The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-28
OLNEYVlLLE.
Town Council Sits as Board of L.
cense Commissioners.
Every Application Was Granted as There
We're No Remcnstrances.
TBx NEWS RUREAu. oLsEYvILLH.
No. y Hartford Avenue.


No. Hartford Avenue
Council was held in Odd Fellows block
yesterday afternoon. The Council sat as
board of license commissioners to con-
slider the applications to sell spirituous
liquors. Moritz ii. Meyers was granted
wholesale license and the following par
ties, SO in all, were granted retail licen-
ses: Edwin A. Tourtellot, Frank Orme,
Levi Booth, Frank Rodgers, John A.
MastersoD, Il. II. az X. +. Meyer, Patrick
Crowley, Bernard T. Owens, George Nor
ton, George Norton, Michael /. Braney,
frederick ter. s ". Norton Thomas Manning ssa
Byron A. Smith, Jeremiah Mccormick,
John Biackiey, Louis II. meyer a. Co.,
Tom Burrows, John Sullivan, James
Donnelly, James Il. McCurdy, Alexander
Hanna, William Ii. Arnold, M. ID. Y.
j. steinauer, Joseph Coupe, Albert 4.
son, Charles IL. Thornton, Christian +.
Wiessner, William Jenkins, Jr., Thomas
Egan. Edwin II. Luther, John Crowley.
This includes every person who made
application. Not a single remonstrance
was offered. 1t Is the first time that can
be recalled when the granting of licenses
has attracted SO little attention as not to
A unique feature was the application OF
Patrick and John Crowley for license
at the same location, 464 Plainfeld street.
The building at this place is owned by
Bridget Crowley, mother of the two ap-
plicants, each OF whom claims the dis
tinction of being favored with having
the permission TO use the shop for the
sale of liquor. The Council, not propos-
ing TO take hand In the family affairs,
granted both applications.
A pool table license was granted to
Steinhart Brothers, Olneyville Square. II
was voted TO hold the fnanciab~ town
meeting at the fire station. No person
Is TO be admitted within the building on
that occasion unless he is a real estate or
personal property voter and qualified
| by having paid the tax assessed against
| him for 1896. Councilman Sawyer was
| authorized to procure dozen chairs for
| the Council chamber. The Chrysanthe-
mum Club was granted ball license. j.
| w. Carpenter, petition for an under
| takers license, was continued. ID. T.
| Handy's application to be appointed
| police constable was refused. Messrs.
| Batchelder, Gorton and Watrous commits
sioners on valuation OF school district
| property were allowed the amount OF
| their claim, $3.50. The bill of John Walch
| fer the burial of the wife Of Frank Nc
| kenna, an old soldier, was allowed the
amount of Sl9 Town clerk Cough was
authorized TO have the new ordinances
| distributed to the residents of the COM
| pact part OF the town.
A deed from the Dyerville Manufactur-
| ing Company to the town OF Johnston
| was received and held for consideration
| until tie next meeting. 1t was voted
that the treasurer's report for the fiscal
! year be made up to May /, instead Of
May 20, as heretofore.
The matter OF procuring places for vot-
I ing in tine new election districts was dis
| cussed and Councilmen Beane and Saw
| yer of the first district, sheldon and
| Harlow OF the second, Luther and Rem
| ington of the third and Hughes OF the
| fourth will report recommending a
| suitable placc In their respective districts
| at the next Council meeting, in which
| the election IN June may be conducted.
| Voted that applicants granted liquor IL
censes be given until May IL to settle for
| the same. The highway comm issioncr
| was ordered to be notified to prepare a
payroll OF recent highway work and the
Council would order the same the latter
part of this week that the, hig hway labor
ers might receive their pay ut once in
stead of waiting until the next regular
meeting of the board, which does not oc-
cur until the 8th of May. The session
was adjourned on motion Of Councilman
Remington at 6:l0 O'Clock.