The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-19
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
The City Solicitor Has Office Hours
at the City Hall.
city solicitors Salary Observation-Disclosures
Appropriated for Copies OF tho Report
Of the COMMITTEES ON the Location Of
Nev Industrics-Minor Matters.

The Common Councli, contrary 10 GA
pectation. had long session last evening,
several matters of Importance coming up
unexpectedly. The Union Railroad Com
pany sent q communication defining its
position on its proposed petition for an
amendment TO its charter. The special
committee on the location OF new indus
tries reported, and the ordinances relative
to the city solicitor came up for discus
sion.
City Solicitors Ohice.
Mr.. Vaughan, for the committee on or
dinances. reported back the bill for an or
dinance TO establish a law department OF
the city government, recommending its
massage. The original bill was indefinite
" postponed and "A substitute presented
establishing an office of the city solicitor
at the City Hall, and requiring the City
Solicitor or his assistant 10 be at the Office
at least one hour each day.
Mr.. Mccarthy moved to lay 1t on the
table, as it did not reduce the salaries as
his original bill aimed at Lost IL to IL.
Mr.. Barstow moved to substitute the
word "three" in place of ''one," so that
the city solicitor shall be at the Office in
the City Hall for three hours each day.
Mr.. Parkhurst said that great part of
the work of the city solicitor could not be
done at the City Hall, and that one hour
is as much as he should be expected to be
there.
Mr. Burdick moved to amend the
amendment and make it two hours in
stead Of three to be spent at the City Hall.
Mr.. Vaughan said IL the city council
found that the ordinance does not work as
anticipated, it Is an easy matter to amend
the ordinance later. The amendment was
The ordinance was then adopted as
amended.
Also the bill for an ordinance fixing the
salary of the city solicitor at $4,000 in
stead of %. 600 was reported, and its in
definite postponement recommended. SO
sundry Claims.
The committee on claims reported back
the petitions of Phoebe A. Blackington
and Amos Pettey for remission OF tax and
the petitioners were given leave TO with
draw. The same privi ge. was given
Burrill Bartlett, who wanted compensa-
tion for damages done his yard by the
firemen at the time of the Union Congre-
Rationalist Church fire.
Resolutions for the remission OF the tax
Of r. O. Hahn, for the .undin0 OF sewer
assessments OF Edwin w. Hopkins, To-
bias Burke and Luther w. Tinkham were
adopted.
Aresolution was adopted to pay A. b.
Gardiner and wife 5000 for damages to
their estate by the layout of Greenwich
street.
New Industries.
John e. Kendrick, for the joint special
committee on the location of new indus
tries. presented the following resolution:
Resolved, That the joint special committee
liam X. Potter. Aldermen Elisha Dyer and
Richard X. Deming, President Of the Common
oaaS KsndricS. Hiram re- sY K Blanchard and VII vii.
liam f. knight, be and are hereby instructed
10 have prepared for distribution. a report
% city oY PRO Providence nc as location for new manu-.
featuring and commercial enterprises. Said
report to contain an account of the geograph.
projected railroad connections with the West,
It's approaches from the ocean, with the
depth of water Its wharf facilities, Its harbor
amount of unoccupicd land available for
manufacturing purposes within radius OF
two miles from the City Hall, the average
the average cost Of building and OF building
materials, the water supply and the cost TO
large consumers, facilities for gas or electric
Within the city, mail facilities, banking capt.
tai, facilities for obtaining banking accommo-
dations, average rental OF mechanics houses,
cost of living, health statistics, schools and
educational advantages, rate of taxation, pub
lie Improvements, fire and police departments,
highway, ETC., together with such other in
formation may be OF advantage or inter-
est TO persons desirous of locating new indus
tries SAID report to contain reproductions
OF the several maps made for the use of said
Resolved, That the sum Of $500, or so much
thereof as NAV be necessary. be and the same
Is hereby appropriated for the printing OF 2OO
copies OF said reports, with the accompanying
maps, the same TO be taken from the appro-
Dgfation for contingencies.
The council took recess to examine the
several maps which had been prepared for
the committee. One of these maps repre-
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with its piers, another showing railroad
connections with New England and the
West, another showing the steamboat
routes on the Atlantic Ocean and the
fourth showing the deep water channel
from the ocean through Narragansett bay.
other Resolutions.
After the recess the resolution was
adopted.
A resolution was adopted in concur
ence ordering the building of Harriet,
Sheldon, Ellery and Hudson streets
The committee on police reported n
communication from the chief of police
together with an ordinance relative to the
increase OF the force to $50 men, which
were referred TO the committee on finance
The same committee also presented
resolution to apply to the General Assem-
bly, for authority to borrow s65, 900 for the
purpose Of building new Central police
station. Adopted.
The committee on lamps reported two
petitions of the Narragansett Electric
Light Co. to locate poles and wires on GER
tain streets aud ordinances were passed
granting the desired permission.
Resolutions were adopted to lay water
pipes In the following streets: Pelham,
Curtis, Narragansett, Arnold, Allen, Al
bert and Columbia avenues, Dean and
Lancaster streets and Indiana and Vir-
ginia avenues.
A concurrent resolution was passed
granting the Union Railroad Co. per-
mission to lay double tracks in Cranston
street from High street to the city line.
A joint resolution from the board di-
recting the city solicitor TO apply TO the
General Assembly for legislation enabling
the city council TO secure the recording of
plats and private ways was amended so as
TO secure the defining of grades of lands,
and passed as amended.
A resolution from the board directing
the Joint committee an special franchise
to report was laid on the table.
Resolutions received from the board re-
latinR TO the annexation OF parts Of Grams
ton and the creation OF n police pension
fund were amended and passed.
J. s. Curran was granted permission to
raise building.