Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-16
COMMON COUNCIL.
Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.
MUCH ROUTINE BUSINESS
Proposition to Have 0ns-Third
School Board Consist Of Women.

Last evening the regular monthly meet.
Ing OF the Common Council was held with
President White I'm the chair and all OF
the members present but Councilmen
Cheever, Stephens and Taylor.
After the routine business OF calling to
order and reading OF the records, the
latter by Council Clerk Read, the lower
branch proceeded to business.
Chairman Arnold OF the Committee on
Finance presented joint resolution to
pay the bill of the High Street Uni
versalist Society, $3.50, for the care OF the
tower clock for two years and 1t was
passed.
Ordinance appropriating $500 for the
Improvement of Oak Grove cemetery was
passed.
Ordinance fixing the salary OF the city
engineer at $500 per annum was passed.
BUSINESS From the Board.
The following business came from the
upper branch was received and passed In
concurrence:
Ordinance In regard to the Park Com.
mission, making the Mayor member ex-
officio, was passed in concurrence.
Ordinance appropriatiDg $500 for the
Improvement OF Japonica street from
Middle to North Main streets.
Ordinance appropriating $3.50 for con.
creting sidewalks at State srmory.
Ordinance appropriating 1880 for the
repair of Winter street.
Ordinance appropriating $500 for the
improvement CT Taft street.
Joint resolution in regard to appoint
ing commission to draw up a suitable
building law was read and the name of
Daniel w. Wilmarth was stricken out
and the name of w. Howard Walker sub
stituted and as amended passed.
Bill OF the commissioners on Brook
street, $3.50.
Ordinance appropriation S2,250 for the
Improvement of Warren avenue.
Joint Resolution appropriating S75 to
pay Sarah Legris for land used In widen.
ing Evergreen street.
Joint resolution appropriating $3.50
for extra services In the tax assessors Of
fee.
Joint resolution appropriating $14660
to pay the bill Of James M. Crawford for
putting up street signs was passed end
ordered charged to the contingent ac-
count.
New Business.
Petition for sewer In Clay street, from
Fountain street to Broadway, was referred
to the Committee on Sewers.
Ordinance appropriating a. 900 for addi-
tional filter fields was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Claim of II. II. Sheldon, trustee Of the
Samuel Merry estate, for 1897 20, excess Of
taxes and interest at per cent. for 1859
days, was referred to the committee on
claims.
Petition that the sewer on Woodbine
street be not established was. referred to
the committee on sewers.
An ordinance appropriating $225 for the
painting Of ward rooms was passed.
Joint resolution to purchase 2 l-2 feet
of land from the Mineral Spring cemetery
corporation for the widening Of the side
walk on Conant street was referred to the
committee on cemeteries.
Joint resolution that lots 80 to 43 in
elusive on the Charles +. Chandler plat at
Fairlawn be purchased for the site OF q
school house was referred 70 the commit
tee on education.
Joint resolution providing for one or
more police districts, so that for instance,
q person would not have to be brought
from Fairiawn to the centre Of the city,
was referred to the committee on police.
Petition from e. r. Price Of the Inter-
state street railroad that the city grant all
franchises asked for 80 that the cars be
started from In front OF the waiting room
corner OF Main street and East avenue to
the city line ~ soon as possible was re-
ferred to the committee on railroads with
orders to report In one week.
Joint resolution to apply to the General
Assembly for necessary legislation to
allow one-third OF the School Committee
to consist OF women, one TO be elected
every year and the first next November
was presented by President White and
passed.
The same gentleman presented Joint
resolution providing for a cover for tie
patrol wagon and after some discussion it
was referred to the committee on police.
Adjourned for one week.