Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-28
REILLY SCHARGES
Considered by the Alder
men Last Night.
SIDE WITH THE SERGEANT.
Bridge Mill Power Co. Granted That
License.

dermen whs held last evening In the City
Hall. II was s:12 o'clock when the Mayor
called the Aldermen together and Clerk
Sibl3y called the roll and every member
was present. The minutes OF the meeting
held Juno IL we:e then read and approved.
Clerk Sibley then read the following
message:
"PAwTUcKET, X. l., June q, 1895.
"To the Honorable the Board OF Alder.
men:
"Gentlemen-I have convened your
honorable BODY In special sersior this
evening for the purpose OF dlspos'ng OF |
the charges preferred against Sergeant |
Nickerson; to receive q communication |
from the Providence Telephone Co., and to |
receive and consider q communication |
from the Bridge Mill Power Co.
"HENRY T.. IIEPKE, Mayor"
The communication was received and
placed on file.
The Mayor nominated Joseph Massey
and George B. Marshall as special police
and the nominations were confirmed.
Communication from the Providence
Telephone Co. asking permission to lsv
pipes In several OF the city's thorough
Committee on Highways.
The charges against P-lice Sergeant
Nickerson were read, bur no action taken.
At a recent meeting OF he Board q bear
Ing was given on the charges preferred
against the sergeant by Frank ORielly,
end action on the matter was deferred IN
til the next meeting Of the Board, and
consequently came before the Board last
evening.
A communication was read signed by
Darius l.. Gof, Lyman b. Goff, pal tners
with the Bridge Mill Power Co., asking
| for license to erect poles ana maintain
| ing electric power facilities.
The question OF granting the prayers OF
the petitioners evoked some discussion,
| in which Alderman O'Brien took prcmi.
nent part for the company. The petition
| was granted with such restrictions as are
imposed upon other parties doing q SINH.
lar business.
J Charles A. Warland rendered his resig-
| nation as member of the Burnham sire st
| co,nmission, sld w. ID. 8. Havens was
elected to fill the vacancy.
The bill of Thomas Berry OF S35 for
burying q soldier of the late war was or.
dered psid.
The Board concurred with the Council
In regard to bicycle ordinance relating
to bicyclists riding on the sidewalks. The
ordinance Is posted IN several conspicu-
ous places.
Pool table license Of Giuard Diani was
referred to Committee on Police and LII
censes.
Patrick McNsal's petition to move 9
building was ordered advertised.
Petition for a sewer In North Bend
street, from Brook to Walcott, was placed
on file, the construction Of the same ;hav-
Ing already been ordered.
On recommendation of the. Inspector OF
Buildings fourteen permits were granted
The sum Of $4,000 was appropriated FOL
the improv sment OF city filterbeds.
Licenses to seli fireworks were granted
petitioners.
Pool ia Die licenses were granted to three
applicants.
At this point In the proceedings It wai
moved that the Board 60 into executive
sesaion, presumably for the purpose oi
considering the Nickerson- o. Reilly
charges.
The newspaper representatives were
kept guessing for one hour and fifteen
minutes and at the end Of that time the
| Aldermen returned.
After lresuming their seats Alderman
O'Brien offered the following resolution
Resolved, In the mater of charges and
specifications made by Frank O'Rielly
against J. p. Nickerson, sergeant of police
the Board OF Alderman is Of the opIniCr n
that the evidence submitted at the hear
Ing does not warrant the Board In re-
moving the officer from the police forcs
and the charges are therefore dismissed
But the Board feels compelled to record
Its d,sapproval Of the hasty language
used by the officer upon the occasion re-
ferred to In the charges made agains'
| him."
On motion Of Alderman Thomas O'Brien
the resolution was unanimously passed.
Alderman O'B-ien moved that when q
petition to move building was presented
to the city clerk the petitioner be re-
quested to file q bond; carried.
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