The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . his serviceshighly. In 1S70 he was elected a member of the Common Council ofWorcester, and was a member of that body four years. Here hewas largelyinstrumental in securing fire apparatus on the west side of the city, whichat that time was entirely without protection in that respect, and his efforts,with those of others, resulted in the building of the Winslow street engine-hnuse. He also favored the introduction of chemical , andwas influential in overcoming opposition to their use. In the laying out andb
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . his serviceshighly. In 1S70 he was elected a member of the Common Council ofWorcester, and was a member of that body four years. Here hewas largelyinstrumental in securing fire apparatus on the west side of the city, whichat that time was entirely without protection in that respect, and his efforts,with those of others, resulted in the building of the Winslow street engine-hnuse. He also favored the introduction of chemical , andwas influential in overcoming opposition to their use. In the laying out andbuilding of the boulevard, while not the prime mover, he was very influential,and to his earnest advocacy and untiring zeal the success of the plan waslargely due, and the people of Worcester now enjoy the outcome f hisforesight and public spirit. So little was this undertaking appreciated atthe time that a prominent and wealthy citizen told Mr. Hartshorn that thecontemplated road was so far from ^lain street that it would not be used andthat grass would grow in CALVIN L. HARTSHORN. THE Worcester of 1898. 649 Mr. Hartshorn served two years—1879 and 1S80—in the Legislature. Hewas for twelve years a member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, anda member of the Parks Commission in 1897, resigning the last named officein consequence of the pressure of other business. He has been several timesimportuned to run for alderman, but has declined. In 1881, in spite of hispositive declination to be a candidate, he received 1,571 votes for mayor,against 2,971 for E. B. Stoddard, the Citizens nominee, who was elected. Mr. Hartshorn has practically retired from business, though he is as activeas ever. He has of late years traveled considerably, visiting the West andSouth. He is a man of genial and social disposition, whose qualities havegained him a wide acquaintance and a large circle of friends. He is amember of Morning Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and for many years hasbeen a memb
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