The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26

All four applications for hotel licenses
and two out OF is applications for liquor
licenses were refused yesterday by the
reform Johnston town council
Joseph Coupe, who conducts a saloon
at l Hillside avenue in Manton, and
Philip Latravcrse who desired a license
TO do business in the Latraversc building
on Powder Mil pike, were turned down
hard Coupes application was laid on
the table until the next meeting and
in the meantime he will have an op-
portunity to arrange his Place so as
20 meet the approval Of the chief OF
police and town sergeant. who advise
the mailing up OF several doors leading
to tenement upstairs. and would make
a door leading to the main highway.
LaJraverse has applied for a license
for the past two years and yesterday
was turned down by a vote OF 60 I. as il
is alleged that there Is no need OF a
saloon I'm that section. and one could not
prosper If run according to law. John j.
Fitzgerald appeared before the board in
behalf Of Mr.. Latraverse and said that
If the council refused a license for this
place they were putting themselves i'm Il
position where It would be improper for
them TO grant "A single license in the
town He said 1t would be falling into
the ways OF the Prohibitionists.
Chief Ducharme was in favor OF grant
ing, and President Harris did not vote
The licenses granted were
First-class liquor license-Charles S.
Seamans and John H. Coyle, Railroad
building. Powder Mill pike.
Second class liquor licenses-William
Mtchlson, Aitchison building. Thornton,
Angela Capelli, Capelli building. Sim
onsvile; Giovanni Cardllo. Vctorio
plat; r. G. Fellows, Sunnyside hotel,
O. *. road; Thomas Hartshorn, burrows
building, Thornton; George Hobson, Will
liams building, Morgan avenue: Vincenso
Jacovone corner Atwood and Scltuate
avenues; G. j. Heating, ST. Cloud hotel.
.. X. road; Domenico Lafazia and Camilli
Sangatata. Old School House building.
Plainficld street; Luigi Marghcrita. La
fazia building. Atwood avenue: James r.
McCurdy. Junction House. PlaInfeld
! street; William L. Murphy, Planfield
street. George Norton. Manton house.
Manton Charles S. Seamans. Railroad
building. Powder Mil pike; Francesca
Yaunuccini. Yannuccilli building. Plain
field street.
After rejecting the application OF r.
j Fellows for a hotel license on Old Kill
ingly road the council, on motion of Coun.
Gilman Mathewson. voted that all hote
licenses should be refused This vote dis.
posed of the applications of Cornelius j
Heating for the Sunnysde hotel, on Old
Killingly road and George Norton for his
Manton hotel.
The members Of the council considered
plans for attending TO the roads i'm the
town and thus lesseuing the chances OF
having suits for injuries resulting from
bad roads, and when the meeting finally
! adjourned over an hour later than usual
the question was still unsettled
THE appropriation OF 5000 made Al the
| financial town meeting last April ha.
| been exhausted and therefore the towr
areaSurer has not right 90 make any eX
| pendltures IN this department
The councllmen intended TO authoriz,
| the highway commissioner TO go aheat
! and eXpend enough 10 put the roads IN
/ a safe condition. but Col Tillinghast. a,
| a taxpayer In the town. called attention
| TO the fact that II there was no money al
hand to meet these expenditures the ccun
| ell had no right TO take any such step
| It will probably result I'm the town usrl
/ the L1por farm team 90 do some OF In,
work. until this difficulty can be over
| come.
4 committee was appointed TO look iltc
| the affairs OF the town bonds and note,
| which are about 20 become due ami are
| held by banks. Col Tillinghast at tho
| first meeting OF tho new body explained
tho entire situation and yesterday iresi-
! dent Harris ana William Colwell were az