The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-07
The COMMON COUNCIL.
The Appropriation Of $4,000 for a
Museum at the Park Referred.
$4,000 EXTRA FOR THE HARB0R.
Transferring the Appropriation for Care
of School Buildings and Yards-1he
Trestle Across the Providence River
Council to Review st. Patrick's Day.

At the regular meeting or the COM
mon Council last evening the important
business included an additional appro-
priation of Sc. 900 for dredging and i'm
proving the harbor. the discussion OF n
bnilding for natural history and art
exhibition at Roger Williams Park. and
the appointment of committee to OBJ
tain authority to tax the Cable Tram
way Company for use of the streets Of
the city. The ordinance increasing the
police force to $50 men aad another
granting permission to the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad to
build tr stle bridge and lay ails across
the Providence river above the Crawford
street bridge, were concurred In.
Reports of Committees.
Mr.. Barney, for the committee on or
dinances, reported the ordinance pre-
sented last year by Mr.. Mccarthy to the
effect that any member of the City Conn
ell should not have the right 10 vote on
questions in which they were pecuniarly
interested, recommending indefinite
postponemeHt Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Vaughan for the committee on
finance reported the ordinance providing
for an additional appropriation OF $1,000
for dredging and improving the harbor,
recommending indefinite postponement
and the passage Of substitute making
an additional appropriation OF $1,000 for
the purpose. making the appropriation
So, 600 for the year. The ordnance was
passed.
Mr. Durfee for the committee on
claims reported OH the petition Of Sarah
Dean for damages received by falling on
the ice on Wevbosset street; recommends
ing passage of resolution ordering the
payment OF 81, $50 to Mrs. Dean. The
resolution was adopted.
Also on the petition OF Mary Sexton
for remission OF tax. Leave TO with
draw.
The monthly report Of the chief
engineer of the fire department was re-
ceived and ordered communicated to the
Board OF Aldermen.
Mr. Burton for the com nittee on city
property presented an ordinance provid-
ing that the committee on edu cation
have charge Of the yards and lawns OF
the school houses keep the cesspools and
privy vaults clean and provide for the
emptying OF ashes. Passed.
John e. Kendrick, for the committee
on education, presented Il joint resoiu-
ton To change the name OK Greenwich
street primary school TO the Elmwood
avenue primary school, caused by change
OF name of the street. Passed.
Also report on several bills con-
tracted bv the special committee Of he
| school committee in the celebration of
| Columbus Day, with n recommendation
| for their payment, which were ordered
paid from the appropriation for contin-
| gencies. The pills aggregate about $1,000.
Debate on an Appropriation.
Tie committee on educitio, also rec
ommended the passage of an ordinance
adding $4,000 to the appropriation for
| public schools, and aking the same fr ON
| the appropriation for repairs and main :
tenance of public bulldogs.
Mr.. Burton gave various figures show
| lug that If this were done there would
| not be left any money Tor the main ten :
ance Of the public buildings for the re-
| main Ter OF the fiscal year. There was
not enough left of the appropriation TO
| pay the running expenses OF the depart
ment and he did not think it was right
| that the money should be taken from this
| commit tee.
| Mr.. Kendrick replied that the commit
| tee on city property one year ago made
its estimate and in that estimate in
| cluded some money for tue pay of jaui-
tors of the schoolhouses, and it was not
u nfaIr that as the city property commit
| tee had the city property In charge it
| ought to pay for janitors. He therefore
asked that the money be transferred
from the committee on city property to
| the committee on education.
Mr.. Burton explained that his commit
| tees estimates asked for 800, coo aud
| that the finance com mittee had cut down
| It's appropriation TO $1,000. and that was
| the reason why tue committee now found
| itself almost without funds Mr.. Ken
| drick said that II the committee on ci ty
| property had not money enough, it was
| ITS province to come To the council and
ask for more money. These bills must
| he paid, and that soon. 4 he care Of these
| janitors had been transferred from the
| city property committee To the educ alton
committee, and having been ordered to
| care for them, the committee needed
| money TO do IL with.
| Mr.. IL ,ad said that the COMMITTEES on
| fluance had cut down their appropriation
| from Sl0O 00J 10 Sc, 900 aud he aid not see
| how tue committee could yet along with.
out it.
Mr.. Barstow said that if the appropri-
alton was necessary for the committee on
public schools it should be taken from
the public buildings apprcprIaii ion. es
| cially as the care OF the SC. ool build
ings had been given TO this commi ttee. III
the city property committee has bills
which must be paid the council Will vote
| TO have them paid.
Mr.. Vaughan did not think 1t proper
to take away the appropriation, especially
| ms there was only about $40. 900 left OF the
| original appropriation, aud how the coun
ell were To take $50, ,000 from this he cou id
| not see.
| j. h. Kendrick moved to refer the or
dinance 10 the committee on finance. SO
voted.
An ordinance authorizing the commit
tee on education TO purchase printers
supplies aud TO hire horse and carriaIs
for tue chief of the janitors was on M
tion OF Mr.. Angel also referred TO tn,
commit tee OH finance.
The Museum Building for the Park.
Mr.. Angel said that he had been ne
quested TO present "A resolution directing
the park commissioners to erect build
Ing for PARK Museum. according Z,
some one of the plans presented.
| Upon the request OF the council Mr.
Deming. chairman OF the park commits
sion. VINO WAS present with four competi
tive plans, explained them to the mem
bers.
The plans were viewed and examine,
by the members OF the council, ana tw,
received general favor They may b
termed he chateau plan-a oesign mad
after the French Renaissance architec
ture, and the classical plan--a plain Ro