The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-11
BRISTOL.

The special town meeting held last evening
was called to order by Moderator Bradford.
| After the reading of the call Moderator Brad
| ford announced that the meeting was open
for business Mr.. X. N. Turner offered the
| following resolutions:
! Resolved That the committee on opening
! up the streets elect, d at a cltizgns mass meat
! ing OF January 20, 1898. namely Elward ] Z.
| Watson, Or. Herman Garfield, James q. MAJ :
chester, John Lake, Henry Nj. Gibson, be and
| are hereby elected TO serve with tho town
| council OF the town of Bristol, Il. J., and the
| SUCCESSORS as a joint committee, on the open
| ing up and extending Of streets ir said town,
and that they are hereby authorized and en-
powered To extend Thames street from Con-
stitution street to Union street, also the west
end from Thames street, OF the following
! named streets, pursuant TO the intent and
purpose Of the proprietors and donors, Oliver
street, Franklin street, State street, Con-titu-
tion street and Smith street, which is not one
OF the original streets, but is given in the
same way as said principal streets, but has
not been accepted by the town, Bradford
street 10 feet more or less west Of Thames, and
in width 100 feet more or less or about a cen
tral one. third of the whole distance from the
Namquit mill corporation, so called, to the
south line of the real estate property of the
Wardwell Lumber Company, also called. and
Church street according to tho plan hereby
presented, with this resolution, said plan be
recommended by the committee on town
wharf or pier, selected at the citizens mass
meeting of January - 1898, and who are as
follows: Frederick A. Easterbrooks, Albert
c. Bennett, Martin V. Newton, Robert +. Bar
clay, Eugene Leclair, and the above said com
mittee are hereby elected TO serve with the
town council of the town Of Bristol, X. l.,
ana their successors as n Joint committee on
extending Church street according to the
rlans herewith presented and according TO rhe
intent and purposes of the first proprietors
and donors, and the said joint committee is
hereby authorized to extend the said street
according to the said plans and the Joint com
miitee on opening up and extending streets
is hereby authorized and empowered to make
such concessions to all trespassers on said
streets as shall be necessary 20 preserve the
interests of said trespassers from 1njuring of
the same, and concessions can he made with
out material injury to the rights OF the cti-
zens OF the town OF Bristol RI. as gwen to
them by the first proprietors or donors and be
1 further
Resolved, that the town treasurer be and
hereby is authorized and empowered under
the advice OF the town council and committee
on opening up and extending streets and the
town council and the town committee ON
wharf or pier, the two being joint committee
to hire the sum OF $1,000 to be divided for the
following purposes, viz. $500 for the wharf
or pier, 500 for legal aud other incidental ex-
penses $500 for legal expenses and that the
committee is empowered to spend the said
sum of $1,000 named in the resolution.
A very hot debate ensued among those who
favored the resolution were Il. NJ. Turner, DIR.
Herman Garfield, Philip II. Coyle, Robert p.
Barclay, William Williams. James G. Manches
ter The opposition was represented by o. l..
Bosworth who wanted the audience TO believe
that he was favorable TO the cause, but wanted
them TO go slow. Following him Lobaron
Bradford, George U. Arnoli and Samuel ID.
wardwell who spoke in opposition.
After the debate had ceased Moderator
Bradford announced that n ballot would he
taken. The result was ANNOUNCED as follows:
Number OF votes cast 202; in favor 1850. against
40 The hall for long time rang with the APP
plauso Of those favorable to the building Of a
town wharf.
Mrs. Samuel Norris fell this morning upon
the ice iracturing her arm. Dr. Neylor was
called and reduced the fracture. :.