The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-21

committee on education on the matter OF
a curator of the Natural History Museum
at Roger Williams Park, saying IL Is not
in the province of the committee and the
matter was referred TO the park commis-
sioners.
The monthly report of the City Treas
urer was received.
Mr.. Burdick offered a resolution, and
moved that II be tabled, providing that
all acts to be presented TO the General
Assembly In behalf OF the city be first
submitted to the City Council. Tabled.
The following matters were referred: (:
Petition for watering North Main street !;
of Samuel Eames and w. w. Dean, for re-
mission OF sewer tax, for sewer in Pub
lie street; A. s. Miller, for remission OF
tax; Union Railroad Company, to lay rails
for turnouts on Broadway and Thayer
street ordinance for improvement and
care OF the Dexter Training Ground |;
Dennis Cronin and George Briggs, for
damages for laying out Hayward street.
Resolutions were adopted for concrete
sidewalks in Providence, Point, Maple,
Dudley, Lockwood, Summer, Stewart,
Burrill, Pine, Beacon streets and Beacon,
Darlington and Vermont avenues; also to
lay out Wadsworth and Goddard streets
and Regent avenue and TO grade
Porter street, Lillian and Norwich avenues; !;
also substitute resolution was adopted
to pave Benefit street, from North Main
to James streets, with trap rock, or other
suitable material, Trinidad asphalt
not being desirable; also direct
ing the Mayor to exchange a
triangular lot of A square feet, east OF
Ridge street, for a lot of "a sqaure feet,
owned by the Richmond Land Company;
also resolution from the Mayor to cor
rect a clerical error in the resolution
recently passed, for a bridge over the
Moshassuck.
The petitioners were given leave to
withdraw as follows: For laying out
Smithfield avenue; defining grade OF East
avenue; laying out Columbia, Fruit Hill
and Woonasquatucket avenues and Rose
dale, Summit, Woodbine, Fourth, Con-
cord, Cedar, Gala and Vesta streets.
Concurrent Business.
The Council concurred with the
Board of Aldermen in the passage OF
the following: Order to receive the
invitation from committee of the
Union Congregational Church for the
City Council to attend divine service on
Memorial Sunday; also communication
from the record commissioners trans
mitting the eighth volume of the Early
Records Of the Town of Providence; an
ordinance In amendment of chapter 800
of tho ordinances and adding $40, 900 to
the appropriation for public schools;
also, resolutions directing the joint
special committee appointed by resolu-
tion No. 6S, approved Feb. %, 1895, to
appear before the General AssSn bly, at
its May session; appropriating $50 for
services OF expert appraisers of certain
property at Roger Williams Park; or
dering plans and estimates for new
ward room on Harrison street; granting
permission to the Nsrragansett Electric
Lighting company to erect two poles on
Codding street for the Builders Iron
Foundry.
The Board resolution authorizing the
committee on city property to sell cer-
tain land was recommitted back to the
committee, and the resolution author
izing the committee on education to
sell buildings on land condemned for
school purposes, with an amendment
authorizing the committee on
city property to sell said buildings, was
referred TO the committee on education.
On motion OF Mr.. Angel the Council
adjourned. The next regular meeting will
be held June 3 at s p. IN.