The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-30

Sunday Papers No Longer to
Be Hawked on the Streets.
(UBLIc HEARING TO BE GIVEN
On the Resolution in Regard to Widen
1ng Charles and CanalStreets-Board
Concurs I'm Creation of Joint Special
\ Committee.

At the session OF the Board OF Aldermen
| Yesterday afternoon the resolution Tor
| Che widening Of Charles and Canal streets
4 was referred to the committee on high
ways with instructions to give pubic
/ hearings. The Mayor submitted com
|munication in regard to the hackney car
riago Licenses with the Recommendation
that the committee on ordinances prepare
q bill regulating future licenses involving
4 the solicitating Of passengers IN the de-
pot. 1t was referred TO the committee by
vote OF ayes 90 3 nays, Alderman West
objecting on the ground that the Mayor
ehould exercise his authority without
reference to opinions by the city solicitor.
"A resolution was passed directing the city
Solicitor to apply to the General Assembly
for the appointment of commissioners OF
estimate and assessment IN the widening
Of South Main street, from Pioneer lane TO
Transit street, under the betterment act,
assessing one-half damages upon abut-
ting owners. The Board adopted an order
prohibiting the hawking of sunday papers
nnder penalty OF fine OF so or tmprison-
ment for ten days. A remonslrance
eigned by the manufacturers along the
Woonasquatueket river protestihs aSalIist .,iis
the garbage works nuisance was submit
ted and made the special order Tor the
next meeting. The Board concurred in
The resolution appointing Joint speclsl
committee on new Industries and author
ixing the park commissioners TO expend
100000 at Roger Williams Park.
vs. In the board of health the petitions OF
Samuel Colburn and Il. G.. Halstead 10 be
licensed collectors OF contents OF prlvy
vaults and cesspools were granted. Two
orders to abate nulsances and 29 orders
TO connect premises with sewers were
Issued. The board then adjourned until
April 10, at 3p. IN.
The Hackney Licenses.
In Board OF Aldermen communication
was received from Mayor Olney relative
TO the hackney carriage matter. The
Mayor in his communication stated that
the plain understanding OF certain quota
fions from the city solicitors opinion is
that revocation Of the licenses
Of any hackmen upon the
request Of the Board would be without
legal cause and an act Of questionable pro-
priety. The city solicitor clearly points out
that the only proper and safe method OF
effecting the desire OF the Board as ex-
pressed In the said request, would be the
Passage OF an ordinance making 1t con-
dition OF oil future licenses that hacsmen
should not solicit passengers in any depot.
& AS il is not competent for the Mayor 20
make or amend the city ordinances he
action as might be deemed proper. The
Communication was ordered referred to
the committee on ordinances.
alderman West objected 10 the reference
OF the communication TO the committee
:on ordinance. 1t was the Mayors duty
to exercise his power in this matter with
ont outside interference.
alderman Ballou stated that 1t was not
t. INTENDED TO interfere with the discretion
nry power Of the Mayor, but the proposed
step was to be taken simply 10 give firm
Foundation TO his decisions.
N The question was put To vote and. was
passed by vote OF to 3, Messrs. McCar-
thy, West and Fuller voting in the mega
tive.
Alderman Harris also called from the
table a resolution to lay out and widen
South Main street and presented the re-
port of the committee OF highways on the
1.loposed Improvements. The report
stated chat the resolution under which
the committee ~ acting asks
for plans and estimates for a
street 60 feet wide from Pioneer
lane to Transit street, but in considering
the matter the committee find that much
valuable property would be made practi-
cally useless by this plan, whereas If the
street was made 90 feet in width only three
Buildings would be seriously damaged
MS all the other buildings can
be set back to the new lines, causing the
cost of improvement TO be comparatively
small and making only nominal change
in the grade.
A resolution was presented authorizing
the widening and laying out of South
Main street TO a width of 90 feet, and di
Iecting the city solicitor TO make appli-
cation TO the Supreme Court OF this State
for the appointment ofu commissioner TO
consider he proposed plans, and the reso-
was passed.
Alderman Harris presented the report
oil the JOINT committee on highways on
the proposed widening and extending OF
Charles street from Mill street TO
Randall square with plans and the report
was ordered referred 20 the committee on
highways, with the request that the COM
mittee giyca public hearing on the matter
alderman Mccarthy called from the
table he resolution requesting the Mayor
aud Alderman TO lay out and extend
Charles and Canal streets and moved that
IL be referred TO the COMMITTEES on high
ways with orders to give hearing ut the
same time IS the hearing on the report,
and u was SO voted.
The report of the committee furnished
estimates Of the cost OF extending those
streets as follows: Land REQUIRED ON Canal
and Mill streets, 81 ,i21 SO. IT., So SG5. 30;
removal and destruction OF buildings
f20,o0O; total, f52,S65.9O. Land required
on Charles street, 1857 81. IT,, Sill
b2l.00; removal and destruction OF builds
1ngs, s3o4.50; total, sli ,971.05.
Petitions Granted.
The following petitions were granted:
Peter j. Cotton, 10 keep a victualling
house; Jesse Brown, Peter Brucker,
Joseph Coupe, Truman A. Cunliffe,
Thomas Miller, Nicholas Waterman, 10
keep tayerns to build barns, Ann Crcamcr,
Daniel German, Anthony Joseph, Fred
erick q. Ices and wife, Hugh McCutchin,
William 4. McElroy, Patrick Il. Moran,
Arnold Lawton, Michael Carlos.
Remonstrance Against Garbage Works
A remonstnnce signed by manufactur-
Ing concerns and business houses along
The WOonasQuatucket river protesting
against the nuisance caused by the odor
and danger 10 carriage travel by the garb-
age works was presented. Tho text of
the petition was as follows:
"four petitioners respectfully represent
that they are seriously disconnected
and inconvenienced in consequence of