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were engaged today taking In the dollars
OF the voters and others

The following resolution was passed by
the joint committee on finance of the City
Council. at a meeting Yesterday AFTERNOON
In the city hall. Chairman Howard y.
Sturges presided and oil the members OF
the committee Were present except Mr..
Howard. The resolution was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved. That the city solicitor be and
he hereby Is directed to make application
TO the General Assembly for any legisla-
tion required 10 authorize the city of
Providence to convey TO the United States
OF America such lands In Exchange place
or the adjoining railroad lands, so called.
owned by the city or both, as shall be
needed by said United States as site for
a postotlice and the use incident thereto,
and to vest the same in said United States
conformabIy TO the constitution and laws
of said United States.
The resolution will be presented to the
common council next Monday evening.
III IL is endorsed OF II the council be-
lieyes that "a presentation of valuable
land 20 the government will encourage
Uncle sam TO make an appropriation for
a new postofiice on the proposed site, In
time there Will be an imposing array OF
public and semi-public buildings In the
great central square and adjacent
ground In the foreground will be the
new postoffce, beyond the new railroad
station, and further north and west will
loom tho new normal school, while cap
ping CAPITOL Hill will be the marble pal
ace with its spacious grounds ana arti-
ficial attractions. the old railroad station
will be thing of the past ana the heart
OF the new metropolis will be impressive
TO strangers and citizens alike.
There are great possibilities for this
fine town and those living within Its con
fines are .reali zing that fact, and those
xuh ha fpE ali xVfI oh In. m
"a realization that Providence is hand
some and thrifty city. The city hall
should not be forgotten in this group of
imposing and modern buildings.
Public use OF the new railroad station
Is AS far removed from realization as IL
was two months ago. There Ia a dead
lock and il Is not likely TO be ,released
until the New York, New Haven x Hart
ford oailroad Company gets ready To 90
cupy It's own promises I'm Its own way.
Maintenance Of the old station is cheaper
than that of it's companion in the square
and so long as the railroad company re-
mains of the opinion that a committee is
determined To cram something down the
throat Of the company chat IL doesn' Z want,
The public Will have TO take pot luck with
the station now in use.
As Ihe News has pointed out IN prev
ious mentions of the controversy. the
railroad company will not consider for q
moment any plan that will prevent the
free escape or smoke, gas and dirt from
the train sheds. The plans presented to
the committee yesterday from the office
of..the city engineer in the oity hall, en-
body steel arch Of single span. They
are in the hands of President Clark OF
the consolidated company to-day, but he
Will not be seriously affected by u scheme
that will confine Objectionable things
within the limits of the station to the
gradual harm Of valuable property and
something that is liable to make big
bill of expense in repairing damage made
locomotives passing through the train
shed frequently
Thon there IL the possibility of objeo-
tion to dirt, smoke and gas by the travel
Ing public and the single arch train shed
may. IL IL Is finally adopted. he a source
OF general complaint and yexatioD to
those who are now its advocates. The
railroad f,fiicials have said so and It is
fair To presume that they mean what they
say. The natural inference. therefore, is
that the new station will not be in COM
mission before spring time, il 10 Is then.
Attorney Walter Il. Angel was the
only representative of the railroad COM
pany at the meeting in the mayors office
yesterday and he did not have anything
To say about train sheds as he was only
present to represent the railroad COM
pany In legal sense. The plans pre-
sented by Engineer Clapp were the same
as described in The News few days
ago.