The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-17
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Repairs on the Centrevllle Fire
Alarm System Completed.
High School and Better Roads Questions.
Some village Gossip.

The Centreville fire alarm system which
was badly damaged by one of the wires
coming in contact with trolley pole on
one of the electric cars has been
thoroughly oyerhauled by electrician
Duffy and is again in working order.
The high school and bett or roads ques-
tion Is now dividing the attention of the
residents of the valley with the difficulty
In which the Phenix Savings bank has
found itself and, although many of the
taxpayers are depositors in the savings
Institution and perhaps NAV be cramped
financially by the difficulties i'm which the
bank has become involved, they are still
In favor of the towns taking some meas
ures by which the roads may be improved
or at least made passable for light car
riages and bicyclists. The work on the
sample half mile of macadamized road at
Mesteett- viii l-be-eemmenced as soon as
the frost is out of the ground and the new
road when completed is expected to be an
object lesson to Warwick's taxpayers The
grading of High street at Phenix is also
town council next Monday. The move
ment In favor of better roads is steadily
gaining ground and the Taxpayers are
commencing to realize that better roads
mean an increased valuation of property
and IL Is more than probable that War
wick will shake off the lethargy into
which il has fallen and before the end of
the decade have roads which will compare
favorably with any in the state.
George Colvin Is seriously i'll at his
home at Lippitt.
The Phenix Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union meets i'm its rooms in the
Cleaner building tomorrow afternoon
A man who gave ths name of Mason
Capwell and claimed to hail from Johns
m "A inp in,
ton last evening ly driving furiously
into. the village about IL o'clock. and
waylaying "A lone pedestrian who was on
his way home informed him that he had
just been 'held-up" between Washing
ton and Nipmuck, but had managed 60
escape from the highwaymen. The pc
destrian 20 whom he told his tale of woe
was nearly as badly frightened as the
man himself, and when the foaming
horse was suddenly pulled up at the edge
of the sidewalk and the imperative hail
of Say there" reached his cars visions of
wild western road agents passed through
his brain, and one foot involuntarily
moved ahead and sought good hold for
a flying start. When the excited man in
the carriage told his story the pedestrian
was much relieved and advised him To
seek out Calvin Hopkins, the tbrawny
town sergeant, who would undoubtedly
soon capture the highwaymen. As the
road toward Mr.. Hopkins residence was
not lighted by electricity and the blue
coats and brass buttons of the police were
conspicuous by their absence, the man de-
cidod to leave the would be robbers to
and drove toward Jericho, az
ter taking large jack knife from his
pocket, and after opening the large blade,
holding IL in one hand while he handled
the reins with the other.
The Sons of 81 Patrick held their third
hannIlnt I'm 1hpptsfnpfe
House at River Point last evening There
Were about 10 of the members and their
friends PRESENT. and an elaborate repast
WIS served. y. ". Quinn acted rs toast
master of the evening, and the following
toasts were responded TO by short speeches:
Tho Day we celebrate, " Hon. Charles
III. German; Tho land we live i'm and
the land wo left, James l.. McNcilis;
" Our Business Mon. p. II. Carroll:
. The Medical Profession" DIR. Eugene
L. Shea; United States. " Patrick Fitz-
patrick; State Of Rhode Island, - Corne-
Illus Donahue; 1.-THE Ladies, Thomas II.
Murphy. After the banquet tho follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Charles Quinn; vico
presidents, Cornelius Donahue, John II.
Ward secretary DR.. j. III. Mack, troas-
urer, James {. Thornton
The excitement caused by the suspen-
sion OF the PheuiE Savings Bank has
not subsidized and today it Is scarcely pos
sible To find n person in the valley who
Is not loser by the difficulties i'm which
the bank has become involved. The pccu-
liar part OF this Is that some who claim
To have been heavy losers scarcely know
the location OF the bank building and
their credit goes no further I'm the stores
than tho amount of their monthly or
weekly pay, which is assigned 80 tho store
keepers Although the deposits ina the
bank arc estimated at $lls 90. Il the
claims Of all OF the alleged dopositors can
DO believed the bank must have been The
for over million Many Of the
smaller dcpositors are greatly excited ard
all kinds of stories and theories i'm regard
to the cause Of tine trouble are ailCat Asa
general thing those who know the least
about the matter are DONG tho most
talking The many secret societies i'm the
valley have their money deposited I'm the
institution and the majority of tho opera
tives In the mills ON the north branch Of
the stream have placed their savings Ia
the- bank-fer safe keeping