The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-08


I eight-hour day for the employees OF the
and the resolution was indefinitely post
| poned.
From the board OF aldermen was re-
ceived a resolution providing for the pay
ment OF the bill of the l.. r. Pease COM
pany. amounting TO $50. which passed.
A resolution permitting Gardner M.
Burgess 10 move a building from IS Sum
mer street 10 Stewart street was passed In
concurrence.
| resolution 20 pay the Eastern Coal
company slsi S3 for interest on bill con-
| tracted by thes chool committee with an
amendment thereto was passed in concur
| renee.
The resolution to pay the Providence
| Journal company $3.50 for advertising,
with an amendment thereto passed.
| An ordinance I'm amendment OF and In
addition to chapter %, Revised Ordinances
OF 1899. entitled Officers OF the City and
Their Duties" and providing for the ap-
pointment OF a deputy city messenger was
passed without any discussion.
Mr.. Massie presented an resolution re-
ferrinE 10 the office OF city messenger and
city sergeant providing for a conferences
between the committee on ordinances and
the committees on finance. IN relation 10
the abolition OF fees In those offices and
the establishment Of stated salary.
Their ssolution passed.
Resolution appointing q Joint special
committee 10 inquire into and report az
20 the expedienoy OF providing a public
thoroughfare OF easy grade over or
through some portion OF the hill bound
ing Market square and South Main street
easterly was passed and in addition TO
Aldermen Cooke and Gray. Cound,men
Parsons. Baich, walser Presorey and
Massie were appointed by the chair TO
act on the committee. t
Resolutions accepting the gifts OF Joan
Sivss John Malvern. Reoecca Mathew
son. Mary 70, Oldham (D. Frances Cook.
Elisa c. Fiske Harriet A. BEdDn.
end Charles II. Dodge. administrator. 10
the North Burial ground fund wore
passed.
THAT MILL SUPPLY 60. BILL.
President Kendrick was also added to
the special committee to report on an
easy Grade by vote of the council.
The p.tttion of the United States MIN
Supply company. submitting bills for
supplies furnished the public school de-
partment, amounting to 1o.27e.U was re-
ceivsd and referred 70 the school cesi-
mittes on motion OF Councilman RosweQ
@. Smith
Mr.. Batch said he esconded the motion
and reviewed the matter st some length.
this reference was something irregular
and eaid that there was no way Of get
ting the bin back to the council II was
shown that the city council did not want
the bin back, and that as the school COM
rnittee had not refused TO pay II, II had
no standing IN the council.
Petitions of Albert M. Stesd, Thcmss
F. Carr, executor, Roscoe B. Stokes. ad-
minletrator, and William II. Kerens for
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committee on claime
The petition OF the Boston store Land
Co et ais. to pave Fulton street with
asphalt was referred to the committee
on highways.
Petitions OF Harry c. Curtis, ct ais,
for electric lights on poane avenues or
II. NJ. Fillebrown ct els, for electriciishts
on Arlington avenue and other streets;
and OF H. 8. Coleman at ais. for lights |
on Keene street were referred TO the
committe on lights.
Mr.. Kendrick presented communica-
ton from the Rhode Island Hospital |
corporation calling attention to the big |
deficit in the treasury Of the hospital for |
last year, citing tbs outlay of $4,000
which Ia incurred by caring for the c'ty's
pauper. patients, only paying the bare
cost OF an ambulance service and 20 free
beds.
The communication asked for an an
nuai appropriation Of $4,000, Tho mat
ter was referred to the committee on
finance.
DRUGGISTS PETITION.
The following petition was referred to
the committee on ordinances:
THE undersigned respectfully petition
your honorable body to request the lesis-
lature OF this state TO so amend the
present law that tho rate OF license
charged for druggists wholesale licenses
shall not exceed the sum OF $500; that
said request is based on the following
reasons: That the sales OF liquors by
wholesale druggists are Of a different
character and class from that Of the
wholesale liquor dealers, such sales being
made almost exclusively to physicians
and retail druggists and for medical pur-
poses; that the amount Of liquor sold In
said druggists business Is but q small
part Of such business, and your petit
TONERS have long felt II to be unjust
that they should be called on 10 pay
so large a license fee as those who make
the sale of liquor their exclusive busi-
ness
The undersigned comprise all the