New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22
FOE GOOD ROADS ~ RHODE Island.
AGITATION BY THE wIIEELMEN IN BEHALF OF

AGITATION BY THE WIIEELMEN IN BEHALF or
STATE ACTION-PROVIDENCE PRES CLUB.
Providence. r. l.. Jan. 81 ,>pcciall.The deporablc
accident at Cadc crossing In Lonsdll". whereby
eight persons were killed and many injured Ia,
shocked the community nothing else Ia, done
for Beyond the horror caused by the slaughter
the sympathy for DE victims and the dread of
currcncc Of the event there has arisen an almost
universal demand for The enactment and enforce
ment Of laws which will make such an accident i'm
possible There 2i5 grade crossings in the
state. siXy-dx are guarded by gates and hacmcn
fftythrcc by nagmcn and al six electric bell, are
In use. The nagmcn not duty at night *
cept in the cities. one Of the Victims d. &. Rich
ardson. the driver Of the sleigh, leaves a widow and
four five small children. Robert Cook leaves .
Widow and three children in Scotland. Mrs. Draper
leaves two mChcrlcss and fathcrcsS boys. The
five others who were killed unmarried. The
funerals Of the victims held Friday and To-
day. Relief funds being raised for the injured
and for the families Of the dead.
The Rhode Island League Of American Wheolmcn
Is circulating petitions to the Highway Commission
to recommend in their report TO the Assembly the
principle that the state pay the whole cost of main
tanlng and Of building where necessary the principal
travelled radial roads. The petitioners urge that
the General Assembly should allow the people to
vote on the proposition at the April election that
the next General Assembly b. authorized TO issue
at not exceeding l-o per cent interest annually
and to eXpend this money uron the principal travelled
roads. The Interest and sinking fund would cost
the taxpayers $4,000 annually. In effect this
places onchalf the cost Of building the roads through
out the state on the city Of Providence. since thi,
city pays 81 per cent Of the tau At the meet
ing OF the Board OF Aldermen yesterday Aldermen
Balon and Lansing We're appointed as a COMMITTEE.
to look out for the city'S interests in the matter
While good reads are generally admitted as a ne.
ccSSity, the city OF Providence will hardly care 10
build more than half the roads in tie State beside,
looking out fo It's own many miles Of expensive
streets. some plan of bcttermcmt assessment would
probably be- more satisfactory 10 this city and as
this city votes votes the state. Governor Jrown
Is an enthusiastic advocate OF the State :oad plan
'dhdldacs for Attorney General cropping ont
Among them are Assistant Attorney General Tanner
OF Pawtuckct; t. G. Dubois. Of Fast Providence and
benjamin NJ Boswonh. jr, Of Warren. The latter
was assistant under Attorney General = T. coli and
was an especially efficient officer. He was a cand
date for the nomination against Colonel Colt and WAS
defeated. Since then he has served rs Il district
Judge.
The scmiannual examinations Of the schools occur
next Wednesday, Thursday ana Friday, but there will
be recess between the terms.
The news that DR.. Graves had been granted a new
tllal was no surprise here, where the decision had
been discounted for some time 1t l. expected that
the doctor will return TO Providence, but Will never
be tried again. Opinions differ as to the merits Of
the case but the majority think that the crime
not traced 10 the doctor beyond a reasonable doubt
The will still further be contested the courts
here. since the payment OF Mrs. Barnabys bequesi
to the doctor OF $4,000 viii b. contested.
Last Tuesday morning the mercury dropped In this
State 20 figures which upset all previous stories Of
the Oldest nhabitant. In several parts OF the state
II marked % degrees below zero, and al Dodgevillc
Mass. near Pawtucket. member Of the church says
his thermometer recorded 80 degrees below. In this
city II much warmer the official figures being
= degrees below
The forty second class graduated from the State
Normal school Yesterday. and Governor Brown pre-.
scented the diplomas Fifteen graduates gave an ex.
ccllcnt programme OF exercises.
The Providence lrcss Crap will celebrate Its tenth
anniversary by "A dinner early In February. at which
more than two hundred persons are expected The
programmes. which being prepared by Charles
il. Iiowland Governor Ladd's private secretary
Will be decidedly unique The first page OF every
journal in the state Of any note will be reproduced
In miniature on art cards. which will be fastened to-
gcther with cord ribbon.
The f.. ID. Morgan syndicate have placed an order
with the lerreshofs for cup defender the contract
being signed Thursday afternoon. The design OF the
boat Will be kept a secret This will not at all inter
fere with the Rogers boat, which Is built on