Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-26
The lnterState's Peti-
ton in Central Falls.
C0UNCILMEN FAVOR IT.
Hearing Continued to the Next Meet
ing-Interesting Items.


House, and at O'Clock, when President
Andrew called the meeting to order, every
Councilman was in his seat.
The most important matters to be acted
on were the calling.of a special town meet
ing, a petition for sewers and the petit
tion of the Interstate road to lay rails on
High street.
President Daggett was present, but none
of the members of the Pawtucket Street
Railway Company were to be seen. The
High and. Dexter streets commissioners
were present to make a report.
Clerk Crawford read the records Of the
previous meeting and they were adopted.
In behalf OF the committee appointed to
issue the bonds of the town, Il. Il. Free
man said that Peck Bros. q Co. of Boston
were the highest bidders for the 800, 0,00O
worth of bonds of the town, Offering 81 ,01s
premium. This bid was accepted, and
then arose a controversy about the legality
of issuing the bonds, as at the town meet
ing OF March 10th the vote was not
properly taken in compliance with the
permission OF the General Assembly.
The Commission, Mr.. Freeman said,
offered to release Peck Bros. q Co., from
their bid, but that firm said they did not
want to be released, and wanted a special
town meeting to be held so as to correct
the mistake.
Mr.. Freeman wanted this done, rs 1t
was only technicality, and Mr.. Schiller
moved to have special meeting of the
taxpayers held one week from today,
August End.
Samuel Fessenden reported for the
commission on Lindsey Pike, and said
that meeting of the abutters was held
in Firemen's Hall, Saylesville, Saturday
afternoon,
Mrs. Austin, who loses some trees,
wants s100: Job Austin, s25; Jonathan
Hill, 7cents per foot for land Mr.. Han
naway, cents a foot, and Smith M.
Ballou wants cents foot.
lie said those that were given land made
no objection. All the abutters who had
been seen had agreed with them, and there
was only few that have not shown up.
The amount OF damages would be very
small.
street, asking that the street be curbed,
were read. Mr.. Curtis objected to grade
on that street, as 1t would throw the sur
face water into his yard. A grade was
established there eight years ago.
At this point, Superintendent Charles A.
Luther of the Pawtucket Street Railway
Company came in.
1ho ,,royar ~ tba RooIax, Of raat hutt aro
that that thoroughfare be curbed, side
walks established and the street worked
to grade was granted.
The petition of the Interstate Street
Railway Company to lay rails on High
street was then read.
President Daggett said that Attorney
Barney was in New York and that he
would try to state the facts of the case.
The Town Council of Cumberland, hav-
ing granted them permission to come
down Broad street to Valley Falls and at
the request OF many citizens of Central
Falls, they asked to be allowed to come
down High street.
lie said that they laid sixteen miles OF
rails between Pawtucket and North At
four miles of the road to South Attleboro.
lie said the company was under $4,000
bonds TO build their road in Cumberland
before Jan. 1st, 1893, and would agree to a
similar condition in this town.
They were willing to lay tracks on any
street the Council would order, and
wanted to get through the town.
Inrdop thou0ht ho ,,at n Tor, ahnu IA
be granted.
Mr.. Comstock said it was a bad thing
for country roads to lay tracks on them
unless paved.
President Andrew said that it was in the
power of the Town Council to say how
they shall lay the the tracks.
Mr.. Bridgehouse spoke in favor OF the
Pawtucket Street Railway Company. He
was in favor OF helping home industries.
Mr.. Jordan said that other people should
be thought of as well as those at home.
President Daggett said he did not know
why the Interstate was called a foreign
corporation. Their Office is in Pawtucket
and nearly all the stock is owned by
Rhode Island men. He said the Pa wtuck-
company in name only. The stock was
nearly all owned by the Union Railroad
Company OF Providence.
Messrs. Corbett and Gilluly said the
Pawtuckct company had not done what
they had agreed to do in keeping their
tracks in repair.
Councilmen Jordan, Schiller and Rob-
erts thought II would be good thing for
Central Falls.
Superintendent Luther said he had been
amused by the remarks made by several OF
those present. He said the Union Rail-
road Company only owned 35 per cent. Of
the Pawtucket company's stock.
He was not there To object to the Inter-
state. He said the company had not been
ordered to pave outside the rails on Dox.
ter street. II they had been, they would
have done so. John III. Barber said
the business men requested the Inter-
state to come down High street.
lie did not think the Pawtucket COM
pany should be allowed to pluck the
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