The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-21
General Assembly VIII Not Have to
.Be Appealed TO
ON DEXTER STATUE MATTER.
when the Bronze Statue 10 Finished II
VIII BE Accepted and Then the Neces-
sary Appropriation VIII BE Made
September Weather Record--Notes.

late about the Dexter statue work upon
1t is progressing rapidly at the Gorham
works at Elmwood. Although CounciI-
man Kendrick has raised the objection
that the city cannot provide the money
necessary for the building OF a pedestal
and improving the training field without
obtaining an enabling act from he
general assembly there is little possibility
that that course will be resorted to.
When the statue Of the late Mayor
Doyle wa projected the same objection
was raised. but a way out OF the difficulty
was found without going to the legisa-
ture. The ciIy has sthe right to appro-
pirate money for the care OF its property.
When the Doyle statue was completed it
was presented to aud accepted by the
city. 1t then became the property OF the
municipality and there WAS no law TO
prevent the city from erecting q pedestal
on which to place it.
The same course will undoubtedly be
pursued in the Dexter memorial matter.
When the statue has been completed, Mr..
Clark, the generous donor, will present it
to the city. About the prompt accepts
ance Of the gilt there is no question. Once
accepted. the way will be clear for the
making of the needed appropriation of
5000 for pedestal and the Improvement
OF the training field.
Those Increased Salaries.
There is considerable talk about the bill
for an ordinance recently introduced at
the meeting of the board of aldermen in
creasiLg the salaries Of the chief, deputy
chief and call eng neers of the fire depart
ment. While it Is not contended that
the increase should not be granted, 1t is
urgedt hat it WIS at least peculiar that
1t was not included in the bill previously
passed which raised the pay of all other
members Of the department..
A member of the council said this
morning that he doubted very much
whether any immediate action on the
measure would be taken. "Tae
increase" he continued, twill not 90
into effect any way until next January
so there Is no need of hurry Indeed
will not be surprised at ell il it is left to
the council which will come into Office at
the beginning of the new year.
"The amount involved is very small
too Insignificant In fact to arouse any
opposition. The only thing that
calls for criticism is that the higher
officers did not ask tor it when
the rank and file did. presume
the reason was that they feared
that If all the officers were included there
would be less liability of favorable &C
tion on the bill. This was very foolish to
say the least. From the first no one de-
MED that the increase should be
granted. The only question involved
was whether the city would get money
enough out OF the tax assessment IT to meet
the increased expense. When il was
found that there was money enough the
higher paw was given without obj ction.
1t would have been the sane il
the chief, deputy and call eng neers
had been included. because there
is no good reason that know of why one
set of men in the same department are
entitled to more pay than the Others"
Weather statistics
The interesting register OF meteorologi-
cal observations for September has
just been issued by the
city engineers department.. From which
it appears that TIE maximum tempera-
ture was GS.S degrees, the minimum SIZE
degrees and the mean 597 degrees. There
were six days on which tn weather was
Gear, eleven on which 1t was fair and thir-
teen on which rain fell. The total
amount of rainfall was 2,27
inches, the heaviest fall being on
Tuesday the 19th when 40 or nearly half
an inch was precipitated. The maximum
velocity OF the wind during
the month was twenty miles
al hour on the las day of the month.
In September. 1892. he mean tempera-
ture WAS CD degrees aud the total rain
fall Isl inches.
Notes About the Hall.
The efforts to organize football team
have not been very successful thus far
Both branches OF the city council will
meet Monday night. IL is said that Mr..
r. s. Bemis stands good chance Of being
elected inspector OF plumbing.
The assessors of taxes are still busy
preparing the list OF poll tax payers.
These taxes become due aud payable Ia
November and the city gets a revenue OF
over $4,000 from them.
IL the pension fund were established
there are not more than ten members
OF the police department who would take
immediate advantage OF 1t.
Free vacc nations still continue at the
Office OF the superintendent OF health, but
there is marked falling of in the num-
la. - o.. In.