The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-14
Talked Of At CITY HALL:
Suggestions That Seem 10 Be Worth
Of Consideration.
A TEMPORARY FIRE PAYRo+
Made Up of Permanent Men 10 LooN
After the weybosset strest District
During the Time the Streets Are Being
Repaired-Funds for Relief

Commissioners Smith was not In MS
ofice this morning when representa-
tive OF Tue News called there, but Mr..
Slade. his assistant. gave his views
on the much discussed ques-
tiou of tearing up Weybosset
street. IF we were to follow the line lad
down by some Of those who are 'cr,si-
cising the manuer in which the
work. work is being done on the
sSaa,D he saiu. we would not be
abIe to complete the improvements
ordered before cold weather set In.
There are three gangs at work there now
and this means the public VIII pe savse
inst two-tnirds of the inconvenience III
vould experience IL the changes were
made piccemeal fashion. a.
when the work on Weybosset street Is
completed. we will go into -Westmlnsier
street and from there TO South Main
street. Now il we were to doali TINS work
one lob ar time we could not hnish IL
CHS wear anu there would probably be
growling at our failure.
AS to the cutting off of access to Wey,
bosset street. you can see Tor yourseiI
that all the side streets running into IL
are open. 1t So%Ss wSIla Gs for incHSs she
nremen to handle their apparatus there,
but i do not apprenend there would De
ANY serious interference with their
Operations"
Don't Believe In the Firebug.
Chief Child doesn't believe in the fire.
bug that seems to give some people
-vreat deal of uneasiness. 1t is true, he
saws. that for several Satur,,
day nights there were severai
fires that were undoubtedly SET;
Aut these he attributes to auti-Fourth OF
July enthusiasm and points Go the Iac.
that since the national holiday nothing
Of the kind has occurred.
Asked IL he anticipated any special
danger from fire because OF the tearing
up OF Weybosset street, he said be q Id not;
The patrolmen in the district auected
would be specially watchful and it was
rot at all likely that a fire would get
muchaheadway before it was discovered.
The chief in the course Of the conver.
satiou made suggestion which GER
tainlv seems worthy OF consideration.
s'During the time the street Is cut up
think IL would be a good idea
to establish q fire patrol in this dis
srict Such patrol could easily be or
ranixed from among the perm anent men,
IN sufficieut number could be
left in the houses to get the apparatus
out IN case OF an alarms while the
others could be organized into re-
Iiefs for patrol duty during the night.
This extra precaution would be valuable
IN in.uring the early discovering of the
fire ana it seems to me TO be entirely fea-
sible.
Disabled Policemen and Firemen.
At its January session the general
assembly authorized the city council
to appropriate 5000 annually for
the establishment of funds for
the relief OF policemen and ,r1
Of duty. Thus far no action has been
taken and no appropriations made for
either the firemen or policemen. There
are, how ever, Swo small funds OF about
$500 each, from which three widows are
now drawing small pension.
From that for the firemen, Mrs. Mary
McGale and Mrs. Evelyn A. Schaffer arc
the recipients Of 500 and $l66 respec-
Tns husband of one was killed while
practicing on a ladder at the Three
Ones house and the other lost HE
Providence several years ago. The
only beneficiary of the police fund Is Mrs.
Holloway the widow of the patrolmau who
caught severe cold at the Aborn street
fire which developed In pneumonia and
Mrs. Holloway was given IS week by
the committee having charge Of
the fund. the first to receive the
benefit of this fund was the widow
OF Captain Paine of the second police
ooation, who contracted cold at the
Aldrich house fire from which
he died subsequently. Mrs. Paine
received in all $1,000 In quarterly pay
ments. Mrs Holloway will, in case
she is in need, receive at least
this amount, but the relief
will be extended over a longer period.
which is considered the more satisfac-
tory method Of dispensing the city's
bounty.