Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-08-23
they agreeing with the prcpristors Of said
wharf &c

into consideration, and being sensible of the
advantages il will be TO the Town in gene
raj, as also great ornament TO the same
which will arise by and at the great expense
OF the petitioners and their associates,
do Vote and Enact, and hereby grant,
convey and confirm unto the said Henry
Collins, Samuel RodmaD, Henry Bull,
Clarke Rodman, Joseph Jacobs, Samuel
Wickhan, William Read, Thomas Potter,
Nathaniel Codoinglon, and Samuel Collins,
and their associates, and to their heirs aud
assigns, 70 ever, all that pieca or parcel of
land in Newport aforesaid, called the Town
wharf, with all the space OF land between
the lands OF Katharine Sheffield and the
lands OF Benjamin Durtey, and extending
from Thames street westward across the
cove or Flats to the Sandy Point, called
Easton's Point, and across the Point,
Eight Hundred feet westward into the water
towards Goat Island from loto water mark,
together with the p piviiges of all the rights
the said town OF Newport hath in the water
on the Norh and South side Jorty.fve feet
in width on each side, they the said Peti-
tioners, and their associates, agreeing with
the proprirtors OF the said Town.wharf and
those persons ,ph0 opn the lots on Sandy
Point, through which the premises riH er-
tend and as soon as they can with conve-
niency, to build on The premises, a good and
substantial wharf of Fifty feet wide, ,ertend-
ing from Thames street TO the western
limits aforesaid, leaving Channel Tor the
passage of boats into the Cove, with good
convenient Dra~ Bridge, and always leav.
ing thirty feet in width of the said wharf
on The south side, free and clear OF buildings
and other ncumbranccs, Tor the better land
ing OF all sorts OF wood, lumb,r &C., for
the benefit OF the inhabitants according to
the grant in the year 1902, excepting the
building OF Cranes &c, Tor the convenien-
cy of unlooding vessels &c. To have and
TO hold all The above granted premises, with
all and singular the rights, profits, privileges
and appurtenances TO The same belonging,
or in any wise appertaning upon The condi-
tons above specified to tn m the said Hen
ry Co lins, Samuel Rodman, Henry Bull,
Clarke Rcdman, Joseph Jacobs, Samuel
Wickham, William Read, Thomas Potter,
Nathaniel Coddng,on and Samuel Collins,
and their associates and to their heirs and
assigns, forever.
Test Wm. Colding;on, Jun, Dep,
Town Clerk, Recorded in the Quarter
Meeting Of Newport, b. No. 2, Pages 5l9-
90, the 9th day of October, 1899"
Town Clerks Office,
Newport May 3Orh, 1929.
certify the foregoing is True Copy
of what is egible in the Old Records IN
this Office. Witness.
Benz. b. Howlaud, Town Clerk.
The " harf was, as | shall particularly
delincate in my history OF the wharf, built
and sustained various!y, until the year 1894,
when the citizens iio.n dissatisfaction long
expressed, thir,y-six, in number. only one
Of them, Mr. Beebe proprietor, and that
without any special authority derived either
from tn, Town or the Proprietors, of the
wharf, al least SO far as the records OF eli.
ther show, resolved to rebuild that art OF
the wharf ives, from Grav'lly Point, that
hid been so far destroyed that the tides at
high water over flowed it. Ii was the spirit
Of commercial enterprise that animated
them to this effort. The cause Of cduca-
ton also was held by them in the highest
repute, and they believed that if the wharf
was rebuilt and also an hotel for the &C.
; commodation Of the many whom they
thought would sail to and thercfrom, an in
come Of no inconsiderable amount would
accrue from whirfage and board, for the sup
port of free schools. The institution Of
public schools in 1900 however will &C
count for the total neglect on their part of
this main feature Of their investment.
/ At the January Session of the General
Assembly at East Greenwich, l795, page
8 Of Schedules l794-6, they petitoned for
lottery for purposes set forth in the fol-
lowing action; viz.
"On melton, 1t is Voted and Resolved,
That Messrs. Henry Marchant, George
Gibbs, Christopher Champlin, Henry Sher-
burne, George Champlin, James Robinson,
Peleg Clarke, John Bours, Oliver r. War.
ncr, John Handy, Francis MaIbone, Daniel
Mason, Ethan Clarke, Christopher Fo Ter,
Simeon Martin, Thomas Dennis, J,hn L..
Boss, Samuel Vernon, Jr., William Elery,
Jr., Christopher Ellery, Christopher q.
Champlin. ID mel Lyman, Isaac Center,
Benjamin Mason, Aaron Sheffield William
Li,tlehed, Silss Deane, Audlcy Clarke,
Constant Taber, Caleb Gardner, Nathan
Beb,e, Moses Seixas, Nicholas Taylor,
Walter Claiming, Archibald Crary, and
Il bert Rogers, be, and they, or any eleven
Of them are hereby authorized to set forth
scheme to raise by Lottery a sum not ex-
c.eding twenty-five thousand Dollars, for
rebuilding the wharf in Newport, common.
| ly called the Long. Wharf, and for buidn.
a Hotel in the said town; that they, or any
\ eleven Of them, be authorized to appoint
L the Managers for tho said Lottery, who