The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-17


of representatiTs the other day COM
munication, requesting an appropria-
ton of $50. 900 for the use OF the com
mittee in employing the necessary en-
gineers and other persons TO make
complete inventory and appraisal OF
the property of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, located
in Massachusetts. The acting govern
or recommends that the appropriation
be made.
The condition of Gov. Curtis Guild
has shown such favorable progress the
past few days that his relatives ana
immediate friends look for his recoy-
cry. They admit, however, that 1t Will
be a long while before the governor
can be as active as before his Ill
ness.
The attending physicians do not say
positively that Gov Guilds recov-
cry is assured but the Guild family
physician. Or. Frederick b. Winslow,
made the very encouraging statement
that for the last few days there has
been a marked change for the better
in his condition His convalescence
is now progressing fayorably
Recognizing the tendency Of banks
10 the erection Of one-story buildings,
which impress the public with the
sense of an institutions dignity and Sc
curity. the Boston Penny savings bank,
one of the oldest and strongest banks
i'm the city, located at the South End,
has decided to tear down its marble
building which has been landmark
in that section of the city since 1861,
when the bank was Incorporated ana
erect thereon, "a magnificent one-story
banking building.
Nothing will be omitted by the archi-
tects in the way OF vaults and other
necessities for the cCnduC ing OF
banking business and above all things
the building will be so arranged as TO
give plenty of light and air. Many
novel improvements will be introduced
into the new structure
on the deck OF the fishing schooner
I.ucania. when she came into / wharf
a few days ago from Georges, was the
biggest lobster that The ha5itIes OF
the fish pier had ever seen. II was
laziIy moving It's great claws around.
but it could uOt get away, for it was
tied by a stout cord TO the maiGmast.
The lobster, which is thought , be
% years old was drawn mp { the
travis by two of the crew while fish
ing the Georges When it was lifted
into the boat il made vicious snap
at the hand of one Of The men, but did
no injury. The lobster was pushed in
TO the forward part of the dory aid
all the way TO the schooner It was
making frantic efforts 10 get over the
side.
From the tip Of its tail to tho end
of its claws il measured exactly Sc
inches.
The recent decision Of the school
committee to convert the yards OF
twenty-eight of the city schools into
permanent places of recreation, ANA TO
cooperate with the park department
in use of the park Fairgrounds by the
older school pupils, has not ben taxi
en- without evidence OF the wholesome
effects which have come To pupils from
past experiments The responsibility
of organizing "A stam OF instructors and
Supervising the equipment of these
playgruunds falls on Or harrington,
who is an ardent advocate of the plan
and al expert who knows the right
policy To be adopted Tnis is a form
of municipal activity and expenditure
which the fathers did not contemplate,
but II commeuds itself TO the modern
man because of his and his children's
physical and social needs, as they arise
from altered conditions of living in
cities.
Judge William J. Gaynor of the su-
preme court of New York in n recent
address at Harvard ON The Political
Obligations of College Men to the
Community" said in part:
wherever YOU may settle in the
world, you settle as trustees OF the
benefits which You have received here,
If YOU live only for yourself YOU will
have checrless. triendless existence.
There is a growing disregard in this
country for the rights OF the individ-
ual. FREE government lh-Ih' polUlVdl
sense means that the people govern
themselves Nou should preserve that
state of goyerumeut-it is one OF your
highest duties See to it that the ideal
government is preserved. Keep your
officials entirely within the domain of
the law which YOU have prescribed tol
them
"In tho more or less DEGENERATE city
have come from. New York, and
fear Il is more rather than less. w
have not had Anglo-SaXou government
for 30 years. The very principle o
Anglo-Saxon government is that mar
shall not be arrested unless some of
e,,or eane hin, commit a crime or els,