Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-08
BOARD Of ALDERMEN.
Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.
LOT OF ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Complaints That Barney Bros. Are
Not Fulfilling Their Contract.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board OF Aldermen was held last evening
with all the members present and His
Honor Mayor Tiepke presiding.
Tue first matter was the reading OF the
correspondence between Mayor riepke
| and j. Sterling Morton, chief OF the
weather bureau, which was received and
referred TO the Committee on City Prop
erty.
Jsnitor French has temporary charge
OF the flags.
Mayor riepke nominated Henry p.
Brannan as special constable and the
nomination was confirmed by the Board.
Report of the Overseer of the Poor
showing that ! ,7i3 persons had been as
sisted at a cost OF 81 1856 and the total ex.
penditure for the month to be u ,9S0.69,
was read and ordered placed on fiie.
The report of the Chief of Police was
received and ordered placed on file.
Bonds OF City Clerk Sibley, 5000; Will
| lie m M. Peck ham, q, 600; Mathew Curran,
| 81 900; Allen X. Wilson, 1000; Jason K.
Lawrence, $1,000; Benjaman f. Davis,
| q, 900; Carlos l.. Rogers, $1,000; Andre
| Blanchard, 81 900; Ernest T.. Scott, II 900;
| George A. Schuyler, 1900; Andre Blan-
chard, auctioneer, &, 600; Jason X. Law
renee, auctioneer, $1,000; Walter III.
| Crow ninshieid, $1,000; Charles A. War
land, 1900; William p. Moronev, S2,000,
and Carlos l.. Rogers, auctioneer, $4,000,
| were approved.
Petition OF James f. Utton for a Junk
license at "a Utton avenue was granted.
WillIsm ii. Perry & Co. was granted a
| junk license at 125 Weeden street.
Petitions OF John A. Menard, Patrick A.
Lennon and Pickett Il Mullen for pool
table licenses were all referred to the
| Committee on Police OF the Board of Al
dermen.
Several petitions for building permits
| were ordered advertised.
Patrick Quinlan was nominated for a
| special constable ana his appointment
| confirmed.
The usual monthly bills were read and
| ordered paid. Among them being the bills
| OF the highway departne amounting to
II ,374.19.
Joint resolution OF the City Council or
dcriDg the payment OF a 30 to John Dam
| iels for damages tn hens by dogs, was
| passed.
Petition from the Board OF Tax Asses
sors asking that the salary of the CLERK Of
thf aro be fixed at sum not less han
| Il 900 was read aud referred to the Joint
| standing Committee on Finance.
Petition of Clovis II. Bowen for per
mission to string wires In the streets from
| No. 2 fire station to the Collyer Machine
| Works on North Main street to connect
an auxiliary fire alarm was referred to
the joint standing Committee on Fire De-
| partment,
Petition OF the American Fire Alarm
| Company to place gong in the No.
| fire station and to string two wires TO
several factories was referred to the same
| committee.
Petition for the layout OF new high
way from South Bend street to Slack $
| Hill to be known at Mathewson street
was referred to the joint standing Com
mittee on Highways.
Petition for sewer in Webb street
from Main street to point 60
feet easterly from Lonsdale avenue was
read and granted and sl,1O0 appropria, ed
| for the same.
Petition for sewer in Park Place from
| South Union street to Church street and
In Church street from Park Place to Hill
street was read and granted and 81 700 ap.
| proprial ed for the same.
complaints to the effect that Barney
| Bros. were not removing the offai as per
contract in proper manner. He thought
the Board should take some action In the
matter. The city clerk was ordered to
notify the Superintendent OF Health.
Invitation from the Mayors Charity
| Football Cup Association requesting the
attendance at the opening game Saturday
was accepted.
Alderman Smith said that East avenue
is in a dangerous condition from Sayles
avenue to the city line on account OF he
| unused Interstate tracks.
Ordinance sppropriating 81 1000 to pay
the salaries OF the Board OF Tax Assessors
was referred to the joint standing Com
mittce on Finance.
Claim OF Michael +. Whalen for 900
damage 10 building he occupied on
Lumber street, WAS read and the petition
er given leave TO withdraw.
Joint resolution In regard to settling
the boundary line of the City Hall lot
accepting the report OF the Joint stand
| ing Committee on City Property I'm re-
| gard to the same was passed.
Several applications for building per-
mits were granted.
Voted that the board meets as Board
of Canvassers Friday, March 30tb, at 8
| O'Clock.
City City Sbley stated that street i'm.
| prCvements had tc be advertised in two
papers and that had been advertising in
the TRIBUNE and Times and wanted to
know what he should do In future.
Alderman o Reilly moved to continue
! in the same manner rs heretofore and Mr..
| Gorton moved ,hst the advertising be
! done in the Times ana Post and Mr..
| Smith seconded the motion.
| After several amen ments IL was voted
to advertise in the TRIBUNE, Times, Post
| and Gazette and Chronicle.
! Aldermen O'Reilly, Miller and Perrin
voted IN the affirmative and Aldermen
smith and Gorton in the negative, os they
were In favor OF only the Times and Post.
Petition of George &. Davis to locate a
steam boiler corner OF Pine and Cedar
streets wss ordered advertised.
! Voted that when the Board sdjourns IL
| bs 90 March 2lst.
Mayor Tiepke then called President
Gorton TO the chair a. he was obliged 10
l leave.