Amy pnrt II The cause OF action arises.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Ono of the queer charities IN New
York is the auctioning Of homeless and
destitute men in Madison Square every
night. Chaplain Ratzlr. a worker
among the poor. who Is unconnected
with any church. organization started
the scheme. The auction idea was hit
upon by mere accident, but It proved
more popular than tho old style of
making collections. Tho chaplain will
pick out,a ragged specimen OF human
'ity, stand him on the curb and shout.
- what am r bid?" Tho crowd invari-
ably takes the cue with good humor.
:and someone usually starts bidding at
.iive cents. Often the homeless ones. are
knocked down at nifty or sixty cents.
when the crowd is especially liberal or
good humored. The money IL then
passed over to the object Of HIS nttrac-
.tion. Every night between eleven and
twelve line of homeless and penniless
men form In Madison square and as the
-theaters empty their crowds Chaplain
Ratxler mounts bench and invites at
70 his human wareA.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Tho 'Iirst active step In the war On
the hmous-or 1nfamDus-l9srsey mos
quitoes was taken last month. when
simuitEneous Httacks were made upon
several points ruf their breeding
grounds. The Hackensadk rReadows
and tho marshes about the Oranges
have always been prolific sources Of
this insect pest. Under the direction
Of the entomoiogist Of the Department
OF Agriculture at Washington: the sur
face OF the writer In the marshes was
treated with kerosene. The -applica--
tion wf1l "be renewed several times
during the summer. Success Will be Of
tho greatest beneift to public health.
but the determination OF the Jersey
mosquito Will rob the humoristo OF, ore
of his dearest treasures.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
K afPin Trouble.

Chicago. July 1G.-Behind closed and
carefully guarded doors the supreme
lodge OF the Knights Of Pythias yester-
day met here in special session to con-
slider alleged -'1nJudicious handling Of
the funds OF the endowment rank Of
the order" Last night II was an
nounced that the endowment rank Of
the Knights Of Pythias has 4 dedcit cf
&225. .287,
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Some peculiar facts are being
brought out By the 18th census con-
-cerning the counties. says the New
York Sun. For instance. the shortest
name OF . county is I. In Oklahoma.
while the longest Is Saint John the
baptist, "a parish In Louisiana Mon
'tana has the county with the largest
area, Custer. which covers -. ~
4quase miles. the second largest u
San Bernardina county. Cal, with l1.-
81 square miles. The smallest county
II Bristol. r. H.. which has only Is
square 1Nlss.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

A movement has been started In
Georgia to perpetuate the memory q
U1i whitney By convsrtiny Into an ele-
SAINT country club the scene OF Ats IA
bors near AuxustA. whsrS - pereectsl
his cotton gin. Ths srsanlxati0 hB
ben perfected a2d IL oAaztsr tor sAe
0aab sscarSA.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

~ lsoad rmade of Stag cement
b 10 bo conHructsS at North
Tonowanda, New York The Tono-
wanda Iron and Stool Company
has received permission to lay
.trackA unaa roatlw hich ,is now IN poor
condition. Frovidsd 1t will Stag tho
roadway for its full with of sc feet.
Tho street as absut 40 feet wtae. Tho
,method Of laying this particular sur
facing ds probably novel. The molten
,slag h to be run In "hot train" of
Iron cars the track, anil the Stag
poured 0vor the zurfane at ,the proper
place. The company Claims rfnat, 1t will
cetl lnAoea solid mas.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Vh1k b described n IN "aucisnt
draughtboarA" hss been discovered In
Csets. 1t must by an accounts. 10 a
vsry fne place 'oi work. Since It is'com-
cossa OF natural crystal. ivory. gold
AAa sflvW. bit II 1s by NO means
aniuse. Chess, 'draushts, or the game
from which both lre derived, was
known - nearly all'the ancient civili-
x4tious. and 'Greuk and Egyptian
1SRbs Ue by NO means uncommon.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
A Wee Bit of q Pony.

Think of n Shetland pony so small
that little girl can pick 1t up and car.
ry 1t about as she would a pet dog.
And yet out in Guthrie Center, Iowa,
there is such n wee bit Of horse.
When 1t was fourteen days old II
weighed seventeen pounds, and Miss
Lulu Lemon, daughter of the owner,
carried it about in her arms as she
would kitten or puppy.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

~He Rests In Peace" is the inscrip
ton the tombstone man suggested TO
the newly-made widow for her hus.
bands monument. But she insisted
that 1t should read, "Ile Rests in
Pieces" because he was blown up by
dynamite.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Nse all the csraa reefs are eound out
en tAe ocsan. Wsthn tAs last two years
Vsvssal sSsnaFh1AA reels n eosSil coral
eAve esgn 6iseasvsed near BaintRidge.
- IL Fnxk rfsSr. N Georgia ous
Evse - found csnsisted "a 'coral deadk
voms u ttsm morn than = foot In d.
aDster. nAewssn twenty-five and thifts
vpecies have 4ssn xecoUnissd IN these
0eQ1A seefs.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

One ton Of steel shipping equals
Tour Of sailing shippinE-that II -
say. . steamer can carry foar u1ss
~ much cargo any given distance n
year a. . sailing vessel can.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

An Italian named Lsmacithia has
anventsd repeating gun which Ores
ninstaen shots without reloadinx and
has all the advantages Of other wsap-
en-.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

DR.. Tubbs, the Kansas professor
who has been dismissed for holding
original views on Biblical questions,
doubtless believes in the old adase.
Every tub should stand on its OWL
bottom"
North Park union., 1901-07-19

Tasmania's tutors engaged BY farm
sfs oftsa work with their pupils in the
ilslds, notably at harvest time and in
tAo sheadng season.
North Park union., 1901-07-19

rAs city Il Sew York ,s -expending
1880. 900 xhds year to redeem bonds
fal11nG due IN 1901. exclusive af e4oo.-
~ q hsads hssued By tie e5ty Of
Dsesklsn, - 1RSleo issued ~ Loas
North Park union., 1901-07-19

The automatic sale Of railway tick
~ on Berlin local lines. has proved
Tsnerksblv successfu1 last. year. There
ware 1S3 amtOmatic machines which
sold over $4,000. 900 tickets. More than
100 900 tickels were delivered through
the slot at the Friedrich 1strass and
zooaeg1cal Garden statioas-
North Park union., 1901-07-19

II you want to stir up the hishwa!!
commissioner to the performance OF
his duties, make him present OF a D.
cycle. He will then have no difficult!
in finding the rough spots. +,
North Park union., 1901-07-19
NORTH PARK UNION.
PuBLIsHED livery FRIDAY.
WALDEN, COLORADO.

The largest needle mandatory in
the world h At Rsdditch. Worcester
shirs. Eng. Over o.oo0. 900 needles are
mAde there weekly.
North Park union., 1901-07-19
J...,. M.rr,.ou In Prison

Eldorndo, Kan. July 10.-Jessie Nor
rison was taken to the penitentiary Mt
lansing yesterday to begin her five
wear et.tfencc for the murder OF Mrs.
Clara Wiley Castle. There were sew
esai hamfred people Mt the railway sta
tion to take n farewell look at the pris-
oner. Half Of the crowd consisted of
W0eDenL
Despite the efforts of the trainmeA to
keep fiiem u6, large number of neA
and women crowded into the traiu to
stare nj Miss Morrison. Eho was 30
weak frOn trembling thst ahe had 70