The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
IN 0LNEYvILLE.
Meeting Of the Johnston Town Coun-
Gil Yesterday.
Vaccination and New Roads subjects
Or Much Discussion Local Matters
OF Interest.

Telephone ssi5.
The Johnston Town Council met yes
tcrday afternoon and considerable busi-
meas WAS transacted. The interest was
centered in petition for pew street
to be laid out from Princeton street
TO Concord street, between webster
and Laurel Hill avenues. The petitioners
desired a new street because IL would
make q shorter cut to the new Concord
school. President Bowen said that
the improvement would have TO come
under the bettermenu act. This would
involve payment of damages to owners
of several house lots through which the
proposed street would run, and the cost
of Improvement would be betrayed by
assessment TO the extent of two-thirds on
property owners in the vicinity and the
balance would be taken from the town
treasury.
Several taxpayers did not like the idea
of being assessed for the improvement
and said so. Ezra Clifford thought that 1t
would be desirable 10 have highway there
bnt the cost would be considerable
and he suggested that foot path might
be laid out to good advantage at small
cost. Robert Walsh, whose name was on
the petition, was not favorably impressed
with the assessment plan and said he would
favor Mr.. Giffords suggestion Brown
&. Wood wanted detailed statements
OF the cost of the Improvement.
Bradford Bennett advocated the improve
open up land and add to the taxable prop
erty OF Johnston by mt least
dozen new houses. He thought that
the town would be greatly benefited
j. M. Shawcross favored the improve
1nent il the town would lay out the street
but thought il would be useless to
appoint commission and expend 200 or
$500, and then meet such opposition as
would render the work OF the commission
failure.
much travelling distance would be saved
by the proposed street and was
told about 700 feet. His argument was
that the school children would travel
swice that distance in playing on their
way to school, and did not see where the
advantage would be. The matter was
finally continued until May 10.
Other street Matters.
Rueben s. Keach was on hand TO advo-
cate the laying out OF the road from
Thornton TO Old Simmondsvilie, bat when
it was intimated that Simon w. Simmons
would demand payment for land through
which the road would run he said: "Then
don't yGu lay it out. He has got enough
out OF this town. II you have to pay him
n cent. don't lay il OUT The matter was
continued indefinitely.
Mr.. Simmons afterward said that he
never intimated any intention of charging
for the land.
A petition to have the sidewalks on
Horton street laid out, Sh feet wide, to
preserve lot of maple trees was granted.
The grading OF Harlan street was con-
tinucd without action.
school Vaccination.
Superintendent of Schools N. M. Wright
called the sttention OF the Council to the
fact that no provision has been
made in the past two years for
vaccination of school children
as required by the existing law. Mr..
Wright said the teschers are required 10
see that every child is vaccinated
for falling to do SO. He desired the Coun-
Gil TO take some action to free the teach
ers from responsibility.
Willis ~ Fisher asked IL the town did
not employ a physician to vaccinate the
school children. President Bowen said it
had been customary, and the matter was
recently under consideration, and had
been referred to Health Officer Waters.
Mr. Waters had been instructed to en-
gage physicians 20 vaccinate children Eat
4 certain -sie,v but they were not willing
to accept the terms. He also spoke OF the
recent presentation OF a bill in the Legis-
Iature TO abolish the compulsory vaccina-
tion law.
DIR. LongfelIow said that Health Officer
Waters sought to have the physicians
children. The doctors did not
think it proper TO enter into any
"contract,' preferring TO be engaged or
employed ON different basis. The certain
rate offered was 20 cents for each child
vaccinated. To do the service properly
the schools shonid be visited to vaccinate
the children, and again to investigate the
results obtained. This would practically |
make the rate 10 cents, and il was fair to
state that the vaccine points of proper
quality are 10 cents each.
The physicians thought that a rate OF |
b0cents would be only fair reward, and !
the speaker suggested that IL would be |
advisable to have the work apportoned |
among several physicians in the town |
rather than have one undertake il as by |
contract
Value of Vaccination Discussed.
Councilman Remington produced n
newspaper clipping from which he quoted |
statements that many immigrants who |
had small pox had been vaccinated |
before they came to this country. DIR. |
Longfellow was questioned as to the
utility OF vaccination. lie replied i
that its effectiveness viii not last a /
life time, perhaps, but That il was ac-
cepted generally as preventive
OF smallpox; that in the German army |
the mortality from smallpox has
been large, but since vaccination every |
three years has been done in that nrmy |
the mortality from the disease has been |
less than in other parts of the world
Councilman Sheldon wanted 10 know il |
vaccination does not sometimes produce |
results worse than disease. The doctor re-
piled that lancing an abccss might make it |
worse, but IL was perfectly proper |
method OF producing Beneficial results |
IN general The matter was continued 10 |
the next meeting.
Licenses Granted.
Stinault Brothers were granted license |
10 keep pool table.
Charles Pohle and Viarano Chase were /
granted restaurant licenses
Luigo Margherito was granted license |
70 keep a scipo table on Atwood avenue. |
Charles Hudson, license granted to sell |
fireworks.
Financial Matters.
Thirty-five dollars was allowed for the |
funeral expenses of Edmund G.. Boss an |
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