The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-20
Council Makes Another
Addition TO City Debt.
Councilman Burdick as An
Imitat0r of Bryan.
Makes Five OratiOns and Uses Latin
With Great Fluency.


was made to the tune of $4,000, and con-
siderable business was rushed through
under suspension OF the rules.
Before adjournment Mr.. Burdick de-
livered five orations and made fluent use
of latin.
MIR. Whitfley presented resolution to
raise he pay OF election clerks and war
dens from s5 TO s10, and asked that IL be
passed under suspension of the rules. He
said that the supervisors would certainly
earn $40 at the coming election, when
they will te obliged 70 do the work FOR
two elections and get but one days pay.
III the city and national elections were
to come on separate days the supervisors
would receive sl4. The resolution met
with general approval and was passed by
q unanimous vote, although an amend
men. by Mr.. Trask TO make the pay s15
per day was not seconded.
A resolution to make the same increase
for the supervisors Is to be presented in
the Board OF Aldermen.
Chairman Perkins on the committee
on city property asked for unanimous
consent to present bill for an ordinance
not on the docket, aud have immediate
action takon under suspension of the
rules. The rules were suspended and the
bill for an. ordinance directing the city
auditor to allow bills of the city property
committee for repairs on schoolhouses,
amounting to $50, ESQ., 40. was presented.
Mr.. Lougee asked for an explanation
and Chairman Perkins and Mr.. Trask OF
the same committee, stated that they
had been directed to go ahead during the
summer vacation ana renovate the
school houses and that they had found the
that it was absolutely necessary to over
run their appropriation, but that they
had not realized how much they had gone
in debt until all the bills were in.
Mr.. Perkins said that in 80 schools the
ceilings were whitened, in 35 the side
walls painted, 81 the outside painted, 10
the inside, 45 buildings provided with
deep seal traps, y buildings provided
with adjustable irons, IL buildings re-
furnished with school furniture, build
ngs shingled, in two school houses and
two fire stations stations new heating
plants furnished, in rooms new school
furniture provided, in school buildings
new floors put in. This enumeration Of
work done Mr.. Perkins explained, did
not take In everything and did not in
clude four buildings which had practi-
cally been rebuilt.
Mr.. Sturgess and Mr.. Gray did not sp.
prove the bill and expressed astonishment
that such matter should te brought In
as an unforeseen expenditure.
MIR. Kendrick of the Fourth Ward saio
that the work, which was necessary. had
been well done and should be paid for.
Mr.. Angel, chairman of the committee
on accounts, said that, inasmuch as the
money was due to workingmen and for
material already purchased, the sooner
the bills were allowed the better 1t
would be.
Chairman Phillips OF the committee
on finance didn't like the bill and
wanted more detailed information. He
thought that IL was too early in the year
to subtract from the appropriation for
the department of public property so
much money, the expenditure Of which
had not been estimated or provided for.
Mr.. Waterman offered as an amendment
to the bill the provision that the bills be
before being allowed by the auditor.
Mr.. Burdick did not want the matter
to go TO the finance committee, as be
thought that such disposal OF the bill
would be reflection on the committee on
accounts.
The amendment was lost. The original
bill was then passed by a vote Of 80 to 2.
The two negative votes were by. Mr.. stur.
ges and Mr. Bullock.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
The customary annual bill for AN ordi-
nance providing for the collection OF the
poll tax was passed upon recommended
tion OF the committee on finance.
A bill for an ordinance authorizing
the city treasurer to hire s70,0OO for the
purpose OF purchasing land on Eddy
street adjoining the ity yard was recon-
mended by the finance committee, and
also a resolution authorizing the f.nancs
committee to make the purchase at a cost
not TO exceeds6s, $40. The bill aud the
resolution were both PASSED under sus-
pension OF the rules by a vote-of 81 to
1. The negative vote was by Mr.. Kelleber.
The land 10 be purchased IL bounde1
by Eddy, Bleachery and Blackstone
streets and Aliens avenue, and contains
15l,Oe square feet.
COMMITTEE on CLAIMS.
Upon recommendation OF the commit.
tee on claims. II. X. Crowell & CO., 10.
seph +. Fitzpatrick and William ~. Rich.
mond we're given leave to withdraw, and
the following remit.snces on sewer as.
sessments wero allowed; Rossnna Blcs.
sington, s3i.7i; William B. Arnold, si2;
and Asahel ID. Taft, s35.
coMMTrTKE or HIGHWAYS.
Upon recommendation OF the commit.
tee on Highways, Michael Kinney was
given permission TO move a building, and