The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-09
OLNEYVlLLE.
Town Council Transacts Large
Amount Of Business.
Many Residents Making Journey TO
Europe--Othcr Matters.
Jnx NEWS EuRsAp, oLNEYvILLs.
no. q Hartford Avenue.

In the absence of President Beane. who
is confined to his home with rheuma-
tism, Councilman SAWYER presided at the
regular monthly meeting OF the Johnston
Town Council yesterday. Town Solicitor
F...W. Tillinghast called attention of the
Board to the British Hosiery tax case
which is on the docket OF the court to be
heard May 10. He gave 1t as his opinion
that the town had no case, inasmuch as In
the recent suit OF the Rumford Company
against the town of East Providence, the
town had lost its case, he desired the
Council to decide what action IL any they
desired him to take in the matter. Coun-
Gilman SHELDON moved that 1t be referred
to the Town treasurer with power to act
at his discretion. Upon suggestion OF
MIR. 1illingha IL was decided to lay out
Atwood avenue according TO the lines
mentioned in the report OF the commit
tee recently made to the Council. The
Council adopted his suggestion and pass
ed a resolution calling for the owners OF
property TO appear and be heard In the
matter July 10. About 20 residents of
Grapiteville and vicinity petitioned the
Board to request the Union Railroad
Company to extend their rails from Cen
terdale bridge to the foot OF Pine hill
IOdu. nt DttlbiOn wan CHIOfbtu unQ
Councilmen Luther, Remington and Har-
low were appointed to wait upon the
officials OF that company. A petition TO
pave cutters on Horton street was grant
ed. The committee on highways recon-
mended that Simmons street be accepted
as public highway and s25 be appro-
priated for the same.
A petition requesting the Council to
oppose all propositions to establish
permanent paid fire department was re-
ceived. A licenses TO sell fireworks was
granted to hughes and Atkins. Licenses
are to be issued from June "a to July 9.
Junk license were granted to James katz-
man and Thomas Sullivan. The curbing
of Welcome street was again continued.
tree near the house Of william A. Luther
for $50 was ratified. Mr.. Luther agreed
to waive all claims for damages. The
school committee recommended S14, 200
for school building at Manton, 5000
for a site for a schoolhouse in voting dis
tricts one and two, and sl200 for superin-
tendent's salary. The report of the COM
adopted. These amounts were ordered
placed in the wsrrsnt for the financial
meeting. The vesidents of Manton Pc
tiitoned for appropriation OF $1,000 to
grade. Kelly, Railroad and Bucklin ave.
nues. This also goes to the financial
meeting.
The committee appointed to estimate
the cost of grading Manton and Hedley
avenues reported it would cost $500 The
Dyerville Manufacturing Company have
offered to deed these streets, a portion OF
which are laid out through land belong
ing TO this company, providing they are
accepted as public highway. Action re-
garding these streets was deemed mad
visable and the financial meeting will
consider the questions Commissioner
Walsh asked TO have inserted call for
the appropriation of $1,000 at the financial
meeting to be used in sprinkhng the
streets in the Olneyvilie section. Dog
officer Greenup reported 76o dogs listed.
Tho report of the overseer of the poor for
the month of April showed receipts of
S372, payments, s570.76. A letter from
James l. Pettis regarding Pettis avenue
was read. Ii contained the statement that
the town had never done anything to
that thoroughfsre, although in 1894 they
agreed TO put 1t III passoble condition
the following year. Voted that s400 for
Pettis avenue be recommended TO be ap-
propriated at the financial meeting. The
name OF Manton avenue was changed TO
Hedley avenue.
Canvass meetings for the coming elec-
tions were fixed for May 20 and 81. Bills
amounting TO S2l29. 92 were allowed and
ordered paid the clerk was authorized to
call the June election at the following
places in each of the four voting dis.
tric,s. First council chamber, second,
Thomas Pixies wbeelwright shop; third,
car barn at Manton; fourth, old store at
Hughesdale. The pay of supervisors was
fixed at So and the following were ap-
pointed:
First district, Irving walcb, A. @.
Cham berlain, Republican; Maurice Law
ton, John +. Wallace, Democrats. Second
district, l. q. Hoiler. Harry Daw, Repub-
lican; Eimann A. johnson, joseph Lynch,
Democrat. Third district, William II.
King, Henry Il. Nickerson, Republican;
Cyrus Brown, Jr., Daniel j.. Farrell,
Democrat. Fourth district, Sam ii. Rid
ing, Olney III. Williams, Republican;
John +. Carpenter, Charles II. Brown.
Democrat. BY request of highway COM
missioner Walch estimates for the follow
ing streets had been made and the
Council ordered them inserted in the
election warrant. To curb and grade
Union avenue, from the city line to
Webster avenue, $3.50 30; 20 top dress
Hartford avenue from the railroad cross
ing to the Elm house, five inches deep
before il is rolled, $685. 60; TO grade
Pioneer street, SsS5S. 20; TO top dress
Plainfield street from Andrews avenue to
Gallows bridge both sides OF the rails and
the Johnston side of the street from tnat
roint through the village OF Thornton,
Ss0lS; Laurel Hill avenue, S9O9.6 Lexing-
ton street from Trenton TO Whitehall, 1872.
The following amounts were recommend
ed for various highways as a result oil the
recent tour OF inspection by the Council.
They will appear in the warrant Tor the
financial meeting
NArt trnc street.