Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-10
IN CENTRAL FALLS.
Big Docket Of Important
Business Transacted
AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
Brit" Burns Bound Over For High
way Robbery Firewaids Meet.
AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

trausbcteu at the speclal meeting OF the
Town Council yesterday afternoon and
measures were passed that means an ul-
timste expenditure of great many dol
lars and which viii give employment to q
large number OF persons.
The Towns Health.
The report OF the Health Officer showed
13 cases of scarlet fever, six OF diptheria
and three OF measles In the town during
the month.
Petition to have Earl street worked to a
grade and ourbing set was received and
referred to the Committee ON Highways.
Henry LaCroix was given leave to with
draw bis claim for damages.
Ten applications 'or hotel, tavern and
victualllng house licenses were received.
OF these seven were renewals. Mr.. Schil-
Ter moved that the old ones be renewed.
Mr.. Wilbur thought that they should all
be Investigated, and that the Council
should be careful In the granting of these
licenses. He said that the streets OF the
village were lined with people on Sundays
who were travelling toward the back
doors OF saloons, and 1t was disgrace to
the town.
Street Railway Matters.
Mr.. Luther, representing the Pawtucket
Street Railway Company, appeared and
asked that a committee be appointed to
confer with the company In regard to the
proper location of the poles to be used for
the electric lines In the town. The mat
ter was referred 10 the Surveyor of High
ways, with power to act.
The petition OF this company In regard
to dCuble tracking Broad street was cal
led up. President Wilbur said that he
thought Il was the duty OF the Council to
place itself on RECORD one way or the
other on this question. Mr.. Comstock
said that the company had withdrawn
their petition, and there was nothing to
act upon.
Rev. J. V. Chalmers OF Christ Church,
Lonsdale, presented petition IN behalf
Of the Law and Order League which set
forth that there was too free granting of
victualing house licenses which were used
as a cover for Sunday liquor selling, that
the liquor dealers sold liquors to minors
and women and that the proper support
was not given the officers, who were ex-
pected to enforce the laws.
The petition asked that the Council
take these matters under consideration
and restrict the number OF places licensed.
Mr.. Chalmers made few remarks relative
to the subject matter OF the petition, and
said that they were obliged TO keep open
Sundays, because the other dealers did.
The petition was ordered placed on file.
Mr.. Jordan hoped that some recogni.
tion would be given to the signers of .he
petition from Lonsdale who had remon-
strated against the granting of these IL
censes.
There was considerable discussion on
the matter, Mr.. Schiller defending the
pork pie restaurants. The motion to grant
he licenses To the persons who had held
them before was lost and the petitions
were referred.
The annual report OF the License Com
showing that there had been
year, and that SO had been granted, max
and accepted.
presented a claim OF $1,000 for damages
caused by the town using land on their
plat between Illinois and Perry streets,
known as Phillips street, for the purpose
OF constructing sewer In the same. The
matter was referred TO the Committee on
Claims.
Dexter street Sewer.
A communication was received from
he Sewer Commissione recommending
the plans for the sewerlng OF the Dexter
street system, as had been made by
Engineer Haywood.
President Wilbur said that II the pro-
posed plan was adopted II would neces-
state the purchasing OF the Weeden land,
and an option had been secured on this
property, and the town could purchase
the land for $20, 600, there being more than
thirty acres in the tract. The plans as
presented by Mr.. Haywood were then
adopted and the Sewer Commissioners
were instructed to secure the land and
begin vt once the construction OF the
system.
IL was reported that certain portions OF
Broad street were nearly three feet above
the ests blished grade and the sbutters de-
sired to have a definite grade before the
street was paved. II was decided to allow
the present roadway to stand at grade and
TO notify the abutters that this would be
the esta blished grade and IL they objected
they should appear before the Council and
De nthTus
The Council then adjourned for one
week when License Commissioners will
be elected.
"Brit" Burns Bound over.
The district court room was crowded
this morning when Joseph, better known
az "Brit" Burns, was arraigued on charge
OF holding up William Robinson on the
Moshassuck Valley Railway.
Five witnesses swore they saw Burns at
a social about the hour he Is alleged to
have committed the robbery and Lawyer
Carroll made strong plea, strengt thening
the alibi.
Judge Goff adiudged Burns probably
guilty and bound him over Ia the sum of
5000.
Pleasant Occasion.
Herbert 4. Patt celebrated bis twenty
tirst birthday anniversary last evening by
q reception at his home on High street.
There was general response 10 the two
hundred invitations aud the AFFAIR was
highly successful IN every respect. The
house was elsborstely decorated with
a