The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
Council
Today.
Meeting
Divided Opinion as 10 the Benefit ui
a New Bridge.
Eight Important Articles on the War
rant for Financial Meeting.

The special meeting of the Cranston
Town Council, held for the purpose OF
canyassing the voting list for the nnanclal
town meeting, was called TO order by
Chairman Merrill at IL o'clock this fore
noon.
communication was received from
Superintendent Potter of the Union Rail
way Company, relative to laying loop
track at the junction of Narragansett ana
Park avenues. TO facilitate the movement
of cars TO and from Narragansett Park.
At this place, at present, there is Y
shaped piece of track. and incoming cars
must wait for those going in the opposite
direction.
The proposed track will keep the street
open by allowing constant movement
The communication was referred to the
street committee with power TO act.
A resident, but not voter of Thornton,
"feltD the Council to ascertain his chances
OF obtaining liquor license, II he would
apply for the same.
Council was undecided whether or not
the law would allow them to grant TO an
unqualified resident.
Ii has already been done in the case OF
Joseph DOYLE on Park avenue. He was
afterward told to send i'm his application.
The question of the benefit of the pro-
posed bridge across the Pawtuxet, near
the Pettaconsett pumping station, was
discussed in an informal manner.
Mr.. James Budlong said that the land
upon which the bridge would be built Is
private property and that IL would be
foolish for the town to appropriate money
toward the building of anything on pri-
yate property.
President Merrill said that before voting
on the question the citizens should know
who is to maintain the bridge after IT Is
| built.
The Council thought that the bridge
would be built whether they voted for 1t
| or not, so pressing are the needs for 1t to
| the city of Providence.
The voting list OF real etate owne 3 was
| canvassed and 10 names were eros ed of.
| Fourteen of these have died and ole has
removed out of town.
Town Treasurer Balm was needed to
assist i'm canvassing the list OF those who
vote on personal property. Sergeant Big
| bee was instructed to find him. The
| Council then adjourned for dinner. This
afternoon they expect to strike of about
two-thirds of the personal property voters
ARTICLES OF THE WARRANT.
| There are six issues to be voted on at
| the special financial town meeting To be
| held next Monday. The first is as to
whether or not the recent bond issue will
be in ndorsed by the people.
The second Is that the day for the as
| sessment of taxes be changed from the
| first day of November to the last Tues
day i'm September, and that the taxes
shall be paid into the town treasury on
| or before the first Monday in December,
1896, instead of the first day OF Decem'
| Der, 1896
The third is that taxes unpaid after the
first Monday in December, 1895, shall pay
| interest at per cent. per annum,
The fourth is a request for $1,000 tC
grade Princess avenue, from Cranston
street southerly to Transit street; Pros
| pect street, from Laurel Hill avenue
| easterly to the easterly line OF the schoo
| property; Orchard street from Wilbur
| avenue to Franklin street and Franklin
street in front of the school property.
| The fifth is a request for the foreign
| appropriation of $500 for the Providence
| Warwick bridge. The sixth and last
| item in the warrant is a request from tn,
Edgewood and Pawtuxet district for
share of the already appropriated $500
for a hook and ladder truck. They asl
for 800. This company has done ex
cellent service with their small amoun
of apparatus.
The issue. il any, will be on the fourtl
and fifth items of the warrant.
Nearly all the streets to be graded ar
in the country district of Oak LawI
which has already been given sufiicien
money for grading.