The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-20
! COMAON COUNCIL.
The Boards Resolution on
Depot Plans Adopted.
Bic PARK LOAN CONTEMPLATED.
4 Proposition Outlined 90 Encourage
Outside Capitalists TO Locate In This
City--Money Appropriated for New
Road at the Park.

The Common Council promptly con-
CURED in the Board amendment 10 the
resolution fixing the time-limit In wnicn
the Consolidated railroad Is TO nie lts ac-
ceptance OF the resolution approving the
plans of the new union station with the
train house proviso, Chairman Vaughan
of the terminal committee moving
concurrence. Resolution appropriating
$4,000 for four-room school house ia
the seventh school district, was adopted.
The city auditor submitted his estimates
OF the receipts and expenditures OF the city
for the financial year ending Sept. 80, loso'
The commissioner OF public works was
directed to construct new avenue In
Roger Williams Park, fFem the Broad
street entrance and encircling Cunlif's
pond, the cost not to exceed slOO,OoO.
Several OF the matters from the Board
were referred. The Board of Trade COM
munication relative TO the lay
ont of trunk streets in the busi-
ness center used for business pur-
poses under the highway act was received.
A Joint resolution was passed creating
special committee on new INDUSTRIES to
confer with corporations apd, individuals
dcsirous of establishing new industries or
business enterprises in this city The
Council went into executive session and
discussed the report of the special
committee for more than an hour.
At the close of the conference Mr.. Bur-
dick moved that the resolution be laid on
the table, made the special order for the
next meeting, and that the chairman OF
the special committee on the purchase OF
land for the Improvement OF
Roger Williams park be invited
to appear before the Council at that time
and explain the various phases OF the
question discussed in the executive session.
The motion was adopted. The estimates
of the special committee OF the total out
lay for the purchase OF the land In 1891
was $314, 600; while the amount estimated
In the report submitted to the Council
few weeks since aggregated nearly
f800, 900, including suits, ice privileges and
fowage. The object of the inquiry Is to
ascertain the increased valuations OF land
in the territory proposed to be annexed,
which are regarded as excessive when
compared with the estimates Of expert
enced appraisers. Hence the adoption of
the motion to summon the chairman OF
the special committee to purchase the
land who will be requested to explain the
reasons for the additional appropriations
in executive session at the next meeting
on April 2.
Reports of Committees.
Mr.. Whitley, chairman of the committee
on claims, presented report on the petit
tions Of Catherine p. Bassett and Michael
r. Munnigle for abatement OF income tax,
and introduced q resolution remitting the
same. The resolution was adopted, as
was one abating the dance license for
Loyal Victoria Lodge, /. o. o. f.
The committee also reported on the
petitions OF T. III. Greene, A. II. Scatter
good, Mary McAvoy and Fred A. Ray for
remissions of tax and Barbara Egar for
damages, and recommended that the petit
tioners be given leave to withdraw. 1t
was SO voted.
Resolutions to lay out Phenix, Harold
and Chambers streets were introduced by
Mr.. Durfee, chairman OF the highway
committee, and were adopted.
A joint resolution to pave q portion
Of Olney street with granite
blocks was adopted as were
resolutions authorizing the paving
y OF Clemence and Pine streets with vitri-
ded brick or Trinidad asphalt.
New $4,000 School House.
Mr.. j. 4. Kendrick, for the COM
mittee on education, int reduced
resolution appropriating the sum
OF $4,000 for the erection of school
house in the Seventh school district, and
( Il was adopted. The resolution calls for
the erection Of q four-room school build
ing on lot OF land now owned by the
- Ia a 4
and Roger Williams avenues.
II Mr.. Pierce, for the committee on ac-
counts, presented the printed estimates OF
the receipts and expenditures OF the city
Of Providence for the financial year end
ing Sept. 80, 1896, and it was read by title
and was ordered communicated to the
4 Board Of Aldermen.
New Avenue at the Park.
Mr.. vose presented a resolution relating
90 Roger Williams Park, authorizing the
park commissioners to contract for the
construction Of a main avenue from the
Broad street entrance to Park avenue, run
ming near TO the easterly boundary OF the
new addition to Roger Williams Park.
with connecting driyeways, and to ex-
cavatc muck from CunlistiS pond TO obtain
. proper depth OF water and TO secure a
top dressing for the park grounds, the
cost not TO exceed 100000.
A plan OF the proposed improvements
was presented and on motion of Mr.. j. II.
+ Kendrick the Council took a 10-minute
recess to consult the plan. On reassem-
bling the resolution was approved and
passed.
At this point Mr. Darcy inquired OF Mr..
Vose as TO what was being done on Davis
Park. He said that work been sus-
pended for some time on the
park, and wanted 70 know what the plans
Of the commissioners regarding the mat
+ Ger were. MIR. vose stated that owing TO
the frozen condition of the ground il had
been deemed inadvisable 10 commence
work before, but that within n week the
work would be begun, and he assured tho
Council that the improvements on Davis
+ Park would be completed by July /. Mr..
+ Darcy also called the attention OF the
Council TO the fact that on the park land
1hcre were several old buildings which
ohould be removed.