The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-24

Street from Orange Street to railroad
! tracks, cost $161; for gravel sidewalk
on northeast side Of Pleasant Street
from Park Avenue northwesterly cost
$500; for brick sidewalk on Ash Street,
from Summit Street westerly, cost
$685. for brick sidewalk on Ash
Street from Washington Street "A feet
easterly, cost sl2S09; abating street
watering assessments on estate Of Mrs.
Della Madden on Ward Street for 1901.
for sidewalk On northeast side OF
Grand Street from Suuthgate Street to
Armory Street, cost 1885; for sidewalk
on south side of Upsala Street In front
of schoolhouse, cost 1914, for curbing
and cutters on both sides of fainter
Street from Hammond Street to Card
ner Street, cost S2l02, for gravel side
walks on South Harding Street from
Endicott Street to Albion Avenue, cost
$1427; for curbing on west side Of Caro-
Street, cost 1899; for curbing on east
side of Plympton Street from Whtpple
Street to Reeves Street. cost 1852
An order to pave School Street from
Union Street to Summer Street with
| vitrified brick at a cost of 1904 was
referred to the committee on streets
/ Inexpedient to act was reported on
| the following orders Requesting the
committee on lighting streets to con-
slider the advisability of locating ad-
ditional street lights on Washburn
Street and Boyden Street; on report of
committee on education on petition Of
school committee for paving with
asphalt or smooth paving the streets
adjacent to oxford, Winslow, Thomas
and Milbury Street schools; directing
/ the street commissioner to reconstruct
| the crosswalks at the head of Park
Street; authorizing the street commits
| sioner TO construct the crosswalk on
! the west side of Perry Avenue at Sey-
mour Street: that all crosswalks in the
city be kept clean and that men be APP
pointed by the street commissioner to
! look after certain districts; authorizing
| the adVisability of renting a lot of land
on Grafton Street. owned by the Bos-
ton & Albany Railroad Company, for
playground for people in that section
! in the summer season; authorizing the
| committee on streets to consider the
advsability of purchasing a small
! triangular piece of land at southeast
erly corner of Pleasant and Merrck
/ Streets for street purposes; directing
committee on streets to consider the
advisability of compelling the street
railway companies to relay the paving
| in accordance with conditions of their
franchises on the communication from
! the Worcester e. Marlboro Street Rail-
way Company, relative to better protec-
| ton at the causeway at Lake Quinsiga-
mond.
Leave to withdraw was given the
! following petitioners John Brosky,
compensation for injury to person;
= p D. Foley compensation for injury
to person; David Fleming, compensa-
! ton for injuries received by fall on
! Trumbull Street; l.. O. Chandler, com
! pensation for damage to property,
! Anna E. Underwood compensation for
! damage to estate on Grafton Street;
| Mary e. Duff, compensation for dam
| age to property on Thorne Street;
! Israel Rome, compensation for dam
| age to property on Water Street; Ed
| ward Flanagan compensation FOR dam
| age to property on Water Street;
| Timothy Courtney, compensation for
| land taken in widening Pink Street;
| John W. Mitchell, street lights on
| Chandler Street; w. II. Bartlett, cleo
I trio light on Chandler Street; David
| Armitage, street lights on Greenwood
/ Avenue: Denis Keefe, street lights In
| Keefe Place; John y. Hand, street
lights on Malvern Street: w. Newton
Knox, replacing electric lights in front
( of % North Ashland Street; w. |. AL
/ len, street lights on Salisbury Street.
| Charles f.. p. Huxley, electric light on
! West Street Waldo Lincoln, electric
| lights on Fowler Street; G. N. Walker,
/ widening Merrick Street at Pleasant
/ Street. John j. Sexton, repair of Me-
| chanic Street; William Fl. Ramm, es-
/ Establishment of system of boxes for re-
| ception Of waste paper in public
J streets; M. A. Boyden, abatement of
sidewalk assessment on Mendon street;
Brigham d Dodge, to change name or
Bigelow Court extension to Mercantile
/ Street; Jules Forth, curbing on Thorne
| Street. j. Arthur Moore, against pro-
| posed widening of Merrick Street;
/ Mary A. Wood, against sidewalk on
! south side of Thorne Street.
/ The annual reports of the chief OF
! police overseers of the poor parks
/ commission, city physician and finance
! committee were received and ordered
! on file. Abstracts will be found else
! where in The Spy.
! The following elections were made:
! Overseers Of the poor, Edwin =. Curtis
] and Edward NJ Woodward: commits
! soner of sinking funds, stephen Sails
/ bury
A report from the committee ON
| lighting streets, giving Horace Hobbs
/ leave to withdraw on a petition for
street light at the end Of Gardner
| Street Terrace, was referred to the
| next City Council
The committee on streets reported an
order on petition of James p. Paine,
for paving School Street from Main to
Union with vitrified brick, at a cost of
1 $3407 The order was referred back to
the committee
The special committee on parks sub
mitted a report recommending the pur
chase Of land for park purposes at
Quinsigamond, North Park and Rice
Square The report was received and
placed on file. The same committee re-
ported on the other park projects a
| recommendation that they be referred
to the next city government. This re-
port was accepted
These sewer assessments were
A. NJ. Eaton estate. 279S;
James J. Sawin estate, 1929; Benjamin.
Raboin, s185. IS; Alma G. BOyden, 1913 40;
Ann NJ. Ellis, S137S2; Abraham Burlin-
game heirs, S460.23; Benjamin RabOin,
$211 so; Joseph Belanger. S18.35; Charles
NJ Thayer, $3.50; William Banaghan,
$3.50; James Keaney, ct al, $3.50:
Bridget Geetings, $3.50; Joseph II.
Benoit, 1885, Peter Carr, $71; Thomas
j. Hickey, 81. Anthony LOTUS, $7i;
Joseph J. Perry. s223.67; Mary 3.
O'Leary, $53.12; Ella NJ. White. t3S.4s;
Ella NJ. Warden. 1927; William A.
Warden, s23.66 and 1921; NJ. r. Brad
| ley, $500; william A. Warden, 1921;
Merritt r. Bradley. S21.5l w. A. War
den and George II. Fernald, $77.44; w.
II. Balloon, $2354; Mary A Wintersgill,
1926. Sisters Of Providence, Si2423.
Leave to Withdraw was given on the
following petitions: OF Daniel Parlin,
Oda G. French. Peter J. Dolan, H F.
A. LANCE Elizabeth w. G. Hall, st.
Vincents Hospital.
IN Joint Convention