The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
The News Of the State.
RIVERSIDE.
State Officers Pay Official Visit
TO Burnside Council, Ameri-
can Mechanics. ..0ther Items.

Last night state Councillor Joseph
Cobb. OF Providence, together with tho
fun board OF state officers paid an Of
| hcial visit to Burnside Council OF Am
ertcan Mechanics in their hall on Bull
locks Point avenue. The routine bust
ness OF the meeting was disposed OF i'm
short order. and then interesting remarks
for the good of the order we're made
After the remarks a light collation. was
served.
The meeting was one OF the most en-
thusisstic that has been held In long
time. There were a large number OF
the members OF the council I'm attend
anoe. and number OF visitors from
other councils
SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED.
There Is some talk among the school
committee about closing mp the old dis
trict No. school on the back road 10
harrington again. This school was run
for many years but nearly 20 years ago
was closed mp for a long time, no school
was kept there because of the fact that
there were not children enough in the
vicinity TO support one.
A few years ago the need or school
I'm the vicinity was urgently felt, and the
building was reopened. Now all OF the
children attended the school at that time
have grown up and passed into other
schools. and again II happens that there
are hardly enough scholars TO keep the
school going. 1t is not probable that
the school will be closed just at present,
as the schools here are very much crowd
ed, and there is no room for the acom-
mediation OF the pupils.
TEAM GOT STUCK.
One of the Anthony Coal and Lumber
company's teams got stuck while passing
over the Turner avenue crossing, yes
terdav, and II was several minutes before
the rig could be gotten. out of the pre-
dicament. The horse evidently had
objections TO pulling the heavy team over
the bare crossing and did not exert him
self especially towards accomplishing
that purpose. The driver finally. with
the assistance OF three men who were
standing by. succeeded in getting the out
nj over the crossing and out OF danger
TANK REMOVED.
Yesterday the big tank which has been
at Boyden Heights since the place was
started. was taken away and the last
that the people in the vicinity OF the
place where the tank has stood since it
was first built saw Of II, IL was being
hauled cityward by six powerful horses
The tank was hauled away on a sled
extemporized from timbers. one OF the
big timbers which formed a part of the
tank itself was found to be too long TO
permit IL TO pass under the wires of Ihe
trolley system. and II had to be sawed
off before the tank could be hauled over
the road where the trolley wires were.
While this was being done one OF the
cars on the Crescent Park line was some
what delayed. but after a while the tank
was started up the road and the car
which had been held up while the saw
ing process was going on was enabled 10
proceed on its way.
THE TRUANT OFFICER.
There are several more pupils who are
attending the schools in this end OF the
town than there were a short time ago
as a result OF recent visit OF the truant
officer TO this end OF the town. There
were a number of houses on his visiting
list, and he managed 10 make his calls
in such an impartial manner that as yet
no one has been reported who was
sighted.
Al many OF the houses where he did
call all kinds of reasons were given why
the children were not sent to school. In
one house the mother Ur the child which
was being looked up affirmed that her
daughter was unable because OF poor
health TO attend, and az he was about to
go away satlsned Win tne answer, the
child herself came into the room. and
as soon as she had entered she COM
menced TO tell her mother how good the
sliding was on a neghboring hill.
The officer said but little. but what
he did say was right to the point an.
I'm the afternoon the girl was In school
There were a number of other cases
where attempts were made TO evade the
vigilance OF the officer. but the efforts
were unavoidlng and the children who
should be i'm school are there now as a
consequence OF the visit.