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or on a sled back to the old building to be printed.
The Spy supported Charles Allen for Con- gress in 1848, and as long as he remained there; and in 1852 advocated the election of Vernon streets. Alexander De Witt as a candidate of the Free Democracy. Know-Nothing movement, but trusting in the It did not countenance the Otis and Lexington streets.
Lincoln Square, where Main, Highland, well-known anti-slavery principles of Col. Salisbury, Lincoln, Belmont, Summer and De Witt acquiesced in his accepting the nom- Union streets center.
ination of that party in 1854. In 1856, however, when he attempted to run against a and College streets. pronounced Republican, it resolutely de- nounced him. From that time the Spy has street, at Union Passenger Station. unreservedly sustained the principles of the Republican party.
The connection of Foss & Farnum with the Spy was only of about four months' duration; and on the 18th of March, 1858, the paper passed into the possession of John D. Bald- win, who associated with himself in its man- agement his two sons, John S. and Charles C., and it has been conducted by them to the present time, the two brothers continuing after the death of their father in July, 1883. The office was moved back to Butman Block in Jan., 1860, and remained there till the completion of the Spy Building, opposite the City Hall, in 1867. In July, 1888, a radical change was made in the form of the paper from a four to an eight page issue; and at this time the publication of the Sunday Spy began, the first number appearing July 22. Hon. John D. Baldwin was the editor of the Spy until his death. Delano A. Goddard was assistant editor from 1859 to 1868, and was succeeded by J. Evarts Greene, who is now postmaster. The Spy is the fourth oldest newspaper in the country.
Squares (Public) .- The most important are mentioned below :
Adams Square, junction of Lincoln and Burncoat streets.
Armory Square, front of Armory, between ping Post.
Salisbury and Grove streets.
Elm Square, see Grafton square.
Franklin Square, junction of Main and tain Tories retired before the Revolution, and Southbridge streets.
Grafton Square, junction of Grafton, Orient and Hamilton streets.
Grant Square, bounded by Harrington av- enue, Mt. Vernon place, Windsor and Mt.
Hamilton Square, bounded by Prescott,
Stearns Square, junction of Southbridge
Washington Square, east end of Front
Webster Square, at New Worcester.
See the different titles in the DICTIONARY.
Stages .- A Paxton stage leaves 18 Me- chanic street at 4.25 P. M. The Shrewsbury stage leaves 24 Front street at 10.30 A. M. and 5 P. M. daily.
The Marlborough stage, which had been run over the route for more than one hundred years, was discontinued in the fall of 1888.
Star and Crescent (Order of the) .- Su- preme Council meets quarterly. Ionia Lodge was organized in 1888.
State Guard .- In May, 1861, the Home Guards were organized, consisting of the hon- orary and past members of the Worcester Light Infantry. This company was composed mostly of elderly men, and performed escort duty, attended soldiers' funerals, etc. until June 17, 1863, when it was reorganized as the State Guard, and continued as an active company until 1874, its last public appearance being at the dedication of the Soldiers' Monu- ment July 15 of that year.
Stationary Engineers .- Worcester Asso-
Squantum Festivals. - Social and con- ciation, No. 4, was organized in 1882, and vivial gatherings held at Long Pond yearly meets every Thursday evening at 302 Main about the period 1820 to 1830, by certain street. citizens of Worcester distinguished by their epicurean propensities and love of good fellow- ship.
Stearns Square .- The terminus of the street railway at South Worcester, at the junc- tion of College and Southbridge streets.
Stenographers' Association (Worcester County ) .- Organized in 1887.
Stocks and Pillory .- See under Whip-
Stone House Hill .- A hill some distance north of the village of Tatnuck, to which cer- erected a small stone fort.
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Storage .- The upper story of Crompton's Block, on Mechanic street, is used exclusively for storage purposes, and is divided into pens which can be hired for a small sum each per month. The Worcester Storage Co. has a fire-proof building at 29 Gold street court, for the safe keeping of furniture, merchandise and other property, and the Metropolitan Storage Warerooms are located at 6 Barton place.
Street Guide :-
Abbott, Pleasant to Tufts. Adams, Shrewsbury to Belmont. Ætna, Providence to Cutler. Agate avenue, from Lake avenue south. Agawam, from 1022 Main street. Agricultural, Elm to Sunnyside. Aitchison, Shrewsbury to Plantation. Albany, Muskeego to Putnam lane. Albert, from Grand. Alden, Castle to Oread place. Allen, Main to Mt. Pleasant. Alpine, from Vernon. Alvarado avenue, from Belmont. Ames, from Vernon. Anna, Locust avenue to Coburn avenue. Anne, from Taft. Apricot, from Leicester. Ararat, Brooks to Brattle. Arch, Summer to Carroll. Arlington, Columbia to Winthrop. Armandale, Leicester to Apricot. Armory, Southgate to Grand. Arthur, from Union avenue. Ascension, Bloomingdale to Orient. Ash, Green to Washington. Ash avenue, Houghton to Grafton. Ashland, Pleasant to Elm. Ashton, Sturges to Lincoln avenue. Assonet, from Plymouth. Asylum, Mulberry to Summer. Auburn, Kendall to Catharine. Austin, Main to Dewey. Autumn, from Baker. Bailey, from Pleasant. Baker, from Lake. Ball, from Baker. Ballard, Millbury to Quinsigamond Village. Bancroft, from Kingsbury. Barber avenue, from North avenue. Barbour, Hollywood to Dewey. Barclay, Grafton to Union avenue. Batchelder, Union avenue to Jefferson. Bates, from Lyon.
Bath, from Abbott. Beacon, Southbridge to Kilby. Beaver, Main to Park avenue. Beech, Winter to Pond. Belknap, Washington to Plymouth. Bellevue, Pleasant to Bluff.
Belmont, from Lincoln square east.
Belvidere avenue, from Burncoat.
Benefit, from Main east. Berkeley, Eastern avenue to Shamrock. Bigelow, Lafayette to Endicott. Birch, Shirley to Beaver. Bismark, Fountain to Clayton. Blackstone, Exchange to Bridge. Blake, Harrison to Columbia. Bleeker, Orient to Plantation.
Blithewood avenue, Millbury ave. to Grafton.
Bloomingdale road, from Grafton. Blossom, Russell to Hudson.
Bluff, King to Mason. Bowdoin, Harvard to West. Boyce, from Webster.
Boyden, from Southbridge.
Boylston, from Lincoln.
Boynton, Highland to Salisbury.
Bradford, May to Parker.
Bradley, from Brooks avenue.
Bradley, Green to Gold.
Branch, Orient to Wall.
Brattle, from Holden.
Bremer, Dryden to Whittier.
Briden, from Garden. Bridge, Front to Summer.
Brigham, from Piedmont.
Brittan, from Lincoln avenue.
Brooks, from West Boylston to Malden.
Brooks avenue, from West Boylston.
Brown, Beech to Grace. Brussels, from Crompton.
Bryant, Bremer to Hemans. Buffum, Mill to Coes.
Burgess, from Lakeside avenue.
Burncoat, from Lincoln.
Burnett, from Ludlow.
Burt, from Grafton. Burton, from Millbury.
Butler, from Ludlow. Byron, North to Millbrook. Cairo, College to Boyden.
Cambridge, Main to Millbury.
Camp, from Southgate. Canal, from Front.
Canterbury, Hammond to Cambridge.
Carbon, from Belmont. Carlstad, from Whipple.
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Carlton, Front to Mechanic. Caroline, Grafton to Plantation. Carpenter, Pond to Harrison. Carroll, Glen to Prospect. Castle, Main to Ely. Cataract, Mower to Olean. Catharine, Lincoln to Rodney.
Cedar, Chestnut to Agricultural.
Cemetery road, Grove to Prescott.
Central, Main to Summer.
Central avenue, from Brooks.
Chadwick, from Grove.
Chandler, Main to Pleasant.
Channing, Kendall to Green lane.
Chapin, Ætna to Union avenue.
Charles, Summer to Blackstone.
Charlotte, Woodland to Park avenue.
Charlton, Main to Beacon.
Chatham, Main to Newbury.
Cheever, Chelsea to Woodward.
Chelsea, Cambridge to Southbridge.
Cheney, from Leicester. Cherry, Canal to Vine. Chester, from Holden.
Chestnut, Pleasant to Bowdoin.
Chrome, Orient to Plantation.
Church, Front to Mechanic.
Circuit, from Lake avenue.
City View, from College.
Clapp, Washburn to Kansas.
Claremont, Main to Woodland.
Clarence, Chadwick to Grove.
Clark, Burncoat to Mountain.
Clarkson, Coral to Barclay.
Clayton, Kendall to Belmont.
Clemence, Norfolk to Orient.
Clement, Main to Beaver.
Cliff, Millbury to Granite.
Clifton, May to Charlotte.
Clinton, Pleasant to Chatham.
Clover, from Heard.
Coburn avenue, from Belmont.
Coes, from Park avenue.
College, from Southbridge.
Colton, Southbridge to Lawrence.
Columbia, Water to Arlington.
Concord, Grove to Prescott.
Congress, Crown to Newbury.
Cora, from Lakeside avenue. Coral, Grafton to Ætna.
Cottage, West to Fruit.
Court, from Court Hill.
Crescent, Garden to Sackville.
Cristy, from Grand.
Crompton, Southbridge to Woodward.
Cross, Shrewsbury to East Worcester.
Crown, Pleasant to Austin. Crystal, from Main.
Curtis, from Leicester.
Cushing, Lincoln to Paine.
Cutler, Grafton to Union avenue.
Cypress, Exchange to Foster.
Dale, Brigham to Jaques avenue.
Daley, from Hemans.
Davis, Piedmont to Queen.
Dean, Highland to Salisbury.
Decatur, Hollywood to Page.
Denny, Dix to Highland.
Dewey, Pleasant to May.
Diamond, from Millbury.
Division, Orient to Plantation.
Dix, Harvard to North Ashland.
Dorrance, Cambridge to Mitchell.
Douglas, Grand to Cambridge.
Dover, from Highland.
Downing, Main to Park avenue.
Dryden, Edgeworth to Hemans.
Dudley avenue, West Boylston to Mount ave.
Dupont, Hamilton to Chrome.
Dwight, from Cambridge.
Earle, Edward to Elizabeth.
East Central, Summer to Shrewsbury.
East Shelby, from Eastern avenue.
East Worcester, from Shrewsbury.
Eastern avenue, East Central to Catharine.
Eden, Sudbury to George.
Edgeworth, Milton to Byron.
Edward, Belmont to Laurel.
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Elm, Main to Park avenue.
Elmer, Lake to Ball.
Elmwood, from Apricot.
Ely, Davis to Castle.
Endicott, Millbury to Vernon.
Essex, from South Irving.
Esther, Millbury to Vernon.
Eureka, from Leicester.
Everard, from Belmont.
Everett, Cedar to William.
Evers, from Hope avenue.
Exchange, Main to Summer.
Fairbank, from Ames.
Fairfield, from Park avenue.
Fairview avenue, from Plantation.
Fales, from West Boylston.
Faraday, Grove to Salisbury.
Farwell, Elizabeth to Eastern avenue.
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Fern, from Park avenue. Flagg, Salisbury to Pleasant. Florence, May to Beaver. Fobes, Seward to Marshall. Ford, East Central to Gage. Forest, Salisbury to Grove. Forest avenue, Lincoln to Windsor. Foster, Main to Summer. Foundry, Vine to Canal. Fountain, Arch to Bismark. Fowler, from Mill. Fox, Water to Jefferson. Foyle, Millbury to Ward. Francis, from West Boylston.
Franklin, Trumbull square to Grafton.
Frederick, Lincoln to Crescent.
Freeland, Main to Tirrell. Fremont, from Cambridge. Front, Main to Washington square. Fruit, Pleasant to John. Fulton, Summer to Millbury.
Gage, Eastern avenue to East Shelby. Garden, Lincoln to Prescott. Gardner, Main to Southgate. Garfield, from Cambridge. Gas, from Southbridge. Gates, Main to Illinois. Gates lane, Leicester to Mill. Geneva, from Chandler. George, Main to Harvard.
Germain, from Highland.
Gertrude avenue, from Main. Gilman, from Lincoln. Glen, Orchard to Edward. Glenwood, Benefit to Hammond. Goddard, Green to Winter. Gold, Green to Sargent. Goulding, Dix to Highland.
Grace, Winter to Pond. Grafton, from Washington square. Grand, from Main. Granite, Winthrop to Millbury. Green, from Trumbull square. Green lane, from Lincoln. Greendale avenue, from West Boylston.
Greenwood, from Millbury. Greenwood avenue, from Plantation. Grosvenor, Lafayette to Lamartine. Grove, from Salisbury. Hacker, Cambridge to Southgate. Hadwen avenue, June to Hadwen lane. Hadwen lane, Pleasant to May. Hale, Grafton to Plantation. Hall, from Sunnyside. Hamburg, Ludlow to Heard.
Hamilton, Grafton to Plantation. Hammond, Main to Southbridge. Hancock, Main to Hollis. Hanover, Belmont to Prospect. Harding, Franklin to Lafayette.
Harlem, Millbury to Perry avenue.
Harlow, Lincoln to Crescent. Harrington, from Millbury avenue. Harrington avenue, Lincoln to Channing. Harrison, Green to Barclay. Harvard, Sudbury to Highland. Hathaway, Gardner to Wyman. Hawkins, Norfolk to Orient. Hawley, Pleasant to Austin. Hawthorn, Main to Woodland.
Heard, from Stafford. Hemans, Dryden to Whittier.
Henchman, Lincoln to Crescent.
Henry, Shrewsbury to East Worcester.
Henshaw, from Leicester.
Hermitage avenue, from Channing. Hermon, Main to Southbridge.
Heywood, Winthrop to Millbury. Hibernia, Front to Mechanic.
High, Austin to Pleasant. Highland, from Lincoln square. Hill, Shrewsbury to East Central. Hillside avenue, from Bloomingdale road.
Hillside, from Vernon. Hiscox, Fairfield to Fern.
Holden, from Grove. Hollis, Kilby to Gates.
Hollywood, Kingsbury to Oberlin.
Holmes, from Cambridge. Home, Wachusett to North Ashland.
Homer, from Park avenue.
Homestead avenue, from Southbridge. Hooper, Belmont to Kendall. Hope avenue, Webster to Southbridge. Horner, Downing to Shirley. Houchin avenue, Chatham to Austin. Houghton, Grafton to Heywood. Howard, Summer to Blackstone. Howard lane, from Fowler. Howe, from Sever. Howe avenue, at Tatnuck. Hudson, Pleasant to Elm. Hunt, from Shrewsbury. Illinois, Grand to Richards. Ingalls, Vernon to Fox. Institute road, formerly Jo Bill road. Irving, Pleasant to Chandler. Jackson, Main to Southbridge. Jacques, from Webster. Jaques avenue, King to Wellington.
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James, from Stafford. Jefferson, Vernon to Providence. Jerome, from Ward.
Jo Bill road, Salisbury to Park avenue, now Institute road. John, Harvard to Sever. June, Pleasant to May.
Kansas, Sherman to Southbridge. Keen, from Ludlow.
Keese, from Grafton.
Kendall, Lincoln to Rodney.
Kilby, Main to Tainter.
King, Main to Chandler.
Kingsbury, May to Mason.
Knox, from Webster.
Lafayette, Millbury to Southbridge.
Lagrange, from Main.
Lake, Leicester to Mill.
Lake avenue, bordering Lake Quinsigamond. Lakeside avenue, Lovell to Mill.
Lamartine, Millbury to Lafayette.
Lancaster, Dix to Salisbury.
Langdon, Lafayette to Lamartine.
Larch, Piedmont to Winslow.
Larkin, Shrewsbury to East Worcester. Laurel, Summer to Eastern avenue. Lawn, from Orient. Lawrence, Kansas to Colton. Lazelle, from Millbrook.
Ledge, Water to Waverly.
Lee, Park avenue to Sunnyside.
Leicester, from Webster square. Leonard, Hollis to Illinois.
Lewis, Southbridge to Princeton. Lexington, Grove to Prescott. Liberty, Belmont to Arch. Lily, North Ashland to Pink.
Lincoln, from Lincoln square.
Lincoln avenue, from Lincoln street. Linden, Pleasant to Elm. Linwood place, Lincoln to Fountain. Liscomb, Shrewsbury to Belmont. Litchfield, Canterbury to Hacker. Locust avenue, from Belmont. Lodi, Lamartine to Lafayette. Loudon, Main to Woodland. Lovell, Chandler to Webster square. Lowell, Main to Freeland. Ludlow, from Leicester. Lunelle, Lafayette to Lamartine. Lyford, from Paine. Lyman, from Webster. Lynn, Salem to Orange. Lyon, Shrewsbury to East Worcester. Madison, from Main.
Main, Lincoln square to Webster square. Malden, from West Boylston. Malvern road, from Southbridge.
Manchester, Union to Bridge.
. Mann, Chandler to May. Maple, Main to Walnut.
Maple avenue, at Tatnuck.
Marble, Main to Beaver.
Market, Main to Summer.
Marshall, from Shrewsbury.
Marston way, Fruit to Sever.
Mason, Pleasant to May.
Maud, from Bath.
Maxwell, from Millbury.
May, Main to Pleasant.
Mayfield, from May. Maywood, Main to Lovell. Meade, Lafayette to Lamartine.
Mechanic, Main to Washington square. Melrose, Burncoat to Lincoln.
Melville, Burncoat to Paine.
Mendon, Grafton to Union avenue.
Merrick, Pleasant to Austin.
Merrifield, Belmont to East Shelby.
Milk, from Franklin.
Mill, Leicester to Tatnuck village.
Milbrook, Burncoat to West Boylston. Millbury, from Green.
Millbury avenue, from Grafton.
Milton, North to Millbrook.
Minthorne, from Lovell.
Mitchell, Pitt to Dorrance.
Mohawk avenue, Clover to Keen.
Montague, Leicester to Barker.
Montreal, from Wall.
Moreland, Pleasant to Salisbury. Morse, from Lovell.
Mott, Coral to Barclay.
Mount avenue, from Brooks.
Mount Pleasant, Benefit to Allen. Mount Vernon, Westminster to Channing. Mountain, northeast corner of Worcester.
Mower, from Tatnuck. Mulberry, Shrewsbury to Shelby. Murray avenue, Wellington to Dale. Muskeego, Shrewsbury to Albany. Myrtle, Main to Orange. Nashua, Crescent to Byron. Nebraska, from Putnam lane. Newbury, Pleasant to Chandler. Newport, Edward to Liberty. New York, from West Fremont.
Nixon, Mountain to West Boylston. Norfolk, from Bloomingdale road. Normal, Prospect to Eastern avenue.
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North, from Grove. North avenue, from Burncoat to Odd Fellows' Home. North Ashland, William to Highland.
North Foster, Foster to Union.
North Merrick, Pleasant to Cedar. Norton, Lincoln to Paine.
Norwich, Foster to Mechanic.
Norwood, Main to Woodland. Oak, Elm to Cedar.
Oak avenue, Belmont to Catharine. Oakham, from Montreal.
Oakland, from Webster.
Oberlin, Woodland to Lawrence. Olean, from Mower.
Oliver, Beaver to Park avenue.
Orange, Park to Madison.
Orchard, Arch to Bismark.
Orchard avenue, Central ave. to Mount ave. Oread, Main to Beacon. Orient, from Grafton. O'Rourke, from Cambridge.
Oswald, Stebbins to Perry. Otis, from Prescott.
Outfall avenue, at Quinsigamond Village. Oxford, Chandler to Pleasant.
Page, Kingsbury to Barbour.
Paine, Frederick to Burncoat.
Pakachoag, Crompton to Brussels. Palfrey, Bloomingdale road to Greenwood ave. Palmer, Liberty to Edward. Park, Main to Trumbull square. Park avenue, Grove to Mill.
Parker, Page to Winfield. Parker avenue, from Mountain.
Partelow avenue, from Highland.
Patch, Elizabeth to Eastern avenue.
Pattison, Vernon to Providence. Pearl, Main to Chestnut. Pembroke, Florence to Park avenue.
Penn avenue, Grafton to Union avenue. Perkins, Lincoln to Paine. Perry, Quinsigamond Village. Perry avenue, Endicott to Suffield.
Phillips, Bloomingdale road to Greenwood ave. Piedmont, Main to Pleasant. Pierpont, Bloomingdale road to Greenwood av. Pine, from Jamesville square. Pink, Highland to Lily. Pitt, Cambridge to Mitchell. Plane, from Union avenue.
Plantation, Grafton to Lincoln. Plantation avenue, from Plantation.
Pleasant, Main to Tatnuck. Plum, Shrewsbury to East Worcester.
Plymouth, Green to Orange. Pond, Green to Water. Portland, Park to Madison.
Prentice, Shrewsbury to Belmont. Prentice, Clover to Keen.
Prescott, from Lincoln square.
Preston, Brigham to Jaques avenue.
Princeton, from Southbridge. Prioulx, from Hemans.
Prospect, Summer to East Shelby.
Providence, Grafton to Winthrop.
Putnam, Shrewsbury to Belmont. Putnam lane, Shrewsbury to Bloomingdale rd.
Queen, Austin to Kingsbury.
Quincy, Chatham to Austin. Quinsigamond ave., Southbridge to Millbury.
Raymond, from Maxwell.
Reservoir, Edward to Eastern avenue.
Rice, from Mountain.
Rice, Shrewsbury to Putnam lane.
Richards, Main to Cambridge.
Richland, Millbury to Vernon.
Ridgely, from Wildey avenue.
Riley, from Kansas.
Ripley, Main to Tainter.
Riverside, from Southbridge.
Rock avenue, from Melville.
Rodney, Belmont to Catharine.
Roxbury, from Whipple.
Russell, Austin to Elm.
Sackville, from Crescent.
Salem, Park to Southbridge.
Salisbury, from Lincoln square.
Sargent, Southbridge to Lamartine.
School, Main to Summer.
Scott, Lafayette to Lamartine.
Sever, Pleasant to Highland.
Seward, from Shrewsbury.
Seymore, Millbury to Perry avenue.
Shale, from Lawn. Shamrock, from East Central to Berkeley.
Shattuck, from Lincoln.
Shelby, Carroll to Eastern avenue.
Shepard, King to Kingsbury.
Sherbrook avenue, from Lake avenue. Sheridan, Cambridge to Sherman.
Sherman, from Dorrance. Shirley, Park avenue to Horner.
Shrewsbury, Washington square to Belmont. Sigel, Millbury to Quinsigamond avenue. Sigourney, North to Edgeworth.
Silver, May to Claremont.
Smith lane, from Holden.
South Crystal, Cambridge to Canterbury. South Harlem, Harlem to Whitney.
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South Irving, Chandler to Wellington. Southbridge, from Franklin square. Southgate, Southbridge to Litchfield. Spring, Front to Mechanic. Spruce, Green to Washington. Stafford, from Leicester. State, Court Hill to Harvard. Stebbins, from Millbury. Steele, from Whipple.
Stockholm, Whipple to Tatman.
Stone, Ward to Perry avenue.
Stowell, from Heywood.
Sturges, from Lincoln. Sudbury, Main to Chestnut.
Suffield, from Vernon.
Suffolk, Bloomingdale road to Wall.
Summer, Lincoln square to Washington sq. Summit, from Gold.
Summit avenue, from West Boylston.
Sunny Side, from Park avenue.
Sutton lare, from Cambridge.
Sutton, Lake to Ball.
Sutton road, Cambridge to Sutton lane. Sycamore, Main to Beacon.
Taft, from Cambridge.
Tainter, Benefit to Grand.
Tatman, Greenwood to Stockholm.
Taylor, from Millbury.
Taylor, at Quinsigamond Village. Temple, Green to Grafton.
Thayer, from Ripley.
Thenius, Stebbins to Perry.
Thomas, Main to Summer.
Thorne, Wall to Plantation.
Tirrell, Main to Freeland.
Townsend, Russell to Hudson.
Tremont, Front to Mechanic.
Trumbull, Front to Trumbull square.
Tuckerman, Institute road to Salisbury. Tufts, Mason to Winfield. Union, Lincoln square to Mechanic.
Union avenue, Ward to Grafton. Upland, from Greenwood. Upsala, from Vernon. Uxbridge, from Lincoln avenue. Vale, Atna to Union avenue.
Valley, Castle to Oread place. Vernon, Green to Quinsigamond Village, View, from Vernon. Vine, Front to Franklin. Vinton, from Lincoln. Wabash avenue, from Granite. Wachusett, Home to Salisbury.
Wade, Millbury to Ward. Waite, from Shrewsbury.
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Waldo, Exchange to Foster. Wall, Grafton to Norfolk. Walnut, Main to Chestnut. Ward, Vernon to Millbury. Warden, Shrewsbury to Plantation.
7 Warren, Front to Cherry. Washburn, Southbridge to Cambridge. Washington, Park to Lafayette. Water, Grafton to Green. Waverley, Providence to Grafton.
Wayne, Leicester to Baker. Webster, from Webster square. Wellington, Main to Chandler. Wells, from Plantation. Wesby, John to Home. West, Pleasant to Salisbury.
West Boylston, from Park avenue. West Fremont, from Webster. West Oberlin, from Park avenue. Westminster, Catharine to Mt. Vernon.
Whipple, at Quinsigamond Village. White, Baker to Gates lane. Wildey avenue, from West Boylston.
Whitney, from Millbury.
Whittier, from Edgeworth. Wigwam avenue, Lake av. to Coburn av.
Willard, at Tatnuck .:
William, Chestnut to Sever.
Willis, Bremer to Hemans. Wilson, from Seward.
Windsor, from Catharine.
Winfield, Tufts to May.
Winona, from Shrewsbury.
Winslow, Pleasant to Austin.
Winter, Green to Grafton.
Winthrop, from Vernon. Woodbine, Maywood to Beaver.
Woodland, King to Maywood.
Woodlawn avenue, from Brittan. Woodside, from Perry avenue.
Woodward, from Cambridge.
Worth, Millbury to Ward. Wyman, Main to Tainter.
Streets and Street Names .- There are some 650 streets in Worcester-150 miles of public and 60 miles of private streets. They are quite generally curbed, and a large pro- portion paved or macadamized. The appro- priation for the Highway Department in 1892 was $110,000.
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street, part of Summer street, Lincoln street, particularly those living outside the centre Salisbury, Pleasant, Green and Grafton streets district. This petition was referred to the committee on highways, who reported in Jan- uary, 1850, recommending the appointment of a special committee of one citizen from each of the old highway districts ( 12 in number ) to- report suitable names for all the highways and streets within the limits of the city, subject to revision by the mayor and aldermen. Mr. Howland was made chairman of this com- mittee. The report is recorded on page 51,. Vol. I. of the Records of Streets, in the city clerk's office. Some 70 names were given or confirmed by this committee. In February, 1871, a joint special committee of the two were other early roads. Plantation street was in use at the time the place was called Quin- sigamond Plantations, and perpetuates the name. Front street was legally laid out March 15, 1785. Of the other streets running from Main street, Mechanic street was opened in 1787, as a way to the new burying ground, and for many years did not continue beyond it; Thomas street was opened and given to the town in 1806 by Isaiah Thomas; School street was laid out by Geer Terry about 1814, and was at first called Terry street. April 4, 1814, the town voted "to authorize the select- men to name such streets leading from the branches of the City Council was appointed to- provide for renumbering the streets, and to supply names where they were wanting. About.
Centre street as they might judge proper, and to place posts and boards with the names thereon at the corners thereof.". At this thirty names were confirmed at this time.
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