The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-16

necessary, adjoining the SAID Union uePo.,
and known as the Worcester or lower END
OF said depot, and reserve the main
entrance for private carriages.
Third. That the Mayor be and he is
hereby requested to revoke the license on
any hackman entering said Union Depot
TO solicit passengers and TO revoke the
license of any hackman receiving or TAX
ing passengers from any person regularly
stationed in said depot to solicit pas
sengers for public hacks.
"If n man has license 1t means some
thing" said Alderman Mccarthy. "Thesc
licenses are paid for and they ought 70
have the privileges that a license brings"
Mr.. West: 1--WE ask the Mayor to re-
woke the lie ,nse OF any man who goes in
there TO solicit"
Alderman Ballou moved that the matter
be laid on the table until the next meet
ing. Alderman lansing asked why.
Alderman Ballou said the matter is OF
sufficient importance to bear inyestiga-
tion.
Alderman Lansing said that the pur-
pose of the resolution was to prevent
further discrimination such as has been
made.
Alderman Ballou's motion to lay on the
table prevailed.
The following accounts were ordered
paid: Henry Il. Root, S25.65; Charles A..
Hubbard, s25; ii. q. Fisher, s25; Charles
&. Mumford, streets, $685.; Joseph III.
Bowen, 50; Patrick j. Ward, s33.
The following petitions were presented: !:
Mary Tanning for remission OF taxes.
Referred to committee on claims.
To construct sewer on Academy ave-
nue. Referred To committee ON sewers.
To authorize the appointment of a
keeper at the Small Pox Hospital. Passed.
II. i. Central Labor Union relative to fee
for shows etc. Referred to committee on
shows.
Perseverance Lodge No. 8. for remis-
sion OF license fee. Referred to committee
on shows.
Petition to change name of Norfolk
street to Huddington avenue. Referred to
committee on streets.
The committee on shows, to whom was
referred the petition OF William A. At
well ct al, requesting public hearing on
the resolution governing dances and en-
tertainments, reported that the public
hearing had been given at which the pc
titioners claimed that the present fee
of $40 with the added expense of s3 for a
police officer worked.a very great hardship
to nearly all of the small organizations
which were holding dances and entertain
ments for charitable and other purposes,
and that many of these entertainments had
been abandoned in consequence. The
petitioners also laid great stress upon
their inability to obtain employment as
musicians, printers and caterers, by
reason OF the present burdensome and
exorbitant fee for license and
this point was corroborated by the Ameri-
can Band and other orchestras. The COM
mittee stated that while it was the inten-
tion of the new regulation to prohibit the
holding OF disreputable dances It
was not contemplated that the
law should work hardship upon that
large class OF the population whose amuse-
ments are almost wholly confined to the
festivities incident to membership
in fraternal, benevolent and secret
orders. Through mistake in
Interpretation OF the law, however, many
of these societies have taken out licenses
when it was not necessary, the entertain
ments having been held In their own hall
for charitable or social pur-
poses. The committee stated fur
ther that they had given the
matter the consideration its Importance
merited and are unanimously of the opin-
ion that the fee for such licenses should
be reduced to 6 for all dances and exhi-
bitions for profit; and for entertainments
given or held by nonresident exhibitors
the fee should be go, while for all dances
and entertainments given by lodges and
fraternal clubs and organizations in the
halls used and occnpied by them licenses
should be granted ON recommendation OF
the chief OF police without cost for such
license.
resolution was presented resembling
the resolution passed by the board Jan.
IS, fixing the fee for dances, shows and
exhibitions at SO, and fixing the license
for shows, dances and exhibitions at
places other than those licensed by the
year Mt not less than 80 nor
more than so for each performance
in the discretion OF the chief OF police,
provided that licenses shall be granted
upon the recommendation OF the chief of
police to lodges, societies, fraternal
social or benevolent clubs, or other organ
izations to hold dances or entertainments
in the halls used and occupied by such
societies, without cost for such license.
The resolution was laid upon the table.
The following were passed in concur
renee: Communication Of surveyor OF
lumber relative to appointment OF
deputies; order to receive the annual re-
port of the superintendent OF public
buildings; resolution permitting George
II. Taft to raise building; order to re-
-eeivethe monthly report OF the city mes
songer for January, 1894; order to receive
the annual report Of the surveyor OF lum-
bcr; an ordinance authorizing the assessor
Of. taxes to employ q fifth assistant;
resolution authorizing the joint commit
tee on police to contract for the extension
OF the police signal system and approp-
Rating $4,000 therefor; resolution di-
recting the city treasurer to purchase lot
OF land in North Burial Ground from
Jonathan Allen; resolution ordering
sewers i'm Atlantic avenue and East Man
ming street ;resolution to print births, etc;
invitation from Prescott Post TO the city
government to attend divine service on
Memorial Sunday.
A resolution resembling previous reso-
luton OF the Board ordering sewer i'm
A.ado,,,y avepup xvos laid nm the IN III.