The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-14
(OLNEYVILLE.
Meeting of the Johnston
Town Council.
Resignation of John E. Bowen
as Representative.
Hard Names for the Rough and
Ready Fire Company.
The NEWS BUREAU. OLNEYvILLr.
No. . Hartford Avenue.


The regular meeting of the Johnston
town council was held yesterday after
noon in Odd Fellows block. Frederick
w. Norton was granted a license to keep
a pool table at his saloon on Latham
street.
The report OF the enumerator of births
showed 2i1 for the past year.
Nicholas Marks and Elmon A. Johnson,
Democrats, Charles NJ. Adsms and John
W. Lewis, Republicans, we're chosen SUI
pervisors for the State election.
The tax assessed against Mary Flood
on $1,000 personal property, was remit
ted. She offered sworn statement that
she was not the possessor of any personal
estate, also statement from the town
clerk OF scituate that she did not hold
any mortgage against any person in that
town, where it was alleged by the asses
sor she held one.
he question OF locatio for the de-
posit of night soil was left in the hands
of the health officer.
The proposition to divide the town into
four voting disticts was ordered inserted
in the warrant for the town meeting
April /.
The resignation OF John f. Bowen as
representative was received by the town
clerk and he will forward Ii to the Secre-
tary of state today.
The Bowdoin Literary and Social Club
was granted license to hold dance in
cadets hall April 8.
John McGlinchy was granted license
to sell gunpowder and other explosives
under the supervision of the fire marshal.
The town clerk was ordered to have
certain additional sections of law printed
into the town ordinances providing that
the additional expense did not exceed $50.
bill of Dr. Rose for 80 for register
ing births was scaled down to 75 cents,
only three Of the number of births having
been returned according to law.
The bill of DIR. III Farrell, continued
to this meeting, was taken up for action.
Mr.. Sawyer,t to whom the bill had been re-
ferret, was inclined to believe that 1t
should be paid. 1t was continued to
March 26, the date of the next session of
the board for opinion of town solicitor.
The monthly account of the overseer of
the poor showed receipts for February of
S2S2. 10; expenditures, 1913 OF.
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid Whittemore & Colburn.
$50; j. Nj. Showcross. Si7. 56 T.. 4. sibley,
sl.e7; Globe Gas LIGHT Co., S302.40; Mar
ragansett Electric Light Co., S5lS.10; John
McGlinchy, So; M. Berry, S23; Robert
e droTcs ~ ss T. " Waterman AsSpoos slSe Z
s4i.e4; police pay roll, $3.50. es; I. & j.
Sawyer, 92 cents; John walch, $50; Snow
& Farm BAN, Sl5; II. M. Coombs,
s15; Hugh Il. Leonard, SIG; James
Davis, sl00; 4. * j. Sawyer, a. 95;
Il. X. Osgood, S35; q. Il. Parker. 50. 20;
S1z2. %; John w. Waters, Sii.3
Foreman Willis w. Fiske of the volun-
teer fire company requested an sppropria-
tion OF go to repair the four. wheel hose
reel.
1he name OF the Rough and Ready Fire
Company serves as forerunner OF an ar
gument when il reaches the ear of the
average country resident who as yet re-
fuse to be convinced that such an orga-
nizaiion as the tre company should re-
ceive any support from the treasury OF
the town.
Paris Methewson, who has before ex-
pressed the cause of tie agricultural
section of the town and called the Rough
and Ready hard names, yesterday referred
to ii as "sbyster organization" in
which the people bad no confidence and
cited the last financial meeting when an
appropriation was refused the organiza-
tion, to substantiate his statement.
Councilman Harlow questioned the
legal right of the Council 10 order the
amount asked for and he too doubted
the peoples appreciation of the Rough
and Ready company. Foreman Fiske
defended tie company, asserting that
the rates of insurance. we've kept
lower than they otherwise would be be-
cause of the existence of the company
Mr.. Mathewson suggested that the Olney-
vile section have fire district and pay
for what il had.
He asserted that at one time bill for
three dollars for medical service b d been
presented to the town to pay on the
ground that the patient had been injured,
and because he was a fireman he asked
the town TO pay the pill.
President Beane at this point took the
floor and denied the assertions of MIR.
Mathewson and demanded proof of tie
statement made. Mr.. Mathewson said he
could, but he didn't.
Mr.. Beane declared that the fire COM
pany gave the town better service for the
money expended than any town in the
country obtains for such a small outlay
The $50 was appropriated, Councilman
Harlow alone voting in the negative