The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-27
DAY, JANUARY ~.
CITY HALL GOSSIP.
Cleaning the streets-Poil Tax Collectors
ut Work Real Estate Tax.


ut Work-Reai Estate Tax.
At present the whole highway depart
ment is at work clearing the ice aud slush
OIL OF the streets. There are 200 men aud
seventy teams employed on this labor.
and the wish OF the department is TO have
the streets clean as soon as possible.
80 the men were taken cf the grading
ana yard wcrk. and ali put TO work
shovelling SOW. The commissioner of
public works intends TO keep pace with
any city in this respect. and thus IL was
rather unkind hat a letter from some
faultfinding individual should find irs
way into print. when the snow had Deen
thawing barely five hours. The depart
ments were already at work on 1t, but
the letter appeared just the same.
The distribution OF the :foremen with
gangs in the street cleaning rs as follows:
Daglish-South Main and Wickenden
streets; Farlel -Olneville, Manton ave
nue and High street kenyon-Rich-
mond, Weybosset aud Eddy streets I;
Feough - Chestnut, Broad Il upper
Weybosset streets lianley-North Main,
Mill, Charles and Randall streets Gray
and burke-the central sections of the
city,
The collectors of unpaid poll taxes
were appointed aud began their work
Aio - 90 ibAAONps L
ward, first district. William #. Lovett;
second district. William T.. O'Donnell;
Second ward, first district, l. j.. Bullard;
second district, Edward j. Mcdonnell
Third w,rd, John T.. Loughran; Fourth
ward, first district, William FItz gerald;
second district, Thomas +. Gillagan;
sixth ward, first district. Bernard l..
ODonnell; Eighth ward, second
district John vi. Kehoe;. Ninth ward.
first district, Thomas IL. Rothwell;
second district, Amos Gardner: Tenth
ward, second district, john f.. McE,roy.
The men who prove To be tue best col
lectors will be put on tue remaining dis
tricts as soon as their original dis ricts
are finished. The number of unpaid
bills is about 1000.
The annual inspection of the seven
police stations by tue Joint committee on
police OF the City Couucil took place yes
terday, the committee meeting at the
mayors Office mt 10 o'clock. Everything
was found TO be in good shape and the
committee was we'll satisfied with the
trip.
A notice is posed in the city t%reasurer's
Office stating that the property on which
taxes are still unpaid ill be levied upon
Feb. 10, advertised May l and sold June /.
superintendent of Street Signs ana
Numbers Pettis Is devoting his spare
tiilt w tNlNlO VI tit StIttb ulItElpI1
which is annually published in connec-
ton with the city direc DRY. The super
is 50 well acquainted with all
the streets in the city that he is pressed
into this service.
fhe contract for the abutments for the
Francis street bridge, which is awarded
To Joseph Ross OF Boston. calls for SCI.
6lS. which i IS 900 below the bids which
were rejected.
Property Clerk Blanding Of the police
department is enjoying a visit from his
cousin. George IL. Reynolds, who is CON
nected with the state institution at
Morris Plains. y. j. Mr. Reynolds is a
weighing 3JS pounds aud a very jo-
via person.
There We're fifty-three water bills paid
yesterday $40, 335 being taken in. The
number OF IL 4S5 bills nave been paid.
the amount being S215,315.41.
The committee on highways met at
2:30 this afternoon. and the committee on
pollution OF the water supply at 1870.