The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-15
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Large Attendance.at the Funeral OF
Mr.. McTeer.
Fire Districts Hold Their Annual Meet
ings-Car Dsrailed.

Auo iuuo<ui VI Aio4auuef MCle Wal
soiemnized from the Natick Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon, Rev. w. q.
Greene officiating. Narragansett Lodge,
!. .. Or, Washington Lodge, /. o. o.
F., ana the Nstick Gun Club attended
the services In body. The interment
was In Greenwood cemetery at Phenix,
the ked Men holding their services at the
grave.
James Gsddis, proprietor of the Cad
dis bolting company, died at his resi-
dence at Arctic Center Sunday night.
The Warwick mig mt schools have closed
the winter term and now many of the
taxpayers are wondering whether the
benefit derived from the schools justifies
the expense. In some OF the schools the
attendance has been very small and some
of the scholars seemed to be moro intent
on enjoying themselves than ou filing
their brain with useful information.
Christopher Hatfield has a bed CT Eng
lish psnsies in full bloom In his garden
at Lipritt.
The annual meeting of the Anthony
fire department was held in the fire
ststion last evening. TIE .treasurers re-
port showed q balance on hand of
Si457.95. The collector reported that the
amount Of the tax assessed was S3749.29
and the amount collected was S360s. .55.
The engineers reported three 1res during
the past year and that the apparatus was
In good condition. Winfield S. Lewis was
elected chief engineer, William T.Stubbs,
first assistant, and William E.Mscreading
second assistant; Alfred Arnold, clerk;
Everett A. Rounds, collector; Job Man
chester. treasurer and John Warner,
Albert Knight and Everett A. Rounds,
trustees; John warner, Searles Capwell
ana A. ID. Burnham were elected asses
sors OF taxes and the board of engineers
were authorized to act as tire wsrdens.
IL was voted that the salary OF the col
lector be S25 per annum. Considerable
discussion was caused by the refusal of
the Warwick and Coventry water com
papy TO pay tbe.tsx assessed against the
corporation and the. tax collector was in
structed TO collect II according to law.
The Warwick and Coventry fire dis
trict also held its annual meeting lsst
evening and in spite of the feet that there
IL m uch oissslisfaction in the district the
was much more harmonious
tnan Was expected. The tressurer's re-
port was not as satisfactory as could
have been wished, for it showed that the
district was in debt to the amount OF
sl4, 500 while there was less than $500 In
the treasury. An attempt was made to
raise the rate of tax from three to four
mills but the motion was quickly voted
down. The question of lighting the
streets by electricity was not brought up
and many who had attended the meeting
aa hot fight ovor the street lights
v ent home disappointed. The electric
light company have for some time been
msintaining several lights at their own
sx pence object lessons TO the voters OF
The fire district and this morning gang |
,f linemon in charge of Electrician Whit |
.nker Is at work taking down the lamps. |
rhe fight for the position OF chief en-
.ineer diJ not prove as exciting as was |
expected and Thomas Roberts was elected |
or the coming year.
One of the Washington electrics In |
harge Of Motormen Burlingame and Con-
luctor Valentine was derailed at Quid- |
,icx yesterday afternoon. A wrecking
ar wsH sent from the barn and the car
replaced OF the rails. This is the sec
nd car which has been derailed st tffTs
'iece within few days, both accidents
'eing caused by the spreading of the
ails.