The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-09
OLNEYVILLE.
Council Orders a Special nancial
Town Meeting.
A Tax of Three Mills to Be Levied and
NEEDED Appropriations Made.

Johnston Town Council yesterday after
noon was somewhat relieved by the dis
cussion of the question OF holding
special financial meeting and an extra
ordinary wrangle between President
Smith and Councilman Harlow over the
vote on Patrick Crowley's application for
a liquor license Finally, however, both
of these matters were happily disposed of,
for Clerk Cough was ordered to issue his
warrant for a special town meeting and
Crowley's application for license was re.
fused.
After the drawing Of jurors, the two
petitions for special financial meeting
were read by the clerk. Both were
numerousiy signed.
The one which was acted upon asked for
$500 for police, $1,000 to pay outstanding
highway bills and Sl0, 600 for lights IL
also asked 10 have the special tax fixed at
mills. 1t was originally intended to Tx
this tax mt 5 mills as stated in yesterday
News, but IL was decided TO lower the
amount of tax. before the petition WAS
presented for action. The special finan-
cial meeting will be held Monday, the l9th
inst, at d. IN. DR. Longfellow, for the
board of health, asked TO have inserted In
the clerks warrant a resolution TO appro.
his request was not granted
report was received from the com
mittee on the layout of gaDgway
between Lewis and Painfeld streets,
but no action was taken on IL. Pc
titions for curbing on number OF
streets in the vicinity of the NarrGgansett
plat were received, but they were all con-
tinued.
Councilman Harlow thought it was out
of the question TO think of buying curb
ing when the town was too poor TO own
gasoline lamp.
George Aldrich and George Norton both
applied for permission TO transfer their
liauor licen ses, the former To Vim. y. Nc
Kenna and the latter to Cornelius keat-
ing but MIR. Harlow objected on the
grounds that neither of the places kept
by the applicants have borne IA very good
name and the applications were continued.
Patrick Crowley's application for
liquor license was next taken up.
Crowley was represented by Attorney j.
T. Fox and as usual Mr.. Crowley's ap-
plicaiion was met 10y remonstrance.
When the motion to grant a license TO
Crowley was put, President smith declared
it lost
Mr.. Harlow disputed this decision. He
said only ono bad voted against IL while
two voted for it. President Smith
claimed that two votes had been cast on
each side and tnat he himself had in the
negative thus making the vote against
2 for the license.
Sir. Harlow said Mr.. Aldrich didn't
vote, and he then took an appeal from
the presidents decision. The vote on the
appeal resulted in "a tie Messrs Calf and
Aldricn voting To sustain the president
and Messrs Harlow and Wood against It,
Mr. Harlow said II votes were not To be
declared as they were cast and caunted
| he wanted To know il right of.
President Smith replied that the vote
was declared as given, but MIR. Harlow
| insisted that such was not the case In
| this instance
A silence followed and there seemed to
be n disposition to drop the matter but
| IL was quickly revived by Clerk Coughs
| question as to how the vote should be
recorded.
Mr. Harlow wanted the clerk to make
| a record of the license having been
| granted. President Smith objected.
President Smith then called for another
| vote as a way out of the fix.
| This vote resulted In three votes against
| the granting of the license to two for II,
| President Smith voting.
| Alva Kimball was refused liquor
| license.
j. 4. Potter, John NJ. Barnes and
James W. Salisbury were appointed po-
| lice constabes.
Henry Carpenter was appointed sealer
| Of weights and measures.
The report sof tho overseer of the poor
| was received. Tho receipts from the past
| month were $3.50. 20, expenses s274 49,
Highway bills aggregating s326. "A were
| allowed.
Light Commissioner Fiske asked for
some suggestion as To what he should 10
| to care for the gasoline lamps while not
| in use, and he got scoring from Mr..
| Harlow fer his hasfy action in removing
| the lamps. The opinion of the Council
4 A..
until they could be used again.
! The following grand jurors were drawn !:
| John II. Clapp. James Pierson, William
| Middleton, James L. Potter, John Tay-
Tor. james Sherson. Petit jurors Charles
r. Siegel, Emory J. san Souci. Vinton
| w. Eaton, l.. ). Mowry, Albert Simpson,
| Christopher Taylor, David A. Tourtellot,
Warren L. Smith, Robert q. Walsh. John
! G. Peckham. Henry :. smith, Charles
! Greenhalge, Jonathan Chambers. William
II. King, Luke Hanley, w. Is. Aversion,
| Robert II. Wilson, William B. Colwcll,
| Charles j. Mccarthy. James Walch,
| Thomas Clark. James Crawsbaw, stephen
| W. Budlong, William f. Waterman, Cyrus
| Brown. .lr.. James II. Lynch.
Sterfy B. Potter and Henry Il. Nicker-
! son were drawn as jurors for the United
| Gtatcs District Court.
The following bills were allowed; James
! Davis. 500; William IL. Place. Sl3.10;
~ =. hughes, ~, Iol.Su DiiI ioi "uno
| (special) 5 80; police bill for Juno (rogu-
| lar) $3.50. 6S; Narragansett Light Com
many $66l. IS; Globe Gas Light Company,
| sS9S. so; Hugh Leonard, Sl6; George III.
! Thurston ~ Company Sla 80; Combina-
| tion Ladder Company. sol; Providence Gas
company, $l432; G. NJ. Leo, $40; ii. Nj.
| Coombs & Company, IS; q. X. Parker.
| % conts; John Lewis, a.; James Moon.
| $50; Joseph Cough, $50; Wh.ttemore 81
| Colburn, $34; l.. Il. Holbrook. s53 20, T.
| Il. Libbev S22 90; A. II. Longfellow,
| s47. 30; Edwards q Angoll. sl3a. 35 /;
Manufacturers Lodge. $40; II. 4. Winsor,
| Sll.
Mr. w. y. Brownell's bill for $40 for in
| specting nuisance was continued.