The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-17
NORTH END NEWS
Interest In the Widening Of Charles
Street Continues unaba.ed.
Some Short Streets, or Lanes Being
Fixed Up After u Fashion.
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The rosdbed on the south side OF the
trolley tracks, west o. the bridge, over
the New York, New Haven a. Hartford
Railroad on Branch avenue, 10 being put
in good shape. This morning a large
gang of men were at work there covering
the part OF the road spoken OF With
crushed stone. II the car tracks could be
only laid a little evener, the many
patrons OF cars as well as those who drive
over the road In wagons, would look for
ward TO little smoother going on part OF
their daily journey.
Four young men, two OF whom
reside on Smiths Hill, left the city Sun
day in sail boat bound for Potters
Cove, and after long beat TO windward
arrived at the latter place. The mem
bers OF the party who reside on Smiths
Hill are very well-known, and their
friends noticed yesterday considers bic
evidence OF that tired feeling. They are
W. N. Duffy, a hustiing grocery clerk,
and John Mulvey, who Is engaged in the
shoe business down town. When the
time came to head their craft for home,
they found that they had great deal
bigger ioD on hand than they figured on
when they pleasantly discussed the trip,
at the corner OF Gladstone and Doug
lass avenues, but after a series OF tacking
and luffings, they succeeded in reaching
Pawtuxet, but then the wind entirely
gave Out, uuu tuty WcIt lOICtO u lhnQ.
The hour was late. 80 they were forced 10
walk 10 their distant homes, which they
did not reach until 3 o'clock Monday
morning. Nhen they go sailing again,
they say the owner OF the Valkyrie will
have recovered his lost temper, and again
present a challenge for 10 sail for the cup
A. L. Smith, OF Gibert's Nichols street
pharmacy, Is enjoying a weeks vacation.
Darling's new box shop, near Silver
Spring street, which is being constructed
OF irol, with the exception OF the roof,
is nearly completed.
The long job OF piping the artesian
wells for the Silver Spring Bleachery is
about finished.
There was an animated ssene at the
dump on Charles street this morning. A
teamster with large number OF barrels,
filled with dirty white cloth and wood,
drove up to the place and his low gear was
at once besieged by about 10 women and
boys, who were at their daily task OF try
ing TO derive wealth from the refuse daily
thrown in this well-known spot. One
woman, who undertook 10 boss the driver
OF the team, as well as all the Others on
the ground, was so persistent that the
toamster had to take hold OF her and push
her out OF the way for fear she might
take the harness from the horse.
Vincent McCann is visiting friends in
Waltham, Mass.
There is some evidence that move has
been made to improve some Of the short
and narrow streets or lanes that run west
from North Main street south OF Smith
street. AT least crushed stone has been
dumped upon them, alt hough in some cases
the amount left for the improvement of
the street does not cover over q few feet
OF ground.
The police of the Second Station report
yesterday as very dull day in their line
OF business.
Much interest Is taken by property
owners In this section In the appointment
OF commissioners on the widening Of
Charles street, which will De made in
the common pleas division of the Su-
preme Court Saturday next, and there are
Just as many people who want a wide
street as when the matter was first agi-
tated.
A clerk In a North Main street store is
little suspicious Of two well dressed
young men who called upon him last
evening and asked him tor an article
valued at % cents. The two men offered
in payment a $40 bill and the clerk, after
examining the money pretty closely,
gave them nine one-dollar bills and rs
cents in change. This was not apparently
satisfactory to the men for they asked
the clerk IL he had not a five-dollar bill,
and on his replying in the negative, they
returned the article they had purchased
and said they must have q bill OF that
denomination, and when they got change
would return. They never returned.