The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-03
RIVERSIDE.
Big Consignment Of Cold
Weather Arrived on Schedule
Time--Other Items OF Interest

Items OF news can be left al Goff's res
taurant on Bullocks Point avenue and
they Will receive prompt attention and
publication.
The people here had expected the arrival
OF colder weather yesterday, in fulAlment
OF the prediction printed in The News the
day before, but they were wholly unpre-
pared for the large consignment OF Old
fashioned zero weather, which arrived on
schedule time ard at once proceeded to
make itself at home visiting every house
in town and staying all night
Many people who neglected TO shut of
their water last night found II frozen in
the pipes this morning For the first time
this winter the windows OF all the busi-
ness establishments on Riverside square
were covered with frost last night
The mercury WAS down To zero before
midnight and a couple hours later it was
two degrees below. There seemed TO be
a raise In the temperature I'm the eorly
morning hours. for AT O'Clock the Their
mometer registered three degrees above
zero The mercury started down again
and at Z o'clock the thermometer indi-
Gated two degrees above
Plants were frozen in several residences
and everywhere Ice formed rapidly. The
Willet avenue pond which was open be-
fore the real winter weather made its ap-
pearance, froze as soon as the sweeping
wind abated and Wannamoissett brook
was I'm most places frozen over from bank
to bank, even where the water runs
swiftly If the ice continues for week
10 form as rapidly as IL did last night.
there need Zoe but little apprehension Of
an ice famine in Riverside as there will
be n fair crop Of reasonably thick ice.
STOPPED THE AUTO.
one OF the effects OF the cold snap was
10 do away for the time being with the
automobiles, which up TO the present have
been very much In evidence this winter
Many autos, runabouts, touring cars and
various other types have been seen dur
ing the past few days. some Of them filled
with passengers and others occupied by
solitary individual
1t is but day or two since the big
touring car OF Col s p. Colt of Bristol
passed through here and others have run
by the square daily. This Is an unusual
thing for this season OF the year. as the
weather conditions I'm winter are not com
monty such az 20 permit the general use
or automobiles.
RIVERSIDE is GROWING.
The fact that Riverside Is growing with
remarkable rapidity is evidenced by the
fact that the Willett avenue school is TO
he opened next week 10 accommodate a.
portion OF the pupils with which the other
schools are overcrowded. The new Dean
school on smith street was opened for the
first time last September and received
many OF the pupils which had previously
been accommodated at the other schools
Notwithstanding this fact the pressure
has become so great that the old school
house on Winett avenue Is 60 he opened
to relieve the situation. Another evidence
OF the rapid increase is the scarcity OF
cottages for rent.
Many are erected each year but as
rule they are let long before they are
started. Cottages have been very scarce
for several years, and In spite OF the
many built, the scarcity is becoming
more apparent every year
INTEREST Is GREAT
The interest In bowling seems TO he
greater I'm Riverside than it has been be-
fore since Il became a fad Every night
the alleys are crowded and when the
town league games are on the place is
usually packed with spectators and root
Crs
The fact that there has been littel skat-
ing this winter has served 10 Intensity
the Interest I'm the game or Il Is about
the only amusement there Is at this time
OF the year.