Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-12
The Freemen Meet in
Town Meeting.
ARE MADE
John Dennis Manipulates the String
All the Fresh News.


o'clock. The meeting lasted for about
two hours and half and everybody was
suffering with the heat. Nevertheless
there was a disposition to appropriate for
everything but jerks Park.
Two attempts were made to get the
money for the park, but the taxpayers
were In no temper to be talked into park,
with the necessity for sewers, new
schoolhouse on Broad street and a pros
pective new school In the vicinity of Ash
ton and Berkeley I'm the near future, as
we'll az other improvements.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. Il. l.. Freeman, Moderator, and he
was unanimously reelected.
The warrant for the meeting as well as
the records of the last annual and two
special town meetings were read by Town
Clerk q. Fred Crawford.
The Tax Rate.
The first business taken up was the tax
rate.
Hon. Samuel Clark moved to make II
81 .25 per $l00. This was received by the
freemen by a prolonged whistle and the
managers took their cue accordingly and
James b. Gooding came to the rescue with
a prepared substitute fixing the rate at 30
cents. This went through with a rush.
Mr.. Freeman, for the committee to sell
the town bonds, reported verbally and
his report was received and the committee
discharged.
III. u. jerks presented q resolution
which was In the nature of getting an &C.
counting up to date. The Treasurer is to
report the payments made by him after
the closing OF the annual report, at town
meeting.
The Appropriation.
The sum OF 10000 was appropriated for
highways and bridges after short dis
cussion.
The public schools were given s49,500,
but leaf was borrowed from Pawtucket
and 1t was subdivided into ten divisions,
the largest being for teachers wages, S34,-
900. The Superintendent was given an
increase of $500.
The two stonecrushers will have $4,000
to grind up between them during the
year.
That account called miscellaneous which
like charity covers a Multitude OF -
was given $4,000.
There il likely to be a heavier draft
upon this than usual for II jerks Park Is
TO be cared for this year this account Will
haye to stand 1t as the voters sat on the
proposition 10 make a special appropria-
tion for 1t most numerically.
Broad Street seivs.
Broad street, which got t25, 600 to COM
plete the block paving OF It to Valley
Falls bridge from the Pawtucket line,
got $4,000 additional to do the same
thing. This goes to show what COM
AnR kA
p. when they could not get nearer than
that OF 1T.
The granting Of a. 500 for the making of
Assessors plats aroused good many OF
OF the freemen. IL went through after
quite a struggle. rhe farmers were
greatly afraid OF this as they feared they
could not hide their acreage hereafter.
They tried to confne the plat business to
compact part OF the town but we're un'
successful.
The sum OF s1s, s,909.2s was voted for the
State tax and 20, 500 for Poor.
For town officers the sum OF 5000 was
allowed, and for bonds and interest on
same $751; 800 was set aside.
Bsllou Post was allowed 1900 for Memo
rial Day and then the sewer people got In
their work to the tune of 10000.
Some one tried to get through a special
appropriation OF q, 800 for the completion
OF Smithfield avenue but the voters
thought they had already been quite lib
eral with the highways and they saw no
reason why that thoroughfsre could not
be finished out of what was already
granted.
Hereafter all assessments collected on
account of sewers will be held for sewer
purposes exclusively.
proposition was brought mp by Mr..
Newell to lay the foundation of the divi-
sion OF the town into two districts for
purposes OF taxation similar to the dis
trict OF Nsrragansett.
The matter OF applying for legislation
to the General Assembly for the exemp-
tion OF bonds from the debt limit was
finally passed by a vote OF rs to 81.
A New school.
The sum OF 200 was set aside for a
new school on Broad street but Manville
was refused a brideweil and ward room
at an expense of goo.
The Town Treasurer was given authority
to hire money and renew notes under the
direction of the Town Council, and then
the town boss, John X. Dennis, decided
that he wanted nothing else considered
and he moved to adjourn and everybody
meekly scquiesced.
Onicers Nominated.
A meeting OF the Sacred Heart Temper
ance Society was held last evening and the
following officers were nominated for the
ensuing year.
President-Joseph II. Flynn.
Vice President-Thomss McAlevey.
Recording Secretary-Eugene b. Wall.
Financial secretary-Joseph McCioskey.
Tressurer--Robert Ballou.
Marshal Thomas Ryan.
this month.
Funeral OF wifred King.
The funeral OF Wilfred King took place
from his late residence yesterday after