Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-18
CITY DADS PAID OFF.
CounciImen Work Better
With Their S25 Checks.
PAY OF ASSESSORS CLERK.
Lower Branch Fixes IL at 81, 100
Schoolhouse For Fairlawn.

Council was held last evening and ABSl6-
tant City Treasurer John b. Riley made
tie memb bsrs of that body happy by pre-
senting each with a check for S25 In pay
ment for their services for the past three
months. Therefore, business went
through very smoothly and the session
was shorter than 1t would have been, were
the conditions different.
President White was in the chair and
all of the members present but Council
man Battv.
Councilman Arnold OF the committee
on finance reported OH the maTter ofa
salary for the clerk Of the Board OF Tax
Assessors and recommended the sum be
made 81 900 instead of 81 100.
Mr.. Gill moved that the sum remain ar
s1,lO0.
Councilman Watson spoke In regard to
the matter and said the Council should
go slow and that the sum of $500 was
sufficient for the clerk OF the Board and
that the office of field clerk should be
abolished.
Councilman Thayer said that the com.
mittee thought $1,000 was sufficient and
President White said that the assessors
were not paid enough and that the pre-
sent system or assessing taxes was farce.
Councilman Farrell said the city was
payIng $1,000 for extra services and that
ne thought a salary should he paid.
The report was not received on a roll
call vote of 10 to A.
An ordinance fixing the salary at 81 100
was passed.
Councilman Easterbrooks of the Com
mittee on Railroads reported progress in
regard to the matter OF the street railway
companies striuging guard wires and the
placing of cut-outs. In regard to insula-
tors it was recommended that they be
placed In the central part OF the city at
points 600 feet distant from each other.
The report was received as progressive.
Business From tho Board.
Ordinance appropriating $500 for q
sewer in the Old Boston road was passed.
Joint resolution accepting sl0O In
trust for the care of the burial lot of AL
fred O. Balkom In OAK Grove cemetery
was referred to the committee on ceme.
teries.
Joint resolution authorizing the school
committee to select q site for q new
school house at Fairlawn was read and
Major e. p. .Tobie of the school commit.
tee was called on and said school build.
ing In that section was necessity. The
resolution was passed.
Joint resolution providing for the paint
ing Of the interior and exterior of the
ward rooms and City Hall was passed.
Ordinance appropriating $1,000 for the
improvement of Humes street was re-
ferred t. the committee on finance.
Ordinance appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of block paving was passed.
Ordinance sppropriating $525 for
sewer in Boutwell, street from West to
Pawtucket avenues was passed.
Ordinance appropriating 5000 for the
benefit of ToweriPost, No. II, q. A. r., was
passed.
Joint resolution in regard to abolition
OF the Pine and Dexter street crossings as
recommended by Mayor Tiepke was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ordinances to
report at the next meeting.
Miscellaneous Business.
A communication was read from Chief
Briefly of the fire department stating
that at meeting OF the Board OF
Engineers Fred A. Woodward was seisc
ted to serve as substitute in Hose Co.
No. 2, Frank A. Hazelton substitute on
combination No. 4, and John r. Corrigan
on Hose and requesting their confirma-
tion. The matter was referred to the
committee on fire department.
Bill of Henry Fletcher for $3.50 for
extra services in the assessors Office was
allowed and ordered paid.
Petition for an electric light on Denver
street was referred to the committee on
street lights.
Joint resolution authorizing that two
members Of the Common Council, one
member OF the Board of Aldermen, the
Inspector of Buildings and Architect w.
Howard Walker be appointed commit
tee to draw q suitable building law for the
city was passed.
Join: resolution requesting the COM
mittee on city property to see what can
be done in regard to providing for the
preservation OF city records In case OF fire
was passed.
A discussion followed In regard to the
duties OF the committee on police and
their inactively In the past and was
participated In by Councilmen McCrory,
and President White.
A recess was taken subject to the call
Of the chair.
Upon reassembling Councilman Farrell
presented joint resolution to tho effect
that the Joint standing committee on
street lights examine into the matter OF
utilizing the unused water at the Diamond
Hill reservoir for street lighting purposes
and II was referred 20 that committee.
The Council then adjourned for one
week.