The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-01


meeting came the Providence Driving as
sociation and the speedway project 10
carry out which IL was estimated would
cost under $4,000.
COMMITTED TO THE SPEEDWAY.
The city council thought favoraby OF It
and the Providence Journal was commit
ted body and soul to the Improvement,
publishing column after column I'm advo-
cacy of IL. and having live representa-
tton In the membership. That same rep
resentation continues today.
In the wisdom of the city council the
speedway appropriation was indefinitely
postponed. since when the driving asso-
ciation. or which the Providence Journal
is by membership a part, has abandoned
the building of the speeding road, except
ing by private subscription. The associa-
ton will build and donate the speedway
10 the city.
Thomas w. Bicknell. OF the Good Gov
ernment party. its spokesman says that
the Blackstone Boulevard was a proper
Improvement: that the money expended
upon IL was well spent and that he hopes
TO see the Improvement finished just as
soon as the city can get money 10 do the
work. He knows that II is speedway.
that it is so used and that IL Is of no
value TO nine-tenths of the people OF the
east side. Not one-twentieth part OF the
people residing east OF North Main street
ever saw the Boulevard and 20 per cent.
of those residents do not know that it Is
In existence.
MIR. BICKNELL PERTCRBED.
Mr.. Bicknel is much perturbed. fearing
that "a $4,000 speedway may be built at
Roger Williams Park for the benefit of
those in the entire city who delight in
watching the actions of fine bred horse.
At the same time Mr.. Blcknell. without
any reservation, approves OF the 100000
speedway near the Seekonk river, which
he knows cannot be completed. as origi-
nally planned, short of 100000.
Mr.. Bicknell also advocates the pur-
chase OF Cat Swamp by the city and con-
verting n into a skating pond I'm winter
and "A malaria and mosquito breeding
hole I'm summer
He desires to commit the Good Govern
ment party to that scheme, and looks
To Mr. Granger, as the mayor of Provi-
dence, To help the Blackstone Improve
ment Society spend more than the cost
of speedway at Roger Williams Park
for a skating rink.
The Providence Journal, to keep In
touch with Mr. Bickneli, will back up the
Cat Swamp project OF this there can he
no doubt.
washington IdFh mas Hdu SilWU In ~
years.
The third ward is TO have right away
a $4,000 hook and ladder Gre station,
while the Orms street fire station is TO he
improved at a cost OF $4,000. There Is
now being constructed on Berkshire st.
"a school building for which $4,000 has
been appropriated
In the centre of the city a new fire sta
tion is to be built. the cost of which was
figured at sl50,0Oo. Ii is claimed that the
station will cost s6s,ooo I'm excess of that
sum, or $4,000.
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS.
All of these improvements are necessary
and every section OF the city will con-
tribute toward paying the bills. The sub
urbs of Mount Pleasant. Olneyville,
Washington Park, Auburn, Arlington,
Corliss Heights and, IL the Seekonk slope
will chip in, although none of them will
reap a particle of benefit from the work
As to the Providence Driving associa-
ton, IL numbered, last night. I'LL mem
bers. Four-fifths of these are residents
of Providence all are voters and so per
cent. are Democrats. To induce these
Democrats and their frienos to vote for
Mr.. Granger, the Providence Journal
jumps upon Col. Con- and his associates.
The attack has had the same effect up-
on these gentlemen that the assault upon
the residents of the sixth ward had yes
terday.
The property owriNrs OF that district are
united solidly for Col Goff. Every Demo-
crat there will vote for him.