The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-02
Kingston Hill and Great Salt
Pond.
Forty thousand for the Former and
LimitIess Amount for the Latter.
You Tickle My Back and I'll Tickle
Yours, B'Gosh!


wind he has all the information he need
IN this line, without consulting straws
And since the public has had their gaze
turned toward the Kingston lobby
IN the State House yesterday, they have
been prepared TO give personal testimon-
ials on this subject, based upon actual ex-
perience. If anybody saved some OF
this dust as they rubbed 1t out of theil
eyes, and subjected it to microscopical
ana chemical examination, 1t
would be found to be a
mixture OF Kingston mud and
Block Island sand, the former quite
smooth and oily in texture, apparently
somewhat pious on the surface, but rather
dark inside, the latter angular and very
gritty throughout. In chemical compo-
sition it seems to be strongly Democratic,
although it contains a certain admixture
OF hypnoJized Repu blcanism.
Fortunately there remains a vivid re-
- aembrance OF how things looked just be-
fore the dust was thrown. All the heads
II the Kingston School, at least
Seven in number, re-enforced by
volunteers from the vicinity and
Nheir relatives and friends, were
lobbying among the assembling Senators
with vigor seldom equsled in Rhode Is
land. Senator Watson OF South Kingstcwn
was urging Senator Kenyon of Richmond
TO adopt some course, which Mr.. Kenyon
was quietly but firmly refusing to
tumble to. Later, when Senator
Kenyon presented his resolution ask
ing for an investigation OF the
Kingston School, the paper had hardly
been ready by the clerk when Senator
Champlin was on his feet making a vigo-
rous protest in that decided tone and
manner which the statesman seldom uses
except in matters OF great Importance, at
least 10 himself.
All these thing inspire conjecture. Can
there be any connection between the Block
Island Senator's advocacy OF an nnques-
toned Kingston appropriation, and his
pet measure TO appropriate $4,000 for a
very problematical experiment station"
he is building at Block Island, an appro-
priation to be considered soon by the
General Assembly.
Some two weeks ago NEWS reporter
fell In with nm apparently guileless Block
Islander, who told such pretty and in
terestIBg fairy tale about 30 minute
ocean ferry from Point Judith t@ Block
Island that, on April %, THE News pub
iished 1t, with an accompanying diagram,
as fine specimen OF imag inatiyo creation.
According To the story of the Rhode
Islander, connection OF the ferry boat
with the Consolidated Railroads extern
sion to Point Judith is to be made when.
as matter of fact, the Consolidated
aaiiroad does not run within ten
miles OF Point Judith. IL rem
fesents fancied new route from
Point judith into and TO the east side of
Great salt Pond, giving it as great saw
ang IN distance, when, as a matter of fact. |
the distance is shorter from Point Judith |
10 the present hsrbor under the great |
breakwater, so that Rhode Island can
have whatever advantages such ferry
can give without spending $4,000. IL
tells OF possible saving of half a dozen
miles to the Connecticut steamer from
Norwich and New London, which
merely touches at Watch Hill. A
whatever gain is possible in this
line Will inure mainly to the
benefits of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
no doubt the Connecticut Legislature will
appropriate $4,000 for the purpose, il
provided the Rhode Is4ata- 4.f-iS.
lators are not hypnotized into tumbling
over each other in undue haste TO secure
another outlet for money akin to the
Kingston school.
The project of opening Great Salt Pond
on Block Island has been tried repeatedly
but without success. Not to mention
many minor attempts, the town OF New
Shoreham spent $4,000 half dozen years
ago In making canal, which was to be
all that the heart could wish. But IL did
not meet expectations. II filed up. IL
open long enough, however, for
SAND TO wash in even to the further side
of the pond, so that acres on acres which
we're formerly ten feet deep are now only
,wo or three, and more than one
'cre is dry land, except at very high tides.
LAST year the Assembly appropriated s25,-
700 Tor the purpose, and the town Of New
'horeham $4,000 more; but only twelve
months have elapsed and now they want
10000 more from the State and $4,000
more from the town.
The fsreical project has been repeatedly
condemned by the United States Engin-
ering Department, after careful surveys.
indeed the subject is one which even a
andsman can readily understand.
stand eight or ten feet away from the
Arge Typographical map OF Rhode Island.
nd note the prominent long white line Of ,
and OF the coast from Watch Hin to
'oint Judith, which has filled up
'aroor after harbor, pond after pond, in. v
ct after inlet. See the same thing on the !
'eaches of Newport, Middletown. and =
little Compton, and, above all. from O
andy Point TO Grace Cove, Block a
'land, where, tradition says, a large .
niet has been permanently closed. Nature +
In this business Of choking up canal b
arbors on very large scale and on every a
ich beach and thinks nothing OF shift =.