Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-07
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

| AhO tSbuioh VI tut OI
Aldermen was he'd last evening, His
| Honor Mayor Brown In the chair and all
the members pr, sent. Overseer OF the
| Poor Peckham addressed the Board after
| the report OF his department uad been
read which was carefully compiled at
fair and recommended that the SUN OF
| Ga 900 be appropriated for the ensuing
| year.
He said there were many in the city Iout
| OF work and came To see II there was not
some way the city could provide work for
them on the highways or some other de-
psrtmeDt. He said he was assisting forty.
one families OF Ave each, the heads of
| whom are young, able ana willing 10
| work, hut could not find Il. "They are a
| good class OF people," he said, "who have
| always worked and never applied for aid
"rht are well dressed and We often
seen these kind OF men IN my Office with
| tears rolling down their cheeks. They
don't like to come, but they can't see
| their children stsrve. Other cities are
doing sonnet thing to provide WORK and
thought sonnet hing might be done mere"
| The matter OF putting he men at work
| chopptng wood on The cit 'ys tract of land
on SmItntield avenue was discussed, also
| o allow them tn clear away that extra
| land necessary tn widen that avenue. The
| matter was referred TO the Committees
on Poor and City Property to report next
Wednesday night.
rhe overseer's report was received and
| ordered printed.
Petitions for grades on Rock avenue,
| Lake, Dale, Sieson and Lumber streets,
sidewalks on the extension OF Appleton
avenue were granted.
Report of the commission on the widen.
| ing of Vernon street was read showing
that the cost would be slS,700.
The report was received and the whole
matter indefinitely postoneo.
Petition for the layout OF Dartmouth
street was received, and II. ii Sager, j. ID.
| BiIlington and NJ. A. Ryan were appointed
| a commission.
| Abutters on Clark avenue and Perry
| street were ordered notified to appear at
the meeting on the 23rd.
| Monthly reports OF the Chief OF Police,
| Overseer OF the Poor and Highway De-
partment were placed on file.
| Annual report of. he Superintendent OF
Street Lights was ordered printed
| Samuel Brady was granted junk deal
| er's license.
| Petition for the layout of Rock avenue
was received and referred to the Commit.
tee on Streets and Bridges.
| Report OF the committee on the claim Of
$500 OF J. q. Fournier for damages to
his estate on Main street was read and
showed the sum OF f750 had been agreed
| upon.
The report was received and recon-
mendations adopted.
| Ordinance providing for a superin.
tendent OF fire alarm and police signal
service wires fixing the salary at 81, 900
| per annum, was read and passed.
JOINT resolution allowing the b!il OF
$50 Of O'Connor q Weat herhead for
moving Cogeswell fountain was passed.
Ordinance providing for the ventiIat ion
| and repair OF ward rooms was passed.
Joint resolution allowing claims OF
Allen Higgins for $3.50 and Mrs. r. b.
Comstock for t3O.9O for damages for hens
killed oy dogs was passed.
Annual report OF tue city engineer was
received and ordered printed.
Ordinance making an additional appro-
priation OF 1898 6s for board OF priso ners
at Providence County jail was concurred
in.
| Ordinances appropriating $4,000 for a
sewer IN Trenton street, 5000 for a
| sewer In Dartmauth street and 80 600 for a
| sewer on Glenwood avenue were concur.
red IL.
The monthly bills were read and ordered
paid.
| The petition for drive bridge over the
tracks at Woodlawn was referred to the
Board OF 81, also an ordinance providing
for the Improvement of Lum Der street.
| Petition for fence at the gravel Dit on
| Sterry street was granted.
Report OF the Committee on Streets and
bridges on the widening OF Main street
and extension OF North Main was read
and the matter indefinitely post tponed.
| Thomas and Jane streets were accepted
as public highways aud Robert McCioy,
Fred A. Desry and George Crawford were
| eppoioted commission to lay out the
same.
| Bill OF Psvpe q Taylor, y12 70S, was re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on Claims.