The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-15
The News Of the State.
VALLEY VILLAGES
Coventry Special Town Meet
ing-Other Matter Of In
terest TO VaII0yltes.

Yesterday afternoon at the town nan
IN Coventry Centre the voters and tax
payers OF the town OF Coventry met ana
decided several important questions ihe
meeting was called TO order at O'Clock
and the call was read by Clerk 1eorge
Parker. The hrst business was the mat
ter OF the new bridge at Flat River. As
there were several representatives OF
bridge companies in the town waiting TOT
the meeting. but were at that time eat
ing their dinner, Moderator Parker WISH
ed TO postpone the matter, out ooJectlois
were raised by Warren M. Greene a mo-
ton to postpone II was mhue pS JOY
Manchester. however, and was voted.
The meeting then took up the second
matter with the result that the follow
ing resolutions was presented oy A. Is.
Lewis: Voted: That II the state board
of public roads shall decide 10 pullo
road extending from the section putt IN
the town last year westerly, the town
council is hereby authorized 10 make
contract with said board, TO build the ex-
ira road needed 10 make the full width
of the street. said contract TO take In IL
possible all the necessary work, incluo-
ing grading and paving cutters; but pro-
vidfng that II said board will not make
a contract TO do all the work the coun-
ell Is hereby authorized to let out the
work to be done by the town TO the low
est responsible bidder, and the town treas
urer Is hereby authorized TO pay All bills
incurred thereby" The vote was'passed
with little opposition.
The matter of the bridge was then
taken up and the several agents or the
construction companies who were pres
Of the work and of what would he neces-
sary Finally Charles VI. Tyler present
ed the following resolutions; Resolved,
That the building OF a new bridge over
the Flat river near Coventry Centre be
placed in the hands OF our town council.
10 do what they thin- will be best for
the public interest and for the best in
terests Of the taxpayers of the town. de-
Gliding as to what material shall be used
in the construction of the bridge and let
ting the contract to the lowest responsi-
BILE bidder" The vote was passed with
| little opposition and the meeting pro-
ceeded 10 the next matter In dispos-
| ing OF the other matter which was em-
| bodied in the call the following resou-
! tion was made by Mr.. Tyler: Resolved,
| That the question OF the number of the
road surveyors shall be fixed by
the town council according 10 their
| DeSt Judgment Anu as IN tnelr opinion
| the public interests may demand. There
was some opposition 10 the vote but Il
minutes the meeting adjourned.
was passed and after a session of 4
About 20 of the boys In the madde
dye house at the Clyde Print Works ask
ed for a dollar week more yesterda,
and being refused went out on strike
The boys were called into the offic
and were there paid off.
r~l
met as usual last evening at their quar-
ters In Phenix. Business routine onl,
was transacted.
The beams for the new railroad bridg
at Quidnick arrived yesterday. the bridg
grders are 20 feet long. The work o
placing them in position will begin a
| once.