The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-21
CITY HALL GOSSIP.

| New Inspector Appointed to Succeed
| Mr.. .sisson-PawtuxetW Water Pollution.
The death Of Mr.. Sisson at Admission
Alabama, Thursday, necessitated the ap
pointment of another inspector to fill hi
place, and yesterday Samuel r. Rowland
was appointed. He started for Alabama
this morning Mr.. Rowland is also n
man of wide experience, having been
connected with the Rhode Island Loco
motive Works for many years, and hav
INK served as government Inspector when
the Builders Iron Foundry was casting
the big guns, AT the time OF the war.
Augustus Wightman, who died last
night, was one of the most respected
members OF the school committee, and
his loss will be severely felt in that body.
Sarah a. Carroll, executriX of the es-
tate OF Thomas Carroll, has attached
Thomas +. Carroll for 500.
There were 2SS water bills paid yester-
day, and the amount received was
S4,9l3.3O. The total number of bills paid
is now 1909, and the amount SOS, 902. az
There remain unpaid less than 400 bills,
and these will probably be cleaned up in
a few days The number of cut offs yes
terday was 39, making the total this year
80 against l12 at the same time last year.
An experience OF this kind is evidently
enough for the majority of people.
The committee Oh tue pollution Of Paw
tuxet water met yesterday. The princi-
pal business under discussion was the
Maeterns system of filtration. The dir :
ference between this system and other
systems OF mechanical. filtration 10 that
the Maertens filter has three beds
through which the water is filtered
while the others now in use have only
one. There is also method of aeration
which is d fferent from any now IN use.
The hitter is thought by some to be the
most complete OF all the mechanical ones
now In use, but as 1t is new there is not
the opportunity To see it in operation.
Here Is an instance OF the exactness
with which the city treasurer does busi-
ness. a gentleman who had paid a water
bill OF sl5 and AIKEN his receipt, suppos-
lDg that all claims of the city were salts
fled, since the bill was dated Jan. l.
1898, TO Jan. /, 1884, was very much sur.
prised at receiving notice that bill of
cents remained unpaid, aud that his
wafer was liable TO be shut off il it was
not paid. He inquired what 1t meant
and found that the bill was for one days
water, Dec. 81. 1892, at which date ne be-
gan using. The bill was paid aud the
water has not been shut off
Clerk Jenckes of the seventh Ward.
second district, has qualified.
Ii is very difficult To make some people
understand that the census takers wish
the total number Of people who reside in
each house. Several curious mistakes
have been made, principally by servants,
and the population OF the city may be
reported as somewhat less than the cor.
rect figures.
City Sealer Pettis took day off yester-
day to attend the encampmen5 OF the G..
A. X.
The meetings of the sub committees of
the school committee for the present and
coming weeks are as follows: Text
books public hearing at L. NJ. to-day:
special instruction 2:39 L. NJ. Monday:
grammar aud primary schools z. NJ.
Monday. The committee on high SCHOOLS
met at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Henry krohne and Edward Love have
attached The property of Alice A. Swan.
the former for 500 aud the latter for 500