The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-15
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Members OF Various Town Councils DIS
cuss Road Building.

A meeting of members of various town
councils throughout the state. and other
,ersons interested in the building ol goou
.onds was held Saturday afternoon IN the
roous of the East Providence Business
Mems Association. At the nolr Tor call
iuu the meeting 10 order there were ABOUT
100 persons present, including ". w. hhr-
rison. United States special agent ana eN-
pert on road building, Charles r. ohRse,
state highway commissioner for khods
Island. and members of the town coun-
Ills OF Bristol. harrington, Johnston,
srapston, district of Narragansett, hop
linton, Lincoln, Cum berland ana East
Providence.
There were also present Highway Sur
yeyors l.. A. Conley OF Cmnst' II, r.
Whelden OF East Providence, Tow IN.
gipeer Joseph Latham OF Cranston ana
Town Engineer W. NJ. Dexter oi this
town. Many other leading men Of the
above towns were present, among "nom
were Hon. George y. Beane oi johnston.
Hon. 4. G.. Hazard of Narragansett, Hon.
James "a. Armington ana boNl - VIII
chester Of this town.
The meeting was called 10 order and
Hon. BENJAMIN Wilson, president of toe
last Providence town council, was eject
ed chairman, and Hon. Harmon >. Bah
sock was chosen secretary. MI. wilson
stated the object for which the meeting
had been CAlltu, VIZ. ~ h'fio FR"'O
means for the towns to secure stats ala 10
buiIdinu permanent roads through the
towns of the state. Remarks upon the
subiect were made by State Commissioner
Chase. who explained the working OF tie
Massachusetts, laws on highway Dullnlng,
also 10y Col. James IA. Arrnlngtoni Hon.
Mr.. Babcook. Mr.. Latham and others, all
explai ming their ideas on the manner oil
building roads in general ana their
methods of securing state aid. MI. r.. u
Harrison. United States expert on road
building. who IL at present assigned 10
the state Agricultural college at Kings
ton, was introduced and gave very IN
teresting and instructive address on the
art of building good roads, giving illus-
trations from many roads built under MS
directions In various states In the union.
AT the conclusion OF Install the iaeetins
Mt once rendered him vote OF thanks Tor
his very able address. MIR. Babcock then
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously passed: Resolved,
That 1T is the sense of this meeting that
the General Assembly should appropriate
the sum of 800, 900 annually to cid In the
building OF improved highways.
Col James III. .ArmingtoD, presented the
following resolution which was unanl-
nously adopted. Resolved That 10 is
tho sense of this meeting that the ratio
20 he paid by the state and by the towns
for improved highways, be fixed by laws
end that the ratio should be 20 per cent.
and 25 per cent. respectively. Col.
Armrngtou also offered the following
resolution which was carried amidst
much enthusiasm: Resolved, That this
meeting highly approves the action oi
Gov. Elisha Dyer, in securing the SER
vicos of Mr.. +. q. Harrison In our state
for the diffusion of knowledge concerning
good road builuing and earnestly hopes
that an address from his excellency on TIE
subject OF good roads may be heard in the
aear future. Judge George n. Bliss
offered resolution. That when the meet
,ng adiourps, lie does so subject to the
cnlli of the chairman. and IL was so voted
Mr. Il. q. Harrison then invited all persons
present to visit Kingston; "Governor's
DAY" which will be Wednesday. Nov
Path. The meeting then adjourned and n
yorial conversational hour was passcu. and
All declared that the meeting would result
in a lasting benefit 10 every town in the
state.
Mrs Elizabeth Clark Manning, wife Of
Nathaniel Manning died at her home on
Harrison avenue. Riverside. Saturday af-
ternoon, after an illness OF nearly year.
She was the daughter OF the late William
and Elizabeth Clark OF North Attleboro,
aud was in the Goth year Of her age.
At the annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid SIciety of the Riverside NJ Il. Church
held Saturday evening, the following
)'ficers were chosen for the ensuing year:
President. Mrs. George ii. Boyce; vice.
president, Mrs. James +. Sprague: sec
retary, Mrs. Charles Seelander; treasurer
Mrs William Browne; directors, Mrs
Julia Bell, Mrs. Abner Higgins. Mrs
Samuel Earl.
Sunday morning Narra0ansett Engine
Company No. 2. attended divine service at
ST. Marks T.. f.. Church, Riverside, and
the rector, Rev Herbert T.. Remick.
preeched a sermon appropriate TO the &C.
casion.