The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-08
NEN Passenger station.
The Railroads Stand Ready to Do
Their Share Of the Work,
SO SAYS COUNCILMAN VAUGHAN.
The Rhode Island Business Mems Asso-
citation Holds Its Monthly Meeting
Members Elected and supper En-
Joyed.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Rhode Island Business Mems association
was held last evening In the association
rooms at the Butler exchange. About
thirty members aud guests were present.
and previous TO the business Of the even
ing a bountiful collation. was served.
After the wants OF the inner man had
been satisfied the president Of the associ-
alton, John Shepard, Jr. raped to order
and called for the reports from the vari-
Gus committees. The following members
were elected: George &. Mccormick &
Co., Thomas A. Moran, Charles A. Hub
bard, Hon. George Il. Brown. Frank III.
Campbell, Eddy NJ. Shaw aud Charles 4.
Nugent. Colonel Goff, the chairman of
the banquet committee, reported progress.
The committee on transportation re-
ported that the petition which had been
circulated. and the bill which had been
introduced into the legislature regarding
the extension Of the forty-eight- hour car
service. will be acted upon soon. and that
during the past week there had been re-
ceived from the management OF the
car service. resolution Offering seventy
two hours instead of forty-eight for the
unloading of cars, IL 1t was r,ques ed
by the association and by the board OF
trade. A special meeting OF the con-
that the resolution had been sent on con-
dition that the bill be- withdrawn from
the legislature. The members of the
committee considered that they were not
empowered
To Withdraw the Bill,
and reported to the railroads. Preside mt
Shepard stated that committee had
been appointed TO attend the hearing
-
car service reform, and thought it would
be well for the association to appoint q
like committee.
A short discussion ensued followed by
the appointing of the committee on
transportation 10 represent the associa-
tion at the hearing.
The president then introduced Coun-
Gilman William T.. Vaughan. chair
man of the committee on terminal
facilities, who addressed the association
and spoke of the progress Of the work on
.he new passenger station. The question
If terminal facilities is one which is
greatly agitated and has been for
the past twenty years. Five years
ago the commission had handed
to them plan consisting of
what were then supposed TO be feasible
changes In the ARRANGEMENTS of the pro-
posed terminal facilities, but on exam
ination 1t was found that the plans pro-
to be considered Ia the contempla ed
change was the doing away with grade
crossing-, aud the next was that Of the
location Of
A New Station
for the best interests OF the travelling
public. 1t was found by the committee
that it had either to build statioa where
the present one is located or to prepare
..l.l tfx.,, fnc IL
siderable time 1t was decided to utiIizs
the Cove basin.
The work of preparing tie basin for
the erection OF the station has eventually
been completed at a cost OF about $780,
600 to the city.
commission was the solid, Legitimate
question of real estate. The New York,
Providence and Boston railroad having
leased the Providence and Worcester
road, it was found in looking over the
papers that the former cor poration had
no authority TO their property. Great
complications were met with which were
not cleared up until last January.
Another stumbling block in The way
was the fact that the railroads centering
In Providence were controlled by outside
parties The frequent changes ia the
management of The New England road
has delayed the work to a considerable
extent The speaker wished to state to
the association that there was no truth
in the frequent statements that the road
would not do anything in the mat ter.
The New England road was willing to
DO Its Share
OF the work. The committee had neye r
agreed to furnish the railroads with one
foot of land outside Of what was owned
bv the city. and the speaker Thought
that within very short time the deeds
of the property needed for the western
approaches TO the new depot would be
in hand. The New England corpora ion
has had two engineers working
in this city for month examin-
ing plans and figuring the areas
OF real estate, and already certain nego
tiations have been made. but Mt present
the transfer of real estate has not been
consummated. Although the work was
necessarily slow, the committee consid-
cred that clear light was ahead, and the
work was approaching nearer completion
daily. The railroads have already ex-
pended nearly 100000 in preliminary
work and " ould do their part.
At the close of his remarks, Mr..
Vaughan was asked ii he thought the
Providence, Warren and Bristol road
would be extended to the new station.
aud in reply he said he selieved that the
day was coming when that would be
consummated. 1t would cost a great
deal of money, but it would be accom-
plished.
DR.. Rutherford was next introduc ID
aud responded In his usual pleasant
manner. Speaking seriously he said thai
. city the size of Providence had no right
TO have river or cesspool running
through its center. BY constructing
bridges over the river it can be tran S.
formed into an underground sewer rather
than an opsn sewer. and the dangers be
partially overcome. While he did not
wish To produce a cholera scare here
yet he thought it was a fact that
the unpleasant odors emitted by the
river caused the immense rate of NOR
tality, aud that the doing away with that
stencil would DO attended with 40,
results.
The meeting then adjourned.