The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-25

| RESOLUTIONS were duOD ell ORDERING
water pipes in Grand, Sackett, Lloyd
Norwood. Standlsh aud California ave
nues. aud Cranston, Quaid. Hawes and
Black streets.
Concurrent Matters.
The following were concurred in by the
c.uncil:
An ordinance providing for the collection
of poll tax; ordinance authorizing the city
solicitor TO employ additional help in the ex-
aminations of the titles OF the real estate in
cludcd in the extension of Roger Williams
Park and OF Blackstone Park; resolution au-
thorizlng the Joint special committee on the
purchase OF land adjoining Roger Williams
Park, for park purposes, TO agree with owners
OF land taken, or or any interest or right
therein as to the price Of such interest: reso-
luton adding Sl2,O TO the appropriations for
Columbus Day: resolution adding S20000O to
the appropriation for sewers: resolution d-
recting the superintendent of public buildings
20 construct a portable building for voting
purposes resolution ordering sewers TO be
constructed In Audrey, blackstone. Diamond,
| High, princeton avenue and Broad streets and
in Lexington avenue; resolution granting
permission To Joseph +. James Richard Rich
ardson AMI the second Presbyterian Church
TO raise buildings.
Board resolution appointing "A Joint special
committee 10 report relative to establishing a
! public market between Market suuare and
| Crawford street was received Considerable
| opposition was manifested To granting the
| privilege to an individual rather than that the
|
| MIR Darcy suggested that the council could
fill in the committee and they could inquire
and report more intellgently and promptly
| than the council couli discuss il. The resolu-
tion was passed In concurrence, and the presi-
! dent appointed Messrs. Pierce Angel, Kelly
and Duraee on the part of the council.
Miscellaneous business and Petitions
The petitions of Catherine T.. Ryder,
Rogers Grennelly, Edward S. Cheney,
Il lfs... A
nell, trustees, aud IL. A. and Lucy A.
| Chace and Francis Salmon for remission
of tax, aud the petition of Abby j. Buck
| ley for abatement of tax, were referred TO
the committee on claims.
Petitions for the layout OF Charles,
| Canal, Prospect and Inkerman streets,
| for the change of grade OF Charles and
| Canal streets, n remonstrance against the
| layout OF Charles and Canal streets and
a petition for paving on Friendship
street, were referred to the committee on
! highways.
Petitions for electric lights in Hyatt,
| West River Brown and other streets
were referred to the cammittee on lamps.
The Narragansett Electric Lighting
! Company was gran ed PERMISSION To erect
| poles and wires on Ohio street.
A resolution directing the committee
on fire department. TO inquire into the
necessity Of -eftiafgiHg the fire station on
| Benevolent street was referred to the
committee on fire department.
Mr. Parkhurst introduced the follow
| ing resolution:
| Resolved, That the joint standing committee
| on railroads be and they are hereby directed
| To inquire and report what, in their opinion,
| would be the most convenient and feasible for
| two cross-town lines of surface passenger rail
| way, one for the west side OF the city OF
PROVIDENCE and one for the east side of said
| city, i'm accordance with certain offers to build
| such cross-town lines heretofore made by the
| Union Railroad Company, and referred 10 in
| the report of the joint special committee rela-
| tive 10 transfer tickets made on the 10Th day
October, 1892.
The resolution was adopted.
Petitions for sewers in Carroll and
Laura streets were referred to the com
mittee on sewers.
The petition of the record commission
ers for an appropriation to continue the
collection and printing OF the early re-
cords OF the town was referred to the
committee on printing.
The petition OF George Burdette for
permission to rlise n building was re-
ferred to the inspector of buildings.
Fruit Hill Reservoir.
A communication was received from
the commissioner OF public works accom-
panied by Statement from the city
engineers relative to the condition of
Fruit Hill Reservoir. The statement is |
rs follows
City Engineers Office, City Hall,
Providence, Il. L., Oct. 10, 1902.
Mr. Robert f. Smith, Commissioner of Public |
Dear Sir-I report answers TO the questions |
contained in resolution OF the Common |
Council passed on the 10th instant, as follows: |
lst. The number of gallons. of water |
pumped by the high service pumping engines |
at Hope station during the months of July |
and August, lSol,' was 5l,l5o,6S2.
I'd. The number o. gallons pumped in July |
and August, lSgs, was lO),O1l,GU.
3d. The quantity OF water, viz: $3.50 $50 /
gallons, given by the city engineer, under date
of sept l6 lsQ2, as the consumption of the
did not include the estimated leakage from
Fruit Hill Reservoir No statement in re-
gard To the leakage was made in that COM
mun1catlon bcCAuse no such question was
asked. The number OF gallons consumed, ac-
cording to the regular records of the office |
was accurately given, as returned 10 me by /
the assistant engineer in charge of the water |
works department The amount of water |
pumped IN July and August lsr2 included |
not only the amount consumed aud the leak |
age. wherever II may have been, but also the |
amount turned through the distribution from |
the high service into the low service through |
gates not usually open.
! trust the council win understand that no |
one connected with the work supposed that |
the repairing OF Fruit Hin reservoir was COM
pleted. The temporary bridge was left i'm /
place for use in completing such work The /
repair of a badly constructed reservoir is n |
difficult and uncertain undertaking, much |
more uncertain and expensive than To build a |
tight reservoir 90 begin with, and it was /
thought best TO try the work at that stage 10 |
ensure certainty In the final result. 1he res /
ervoir proved 10 De less tight than was hoped, |
aud the water was continued in order to de- |
veop the weak places and 10 enable us TO |
make all tight with one more trial. There |
Is a foundation there now. uponfwhich patch |
ing can be done, which did not exist before, |
ana without such foundation IL is believed |
that all money spent upon such patching would |
bottom of the reservoir is still uncertain, and /
large expenditures may yet be needed there |
where we have not undertaken 60 change the |
old work II will be remembered that Mr.. |
Francis called attention To this matter in his |
report upon what was necessary TO bc done
4th. % he quantity Of water that escaped /
from Fruit Hill reservoir by leakage during |
tue months of July and August, 1897" cannot |
De accurately ascertaincd, but from the best /
Information we possess IL has been assumed To /
Dc 81 lG97 ,ff0 gallons. II Is believed that the |
quantity certainly did not exceed this amount.