The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-09
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YIN AND ABOUT THESE (
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BRISTOL.
Business Transacted at the Ad-
journed Town Meeting.
List OF the Officers Elected-Report on
Water Works Purchase.

The adjourned town meeting held last
evening was the most interesting for
many years past The opera house was
filled to over1owing. Moderator w. j.
Bradford opened the meeting at exactly
1880. The following town officers were
elected:
Justice of peace. Herbert f. Bennett,
Lyman B. Bosworth town treasurer and
collector of taxes, George H. Peck; town
sergeant james Hoard, Jr. auctioneers,
Benjamin NJ. Lincoln, Lyman Il. Bos-
worth, Charles A. Greene, Richard ,.
Gladding; assessors of taxes, William Will
liams, Charles III. Spooner, stephen W.
Church; corder and surveyor OF wood,
James ID. Wardwcll, Jr. school commits
sioner, whose term expires in 1897, Heze-
kiah W. Church, j. Howard Manchester,
Samuel Morris, w. Fred Williams, George
u. Arnold; sealer Of weights and measures,
John j. Montross; fence viewers John u.
Munroo, Spencer Rounds Clark III.
Straight; auditor of accounts, William j.
Bradford; care of common and trees
thereon, James Coggshall; commissioner
of placing stove pipes, William III. McGam;
public Weights and measurers, Fred ,.
Gladding, Lyman B. Bosworth, Henry
W. Darling, James ID. Wardwell, Jr.
overseer of the poor Charles III. Spooner;
commissioner of asylum, George "A. Peck
ham commissioners of east burial ground,
Charles PAUL, L. B. Bosworth, James
Coggshall; commissioners of north burial
ground, John :. Ingraham, George A Peck
ham, John 5. Ingraham, Jr. under
takers, George W. Simmons, james Iobin;
probate Judge, Hezekiah w. Church;
special constables, j. 5. Ingraham.
Joseph Clifford j. r. Montross, Henry
Thiele, James Allyn, Henry NJ Slocum,
Clark III. Straight, Allen Munro, Ben
jamin 4. Munro, ED. T. Nichols, Arthur
p. Dunbor, j. Hoard, Jr., Nicholas ;.
Burnham, Jr., w. {. Garfield, w. III.
Cummings, j. ). Ingraham, Jr., W. II.
Newman, Thomas Dwyer, j. ID. Dimond,
Samuel Gladding. j. III. Morrissey, Il. r..
Spooner, ID. :. Wilcox, Charles j. Man-
chester; license constable. James Hoard,
Jr. pound keeper, Ed. i. Nichols
The financial report of the Town Coun-
Gil was read and accepted and the coun-
ell repeFt, asking for an appropriation of
S65, 4l4. 49, was voted adopted.
The following committee was elected:
DIR. Herman Garfield, Samuel II. Colt
O. l.. Bosworth, Ezra Dixon, Eber Hill,
TO inquire into the expense of approprla-
ton and the propriety of funding the
town debt, and also az 10 the advisability
of finance committee 20 manage the
finances of the town. The committee will
report at the next annual meeting
The report OF the VALLEY school building
committee was read and vote of thanks
extended to the committee for having a
cash balance.
The report of the progress Of the water
committee on the proposed purchase OF
the water works by the town was read
and accepted.
The oath of Office was administered to
the members of the Town Council yester-
day afternoon by Town Clerk Bennett,
after which the Council elected Charles
n. laWNf hn
elected W. III. Gorham of the town and
he was instructed that no garbage be
dumped at the foot of Church street and
that sign be placed there TO that effect.
Mr.. William II. Babcock Of Providence,
who Is TO build a summer residence on
the east side of Hope street has "A force
of men at work excayating for the foun-
dations.
The National Rubber company started
up Monday morning in fun force, and "a
look of cheerfulness il depicted on the
faces Of the business men of the town.