The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-20
Prospect Bright as to Washington
Street Being One Of the Principal
ThOrOughfareS of the Future.

This was "street day" at the session
noon.
One OF the most important measures
brought forward for final action-the
AUDITORS having been notifed-was the
order providing for the abandonment of
Happy street from Union TO Clemence
street This means that from West
minister street the future tide OF business
must turn towards Washington street.
One OF the big department stores. the
John Shepard company, is to extend
through 10 Washington street II Happy
street is abandoned, and erect n large
brick building fronting on Washington
street and in extension Of their present
quarters. This will relieve TO some ex-
tent the congestion on Westminster street
and permit spacious entrance on Wash
ington street convenient 10 the Union
Railroad station, the library and other pub
lie buildings. To say nothing of the thea
tres and City hall.
To this end, therefore there was pre-
seDted the aldermen, this afternoon a
petition asking for the abandonment OF
this unhappy little Happy street. il con-
tained the name OF every property owner
on Washington street from Eddy TO Jack
son street with one solitary exception.
The reason that this one property own
ers name was not on the petition Is that
he lives out of town and could not be
located.
The signatures on the petition repre-
sent a property valuation OF more than
s.. 800 900. In this respect IL was one OF
fhe strongest ever presented TO either
branch of the city council.
POWERFUL PETITION.
The following Is n copy Of the petition
To His Honor the Mayor and the Board
of Aldermen OF the City OF Providence:
We, the undersigned, the owners of or
otherwise Interested in. property ahutting
on Washington street, between Jackson
and Eddy streets and also in the vicinity
of Washington street. believe that the
erection cf n building on Washington
street and the property owned or leased
by The Shepard company situated be-
tween Union and Clemence street for
the purpose OF carrying on a retail bus-
ness. would be OF great advantage 20 the
properties situated on said street. would
increase the commercial importance OF
said street and make II one OF the best
business streets IN the city of Providence.
That the fact of the establishment Of a
large refail storo. with entrances on
Mashnetor strcei would induce others to
locate pr said street and would he ot
great advantage not only 20 the prop
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den~e
vher-fore. vopr petitioners prav that
: -the petition II The shepard company.
Chrisforher =. Arnold. Frederick w
Arnold. Sarah T. Arnold. William Lar
char. julia II. Larchar and Lucy Lar
char be granted by your honorable board.
And as IN duty bound shall ever pray
James Hanley. Dutee Wilcol Arnold
Real Estate company. William T. Ar
mold. treasurer: J. Je-ome Hahn. FER
kins Land company, R. w. Comstock
treasurer. Charles Edward Paine. estate
OF r d. Dyer. zeph. Brown. trustee:
estate OF Daniel Pains. W. H. Wood.
trustee; Nicholas sheldon. Albert Hark-
ness. George Welch. Ledercr Realty Cor
poration. per y. Ledersr. president: B
ID. Wecden. a NJ. Sisson Mrs. louisa
NJ. Bowen. Thomas W Aldrich. Edward
X. Aidrich. executors estate Of A. w. AL
drich: heirs of Daniel NJ Horton, T. X.
Aldrich, attorney. Joseph r. Cory. l.. X.
Aldrich, attorney: Marie Louise GladdinR.
Elizabeth y. Gladding. Royal n. Glad
ding. estate OF IA. u. Giadding. estate
Of Jacob y. Thurber. George r Brown.
trustee: heirs OF William H. Fare. Rainh
b. Earle. attorney: Martha ID. knowles
president OF Y. W. g. A.; Louise M. NJ
Nightingale. Blackstone Hall company
A. B. Chase. president. Tobias Burke.
Billings Bros. Susan A. Hubbard. for
heirs Of George ". Hubbard; estate
OF william Ross. per Frank Ross: estate
of George W. Butts. w y. Ingraham.
trustee, Central Real Estate company.
william n Hall. president. Mary Croc-
ker. Annie =. Hunt Julia r. Adie An
fhony Robcrt -. walker Ruthvcn r.
fiads guardian. estate James ". Tebbits.