The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-19
TALKED Of At CITY HALL.
Many improvements Being Made on
City SchoOlhOuSeS.
SITES FOR CLASSICAL SCHOOL.
Three Eligible Ones are Being Consid-
cred by the Committee on Education.
First Electric Car to shore Places
Will Be Run on August 1.

When the school children who are now
enjoying themsclve, on their summer
vacation return to their books in Ssptem-
Der they will find many improve
ments and changes which ths city
fathers have made for their health
and comfort All the public school
buildings are being renovate
In facJ,it Is customary to have n general
mouse cleaning annually, but this year
In addition TO that. there will be enlarge
ments aud Improvements on quite an
extensive scale.
The Manning street school building Is
to have a story a ided.
An addition cont iining tw rooms Is o
be made at the Elan street building.
At the Benefit S. rect school two rooms
Will be added.
Dressiug rooms and new he ,ting APP
paratus will be tie improvements at the
Ring stree. sch jol. a similar improve.
ments will Ire made at the Elmwood
avenue, Arnold, Julian and Friendship
street schol building.
The Sabin street school building will
DE cut In two and moved, so that it will
face on Atwells avenue. The amount OF
money that these improvements and
changes will cost, Is considerable. but
providing educational advantages.
Although no definite action has yet
been taken by the committee on educa-
tion IN regard to the erection of n new
building for he classical department of
the high school, IT Is examining
sites and is understood to have tUree de-
sirable locations under considerable ,.
will decide in favor Of the new
classical building. aud 10 is
ais likely the expense Of its erection will
be >paid for out Of the $500, 900 appro
priation made by the city council.
August First. the Day.
August lat is the date now fixe by tn.
Union railroad company for the openin z
OF its first extens op OF the trolley system.
BY that time IL expects to be able
TO run cars from Market square
through East Providence to Crescent
Park. This road will g by way Of
Narren avenue. The otter route
from Red bridge through East Provi-
deate will also be in operatio ion soon a,ter.
WORK on the company's power house
~ Icing pushed with all reaso labie speed,
but some OF the new trolley routes Will be
iu operation before IL In completed. IN the
meantime the Narragansett company
will furnish the power needed. Tie Union.
company mas thr.e dynamos at the Mar.
ra0ansett conipany's station and
Is putting in four more. These
will furnish about 1900 hors,
power and will operats nearly
iO0 cars. The present amount OF power
furnish d by the Nara ansett company
for street aud railway purposes Is some
thing over 800
With the 1900 horsepower furnished by
the Narragansett company The Union
Railroad company will be able TO
operate all its r. u:ts by ell, ctriclty rs fast
AS they are ready and equipped, and te-
fore November expects TO have
o5se 'S" OF its power large plan. engnes fss''nf !:
already on the ground and ready TO be
put up and the wiring is now being done
at the rate OF a mile DAY.
They Didn't Kick Then.
One of the clerks a. city hall is some.
thing OF student o; history and this
morning he paralyzed so ne Of his fellow
workers by telling them that
the frs. kick abont tear
ing up Westmi ster street occurred
l7O years ago. S)me were dispo ,ed TO
question the accuracy of his statement.
but their disbelief did not 20 to he
extent Of act ctepting wager OF cigars for
he crowd.
Finally. S. eing there aas no chance
of winning a smoke the historical student
unbosomel himself. I'm 1928" he
SAID, bUeTe WAS Dl1 klCk
~ the old town about the digging up OF
Westminster street. 1t WASN'T callei
Westminster street then and IL
wusu't much better than COW
path 1t started Mt the west
end of Meybosset bridge and wound
around the hill Of u same nam,. Thomas
Staples found there was good clay
for brick making in the hill. He
proposed to level 1t of so that the
people instead OF having to make long
uetour could 20 from the bridge straight
out as they do nov, up Westminster
street.
Because Mr.. Staples proposed
10 use the clay to make bricks,
some of the old hard beads kicked.
They didn't favor the digging
up OF the bride path because it would
interfere with the ows going TO and
coming from the pasture. Besides, they
said, some rioer might get
thrown from his horse shoul d
Mr.. Staples be permitted to do his dig
ing. IL WAS Just about the same
kind OF kick rs some people are making &
now because Westminster sire, Z is 10 b
tora up to put down new tracks and
new pavements. But Air. Staples was
finally piven permission to maze bricks
out Of Weybosset hill clav and the town
got new street just as We'll have trolley
cars and granite pavemeats in spite OF the
mi hlii.g u Irpnnentlv.O