The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-15
OLNEYVILLE.
John Walch Again Elected Highway
Commissioner OF Johnston.
Sena or B ane PresideS at City Charter
Meeting General Not:s.

There was fair sized audience OF inter
ested citizens, many of whom never get
n chance 20 be present at Council meet
ing except wnen IL is held In the evening.
The choice OF "a highway commissioners
was disposed of 10y the unanimous cleo
tion Of OK Highway Commissioners John
Walch, after IL had been decided to have
but one commissioner instead of three.
During the past year the town was di-
vided into three districts and there were
three independent commissioners.
When the body convened the first mat
ter taken up was the reading OF petition,
signed by some 300 citizens, asking to
have the streets renum bered as suggested
by Postmaster Harris at the meeting held
last week.
: Mr.. Harlow called attention to the fact
that all OF tho signers of the petition re-
sided in tho compact part of the town and
ne inferred from this that tho people re-
siding In the outskirts, who were not TO
bc benefited by the renumbering OF the
streets near the Olneyville section. were
not In favor OF the expenditure OF the
towns funds for such a purpose and he
therefore, he said, felt Obliged to object
10 the granting Of the prayer of the petit
tion. lie regretted to have TO make such
an objection, he said, hut he didn't be-
lieye the financial condition of the town
warranted such an expenditure.
On motion by Mr.. Nugent it WAS voted
to lay this matter on the table till such
time as the Council sees fit TO take it up.
W. II. Arnold was granted hotel
license for the Olneyville Hotel
A communication from the Globe Gas
Light Company was read in which it was
stated that the company was willing to
continue TO furnish light to the town till
such time as light appropriation should
DO made.
A discussion followed and on a motion
hx.s Al a.
tinue the street lights after the last day
Of this month.
Treasurer Davis stated that Of the police
appropriation there remained $500 and
tnat the expenses of the light department.
for this month would leave n balance of
the light appropriation Of less than 500.
There still remains unexpended nearly
s3iOO of the $1,000 appropriated for high
way work.
The next matter taken up was the elec-
tion OF highway commissioners Mr..
Harlow presented the name of John Walch
and the nomination was seconded by
Mr.. Wood. MIR. Walch was then elected
without any opposition. The commits
sioner's salary was fixed at 81 per day for
actual service to make monthly reports of
the work done by his dspartment and also
give the cost Of the work.
T.. &. Atwood, Charles Evans and +. o.
Sweet were elected appraisers of the town
j.. j. San Souci John Smith and
Maurice Colwell were appointed police
constahles.
President Smith reported the condition
Of the Centredalc bridge as dangerous and
the highway commissioner was ordered to
make the necessary repairs.
CITY CHARTER MEETING.
A meeting of citizens was held in the
Council chamber shortly after the ad iourn-
ment OF the Council. Ii was an informal
gathering. and was held for the purpose
of discussing the city charter question
and to determine what could DO done to
arouse moro interest In the question. The
meeting was called TO order by Senator
Beane. He acted as chairman, and in
opening the meeting he briefly set forth
the object for which II was called He
suggested that it would be well to dis
tribute copies of the proposed city charter
for the instruction of the voters. They
could be procured for about $50 thou
sand. he said. On motion by Thomas
Walch, it was voted TO purchase 1000
copies for distribution.
A Mr. Anderson of Manton proposed
that a debate be held on this question be-
tween speakers representing both sides
of the question. but this proposition was
voted down.
II. G. Luther made brief speech in
favor of the city charter idea. He de-
clared that there was no politics in the
scheme The only object, he said, was TO
secure more satisfactory form OF town
government
Mr. Anderson made q motion to appoint
q committee to arrange for u public meet
ing on the cath inst. The motion as
passed by the committee was not an
nounced. The naming OF the committee
was left to the chairman and he will
make the appointments sometime between
now and the time set for the meeting.
After some further discussion the meet
ing adjourned. Among those present
were j. G.. Coburn, John Walch, Thomas
Walch, John Waters, Joseph Cough.
LYMAN Thompson, Mr.. Anderson, Mr..
Galligan.
ROUGH AND READY MEETING.
The Rough and Ready fire company of
Johnston held its annual election of Off
GERS last evening. There was no excite
ment at the meeting and the election re-
suited In the choice Of the following OFF,
c1rs:
w. w. Fiske. foreman; Martin A. Wa
ternap, first assistant foreman; BENZ II.
Listor, second assistant foreman; John
Il. Kenyon, treasurer; w. III. Moore sec
retary: trustees, A. W. Smith, 8 T.
Groves and f. 4. Sheldon; finance COM
mittee, Frank Crowther. George Bowen
and W. II. Butts; Transportation commit
tee, Eugene Weeden, u, A. Swan and
Frank Crowthers. Invitation to attend
contests as Cres ,ent Park August IL. and
at the Rhode Island state Fair in Sep
tember were accepted. Some routine
matters were disposed of and the meeting
adjourned.
ANOTHER BREAK.
X. II. McNally's drug store on Manton
avenue was entered by thieves between
three and four O'Clock this morning.
Entrance was gained at the rear of the
store The break was discovered by the
police after the thieves had got away and
" hon an examination was made IL was
found that n coat and pants belonging to
the proprietor and small quantity OF
cigars and other articles were taken.
Tire police sent out an alarm and Ofii-
Ger Shea, while OF Ridge street. more
than mile from the scene of the robbery,
saw two men who he thought acted sus-
piciously. lie set out toward them and
when thov saw the officer they started on
n run. The officer fired several shots af-
ter them aud kent up the pursuit and
,xor paar Eafloral Hill ono pf tho fuui.