The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-27
BRISTOL.
The Sinking Fund Report
Militia Elections School
Committee.

The funeral OF Maurice heih's w.
solemnized this morning AT 800 O'CLOCK
srn,,, 81 Marv's church. Rev. Fr. r. Nc
Cabe. pastor OF St Mary's church' con
Quoted the services. The burial was at 81
Mary's cemetery at Warren.
Mrs Victoria Burgess, wife or FRANK
Rtrgess. died ON Thursday morning at
the residence OF the family on IhaiileS
street. Her funeral was held TINS morHlIs
AT lO.3O from ST. Mary's church, rev fr'
= McCabe, pastor of the church CON
Quoted the services Burial was at d.
Mary's cemetery on Chestnut street. -,
A special meeting OF the town council
was hold on Wednesday evening win Il
full board present. Augustus a. GraVeIle
appeared before the council In regard 10
injuries received by horse belonging 10
him: while driving on Constitution street
Monday morning last. the earth SaNeu-ii
and the horse was engulfed In the hole'
MIR Grayelle stated that the horse was
valued al $50 and that the wagon ana
harness were considerably damaged. The
matter was held for further considera-
ton The report OF the sinking iuhu
commission was read. received and Or
dered recorded.
The following persons were elected SUI
/ nervlsors to serve at the town election
/ March Q Republican-Fred NJ. Dixon. Jo-
| slah r. Peckham, Jr.. Sumner A. Ban
/ atlc-Thomas T. Head, James T.
! Murnhv and Edward +. Christie The PEI
/ tition OF James Allyn, for permission &c
/ locate a telescope at various locations OF
/ the public street. parks or on the common
was granted. ,
a. Naddons from Brown University will
address the Young Mems meeting on sun
/ day afternoon at the rooms OF the \. NJ
G. A.. March Z. DR.. Melden Will spear
| March Il. Rathbone Gardner OF ProVl
dence will give an address on "A fount
! Mans Duty as n Citizen"
AT an election for first and second lieu
tenants OF Company G, Second Regimen
OF Infantry, u. r. ] NJ, held III thei
armorv I'm the Hasbrouck block, tn
election being to fill vacancies I'm those OF
fees, that OF first lieutenant having beer
vacant for some time and the vacancy II
second lieutenant having been caused b!
the recent resignation OF Lieut.. John {
Trudel
Col James III. McGann, 'commandini
the regiment, presided at the meeting
Col McGann did not arrive until o'clocl
having had previous engagements u
Providence. Sergt Edward +. Doyle wa
elected first Lieutenant and Sergt Thoma
Maher, second lieutenant, there being n
opposition 10 either.
The deed for the transfer OF propert!
at Little Narrows from Loring Coggeshal
10 Josiah f.. Coggeshall. was recorded a
the town clerks office yesterday after
noon
The basketball team OF the 3. NJ c
Durfee high school OF Fall River wi
play the team OF the Bristol high schoc
in the Y. NJ. G. a. gymnasium this even
ing.
report OF the commissioners of tn
sinking fund for the town, OF Bristol, a
presented 10 the town council. makes TN
following showing: The net debt OF tn
town. Sept 1. 1900 was s232 900, OF whic
sum of 100000 is for sewers and $1,000
for town debt previous to sewers In
sinking fund Aug. l. 1903, amounted I
appropriated $4,000 for the sinking funt
and the interest has amounted to $3929.S s
This brings the sinking fund total q
Feb L. 1904, up 10 $40. .o6. The commi,
sioners are j. w. Franklin. Frank Paul
George ". Peck, n n. Cole and Geore
L. Arnold. AS yet no appropriation hs
, been made for sinking fund to retil
. the bonds OF the $4,000 last appropriate
To complete the sewer system. This III
town Is required To do by law and n
matter will be- brought up I'm the lnancl,
, town meeting this year.
r The books. documents. vouchers, ban
r books and other papers OF the town treas
) urer have been examined by the counc
and approved.
owing TO changes that are being mac
In the law I'm relation to towns unitir
to hire an expert superintendent
schools, whereby the state will pay
;. proportional part. the school commit,
will not recommend to the town meetir
that the committee be authorized TO 10
: with other towns TO secure county SUI
c | erintendent. This matter was decide
. upon last evening at a meeting OF II
school committee at which seven mon
bers were present. The question OF NAL
] ing such a recommendation was the oI
l iect OF the meeting and there was iii
" cusslon OF the matter for over an hou
7 It was brought to the attention of q
r school committee by Dr. Williams
member Of the lower house from tn
e town. that an amendment 10 the presei
y law has been presented I'm the house
g representatives. and hearing will be Civ,
@ next week.