The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
The Varied Use Of Old Hart
ford Pike as a Driveway.
Many New Building Enterprises IN
and About Johnston
There is a Bad Gang of Young Toushs
in the Neighborhood.
Tnn NRws bureau. oLsEyviLLe.
No Har.fars Avanu

No. Hartford Avenue y
State highway commissioners Chase was
In town today ana IN company with
President Beane Of the Town Council
went to view the Hartford road where 1t Is
proposed TO build the sample half mile OF
state highway. Many of the residents
have come think that the long delay IN
starting indicated that beginning that
required SO much time would never bring
"a completion of the work.
There is probably no road in the State
that leads to Providence that hal the yari-
ETY. of driving over IL that the Hartford
Pike has. III is one of the few remaining
stage routes that continue to be used in
this State. II is the u. :. mail route be-
tween Scituate and the city, and over
this thoroughfare much heavy teaming Is
carried on TO transport the supplies and
products of the villages and farming
country of Western Johnston, Scituate
and the border towns of Connecticut.
The beginning OF this broad highway,
leading from Olneyville square with a
Macadam roadway for over mile, leads
many pleasure seekers from the city TO
drive this way and continue over the
course through and by the most prosper
GUS farming territory In Johnston.
MORE BUILDING.
MFR. III. p. Martin is arranging to
convert his barn OH Mill street into two
commenced and will be pushed to COM
pletion before cold weather
Mr.. Walter Saunders is about 10 erect a
fine residence on Bowen street, corner OF
Mill street. which he will occupy him.
self.
Several buildings on the old Simmons
| homestead at Thornton are being remod-
eled and will be made into tenements
This is probably in anticipation OF the
new mill that IL is reported Is TO be erect
| ed on the site OF the old one burned a
year ago occupied by the late William
| shaw.
Eastwood a. Sons, the Valley street
grocers, who recently purchased the es-
tate adjoining their store on that street,
are at work putting u store under their
/ new building and otherwise improving 1t.
Everson & Liddel, who purchased the old
Cable car barn which was burned tbs
| summer, are also preparing to rebuild.
BAD CROWD.
The residents OF McDonough street and
| the immediate vicinity, are much annoyed
| by gang OF young toughs who infest
! the neighborhood. They are careful 10
| avoid the police, and are usually out OF
sight when the officers appear. Many OF
| the fellows, who are vet in their teens.
! have respectable parents, with whom
| they stop portion OF the time, and then
| they persist in remaining away from
home, and sleeping in vacant buildings
| for a time. A fellow named Labey is q
| leader of the gang, and Joseph Doyle,
| who is wanted for looking after various
hen co0ps after dar rk, is also of the same
! crowd.
The Sixth station officers made tour
OF the vacant tenementS Tuesday night,
and arrested three sleepers, and routed
| several more
William Labey was this morning tried
in the lower court, charged with break
! ing and entering, and Will be heard later
by the grand jury. The police are in
clined TO believe that this arrest will hav,
good effect upon the gang. who are well
known, and will be sharply looked after
NEWS ITEMS.
The Wallum Pond Ice Company, who's,
! Office Is In the city, and storehouse and
| barn at Johnston, were attached this
| morning by George Il. Arnold for $500.
Hugh Nee was fined s3 and costs fol
| drunkenness, and Thomas Joyce sen
fenced TO six months TO the State work
| house for vagrancy in the Eighth Distric
| Court this morning.
A young man on a wheel collided Will
| q team at The corner of Deaine street last
evening, and his machine was tota
| wreck.
Mrs. Allen III. Walker OF CLEVELAND
street, Johnston, is visiting friends al
| Foster.