The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16

Cloth Company Clinton Worsted Com
panY and several smaller concerns. It
would also take High Street. which is
the business portion of the town. The
! danger of accident to the dixie is al
legged to be greater than the danger
that the dam will prove unequal to
the task mapped out for 1t.
A third of the towns territory has
| been taken and it was the third most
available for building purposes and
was that toward which growth was
| tending. Seven miles of road have been
/ taken. and only about five miles given
! in return The new road is said to be
unduly costly of maintenance This is
alleged to be especially true of Boyl-
stOn Street, which is part of the main
road to Worcester.
| George S. Gibson and others who
have testified on this point We're point
! ing out with some gglee this evening
! the second big slide on this road, which
] took place this morning. Hundreds of
I tons of earth slid away, in a fashion
/ which indicates that the entire side of
| the hill upon which the road is located
may some day slip into the bed of the
Nashua
/ Evidence was offered to show a loss
| of patrons of the water service, and
| doctors were put on to show that
| many cases of malaria had appeared
since work on the reservoir was begun.
Malaria was previously an unknown
disease in Clinton.
Many Witnesses testified that a pest
& of mosquitoes had appeared. and other
! witnesses said that the works had
| brought with them an undesira bic
/ population which could not be found
/ for purposes of taxation. and which
/ has doubled the criminal business of
! the District Court.
/ A claim is made that the taking of
! the Nashua River is a damage to the
! town, because the water power is de-
| stroyed. Lawyers regard this as an in
/ teresting claim, because it raises the
I'question of the interest Ofa municipal
/ ity, as such. in a property the right
! to which is vested in private hands. 1t
can be readily seen as Judge John W.
/ Corcoran and his experts have pointed
( out, that there is a loss to the town.
/ A power equivalent to $50 horse power
! was taken from the Lancaster mills,
/ and the corporation was paid. and es-
! tablished a power in electricity which
! is equivalent to The power taken. The
/ Lancaster mills were built on the site
they occupy because of the water
power. ...
! While the mill stands there is no loss.
! but. if it should burn down, there is
strong probability that it would be
I rebuilt elsewhere. and the water
! power being gone the town would have
no like attraction to offer any other
| concern. The water power was an in
/ destructable, taxable asset. But the
/ electrical plant which replaces it is
not indestructable. and could not be
/ found by the assessors if it was de-
stroyed by fire. or otherwise.
/ Clinton also had a right to the
waters of Lake Washacum in Sterling
and to the waters Of Sandy Pond, both
of which rights have been given to the
/ Metropolitan District BY the destruc-
/ tiOn of Sawyer's mills. Clinton lost a
/ considerable market. People who re-
ceived money in settlements from the
| Water Board have gone elsewhere.
/ Senator Daniel b. ingalls, suggested
I 10 the committee that Clinton would
/ be satisfied with the right to tax the
I property Of the Metropolitan District
within the town. Judge Corcoran.
counsel for the town, takes the ground