The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-13
OLNEYvILLE.
FREIGHT Business at the Johnston Depot
Is Increasing Fast.
Young Man From Lowell Had a Strange
Experience Yesterday.
Olnevvlle Branch Providence News Heernans News
Store 1s Hartford Avenue. Telephone 4o-West

Store, IS f1drtIOru hVeHue' wv
But few have any conception of the
large increase OF business at the john
ston freight station. and IT would be sun
larger n all of the merchants would have
their freight billed Johnston" instead
of olneyville freight station, and when
n Ia billed Olneyville. 1t is landed at
Providence and TO be shipped TO TINS
rlace. must be remarked Johnston, ana
this entails an extra charge.
The reports for the month OF March
show that an increase OF 20c0,ON POUNDS
of freight over the corresponding month
of last year, and the cash increase was
sl,3a0.
The Johnston freight station is at the
pIainf1eld street crossing, where goods
can be shipped direct TO any part OF the
country and IL the same rate is kept up
the railroad company will be Obliged 10
extend their freight facilities.
Yesterday there were % cars OF WOOL
that were side tracked some miles from
the station. Years ago one and Two cars
was the number sent out OF this station
but now IL Is not an uncommon thihs 10
eend out 12 TO 20 cars a day.
one other fact that merchants seem TO
Iose sight OF and that is a Boston ana
worcester car both ways every Day
There Is also n vast amount OF express
business done at this office and this TOO
Is on the increase.
WAS HE ROBBED.
4 tall fine looking young man was met
IN the square at $50 this morning. ana
he seems TO think that fortune favors
him in so much that he lis alive.
He would not give his name but SAID
that he came from Lowell yesterday NOR
inc and had about $40. and this morning
when he woke up found himself lying on
the bank OF the Woonasquatucket river
in the rear of Mills company tea store
ana had but q cents in his possession
but where his money went or what hap
pened to him is a mystery. for he Is not
In the habit OF ever indulgng In liquor
hut thinks that he must have been drug
red and then led to the banks OF the river
robbed. and deserted.
When he awoke this morning, ne touho
himself within four inches OF the river.
and had he happened TO move toward
the river nothing would save HIM from
Sa,,,ng IN and as he could not swim.
would undoubtedly have been drowned.
A man by the name OF Murphy came
with him and they got separated down
street and how ne came into the SQUARE
he does not know. nor does ne KNOW
where to find Murphy, who he says ma nao
when ne landed in the city $40. Ths
man made no complaint to the ponce a
the Chaffee street station.
LOOKS BAD FOR ED"
Edward McKeough who has been goinl
around the place with cane an
crutches for some time claiming that n
had been injured by falling into Goa
hose was arrested near the home OF hi
mother. us Plainfield street last night o.
Patrolmen Campbell and T1ernan.
McKeough has been arrested three ume
within 12 days, the first time by Patrol
man Sullivan and the second time by ia
troiman Holland.
Co.. nv her daughter and a son died
abort time ago leaving her MS properls
with the understanding that 1t should o
her own. during life and then be divide
and Edward. so Mrs. Mckeough ana ne ne
daughter claims. has no right on IN
premises. but they would not ooJec.
would keep sober and go 10 work, pu
when under the influence OF liquor come
10 them and annoys them so that the
are obliged TO call for police protection.
MORE EXTRA WORK.
The patroimen OF the Chaffee street sta
fion appear TO get their full share
work. for no sooner do they run out o
one extra job such as strikes, etc, whe
another bobs up and this time IL $ seig
Of .hrpa king WINDOWS anu az Ahic h''' -
appear 10 be in any one locality IN IN
district Il makes II all the more dinlcul
for the police 20 land the offenders.
The vicinity OF Pocasset avenue stand
out most prominently In this maliciou
work and Capt Rowe has made up nj
mind TO put stop 20 n II possible and Z
do this he has caused a number OF patrol
men I'm citizens clothes 10 do duty I'm IN
vicinities where glass has been broken
and when one or two are brought IN. n
thinks that the rest will take warning
This extra work by the Patrolme
means much 10 them for II cuts out exer
cises and other moments OF rest.
NOT A MAN EATER.
zeal" Harding. the veteran FISH dealer
added 70 the excitement OF the place yes
terday by putting IN his display windo'
Swing Tall shark that was capture
OF Seaconnett day or two ago
The monster In about II feet long an
weighs upwards OF 300 pounds. Mr.. Hard
ing says that this specimen is not OF IN
man eating order. but is little 90
large for ordinary fishermen TO daily will
A REGISTRATION MEETING.
On Wednesday evening. May ~. the oi
ncers Of the Tenth Ward Democrat