The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-17

2 f~ofn rgrcrintrNdent ~ health. in~peNluI
poiTtr5ent of pr. Hugene +. King IS med
| iCal inspector, Walter +, Lewis as sum .
] tary inspector. Henry w. Con as a.
| slstant inspector Of buildings ana Johh
! r. OBrien as deputy city gauger were
! Pttition of Calender. McAuslan &
Troup oompany for awnlnts ,,,a'l orJs sioner
| OF puhlic works.
! Pftition cf Frank G. owens for DAM
! ages was referred 10 tho committee ou
Petition II Antonio Rossi 10 construct
/ a coal hole under the sidewalk IN lroht
! Of his place of business on Charles street
/ was referred 10 the commissioner OF puo-
/ lie works.
( TO PURIFY CITY WATER
Alderman Reynolds introduced a Joint
I resolution appointing n special committee
! 10 consider and report elative 10 n syS-
! TEN Of nlters for purifying the water
supply of the city. The rcsoiuuon Was
adopted and on the part OF the aldermen
/ Mavor Granger appointed Aldermen Rey-
nolds. Coveli and Cooke
The N titions of John ~. Whan. seth
A. Perce. c. Edward Barney and George
s. Baker 90 be appointed auctioneers were
reported back by Alderman Reynolds Tor
the committee on aucuoneers, ana IN"
aforementioned men were appointed.
Petition of the Rawsou Fountain so-
cietv 10 build harm al 39l Fountain
street was laid on the table for Two
Petition Of Archibald y. Blair for r.
mission OF tax was referred 20 the COM
mttee on claims
Petitions OF George l. Andrews TO
and OF Matte NJ. Pettee for the same at
So Arlington avenue were granted under
suspension OF the rules.
SOME STREET MATTERS.
A resolution TO curb President avenue
was adopted
Aldcrman Cooke rightly criticised tho
commission on the widening OF south
presented TO correct errors IN the award
OF damages.
"As TO all future strest commissions !
suggest that the city solicitor be called
IN as advisory counsel" suggested Alder
man Cooke, ''for how do we know that
oil matters are corrected and rest here,
City Solicitor Coiwell stated that while
he was not supposed 10 verify clerical
errors. still from Investigation he belieNd
that II the resolutions were passed ana
the corrections hereunder made every
thing would be all right. The resolu-
tions were then adopted.
The report of Commissioners Lyman,
Donahuo and McGann upon the layout
of Laurel Hin avenue, from Plainfield
street 10 Pocasset avenue. was submitted
with the recommended that the land
damages be assessed Ut nothing.
Report OF the committee recommend
ing the layout of oxford street was
received and 1t was voted that the grade
be established.
POLICE BOARDS REPORT.
The weekly report 81 the Dexter asy-
| ium. the monthly statement OF the city
| auditor and the quarterly report Of the
! city weigher were all as usual without
reading received and placed on ile.
The same disposition was made as 10
| the first quarterly report OF tho new
| board OF police commissioners IL is dated
10 Jan. i5 1909 and signed by Commits
sioners olney and Luther but not by
| Commissioner Deming. This is fact as
| the document was presented TO and re-
/ cevcd by the board Of aldermen. The
omission Of Commissioner Deming's sig
! nature is not particularly noteworthy
| but was probably due 70 his recent sudden
| illness.
The report itself Is a brief and perfunct-
/ ory document. the statistics and other
matters contained therein having already
/ been published ia The News--the mum
| Der OF liuuor licenses, need OF new quar-
ters. city council transference Of appro-
| priauon for the salaries of board mem
hers secretary and clerk, attempt at po-
| lice discipline, etc --and probably the
/ most interesting 70 the commissioners Is
the concluding paragraph as follows:
IN conclusion we desire 20 thank the
1 members uf inc CRY touncN loI tuHl-
tesies received during the short time In
! which We have been in control of the
| police and license departments
MINOR MENTION.
Petition of Henry 4, Greene 10 he sp-
! pointed auctionecr was Fcforred 20 the
! committee on nuCtionccfs.
Petition OF William G. RRrber 10 be- APP
! pointed auctionCcr WAS presented by AL
German Gray and rcferred "a The COM
| mitee on auCtipnrerS.
Petitions of Charles r. Johnson and
August Carlson 20 collect swill and offal,
and of Michael smith, James -. Car
pcntey ana sam w. Lewis 60 keep swine,
! was granted upon recommendation of the
| sup,rintendcut OF health.
Alderman Parker pfoHcntcd rcsoiu-
tion requesting the committee ON city
property TO report an estimate as 10 the
cost of a ward rccn Tor Nard and 80
! vnH passed.
Upon motion of President Freeman. thc
board adjourned % Monday evening Feb.
?. when surveyor of iuinbcr aud asses
sor Of taxes are 20 be elected IN ioint
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