The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-30
AUBURN.

AUBURN.
Contractor Daniel A. winsor of this
place is building large cottage at Nor
wood for railroad engineer Brickley.
An invitation has been received by the
Christian Endeavor Society connected
with the Free Baptist Church OF Auburn
from the society OF the Pawtuxet Baptist
social celebration OF the fifth anniversary
OF the forming Of the latter society some
time in May.
sTYou know Democrat now by the
bundles of newspapers he carries" was
the remark made TO the correspondent
Yesterday. Every man who ever cast u
Democratic vote In his life is receiving
them. A certain Democratic paper from
out of the State is being expressed on here
by the carload"
Mrs. T.. Read is visiting her sister, Mrs.
w. T. Easton. in Providence
The adjourned yearly business meeting
of the Free Baptist Church was held last
evening after the close of the covenant
meeting. Liberty b. Greene, who for sew
eral years past has held the position of
superintendent OF the Sunday-school, has
again been induced to serve, and his let
ter Of acceptance was read 10 the church. .
IL was voted TO allow the missionary and
prayer meeting c3mmlttees to fill vacan-
cies. Daniel A. Winsor and Lewis III.
Bowen were elected junior deacons. The
Sunday-school board rendered their re-
port. Messrs, William II. Bailey, Her
bert A. Potter aud Walter ID. Niven were
elected ushers.
Miss Nellie Martin of Providence, WIS.,
tied friends i'm this village Tuesday
Perry Franklin and family went to
South Scituate op Sunday TO attend the
funeral of Mrs. Franklin's sister.
There is an old roadway, crossing the
railroad about quarter of mile below
the Auburn station, which the town
should request the railroad people TO at
tend to. Ii is q grade crossing and was
used years before the railroad was laid
out. For some distance IL crosses the land
of James A. Budlong & Son, but it is not
now used by them AS much as by other
parties But with all the travel there are
no signs, flag station or even an electric
alarm such as is situated at the Elmwood
avenue crossing. 1t is said that several
accidents have happened at this place in
the past and unless something is done to
notify travellers Of the approach of trains
there is considerable liability of other ac-
cidents.
Several months ago it was stated that
Wood, Harmon 81 CO., Of Boston, Mass.
had purchased track Of land adjoining
this village and were contemplating put
ting the property on the market. Sur
veyors were on the ground in January
but owing TO the bad weather of the past
month the work was delayed and practi-
callv nothing was done until lately. Now,
however, a large force of men and teams
are on the spot, under the direct super
vision of A. G. Wreath, and it is expected
that the lots will be placed Oh the market
about the middle OF April.
The plat contains eighty acres aud lies
between the land of James A. Budlong &
Son aud the Pawtuxet river, and on both
sides of the New York, Providence and
pa,I ha Vel
branch runs through the tract and the
5000 station which the railroad promises
to build is to be situated at the junction
OF the two roads, 80 as 10 be benefited by
the trains on each Hue.
The land was formerly the property of
Joshua Allen aud the Simmons heirs. The
street which is the northern line of the
plat crosses the main road and connects
Elmwood avenue with Pontiac road.
Another fifty-foot street, running north
aud south, will 20 under the Pawtuyet
Valley road and connect the two sections
of the plat lying on either side of the
track. At the river end driveway will
be built under the main road connecting
the easterly' section OF the plat with the
remainder.
AS far as possible the lots are laid out
100 feet square, and all the streets will be
either forty or fifty feet broad. The tim
Der which covers large portion OF the
elgnty acres is mostly CHESTNUT ana OF
good growth, but the best trees will be
left standing. The general slope of the
land is from its northern boundary TO the
river, aud draining will be comparatively
easy.
Beside building new station the rail-
road company intend changing the posi-
tion Of that part Of the Pawtuxet Valley
track running through the plat so as to do
away with one of the curves which are
now an objection to the road. Sixty-five
feet will be the average distance which
the road bed will be moved. Already
some thirty car loads OF granite for the
foundations of the station are on the spot
and the other changes in the railroad
facilities are TO be made the coming sum
mer,
Wood, Harmon & Co. have placed several
similar tracts of land on the market and
IL looks as though this would be as good
an investment as they have made yet.
Their plan is TO sell the lots on the Install
ment plan, they to pay the taxes until the
lots are paid for. The new station will be
a scant half-mile below the present
Auburn station and will, in fact, be much
handler for several Auburn residents than
the ones nearer the city.