Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-15
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

His Honor Mayor Brown called the
members TO order, all being present.
Several applications for building per-
mits were received.
Petition that a grade be defined on
Whipple street was received and not be-
ing drawn up properly the petitioners
were given leave to wit ithdraw-
Petition to curb and grade Belmont
street was read and abutthrs ordered no.
titled to appear at the m'saing In July.
Patrick McMahon was granted a pool
table license at l62 Dexter street.
Petition OF John Dimasky for Junk deal
er's license was continrled to the next
meeting.
Application OF Ambrose Leonard for
victualing house license at the corner OF
Pine and Weedeu streets was read. He
was given leave to withdraw.
s. r.. Morris was granted a license to
sell fireworks.
James II. Finnegan was granted a SINH
lar license.
Petition to establish and curb sidewalks
| In the lower end OF Main street was read.
Mr.. Ross, who objected at the last meet
| ing, said that since that time another plat
| had been made and he was satisfied with
| the new plan.
The matter was continued to the next
| meeting.
George c. Pe,k q Co. were granted a
| license to sell fireworks.
| Several persons we're granted permits
sion to pay their sewer tax In three in
stailments.
Petition to accept Harriet street WIS
taken from the table. The matter was
laid on the table.
| Petition OF the Pawtucket Street Rail-
way Company to amend chapter 1853 OF
| OF the ordinance of the city of Pawtuckei
to allow cars to be operated on Lumber
street was read.
| A ordinance was presented by the Com
mittee on Railroads granting the request
| to allow a single track to be laid on Lum-
ber street, and the report of the commit
tee was received and the ordinance passed.
Ordinance appropriating sl5O to pay
the rent of the city weigher was passed.
Ordinanc appropriating 900 to pay the
orders of the Mayor was read. This
amount is for band concerts.
Alderman O'Reiliy did not like the way
Of getting the money, but the ordinance
was passed on a!roll call vote to 1, Al.
derman O'Reilly voting in the negative.
Petition to establish and curb sidewalks
on Barney avenue was read and the abut-
ters ordered to appear at the meeting July
8.
The schedule OF curbing set during
1893 was read and received.
Alderman Adams requested the City
Engineer to bring In a profile of Webster
street July 5th, and it wass o voted.
Voted that the abutters be ordered to
appear at that time and show cause why
| a grade should not be established.
Petition that J. ID. Jones, a special OFF,
GER, be detailed at Fairlawn Sundays was
granted.
John II. Preston was nominated as a
special constable by the Mayor and con-
firmed by the Board.
Alderman Adams said that no one had
the authority to send a person to the
hospital In the ambulance and he thought
that the Chief of Police should be given
power to act In all cases.
The City Solicitor was ordered to bring
in joint resolution to cover the matter
at the next meeting.
Voted that a commission OF three be APP
pointed to relay and improve Japonica
street from Broadway to North Bend
street.
Richard M. Browning, Charles X. Burk-
lin and George ii. Webb were appointed
the commission.
A recess was taken subject to the call Of
the Mayor. Upon reassembling the City
Clerk read the petition OF the Pawtucket
Street Railway Company in regard to i'm
proving its system and the report OF the
Committee on Railroads on the same, with
an accompanying ordinance giving 20.
year franchise to the company.
Alderman Davis moved to concur and
Aldermen Adams seconded the motion.
Alderman O'Reilly spoke against 1t and
said II was giving foreign corporation
an exclusive franchise OF the streets and IL
would cost hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars to repair the streets after the present
narrow guage was changed to wide guage.
He said the people would never vote to
give the company the franchise and
thought pu bile hearing should be given
at least. The company should be
compelled to repair and water
I he streets they use and give a bond
TO do so.
The company wanted the city all to
themselves and also that no other COM
pany be allowed to lay rail In the city
for twenty years.
The ordinance was concurred in on
roll call vote to I, Alderman O'Reiily
alone voting In the negative.
Invitation to join the Common Council
IN joint convention to elect weigher OF
merchandise was accepted.