The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-02-07
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| use, or shall discharge or use Wltnin INC
city OF Providence any toy pistol Toy
cane or other toy device designed or used
| for the discharge or explosion or blank
| cartridges, percussion caps OF other SUD-
stsnces dischargeable by percussion
An accompanying resolution directed
the city solicitor TO apply to tho general
assembly for legislation embodyins the
foregoing recommendations. The resolu-
ton passed
TIE s1e5,ooo LOAN.
Alderman Sisson then presented a report
| from the ioint committee on city property,
a lengthy doclment in which the several
needs for improvements In the fire service
| OF the city were carefully and minutely
| considered. After a resume OF those en-
! aotments IN previous months that have
developed the present situation the report
| continues rs follows:
| AS II will be necessary 10 hire money In
| order To do any OF this work, your com
mittee tcieve, I'm view OF the many re
cert large fires IN this city. and the pres
ert Imperative necessity and demand for
| increasing the efficiency Of the fire de-
uartment tns it is desirable. at the
same time that the enlargement OF these
fire. stations is made. 10 make provision
for eaulrping both the now and the old
buildings with suitable fire apparatus.
II the city council agrees with the view
| OF your committee IN this matter, the es-
! timated cost for buildings and apparatus
would DO as follows: For Hope and Olney
| street station, $H. 600. for Greenwich. Bur
nett and Public streets station, $4,000. for
| new engine for this station. 5000; for Gen.
tral street station. $1,000: for new engine
| for this station $500: for new East
| Side fire station, including lot, furniture
| and new apparatus, $4,000: total. Sl24,Os
Your COMMITTEES therefore submit and
| rec ommend the passage OF the accompany
| ing resolution. providing that application
he made 10 the general assembly for au-
| (hority 10 hire not exceeding $l25,0Oo for
the purpose OF building and equipping a
| new fire station on the East Side, and also
for altering and enlarsing fire stations on
Central street. Greenwich. Burnett and
Public streets and Hope and o.ney
| ttreets, and also for purchasing whatever
fire department apparatus may be neces-
cary for said stations.
| Your committee has been impressed
| during its investigation OF this matter
with the fact that there is no city in the
United States that has so many wooden
buildings as the city Of Providence. and
u ~ therefore necessary that we should
have more apparatus and be better equip
ped for fghting fires than many other
cities.
TAX PAYERS DEMAND 1T.
The last two or three connagrations
have destroyed more property than your
committee now propose that the city
| council shall he authorized 10 hire.
| IL is the taxpayers and owners OF prop
eIty who now ask the city council for ad-
| dtional protection against fire. and,
\ while your committee regret the neces-
sity OF hiring money for repairing build
ings and buying fire apparatus, yet. the
| taxpayers appear 10 demand IL, and. as II
Is their money which they ask TO have ex-
yended for the protection OF their OWN
property. your committee see no other
alternative but 10 apply to tho general
assembly and ask for authority TO hire
the amount herein named for this pur-
| pose.
Respectfully submitted, for the com
| mttee.
| JEREMIAH II. HALL Chairman.
Tho accompanying resolution follows:
Resolved. That the city solicitor be. and
hereby is authorized and directed to ap-
ply TO the general assembly for the pas
sage OF such legislation as will authorize
the city OF Providence TO borrow not ex-
ceeding one hundred and twenty-five
thousand CSl25 0o0) dollars to be used and
expended whenever the city council shall
deem II expedient for building. repairing,
enlarging and furnishing OF fire stations
and the purchase and improvement of
land for fire department purposes"
After the resolution had been submitted
TO the board. Alderman Sisson spoke
briefly In favor OF its passage. urging the
need of protection on the East Side and
emphasizing the fact that the resolution
provided only for the hiring OF the money
and not for the spending of IT,
LAID ON THE TABLE.
| Alderman Perkins asked II the pro-
| posed changes TO the Olney street station
contemplate a ward room. Mr. Sisson re-
piled I'm the affirmative.
Mr.. Perkins said that he did not think
| Il "A good idea to go to the legislature for
money to purchase fire engines; also he
did not see how the resolution would be
operative ~ ward room was to be in
cluded. when the resolution specified
that II was for fire department purposes
| only
Alderman Reynolds spoke at length in
favor Of referring the resolution 10 the
| finance committee. He remarked chiefly
that i'm another year an increase in re
sources would provide the necessary
funds. lie argued that Il was poor bust
ness 10 issue 30-yesr bonds TO buy appara-
tus that would not survive a decade.
Aldermen Parker and Presbrey spoke on
the resolution, the former siding with the
opposition. the latter secondng Alderman
Stssons' resolution.
Mr.. Reynolds motion 20 refer the reso-
luton TO the COMMITTEES on finance was
lost on a standing vote OF to T. Mr.
Reynolds then moved that the resolution
be laid on the table uutil the next meet
ing of the board and the motion was
passed.
OTHER BUSINESS
Several resolutions, accepting gifts 10
the North Burial Grown. were passed
ooncurrently.
a resolution declaring Moulton street
, public highway was passed IN concur
renee
The board concurred with the council in
the passage Of a resolution instructing the
city solicitor 10 apply to the general as
sembly for certain amendments TO the
. building laws IL also passed resolu-
; tion appropriating SIS for expenses for the
supervising engineer for the prevention or
smoke nuisance.
The report of the committee on high
ways on the paving OF Federal street from
, Broadway 10 Bradford street was pre-
sented and a resolution providing for the
, same was passed.