Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-09-17

Mr.. O'Brien then spoke of 1.-The variou
ordinances adopted in relation to the Paw
tucket company, claiming that II the
ordinances were to be lived up to this com
psny had no right to use the rails now used
as q pattern of the rails is not deposited In
the city clerks office. He moved to lay II
on the table for one month.
The motion was lost on roll call vote
Messrs. Clark and OBrien alone voting
for 1t.
A motion to concur with the board was
then adopted on a roll call vote, Mr.. O'Brien
alone voting against concurrence.
The ordinance sppropriatiug s3s, 800 fol
land for gravel pit was next continued.
Mr.. Winters objected to paying what he
considered such high price for this lani.
Mr.. Pierce urged the purchase of Ger.
tain lands owned by the Lily Pond Land
company.
Explanations were made by City Engineer
Carpenter and Highway Commissioner Ladd
in which the latter pronounced the contem.
plated purchase as the best and cheapest
for the interests of the city.
The ordinance was passed In concurrence,
Q ayes to 6 nays, as follows:
Ayes-Mr. President Brown and Messrs.
Anderton, Clark, Davis, Halliday. O'Brien,
Quinn. Taylor and White-9.
Nsys-Messrs. Lennon, Moore, McCabe,
Pierce, Watson and Winters-s.
Ordinance appropriating $500 for a public
scale was adopted in concurrence, with the
amendment that the scales be of a capacity
of not less than 10 tons.
The following matters were adopted in
concurrence. Joint resolution laying out
Webster street; joint resolution accepting
Lewis street as a public highway; ordi.
nance accepting 5000 in trust for the care
Of the burial lot of George r. Cushman
ordinance appropriating 5000 additional fol
the street light department; an ordinance
sppropriating $1,000 additional for the city
engineers department.
A recess Of 10 minutes was taken, and
upon reassembling, an ordinance appropri
ating 900 additional for the police anne,
to the Pleasant View fire station wa,
adopted in concurrence.
Joint resolution in relation 10 comforting
additional powers upon the city council in
relation to condemning land, was adopted
in concurrence.
Report Of the joint committees on high.
ways, and Joint resolution In relation tc
Lumber street, were received and adopted
in concurrence.
Eaton L. Slocum appeared before the
council and spoke in relation to hi
auxiliary fire alarm, and said that all hs
desired was permission to put them W
where desired. The matter was referred
to the committee on fire department, tC
report OF the next regular meeting. Ad
journed.
The following introduced by Councilman
O'Brien was adopted;
Whereas. 1t has been demonstrated thai
the public streets Of municipalities can be
lighted by the municipalities themselves at 9
cheaper rate than is charged by private cor.
porations.
Resolved, The Board of aldermen con.
curing herein, that joint special commit
tee, consisting of two members Of the
Board of Aldermen and three members OF
the Common Council be and they are ap-
pointed q committee for the purpose of pre-,
pairing proper plan for the lighting # the
streets of this city by the city, together with
the estimated cost Of the same, and said
committee is hereby instructed to report or
or before November Is next.
Claim of Philip Downey of S205 81 fol
damages done to his estate by reason OF
the change of grade of Sterry street wal
referred TO the committee on claims.
Invitation to join the Veteran Firemen
in their trip to Lowell was accepted.
Report Of the committee on claims on
the claim of William Bennett was taken
from the table. The recommendation
were indefinitely postponed and the claim
was referred to the appraiser of damage.
by dogs.