The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . the Legislature. The Worccslcr Daily Tclcgraui appeared Mav 19, 1886. The SiDidayTelegram was first issued in 1884. In 1887 the schools cost $241,505 ; highways, $106,016; City Hospital,$15,378; interest, $105,783. The title and interest of the First Parish in that part of the Commonoccupied by their meeting-house were taken in exercise of the authorityvested in the city by the Legislature of 1885, and the venerable Church w^as removed, $115,395 being paid in compromise, afteran award to the parish of $148,409 by
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . the Legislature. The Worccslcr Daily Tclcgraui appeared Mav 19, 1886. The SiDidayTelegram was first issued in 1884. In 1887 the schools cost $241,505 ; highways, $106,016; City Hospital,$15,378; interest, $105,783. The title and interest of the First Parish in that part of the Commonoccupied by their meeting-house were taken in exercise of the authorityvested in the city by the Legislature of 1885, and the venerable Church w^as removed, $115,395 being paid in compromise, afteran award to the parish of $148,409 by a commission. The propositionto take the parish rights in 1872 was voted down, 2,480 to 2,297. In 1888 $75,000 was boiTowed to begin the sewage purificationworks at (Juinsigamond. The parks loan of $200,000 was authorized,for the purpose of acquiring certain tracts for public use. The valuation was $64,498,386; fire loss, $29,876. The schoolscost $266,554; the highways, $134,091 ; the Fire Department, $61,126;police, $95,703. * See sketch in Biographical SAMUEL WINSLOW. The Worcester of 1898. 67 There were 142 miles of public and fifty miles of private streets; miles of main water-pipe. In 1889 the gross debt was $3,595,700. The valuation was $69,350,-000. During the years 1886-89 1,481 new buildings were erected in thecity. Clark University was opened, and the Salisbury Laboratories atthe Polytechnic Institute built. Land for a new high school housewas purchased for $49,500. School-houses on Freeland and Salisburystreets, Sunnyside, Greendale, Adams square, Jamesville, and Bloom-ingdale were erected at a total cost of $133,475; fire-engine houses onCambridge and Woodland streets were built. The Citv Hospital wasenlarged and further endowed, and a hospital for contagious diseaseserected. A lot for a new public library building was , i\Iessinger hill, East Worcester, Crompton, L^niversity, Newtonhill and Institute parks were opened. The last was
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