Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-05-11

Resolved, That the City Clerk forth.
with send TO each house OF the General
Assembly duly certified copy of this pre-
amble, and the resolutions of the City
Council, with the request that this pro-
test be presented to each OF said branches
OF the General Assembly by the presiding
officers thereof respectively.
The message was received and the joint
resolution was temporarily tabled.
Afternsir. McCsbe's Seat.
Claude j. Farnsworth said he appeared
as counsel for Isaac Gill, whom he claimed
had been elected Second Councilman from
the I'd ward and asked that he be sworn
In.
Mr.. McCabe asked by what authority iIe
appeared.
President Pierce said he supposed he
appeared by the right which any citizen
has.
Mr.. O'Brien moved that the City Clerk
be sent for to swear in Mr.. GIL.
President Pierce said 1t was competent
for the Council to judge by vote whether
Mr.. Gill was or was not a member.
Mr.. Gorton moved to table sthe motion
of Mr.. Brien, and IL was tabled on a
roll cali vote-11 yeas to 4 nays, Mr.. Presi
dent Pierce and the Fifth Ward delega-
tion voting against 1t.
Mr.. McCabe, whose seat Mr.Glll would
take should he be declared elected, moved
to indefinitely postpone the whole matter.
President Pierce ruled the motion out
of order.
The Council decided not to take any
further action.
rhe Council refused to take from the
table the resolution presented with the
message of HIS Honor Mayor Brown.
The report on the claim OF s2C5 of Phil
lip Downey was recommitted.
Mr.. Tingley of the committe on rail-
roads reported an ordinance granting the
Union Railroad Company the right to
erect poles and string wires on Pawtucket
avenue from the Providence line to
Garden street, and on Garden street and
Main street. II was adopted.
Joint resolution creating joint special
committee to consider sites for new engine
houses In the LIST, 4th and 5th wards was
laid on the table.
An ordinance appropriating 81 800 to
pay the awards on Webster street and
a joint resolution authorizing the joint
standing committee on city property to
hire a room for the City Weigher were
passed In concurrence.
Mr.. Tingley presented a resolution in
vitipg the Board of Aldermen to meet In
Joint convention to EJECT certain officers.
The resolution was adopted.
License Commissioners Bill.
Mr.. Gorton presented resolution In re-
lation to the License Commissioners bill,
AS follows:
WHEREAS, 1t has unofficially come to
the attention OF the members of this
Common Council that a bill Is pending
before the General Assembly In which 1t
Is sought to change the tenure and man
ner of appoint of the Board of LII
cense Commissioners OF this city,
And, Whereas said changes are believed
| to be a reform greatly needed and II made,
| will be to the advantage OF our city,
IL IL therefore resolved, That this Com
mod Council commends the changes pro-
| posed, and asks that the Judiciary bill
| be passed into law by the General As
semply.
And IL Is further resolved, That the clerk
of tn is Common Council forthwith trans
NIT a duly attested copy OF this preamble
and of these resolutions to the pres iding
officer OF each branch OF the General AS
sembly with the request that the same be
prese nted to each OF said branches re-
spectively.
The resolution was adopted on a roll
call vote, Messrs. Clark and O'Brien vot.
ing in the negative.
Petition for sewer In Quincy avenue
was referred to the Committee on Sewers.
Street Lights.
The following communication In rela-
tion to lighting the city was received
from the Pawtucket Gas Company:
We hereby respectfully present for your
consideration the following proposition
for the lighting of the streets OF the CITY
of Pawtucket, for the term OF three or five
years:
We will furnish he city with the pre-
sent number of lights they now have, or
as many more as they may order for the
term of three or five years Preserving the
privilege Of shutting off on moonlight
nights, not to exceed three nights from a
full moon with the consent and approval
OF the Superintendent of Street Lights),
agreeing to light not less than 800 nights
in the year, and as many more as IL may
require to light the city, and not have
dark hour within the time specified for
llPntlng ana putting OUT, hs proVlueu Ior
In our last contract.
Proposition: Full arc lights under this
proposition, $50 year. II cost the city
last year for 3l8 nights s148 40. At the
same rate this year, for $50 nights, 1t
would cost sl54. Divided arc lights under
this proposition $50 year. IL cost the
city last year, for 3l8 nights, SSi 30. At
the same rate this year, for $50 nights II
would cost sSS.
Ii must be borne In mind that last year
we started the lights 81 nights for a part
OF the night and called two nights one.
THIS was not called for In our contract.
IL the city had paid every night 1t would
have cost for divided arcs sSS per light.
There are many dark hours In the year
when the lights ought to ne and are not
burning, but we had no orders to light
them. Under this proposition II would
not occur.
Our company would prefer TO take the
responsibility of lighting the city (under
the direction of the Superintendent OF
Street LIgb bts) as proposed at a less price
per light per night than under the old
contract, believing they can by doing so
give the pu bile better satisfaction.
IL is furt her agreed that the price OF gas
consumed by the city shall not exceed
so per thousand feet.
L. B. DARLING,
Chairman of the Committee.
May 10, 1893.
Mr.. Tingley presented joint resolution
authorizing the Committee on Street
Lights to make a contract with the Paw