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Feb. 10, '86. April 8, '86.
June 16, '86. Continues.
Feb. 16, '86. May 8, '86.
Feb. 16, '86. April 20, '86. June 10, '86. June 11, '86.
Feb. 17, '86. Mar. 15, '86. died Feb. 24, '86. Mar. 2,'86.
Mar. 1, '86. June 14, '86.
Mar. 3, '86. Mar. 18, '86.
|Mar. 8, '86. Mar. 18, '86.
Mar. 18, '86. Continues.
Mar. 18, '86. 66
Mar. 18, '86. 66 Mar. 26, '86. April 23, '86.
Mar. 28, '86. April 1, '86.
In Worcester.
16 Worcester.
68 Hebron, Me.
60 Ireland.
19 No. Brookfield.
65 England.
May 20, '86. May 21, '86, June 5, '86. June 7, '86.
Remarks.
25 Worcester. 64 Scotland. 66
54 Hopkinton.
11 Worcester.
29 Worcester.
20 Holden.
Inf Worcester.
Worcester.
5 Worcester. 3 Worcester. 65 England.
47 St. Johns.
April 1,'86. Sept. 7, '86. April 20, '86. April 30, '86.
April 28, '86. Continues.
April 29, '86. April 30, '86.
23 Worcester.
34 Worcester.
41 Canada.
45 Royalton, Vt.
52 Ireland.
- Ireland.
31 Canada.
15 Worcester, 66
2
26 Worcester.
73 Ireland.
12 Worcester.
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
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Registered Number.
NAME.
AGE.
BIRTHPLACE.
BEGAN.
ENDED.
1236 Emma Vaughn,
12
June 5, '86. June 8, '86.
1238 Hannah Edwards,
29 Unknown.
June 10, '86.
June 14, '86. died
1239 Wm. H. H. Carter, 1243 Elizabeth Dodd,
44 Grafton.
June 10, '86.
Continues.
60 Monson.
July 1, '86. July 9, '86.
1244 Wm. H. Laverty,
July 17, '86.
Aug. 20, '86.
1245 William Carroll, 1275 66
6
Nov. 19, '86.
Continues.
1246 Jeremiah G. Murray,
34 Providence, R. I. July 30, '86.
Nov. 27, '86.
1247 John Powers,
40 Ireland.
July 30, '86.
Continues.
1248 Dennis Doyle,
53 Ireland.
July 30, '86. Sept. 2, '86.
1249 Ellen Luby,
60 Ireland.
July 30, '86.
Oct. 11, '86.
1250 Thos. Wharton,
86 Ireland.
Aug. 14, '86.
Sept. 2, '86. Aug. 23, '86.
Sept. 14, '86.
1253 Bernard Ratigan,
19 Worcester.
Aug. 25, '86. Aug. 26, '86.
31 New York.
Sept. 1, '86.
Oct. 25, '86.
1256 Annie Fitzgerald, 2d,
10 Boston.
Sept. 1,'86. Oct. 25, '86.
1257 Frank Kelley,
56 Ireland.
Sept. 7, '86.
Oct. 11, '86.
1258 Bridget Henry,
65 Ireland.
Sept. 9,'86.
Continues.
1259 Ann Snyder,
75 Germany.
Sept. 11, '86.
1260 Mary Kelley,
82 Ireland.
Sept. 13, '86.
1261 Levi Grover,
1262 Lena O. Daniels,
24 Virginia.
Sept. 29, '86.
1263 Margaret A. Flynn,
18 Worcester.
Sept. 30, '86.
Oct. 15, '86.
1265 Mary Powers,
45 Ireland.
Oct. 12, '86.
Continues.
1266 Jeremiah Buckley,
-Ireland.
Oct. 26, '86.
1267 Albert Webber, 50 Worcester.
1268 William Fallon,
10 Cambridgeport.
Nov. 1, '86.
1269 Margaret Weeks,
20 Worcester.
Nov. 2, '86.
1270 Margaret Weeks, 2d, 3d. Worcester.
1271 Austin Toole,
60 Ireland.
Nov. 11, '86.
Continues. 66
1273 Thomas Vail,
55 Ireland.
Nov. 12, '86.
1274 George Coxon,
30
Nov. 15, '86.
1276 Azuba Bartlett,
- Unknown.
Nov. 25, '86.
66
1277 Dennis Healey,
50 Ireland.
Nov. 26, '86.
1278 George Sullivan,
14 Worcester.
Nov. 29, '86.
1279 Agnes Sullivan,
9 Worcester.
Nov. 29, '86.
1280 Arthur Starrett,
Inf Worcester.
Nov. 29, '86.
66
Remarks.
57 Dover, N. H. 6 Worcester. יי
July 20, '86.
Sept. 22, '86.
1251 Lena Barlow,
49 St. Albans, Vt.
Aug. 18, '86.
Sept. 23, '86. died
1252 Bridget Reil,
74 Ireland.
1255 Annie Fitzgerald,
70 Massachusetts.
Sept. 14, '86. 66
Oct. 28, '86.
66
Nov. 2, '86. Nov. 11, '86. Nov. 16, '86. died
1272 Kate Lawrence,
13 Worcester.
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY FARM AND ALMSHOUSE.
Total Expenditures.
Total Receipts.
Net Expenses.
Erection and Equipment of New Buildings.
December, 1885,
$1,926 42
$622 29
$1,304 13
$820 29
January, 1886,
2,136 16
527 82
1,608 34
150 43
February,
1,618 60
719 12
899 48
March,
1,301 72
639 33
662 39
45 61
April,
2,249 64
533 54
1,716 10
May,
1,692 20
792 21
899 99
June,
2,157 68
663 54
1,494 14
July,
1,724 92
649 43
1,075 49
30 80
August,
2,066 96
625 92
1,441 04
19 26
September,
1,502 33
672 93
829 40
157 45
October,
2,401 94
663 70
1,738 24
173 55
November,
1,904 28
737 20
1,167 08
2,168 64
$22,682 85
$7,847 03
$14,835 82
$3,566 03
Expenditures for maintenance of Almshouse,
$22,682 85
Erection and equipment of New Building,
3,566 03
Total expenditures,
$26,248 88
The resources have been :-
Appropriation,
$17,331 35
(transfer from premium on bonds),
1,070 50
Farm receipts,
7,847 03
Total,
$26,248 88
CITY SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT.
This department has now been so long established that noth- ing further need be urged in its defence as a sanitary necessity, and that the utilization of the house offal in our piggery, and the improvement of the City Farm land through its means has been a financial success, can be demonstrated by reference to the accounts. As the collection limits are more and further extended each year, we recommend that greater facilities be granted in order that the work may be done more thoroughly, and all cause for complaint thereby avoided.
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SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT.
Total Expenditures.
Total Receipts.
Net Expenses.
Receipts above Expenditures.
December, 1885,
$733 90
$1,283 10
$549 20
January, 1886,
701 89
40 00
$661 89
February,
1,188 29
40 00
1,148 29
March,
1,477 96
952 92
525 04
April,
1,774 35
40 00
1,734 35
May,
913 19
748 40
164 79
June,
844 42
40 0
804 42
July,
909 74
56 00
853 74
August,
747 19
40 00
707 19
September,
961 79
40 00
921 79
October,
892 08
40 00
852 08
November,
1,091 21
2,570 83
1,479 62
$12,236 01
$5,891 25
$8,373 58
$2,028 82
The resources have been :-
Appropriations by City Council,
$8,000 00
Receipts from Department,
5,891 25
Total,
$13,891 25
Total expenditures,
12,236 01
Unexpended balance,
$1,655 24
TRUANT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Appended is a list of the monthly expenditures for the main- tenance of the school. For further statistics, as well as for all other information relative to its present condition, you are respect- fully referred to the report of the Superintendent of Schools and the sub-committee of the board.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
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TRUANT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Monthly Accounts.
Cost of Teaching.
Cost of Board.
Cost of Clothing, Etc.
Total Cost of Maintenance.
December, 1885,
$25 00
$198 86
$223 86
January, 1886,
25 00
189 86
$14 34
229 20
February,
25 00
136 71
161 71
March,
25 00
153 86
178 86
April,
25 00
180 00
5 75
210 75
May,
25 00
222 86
22 80
270 66
June,
25 00
235 71
16 52
277 23
July,
25 00
285 00
310 00
August,
25 00
247 71
30 50
303 21
September,
25 00
229 29
72 00
326 29
October,
25 00
236 14
261 14
November,
25 00
43
5 00
219 43
$300 00
$2,505 43
$166 91
$2,972 34
Cost of Teaching and Supervision,
$300 00
Cost of Board,
2,505 43
Cost of Clothing, etc.,
166 91
Total Cost,
$2,972 34
Appropriation,
$3,100 00
Expenditures,
2,972 34
Unexpended balance,
$127 66
Average cost per pupil,
$212 31
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The report of the City Physician containing an account of all matters connected with the pauper department which fall under his charge will be found annexed.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
SAMUEL WINSLOW, Mayor. W. ANSEL WASHBURN, City Marshal. ALBERT P. MARBLE, Supt. of Schools.
CHARLES B. PRATT,
JAMES B. McMAHON, ALZIRUS BROWN,
DENIS C. LEONARD,
J. LEWIS ELLSWORTH, OSCAR F. RAWSON,
Overseers of the Poor of the City of Worcester.
Worcester, November 30, 1886.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE TRUANT SCHOOL.
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Worcester:
The Committee on the Truant School submit the following report for the year ending Nov. 30, 1886 :-
This school is a semi-penal institution, established under State law for the reform of truants. Though it is intimately related to the public schools it is not under the control of the School Committee. It is more useful indirectly in restraining pupils from truancy than it is directly in its influence upon those com- mitted to it; and yet the reform of the inmates is quite marked in a majority of cases. Children inclined to truancy are at first warned by their teachers, then by the truant officers who take them back to school; if they repeat the offence they are brought before the Superintendent of Schools, their parents are next seen and warned of the consequences of truancy ; this warning is often repeated. When all these means fail the truant is arrested on a warrant ; the parent is legally notified to appear in court; the agent of the State Board of Charities is also notified in certain cases, and after all this the court may place the case on file till the offence is repeated. If a truant is at length convicted and sentenced it may be assumed therefrom that he suffers no hard- ship and that he ought to serve his sentence, but he may under the rules of the school reduce the length of the sentence by exemplary conduct. It is after all misfortune rather than crimi- nality-the lack of wise parental control and the influence of vicious association-which causes the truancy, and this school is
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a remedy for the misfortune rather than a punishment for a crime.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Number sentenced since the founding in 1863, Sentenced during the year,
29
Total,
362
Number at the beginning of the year,
13
Sentenced during the year,
29
Total,
42
Discharged on expiration of sentence,
24
Pardoned,
2
Total,
26
Remaining Dec. 1, 1886,
16
Greatest number at any time,
22
Smallest number,
10
Average,
14
Average age on admission, 11 years, 9 months.
Cost of teaching,
$300 00
Board,
2,505 43
Clothing, &c.,
166 91
Total,
$2,972 34
Average per pupil, $212.31.
Appropriation,
$3,100 00.
Expenditures,
2,972 34
Unexpended balance, $127 66
The probable increase in the number of pupils for the coming year will require an appropriation of $3,500.
Respectfully submitted,
A. P. MARBLE, Supt. of Schools. W. ANSEL WASHBURN, City Marshal. CHARLES B. PRATT, Ch. Com. on the Farm.
Committee on the Truant School.
Worcester, Dec. 29, 1886.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
To His Honor the Mayor,
And Gentlemen of the City Council :
The City Physician submits the following report :-
The past year has been notable for the small amount of sick- ness among the poor.
We have had no epidemic of contagious disease, and the local diseases have not been especially fatal. The mortality of the city has been consequently low, and as work has been plentiful, public charity has not been called upon to the usual extent for medical attendance. The houses of the poor are improving from year to year, and our tenement-house districts should be a matter of pride to the city.
The summary of work done is as follows :-
No. of orders for medical attendance,
177
No. of visits made,
350
No. of office visits,
172
522
No. of visits to the Police Stations,
72
No. of examinations for Civil Service,
62
No. of examinations for State Aid,
24
No. of public vaccinations,
623
No. of insane paupers examined,
57
No. committed to Insane Asylums,
39
No. sent to Almshouse,
6
No. sentenced to House of Correction,
2
No. returned to their friends,
10
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No. of deaths outside the Almshouse,
15
No. of deaths within the Almshouse,
12
No. of births outside the Almshouse,
5
No. of births within the Almshouse,
2
7
CITY ALMSHOUSE.
Total No. of inmates at Almshouse,
186
No. of visits made,
56
No. of cases of sickness prescribed for,
149
No. of deaths,
12
No. of births,
2
Total No. of insane in Almshouse,
58
No. of deaths,
6
No. of patients discharged cured,
2
No. of patients taken away by friends,
1
No. in Hospital Dec. 1, 1886,
49
With the establishment of a hospital for the insane, the whole character of the Almshouse has of necessity changed, and in place of a large family, we now have a well ordered institution, with its necessary system and discipline.
The female wards will compare favorably with those of our expensive State Asylums, as to accommodations and care of the patients.
On the male side, however, we are much cramped for room, and the insane men are kept in two small wards, one of which is dark and poorly ventilated. This arrangement not only rend- ers proper care and supervision difficult, but as there is only one attendant for the two wards, a serious accident may occur at any moment.
I would strongly urge that such alterations be made in the building, as would furnish those unfortunate patients safe, com- fortable and healthy quarters.
At the request of the Superintendent of the Farm, the city physician appointed Wednesday of each week for medical visits, in addition to such other calls as he might make at the Alms- house.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
At this time the inmates have the opportunity of consulting the doctor and making known their wants. The general condi- tion of the wards is also noticed, and the work of the attendants observed.
I can speak only in words of praise, of the fidelity of the ma- tron and the efficiency of her assistants, in their difficult, and at times disagreeable work in this institution.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The work of the ambulance is increasing each year, and the police officers are gaining experience in handling sick and injured persons. There has been an average of two or three ambulance calls a week during the past year, not counting the fire calls, which the police wagon always answers, prepared to do ambu- lance work if necessary.
The time is not far distant when a better service will be de- manded, and as a step in that direction, I would advise that a permanent driver be detailed for ambulance and fire calls, who could also be employed about the police station.
This would ensure an experienced man at an accident, and with a little instruction he would be taught to act in ordinary emer- gencies.
An additional work has been given the City Physician, in ex- amining candidates for police appointments, under the civil ser- vice rules. The requirements are very severe, and as a result the physical appearance of the force will be greatly improved.
The following persons have died during the year under the care of the City Physician :-
Name.
Cause of death.
Settlement.
Mary Cahill,
Consumption.
Mary O'Conner,
Heart disease,
Worcester. State.
Victoria Rodeau,
Consumption,
John Laferty,
Bright's Disease.
Ira Bond,
Heart disease,
State.
Catharine Sullivan,
Consumption,
State.
Frank L. Pinkham,
Consumption.
Rose McCoy,
Consumption,
Davis Thayer,
Chronic diarrhea,
Worcester. Worcester
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Mary Connell,
Unknown,
Worcester.
Michael Twohey,
Meningitis.
Michael Ward,
Pott's disease.
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--- Reynolds,
Cholera infantum.
John Martin,
Consumption,
Worcester.
. Dennis McCarthy,
Pneumonia.
The following inmates of the Almshouse have died during the year :-
Nelly Foley, 1 year, Pat Conlin, 48 years,
Debility.
Insanity.
Mary Donohue, 51 years,
Insanity.
Edwin Robie, 64 years,
Insanity.
Experience Allis, 72 years,
Dementia.
Charles Graves, 54 years,
Insanity.
Rose Vezino,
Insanity.
Hannah Edwards, 29 years,
Cancer.
George Ittell, 37 years, Thomas Wharton,
Alcoholism.
Senile debility.
Austin Toole, John Forbes,
Bright's disease.
I desire to acknowledge the assistance and the courtesies that I have received during the year, from the Superintendent and Matron at the Farm, the City Marshal and the Clerk of the Overseers of the Poor.
Very respectfully,
LEMUEL F. WOODWARD, M. D.,
City Physician,
Insanity.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR.
To the City Council of the City of Worcester.
The Annual report of the City Solicitor :
The following cases are pending in the Supreme Judicial Court for this County, in which the City is a party.
1. Charles D. Morse v. City of Worcester.
Bill in equity to restrain the City from emptying its sewage into the Blackstone River. This case was continued at the April sitting, 1886, on account of the pending legislation. No change in the situation since the last annual report.
2. Leonard Harrington v. City of Worcester.
Petition for mandamus to compel the City to furnish water to the petitioner's premises on Waldo street. A hearing was had at the last April sitting, but no decision has been rendered.
In the Superior Court for this County the following cases are pending in which the City is a party :--
1. Thomas Vaugh v. City of Worcester.
An action to recover for damages for injury received by a fall on Mechanic street. Verdict for the City. Exceptions filed in 1885, which have never been allowed.
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2. John Barry v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for gravel taken by the City from plaintiff's land. Verdict for the City. Exceptions pending in Supreme Judicial Court.
3. Jeremiah Hennessey v. City of Worcester.
Action of trespass for entering on plaintiff's premises, and re- moving water pipe.
4. Josephine Burrows v. City of Worcester.
. Action to recover for injury received by reason of a defect in the sidewalk at Washington Square.
5. Patrick Doyle v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for injury by reason of defect and want of railing at Washington Square. Verdict for defendant, and motion for new trial pending.
6. Charles H. McGourty v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for injury by fall on ice on Belmont street.
7. Geo. R. Rome v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for fall on Union street by reason of ice and snow on sidewalk.
8. City of Worcester v. Edward D. Thayer.
Action to recover on contract to pay part of the cost of widen- ing the bridge over Tatnuck Brook on Mill street.
9. John Crimmins v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for injury received in a ward-room on Waldo street, by reason of breaking of stairs.
10. John O' Rourke v. City of Worcester.
Action for damage and injury to the plaintiff by reason of the caving in of a trench dug on Washington street, to lay a water pipe. The plaintiff was a laborer on the work.
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11. Samuel R. Heywood v. City of Worcester.
Petition for damages for laying ont street over Mill Brook.
12. Joseph H. Walker v. City of Worcester.
Same as last.
13. Daniel Buckley et al. v. City of Worcester. Same.
14. John Hart v. City of Worcester.
Same.
15. Dommick Hart v. City of Worcester. Same.
16. Catharine Dunn v. City of Worcester. Same.
17. First Parish in Worcester v. City of Worcester.
Petition for appointment of Commissioners to estimate dam- ages accruing to petitioners by the taking of their rights in the Old Common.
18. Samuel C. Brigham v. County of Worcester and City of Worcester.
Petition for damages occasioned by relocation of Grove street, between West Boylston street and Forest street.
In the same Court are pending the following cases for damages for the taking of Tatnuck Brook and land therewith connected :-
19. Wm. H. Harrington v. City of Worcester.
20. Loring Coes v. City of Worcester.
21. Loring Coes et ali. v. City of Worcester.
22. John H. Coes et al. v. City of Worcester.
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23. The Burling Mills v. City of Worcester.
24. Jesse Smith et al. v. City of Worcester. 25. Eveline P. Lyon v. City of Worcester. 26. James E. Ware v. City of Worcester.
27. Edward D. Thayer v. City of Worcester.
28. Sylvester Smith v. City of Worcester.
29. Charles J. Pickford v. City of Worcester.
30. Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. v. City of Worcester.
31. Obadiah B. Hadwen v. City of Worcester.
32. John D. Seagrave v. City of Worcester.
33. Sylvia C. Pitcher v. City of Worcester.
34. Paul Whitin Manufacturing Co. v. City of Worcester.
35. Saunders Cotton Mills v. City of Worcester.
36. Sutton Manufacturing Co. v. City of Worcester.
37. Fisher Manufacturing Co. v. City of Worcester.
38. Peter Simpson et al. v. City of Worcester.
39. Cordis Mills v. City of Worcester.
40. Robert Taft v. City of Worcester.
41. Charles D. Morse v. City of Worcester.
42. Peter Simpson et al. v. City of Worcester.
43. Erastus R. Whipple, Admr. v. City of Worcester.
44. Alvin E. Thurston et al. v. City of Worcester.
45. Loring Coes et al. v. City of Worcester.
46. Henry A. Hoyt v. City of Worcester.
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REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR.
The following cases in addition to those enumerated above are pending against the City in the Superior Court :-
47. Bridget Lawler Admx. v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover for alleged injury to the plaintiff's intestate by a horse at the City barn.
48. Henry T. Cheever v. City of Worcester.
Action to recover damages to real estate on Laurel Hill by reason of stopping a drain and causing an overflow of water.
The following cases brought originally in the Superior Court in this County, were removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, by the petitioners, and are now pending in the said Circuit Court. Motions to remand the actions have been made by the defendant, which will be heard in a short time. These are pe- titions for damages in the matter of the taking of Tatnuck Brook :-
1. Blackstone Mfg. Co. v. City of Worcester.
2. James H. Mumford 2nd et al. v. City of Worcester.
3. Lonsdale Co. v. City of Worcester.
4. Bailey W. Evans et ali. v. City of Worcester.
5. Albion Co. v. City of Worcester.
6. Manville Co. v. City of Worcester.
7. Valley Falls Co. v. City of Worcester.
8. John W. Danielson et al. v. City of Worcester.
9. Lippitt Woolen Co. v. City of Worcester.
10. Harris Woolen Co. v. City of Worcester.
11. Louisa Jenks et ali. v. City of Worcester.
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12. Clinton Mfg. Co. v. City of Worcester.
13. American Worsted Co. v. City of Worcester.
14. Social Mfg. Co. v. City of Worcester.
15. Central Falls Woolen Mills v. City of Worcester.
16. Bathsheba Benedict v. City of Worcester.
17. Joseph Bannigan et al. v. City of Worcester.
18. Cornelius E. Green et al. v. City of Worcester.
19. Darius Goff v. City of Worcester.
20. Pawtucket Hair Cloth Co. v. City of Worcester.
21. Stafford Mfg. Co. v. City of Worcester.
22. Geo. L. Littlefield et al. v. City of Worcester.
23. Bridge Mill Cotton Mfg. Co. v. City of Worcester.
24. Wm. Jenks et ali. v. City of Worcester.
25. Peter H. Brown, Tr. v. City of Worcester.
26. Mary E. Davis et ali. v. City of Worcester.
The following case is also pending in the Circuit Court of the United States for this District against the City : Jeremiah Dris- coll et al. v. City of Worcester. Bill in equity to recover damages for infringment of a patent for laying cement pavement in sections.
The evidence is closed in the case and it is expected that it will be presented upon law questions at the next term.
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REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR.
In the Superior Court for the County of Norfolk is pending the following case against the City :-
John Morrissey v. City of Worcester. An action to recover one hundred dollars, money had and received. The claim arises from the circumstance that a pauper committed to the City Almshouse had one hundred dollars in her possession. It is now claimed that the money belonged to this plaintiff.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK P. GOULDING.
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PUBLIC GROUNDS.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PARKS-COMMISSION.
To the Honorable
CITY COUNCIL :-
"The ANNUAL REPORT provided for in the Twelfth Section of Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-four of the Acts of Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-two, and in the Twenty-first Section of Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety-nine of the Acts of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-six, shall be made in the month of March."
Pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 163, of the Acts of the General Court, A. D. 1885, as above recited, the Report of the PARKS- COMMISSION for the municipal year ending November 30, A. D. 1886, as also for their current "acts and doings," is herewith submitted :-
PARKS-COMMISSION,
In account with
CITY OF WORCESTER.
Dr.
To Annual Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Per Contra, Cr.
For Labor,
$3,928 90
Hire of teams, with men,
167 87
Trees, plants, &c.,
1,883 51
Manure and earth,
225 50
Lawn grass seed,
55 20
Printing,-reports, &c.,
67 21
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Stamps, stationery, books,
10 93
Tools, hardware, blacksmithing,
183 54
Lumber, and work on tree-guards, water closets, &c.,
870 35
Settees,
119 00
Eng. Dept. stakes for planting, &c.,
22 43
Water gates, signs,
21 87
Fence posts, wire, &c.,
133 49
Trucking and freight,
11 05
Atlas of Worcester,
15 00
Paving, beach stone, &c.,
67 00
Valves and repairs,
10 10
Bigelow Monument, repairs,
96 30
Sewer to waterclosets (Elm Park),
100 00
Hose and couplings,
4 15
Powder and fuse,
3 60
Advertising,
2 00
Total expenditure,
$7,999 00
Carried to Sinking Fund, $1 00
In the Address of His Honor The Mayor, upon the occasion of his second induction to office, occurs the subjoined passage :-
" Last July the City formally assumed all the rights that the First Parish may be found to possess in any portion of the Common. The exact value of these rights, upon which it was found impossible to agree, will soon be deter- mined by process of law. The exclusive ownership of that tract of land will enable the City, whenever the erection of a new municipal building can no longer be deferred, to avail itself without delay of a convenient and suitable site."
The PARKS-COMMISSION find nothing in these views of His Honor to which they cannot cordially accede. From time im- memorial the Town Meeting-House has been located within the limits of the original Common and Training-Field. From that spot has Worcester ever aspired to God-the while keeping her powder dry. Upon that Common ground has she, in sore need, ever found Man. The combination of Parish and Town requir- ing a Meeting-House, the labor of all accomplished its construc-
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