Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-06
TWO C|PHERS CUT Off.
Mr.. Massey Offered S25
ForHis $4,000 Claim.
THE HIGH STREET AWARDS
Street Railroads Ordered to Pay the
City What They Owe It.


tient as Clerk sibley waded through the
dry records of street matters at the special
meeting OF the Board last evening.
Mayor Carroll presided and all the mem
bers were present.
The following matters from the Com
mon Council were concurred in: Joint
resolution leasing the Public Library
premises; joint resolution authorizing the
Committee on Property to sell the old
First Ward engine house; ordinance
appropriating 900 to purchase additional
apparatus for Milk Inspector; ordinance
providing for crosswalks; ordinance pro-
viding for the construction OF a fountain
in Oak Grove cemetery, with an amend
ment, on motion OF Alderman O'Reilly,
making the appropriation $500 instead OF
$500; ordinance appropriating 1000 for a
footbridge over the railroad at Wood
lawn; ordinance relative to the Trustees
of the Public Library.
Petitions TO lay out Woodlawn street
and to accept Dorrance street were laid
on the table until the proper resolutions
could be made out.
Reports OF the Chief OF Police, Overseer
Of the Poor and Highway Commissioners
were ordered filed.
The matter Of the High street damage
was brought up.
The Board confirmed the report OF the
commission in awarding $500 to James
o. Whitney; $500 to Horace Baker: s765 to
John Londen heirs; $3.50 to Mary +.
French; si00 to George Johnson's heirs.
The matter OF the damages to the other
estates was tabled as the commissioners
and abutters had not yet agreed.
Claude j. Farnsworth, Esq, appeared for
William Massey. The latter had been q
great deal damaged. He couldn't accept
the amount offered by the commission. He
wante s2, 500. The commissions award was
only s25. Mr.. Massey had good grounds
for the claim. Other than the damage
done to the building and his trade, Mr..
Massey was not originally notified at all
OF the proposed widening OF the street.
Mr.. Chatterton, one of the commits
sioners, said that s25 was fair amount
for the damage to the building, and
as to the damage to Mr.. Massey's trade,
Mr.. Massey would not produce his books
to shosu~ how much his trade had fallen
of. He said he had no books.
At the suggestion OF Mayor Carroll it
was moved that the abutters with whom
the commissioners could not agree be
notified to appear at the next regular
meeting.
Nineteen applications for building per-
mits were referred and eig bit were granted.
ksrthup & Coggshall were granted
victualipg house license. Petitions of
James Lavelle, Thomas Cunning ham and
David Mountain for victualing house Ii.
censes were referred.
George w. Marshall, Jr., was granted q
lunch cart license.
Petition OF Mary McQuillan for an intel
ligence license was referred.
Claims OF John Byrne OF 5000 and OF
Frank Connolly OF $1,000 for damages, by
reason of change OF grade on Weeden
street, were referred.
Petition for sewer in Clyde street was
referred&
Notice to abutters on petitions to curb
sidewalks on Randall and Lewis streets
was given for them to appear at the next
regular meeting.
Petition OF Mrs. Susan Harris for abate-
ment OF tax on valuation Of $500 was
referred to the Board OF Abatement.
Action of change OF grades on Smith
field Turnpike and On Mineral Spring
avenue to the Providence line and to t he
North Providence line was continued to
the regular meeting in December.
Claim Of the Pawtucket Tack Company
OF Si56 for damage to their property by
overflow OF surface water was referred.
Willard and Harding streets were ac-
cepted as highways OF the city and ordered
laid oIt.
Grades were ordered established on
Daniels street and Dunnell avenue.
1t was voted to curb sidewalks on
Carnation street.
Petition to widen Barney street was
continued. Alderman O'Reilly thought
Mr.. Cole ought to give the needed land.
Invitation to be present at the exer-
cises at the High School on Columbus
Day was accepted.
Ordinance appropriatg in $500 addi-
tional for city officers was adopted.
Joint resolution ordering the payment
OF s1340 to persons whose fowls were
XII lied by dogs, was adopted.
Report OF Aldermen Miller and O'Reilly
on the claim OF John Hunt for damages
to his estate on Patt street, by reason OF
the change Of grade, was adopted, il being
an agreement to fix up the property.
Ordinance appropriating $50 for horse
and team for the Inspector OF Plumb
ing was adopted under a suspension OF
the rules.
Ordinance providing for the printing OF
the plumbing ordinance, etc, was re-
ferred to the committee on ordinances.
The report OF the commissioners on the
layout OF Webster street was received, and
the regular statutory notice was given.
The benefits and damage were az follows:
5Benefits, James Kenyon, $3.50; John 7.
Kenyon, s6; stephen A. jerks, 81 25;
Mary Kenyon, 81 IS; Joseph Chandler,
g co. Joseph Goodwin, 81 25; Uriah
Stafford, 81 90; Amos Dawson, q 25;
Charles B. Payne, q IS; Herbert Z. Bar
ney, " 75; Rosanna Coylc, IS IS; J. J.