The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-16
ALDERMEN
IN SESSION
Routine Business Disposed
Of Yesterday.
GREASE RENDERING CASE.
Balch Street Establishment Declared
a Public Nuisance.
GREASE RENDERING CASE.
AID FOR SOLDIERS FAMILIES.

The meeting Of the board of alder
men held yesterday afternoon was
chiefly devoted to routine business and
opinion on whether or not grease
rendering establishment at the corner
OF Faith and Baich streets is a nuis-
ance. The board decided il was.
Orders for the curbing OF the follow
ing streets We're passed: Canal street,
extension from smith street 10 Mill
street bridge, and the east side OF Mill
street, from Main street TO Bark street,
Irving street, from Emerson street to
Broad street; Power street. from Gov
ernor street to Ives street.
Petitions OF Angelo De Pasquale to
transfer pool license TO Antonio Iafrate,
OF Joseph X. Tompkins to transfer junk
license to 213 South Water street, and
of Abe Alrich to buy and sell junk at
44s Eddy street were granted.
Morris Bergel at ~ Charles street,
Max Berry at 29 South Main street and
Joe Heimen at 80 Randall street were
given leave to withdraw their petitions
for leave to buy and sell junk.
GREASE RENDERING NUISANCE.
The report of the superintendent of
health upon the petition of John Nor
gan ct al. relative to a grease rendering
establishment at the corner OF Faith
and B2lch streets was called from the
table by Alderman Vincent.
John Loud said the business objected
TO had been carried on at the same
place for over 20 years. He lived close
to II and never saw anything objection
able I'm 1t, nor did the smell ever affect
him.
Attorney Dennis ii. Sheahan. who
represented the parties who wanted the
nuisance abated, asked Mr.. Loud IL he
had a mortgage on the place, and the
answer was yes" He also replied
there had been no Improvement in the
place since It had been visited by the
superintendent OF health.
Mrs. Mary Comey said she had lived
near the place all her life and 1t never
had annoyed her. Mrs. Ryder. Mrs.
Nellie O'NeilI and Edward O'Neill said
the same thing. William Connelley
said the place was no more objection
able than Kendalrs In the centre Of the
city. He said the board should visit
the place. and he was satisfied he could
eat his dinner there az comfortably as
i'm any other place. Some OF the parties
i'm the yards or those who were asking
TO have the establishment done away
with. A man named DAILY. who said h
never sinelt anything disagreeable
around the establishment. was asked
by Mr.. Sheahan II he did not draw a
pension from the government on ac-
count OF loss OF the senses of smell and
hearing. He admitted II. but said his
sense OF smell was as good as his hear
ing. The latter quality was so poor 1t
was evident the government was not
being cheated.
DOCTOR DID NOT COME.
Mr.. Beagan. who represented the
owners of the establishment. said he
expected a doctor to be present to state
that the establishment was In no way
Injurious to the health OF the COM
munity, but the doctor had disappoint-
ed him. The petitioners then put on
their case.
Frank Stapleton, who lives within 200
feet Of the place. said the odor was so
offensive that he was driven from his
house down town Of an evening. He
asserted that those who signed the peti-
tion I'm favor Of retaining the establish
ment were rent payers and had moved
away. They could do so any time: tax
payers could not. John Morgan said
the place was a bad one. and Mrs. Miles
and Thomas Mcmahon said the same
thing, the latter asserting he first took
an Interest In having the nuisance
abated when some or his tenants
threatened to move. John II. Swabb
said he believed man had died
from the effect of the smell. Mr.. Shat
tie said he could not eat on account of
the smell in warm weather.
MIR. BEAGAN's ARGUMENT.
Mr.. Beagan said the place had been
used for 20 years. and the present pro-
prietors had invested all the money
they had in II. He said that his clients
would close the establishment during
the warm weather as long az they ran
the place, and would seek In every pos
sible way TO take advantage OF scien-
tific improvements 10 render the place
entirely unobjectionable. Mr. Sheahan
said the superintendent OF health was
the proper party TO decide whether this
was nuisance or not.
Alderman Vincent urged that the
board be governed by the recommenda-
tion OF the superintendent, and moved
the nuisance be abated. Alderman
Mccarthy moved that the whole matter
be referred to the committee OH health,
and Alderman Winship seconded the
motion. II was, however, lost. Alder
man Reynolds just before the vote
said he had lived near a grease rem
dering establishment for 80 years and
such a concern always gave an offen-
sive odor on foggy days.
The place was declared nuisance
and ordered abated by vote OF seven
TO three.
Aldermen Gray and Reynolds were
appointed members on the part OF the
board OF the joint special committee
relative 70 the establishment of a pub
lie library. ft
HELP FOR TAX ASSESSORS.
The board concurred with the COM
mon council I'm n resolution authoriz-
ing the assessors OF taxes TO employ
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