Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-05
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Methods-News of the Town.


Methods-News of the Town.
Now that the warrants for a special
town meeting have been printed and post
ed, it only remains forthc taxpayers to
attend the meeting and appropriate such
sums OF money as the economists need to
pay for dividing the town, taking voters
census, and holding dark lantern commit
tee meetings. While making appropri-
atoms one should not be forgotten for a
snow plough, or rather an additional one
for the highway depart ment SO that the
very efficient (?) Surveyor may clean off
the sidewalks and afterwards open the
cutters, that should have been done after
the recent storm.
But Ajax OF the L. o. \. NJ. cannot
possibly attend TO everything at once,
having spent half a day bossing one
solitary laborcr shoyeling out cutters
for the princely sum OF $50 per day Of
ten hours-Amorican wages to American
"Mechanics, Mckinley lied labor on
highways.
In conversation with several citizens
today, great deal of dissatisfaction was
expressed, that with an appropriation o.
10000 1t is impossible to have sidewalks
clear enough to walk upon, while last
year, Mr.. Phillips had the side
walks cleared, working nights TO do so.
But remember q, 900 year goes to War
rem, the home of the Town Solicitor, but
economy demands it and it must be had.
Is not Richard T. Keene 20 be paid for
liking the liquor vote? Have not the
expenses OF the famous tissue ballot case,
the removing of locks, repairing OF dam
ages to the town house to be paid for?
Also the celebrated committee of jnvesti-
cation, two of whom did the work and
three TO be paid?
Another show OF Economy.
A number have asked il the Republi-
cans have acted like economists in the
matter OF dividing the town into voting
districts, and IL they have lived upt to what
they claimed would be their motto at the
first appropriation meeting, economy"
A brief resume of the expenses that
must he incurred in holding the April
election alone will probably open the
eyes OF those who have not given the mat
ter serious thought
There are seven districts. Seven Mod
orators and the same number OF Clerks
at 50 each will be so. Twcnty-eght
Supervisors, four for each district-two
Democrats aud two Republicans, at 90
each, sl40; fourteen ballot boxes, two for
each district, at so each, Sll0, which is
about the lowest sum they can be made
for; check lists, s175 rent of six halls, the
town house free, at least $50; police for
each district at - each, sli0 booths, guard
rails and other eXpenses, 300; total 1896.
The June elections will simply be a rep
etition with the exception Of buying
booths, etc, and the same with all other
elections. II this is "cconomizing,n it is
new style md by which no business man
ever acquired fortune and no town gov
erment ever practised long without be-
coming bankrupt
Pstt and the snow pIow.
There is n good deal of just complaint
among the people of the village about tho
manner in which Surveyor Patt has
cleared the cutters Of snow and sprinkled
sand on the sidewalk.
The residents Of High street say that tho
snow has not hoon above Mr.. Pratts
house on that street this winter nor has
sand been sprinklod on the sidewalks.
Other much travelled streets have not
been visited AT ALL
The surveyor started out yesterday
morning with the plow and had a team
out sprinkling sand but the sun had demo
the work before he got around. The crit
icism OF the taxpayers is sharp and comes
from members OF Mr.. Patt's own party.
Interesting Items.
Branch William O'Brien, |. y, F. will
turn out $50 stlong on st. Patrick's Day.
The handsome Garfield street school
house was appropriately dedicated yes
terday afternoon and will soon tc occu-
niaI