The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-05
WORK OF The
ALDERMEN.
Routine Business Disposed Of
at Yesterdays Session.
ONE SALARY TO Be INCREASED.
Board Votes 10 Give 0ysrsser Of The Poor
Cummings $4,000 Instead Of $l4O0
q Year Petitions Granted.

The board of aldermen met yesterday
afternoon and disposed Of long docket
of routine business
The report OF the committee on the
layout OF Swiss street. from knight 20
Ridge, was referred to November l.
On recommendation OF the chief OF DO
lice the board appointed Clement ID.
Pelrine 10 be q member of the poiiG9
force.
Petitions TO build barns were granted
AZ follows: William NJ. Harris. Jr., o.,
broadway and Courtland street; John
Shirley. at 1924 Eddy street: Thomas
Cummings, to relocate a barn from
Geoffrey's court to Derry street; James
IL Tower. TO use building as barn at
Borden and Clay streets: Camille Cola
luca at veazie street; Simon Klein. at
corner of Gladstone avenue and Black
street: Basi Howitz. at Ash street.
Petition OF Joseph c. Smith and others
for the clubing of Winchester place,
was referred to the committee on streets.
The following bills were allowed: Po-
lice department s2oS3 25; health depact-
ment, s272lse: poor department tS37OS,
weights and measures, sl26Ss; John w.
Butts. streets. $40; Henry T. Root.
streets. SIS; Samuel S. Durfee. streets.
s2936; milk department. sl4lU
PETITIONS GRANTED.
The following petitions were passed
under suspension OF the rules:
Joseph j. Nugent for barn. opposite
25S Plain street: III. o. Cotton for permit
10 build at the corner of Gallup street
and Gordon avenue; John Boiland, 10
build on willard street: c. II. Carpenter.
TO build on Indiana avenue. and num-
ber of others.
Manufacturing company for the grading
or Beach street, was read and passed.
the petitioners agreeing TO pay the cost
of the change.
Alderman winshp presented an
amendment to the ordinance regulating
the salaries OF city officers, providing
for the increase of the salary OF The
overseer OF the poor from si40o to $500;
passed unanimously.
Messrs. 5. s. Durfee, John W. Butts
and Henry T. Root were appointed a
committee TO lay out a street from
Smithheld avenue TO Cemetery street
A resolution was passed requesting the
mayor and board to lay out certain
street near the old mill on Charles
street.
PASSED IN CONCURRENCE.
THE resolution from the common coun-
Gil authorizing the park commissioners
20 take charge of the statue OF the Pan
cratiast, donated TO the city by Mr..
Paul Bajnotti. was passed in concur
renee. tsrYf
Resolutions accepting the gifts OF EN-
paa f.. Hal, Providence lodge, No. IL,
B. Il. O. Elks, Marietta Wake, Lena j.
Brown, Elizabeth w. A. Budlong. T.
Wilson Black and Martha @. Black, 10
the North Burial ground. were passed.
a resolution directing the commissioner
OF public works 20 build Winchester
place in SUCH a manner that the large
elm tree east of Elmwood avenue can
be saved from destruction, was pass III
Petitions of Eliza ]. Frink, Albeit =.
Davis. Edward s. Crowell. Moses i,
Torrey. Charles n. Frink Fred +. F,l-
Ter and John b. Murphy for abatement
of tax, were referred TO the committee
on claims.
Resolution to buy lot OF heirs OF Will
liam Il. Seekel in North Burial ground,
was passed.
The superintendent OF street signs ana
numbers was directed TO ienumbcr
Mount Pleasant avenue.
The name of Taylor street. from Pot.
ter avenue TO Saratoga stree. was
changed TO Baxter street, and the name
OF Back street to Ormsbee avenue.
Petition OF David ". Smith for a
G. NJ Triolo 10 lGy out Hassan street
were rassed,
James Gentry and William r. n.
Groat were appointed police constablos
without power ia serve civil process.
The board then adjourned 10 meet on
Thursday, october 10, at 3 p. m.
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