The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-27
THE PARK EXTENSIONS
Recommended to the Common COun-
Gil and Laid on the Table.
DEDICATION OF DAVIS PARK,
Four Members of the Council Appointed
on the Special Committee to Investigate
the City Property Committees Methods.
Big Batch of Routine business Tran
sacted.


OF the Common Councils time at the
meeting last evening. The resolution to
condemn certain land adjoining Roger
Williams Park came back from the com
mittee for acceptance, but was put over
until the next meeting. The resolution TO
extend Blackstone Park received similar
treatment and resolution was adopted
TO dedicate Davis Park. In addition to the
regular routine business, four members of
the council were appointed on the special
committee 20 investigate the methOds OF
the city property committee.
An amendment 20 chapter 352 OF the
ordinances transferring the balance, $500
from the reserve fund TO the appropriation
for contingencies was adopted
The matter Of grading and concreting
Dexter Training Ground came back from
the finance committee and was referred 10
the commissioners of the Dexter donation.
The following petitioners were, on re-
commendation of the committee on
claims, given leave 10 withdraw COrmlck
shannon, ID. ;. Mahoney, George w. Pay
ton, James :. and Susan Bacon.
The petition OF j. NJ. Burlington ct al
TO rebuild Broadway came back from the
Highway committee and the petitioners
were given leave TO withdraw. The COM
mittee estimated the cost of the proposed
Barton street at about 100000.
The following resolutions were adopted
To lay out Williams street at an average
width of 40 feet; TO lay out Messer street,
from High To Cranston street TO pave
Brook street, from Wickenden TO Power
street estimated cost -, ,s60.50 TO lay out
Summer street.
Resolutions were adopted ordering sew
ers i'm the following streets: In Irving
and Butler avenues; in Granston street,
from Wendall street to POtter's avenue:
in POtter's avenue, from CranstOn 10 DeX-
ter streets in Earle street; in Linwood
avenue, from CranstOn to Dexter street
in Cranston street, from BlISgham TO
Dodge street
Ira Winsor presented an amendment TO
Chapter xvii of the ordinances, increasing
the number of permanent iremen to 2l0
and of call men TO 20. IL was adopted.
Mr. Barney presented the report of the
committee on parks on the purchase of
lands adjoining Roger Williams Park,
recommending that the property known rs
Cunliif pond and Elessrr field wood lot be
condemned with the understanding that
the city should purchase rs much of the
condemned lands as il saw fit. The pro
posed addition comprises about $50 acres
and will cost about So, coo. On motion OF
Mr.. Angel the resolution was laid on the
table until the next meeting, when it Will
be made the special order.
the proposed addition to Blackstone park
submitted the committees report, which
recommend that certain of the adj joining
lands be purchased at cost not TO exceed
Sl25OOO. Accompanying the report was
resolution for purchasing the land men
toned. On motion of Mr.. Angel, the
resolution was laid on the table until the
next meeting, and in the mean time the
council will inspect the proposed addi-
tion.
An ordinance was adopted giving per-
mission TO the Old Colony Railroad Com
pany to lay rails in India street.
Resolutions were adopted to lay water
pipes in Lisbon, Amherst and Woodbine
streets, Atlantic avenue and the old
killingly road.
The resolution appointing joint stand
ing committee TO report upon the matter
OF creating and appointing n board OF
equalization of the taxes of the
city of Providence, and defining the
duties therof we received from the Board
of Aldermen and passed IN concurrence
and Messrs. Vaughan, Aldrich and Rem
linger were appointed III behalf OF the
Council.
The resolution appointing joint special
committee on city property was received
from the Board of aldermen.
Mr.. Lansing moved that four members
of the Council be appoinred.
Mr.. Batchelder, on behalf of the City
Property Committee, said that the com
mittee had tried to do its work well. If
mistakes had been made, il had not been
done Intentionally. That il was trait of
mankind to err but he thought in this
case the committee would find nothing
out of the way, and he hoped the investi-
cation would be pushed.
The resolution was passed In concur
renee. and President Watson appointed
Messrs. Lansing, j. H. kendrick, Durfee
and McCaughin on the committee.
The following business was received
from the board and passed I'm concurrence;
n resolution fixing the compensation of
certain employees of the department OF
public works: resolution TO lay out Oak
street; resolution giving Walter Scott
permission 90 raise a building.
There was big batch of miscellaneous
business A resolution was adopted to
provide committee room with telephone.
The following petitions 10 lay out streets
were referred to the highway committee;
University avenue, Willow, Osborne,
Richardson, Eva and Newark streets
The following petitions for remission OF
tax were referred TO the committee on
claims: Harriet \. Swarts, Mary O..
McMHnn, Richard H. Hall, Henry Brown,
Sarah +. Randall, Booth X Hutchinson,
John W. Carr. o. W Read, y. y. Arnold.
The following petitions for electric
lights were referred to the lamp commit
tee Tobias Burke. Gladstone avenue !;
Fletcher Manufacturing Company Back
street
The petition Of Mrs. Sarah Hazard for
sewer on Hudson street was referred 20
the committee ON sewers. Mrs. Lydia q.
Woods petition 90 raise a building was
granted An ordinance fixing the time
for paying the poll tax as Nov. Oh was
adopted. The petition for the improving
of Bowen street was referred 10 the street
committee with instructions TO give a
public hearing on the matter.
MIR Nu.c introduced resolution TO
dedicate Davis park. The resolution was
adopted Accompanying this resolution
was "a report Of the Park Commissioners
Ca the resolution To procure puCcs for the
laying out OF Davis Park, which, on recon-
incubation of the commissioners, was in
definitely postponed.
Adjourned for two weeks.