Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-20
IN central FALLS.
SquabbIe Over a Dexter
Street Lunch Cart.
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN
officer Harkness Sued For False I'm
prisonm snt- Other News.

II IL said that those who live In glass
houses should be careful how they throw
stones. Our neighboring city OF Paw
tucket has what they call down there a
building law, one OF the beauties OF which
Is that the Council has been occasionally
asked to grant a permit to erect build
Ing, and when tho request has come up
for consideration 1t has been found that
the building was already completed and
occupied. They have generally, however,
granted the permit just the same and the
law was supposed to be vindicated. Some
of the fifth city people have at times made
sport OF the law and It's evasion, but how
about case OF this sortf
A man In Central Falls has been run.
ming, under the name OF another man,
lunch cart on Dexter street, the permit
for which located II on Broad street.
When demonstrated with, he did conde-
scend to put In, In his own name, an ap-
plication, but the Council failed to act on
It. de kept right on running the cart on
Dexter street, rs usual, giving as reason
that certain high official told him sit
would be all right" He WAS made to
know, however, that 1t was not all right
and that If he did not stop violating tho
law, which is very plain and explicit, he
would have to suffer the penalty.
Baard of Aldermen.
The Board of Aldermen met In special
session last evening, having been called
by Mayor Moies to act on the railroad
and street light contracts.
The resolution passed by the Council
authorizing Mayor Moies to sign the con.
tract with the N. Y, N. H. q II. Railroad
Co., comforting permission to lay sewer
under the tracks, was passed In concur
renee.
The resolution passed by the Council to
contract for one year with the Pawtucket
Gas and Electric Light Co. to furnish
street lights was adopted In concurrence.
The resolution authorizing the City
Treasurer to hire so 900 and to appropri-
ate 81, 900 for repairs to school buildings
were passed In concurrence.
The resolution to appropriate $4,000 to
be expended by the Board OF Public
Works was amended by striking out the
words Board OF Public Works and insert
ing committee on highways, and passed
as amended.
The police pay roll OF Is496.S5 was
allowed.
Alderman Martin urged that the Board
do something toward improving Clare
mont and Earle streets. Adjourned.
Onscer Hardness Sued.
Officer Samuel Hardness yesterday was
served with a writ OF summons by Deputy
Sheriff Rogers. The writ is issued in be-
half Of Thomas Welch, who alleges false
imprisonment, and claims damages in the
sum of 5000. The writ Is returnable In
September to the Court OF Common Pleas.
Hardness arrested Welch on the 7th inst,
and preferred the charge OF assault on an
officer against him. When Welch was
tried In the District Court he was acquit.
ted. The evidence tended to show that
Welch and another man were having a
quarrel, and that the latter got Hardness
to arrest Welch. When Welcb was found
by the officer and the other man, the lat
ter, 1t is said, struck Welct, and he in his
movements accidentally hit the officer and
was arrested. Welch claimed that Hark-
ness should have arrested the other man
and not him.
Live Locals.
Miss Della Sullivan of New York city Is
visiting relatives In Saylesville.
Fireman Horton of the Kendall street
station Is on ten days. vacation.