The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-08
EAST PROVIDENCE.
The Town Council Holds a Regular
Monthly Meeting.
SPECIAL Constable DOwd Mt 10 Be Investi-
gated General Notes.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Town Council was held yesterday after
noon I'm the Council chamber Tho
premium on sale of town bend was 5000.
which was carried to sinking fund.
Mr. johnson who had beep- appointed
committee TO request the Union Railroad
Comp 10 remove the switch on Paw
tucket avenue near the Blodgeit placf, re-
ported that ms had attended to that duty,
and the switch had been removed To u
place on Pomhain avenue. But I'm the
matter OF changing the switch on Bullocks
Point avenue, near the car barn, tho COM
pany declined To make any change, even
af,er the committee informed them that
land would be furnished. The Council
voted TO continue tho committee, and In
Etrucicd him TO order tho switch removed
to place convenient To public travel. In
sho matter Of protecting the railroad cross.
ing of the Consolidated road on Paw
tucket avenue. President Wilson, reported
that the company had not fulfilled 1t
promise as Mr.. George II. Bell had re-
ported 10 him that on the morning of June
30th at 1850 o'clock no had very narrow
escape from being run over by freight
train, which was run over the crossing at
a rapid rate of speed, without oven ring
ing bell or blowing the whistle, and
with no one at the crossing 10 warn
travellers of their danger. Tho Council
ordered the clerk to notify the railroad
company that hereafter they must protect
the crossing by a ilagman az any time
day oD night when trains are being run
cver A..
The Pombam Coal Company of River.
side were granted permission To locate
scales ON the Westerly side OF Pomham
avenue, between Washington avenue and
Riverside square The company also re-
quested perinisson To locate "a small build
ing on the abandoned portion Of the same
highway fr weigher's house and 10
objection was raised by the Council.
George ii. johnson was appointed a
weigher of coal ana other merchandise
IL was voted to direct the town engineer
10 furnish IA plat OF the grade of the old
shore road from Bullocks Point avenue
to Narragansott avenue.
MIR. HorDby appeared before theCouncil
and said he was not satisfied with tho
award made to him I'm the grazing of
Narragansett avenue and said that i'm
addition TO the fifty dollars awarded he
wanted his barn raised and moved. The
matter was held for advisoment.
Mr.. George Ii. Boyden was granted a
license to run projecting machine at-
Crescent Park.
The following persons were drawn as
jurors: Grand, Gustaf johnson, Will
liam j. Barry. Joseph y Tryon, .Ir., and
Peter A. Sheldon: petit. Edwin j. jerks,
.Iohn X. Wallace, Ransom Il. Pooler,
Sheldon p. Sprague. Jeremiah Kalaber,
John II. Murphy, Sylvester j. Murphy,
Lafayette NJ Roderick. Howard johnson,
Henry A. Ruth, William ;. Clark, James
II. Sweet. Isaac L. Kent. Joshua Marsh,
George +. Chapman. William T. Chase,
Everett III. Sweet, Charles w. CRUDE, w.
H. MoTwiggau, Martin V. b. Wilcox.
Charles +. Harris, John Wilbur, *. II.
1obin and Theodore A. Perry.
The town so'Icitor presented COM
munication informing the Council that
in the suit brought against the town by
Xoic Roudeau, for injuries received Jan
uary 8 1897, by falling over a post or
other obstruction on the sidewalk in front
of the promises of Miss Phoebe A. Cutting
of Narragansett avenue, Riverside that
he had notified Miss Cutting that she
must defend the SUI IL in case the town
lost, and he aSked the Council to ratify
his action IN so doing which they at once
voted TO do.
The committee TO whom had been re-
ferred the charges preferred against Spec
ial Constable / o nard NJ. Dowu by Thomas
Congdon, made report that the matter
was too trivial TO warrant the trouble of
an investigation, and concluded IL was
personal matter between the two men.
Tho Council decided il was not Of suffi-
cient Importance to occupy their atten-
Jion and the matter was indefinitely post
poned. :.ysU
Notcrday afternoon ut 3:45 o'clock an
alarm was rung in from box 6i on Bur
CESS avenue The firemen responded
promptly but when thoy arrived there
the PEOPLE of the locality were astonished
at their appearance IS no one know of
any fire. Ii was found that some mis-
cbieyous person bad pulled the alarm
just for fun.
Last evening the class Of '9i of the
East Providence high school held
meeting at tho residence of Miss Ethel
Jameson on Walnut street. Tne follow.
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President John Cook; vice presi-
don't. Miss Inn Davis; secretary and treas
uTer, Miss Lottie Bickford.