The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-25

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concurrent Business.
Atonmu icaiioa from the city clerk
relative to he acceps ance OF the Union
Railroad comp n aud the New igl"nd
Printing T-lr ,raph ,npany. OF the pro-
yisi rus III cei tai ordinances passed in
The board of aldermen wee real oy titles
and passed ia concurrence
A resolution 10 lease the natatorium on
Alb lrn street for Il public bathing hous
was passed In cJhcurrence with the botr'i
Of flder,ncsi. rs was u resol ition direq
ing the park comm lssio irrs To sell cdr
tain bnildin - ;.t Roger Williams park.
A 4. solution passed la the upp"r
branch accept q the gift OF brunze
stat ie OF Ebenszer knish Dexte fro In
iIcnry q. Clark, Esq. and appointing -
joint s,ecIai co rm,tte, TO arrange Tor
J.e rec ptioa and unviiling OF the same
was sake up rs was a resolution aporopri-
nting So 900 for th Improve nent OF che
Dex er ,r..ining field. Mr.. kendrick
in Vi Il that as th4ie MAS some quenion
ab ,nt the LEGALITY OF the city sxpendiug
mtnsy on the imp owe nen's the matter
he referred TO the committee on finance
aad IL was so votel.
Miscel elInneous business.
Petitions ior sewers in River street,
Linton street, Jewets street were re-
erred to committee on sewers. Petit
T. ms to concrete sidewalks on Friendship
81 eet, repair a portion OF Stewart street,
40 mncadamIze the lower end of Broad
way, Z lay tut E.lery street, To rebuild
Smlthfe d avenue, with recomn ne ida-
lions for al cary report, were Referred
to tue committees on highways. Petitio -
f-f.-retnfssiea- of sewer lax oil Stephen II
Young and James Cusic we're referred To
IN etaA ri al 80
~ onChiy report OF the city messenger
with ex3e iditures OF Sl44s93was received
and ordered communicated 10 the alder
men.
petition II the Interstate Street Rail-
way pmpagy To bs relieved from pay
aent un ler chap. CDIV of the ordi-
nances, Vas read and referred TO the joint
committee on railroads. u der the act
approved p ember Is. 1892 the Iuter-
stateStreet X ilway company was granted
ptr Kiss on to lay and maintain tracks In
cerfui sur cts and operate cars thereon
bv elec ricity. on certain condlt ions,
amoug which was, that said road should
le completed on or before july |,
1893. aud that the company should
pay to the city certain sums Of money rs
IN said or,liDancc, set forth; chat IT, was
found impracticable TO construct and
complete said ro al through said streets
within the said time prescribed as afore-
said, ind "a n cans qleic, the use OF SAID
sire, Is has lapsed, and the consideration
for such payments have fai Ell.
A resolutinn authorizInl the purciiss
OF water pipes which NAV be necessary
Tor the ~. of the ear WIS passed.
Mr.. j. Il. Ken dr'cK pro sented resolu-
tion q, ql sti ig the cJmmissio er OF pub
lie WORKS e. einbody in his report an
account Of the condition OF tue water OF
the paNtuxet nd it, pollution as COM
pared with its condition one year ago.
An or i'm, lcs authorizing tae Provi-
dence Telephone company to Construct
ra luay- in Plain street, South Main
str ef, Ahorn street, Bro ,dway an
Nortl, Msin sire u was referred to tue
co amittee on highways.
rolice signal Service.
Joseph IT. Kgucrtck suit thIt tiIpru
was some ii ile ago resolution relating
to the exc sIon Of the police signal SER
vice system. He would like to ask IL the
finance committee to whom 1t had been
referred WAS ready TO report.
Mr.. Vaushan explained that there
were 70 iuuds IN tn. city treasury to
meet such exi endtur's as would be
necessary TO further ex end the system
AZ present. He favored an extension of
the system, but EoS at this moment.
There was no inte .tion to smother the
iug mo ey for the purpose. He farther
explained that tue $50. necessary
wo d have TO b. obtained by general
tsxatiou. There was no authority pos
sessed by the city to hire money for the
Mr. Kendrick had hope !. that the
finance committee were ready TO recom-
mend that the ci borrow the money.
As Arepresent alive OF The committee on
police he felt the med of the extension
OF the system. aud would like to know
what We uli be done about IL.
Mr. vaughar further expla ined that
the extension OF the signal system mil ht
fit IL onuld order the finance committee
to report the ordinance. Bat the men,
hers must remember that the apDropli,-
tious Of the various departments had
been entirely used up. that the
police signal system must be paid
Tor out OF the police appropriation:
sutpority Int 10 borrow. the money il would
he Iiecce ssary to pay six per cent. on such
borrowed mousy. It was not good policy
to pay such high rates OH money because
IL would injurc the city's credit. The
bonds Of Providence now sell at lower
rate OF interest than those OF ans city In
among brokers' that for every little
extra expenditure the members OF
the city council were willing TO try to
borrow money aud pay per cent. inter
est, they would not be likely to accept SO
low rates of Interest," on tue bonds 1t did
not seem to ocourto the members Of the
council that they had laid their tax rate
last year at 41. so per- hundred, but had
pr. .ceeded 10 spend money at the rate
OF $l.62. The finance commitiee was en-
irus. ed with matters relating to the clty's
expenditures. frequently it was possible
to transfer money fr I'm one department.
TO another, and by that means not exceed
the sum total of appropriations. Under
present conditions such transfer was
n . possible, for no department had any
surplus.
/, the city had authority to exceed its
income aud to 20 into the open marke;
to borrow the $50,0 900 necessary for
police signal system IL would have equal
authority to 20 into tue market and
borrow $50, 100000 Tor any purpose what
ever.
lie stated that he only spoke for him
self. us one member OF the committee.
and while he favored the police signal
system he could not favor its extension
by unauthor. zed methods Of borrowing
money and paying 9 per cent. for IL.
p.t diuu deCisiou on the matter the