The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-18
IILKED 0F At CITY HALL.
n Ildsrmin's Opinion Of the Plumb
inS Ordinance Matter.
1e Did Not nIaterialixe, so Two Visitors
60 the City Hall Went cT Geiievei.
Providence Has Only rive Pawn
shobs-A VERY small Number.

che city fathers niu.t work. The alder
men win ges together Thursday after
noon, and IL they can see their way clear
will undoubtedly take as long IN ad-
journment over the heated term as the
needs OF the ciey will permit
Before the summer vacation is taken,
however. AN effort will be rade To pas,
the plumbing ordinance which was laid
on The tab temporarily two weeks or
more ago. Everybody adm the neces-
, tv for the law al d even hose who
have hns far prevented its passage
IN concurrence say II will be q
R.od sng, hut they want TIE method oil
choos M the inspector changed. TRAIT Is
they want him elected y conc urrent
vo 6 instead ef by majority in joint
convention OF the two hCusss.
Speaking OF this matter Alderman
Burrows said: "rhis hill onght to b.
passgd: tie city needs the taw particu=
jarly at Tins s,asou OF the year.
members Of the board, hut for
\ mssslf ! want 10 say thas l shall vote
for II ia its present form"
"What is delayi"g it's passnge }"
sPolitics without doubt. Certain mep-
hers want to name the Inspector them
sought TO change the bill so
shat five members could prevent
Ihe other forty-fve In the council
from electing "a candidate of ,heir choc".
Now l saw enough OF that kind OF work
an the abortive attempts 10 elect &C, :
vote Aid don't want ANY more OF IL.
OF course II five members of the
hoard want To p NY politics over this
matter they can delay the final passage
OF the bill for some time. but there Is
one thing they can't do, and tnat Is yet
tne measure SO amended that they
will be able to deiy the mt
ready shown that it don't propose to
heck down on this point, aud Tor ore
am glad OF the stand 1t tanes. 1t is right
and the people will support IT,"
Rumors OF Financial stringoncy.
Two men hurried into the city hall by
Che Fulton street entrance just after 10
o'clock this morning They did not pause
until they reached the door OF the
ONCE Of the recorder of deeds. Then one
the Office. There he looked anxiausiy
over the book whore the record is made
daily OF assign ments, attachments aud
transfers of real estate.
Then he hurried back to his waiting
companion and taid: 1T isn't there.
Perhaps They've tided over" The two
tion IL was learned that they believed a
certain concern in this city was on the
verge Of bankruptcy and expected to find
o1ther that It had assigned or been at
tachcd. When they were questioned they
would not give the name of the concern,
egsr e~s sns "a. mfn book who said had ,s looked
concern that is very we'll
known here. The trouble is, il has d :
pended great deal on loans from the
rbankss but now they have shut down
Iunderstand. and I thou rht It likely IL
would be forced to the wall. Perhaps 1t
has got assistance outside. and il 1t is SO.
I'm glad OF it. for don't want to see it
Then he launched into q political
'epeech, in which he declared that the
whole cause Of the present trouble was
politics. Politics" he declared, "is at
the bottom OF this whole trouble. Itisn't
the sherman silver law alto gelher.
Yhst't bad enough. to be sure, but 1t
doesn't compare with the damage tha has
boon done by the overturn In politics
which has disturbed all busine aud left
- 90 that we don't know whether we ara
Business men or beggars." Then he
mopped his brow aud went of with
Not Many Pawn Shops.
An out-of-town visitor to the city hall
today had taken a walk along Dorrancc
street ana became convinced that
Providence had pretty large
pumner OF pawn shops In this
wss told that he had seen the major part
Of them In his mornings walk aud that
the total number for the whole city was
only ave he was very much surprised.
In Boston," he said, "tbere is hardly
. street OF any size that hasn't got "A
11rsx of< oxxA - a A.
by fives and tens / don't see how YOU
eau get along with SO few. Or courss IL
would be better IL we didn't have them at
oil, b1t they have come To bs necessary
evil and Lave no doubt that in some
cases they serve a good purpose. With
only nve here, either those who run
them do an enormous business or else
your. peopie as u ciass are mucn better
OF than IN most OF the large cities have
1t is fact, however, that Providence
has but live of these places. They are
looked after by the police department.
scocf s1S osss 70 tns make Ssy report AT s
business done during the preced-
Ing twenty-four hours Is made
1y each holder of ~ pawnbroker's license.
That return shows the name, age aud
res1dcnce o. the person pawnng AN
article, description OF tue article as we'll
Theso reports are OF great assistance
10 the police In recovering stolen prop
erty and running down thieves. 1t isa
common practice for persols who
pawn articles, especially when they
have stolen them, To give "a fictitious
name. but in n,any instances the person
who receives the article is able to uive a
good description OF tue party who dealt
with him, and thus to materially assist
the officers In discovering the criminal.
Chief Child called curious case to
mind while speaking Of this matter this
morning A certain man we'll known
about town called aud made COM
plant that his watch had been stolen,
and asked the assistance OF the
police In recovering n. The detectives
we're net long in loc,iing it,.
IL had been pledged at one OF tae pawn
snops. The owner as called TO the shop
20 identify his watch. When the clerk
saw HIN he promptly said he
was She man tho pawned the
watch The watch ow or insisted
TINT ne was not but before he got pos
session Of his timep ecs he was COM
pt.led to pay the amount that had b. Ell
advanced upon IL. Whether the man
tcok this means Of trying TO