The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-11

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at l Taunton avenue Telephone 1l2-2
East Providence.
Yesterday the highway department was
busy cleaning the snow out OF the streets
and making them safe for the passage OF
teams A large number OF teams were
i'm use cartlng away the snow which had
been thrown back into the street by the
snow pows OF the street railway COM
pany. This work is being done by the
| town and after IL has been completed the
| railroad company will be presented with
/ bill and asked To settle.
| All day yesterday the line between In
/ grahams corner and Pawtucket vas out
OF commission. a portion OF the snow
| shovelled out having blown back upon
the track in drifts sufficiently deep 20
] effectively tie up the line. The line on
| Pawtucket avenue was reversed. running
as a left hand road instead OF right
hand road as usual. This was done be-
/ cause OF the manner in which the snow
was thrown by the snow plows. 1t being
more convenient 10 run them so as 20
throw the snow into the road than out
| upon the banks where the poles and
other obstructions interferred to a great
extent with the workings OF the plow.
| The other lines were kept open, but
piows had TO be run on all OF them all
night Saturday night. The rails were
In very slippery condition and the cars
had 10 be operated with extreme caution
TO avoid accidents.
WIRES CROSSED.
Saturday night two wires got crossed
near the residence OF Louis Fritz, at the
! corner OF Burgess avenue and Fort
street An. electric light wire got across
/ mir mo
dents OF the vicinity were treated TO
very pretty show OF pyrotechnics.
Harry Josslyn. the local superintendent
for the Providence Telephone company
was notified and went 10 the place and
Strengthened out the wires.
SLEIGH STUCK.
Saturday night large sleigh owned by
! the Rhode Island Rendering company
/ and used by that concern for the re-
moval OF dead animals got stuck in the
! car track at the foot OF the hill on
| Watchemoket square. The driver tried
| in vain to induce the two horses attached
to the vehicle TO start up with the load,
/ and after a vigorous use OF profanity
had failed started in to ply tie whip.
The eagle eve OF officer Clements hap
peued TO rest on him while he was doing
this. and the officer at once stopped that
part OF the performance. After various
Suburban car came along. and as the
outfit was on the car track the car
pushed II UP the hill. When the top OF
the hill was reached the horses pulled II
without difficulty.
REAL ESTATE REGISTER.
The following real estate transactions
have been recorded at the office OF the
town clerk;
Frederick f. Matteson sold to Charles
A. lngraham two lots on Broadway for
so.
Arthur DonneIl transferred to William
c. Bliss a mortgage for $1,000.
DISTRICT COURT.
one victim was arraigned before Judge
Bliss In the Seventh district court yester-
day morning on a charge of drunkenness.
He owned up that he had partaken too
freely OF the cup that cheers and was as
sessed the customary 81 and costs.
may be seen spearing cells through holes
in the ice The cells seem to be quite plen-
tiful and every day a large quantity OF
them are pulled out OF their native mud
at the bottom OF the river.
A ready market is found for them, S1e
demand being so much In excess of the
supply that they are now selling for q
cents a pound in the market instead of
ten or IL cents which they usually bring.
STOPPED WORK
Work on the standpipe which is In
course OF construction for the East
Providence Water company has been
stopped for the winter, the cold weather
having delayed the work to so great an
extent that II was not deemed advisa BILE
tn try to do anything farther until spring.
Up to n short time ago very appreciable
progress had been made on the structure,
several courses OF the big tank having
been rivetted i'm position.
GOOD SHOOTING
The shooting on the Seekonk is reported
as very good there being a plentitude OF
ducks which serves to- attract many OF
the local g1inners out 10 try their hands
at bagging the birds. In recent trip TO
the river for this purpose Fred Barstow
got IL dandy birds and John Lewis bag
sed & Several other local sportsmen have
been equally successful.
CALLED THE POLICE.
SATURDAY. night resident or Vine street
went home with an extra cargo OF stimu-
lants aboard and made himself so often
sive about the house that his wife con-
sidered N necessary 10 invoke the aid Of
the police She called in Sergeant Adams
Of the Central station and that officer
took the man into custody and locked him
up I'm cell AT the station.
THROUGH THE ICE.
enough 30 that IL is safe for fishermen to
venture upon n and every day number
STRUCK POLE.
Yesterday while the snow pillow was
being run over the tracks Of the Rhode
Island company a short distance south OF
Leonard's corner the men I'm charge OF
the plow failed to pull up one OF the
wings quick enough TO prevent IL .from
striking against one OF the poles on the
side OF the street. The plow was not
going fast at the time the pole was
struck and TO this fact Is probably at
tributable the fact that no serious dam
age was done
THE CHURCHES.
At the morning service at the Haven
H. r.. church holy communion was ad-
ministered and n reception To the mem
bers held. The Epwortn league service
at O'Clock was lead by Miss Lille Car
penter. In the evening the pastor. Rev.