We do not desire a controversy with bur neighbors. We have no
desireto appeal to the court hastily. We simply ask this Legislature
to so amend or construe the Act of 1867 as to prevent a continuance
of this nuisance, and to establish some reasonable limit of time with-
in which it shall be done. But, when you have fixed that time, we
ask you to make the act efficient, and provide that within that time
the city shall do something. It may consult any body it pleases ; it
may adopt any system ; it may incur only such expense as shall be
actually necessary, and the less expense that will enable them to
carry out a proper plan will be the most satisfactory to us. We
only ask that the city shall be required to do what a court of equity
hereafter shall say is equitable, -^ what it can do reasonably to pre-
vent and Tedress this wrong. The city of Worcester is a very power-
ful corporation. We admit it. We know perfectly well, that if
that city oppose us with all its Strength in this Legislature, through
their senatdr and representatives, and through all the instrumentali-
ties that it can bring to bear, trj' to defeat this measure, it will be very
difficult to carry it through, even with the powerfiil help of a favor-
able report from this Committee. We understand that perfectly well.
