The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-05
The COUNCIL TO ELECT
A Big List Of City officers Of More:or
Less Importance.
IN SOME THERE IS ONLY HONOR.
A Successor to Judge Jenckes aud One to
superintendent OF Buildings the Only
Sure Things at Present-The Various
Offices to be Filled.

The people did the electing Nov. 90.
They elected the mayor. city treasurer.
harbor master and overseer of the poor.
On the first Monday ia January the
City Council, acting for the people. of
course will do its electing. IL will elect
the following officials: City clerk. chief
of police, for three years: judge OF the
municipal court. recorder OF deeds, city
auditor, superintendent of public build
ings, superintendent of lights, chief
engineer OF the fire department, for three
years; deputy chief engineer OF the fire
department., two assistant engineers Of
the fire department, three presidents of
the fire department. city sergeant. city
messenger, superintendent of health, for
three years, sealer of weights and meas
ures, inspector of buildings for two years;
commissioners of the North Burial
Ground. clerk of the market. viewer OF
fences. oy rseer of the hospital. inspector
OF kerosene, pound keeper at the asylum.
pound keeper in the seventh ward, pound
keeper i'm the tenth ward, port wardens,
public administrators, packers of fish,
overseer OF the city pumps, inspector of
chain cables, inspector of beef aud pork.
sealer of leather, viewer of hoops, sur
veyors and corders of wood, surveyors
and measurers OF stone, inspectors and
measurers of carpenters. masons,' and
painters work, measurers of grain, salt
and sea COAL weigher for the platform
scales at haymarket. weighers of cotton.
guager, justices of the police court, city
solicitor, appraisers of damages under
the dog law, police constable under the
bird law, assessors of taxes, surveyor of
lumber, also deputy; trustees under the
mortgage of the Providence and Spring
field railroad, game wardens.
Commissioners of he sinking fund will
"a A nf
them and the mayor, city treasurer, audi
tor and chairman of the finance COM
mittee are ex-oflicio members.
The mayor will APPOINT "A license COM
missioner in April, and a Dark commits
sioner will be elected by the two boards
in May TO succeed Mr.. Deming, no doubt
Mr.. Deming himself.
The aldermen will elect a city registrar
OF births, marriages and deaths, inspec
tor OF milk, Inspector of steam boilers
auctioneers, constables, weighers of coal
and other merchandise superintendent Of
burial Of soldiers and sailors, police sur
geon, coroner, fire marshal, suDerintend-
ent and matron of Dexter asylum, weigh
ers OF meat, cattle, special constables.
under the dog law and quarantine senti-
nel at Fields Point
Some OF the offices TO be filled are insig-
nificant, both AS TO their Importance and
The remuneration, but they are all honor
I'LL
will no doubt be reelected.
Few people want, to hustle" for the
smaller offices, but Tor some of the more
important ones there is likely TO be- "a con-
est. For instance, Holden o. Hill and
X-Foreman Sheperd are suggested as OPP
Jonents of Chief Steere OF the fire depart
nent, and there are several candidates for
he position of superintendent of build |
ngs, 1t being generally supposed that the |
present incumbent will retire from the |
,fiice.
The death or Judge Jenckes leaves a
'acancy in the police court which Isaac
4. Southwick will probably fill. A coro-
Ter will also be needed, as the late Judge |
enckes also held that Office
City Solicitor Colwell will not meet any
pposton TO his reelection aud, although |
mere has been some rumor OF opposition |
o Chief of Police Child, there is not
Ikely to be any
The appointment of a commissioner Of
ubnc works is not to be made until next
ear, so that Mayor Potter will not have
ne satisfaction of filling that important
hice, or perhaps he will feel that he is
in being relieved from the
mares and temptations which would sur
ound him in attempting to reward any
Democratic friend by trying to seat him
4 the commissioner chair.
The appointment of license commits.
oner in March will be Mr. Potter's chief
fort during the year.