The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-18
OF the Company Must Be Removed From the
First Building District
THE SPECIAL Committees REPORT
Shows That Telephone Company Has Refused 10
Accept the Provisions Of Ordinance Relating
to Underground Wires Recently Adopted.

The chief thing done by the board of
aldermen at a short session held yes
| terday afternoon was the passage of a
resolution directing the joint special
committee appointed by resolution No.
213, approved June 16, 1898 ito report
bill for an ordinance requiring low ten
sion wires TO be placed under ground
be directed to serve notice on the
Providence Telephone Company that it
is the intention of the city council to
require said company TO remove its
poles, wires and conduits from the
streets and highways in the first build
ing district, as such removal of said
| poles. wires and conduits from said
streets and highways is necessary for
| the public convenience. A second inn
portant resolution dealing with the
same matter directs that the commits
sioner Of public works shall not issue
any permits to the Providence Tele-
phone Company to open streets or
highways for the erection of poles or
wires or the laying OF conduits until
the matter of making provision for un-
der ground wires i'm the first building
district is satisfactorily adjusted.
The report of the joint special COM
mittee on underground wires on a
communication of the Providence Tele-
phone Company declining to accept the
provisions OF chapter S53 of the city or
dinanccs and on a resolution notify
ing said telephone company that IL is
the intention of the city council TO re-
quire said company to remove it's poles,
wires and conduits from the highways.
was received. The report recites that
the committee has devoted ten months
TO the subject of putting wires under
ground, that in August the city council
passed an ordinance authorizing the
telephone company to build a subway
system capable of providing accommo-
dation for all the low tension wires i'm
the close fire district that the com
mittee believed the conduits establish
ed should be used on the payment of
proper compensation, but the tele-
phone company having refused to per-
NIT such use of conduits the city must
allow some other company to build
such "a system unless the wires are to
remain in their present dangerous con-
dition. The report further recommends
that the city council assert its author
ity, that the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph companies are anxious TO
place their wires underground, but as
the telephone company now occupies
the streets these two large corporations
must have facilities To do business. In
order To settle the matter the reports
say the city must take possession Of the
streets occupied by the telephone COM
pany to build a general system, but
before this liz done the telephone COM
pariy must be ordered out OF the streets
I'm this district.
Petitions for defining grade of Law
ton, Crins and Hobrook streets. all
presented by the Gorham Manufactur-
ing company. were referred To the COM
mlttee on highways.
The petition of Charles III. Hanson,
trustee, ct al, for abandonment OF
portion of Reynolds avenue, was re-
ferred To the same committee.
on recommendation of the chief of
police the pay of the following officers
was increased: Peter Gormley, Thomas
j. DUFFY, William Il. Munroe and John
T. Haran from $3.50 TO s2.75 per day:
Thomas y. Wallace from S275 To So per
day.
A resolution from the common coun-
ell referring the message OF the mayor
relative To facilities for the recorder of
deeds To joint special committee, was
passed in concurrence. Aldermen
Vincent and Winsor were appointed
members of this committee on the part
of the board.
Sundry nuisance orders were issued
weekly reports of Dexter Asylum for
Nov. 5th and 18th were received; Anna
NJ. Gauch was granted permission to
build a vault i'm the sidewalk at No. 30
Gladstone avenue.
A petition of the Western Union
telegraph company to place telegraph
wires under ground between No. s
Weybosset street and Union passenger
station, was duly referred. The fol-
lowing accounts were allowed Thomas
+. Lahey. elections $50; Robert knight
$50. elections: schedule OF bills, city
sealer, $Sl.S6: William *. Potter. cleo
tions. $50: Henry l.. Homes. trustee
and Rebecca B. Dow. elections, 500
The following petitions were granted:
Wellcm Specter, TO buy and sell junk
al No. g. Kane street. NJ. Barash. 10
keep eight pool tables. at No. 303 West
minister street. TO transfer victualling
licenses. Henry -. Carpenter. to Edison
l. Baker: Conrad &. Woods To- No i0S
South Main street. To keep ViCtualling
houses. Charles :. Carlsen. at No. 256
Atwells avenue: Augustus III. Heisc. at
No % Broad street; Elizabeth Paul. at
No 9O3 Westminster street; J. Miner
Sargent at No. 55i Westminster street:
Mortimer J. Sullivan. at No. ESQ Took
wotton street: Nee Wah Hing, at No
% Page street.
The following matters were passed In
concurrence: Orders 10 receive the
monthly reports: OF the joint committee
on finance. on issue of registered bonds
for October. 1898. OF the city treasurer.
on Issue Of registered bonds for Octo-
Der. 1s9S. or tne city treasurer. FOR Sep
tember. 1898: an ordinance providing
for the payment ~ the principal and
| interest of certain bonds of the city at
| The Eliot National bank I'm the city of
| BOSTON message ~ the mayor trans
| hitting communication from tho re-
| corder Of deeds requesting additional
| facilities for that department. resolu-
| ton transferring unevucnded balance
| ~ highway appropriation under chapter