The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-12
The PAWTUXET VALLEY.
A Description Of the Thriving Village
Of Hope.
IT Is A PLEASANT COMMUNITY.
A Place without IA Doctor, but with Lots
of Enterprise The Other Valley
Towns-A Bigger Hail Needed in River
Point.

HOPE, Feb. IL Hope is pleasant viii
lage and, with the exception of five or six
houses which are in Coventry. is situated
in the town of Scituate and at the ter
minus of the PawtuXet Valley Railroad,
at which station six trains depart for
Providence and adjoining villages daily,
except Saturday. when there are seven.
The extra train leaves between and
o'clock =. NJ, and returns nc midnight.
The village consists Of 96 houses with 135
tenements, commencing at the west end
at Isaac Groves and Andrew Bur
lingame's, on the north at Ambrose Col
wins and Henry Simmons, on the east by
Mrs. Mary H. Fry.
The main street of the old village begins
at the residence of Almon w. Fish, near
the Hope House, and terminates at the
residence OF Perry X. West on that side
aud at the top of the hill on the opposite
side and is adorned with stately elm trees,
of which the one near the boarding house
is perhaps the largest in the town, If not
fn the State.
In the other direction. commencing
opposite the Hope House anG extending
down 20 the land of j. II. Potter are
mostly handsome naples. in the summer
season making a pleasant and shady street.
The village Is manufacturing village.
old part was built i'm 1874 and is four
stories high, with pitched roof. The
ground was broken for the trench for the
new part Aug l. 1870. and in the following
May, Sharp Brothers commenced laying
the foundation for the mill.
The new part is two stories with a
nearly fat roof In the latter part of
January, 1872, Sharp Brothers finished
their work ana the looms commenced TO
run in the new part in July, 1872. The
company Is called the Hope Company,
with Goddard Brothers agents, and the
Hon X. &. Rowland superintendent, a.
l.. t.Johnson clerk. They manufacture
sheeting one yard wide. 76 picks TO the
inch, cuts average 30 yards in length.
There are 430 looms and about $4,000
spindles.
The driving power consists of two iron
wheels and one steam engine of one hun
dred and twenty-five horse power. Ii re
quires three hundred and forty-five horse
power TO run the mill. The fall of water
is thirty feet. The company employs 250
hands, and pay the help once week.
For so small "a village there is consider
able business carried on in the four gen
eral stores, two bakeries, three stables and
saw mills. The postoiiice is under charge
of Bowen Sweet, who is q Republican post
master, while the hotel is run by Mrs.
Daniel Rowland who, as a landlady, is
favorably known by a majority OF the
commercial travellers of the State for her
warm-hearted hospitality.
The hotel is run on the temperance plan;
In fact, there is no strong drink sold in
the village. There is one district school,
which was erected by the taxpayers of the
town five years ago, ut a cost OF ~, Sol. .99,
having three departments, with William
Hervey, principal, Mrs. Howell Hopkins,
teacher of the intermediate department,
and Miss Mary Parker, teacher oil primary
classes.
The Rev L. Spear of Washington is
pastor of the Methodist Church, and also
mas charge of the local Sabbath-school,
which is well attended, as is also the
church. There is public library fur
nished by the company free for all who
choose TO 20 there and read, or take the
books TO their homes for two weeks.
There is no physician in the village, but
the sick are attended by DIR. Charles Clark
of Fiskville, n. b. Kenyon and X. NJ.
Smith OF River Point, a. G.. Sprague of
Clye and DIR. Jchn Winsor of Anthony,
Public Notary John G.. Colvin. The pop
ulation of the village is between seven
and-eight hundred. The village is grow
Ing rapidly and the general health will
average with others OF similar size.
An important change in the mail SER
vice will begin at the post office to-day.
The mail for Scituate, Rockland, Ashland
and Clayville will be sent direct To those
villages from the Office instead of being
sent first 10 the Providence Office as for
merly.
Elmer Andrews ic sick with severe at
tack of diphtheria.
The NEWS will be for sale every even
ing at Messrs Sweet a. Andrews.
Edward q. Price, the local newspaper
correspondent, who has been frequently
asking through the columns of the news
papers, "What has become of the Hope
Band :" was surprised at his residence
last night by the members of the band
and their friends at about 10 o'clock. Mr..
Price had retired for the night and his
astonishment may easily be imagined
Marching Through Georgia" were
waited TO his sense of hearing The mem
bers of the band are at present smoking
choice Havanas at his expense.