The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-17
CITY HALL GOSSIP.
Evening School Teachers Payday Water
Eills-A Circular.

Evening ccnoOi Ieacnefs Fhyuhy- w htor
Bills-A Circular.
The time has been fixed for the pay
ment of the salaries Of the teachers In the
evening schools for the work OF the first
half OF the term. At IL o'clock on next
Saturday Paymaster Winship will bs in
the Office of the superintendent of schools
with his little tin box and the teachers
who will in the meantime be notified,
will march up in line and sign the pay
roll. This is a scene which is presented
twice each year and is always an auimat-
ed one as the Office is generally fill cd
with the teachers while groupes gather
in the corridors to. talk, over current
eve nts. The management OF the evening
schools has been obliged TO drop a
large number OF the TIA hers on account
of the slim attendance at evening schools
ana these will receive the full amount OF
money which is due them.
The fact that the water connecting
many of the estates of the delinquent
water-bill payers with the mains
has been shut off caused an in-
crease in the NUMBER of bills paid
yesterday. There is a comical phase OF
the m tier also as il is sometimes i'm
possible to know whether the water was
shut off by the employees of the water
department or by Jack Frost. However,
the effect was the same, as 500 bills were
paid yesterday. the amount being Sll,-
512.35 This brings the total number OF
bills paid up TO l41Sl, amounting to
S207, 1888 "a. The amount IL now only
about $4,000 ahead OF that of last year at
the same time. There are only about l.
500 water bills still unpaid.
The superintendent of street signs and
numbers has re-numbered Concannon
street from Veaze street To River avenue.
Chief Supervisor John T. Blodgett
will tomorrow begin his task OF going
over the registration books at the city
clerks office, TO see if there has been any
fraudulent registration.
Warden Armstrong, of the Eighth
Ward, Second district. was sworn In this
morning by Mr. Walker, the mayors
clerk.
The committee on streets met this af-
ternoon, at 2 o'clock.
Commissioner of public works has
issued the following circular to the
water-takers OF the town or Cranston:
IF the town of Cranston will exempt
from taxation the leading mains and dis
tribution pipes L will agree To extend the
pipes and supply takers or said town and
furnish water ut the lowest rates charged
under the same conditions in the city OF
II. evidence. As to the other property be-
longing to the city assessed above fair
valuation that eau be adjusted by proper
legal proceedings. The present require
meats of he cil y of Providence for the ex-
tention Of water mains ar that the in
come shall amount q Z per cent of the
cost of furnishing and laying water pipes.
ANY guarantees that are now In force in
said town will be scaled down to this ba-
sis. in case the Town Council will agree
to the above conditions, and it Is further
understood and agreed that If the pros
ecution is accepted By the town OF Grams
ton sixty days from date. the water bills Of
water takers In tht town, because such a
by rebatng the amount charged In ex-
cess of the schedule rates Of the city of
Providence, the same to be deducted
from the first bills paid after such ac-
ceptauce."