The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-01
A FINANCIAL MEETING.
Warwick Taxpayers Consider Town
Affairs.
Tax Rate Fixed at so Cents on 500.
Pawluxet Valley Notes.

The annual financial town meeting of
Warwick was held in the hall OF the
own house at Appouaug this morning.
There were very few voters present when
the meeting was called to order by Moder-
4 ator Albert II. Greene and the bicycle
cases which were being tried In the court
room down stairs seemed to have as great
an attraction as the management OF the
financial affairs OF the town.
The collector Of taxes presented his re-
port, which was read and accepted, and
showed the town to pe in good hnan-
cial condition.
The report OF the overseer OF the poor
was also read and showed tnat during
the pas. year l34 persons had been d.
sisted by the town ana that the town
asylum was in the best OF conditions.
The town treasurer's report came next
and showed the town to De In good
condition financially.
The question Of raising O tax next came
up and motion was made that tax OF
80 cents be raised and the rate was fixed
without a dissenting vote.
The report OF the committee on the
towns debt was read, and showed the to-
tai indebtedness OF the town to be s1e2,-
Bills, against si51, 300 last year, an in
crease OF sl0,7l6S5.
A resolution was offered that the town
treasurer be instructed to pay TO the
State treasurer the amount OF the State
tax, ana passed without dissenting vote.
The sum of $4,000 was spportioned to
the support OF the public schools and IL
cents on the sl0o was also apportioned
for the repair and maintenance of the
town sshig ghwsys for the ensuing year.
The tax collector was authorized to add
per cent. to all unpaid taxes after jan
uary i.
A sum OF $1,000 was apportioned for the
purchase of text books for the public
schools, and the same appropriation as
last year made for the support of the
public Libraries of the town.
1he town treasurer was empowered to
hire such sums OF money as might be
necessary to meet the Indebtedness of the
town during the coming year.
| The evening schools next took the at
tention Of the taxpayers and sl20) was
voted for their support.
Henry L. Greene, Webster Knight and
j. IL. Nightingale were appointed a COM
mittee on the towns debt.
IL was voted that the compensation of
the laborers on the highway be IL cents
an hour and the council was empowered
10 expend q sum not exceeding 5000 for
machinery and tools for the repair and
maintenance of the towns highways.
.he meeting then adjourned sine die.
Pawtuxet Valley Assembly. X. s. OF q.
r., held its regular m monthly meeting in
Grand Army hall last evening.
Mrs.L. A. Snow has resigned her posi-
tion as teacher in the Csnterv,Ile pub
school.
Mrs. Charles Jennings of Lancaster, n.
| H., is the guest OF Mrs. Ada Grinnell.
John II. Campbell and family are
spending the week at Yawcoo pond.
Thieves broke into barn near the
State prison where the officers are in the
habit Of storing their bicycles sometime
last night and stole icycle belonging
to one Of the officers. The stolen machine
was a SVEN machine and was mum bered
( 3577. The officers were out this n orning
looking for the stolen wheel in he valley
The River Point hand engine company
held a meeting in Pioneer hall last even
ing.
The "close " season on scallops ended
at midnight yesterday, and today
Greenwich bay Is alive with boats dredg-
! ing for the lucious bivalves. At sunrise
this morning over 100 boats were at work
between Warwick Neck and Sandy Point,
and although the soalons are not as
plentiful as they have ! eos in past year,,
good catches are being made and the
fishermen are correspondingly happy.
A private FIRE alarm signal has been
placed behind the scenes in Thornton's
Opera House at River Point and In case Of
| fire the department can be notified with
out creating any excitement or panic In
the audience.
The bicylists who were arrested for
riding on the sidewalk near Pawtuxet
last Sunday occupied he attention of the
District Court today. Five OF them
made their appearance before Judge Til
ley end PLEADED guilty. They we're fined
$40 and costs, amounting In all to $3.50
each. Three OF them failed to attend the
court, and from appearances the officials
will lose their part of the spoils. The
men VINO were not in court today were
riding borrowed wheels, and these the
officers held as a surety for their appear
| ance They did rot appeer as expected
and it is reported today that the owners
OF the wheels intend to recover their
property by writ OF replevin.
The lafies of the Apponang Baptist
Church held q clambske on the grounds
near the church today.
Mrs Henry King he's returned to her
home in Appouaug after three weeks
visit in Westerly.