The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ective sidewalks are morenumerous than formerly in consequence. The trend is towards reliev-ing the owner from the present requirements of the law to keep hissidewalk clean of ice and snow in winter, and within a short time thisduty will probably be performed by the Highway Department, as hasbeen the case with street watering, which is now done by the city, thecost being assessed with the tax upon estates. No damages can nowbe recovered in consequence of accident due to ice and snow alone, ifreasonable compliance with the l
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ective sidewalks are morenumerous than formerly in consequence. The trend is towards reliev-ing the owner from the present requirements of the law to keep hissidewalk clean of ice and snow in winter, and within a short time thisduty will probably be performed by the Highway Department, as hasbeen the case with street watering, which is now done by the city, thecost being assessed with the tax upon estates. No damages can nowbe recovered in consequence of accident due to ice and snow alone, ifreasonable compliance with the law has been made by the large claims were made by those who were injured, and inmany cases awarded; but this grew into an abuse to such an extentthat an act was passed by the Legislature to correct it. Now grossnegligence or an obvious defect in the paving must be proved beforethe plaintiff can recover. The appropriation for street maintenance and construction in 1898was $133,000, with $92,500 additional for street lighting. The Worcester of 1898. ;57. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE C. BRYANT, 78 WOODLAND STREET. FIRE DEPARTMENT. In 1848, when Worcester became a city, the numerical force of theFire Department was 247, divided among five engine companies, onehook-and-ladder company, and a board of seven engineers. Only hand-engines were in use at that time. The Fire Department had beenincorporated and regularly organized in 1835, and the number of menand engines was from time to time incieased as the growth of the placeadvanced. In 1854, when the Merrifield fire, Worcesters most disastrousconflagration, occurred, the city was as well equipped for fighting fii-e asany other community of its size in this part of the country; but at thattime none of the modern methods or apparatus had come into use, andthe devouring element overcame such resistance as could then bebrought against it, and swept away everything in its path. To-daya similar fire could be quickly controlled unless
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