Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-01-02

Total increase. sso2a6 10
The increase in the city debt the past
year is due to street improvements, the
building of sewers and other miscellane-
Gus expenses OF the city.
The valuation OF taxable property Is s26.
S92,7 which Is an Increase over the year OF
1891 OF $527, 1855. The amount of tax raised on
his valuation IL s387 ,o62 80, which. added to
the receipts for liquor licenses and other
source- makes the total receipts during the
past year to be sf65,79392, This shows the
entire receipts which are available at the
present rate OF valuation and the present
rate of taxation for paying the expenses OF
the city.
II am correctly informed, It was intend
eTsto bond the indebtedness OF the city asst
year. but II h - not been done. IL Is my be
lief that the indebtedness should be bonded
instead of carrying II along o" short time
notes. But in doing this, care should be Ia;
ken to bond II when money can be occurred
at a low rate OF interest.
RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONCLUSION.
That a city should be progressive In or er
to be prosperous Is IA saying which th1nk
nobody Will deny. To be progressive the
City Council must take care to nj all times
tion of the city by voting those improve.
ments which are for the cty's good. The
city has n future which 1, without doubt a
briliiant one, and this Council should take
care that In consid ering the various i'm
portant questions which will be brought be
fore IL during the year, no action OF their
| city. I do not mean by THIS that you shou d
| vote for everything that comes along, but
| that each question whi n may arise viii be
wisely and th"ughtfu ly considered, and
| that your vote Will be as your Judgment dlc'
tates.
begun more than IA year ago, Is III such a
condition that work can be begun upon IL
| And IL should be done " ith all possible speed
| The widening of this thoroughfare has been
| and ~ now . public necessity. IL Is contin
| uaIiy blocked with teams, and the quicker u
| Is widened the better IL will be for the busi
ness interess OF the mnnlGpsy stl, Many. fire. A,
| the last meeting of the City Council OF 1881 q
| Joint special commission was Appointed Tor
| the purpose of building an addition TO the
| present structure. THIS commission has re
| ported to the City Council that very gene
| RAJ protest has been made against doing this
| work. and 50, after PROCURING plans ana 90
| ing other woik preliminary 10 bui ding the
addition, the matter was dropped: The CITY
Council of 1892. at very recent meeting
| took act ion looking oward the continuance
| in power the p esent commission with the
| main point In view of seeing To IL inst ne"
City Hall is erected this year on more ap
| propriate and advantageous locality than
| where the present structure STANDS. There
| is no question in my mint that the present
transact the citv's business. Pawtucke,
| needs n new City Hall. But, gentlemen, this
question IL one which should oe considered
| carefully as 1t involves the expenditure OF
large sum of the taxpayers' money. How
much IL il hard to definitely estimate. NJ,
recommendation Is that the question o
| bull ing q ty Hail be submitted to the tax
| paving voters at the ApIIl election, the ques
tion of a site to be an after consinerat5on:
| As the city gradually Increases In IN,
| number of Its inhabitants, so do the dwell
| inRs Increase In number. Places Ot Dus1ne-
show corresponding increase. Thes
| buildings are for the most part, erected oi
| new streets. and To one who has watched th
| growth of these new streets and the numbe
/ of new dwellings which spring up, IN
| growth seems marvellous. one OF these Ia
| caltties IL the northern portion OF the Plain-
| or East Pleasant View, as some call ~. IN
| northern part OF the city on the west side o
the river has been built up largely OF at
wears Pleasant View proper mas seen
wonderful growth. South Woodiawn an
the vtcini OF Log Bridge, so.called, ha
| been built up the tpast year To surprising
extent, and. In fact, In almost every part q
| the city there has been growth which 1
simply wonderful. The increase OF trave
| on the Pleasant Views, occasioned by tn
| srowtb of dw ellings and buildings for oil he
| purposes, as well as the necessari increas
| ing travel Of tea ms from the east side To tn
west side, and vice versa. necessitates th
building Of another bridge over the Nsck
stone river above the Exchange street bridg
to relieve the crowded condition OF the Mai
street bridge I therefore recommend iha
steps he taken AS soon as possible Looking
toward the building OF n briuge at smit
street on the west side, to connect wit
Blackstone street on the east siGe. Tn
huildinR of n bridge atthis point would, b,
, iieve relieve the Main street b., idgo OF
great deal Of its travel and would beside
bring the northern parts of the city on tn
east and west sides Of toe river Ia close
touch with each other. II IL surely neces
,ary to build n bridge at some point TO re
ueve the bridges already In use and ! kno'
! OF no more feasible locality that that I