The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-28
New Plan for Improving
Charles Street.
Value of Land to be Taken
Estimated at 100000.
West Line OF the Street Will Re-
main as it Is at Present.


the Improvement of Charles street filed its
report yesterday with the city clerk.
The commissioners valuation of the
land to be taken is sl02, 900 of which the
city will pay S5l, 600 ana the estates bene-
fitted SOL, 600.
IL the report Is adopted and the recon-
mondntion carried out the present west
line OF the street will remain the snne
while for the east line tho Moshassuck
river will DC followed from Mill street TO
Randall square.
To pay Tor the Improvement assessments
will be mado on the owners of all property
within the following described ter
ritory: Within n line commencing at
the corner OF Smith and State streets, and
running through State To North Main, up
North Main 20 point just beyond Thur
bcrs' lane, then on AN Imaginary line
across Assessors plat M. "A, TO the cor
nor of Siker Spring and Commodore
streets. up tho latter To branch avenue.
down Branch avenue TO Iouro street,
then along an imaginary line through
lourO street To Peter street; continuing,
the line runs through Peter street, across
Charles on an imaginary line. through
Hawkins street, then on line half way
between Monticello street and Branch
avenue, 20 NeaZie street, thence down
Veazle street Co Douglas avenue, then to
Eagle Park street, through Eagle Park
street % Mowry street, then on an imagin-
arv limo to tho corner Of Chad Brown and
Fcssenden streets, through Fessenden 10
Whpple street, down Whipple TO Oregon,
through Oregon TO Bush, down Bush to
Douglas avenue. The line then continues
through Douglas avenue TO State street
and through state 10 the point OF COM
mencement.
The estates which are valued In the
aggregate at sl02, 900 are:
The present Charles street lot owned
by the city, for which Sl3l3 Is allowed;
the John ID. Lewis property on which the
dye works are situated, for which the
allowance Is $27, 962; lot ID. owned by
Charles +. Wilcox, Henry Pearce and
stephen ii. Arnold, trustees under the
will of the late Martha III. Burrough
$l7, 241 all buildings being regarded as
belonging TO the owners of the land; lot
Il. belonging to Bryan kiernan, S233s;
lot /, James Hsniey, mortgage, Sls4s,
OF tho lots owned by William ii. Hall,
the fest Is allowed 1856. the second S20S5
and the third S20Si 1he next lot Is owned
by Thomas l.. Angel of East Providence,
half, who receives $l605 Maria H.
Angel, widow right of dover in one.
halt, S25i; Charles t. Angel one-half.
subject to this right Of dover, Sl35l,
making total OF s3al0 for this estate
vi blit DtAt tOb bWntu bl t)uTbI
Starkweather, widow, of Johnston, the
commissioners allowed S2837. Patrick
W. Baxter and others, S!i16 The next
lot owned by John Burns. .Jr., with as
signment of mortgage to Ienas w. Bliss,
was allowed Sl303.
Tho lot owned by Alfred r. Sherman
Of Lincoln, j. Is Hawkins, lessee, was
allowed S6S0s. of which sum sherman is
allowed sd29S ana Hawkins 5000 Michael
Greeley of the next lot and j. n. Brown
and Harold Brown ota Newport with q.
w. H. Matteson. trustees for Sophia
Augusta Sherman, assignee OF nortga gee,
receive sl2, +53 James l.. Jenckes OF
Pawtucket, trustee under the will of
Amey q. Dorranoe. receives Sl2, s7S. and
for the last lot, which belongs to the
city, is allowed $29i4.
The gentlemen on the commission are
Henry 4. Root, William III. Covell
Obadiah Brown, Samuel ). Durfeo and
ue lrge II. Tew.
A report from the commission on Canal
street is also expected by the middle of
I ext month