The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-04
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Especial Correspondence.)

Automobile owners 10 cOHle iOi wa -
with their IS bills for registration, as
required by the new act OF 1907, sec
retary Fletcher of the state highway
commission is now preparing lists OF
the missing numbers, which he purpos-
es placing in the hands OF the ponce
with instructions TO arrest and prose
cute all persons operating such ma
chimes as they would an individual
driving an auto without a license
There are nearly 6000 automobiles
now being operated under the old mum
bers issued early in the year and their
owners have not registered according
10 the act, which went into effect on
August first.
There is one statement in the re-
cent report of the Boston finance com
mission on the department OF weights
and measures which will meet with
universal appreciation. The report
saws: THE commission finds itself
unable to regard the man who de-
frauds his fellow-citiZens by the use
OF false weights and measures as any
thing but the meanest kind Of swind-
ler"
The spirit Of extortion which the
use OF false weights and measures rep
resented always has been especially
odious, and, as the commission points
out. cheating by this means was a
criminal offence at the common law.
The poor, OF course, have been the
greatest sufferers from this form OF
petty fraud, and for this reason the
perpetrators of the offence have been
held in the strongest contempt.
The Washington street subway is now
rapidly approaching completion, and
the work now for the most part will
be devoted to the surfacing. A plan
Of ornamental finishing has been
adopted which will make 1t the finest
underground passage i'm the city, and
Il will bear comparison with any traf-
fic tunnel i'm the world.
All the overhead fixtures, such as
pipes, wires, rods and girdcrs, will be
concealed, and a smooth, glossy sur
face with artistic designs will be dis
played. The lighting will be far SUI
perior to that of the former tunnel
and subway.
White tilng will cover the walls to
a height of about six feet, after which
colored ceTamic mosaic work will be
affixed up to the ceiling. and the mar
row arches above will he finished IN
the same material Different color
schemes are to be used for the differ
ent stations, SO that If the traveller
will have four colors i'm mind he need
not search for the names on the wall
10 pick his station. But there will be
names also. They will be worked into
the mosaic directly opposite where
the cars are to stop
Coal receivers are complaining bit
terly at the delay i'm discharging their
cargoes here. The Boston a. Maine
terminal at Mystic wharf where a
large percentage of the coal is dis
charged, is badly congested with
over 10000 tons Of coal i'm the holds
of vessels lying at anchor In the har-
Dor the vessels at the pier were dis
charging only about 4500 tons per day
while the maximum amount that can
be unloaded under normal conditions
is about 5000 tons.
Lack of cars to receive the coal is
the principal cause of the delay. One
of the receivers stated that of the
$500 tons discharged at Mystic wharf
each day fully 1900 tons was Boston
& Albany coal. which the Boston a
Maine has been handling since the
Massachusetts coal companys pier
was destroyed by fire.
The vessels continue TO earn heavy
demurrage because of the existing
conditions
on the roofs and in the yards OF
Hebrew residents of Boston and vicin.
ity, those of the Orthodox belief.
there are 10 be seen hundreds of little
booths and tents which are for living
purposes as part of the observance of
the Feast of the Tabernacles or Sue
Goth This event, an annual occasion.
is 10 commemorate the living i'm booths
FOR 4C years by their people during
the journey through the wilderness out
OF Egypt
When the hour for the meal comes.
the families visit their booths or tents
and there partake of the foods that are
symbolic of the festival AT this time.
also, Is celebrated the harvest of the
grape and the vine. In all the booths.
where small tables occupy the centre
OF the room, large piles of grapes are
10 be found, while on the street cor.
ners the grape pedlers are firhtinp
for space from which to dispose OF
their wares.
One of the most beautiful booths in
this city is that erected by the YOUNG
Mems Hebrew association on the roof
OF their headquarters, at the South
End. II is decorated with myrtle. oak
laurel wreaths and willow. while from
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