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REPORTS
PRES8NTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
Sfafe of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, Etc.,
Ofpicb op thb Sbcrbtary of State, 1919.
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reports made to the general
Assembly during the legislative
YEAR A. D. 1919.
JANUARY SESSION.
PART II.
Document No.
Report of Qeneral Treasurer 5
Report of State Board of Public Roads 6
Report of Commissioners of Shell Fisheries 7
Report of Board of Trustees of State Sanatorium 8
Report of Board of Food and Drug Commissioners 9
Report of State Librarian, and Report of State Record Commis-
sioner 10
Report of Harbor Commissioners 11
Report of Factory Inspection 12
Report of State Board of Pharmacy 13
Report of State Board of Soldiers' Relief 14
Report of Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College 15
Reports of Adjutant Qeneral and Quartermaster General 16
Report of Commissioners of Inland Fisheries . ; 17
Report of Public Utilities Commission 18
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Public Document.! Appendix. [No. 6.
I^tate of Sipiiir Jalanii anil Prmriiintn (ImilatUma
ANNUAL REPORT
OP THE
GENERAL TREASURER
FROM
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31
1918
PROVIDENCE
THE OXFORD PRESS
1919
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GENERAL TREASURERS.
BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY PATENT.
PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.
Treasurers.
Robert Jeoffreys, ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^
William Balston, J
Robert Jeoffreys. .March 16, 1641, to March 16, 1642.
• NEWPORT.
Robert Jeoffreys March 16, 1641. to March 13, 1644.
Jeremy Qarke March 13, 1644, to May 19, 1647.
PORTSMOUTH.
Thomas Spicer March 16, 1642, to
UNDER THE PARLIAMENTARY PATENT.
General Treasurers.
Jeremy Clarke, Newport May 19, 1647, to May 22, 1649.
John Qarke, Newport May 22, 1649, to the sq>aration.
PROVn>ENCE AlffD WARWICK.
Randall Holden, Warwick May, 1652, to May, 1664.
PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.
John Coggeshall, Newport May 17, 1653, to May 16, 1664.
UNION RE-ESTABUSHED.
John Coggeshall, Newport May, 1654, to Sept. 12, 1654.
Richard Burden, Portsmouth Sept la, 1654, to May 22, 1655.
John Sanford, Portsmouth May 22, 1655, to May 21, 1661.
Caleb Carr, Newport May 21, 1661, to May 22, 1662.
John Sanford, Portsmouth May 28, 1662, to Nov. 25, 1663.
UNDER THE ROYAL CHARTER OF CHARLES H.
John Sanford, Portsmouth Nov. 26, 1663, to May 4, 1664.
John Coggreshall, Newport 1664 to 1672.
Peter Easton, Newport 1672 to 1677.
Thomas Ward, Newport 1677 to 1678.
Pelegc Sanford, Newport 1678 to 1681.
Weston Clarke, Newport 1681 to 1665.
♦John Woodman, Newport 1685 to 1686.
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John Holmes, Newport February,* 1690, to May, 1703.
William Hiscock, Newport 1703 to 1705.
Nathaniel Sheffield, Newport 1706 to 1708.
John Holmes, Newport 1708 to 1709.
Edward Thurston, Newport 1709 to 1714.
Joseph Borden, Pprtsmouth 1714 to 1730.
Abraham Borden, Newport 1730 to 1733.
Gideon Wanton, Newport 1733 to 1743.
John Gardner, Newport .• 1743 to 1748
Thomas Richardson, Newport 1748 to 1761.
Joseph Qarke, Newport 1761 to 1792v Died.
Henry Sherburne, Newport October, 1792, to May, 1808.
Constant Taber, Newport 1808 to X811.
William Ennis, Newport 1811 to 1817.
Thomas G. Pitman, Newport 1817 to 1832.
John Stcarne, Newport 1832 to 1838.
William S. Nichols, Newport X838 to 1839.
John Steame, Newport 1839 to 1840.
Stephen Cahoone, Newport 1840 to 1843.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
Stephen Cahoone, Newport 1843 to 1851.
Edwin Wilbur, Newport 1851 to 1854.
Samuel B. Vernon, Newport 1854 to 1855.
Samuel A. Parker, Newport 1855 to 1866.
George W. Tew, Newport May, 1866. to March, 1868.
Samuel A. Parker, Newport March, 1868, to Feb. 4. 1873. Died.
Samuel Clark, lincoln Feb. 15, 1878, to 1887.
John G. Perry, South Kingstown 1887 to 1888.
Samuel Qark, Lincoln 1888 to 1890.
John G. Perry, South Kingstown 1890 to 1891.
Samuel Clark, Lincoln 1891 to Dec. 27, 1897. Died.
Clinton D. Sellew, Providence Dec. 28, 1897, to May 31, 1898.
Walter A. Read, Glocester 1898 to Dec 14, 1918. Died.
Richard W. Jennings of Cranston Dec 14, 1918. to
*At this date the charter was suspended by Sir Edmund Androso.
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
WALTER A. READ
OF
Glocester.
Born July 6, 1842.
Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 4th Rhode Island Infantry, August 17, 1861,
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant October 2, 1861, 1st Lieutenant November 20,
1861, Captain August 2, 1862; served under General Burnside, General
McQellan, General Pope, General Peck, General Butler and General Grant;
after the battle before Petersburg was senior Captain and commander of the
Regiment until it was disbanded in Providence, October 15, 1864.
Member of Commission for Relief of needy Soldiers and Sailors.
Department Commander, G. A. R., 190a
Postmaster at Chepachet from 1866 to 1^5.
Senator from Glocester from May, 1888, to May, 1892, and from May, 1893,
to May, 1898.
Member of the Board of State Charities and Corrections from June 22,
1892, to January 31, 1917, and chairman of the Board from December, 1910,
to date of his retirement
General Treasurer
From June 1, 1898, until the date of his death,
December 14, 1918.
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Office Staff of General Treasurer.
Bookkeeper Levcrett C. Stevens
Bond Clerk Hattie M. Church
Check Clerk James V. Greenhalgh
Clerk Carrie E. Oatley
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REPORT.
Office of the General Tbeasubbr,
February 4, 1919.
To the Honorable General Assembly:
I have the honor to present a report of the receipts and
disbursements of the Gteneral Treasurer during the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1918, and of the condition of the
State Treasury as of that date, in compliance with the pro-
visions of Chapter 43 of the General Laws.
The receipts are presented in detail and the disbursements,
which will be covered in detail in the report of the State
Auditor, are given in . condensed form. . This condensed
statement has been arranged to conform, as nearly as prac-
ticable, with the classification required by the law relating
to the report of this office, but that classification is somewhat
out of date and is scarcely serviceable when applied to the
volume of business of the present day.
GENERAL FUND.
The condition of the general fund of the treasury may be
summarized as follows :
Balance December 31, 1917 $493,547 21
Receipts during 1918 4,573i949 20
Resources available during 1918 $5,067,496 41
Payments from general fund dui:ing 1918 4,571,256 00
Balance December 31, 1918 $496,240 41
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8 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
This balance remaining in the general fund after all orders
of the State Auditor for the fiscal year had been paid was
represented by deposits In certain banks^ and cheques and
cash on hand. The deposits in the banks drawing interest
at two per cent on daily balances were: Industrial Trust
Company |157,722.38; Rhode Island Hospital Trust Com-
pany 1165,945.26, and the Union Trust Company |82,524.36.
About the middle of the year, the General Treasurer had
reason to borrow $200,000 on short time notes, which were
paid on maturity.
LOAN ACCOUNTS.
In addition to the general fund of the State Treasury there
are a number of accounts covering funds remaining of the
several bond issues for harbor improvement, park purposes,
and construction and repairs at various institutions. The
accounts of this nature active at the close of the fiscal year
were: Harbor Improvement Loan, Second Metropolitan
Park Loan, Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914, of 1915, of
1916 and of 1918. The following is a summary of those
accounts for the fiscal year :
Total funds on deposit December 31, 191 7 $369,875 13
Receipts during 1918 from bond issues and other sources 150,186 58
$520,061 71
Payments during 1918 254,374 70
Funds on deposit December 31, 1918 $265,687 01
The General Assembly, at its January Session, 1918,
authorized dn issue of $850,000 bonds of the Charitable Insti-
tutions Loan of 1918, but a sale of f 25^000 of these bonds was
found sufficient to meet the current requirements under war
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conditions. A Hale of |125,000 bonds of the Bridge Constnu -
tion Loan of 1917 Avas also made durinjr the year.
The funds of these Joan a<*(ounts are subj<»et to th(» orders
of the State Auditor, from time to time, and are kei)t on
deposit in certain banks in the city of Provid<»nc<» at tAvo per
cent interest on daily balances. The bank deposits at the
close of the tiscal year covering thes(» funds were in th(»
following banks : Industrial Trust (^ompany |77,JJ84.41 :
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company f ()3,()4().84 ; National
Exchange Bank 1124,705.70.
RONDKI) INDKBTEDXESS.
The bonded indebtedness of the State at the close of th(»
tiscal year was |7,702,000, an in(*reas<» of fOS,0()0 during the
year.
There was an addition of ?150,000 by the sale of bonds of
the Bridge (^onstructiiui Loan and of the Charitable Institu-
tioHH Loun of 1918 and a rcniuction of the indebtedness by the*
retirement of ?72,000 State House Construction Loan bonds,
due 1924, which the late General Treasurer Read was abl(»
to purchase at a price that resulted in a i)r6fit of J|2,2;>8.00
to the sinking fund. The sinking fund acccmnt for the fiscal
year may be summarized as folloAvs:
Bonded indebtedness December 31, 1917 $7,624,000 00
Proceeds from sale of bonds during 1918 150,000 00
$7,774,000 00
Retirement of State House Construction bonds, 1924. . 72,000 co
$7,702,000 00
Securities and cash in Sinking Funds 1,263,843 63
Net bonded indebtedness December 31, 1918 $6,438,156 37
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A certificate of the Sinking Fund Conuuissioners shoAving
an examination of the securities and deposits in the sinking
fund, as of the fiscal year ending I)(H*.einber .'U, 1918, is in-
cluded in this rei)ort.
There was, at tlie close of the fiscal year, a total of
12,407,884.05 reprcssented by cash and securiti(»s in the cus-
tody and control of the (Jeneral Treasurer as follows :
Balance in general fund $496,240 41
Balance in loan accounts 265,687 01
Securities and cash in sinking funds i ,263,843 63
Permanent school fund 249,941 19
Touro Jewish Synagogue- fund 72,01 1 81
Land Grant fund of 1862 50,000 00
Co-operative Vocational Education fund (U. S.) 3.219 49
Venereal Disease Control fund (U. S.) 5»92o 51
vSoldiers* Home Burial Lot fund. ..." 1,020 00
During the fiscal year covercnl by this rei>ort, with the
exception of the last two Aveeks, this office was administered
by the late Walter A. Read, of Glocester, whose sudden death
on December 14, 1918, brought to a close a term of continuous
service as General Treasurer covering a period of more than
twenty years. *In recognition of his faithful and Aaluable
services, not only in this office, but also in many other posi-
tions of usefulness and responsibility, I have j>refaced this
report with a brief record of his public activities.
RICHARD W. JENNINGS,
General Treasurer,
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS.
*State Tax for general purposes $672,671 74
♦State Tax for highway purix)ses 221404 48
*Tax on savings deposits 703,262 84
*Corj)orate excess tax, business corporations 984,020 82
* Franchise tax, business corporations '7f744 33
*Gross eamings tax, public service corporations. . . 294,684 35
♦Franchise tax, street railways -2,595 94
♦Tax on inheritances and deposits therefor 30^738 40
♦Tax on bank shares 8,820 I'j
♦Tax on insurance business and fees, etc 265,290 30
♦Fines, costs, fees, etc., from Courts and officers. . . 102,879 63
Fees for automobile registrations and licenses 385,608 00
♦State share of liquor licenses ^S^WS ^4
♦State share of shows, pool, etc., licenses 17,870 50
Rent of oyster beds 76,062 82
♦Hunters' licenses 10,825 94
Fishermen's licenses 946 1 5
Lobster fishennen's licenses 1,215 00
♦Peddlers' licenses 555 00
Milk dealers' licenses 250 00
♦Duty on auctioneers i ,138 44
Fees for examination practice of medicine 340 00
Fees for examination practice of mid'wifery 285 00
Fees for examination trained nurses 595 00
♦Fees for analysis commercial fertilizers 2,240 00
♦Fees for charters 37,280 00
Fees for civil commissions i ,552 do
♦Fees, miscellaneous 239 28
Income from interest and dividends:
On general deposits 1 5,585 77
On Metropolitan Park Loan . . . ., 2,514 74
On Harbor Improvement Loan 1,385 75
♦On Charitable Institutions Loans 2,885 02
On Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 2,361 50
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*On Permanent School Fund
*On Corporate excess and Franchise taxes overdue
*On Inheritance taxes
*On Agricultural Loans
♦Interest, miscellaneous
Receipts from Boards, Institutions, etc,, for sup-
part, care, tuition, rents, sales, labor, etc.:
State Institutions in Cranston
Penal and Charitable Commission
State Home and School
State Sanatorium
Exeter School
♦Tuition, State Normal School
State Board of Agriculture
Harbor Commission, rents, wharfage, etc
Metropolitan Park Commission
Automobile department, sale of number plates. . . .
Sale of laws, schedules and Court reports
Rent of armories
*Sales, miscellaneous
Refund of agricultural loans
Soldiers' Relief, National Home for Disabled Sol-
diers
* Highway improvement, payments by cities, towns,
etc
Stone bridge maintenance from Bay State Street
Railway Company
The Rhode Island Company, share of cost of in-
vestigation
Unclaimed dividends Warwick Institution for Sav-
ings
Board of Firemen's Relief, unexpended balance. . .
♦Repayments and refunds, miscellaneous
$11,948 00
1,423 4»
383 49
69 59
220 83
154,575 18
2,594 66
3-396 41
9,382 70
3,246 32
9,292 98
999 57
15,632 74
3,396 97
629 32
824 68
2,001 00
1,19s 76
36,584 38
8,925 00
6,244 oi
750 00
9.868 15
561 83
1,780 21
227 96
♦See detailed statement.
$4^573,949 -20
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 13
DETAILED STATEMENTS OF RECEIPTS.
STATE TAXi:S.
State Tax, Due December 15, 1917.
Central Falls $483 83
West Greenwich 161 85
$645 68
State Tax, Due June 15, 191 8.
Barrington $2,406 54
Bristol 3773 30
Burrillville 2,010 qo
Central Falls (),362 87
CTiarlestown 548 24
Coventry -2.3-^9 08
Cranston 11 ,034 60
Cumberland 4.SSO 07
P!ast Greenwich i ,361 42
I^ast Providence 7410 49
Exeter 247 5 1
Foster 289 59
Glocester 533 22
Hopkinton 881 27
Jamestown i ,535 83
Johnston 1 ,919 05
Lincoln 2»758 32
Little Compton ....". i , 1 1 3 97
Middletown i .630 4 1
Narragansett i ,843 50
Xew Shoreham . . . . ! 48a 22
Newport 30,568 28
North Kingstown 2,295 -^
North Providence 2,396 49
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North S.mithfield $1,389 00
Pawtucket 30,164 26
Portsmouth 1,440 05
Providence 174^929 S3
Richmond yTTj 44
Scituate 1,768 28
Smithfield . . ! i ,508 97
South Kingstown 3»'293 45
Tiverton 2,065 5^
Warren 3,297 85
Warwick 8,420 61
West Warwick 5,075 49
West Greenwich 161 85
Westerly 5.253 66
Woonsocket 16,026 18
$345,802 51
State Tax, Due December 15, 1918.
Barrington $2,558 67
Bristol 3.896 42
Burrillville 2,148 06
Central Falls 6,6gi 16
Charlestown 555 75
Coventry 2,344 55
Cranston 1 1,600 51
Cumberland 4,599 40
East Greenwich * 1407 63
East Providence 7.974 18
Exeter 247 or
Foster 292 83
Glocester 629 45
Hopkinton 842 00
Jamestown 1,582 1 5
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Johnston $2,077 ^
Lincoln 2,840 25
Little Compton 1,1 13 99
Middletown 1,733 90
New Shoreham 462 34
North Kingstown 2,375 65
North Providence 2,451 48
North Smithfield 1436 69
Pawtucket 32,582 48
Portsmouth 1,455 ^^
Providence 181,284 9^
Richmond 788 55
Scituate 1 ,549 91
Smithfield i ,744 52
South Kingstown 3,332 82
Tiverton 2,131 38
Warren 3.513 57
Warwick 8,420 61
West Warwick 5»07S 49
West Greenwich 168 40
Westerly 5.439 33
Woonsocket 16.874 87
RECAPITULATION.
$326,223 55
State Tax due December 15, 1917 $645 68
State Tax due June 15, 1918 345,802 51
State Tax due December 15, 1918 326,223 55
$672,671 74
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HIGHWAY TAXES.
State Highway Tax, Due December 15, 1917.
West Greenwich
State Highway Tax, Due June 15, 1918.
Harrington
Hristol
Hurrillville
Central Falls
Charlestovvn
Coventry
Cranston
Cumberland
East Greenwich
h!ast Providence
l^xeter
Foster
Glocester
1 lopkinton
Jamestown •
Johnston
Lincoln
Little Compton
Middletown
Narragansett
New Shoreham
Newport
North Kingstown
North Providence
North Smithfield
Pawtucket
Portsmouth
Providence
$53
95
$802
18
1.257
76
670
30
2,120
96
182
74
776 36
3.678
20
r.516
6.;
453
81
2,470
16
82
50
96
53
177
74
293
76
S'l
94
639
68
919 4-4
371
32
543 47
614
50
160
07
10,189
42
765
07
798 83
463
00
10.054 75
480
01
58.309 85
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Richmond ; $242 48
Scituate ' • 589 42
Smithiield 502 99
South Kingstown 1,097 82
Tiverton 688 50
Warren i ,099 28
Warwick 2,806 87
West Warwick i ,691 83
West Greenwich S3 95
Westerly 1,751 22
Woonsocket 5.34-2 06
$115,267 46
State Highway Tax, Due December 15, 1918.
Harrington $852 89
Bristol 1,298 80
Burrillville 716 02
Central Falls 2,230 38
Charlestown 185 25
Coventry 781 5 r
Cranston 3,866 83
Cumberland 1.533 13
East Greenwich 469 21
Exeter 82 34
Foster 97 61
Glocester 1 209 82
Hopkinton 280 66
Jamestown 527 38
Johnston 692 35
Lincoln 946 75
Little Compton 371 33
Middletown 577 96
New Shoreham 1 54 1 1
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North Kingstown
North Providence
North Smithfield
Pawtucket
Portsmouth
Providence
Richmond
Scituate
Smithfield
South Kingstown
Tiverton
Warren
Warwick
West Warwick
West Greenwich
Westerly
Woonsocket
$106,083 07
RECAPITULATION.
State Highway Tax due December 15, 1917 $53 95
State Highway Tax due June 15, 1918 115,267 46
State Highway Tax due December 15, 1918 106,083 07
$791
88
• 817
16
47889
10,860 83
485
20
60,428
30
262 85
516 64
581
51
I, no
94
710
46
1,171
>y
2,806
87
1,691
83
56
13
1,813
II
5/«4 95
$221,404 48
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TAX ON SAMNGS DKPOSITS.
Savings Banks.
Centreville Savings Bank $5,165 23
C'itizens Savings Bank 53422 23
Columbus Exchange Bank 2,803 95
Gorham Savings Bank 334 5 1
Island Savings Bank 6,448 23
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$8,250
66
29.525 73
53488
44
14,281
17
5.661
08
130.643
oy
46.865
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2.218
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5.014 79
1,627
07
38.521
47
804 87
$405,077
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Mechanics Savings Bank (Woonsocket)
Pawtucket Institution for Savings
Peoples Savings Bank : . .
Producers Savings Bank
Providence County Savings Bank
Providence Institution for Savings
Savings Bank of Newport
Smithfield Savings Bank
Wakefield Institution for Savings
Wickford Savings Bank
Woonsocket Institution for Savings
La Credit Union de Notre Dame de Central Falls.
Trust Companies.
Industrial Trust Company $127,696 95
Italo-American Mutual Trust Company 389 20
Phenix Trust Company 1 410 48
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 78,463 24
Slater Trust Company 27,807 23
Union Trust Company 13,727 94
Wakefield Trust Company 736 45
Washington Trust Company 19,291 88
Woonsocket Trust Company 2,323 12
$271,846 49
National Banks.
Mechanics National Bank $6,746 21
Merchants National Bank 8,340 41
National Exchange Bank of Providence 10,421 84
Citizens National Bank of Woonsocket 830 88
$26,339 34
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RECAPITULATION.
Savings Deposits.
Savings Banks . . . $405,077 01
Trust Companies 271 ,846 49
National Banks -26,339 34
$703,262 84
CORPORATE EXCESS TAX.
MANUF.\CTURIXG, MERCANTILE AND MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS.
Due July i, 191 2.
Hennessey Laundry Company $149 40
New England Land Company ^ 5 90
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 8 54
Due July i, 1913.
Beattie, Roy H., Incor|X)rated $137 78
Girard Brothers Company 64 91
I lennessey Laundry Company i49 69
New England Land Company 1 5 90
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 13 58
Due July i, 1914.
Beattie, Roy H., Incorix)rated $137 78
Hennessey Laundry Company 168 26
New England Land Company ^5 90
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 9 67
Due July j', 1915.
Beattie, Roy H., Incorporated $'37 78
Enterprise Real Estate Corporation 86 99
Hennessey Laundry Company 164 53
New England Land Company ^5 90
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 12 23
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Due July i, 1916.
Beattie, Roy H., Incorj)oratcd
American Loan Company
Castritius, A. L. Company
Crown Confection Shop
Globe Optical Company
Hennessey Laundry Company
Miller, Henry F. & Sons Piano Comi)any
Xew England I^nd Company
Powers- Dundas Comi)any
R. I. Security Company
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company
Duv July I, 1917.
American Loan Company
Amstaco, Incorporated
Anshen, L. J, Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Bay State Cranberry Company, on account
Beattie, Roy H., Incon>oratcd
Bens, William Company
Benjanjin Brothers Company
Beyer Brothers Commission Company
Brown, Gilbreth Company, Incorporated
Bonnet Point Land Company
Canadian & Southern Lumber Company
Cranston Bottling Company
Crown Confection Shop
Crown Realty Company
Dimond Company
Domestic Sewing Machine Company. Incorporated.
Dyer Credit Company
Fceley, W. J. Company
Flint Farms, Incorporated
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Gallasi, T. V. Company $89 88
General Plastering Company 51 ^7
German Sausage Company 33 05
Gertsacov, Max Company 14 48
Globe Optical " Company 22 14
Hand Brewing Company 942 31
Hasselbaum Company . .' 27 86
Hennessey Laundry Company 190 96
Interstate Ice Company 20 80
Invincible Tire Company 7 08
La Lo Chemical Company 175 56
Learned, C. J. Company 2 59
May's, Incorporated 28 62
Merchant Tailors' Trimming House, Incorporated. 56 j'j
Merrill, S. K. Company ' 289 98
Narragansett Bay Realty Company 184 78
New England Amusement Co 1 20 00
New England Land Company J 5 90
Oakland Cemetery Company 3 74
OIneyville Provision Company ^5 12
Openshaw, James Company 70 00
Paige Motor Company of Rhode Island I39 53
Providence Novelty Company 32 00
Providence Printing Company 73 20
Rex Mfg. Company 245 41
R. I. Electric Equipment Company 85 81
Rhode Island Security Company 88 22
Riter-Conley Company 126 00
Rocheford Harness Company 12 95
Raphael-Gouse Textile & Supply Company 13 28
Saywell-Lundg^en Company 7 50
Safety Locker Company 88 00
Silverworkers Mutual Loan Company I73 47
Smith, Benjamin F, Company 474 21
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$21
60
i6
40
35 91
7
88
8
11
8
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30
80
Sweeney Brothers Company
Unique Findings & Supply Company.
Vito, A. Construction Company
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company
Western Mercantile Corporation
Wilkinson, James Company ,.
Williams, Charles H. Company
$8,999 63
CORPORATE EXCE;SS TAX. 1918.
MANUFACTURING, MERCANTILE AND MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS.
A. A. A. Spooling & Winding Com])any $58 47
A. L. N. S. Company 30 80
Abda Amusement Company 240 00
Alberthaw Construction Company 60 84
Abrasive Machine Tool Company 8 80
Acker, Merrill & Condit Company 70 01
Adams, C. F. Company 259 24
Adams Brothers Company 34 65
Acme Finishing Company 1,868 01
Adder Machine Company 7^ 7^
Adie-Brown Land Company 61 67
Adjustment Bureau of the Providence Association
of Creditmen i 72
Adrian, William F. Company .•. . . ' 58 71
Aetna Bottle & Stopper Company 420 10
Agawam Chemical Works 1 17 31
Akerman Company 70 32
Aldrich-Eldredge Company 560 94
Allen Feature Film Corporation 72 10
Allen Fire Department Supply Company ^73 35
Allen Hippodrome Corporation 224 28
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Allen Opera House Company $58 54
Allen Wrench & Tool Company 27 14
Allen & Reed, Incorporated 1,341 08
Ailing, W. S. Rubber Company 105 58
Almy, Arthur C. Company 44 5^
Almy Water-Tube Boiler Company 306 31
Amber Star Films Corporation 100 20
Alsace Worsted Company s . 5»i38 86
America Land Company 1 57 ^7
American Ball Company 69 88
American Brass Company 5^7 ^9
American Bridge Company 508 10
American Bottling Corporation 209 78
American Coated Pai)er Company 142 54
American Coin Lock Company 11860
American Cotton Oil Company 3J84 19
American Electrical Works 10,699 ^3
American Emery Wheel Works 1^279 65
American E^namel Company 522 39
American File Renewing Company 26 09
American Fish Culture Company 165 00
American Flyer Company 240 00
-Xmerican Hair Cloth Company 700 00
American Loan Company, Incorporated 139 65
American Locomotive Company 479 26
American Multiple Fabric Company 557 57
American News Company 224 31
American Oil Company * 184 17
.\merican Oyster Company 92 72
American Paper Tube Company 699 54
American Plumbing Company 34 1 1
American Radiator Company 530 84
American Roll Gold Leaf Company 373 64
American Screw Company 5»i45 85
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American Ship Windlass Company $73 36
American Silk Spinning Company 4»7S7 18
American Sugar Refining Company 5^19
American Supply Company 718 83
American Textile Company 305 60
American Vending Machine Company 10 92
American Woolen Company 2,209 44
American Wringer Company 4»32i 31
American & British Mfg. Company 1,920 20
Anchor Webbing Company 498 13
Anderson Candy Company 170 68
Andrews Express & Storage Warehouse, Inc 59 85
Andrews Land Company 22 28
Andrews & Spelman Company 300 73
Anshen, L. J. Company 339 09
Anthony, J. L. & Company 85 49
Anthony, Alfred Estate Company 86 33
Anthony-Cascambas-Gandy, Incorporated 60 91
Anthony Coal & Cement Company 107 47
Anthony Furniture Company 443 29
Apartment House Corporation 53 13
Apco M fg. Company 141 So
Apponaug Company 2,259 95
Aquidneck Realty Company 41 09
Arcadia Amusement Company 95 00
Arcadia Print Works 304 68
Armour Fertilizer Works loi 20
Armour & Company 3 091 73
Arnold Company 5 00
Arnold, Hoffman & Company, Incorporated 1,107 9^
Arnold Realty Company I5 52
Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Company 166 33
Artesian Well & Supply Company 333 14
Ashaway Woolen Company , . , . , 376 90
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Associated Merchants Stamp Company $4 oo
Astor Lunch Company loi 29
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company i»9S7 67
Atlantic Mills of Rhode Island 5,016 56
Atlantic Refining Company 21 37
Atlantic Tubing Company ! 972 54
Atlas Machine Company 1 16 80
Atlas Sheet Metal Works 22 84
Atwood, Crawford Company 186 12
Austin Company 1 10 07
Autocar Sales & Service Company 134 27
Autosales Corporation 71 00
Bachrach, Louis Fabian, Incorporated 18 91
Baird-North Company i»433 ^7
Baker, Richard J. Company 104 93
Balch, Joseph Realty Company 12 56
Ball Realty Company 25 16
Ballou, B. A. & Company, Incorporated 481 15
Ballou, F. E. Company 237 97
Ballou, F. M. Company 24 40
Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Company 355 52
Bamford & Smith Corporation 26 75
Bank Building Company 1 5 86
Barker Artesian Well Company 43 20
Barker Building & Realty Company 17 S8
Barker, Ralph R. Incorporated 64 91
Barker & Company, Incorporated : 20 37
Bamai Worsted Company 781 23
Barrett Company 46 02
Barrett, W. E. Company 362 50
Barrington Steam Brick Company 125 17
Barstow Realty Company 911
Barstow Stove Company 253 1 1
Bartclt-Comstock Company 38 00
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Bartlett, Milot Company $21 oo
Bassett Jewelry Company 669 74
Bates, Dr. Sanatorium Company 24 76
Bayer Company, Incorporated i»638 95
Beach & Sweet, Incorporated 214 54
Beacon Oyster Company 61 20
Beaman & Smith Company 496 55
Beard, J. J. Furniture Company 209 89
Beattie, Roy H. Incorporated ^37 78
Beckwith Land Company 14 46
Bedell, Incorporated 219 88
B^n Bros. Incorporated 37 39
Belcher & Loomis Hardware Company 2,277 22
Belmont Lunch Company 169 01
Belmont Realty Company 4^ 59
Benn, Joseph & Sons, Incorporated 7,600 18
Bennett, T. E. Company 69 60
Bentlee Mfg. Company, Incorporated 5 38
Bentley, Clarke Auto Company 13 20
Berard & Proulx Company, Incorporated 21 70
Berkeley Company 5,162 39
Besse-Boeker Company 161 02
Beverly Land Company 126 42
Bigelow Land Company 5 97
Bigney, C. I. Construction Company 106 06
Birchall Mfg. Company 76
Bishop Bros. & Baker Company 27 45
Bishop, J. W. Company' 630 59
Biackstone Glazed Paper Company 337 34
Blackstone Hall Company 32 70
Biackstone Machine Company 32 03
Blackstone Mfg. Company 1,646 24
Biackstone Specialty Company 11 25
Blackstone Stocking Company * 58 00
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Blackstone Tire & Rubber Company
Blake, F. N. Company \
Blanding & Blanding, Incori^rated
Bliss & Company
Bliven Opera House Company
Block Island, Newport & Providence Transporta-
tion Company /
Blodgett & Orswell Company
Bloom, S. Company, Incorporated
Bodwell Land Company
Bonner & Barnewall, Incorporated
Borden's Premium Company, Incorporated
Border City Gametting Company
Boss & Seiffert Company
Boston, Providence & Fall River Express Company
Boston Store Land Company
Boston Wire Stitcher Company
Boacher-Tetu Company
Bourne Mills
Bourn Rubber Company
Bowcn, C. W. & R. M. Company
Bowen, Philip J. Hardware Company
Bower Piano Company
Bowery Street Land Company
Bradburn Motors Company
Bradstreet Company
Branaghan Bottling Company
Bradford Dyeing Association (U. S. A.) . . ' » .
Branj^han, J. H. Company
• Brayton, D. W. Company
Brayton, L. Foundry Company : . . .
Breidenbach. R. A. Incorporated
Bridge Company
Bridge "Mill Power Company
$129
97
6s 96
37i
16
23704
20
57
175 40
1.617
64
42
00
130
70
144
31
I
35
34 40
48 76
10
60
19
28
686
40
57
88
357 37
673
23
41
55
14
30
00
119
82
117
48
27
64
8685
583
03
76
91
22
43
106
98
334 70
50 76
462
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Brick's Amos D. Sons, Incorporated
Brier Mfg. Company
Briggs, J. & Sons Company
Briggs, S. J. Company, Incorporated
Briggs & Company, Incorporated
Briggs & Nichols Barrel Company, Incorporated. . .
Brightridge Land Company
Bristol Ferry Company
Broad Street Power Company
Broadway Hardware Company
Broadway Storage Company
Broadway Tire Exchange Company, Incorporated. .
Brooks, C. E. Company
Brown Bros. Company
Brown, Edward A. Company
Brown Howland Corporation
Brown Land Company
Brown, William R. Company
Brown & Dean Company
Brown & Mills
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Company
Brownell Machinery Company
Brownell & Field Company
Brown, King & Company
Brunnckow, C. G. Company
Bryant & Stratton-Rhode Island Commercial School
Buckingham Company, Incorporated
Budlong Rose Company
Buell Realty Company
Builders Concrete Stone Company. .,
Builders Iron Foundry
Builders & Merchants Exchange
Burdick Clarke Company
Burgess Mills
29
$95 27
190 66
230 16
54 16
3288
62 65
32 50
4983
73 60
224 00
53 60
III 24
6086
112 67
125 73
23 90
244 55
15 43
8800
15 90
41,814 86
1,273 66
916 25
592 95
15876
• 102 07
29 77
295 44
2 29
75 88
1^3 23
34 20
119 44
1.447 44
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Burke Engineering CcMnpany $19 13
Burnham Store Company 153 03
Bums, John Granite Company 28 33
Burns International Detective Agency, Incorporated 10 93
Burroughs Adding Machine Company 340 00
Burrows & Kenyon, Incorporated 867 96
Bush, Charles S. Company 644 41
Business Statistics, Incorporated S 50
Butman & Tucker Company i '5 50
Butterick Stores Company 3 60
Buttonwood Beach Association 21 36
Cadillac Auto Company of Rhode Island 769 60
Cady Moving & Storage Company 24 85
Cadoza Sales Company 286 26
Cahoone, George H. Company 557 19
Calder Dentine Company 6 40
Callender, McAuslan & Troup Company 1,174 40
Cannon & Brown, Incorporated 12 00
Cape Ann Fish Company 20 00
Capitol Real Estate Company ^5 67
Capron Company 170 41
Caproni Brothers Company 287 91
Capwell, Searles Lumber Company 42 91
Carlton Hotel Company 8 00
Carolina Company 385 63
Carpenter, Frank F. Lumber Company 214 45
Carpenter Furniture Company 46 89
Carpenter, J. M. Tap & Die Company 1,322 27
Carpenter & Wood Company, Incorporated 22 30
Carr, L. M. Company 84 32
Carrique Land Company 19 95
Carroll Realty Company 16 24
Carter Realty Company 61 80
Cartier, M. N. & Sons Co., Incorporated 300 ^4
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Cartier, M. N. & Sons Realty Company
Casino Amusement Company
Cassella Color Company
Castner, Curran & Bullitt, Incorporated
Castritius, A. L. Company
Cataract Tire & Garage Company
Cellini Company
Centreville Mills
Central Automobile Tire Company
Central Coal Company, Incorporated
Central Falls Furniture Company
Central Falls Stone Company
Central Real Estate Company
Central Realty Company
Central Tool Company
Central Warp Company, Incorporated
Centerdale Worsted Mills
Century Colors Corporation
ChaflFee, Thomas K. Company, Incorporated
Champion Horse Shoe Company
Champlin, Arthur D. Company
Champlin Lumber Company
Cliamplin, S. B. Company
Chandler Motors of R. I., Incorporated
Chapin-Northup Company
Chapin & HoUister Company
Cheapside Land Company
Cherry Neck Realty Company
Chester, F. E. Mfg. Company
Chevrolet Motor Company of New York, Incor-
porated
Child & Miller Company
Quids Company of Providence
Church, E. C. Company
$17
20
9
12
32
69
919
66
26
96
43
36
80
00
62
00
132
22
65 OS
93 32
54 35
51
56
7
38
148
41
100
55
7.647
33
158
91
15429
364
27
50 33
181
41
276
94
104
80
20
48
99
15
20
12
112
18
492 87
277 37
10
12
270 41
249 46
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Churchill House Corporation $7 68
City Bellevue Laundry Company /O 5^
City Fuel & Feed Company 67 43
Claflin, George L. Company 378 35
Clapp, B. P. Ammonia Company 810 31
Clapp, Otis & Son, Incorporated 46 40
Clark Mfg. Company 268 23
Clark & Coombs Company 543 26
Clason Architectural Metal Works Company : . ^/^ ^9
Cleveland Vapor Light Company 96 99
Cleveland Worsted Mills Company 246 02
Clinton Mfg. Company 930 04
Clinton Realty Company 18 80
Coates, Hurdis Company 30 34
Coats Co-Operative Association i 76
Coats, J. P. Incorporated (R. I.) 12,206 35
Coe, W. H. Mfg. Company 179 91
Cohn & Rosenberger, Incorporated of R. 1 138 65
Cole Teaming Company 52 23
Collins Brothers Machine Company 149 20
Collyer Insulated Wire Company 826 42
Collycr Machine Company 12 00
Colored Worsted Mill 2,925 90
Cokjuhoun, D. & Son, Incorporated 106 27
Columbia Graphophone Company 12 89
Columbus Club Building Association 8 45
Colvin Foundry Company 434 40
CoKvell Worsted Mills 760 26
Commercial Camera Company 768 96
Coimnercial Corporation 5 60
Common Sense Gum Company 959 54
Compartment Garage Company 2 yj
Comstock, J. F. & Sons Company 200 80
Comstock Land Company 200 98
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Comstock, R. W. Land Company
Conant, H. Real Estate Company
Conaty, Bernard Company, Incorporated
Conductors & Engineers International Investment
Company
Congdon & Carpenter Company
Consolidated Car Fender Company
Consolidated Land Company
Consolidated Rendering Company
Consumers Brewing Company
Continental Finishing Company
Continental Metals Company
Contrexeville Mfg. Company
Cook, A. S. Company
Cook, Dunbar, Smith Company
Cook, Edward N. Plate Company
Cooke, Byron S. Company
Cooke, C. H. Company
Cooke, Henry W. Company
Co-operative Loan, Mortgage & Real Estate Com-
pany
Copeland Mill' Supply Company
Cory & Reynolds Company
Cottrell, John T. Company
Coupe, Murphy Company
Coventry Company
Cowen Braid Mfg. Company
Coy, Frank W. Real Estate Company
Craft & Newton, Incorporated
Cranston Worsted Mills
Credit Foncier Canadien
Creditors National Clearing House
Crefeld Waste & Batting Company
Crescent Braid Company, Incorporated
33
Pi,7i3 75
8764
33 40
66
52
2,214
24
188
93
247
80
942 35
238
70
375
66
64 76
468
8x
180 18
740 57
319 39
133
83
8026
26
58
119
16
14
2t
24 40
892
41
18
00
2,057 43
270
12
45
00
67
04
2,621
56
73
15
6
34
1,740
10
128
21
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Crimmings, J. J. Company
Crocker-Johnson Cwnpany, Incorporated
Crompton Company
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works
Crooker Company
Crosby, J. D. Company
Cross, A. T. Pencil Company
Crown Food Products Corporation
Crown Garage Company
Crown Worsted Mills, Incorporated
Crucible Steel Company of America
Cruise & Smiley Construction Company, Incor-
. porated
Crumb Quarry Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Cuddy-Gardner Company
Cumberland Land Company
Cumberland Worsted Mills
Curran & Burton, Incorporated
Gushing Realty Company
Cutter & Wood Supply Company
D. W. F. Engineering Company
D. & N. Mfg. Company, Incorporated
D. & W. Fuse Company
Daggett & Miller Company, Incori>orated
Darling, C. H. Company
Darling, C. P. Company
Darling, George E. Company
Darling-Slade Construction Company
Darlington Textile Company
Darrow-Mann Company
Dart, E. M. Mfg. Company
Davol Rubber Company
Dean, John M. Company
$64 77
19 20
1,106 36
3.044 27
174 05
65088
47 47
24 16
46 62
622 26
660 25
199 00
241 20
383 01
"5 43
208 05
395 09
1,542 18
18 72
208 42
57 56
40 46
1,812 55
163 53
55 62
336 12
no 89
420 31
105 94
24 40
594 34
1,122 60
56678
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Dean Realty Company $14 38
Decker, F. A. Company 27 46
DeLuxe Silk Hosiery Company 727 44
Delany, Lyons Company 258 00
Del Rossi, G. D. Company 69 31
Dempsey Bleachery & Dye Works 1 17 35
DcNevers Bros. Furniture Company 97 4^
Dennis Real Estate Company i 05
Desurmont, Jules Worsted Company 4,182 90
Devereux, O. C. Company 40 87
Dexter, Edgar M. & Company, Incorporated 82 14
Dexter Land Company 14 S6
Dexter Realty Company 8 00
Dexter Yam Company 3,622 40
Diebold Safe & Lock Company 10 69
Dillman Bakery, Incorporated 186 69
Dillon & Douglass, Incorporated 194 37
Direct Importing Company 1 16 84
Direct Rubber Company 140 80
Dodge Sales & Engineering Company 77 1 4
Dodge & Camfield Company 357 01
Doe & Company, Incorporated 61 04
Doe & Little Coal Company 94 76
Dolbey Ice Cream Company 122 27
Domestic Sewing Machine Company, Incorporated. 28 27
Donle, Chaf les B. & Sons 53 32
Doran, James C. & Sons 60 66
Dorari, M. J. Company 122 12
Douglas, W. L. Shoe Company 188 55
Douglas, William Company 28 27
Dover, George W. Incorporated 158 76
Doyle, L. T. Company, Incorporated 11 12
Draper, J. O. Company 1,376 52
Dudley Hardware Company 106 54
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Duffy Hardware Compatiy $40 42
Dunford Mfg. Company 8 00
Dunn Worsted Mills 3407 45
Dupuis, Frank Company 266 14
Dyer Real Estate Company 6 54
Dyerville M f g. Company 9 48
Eagle Brewing Company 914 43
Eagle Dye Works 340 20
Eagle Land Company 10 20
Eagle Mills 308 47
Eagle Realty Company 8 54
Eagleville Company 90 50
East Greenwich Farmers Corporation 64
Early, Thomas H. Company 36 90
Eastern AcWertising Company 49 63
Eastern Advertising Company (R. I.) 122 86
Eastern Boh & Nut Company 767 17
Eastern Coal Company i .412 29
Eastern Construction Company 91 27
Eastern Finishing Works 508 05
Eastern Home Building Association 3 36
Eastern Nail Company, Incorporated 3^8 57
Eastern Sanitary Towel Company 25 72
Eastern Waist Company 41 89
Eastern Wreath Mfg. Company 2 85
Easton & Burnham Machine Company • 329 44
Eddy Realty Company 167 19
Eddy & Fisher Company 627 48
Edson, N. H. Company 45 S6
Elaborated Ready Roofing Company 31 22
Elizabeth Mill 4,022 36
Elliott-Fisher Company 19 20
Elm Cottage 60 00
Elmgrove Farm 7 05
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Elmwood Realty Company of Providence $44 00
ElAree-Valleau Company n8 73
Emery Theatre ^00 40
Empire Bottling Company 49 28
Enterprise Real Estate Company 32 00
Enterprise Realty Company 21 lO
Equitable Realty Corporation 55 08
Era Narrow Fabric Company 36 78
Esmond Mills 3.673 25
Ettlingef Mfg. Company 3 32
Eureka Dyeing & Bleaching Company M5 59
Eureka Land Company 39 1-2
Evans, Henry R. & Son ComiMmy 1918
Evans Roller Company .* 57 34
Evjening Call Publishing Company -213 40
Everett & Barron Company 90 72
Evcrlastik, Incorporated 1,551 54
Excelsior Carpet Cleaners, Incorporated 23
Excelsior Loom Reed Works -i 47
Exchange Real Estate Company 481 45
Faerber, Peter & Sons Company 63 20
Fairbanks Company 262 74
Fairbanks, Morse & Company 18 95
Fairhaven, Incorporated i 93
Fainnount Foundry & Engineering Works 156 67
Fairmount Land Company 4 74
Fales Textile Company 10 42
Fales & Jenks Machine Company -2,463 69
FaH River Ice Company 12 92
Falls Yarn Mills 919 84
Famiglietti Brothers Company 298 70
Farber Cornice Works 10 55
FaAwerke-Hoechst Company 24 72
Famum, J. B. Company 429 17
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Fay, C. E. Company $33 19
Federal Screw Corporation 58 59
Feeley, W. J. Company 547 85
Ferrier Land Company 20 78
Ferry Hill Improvement Company 8 00
Fess Rotary Oil Burner, Incorporated 690 40
Fidelity Mercantile Agency ^5 55
Files Engineering Company 279 01
Financial Service Company 25 92
Fisk Drug Company 143 00
Fisk Rubber Company of New York 150 40
Fitzgerald & Company, Incorporated 4 60
Fleischmann Company of Massachusetts 144 73
Fletcher- Burrows Company 68 99
Fletcher Land Company 17. 68
Flint, Blood & Company, Incorporated 76 91
Flint, Dutee W. Gasolene Company 663 08
Flint Farms, Incorporated 57 89
Flint Motor Car Company 10 00
Flint & Company, Incorporated 141 35
Florence Dye Works 126 53
Foley; E. W. Contracting Corporation 18 90
Ford, Perry Company 184 60
Forestdale Mfg. Company i|294 52
Foss-Hughes Company 281 76
Foster, J. A. Company 931 87
Foster- Smith Company 309 31
Foster, Theodore W. & Brother Company 344 66
Fourem Company, Incorporated 2 00
Fox, C. J. Company 247 49
Foxon Company, Incorporated 23 15
Franco American Realty Company 18 54
Francis Chemical Company i 62
Franklin Auto Supply Company 40 10
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Franklin Machine Company $642 02
Franklin Process Company 961 60
Franklin Real Estate Company 2 44
Franklin Specialty Mfg. Company 72 66
Franklin Street Garage Company 10 00
Freeman, E. L. Company 354 86
Freeman, James F. Company 14 90
Freemasons' Building Asso. of East Greenwich .... 3 00
Freemasons' Hall Company 3 92
French Mfg. Company 429 55
French, O. P. & Sons Company S3 58
French Worsted Company 6,752 30
Fulford Mfg. Company 137 30
Fuller, George A. Company 303 75
Fuller, George H. & Sons Company 1,342 34
Fuller Ircm Works 293 31
Fuller Winfield Company 1 1 03
Gage, L. H. Lumber Company 838 40
Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation 992 53
Gammino, M. A. Construction Company, Inc 19 67
Gardiner, Charles C. Lumber Company 309 60
Gas Consumers Association of the United States. . . i39 94
Gately, E. & Company 33 72
General Baking Company 183 10
General Chemical Company 824 43
General Electric Company 2,382 87
General Fire Extinguisher Company 5,037 70
General Mfg. & Exporting Company 31 77
General Machinery Company 14 47
General Motorcycle Sales Company 14 28
Gertsacov, Max Company 19 00
Gibson, J. Fred Company 400 18
Gilbane Building Company 165 10
Gilbreth, Frank B. Incorporated i 37
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Giusti Brothers Company $ioi 39
Gladding Dry Goods Company 1.31 1 94
Gladstone Springs Water Company 17 60
Glencairn Mfg. Company 304 68
Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company 998 20
Glengarry Mills, Incorporated 465 65
Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company i 10
Globe Braiding Company 62 66
Globe Optical Company 22 14
Goff, D. & Sons 6,29s ^>3
Goff, William D. Company 100 00
Goff, James C. Company 207 39
Gold Mark Knitting Company ( Mass.) 540 07
Goldstein, Jules P. Company 46 00
Good- Will Soap Premium Store i 76
Goodby-Rankin Company 332 28
Goodrich, B. F. Rubber Company 604 64
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Mass 334 50
Gorham M f g. Company u ,658 62
Gorman Company, Incorporated 1143-2
Gove Lumber Company 9 40
Govvdey, J. A. Reed & Harness Mfg. Company. ... 23 09
Graham Mfg. Company 75 ^5
Graham, W. H. Corporation 212 93
Grand Union Tea Company 70 34
Granite Building Corporation 6 64
Grant, Alexander & Company, Incorporated 42 48
Grant Brothers, Incorjx>rated 48 14
Grant, Daniel & Son Company 32 50
Grant Vacuum Cleaning & Sales Agency 23 57
Graphite Mines Corf>oration 67 43
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company 1,024 5^
Greene, R. L. Paper Company 941 55
Greene, S. H. & Sons Corporation 2,182 65
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Greene, William C Company $268 25
Greene & Daniels Company, Incorporated 4»797 33
Greenville Finishing Company, Incorporated 402 06
Greenwich Bleachery 990 00
Greenwood Investment Company 20 80
Gregory's Bookstore, Incorporated 32 40
Grey Rock Glove Company 22 00
Greystone & District Co-operative Association 22 70
Griess Fur Company, Incorporated 4 80
Griffin & Browning Ice Company 60 00
Griffith, R. L. & Son Company 393 94
Grimes, Thomas & Brother, Incorporated 456 57
Grimes, W. H. Company 131 63
Grimwood, H. A. Company 87 82
Grocers Baking Company 333 92
Guarantee Clothing Company 34 19
Guerin Spinning Company i ,479 75
Gulf Refining Company 978 94
H. M. H. Company 227 56
Hall, F. A. Company, Incorporated 66 98
Hall, Fred E., Incorporated S3 22
Hall, J. C. Company 174 16
Halliwell Company 141 05
Hambly, J. H. Company 26 78
Hamilton,. George Company 28 80
Hamilton Web Company 384 93
Hamlet Textile Company : 5,286 75
Hamlyn, William H. & Son 200 00
Hammel Oil Burning EquipMtnent Company, Inc. ... 143 71
Hammett, A. & H. G. Company 365 68
Hammett, Clarence A. Company 18 00
Hancock, Charles E. Company 334 92
Hand Brewing Company 784 80
Hanlcy-Hoye Company 453 • 14
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Hanley, James Brewing Company $4,082 89
Hanashoe Mfg. Company 1,090 05
Harley, David Company , .' . . 709 29
Harmon, William E. & Company, Incorporated... 109 09
Harris, A. W. Oil Company 484 23
Harris-Corliss Engine & Machine Company 333 37
Harris Farm & Mine Company 78 17
Harris & Mowry Company 546 52
Harrison, A. & Company, Incorporated 84 00
Harrison Brothers Company ^^7 73
Harrisville Co-operative Store, Incorporated 28 55
Haskell; William H. Mfg. Company 2,006 52
Hathaway, O. H. Company, Incorporated 14 49
Hawkins Lumber Company 105 39
Hawkins & Withington, Incorporated 375 00
Hay ward Rubber Company. Incorix)rated 57 1 5
Hazard Cotton Company 474 00
Hazard- Peckham Certified Milk Company 35 63
Hazard, R. Estate, Incorporated 258 02
Heaton Mfg. Company 6 80
Hebron Mfg. Company 1 ,756 62
Heller, L. & Son, Incorporated 17 54
Hemenway, H. L. Company 33 00
Hemphill Mfg. Company 5.646 70
Henderson, F. C. Company 77 12
Henius & Company 413 81
Hennessey Laundry Company 220 03
Herald Publishing Company 97 76
Herb-O-Phosa Company ' 54 87
Herreshoff Mfg. Company, Incorporated 1416 32 '
Herrick, William H. Company 10 78
Hesse Mfg. Company 222 to
Higgins, J. H. Company H5 78
Higgins, R. R. Company (R. I.) 16 18
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Hill, James Mfg. Company .'. $135 43
Hill Top Company 307" 03
Hill & LaCross Company 684 86
Hillside Hotel Company " 3 37
Hodges Building & Land Company 20 88
Hocfler- Fisher Company 75 29
Hoey Mfg. Company . . • ; . . . . 14 72
Holbrook Raw Hide Company i 288 32
Holmes, George H. Company 59 03
Holmes, H, H. Company 12 t6
Holt, J^. & Company 103 53
Home Bleach & Dye Works 80 00
Home Builders Company 14 00
Homestead Realty Corporation ; i 20
Hope Building Company 29 42
Hope Company 3427 31
Hope Drug Company 96 16
Hope Foundry Company, Incorporated 106 1 1
Hope. John & Sons Engraving & Mfg. Company. . . ' 8456
Hope Land Company 71 67
Hope Mill Supply Company ; 152 23
Hope Paper Company 95 18
Hope Private Hospital 10 00
Hope Rubber Company 141 89
Hope Webbing Company (Mass.) 5.537 91
Horsemen of Rhode Island 12 80
Horton, H. F. & Sons Company 84 54
Horton, H. R. Coinpany 44 52
Hoagh Realty Company r 72
Hough, W. S. Jr. Company 704 37
Household Furniture Company 896 06
Howard Braiding Company 397 91
Howard's Motor Livery, Incorporated 22 06
Hoxsie Nurseries, Incorporated 40 16
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Hughes, William Company , * $31314
Humes Construction Company 43 10
Huntoon & Gorham Company 144 ^^
HutchisSn & Huestis, Incorporated 304 76
Huyler's 19 81
Ideal Co-operative Association 18 47
Ideal Ventilator Company • 45 21
Imperial Printing & Finishing Company 504 51
Imperial Theatre Company 96 60
Importers Branch, Limited 5^ 21
Improved Seamless Wire Company 617 20
Improved Tenement Corporation \ 821
Independent Real Estate Association of R. 1 33 80
Indiana Motor Sales Company . . . ; 16 02
Industrial Land Company 77 60
Industrial Real Estate & Investment Company. ... 26 00
Ingersoll, J. H. & Company, Incorporated 74 61
Inlaid Company 318 65
Interlaken Mills 3^5So 61
International Braid Company 3»98o 10
International Moistening Company i 20
Interstate Construction Company 46 80
Interstate Ice Company 21 80
Inter-State Realty Corporation 2 87
Irons & Russell Company 623 31
J. & H. Electric Company 178 56
Jackson Realty Company 18 33
Jackson, Samuel Company 86 75
Jacob Brothers Company 123 78
Jacoby, Julius J., Incorporated 29 70
Jager, Charles J. Company 174 08
James & Holstrom 4^ 98
Jenckes Knitting Machine Company 251 60
Jenckes Spinning Company 18,171 53
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Jencks Paper Box Company $409 22
Jenks, H. F. Company ' 63 45
Jennings & Company, Incorporated 33 56
Jewel Tea Company, Incorporated 43 71
Jewelers Supply Company 124 34
Jewell Export Filter Company 25 88
John the Shoeman, Incorporated 212 66
Johnson, O. R. Comj>any 45 22
Johnson, Oliver & Company, Incorporated 114 06
Johnston, John F. Company 30 06
Jones, Edward S. Sons Company 67 29
Jones Lunch Company 1 14 69
Joslin-Lena Company 50 19
Joslin Mfg. Company .» 4»585 49
Joyce Brothers & Company / 263 49
K. Mfg. Company, Incorporated 11 a8
K. & W. Amusement Company 4 00
Kalkman Pharmacy, Incorporated 87 90
Kalle Color & Chemical Company, Incorporated. . . 254 53
Kapland Remnant Company ^2 59
Kaps & Reinacher Company 34 70
Kazanjian Company 2 83
Keach Land Company 14 22
Keach & Brown Mfg. Company 246 05
Keams & Rocheleau Company 73 87
Keasbey & Mattison Company 59 65
Keljikian Company, Incorporated 21 77
Kendall Mfg. Company 683 79
Kennedy's of Providence 359 08
Kenneth Ridge Company 3 84
Kent Mfg. Company 1,105 83
Kenworthy Company 44 13
Kenyon. James S. Realty Corporation 44 16
Kenyon, John J. Mfg. Company 315 83
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Kern Music Company , $23 21
Kile & Morgan Company 474 17
Kimball, Richard D. Company i 12
Kimball & Colwell Company 572 29
King, McLeod Company 555 58
Kinney Company 281 35
Klipstein, A. & Company 80 23
Knight & Knight, Incorporated 6 00
Knowles' Horace B. Sons, Incorporated 107 75
Korper & Company, Incorporated 34 60
Kresge, S. S. Company 746 17
Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Company, Incorporated 408 35
La Tribune Publishing Company 61 34
Ladew, Edward R. Company, Incojporated 37 87
Lafayette Worsted Company ' 1 1 ,185 74
Lane, Frank T. Company 172 28
Langelier Mfg. Company 638 44
Lawton Spinning Company 5^603 30
Leaqh, M. J. & Sons Corporation 38 80
Leader Weaving Company 594 64
Leand Realty Company 32 00
Lebanon Mill Company 2,587 43
Lederer, Henry & Brother, Incorporated 118 79
Ledcrer Realty Corporation 22^ 78
Lederer, S. & B. Company 296 42
Leeder & Bernkopf Company 192 56
Leonard-Rooke Company 34 96
Lescault Realty Company ^75 93
Leslie-Judge Company ' 27 21
Leu-Payne Company 9 60
Lewandos French Dyeing & Cleansing Company. . . 34 24
Lewis & Paige, Incorporated 417
Leys, William Dry Goods Company 196 1 1
Liberty Stores Company, Incorporated 103 10
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Library Bureau $4 63
Liggett, Louis K. Company 2,594 91
. Lincoln Machine Company 151 08
Lind-Sampson Needle Company 41 25
Lind, T, W. Company 242 39
Linton, P. & A. Company 140 48
Lippitt Woolen Company i»349 20
Littlefield Mfg. Comi>any 48 00
Livermore & Knight Company 37^ '3
Livingston Worsted Company 3,026 10
Logee, E. L. Company 33 24
Longley Motor Sales Company 67 20
Lonsdale Bakery Company 365 67
Lonsdale Company 18,799 97
Loose Leaf M fg. Company 19 62
Ix>ose- Wiles Biscuit Company 867 86
Lorimer, L. B. Company 44 88
I^rraine Mfg. Company 23,491 85
Lorsch, Albert & Company, Incorporated 138 80
Loutitt Home Hand Laundry Company 166 56
Low, Taussig & Karpeles Company 812 03
Low, William H. Estate Company 125 48
Lowe, Edwin & Company, Incorporated 68 00
Lowland Worsted Company 336 12
Lumb Knitting Company 1,200 57
Lupton*s, David Sons Company 61 07
Lymansville Company 4,698 72
Lynch, James E. Company 14 77
Lynd & Murphy Company 190 28
Lyons Mfg. Company 527 52
M. & T. Button Company 91 81
Mackenzie, Walton Company 47 5^
Mackenzie & Winslow, Incorporated 232 54
MacMillan & Kennison, Incorporated 40 00
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MacNeil Jewelry Company $28 08
MacWatty Belting Company 127 68
Maguire, Charles B. Company 642 50
Maguire, J. T. Company /O 64
Main Street Theatre Corporation 36 00
Maine Creamery Company 130 57
Manchester, A. C. Company 29 28
Manchester Silver Company 143 34
Manchester & Hudson Company 185 .84
Manhasset Mfg. Company 2,1 10 80
Manufacturers* Building Company - 57 9^
Manufacturers Fuel Company of R. 1 35 7*
Manufacturers Power Company 368 00
Manufacturers* Refining Company I54 97
Manville Company 7*846 72
Maplehurst Greenhouses, Incorporated 45 5^
Marden & Kettlety Company 57 47
Marginal Dock Company, Incorporated 25 45
Mariani Company Branch, Incorporated 148 34
Marr, Daniel & Son Company 7 27
Marston Hotel Company 21 21
Martell, A. E. Company 26 49
Mason, John N. Real Estate Company ^57 95
Mason Mfg. Company 485 04
Mason, Robert D. Company 479 67
Masonic Temple Company 11580
Mauran, John T. Mfg. Company 521 09
Mayflower Stores 465 84
Maynard Land Company 199 46
McCabe, Bernard Carriage Company 27 00
McCabe, Edward J., Incorporated 3 04
McCarthy Dry Goods Company 418 93
McClintic Marshall Company 17 64
McKcnzie- McKay Company 1,018 47
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McKinnon Construction Company $46 40
McLauthlin, George T. Company i 39
McMahon, J. E. Company 28 70
McWilliams Mfg. Company 3^ 42
Mechanical Accountant Company 9813
Mechanical Fabric Company 2,328 13
Meiklejohn Company 641 58
Mercantile Advance Company 45 60
Mercantile Trading Company 1 1 42
Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Company . . 667 34
Mercury Publishing Company 13 20
Mcrrimac Land Company 9 92
Mcrrimac Realty Associates, Incorporated 22 47
Merrimac Rome Company 54 06
Merriman Solidified Oil Company 5 52
Meta^ls Corporation 36 00
Metropolitan Furniture Company of Boston 4i 46
Metz, H. A. & Company, Incorporated 5 94
Mexican Petroleum Corporation 7*807 12
Meyer, L. H. Company 58 15
Middlebrook Wool Combing Company '59 87
Midwood Land Company 55 92
Midwood's, H. Sons Company 507 97
Milano Silk Weaving Company, Incorporated 72 00
Miller Mfg. Company 187 40
Miller Rubber Company of N. Y 7 44
Mills Tea & Butter Corporation 47 56
Milne Realty Company , 26 30
Miner, D. W. Company 103 91
Misch, Caesar, Incorporated 1,244 20
Mfskiatiia Camp i 20
Mitdteil Fertilizer Company 143 16
Model Dyeing & Printing Company 633 54
Modern Shoe Stores Corporation 355 58
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Mohican Company ,
Mohr Realty Corporation
Monahan Vehicle Company
Monast Realty Company
Monette, J. B. Company, Incorporated
Montrose Worsted Company
Moore, George C. Company
Moore, J . W. Company
Morin, John B. Company, Incorporated
Morse-Brooks $io & $15 Shops
Morse, Fred W. Company
Morse, R. F. Company
Mossberg Wrench Company
Motor Protection Company
Motor Sales & Service Corporation
Motorcycle Supply Company
Moult on & Son Company •
Mount Hope Distilling Company
Mount Hope Farms ;
Mount Hope Spinning Company
Mourin, J. P. Company
Mowry, A. Company
Mumford's Restaurant, Incorporated
Mundell Realty Company
Musical Instrument Sales Company
Mutual Investment Association
Mutual Realty Company ^
Mystic Woolen Company
Namquit Worsted Company
Narotex Company
Narragansett Association
.Narragansett Bay Oyster Company
Narragansett Belting Company
Narragansett Brewing Company
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4 73
108 49
149 91
82 87
1,771 48
807 52
185 43
3697
118 84
15738
31 76
357 31
3 30
32 40
41 60
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80 31
999 57
44 00
214 40
6800
. » 35
9685
19 81
8896
374 87
1,818 83
19488
363 31
264 51
114 97
4,08364
REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 51
Narragansett Cotton. Mills $3 7^
Narragansett Dair>' Company, Limited 41 oi
Narragansett Equipment Company 26 05
Narragansett Finishing Company 783 32
Narragansett Fish Company » 7 64
Narragansett Ice Mfg. Company 98 60
Narragansett Improvement Company 45 73
Narragansett Machine Company 2,069 ^S
Narragansett Milling Company , . 328 09
Narragansett Realty Company 57 52
Narragansett Rubber Company 485 lo
Narragansett Supply Company 37 39
Nasonville Bottling Company 165 95
Nassau Mfg. Company :32 67
National Amusement Realty Company 8 00
National Aniline & Chemical Company 2,116 95
National Biscuit Company 1,662 26
National Cash Register Ccmipany 41 92
National Coated Paper Corporation 239 17
National Electric & Gas Heater Co.. of America., 21 20
National Funeral Association 2 00
National Furnace Lining Company 10 oo
National Gas Furnace Company 12 40
National India Rubber Company 6,140 80
National Machinery Company 29. 1 1
National Realty Company , 217 8a
National Ring Traveler Company 434 46
National Starch Company 73 02
National Tennis Racket Company 13 77
National Wholesale Grocery Company, Incorporated 548 29
National & Providence Worsted Mills . 7,059 1 1
Nayatt Point Oyster Company .*^ 64
New Cliffs Hotel Company 68
New England Bakery iM 73
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New England Butt Company
New England Consolidated Company
New England Dyeing & Finishing Company
New England Furniture Company
New England Granite Works
New England Hosiery Company
New England Land Company
New England Machine & Electric Company
New England Sales Company, Incorporated
New England Supply Company
New England Ventilating & Heating Company
New England Window & House Cleaning Company
New Method Laundry . ,
Newell Coal & Lumber Company
Newport Beach Association
Newport Casino •.
Newport City Laundry Company
Newport Coal Company
Newport Country Club
Newport Engineering Works
Newport Fisheries Ice & Cold Storage Company . . .
Newport Horse Show
Newport Ice Company
Newport Industrial Company
Newport One Price Clothing Company
Newport Paper & Grocery Company
Nev\'pQrt Realty Company
Newport Transfer Express Company
Nicholson File Company
Nicholson Thackray Company
Nichols Mfg. Company
Nickerson Art Metal Company
Nicol Building & Realty Company
Nitro-Tungsten Lamp Company
$I,OOI 02
I 20
104 79
90
273 60
57 36
15 90
249 86
" 95
18967
'5 71
39 3'
5961
1,786 51
360 56
270 80
3648
27098
231 44
556
109 34
60
129 55
393 20
13826
55489
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35 20
17409 92
411 00
154 74
282 52
22 63
27 33
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Nitrogen Corporation $17 55
Nitrc^en Products Company 176 1 5
Nonnabo Chemical Comjxiny 459 97
Norcross Brothers Company 44 56
Norris Bedding Company 54 04
North Scituate Cotton Mills 1,260 00
Novelty Knitting Company 272 56
Nut Grove Butter Company 655 67
Nyanza Mills 2,484 23
O. K. Nut Lock Company 164 79
Oak Hill Land Company 143^4
Oakdale Mfg. Comi>any 219 12
Oakland Cemetery Company 5 60
Oakland Worsted Company 1,815 83
O'Bannon Corporation 4,818 79
Ocean Products Company 12 40
Ochee Spring Water Company 38 33
Odd Fellows BuikHng Association . ." 3 89
Oden Brothers 47 15
Office Appliance Company 47 91
O'Gorman 25c Store Company 136 13
O'Lcary, Arthur, Incorporated 6 40
Olney, Joseph & Son, Incorporated 1 17 16
Olncy & Payne Brothers, Incorporated 739 74
O'Neill & Block, Incorporated 32 39
Opic, P^ H. Company 321 38
Original Bradford Soap Works, Incorporated ^30 S6
Orrcll Mfg. Company, Incorporated 40 00
Orrcll Mills, Incorporated 1,212 62
Oscar's Clothes Shop, Incorporated 97 62
Ostby & Barton Company 3,537 74
Osw^atchie Textile Company 704 91
Otis Brothers Company 1 10 86
Otis Elevator Company 593 95
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Oxford Land Company $151 76
Packard, J. S. Dredging Company "3 5o
Packard Motor Car Company of Boston i'755 69
Palmer Company 4* 39
Paragon Worsted Company 1,712 91
Park Spring Dyeing & Bleaching Company ^33 70
Parker Mills 414 61
Parker Realty & Mortgage Loan Comany 4^ 37
Parks Brothers & Rogers, Incorporated 1*205 60
Pascoag Realty Company » . . 1,201 27
Pascoag United Co-operative Association 27 1 5
Paull-Oatman Company 10 38
Paull, Seth Company 322 98
Pawcatuck Woolen Mills 939 90
Pawtucket Amusement Company 60 92
Pawtucket Bijou Corporation ; 4 00
Pawtucket Corporation 4 00
Pawtucket Dyeing & Bleaching Company. 1,162 16
Pawtucket Furniture Company 233 28
Pawtucket Gas Comi>any of New Jersey..:.;.... 208 bo
Pawtucket Glazed Paper Company 391 35
Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company • 108 39
Pawtucket Hosiery Comjjany : ' 552 61
Pawtucket Ice Company 75 39
Pawtucket Mfg. Company 1,900 29
Pawtucket Mordant Company * 13 02
Pawtucket Sash & Blind Company 363 45
Pawtucket Screw Company 81 48
Pawtucket Smelting & Refining Works. 277 25
Pa^vtucket Spinning Ring Company 145 06
Pawtuxet Valley Textile Company 256 71
Paxson, J. W. Company 82 43
Pa3me, George W. Company 152 30
Payton & Kelley Company 621 84
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Peace Dale Mfg. Company $4,iS2 62
Pcarce, F. T. Company 52 00
Pease, L. F. Company 76 16
Peck, Asa & Company, Incorporated i»397 73
P«:k, John W. & Sons Company 52 70
Peckham Brothers Company 86 00
Peckham Company 136 00
Peckham, L. W. Company 32 I2
Peerless Box Company 24 16
Peerless Electric Company 84 16
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company 306' 15
Peoples Loan Company 1 12 88
Pequot Shirt Company 401 32
Perforated Pad Company 125 86
Perkins Brothers Company 59 S8
Perkins Land Company 557 52
Perry, Buxton, Doan Company 725 45
Perseverance Worsted Company 2,1 15 96
Peterson, George P. Company 12 79
Phenix Braid Mill . 6 00
Phenix Lace Mills 471 84
Phillips Lead & Supply Company 603 93
Phillips Wire Company . 9*329 12
Phinotas Chemical Company 7 72
Pierce, Roy W. Company 146 49
Pilgrim Novelty Company 48 04
PUlsbury Flour Mills Company ; 121 16
Pinckncy Farm Land Company ,........,..' ■ .2 32
Pinnigcr & Manchester Company ....;.. 286 58
Pitman Land Company ; 4 67
Pitman, T. T. Corporation 342 19
Place, Oscar E. & Sons Company 643 61
Pjainfield Realty Company 15 40
Plews, R- Mfg. Company . I45 76
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Pocasset Ice Company $40 07
Podrat- Freeman Company 7 90
Ponemah Mills 2,667 43
Post & Lester Company of R. I., Incor[X>rate<ji 288 88
Potter, D. N. Incorporated 16 86
Potter, E. A. Company 130 05
Potter & Buffington Company 364 93
Potter & Johnston Machine Company 17,301 53
Power Construction Company 39 63
Powers & Mayer Mfg. Corporation 116 00
Prata Undertaking Company 3 42
Premier Worsted Mills 730 31
Preston & Rounds Company 11396
PrisciUa Worsted Mills i ,063 50
Prcrffitt-Larchar Advertising Corporation 12 52
Profile Cotton Mills 1 19 5^
Progressive Ring Company 55 40
Providence Aerie 99 F. O. E. Building Company. . 136 69
Providence Amusement Company 356 00
Providence Art Metal Company 107 38
Providence Auto Equipment Company 235 55
Providence Banking Company 1,489 65
Providence Blank Book Company 48 00
Providence Blower Company 9 68
Providence Box & Lumber Company 99 ^3
Providence Braid Company 1 ,028 69
Providence Brewing Company i ,532 47
Providence Building Company 144 83
Providence Churning Company i»47i 59
Providence Dairy Company 260 10
Providence Dental Company 18 80
Providence Dry Dock & Marine Railway Company 213 80
Providence Dyeing, Bleaching & Calendering Co. . S42 42
Providence Electric Mfg. Company 94 89
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Providence Engineering Works $20 00
Providence Fittings Company 52 25
Providence Ice Company 859 75
Providence Journal Company 8,735 4'
Providence Land & Wharf Company 34 58
Providence Lithograph Company 587 75
Providence Lumber Company 147 10
Providence Merrill System Building Company 47 60
Providence Mill Supply Company * . . . 176 70
Providence Opera House Association 97 Oi
Providence Paper Company 403 25
Providence Real Estate Improvement Company... 147 42
Providence Scale & Supply Company 28 40
Providence Silk Hosiery Company 397 39
Providence Specialty Company 4 19
Providence Steamboat Company 95 19
Providence Steel & Iron Company 747 31
Providence Stock Company 206 39
Providence Surgical Hospital 19 66
Providence Taxi Service Company 8 40
Providence Theatre Company 308 00
Providence Tribune Company 577 44
Providence Wall Paper House, Incorporated 120 00
Providence Warehouse Company 365 jfi
Providence Wholesale Drug Company 86 21
Providence Wholesale Grocery Company 14 00
Prudence Land Company 17 20
Prudential Land Company • 26 73
Prudential Realty Company 50 36
Puritan Bottling Company 21 37
Purity Bakery, Incorporated 25 92
Putnam Foundry & Machine Company 20 40
Queen Dyeing Company 6,143 20
Quidnick Greenhouses, Incorporated 62 16
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Quidnick- Windham Mfg. Company $743 03
Quinebaug Company 82 13
Quinham, J. W. Company 61 27
Quinn & Company, Incorporated 75 99
Ralph's, Incorporated 76 19
Rand Company 14 95
Raphael-Gouse Textile & Supply Company 4^ 97
Rathbun Knitting Company 891 24
Rathskeller Company 85 12
Rau Fastener Company 257 71
Ray Cotton Company 1.545 65
Real Estate Improvement Company ' 112
Reardon & Company • 19 01
Reed House Furnishing Company 58 04
Reed, William B. Company 42 94
Reetz, Robert C. Company 60 27
R^^l Shoe Company 201 29
Regina Lace Company (Mass.) K123 25
Regina Spinning Company 73 09
Register & Guide Company 6 00
Reiling & Schoen, Incorporated 952 48
Reiner Company r64 03
Reliance Yarn Company 1 10 48
Remington, Horace & Son Company 271 70
Remington Printing Company 140 97
Remington Typewriter Company 95 5^
Retail Grocers Syndicate, Incorporated 59 09
Revere Rubber Company ^,670 32
Rex Mfg. Company • 186 43
Rhode Island Baking Company 103 44
Rhode Island Braiding Machine Company ^Si 38
Rhode Island Card Board Company 701 14
Rhode Island Concrete Conipany 9 95
Rhode Island Co-operative Coal Company 45 27
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Rhode Island Covering Company
Rhode Island Cranberry Company
Rhode Island Crown & Cork Company
Rhode Island Electric Protective Company
Rhode Island Estates Corporation
Rhode Island Fish Company
Rhode Island Fittings Company
Rhode Island Iron & Steel Company
Rhode Island Label Works, Incorporated
Rhode Island Lace Works
Rhode Island Malleable Iron Works
Rhode Island Mansion Company
Rhode Island Oyster Farms Company
Rhode Island Paving & Granolithic Company . .
Rhode Island Perkins Horse Shoe Company. . . .
Rhode Island Processing Company
Rhode Island Pure Water Company
Rhode Island Roofing Company
Rhode Island Rug Works, Incorporated
Rhode Island Safe Deposit Company
Rhode Island Shell Fish Company
Rhode Island Silk Company
Rhode Island Supply Company
Rhode Island Supply & Sprinkler Company. . . .
Rhode Island Telephone & Electric Company. . .
Rhode Island Textile Company ^
Rhode Island Tool Company
Rhode Island Vending Machine Company, Inc.
Rhode Island Window Cleaning Company
Rhode Island Yarn Company
Rhodes Brothers Company
Richards, Isaac P. Company
Richards Land Company
Richcy, Browne & Donald, Incorporated. .......
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385
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154 96
169
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658 36
133 91
129 04
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181
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399
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24
30
18
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37
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32
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189
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86
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157 97
706
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242
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1.903
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Richmond Lace Works $951 21
Richmond Land Company i ^5 9^
Richmond Mfg. Company 86 24
Richmond Park Plat Company 47 5^
Richmond Street Garage 18 09
River Spinning Company : 6,420 35
Roberts, William J. Company, Incorporated 6 10
Robinson, C. H., Incorporated 312 62
Rocky Point Oyster Company, Incorporated 391 92
Rocheford Harness Company S 18
Rodman Mfg. Company 1,722 39
Rooke Automatic Raster Company . ^ 81 43
Roscoe Worsted Mills 846 31
Rose, R. L. Company 769 84
Roseknit Hosiery Company 40 76
Rosemont Dyeing Company 733 81
Rosendale Company 138 55
Rosenhirsch, H. Company 66 88
Rounds, T. W. Company, Limited 49 36
Rowley, Frank G. Company 392 07
Roy, L. J. & Company 2 30
Royal Chemical Company 202 12
Royal Home Security Company 81 74
Royal Homestead Land Company 37 20
Royal Jewelry Company 25 20
Royal Stamp Company ., 33 01
Royal Typewriter Company 23 04
Royal Weaving Company 9,230 70
Rueckert Mfg. Company 137 08
Rumford Chemical Works 3^387 80
Rumford Textile Company i»i97 65
Rust, H. B. Company 133 52
Ryan Pharmacy, Incorporated 27 03
S. & B. Amusement Company 52 64
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S. & S. Novelty Company, Incorporated $86 22
Safety -Engineering Company 8 23
St. Clair's, Incorporated 1 17 M
Salembier & Clay, Incorporated 327 83
Samoset Laundry, Incorporated 45 00
Samoset Worsted Mills 4,201 06
Sample Shoe Company 23 00
Sampson & Murdock Company 136 96
Samuels, H. C, Incorporated 8 29
Samuels, J. & Brother, Incorporated 8,241 08
Samuels I-and Company 108 40
San Souci, J. O. Company 257 85
Sanderson M f g. Company 52 44
Sands, Taylor & Wood Conifpany 326 53
Sanitary Bottling Company, Incorporated 130 23 ^
Sai^gcnt, LeRoy & Company, Incorporated 12 52
Saugy, Augustus, Incorporated 403 13
Saunderstown Hotel Association, Incorporated .... 20 01
Saxony Color & Chemical Company 67 20
Sayer Planing Mill Company 17 08
Sayles, Fred L. Ccmipany 1,406 31
Saylcsville Co-operative Association, Incorporated. 25 34
Scaltergood, A. T. Company 380 68
Schott-Suter Company 80 61
Schrieber, A. H. Company 196 64
Scientific Textile Finishing Corporation 31 95
Scotia Worsted Mills 3,io6 64
Screw Machine Products Corporation 486 34
Seabury, T. Mumford Company 161 03
Seaconnet Coal Company 982 54
Security Company 85
Seekonk Lace Company 790 32
Sellew^achine Tool Company 174 64
Shaimock Narrow Fabric Company 307 82
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Shartenberg & Robinson Company $591 12
Shaw, Victor Ring Traveler Company . no 82
Shawmut Iron Company 5 40
Shea, P. F. Company 40 00
Sheldon Building Company 47 92
Sheldon Housefurnishing & Storage Company 56 53
Shepard Company 3»5i6 22
Sherman's, R. A. Sons Company 446 23
Sherry Casino Company 103 44
Sherwood Ice Company 92 90
Shove, Isaac Company 49 6r
Silbert, David F. & Company, Incorporated *7 49
Silverworkers Mutual Loan Company 30 40
Simons, M. & Company, Incorporated 30 97
Simplex Tool Company 55 S8
Sinclair Refining Company 324 42
Singer Sewing Machine Company 213 57
Sisson, C. S. Company 105 04
Skinner Milling Company 67 06
Slater Yarn Company 2,226 44
Slatersville Finishing Company ^A73 98
Slocomb, J. T. Company . .- 598 53
Smalley Pink & Red Westerly Company 40 01
Smith, A. J. Realty Company 32 52
Smith, C. Sydney Company 81 22
Smith, Edward Company 421 36
Smith, Edwin A. Real Estate Company 211 70
Smith, E. E. Company 90 18
Smith, George S. Engraving Company 39 88
Smith-Gibbs Company 77 37
Smith Granite Company 161 41
Smith-Holdcn Dental Supply Company 295 36
Smith, John P. Realty Company ^1117
Smith, L. C. & Bros. Typewriter Company 23 30
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Smith, Robert E. Company $136 48
Smith, R. P. & Son 52 16
Smith & Holden Company 122 87
Smithfield Land Company 32 00
Snow & Famimi Company 74 36
Snow & Westcott Company 187 27
Snowdon Worsted Mills, Incorporated 430 19
Solway Dyeing & Textile Company 2,955 28
South County Bird Company 6 92
South County Real Estate Company 10 60
Spalding Plaster Company 3 54
Spencer, E. L. Company 636 72
Sperry & Hutchinson Company 1 80 25
Spouting Rock Beach Association ^79 36
Sprague-Cooke Company So 00
Spring House Company 30 00
Squire, John P. & Company, Incorporated 363 92
Standard Engineering Works 221 84
Standard Machinery Company 484 73
Standard Mfg. Company 14 56
Standard Mill Supply Company 586 32
Standard Nut & Bolt Company 595 94
Standard Oil Company of N. Y 7,902 1 1
Standard Paper Box Corporation 141 70
Standard Printing Company 144 00
Standard Wholesale Company 704 07
Standish Barnes Company 54 80
Staples Coal Company of R. 1 600 92
Star Dye House, Incorporated 40 26
Star Electric Company 88 78
Starkweather, J. U. Company 203 56
Starkweather & Shepley, Incorporated 575 46
Starkweather & Williams Company 903 45
States Motor Company, Incorporated 80 51
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Stebenne, T. & Sons $68 33
Steinert, M. & Sons Company 205 59
Slephans Nut & Bolt Company 145 71
Sterling Handkerchief Company 2 80
Sterling Realty Company 31 21
Sterling Silver Mfg. Company 240 60
Sterling Tire Corporation 296 19
Stern, Louis Company 833 05
Stevens & Company, Incorporated 643 84
Stillwater Grain Mills ^3 97
Stillwater Worsted Company 2,252 12
Stone,'C. Moulton Company 444 89
Stranahan & Company 400 00
Strathmore Company 27 85
Suffolk Engraving & Electrotyping Company 19 83
Sullivan Company 135 49
Sullivan, D. J. Company 255 85
Sullivan, The Five Brothers 49 3*2
Sullivan Investment Company 340 68
Sullivan, J. P. & Sons, Incorporated \ 62 95
Sullivan Motor Express, Incorporated 41 45
Summerfield Company, Incorporated 432 32
Sutcliffe, Adam Company 378 96
Swan & Finch Company 38 44
Sweeney Brothers Company 22 82
Sweet, Williams & Son, Incorporated- 13418
Swift- McNutt Company 61 14
Swiss Cleansing Company 156 12
Swiss Textile Company 196 05
Sydney Worsted Company I1S89 25
Sylvcstre & Brodeur Company 28 00
Taf t-Pierce Mfg. Company 2,794 34
Talbot Brothers Company 150 13
Tallman & Mack Fish & Trap Company 38 28
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Tamarack Company
Tanner, Charles S. Company
Tarkiln Mfg. Company
Terminal Warehouse Company of R. I., Inc. .
Texas Company /
Textile-Finishing Machinery Company
Textile Products Company
Thayer, P. E. Company
Thompson Finishing Company
Thompson Hardware Company
Thompson, John R. Company
Thompson & Thompson, Incorporated
Thornton Amufsement Company
Thornton Brothers Company
Thornton, R. E. Company
Thurston Mfg Company
Ticrney-Colgan Company
Tierney, The P. & J. Company
Tildcn-Thurber Corporation
Tillinghast, F. A. Company
Tillinghast, L. H. Supply Company
Tillinghast Stiles Company
Times Publishing Company
Times Square Auto Supply Company
Tinkham, William Company
Tisdall, C. Company
Title Guarantee Company of R. I
Titus, A. C. Company
To Kalon Building Association, Incorporated.
Toole, William K. Company
Tower, James H. Iron Works
Toy Theatre Company
Traveler Shoe Company
Travers Land Company of Newport
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Travers Motor Supply Campany, Incorporated $26 62
Trosseau Chemical Company 5 85
Tubular Woven Fabric Company 285 97
Tucker, J . C. Company 592 10
TuUis Court Land Company 324 08
Turko Club i 50
Turner Centre Dairying Association 255 00
Turner Construction Company 4 84
Turner Heating Company 19 04
Uncas Mfg. Company 158 90
Underwood Typewriter Company 350 97
Underwriters Salvage Company of New York 20 68
Union Amusement Company 56 31
Union Carbide Sales Company 30 63
Union Charcoal Company 198 61
Union Co-operative Association ( No. i ) 3 20
Union Co-operative Association (No. 2) 104
Union Electric Supply Company 251 67
Union Hand Laundry Company 16 72
Union Metal Goods Company 23 80
Union News- Company i59 49
Union Paint & Varnish Company 90 44
Union Realty Company 321
Union Trading Company 12 48
Union Wadding Company 6,828 87
Union Webbing Company . . . . v 96 82
Unique Findings and Supply Company 2160
United Cigar Stores Company of America 427 44
United Coal Company 279 84
United Lace & Braid Mfg. Company i»509 15
United Land Company 16 80
United Railway Signal Company 173/1
U. S. Alizarine Company 6 32
U. S. Amusement Company 34 60
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U. S. Bobbin & Shuttle Company $803 90
United States Cotton Company 920 41
United States Finishing Company 5,501 06
United States Gutta Percha Paint Company 1,338 09
United States Glazed Yarn Company 68 51
United States Knitting Company 887 45
U. S. Oil & Supply Company 346 39
U. S. Ring Traveler Company 273 49
United States Rubber Company 7496 05
United States Spindle Company 42 00
United States Tire Company 201 21
U. S. Tungsten Mining & Products Company 6 00
United Wire & Supply Company 2,025 42
Unity Masonic Company 8 24
Universal Optical Corporation 181 03
Universal Patents Company 3,6oo 00
Universal Plate & Wire Company 95 95
Universal Textile Company 12 90
Universal Winding Company 3»357 18
Updike Real Estate Company 6 51
Urquhart- Swift Land Company 96
Utility Company 221 03
Utter Company, The 129 16
Valley Falls Company 1,147 9^
Valley Stores Company : 88 87
Van Dyk Company, James 32 37
Vaughn, L. Company 271 06
Vennerbeck & Clase Company 520 30
Verge, George A. Lumber Company 62 20
Vesta Underwear Company 563 51
Vcstcr, Alfred Sons, Incorporated 109 08
Vim Truck Sales Company 1 18 93
Visitor Printing Company 21 99
Vito, A. Construction Corporation 47 87
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Vocalion Company of Boston $109 61
Vose. George L. Mfg. Company 144 71
W. M. Mfg. Company 15 46
W. & K. Company 1,567 2,7
W. & W. Wall Paper Company, Incorporated 28 51
Wage Jtamers Emergency Hospital 49 7^
Waite Auto Supply Company 390 06
Waite, Evans Company 1 19 56
Waite, Thresher Company 1 ,032 56
Wakefield Land 4 Investment Company 4 00
Wakefield Mfg. Company 32 69
Wakefield' Mills Company 715 99
Waldorf Lunch of Rhode Island 330 58
Wales & Smith Baking Company 109 81
Walk-Over Shoe Company 38 75
Walker, Robert L. Company ^57 84
Walker Webbing Company 90 38
Wall, A. T. Company 472 16
Walnut Hill Cemetery 15 24
Walton-Day Cwnpany, Incorporated 28 47
Wanskuck Company 24,359 01
Ward Baking Company 1,092 65
Wardwell Braiding Machine Company 431 22
Wardwell Lumber Company 134 17
Warren Brothers Company 62 82
Warren Dye Company 45 67
Warren Mfg. Company 4,069 55
Warren, Moore & Company 22 'J2,
Warwick Coal Company 156 58
Warwick Lace Works 396 26
Warwick Lumber Company, Incorporated 56 40
Warwick Mills 4,01 1 06
Warwick Neck Land Company 2 52
Washburn-Crosby Company 180 30
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Washburn Purizone Company $21 58
Washburn Wire Company 9,722 23
Washington Company 19 57
Washington Real Estate Company 7^ 5^
Washington Row Company 191 77
Watch D<^ Novelty Company i 58
Waterman Land Company 127 39
Waterman, T. W. Company 48 30
Watjen, H. E. Company, Incorporated i 04
Watkins, D. M. Company 663 25
Watrous, Ralprfi C. Company 20 00
Wauregau Company 522 67
Wa>'poyset Mfg. Company 4,051 15
Weatherhead- Thompson Company 15196
Weaver & Company, Incorporated 252 52
Webb, E. C. Oil Company 160 37
Wccden Land Company 1 15 34
Weeden & Company 17 96
Weekapaug Land & Beach Improvement Company. 8 00
Weeks Furniture Company 53 1 5
Wellman Lumber Company 150 00
Wells, W. A. H. Company, Incorporated 59 95
Welsbach Company 209 07
Wekbach Street Lighting Company of America. . . 25 39
West Pharmacal Company, Incorporated 3 07
West Shore Land Company, Incorporated 38 94
Westcott, Slade & Balcom Company 168 06
Westerly Dye Works 20 92
Westerly Industrial & Improvement Company 50 48
Westerly Lumber Company, Incorporated 234 00
Westerly Textile Company 732 92
Westerly Towing Company 26 00
Wtsierly & Watch Hill Ice Company 9 20
Western Electric Company, Incorporated 353 73
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Western Mercantile Corporation $8ii
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, Incor. 19 00
Westminster Greenhouses, Incorporated 12 60
Westminster Real Estate Company 9 93
Westminster-Union Corporation 20 00
Weybosset Land Company 59 75
Weybosset Pure Food Market 193 ig
What Cheer Beef Company 222 19
What Cheer Laundry 467 yy
What Cheer Stables Company 8 45
Whipple & Campbell Company 6 40
White Fireproof Construction Company 29 98
White, J. J. Mfg. Company 326 84
White, John R. & Son, Incorporated 646 95
White Sewing Machine Company 129 31
Whitehead Brothers Company 71 02
Whitestone Mills 10 00
Whitney Law Corporation 31 16
Wholey Boiler Works 159 20
Wickford Milling & Supi>ly Company 47 53
Wightman & Hough Company 246 01
Wilhur, J. W. Company, Incorporated 21 09
Wilbur, Jacob W. Incorporated 2Q 68
Wilkinson, E. DeF. Company 219 88
Wilkinson, James Company 814
Willard, C. W. Hardware Company 70 03
Williams, M. F. Company 148 20
Williams & Anderson Company 472 63
Williams & Crowell Color Company 557 42
Willmarth-Mackillop, Incorporated 416 64
Winograd, M. Son Company, Incorporated 44 66
Wilson & English Construction Company 118 50
Windsor Webbing Company 87 07
Winnapaug Company 29 82
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WinSor & Jerauld Mfg. Company $224 20
Wirth, Jacob & Company, Incorporated 373 45
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company 33 32
Wolcott Mfg. Company 217 98
Wolff Worsted Mills 236 63
Wolstenholms Mfg. Company 63 82
Wood, Frank Mfg. Company 418 24
Wood River Iron Works, Incorporated 307 18
Woodland Realty Company 42 64
Woodlawn Finishing Company 229 60
Woodlawn Machine Screw Company 41 40
Woolworth, F. W. Company 1.533 45
Woonsocket Atfiletic Union 14 67
Woonsocket Bijou Company 60 00
Woonsocket Co-operative Association 18 42
W^oonsocket Country Club 6 60
Woonsocket Dyeing & Bleaching Company i ,043 93
Woonsocket Falls Mill 512 34
Woonsocket Fruit & Produce Company 72 67
Woonsocket Machine & Press Company 6,463 70
Woonsocket Masonic Building Association 13 18
Woonsocket Napping Machinery Company 425 60
Woonsocket Realty Company 19 07
Woonsocket Rubber Company 2,134 48
Woonsocket Spinning Company 363 75
Woonsocket Supply Company 307 59
Woonsocket Wagon Mfg. Company 210 67
Woonsocket Worsted Mills 3.363 43
Workingmen's Loan Association 341 00
Wright, Henry E. & Sons, Incorporated 44 73
Wright & EHtson 79 76
Yale Jewelry Mfg. Company 47 48
Yardlcy Pearl Works 9 92
Yawgo Line & Twine Company 78 80
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Young, Leonard & Harrall Company $78 Tj
Young Orchard Comf)any 894 80
Zarr, Incorporated 10 63
$975,041 19
Rebate on Tax 20 00
$975,021 19
Corporate Excess Tax.
Recapitulation.
Receipts for 1918 tax $975,021 19
Receipts for tax of previous years 8,999 63
$984,020 82
FRANCHISE TAX.
MANUFACTURING, MERCANTILE AND MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS.
Due July i, 1916.
Abbott Run Company $25 00
Dececo Company, The 25 00
Fargo, E. A. Company 5 00
Niantic Dyeing Company 7 50
Providence Merchandise Company 2 50
Rhode Island Automatic Fountain Company 12 50
Due July i, 1917.
Aetna Realty Company 2 50
Armour Fertilizer Works 50 00
Abbott Run Company 25 00
Dececo Company, The 25 00
Francis Chemical Company, Incorporated 25 00
Hahn, Isaac Land Company 2 50
Interstate Ice Company 4 20
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Invincible Tire Comipany
McLean, J. R. Company
Niantic Dyeing Company
Oakland Cemetery Company
Providence Merchandise Company
Rhode Island Automatic Fountain Company .
Taxi Service Company of Rhode Island
U. S. Electric Generator Company
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Abbott Run Ice & Grain Company $25 00
Abcdare Weaving Company 25 00
Aberdeen Land Company 7 50
Abbott Kwi Company 25 00
Abrasive Machine Tool Company 28 70
Adams, E. A. Machine Company 7 50
Adjustment Bureau of the Prov. Assoc. Creditmen 78
Aetna Realty Company 2 50
Albion Company 45 00
Allen Amusement Corporation 25 00
Allen Theatre & Realty Company 25 00
Aliens Avenue Land Company 25 00
Alliance Well Company 25 00
Amergold Company, Incoiporated 12 50
American Annular Rolling Company of R. 1 7 50
American Block Company 25 00
American Building Company 7 50
American Jewelers Findings Corporation 20 00
American Oyster Comporation 2 50
American Webbing Company 25 00
Anchor Oil Company 75 00
Andrews Land Company 27 72
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Anthony, Alfred Estate Company $38 67
Aquidneck Dairymen's Association 25 00
. Arnold Company 20 00
Arnold, Hough Company, Incorporated 2 50
Arnold Real Estate Company 25 00
Arnold Realty Company ^ . . . 9 48
Ashaway Clay Company 25 00
Associated Merchants Stamp Company 2100
Atlantis Mining Company 82 50
Attleboro Mfg. Company 25 00
Attkboro Sanitarium & Hospital Company ........ 57 5^
Austin & Stone, Incorporated 37 50
Banigan, Joseph Rubber Company 312 50
Barden Reservoir Company 25 00
Barker Building & Reahy Company 2 42
Barstow N. Company ^ 20 00
Barstow Realty Company IS 89
Bay State Jewelry & Silversmiths Company 7 50
Bear Hill Gold Mining Company 25 00
Becfcwith Land Company 3 04
Belknap Mills Corporation 75 00
Berry Spring Mineral Water Company, Ltd 25 00
Beverly Land Company 123 58
Biigelow Land Company i 53
Bigney, S. O. Company 75 00
Birchall Mfg. Company 24 24
Blackstone Land Company 12 50
Bkxk Island & Improvement Company 25 00
Boston Store Land Company 105 y2
Bowrcn, C. W. & R. M. Company 2 09
Brevitt Land Company 25 00
Bridgeton Worsted Company 12 50
Bristol Ferry Inn, Incorporated 5 00
Brooks, Robert R. & Company, Incorporated 7 50
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Brown, George L. Company $15 00
Brown Land Company 255 45
Bucklin, Charles R. Bdting Company 25 00
Buell Realty Company * 10 21
Burdick, Charles J. Real Estate Comixtny 25 00
Surges Land Company 25 00
Burke Engineering Company 5 87
Burrill Building Company 17 50
Business Statistics, Incorporated 2 00
Butler Exchange Company 125 00
Buttonwood Beach Association 3 64
Calder, Albert L. Company 12 50
Caldwell-Talbot Box & Lumber Company 2 50
Carrique Land Company 80 05
Cartier, M. N. & Sons Realty Company 7 80
Casino Land Company 2 50
Cassidy Realty Company 12 50
Century Realty Company 25 00
Chemack Mfg. Company 12 50
Chestnut Grove Casino Company 2 50
Child & Miller Co/npany 2 38
Church Land Company I2 50
Cliurchill House Corporation 7 32
Cia Mexicana De AJambre '* Phillips'* Mexico City. . 2 50
Citizens Ice Company 10 00
Citizens Trust Company 50 00
Gark, John J. & Company 7 50
Club Pothier Realty Company 5 00
Coastwise Fish & Transportation Company 25 00
Coats Building- Lpan Association 25 00
Coats Co-C^rative Association 23 24
Coe Ribbon Gold Leaf Mfg. Company 25 00
Collyer Machine Company 13 00
Columbus Club Building Association 16 55
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Columbus Exchange Bank $25 00
Compartment Garage Company 2 28
Congdon Street Land Company 2 50
Connecticut Valley Onion Company 25 00
Coupe, William Company, Ltd 37 5^
Covell, William H. Land Company 15 00
Cranston Print Works Company 75 00
Creditors National Clearing House 56 16
Crittenden Lumber Company 35 00
Crown Mfg. Company 250 00
Cushing Realty Company 6 28
Cushion Fabric Company 12 50
Davol Land Company 7 50
Day Building & Land Company 45 00
Dean Realty Company 5 |62
Dennis Real Estate Company 6 45
Dcrwil Realty Company 5 00
Diamond Ice Company 25 00
Diamond Machine Company 32 50
Dime Messenger Service Company 2 50
Doieman Optical Company 2 50
Donahue, T. F. Company 7 50
Dragon Silk Mills 5 00
Draper, O. M. Company 22 50
Draper, William H. Real Estate Company. . 12 50
Dyer Street Land Company 30 00
Eagle Realty Company 16 46
East Greenwich Farmers Corporation i 86
East Greenwich Savings Fund & Loan Association . 25 00
East Shore Land Company 5 00
East Side Realty Company 7 ^o
Eastern Beef Company 2 50
Eastern Film Corporation 25 00
Eastern Home Building Association 9 14
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Eastefh Wreath Mfg. Company $4 65
Eaton Realty Company 25 00
Eden, C. H. Company 25 00
Electric Systems Corporation 25 00
EUmgrove Farm 45
Elmwood Novelty Company 2 50
Emerson Apparatus Company 2 50
Emery Amusement Company 62 50
Empire Reaky Company 25 00
Everett, C. J. Incorporated 2 50
Excelsior Carpet Cleaners, Incorporated 2 27
Fairhaven, Incorporated 5 57
Fairmount Land Company .* ' 2 76
Fall River Provision Company 2 50
Fargo, E. A. Company 5 00
Farkas Company 2 50
Fessenden & Company, Incorporated 7 50
Fidelity Loan Guarantee Company 25 00
Fidelity Mercantile Agency / 9 45
Fidelity Realty Company 7 50
Field Engine Turning Company 2 50
Field Land Company 25 00
Fisher, J. M. Company 27 50
Fisk-Bcnnett Company 2 50
Fitchville Mfg. Company 50 00
Fitzgerald & Company, Incorporated 40
Fletcher Hotel Company 7 50
Fletcher Land Company 107 32
Flint Land Company 25 00
Fogerty, William J. Company, Incorporated. ...... 5 00
Fourem Company, Incorporated 3 00
Francis Chemical Company 23 38
Francis Woolen Mills 7 50
Franco American Realty Company 6 J46
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Franklin Real Estate Company %22 56
Freemasons' Building Asso. of East Greenwich ....
Freemasons' Hall Company
French Knitting Company
French River Textile Company
Fulton Fuel & Road Oil Company . . ,
Fulton Land Company
Gardner-Lofdal Company
General Plate Company
General Supply Company
Gibbs Land Company
Gilbreth, Frank B. Incorporated
Gilman Land Company
Glenlyon Dye Works
Glenwood Mfg. Company
Globe Land Company
Gold Mark Knitting Company (R. L)
Good- Will Soap Premium Store
Goodwin- Sherman Motor Car Company, Inc
Gorham Garage Company
Granite Building Corporation
Greene Farm Land Company
Guaranty Used Motor Car Company
H. W. K. Company
Hahn, Isaac Land Company
Harding, Patrick E. Construction Company
Hardman Railroad Tie Company
Hardware Agency Company
Harris Farm Dairy Company
Harris Lithograph & Publishing Company
Harris, S. A. Realty Company.
Hazard, Anna Land Company
Heaton Mfg. Company
Hebert Construction Company
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Heirs of Thomas Burgess. Incorporated $55 00
Hellman, L. J. Company 5 00
Herreshoff Mfg. Company, Incorporated ' 25 00
Herrick, William H. Company 14 22
Herx & Eddy. Incorporated 25 00
High Street Bank 100 00
Hodges Building & Land Company 29 12
Hoey Mfg. Company 7 78
Home Products Company, Incorporated 5 00
Homestead Realty Corporation 3 80
Hope Fruit Company 2 50
Hope Land Company . . . .• 40 83
Hope Private Hospital 1500
Hope Publishing Company 32 50
Hope Spring Company 25 00
Hopkins Machine Works, Incorporated 10 po
Hopkins Transfer Company 12 50
Hough Realty Company 10 78
Howard, Albert J. Company, Incorporated 12 50
Howard Land Company 42 50
Howard Realty Company 175 00
Howe Waste & Packing Company 7 50
Hygienic Fibre Company 12 50
Improved Tenement Corporation 4 29
Indian Oaks Farm 5 00
Indiana Motor Sales Company 8 98
Industrial Patent Corporation 25 00
Industrial Trust Company 1,250 00
International Moistening Company 3 80
Interstate Ice Company 3 20
Interstate Stone Company 7 50
Italo American Mutual Trust Company 62 50
Jackson Realty Company 6 67
Jamestown Land Company 2 50
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Jewelers Manufacturing Company $5 oo
Jewelers' Protective Association , . 2 50
Joslin Himalaya Company 25 qo
Kazanjian Company 2 17
Kenneth Ridge Company 8 66
Kilbum, J. R. Glass Company, Incorporated 12 50
Kingston Trust Company 27 50
Kinsley Avenue Land Company 12 50
Kirkland Realty Company 2 50
Knock Down Motors, Incorporated 10 00
Kohinoor Novelty Company 2 50
La Tulia Lace Company ^ 50 00
Lafayette Land Company 2 50
Landholders, The 5 00
Leach & Gamer Company S 00
Lee, A. S. Company 2 50
Lee, Charles H. Company 2 50
Leonard-Rooke Company 27 54.
Lewis & Paige, Incorporated 83
Lind Mfg. Company 25 00
Lind- Sampson Needle Company 8 75
Little Pond Company 2 50
Lundin Turkish Bath Company 5 00
Lynde Land Company 25 00
Lynford Company, Ltd 25 po
M-B Tool Company 7 50
Magnan, N. J. Company 20 00
Main Street Power Company 25 00
Makepeace, D. E. Company 25 00
Manchaug Company 200 00
Marginal Dock Company, Incorporated 49 SS
Marvel Rubber Company i.- .25 00
Mashapaug Land Company 7 50
Mason, Volney W. & Company, Incorporated. 12 50
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McCabe, Edward J. Incorporated $21 96
McCrilHs, A. B. & Son, Incorporated 50 00
McLaughlin, Gewge T. Company 23 6t
Mechanics Building Company 2 50
Medway Mfg. Company 25 00
Menopad Mfg. Company 25 00
Mercantile Trading Company ^3 58
Merriam Company 5 00
Merriman Solidified Oil Company • 29 48
Metacomet Realty Company (No. 2) 25 00
Metallic Shell & Tube Company 37 50
Miller, Joseph W. Land Company 20 00
Mrlot Brothers Company 10 00
Miskiania Camp 23 80
Modem Equipment Company 2 50
Mohr Reaky Corporation 20 27
Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island 62 50
Morrison Granite Company 12 50
Mossberg, Frank Company 50 00
Motor Protection Company 9 20
Moulton & Son Company 7 26
Mowry, D. E. Company 2 50
Mu-Col Company, Incorporated 12 50
Mundell Realty Company 23 65
Namquit Worsted Mills ^5 00
Narragansett Cotton Mills 46 28
Narragansett Land Company 75 00
Narragansett Pier Company 20 00
Natick Milk 250 po
National Button Company 25 00
National Funeral Association 23 00
Nayatt Point Oyster Company 24 36
New Cliffs Hotel Company 24 32
New England Company 25 00
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New England Consolidated Company
New England Furniture Company
New England Mfg. Jewders' & Silversmiths' Asso.
New^ England Provision Company
New Idea Realty Company , . . . .
New Orpheum Amusement Company
New Star Amusement Company
Newport Cooperative Association for Saving and
Bdilding
Newport Horse Show
Newport Taxicab Company
Newport Trust Company
Niantic Dyeing Company
Nitrogen Corporation
Nornay Worsted Company
North Swansea Mfg. Company
Norton Taxi Motor Company
Oak Valley Mills
Oakland Cemetery Company
Ocean Highland Company
O'Gorman, Roger Jr. Company
Old Colony Advertising Company
Old Colony Co-operative Bank
Orpheus Corporation
Paine, George L. Company
Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company
Pawtucket Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Pawtucket Warehouse, Incorporated
Pearce-Mauran Land Con^pany
Pearce Realty Company
Peck Realty Company
Peckham Brothers Company
Pcckham Realty Company
People's Grocery Company ,
$11 30
9 10
5 00
7 50
25 00
2 50
2 50
250 00
I 90
5 00
125 po
7 50
7 45
62 so
7 50
25 00
5 00
19 40
17 50
10 00
2 50
625 00
2 50
25 GO
24 II
250 00
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50 00
2 50
7 50
7 50
1.5 «>
2 50
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Perry-, William H. Company $25 00
Phenix Trust Company , 25 00
Pilgrim Machine Company 7 50
Pilling Chain Company 2 50
Pinckney Farm Land Company 22 68
Pitman Land Company 5 33
Pocasset Cemetery Corporation 25 00
Pocasset Worsted Company, Incorporated 125 00
Pocket Ice Apron Company 2 50
Pontiac Mfg. Company 75 00
Poons, Edward M. Company 25 00
Posnegansett Ice Company 25 00
Potter, Johnston & Gridley, Ltd 87 50
Potter & Johnston Company SO 00
Producers Trust Company 2 50
Providence Arcade Corporation 25 po
Providence Blower Company 40 32
Providence Building Company 255 17
Providence Engineering Corporation 125 00
Providence Musical Association 2 50
Providence Realty Company 25 00
Prudence Land Company 780
Puritan Lunch Company 7 50
Purity Cross, Incorporated 37 30
Quidnick Reservoir Company 25 00
Racing Coaster Company 12 50
Reading Custom Laundry Company 5 00
Real Estate Improvement Company 13 88
Red Cross Chemical Company 25 00
Regina Lace Company (R. I.) 50 00
Remington Realty Company 25 00
Rcnaudy I. Company 12 50
Rhode Island College of Nursing 25 00
Rhode Island Conservation & Development Co 25 00
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Rhode Island Country Club $37 5^
Rhode Island Exhibition Company 25 oo
Rhode Island Foundry & Machine Company 25 00
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 1,250 00
Rhode Island Humidifier & Ventilating Company. . 12 50
Rhode Island Investment Company • 125 00
Rhode Island Iron & Steel Company 'S '7
Rhode Island Printing Company 7 50
Rhode Island Pullclean Towel Company 12 50
Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Company ^S 00
Rhode Island Telephone & Electric Company 3 83
Rhode Island Warehouse Company 7 5^
Rice & Sargent Engine Company 10 00
Richardson Foster Company 15 00
Richmond Mfg. Company 38 76
Richmond Realty Company , 25 00
Riverside Park Company of Westerly, R.I 2 50
Robbins Company 10 00
Robinson, E. A. Company 7 50
Robinson Jewelry Company, Incorporated 7 50
Roger Williams Finishing Company 25 00
Roger Williams^ Narcotic Cure Company 2 50
Roger WilKams Savings Fund & Loan Association. 875 00
Rosenberg Realty Company 10 00
Roy, L. J. & Company, Incorjx)rated' 20
Rumford Company 2 50
Russell Medicine Company 7 50
Saart Brothers Company 25 po
Safety Engineering Company ^^77
Sakonnet Golf Club 25 00
Samoset Company 57 SO
Samsy Mfg. Company ^ 5 00
Sanborn, A. J. Sons, Incorporated 15 00
Saunders' Marine Safety Device Company 2 50
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Saylcs, Albert H. Realty Company $25 oo
Saylcs, Albert L. 2nd Land Company 5 00
Security Company i 65
Sheldon Building Company '52 08
ShcfMird. John Jr. Real Estate Company 25 00
Shepard Land Company 87 50
Slater Realty Company 25 00
Slater Trust Company 250 00
Smart & Austin Con>pany 5 00
Smith, John P. Realty Company 21 33
Smith Webbing Company ' 75 00
Solvents Recovery Company 25 00
Somerset Realty Company 40 00
South County Bird Company 5 58
South County Co-operative "Association 2 50
Squantum Association 2 50
Standard Investment Company 2 50
Standard Mfg. Company 60 44
Standard Ring Traveler ^Company 5 00
Star Carbonizing Company 2 50
SterKng Handkerchief Company 4 70
Studley Land Company 37 50
Sturtevant Wharf & Storage Company 25 00
Sun Publishing Company 25 00
Sweet Sash & Blind, Lock & Hinge Company. . 12 50
Symonds Land Company 2 50
Talbot Mfg. Company 7 '50
Tamco Mailing Company 2 50
Taprick Company 7 50
Tel^aphone Sales Company 12 50
Thornton, F. L. Company 2 50
Tilling^ast, F. A. Company 2 68
Times PuUishing Company 12 50
Tips Aero Motor Company 25 ^00
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Tiverton Brewing Company $10 00
To Kalon Building Association, Incoqx)rated 10 60
Tockwotton Company 7 50
TurWClub r 00
Union Belt & Leather Company 5 00
Union Co-operative Association (No. 2) ...... 6 46
Union Hand Laundry Company 8 28
Union Realty Company 21 79
Union Trust Company 625 00
United States Alizarine Company 6 18
United States Electric Generator Company 50 00
Universal Fire Escape Company of New England. . 2 50
Updike Real Estate Company 5 99
Urban Realty Company 25 00
Urquhart- Swift Land Company .' 24 04
Vega Valley Orchards, Incorporated 12 50
Vesta Knitting Mills 87 50
Wakefield Land & Investment Company 2100
Wakefield Trust Company 50 00
Walker Land Company 25 00
Walker Realty Corporation 25 00
Wannamoisett Company 12 50
Warwick Club Association 5 00
Warwick Land Company 125 00
Warwick Neck Land Company 4 98
Washington Row Company 308 23
Washington Trust Company of Westerly 75 00
Waterman, Frank E. Company 2 50
Watjen, H. E. Company, Incorporated i 46
Watrous, Ralph C. Company 5 00
Weatherhead-Thompson Company 25 00
Webb Mfg. Company • 7 50
Webster Company 45 00
WaBing, Charles H. Company ^ 2 50
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West Pharmacal Company, Incorporated
West Providience Land Company
Westerly ;Dye Works
Westerly Furniture Company
Westerly Quarries Company
Westerly Savings Fund & Loan Association.
Westminster Bank
Westminster Land Company
Weybosset Investment Company
What Cheer Stables Company
Wheeler, Mary C. School, Incorporated
Wheeler & Chadbounie, Incorporated
Whipple & Campbell Company
Whitconib Farm Company
White Lace Company
White Rock Mill
Wickford Oyster Company
Wilcox, L. M., Calder Company
Winnebago Mfg. Company
Winslow Realty Company
Woonsocket Building & Loan Association . . .
Woonsocket Company
Wo(Misocket Co-operative Association
Woonsocket ,Land Company
Woonsocket Realty Company
Woonsocket Trust Company
WoiMisocket Wholesale Grocery Company...
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FRANCHISE TAX.
Recapitulation.
Receipts for 1918 tax , $17403 45
Receipts for tax of previous years 340 88
GROSS EARNINGS TAX.
Public Sennce Corporations,
Adams Express Company
Colonial Navigation Company
Dyer Transportation Line
Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company
New England Steamship Company
Providence, Fall River & Newport Steamboat Co, ,
Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. . .
Wootl River Branch Railroad Company
Bay State Street Railway Company (Ry. Dept.) . . .
Newport & Providence Railway Company
Rhode Island Company
Shore Line Electric Railway Company
Pullman Company
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
New England Telephone & Tel^raph Company. . . .
Providence Telephone Company
Southern New England Telephone Company
Westerly Automatic Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barrington Water Company
Bay State Street Railway Company (Ilium. Dept.) .
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Company
Bristol & Warren Water Works
Drownville Water Company .* . . .
$17,744 33
$^420 72
800 00
331 59
1,030 00
13993
1.258 50
85767
80,546 43
17468
2.192 59
1.325 30
59.683 91
1,08992
1479 23
4.395 03
1.945 87
45440 73
2 59
94500
2413 65
63 50
2,510 62
15.627 55
827 22
47 74
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East Greenwich Water Supply Company $200 05
East Providence Water Company 548 p2
Jamestown Light & Water Company 196 54
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company 27,603 25
Narragansett Pier Electric Light & Power Company 490 04
Newport Gas Light Company 1,601 74
Newport Water Works 2,491 97
Pascoag Water Company 125 76
Pawtucket Gas Company 5*583 94
Pawtuxet Valley Water Company 256 19
Providence Gas Company ", 21,051 04
Putnam Light & Power Company 15 00
Rhode Island Power Transmission Company 4,130 45
Scituate Light & Power Company 143 36
Seaconnet Park Water Company * 7 10
Shawomet Water Company 43 44
Stoneleigh Water Company 9 32
Tiverton Electric Light Company 179 55
Tiverton Gas Company 65 20
Wakefield Water Company 278 35
Warwick & Coventry Water Company 333 92
Westerly Light' & Power Company i455 9^
Wickford Light & Water Company 115 35
$294,684 35
Tax on Street Railway Companies,
Newport and Fall River Street Railway Company .
$2,595 94
INHERITANCE TAX-.
Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Thomas E. Rounds $65 74
Mary R. C. Deonstyne 20 91
Philip Case 760 64
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90 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
George H. Richardson $9 59
Mary Hamilton Buck 5»09^ 66
Catherine Abell 6 20
Mary Hurley • 17 9^
Maria Heald 5 62
Anna R. Cranston 28 76
William H. Patt 376 85
Albert Horton, Jr., alias 1,498 29
George G. Palmer 7 80
Thomas H. Frauley 27 45
Augusta G. Hazard 8,01 1 02
Frank N. Lamb 16 37
Elijah R. Tefft 24 56
Roger McCormick ! 14 24
Nathan B. Hail i ,470 09
Rebecca S. Phillips 21 54
Henrietta B. Jenckes 33 5-
Ellen Baker 254 30
Thomas Shaw Safe 162 27
Mary E. Knowles 609 91
Mary P. Batxrock ' 47 07
Nicola Capelle 563 00
Charles H. Dodge 34 48
Mary Knobloch 223 27
CJarence O. Valentine 35 67
Mary O'Reilley 2 22
Sarah L. Harrington 10 33
Emma C, Smith 4iio7 59
John Reid 1191
William B. Wait 62 29
Mary E. Parker. . .• 125 60
Gorham N. Thurber 15 96
William W. Batchelder 455 88
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Elizabeth L. Sweet $3 69
Edward F. Aldrich 1,150 14
Harriet N. Webster 12 99
Job E. Carpenter 12
Susan Alniy Smith 876 51
Susan M. Eddy - 14 02
Isaac C. Greene 144 62
Edward S. Aldrich 374 17
Daniel Beckwith 2,139 05
David O. Black I75 82
John Conley, alias 1 1 64
John H. Arnold 1945^
Sarah Marchington 60 03
Sarah C. Wood 7 09
Charles E. Blake '. 52 90
Martha Ann Fisher 99 63
Rebecca B. Rose 12 05
Philip Case 6,1 15 37
John E. Gobeille ,67 47
Susan Manchester 1 39
James H. Fredericks '75 87
Joseph H. Cushing 335 65
Susan M. Carpenter 14 12
Nicholas J. Gardiner i ,334 84
Joseph G. Johnson 236 76
James McArdle 47 24
Ermina A. Newell 54 58
Carrie Maude Hough ,. . . 45 1 1
Elvira B. Bates 324 49
Matthias Wicklund 3 47
John H. Spink 21 74
Mary E. Douglass 10 52
David Beckwith 1,786 16
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount
Edward S. Aldrich $663 19
Hayley S. Pike 995 00
Frank E. Richmond 289 76
Alice D. Mumford 212 35
Peter A. Underwood Si 17
Isaac R. Perkins 1196
John Suttrell 30 31
Davis C. Anderson / . 91 78
Alice Conant 43 (67
Gilbert B. Roffee i 16
Susan E. Peckham 69 51
Bethena A. Pendleton 402 99
Arabella G. Thompson 146 04
Herman Rosenberg 149 76
Sophie T. A. Tillinghast .' 194 18
WilKam H. Covell, Jr 258 19
Sarah E. Ralph 67 59
Sarah F. Bourne 1,064 84
William W. H. Cannon 426 37
Rebecca M. Hoag 27 38
Seraphina W. Smith 7 40
Carl Siegel 73 83
Joseph M. Bates ^ 62 29
Bridget Fennessy 266 08
Mary E. Smith 5 21
Jerry L. Wightman 49 60
Anni€ Anderton 1 1 1 92
John B. Hawkins 34 97
Elmer S. Knowles 34 24
Charles A. Henry 70 13
Richard G. Davis 116 22
Edward T. Kenyon 119 66
Maria L. Hazard 21 8r
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
.\delaide Horton • . . . $1311
Bethena A. Pendleton 408 25
Henry F. Jenckes 63 00
Charles H. Cowell I39 63
Israel P. Rounds 6 23
Crawford Carter Allen 120 85
Susan C. Chace 5 77
Sidnie C. Newman 18 34
Caroline M. Remington 5 45
Julia E. Gates 121 84
.Maria E. Burlingame 2 59
Catherine C. Miller 70 07
Sally F. Bates 71 79
William Stanley 291 92
Byron S. Cooke 715 61
Annie M. Whitaker 19 89
Emeline W. Kilton 6 78
Walter I. GofF 7 98
Mary Rothwell 29 77
Mary Ann Dodge 33 25
John Walter Perry 17 26
Charles H. Dodge 80 86
Amelia A. Greene 153 88
Charles Morris Smith 1,971 33
Henry S. Cole 3^3 55
Ellen L. O. Sheldon loi 13
Rosalie R. Ford 2,134 62
Frances E. Robinson 234 92
Thomas Boardman, Jr 40 90
Charlotte A. Markham 123 38
John B. Spink $231 74
Lois A. Judkins 105 29
Tillie A. Spitz 61 46
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Phebc Maxson Dur/ee $i i 40
Philip D. Hall 115 28
James Wilson t 121 26
Sarah M. D. Gardner 892 45
Jane M. Burnham 494 48
Augusta G. Hazard 16,070 40
Charles E. Gorman 177 64
Charles Brooks 3 25
Catherine M. Lynch 13 02
Waity A. Champlin 2,573 9^
Sarah E. Norman ' 12 34
Susan E. Arnold 40
Herbert M. Howe 575 00
Esther B. Lawton i 10
Virginia Caselli 17 00
John Howard Manchester .* 759 58
Chester T. Calder i 08
Frederick H. Watkins 814 43
Ida F. Draper 8 08
Marcus M. Inman 45 86
Mary E. Potter 4 24
John H. Hayden 19 38
James M. Ripley 3403 02
Charles B. Gardner 196 80
Rufus G. Angcll 7 19
Agnes M. Harris 13 98
Elbert Anderson 747 00
Proctor C. Lull 105 86
Sarah Burdick 72 88
Anne L. Willson 102 14
David P. Burke 90 73
Catherine Lorillard Kemochan 2,086 87
Henry Lawton 21 41
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Estate. Deposit Net Amount.
Jcanettc S. French $28 39
John Smith 90 1 1
N. Duncan Chapin 226 15
Benjamin Hall 449 48
Mary K. Cole 66 21
Charles H. Youngs 178 98
Sylvanus Warren 88 90
Daniel J. Boyd 249 49
William A. Bosworth 79 55
Francis A. Talbot 21 23
Annie E. Braley 127 74
Abby Langworthy 73 81
Edwin C. Phillips 14' 65
James Carroll , 10 54
Lydia O. Wood 9 02
Laura E. Butler 7 52
Mary Matteson 29 50
John W. Butts 57 65
George M. Welles 477 64%
Anne E. Brown 1 1 52
Elizabeth A. Cook $192 57
John J. Butler 263 75
Johns H. Congdon 2,500 65
Mary Preston Hill if798 24
Walter W. Griffith 486 04
Thomas Thorp 19 35
Anjanette Eddy 38 32
Lena M. Swinbourne 45 36
James C. Cottrell 9 01
John P. Hazard 34 24
Henry J. Spooner 551 67
Phebe A. S. Fisher 22 ^i
Qinton N. Williams 61 35
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Abby F. Martin $46 97
Laura G. Bosworth m 97
William A. Carter 48 56
Abigail M. Reynolds 265 97
Maria A. Page 141 4i
Ida F. Draper 5 00
George A. Griffin 24 24
John H. Hayden 65 82
Joseph R. Bullock 489 32
Susan A. Ashton 91 43
Eugene W. Mason 338 43
Wealthy Hart 1 17 96
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George McKenzie 163 76
Oliver Kendall 432 85
William Auger 63 86
Luola M. Sprunt 15 00
Wendell R. Bates 6 86
Guan M. Hutton 658 25
^William Halkyard 1,005 ^8
John Hazard Reynolds 23 13
Oliver Kendall 228 16
Mary Clark Buffington 5 00
Joseph N. Nelson 31 89
Walter S. Hackney S422 34
Jane Murphy 35 S^
Henry F. Horton 41 28
Euphemia Gendron 19 3^
Elizabeth Howland 58 59
Elizabeth B. Phillips 19 05
Stephen B. Brown 70 10
Wilhelmina H. Van Wyke 33 33
Martha W. Fish 6 19
George M. Long v 46 50
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Otis A. Miller $14 06
Charles H. Stebbens I53 34
Maria M. Foster 6 83
Emma R. Whitaker 248 60
Charles H. West 93 84
Susan A. Howe ^9 75
Andrew Luther 39 SO
Janet C. James 7 34
Chauncy J. Jaques 8 99
Alfred B. Evans 8 37
Robert Wilson 22 83
.\lice V. Burrows 29 14
Sarah C. Carpenter 68 94
Joseph A. Taylor 273 19
William Halkyard 1,464 26
Adeline L. F. Daniels 3 00
Mary M. Flint 83 73
Frank H. Martin 235 06
Francis A. Paige 45 66
Mary Hennessey i 22
Bradford Gay 64 33
Hannah E. Bachellor 16 80
Ramon Guiteras 25 75
Waity A. Champlin S.023 79
William Hf. Perry 2,700 83
William E. Brayton 4,038 35
Michael Joseph Keeffe 20 35
Walter T. Maxfield 477 55
William Adam Purrucker 29 49
Mary M. Purcell Crosson 76 97
Mary E. Williams 8 78
John P. Freeborn So 56
- Frederick R. Hazard 359 83
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Estate. Deposit.
William Williams
George Leigh
Malvina A. MilHken
Stephen Attmore Tucker
Mary E. L. xMitchell
Patrick Murphy
Mary H. Ellis
Dutee Wilcox
Benjamin Seabury
Hayley S. Pike
Frank E. Richmond
Eliza W. Howland
Abby Jane Bradbury ^77
Caroline Amelia Brown Weeden
Ruth M. Harrington
Malvina A. MilHken
Edward deVanx Morrell
Rowland Gibson Hazard
Sarah F. Bourne
Caroline A. Cromwell
John C. Mertz
James Henry Singleton
Thankful E. Wilkinson
Amory Chapin
Richard Hay ward
Hugh Denerby
Ethan T. Sheldon
John J. Mason
Joseph W. Knight
Robert B. Richmond
Margaret Murray
Harriet E. Cole
Nancy A. Lawton
Net Amount.
$78953
4 99
141 98
3032
120 00
64 02
1,216 36
3,802 61
2.186 54
1,282 14
796 62
2.275 84
208 10
1825
354 13
537 50
94,89s 60
919 19
3045
1945
8.857 99
8 06
192 85
235 03
54 65
184 47
2,481 94
6 88
24 25
27 97
552 00
10 90
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Mary J. Marshall $191 01
George Henri DeFoy 121 93
George M. Long 46 50
John M. Smith 45 1 77
Jonathan Chace 30,686 42
Capitoia I. Spalding 62 51
Mary McDonald 2 60
Daniel Burrows 313 62
Patrick H. O'Connell 42 36
Mary A. Watson 120 40
Helen H. Jones 96 36
Joseph T. Sheldon 331
Robert H. Blanding 8 75
Alfred K. Hawes 1 3 64
Harriet A. Harrison i M 49
Jane M. Palmer 20 70
John Mulcahey i 11
Charles G. Tost 47 44
Alice Thurber 2,21 1 51
Florence M. Joslin 37 59
Charles E. Wilbur 91 19
William Clark, Jr 1,602 86
Margaret A. Ryan 1 17 96
Ellen Taylor IS 00
Harriet E. Cole 2,099 85
Ellen L. O. Sheldon 254 43
Sarah M. D. Gardner if540 66
Charles E. Wilbur 467 32
Edwin Reynolds 543 85
Samuel A. Colvin 12 52
Marguerite Trinque 417
Susan A. Barrett 35 21
L. Irena Mathewson 13 02
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount
Abby F. Mathewson $52 22
' Ida A. Colwell 2,375 64
Alice Keteltas 152 37
Frederick Stephan 32 49
Sanford Mowry 3 3^
Thomas Brennan 196 28
Patrick H. Carroll 12 72
Helen M. Burton 26 78
George F. Glasse 98
Harry E. Winsor 79 18
Robert H. Blanding 8 75
Morris Keiser 31 22
Anna Johnson 1 1 40
AKce Keteltas , 146 28
Phebe A. Thomas 10 49
William H. Cooke 15 66
Rowland Crandall 265 31
Grace V. Palmer 4 46
Silas Carr 28 73
Honorine G. Brigham 5 00
Hayley S. Pike i 63
Amanda M. Sayles . 18 10
George A. Pope 163 68
George Chilson Phillips 7449' 53
Edgar A. Mowry 33 87
Helen M. Burton 128 55
John James Carr 139 83
Sarah M. Dodge 45 88
George A. Pope 150 93
Herbert E. Dodge 152 49
Catherine E. McSoley 19 94
Alfred Chabot 215
Ephraim Bedford 8 99
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Estate. Deposit. Net Amount.
Maria A. Steere $9 30
Charles C. Gardiner 7.955 74
Eleanor S. Bennett 94 48
Elizabeth C. Markland ' 81 98
Ellen M. Jencks 344 65
Thomas McCurry • 4 50
Abby S. Crandall 96 37
Mary E. King ; 506 60
Imogene B. Kern 35 42
Harriett E. Wilbour 510 33
Frederick Hough 4 62
Frederick Hough 4 62
Florine L. Mathewson 6 87
Martha A. Brown 5 08
Horace Slocum 341
Emma A. Berrian 80 99
William Griffin 40 09
Henry M. Rhodes i5 06
$431 08 $301,758 53
Rebate of Taxes 451 21
$301,307 32
Deposits 431 08
$301,738 40
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TAX ON BANK SHARES.
Banks and Trust Companies.
Ashaway National Bank
Blackstone Canal National Bank
Centreville National Bank of Warwick
Columbus Exchange Bank of Providence
High Street Bank
Industrial Trust Company
Italo-American Mutual Trust Company
Kingston Trust Company
Merchants National Bank of Providence
Mechanics National Bank of Providence
Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island
National Exchange Bank of Greenville
National Exchange Bank of Newport
Newport Trust Company
Newport National Bank
Pawtucket Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Phenix National Bank of Providence
Phenix Trust Company
Providence National Bank
Producers Trust Company
Wakefield Trust Company
Washington Trust Company
Westminster Bank
Woonsocket Trust Company
Refund to Cities and Towns for bank shares of non-
resident shareholders ,
$23664
843 70
339 S3
400 00
478 80
276 7c;
144 40
188 30
1,497 80
18958
946 20
309 37
9884
210 00
"7 52
11 40
822 30
380 00
307 72
13 60
504 02
540 00
118 40
20 00
$8,994 91
174 64
$8,820 27
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 103
TAX ON INSURANCE BUSINESS.
State Insurance Companies.
Automobile Mutual Insurance Company of America $3,240 22
American Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,768 94
American Motors Mutual Insurance Company 8 91
Blacks^one Mutual Fire Insurance Company 4423 26
Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Company 374 06
Enterprise Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,^66 74
Firemen's Mutual Insurance Comi>any 6,108 34
Franklin Mutual Fire Insurance Company 123 40
Hope Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,524 33
Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company.. 4»6i9 ii
Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance Company *3»233 66
Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,432 00
Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1,127 01
Narragansett Mutual Fire Insurance Company.... 758 71
Patrons* Fire Relief Association 19 40
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company 783 60
Puritan Life Insurance Company 2,028* 60
Providence- Washington Insurance Company 3*265 46
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company 483 06
Rhode Island Mutual Fire Insurance Company 5,668 86
Rhode Island Insurance Company 892 60
State Mutual Fire Insurance Company 7»743 93
Tiverton & Little Compton Mutual Fire Insurance
Company 20 94
Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company 358 27
What Cheer Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,574 07
$58,347 48
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104 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
FOREIGN INSURANCE AGENTS.
Fire and Marine.
P. Skinner, Jr
Theophilus Topham
Abraham Ingham
Vernum L. Miner
Edward P. Butler
William H. Severance
Williaiv R. Randall
George A. Schuyler
Edward L. Spencer
Silas R. Richmond
M. Louis B. Sweatt
Edwin H. Farnum
Clark H. Straight
Di Jeser & Ortoleva
George N. Saillant
Howard E/Thorpe
Edwin F. Cary
H. A. Mackinney
C. B. Frechette
Edith C. Logee
Walter E. Shannon
Duncan A. Hazard
Matthew J. Lynch
N. E. Kendall
George W. Callahan
John E. Babcock
L. J. Morrisette
Albert H. Knight
Fred E. Hathaway
Gamwell & Ingraham
Henry C. Sherman, Jr
John W. Ramsbottpm
$28797
8591
57
62 86
89 22
29 97
93 91
3 43
13 20
4 45
119 08
6967
5°/
55 12
15 52
16 30
25 27
44 15
50
221 07
6 26
21 64
23 03
26 24
32 63
49 95
6 29
I 83
" 54
,317 26
5388
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Joseph Perkins, Jr $i 1 1 57
B. Thomas Potter i 95
Charles W. Greene 43 10
Herbert L. Dyer 21 53
Giarles A. Morgan 705 51
Andrews & Weaver 96 13
The Joseph L. Fleurant Insurance Agency 198 86
Alexander M. Blake S 62
T. A Gardner & Company 64 09
Benjamin J. Dyer 14 46
P. Skinner, Jr I 18
A. P. White 96 23
Frederick P. Church 27 26
Thomas D. Higgins 851
Charles H. Philbrick 643 14
Frank W. Coy 270 65
Felix F. Thurm 24 40
Joseph L. Sanders 29 70
A. Lincoln Hambly 1 19 00
Beach & Sweet 2,812 43
Coates, Hurdis Company 92 67
Oscar J. Rousseau 10 64
Herbert C. Calef 1251
Packer Braman 1,744 18
James T. Kaull 43 31
Wheeler W. Arnold 48 77
Charles G. Easton 25
Qifford D. Paige 387 73
Scott & Farrell 76 98
B. M. Briggs & Sons 93 19
Briggs & Golden 3 02
C. H. Wrightington 106 47
Frederick H. Paine I54 76
John L. Borden , 8 93
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Moses E. Shippee $224 44
Great American Insurance Company 4 08
Stanley N. Chase 208 53
James P. Healey 6 69
Scott & Farrell 5 63
Stanley N. Chase i 38
Leon S. Sanders 10 99
H. G. Wilkes 67 17
Harold P. Warren 2 49
W. Herbert Caswell 81 46
Henry T. Bugbee 14 29
H. M. Clark 62 60
James F. Freeman Company 304 85
Frank E. Brown » 611 30
George N. Girard 248 85
Girard & Ninteau 2 29
Norberg & Company 11 15
John C. Budlong 1 1 30
C. E. Boon & Company loi 48
Adam J. Dotzert 22 13
Bertram W. Wall 55 15
Thomas R. Rathbun 251 69
John A. Gammons 945 1 1
William E. Doyle 961
John C Cosseboom 182 10
James Keough 43 81
Thcmias O'Brien 1 1 08
W. Russell Sweet 4 20
William H. Draper 26 64
Ida J. Morin 76 46
E. L. Watson & Company i ,879 10
Howard I. Lee 1,013 33
Donald S. Tonge 197 2^
Henry C. Anthony 9 99
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Royal G. Luther ?59 5^
John A. O'Connell 1.749 43
Clarence A. Hammett Company 2o6 66
Beach & Sweet, Incorporated 7 53
Dwight C. Lord & Son 40 49
Lewis L. Simmons 7 i6
F. X. Roberts & Son 63 38
W. A. Lester 1,679 5^
William C. MovvTy 222 88
Lyman VV. Budlong 93
R. P. Smith & Son 1,567 i6
John F. Kirby 24 01
Herbert P. Sutton 65 65
Misael Gaulin & Son 43 17
Edward M. Burke I 98
Irvine O. Chester 177 90
Joseph S. Blume & Company 53 ^8
James W. Burke 6 18
Howard B. Perry 39 45
Holden & Greene 173 34
Edgar E. Matteson 13 45
Daniel Mclver 19 27
James W. Cook 309 86
J. B. Parsonage 449 01
Andrew F. Denegan i 45
John H. Rock 13 71
Richard S. Smith 9 80
William H. Herrick Company 84 73
William E. Brightman , . . . 404 60
Chester F. Newcomb 831 93
Frank Bishop & Company 61 04
Eugene A. Tingley 5' 32
Leon E. Danforth 23 04
John B. Carpenter 208 79
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108 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
John E. McOsker $13 67
J. Urban Edgren 47 10
DeBlois & Eldredge 794 01
Melvin C. Johnson 175 83
American Druggists Fire Insurance Company 141 94
William C. Chambers 84 67
Antonio Marcaccio 163 76
P2Imer C. Mason S>6 56
Leo R. Donahue 33 45
Elmer W. Shippee 6 24
O. J. Paquin 45 28
H. F. Horton & Sons Company 27 92
William G. Sweeney 29 49
C. A. Bursley 3 60
N. S. Brown. Company 33 72
Leo A, Blais 160 79
J. C. Palin 54 36
F. N. Branch 164 01
William F. McCoy 4 32
Abraham Manchester 2 28
C. E. Boon & Company 04
Fagan & Moore 42 91
The Arnold Company 251 04
Spencer & Boss 1,618 38
John Eddy & Son 172 42
Gallivan & O'Donnell 2,213 00
Frank L. Dean 40 20
J. A. & C. O. Latham 131 02
John F. Galligan 135 81
Walter H. Robinson 205 60
Edward McCabe & Son 94 21
The Isaac Shove Company 967 70
Herbert B. Davis 13 53
George I. Parker 95 55
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Arthur O'Leary, Incorporated $951 93
Richard A. Hurley no 54
Elmer W. Mason 14 38
W. L. Kelley • 82 91
Matthew J. Gallagher 430 24
Maryland Motor Car Insurance Company 84 91
Staricweather & Shepley, Incorporated 10,250 74
William H. Barclay 105 43
Thomas F. Cavanaugh 76 07
Charles H. Lawton 56 02
John E. Kelley 9 96
Thomas W. Peirce 9 69
James Keough 8 53
Daniel Mclver 8 05
M. J. Gallagher 4 8r
Richard Smith 3 76
Mylcs M. .Mulligan - 3 32
P. F. Kinion 2 60
E. H. Richardson i 22
T. C. Brown, Jr 84
Bernard Cunningham 35
Frank B. Knowles 40
William D. Goff Company 338 86
Harold Holt 9 01
Sanderson Brothers 483 72
Charles F. Grinnell 2 00
Joseph T. Murphy 26 42
G. L. & H. J. Gross 2,246 64
Howard W. Farnum 7 76
Winfidd Fuller Company, Incorporated 258 61
Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford 525 99
Orient Insurance Company 221 99
Royal Insurance Company, Limited •. 1 10 07
Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford IS 4^
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110 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Colonial Fire Underwriters
Glen Falls Insurance Company
The American Insurance Company
The Farmers' Fire Insurance Company
Massachusetts Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company
The Mercantile Insurance Company of America . . .
Nord- Deutsche Insurance Company
Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Company
The Home Insurance Company
. Svea Fire & Life Insurance Company
The North River Insurance Company
The Eagle & British Dominions Insurance Com-
pany, Ltd
United States Fire Insurance Company
North British & Mercantile Insurance Company . . .
Michigan Commercial Insurance Company
Phoenix Assurance Company, Ltd., of England. . .
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Company
The Reliance Insurance Company
The Marine Insurance Company, Ltd., of London
Columbia Insurance Company
Western Assurance Company
The Yorkshire Insurance Company, Limited
The Franklin Fire Insurance CompSLXiy
Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Queen Insurance Company of America
The Netherlands Fire & Life Insurance Company. .
Prussian National Insurance Company of Stettin,
Germany 171 i8
$4484
124 15
14 20
44 49
17 69
889
8034
6847
397 45
554 91
54 SO
64 20
8325
98 26
36 16
3988
127 17
115 '3
126 54
26748
7 79
20 36
20 71
28 12
59 99
56 74
12 11
6308
234 51
6852
132 28
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The Royal Exchange Assurance Company $36 72
Caledonian Insurance Company of Scotland 20 22
Agricultural Insurance Company '. e . 103 85
The Continental Insurance Company 267 23
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company 5 61
National Fire Insurance Company 29 43
Automobile Insurance Company 5 54
Camden Fire Insurance Association '74 5 '
Xew Han)pshire Fire Insurance Company 34 16
Atlas Assurance Company 29 61
London & Lancashire Insurance Company, Limited 31 04
Union Assurance Society, Limited 67 78
Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited.. 179 60
British America Assurance Company loio
German American Insurance Company 1 1 85
Sun Insurance Office 85 98
National Union Fire Insurance Company 1 1 55
The Hanover Fire Insurance^Company 9 64
Insurance Company of North America 83 74
County Fire Insurance Company 27 17
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company 1 16 87
Westchester Fire Insurance Company 87 26
United States Lloyds 241 32
Security Insurance Company 100 13
Scottish Union & National Insurance Company. ... 82 32
The London Assurance Corporation 6 90
Firemen's Insurance Company 207 16
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company 68 54
City of New York Insurance Company 53 34
Law, Union & Rock Insurance Company 84 61
Germania Fire Insurance Company 162 48
The Concordia Fire Insurance Company 15 20
Packer Braman 2 16
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd 128 56
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Niagara Fire Insurancd Company $2,384 33
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company 154 02
The Commonwealth Insurance Company of New
York 13 66
Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance Company 106 88
Mechanics & Traders Insurance Company 257 69
Detroit National Fire Insurance Company 11 27
The Columbian National Fire Insurance Company. . 61 42
Boston Insurance Company 725 51
Theophilus Topham 49 ^ ^
P. Skinner, Jr 334 3^
$60,715 16
Rebate of Taxes
Paid Firemen's Relief Fund.
$299 71
2,500 00
2,799 71
$57,915 45
Life.
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company $1,515 06
United States Life Insurance Company 12 65
The Prudential Insurance Company of America. . . 14.323 96
The Union Central Life Insurance Company 1,166 17
Berkshire Life Insurance Company . . - 211 19
Aetna Life Insurance Company 1,164 ^7
Equitable Life Assurance Society 6,678 34
Travellers Insurance Company 682 30
Columbian Natioi^al Life Insurance Company 1,101 59
National Life Insurance Company 844 24
The Union Central Life Insurance Company 291 55
$27,991 22
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Mutual Life,
New Kngland Mutual Life Insurance Company
State Mutual Life Assurance Company
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
Home Life Insurance Company
Fidelity- Mutual Life Insurance Company
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. . . .
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Provident Life & Trust Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. . .
State Mutual Life Assurance Company s . .
$1,261
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270
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3.049 52
14.328 83
1,225
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2,773 38
22,908 18
7,761
39
477 50
Accident and Casualty,
Van R. Wheeler
Gamwdl & Ingraham
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance
Company
Henry F. Bischoff
H. M. Kimball
Charles H. Philbrick
Beach & Sweet
Gamwell & Ingraham
Packer Braman
Domenico Conca ',
$64,676 22
$31 80 •
1,119 38
478 13
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91 76
2844
70 91
4 06
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114 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Andrew L. Intlehouse $49 ^^
Royal H. Gladding 9 6i
B. M. Briggs & Sons 1 1 82
Moses E. Shippce 2 94
Wm. T. Stillman 969 84
Stanley N. Chase 2 77
Continental Casualty Company 350 67
Isaac A. Shippee 74^
Masonic Protective Association * 42 70
J. C. Cook 2 89
James E. Smith 905 06
Frank E. Brown 25
D. G. Hall 231 84
George F. Burt 437 87
William M. P. Bowen 38 71
John A. Ganmions 2,236 08
William E. Doyle 513
James J. Rooney ! 4 4^
John C. Cosseboonj , 72 15
Frank E. Hagar 2 oC)
Ida J. Morin i 11
E. L. Watson & Company 900 62
Beach & Sweet, Incorporated 90 43
W. A. Lester 738 63
T. J. Sullivan 28 82
John F. Barnes 87 71
R. P. Smith & Son 10 34
Irvine O. Chester 14 07
Joseph S. Blume & Comi jany 1 5 54
Holden & Greene 52
Lawrence F. Vories 3,894 40
J. B. Parsonage 62 14
William E. Brightman 3 57
Chester F. Newcomb 222 56
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G. L. & H. J. Gross $277 45
Starkweather & Shepley 573^ o'
John D, MacMillen 72 13
Clifford D. Paige 1,928 09
Elmer C. Mason 305 20
Arthur O'Leary, Incorporated 54 78
John F. Barnes 88 69
Contractors Mutual Liability Insurance Company . . 46 26
Benjamin T. Montgomery 164 38
Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York 1,291 49
X. S. Brown Company 58
Leo A. Blais 79 ^4
American Credit Indemnity Company 43 22
Henry W. Sutcliffe 3 36
Dwight C. Lord & Son 5,550 65
John Eddy & Son ^2
Gallivan & O'Donnell 1,606 22
Walter H. Robinson 262 78
Aetna Life Insurance Company (Accident) 2,416 05
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company 797 79
Automobile Insurance Company 45i 64
F. G. Blanchard 89 27
William H. Kean 340 06
George I. Parker ..." 129 93
Isaac Shove Company 52 07
Arthur O'Leary, Incorporated 27 01
Ira Lloyd Letts i 69
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 35 26 .
Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company 886 70
F. R. Rathbun 143 22
Matthew J. Gallagher 122 44
United States Casualty Company ao6 13
Starkweather & Shepley, Incorporated 503 63
A. A. Mulligan 244 42
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116 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Sanderson Brothers $1,030 52
Commercial Casualty Insurance Company. 112 81
Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland 134 ^ 5
Peerless Casualty Company 79 00
Boston Casualty Company 9 78
Manufacturers Liability Insurance Co. of N. J... 636 84
Great Eastern Casualty Company 243 68
Eastern Casualty Company 54 78
Brotherhood Accident Insurance Company 20 62
Standard Accident Insurance Company 35^ 87
General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Company 133 60
American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. . . . 1.058 04
Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance Co. 596 17
The Ridgeley Protective Association 8 34
The Preferred Accident Insurance Company. 56 1 5
Western Livestock Company 19 3^
Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Company of Conn. 20 42
Stephen J. Casey 92 36
$42,012 70
INSURANCE FEES.
Philip H. Wilbour, Insurance Commissioner $14,343 60
Third Dividend American Union Fire Insurance
Company, in liquidation 3 63
$14,347 23
RECAPITULATION.
State Insurance Companies $58,347 48
Fire 57,915 45
Accident & Casualty 42,012 70
Life 27,991 22
Mutual Life 64,676 21
Insurance Fees I4,347 ^3
$265,290 30
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FINES. COSTS, FEES, ETC., FROM COURTS AND
OFFICERS.
SUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS.
Costs $1 1,214 29
Jjirors i 2,(162 01
Officers 497 70
Witnesses 555 62
Fines i 4.241 97
Incidentals 267 82
$19,439 41
DISTRICT COURTS.
First Judicial District.
Entries and Executions . . . : $303 55
Writs 16 75
Fines 3,3io 00
Costs 1,758 80
Court Fees in Town Cases 516 55
Second Judicial District,
Entries and Executions
Writs
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
$5,905 65
$19 60
3 25
154 00
19s 05
32 60
$404 50
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Third Judicial District,
Entries and Executions $73 10
Writs II 75
Fines 142 00
Costs 160 30
Court Fees in Town Cases 71 20
Fourth Judicial District,
Entries and Executions
Writs . . . t
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
Fifth Judicial District.
Entries and Executions
Writs
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
Sixth Judicial District,
Entries and Executions
Writs
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
$458 35
$96^5
770
39400
3626s
106 75
$96735
$7785
440
941 00
81285
43840
$2,274 50
$3,547 40
56845
22,830 00
7.194 67
6990
$34,210 42
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Seventh Judicial District.
Entries and Executions $98 30
Writs 50
Fines 866 00
Costs 439 85
Court Fees in ToVn Cases 253 95
Incidentals i 02
Eighth Judicial District.
Entries and Executions
Writs
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
Incidentals
Ninth Judicial District.
Entries and Executions
Fines
Costs
Court Fees in Town Cases
Tenth Judicial District.
Entries and Executions
Writs
Fines *
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Court Fees in Town Cases
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$121
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$394
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120 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Eleventh Judicial District.
Entries and Executions $163 15
Writs 7 30
Fines 873 20
Costs , 885 08
Court Fees in Town Cases 526 55
Incidentals i 64
$2,456 92
Twelfth Judicial District.
Entries and Executions $171 70
Writs 9 90
Fines 1,873 00
Costs 771 GO
Court Fees in Town Cases 41 50
Incidentals 50
$2,867 60
Jailers.
John V. Chapman, Providence County $12,816 29
Frank P. King, Newport County 71 10
Henry Serbst, Bristol County 27 90
George S. Phillips, Waslhington County 45 40
Ira E. Higgins, Sui>erintendent of State Workhouse 362 30
$13,322 99
Automobile Fines,
Fines imposed by District Courts for violation of
Automobile Laws, quarter ending July 31, 191 7 $3,748 00
Fines imposed by District Courts for violation of
Automobile Laws, quarter ending October 31,
1917 5,742 00
$9,490 00
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COURT FEES, ETC.
Miscellaneous.
Eighth District Court
Chief of Police of Lincoln
Walter R. Wightman, agent, Fourth District Court
Ninth District Court
Waher R. Wightjman, agent, Second District Court
Walter R. Wightman, agent, Sixth District Court. .
Walter R. Wightman, agent, Third District Court. .
$102 95
FINES, COSTS, FEES, ETC., COURTS AND OFFICERS.
RECAPITULATION. , .
Supreme and Superior Courts $i9i439- 4^
District Courts .. $0,524, 28
Jailers I3»3^2:99
Fines in Automobile cases .9490 .00
Miscellaneous JQ2 95-
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Liquor Licenses,
Bristol $-1^1 52^ 50
Burrillville • ^^^oo -od
Central Falls 6,662 50'
Charlestown • . 106 25
Coventry 900 00
Cranston 3,118 75
Cumberland .:........ " 2,556 8f.
East Greenwich 962 50
East Providence 1,500 00
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Foster $150 00
Gloccstcr 200 00
Lincoln i ,790 00
Newport 7»940 82
North Kingstown 300 00
North Providence if4S0 00
North Smithficld 650 00
Pawtucket i4»S5o 00
Providence *. 84,300 00
Scituate 150 00
Smithfield 250 00
Warren 2,162 50
Warwick 2,550 00
West Greenwich 25 00
West Warwick 4350 00
Westerly 2,264 5^
Woonsocket 1 1,512 50
Bristol 60 00
Charicstbwn 6 25
Cranston 6 25
Cumberland 725 00
East Greenwich 18 75
East Providence 87 50
Foster ." 87 50
Lincoln 25 00
Pawtucket 137 50
Providence 200 00
Scituate 150 00
Woonsocket 612 50
$156,270 88
Refuiid to City of Newport 5,325 84
$150,945 04
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Shows, Pool, Billiards, etc, Returns.
Bristol $85 12
Central Falls 507 25
Charlcstown . . .' 44 50
Coventry 18 50
Cranston 169 25
Cumberland 78 75
East Greenwich * 28 50
I^st Providence 168 00
I'^oster 2 50
Hopkinton 31 50
janiestown 20 00
Lincoln ^5 5^
Middletown 25 00
Newport 1,595 50
Xorth Kingstown 44 50
North Providence 83 50
North Smithfield 4 00
Pawtuckct • 1.264 00
Portsmouth 21 00
Providence 2,976 13
Scituate 8 00
South Kingstown 40 00
Tiverton 37 50
Warren 213 00
Warwick 183 00
Warwick 133 50
West Wan\'5ck 255 50
Westerly 33 00
Woonsocket 821 50
Harrington 15 00
Bristol 49 00
Central Falls 242 50
Charlestown , 23 50
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Cranston * $189 00
Cumberland 10 50
East Greenwich 25 00
East Providence ' 159 25
Johnston 55 50
Lincoln 10 00
North Providence 46 00
North Smithfield 22 00
Pawtucket 394 50
Portsmouth 5 00
Providence 5>973 25
Scituate 18 00
South Kingstown 40 50
Tiverton 30 00
Warwick 140 50
West Warwick 412 00
Westerly 80 00
Woonsocket i ,013 50
$17,870 50
RECAPITULATION.
Liquor $150,945 04
Shows, Pool, Billiards, etc 17,870 50
$168,815 54
Peddlers' Licenses.
George Etbelman, State $15 00
Harris Gorman, Providence County 30 00
Edward White, State 15 00
Vincent Frank, State 15 00
H. Falcofsky, State 15 00
Simon Farley, Providence County 10 00
LfCna Hanna, Washington County 15 00
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John Amta, Providence County
Frank Albanese, Providence County . . .
Arif Hasen, State
Mihmad Mahmood, State
Philip Cohen, State
I lyman Cohen, State
Joseph Wenger/ State
S^ Dick, State
Gewge Williamson, State
Morris Pessis, State
Mohammed Amra, State
Joseph Abid, State
May Y. Monroe, Providence County. . . .
Simon Farley. Providence County
Jacob Karp, State
Max Bretchneider, Providence County .
Elias Jacobs, State »
George W. Lewis, Washington County.
Louis Trencher, State
Joseph Kallele, State
Habash Kalid, State
Mary Holly, Bristol County
Alice Howayeck, Newport County
Hyman Cohen, State
Morris Miller, State
Simon Farley, Providence County
Louis Kulman, State
Edward White, State
Joseph Spear, Providence County
Max Cohen, State
Philip Storch, State
Simon Fariey, Providence County
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Auctioneers' Duties.
Fred W. Perkins, Providence $36 45
Robert L. Walker Company, Providence 71
John F. Kiernan, Providence
M. Crochiere, Woonsocket
Herbert C. Calef, Providence
James H. Hurley, Providence :
Theodore Brown, Providence
Samuel E. Daubney, Providence
E. Tudor Gross, Providence
George A. Schuyler, Pawtucket
John W. Saball, Lincoln
Joseph J. Owens, Providence
Clarence O. Carpenter, Warwick
George V. Sevin, Cranston
Joseph M. Provencher, Woonsocket . . .^
S. K. M. Robertson, Warwick
Henry B. Potter, Providence
Herman G. Tucker, Foster
Walter F. Crowell, Providence
Thomas T. Larkin, Hopkinton
James D. Caswell, Narragansett
Harry L. Bates, Providence
Warren Dawley, Richmond
William C. Tibbitts, West Warwick
Charles O. Latham, Cranston
Joseph A. Latham, Cranston ^
Wheeler W. Arnold, Pawtucket
Thomas W. Peirce, North Kingstown
Thomas O'Brien, Pawtucket
Domenico Conca, North Providence
Norbert Lavallie, Woonsocket
John C. Cosseboom, Woonsocket
Charles E. Conley, Pawtucket
22 27
66
3608
112 16
686
4032
46
I 13
647
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3 43
400
7 '3
2 10
3612
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3 79
1 55
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2 94
16 38
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I 14
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308
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Allen Money, Exeter
William G. Sweeney, Newport
John Cassidy, West Warwick
William H. Manuel, Newport
Matthew J. Gallagher, Pawtucket
William H. Quigley, Central Falls
George T. Howard, Little Compton . . . .
Ernest L, Manchester, Little Compton . .
Albert S. Greene, Burrillville
Edward E. Peckham, Middletown ......
Patrick F. Canning, Providence
Aaron MiUcman, Providence
Harry Nathanson, Providence
Richard A. Hurley, Providence
Benjamin W. Grossman, Providence
Herbert L. Dyer, Newport
Arthur J. Billings, Warwick
Napoleon B. Rose, New Shoreham
Herman G. Tucker, Foster
Sylvester T. M. Robertson, Warwick
Clarence O. Carpenter, Warwick
James R. Jenkins, Providence
Charles A. White, Narragansett
Fred W. Perkins, Providence
Robert L. Walker Company, Providence;
Patrick J. Callahan, Cumberland
James H. Hurley, Providence
E. Tudor Gross, Providence
George R. Hanaford, East Greenwich . . .
Herbert C. Calef, Providence
Theodore Brown, Providence
Samuel E. Daubney, Providence
Thomas T. Larkin, Ho{^nton
Patrick F. Canning, Providence
$4 94
7 07
4 24
2 35
i6 89
8 67
18
I 35
3 54
14 38
97
10 93
613
15 16
3 55
23 61
295
17
48
« 31
306
8 80
10
39 44
3 07
9 12
53 01
15
4 57
r6 51
787
688
I 22
5 34
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128 REPORT. OF GENERAL TREASURER.
John- W. Saball, Lincoln . $4 02
Harry L. Bates, Providence ; •. . • 21 45
Thomas W. Peirce, North Kingstown * . 7 49
William C. Tibbitts, West Warwick i 33
Herbert L. Dyer, Newport 2 89
Walter F. Crowell, Providence 31 08
Joseph M. Provencher, Woonsocket 2 34
Wheeler W. Arnold, Pawtucket 3 56
Henry B. Potter, Providence 85 88
John Votolato, Johnston 2 47
Charles O. Latham, Cranston i 48
Joseph A. Latham. Cranston i 87
Charles E. Conley, Pawtucket 4 62
Domenico Conca, North Providence. 11 44
Jonathan Andrews, Woonsocket i 94
Charles H. Lawton, Pawtucket 41 3^
Richard A. Hurley, Providence 14 02
Albert S. Greene, Burrillville i 87
Levi Staples, Barrington 2 36
Harry R. Paquin, Portsmouth 6 59
William H. Quigley, Central Falls 5 51
David M. Knight, Coventry 3 21
Arthur J. Billings, Warwick 12 39
Levi Staples, Barrington 2 28
Frank A. Greene, Charlestown 4 17
Napoleon B. Rose, New Shoreham ^47
John B. Carpenter, East Providence 24 77
Charles A. White, Narragansett 31
Willard F. Browning, South Kingstown 2 14
W. Herbert Caswell, Narragansett 63 57
James R. Jenkins, Providence 98
Albert L. Cole, Foster 2 82
George R. Hannaford, East Greenwich i 40
Patrick F. Canning, Providence 3 53
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Fred W. Perkins, Providence $3^ 03
Robert L. Walker Company, Providence . 2 69
Herbert C. Calef, Providence 7 27
William A. Baggott, Providence 26 64
$1,138 44
Fees for Analysis of Commercial Fertilizers.
Bowker Fertilizer Company $136 00
Parmenter & Polsy Fertilizer Company : 48 00
Lowell Fertilizer Company 96 00
New England Fertilizer Company 64 00
American Agricultural Chemical Company........ 48 00
Bowker Fertilizer Company 48 00
Sanderson Fertilizer & Chemical Company 88 00
The Pulverized Manure Company , . 7^ 00
John Joynt 24 00
New England Lime Company 32 00
John Breck's Sons Corporation 24 00
Coe-Mortimer Company 120 00
Rockland & Rockport Lime Company 16 00
National Fertilizer Company 176 00
L. B. Darling Fertilizer Company 128 00
Wilcox Fertilizer Company 136 00
The Fertile Chemical Company 24 00
J. B. King & Company 8 00
Nitrate Agencies Company 48 00
Charles F. A. Smith 16 00
The Rogers & Hubbard Company 1 52 00
^L L. Shoemaker & Company 32 00
Armour's Fertilizer Works 128 oio
Herbert Harris 16 00
What Cheer Chemical Company 16 00
Alpha Portland Cement Company 8 00
Nicholas F. Gaeber 32 00
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Berkshire Fertilizer Company $80 00
The American Agricultural Chemical Company. . . . 416 00
William B. Scott & Company 8 00
t
Fees for Charters.
Culver Dye Company, Incorporated
Portuguese Holy Ghost Society
Acme Finishing Compwuiy (Increase)
The Nut Creamery, Incorporated.
Atlantic Beach Corporation
Gem Yarn & Dye Works
Patton-MacGuyer Company
Burke-Tarr Company
R. Bolle Mfg. Company
Rhode Island Electrical Instrument Company
W. M. Harris Realty Company
The Jackson Social Club
Bamai Worsted Company (Increase)
Superior Margarine Mfg. Company
Family Laundry, Incorporated
The Williams & Anderson Company (Increase) . . .
Taxi Company, Incorporated
The Trustees of the Norwegian & Danish Methodist
Episcopal Church
Standard Garnetting Company
Our Lady of Perpetual Aid, Polish Old Roman
Catholic Church
Horton-Gardner Corporation
British Relief Society of Rhode Island
Fray Jewelry Company
Manville Fire Department
B. & H. Mattress Company
$2,240 00
^100 00
5 00
225 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
500
100 00
100 00
100 00
50 00
[OO 00
500
100 00
500
100 00
500
500 00
500
100 00
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Woodlawn Finishing Company (Increase) $150 oo
Providence Braid Company (Increase) 100 00
Oswegatchie Textile Company (Increase) 100 00
Paul Stierle Company, Incorporated 100 00
The Steel Specialty Corporation 100 00
The Charles Worsted Company 100 00
Independent Grocers & Market Men's Association . . 5 00
Columbus Cycle Club 5 00
Riverpoint Club Association 5 00
Caproni Brothers Company (Increase) loooo
Rhode Island Knitting Company .100 00
Providence Kikie Band 5 00
The Pawtuxet Valley Board of Trade 5 00
A. & Z. Chain Company 100 00
Rhode Island Registry & Identification Company. . . 100 00
Thornton Cotton Duck Mills 100 00
Oswegatchie Textile Company (Increase) 100 00
Saint Christ Michalance Club 5 00
The French Literary & Social Qub of Warren, R. I. 5 00
Optical Patent & Trade Mark Company 100 do
Lewis L. Fales Corporation 100 00
Narragansett Veteran Firemen's Association 5 00
Ukranian Library Association 5 00
Italian Retail Grocers Association 5 00
Wickaboxet Farms 100 00
Ventrone & Company, Incorporated 100 00
Rhode Island Bag & Burlap Company 100 00
rVovidence Fittings Company 100 00
The W. & K. Company (Increase) 250 00
Anglo-American Mfg. & Export Company 100 00
The Retail Furniture Association of Rhode Island. . 5 00
Manhasset Mfg. Company (Increase) 300 00
Cranston Italo- American Qub 5 00
Whitfield, Gilbane Company 100 00
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L. H. Tillinghast Supply Company ( Increase)
Temple Mfg. Company
Jenkinson Machine & Tool Company
Cranston Welfare League
Davisvilie Free Library Association
William H. Schwartz Company
The Caesar Battista Club of Knightsville
Collyer Insulated Wire Company (Increase)
Providence Fanners Exchange
Oakland Beach Civic League
The Verga Wolf Mfg. Company
The Franklin Machine Company ( Increase;
Federal Independent Athletic Club
Nathanson Amusement Company
The Fairmount Club
United Americas Exporting Company
Dupuis-Blais Coinpany :
The Carolina Company (Increase)
Manton Base Ball & Social Club.
Societa Operaia Teanese di Mutuo Soccorso Cesare
Battisti
Central Construction Company
Cercle Franco Americain
Aleppo Young Men's Educational Club of Paw-
tucket and Central Falls
F. David & Company, Incorporated
Sakonnet Fishing Company
Budlong Manufacturing Company
Italo-American Retail Grocers Corporation of
Rhode Island
Bristol Lega Di Miglioramente Fra Glio Perrio
Society
Stoller-Hilgers Silk Mill, Incorporated
Rocky Brook Mills Company
$20
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100
GO
100
GO
5
00
5
GO
100
GO
5
GO
300
GO
5
GO
5
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100
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200
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5
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100
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5
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100
GO
100
00
100
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5
GO
100
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5
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100
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100
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100
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GO
100
GO
250
GO
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Saint Mathew's Catholic Club
Rhode Island Exchange Company
American Piercing Saw Company
Premier Worsted Mills (Increase)
D'l Weaving Company
Harrisville Utilities, Incorporated
H. A. Mackinney Company '
J. E. Ken worthy Company ^
Service Dyeing & Winding Company
Hope Publishing Company (Increase)
National Wholesale Grocery Company of Rhode
Island
Northern Water Company
Marion Woolen Mills
What Cheer Braid Company. ,
Oakland Beach Yacht Club
Darlington Trucking Company
The Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home, Incorporated.
Liberty Tool & Gauge Works
California Wine Company
Warwick Novelties, Incorporated
What Cheer Haven No. i, Daughters of Neptune. . .
Modern Machinery Company ^
What Cheer Laundry (Increase) . *.
Xarragansett Motors Company
Vermont Creamery ;
Union Furniture Company
George E. Withington Grocery Company
New England Publishing Company, Incorporated, of
Providence, R. I
United Syrian- American Association
Williams & Merchant, Incorporated
Trustees for the Eastern Nazarene College.
The Young Orchard Company (Increase)
$5
00
lOO
00
lOO
00
50
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
100
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100
00
.25
00
200
00
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100
00
100
00
5
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100
00
100
00
100
00
100
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100 00
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00
100
00
100
00
.100 ^X)
100
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
5
00
100
00
5
00
50
00
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134 . REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
J. P. Taylor Company
Ashaway Grange No. 50. P. of H
Federation of the Societies of the North End of the
City of Providence and State of Rhode Island.
Majestic Clothing Company *
Hayes LxK)m, Reed & Harness Company
National Coated Paper Corporation
The J. C. Hall Company (Increase)
J. A. Lind Company
Armeno-American Publishing Company, Incor-
porated
Banner Needle Com|>any
Eagle Weaving Company
W. W. Wightman, Incorporated
The Enterprise Dye Works, Incor|)orated
Standard Emblem Company
Fontaine Realty Company
The National Grocery Company, Incorporated
West Glocester Light & Power Company
Parkin Yam Company
The Longmeadow Sporting & Fishing Club
Laline Building Moving Company
H. D. McLean Trucking Company
Trinity Square Jewelers, Incorporated
The Anderson Sheet Met?al Company
Starkweather & Shepley, Incorporated (Increase) . .
Battery A of Rhode Island, Welfare League
Cold Spring House
Draft Regulator Company
Metropolitan Transportation Company \ .
Saint Michael Club
British Empire Club
E, M. Dart Mf^. Company (Increase)
Excelsior Lodge No. 90, Vasa Order of America. . .
$100
00
5
00
5
00
100
00
100
00
250
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
200
00
100 00
100
00
300
00
100
00
100
00
150
00
100
00
100
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00
100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
500
00
5
00
100 00
100 00
100 00
5
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5
00
100 00
5
00
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Acme Braid Company
Aldrich Brothers Company
Pettaconsctt Mfg. Company
W. H. Graham Company of Rhode Island
East Greenwich Columbus Independent Band
The Master Barbers Association of the City of
Providence
The Hazcloch Medicine Company
St. Paula Independent Irish Catholic Benevolent
Union
Jolmson Brass Foundry Company
Teanese Social Club
Providence Needle Company
Hamel Oil Burning Equipment Co., Incorporated. .
Lyon Silk Works, Incorporated
Rhode Island Oil Gas Company
Red Cross Lodge No. 25, Knights of Pythias
R. Livingston Beeckman Association of East Provi-
dence
Assyrian Jacobite' Apostolic Church of St. Ephraim
Towarzystwo Najswieszegi Imienia Jezus Przy
Parafi Sivientez Jadwigi
C. H. Pease & Company
Panara Brothers, Incorporated
Joseph Benn & Sons, Incorporated (Increase)
Roy Rawlings, Incorporated
Pierce- Arrow Trucking Company of Rhode Island.
National Macaroni Company
Park Clothing Company
B. B. & R. Knight, Incorporated
Union for Rehabilitation of the Village of Haght. .
Putnam Warehouse Company
Kescot Mfg. Company, Incorporated
Reliable Shoe Shop, Incorporated
$100
00
3,000 00
100
00
100
00
5
00
5
00
100
00
5
00
100
00
5
00
200
00
100
00
100
00
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00
5
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
100
00
100
00
T,I0O
00
100
00
100
00
100 00
100
00
2,000
00
5
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
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136 REPORT OF. CE^^ERAI.. TREASURER.
Priscilla Worsted Mills (Increase)
Circolo Educcativo Alessandro Manzoni
Liberty Mfg. Company, Incorporated
The Wood Metal Company
Springer Social Club ;
Fulford Mfg. Company (Increase)
Acme Laundry Company ,
La Veechia Societa Di Mutuo Soccorso Christofo
Colombo No. i
Woonsocket Machine Press Company, incorixjrated
Adams Novelty Company
The Elms Social & Literary Club
The Oaks Social & Literary Club
The American Society of Martians
Marine Engineering & Dry Dock Company of
Rhode Island
Moses Robinson Company
Armenian American Club. ;
John F. Sheern, Incori)orated
Providence Driving Club
The Ninigret Mills* Company
Trudon & Company, Incorporated :
The Nutile Roofing Company
The Liberty Club of Central Falls, R. I
The Old Homestead Literary Club of East Green-
wich, R. I J
The French Worsted Company (Increase) ......:
Eastern Lace & Braid Company ■
The Jolly Five Club
Blackstone Valley Transportation Company
St. Antonio Club ....*.. ;
Harrisville Realty Company
Crescent Braid Company of Rhode Island
$50
00
5
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100
CO
100
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5
00
300
CO
100
00
5
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750
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100
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500
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100
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550
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100 06
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REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Pawtuxet Valley Agricultural Society
East Side Social & Literary Association
United Fraternal Club ,
Vaad Taharath Hameshpacho
Palin Realty Company
Newman Realty Company
Workingman's Club of East Greenwich
Red Bridge Warehouse Company
Tubular Woven Fabric Company (Increase)
John D. Peck, Incorporated
John D. Peck Grain Company
The Boko Social & Literary Club of Rhode Island
The Island Lumber Company
Colwell Worsted Mills (Increase)
Pascoag Realty Company (Increase)
Club La Jennesse Franco Americaine
W. S. Hough, Jr., Company (Increase)
Ricco Company, Incorporated
137
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00
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5
00
5
00
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00
2IO
00
5
00
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50
00
100
00
100
00
5
00
100
00
100
00
Soo
00
5
00
100
00
100
00
$37,280 00
FEES.
Miscellaneous,
Water analysis, etc.. Board of Health $65 00
Board of Examiners in Chiropody, unexpended bal-
a'^ce 39 65
Board of Registration in Embalming 2 23
Fraternal Societies, regulation fees and charges 132 40
$239 28
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INTEREST.
Interest from Charitable Itistitution Loans.
Loan of 1914 $2,105 ^4
Loan of 191 5 260 29
Loan of 1916 282 52
Loan of 1918 336 57
$2,885 02
Dwidend on School Funds.
Interest, Town of Bristol Bonds $980 00
Interest. City of Cranston Bonds 40 00
Interest, Town of Lincoln Bonds 4,600 00
Interest, Town of East Providence Bonds ZS>AO 00
Interest, Town of North Kingstown Bonds 240 00
Interest, City of Pawtucket Bonds 760 00
Interest, Town of Warren Bonds 720 00
Interest, City of Woonsocket Bond« 120 00
Interest, Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913 Bonds 200 00
Interest, Highway Construction Loan Bonds 30 00
Dividend, National Bank of Commerce r,2i8 ou
$11,948 00
Interest, Corporate Excess and Franchise Taxes.
The W. J. Feeley Company $34 34
L. J. Anshen Company n 49
Unique Findings and Supply Company 60
Richter Mfg. Company 40
Bonnet Point Land Company i 06
Western Mercantile Corporation ij^
Providence Dental Company 31
Rhwle Island Automatic Fountain Company 2 08
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Saywell-Lundgren Company
Gilbreth Brown Company, Incorporated
Xew England Amusement Company
Crown Confection Shop
( )lneyville Provision Company
T. N. Gallassi Company
A. Hasselbaum Company
Max Gertsacov Company
William Bens Comi)any
Invincible Tire Company
Benjamin Brothers Company
Rex M fg. Company ' ,
S. K. Merrill Company •
A. C. J. Learned Company
The General Plastering Company
Crown Confection Shoi>
Charles H. Williams Company
Xarragansett Bay Realty Company
Canadian & Southern Lumber Company
Dimond Com[>any
Rocheford Harness Company
Aetna Realty Company
Isaac Hahn Land Comj)any
Oakland Cemetery Company '. . .
Interstate Ice Company
E. A. Fargo Company
Cranston Bottling Company
Merchant Tailors Trimming House, Incorporated .
Whitney Law Corporation
Flint Farms, Incorporated
James Openshaw Company
Sweeney Brothers Company
Dyer Credit Company
Paige Motor Company of Rhode Island
$o 30
I ^>5
5 40
09
2 C/)
5 59
^ 39
2 00
i 16
I 78
I iO
1476
17 60
I i?>
383
1 60
2 41
10 77
4 20
35 5«
4 36
13
13
3 07
3 7"
65
2 46
2 45
1 36
II 07
665
3 74
4 31
14 35
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140 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Rhode island Electrical Equipment Company . »
Providence Printing Company
Providence Novelty Company
Benjamin F. Smith Company
La Lo Chemical Company
Amstaco, Incorporated
J. R. McLean Company
Crown Realty Company
German Sausage Company ^. . . :
Providence Merchandise Company
Francis Chemical Company - : . . . .
R. L Security Company
American Loan Company
. Domestic Sewing Machine Company, Incorporated
James Wilkinson Company
New England Land Company
Armour Fertilizer Works
Globe Optical Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Walnut Hill Cemetery Company
Hand Brewing Company
Raphael Gouse Textile & Supply Company
Niantic Dyeing Company
Hennessey Laundry Company
Enterprise Real Estate Company
Rhode Island Security Company
Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Company
Rhode Island Co-operative Coal Company
St. Clair, Incorporated
Scientific Textile Finishing Corporation
McKenzie & Winslow, Incorporated
Monast Realty Company
Talbot Brothers Company
Midway Mfg. Company
$863
7 97
5 47
3609
14 50
665
47
I OS
3 ^5
54
I 79
9 55
31 6;
51
59
26 03
367
5 01
I 56
1658
79 83
97
I 80
260 13
II 8s
4 08
17 95
2\
60
16
I 14
11
11
14
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A. B. McCrillis & Son, Incorporated
Telegraphone Sales Company
Arcadia Print Works
Nickerson Art Metal Company
Belmont Realty Company
Credit Foncier Canadian
Musical Instrument Sales Company
Sullivan Motor Express, Incorporated
Brevitt Land Company
Waldorf Lunch of Rhode Island, Incorporated. . ,
A. S. Cook Company
A. H. Schrieber & Company, Incorporated
Berry Spring Mineral Water Company
Beyer Brothers Commission Company
Marden & Kettlety Company
Pascoag Water Company
J. W. Moore Company
A. L^ Castritius Company
E. L. Logee Company ,
Providence Land Company ,
Ha)rward Rubber Company, Incorporated
Universal Textile Company
W. E. Barrett Company ,
Fred W. Morse Company
James Hohnetrom, Incorporated
Jacob Brothers, Incorporated ,
National Furnace Lining Company
American Oyster Company
Hope Rubber Company
The Sprii^ House Company
Powers, Dundas Company
Westerly Quarries Company
Windsor Webbing Company
A. J. Sanborn's Sons, Incorporated
$0 29
07
I 62
I 88
24
41
52
26
17
2 13
I 16
I 44
13
17 95
33
I IS
I 61
6 24
33
27
64
15
3 95
I 82
48
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II
93
I 61
26
12 21
13
97
26
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142 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Safety Engineering Company $o 45
Greenville Finishing Company, Incoqjorated 7 33
The Kenworthy Company 7^5
Barker Artesian Well Company 82
M. A. Gammino Construction Company 38
Narragansett Improvement Company 47
Burrill Building Company 28
Newport Transfer & Express Company 69
Bryant & Stratton-Rhode Island Commercial School r 8t
Abbott Run Company 7 65
Leand Realty Company 51
Brown-Dean Company 2 13
Clark Mfg. Company 6 56
Edward R. Ladew Company, Incorporated 83
David Lupton's Sons Company i 49
Era Narrow Fabric Company 72
Norris Bedding Company i 34
The William Douglas Company ' 70
Dunford Mfg. Company 20
A. T. Cross Pencil Company i 16
J S. Packard Dredging Company i 66
Jenckes Knitting Machine Company 6 43
Central Warp Company 2 55
Broadway Storage Company i 36
Franco- American Realty Company 63
The Washington Company 52
Continental Finishing Company 8 59
Hoey Mfg. Company 56
City Bellevue Laundry Company i 79
Hoxsie Nurseries Incorporated i 00
Rhode Island Roofing Company 46
Anthony-Cascambas-Gandy, Incorporated i 54
Providence Scale & Supply Company 71
New England Bakery Company 2 56
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Rhode Island Lace Works
Universal Optical Company
Empire Battling Company
Keasbey & Mattison Company
Prudential Land Company
Fisk Drug Company
Frank W. Coy Real Estate Company
Redfem Mfg, Company
William H. Herrick Company
John Bums Granite Company
Max Gertsacov Company
Bourn Rubber Company
U. S. Alizarine Company
Famiglietti Brothers Company
Cadoza Sales Comi>any, Incorix>rated
S. & S. Novelty Company
Faxon Company, Incorix)rated
L. J. Anshen Company "
Builders Concrete Stone Company
Rex M f g. Company
National Wholesale Grocery Company, Incorporaed
Mariani Company Branch, Incor]X>rated
U. S. Tungsten Mining & Products Company
Enterprise Real Estate Corporation
Rhode Island Baking Company
H. B. Rust Company
Pawtucket Screw Company
Weeks Furniture Company
William D. Goff Company
Stamlard Wholesale Company . :
The Kazanjian Company
Union Paint & X'^amish Company
U. S. Electric Generator Company
New Cliffs Hotel Company
143
$4 25
4 55
I 24
I 46
72
3 49
I 20
60
67
72
55
20 05
37
9 03
8 66
2 62
69
10 25
2 30
563
17 52
4 51
18
97
3 10
4 15
2 50
I 63
3 "
21 90
16
28s
7 20
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company $25 95
Coupe, Murphy Company 60
Alexander Grant & Com»pany, Incorporated i 24
Safety Locker Company iioo
Boss & Seiffert Company i 68
Adams Brothers Incorporated i 05
Star Electric Company 3 02
Peerless Electric Company 2 86
Milano Silk Weaving Company, Incorporated 2 51
Stranahan & Company 13 87
Roy H. Beattie, Incorporated 4 74
United States Amusement Company i 20
Mount Hope Distilling Company ii34
Clason Architectural Metal Works 5 89
Sterling Handkerchief Company 25
H. C. Samuels, Incorporated 29
Carrique Land Company 56
American Bottling Corporation 7 42
H. F. Jenks Company 211
Oakland Cemetery Company yj
D. N. Potter, Incorporated 94
D. Colquhotm & Sons, Incorporated 3 75
Unique Findings & Supply Company 66
Roy H. Beattie, Incorporated 160 61
The Progressive Ring Company i 99
Rhode Island Crown & Cork Company 65
Providence Dental Company 69
General Machinery Company 50
Francis Chemical Company 1 00
K. Mfg. Company 40
Nayatt Point Oyster Company 91
Nichols Mfg. Company 5 13
Broadway Tire Exchange Company, Incorporated. . 3 96
United States Glazed Yam Company 2 57
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A. \'ito Construction Company
Edward S. Jones Sons Company
Rocheford Harness Company
Roy H. Beattie, Incorporated
Western Mercantile Corporation
William J. Roberts Company, Incorporated
Sweeney Brothers Company
M. Winograd Son & Company
Hand Brewing Company
Taxi Service Company of Rhode Island
145
$3 99
I 67
16
30 20
31
23
89
169
31 39
3 30
$1423 41
Interest, Inheritance Taxes.
Estate of :
John A. Cowell
Susan Manchester
Mary R. C. Deonstyn
Nicola Capelli
Oswald H. Wunsch
Susan E. Peckham
Adelaide Horton
Bethena A. Pendleton
Sally F. Bates
Charles H. Dodge
Thomas Boardman, Jr
Charlotte A. Markham
Tillie A. Spitz
Charles E. Gorman
Rosalie E. Ford
Sarah E. Norman
Herbert M. Howe
Frederick H. Watkins
Benjamin Hall
$12 73
27
28
836
90
75
59
36 75
95
■ 580
50
365
55
I 80
103 06
36s
2693
3 99
7 00
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Estate of :
Mary Matteson $i 15
Charles H. Young 2 53
John J. Butler 5 67
Maria A. Page i 52
Wealthy Hart 10 62
George M. Long 4 74
Frank H. Martin 5 36
Mary M. Flint 5 42
Hannah E. Bacliellor 40
Walter T. Maxfield i 70
Caroline Amelia Brown Weeden 21 48
Ethan T. Sheldon 2 65
Margaret Murray 67
John M. Smith 29 18
Byron S. Cooke 34 70
Amanda M. Sayles 56
Herbert E. Dodge i 80
Ellen M. Jencks 29 58
Frederick Hough 65
William Griffin 35
Thomas Brennan 4 25
$383 49
Interest, Agricultural Loans.
Robert E. Moore $0 10
Edwin Early i 88
William B. Colwell 1 1 60
R. K. Fort I 26
C. L. Richardson i 20
F. L. Main 21 00
Walter R. Peirce 2 98
Byron Angell 5 50
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Clifton B. Ward
Gardner H. Kelly
Louis O. Winsor
Interest, Miscellaneous.
On hunters' licenses account
On deposits of State Board of Charities and Cor-
rections
On deposit of Penal and Charitable Commission . . .
On State taxes — Pawtucket, $33.51 ; Central Falls.
$4.27 ; West Greenwich, $2.20 ; Johnston, $45.63 85 Di
$565
6 43
II 99
$69 59
$46 75
37 67
50 80
$220 83
TUITION, RHODE ISLAND NORMAL SCHOOL.
City of Providence, quarter ending November 9,
1917 . $2,081 08
City of Providence, quarter ending January 25, 1918 2,099 74
City of Providence, quarter ending April 5, 1918. . . 2,057 4^
City of Providence, quarter ending June 21, 1918.. . ^>995 75
Walter E. Ranger, Secretary 1.059 00
$9,292 98
RKCEIPTS FROM SALES, ETC.
Miscellaneous.
Rhode Islan<l Institute for the Deaf
Board of Education, discarded books
State House Commission, telephone booth commis-
sion
State House Commission, sale of paper and boxes. .
Sheriff of Providence County, sale of junk
$168 83
7042
14 70
300 80
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50 50
13679
30 40
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148 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
Commission of Inland Fisheries, sale of trout,
Girard Spring Hatchery
Board of Public Roads, sale of old number plates
James R. Cannon, truant officer, sale of newsboys'
badges
Board of Public Roads, crushed stone
Board of Public Roads, pipe
Board of Public Roads, empty oil barrels
$1,195 76
PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
The Rhode Island Company, repairing pavement in
Barrington $19 08
Nathan Marks, sewer connection in Warren 7 03
James H. Smith, sewer connection in Warren 6 70
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, repairing
cuts in Warren and Bristol 1 10 79
State Board of Public Roads», repairing highway
over Stone Bridge 56 85
Bristol and Warren Water Company, repairing cuts
in highways, Warren 17 83
The Rhode Island Company, making sewer connec-
tions at Warren 11 05
State Board of Public Roads, repairing sewer cuts,
water service and sale of stone 477 40
State Board of Public Roads, repairing sewer cuts
at Warren 71 33
State Board of Public Roads, repairing sewer cuts
at Warren 81 46
State Board of Public Roads, repairing highway at
Warren 20 43
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State Board of Public Roads, repairs to highway at
Warren $55 ^9
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, propor-
tional part of cost of repairs to highway at
Warren 109 75
The Rhode Island Company, paving on Main Street,
in Wakefield 1,462 64
Bristol & Warren Water Works, repairing cuts in
highways in Barrington and Warren 52 64
State Board of Public Roads, repairing cuts in high-
way in East Greenwich 73 M
Providence Gas Company, repairing cuts in road.
Pawtucket Avenue : 23 08
State Board of Public Roads, repairing highway at
Warren, Pawtucket, Jamestown, Barrington,
East Greenwich, Pawtucket, Bristol and For-
estdale S25 38
State Board of Public Roads, repairing cross-walks,
Bradford and Hope Streets in Bristol
East Greenwich Bleachery, repairs to highway
Wakefield Water Company, repairs to highway
Town of Warren, repairs to sewer trench. State
highway, Warren
State Board of Public Roads, repairs to Bristol
highway
The Rhode Island Company, repairing State high-
way, East Providence
State Board of Public Roads, repairing highway,
town of Bristol
State Board of Public Roads, repairing sewer at
Warren v
Newport and Providence Railway Company, repair-
ing between and outside rails at Middletown. .
47 06
44 50
638
2420 49
74 47
18 90
82 81
6 so
254 20
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150 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER.
State Board of Public Roads, repairs to sewer cuts
in Warren
State Board of Public Roads, repairs to highway in
Warren . . .
Providence Gas Comj^any, repairs to highway in
East Providence
East Providence Water Company, repairs to high-
way in East Providence :
City of Providence, repairs to highway, Smith street
State Board of Public Roads, repairing cuts in high-
way, Bristol, East Providence and Cumberland
REPAYMENTS AND REFUNDS
A^isccllaneous.
Inman Lumber Company
Providence Journal Company
Board of Public Roads
Narragansett Electric Lighting Comi>any
San ford E. Kinnecom, deputy sheriff
Neemes Brothers
Board of Public Roads, cash 191 7
City of Providence, water maintertance
Walter R. Wightman, from Butler Hospital . . .
Board of Public Roads, traffic censor money .
Board of Public Roads, rebate on freight.
Board of Public Roads, refund duplicate payment
$6
50
8
II
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II
8
11
4
00
72
10
$6,244 01
$0 37
3' 38
25 10
569
700
25
1852
934
13 29
76 00
40 00
I 02
$227 96
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LOAN ACCOUNTS.
Harbor Improvement Loan Account,
1918.
January i . Cash in Bank $77»7S6 73
Payments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $55*742 66
Cash in Bank 22,014 07
$77,756 7i
Second Metropolitan Park Loan Account.
1918.
January i . Cash in Bank $96,298 32
Payments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $41,817 06
Cash in Bank S4481 26
$96,298 32
Charitable Institutions Loan of \g^^ Account.
1918.
Januar}' i. Cash in Bank $75,029 44
Payments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $11,382 60
Cash in Bank 63,646 84
$75,029 44
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1915 Account.
1918.
January i. Cash in Bank $10,936 52
Payments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $10,097 44
Cash in Bank 839 08
$10,936 52
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Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916 Account.
1918.
January i. Cash in Bank $12,163 44
Payments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $7,168 63
Cash in Bank 4,994 81
$12,163 44
Bridge Construction Loan of 191 7 Account.
1918.
January i. Cash in Bank $97,690 68
Sale of bond's . $125,000 00
Sale of cement and use of mixer. . 186 58
125,186 58
$222,877 26
Pajrments from January i, 1918, to
December 31, 1918 $117,908 95
Cash in Bank 104,968 31
: %222,%77 26
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1918 Account.
1918.
Received from sale of Charitable Institutions Loan
of 1918 $25,000 00
Payments from September 26, 1918,
to December 31, 1918 . . .< $10,257 36
Cash in Bank 14,742 64
$25,000 00
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COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS.
Established by Chapter 42, General Laws.
State House Construction.
Amount reported December 31. 1917 $622,549 20
Annual appropriation 41,000 00
Interest from State bonds 2,840 'oo
Interest from other investments 21,004 9^
Profit on State House Construction bonds- purchased
and cancelled 2,238 00
$689,632 10
The Fund is invested as follows :
Note, Town of New Shoreham, due
1903 $4,000 00
\2 District of Narragansett 4 per
cent, bonds, due 1919 12,000 00
30 City of Pawtucket 4 ix:r cent.
coupon bonds, due 1944 30,000 00
i3 City of Woonsocket Water
Works 4 per cent, registered
bonds, due 1919 23,000 00
20 City of Woonsocket Sewer 4 per
cent, registered bonds, due 1925 20,000 00
50 Town of Cranston 4 per cent.
registered bonds, due 1937. . . . 50,000 00
30 Town of Jamestown 3J/^ per
cent, coupon bonds, due 1930. . 30,000 00
15 Town of Cranston 4 per cent.
registered bonds, due 1947 15,000 00
55 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1939 55,ooo 00
40 Town of. West Warwick 4^ per
cent, coupon l)onds, due 1944. . 20,000 00
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32 Town of Bristol 3J4 per cent.
registered bonds, due 1930 $32,000 00
1 1 Town of North Kingstown 4 per
cent, coupon bonds, due 1940. . it, 000 00
10 Town of Burrillville 4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1922 10,000 00
142. State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 191 3, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1963 71,000 Oo
5 U. S. Treasury 4J4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1942 50,000 00
16 City of Central Falls 4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1922 and
1923 16,000 00
56 Town of Warwick 4J'2 per cent.
serial coupon bonds 56,000 00
10 Town of Bristol 3>4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1930 10,000 00
20 Town of Jamestown 4J/2 per
cent, serial coupon bonds 20,000 00
Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Company 82,371 13
$617,371 13
Paid interest on State of Rhode
Island bonds cancelled 254 92
Paid for collecting Johnston bonds 83
Paid for converting U. S. Liberty
Loan bonds 5 22
Bought and cancelled $72,000 State
House Construction bonds due
1924 , 72,000 00
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State Highway Construction.
Amount reported December 31, 191 7 $336,831 85
Annual ai>propriation 33»5I5 00
Interest from State bonds 4,560 00
Interest from other investments 9,828 66
$384,735 51
The Fund is invested as follows :
5 City of Woonsocket 4 per cent.
water bonds, due 1929 $5,ooo 00
5 Town of North Kingstown 4 per
cent, coupon bonds, due 1940. . 5,ooo 00
2 City of Pawtucket 4 per cent.
registered bonds, due 1923 2,000 00
I City of Pawtucket 4 per cent.
coupon bond, due 1923 i.ooo 00
5 Town of Cranston 4 per cent.
registered bonds, due 1947 5,ooo 00
30 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
funding bonds, due 1939 30.000 00
I City of Providence 4 per cent.
school loan registered bonds,
due 1927 5,000 00
.^ City of Providence 4 i^er ^ent.
school loan registered bonds,
due 1927 3,000 00
10 State of Rhode Island Armory
Construction Loan 3 per cent.
bonds, due r946 10,000 00
6 Town of West Warwick 4>4 per
cent, coupon bonds, due 1944. . 3,000 00
25 Town of West Warwick 4^/2 per
cent, coupon bonds, cjue 1944. • 25,000 00
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9 Town of North Kingstown 4 per ^
cent, coupon bonds, due 1940. . $9,000 00
9 City of Central Falls 4 per cent.
coupon bonds,' due 1922 and
1923 9.000 00
5 U. S. Treasury 4>4 per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1942 25.000 00
228 State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 191 3, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1963 1 14,000 00
15 Town of Warwick 4)^ per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1944 15,000 00
50 State of Rhode Island Bridge
Construction Loan of 191 7, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1967 50,000 00
Certificate of Deposit, Union Trust
Company 20,000 00
Certificate of Deposit, Industrial
Trust Company 35,187 33
Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . 13^545 58
$384,732 91
Paid for converting U. S. Liberty -
Loan bonds 2 60
$384,735 51
Providence Armory Construction.
Amount reported December 31. 1917 • $61,361 22
Annual appropriation 4,500 00
Interest from State bonds 420 00
Interest from other investments 1.793 24
_ , ^ $68,0744')
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The Fund is invested as follows :
5 City of Woonsocket 4 per cent.
coupon water bonds, due 1929. $5#ooo 00
9 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
school loan bond, due 1927. . . . 9,000 00
I City of Providence 4 ptr cent.
school loan bond, due 1927. . . . 5,000 00
10 Town of Tiverton refunding 4
per cent, serial bonds, 1930 to
i934i inclusive 10,000 00
21 State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 1913, 4
per cent, coupon l)onds, due
1963 10,500 00
5 Town of Warwick 4>^ per cent.
coupon bonds, due 1944 5,ooo 00
20 State of Rhode Island Bridge
Construction Loan of 1917, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1967 20.000 00
Certificate of Deposit, Industrial
Trust Company 2,261 94
Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . 1,312 52
$68,074 46
Metropolitan Park Loan.
Amount reported December 31, 1917. $46,151 43
Annual appropriation 3.733 00
Interest from State bonds 320 00
Interest from other investments 1,208 47
$51,412 90
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The Fund is invested as follows :
5 City of'Woonsocket City Hall 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1923 $S»o<» 00
1 City of Pawtucket 4 per cent.
registered bond, due 1923 1,000 00
1 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
coupon refunding bond, due
1929 . . 1,000 00
5 City of Woonsocket 4^/^ per cent,
coupon funding bonds, due
1927 5,000 00
2 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
coupon funding bonds, due 1939 2,000 00
T City of Providence 4 per cent.
. school loan registered bond, due
1927 5,000 00
3 City of Providence 4 per cent.
school loan registered bond, due
1927 3,000 00
16 State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 191 3, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1963 8,000 00
14 State of Rhode Island Bridge
Construction Loan of 191 7, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1967 14,000 00
Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . 7A^^ 90
$51412 90
Penal and Reformatory Institutions Loan.
Amount reported December 31, 1917 $25,898 64
Annual appropriation 2,212 00
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Interest from State bonds $300 00
Interest f rooi other investments 703 54
$29,114 18
The Fund is invested as follows :
4 Town of Westerly 4 per cent.
coupon funding bonds, due 1939 $4,000 00
I City of Providence 4 per cent.
school loan registered bond,
due 1927 5,000 00
15 State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 191 3, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
19^3 7,500 00
C'ash, Industrial Trust Company. . 12,614 18
$29,114 18
Harbor Improvement Loan,
Amount reported December 31, 1917 $34>936 41
Annual appropriation 6.300 00
Interest from investments I»I37 32
$42,373 73
The Fund is invested as follows :
Certificate of Deposit, National Ex-
change Bank $20,000 00
20 State of Rhod^e Island Bridge
Construction Loan of 1917, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1967 20,000 00
Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Company 2,373 73
— $42,373 73
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Charitable Institutions Loan of 191 4.
Amount reported December 31, 1917 $26,719 44
Annual appropriation 3,886 00
Interest from State bonds 400 00
Interest from other investments 61 1 80
$31,617 24
The Fund is invested as follows :
20 State of Rhode Island Harbor
Improvement Loan of 191 3, 4
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1963 $10,000 00
10 Warwick Funding Loan 4^ per
cent, coupon bonds, due ic)44. . 10,000 00
10 State of Rhode Island Bridge
Construction Loan of 191 7, 4
per cent, bonds, due 1967 10,000 00
Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Company 1,617 24
Charitable Institutions Loan of 191 5.
The Fund is invested as follows :
2 Town of Johnston refunding 4^
per cent, coupon bonds, due
1935 $2,000 00
$31,617 24
Amount reported December 31, 1917 $19,300 16
Annual appropriation 2,885 00
Interest from investments 682 17
$22,867 33
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8 Town of Johnston refunding 4>^
])er cent. couix)n i)onds, due
1940 $8,000 00
Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . 12,867 33
$22,867 33
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916.
Amount reported December 31. 1917 $7»9i9 43
Annual appropriation 941 00
Interest on cash in Bank 252 03
$9,112 46
The Fund is invested as follows :
Cash, National Exchange Bank $9,1 12 46
Bridge Construction Loan of 1917.
Amount reported December 31, 1917 $5,105 84
Annual appropriation 1,103 00
Interest on cash in Bank 167 28
$6,376 12
The Fund is invested as follows :
Cash, National Exchange Bank $6,376 12
Charitable Institutions Loan of 191 8.
Premium on sale of bonds $787 50
Interest on cash in Bank 3 67
$791 17
The Fund is invested as follows :
Cash, National Exchange Bank $791 17
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Office of the Sinking Funds CoM^[IssION.
Providence, R. I., February 4, 1919.
The undersigned hereby certify that they have personally exam-
ined the securities and investments constituting the State House
Construction, Providence Armor}' Construction, State Highway
Construction, Metropolitan Park Loan, Penal and Reformatory
Institutions Loan, Harbor Improvement Ix)an, Charitable Institu-
tions Loans of 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1918 and Bridge Construction
Loan of 191 7 Sinking Funds in the custody of Richard W. Jennings,
General Treasurer, and find them to agree \vith the statement incor-
IX)rated in his annual report to the General Assembly for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1918.
R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN,
HOWARD W. FARNUM.
(Signed) FREDERICK S. PECK,
EBEN N. LITTLEFIELD,
PHILIP H. WILBOUR,
Commissioners.
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PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
The following is a list of the investments of the Fund :
lis Town of Lincoln 4 per cent registered bonds,
due 1928 $1 15,000 00
4 Town of Warren 4 per cent, coupon bonds,
due 1919 :
4 Town of Warren 4 per cent, coupon bonds,
due 1920
4 Town of Warren 4 per cent, coupon bonds,
due 1921
4 Town of Warren 4 per cent, coupon bonds,
due 1922
16,000 00
20 Town of East Providence 4 per cent, coupon
bonds, due 1923
4 Town of East Providence 4 per cent, coupon
bonds, due 1923
24,000 00
22f Town of Bristol 3>< per cent, registered' bonds,
due 1930 28,000 00
I Town of Cranston 4 per cent, registered bond,
due 1937 1,000 00
3 City of Woonsocket 4 per cent, registered
water bonds, due 1919 3,000 00
1 City of Pawtucket 4 per cent, sewer coupon
bond, due 1923
9 City of Pawtucket 4 per cent, registered bonds,
due 1924
10,000 00
6 Town of North Kingstown 4 per cent, coupon
bonds, due 1940 6,000 00
1 State of Rhode Island Highway Construction
Loan 3 per cent, coupon bond, d*ie 1936 1,000 00
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14 Town of East Providence 4 per cent, coupon
bonds, due 1951 ^ 14,000 00
6 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction
Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, bonds, due 1967. . . 6,000 00
10 State of Rhode Island Harbor Improvement
Loan of 1913. 4 per cent. couix)n bonds, due
1963 • 5*000 00
496 Shares National Bank of Commerce 20,300 00
Cash available for investment 641 19
$249,941 19
TOURO JEWISH SYNAGOGUE FUND.
Established June, 1823.
Cash in hand' December 31 , 1917 $57,2i i 75
Bonds, December 31, 1917 7,000 00
Stocks, December 31, 1917 7,860 00
Dividend, Savings Bank of Newport 1,436 06
Dividend, Newport National Bank 100 80
Dividend, Merchants National Bank 128 00
Dividend, Blackstone Canal National Bank 400 00
Interest, Participation Account, Industrial Trust
Company 439 16
Interest, Participation Account, Rhode Island Hos-
pital Trust Company 99 '^
Interest, Call Account, Industrial Tmst Company. . 56 24
Interest, Call Account, Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Company 1 10 70
Interest, Burrillville 3>4 per cent, bonds 70 00
Interest, Cumberland 4 per cent, bonds 100 00
$75,011 81
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The Fund is invested as follows :
Deposit, Savings Bank of Newport
Participation Account, Industrial
. Trust Company
Participation Account. Rhode Is-
land Trust Company
Call Account, Industrial Trust Com-
pany
Call Account, Rhode Island Hosi>ital
Trust Company
2 Town of Burrillville 3^2 per cent.
bonds, due 1939
5 State of Rhode Island Bridge Con-
struction Loan of 1917, 4 per
cent, coupon bonds, due 1967. .
21 Shares Newport National Bank,
par value $60
200 Shares Blackstone Canal Na
tional Bank, par value $25
T^2 Shares Merchant National Bank
par value $50
Paid City of Newport
Paid salary of Agent to June 30,
1918
2,500 00
$75,01 r 8t
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.
Chapter 363, General I^ws, and Chapter 855, Public Laws.
Annual Appropriation $2,500 00
Unexpended balance of 1917 appropriation 1,780 21
t $35,546
93
11,310
02
2,552
24
6.414
28
1,828
34
2,000
00
5»ooo
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1,260
00
5.000
00
1,600
00
2,400
00
100
00
$72,511 81
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Paid Daniel F. McLoughlin, Treas-
urer $2,500 00
Transferred to General Account. . . 1,780 21
$4,280 21
MORRILL FUND.
United States Treasury $50,000 00
Paid Rhode Island State College $50,000 00
LAND GRANT FUND.
Act of Congress, July 2, 1862.
Amount received from Brown University. $50,000 00
Interest, Participation Account, In-
dustrial Trust Company $2,020 00
Interest, Call Account. Industrial
Trust Company 13 49
General Treasurer's check to com-
plete income of five per cent. . 466 51
2,500 00
$52,500 00
Paid Treasurer, Rhode Island State
College $2,500 00
Deposit, Industrial Trust Company. 50,000 00
$52,500 00
COOPERATIVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FUND.
United States Treasury $9,280 67
Interest on bank account 54 83
$9,335 50
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Payments to December 31, 1918. . . $6,099 ^9
Payments to United States, interest 16 82
6,116 01
Balance in bank $3*2x9 49
VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL FUND.
United States Treasury $5,899 72
Interest on bank account .* 20 79
$5,920 51
Cash in bank December 31, 1918 $5,920 51
SOLDIERS' HOME BURIAL LOT FUND.
State Board of Soldiers' Relief $1,000 00
Interest, participation account, Industrial Trust Co. 20 00
$1,020 00
Cash in Industrial Trust Co., participation account. $1,020 00
STATE INDEBTEDNESS.
Bonded Debt,
3J^ per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due
January i, 1924 ; . . $318,000 00
Interest January and July.
yA per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due
January i. 1934 395.«X) 00
Interest January and July.
3 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due
July 15. 1938 800,000 00
Interest April and October.
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3 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due
May I, 1941 700,000 00
Interest May and November.
3 per cent. Highway Construction Bonds, due
April I, 1936 600.000 00
Interest April and October.
3 per cent. Armory Construction Bonds, due April i, .
1946 350,000 00
Interest April and October.
Syi per cent. Second Highway Construction Bonds,
due March i, 1939 600,000 00
Interest March and September.
3^ j>er cent. Penal and Reformatory Institutions
Bonds, due March i, 1959 300,000 00
Interest March and September.
4 i>er cent. Harbor Improvement Bonds, due
August I, i960 500,000 00
Interest February and August.
4 per cent. Third Highway Construction Bonds, due
June r. 1942 563,000 00
Interest June and December.
3^ per cent. Metropolitan Park Loan Bonds, due
June I, 1958 250,000 00
Interest June and I3ecember.
4 per cent. Harbor Improvement Bonds of 1913,
due December i, 1963 476,000 00
Interest June and December.
4 per cent. Second Metropolitan Park Bonds, due
February i, 1964 300,000 00
Interest February and August.
4 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914
Bonds, due July i, 1964 617,000 00
Interest January and July.
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4 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 191 5
Bonds, due September i, 1965 $458,500 00
Interest March and September.
4 per cent. Charitabje Institutions Loan of 1916
Bonds, due September i, 1966 I49f500 00
Interest March and September.
4 per cent. Bridge Construction .Loan of 191 7
Bonds, due May i, 1967 300,000 00
Interest May and November.
4/2 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1918
Bonds, due August i, 1968 25,000 00
Interest February and August.
$7,702,000 00
Less Sinking Funds 1,263,843 63
$6438,156 37
Amount of interest paid on State House, Armory,
Highway, Penal and Reformatory, Harbor
Improvement, Metropolitan Park, Charitable
Institutions Loan of 1914, 191 5 and 19 16 and
Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 $269,525 00
At the close of the year 1918, ending December 31, 1918, there
were no coupons due and unpaid.
Bills Remaining Unpaid December 31, 1918, in Sundry Offices and
Boards as Reported by the State Auditor.
Fuel and Gas $2,329 74
Providence County Court House i»939 ^7
Sixth District Court House . . 355 76
Miscellaneous Expense Account 1,121 38
Expenses, Jury Commissioner 461 12
Compensation, Members State Boiard of Health., , 184 00
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State Board of Health
Chemical Laboratory, State Board of Health
Free Employment Office
Expenses, Public Utilities ^
Medical Examiners and Coroners
Care and Maintenance, New State House
Law Library
Supreme Court House
Public Buildings, Kent County
Public Buildings, Washington County
Medical Inspection. Public Schools
State Home and School, Maintenance
Expenses, Automobile Department
$47
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350
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877
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478
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174
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•35 40
78
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121
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2,309 50
1.187
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$12,013 94
TRUST COMPANIES.
Chapter 232, General I^ws.
The Trust Companies named below, in compliance with "An Act
to Provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of Banks, Savings
Banks and Trust Companies," have deposited with the General
Treasurer, State, municipal and town bonds and securities in the
sums enumerated below :
Industrial Trust Company $607,000 00
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 600,000 00
Union Trust Company 200,000 00
Slater Trust Company 100,000 00
Newix)rt Trust Company 60,000 00
Was-hington Trust Company 60,000 00
Phenix Trust Company 20,000 00
Wakefield Trust Company 18,000 00
Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island 20,000 00
Italo-American Mutual Trust Company 16,000 00
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Woonsocket Trust Company $i i,ooo oo
Producers Trust Company i,ooo oo
' $1,713,000 00
INSURANCE COMPANY.
The following Insurance Company, in accordance with the pro-
vision of Sections 17 to 22, inclusive, Chapter 219, General I-aws,
has deposited with the General Treasurer, bonds and securities,
total par value of which is set forth below :
Puritan Life Insurance Company $100,000 00
CASH AND SECURITIES IN THE TREASURY
FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
State House Sinking Fund $617,371 13
State Highway Sinking Fund 384732 91
Providence Armory Sinking Fund 68,074 46
Metroix)litan Park Sinking Fund S1412 90
Penal and Reformatory Institutions Sinking Fund 29.114 18
Harbor Improvement Sinking Fund 42,373 73
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914 Sinking Fund 31.617 24
Charitable Institutions I^an of 1915 Sinking Fund 22,867 33
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916 Sinking Fund 9,112 46
Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 Sinking Fund. . 6,376 12
Charitable Institutions Loan of 1918 Sinking Fund 791 17
Pennanent School Fund 249,941 19
Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund 72,01 1 81
Land Grant Fund 1862 50,000 00
Cooperative Vocational Education Fund 3,219 49
Venereal Disease Control 5,920 51
Soldiers' Home Burial Lot Fund i .020 00
$1,645,956 63
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EXPENDITURES.
Sceduled in accordance with provisions of Chapter 43
of the General Laws.
A. Salaries :
Salaries as scheduled in the general appro-
priation law $307,316 28
Pay of officers, secretaries, clerks and clerical
assistance not otherwise included 81,474 07
B. Pay and Expenses of the General Assembly :
Pay and mileage of the General Assembly. . 64,143 20
Clerks of the Senate and House 3,000 00
Clerks of Committees 8,300 00
Doorkeepers, pages and officers 5,820 00
Stationery and stamps 1480 52
Legislative reference bureau 3,946 25
Special Appropriations.
Clerks of the Senate and House 600 00
Senate and House Journals 600 00
Expenses of committee on investigation The
Rhode Island Company 664 05
Expenses of commission on revision corpora-
tion law 355 i'^
Exp)enses joint special conwnittee on public
health 900 00
C. Courts :
Supreme and Superior Courts.
Jurors . 65,167 86
Officers 44.330 79
Witnesses 16.607 12
$126,10577
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District Courts,
First Judicial District:
CMficers ^ $2,331 03
Witnesses 535 60
$2,866 63
Second Judicial District :
Officers $926 85
Witnesses 171 00
$1,097 85
Third Judicial District :
Officers $i»090 00
Witnesses 241 30
$1,331 30
Fourth Judicial District :
Officers $i»498 95
Witnesses 747 60
$2,246 55
Fifth Judicial District :
Officers $737 16
Witnesses 281 60
$1,018 76
Sixth Judicial District :
Officers $14,937 12
Witnesses 3,389 70
$18,326 82
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Seventh Judicial District :
Officers - $929 30
Witnesses 234 20
$1,163 50
Eighth Judicial District :
Officers ; $2,053 65
Witnesses 5^ ^
$2,637 65
Ninth Judicial District :
Officers $519 20
Witnesses 99 4°
$618 60
Xenth Judicial District :
Officers $2,515 50
Witnesses 4413^
$2,956 8c
Eleventh Judicial District :
Officers $1,928 08
Witnesses 289 10
$2,217 18
Twelfth Judicial District :
Officers $1,369 00
Witnesses 502 40
$1,871 40
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Incidental expenses. Supreme and Superior
Courts $8,550 12
Traveling exi)enses and subsistence, justices
of Supreme and Superior Courts 895 78
Incidental exi)enses, District Courts ii799 5^
Court stenographers 12,250 00
Traveling expenses and subsistence, Court
stenographers 710 18
Juvenile Courts 5*9^7 80
Expenses, Jury Commissioner 5.618 09
Compensation of town clerks, Jury Commis-
sioner 582 63
Law Library 5,314 54
0. Orders of the (Governor:
Civil account 2,992 37
Criminal account i ,934 56
State representation at expositions and cele-
brations V 3.130 09
E. Public Printini;:
Printing 40,306 79
Binding 7A7^ 29
Publishing proclamations 859 48
F. Support of State Institutions at Cranston :
Petial and Charitable Commission and Institutions at Cranston,
State Home and School and Exeter School:
Penal and Charitable Commission :
Salaries and compensation of officers $14,949 96
Traveling expenses 710 80
Pa>'ments to March 31 :
Pay of officers, clerks and other employees,
institutions at Cranston 35»6o3 39
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Maintenance and repairs, institutions at
Cranston $I35»87S 16
State Home and School, maintenance 18,204 03
State Home and School, placing-out depart-
ment 2,148 42
Exeter School, maintenance 13.302 37
Payments since March 31 :
Penal and Charitable Commission, clerical
assistance 3,44^ 00
Office expenses, etc., of commission 498 46
Maintenance, institutions at Cranston. State
Home and School, Exeter School 656.619 27
Pay of officers and employees, institutions at
Cranston 178,760 17
State Home and School 20477 14
State Home and School, placing-out depart-
ment 1,12000
Exeter School 19,417 42
Repairs and furnishings:
Institutions at Cranston 17,024 77
State Home and School 2,013 14
Exeter School 2,184 82
Special appropriations:
Unpaid bills of 1917 37,34^ 67
Construction and repairs:
Under resolution 46, April 19, 1918 31,288 99
Under resolution 48, April 19, 1918 38,596 27
Building account 92 60
Plans and specifications for permanent
improvement 4,087 43
State Home and School driveway 903 86
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Payments from loan accounts:
State Institutions, 1914 $1 1.279 o^
Hospital for Insane, 1914 S8 60
State Institutions, 1915 ^57 39
HospHtal for Insane, 1915 4 60
State Home and School, 1915 6 33
State Institutions, 1916 6 67
State Institutions. 1918 10,257 3^
Other institutions under supervision of the Pur-
chasing Agent:
Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf:
Pay-roll, maintenance and repairs to
March 31 10,701 73
Payments since March 31 :
Pay-roll 13,366 16
Maintenance 19,870 90
Repairs and furnishings 1*259 36
Special appropriation, new building 40,005 79
State Sanatorium :
Pay-roll, maintenance and repairs to
March 31 ^4fi93 7'
Payments since March 31 :
Pay-roll
Maintenance
Repairs and furnishings
Special Appropriations.
Unpaid bills of 1917
Repairs and furnishings
From charitable institutions loan, 191 4
Hospital for advanced cases of tuberculosis :
From charitable institutions loan of 1915. .
From charitable insitutions loan of 1916. .
39.194 91
82,315 67
4.913 72
S.I9886
3.432 93
45 00
9.929 '2
7,161 96
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G. Public Schools:
Public schools $t20.ooo go
Public schools, special aid 3»755 86
Graded and high schools 32,520 00
Supervision of public schools 21,955 ^^
Rhode Island School of Design 23.000 00
Post graduate courses at Brown University. . 5,ooo 00
Rhode Island Normal School (mileage) 3»99S 00
Rhode Island Normal School 80,377 ^3
Evening Schools 8,185 59
Industrial education 7»079 66
School apparatus 3*804 54
Teachers' pensions 48,972 32
Increase of teachers' salaries 5»97i 26
Physical examination of children for employ-
ment 7.838 00
Medical inspection of pupils of public schools 4,500 00
Education of blind and imbecile 7,104 56
Instruction of adult blind 2,827 25
Public libraries 9,855 93
Traveling libraries 2,500 00
Teachers' examinations 2,916 70
Lectures and addresses 681 16
Teachers' institutes 245 27
Si)ecial appropriations for unpaid bills of
1917:
Teachers' i^ensions 552 1 5
Medical insf)ection of pupils 250 00
Physical examination of children 389 00
Special appropriation, summer session,
Normal School 3.987 29
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H. Special Appropriations:
Expenditures under special appropriations
not otherwise scheduled :
Public Defence Fund $156,843 jh
Public Defence Fund. 1917 7.698 31
.Agricultural loans 39»045 12
Pay of State employees in Service 4.076 39
Rural post roads 73.632 8c>
Number plates, automobile dq>artment. . . . ii.o93 14
Cancelling note of Town of New Shore-
ham 25,000 00
Rhorle Island Hospital 40,000 00
Saint Joseph's Hospital . .* 10.000 00
U. S. Life Saving Corps 4,000 00
Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moth - 13,893 9J
Suppression of white pine rust 1.005 44
Bounty for wild foxes 942 00
Encouragement of bee keeping 668 21
Publishing Volumes 39 and 40, Rhode
Island reports 1,078 00
Investigation of The Rhode Island^ Com-
pany 4,013 46
Special appropriations for construction, re-
pairs and furnishings :
Rhode Island Stone Bridge 2.391 yj
Providence Armory 3*348 57
Newport County Court House 1,986 51
Ward room on Harrison street, Providence 4-593 50
Rhode Island State College (building ac-
count) 640 95
Armory for Mounted Commands 200 00
Furniture for Pawtucket and Woonsocket
Armories 203 35
State Armory, Bristol 1 12 45
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Look-out Stations
Barrington and Warren bridges
Armory, Kentish Artillery
Lockers, armories. Westerly. Woonsocket
and Pa wtucket
Woonsocket Court House (heating appa-
ratus)
Special appropriation for unpaid bills of
1917:
Expenses of Supreme and Superior Courts
Expenses of District Courts
Juvenile Courts
. Supreme Court House
Providence County Court House
Clerical assistance, Superior Court, Provi-
dence County
Factory Inspector
Bank Commissioner
Commissioner of Forestry
State Board of Agriculture
Services and clerical assfstance, auto de-
partment
Pathological laboratory
Public buildings, Newport County
Public buildings, Kent County
Militia and Military affairs
Miscellaneous expenses
Fuel and gas
Rents
Stationery and stamps for General Assembly
Improvement of Seekonk River
Markers for Scddiers' and Sailors' graves. . .
Marking historic sites
Decorating graves on Memorial Day
$487 30
122 00
95 56
641
3652
1,963 64
39925
362 50
493 50
9365
5598
112 10
32360
990
1. 14s 75
44 30
174 50
262 26
23964
6650
1.705 43
413 15
125 00
344 25
ISO 00
247 30
122 00
462 83
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Comf)ensation for death of Nils W. Pearson $480 00
Compensation for injuries to Georgiana M.
Johnson 300 ui3
Payments from loan accounts:
Harbor Improvement loan 55i742 66
Metropolitan Park loan 41,817 06
Bridge Construction loan of 1917 117,908 95
Expenditures from General Appropriations Not Othervvisk
Scheduled.
Construction and improvement of State roads $579»oo7 20
Care of New State House 45,261 12
Rhode Island State College 40,000 00
State Board of Agriculture 23,608 90
Farm Bureaus 3,000 00
Commercial Feeding Stuflfs 1,299 81
Commercial Fertilizers 2,240 00
State Library 3,030 00
State Board of Health 13,019 56
Expenses and services, members of State Board of
Health .' 1,377 40
Expenses of chemical laboratory, State Board of
Health 8,998 02
Expenses of pathological laboratory, State Board
of Health 12,973 54
Inland Fisheries 14,500 00
Girard Spring Hatcheries 2,827 54
Soldiers' Home Fund 38,925 00
Soldiers' Relief Fund 9,000 00
Relief of dependent soldiers and sailors, war with
Spain 2,000 00
Indigent Insane 9,97^ 78
Care of females, etc., by probation officer 2,742 38
Stif^rt of destitute families by probation officer. . . 6,081 20
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Maintenance of New Stone Bridge $6,438 60
State Guard 49.993 30
Care of Providence Armory * i»574 10
Care of Armory for mounted commands 573? 04
Armories, independent companies 1,700 00
Maintenance of other armories 91^83 46
Maintaining State Arsenal 999 98
Repairing buildings, etc., at State camp grounds 406 79
Watxrhman at State camp grounds 600 00
Armory rents, Rhode Island Militia 570 00
Metropolitan Park maintenance fund 3,oio 00
Care and maintenances of court houses, other pub-
lic buildings and monuments 36,714 10
Expenses of officers, boards and commissions not
otherwise scheduled 89.204 05
Payments to associations, societies, asylums and
hospitals 46,140. 05
Medical examiners and coroners 7* 163 70
Fines in certain cases 9f957 5^
Officers' fees in criminal cases 9*632 57
Jails and Jailers 2,621 '^i
Expenses of delivering children to the Rhode So-
ciety for the Prevention of Cnielty to Children 34 96
Free employment offices 4,002 37
Maintenance of Look-out stations 229 ^\
Accounts allowed by the General Assembly 3,791 07
Regulation and control of fraternal societies 6,195 65
Purchase and binding of newspapers published with-
in the State 396 38
Rents 2,346 56
Fuel and gas 10,501 47
Indexing births, marriages, etc., in Rhode Island. . . 500 00
Badges for newsboys, street vendors, etc lOO 00
Miscellaneous expenses 14,261 15
Payments to Sinking Funds 100,075 00
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INTEREST Payments:
State House Construction loan $71,215 00
Armory Construction loan 10,500 00
Highway Construction loan 61,520 00
Metropolitan Park loan 20,750 00
Penal and Reformatory loan 10,500 00
Harbor Improvement loan 39»040 00
Charitable Institutions loan of 1914 24,680 00
Charitable Institutions loan of 1915 18,340 00
Charitable Institutions loan of 19 16 5»S^ ^^
Bridge Construction loan 7,000 00
On moneys borrowed 625 00
On Land Grant fund 466 51
Payments from general fund $4,571,256 00
Payments from loan accounts 254,374 70
Total payments $4,825,630 70
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APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUND TO CITIES AND
TOWNS.
Barrington $i}940 09
Bristol 2,880 48
Burrillville 2,430 JZ
Central Falls 4.645 40
Charlcstown 702 22
Coventry 2,252 42
Cranston 4,472 77
Cumberland 2,686 84
East Greenwich i ,813 46
East Providence 3»8o3 82
Exeter 1,254 51
Foster ' 1,490 86
Glocester i ,550 48
Hopkinton r.723 17
Jamestown ^ 1,070 93
Johnston 2,476 16
Lincoln 2,659 ^^
Little Compton i ,080 01
Middletown 1,154 97
Narragansett 798 24
Newport 4.577 26
New Shoreham 689 15
North Kingstown 1*873 65
North Providence 2,510 23
North Smithfield 1,852 64
Pawtucket 8,381 94
Portsmouth 1,515 7Z
Providence ^7y7^2 74
Richmond 1,359 57
Scituate 1,747 59
Smithfield 1 ,842 99
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South Kingstown $2,053 67
Tiverton 2,107 ^5
Warren 2459 69
Warwick 3fi04 78
Westerly 2,616 42
West Greenwich 544 29
West Warwick 3,749 88
Woonsocket 6413 i6
Total payments 1918 $120,000 00
RECEIPTS FROM HUNTERS' LICENSES.
Chapter 381, Public Laws.
Resident Non-resident Alien
Barrington $108 00 $20 00 $15 00 $143 00
Burrillville 41000 15 00 42500
Central Falls 63 00 63 00
Coventry 191 00 191 00
Cranston 372 00 372 00
East Greenwich 53 00 1500 6800
East Providence 14500 1000 IS5 00
Exeter 6800 6800
Foster 100 00 100 00
Glocester 123 00 123 00
Hopkinton IS5 00 I55 00
Jamestown 47 00 47 00
Johnston 164 00 15 00 179 00
Lincoln 243 00 45 00 288 00
Little Compton 99 00 50 00 . . 149 00
Middletown 24 00 24 00
Narragansett 64 00 10 00 74 00
New Shoreham 108 00 108 00
Newport 29800 29800
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North Kingstown... $12600 $12600
North Providence... 5900 1500 6400
North Smithfield loi 00 loi 00
Pawtucket 383 00 30 00 60 00 473 00
Portsmouth 6000 6000
Providence 1,548 00 30 00 315 00 1,893 00
Richmond 87 00 87 00
Scituate 232 00 232 00
Smithfield 229 00 15 00 244 00
South Kingstown 197 00 10 00 207 00
Tiverton 14300 100 00 3000 27300
Warwick 596 00 30 00 626 00
West Greenwich 33 00 33 00
Westerly 355 00 70 00 60 00 485 00
Woonsocket 343 00 40 00 90 00 473 00
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LIST OF BONDS AND COUPONS REDEEMED AND
DESTROYED MARCH 7, 1918,
In Accordance with the Provisions of Section 3, Chapter 42, of the
General Laws, with the Numbers, Date of Issue and
the Denomination of Each Bond.
STATE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION BONDS.
Issued January i, 1894; denomination $1,000 each.
Registered Bonds, Due 1914.
Numbers 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309,
310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319,
320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329,
330 $30,000 00
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Numbers 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408. 409»
410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419,
420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 42s, 426, 427, 428, 429,
430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439»
440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449,
450 ; $50,000 00
Numbers 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518. 519,
520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529,
530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539,
540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545. 546, 547, 548. 549,
550 $40,000 00
Due 1924.
Numbers 731, 73^, 733» 734, 735, 736, 737. 738, 739,
740 $10,000 00
Numbers 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047,
1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055,
1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063,
1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071,
1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079,
1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087,
1088, 1089, 1090 $50,000 00
Due 1934.
Numbers iioi, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105 $5,000 00
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT LOAN OF 1913.
Issued December i, 1913; denomination $500 each.
Coupon Bonds, Due 1963.
Numbers 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563,
564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569. 570, 571, 572, 573- • $9,500 00
Numbers 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408,
409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416 $8,500 00
Numbers 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755,
756, 757, 758 $6,000 00
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THIRD HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION LOAN.
Issued June i, 1912; denomination $1,000 each.
Coupon Bonds, Due 1942.
Numbers 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159,
160, 161 $11,000 00
Numbers 376, 377, 384, 385, 424, 425, 480, 481, 482,
483, 484, 485, 486, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493,.
494, 495, 496, 497, 493, 501, 528 $26,000 00
We hereby certify that the bonds of the numbers, date of issue
and denomination hereinbefore set forth, which have become the
property of the State, have this day, in our presence been destroyed
by burning by the General Treasurer.
J. Fred Parker,
Secretary of State.
Herbert A, Rice,
Attorney General.
Philip H. Wilbour,
State Auditor.
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Auctioneers' Duties ... 126, 129
Accident and Casualty Companies, Taxes 113
Bank Shares Tax 102
Bonded Indebtedness 167-169
Bond Issues, Balances Available 151
Bonds Redeemed and Destroyed 186
Cancellation of Bonds 186
Charter Fees 130-137
City and Town Licenses, Receipts from 121-124
Corporate Excess Tax Payments 20- 72
Corporate Excess and Franchise Taxes, Interest on 138-145
Courts and Officers, Receipts from 117-121
Deposits of Securities, Insurance Companies 171
Deposits of Securities, Trust Companies 170
Expenditures During 1918 172-183
Fertilizers, Analysis, Receipts from 129
Fines, Costs, Fees, Etc, Receipts from 117-121
Firemcns' Relief Fund 165
Foreign Insurance Companies, Taxes 104
Franchise Tax, Payments 72- 88
Gross Earnings Tax, Payments 83, 89
Highway Tax, Payments 16- IS
Highway Work, Receipts for 148-150
Hunters* Licenses, Receipts 185
Incorporation, Receipts for ^ 130-137
Indebtedness, State 167-169
Inheritance Tax Payments 89-101
Inheritance Tax, Interest on 145, 146
Insurance Business Taxes 103-116
Interest, Receipts from 138-147
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Interest Paid on State Debt 169
Land Grant Fund 166
Life Insurance Companies, Taxes... 112,113
Liquor Licenses, Receipts from 121, 122
Loan Accounts, Detailed Statement 151
Morrill Fund 166
Mutual Life Insurance Companies Tax, Pajrmcnts 113
National Banks, Taxes 19
Normal School Tuition, Receipts for 147
Payments During 1918 172-183
Peddilers' Licenses, Receipts for 124, 125
Public Service Corporations, Payments 88, 89
Receipts, Detailed Statements 13-150
Receipts, Summary . 11, 12
Repayments and Refunds 150
Sales, Etc., Miscellaneous Receipts from 147
Savings Banks Taxes 18
Saving Deposits^ Tax Payments on 18-20
School Fund, Apportionment to Cities and Towns 184
School Fund, Permanent Dividends 138
School Fund, Permanent Investments . 163
Securities and Cash in Treasury 171
Securities Deposited with General Treasurer 170, 171
Shows, Pool, Billiards, Etc, License Fees 123, 124
Sinking Fund, Detailed Statement 153-162
Soldiers' Home Burial Fund 167
Street Railways, Tax on 89
State Tax, Payments 13-15
State Insurance Companies Taxes '. 103
State Indebtedness . . . 167-169
Summary of Receipts 11, 12
Summary of Report 7- 10
Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund 164
Trust Companies Tax, Payments 19
Unpaid Bills of 1917 169
Venereal Disease Control Fund 167
Vocational Education Fund 166
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i^tatf of Sl|0ikr Jalattli attli Pronilif nrt plaitlattotia
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
State Board of Public
Roads
OF THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
JANUARY, 1 9 19
PROVIDENCE
X. L. FBEEMAN COMPANT, PRINTERS
1919
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I^totr of VHfoht Jalanli.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF PUBUC ROADS.
TonnespirM.
Abram L. Atwood, Providence, Chairman ; . . . 1920
Benjamin F. Robinson, South Kingstown, Secretary 1922
Frank Cole, Warwick 1921
Michael Van Beuren, Middletown 1919
*J. Henrt Woodard, Bamngton 1923
Irving W. Patterson, North Kingstown, Chief Engineer.
Peter J. Lannon, Providence, Clerk.
George R. Wellington, Cranston, Clerk of the AiUomdbile
Department.
R^^ar meetings of the Board are held on Wednesdays of each
week, at 10 o'clock A. M.
* Appointad De«ember 28, 1918, vioa John F. Richmond, deoewnd.
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To (he Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island
ai its January Session^ A, D. 1919:
We, the undersigned, the State Board of Public Roads, under the
provisions of Section 3, Chapter 84, General Laws, entitled "An Act
to provide for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of
State roads," herewith submit our seventeenth annual report.
ABRAM L. ATWOOD,
BENJAMIN F. ROBINSON,
FRANK COLE,
MICHAEL VAN BEUREN,
J. HENRY WOODARD.
State Board of Pvblic fioads.
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REPORT
With the labor situation very serious, with railroad embargoes
frequent and with Federal restriction and control becoming more and
more in evidence as the construction season advanced, highway
work during what appears at this writing to be the last year of the
Great War was surrounded by many difficulties. Not only were the
obstacles to the carrying out of highway work far greater than usual,
but the traffic over our roads occasioned by the unusual military and
industrial activity and by freight congestion was more severe than
normal. Increase in the use of heavy trucks during the past two
years has been especially noticeable. Reports received from many
sections of the country during the past year were to the effect that
the damage to roads resulting from the greatly increased traffic was
very serious and had resulted in many instances in the complete
demolition of pavements which were designed to carry normal traffic
successfully for many years. Although many of our older roads of
waterbound macadam construction were for a time early in the spring
in such condition as seriously to impede traffic, we were gratified to
note no serious damage to our roads built recently according to our
present standards. Our bituminous macadam and bituminous con-
crete roads have been affected very little if any by the unusual con-
ditions surrounding traffic and affecting maintenance. Observation
of roads of this type after the spring thaws indicated the want of no
more extensive repair upon the whole than was to be expected under
normal conditions. Even upon those trunk lines over which the
traffic was many times more severe than normal, as for instance the
road between Fall River and Newport, very little repair was nec-
essary to the bituminous macadam roads, although the waterbound
macadam sections were at times in deplorable condition.
The policy of the Board during the entire period of unusual difficul-
ties in the carrying out of road work has been to continue as rapidly
as possible the work of reconstructing those sections upon our main
trunk lines which constitute a serious hindrance to traffic, even
though prices have been abnormally high. A number of State
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highway departments have curtailed greatly construction and re-
construction and have allowed their funds to accumulate until con-
ditions allow of doing work under conditions more favorable to low
costs. Since the building of our main trunk lines had been completed
previously, we could see no good reason for taking up the building
of new roads during the past year, even if funds for that purpose had
been made available, which was not the case. The matter of recon-
structing the sections upon our main trunk lines which at certain
times of the year were almost prohibitive to travel seemed to us,
however, of the greatest importance in view of the extreme value of
having these lines serviceable during the entire year. If our work
of reconstruction were to be delayed until the return of low prices,
the public would not save the entire diflference existing between the
abnormally high costs at present prevailing and normal costs. When
low costs of road work will return is uncertain and until low costs do
return the public must pay the high cost of hauling over these ver>'
bad sections, unless they are rebuilt. Delays to traffic because of
womout roads which are so soft as to be next to impassable are
expensive and the excessive wear and tear to vehicles on account of
such roads is also expensive. Diuing a period of several years the
cost to the public of these bad sections as represented by the delays
and excessive wear and tear incident to millions of trips is tremen-
dous. The public therefore loses nothing we feel by the carrying
out of reconstruction of wornout roads as rapidly as possible, even
if prices are high.
Unsettled conditions surrounding all construction work made nec-
essary radical changes in our methods of planning work. The
desire to have our main trunk lines passable at all points during the
entire year caused us to spread out our work more than has been
our practice for some years past and in a number of instances to
adopt temporary surfaces over foimdations placed to take care of
soft places. Our policy in carrying out our work did not include
the enhancing at the earliest possible moment of the comfort of high
speed traffic. The repair of sections of road which were simply
inclined to be rough at high speeds gave way under our plan of work
to the repair of sections which at times were so soft that travel over
them was virtually impossible. It was out of the question to make
plans for work extending over long periods. Conditions were chang-
ing rapidly throughout the construction season. New Federal
restrictions of road work were imposed from time to time, the supply
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of labor available for road work fluctuated and raAlroad embargoes
were frequent. In laying out our work, therefore, it was necessary
to adopt a policy which in normal times might well be termed a
"hand to mouth" policy. A very careful study of conditions was
necessary before work of any magnitude was started.
A strenuous and successful endeavor was made to take care of the
necessary maintenance of our good roads; that is, the roads which
will be serviceable with light repairs for many years. To neglect
the maintenance of these roads would have been a serious economic
error. The light and inexpensive repairs to our bituminous macadam
roads, for instance, were very necessary to avoid serious deterioration
of these roads.
The reconstruction of approximately 15 miles of womout macadam
was undertaken during the past year. Work upon three of the
sections reconstructed was begun in the fall of 1917 and two of the
contracts begun during the past year were not wholly completed.
In addition to this complete reconstruction approximately six miles
of womout macadam was taken care of by constructing the founda-
tions necessary on account of unstable or poorly drained subnsioils
and laying temporary siuf aces of plain macadam over the founda-
tions until such time as conditions surrounding construction are
more propitious. Temporary wearing sxufaces were necessary be-
cause of the impossibility of securing labor and materials to lay more
permanent surfaces. ,
The maintenance of our plain macadam roads has been very diffi-
cult for a number of years and this work of course was affected
seriously by the abnormal conditions which prevailed during the past
year. It was possible, however, to keep these roads upon the whole
in as good condition as they had been for several years past. It was '
not, however, possible to carry out the work as rapidly as we desired,
chiefly because of labor shortage. We have in our past reports
stated that it is impossible to keep our waterbound macadams in
perfect condition because they were not designed for the travel to
which they are now subjected. It appears necessary to rebuild the
plain macadams upon our main trunk lines as rapidly as possible and
to maintain them in the meantime so that they will be reasonably
serviceable to carry the traffic to which they are subjected.
Considerable drainage work upon our older roads was done during
the past year. Inadequate and damaged culverts were replaced,
new culverts were laid in locations which required them, side ditches
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were dug where tiecessary and a number of catch basins were built.
All of this work will be of value when reconstruction comes and -wiH
in the meantime take care of distressing conditions.
Federal restriction, supervision and control of practically all
road work was an innovation during the past year. The first re-
striction imposed was upon the use of bituminous materials for road
work. This was a very necessary fuel conservation measure, since
the bitumens employed for road work are very largely either derived
from materials which may be used as fuel or are of such a nature that
they may be employed as fuel. Later in the construction season
restrictions were placed upon the use of practically all road materials
and labor, and rail shipments in connection with road and street
work were also controlled by Federal authorities. The United
States Highways Council was created to coordinate and to control
all road building activities. All projects of road and street con-
struction, reconstruction and maintenance involving the issuance of
bonds, the use of rail or water transportation, the use of coal or oil as
fuel or the use of cement, brick, asphalt, oil, tar, crushed stone or
steel were required to be submitted for approval to the United States
Highway Council. Applications for approval of projects were aent
through the various State highway departments and action by the
State highway departments was necessary before the applications
were forwarded to the Highways Coimcil. This Department, there-
fore, in common with all other State highway departments served in
effect as local agents of the Highways Council.
We have endeavored to cooperate fully with Federal authorities,
in the canying out of our work during the past year. It was not the
intention of the Federal authorities to hamper the maintenance of
roads which had been constructed, but it was tbeir desire to curtail
the use of bitumens as much as possible as a fuel coQservation measure
and it was also their desire to limit road construction and recon-
struction to those roads which were of military value or which were of
National economic value. Our use of bitumens, in accordance with
the wishes of Federal authorities, was greatly reduced. We ordi-
dinarily use approximately 700,000 gallons of bituminous materials
for maintenance, but during the past year only 200,000 gallons of
bituminous materials was employed for this purpose. This saving
in the use of bitumens was effected by the omission of the surface
treatment of those plain macadam roads which are not upon heavily
travelled trunk lines and also by the omission of surface treatment
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upon many miles of macadam upon main trunk lines which had upon
the surface a considerable accumulation of bitumen from applications
made in previous years. It was thought necessary to treat the
macadams which showed little or no effect of former applications,
provided the travel over them was heavy, and it was also deemed
advisable to treat macadams in thickly built up sections in order to
eliminate dust which otherwise might have been a menace to health.
We have to date perceived no serious results from the omission of the
usual annual surface treatment of these sections of plain macadam
which were not treated. It appears probable, however, that surface
treatment next year will be necessary where it was omitted this year
in order to avoid serious deterioration. In all probability many of
the roads surface treated during the past year will not have to be
treated next year, and of course the sections reconstructed during
the past year will not require surface treatment next year.
None of our projects for reconstruction submitted for the approval
of the United States Highway Council was disapproved. In selecting
the sections for reconstruction we were very careful to consider only
those sections of our main trunk lines which were in very bad con-
dition. That the selection of sections to be reconstructed was made
in accordance with the rules laid down by Federal authorities is
apparent by the fact that all applications were approved.
No convict labor was employed upon our work during the past
year. This fact is not to be construed to imply that convict labor
is not to be employed in connection with State road work in Rhode
Island in the future. We received this year from the Penal and
Charitable Commission no offer of convict labor to be used in con-
nection with our work. In our last annual report we suggested
certain modifications of our Convict Labor Law. None of these
modifications were, however, brought about. We still feel that con-
vict labor upon State roads is desirable, but we feel also that our
present law governing the use of convicts may be improved along
the lines recommended in our last annual report. The two sections
of road built by convicts in 1917 have proved so far to be very ser-
viceable. One section has stood up excellently and bids fair to com-
pare favorably with the best work of that type built by free labor.
The other section built by convicts is considerably below the average
of this type of construction in quality of workmanship, but is never-
theless in very good condition. The results secured by our use of
convict labor seem to indicate, therefore, that it is possible to get the
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best of results but that the chances of poor workmanship are greater
than is the case with free labor.
The progress of our work under the provisions of the Federal Aid
Road Act of 1916 has been satisfactory. Our first Federal Aid
project, which involved the reconstruction of approximately 3%
miles of the Post Road between Wakefield and Matunuck was prac-
tically completed during the past year. Work upon this section
began late in 1917. The progress of the work was retarded appre-
ciably by the difficult conditions which affected all construction work.
Federal authorities approved two more projects during the past year,
but at this writing project agreements covering the work involved
have not been executed. The three projects submitted to date
involve the expenditure of practically all of the funds due Rhode
Island under the terms of the Act during the first three of the total
period of five years covered by the Act.
During the past year innovations in the types of construction which
we have adopted previously are to be noted. Previous to 1918 our
roads had been Umited in types to plain macadam, bituminous
macadam and a fofm of bitununqjuis concrete involving a coarse
ungraded aggregate. The new types selected during the past year
are cement concrete and bituminous concrete in which the aggregate
is fine and graded. A statement now as to the success obtained
from the employment of these types of construction heretofore
imtried is of course premature. We shall follow with great interest
the behavior of these pavements under travel. The use of the
particular type of bitimiinous concrete selected is interesting in that
a material saving over bituminous macadam was effected in the
particular sections where it was laid, chiefly because local mineral
aggregate could beused for this type of construction and imported
mineral aggregate would have been necessary if bitimiinous macadam
had been selected. We have in Rhode Island many sections far
removed from railroads where the native rock is not suited for
bituminous macadam construction but where local sands and gravels
may be combined to form a very satisfactory mineral aggregate for
bitimiinous concrete construction. The fact that sand and gravel
are as a rule, in Rhode Island very much cheaper than are crushed
stone, together with the fact that long hauls frequently are done
away with by the use of these local materials, makes apparent the
saving brought about by the selection of a type of construction
which does not involve the use of expensive imported crushed stone.
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The use of cement concrete is interesting in affording an opportunity
for comparing maintenance costs upon this pavement and maintenance
costs upon the types of pavements which we have constructed here-
tofore. The cost of the concrete pavement was considerably higher
than the cost of bituminous macadam, and we shall be interested to
note whether or not the extreme low cost of maintenance claimed
for concrete will bring about a lower ultimate cost of this pavement.
. The concrete pavement at any rate will serve as a permanent founda-
tion for a wearing surface which will be laid over it when the concrete
wears to such an extent that it is no longer serviceable as a concrete
pavement. We believe that pavements laid upon a concrete base
as are the pavements upon city streets, are now demanded upon
those of our main trunk lines which are called upon to carry heavy
commercial traffic. The travel over some of om* trunk lines at
present is comparable to the travel upon many city streets which are
laid with permanent pavements upon a concrete base. There should,
therefore, be Uttle difference in the design of pavements for these lines
and the design of pavements for city streets. The public, however,
must become educated to the fact that expenditures for State roads
are to become comparable to the expenditures for city streets.
As a war measure more use was made during the past year of local
materials. Federal authorities urged the cooperation of all road and
street officials in reducing transportation of road materials. A great
reduction in shipments of materials for our work was made possible.
Crushed local stone was employed more than is usual upon our work
and in a number of instances where the quality of local stone was so
poor as to render its presence in the wearing surface imdesirable a
type of construction was selected which made possible the use of
local sands and gravels combined to form a mineral aggregate suitable
for the wearing surface, the inferior local rock being employed for the
base only, where it is not subjected to as severe wear. Shipments of
crushed stone were involved upon only two reconstruction projects
and upon only one of these projects was imported stone used ex-
clusively. Rail shipments of certain materials ordinarily used in our
work in small quantities were also reduced materially by ordering
in carload lots and distributing by trucks to the localities where they
were to be used.
The progress of bridge work was very satisfactory during the past
year, considering the difficulties to be overcome. As much bridge
work was undertaken as our organization could well handle. It was
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deemed very necessary to replace several of our bridges during the
past year, in spite of unusually high prices, because of the probability
that complete failure of the old structures might occur, with the
result that traffic would be very seriously inconvenienced. The
character of traffic over our main highways during the past year was
such that no chances could be taken with questionable bridges. Very
serious results industrially and commercially were possible if bridges
upon our main tnmk lines were to fail in locations where there are
no suitable parallel roads which could have been employed as detours
imtil repairs were effected. The conditions heretofore described as
obstacles to economical, rapid and effective work upon our highways
of course had their effect upon bridge work. The fact that smaller
gangs were as a rule employed upon bridge work and the apparent
ability of our bridge contractors to retain at least portions of their
customary organizations appeared to make the conditions surround-
ing bridge work during the past year not as serious as were the con-
ditions surrounding road work.
Our office and field forces were considerably affected during the
past year by reason of the induction of a number of men from both
forces into army and navy service. These losses constituted a
rather serious handicap, since the greater number of the men whose
services were lost had been in our employ for a nimiber of years and
were in consequence very familiar with their work. We found it
very difficult to secure the services of engineers to replace the en-
gineers entering the service. So many engineers were employed n
connection with the tremendous amount of Government work re-
quiring engineering skill that comparatively few were left available
for other lines of work. It was merely a case of making the best of
the situation and endeavoring by various expedients to carry out
our work in the best manner which conditions permitted. A few
years ago we would have thought it impossible to carry on our work
with such a reduced force, but we have in conmion with all organi-
zations discovered that many things which appear out of the question
are perfectly possible when necessity leaves no alternative. Some
branches of our work, especially the preparation of records of our
work, have progressed very slowly, but this work can all be brought
up to date when our forces are increased to normal strength.
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NEW ROAD LEGISLATION.
In our last annual report we suggested numerous modifications
of the laws governing the activities of this department. None of
these suggestions was acted upon, so that a r^imi6 of the changes
suggested in our last report is advisable here.
Our first suggestion was in regard to the restriction of the widths
of State highways. Our existing law places the maximum width of
all State roads at 18 feet. We explained the unsatisfactory manner
in which this restriction works out in certain localities where the
conditions are peculiar and we showed also that greater widths than
18 feet are called for upon some of our roads which carry a very heavy
travel. It was suggested that all restrictions governing widths of
State roads be eliminated so that this department might exercise its
discretion in the matter. The most convincing argument in favor
of not limiting the widths appears to us to be the fact that desirable
widths of roads may now be arrived at with almost mathematical
precision by a study of traffic conditions made possible by a careful
census of traffic. It does not seem logical to limit by law something
which is as much a feature of design as are foundations and drainage.
Another matter discussed in our last annual report is the acquiring
of land for highway purposes. Under the provisions of Chapter
1380 all changes in line or in width which involve the taking
private property for highway piuposes must be taken up with the
Town Councils of the towns in which the contemplated changes are
located, and approval by the Town Councils is a condition precedent
to the carrying out of the changes. The formal layouts are made
by Town authorities if the approval of Town Councils is granted.
The criticism of this method of acquiring land is that it is rather too
cumbersome to be practicable. It was stated in our last report that
one of the chief faults in this method of acquiring land is the fact
that the process is so round-about because so many parties are in-
terested that much time is usually required, with the result that the
actual construction-work where changes are necessary may be greatly
delayed. We question the logic or advisibility of securing the
approval by Town Councils of changes in line or in widths of State
roads which involve acquiring of private property. During the
past year, however, we have received the heartiest of cooperation
by Town Councils in this matter. We feel that the cause of some
of the extended delays occasioned previously in the securing
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of the rights necessary were occasioned chiefly because of the in-
experience of Town Councils in the carrying out of the provisions
of the Act. One advantage from our standpoint of the method as
now employed is that our office is relieved of considerable work
because of the fact that the towns make all agreements with property
owners and also make the formal layouts. The matter does not
appear to us to be as serious as it did one year ago because of the
greater success obtained under the Act during the past year by
reason of greater exertion upon the part of town officials in making
the layouts. We feel, however, that this department should be
vested with greater power in the matter of acquiring land for highway
purposes.
The suggestion in oiu* last annual report that legislative action be
taken to make possible the purchase by this department of land for
the purpose of securing road building materials was not acted upon.
It appears desirable for this department to insure future supplies of
road building materials by purchase of land upon which are ledges
of good road building stone, good gravel banks and good sand banks.
The inability to secure these materials from individuals at fair prices
constitutes in certain localities a rather serious obstacle to economical
work.
The problem of regulating by law the weights, widths, speeds,
designs of tires, axle loadings and tire pressures of vehicles operating
upon our public highways is still unsolved. The damage to roads
and pavements occasioned by vehicles canying excessive loads upon
narrow, improperly designed or damaged tires and operating at high
speeds is unquestioned. The danger incident to loads which over-
hang so greatly as to involve the occupation of a very large portion
of narrow suburban road is also very apparent. Several Acts which
were drawn to regulate these matters have been presented to the
General Assembly, but none has been passed. The chief obstacle
to the passage of any Act imposing restrictions upon weights, speeds
and tires of vehicles is the protest upon the part of the pwners of
motor trucks. The extreme value of motor trucks in the commerce
of today must be recognTzed. During frequent congestion in the
movement of railroad freights during the past two years motor trucks
have helped out the situation very greatly. The employment of
trucks in connection Vith military activities has also been very
extensive. The motor truck is here to stay and is so essential to our
industrial and commercial welfare that no hardships justly can be
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imposed upon the owners of motor trucks. Certain restrictions in
the design and use of motor trucks, however, would not constitute
hardships. The matter of speeds of motor trucks, for instance,
could we believe be regulated without bringing about a calamity
to the indispensable business of motor trucking. Manufacturers of
motor trucks are emphatic in cautioning purchasers of trucks not to
exceed certain speeds for which their trucks are designed. Owners
of motor trucks who have studied carefully the costs of operation
of their vehicles frequently refer to the high cost of repairs occasioned
by driving the trucks at high speeds. High speeds of heavy vehicles
are especially harmful to rigid pavements because of the effect of the
pronounced vibrations incident to high speeds. We doubt if the
cost of haul by motor trucks would be increased by legislation regu-
lating speeds in reason. The desirable allowable maximum speeds
for trucks of course depends upon weights involved and upon the
types of tires with which the trucks are equipped. A tabulation of
maximuTn speeds based on total weights and types of tires appears
to us to be the most logical method of speed limitation.
The matter of limiting the extreme widths of vehicles and loads
is not to our minds an injustice to the owners of vehicles. It seems
right that the public should be protected against widths so great as
to involve a monopolization of practically all of the available width
of many suburban roads. A generous width should be allowed, but
the person who loads carelessly with the result that portions of the
load project' dangerously should be made to change his ways in that
regard.
The limiting of tire pressures to a reasonable amount per lineal
inch of width of tire is very desirable from the standpoint of the
protection of roads and pavements, as is also the preventing of the
use of the defective or improperly designed tires which may exert
a very serious effect upon the surfaces of roads. The limitation of
tire pressures to a maximum of a specified weight per lineal inch of
tire should not work a hardship upon truck owners. There is, we
believe, little just criticism of tires of motor trucks as they are de-
agned by the great majority of manufacturers. The tires of various
types of vehicles employed as trailers, however, frequently are far
from what is desirable from the standpoint of their effect upon the
surfaces of roads and pavements.
Any legislation governing the designs and use of vehicles must
apply to all sorts of vehicles. There should be no discrimination
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against vehicles which are self propelled. Horse-drawn vehicles
should be made to conform to all of the requirements for motor
vehicles. Horse-drawn vehicles employed for the carrying of heavy
loads frequently are equipped with tires too narrow. Any legislation
auned to limit tire pressures should of course apply to all vehicles
regardless of types or methods of propulsion.
The matter of defining by law what roads are State roads and are
therefore to be maintained by State funds is still an urgent necessity.
We stated in our last annual report that there was an uncertainty
as to what constituted a State road under oiu* law and we recommended
that legislative abtion be taken to make this point clear. The public
suffers by reason of the vagueness that now exists in r^ard to the
placing of responsibility for many sections of public highways. The
point to make clear is whether this department is to maintain only
those sections of road built previously by the State, as has been the
view taken by this department since its creation, or whether this
department is to maintain also sections of road placed upon the State
highway system by legislative action but not built by State funds.
In our report to the General Assembly at its last session the matter
was discussed very fully. It was shown that the sudden addition
of several hundred miles of highway to the mileage at present main-
tained by this department involves a great expense which should be
met by appropriations much larger than have been the rule in past
years. It was stated further that our big problem at present is the
reconstruction of those sections of our main trunk lines which are
impassable or next to impassable for traffic at certain seasons of the
year, and we expressed the opinion that this work should not be
retarded by devoting to roads of lesser importance the fimds which
necessarily would have to be devoted to roads other than those which
we are now maintaining, if many miles of unimproved road be added
to the S3rstem of State highways.
Other features which we think should be covered more explicitly
by our State highway law are the control of public utility structures
in State highways and the transferrring to this department of all
rights held by towns over roads which have become State roads.
We have explained in our past reports some of our difficulties in
regard to public utility structures located upon State highways.
Railroad tracks, for instance, frequently involve inconvenience or
even danger because of the fact that the crossovers, switches or some
other portion of the tracks are not properly paved. We are now
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apparently powerless to exercise compulsion over railroad conapanies
in matters of this sort, it being necessary to seek the cooperation of
town authorities. Certain rights held by towns upon roads which
have become State highways are not specifically transferred to this
department. There are many instances of agreements having been
entered into by towns with individuals or with corporations in regard
to structures upon roads occasioned by artificial water courses such
as mill trenches. Under the terms of these agreements very fre-
quently the individuals or corporations were responsible for all
structures in the highways occasioned by artificial waterways. Now
that the towns have no more responsibility over roads that are now
State roads town officials claim that they cannot compel the owners
of waterways under these roads to make good their part of the
agreements, and our law does not empower us to exercise compulsion
in the matter. Bridges and guard rails are the structures most
commonly affected by this condition.
SNOW PROBLEM UPON STATE fflGHWAYS.
Under the provisions of Section 6 of Chapter 84 the separate towns
and cities are responsible for the relieving of conditions brought
about by accumulations of snow and ice upon the State roads within
their respective boundaries. The law is very definite in fixing the
responsibility for the meeting of snow conditions upon State high-
wa3rs but the provisions of the law in this regard have not been
carried out eflfectively in past years. There has been in fact prac-
tically no attempt made by towns and cities to keep State roads
open for traffic during the winter months. In view of the very great
importance of highways transport in solving problems of direct
importance to the war and to the post-war period, too much im-
portance cannot be placed upon the keeping of highways open during
the entire year. It may be sufficient upon certain roads remotely
located to open the roads after heavy snows only sufficiently to
enable light vehicles to get through, but upon our main trunk lines
it is very necessary to meet the snow problem in such a manner that
the normal travel to which the roads are subjected will not be inter-
fered with seriously. This problem is now so serious that it must be
met squarely. We can no longer maintain a careless attitude toward
the subject of meeting snow conditions; we must no longer look upon
snow as a necessary impediment to traffic; and we must not sit by
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complacently and allow traffic to fight its way through drifts or of
necessity to cease until nature takes care of the situation.
If there appears no certainty that the present provisions of our
law in regard to snow removal upon State highways cannot be made
effective, modifications of our law in this regard are in order. We feel
that good results under our existhig law will not be forthcoming.
Towns and cities, it seems to us, will not take the proper interest or
spend the necessary funds to meet the snow problem satisfactorily
upon State roads. It appears probable that roads imder the full
control of towns and cities will receive preference in the programs of
snow removal carried out by towns and cities, notwithstanding the
fact that in the great majority of cases the State roads are the most
important roads to keep open.
It appears very logical to assume that the responsibility for taking
care of snow conditions upon State roads should be borne by the
State. Dual responsibility over State highways does not appear
desirable but there is a dual responsibility now, the State taking care
of maintenance and towns and cities taking care of snow conditions.
If the State were to assuDcie responsibility for the meeting of snow
conditions, it is not to be presumed that all State roads would receive
the same attention in the matter of snow removal or involve the
same expense. Conditions would govern steps taken to meet the
snow problem. Special attention naturally would be paid to the
roads carrying the heaviest travel. More extensive work would be
necessary upon those lines subjected to a heavy motor truck traffic
than upon those lines carrying in the winter months only a very
light traffic composed largely of light horse-drawn vehicles. The
locations of roads would also affect very greatly the expense involved
in snow removal. The northern section of our State has normally
a much greater snow fall than does the southern section of the State
and would therefore demand a greater expenditure for meeting snow
conditions.
The removal of snow after it falls is only one aspect of the problem
of meeting snow conditions. The prevention of drifting by the erec-
tion of snow fences, by changes in fences and by cutting of brush
which affect the currents of air and result in the causing of drifts to
form, are of the greatest importance. The drivers of vehicles could
aid materially in helping out the situation when drifting does not
occur and where the depth of snow does not involve a serious hin-
drance to traffic by avoiding travelling in one track. The driving
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in one track of course develops ruts which may freeze and therefore
cause the greatest difficulty in turning out. The damage to road
surfaces by this tracking is very apparent, especially when thawing
occurs and the ruts become filled.with water.
We wish once more to urge careful consideration of this subject of
meeting the snow problem. We feel that it is important that our
main highways be kept open throughout the entire winter.
FUNDS FOR ROAD WORK IN I9I9.
Never before perhaps have conditions made so desirable generous
appropriations for road work. The importance of good roads is now
more generally recognized and the value of roads serviceable twelve
months in each year for use by all types of vehicles is greater than
has ever been the case before in view of the tremendous increase in
conmiercial highways traffic. Federal authorities are urging the prose*
cution of extensive highway work during 1919 as an aid in solving
our poet-war problems. The opportunity which road work affords
for the employment of a great deal of labor is perhaps not the least
valuable feature of an extensive highway program during the period
of readjxistment to normal conditions.
The big problem still confronting us is. the reconstruction of the
womout and unfit sections of our main trunk lines. The arguments
in favor of reconstruction which we have employed in past years
hold good now with added force. We feel that the State cannot
afford to stop or to retard the present program of rebuilding the
deplorable sections of our main trunk lines. It is preferable rather to
accelerate this work. We believe that the resiflts obtained during
the past three years in reconstruction work are apparent to all.
Consider for instance the conditions existing now upon the road
between Stone Bridge and Newport, upon the shore route from
Providence to Westerly, upon the Mendon Road to Woonsocket,
upon Taunton Avenue in East Providence, and upon the Putnam
Pike, and compare these conditions with the conditions existing four
years ago. Almost the entire distance from Stone Bridge to New-
port was four years ago in such condition during winter and spring
thaws that heavy motor vehicles simply could not pass over the road
at these times. The character of the soil is such that no semblance of
stabiUty in the road then existing was maintained when frost action
was at its maximum. Approximately six miles of road upon this line
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have been rebuilt with heavy foundations so that seasons have no effect
upon the ease or comfort of travel over the road. The remaining
sections of old macadam comprise the best of the original macadam
upon this line, but the unusually heavy travel now passing over the
road makes imperative the rebuilding of these sections as soon as
possible.
When the two sections of wornout macadam between Saunders-
town and Narragansett Pier have been built under the provisions of
the Federal Aid Road Act, as has now been definitely approved by
Federal authorities, there will be no old macadam remaining between
Providence and M atunuck. There is also a new section of bituminous
macadam upon the Westerly end of this road. Four years ago worn-
out macadam upon this route was so prevalent as to cause much
complaint upon the part of the travelling public.
A section of old macadam less than one mile in length remains
upon the Mendon Road to Woonsocket. The tremendous motor
truck traflBc over this route now need not be suspended or be seriously
impeded during thaws, as was the case four years ago.
A new concrete road upon Taunton Avenue in East Providence
remedies a condition which was for a long time deplorable.
An excellent road has now been built upon the Putnam Pike from
the Providence City Line to West Greenville. Only four and one-
half miles of old macadam remains upon this line for its entire length
in Rhode Island Some of the older bituminous macadam is too
narrow for comfort or perhaps for safety, but this readily may be
widened.
In addition to the great improvement of the trunk lines mentioned
above, there has been considerable reconstruction work accomplished
upon all of the other main trunk lines. There is, however, much
more work to be done to make our main trunk lines suitable for the
travel to which they are subjected. We trust that the funds nec-
essary for the continuation of the present program of reconstruction
may be forthcoming.
It is impossible to predict at this time how costs of road work m
1919 will compare with the costs before the war, although it appears
very probable, however, that they will be higher. Labor conditions
will, it seems very likely, be relieved, although the prices paid labor
probably will remain high. It is the opinion of the Board that con-
ditions warrant extensive road work in 1919. We believe that it would
be a mistake to make the extent of the funds available for road work in
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1919 less than the funds that were available for our work during the
past year. It would, it seems, be preferable to increase the available
funds, since the conditions surrounding the building of roads in 1919
will very probably be far more favorable than the conditions prevail-
ing during the past year.
We recommend, therefore, that at least $400,000 in addition to the
funds received under the provisions of our Motor Vehicle Act be
made available for reconstruction and for maintenance in 1919.
It is very desirable to have our funds made available early in the
session of the General Assembly. We have been considerably
handicapped in the past because of the fact that our appropriations
have been made so late that it has been impossible to advertise our
work and to award contracts until late in the construction season.
FEDERAL AID*
The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 is now in full operation through-
out the United States. The provisions of this Act were described
in our report to the General Assembly at its January Session in 1917.
A total of $85,000,000 of Federal funds was made available for road
work under this Act. Of this amount ten million dollars is to be
expended upon roads and trails within or partly within the national
forests and the remaining seventy-five million dollars is to be spent
upon rural post roads. The apportionment of the $75,000,000 fund
for rural post roads was made among all of the States according to a
definite rule which takes into consideration the area of each State as
compared to the total area of all of the States, the population of each
State compared to the total population of the United States and the
mileage of post roads in each State as compared with the total mileage
of post roads in all of the States.
The apportionment among the various States of the funds provided
by the Federal Aid Road Act covers a period of five years. Five
million dollars was apportioned during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1917, and apportionments for the remaining four years are of ten,
fifteen, twenty and twenty-five million dollars respectively. The
amoimt due Rhode Island for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,
was $11,665.71, and double this amount was due for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1918. The amounts due in subsequent years are
multiples of $11,665.71, as may readily be determined by examining
the method of apportionment as described.
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In conformity with a provision of the Act our General Assembly
at its January Session in 1917 assented to the terms of the Act and
appropriated funds equal in amount to the Federal funds due Rhode
Island.
The first project of road improvement by Federal Aid imdertaken
in this State was the rebuildihg of approximately 3.8 miles of womout
macadam upon the Post Road, so-called, between Wakefield and
Matimuck. The work involved in this project was described veiy
completely in our last annual report. Actual construction began
late in 1917 and progressed through the greater part of the winter.
The rough grading was completed by late spring and the laying of
the pavement was started immediately afterward. The wearing
surface was completed early in November and the road was at once
thrown open to travel. At this writing the final shoulder work, the
erection of guard rails and the laying of cobble gutters are not com-
pleted.
The work was frequently inspected by Federal engineers.
This first project involves the expenditure of the allotments of
Federal funds due Rhode Island for the fiscal years ending June 30,
1917 and June 30, 1918.
The cost of the work completed to January 1st, 1919, follows:
DETAILED COSTS OF FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. I TO
JANUARY FIRST, J9J9.
Length, 19,459 Feet. Square Yards, 39,296.
Grading:
Clearing and grubbing LI acres @ f400.00 $440 00
Earth excavation, 10,664 cu. yds. @ $1.25 13,317 50
Ledge excavation, 254 cu. yds. ® $3.00 762 00
Cleaning, scarifying, reshaping 25,006 sq. yds. @ $0.07 . . 1,750 42
$16,269 92
Drainage and foundations:
Earth excavation, 346 cu. yds. ® $1.25 $432 50
Stone foundation in place, 95.7 cu. yds. @ $2.00 191 40
Gravel foundation in place, 250 cu. yds. @ $2.00 500 00
Gravel borrow, 2,396 cu. yds. ® $2.25 5,391 00
Culvert pipe laid, 796 feet ® $1.00 796 00
Catch basins in place, 3 @ $50.00 150 00
Concrete masonry 35 cu. yds. @ $18.00 630 00
Culvert pipe purchased 1,117 80
Culvert reinforcement purchased 19 79
Frame and grates purchased 30 81
Miscellaneous 55 66
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New metalled surface:
Cruahed stone base, 7,824.75 tons ® $2.75 $21,518 06
Bituminous concrete surface, 39,296 sq. yds. @ $0.45. . 17,683 20
Asphalt purchased, 369 tons ® $36.00 13,284 00
52,485 26
Stone masonry, 22.9 cu. yds. ® $8.00 $183 20
Land damage involved in relocation and. widening of highway 5,994 10
Inspection 2,529 45
Watchmen 1,470 00
$88,246 89
The cost of completing the work is estimated to be approximately
«3,000.
FEDERAL AID PROJECTS NO. 2 AND NO. 3.
This department submitted upon April 26, 1918 to the proper
Federal authorities Project Statements involving the expenditure of
funds under the Federal Aid Road Act upon two sections of State
highway. The reconstruction of these sections will call for the
expenditure of practically the entire allotment of Federal funds due
Rhode Island for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919.
Project No. 2 involves the rebuilding of a section of the road be-
tween Providence and Narragansett Pier extending from a point
3,500 feet north of the Ferry Road at Saunderstown southerly to
Four Chimney Comer, a distance of 2.04 miles. This section of
road has been in bad condition for several years and its improve-
ment is, therefore, greatly to be desired. Not only is the road surface
in deplorable condition, but the alignment is far from satisfactory.
A very radical relocation of this road from Saunderstown to its
southern extremity is planned in reconstruction. This relocation will
avoid two grade crossings, will do away with three very dangerous
curves and will also bring about a saving in distance of one-third of
one mile.
The construction work will be heavy. Foundations will be required
upon the section of the existing road which is to be rebuilt and heavy
grading will be necessary upon the section relocated from the existing
road. Securing of a new right of way was of course necessitated.
The towns of North Kingstown and Narragansett acquired the new
right of way under the provisions of Chapter 1380.
Project No. 2 was approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States upon July 19, 1918. Plans, specifications and engineer's
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estimate were filed with Federal authorities very shortly after the
approval of the project. We were desirous of beginning work upon
this road during the past season, but the time necessarily involved
in the preliminary dealings with Federal authorities has made this
impossible. We cannot well award the contract until the Project
Agreement required by the Act has been executed. It appears very
probable at this writing that construction work upon this project
may be started very early in the spring of 1919.
Project No. 3 involves the reconstruction of a section of womout
waterbound macadam in the vicinity of Bonnet Point in the town of
Narragansett. This section is 1.16 miles in length and is with the
exception of the road involved in Federal Aid Project No. 2 the only
remaining section of waterbound macadam between Providence and
Narragansett Pier. Foundation difficulties and the worn condition
of the existing macadam had caused this road to be in very poor
condition for a number of years. The taking care of foundation
difficulties and the modification of a very sharp reverse curve as
planned in reconstruction will be a very great aid to travel.
Project No. 3 was approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States upon June 26, 1918. Federal authorities have at this
writing not forwarded to us for execution the Project Agreement.
No work can be done upon the project until this document is properly
executed. We are confident that all matters pending will be cleared
up so that construction work upon this section may begin early in
1919.
There is a great deal of preliminary work necessary in connection
with Federal Aid road work. Although we have received the
heartiest of cooperation upon the part of Federal officers in connec-
tion with this work we have discovered that a great deal of time must
elapse between the submission of Project Statements and the awards
of contracts for the work involved in Project Statements. All papers
incident to the work pass through so many hands and the examina-
tion of the various documents and plans involves so much labor that
it is apparent that immediate action is impossible. We feel, there-
fore, that it is desirable to select roads for improvement under the
Federal Aid Road Act that may remain unimproved for a considerable
time without bringing about serious hardship to travel over those
roads. It seems to us a good plan to submit Project Statements for
Federal Aid approximately one year before it is planned to begin
construction work, and we shall in the future endeavor to do this.
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RECONSTRUCTION IN I9I8.
Considerable reconstruction of womout macadam was accom-
plished during 1918. The sections of highway selected for recon-
struction were all macadamed many years ago and were in wretched
condition for present day travel because the macadam was badly
worn and because of serious sub-soil difficulties. All of the sections
rebuilt were upon main trunk lines.
The design of foundations and drainage structures and the selection
of types of wearing surfaces received very careful consideration.
Although costs of all construction work were high during the past
year, no attempt was made to save expense by slighting foundations
or drainage. The extent of motor truck traffic upon all of our main
trunk lines makes necessary very heavy foundations over certain
soils. It is poor economy to lay expensive wearing surfaces over
foundations insufficient to prevent their demolition under traffic.
Heavy motor vehicles are here to stay and there is to our minds no
other course open to road authorities than to design roads for them.
The reconstruction work accomplished under our present program
and according to our present standards is free from foundation
troubles. The work done in 1915 and in 1916 has been laid long
enough so that foundation defects would be perceptible if they
existed, but we have yet to discover the slightest weakness in the
foundations constructed in connection with this work. Very light
maintenance to the wearing surfaces has been demanded upon some
sections, but this work has been inexpensive.
The urgent necessity existing during the past year for conservation
in the transportation of road materials caused us to give careful
consideration to the selection of types of construction and to materials
to be used. Upon the greater part of our work the binder was the
only material which it was necessary to ship in. It was necessary
to secure the approval of the delivery of all bituminous materials
employed in connection with our reconstruction work frpm Federal
authorities. More or less delay in the completion of our work was
occasioned by the necessity for securing this approval. None of our
applications for approval, however, was acted upon unfavorably.
The conditions met with during the past year interfered rather
seriously with the rate of progress of our reconstruction work. None
of the forces of laborers employed upon this work was suffijcient to
allow of more than one or two stages of the work to progress simul-
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taneously. Labor conditions furthermore had their effect 'upon
results secured. Upon most of the work changes in the personnel
of the labor forces were so frequent that inexperienced labor was the
rule rather than the exception. Constant changes of laborers is not
conducive to the best work. We do not intend to imply that the
work accomplished was not satisfactory, but we wish merely to
explain the influence of labor condition upon results. Upon the
whole the finished work is very satisfactory, although some of the
work is rather deficient in the little niceties that are not readily
perceptible to one not engaged in road building.
More or less inconvenience to the travelling public was occasioned
by the general retarding of the progress of the work because of the
untoward conditions. As a rule, however, the public appeared to
appreciate the unusual difficulties encountered. Shortage in avail-
able labor, delays in shipments and the delays involved in securing
Federal sanction of various phases of the work made impossible a
rate of progress as rapid as was to be expected under normal condi-
tions. In general the work was carried out as rapidly as conditions
made possible. All but two of our reconstruction projects were
completed. One of the sections uncompleted was so heavy in char-
acter that completion in 1918 was not contemplated and the contract
for the other section uncompleted was awarded so late in the season
that completion did not appear at all certain. Traffic will be accom-
modated over both of the uncompleted sections during the winter
months.
NARRAGANSETT PEIR ROAD— BARBERS HEIGHT.
The rebuilding of this road constitutes one of the greatest im-
provements to our highway system that has yet been accomplished.
The old macadam road upon the site of this improvement was veiy
badly worn and was subject in spots to complete demolition at certain
seasons of each year under the combined action of frost and traffic.
The alignment also was not suited for the traffic which passes over
the road today. Two very sharp curves upon the old road had hem
responsible for numerous accidents and required modification. It
was deemed advisable also to reduce the very steep grade upon
Browning's Hill.
A very radical relocation and revision in existing grades made
possible the remedying of all of the undesirable features of line and
grade. A new right of way through private property was secured
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for a distance of one-balf mile at the north end of the road. The
alignment upon this new location is very satisfactory.
The character of the soil and the presence of a great many ledges
involved difficulties in design and in construction. Upon the new
line a layer of gravel existed below the top soil and it was anticipated
from the character of gravel pits in the immediate vicinity that no
heavy foundations would be required. It developed, however, that
the gravel occurred in a layer so thin that all of the cuts extended
below it into very unstable micaceous clay. Because of this condi-
tion, it was decided to excavate below the sub-grade planned and to
back-fill to sub-grade with gravel secured off from the line of
work.
Ledges were the chief obstacles encountered upon the line of the
old road. The formation of the ledges and their rather peculiar
internal structure made their excavation very difficult. In many of
the cuts ledges whose surfaces were generally parallel to the finished
surface and which were at elevations requiring shallow excavation
only were uncovered. Ledges of this character were found to be
extremely difficult to deal with.
It was our plan to grade this road and to lay the foundations
during the fall and early winter and then to allow travel to use the
road imtil weather conditions permitted of continuing work in the
spring. It was anticipated that the finished foundations would not
be objectionable to travel over during the winter and this fact
together with the fact that the only available detour was not suitable
for travel during the winter and early spring made this plan prac-
ticable. The many difficulties met with in construction, however,
made it impossible to open the road temporarily as planned. The
very severe weather of last winter also delayed the work considerably.
It was imf ortimate that the rather inadequate detour was necessary
all winter and also during the early spring, but it was unavoidable
under the circumstances.
The type of construction selected for the wearing surface was
bitmninous macadam. Local stone was employed in order to avoid
the extensive shipments necessary if imported stone were used.
The foimdations were of field and wall stone and of gravel. Heavy
stone foundations were employed in all of the cuts upon the new line
because of the necessity for drainage occasioned by the springy
nature of the land in the locality. Insulating cushions of gravel
were employed in fills over the heavy retentive soil and employed
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universally over the clay sub-soil upon the section relocated from the
line of the old road.
The wearing surface was completed July 19, 1918, and the road
opened to travel the following day.
The contract for this work was awarded to John Bristow of Narra-
gansett Pier.
The following table contains the detailed costs of this work:
Cost.
Length, 7,921 Feet. Square Yards, 16,053.
Drainage and fo\indations:
Earth excavation, 12,957 cu. yds. @ $0.90 $11,661 30
Ledge excavation, 891.6 cu. yds. @ $2.00 1,783 20
Stone foundation, 1,966.33 cu. yds. @ $1.50 2,949 50
Gravel foundation, 3,119 cu. yds. @ $1.40 4,366 60
Culvert pipe laid, 390 feet 215 80
Culvert pipe, purchased 724 20
Concrete masonry, 12.5 cu. ySs. @ $10.00 125 00
Catch hasin in place 59 75
Cobble gutter in place (Force acct.) 685 62
Miscellaneous 99 30
$22,670 27
New metalled surface:
Crushed stone, 5,299.4 tons @ $2.25 $11,923 65
Asphalt heated and applied, 35,741 gals. ® $0.06 2,144 46
Asphalt purchased, 36,241 gals. @ $0.15 5,436 15
Freight on asphalt 756 10
$20,260 36
Clearing and grubbing on new line 800 00
Guard rails, 1,366 feet @ $.60 819 60
Land damage:
Town of North Kingstown, cost of new layout 2,582 00
Resetting walls and fences 1,248 87
3,830 87
Inspection, including weigher 1,564 69
Miscellaneous, grading driveways, watchman 61 78
$50,007 57
EAST MAIN ROAD— PORTSMOUTH.
During the past year the reconstruction of approximately 2.8
miles of old macadam upon the East Main Road between Stone
Bridge and Newport was completed. This section extended south-
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erly from the Bristol Ferry Road. In selecting the section to be
rebuilt upon this line our usual custom of reconstructing sections
adjacent to work completed previously was not adopted. The old
macadam upon the site of the newly rebuilt road was in far worse
condition than was the old macadam adjacent to either of the bitumi-
nous macadam sections previously built. During winter and spring
thaws this section of road formerly was next to impassable for all
types of vehicles excepting light horse-drawn vehicles. The heavy,
retentive character of the soil was responsible for the difficulties
experienced with the old waterbound macadam pavement.
Very heavy foundations were required for the entire length of the
section rebuilt. The design of foundations to take care of the
difficulties was very simple because the conditions were uniformly bad.
The depth of foundations were varied somewhat because of shghtly
varying soil conditions, but the character of foundations was the
same for the entire distance. Wall and field stone composed the
foundations. Sandy gravel from nearby beaches was used over the
stone foundations to bind and to solidify them and also to avoid
considerable waste in crushed stone otherwise resulting because of
the relatively large surface voids in the stone foundations.
Connecticut Trap Rock was employed exclusively for the laying
of the bituminous macadam wearing surface. The local rock is not
of a type allowing of the best results in this type of construction.
Some of the ledges in the locality are fairly hard and tough, but are
rather too variable in character to warrant crushing for the wearing
surface. A rather peculiar feature of one type of ledge rock found in-
this section and which is otherwise excellent for bituminous macadam
construction is the adherence after crushing of very fine rock powder
to the surfaces of the individual stones. This fine rock powder tends
to prevent proper adhesion of bitumen to the surfaces of the stones, ,
and results in the securing of an imperfect bond.
The contract for the rebuilding of two miles of this road was
awarded to Joseph McCormick, of East Providence, R. I., in Sep-
tember, 1917. The grading and the la3ring of foundations upon the
site of the original contract were practically completed during the
fall and winter immediately following the award of the contract.
The laying of the wearing surface was not started until the spring of
1918. Traffic was allowed to pass over the completed foundations
durmg the winter and early spring because the only roads available
as detours were not passable during thaws at these seasons. The
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gravel cover over the foundations made a very serviceable road, but
during the latter part of the period that traffic was allowed over the
foundations the gravel wore through to the stones below and caused
the surface to become very rough in places. It was, however, possible
to get over the foundations at all times even with heavy loads and it
was not possible to pass over the old road at all times during the
winter and 'spring, so we feel that no harm resulted in leaving the
road uncompleted over the winter.
The original contract for the reconstruction of two miles of old
road was extended early in 1918 to include the reconstruction of
approximately 0.8 miles adjoining the north end of the original
contract. This was deemed necessary in order to take care of very
distressing conditions which impeded and endangered travel during
the winter and early spring. The original contract was completed
and opened to travel August 9th. The work upon the extension
progressed slowly. Very extensive Government work at Newport
during the period in which the extension was built tended to affect
labor conditions adversely as far as other work in the vicinity was
concerned. Difficulty also was experienced in securing prompt
shipments of trap rock. The extension was completed early in
December.
The problem of taking care of horse-drawn traffic upon a long
steep grade at the north end of this section was carefully considered.
The type of surface construction planned for the entire road was
considered to be too slippery for the safety of horse-drawn vehicles
upon this steep grade. The problem was solved by building very
wide earth shoulders in this location so that horse-drawn vehicles at
times when the conditions cause the pavement to be especially
slippery might travel at the sides in safety.
A consideriable expense was incurred upon this section by the
necessity for building a great many longitudinal culverts under
approaches to intersecting roads and to private drives. The char-
acter of the soil in this locality is such that relatively deep side
ditches were deemed advisable in order that the heavy stone founda-
tions might be drained at frequent intervals. Very many longi-
tudinal culverts existed previous to the work of reconstruction.
The greater number of these culverts apparently were built many
years ago and were far from satisfactory in t3rpe of construction,
in state of repair and in grade. The new longitudinal culverts were
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laid to a definite grade and were placed at a uniform distance from
the edge of the new pavement.
The detailed costs of this work follow:
Cost.
Length, 14,590 Feet. Squabe Yards, 29,180.
Drainage and foundations:
Earth excavation, 10,533 cu. yds. @ Sl.lO Sll,586 30
Earth excavation, 2,654 cu. yds. @ S1.50 3,9S1 00
Ledge excavation, 5 cu. yds. @ $3.00 15 00
Stone foundation, 7,064 cu. yds. ® S2.90 20,485 60
Stone foundation, 2,517 cu. yds. @ $3.10 7,802 70
Gravel fiUer, 2,230 cu. yds. @ $2.40 5,352 00
Gravel fiUer, 642 cu. yds. ® $2.50 1,605 00
Culvert pipe laid, 119 feet @ $1.75 208 25
Culvert pipe laid, 1,102 feet @ $1.00 1,102 00
Culvert pipe laid, 388 feet @ $1.50 582 00
Culvert pipe purchased 1,917 57
Concrete noasonry, 3 cu. yds. @ $18.00 54 00
Miscellaneous drainage 29 90
" $54,721 32
New metalled surface:
Crushed trap rock, 5,880.75 tons @ $4.00 $23,523 00
Crushed trap rock, 2,503.95 tons @ $4.65 11,643 37
Asphalt applied, 58,035 gals. @ $0.08 4,642 80
Asphalt applied, 22,547 gals. @ $0.11 2,480 17
Aaphalt purchased 13,651 76
55,941 10
Watchmen 1,502 50
Inspection 1,646 35
Miscellaneous 53 26
$113,864 53
MENDON ROAD— CUMBERLAND.
The section of old waterbound macadam approximately 3,500
feet in length upon the Mendon Road between Ashton and Cumber-
land Hill was rebuilt during the past year. This section is located
between the section reconstructed in 1916 and the section rebuilt in
1917 by convict labor. It was intended to complete this work in
1917 with the convict labor force which was employed upon this
line, but weather conditions made necessary the stopping of work
before the entire section of old macadam was rebuilt.
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The greater part of the work of rebuilding this section during the
past year was done by force account. The progress of the work was
slow, but since traffic was accommodated upon the car tracks beside
the road without the necessity for detouring, no great hardship on
the part of the travelling public was occasioned by the slow rate of
progress. The difficulty of maintaining upon the work sufficient
labor was the chief reason for the slow progress experienced. When
about three-quarters of the work was completed, the labor situation
became so acute that a change in the plan of carrying out the work
was deemed necessary in order to complete the rebuilding before cold
weather. An arrangement was made accordingly with a contracting
concern which appeared to have a fairly large force of laborers to
complete the small amount of work remaining.
The character of the sub-soil made unnecessary a large expenditure
for foundations. The old macadam in large part was merely graded
to form a sub-grade for the new bituminous macadam surface. The
facilities for taking care of surface water were found to be very
inadequate. A great deal of difficulty with surface water has in the
past been experienced on a long grade upon the site of this recon-
struction. A large watershed draining to the west gutter of the road
and the absence of proper culverts across the road to relieve the flow
were the conditions which caused the trouble. New culverts laid
during the past year intercept the flow in the gutter at frequent
intervals and will without doubt take care of the difficulty.
The reconstruction work during the past year upon the Mendon
Road does away with all of the wornout waterbound macadam upon
this line excepting a section less than a mile in length at its southern
extremity. Some of the older bituminous macadam, however, is
showing signs of wear under the extremely heavy traffic to which
this road is subjected. Some of this pavement will be ten years old
in 1919 so that more or less deterioration is to he expected. It is
probable that proper maintenance will preserve even the work of
this character which is in the worst condition for several years, and
if this proves to be the case, these pavements will have given excellent
service. When reconstruction of the bituminous macadam upon this
line becomes necessary it will be advisable from the standpoint of
traffic to which the road is subjected to lay only pavements upon a
concrete base.
The total cost of the reconstruction work completed during the
past year was $21,460.26.
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PUTUAM PIK&-SMITHFIELD.
Approximately two miles of womout macadam was reconstructed
upon this important line during the past year. The section selected
for rebuilding was adjacent to the reconstruction work done by con-
vict labor in 1917.
The work completed upon this road during the past year is inter-
esting in the opportunity it affords for observing the adaptability
under trunk line traffic of a type of wearing surface heretofore untried
by this department. A form of bituminous concrete which involves
the use of local sands and gravels combined to conform to a definite
grading of si2es of particles was employed for the wearing surface.
The very unsatisfactory quality of the local rock for use in the wearing
surface of bituminous macadam or a concrete pavement, the long
haul from the nearest railroad station involved if imported stone
were used and our desire to curtail rail shipments in accordance with
the request of Federal authorities were points considered in the
selection of the type of construction. The local rock was deemed
satisfactory for the base course of crushed stone, but its properties
made very undesirable its presence in the surface where it would be
required to withstand direct abrasion by traffic. The average haul
from the nearest railroad station was approximately four miles, and
the cost of imported crushed stone would in consequence have been
very high. It was found by tests that local sands and gravels could
be combined to form a satisfactory grading for bitiuninous concrete,
and the economy of this. type of surface in both expenditure and in
rail shipments influenced us to select it.
Foundation difficulties upon this section were not greatly in evi-
dence. The sub-soil encountered was in large part a coarse, sandy
gravel which affords very perfect sub-drainage. Occasional pockets
of loam or clay and the presence upon several long grades of bars of
relatively impermeable material caused in the past more or less
difficulty locally during thaws in the winter or early spring months.
The excavation of these imsatisfactory materials and back filling
with good gravel constituted the foundation work.
An exceptional condition was encountered upon this work at Cedar
Swamp, so-called. This swamp is a peat bog and affords therefore a
very unstable footing for the heavy embankment upon which the
road is built. The original fill across this swamp was made many
years ago by the town of Smithfield, and it is reported that the fill
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settled greatly during its construction and that it disappeared com-
pletely one night when it was ahnost to grade. Borings taken during
the past summer disclosed the fact that soft peat existed to a depth
of more than 24 feet, how much more being uncertain because the
boring instrument was not long enough to extend to the bottom of
the layer of peat. The fill before the railroad beside the road was laid
apparently had reached bottom and was as far as observation and
occasional levels disclosed free from settlement. The filling on one
side of the original embankment incident to grading for the new track
about five years ago appeared to disturb the equilibrium of the entire
embankment. Instead of a plane of shear developing on the slope
of the original embankment, because of settlement of the new fill,
which was the result anticipated, a pronounced shearing effect was
produced about one-third of the distance across the original em-
bankment. Cracks from time to time developed in the old macadam
surface where this shear developed and the entire fill on the railroad
side of the crack settled rapidly. Frequent raising of the rail was
necessitated by this settlement and repairs to the road surface were
also demanded. Levels disclosed the fact that there was no settle-
ment of the embankment from the position of the established shear
plane to the edge opposite the rail. This peculiar condition presented
a serious problem in the laying of a pavement upon the fill. There
appeared to be no feasible manner of taking care of the difficulty
permanently so that no further settlement could occxu*, but it
appeared certain that settlement of the unstable portion of the fill
would cease eventually. The omission of the wearing surface over
the fill for the present was seriously considered, but since it appeared
probable that only a longitudinal section of the pavement approxi-
mately one-third of the total width would be affected by the peculiar
condition, it was decided to lay the surface and to repair it if nec-
essary. Our prediction as to the probable result has already been
proved to be true. About one month after the pavement over the
fill was completed, a crack in its surface appeared where cracks in
the old macadam developed from time to time. The transverse
slope from this crack to the edge of the pavement next to the rail
was increased by slight settlement, but nothing dangerous to traffic
has yet developed. There has been no perceptible settlement of
the pavement upon the side opposite the rail. The cost of repairing
the pavement where this peculiar condition exists will have to be
borne annually until the fill becomes stable, but this expense will
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not be large. Repairs at intervals more frequent than once each
year probably will not be called for, and these repairs very likely
will be no more expensive than would the almost constant repairs
to the old macadam if the new pavement had not been laid until the
embankment had ceased to settle.
Because of the fact that the new track upon this section was at our
request laid to a grade somewhat above the grade of the old macadam
road, it was possible to take advantage of the old road metal in recon-
struction. Where foundations were not demanded it was frequently
possible to scarify the old macadam surface, to smooth it up and to
add new crushed stone to bring the grade up to the grade of the
bottom of the new bituminous concrete siurface. Where this was
possible, excavation was confined to the shoulders.
The drainage of surface water in places was found to be unsatis-
factory. Many new culverts were required, several catch basins
were built, and cobble gutters were laid where necessary. A long
fiat grade had in the past caused much trouble because there was not
sufficient pitch to allow of free Sow of water. It was not deemed
desirable to change this grade because of many obstacles to such a
course, but it was found possible to lower a culvert at one end of
this grade and to excavate a side ditch to the culvert which allowed
of ready flow of surface water.
Considerable bank wall was built to retain high slopes in both cut
and fill. Stone masonry was employed for the building of all of
these bank walls.
The contract for this work was awarded late in May to the R. H.
Newell Company of Uxbridge, Mass. The wearing surface was com-
pleted and the road opened to traffic for its entire length early in
October. The grading of shoulders, the erection of guard rails and
genewJ cleaning up were completed about the first of November.
The detailed costs of this follow:
Cost.
Length, 10,360 Feet. Square Yards, 21,140.
Cleaning, scarifying, reshaping, 14,596 sq. yds @ $0.06 $875 76
Drainage and foundations:
Earth excavation,'^,163 cu. yds. @ $1.50 $4,744 50
Ledge excavation, 34 cu. yds. @ $3.50 119 00
Gravel for foundation, 24S4 cu. yds. @ $1.50 3J26 00
Culvert pipe laid, 12" C I, 72 ft. @ $1.50 108 00
Culvert pipe laid, 12" corrugated metal, 176 ft. ® $1.25. 220 00
Cuhert pipe laid, 18" corrugated metal, 256 ft.@ $1.50. 384 00
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Culvert pipe laid, 24" corrugated metal, 46 ft. ® S1.70 . $78 20
Culvert pipe purchased 748 70
Catch basins complete (two) 142 26
Cobble gutters, 409.5 sq.yds. @ $1.50 614 25
Concrete masonry, 11.8 cu. yds. @ $16.00 188 80
Miscellaneous gutter and culvert work 94 61
11,168 32
New metalled surface:
Crushed stone base, 4,764.3 tons @ $2.40 11,434 32
Bituminous concrete laid, 21,140 sq. yds. @ $0.60 12,684 00
Asphalt purchased, 179.4 tons 6,755 35
$30,873 67
Guard rails, 1,598.5 ft 799 25
Stone masonry, 203.7 cu. yds. @ $9.00 1,833 30
Rebuilding walls (Force acct.) 291 15
Grading approaches to private driveways 175 98
Inspection 1,272 97
Watchmen 1,204 04
Miscellaneous work, including grade stakes 89 78
HARTFORD PIKE— JOHNSTON. $48,584 22
The contract for the rebuilding of two 'miles of womout macadam
upon the Hartford Pike was awarded during the past season to Luigi
C. Carchia of Boston, Mass., the low bidder for the work. The
section selected for reconstruction adjoined ^the section rebuilt in
1916 from the Providence City Line to Pocasset.
The work involved upon this section was necessarily very heavj^
in character. The locality abounds with ledges and lai^e boulders,
and the necessity for revision in grades and the opening of side
ditches involved a great deal of rock work. EJxcept for a short
section at the extreme west end of this section, the sub-soil en-
countered necessitated heavy foundations and extensive drainage.
The old macadam for the greater part of its distance was built many
years ago by the town of Johnston without preliminary engineering
work. The alignment was not satisfactory for present day traflSc
because of sudden turns in order to avoid ledges or large boulders.
The grades to which the old macadam was laid did not allow of
perfect drainage of surface water and were furthermore so steep in
places as to be objectionable. Bars of ledge which extended very
nearly to the surface of the old macadam constituted upon several
of the steep grades a hindrance to the seepage of water absorbed by
the sub-soil and caused soft spots which were a menace to traffic
during thaws. The foundations laid in connection with reconstruc-
tion are of stone and of gravel, but stone foundations predominate.
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The work of reconstructing this road was not completed during
the past year. The grading and the la3dng of foundations and the
construction of culverts are features which are practically cpmpleted,
but none of the wearing surface was laid. The type of construction
selected for the wearing surface is bituminous macadam. Crushed
local ledge rock is to be employed for the wearing surface, and the
bituminous binder was purchased and delivered, so that there are
apparently no obstacles to the completion of the work involved in
the contract early in the construction season of 1919.
It was of course necessary to detour traffic during the progress of
grading and the laying of foundations. The only parallel roads
available as detours were in such condition that it was deemed
imperative to allow travel to employ the section of road under co-
struction during the winter and early spring. The rock foundations
were accordingly covered with gravel so that travel could safely pass
over them and the road was opened to the public in November.
The road of course is not in ideal condition for traffic but it is con-
sidered preferable to employ it during the winter than to employ the
roads used as detours through the greater part of the siunmer and
faU.
A total of $31,541.03 was spent upon this work during 1918.
The estimates of quantities and the unit prices contained in the
proposal accepted are contained in the following table:
Estimated Quantities and Accepted Bid Prices.-
Earth excavation 8,000 cu. yds. $1 .31 $10,480 00
Ledge excavation 1,000 cu. yds. 1 .32 1,320 00
Stone fill foundations 4,000 cu. yds. 1 .50 6,000 00
Hauling and laying 12-in. corru-
gated metal culvert 1421in. ft. 0.75 106 50
Hauling and laying 18-in. corru-
gated metal culvert 2561in. ft. 0.80 204.80
Hauling and laying 24-in. corru-
gated metal culvert 46 lin. ft. 1 .00 46 00
Concrete masonry 15 cu. yds. 20.00 300 00
Stone masonry 30 cu. yds. 6.00 180 00
Wooden guard railing 3,000 lin. ft. 0.80 2,400 00
Crushed local ledge rock 6,500 tons, 2.50 16,250 00
Hauling, heating and applying as-
phalt 60,000 gals. 0.07 4,200 00
Gravel borrow 2,500 cu. yds. 1 .50 3,750 00
Sandfiller 150 cu. yds. 1.50 225 00
Total bid $45,462 30
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It is anticipated that all of the work involved in the contract for
the reconstruction of this road will be completed about August first,
1919.
TAUNTON PIKE— EAST PROVDBENCE.
Approximately one mile of concrete pavement was laid upon the
Taimton Pike during the past year. This pavement replaces a
waterbound macadam surface which has been in deplorable condition
for several years. Certain portions of this road have at times in the
past been so seriously disturbed by frost action as to make travel
over the road dangeroais for light vehicles and next to impossble
for heavy vehicles. A heavy clayey soil and imperfect facilities for
both surface drainage and sub-soil drainage were the conditions
responsible for the serious conditions existing in the past. The
heaving of spots in this road by frost action was very pronounced.
At times of sudden thaws this heaving produced mounds or miniature
hillocks which were perceptible for considerable distances, the general
effect produced being similar to the effect brought about by dumping
upon the road several loads of dirt and not spreading the loads out.
The moimds produced by frost action sooner or later cracked open
and broke through under traffic, developing pockets of soft mud
often hub deep or more.
It is apparent from the preceding description of conditions prevail-
ing upon the old road that a great deal of work below the sub-grade
of the concrete pavement was necessary in order to protect the
pavement from sub-soil disturbances which might produce very
serious results. Although concrete pavements probably are not so
seriously affected as are bituminous macadam pavements by reten-
tive or impermeable sub-soils, provided the soils are stable at all
times and free from heaving, it is our opinion that sub-soils of the
type encountered upon the Taunton Pike demand as careful treat-
ment for concrete as for any other type of pavement. Our plan for
taking care of the sub-soil difficulties involved excavation to various
depths below sub-grade and back filling with sandy gravel to sub-
grade. After the contract was awarded, however, cinders and
crusher-run stone screenings were substituted for gravel by agree-
ment with the contractor. Cinders were laid almost to sub-grade
and a light coating of stone screenings added over the surface of the
cinders in order to avoid the possibility of considerable loss of grout
by flow into the very porous cinder base. We are of the opinion that
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the use of cinders in the manner indicated produced a better founda-
tion for the pavement than could have been secured by the use of the
gravel available in the locality. Very perfect seepage is aflforded
by the cinder base.
Sub-drains were deemed necessary upon a hill near the east end
of the section rebuilt. A very springy condition existed upon this
hill and it was considered inadvisable to allow the very decided flow
of water from the several springs merely to percolate through the
cinder base. Tile drains were therefore laid at both sides of the
I>avement and the filling of the trench^ in which the drains were
laid with clean gravel and the providing for free seepage from the
cinder base into these gravel filled trenches will doubtless take care
of conditions satisfactorily. Although the sub-drains were laid
during a dry period in the summer, a coDsiderable flow of water from
springs was found when the trenches were dug.
The facilities for the drainage of surface water were greatly im-
proved. New culverts replaced old stone box culverts which were in
a very bad state of repair and two new catch basins were built. The
conditions met with in excavating for one of the new catch basins
indicate the very aggravating conditions prevailing upon certain
portions of this road. A spring was encountered in digging for this
basin which required two three-inch hand suction pumps working
constantly to keep the water level low enough to allow working in the
hole with high rubber boots. This catch basin was built late in the
summer when the ground water is at its lowest, so the efifect of such
conditions upon the road during the early spring readily may be
perceived.
The concrete pavement completed extends from the Massachusetts
State Line to a point about seven himdred feet east of Six Comers.
Although all of the work involved in our contract for the building of
the concrete pavement was completed, it was our plan to reconstruct
the short section remaining between the west end of the pavement
and Six Comers. Concrete, however, was not considered for this
section remaining. The car tracks upon the portion not rebuilt are
in the middle of the street and the street is curbed. We do not
consider it good practice to lay a concrete pavement in locations
such as this where the ultimate use of the pavement as a base for a
two or three inch wearing surface is prohibited by the existence of
features which make impossible or impracticable the raise in surface
grade involved. Sheet asphalt upon a concrete base was planned
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for this short section to Six Comers. The laying of this pavement
during the past year was impossible because of numerous obstacles
which developed. A change in grade upon this section was deemed
necessary in order to facilitate the flow of surface water. The revision
in grade of course affected the railroad tracks. It was also thought
necessary to change the grades of the curbs somewhat and to replace
unsatisfactory sections of curb. It was our plan also to carry the
sheet asphalt across the portion of the street occupied by the double
tracks of the street railway. The preliminary arrangements with the
railroad company for changing the grade of the rails and for laying
the new pavement and the necessity for taking up the matter of
curbs with the town council of East Providence involved delays
which made the ccmipletion of the work to Six Comers impossible
before winter. It is anticipated that this short section will be
rebuilt in 1919.
The concrete pavement was laid on a flat sub-grade and is eight
inches thick in the center and six inches thick on the sides. No
reinforcement was employed. Expansion joints with tar paper filler
were provided. The coarse aggregate consisted of crushed lec^e
rock from a ledge in the vicinity of the work. Sand was secured
from a bank about one mile from the side of the pavement. A half-
yard cube mixer with a boom deUvery was employed for all mixing
of concrete. The concrete was protected for a short time from the
effect of sxm^ wind and rain by covering with canvas and was thea
covered with dirt and kept wet for two weeks.
The contract for this work was awarded to Joseph McCormick of
East Providence, the low bidder, upon May 16, 1918. The road was
completely opened to traffic upon November 30th.
The cost of this work follows:
Cost.
Length, 4,902 Feet. Square Yards, 9,736.
Foundations:
Earth excavation, 4,784 cu. yds. @ $1.45 16,936 80
Ledge excavation, 14 cu. yds. @ $4.00 56 00
Cinders and stone dust, 4,919 cu. yds. @ $2.00 9,838 00
$16,830 80
Drainage — Culverts, catch basins, side drains, sub-drains 4,618 72
New metalled surface:
Concrete pavement, 2,027 cvl, yds. @ $12.50 $25,337 50
Miscellaneous 32 84
$25,370 34
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Watchmen $2,018 25
Inspection 759 57
Misoellaneolis 9 31
Total $49,606 99
MAIN ROAI>-WARR£N AND BRISTOL.
The contract for the rebuilding of the section of womout macadam
7,250 feet in length between Warren and Bristol was awarded upon
July 3 to Bonfiglio Perini of Ashland, Mass., the low bidder. The
work involved in the contract was not completed before cold weather
prevented further work, but traffic is allowed to pass over the im-
completed road imtil work starts in the spring because of the veiy
bad condition of the only roads available as detours.
Bituminous concrete involving the use of sand and gravel combined
to form the mineral aggregate was selected for the wearing surface.
Except where heavy stone foimdations were laid, the old road metal
was screened out and employed with new crushed stone in the laying
of the crushed stone base for the new surface. Screening of the old
road metal was considered advisable because of the economy resulting
from this plan and because a great deal of ditching upon the road in
connection with the la3ring of a new sewer sjrstem by the town of
Warren made the addition of only a thin layer of crushed stone over
the old road dangerous. The bottom of the crushed stone base was
also considerably below the bottom of the original macadam because
the new pavement was made thicker than the old macadam and the
grade not changed. Crushed local ledge, field or wall stone was
permitted in the specifications for the crushed stone base, but the
difficulties of securing and crushing of local rock influenced the con-
tractor to import in large part Connecticut trap rock. The trap
rock was furnished by agreement at the price bid for crushed local
stone.
A heavy stone foundation was laid for a distance of about one-half
mile at the south end of this section. A great deal of trouble has
been occasioned in the past where this foundation was laid by the
unstable character of the sub-soil. At times in the winter and spring
travel over the road was seriously interfered with by the conditions
brought about by frost action upon this soil. The foundations laid
are expected to take care for all time of the heretofore unsatisfactory
conditions upon this portion of the road.
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About 2,000 feet of wearing surface only was laid during the past
year, but the foundations and the crushed stone base were prac-
tically completed. The completion of all of the work involved in
the contract is anticipated early in the sunmier of 1919. The work
progressed slowly during the past year. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in maintaining a sufficient force of laborers upon the work
to insure rapid progress. This was a very prevalent condition,
however, during the past construction season.
A total of $38,486.21 was spent upon this work in 1918. The cost
of the asphalt necessary to complete the work is included in this
amount. The final detailed costs cannot be given at this time, but
the following table gives a comprehensive idea of the character and
amount of work involved. As is our usual custom, the asphalt was
furnished by the State and is not included in this table of unit prices.
Estimated Quantities and Unit Prices Accepted.
Tf«»i. Eatimated Unit T^f-U
^*®°^- QuantitieB. Pricee. ^^**^-
Earth excavation 5,000 cu. yds. $1.75 $8,750 00
Ledge excavation 100 cu. yds. 3.00 300 00
Stone fill foundations 1,750 cu. yds. 3.50 6,125 00
Laying 12-in. corrugated metal pipe
culvert 350lin. ft. 1.50 525 00
Laying 18-in. corrugated metal pifie
culvert 28 lin. ft. 1 .50 42 00
Laying 24-in. corrugated metal pipe
culvert 42 lin. ft. 1.50 63 00
Laying 24-in. vitrified clay pipe cul-
vert 100 lin. ft. 1.50 150 00
Catch basin One, 75.00 75 00
Concrete masonry 50 cu. yds. 25.00 1,250 00
Wooden guard rail 200 lin. ft. 0.75 150 00
Crushed stone 3,000 tons, 3.50 10,500 00
Bituminous concrete surface 14,500 sq. yds. 0.87 12,615 00
Total $40,545 00
ELIMINATION OF DANGER AT GREENWOOD CURVE.
The large number of accidents which have occurred at the curve
immediately east of the overhead railroad bridge at Greenwood
demand that some relief from existing conditions there be efifected.
For a long distance north of this curve the road is smooth, straight
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and almoet level; the curve is very sharp; the grade rises abruptly,
and the width is reduced. This combination of circumstances leads
to the popular designation of this curve as "Death Curve." There
is, we believe, reason to doubt the occurrence of a serious accident
at this curve to a car travelling at a rate of speed not in excess of. the
maximum speed allowed under the provisions of oiu* Motor Vehicle
Act. There have, however, been a large number of fatal accidents
upon this curve and this fact justifies the expenditure necessary to
relieve conditions.
The present bridge is lined up very well for traffic through Pontiac
Avenue which is the town road running east and west over the bridge
to Warwick Neck and to Pontiac respectively. Pontiac Avenue
must be kept in mind in considering a change in alignment of the
State road over the bridge. At present the traffic over the sections
of Pontiac Avenue immediately adjacent to the State road is very
light as compared with traffic over the State road, but it would be a
mistake to assume that this travel always will remain as light as it
is now. A realignment involving crossing the railroad tracks at a
comparatively flat angle upon a skew bridge built upon the site of
the present bridge would be a very satisfactory solution of the
problem from the standpoint of improving conditions for travel upon
the State road, but unless a very wide bridge is built so that the
direction of travel over Pontiac Avenue might remain approximately
as it is now, or unless separate bridges are provided for the traffic
over Pontiac Avenue and traffic over the State road an element of
danger to travel over Pontiac Avenue would be created.
The present overhead bridge is altogether too narrow to accommo-
date the heavy travel to which the road is subjected. The embank-
ments at each side of the bridge are also too narrow to aljow of a
suitable width of macadam. Any plan entertained for improving
conditions must involve widening of the bridge. The sudden re-
duction in the width of macadam at the curve east 'of the bridge is a
condition which greatly adds to the danger at present.
At the date of this writing the plan of remedying conditions has
not been decided upon. A careful study of the situation is necessary.
It may be foimd that increasimg of the radii of the curves both east
and west of the bridge and the high banking of the curves, together
with widening of the bridge in its present location, wiU remove all
elements of danger. It may, on the other hand, be foimd necessary
to build a skew bridge necessitated by modification of the angle of
intersection of the railroad and the State road.
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The number of parties interested in any change brought about
complicates the matter somewhat. The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company is involved by reason of changes in the
overhead railroad bridge which was built and is maintained by this
Company. The Rhode Island Company controls the street railway
tracks beside the State road over the bridge, and changes in the
tracks are necessary under any feasible method of remedying con-
ditions. The town of Warwick also is interested because of the
intersection of Pontiac Avenue with the State road at this point. A
special Act by the General Assembly may be foimd to be necessary
in order to define the division of the necessary expenditure and the
method of carrying out the work.
REPAIRS TO WATERBOUND MACADAM ROADS.
We have in several of our past annual reports called attention to
the great difficulties attending the maintenance of the large mileage
of waterboimd macadam upon our system of State highways. The
fact that these roads were in large part built in a period when traffic
conditions were wholly different from the conditions prevailing today
caused these roads to be designed according to standards which have
been greatly changed since that time. This type of construction,
furthermore, is not suited for the traffic to whic];i our main trunk
lines are subjected, no matter hoW well they are built and notwith-
standing the greatest attention to foundations and drainage. Water-
bound macadam in Rhode Island, as in other States where the build-
ing of State roads began at an early date, was the pioneer State road.
The macadam roads built served their purpose well for a number of
years, but after the marvelous change and increase in vehicular
traffic brought about by the development of motor vehicles, roads of
this type were found to be inadequate for the lines of heaviest traveL
Reconstruction of the plain macadam upon our main trunk lines is
unquestionably our most serious problem, but the laying of pave-
ments which will stand up under the travel upon these lines is an
expensive proposition and will therefore take time. In the meantime
the macadams must be maintained.
In the early spring smoothing out of the sections which have
rutted badly is necessary. This is an expensive feature of the
maintenance of our plain macadam roads and is the feature which
the general pubUc sees the least of because it is done at a time when
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pleasure touring is not popular. Later in the season some sort of
surface treatment is usually necessary in order to prevent ravelling,
and after the surface treatment has been applied almost constant
light repair work is necessary to fill holes which develop under traffic.
The maintaining of a macadam road which never breaks up under
frost action is far different than maintaining a road which ''turns
bottom side up" when the frost is coming out of the ground. It is
possible to establish over a good macadam surface a surface coating
of bitumen the effects of which carry over from one season to another
so that occasional light surface applications and very light repairs
make it possible to keep the road in very good condition at all times.
In the case of the macadam road which breaks up each spring, how-
ever, no surface treatment gives very good service because the
integrity of the macadam surface is lost in the process of the churning
by traffic of the stone into the mud for a time each year. That traffic
also influences maintenance of macadam roads is so apparent that
it is unnecessary to enlarge upon the subject.
A great many of our macadam roads break up each year under the
combined effect of sub-soil troubles and heavy traffic. It is next to
impossible to keep these roads in perfect condition for traffic at all
times. If, however, no repairs were made, it would be but a short
time before the condition of the surface would make travel over the
roads by motor vehicles practically impossible.
During the past year the untoward conditions generally surroimd-
ing all construction or building operations of course had their effect
upon our work of maintaining our waterbound macadams. Diffi-
culties in securing labor prevented the prosecution of work during the
periods that we desired to have the work done. It was impossible at
times to secure the labor necessary for urgently needed repairs.
Upon the whole, however, we believe that our plain macadam roads
were in as good condition during the past year as they have been for
several years past. The fact that frost action was not as severe in
its effect upon the roads diu'ing the spring of 1918 as it is sometimes
helped out the situation considerably. The fact that our previously
completed reconstruction work has done away with the necessity for
maintaining of many miles of old macadam also is to be considered.
Surface treatment of our macadam roads with bituminous products
was curtailed greatly during the past year. It is our custom to treat
practically ail of our plain macadams annually, but the urgent
necessity for reduction in the use of bitumens as a fuel conservation
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measure caused us to cut down this work to approximately one-
quarter of the amount usually done. A careful exammation of our
waterbound macadam roads was made with a view of selecting the
sections upon which surface treatment could be omitted without
serious results. Many of the roads were foimd to have upon their
surfaces considerable accumulations of bitumen left from former
applications, and if the surface was sufficiently well covered to lead
us to believe that disintegration would not take place to appreciable
extent, no treatment was planned. Where the surface showed little
effect of previous treatments and disintegration under the heavy
summer traffic was certain, steps were taken to apply a coating of
bitumen. Through villages which were closely built up and where
the surfaces of the roads were dusty, treatment was planned in order
to alleviate the dust nuisance which might otherwise have been a
menace to health.
We advertised for bids for the furnishing and distribution of both
ashaltic oil and light refined tar. The only bid received was for a
tar product, the tremendous demand for fuel oil apparently pre-
venting oil companies from bidding on work which involved the use
of fuel oil for roads. Federal restrictions on the use of all bituminous
materials for road work made it necessary to secure approval by
Federal authorities of the delivery of all such materials planned to be
used for surface treatment. This restriction, together with uncer-
tainty regarding rail shipments, made impracticable our usual form of
contract for the furnishing and applying of bitumens used for surface
treatment. An agreement was, therefore, made with the company
submitting the only bid for the work, and all of the surface treatment
was done under the terms of this agreement. All of our applications
to Federal authorities for material to be used for surface treatment
were approved. Shipments also were secured without serious
difficulty.
The cost of surface treatment during the past year was very high.
Our usual form of contract for this work calls for the payment of a
flat rate per gallon for the material applied to all of the roads speci-
fied. The agreement under which the material was applied during
the past year involved the payment of prices which varied according
to the freight rates to destination and the hauls necessary. In 1915
the price paid for furnishing and appl3ring material for surface treat-
ment was 4.2 cents per gallon, in 1916 the price paid was 7.7 cents
per gallon and in 1917 the price paid per gallon was 9.0 cents* In
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1918 the average cost of the material applied was approximately
16.5 cents per gallon. The total cost of surface treatment for the
years 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 was $25,500, S38,800, $51,400 and
$26,200 respectively. The low total cost in 1918 of course was
occasioned by the decrease in quantities employed.
Approximately 40 miles of macadam out of a total of 208 miles
was surface treated in 1918. A total of 127,300 gallons of light
refined tar was employed for this work. Sand or screened gravel
was spread over the tar after its application. It is always a difficult
task to cover the bitumen after its appUcation as rapidly as would be
desirable from the standpoint of those who travel over the roads
while surface treatment is in progress. During the past year labor
conditions made this task more difficult than usual.
A feature of our waterbound macadam maintenance which is
worthy of note is the permanent remedying of conditions which
make certain spots so soft in the early spring as to seriously interfere
with traffic. Where the soil is uniformly unfavorable for road sur-
faces which are not laid upon heavy foundations, as is the case upon
the greater part of the Island of Rhode Island, complete recon-
struction is called for to remedy conditions. Upon some of our
routes, however, the macadam is serviceable at all seasons except
for short stretches where loam or clay pockets exist. If the grades
warrant it and if the required material is available locally, elevation
of these sections by the addition of sandy gravel and the la3ring of a
new macadam surface upon the gravel takes care of the conditions
economically and surely. Drainage alone may be efficacious if the
soil is not too retentive. Considerable work of this character was
accomplished during the past year where complete reconstruction
is not contemplated in the near future. This work of course is of
value when more permanent surfaces are laid, since the necessity for
doing it at that time will be avoided.
It was also deemed essential during the past year to resurface
several miles of old macadam road which had deteriorated so badly
that patching was no longer feasible. Reconstruction of the sections
so treated was not considered advisable because of the greater
demand existing for reconstruction involving high costs upon other
lines which carry a heavier travel. This resurfacing appeared under
the conditions to be the only solution of the problem which the roads
so treated presented. The work of resurfacing was greatly facilitated
by the equipping of all of our three-wheel rollers with a scarifying
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device operated by steam. The loosening of the old macadam
surfaces by the employment of this device is a rapid and inexpeDsiye
operation.
MAINTENANCE OF BITUMINOUS MACADAM ROADS.
The maintaining of our roads of bituminous macadam construction
was carried out in the same manner that it has been accomplished
for a number of years. As usual a considerable portion of the entire
expense involved was occasioned by cuts into the road surfaces by
public utility companies or by individuals for the purpose of in-
stalling ducts or pipes or for the purpose of repairing under ground
structures of various sorts. This department is of course reimbursed
for the cost of repairing these cuts by those responsible for making
them.
Two complete new outfits for maintaining of bitimiinous macadam
roads were purchased during the year. The equipment usually
employed by each section gang upon this work consists of a light
tandem roller, a heating kettle on wheels, pouring pots and the
various small tools that are necessary. The delivery of some of this
equipment purchased was delayed so long that we were unable to
take advantage of it as early in the season as we desired. By far the
greater number of the defects in bituminous macadam surfaces
which require repair develop under traffic during the winter and
early spring, so it is essential to carry out the maintenance work as
early in the spring as weather conditions permit. The new equip-
ment was acquired in order to hasten these repairs so that they may
be largely completed before the heavy summer traffic occurs.
We were fortunate in having almost enough bituminous material
left over from 1917 to complete the repairs to our bituminous mac-
adam roads. The necessity early in the season for securing Federal
sanction of all purchases and shipments of bitumens involved delays
which might have been serious if the material had not been on hand.
Very necessary improvements to many of our older bitimiinous
macadam roads are the widening of the metalled surface and the
banking of curves. Our State Highway Law limited the width of
metalled surface to 14 feet until the passage of an amendment in
1912 which permits of widths up to 18 feet, except upon curves,
where this department may use its discretion in the matter of width.
A width of 14 feet is insufficient for our main trunk lines. Widening
of the roads which are too narrow is not a difficult operation, as
results secured by widening prove. Very little work of widening
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was undertaken during the past year because it was considered more
essential to carry out other improvements which were more urgently
needed.
It has been our practice for a number of years to construct the
surfaces of pavements upon curves to a one-way slope. This is
ordinarily referred to as "banking" curves. The curves upon older
roads, however, are not banked. In connection with the work of
widening our narrow bitimiinous macadam roads it is desirable also
to bank all curves. Crowned sections upon curves are a source of
danger, especially upon lines where many curves are banked. We
always make a practice also of widening curves in excess of the widths
on tangents.
The cost of maintenance is as a rule materially reduced by the
widening of roads which are too narrow and by the banking and
widening of curves. Upon narrow roads the earth shoulders are
rapidly destroyed under heavy motor vehicle travel by the necessity
existing for running off from the metalled surface in passing other
vehicles. The expense of repairing earth shoulders in order to avoid
the danger resulting from a sudden drop from the metalled surface
to worn earth shoulders is very considerable and it is very much
greater upon narrow roads than it is upon roads sufficiently wide so
that the earth shoulders are not broken down by the turning out of
rapidly moving vehicles upon them. The lessening in expense of
shoulder repair brought about by widening and the lessening of the
cost of surface repair occasioned by a greater distribution of travel
over the surface causes widening to be a good investment. The
banking of curves tends to avoid or to reduce the shearing effect of
tires of rapidly moving vehicles upon the road surface.
Our bitmninous macadam roads appear to be holding their own
well. We believe that the roads of this type are generally in far
better condition now than they were five years ago. The seal-coating
of roads which required such treatment and careful maintenance of
&U of these roads seems to have more than offset the deteriorating
effects of age and traffic.
The following table details the cost of repairs to bituminous mac-
adam roads during the past year. The cost of repairing cuts in the
metalled surfaces by public utility companies and by individuals,
^bich amoimts to $4,109.23 for the year, is not included in this
table. The expenditures for widening of narrow bituminous mac-
adam roads also is not included in this table, since this work is not
maintenance proper.
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COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN J9ia.
Road.
Total
Length.
Total
Square
Yanla.
Total
Cost.
Cost per
Sauare
Yard.
Bristol Division.
East Providenoe:
Pawtucket line to Warren Ave
Ingrahams Comer to Pomham Ave. .
Pomham Ave. to Turner Ave
Willett Ave. 1916 Reconstruction. . .
Willett Ave. 1912 Reconstruction. . .
Barrington:
Peck's Comer to West Barrington
R. R. Crossing
19,690
15,020
4,336
4,879
5,369
5,150
4,712
/13,539
1,055
2,225
2,658
5,290
9,692
6,855
1,110
2,342
4,633
2,630
30,460
32,321
6,743
9,817
8,352
8,011
7,330
22,138
2,151
4,637
6,419
12,247
16,167
15,233
2,500
5,108
13,317
4,091
$689.83
534.39
401.37
6.50
417.56
37.83
113.70
196.85
.022
.016
.059
.001
.050
.005
R. R. Crossing to Nayatt Bridge
(1909)
Nayatt Bridge to Broad St. to
County Road (1910-1912)
1913 Resurfacing at Town Hall
.015
.009
1916 Reconstruction R. R. Crossing
to Barrington Bridge
216.62
.047
1916 Reconstruction over and between
bridges ("Amiesite")
Warren:
Miun 8t , . - .
485.62
479.30
119.38
65.74
17.20
717.53
.040
Child St
.030
Bristol:
1909-10 Construction, Hope St
1912 Constmction, Hope St (North).
1913 Construction, Hope St
1912 Constmction, Hope St (South) .
1912 Constmction, Metacom Ave. . .
.008
.026
.003
.054
Total for Division
111,184
5,368
20,808
4,765
2,000
13,016
18,683
9,080
10,280
13,232
2,500
10,080
16,200
207,042
12,014
41,026
9,940
5,273
25,725
33,347
16,142
18,275
20,784
4,927
20,150
26,351
$4,499.42
488.51
317.07
.022
Kent Division.
Cranston:
City Tine to Pawtuxet Bridge
Warwick:
Pawtuxet Bridge to Greenwood (1912)
.040
.008
Williams Comer to Apponaug Bridge
(1913)
125.26
579.91
426.93
121.87
192.68
.024
Apponaug Bridge to East Greenwich
(1916)
.023
Warwick — Warwick Ave
.013
Wild's Comer
.007
Centerville Road
.011
Coventry — 1912 Construction
Cranston— Reservoir Ave. (1912)
New London Tumpike (1916)
PlainfiplH Pilfft (1Q12)
42.14
.009
7618.83
.029
Total for Division
108,012
233,954
$3,063.20
.013
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COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN 1918.— Continu ed.
Road.
Total
Length.
Total
Square
Yanla.
Total
Coet.
Coet per
Square
Yaid.
Newport Division.
Tiverton — ^Fall River Line to Nanna-
quacket Bridge (1912-1913)
Little Compton — Sakonnet Point Road
(1912)
Adamsville Bituminous
Portsmouth — Stone Bridge to Anthony
HiU(1916)
Middletown:
East Main Road (1916)
East Main Road, Newport Line
(1912)
Portsmouth, West Main Road (1909).
Jamestown — ^Ferry Road
New Shoreham:
New Harbor to Hygeia
1913 Resurfacing
1910 Construction
Total for Division.
Providence Division.
Cumberland:
Lincoln-Mendon Road (1909-12). . .
Mendon Road (1916)
Mendon Road (1917)
Foster— Danielson Pike (1912)
Johnston— Hartford Pike (1916)
Glocester:
Putnam Pike — Chepachet, easterly
(1912)
Putnam Pike — Chepachet, easterly
(1913)
Putnam Pike, Connecticut Line
(1912-13)
North Providence-Johnston-Smithfield
Putnam Pike (1916)
Smithfield-Putnam Pike (1917)
North Providence^mith St. (1910).. . .
BoiriUville-Mapleville to Nasonville
(1912)
North Smithfield-Slatersville to Woon-
socket line (1912)
GreaivilleRoad (1910-12)
Total for Division.
22,352
9,634
2,360
6,145
9,167
3,236
6,318
6,350
2,266
1,968
2,437
39,761
14,909
4,460
12,458
18,288
5,753
9,828
14,189
4,011
3,499
4,332
$284.66
547.05
93.60
82.86
460.93
491.05
262.36
71,223
17,612
10,560
7,619
12,899
10,106
12,893
7,866
21,947
9,415
5,295
8,303
19,157
12,852
12,570
131,488
39,405
20,998
15,317
20,065
20,209
20,658
12,236
34,140
18,531
10,590
17,220
32,390
25,011
19,553
12,222.51
$1,670.17
540.69
200.00
55.03
45.75
45.74
159.59
49.80
604.41
424.00
448.62
198.20
567.41
169,094 306,3231 $5,009.41
.007
.004
.021
.007
.080
.050
.018
.017
.042
.035
.010
.003
.002
.004
.005
.003
.057
.025
.014
.008
.029
.016
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COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN 1918.— Concluded.
Road.
Total
Lensth.
Total
Square
Yards.
Total
Coat.
GcMtper
Sqoan
Yard
Washington Division (North).
East Greenwich Post Road to Green St.
(1910)
Green St. to Hunt's River (1915) . . .
North Kingstown, Hunt's River to
Devil's Foot Ledge (1916)
Devil's Foot Ledge to Talbot's Cor-
ner (1909-1913)
Talbot's Comer to Wickford (1910) .
Wickford to Hamilton (1917)
Hamilton (1909)
Barber's Heights (1912)
Saunderstown Ferry Road (1909) . . .
Narragansett (1907) South Ferry Road
southerly (1908)
Bonnett Point to Narragansett Pier
(1908-1910)
South Kingstown, Tower Hill Road
(1912)
Total for Division.
Washington Division (South).
Narragansett — Narragansett Avenue
(1909)
South Kingstown, Kingston Road
(1916-1917)
South Kingstown — ^Wakefield to Sugar
Loaf HiU (1916-1917)
Charlestown:
Post Road (1907)
Post Road (1906)
Westerly:
Post Road (1916)
Shore Road (1912)
Total for Division.
2,662
11,277
11,415
11,454
2,800
8,130
4,300
2,123
1,866
4,272
16,985
24,615
7,776
22,862
23,028
19,063
5,600
16,109
6,900
3,775
2,903
6,645
33,057
38,290
S43.40
151.68
32.92
363.40
111.72
252.97
48.71
217.53
288.76
831.18
2,641.95
101,899
2,205
8,323
6,795
5,366
314
5,330
6,755
186,008
4,900
17,358
19,535
8,347
488
10,660
10,508
$4,984.22
S32.06
41.49
201.48
35,088
71,796
$275.03
Summary.
Total Length of Bituminous Macadam 112.97 miles.
Total area of Bituminous Macadam 1,136,611 sq. yds.
Total Cost of Patching $20,053.75
Average Cost Per Square Yard 0.018
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DIVISION OF ROAD EXPENDITURES IN I9I8
Reconstruction $397,132 38
Repairs to waterbound macadam roads 108,931 69
Repairs to bituminous macadam roads 24,163 02
Oiling waterbound macadam roads 26,249 04
Drainage, widening, cutting brush, guard rails, miscellaneous 40,667 42
Engineering and office expense 39,875 01
Machinery, tools, equipment 14,650 91
Advertisements 970 62
Total $652,640 09
This total expenditure for reconstruction includes an expenditure
of $69,994.26 under the provisions of the Federal Aid Road Act.
Of this amount one-half is to be paid by Federal Government and
one-half from General State Funds under Act of General Assembly
assenting to provisions of Federal Aid Road Act.
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REFOBT OF STATE BOABD OF PUBLIC BOAD8.
STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, JANUARY I, I9I9-
MxLBS BT Towns.
Total
Water-
bound
Mac-
adam.
Cement
Con-
crete.
Bitumi-
nous
Mac-
adam.
Bitumi-
nous
Con-
crete.
MilM
by
Conn-
ties.
Providencb County.
Burrillville
10.77
3.63
6.90
8.57
2.44
8.09
0.48
9.64
1.83
4.82
Cumberland
East Providence
1.92
3.98
7.01
2.78
8.08
3.22
4.60
10.97
3.64
0.93
Foster
Glocester
Lincoln . .
Johnston and Cranston
North Providence
North Smithfield ! . !
Scituate
Smithfield
1.41
1.96
Total Miles in County
56.97
11.07
9.76
11.16
2.20
8.76
12.25
3.68
11.25
0.93
47.81
1.08
1.96
107.67
Washington County.
Charlestown
Exeter >
Hopkinton
Narragansett
5.50
9.74
North Kingstown
Rifihm^Tid .
South Kingstown
6.46
2.28
3.69
Westerly
Total Miles in County
70.13
18.45
25.06
2.51
2.41
14.90
3.69
98.88
Kent County.
Coventry
East Greenwich
Warwick
7.81
5.37
West Greenwich
Total Miles in County
31.63
4.73
6.59
1.87
4.67
6.08
8.15
19.82
0.97
2.27
3.55
1.26
4.22
4.23
51.45
Newport Coxjnty.
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
New Shoreham ....
Portsmouth
Tiverton
Total Miles in Countv
32.09
1.69
2.63
1.07
16.50
6.21
3.33
2.93
48.59
Bristol County.
Barrington
Bristol . .
Warren
Total Miles in County
5.39
196.21
0.93
12.47
121.66
5.65
17.86
Total Miles in State
324.45
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bridges:
Our bridge work diuing the past year, in common with practically
all other construction work, was much affected by war conditions.
In accordance with the national policy of restricted construction,
our activities were confined to work postponed from last year, to
work made necessary by complete or partial bridge failures, and to
such parts of a pre-conceived construction program that well could
not be deferred.
Construction costs were more than double those of normal times,
available materials were limited and labor was scarce and inclined
to be inefficient. Contract prices for work reflected the experience
of the previous year, and as prices did not continue to increase in the
same degree, profits from contract work were liberal. For the first
time in our experience a bridge was constructed at cost plus a fixed
sum profit. Our bridge engineering organization was crippled by the
loss of several men entering military service and by the recent
epidemic, and for a short time the supervising engineer was without
any assistance for bridge inspection.
Our supervision of bridges has been characterized each year by
some predominating feature of particular interest. The first years
marked the development of our organization and the adoption of a
system of office records; in 1916 a new type of structure was adopted;
in 1917 our work was marked by many new construction features
and by the introduction of force accoimt work, and the past season
is notable for radical realignments and regrading at the bridge sites.
Our work during 1918 has required in general less labor, material and
expense, as new material for the building of temporary bridges and
the labor involved in their removal was eliminated. The economic
value of cutoffs cannot be questioned, aside from increased safety for
traffic. Temporary bridges were practically dispensed with. The
old steel structure on the site of the new Ellmwood bridge was moved
80 that it could carry traffic during construction, the only temporary
structure built being a narrow foot bridge. Old planks were used
for temporary travel over small brooks in two other locations.
The collapse of a small stone slab bridge is the second instance in
Rhode Island of failure of a State highway bridge in service. Nason-
ville Bridge in Bmrillville collapsed in 1917 and Heath's Brook
Bridge failed during 1918. Since, however, Nasonville Bridge was
under the control of a mill company whose mill trench the bridge
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spanned, the failure of Heath's Brook Bridge is the first instance of
failure of a bridge under the complete supervision of this department.
The risk involved by using natural stone in tension is due to the non-
homogeneous character of the material, which fractures along the
natural cleavage of the stone, and also to hidden flaws which cannot
be detected by superficial examination. The action of shock or
frost is liable to cause a failure of this kind at any time. There are
thirteen flat slab stone bridges on the highway system, and repetitions
di this trouble may occur at any time, but no serious consequences
are anticipated, as none of these spans are of more than six feet,
with a correspondingly low clearance over the streams. Many of
these bridges will endure for a long time, and their replacement is
not in order imtil other less permanent wood and steel bridges are
constructed.
Statistics of bridge work during the past season show the usual
normal increase in permanent construction, the war conditions
affecting the character rather than the extent of the work done. One
bridge was eliminated and four others were abandoned for new
structures on adjacent realignments. Seven new concrete bridges
were built during the past season, and five others commenced the
previous year were finally completed. There are 155 bridges upon
our State highway system, including ninety masonry structures, *
twenty-nine steel structures and thirty-six wood structures. Four-
teen of these are maintained by railroads and six by mill companies
because of their spanning artificial water courses laid out by these
companies. Minor repairs were made to four masonry, nine steel
and five wood bridges.
Very few innovations in design were attempted during the past
construction season, our efforts along this line having been confined
to developing and improving of designs previously used. We have
experimented with contraction joints of sheet lead and of plaster con-
sisting of a mixture of asbestos fibre, sand and cement. We have
considerable confidence in the asbestos mixture, though the results
will not be known for some time.
The Narrow River Bridge, a covered Howe truss in the town of
Narragansett, is the longest single span wood bridge on the State
highway system. Complete surveys and plans for a new structure
to replace this old bridge have been made for more than a year, and
reconstruction was planned for the past season. As this bridge
crossed tide water, our plans were subject to the approval of the War
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Department, and complete location and construction plans were
furnished to the Government engineers oflSce in Newport. This
information was forwarded to Washington, and after some time addi-
tional information was requested to be filed upon sheets of a smaller
size than those first supplied us. Later information was required by
the War Department showing depths of water and tidal currents,
which information was not readily available but which was given
us finally by the Newport Office. Final permission for this con*
struction was not obtained until June 10th, and as it was not deemed
policy to start work at that time, the project will be considered for
the coming season.
The bridge maintenance expenses for the past season have increased
slightly over the previous year, partly because of the general increase
in prices and partly because much of this work during the previous
season was deferred on account of the war, but could not be post-
poned longer. Maintenance of masonry bridges was confijied to
lighting and to pipe railings, except in the case of Little Bridge in
Portsmouth, where the exposed location required additional founda*
tion concrete. These foundations were previously heavier than for
any other bridge of like size with which we are familiar. The main-
tenance of steel and wood bridges was confined mainly to replanking.
ELMWOOD AVENUE BRIDGK
The Elmwood Avenue Bridge over the Pawtuxet River between
Cranston and Warwick was the largest bridge built by this depart-
ment during the past season. This bridge is subject to the heaviest
traffic of any bridge upon the State highway system and replacement
of the old structure was considered very necessary. The old bridge
was a light steel truss of one hundred and thirty-eight foot single
span, of a clear width of 20 feet and resting on stone abutments, and
was erected jointly by the towns of Cranston and Warwick in 1888.
The superstructure was in good condition, but was too light for
modem loadings and not wide enough for vehicles to pass abreast of a
street car, which occupied more than one-half of the available width,
the track being on one side of the bridge. The stone abutment on
the north side was cracked and disintegrated An exposed gas pipe
crossed on the west side beyond the car track, and the bridge was
without sidewalks. The wood block floor surface was in good con-
dition, but the stringers underneath were decayed, out of place and
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improperly fastened. The property lines of the highway on either
side of the bridge did not meet when extended across the river, and
the center lines were not parallel, the steel bridge being in the center
of the highway on the Warwick side and ten feet o^ on the Cranston
side. Arrangements were made under the provisions of Chapter
1380 of the General Laws with the officials of the city of Cranston to
obtain additional width on the west side of the highway by pur-
chasing from the Universal Winding Company a strip of land twelve
feet wide at the river and extending to a point about four himdred
and ninety feet north. Lines and grades for the new structure were
established and the most economical type of structure determined.
The grade of the roadway at the river was lowered two feet, the new
roadway crossing the bridge at a straight grade. This change in
grade made possible the saving of two feet in height 6f the bridge,
which more than compensated for regrading and replacing of the
bituminous roadway on the approaches. The tjrpe and number of
spans of the bridge were carefully determined by comparative studies
of one, two and three-span structures. A three-span arch bridge of a
type developed from the type first designed by this department for
the Whipple Bridge in Lonsdale two years ago was selected as the
most economical and most feasible structure. The principal im-
provement in the Elmwood Avenue Bridge over the Whipple Bridge
consists in sloping the spandrels downward toward the middle of the
bridge until they meet the arch rings, which reduces the load of the
earth fill on the outer edges of the arch ring, and also decreases the
bending moment induced in the arches by the cantilevered side-
walks. A saving in foundation costs was brought about and other
advantages resulted from this design as was the case in previous
construction of this type. The superstructure of this bridge was
somewhat complicated by the skew of the bridge required at this
site which unavoidably increased the cost of form work.
Construction operations commenced in June with the building of
a temporary foot bridge for pedestrians and for carrying the tem-
porary gas main. Immediately afterward the steel bridge was
moved about eighty feet upstream upon nmways to temporary sup-
ports, and approaches to meet the old bridge in its new location were
graded for temporary traffic of vehicles and street cars during the
construction of the new bridge. The relocation of the old steel bridge
was an interesting operation and required about ten da3rs of prepara^
tion for the actual moving, which was accomplished in less than a
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single day. No other unusual features, serious accidents or dela3rs
occurred during the construction and the new bridge was opened
for traffic on Saturday, January 18, 1919. The work remaining to
be done at this writing is the construction of the ballustrade, of re-
inforced light and span wire poles, and of other minor details.
The new structure is 150 feet long, 53 feet wide and contains
1,260 cubic yards of concrete. The cost to date is $64,693.91, and
it is estixnated that the total cost will be about 185,000.
The contract for the building of this bridge was awarded to The
McKinnon Construction Company of East Providence.
BIG RIVER BRIDGE.
Big River Bridge is a new concrete arch structure on the Noose-
neck Hill Road, four and one-half miles south of the village of Wash-
ington, and spanning Big River, which drains north into the Flat
River Reservoir and the south branch of the Pawtuxet. This bridge
replaces two old structures formerly known as the Twin Bridges, and
was considered the most dangerous point on the so-called short route
to Westerly on account of the restricted width for travel. This
was one of three one-way structures on the State highway system.
Conditions at this site were intolerable, and large danger signs posted
some distance either side of the structure have not prevented numer-
ous minor accidents nor lessened apparently the liability of more
serious accidents. Improvements were required on account of the
very weak condition of the structures, as well as by the restricted
width. The flood risk was also to be considered, as the water has
been known to overflow the roadway, the smaller bridge, number 35,
having been erected years ago after trouble of this kind had been
experienced. The requirements at this site were apparent. The
highway was realigned for a distance of 650 feet, eliminating a bend
in the road at the larger bridge. The center-line was moved about
twenty-five feet north, reducing the distance for travel about ten
feet and involving the acquiring of one-half acre of private property,
which was obtained for highway purposes by the town council of the
town of West Greenwich under the provisions of Chapter 1380 of the
General Laws. The grade of the highway was raised three feet at
the new bridge and the span increased to forty feet, providing thereby
waterway equivalent to both old bridges and eliminating one struc-
ture. A single large new bridge was more economical to construct
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than two small bridges. Excavation on one side of the river at the
new bridge has straightened the channel and provided additional
fill for the new approaches. The elimination of a temporary bridge
by the realignment saved about $1,000 on the cost of this structure.
The new bridge is a concrete arch forty feet in span, fifty-six feet
long and thirty feet wide, containing two hundred and fifteen cubic
yards of concrete. The new approaches containmore than three thous-
and cubic yards of earth fill and involve one thousand feet of wooden
guard rail. Two hundred and twelve cubic yards of crushed stone
was furnished to the contractor at cost from the State storage pile
in order to save transportation during the period of the war. An
excellent quality of concrete sand was imcovered near the site of the
bridge by the excavation for the earth fill. Construction commenced
in September and the work was eighty-eight per cent, complete by
the end of the year, the work remaining being confined to the fill and
to a stone wing wall. This work upon the wing wall must be sus-
pended until traffic is turned over the new line because excavation
upon the old road is involved. The completion of this work is de-
ferred until the fill has settled and the roadway completed, so that
traffic may be transferred from the old bridges. George F, Austin
of North Kingstown constructed this bridge and approaches for the
contract price of $12,970.00. Extra concrete on account of founda-
tion troubles will amoimt to less than $70.00. The quality of this
work and the efficiency in prosecution of the construction of this
bridge have not been excelled upon any structure erected under
supervision of this Department.
HAMILTON MILL BRIDGE.
Negotiations for private property adjacent to Hamilton Mill
Pond, which were mentioned as pending in our last annual report,
were finally completed in 1918 after a delay of about one year. Two
new bridges opposite the old structure were constructed during the
past season on a new line running directly across Hamilton Pond, with
an extensive earth fiU intervening. The old road followed tbe
irregular line of the top of an old dam, with short curves at each end
of the dam. The old alignment was bad, the roadway was narrow
and the larger bridge was unsafe. The old dam or causeway is
composed of earth fill between rubble walls, with a spillway xmder
the larger bridge and a mill eanal under the smaller structure. Repairs
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to the existing stmcture would have been very expensive and the
result unsatisfactory. The alignment could not have been modified
or the width increased without an exp)ense exceeding that of the new
line, and the work involved under this plan would have obstructed
traffic and have required a detour. Permanent repairs also would
have undermined the structure to a dangerous extent and have made
the State liable for the safety of the dam and for possible damage to
surrounding property. The deceptive turns at either end of the old
line were responsible for numerous minor accidents. A number of
automobiles also have run off from the old embankment into the
water or down into a field on the opposite side. More serious than
the weakness of the bridge structures was the failure of the old
retaining walls. The smaller bridge was a concrete slab structure
of poor construction, and although sufficiently strong it was so narrow
as to restrict the width of the highway dangerously at a sharp curve.
As a preliminary to reconstruction, the existing structures were
carefully examined and complete surveys made of the site. Pre-
liminary studies were made of several plans involving slight modifi-
cations of the old line and increasing of the widths, but it was found
to be more expensive to remodel the existing structures and to con-
struct the necessary extensive retaining walls than to adopt a radical
realignment. Additional surveys were made in January, 1917, as
the pond was then covered with ice which could be used as a base
plane for grades of the bottom of the pond. Cross sections taken on
ten-foot squares supplied information sufficiently accurate for the
defining of one foot contours of the bottom. Where mud was
appreciable the depth was determined and the quantities computed.
This data enabled this department to furnish accurate quantities
for the contractor's information, and also made it possible for us to
make very accurate estimates of the work to be done. The new
line selected was a continuation of the long tangent in the highway
north of the pond until it intersected the- line of the highway south
of the pond. The new line is shorter than the old line by 22 feet. "^
The old bridges are abandoned and superseded by new structures
upon the realignment, all expense for temporary bridges and inter-
ference with traffic having been avoided. The dominating feature
of this contract is the placing of an extensive earth fill of 3,400 cubic
yards. Certain phases of the work of filling are worthy of mention.
To provide material for the fill the contractor purchased land in the
neighborhood, since no borrow pit was to be found in the vicinity.
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The material was excavated with a steam shovel and hauled to the
site with teams and trucks. Contrary to the usual procedure most
of the fill was placed before the bridges were constructed, affording
access to the work and dry workii^ space, but with the disadvantage
of separating the operation of placing the fill into two periods several
weeks apart. The base of the temporary slopes of some of the fill
interfered somewhat with the foundation work. At the larger
bridge this fill was utilized to good advantage as a cofferdam by
building an earth filled dam on the upstream side and unwatering
by opening the draw-off gate of the pond, which elindnated all
piunping.
The bridges are designed as simple flat slab structures, having &
minimiun of clearance above the water in order to reduce the amount
of fill required as much as possible. These bridges are without
parapets, with straight concrete wing walls integral with the slab
and headwalls'and restrained by diagonal reinforced concrete tension
members. These wing walls have shallow footings slanting with the
slope of the fill, which has rip-rap on a conical section for a ninety
degree arc. Tension members to restrain the pressure of fill on these
wing walls ar^ a development from the centilever type of the same
construction used on smaller worl; the previous season and are more
suitable for structiu'es of this size. The larger bridge contains one
hundred and eleven yards of concrete and was constructed in a
position to supply both spillway and drain gate, being connected
with both by retaining walls. The location of this bridge for exact
centerline station required considerable computation by trial and
error methods. The smaller bridge is not connected with any part of
the old causeway and is a S3rmmetrical structure of the same type
placed in line of the stream flow to the old canal bridge, and contains
thirty-four yards of concrete.
John Bristow of Narragansett Pier is the contractor for this work
and the total cost will be about $18,000. At the date of this writing
traffic is passing over the new line but the road surface has not been
laid because of the probability of considerable settlement of the new
fill.
LONGHOUSE BRIDGE.
Longhouse Bridge is located on the State highway near the village
of West Greenville in the town of Smithfield, about one-half mile east
of the Glocester town line. This bridge site is the most dangerous
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point on the Putnam Pike between Providence and the State line,
and radical improvements were demanded at this time because of
contemplated extention upon this line of road reconstruction, which
was brought to a point a short distance south of this location during
the past season. Although a new alignment would be justified upon
an economic basis, consideration of public safety left no choice in our
procedure. The south approach to this site is a sharp incline of
about seven per cent, grade with an abrupt turn to the left at the top
about a high ledge, which obstructs the view. The road then follows
a long semicircular curve about a deep ravine on the right, coming
back to the original line at the Longhouse, so-called, five hundred feet
away where the road again makes a slight curve on a rising grade, with
a ledge on both sides. Half way aroimd the long curve the old road
crosses a rubble stone arch bridge, which spans the canal leading to
the mill of the Greenville Finishing Company. A gate is located
fifty feet beyond this arch for draining the small pond on the west
side of the road. This gate is not in service and leaks badly. A
few washouts from surface water have occurred here. The spillway
at present runs over natural ledge just east of the stone arch and
overflows into the ravine. A road to North Scituate branches off
to the left just south of the stone arch. A single track street railway
trestle runs directly across the ravine and meets the highway again
at the Longhouse, the highway being somewhat restricted at this
point. The Rhode Island Company operates on a right of way
thirty feet wide and about five hundred feet long under easement,
the title being held by the Greenville Finishing Company.
The situation at this site was complex, requiring more study than
is usually made for a structure of this size. Interests of abuttors and
of the company having the water power right and of the street railway
company were important considerations. Steep contours inter-
fered with our surveys, which had to be carefully made so that
quantities of fill might be determined accurately. The greatest
depth of the ravine was over twenty feet, and any bridge in this
position would be heaVy and expensive, which would be inconsistent
with the small flow from a watershed of about eight square miles.
The gate for draining the pond was of no service to the Greenville
Finishing Company; in fact this company had attempted to stop
the waste of water at this gate in order to prevent washouts. This
phase of the problem is to be solved by closing the ravine by a solid
earth fill nine thousand cubic yards in volume, and by providing a
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small culvert to drain the pocket to be left between the new em-
bankment and the old dam. A new concrete bridge was constructed
for combined highway and street railway use where the trestle crosses
the canal. The present spillway is to be moved to a point southeast
of the new bridge, avoiding thereby the necessity for a wide, heavy
bridge under the new fill. The highway relocation is an improve-
ment over the line of the street railway trestle, both in line and in
grade. The grade of the south approach is to be reduced to less than
six per cent, and at the north end about twenty feet of the Longhouse
will be cut off to allow of widening the highway at this point and to
conform to the new alignment. Beside the increased safety for
traffic, the distance is shortened about 70 feet on the new line. .
The land for this cutoff was obtained from the Greenville Finishing
Company under the provisions of Chapter 1380 of the Public Laws,
arrangements having* been made through the town coimcil of Smith-
field. The agreement for this property included the title to the land
and the removal of part of a building and the relocation of the spill-
way by the Greenville Finishing Company. The cost to the State
of the property required for the new line and also for the work men-
tioned in the agreement was $1,600. The construction of the new
bridge was accomplished late in the season, from October 14th to
December 8th. This work involved some interesting engineering
problems, which included the maintenance of street railway traffic,
the removal of the old pier foundations of the trestle and the furnish-
ing of a temporary water supply to the mill. Cofferdams were built
across the canal at two places about one hundred feet apart on 0{^)o-
site sides of the new bridge. The canal dike was cut through between
the cofferdams to drain the water into the ravine, thus avoiding
pumping difficulties. A water supply for mill purposes was conveyed
around the work in a small wood sluiceway constructed for the
purpose.
The contractor for this work was the R. H. Newell Company of
Uxbridge, Mass., which concern built this structure imder super-
vision of this department at cost plus a fixed sum profit of $1,000.
This Company had completed a new roadway a short distance from
the site, and was fully equipped for the construction of the bridge.
The results secured were very satisfactory. The total cost, in-
cluding engineering, construction and contractor's profit was $7,047.82
and land damages will increase this amount to $8,647.82.
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EXETER HOLLOW BRIDGE.
Exeter Hollow Bridge spans a small brook atthe foot of a long
hill on the Ten-Rod Road in the town of Exeter. The bridge required
complete reconstruction. One rubble stone head wall had partly-
fallen into the stream, the planks were worn and the stringers de-
cayed. Minor repairs were out of the question and renewal as a wood
structure was not^visable as the construction cost plus the capital-
ized cost of the maintenance would much exceed the cost of a per-
manent concrete bridge. Steep contours of the area above this bridge
and the small watershed gave a very high runoff coefficient, in itself a
serious menace to the safety of a wood plank bridge. A sudden
release of water from the dam about one-quarter of a mile above
this site would flood the highway and float away any sort of a wood
structure. The isolated location, especially during the period of the
war, was not conducive to sharp competition in bidding and the
available supply of labor and materials was limited, so the con-
strut;tion of the new bridge Was awarded to a competent contractor
on a percentage basis, with very satisfactory results
The new bridge is a flat slab structure of 8 foot span, and of a clear
width of twenty-eight feet with pipe rail on each side. The founda-
tions extend to extra depth to prevent undermining by the stream
during floods. The old floor planks were used for a small temporary
bridge during the construction, which was performed by Enoch D.
Jerue of Hope Valley. The total cost was $1 ,393.99.
HEATH'S BROOK BRIDGE.
Heath's Brook Bridge was a stone slab structure on the Nooseneck
HiU Road just north of the village of Barberville in Richmond, near
the Exeter town line. On April 5, 1918, without warning some of the
flat granite slabs fractured under load and dropped into the bed of
the stream, leaving a very dangerous depression in the highway.
Fortunately the failure of this bridge involved no serious accident or
mterruptions to traffic, which was directed through the adjacent
ford on the upstream side during temporary repairs which were made
promptly by placing timber struts on mud sills under the slab and
filling the depression in the road with gravel.
This emergency did not permit the usual formal procedure in
reconstruction of the bridge. An examination was made, a survey
taken, and plans prepared for a new bridge to be erected with the
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least possible delay. The old bridge, althou^ of a type common
in this State, was inherently wrong in principle and defective in
design. The stone slabs were subject to tranverse loading, which
is a very questionable practice under any conditions. An excessive
opening for the stream flow increased the cost of the structure and
reduced the loading capacity. The condition was aggravated by
very shallow fill over the slab.
No unusual features of design were required for the new structure,
which is a reinforced concrete slab bridge constructed according to
our established practice. Grades and alignment remain approxi-
mately the same. The bridge is thirty feet wide, an increase of
eight feet over the width of the old bridge. The span was decreased
three feet and the cushion of fill over the slab was approximately
doubled. New stone retaining walls were built from stone obtained
from one of the old head walls, the other wall serving as a back form
for the concrete of the new bridge. A fairly deep cushion over the
slab in a small bridge of this type reduces concentration of loa^ng,
improving the stability of the bridge and saves material in the con-
crete headwalls without increasing the maximum stresses in the slab.
This bridge was constructed by Enoch D. Jerue of Hope Valley
at cost plus 10 per cent., the total cost, including engineering, being
$1 477.24.
ASSESSMENT TO TOWNS.
Portions of the total costs of three bridges were assessed to towns
during the past year in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of
Chapter 846 of the General Laws. The bridges involved in these
assessments were Bridge No. 10, located in the village of Wickford,
in the town of North Kingstown, Bridge No. 18, located near the
village of Allenton in the town of North Kingstown, and Bridge No.
105, located in the village of Oakland, in the town of Burrillville.
Wickford Biudge, No. 10.
The assessment of the cost of Wickford Bridge follows:
State pays 60 per cent $4,251 16
North Kingstown pays 25 per cent 1,771 31
Narragansett pays 10 per cent 708 53
South Kmgstown pays 2" per cent 141 70
Charlestown pays 1 per cent 70 85
Westerly pays 2 per cent 141 70
100 per cent. Total cost $7,085 25
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In the above assessment all of the towns in Washington County
through which the road upon which the bridge is located passes are
Narraganbett RrvEB Bridge, No. 18.
The aflfleaament of the cost of Bridge No. 18, located near Allenton, was as
follows:
State pays 60 per cent $636 66
North Kingstown pays 26 per cent 264 81
South Kingstown pays. 10 per cent 106 03
Narragansett pays 2 per cent 21 18
Charlestown pays 1 per cent 10 69
Westerly pays 2 per cent 21 18
100 per cent. Total cost $1,069 26
It will be perceived that the plan of assessment adopted for this
bridge is identical with the plan of assessment of the cost of Wickford
Bridge.
Oakland Bridge, No. 106.
The assessment of the cost of Oakland Bridge follows:
State pays 60 per cent $7,081 34
BurriUville pays 26 per cent 2,950 66
North Smithfield pays 8.691876 per cent 1,026 83
Glocester pays 3.808126 per cent 449 45
Smithfield pays 1 .0 per cent 118 02
North Providence pays 1.0 per cent 118 02
Johnston pays 0.6 per cent 59 02
100 per cent. $11,802 24
The decimals in the per cents of the cost assessed to the towns of
North Smithfield and Glocester are accounted for by the fact that
these towns, both being adjacent to the town of BurriUville in which
the bridge is located, were each assessed the proportional part of 12.5
per cent, that the valuation of ratable property in each town bears
to the total valuations of ratable property in both towns.
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TABULATION OF BRIDGE EXPENDITURES, m&.
New Construction.
No. Name. Looation. Cost.
1. Elmwood Ave. Bridge Cranston-Warwick. . . $64,695 91
10. Wickford Bridge North Kingstown. . . . 1,534 09
12. Hamilton Mill Bridge North Kingstown. . . . 17,088 01
14. Hazard Farm Cattle Pass. . North Kingstown. ... 33 55
17. Narrow River Bridge Narragansett 690 00
34. Big River Bridge West Greenwich 10,943 34
40. Heath's Brook Bridge Richmond 1,477 24
67. Exeter Hollow Bridge Exeter 1,393 99
105. Oakland Bridge Burrillville 2,281 30
110. Nasonville Bridge Burrillville 671 71
140. New Shoreham Bridge New Shoreham 1,839 76
155. Longhouse Bridge Smithfield 7,047 82
$109,696 72
Masonry Bridge Maintenance.
117. Whipple Bridge,. Lincoln-Cumberland, lighting
expense $195 86
121. Willett Ave. Bridge, East Providence, end walls. 7 40
123. Barrington Bridge, Barrington, lighting 129 00
124. Warren Bridge, Warren, lighting 119 55
131. Little Bridge, Portsmouth, foundations 407 63
133. Kickemuit Bridge, Warren, new pipe railing 305 41
$1,164 85
Steel Bridge Maintenance.
11. Hamilton Ave. Bridge, North Kingstown, side-
walks $2 67
26. Natick Bridge, Warwick-West Warwick, replank-
ing 441 11
27. Royal MQls Bridge, West Warwick, replanking. . 167 98
28. Centerville Bridge, West Warwick, replanking. . 99 26
45. Wyoming Bridge, Richmond-Hopkinton, replank-
ing 858 44
49. Wellstown Bridge, Hopkinton, replanking 500 76
98. Douglas Ave. Bridge, North Providence, replank-
ing 123 15
108. Branch River Bridge, Burrillville, replanking. . . 88 27
150. Warwick Ave. Bridge, Cranston-Warwick, railing
repairs ......'. 5 75
$2,287 39
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Wooden Bridge Maintenance.
33. Spring Lake Bridge, Coventry, replanking $71 75
43. Wyoming North Bridge, Hopkinton, plank re-
pairs 9 70
60. Shannock Mill Bridge, Richmond, plank repairs . . 17 50
86. Ponaganaett Bridge, Sdtuate, replanking 21 50
106. Oak VaUey Bridge, Burrillville, plank repairs. . . 2 84
$123 29
General Engineering Expense 4,758 70
Total Expense $118,030 95
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE STATE BOARD OF
PUBLIC ROADS.
Appropriation for clerk hire, travelling and other expenses of
the Board $5,000 00
Clerk hire and office expenses $2,117 10
Travelling and other expenses of the Board 1,319 71
Engineering assistance 1,563 17
4,909 98
Balance $ 02
Construction, Improvement and Maintenance Account.
Balance on hand January 1, 1918 $131,876 80
Received from fines under the Automobile Liaw 9,490 00
Received from Automobile Registrations and Licenses. 346,797 53
Received from Special State Tax for Highways 221,404 48
Received from other sources 6,889 07
$716,457 88
Expenditures for year ♦652,640 09
Balance $63,817 79
Bills and obligations not paid $1,100 00
Necessary to complete contracts awarded 51,770 00
62,870 00
$10,947 79
Completion op Warren and Barrinqton BRmoES Account.
Balance on hand January 1, 1918 $1,016 65
Expenditures for year 122 00
Balance $894 66
*This total expenditure includes an expenditure of $09,094.26 under the proTiaions of the Federal
Aid Road Act. Of this amount one-half is to be paid by Federal Government and one-half from
General State Funds under Act of General Assembly assentinc to provisions of Fedenl Aid Road
Aet.
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Bridge CoNflTBUcnoN Loan of 1917.
Receipts.
Balance January 1, 1018 $07,690 68
Bonds sold by State Treasurer in 1918 125»000 00
Miscellaneous receipts 186 58
$222,877 26
Ebcpenditures 117,908 95
Balance $104,968 31
Bills and oblieations not paid 25,300 00
Balance if obligations were paid. $79,668 31
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT*
A mere superficial examination of the tables hereinafter printed is
sufficient to appreciate at once that the ever expanding business of
the Automobile Department has in no wise suffered any cessation of
activity during 1918, and in comparison with the preceding ten
years of its history, it may be justly argued that the ratio of increases
exceeds any given period of the department's existence. When con-
sidered in conjunction with almost a complete year of this country's
{Sarticipation in the great world war, and the altogether exaggeratedly
unseasonable weather of the first three months of the year, the only
period during which a full year's fee may be collected, and the re-
sultant storing away of motor vehicles pending more favorable
weather conditions, an increased revenue of more than thirty-nine
thousand dollars may in all modesty be acclaimed a remarkable
showing.
Another important point to be considered in connection with this
increase is the fact that the year 1918 is the first complete year, under
the calendar year form of registration, and in comparison with its
immediate predecessor, 1917, the number of duplications of registra-
tions was reduced to a negligible factor. Many thousands of new
owners and operators were added to the list of registrants and
licensees. The closing month of the year brought forth an avalanche
of registrations to be renewed for the coming year of 1919, and the
fees received in December were nearly one hundred per cent, greater
than any other given month on record. The work incidental to so
large a business has not been performed without some difficulty.
The staff of workers, inadequate from the standpoint of nunpierical
strength to begin with, was further depleted during the year by the
enlistment in the military and naval forces of oiu* country of several of
our most experienced and valued clerks, who coiu-ageously answered
the call to duty. While deeply regretting their temporary with-
drawal from oiu" service, we record with pleasure oiu* profound regard
for that self-sacrificing 8pu*it and sense of responsibility displayed m
their unhesitating response to duty's call. It became necessary to
fill up the ranks with the best available material which for the most
part were clerks having little or no experience. We are glad to say,
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however, that notwithstandmg the difficulties referred to, we have
assiduously endeavored to keep the work of this department to the
highest degree of efficiency possible under the circumstances. The
past year has definitely demonstrated the need of an adequate
standard force, and our budget for the coming year will be prepared
with a lively appreciation of the necessity of additional clerks to meet
this requirement.
The second complete year of the operation of the present law in so
far as it relates to the issuance of all registrations for the calendar
year fully justifies the most sanguine expectations of its proponents
and has clearly demonstrated its entire practicability.
Diuing the past year a large amount of investigations of accidents
and complaints have been accomplished and through much of the
year two investigators have been kept busy in this department of our
work. The constantly increasing number of cars and operators
upon our roads together with the number of accidents occurring and
the complaints of reckless driving ensuing therefrom, demands more
than ever that there shall be no discontinuance of activity along this
line. If further testimony for the permanency of this work be re-
quired, a glance at the court record and accident tables, we believe,
will be quite convincing.
A matter of great importance, and occasioning much concern alike
to automobile administrative authorities and motorists throughout
the country, is the much mooted question of adequate and safe
lighting of motor vehicles when upon the highways at night. This
question interests and affects all users of our highways during the
hours of darkness, and the angles from which it is viewed are both
numerous and divergent. It is a subject at present involving the
most careful study and experimentation of our ablest electrical
engmeers, manufacturers of cars and light devices, legislative and
administrative authorities, and many individual motorists. More
than a year ago, your Board cognizant of the responsibility laid
upon it by the General Assembly of 1916, through legislative enact-
ment (Section 19, Chapter 1354), appointed a sub-committee to
study the whole question of lighting of motor vehicles and proper
regulation thereof. This committee has spent much tune in consider-
ation of the subject, has attended many conferences with technical
experts and officials having in charge the creation and enforcement
of lighting laws in other States, attended and participated in practical
road demonstrations at night, and by general observation has en-
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deavored to find a solution of the problem of the dangerous glaring
headlight, or at least some palliative. Only as recent as a few days
since, a conference was called in the offices of the Illuminating Ekigi*
neering Society in New York City of experts on illimunation, repre-
sentatives of manufacturers of cars and lamps, officials of the
National Automobile Club, Insurance Experts, and officials in charge
of the enforcements of Automobile Laws of the different States, to
consider the elements of a model headlight law, at which this com-
mittee was in attendance. The discussion lasted through a day and
at the conclusion thereof, the matter was referred for further con-
sideration to an executive conunittee of the Engineering Society.
We are not yet in possession of the conclusion of this committee.
Many States have placed upon their statute books, regulations
seeking to properly control the glaring headlight menace, but from
all testimony we have been able to gather, it is not apparent that any
of them have appreciably contributed to the safety of night driving.
The whole subject at present is so abstract and the solution of the
problem so far from realization that your Board has not yet deemed
it wise to promulgate regulations and place upon our motorists
restrictions which would serve no good purpose. We believe further
investigation is warranted before Rhode Island shall be placed in
the list of States having an impracticable headlight law insusceptible
of proper enforcement.
In closing, the Board desires to point out to the General Assembly
that in discharging the obligations imposed in the administration
of the law, it has been forced to exceed its appropriation for general
expenses of the automobile department. Appropriations made for
the year's work, both for clerical assistance and expenses, were
seriously inadequate to the demands made thereon. In the early
days of the forthcoming session a deficit bill will be offered to cover
a number of unpaid accounts amounting to approximately $1,500.
It is earnestly hoped that the General Assembly will give careful
consideration to the financial need of this department for 1919.
CouBT Cases.
The various coiurts of Rhode Island have certified to us during the
past year a total of 1,522 convictions imder the Automobile Law.
A table of such convictions follows:
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Court.
Form of Violation.
No. of
Fines
Paid.
Cases
Applied.
Otherwise
Disposed of.
Superior
Larceny of automobile
13
19
11
101
21
19
22
10
632
214
86
Defemd.
Larceny of automobile
6476
Larceny of automobile
1 years.
L^Tfieny of automobile
Larceny ol automobile
6
Larceny of automobile
Ij
Larceny of automobile
11
Larceny of automobile
p
Larceny of automobile
c
Larceny of automobile
N
T4p¥.Any of automobile
c
Speeding
136
616
Intoxication
Intoxication ...
$200 and 30 days.
Intoxication
Deferred.
Nolo.
Reckless driving
Deferred.
He<7kl<wff driving
76
Tampering with^ automobile
Driving on automobile
Deferred.
300
Dri^inff off automobile. ...... i .
1 year.
«•
Driving off automobile
9 months.
6 months.
Driving off automobile .
3 months.
«•
Driving off automobile
Deferred.
••
Driving off automobile
Probation.
«•
Driving off automobile
Committed.
«•
Receiving stolen automobiles
Receiving stolen automobiles
Receiving stolen automobiles
Receiving stolen automobUes
Conspiracy to steal automobiles. . .
Conspiracy to steal automobiles. . .
Forgmg and uttering receipt for
automobile
Deferred.
••
3 years.
••
6 months.
••
Nol prossed.
«•
Deferred.
••
660
•■
Deferred.
••
Failure to return to scene of acci-
dent
Discontinued.
••
I^rivinjr without license
Deferred.
«•
Inadequate lights
Discontinued.
1st District.
Speeding
1,390
149
286
127
130
25
66
16
15
38
20
16
ut ••
InA/lAnii»t^ liffhtll
Ut "
' ■ " ition
1st ••
trolley
1st
ng without license
Iff driving ,,......
let
1st "
ng without rei^stration
ve smoke
Ut
Ist "
irin^ control of machine
inding signal
1st
1st "
X ampering With automobillB
Failure to return to scene of acci-
accident . .
1st
3«i
Reckless driving
Probation.
4th
flpA^ing
120
200
10
16
16
8.100
6th ' "
Intoxication
6th
Reckless driving ,
6th
Operating without license . .".
Operating without registration
Breeding . .
6th **
«th
6th **
RnMHrnn
40
16
36
6th
8p«Miin£
6th **
Speeding
6th
Bpeeding '
$16; Committed.
6th
Speeding
Discontinued.
6th
ftpAA^ing
Probation.
6th
Inadeouate liffhta
810
6th
Inadequate lights
Discontinued.
6th
Inadeouste lights
666
io
2
6th •'
Operating without license
Operating without license
T^fLiliiTM iA ahnvr lf«««n«A
6th
6
6th **
6th
Fftilurv to show license. ...... r .. .
Discontinued.
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Court.
Form of Violation.
No. of
Cases.
Fines
Paid.
Cases
Appealed.
OthennM»
JjisponA of.
6th Difltriot.
24
6
2
6
8
1
1
7
4
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
30
2
1
83
2
2
43
1
7
3
3
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
4
6
3
1
24
3
5
1
1
2
2
9
3
1
1
2
6
1
43
1
2
4
1
1
1
5
1
2.350
6th "
TntnTiAAf inn
100
6th
Tntozicatioii
6th "
Reckless driving ^
220
6th
Discontinued.
6th ••
Larceny of automobile
Larceny of automobile ^
Larceny of automobile
200
6th
nfimmiitfA.
6th "
Grand Jury.
6th "
Tj&rnATiv of automobile T ,,,,-, ^ ,,, -
rHscontinuied.
6th "
Ijareen V of automobile ,,-,,., r », ,
100
6th
l^TQGIkV of AUtomoblra •
11 mo.; appealed.
6th
Laroenv of automobile
lOmo.jumealed.
llmo.:$900.app.
6th "
Li&rcfinv of Aiitoniobilc ••••
6th •*
f <arcenv of autornobile
6th •'
Tjarceny of autornohile ,
4 mo.;'ap^saIed.
6th
T Arnftnv of Automobile
S200; committed.
6th ••
Drivinff off AutomobilG .•.•.*..••••
Grand jury.
Committed.
6th *'
Drivinir off automobile
6th "
Drivinff off &utoxiiobil6 • . •
10 mo; appealed.
6th "
Paming trolley
466
6th
Passing trolley
Failure to slow down and sound
signal
THscontinucd .
6th
30
217
6th
Outtinir out muffler. %,.,■,-, ,^
6th
Cutting out muffler ...... r r
Discontinued.
6th
Operating without registration. . . .
Tampering with automobile
Tampering with automobile
Failure to return to scene of acci-
dent
55
6th
Pro^tion.
6th
Discontinued.
6th
50
2
15
6th
£zoe6siye smoke
6th
Inmron^ markers
6th
6th "
Fulure to display numbers con-
. ...
15
6th "
Operating without owner's consent.
Operating without owner's consent.
Receiving stolen automobiles
Speedinc
Grand jury.
6th
Discontinued.
6th
^
Grand jury.
7th "
1
5
17
52
7th
rhittincr nnt miifflAr
7th
Pttjf«fing troUey . , ,
7th
Operatmg without license
Operating without license
Operating without license
Inadec|uate lights ....,.,--
7th
Probation.
7th
Discontinued.
7th
112
7th
Inadec|uate lights ......... r
Discontinued.
8th
270
8th
Intoxication
Discontinued.
8th
PfMwing follfty
10
100
30
165
25
50
8th
Failure to return to scene of acci-
dent .* .
10th
InadeouRte liflchts
10th
Operating without license
Operating without registration ....
Reckless driving
10th "
10th
10th
Reckless driving
Discontinued.
10th
Larcenv of automobUe
Grand jury.
10th "
Intoxication
500
10th
Intoxication . ..».rttt»rf-TtT.tt-
Discontiued.
10th '♦
Speeding ... , ,,,.,,,.
615
10th
Speeding . ....,....,,,,,..,...,
15
10th
Cfperating without consent of
owner
Grand jury.
11th '•
Reckless driving
70
11th
Oneratinir without license
Discontinued.
11th
Intoxication ...
50
5
450
75
12th *•
InAdfifliuLte liffhts
12th •*
Intoxiestion
12th
Failure to return to scene of acci-
dent
Total
1,622
$20,482
312
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Accidents^
The compilation of accidents from investigations, accident reports
and press clippings records a total of 1,085 accidents for the yeaf .
Seventy-one of the accidents caused the deaths of 75 persons,
while 647 accidents caused injuries to 771 persons, and 367 accidents
caused property damage only.
Deaths
No. of
peraoni
IdUed.
Probable cause of aeddent.
46...
. Negligence of killed.
13...
.Negligence of operator.
1...
. Recklees driving.
1...
.Auto capsued.
6...
.Unknown.
1...
. Blinding headlights.
2...
.Auto and trolley collision.
1...
.Unavoidable accident.
2...
.Skidding.
1...
. Motor collision.
1...
.Defective tires.
75
Injubed.
No. of
penoiui
injured. Probable cause of accident.
386 Unknown.
181 Negligence of injured.
124 Auto collision.
28 Motor and troUey collision.
11.... Skidding.
13 Reckless driving.
14. . . .Motor and wagon colhsion.
3 Motor and bicycle collision.
5 Auto capsixed.
3 Motor and train collision.
1 Glaring headlights.
1 Intoxication.
1.... No lights.
771
Licenses.
There was issued during 1918 a total of 39,596 licenses. The
Board formally refused 116 applications for cause; 1,686 applica-
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tions were disqualified because of failure to pass examination. Of
the licenses granted 10,592 were to new applicants, 27,875 were
issued as renewals, and 1,129 as duplicates.
Hearings.
As a result of hearings or the receipt of certified court returns
several licenses were revoked or suspended for cause, as the following
table shows:
Revocations.
No. Cause.
44 Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
10 Reckless or improper use and operation of a motor vehicle.
10 Operating without consent of owner.
6 Reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
5 Failure to return to scene of accident.
5 Larceny of automobile.
5 Fatal accident.
1 Intoxication and failure to return to scene of accident.
1 Obtaining license by fraud and deceit.
1 Improper use of operator's license.
88
Suspensions.
No. Cause.
16 Involved in fatal accident.
2 15 days Reckless operation of motor vehicle.
1 10 days Reckless operation of motor vehicle.
1 Indefinite . . Reckless operation of motor vehicle.
1 10 days Failure to show license.
1 10 days Intoxication.
1 Reckless operation of motor vehicle and failure to return to scene of
accident.
1 30 days Improper use of operator's license.
24
Receipts.
Source. No. Amount.
Operator's licenses 38,467 $38,467 00
Duplicate licenses 1,129 1,129 00
Automobile registrations 29,178 277,748 00
Truck registrations 7,040 55,543 50
Transfer registrations 3,179 5,240 00
Motor cyde registrations 1,464 2,928 00
Dealer's registrations 140 4,215 00
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TraOer Permits 29 $337 50
Automobile registrations (exempt fees) 155
Truck registrations (exempt fees) 100
Fire apparatus registrations (exempt fees) 123
Transfer Registrations (exempt fees) 8
Motor cycle registrations (exempt fees) 6
Total $386,608 00
Average fee per automobile (exclusive of trucks, motorcycles,
transfers and dealers) $9 .519
Aver&ge fee per motor truck 7.889
Expenses.
Services and Clericdl Assistance Account.
Appropriated $17,000 00
Expended 16,993 76
Balance $6 24
Salaries of Members of Board.
Appropriated $2,500 00
Expended 2,446 78
Balance $53 22
Appropriated $9,000 00
Expended 8,999 31
Balance.
Number Plates.
Appropriated $12,500 00
Expended 10,370 62
Balance $2,129 38
Number Plates.
Received $739 65
Expended 739 65
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Public Document.] Appendix, [No. 7.
Atate of Xf|ojlir JaUotik wih Pro«i2lntre piantetiotta
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
AS MADE TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, 1919
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
THE OXFORD PRESS, PRINTERS
1919
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Commissioaers of Shell Fisheries
AND THEIR DEPUTIES
1919.
COMMISSIONERS OP SHELL PISHERIES
Edward Atchison P. O. Address, SlatersviUe, R. I.
Milton Duckworth '* " Carolina, R. I.
Henry K. Littlefield " " New Shoreham, R. I.
Clinton D. Lewis " " West Harrington, R. I.
Sylvester K. M. Robertson . " " Lakewood, R. I.
CLERK
Brayton a. Round P. O. Address, Providence, R. I.
ENGINEER
Walter W. Massie P. O. Address, Providence, R. I.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES
Oliver G. Hicks P. O. Address, Bristol Ferry, R. I.
Leman Wardsworth " " Wickf ord, R. I.
William B. Welden " " Providence, R.^ I.
John T.Smith. " " Warren, R. L '
Israel A. Smith " " Pawtuxet, R. I.
BIOLOGIST AND BACTERIOLOGIST
Stephen DeM. Gage P. O. Address, Providence, R. I.
INSPECTOR OF OYSTER HOUSES
Seth Walton P. O. Address, Providence, R. I.
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REPORT
To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations :
Gentlemen : — In accordance with the provisions of Section 4, of
Chapter 203 of the General Laws, the undersigned, Commissioners
of Shell Fisheries, beg leave to report to you the condition of this
department of the public service, including a detailed statement of
all moneys received and expended, on account thereof, also includ-
ing the names of all the lessees of land, together with the number of
acres leased each person, and the rentals received therefor, as of
record, for the year ending December 31, 19 18.
We are very sorry, to have to report to your Honorable Body, that
the Board has sustained the loss of two of its members, by death,
during the past year. During the month of October, 1918, the Com-
mission lost two of its members: Col. Randall A. Harrington,
October 13th and Hon. WilHam T. Lewis, October 30th. Col. Har-
rington was Commissioner of Shell Fisheries from Kent County,
and Mr. Lewis was Commissioner from Bristol County. While
Col. Harrington had not been a member of the Commission but a
short time, having been elected to fill the unexpired term of the late
John H. Northup, his ability as a business man, together with his
earnest effort to render every assistance possible, was of much befie-
fit to the Commission, and his death was a distinct loss to the Com-
mission and to the State.
Hon. William T. Lewis had served as Commissioner of Shell
Fisheries from Bristol County from 1900 to 1905, and then again
was re-elected January, 191 5, this being his second term as Com-
missioner. Mr. Lewis's experience during his first term enabled
him to render valuable services during this term of office. His un-
failing courtesy and kindness and his excellent judgment together
with his absolute fairness on all matters that come before the Board
were of great benefit to the Board and to the State.
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4 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES.
In the death of the members just mentioned, the Board has lost
two conscientious, careful and considerate members and the State,
efficient and valuable servants. ,
The vacancies caused by the death of the aforementioned mem-
bers were filled by an appointment of the Governor, as follows:
Clinton D. Lewis, December 3, 1918, to fill the vacancy in Bristol
County, and Sylvester K. M. Robertson to fill the unexpired term
of Col. Harrington from Kent County.
In the consideration of the different matters pertaining to our
work, we will consider them by subject and make our recommenda-
tions at the close of the discussion of the subject under considera-
tion.
Laws.
(Chapter 203) "Of Private and Several Oyster Fisheries."
Chapter 203 provides for the leasing of ground for the cultiva-
tion and propagation of oysters. This chapter was the outgrowth
of a series of, what might be termed, experiments that had been
conducted for some years under special acts of Legislation, whereby
two or three of the citizens of the State had been granted the
privilege of planting and growing oysters upon the public ground.
After this work had been carried on for several years, it was deemed
advisable that there should be a uniform law granting permission
to any suitable person, an inhabitant of the State, to take out a
lease of ground by paying a fee in the form of rentals, and after the
adoption of the constitution of the State in 1842, the chapter per-
taining to the leasing of oyster fisheries was enacted.
The conditions that confronted the oyster business in the early
fifties were not conductive to the establishment of a very large in-
dustry, as there was much opposition to the granting of leases and
many of the fishermen believed- that the Legislature had granted
authority to the Commission that deprived them of obtaining a
livelihood from the public domain. They protested vigorously
against any leasing of grounds, even going to the extent of taking
oysters from leased grounds, in such quantities as to materially
retard the progress of the industry. In 1856 this condition became
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 5
SO serious as to call forth special provisions of the Legislature, in an
attempt to remedy the same, and the Commissioners of Shell Fish-
eries were authorized to take the money obtained from the leasing
of oyster ground, and purchase a watch boat to protect the leased
areas. The Commissioners of Shell Fisheries did as directed and
purchased a boat and attempted to protect the oyster planters, but
with very indifferent success, as may be seen from the fact that the
industry continued to decrease until in 1864 it was exactly the
same as in 1844.
This chapter has been amended from time to time, as circum-
stances'and necessities of the oyster business required. At the
January Session of the Legislature in 1917, there was an amend-
ment to this act made by the additions of sections 36 and 37, which
provided for the leasing of mud bottom, so-called, for one dollar
per year, per acre, to be used for the cultivation of shellfish. This
amendment has not proved as advantageous as was expected, and no
doubt it could be repealed without materially injuring the oyster
business.
It would seem to us, that this chapter could be amended so as to
be of much benefit to the State, and particularly if it were amended
so the public ground might be rented for other purposes than for
oyster cultivation alone. It would seem to us, that it is rather
narrow, to lease ground for the cultivation of oysters only, when
there are other shellfish that can be raised, upon what is now unused
ground, as readily and successfully as oysters. We believe that this
act ought to be amended and the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
allowed to lease ground for quahaug and clam culture, as well as for
oyster culture, and we would recommend that this chapter be
amended so as to give the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries author-
ity to lease ground for shellfish culture.
(Chapter 1243) "Of the Protection of Quahaugs."
This is a chapter that was enacted into a law in 1907 and was
amended on April 23, 1915.
This chapter prohibits the taking or having in one's possession,
quahaugs less than lyi inches in diameter. Previous to the amend-
ment of this law, there were large quantities of little necks shipped
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out of the State, and this practice was so extensive, as to almost
destroy the quahaug grounds. Since the enactment of this law, this
practice has been stopped, and the little neck industry has increased
to a considerable extent. A number of arrests and convictions have
been obtained, which has had a salutary effect.
We are of the opinion that this chapter of the law should remain
as it is, as it has been an improvement of material benefit to the
State.
(Chapter 577) "Of the Protection of the Shell Fisheries in the
Public Waters of the State."
This is a provision of the law that pertains to the protection of the
public health, by providing that no person shall deposit in or allow
to escape into the public waters of this State, any substance which
shall, in any manner injuriously affect the growth, the sale or flavor
of shellfish or shall cause any injury to the public or private fish-
eries of this State. Under the provisions of this act, the Commis-
sioners are obliged to examine the oyster beds and ascertain if they
are free from pollution and if such be the case, to issue certificates
granting the use of such beds. This law also provides for the in-
spection of the opening or shucking houses, and requires that proper
sanitary methods should be used in the openings or shucking of
oysters and that certificates shall be granted by the Commission, if
found to be in proper sanitary condition.
There is one thing relative to this chapter, that may be thoroughly
understood, and that is, that just as long as the unsanitary conditions
that exist in Rhode Island, are allowed to continue, just so long will
the provisions of this chapter have to be carried out in order that
the oystermen may be enabled to sell their products in interstate
commerce.
We believe that there should be remedial legislation enacted at this
term of the Legislature, whereby the pollution of the river and bay
will be materially decreased, if not entirely eliminated.
(Chapter 852) "An Act Regulating the Taking of Shell Fish
from Free and Common Fisheries *'
This is a provision that was enacted at the January Session of
the General Assembly in 191 2 and provides for the granting of li-
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censes for the purpose of taking oysters, clams and quahaugs from
the public grounds. This act became necessary through the depreda-
tions committed by citizens outside of the State, who would come
into Rhode Island and take the shellfish and carry them away. There
was no way that we were able to prevent the same, until this act
was passed.
This act prohibits' the use of a dredge upon public ground, ex-
cepting in the taking of scollops, as provided by the scollop act;
and mussels, which may be allowed by the Commissioners of Shell
Fisheries by the issuing of a permit.
(Chapter 1602) "An Act for the Planting, Cultivation, Propa-
gating and Developing of any and All Kinds of Shell Fish."
This is an act that was passed by the General Assembly in 1917
and gave the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries authority to conduct
any experiment that they might deem best, upon the public ground.
Under the provisions of this act, we have closed to the use of the
public, certain areas in the bay, in order that the small sets found
thereon, could be developed, and it has proved very successful.
In May, 1918, the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries, under
authority of this act, closed a piece of ground at New Buttonwoods
in East Greenwich Bay and planted 242 bushels of small quahaugs
that had been taken from Sand Wharf. This was done in order to
ascertain if quahaugs could be transplanted and grown successfully
on ground that was barren. This experiment has proven exceed-
ingly successful as it is conservatively estimated to have produced
more than one thousand (1,000) bushels from the 242 bushels
which were planted thereon. We are contemplating continuing the
experiment more extensively, during the coming season, as we be-
lieve that we can plant, at least four different pieces of ground
with quahaugs, and at the same time and in the same vicinity, plant
clams, as we have found that both kinds of shellfish on certain kinds
of ground, will flourish and grow rapidly. We hope to be able to
do considerable work along these lines during our next season.
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A Summary of the Shellfish Laws and Recommendations
Pertaining Thereto.
First: — ^We believe that the provisions of the law that allows
us to lease ground for the propagation and cultivation of oysters
only, is erroneous. We see no good reason why ground should
not be leased for oyster, clam and quahaug Cultivation and pos-
sibly mussel cultivation, as well. We have large areas of public
land that is practically worthless, so far as producing revenue to
the State and food for the people is concerned, that could be very
readily utilized to good advantage, if the law was amended so that
we could lease these areas to private enterprise, basing the rental
upon a fair and equitable value.
There is no question but what quahaug and clam culture can be
conducted as successfully as oyster culture, this has been demon-
strated both in Massachusetts and Maine, where ground has been,
and is being successfully leased for clam culture.
We believe that if it is the desire of the citizens of the State to
have the fisheries fully developed, that the Legislature should give
the Commission, authority to lease ground for shellfish culture.
Second: — From our experience in the enforcement of shellfish
laws, we are of the opinion that the penalties that are attached to
many of our laws are not sufficiently severe to prevent more or less
extensive depredations from being committed. It is a great deal
more expensive and difficult to apprehend a person that is com-
mitting depredations upon the water of Narragansett Bay than it
would be to apprehend persons who were committing similar depre-
dations upon the land, and the difficulty in securing convictions^ is
correspondingly increased. As we have previously stated, we be-
lieve that the penalties are not as severe as they ought to be. In
fact, we feel that where a person has been apprehended in stealing
and carrying away oysters, he ought to be punished by a term in
jail, rather than by fining him a small sum, which he is able to pay
and almost immediatel/ go out and recuperate himself, by stealing
oysters.
We believe that a careful revision of the penalties in the shellfish
laws, should be undertaken and that fines and imprisonments be
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provided that would be sufficient to materially aid in breaking up
the depredations committed in the public waters.
Third : — ^We believe that there ought to be a co-ordination of the
shellfish laws, along the lines of search without warrant. Some of
our laws give the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries and their duly
authorized agents the right to go upon any boat or vessel where
certain kinds of shellfish are unlawfully caught or taken, and search
without a warrant, whereas, other provisions of the shellfish law
inak#» no mention of any authority for such search, and we believe
that the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries should have authority to
search for quahaugs or any other shellfish, as well as for scollops.
The provision for searching in the unlawful catching of scollops is
quite adequate, and we believe that a similar provision should be
made for all kinds of shellfish. We would suggest that there be an
amendment granting authority to the Commissioners of Shell Fish-
eries to search, without warrant, any place, other than a dwelling,
where in their opinion, shellfish are being caught, taken or held con-
trary to law.
Ground Exempt By Law
Section 13 of Chapter 203, as amended by Chapter 672, provides
that no land shall be let north of a line extending across Providence
River bearing S 40"* 30' W, true meridian, from the copper bolt set
in the rock near the end of Kettle Point, 'to Field's Point, or let
any lands west of a line drawn from Warwick Neck Light bearing
S 55** 16' 02' W, true meridian, to Pojack Point at Potowomut
Neck;- or let any land in Sakonnet River south of the railroad
bridge, or let any lands in shore of the four-foot line, as delineated
on the plats in the office of the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries,
or any land lying between a line running due east and west through
the middle point of the Rhode Island Yacht Club building, northerly
of Pomham beacon, and west of the channel ; or let the channel be-
tween Long Neck and Marsh Island flats from the channel in the
Providence River to the bridge in Pawtuxet ; or let any of the ponds
in Little Compton, South Kingstown, New Shoreham, Tiverton,
Portsmouth, or Westerly, except Brightman's pond or Babcock's
Pond, so-called, in said Westerly.
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As to the practicability of these exemption lines, there may 1
considerable question, as some of the areas that are exempt a
particularly well fitted for the cultivation of shellfish and the wate
of the same, are comparatively clean and especially good for she
fish culture. There is no question but what the exemption line
Providence River should be retained and possibly it might 1
advisable to extend the line down the river, as this river is becomii
unsuitable for shellfish culture or for the production of shellfish i
any description, for food purposes.
Public Ground
There is no doubt but what the public ground that is availab
for shellfish culture is being reduced quite rapidly by pollution, b
notwithstanding this fact, there are quite large areas in the low-
bay which are suitable for some form of shellfish culture, althouj
not suitable for oyster culture. There are some excellent muss
beds in Rhode Island as was reported by Dr. Irving W. Field
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and was incorporated in our repc
to the January Session of the Assembly in 1918. It would see
to us that there might be some use made of these mussel beds th
would be of more value than what is being done at this time,
they are not being utilized only for the purpose of supplying fi:
bait, and the mussel is as nutritious a shellfish as any that we hav
and no doubt, if a campaign of education were inaugurated showii
the value of mussels, as an article of food, these beds might becon
valuable food producing areas.
As the oyster industry in Rhode Island is rapidly decreasing,
would seem to us that it would be a wise procedure for other forn
of shellfish culture to be undertaken. We feel that encouragemei
should be given to people who desire to engage in other forms <
shellfish culture.
We would recommend that the shellfish laws be amended so as 1
allow ground to be leased for clam, mussel and quahaug culture 2
well as for oyster culture.
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Oyster Industry
We regret very much that we are compelled to call your atten-
tion to the fact that the oyster industry of Rhode Island is rapidly
decreasing. We have reported this fact, a number of times to your
Honorable Body and we feel that unless something is undertaken
to relieve the conditions here in Rhode Island, the oyster industry
will continue to decrease until we will have very little, or no oyster
fisheries remaining.
The leasing of oyster ground in Rhode Island for the propagation
and cultivation of oysters has been established for about 120 years.
At the beginning, oyster ground was leased by special acts of the
General Assembly.
In 1844, the General Assembly created a Commission for that
purpose and provided for the leasing of oyster ground for cultiva-
tion and propagation. This procedure has been practically con-
tinuous ever since. It had grown to a remarkable extent up to the
year 191 2, at which time conditions became so unsanitary and the
areas of leased ground began to be so unproductive that the oyster-
men were compelled to cancel their holdings. This relinquishment
of oyster ground has continued until today, we have less than 50%
of the areas under cultivation that we had in 1912. We believe
that a further reduction of the areas under cultivation will be made,
unless something is done to eliminate the unsanitary conditions of
Providence River and the upper bay.
There is no question whatever but what the pollution of Provi-
dence River and upper Narragansett Bay is not only destroying the
oysters but also the public fisheries as well.
In 191 o, when our attention was called to this condition, a con-
ference was held with the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley predicted that unless the State eliminated the source of
contamination, in ten years the bay would be so contaminated as to
destroy the oyster business. We are obliged to say that Dr. Wiley's
prediction is rapidly becoming true. We believe that it is very
unwise for the State to allow this condition to exist.
It is not only the fisheries of the State that are being destroyed
by this pollution, but the beaches also are becoming worthless for
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bathing purposes and the shores adjoining the river and bay a
sites for summer residents are becoming greatly depreciated i
value, so that this contamination is much broader than the cor
tamination of the fisheries, and if something is not done to eliminat
the conditions, we will not only see the loss of the private and publi
fisheries, but we will also see a great reduction in values of propert
on the adjoining shores.
If the elimination of this pollution was one of those problem
which was unsolvable or that would greatly injure other industrie!
we might hesitate about attempting to remedy these conditions, bii
the fact is, that it is comparatively easy to remedy these condition
without any injury to any other business enterprises. Much of th
pollution that goes into our bay might readily be taken care o
by proper sanitary facilities and the manufacturing wastes that ar
discharged into our public waters could be taken care of by prope
appliances and much of it could be converted into products tha
would pay a portion, at least, of the expenses of establishing sani
tary appliances.
There is no doubt but what, if remedial measures were attempted
there would be extended objections, but we believe that the opposi
tion might be overcome if the proper procedures were adopted, an'
it was explained that it would not injure other industries to hav
sewage disposal systems established.
There are a good many acres of oyster ground that have beei
cancelled during the last five years, as being worthless for the culti
vation of oysters, that, ten years ago, were considered very valuable
People from other States were only too anxious to come here an«
establish business enterprise and secure these areas and plant then
with thousands of bushels of oysters. Not only are these privat
ar€as destroyed, but a good many acres of public areas where clam
and quahaugs may be produced are also very greatly injured an(
practically destroyed.
We again want to call your attention to these conditions and re
iterate that unless some remedial measures be adopted by you
Honorable Body at the earliest possible moment.
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Sanitation
It became necessary that the sanitary handling and growing of
shellfish should be undertaken by your commission, when a number
of years ago our attention was called to the condition that existed
in Narragansett Bay. In 1910, an act was adopted by the General
Assembly of that year, directing the Commissioners of Shell Fish-
eries to supervise the growing and handling of shellfish.
We have continued this work and have made arrangements with
the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry, which enables our oystermen to ship
their oysters in interstate commerce. This was brought about by
the performing of an extensive examination of our bay and river
and by the establishing of sanitary zones. Some of these zones, it
has been found, may be utilized for the growing and shipping of
shellfish at any and all seasons, while other zones have to be re-
stricted in their use. Some zones are not suitable for the growing
of shellfish and very few shellfish are g^own in these zones, except-
ing for the purpose of transplanting.
Under the provisions of sanitation, we have an inspector of oyster
houses. It is the duty of the inspector to visit every place where
oysters are being opened and to see that the places are kept clfean,
that proper sanitary methods are used in the opening and packing
of oysters, and that there is not an undue length of time used in the
washing and cooling of the oysters.
The inspector reports the conditions to the Office of the Com-
mission, upon cards prepared for that purpose, and certificates are
granted to the owner of the opening houses in accordance with his
report. Also in connection with the work of the inspector, we are
furnished with information relative to the quantity of oysters opened
and shipped per day and the number of employees engaged in the
industry. In accordance with the report of the inspector, the aver-
age number of openers during the month of December, 1918, was
214 and the average number o'f gallons of oysters opened and
ship^d per day was, 3240, and the number of houses doing business
in Rhode Island at that time was 19.
While the work that is being undertaken under the provisions of
our laws enables the oystermen to furnish a wholesome and sani-
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rticle of food, and to ship the same in interstate commerce,
s not assist the oystermen in endeavoring to discover and
ate some of the conditions that are very injurious to the
li of oysters.
I sanitary work during the past year has been performed foi
the State Board of Health, and 'we are in hopes to continu(
rangement with the Board of Health. We can assure you
s long as conditions exist in Rhode Island, as they are now
be necessary for sanitary supervision to be observed.
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OP THE STATE BOARD OP HEALTH
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries :
Gentlemen: — I present herewith a report of the various sani-
tary investigations performed for you during the past year by the
staff of the State Board of Health.
The work during the year, in addition to the usual examinations
of samples of oysters and investigations necessary for the sanitary
control of leased oyster beds, has included a study of the sanitary
condition of clams and quahaugs on certain of the unleased ground,
and a study of the pollution of the waters of upper Narragansett
Bay. In addition, some investigations were made of the unusual
mortality among soft clams on certain areas and a number of
samples of the wastes discharged from certain industrial establish-
ments located on the Providence and Seekonk Rivers were collected
and examined.
Sanitary Certificates
Following the procedure adopted in 1916, the leased oyster
grounds in the State have been divided into two general classes:
In one class are included all grounds which examinations during
previous years had shown to be in safe sanitary condition through-
out the oyster season and for which sanitary certificates could
safely be granted without the necessity of making analytical tests
for freedom from pollution. This class comprises the leased beds
on the west side of the bay south of Rocky Point, the beds around
Prudence and Conanicut Islands, and the beds in the southerly part
of the Sakonnet River.
In the other class are included those areas which previous in-
vestigations have shown are usually in safe sanitary condition during
cold weather, but which we must depend on bacterial tests to de-
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•mine how early in the season oysters taken from them, ma;
fely be permitted to be marketed. For convenience in samplinj
d control work these doubtful grounds have been grouped inti
: sub-zones or areas with natural geographical boundaries, and ii
iking examinations of such areas the sampling points have beei
located that a representative idea of the sanitary condition of th
tire area may be obtained. Under this procedure all the oyste
ds in one geographical group are treated as a unit, and sanitar
rtificates are issued to all leasees as soon as the oysters on tha
sa are found to be of proper quality. Owners of oyster ground
a given territory are thus placed on a uniform basis and are per
tted to open up their grounds at the same time if they wish.
The six sub-zones covering the doubtful areas are as follows
iNGMEADOW — including all beds on the west side of the bay be
een Rocky Point and Conimicut Point ; Nayatt — including th
rious beds on the southerly side of Nayatt Point ; Warren— in
ding the beds in the Warren River and those on the east side o
t bay lying between the northerly part of Poppasquash Neck an<
imstick Point ; Bristol — including all beds in Bristol Harbor am
)se around Hog Island ; Kickemuit — including the beds in th
ckemuit River and those located immediately south in Section
6i and 66 on the map of leased oyster grounds; Portsmouth-
luding the various beds in the northerly part of the Sakonne
ver and those beds located north of the Island of Rhode Islam
sections 95, 96, 114 on the map.
Examinations were made of the Nayatt area on August 28th
pt. 28, and October 15. This area was found to be clear on th
ter date and certificates were issued on Oct. 19. The Long
adow area was examined on Aug. 28, Sept. 3 and Sept. 28, an<
tificates were granted on Oct. i. The Portsmouth area wa
imined on Sept. 5, Oct. 8> and Nov. 8, and the Kickemuit are;
Oct. 8 and Nov. 8, and certificates for both these areas wer(
nted" on Nov. 13. The Warren River area was examined 01
n. 10, Oct. 19 and Nov. 16. On the latter date Bed No. 28-^
1 those beds lying south of it were found to be clear, but as bedi
ig farther up the river still showed contamination from the sew
discharged from the town of Warren, it was deemed advisable
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to subdivide the area and certificates were granted for the southerly
part on Nov. 19. The Bristol area was examined on Oct. 2 and
Nov. 2. Sanitary certificates were granted for all but one of the
beds in this area on Nov. 7, but as this bed was located in close
proximity to two of the large town sewers, it was not considered
safe to permit the oysters from it to be used for food although the
bacterial scores were within the prescribed limit.
Sanitary Condition of Clams and Quahaugs
Early in the summer you authorized me to investigate the sanitary
condition of clams and quahaugs from different areas and also to
make some studies of the pollution of the waters of the bay. Owing
to war conditions, considerable difficulty was experienced in obtain-
ing suitable assistance to carry out these investigations and active
work along these lines could not be started until the second week in
July. The clam investigation was also slowed up materially by the
fact that we had to use the motor boat "Pearl" which was of too
great draft for such work, and much time was lost in rowing to and
from shore at each sampling point. Clam samples necessarily have
to be taken at low water and more ground could have been covered
at each sampling trip if we had had a light draft power skiflF with
which we could have run directly from one sampling point to an-
other without waste of time. In order to make the most of the time
available, therefore, this part of the investigation was largely con-
fined to clam areas in the upper bay, with a few samples only from
points in Greenwich Bay and the Warren River. In the main, also
the investigation was confined to soft clams, although a few samples
of quahaugs were examined.
The results of this investigation show that clams from points in
the upper bay, north of a line drawn from the Pawtuxet Yacht
Club to Sabine's Point are very badly polluted.
On the west shore south of Pawtuxet Cove, scores were gener-
ally within the limit upon which sanitary certificates are granted for
oysters, although high scores were found at one point on the south
side of Gaspee Point.
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On the east side of the bay, clams or quahaugs showing scores
considerably above the prescribed limit were found at Crescent Park,
on the southerly side of Bullock's Neck, in Bullock's Cove and in the
small inlet south of Bullock's Cove.
As a result of this investigation it is possible to divide the shell-
fish ground of the upper bay into three zones of varying pollution.
It is evident that the clam and quahaug grounds north of a line
drawn from Pawtuxet Cove to Sabine's Point, the dark shaded area
on the map, are so seriously polluted that shellfish taken from them
are absolutely unfit for food. The taking or sale of shellfish for food
from this area should be prohibited. Between the southerly limit
of this zone and a line drawn east and west through Bullock's
Light, the light shaded area on the map, is an area which is less
seriously polluted. Clams and quahaugs from this area are
undoubtedly dirty, but if thoroughly cooked, might not be
dangerous. South of the Bullock's Light Line all scores were
within the limit prescribed for oysters, although it is probable that
under diflferent conditions of wind and tide, higher scores might
have been obtained. Shellfish from this area are certainly not of the
highest standard of cleanliness, although when cooked, they might
safely be used as food.
The results of examination of clams and quahaugs are shown in
the following table, and the location of sampling stations in the
upper bay together with the sanitary score at each station are shown
on the accompanying chart.
Sanitary Scores of Clams and Quahaugs
Station
^'o- Location. Date. Score.
WEST SH0R&— UPPER BAY.
1 Below Field's Point Aug. 8 5000
2 100 yard south of Edge wood Yacht Club Aug. 8 2300
North end of Stillhouse Cove Aug. 8 3200
4 Stillhouse Cove, near R. Yacht Club Aug. 8 4100
5 Marsh Island, mouth of Pawtuxet Cove July 16 32
fi East shore Rock Island (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 SJJ
7 North side Gaspee Point
8 South side Gaspee Point July 19 140
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Location.
Date.
9 North east side of Greene's Island July 19
10 North west end of Greene's Island July 19
11 South end of Greene's Island July 19
12 Near Mark Rock (J4 mile below Greene's Island) .. .July 19
13 Conimicut Beach Aug. 6
14 Shawomet Beach Aug. 6
15 North side Conimicut Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28
16 South side Conimicut Point Aug. 6
16a South of Conimicut Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28
EAST SHORE— UPPER BAY.
17 South side Kettle Point . . • • Aug. 8
18 North side Sabine's Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28
19 Crescent Park July 16
20 North side Juno Point July 16
20a South side Juno Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28
21 South west shore Bullock's Neck July 22
22 South shore Bullock's Neck July 22
23 South east shore Bullock's Neck .July 22
24 West shore Bullock's Cove Aug. 1
25 North east shore Bullock's Cove Aug. 1
26 South east shore Bullock's Cove July 22
27 Just north of inlet below Bullock's Cove July 22
28 North end of inlet below Bullock's Cove July 22
29 Just south of inlet below Bullock's Cove July 22
30 About one-half mile south of Bullock's Cove July 22
31 Near Brickyard Creek Aug. 6
32 One-quarter mile south of Brickyard Creek Aug. 6
33 One-half mile north of Nayatt Point Aug. 6
34 One-quarter mile north of Nayatt Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28
35 North side of Nayatt Point Aug. 6
WARREN RIVER.
36 South east shore, near mouth of river Aug. 19
37 North west shore, near mouth of river Aug. 19
38 North west shore, Vz mile above mouth of river Aug. 19
39 West shore below highway bridge Aug. 19
GREENWICH BAY.
40 South side of Warwick Neck Aug. 21
41 North side, near Button woods • • Aug. 21
42 West shore, near Apponaug Cove Aug. 21
43 West shore, near boat shop Aug. 21
44 South shore, near "The Rock". Aug. 21
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Pollution of Water in Upper Bay
As a check on the analyses of the clam samples from the upper
bay and to determine the degree of pollution of the water, samples
of water were collected from lo stations between Field's Point and
Conimicut. The location of these stations was carefully pre-
determined to obtain a representative idea of the drift of pollution
down the bay, taking into consideration as far as possible the effect
of any cross currents whch might be formed by the action of the
winds and tides, etc.
Dissolved oxygen determinations were made in the field at each
station on samples collected two feet above the bottom and one foot
below the surface of the water, and top and bottom samples from
each sampling point were brought to the laboratories for chemical
and bacteriological examination. In planning the investigation, it
was intended to repeat these examinations and tests at least once a
week during the summer, but weather conditions and other cir-
cumstances over which we had no control rendered this impossible
and only three series of samples were obtained. The results
obtained in this investigation, therefore, cannot be considered in any
way representative or complete, although they may be used to illus-
trate how serious the pollution of this part of the bay has become,
especially when we take into consideration the worst result obtained
at each station in any of the three series.
As is well known, all of the sewage from the City of Providence
together with the sewage from part of the City of Pawtucket is
discharged at Field's Point on the outgoing tide. The volume of
this sewage amounts to between twenty and twenty-five million
gallons per day, the larger proportion being discharged on the day
tide. This sewage is passed through settling tanks to remove heavy
suspended matters and the clarified sewage is treated with chlorine
to reduce the bacteria. The sludge which is settled out of the sewage
is pressed into cakes and carried on scows to a dumping ground in
the lower part of the bay.
It is well recognized that the problem of the disposal of sewage
into any large body of water without causing a nuisance is largely
a question of preserving a proper balance between the total capacity
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of the sewage to absorb oxygen and the capacity of the water t
supply that oxygen. If the oxygen capacity of the water is high,
I much larger volume of sewage may be disposed of in this way tha
vT if the water is of low oxygen content.
^ It is estimated that the volume of water , passing Field's Poir
I due to the ebb and flow of the tides is about 5460 million gallor
I every twenty-four hours, or something over 200 times the dail
ii| ' volume of sewage discharged. Studies in the laboratories of rt
State Board of Health during the past few years show that approx
mately iioo volumes of water of sea water of the average quality (
that at Field's Point would be necessary to supply the oxygen n
quired by each volume of sewage discharged. It is evident ther
fore, that even if the sewage were evenly distributed through tl
water, so as to utilize the full effect of the dilution, the margin (
safety is none too large to prevent the waters of the upper bay fro
becoming a nuisance.
Another effect of the admixture of sewage with salt water is
cause a precipitation of the suspended and colloidal matters of tl
sewage, and unless the current of water flowing is sufficient to can
them away, these depositive matters are likely to collect on tl
bottom and form sludge beds of highly putrescible character whi(
require large amounts of oxygen for their eventual decompositio
Deposits of this nature were particularly in evidence at our samplii
stations numbered i, 2, 3, and 4.
The present pollution of the upper part of Narragansett Ba
j|; i ji however, must not be attributed entirely to the discharge of tl
if ' ^ Providence sewage at Field's Point. Pawtucket, Central Falls ar
iJJ East Providence, all contribute to this pollution through the di
Ijj charge of sewage and manufacturing wastes into the Blackston
v| Seekonk and Moshassuck Rivers. The shape of the upper end i
the bay also has considerable influence upon the degree of poUutio
Topographically the Providence River and upper bay down
Conimicut and Nayatt Points are not unlike the neck of a tunnel (
. , which the lower bay forms the bell. If all of the water enterir
between Conimicut and Nayatt Points with the incoming tides coui
be discharged into the upper part of the Providence River, tl
dilution would probably be ample to care for all of the sewage no
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being dicharged into that river. The incoming and outgoing tides,
however, tend to produce a shuttle effect with the result that all of
the sewage entering at Field's Point, and all the polluted waters
coming down the Providence River do not pass out into the lower
bay with the ebb tide but are in part driven back by the incoming
tide thereby increasing the pollution of the water and diminishing
its capacity to absorb more sewage.
Practical studies of pollution in New York Harbor and else-
where have shown that it is unsafe to permit the dissolved oxygen
content of the water in the summer time to be reduced below about
fifty per cent, of that required for saturation. On August ii, when
the poorest conditions were found, the water collected from both
top and bottom at seven of our sampling stations contained less
than this amount of oxygen. On July 29, oxygen values below the
safe limit were found in bottom samples collected from Stations
2, 4, 5, and 6, and on August 26, the oxygen was below the safe
limit at both top and bottom at stations i, 2, 3, and 4, and at the
bottom at stations 5 and 6.
It is evident from these results that during the past summer the
pollution in the greater portion of that part of the bay lying be-
tween Field's Point and Conimicut exceeded the safe limit at times.
In fact, on August 12, water from the bottom at station 2 was
entirely devoid of oxygen and that from the bottom at station 4
cwitained only about 10% of the amount of oxygen required for
saturation. While we may not know definitely how much or how
little oxygen is necessary to support shellfish life, it is certain that
shellfish could not live at station 2 under these conditions and it is
probable that they could not live at station 4.
The oxygen content of the water at top and bottom at each of
these stations on different dates is shown in the following table and
the lowest oxygen found at each station is plotted on an accompany-
ing chart.
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Upper Nor raqansBtt Bay
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Lower Fiquroft
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Dissolved Oxygen Content of Water in Upper Bay.
25
Sutioa.
9.
10.
Depth of Watei>-Feet.
July 29.
Aug. 12.
Aug. 26.
10
6
12
18
21
15
10
7
9
15
10
12
11
10
8
9
12
9
6
9
5
10
9
9
12
9
6
9
14
12
Dissolved Oxygen — Per Cent. Saturation.
July 29. Aug. 12. Aug. 26.
Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom.
65
61
18
21
53
51
19
0
66
54
3
27
86
42
40
10
68
49
38
30
62
40
40
34
87
72
39
40
82
76
59
59
100
99
69
59
81
73
67
65
Average Temperature of Water July 29— Top, 76°F. Bottom, 76*F.
Aug. 12— Top, 73°F. Bottom, 71**F.
Aug. 29— Top, 77^F. Bottom, 76°F.
Determinations of free and albuminoid ammonia in samples from
nearly all of these various stations also show excessive pollution
at times. The numbers of bacteria and B. coli were much lower than
we would normally expect to find in waters showing such a high
degree of pollution by chemical analysis. This is explained, how-
ever, when we take into consideration tliat the larger part of this
pollution is due to Providence sewage and that this sewage is dis-
infected before being discharged.
The results of the various chemical and bacterial analyses of
samples from these stations are shown in following tables, and the
location of the different stations together with the worst conditions
found at each one are plotted on the accompanying chart.
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Chemical Analyses of Water from Upper Bay.
Time
Station.
(Parts per mlllioo.)
Free
Chlorine. Ammonia.
Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom.
Albuminoid
Ammonia.
Top. Bottom.
Nitrites.
Top. Bottom.
1
12:30
July 29. 1918— Stiff S.
12500 13200
E. wind
.61
; high tide at 1:20 p. m.
.62 .24 .19
.000
.000
2
12:40
12600
13600
.13
.66
.27
.016
.000
3
1:15
13200
13300
.42
.38
.24
.18
.012
.006
4
1:10
13500
146O0
.49
.72
.29
.34
.013
.012
5
11:45
14400
13500
.48
.18
. ,
.000
. • .
6
9:00
12600
13400
.60
.60
.24
.23
.018
.016
7
11:20
14800
1450O
.19
, ,
.21
.22
.016
.007
8
9:30
14000
14100
.50
.32
.22
.18
.018
.016
9
10:40
14500
14600
.09
, ,
.11
.18
.000
.000
10
10:05
14000
15200
.43
.23
.18
.23
.010
.008
1
9:50
August 12
1350D
, 1918— No wind; high tide at 10:4S i
13800 .72 ,68 .18
&. m.
.16
.028
.025
Z
10:00
13500
15500
.75
.67
.20
.41
.030
.020
3
9:40
13700
16200
.94
.63
.24
.020
.015
4
10:30
14100
15100
.74
.67
.21
,21
.020
.015
5
11:55
13700
15700
.67
.61
.09
.07
.oao
.020
6
10:45
12500
15400
.72
.46
.16
.10
.020
.015
7
11:40
14400
15300
.19
.62
.13
.12
.020
.020
8
11:00
14400
15800
.73
.94
.13
.12
.025
.020
9
11:25
14800
15900
.69
.48
.18
.11
.020
.015
10
11:15
August 29.
14900
1918— Stiff S. W.
16600 .55
wind; high tide at
.42 .22
noon.
.09
.020
.015
1
1:30
13200
13300
.70
.48
.20
.22
.000
.000
2
1:45
12500
13800
1.34
.61
.47
.19
.000
.003
3
2:15
13900
13000
.68
.49
.26
.21
.004
.004
4
2:00
13800
14600
.60
.41
.21
.16
.005
.003
5
2:45
13800
15000
.43
.32
.20
.13
.004
.001
6
2:30
15000
13500
.32
.31
.19
.15
.003
.002
7
3:30
15000
14700
.02
.06
.21
.21
.001
.001
8
3:15
147000
14200
.27
.24
.14
.14
.002
.002
9
4:00
15600
15000
.09
.02
.20
.16
.000
.001
10
3:45
1
15500
r I '
15500
1
.14
1
.09
.19
.15
.001
.001
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Results of Bacterial Analysis of Water from Upper Bay.
ToUl Bacteria
SuUon. 37" C.
Top. Bottom.
July 29, 1918.
Top.
B. Coli
Found in
Bottom.
.01 C.C,
.01 C.C.
.001
.01
.1
1.0
1.0
0.1
.1
1.0
.1
.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
.0
.0
.1
.1
.01
.01
.01
.01
.1
.01
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.0
.01
0.1
0.1
1.0
.1
.1
.1
.001
.001
....
.001
.1
.01
.01
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.0
10
.0
.0
1.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
1 2200 300
2 3100 6100
3 1400 1000
4 1300 1600
5 2400 300
6 1200 4500
7 300 600
8 600 700
9 1500 2200
10 2800 800
August 12. 1918.
1 2900 9100
2 •. 2600 1600
3 5100 2500
4 -# 2700 2501)
5 29O0 1900
6 2300 2400
7 800 4900
8 5200 3400
9 2900 5900
10 1100 2500
August 26, 1918.
1 3600 2800
2 5300
3 750 575
4 1250 600
5 2300 425
6 1750 200
7 56O0 150
8 250 125
9 950 350
10 1000 450
Effect of Sewage and Manufacturing Wastes on Shellfish
As the decline of the oyster and other shellfish industries in the
State during the past few years has been attributed to the growing
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pollution of the waters in which these shellfish are grown, it may
not be out of place to discuss the possible effect of pollution on fish
life. In considering cause and effect we must divide this pollution
into three general classes: that caused by city or household sewage;
*"; : that caused by those waste liquors from manufacturing or industrial
^1 processes which mix intimately with water; and that caused by sud
>t industrial wastes as tar, oil, etc., which do not mix with the water.
I J . City sewage may injuriously affect the shellfish industry in tw(
:[^,} ways. Through contamination with city sewage, shellfish may be
*t ' come unfit for food either by reason of their filthy condition or be
1 cause they may carry disease producing bacteria. Typhoid fevei
has been known to be caused by infected oysters and for this reasoi
;; no oysters are permitted to be taken from leased areas in Rhod
Island until they have been proved by bacteriological examinatioi
to be free from dangerous pollution. Infection of this kind can h
"^ controlled by thorough purification of the sewage or by treatment o
^ that sewage with some chemical which will destroy all disease germs
The sewage from the city of Providence discharged at Field's Poin
is treated with disinfectant for this reason. Another, and perhap
not less serious effect of excessive pollution by city sewage may b
caused by the fact that a large amount of oxygen is needed to oxidiz
the sewage after it has been diluted with sea water. If the volum
of sewage discharged into any body of water is excessive, th
amount of oxygen in the water may be reduced to a point where th
shellfish cannot obtain from the water the oxygen necessary t
enable them to live and propagate.
Manufacturing wastes from certain industries also require larg
amounts of oxygen for their decomposition, and excessive pollutio
with such wastes may also reduce the oxygen content of the wate
below the point necessary to sustain fish life. Other kinds of mam
facturing wastes may contain acids, dyes, or other chemicals whic
m any considerable concentration may either directly kill the shel
fish or prevent their propagation, or what is equally serious, ma
destroy the diatoms and other small living organisms upon whic
l-' these shellfish must depend for food.
The oils and tars being usually lighter than the water, float upo
\ the surface and are thus less likely to affect the adult oysters an
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quahaufs which live in deep water. The floating oil or tar may,
however, become so loaded with dust, that it sinks to the bottom
and under such conditions the flavor of these deep water shellfish
will be impaired even although their life may not be interfered with.
The soft clam, growing as it does in the sand and mud above low
water line, is very likely to be injured by the oil or tar thrown upon
the flats by wind and wave action. In a number of places in Narra-
gansett Bay the clams are so highly flavored with oil or tar that they
are unfit for food. It is believed that oil and tar may also destroy
the set of oysters. The oyster eggs hatch into sniall free swimming
organisms or spat, which for a short time live at the surface of the
water. If the water is covered with a film of oil or tar at this time
the spat may be killed, and the set of young oysters either prevented
or greatly reduced.
We have yet much to learn about the effect of sewage, manufac-
turing wastes and oils upon shellfish. Many of the previous state-
ments are based on studies of the life history of other kinds of fish,
and while probably true, have not yet been proved in the case of
shellfish. We do not know definitely how much or how little oxygen
in the water is required to support life in the growing oyster or
clam. We do not know just what effect the various chemicals which
are found in different manufacturing wastes may have on adult
shellfish or upon the eggs and spat of shellfish. We also do not
know nearly as much as we should about the effect of these various
polluting materials on the small organisms which form the food
supply of oysters, clams, etc., although we do know that when the
pollution is not too great, the supply of microscopic shellfish food is
usually greater in water contaminated with sewage than it is in very
pure waters. A large amount of constructive experimental work
is necessary in order that we may know definitely what limits of
pollution should be established for our various shellfish bearing
waters.
Another effect of pollution which may affect shellfish life is that
due to the stimulation of excessive growths of Ulva, sea-lettuce, or
sea-cabbage, as it is variously called. This variety of sea-weed,
which is seldom found in clean waters, grows prolifically in waters
in which the oxygen content has been reduced by sewage pollution
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and so dense is this growth at times that clams and other growi
shellfish are effectually destroyed. When it dies, or when brol
off by the action of winds or tides ulva decays rapidly, not only p;
ducing an offensive nuisance, but robbing the water still furtl
of its oxygen content. In August, 1918, for a number of days,
parts of the bay were filled with floating masses of sea-cabbj
in process of decomposition. Within the past five years, extens
growths of ulva have developed in the upper bay and a nurai
of formerly productive clam growing grounds have been entir
destroyed.
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The Free Shell Fisheries
The productiveness of the oyster industry in Rhode Island bei
quite largely confined to leased ground under direct State contr
is a known quantity, and as this industry returns a considerai
income in rentals and taxes, its importance as an asset to the St;
has been well recognized and measures have been taken from tii
to time for its further development. Comparatively little attenti
has been paid, however, to the uncontrolled grounds which i
free to the public and little is known about their value or productii
ness. A conservative estimate shows that there are between I5,c
and 20,000 acres of uncontrolled ground in Narragansett B
which are producing food in the form of clams, quahaugs, oyst(
and mussels and scallops or about twice the area of the leased oysi
beds in 1918.
With the assistance of your various deputies, estimates have be
made of the catch of these varieties of shellfish in different parts
the State during 1918. From these estimates it is evident that t
total yield of these unleased areas was something like 78,000 bush
of clams, quahaugs and oysters, and 3500 gallons of scallops, a
that the market value of this crop was almost $200,000. The es
mated yield and value of the different varieties of shellfish frf
open territory is as follows:
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Quantity Market Value
Qams 40,000 bushels $70,000
Quahaugs 25,000 " 100,000
Mussels . . . 8,000 " 4,000
Oysters 5,000 " 5,600
Scollops 3,500 gallons 14,000
Total ." $193,000
In any discussion of the value of the shellfisheries to the State as
a whole, we should consider the amount of food produced rather
than the market value of the product or direct income to the State
in the form of rents and taxes. The food value of a gallon of
oyster meats and the same amount of clams, quahaugs or mussels is
practically the same, although the market value of the oysters and
quahaugs is considerably greater than that of the clams or mussels.
On the basis of food value, the productiveness of the free fisheries
in clams and mussels alone was nearly two and one half times as
great as the productiveness of the leased oyster beds during 1918,
and the total food value of the shellfish catch from the uncontrolled
and uncared for areas was nearly five times that from the con-
trolled oyster bearing areas.
There is no question that with proper care and supervision the
productiveness of the land under the waters of Narrangansett Bay
could be increased enormously. If it is a wise policy for the State
to assist in every possible way in developing and increasing the pro-
ductiveness of our farms on land, why should not this same policy be
extended to our under- water farms ?
In considering the food value of shellfish products special men-
tion should be made of mussels. There are large beds of mussels in
the State which are not worked or are not productive because there
is little sale for this kind of shellfish. On the market today mussels
are valued at only fifty cents per bushel, thus being the cheapest of
all shellfish food. When properly prepared mussels are fully as
good food as clams, quahaugs, or oysters, and at a time like the
present when prices of other foods are unreasonably high, it would
seem that every effort should be made to educate the people to
utilize to its fullest extent this valuable source of low-priced food.
In my report for 19 17, I recommended that the sanitary control
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which for a number of years has been exercised over leased oyster
grounds be extended to all free grounds and be made to cover clams
and quahaugs as well as oysters. The greatest consumption of clams
and quahaugs is during the off season for oysters, when according
to all available evidence, sanitary conditions are at their worst.
Soft clams, although used in large quantities during the summer,
are usually cooked before being eaten and the danger of trans-
mission of disease through their means is thereby largely reduced.
A few people eat soft clams from the shell without cooking, how-
ever, and little necks or the smaller quahaugs are eaten raw in
large quantities. From a health viewpoint, therefore, sanitary con-
trol is as essential for clams and quahaugs as it is for oysters, and
we certainly should not permit polluted oysters to be marketed from
free ground any more than we do from leased ground. Further-
more, it would seem that common decency and cleanliness require
that the innocent consumer be safeguarded against the sale of clams
and other shellfish which are filthy with sewage, even though we
may have every reason to believe that these shellfish would not be
dangerous if they were properly cooked.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN DeM. GAGE,
Chemist and Sanitary Engineer.
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Metropolitan Sewage Commission.
In our report of 1918, we very strongly recommended that there
be established a Metropolitan Sewage Commission and there was
an act introduced creating such a commission, but it was never
reported. We are still of the opinion that ultimately it will be
found that such a board should be established and that the State,
together with the cities and towns, should assume the cost of estab-
lishing and maintaining such a commission, but that the supervision
of the sewage system should be wholly in the hands of the State.
A measure of this kind has been before your Honorable Assembly
for a number of years, but it does not seem to meet with very much
encouragement. We feel that the longer this matter is continued,
the gpreater will be the cost of establishing such a system and it
would seem to us that the sooner such a commission was estab-
lished and work begun, the easier and better it would be for all
parties interested. We recommend that this matter be given thor-
ough consideration.
Meeting of the National Association of Fisheries Commis-
sioners.
The Tenth Annual Convention was held at Richmond, Virginia,
on May 14th and isth, 1918, at the Hotel Murphy. Rhode Island
was represented by Commissioner of Shell Fisheries, Milton Duck-
worth, and Qerk of the Board, Brayton A. Round.
The convention was called to order by W. McDonald Lee, for-
mer President of the Association^ who welcomed the convention
to Virginia and presented Hon. George Ainslie, Mayor of Rich-
mond. He delivered a very cordial and warm welcome. A re-
sponse was delivered by Dr. William R. Thompson.
In the afternoon session, the President, Brayton A. Round, de-
livered the annual address, which was followed by a paper by Dr.
E. P. Churchill, Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. At the
close of the presentation of the paper, by Dr. Churchill, John W.
Titcomb, Fish Culturist to the Conservation Commission, New
York, delivered an address which was followed by general dis-
cussion of the preceding paper. After the general discussion, Hon.
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>bs of North Carolina preisented a paper on "Consen
lo-operation."
y 15th, the morning session was opened with a paper
g A. Field, Clark College, Worcester, Mass., on "T
the Oyster," which was followed by a discussion, af
)aper was presented on the "Bacteriology of the OysK
A. Round, Ph. D., Bureau of Chemistry, in which a
given of the transmission of disease, cleansing of oyste
n, conditions necessary for proper handling and shippii
followed by an address on "Contamination of our Fi
Methods to Prevent the Same" by W. Thomas Ker
of the Conservation Commission of Maryland. T
ived by a general discussion of the subject, in which 1
Dilution of State Waters were g^ven much consideratii
:ernoon session of May 15th was opened with a paper
. Mott on "How New Jersey Oyster Beds were dcplci
old System of Depending on Nature to furnish a sup
the same has been developed by Applying Business Pr
At the close of Mr. Mott's paper, a general discuss
, after which the members of the Association were tal
k River, in the City Launch, Thomas Cunningham. T
tendered the Association by the Administrative Board
ber of Commerce.
Oysters.
are the only shellfish cultivated by private enterprises
land, although there is no reason why other shell!
)t be cultivated as successfully as oysters. In fact,
quahaugs and clams could be cultivated probably m
ly than oysters, as the enemies to the oysters are mt
idant than to the other shellfish. No doubt if there \
' in which the general proposition of shellfish cultivat
mdertaken, there would be as many engaged in the cu
clams, quahaugs and mussels as there are in the cuki
ysters. While oyster cultivation has been practiced
and, in fact, thousands of years, other shellfish cultivat
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has only recently been taken up and then in other states than Rhode
Island. Massachusetts and Maine have enacted laws that allow
the cultivation of quahaugs and clams by private enterprises.
The estimated number of oysters taken from public ground dur-
ing 1918, is about 5,000 bushels, and the average price per bushel
is about $1.10, making a total of $5,500.
There has been a lack of oyster sets in Rhode Island for the last
four or five years. This condition has been very injurious to the
growth of the oyster industry, as the oystermen have used up all
of their surplus stock, in fact, we have been informed that many
of the oystermen are almost without oysters for the ensuing year.
This lack of set has occurred not only in Rhode Island, but also in
Connecticut. In years past, when the oystermen of Rhode Island
were unable to obtain young oysters here, they could readily go to
Connecticut and purchase the same, and transplant them profitably,
whereas, at this time, there are no young oysters available either
in Rhode Island or Connecticut.
This condition has become so acute, that we have taken the mat-
ter up with the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, trying to ascertain why
oyster sets are not as prevalent here, as formerly. The U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries directed Dr. Mitchell to conduct a series of
experiments during the last season, which has been done, and the
reports of Dr. Mitchell, and of Dr. Albert C. Hunter of the U. S.
Bureau of Chemistry follow:
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A REPORT CONCERNING THE FAILURE OF OYSTERS
TO PROPAGATE IN NARRAGANSETT BAY.
Philip H. Mitchell.
The work here reported was undertaken with two projects in
view: (i) to observe the general conditions of oyster propagation
in Narragansett Bay, the spawn of oysters on the beds, the time of
emitting the spawn, the presence and distribution of "set" at the
end of the season; (2) to attempt artificial propagation of oysters
by a modification of the method used in lobster hatching at the
Wickford Plant of the Rhode Island Inland Fish Commission.
The results may be briefly summarized as follows : natural propa-
gation of oysters did not occur in the greater part of Narragansett
Bay. This is in accord with reports for the past ten years. Spawn
found in oysters during the early part of the summer on five beds
in localities representative of the main part of Narragansett Bay
was sufficiently abundant to indicate nothing unusual in nutritive
condition and apparent reproductive power of the oysters. Water
samples taken from stations widely dispersed in the main part of
the Bay did not show oyster fry until after the first of August, and
those few in number. Only small numbers, mostly in early embry-
onic stages were found during the month following their first ap-
pearance. Corresponding to observations on water samples the
findings of oyster "sets" observed in September were in the main
part of the Bay few in number, restricted in location, and so small
as to indicate that they formed late in the season, probably about
September i.
In a few restricted localities which might be regarded as inlets
a more noticeable "set" occurred. At the head of Narragansett
Bay, in the Providence River, there was a very fair set which in
September had attained a size indicating that it had formed early
in the summer. In Wickford Harbor on the floats of the lobster
hatchery oysters "set" about August i, and although this was not
sufficiently large to be of of any practical value the young oysters
were thick in some spots. A "set" reported to be of value formed
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in an inlet into which the Narrow River empties near the southciii
end of Narragansett Bay. The first of these three "sets" found in
the region of the Providence River is reported by an agent of the
R. I. State Commission of Shell Fisheries to have partly died be-
fore November i. Whether or not this was caused by pollution
cannot be said, but seems posSble. It may, therefore, be concluded
that there was practically no successful reproduction of oysters in
the bay during the season of 1918. Observations indicate that this
was typical of recent years. Shells only a few millimeters in length
indicating a light and late "set*' formed in 1917, but not surviving
the winter, were found in many localities, while in the Providence
River and in Wickford Harbor plentiful specimens of year-old
oysters were found, but many empty shells of the same size occurred
in the Providence River. The second project undertaken gave a
negative result. A modification of the method used in hatching
lobsters was entirely unsuccessful applied to oysters.
Details of methods and observations follow. To observe the con-
ditions of spawn, samples of oysters were taken by a small dredge
from beds at various locations. The eggs and sperm were micro-
scopically examined for form of the egg and motility of the sperm
as soon as the samples had been taken in a tub of water to the
laboratory. The condition of the eggs in samples taken up to July
26 was, with the exception of one sample from Rocky Point on
July 12, comparatively good, with few poorly formed ones. Samples
taken later showed an increasing proportion of eggs with disrupted
membranes or broken nuclei. Active motility of sperm was ob-
served in every sample. The beds from which oysters were taken
for these examinations are located on the accompanying map by the
following numbers, 2, 6, 11, 34, and 41. They were regarded as
representative of the oyster growing bottoms of the middle and
southern portions of the bay. In the table below the relative amount
of spawn is represented on a scale of 4. Ten or more individuals
were examined in each sample. Those appearing to be full of
spawn were graded 4, those nearly full 3, etc. The average for the
sample thus stands as a rough estimate of the comparative amount
of spawn. A decided decrease occurred about July 27. It might
have been expected because of the hot weather which had prevailed
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int to the ^neral conclusion thj
uced an abundance of spawn, an
last week in July there was coi
ict. No certain relationship b
he disappearance of spawn coul
AMINATION OF OySTERS FOR SpAWN.
Number CompantiTe Aven
on of Amount'of Spai
Map. Very full=4.
34 3.2
11 2.9
6 3.6
41 3.0
2 3.2
6 2.9
2 3.0
34 3.1
11 2.0
41 2.5
2 3.2
2 2.4
, 2 3.5
34 2.5
41 1.4
2 2.6
34 0.6
6 .0.8
2 1.1
2 0.4
vitality of the eggs and spawn c
lies. The method was to artificia
e found to be most favorable
een fertilization and good motil
:>{ eggs attaining motility and 1
>efore all or practically all of t
tions sufficiently accurate to be
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however, consumed too much time to permit of other work,
the attempt was abandoned. Of sixteen experiments, mostly
5 of one female for each experiment, but fertilized by mixed
all attained the beginning of motility in 35^ or 4 hours,
smt motility was observed in from 4 to 5 hours. In no ex-
tit did any embryos survive after the fourth day and nearly
1 before the end of the third day. Two experiments were
3 see if paraflfjne lining of glass would prolong the life of
iter embryos in vitro. No difference between them and the
s in non-paraffined glass could be observed. The observa-
f Nelson, Brooks and others on the poor resistance of oyster
)s'to conditions of artificial fertilization are confirmed.
occurrence and distribution of oyster fry in various parts
bay were observed in water samples taken between July 2C
ugust 24. Surface samples were taken with a bucket and
through the finest mesh silk bolting cloth, which retained
ibryos of very small size. Deeper samples were obtained
hose and hand pump and were similarly filtered. From 15 tc
ons were filtered for each sample. As the numbers of fr)
^resent did not greatly vary in the different samples and wen
few, actual counts were not made. In the following table
records the observations the locations of sampling station"
en by numbers which refer to the accompanying map. N(
re found prior to August 3. This observation is in agree
irith the small size of the "sets" observed during Septembei
main portions of the bay. In the extreme upper part of th(
here a "set" occurred earlier, as described below, wate
5 were not taken.
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Table of Water Samples Taken for Finding Oyster Fry.
Dftte.
1918.
Location Num-
ber on Map.
2
4
2
36
34
34
41
41
2
34
34
6
6
41
41
38
38
37
37
4
4
11
10
9
41
40
39
2
6
37
2
41
40
Method
of Sampling.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
i(
Deeper.
It
Surface.
u
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Condition
of Tide.
Rising.
Falling.
tt
Low.
Rising.
u
«
Low.
Rising.
High.
«
Falling.
tt
*t
Low.
tt
Falling.
Rising.
High.
Falling.
Rising.
^r
None.
Present.
None.
Present.
None.
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Table of Water Samples Taken for Finding Oyster Fry— Concluded.
Date,
1918.
Aug. 13
" 14.
•• 14.
" 14.
" 15.
•' 15.
•• 15.
'• 15.
" 17.
" 17.
" 17.
" 19.
" 19.
" 19.
'• 19.
•• 19.
•• 19.
" 20.
*• 20.
*• 20.
" 20.
" 24.
•• 24.
Location Num-
ber on Map.
39
8
7
6
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
39
39
39
38
5
4
41
40
3
2
42
1
Method
of Sampling.
Condition
of Tide.
Surface.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper.
Deeper.
Surface.
Deeper,
Surface.
High.
Rising.
Low.
Rising.
Falling.
Low.
Rising.
Falling.
Oyster
Present.
None.
Present.
None.
Present.
None.
None.
Present.
None.
Present.
None.
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The findings of oyster "sets" on shells dredged from various loca-
tions during September are shown in the following table. Com-
parison with the map will show that "sets/' valuable in number and
age, were found only north of Conimicut Point at number 12 on
the map. Most of the beds in this region suitable for "spat" catch-
ing had at least some "set." All observations in the main portions
of the bay show the conspicuous failure of oyster propagation. Ob-
servations in Wickford Harbor are not tabulated. They are de-
scribed in connection with propagation experiments. A "set" re-
ported at the Narrow River was not investigated.
Table Showing the "Set" of Oysters at Various Locations.
Date,
1918.
Location
Number
OD
Map.
Total
Number
Shells
Examined.
Number
Shells
Having
Spat.
Total
Number
Spat
Found.
Remarks.
Sept. 5
37
75
39
132
All less than 5 mm. diam.
" 5
36
20
1
1
"
•• 5
35
42
1
1
" 5
34
62
5
5
" 5
9
37
7
8
^ Practically no "set."
" 5
8
47
0
0
All less than 5 mm. diam.
•• 5
6
64
2
2
" 5
4
60
1
1
" 10
32
42
0
0
" 10
33
37
12
31
>
" 10
31 -
53
7
12
" 10
30
64
16
28
•• 10
29
46
23
48
Very light "set."
* 10
27
83
31
87
All less than 5 mm. diam.
" 10
28
49
8
15
" 14
41
84
7
9
" 14
40
82
6
10
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Number
Shells
Examined.
Number
Shells
Having
Spat.
ToUl
Number
Spat
Found.
45
7
13
56
8
11 (a
45
45
• (h
59
31
66)(f
67
48
134 1
46
43
* id
62
2
2'
42
2
3
62
1.
1
(e
63
0
0
43
0
0
62
3
4
63
50
*
(f
37
24
76 (
55
37
66 {g
33
14
34
lan 20mm. diam.
movement of the water togeth
Facilitate an artificial propagati
tiethod used by the Rhode Islai
for propagation of lobsters
:ching boxes, made of match
;et deep, were provided with t\
floors. There were no openin
irely painted with melted paraff
They were submerged to a dep
iltered in and were held m po
mework of the main raft of t
itinuously poured in from abo
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by a chain of paraffin coated metal buckets belted to a pulley moved
by the main shafting of the lobster hatching plant. About two
gallons of water per minute were delivered to each car. The water
entering one car was passed through a sand filter. At the point
where the tanks were fastened the water had a mean low tide depth
of about 10 feet, with an average tidal rise of 4.1 feet. The
temperature and specific gravity of the water in each tank and just
outside the tanks were noted frequently. The difference between
the temperatures inside and outside the tank never varied by more
than 2® F. Specific gravity was the same inside and outside, except
as slightly varied by temperature differences. The greatest range
of temperatures in the tanks was from 70.7" F. to 79** F. On July
23, oysters dredged from beds near Wickford, about two miles from
the hatchery, were brought in as quickly as possible by motor boat.
To avoid any unnecessary exposure to adverse condition they were
transported in large tubs of sea water protected from the sun.
Within a half hour from the time they were dredged sixty oysters
selected for large size and good shape were placed in each hatching
tank. Ten oysters from the same dredging were opened as a sample
and showed plenty of spawn of good appearance. Graded by the
scheme explained above they were valued at 3.5 on a scale of 4. On
July 27, twenty additional oysters, obtained and selected in the
same manner, were put in each tank. These oysters were not as
full of spawn as the ones taken on July 23. They were graded at
2.6. On July 28, oysters which had been in the tanks five days
were removed. Seven were taken from each tank and opened to
estimate the amount of spawn and to examine the eggs and sperm.
For fullness of spawn they were graded at 1.9. Nothing of note
was observed in microscopic examination. A similar sample on
July 30 graded i.o and one taken August 7 graded 0.5. These ob-
servations indicate a gradual but practically complete disappearance
of spawn from the oysters within two weeks after planting in the
tanks. Artificial fertilization was carried out with spawn* removed
from oysters taken out of the tanks on July 28 and July 30. Five
hours after fertilization the free swimming embryos were separated
from infertile and dead eggs by decantation and 400 c. c. of a sus-
pension containing approximately 5,000,000, embryos, estimated
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poured into the hatching tanks
le water in the tanks was examir
gallons through bolting cloth a
1 of the sediment. The examii
gust 4, 5, and ii. On July 29 a
measurements correct for oyst
Tord, to be distinguished with c
found. On the other two occasi(
pat catchers, there were introdu(
ized flower pots suspended one f
ind three feet down and resting
n oyster shells on the bottom, (
I to the bottom by stones by wh
ype of collector was put into e;
beginning 20 days after the i
receiving water thru a sand fil
g the experiment to contain noti
:eiving unfiltered water. Copep(
lundant in both tanks. Their e
splashed into the tank. An exp
)ds devoured oyster embryos. (
of oyster embryos five hours ai
to each of two watch glasses. (
h in various sized copepods fres
1 added to one glass. Observati
reral times during the ensuing
ids seen to molest the embryos
led because both embryos and cc
vimming there were apparently
taining the copepods as in the
epeated with the same result. Uc
Is may not behave as they do in
ites no g^eat avidity on their ]
ig experiment was terminated
No "set" of oysters was found
I the insides of the tanks. On
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outside, however, a number of well formed oysters, many of them
over 20 m. m. in diameter were found. Indeed nearly all the
hatching tanks which had been used for lobster propagation be-
tween July IS and September i, bore more or less oyster set. A
board taken from a representative tank had 102 oysters varying in
size from 9 to 27 m. m. diameter on an area of 240 square inches.
Shells taken from the bottom of Wickford harbor near the hatchery
showed no set but some were found near the mouth of a creek
entering the harbor. The muddy character of the harbor bottom
probably explains the failure of a set there. It is obvious that con-
ditions in the water at Wickford are favorable to oyster propaga-
tion and it is very difficult to see how the failure in the hatching
tanks was due to anything which happened to the oysters in the
embryonic stage. The question at once arises: were the eggs and
sperm which the oysters presumably gave off in the tanks and which
were used for artificial fertilization deficient in vitality and there-
fore foredoomed even before development began to die in the em-
bryonic period? The spawn of natural i. e. uncultivated oysters
at the mouths of creeks entering Wickford Harbor evidently pro-
duced spawn able to come to maturity, yet oysters seemingly in
equally good condition, transplanted from beds just outside Wick-
ford Harbor to the hatching tanks produced no spawn of good vi-
tality. Nelson has emphasized the tendency of oysters when trans-
planted or kept under unnatural conditions to yield a spawn of poor
vitality. The extent to which cultivation of oysters in recent years
may have disturbed the reproductive functioning seems worthy of
investigation. It is notable that the best propagation occurred at
the head of Narragansett Bay in a region condemned by the Bu-
reau of Chemistry as ground for cultivation of marketing oysters.
Transplantations and operations for removal of star fish are not
as extensively practiced there as in the main parts of Narragansett
Bay. The condition of eggs found in many specimens of ripe
oysters showed deterioration. Broken membranes, disrupted nuclei,
and abnormal texture of cytoplasm were frequently observed. Re-
membering the constant and rather high oxygen utilization of eggs
in general one cannot help but wonder what effect a diminished
oxygen supply might exert on developing oyster eggs. Oxygen sup-
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ply is cut off from a closed oyster. Closures of adults occur aftei
an artificial disturbance and last for more prolonged periods thai
they would under natural conditions. Might this not be a modu,
operandi by which disturbances of oysters, transplanting, mopping
etc., could produce lowered vitality of oyster eggs ? How near ti
spawning time such a disturbance would have to be in order t(
produce deteriorating effect it is difficult to conjecture. It is cer
tainly true that eggs are in developmental stages within the gonad
during months rather than merely weeks. It is perfectly conceiva
ble that disturbances during the fall and winter might alter th
trend of developmental changes. It seems likely, however, tha
disturbances nearer to spawning time would be more deleteriou!
There is evidence of its effect on ejection of spawn. Experience 0
oyster growers shows that a bed mopped for star fish in early sum
mer yields oysters soon afterwards empty of spawn while the oystei
on adjacent beds are still well filled with spawn.
Although in general there was less cultivation of oysters in tli
condemned areas at the mouth of the Providence River than in th
main part of the bay, it is nevertheless true that injuries froi
leasees of oyster beds and from agents of the Rhode Island She
Fish Commission show that certain beds in the former region wei
cultivated while certain areas bearing oysters in the main part c
the bay had not been disturbed during the past year. The propos
tioii here suggested, then, cannot be looked upon as proven. It
only offered as a suggestion for further investigation rather than i
a conclusion. At any rate it appears to the writer that future ri
search concerning the failure of oysters to propagate satisfactoril;
should include not only studies of what happens during the fn
swimming embryonic stages but also a study of conditions affcc
ing development of spawn in the adult and especially developma
of the eggs. That the quantity and quality of food supply migi
so effect nutritive conditions as to alter the vitality of oyster eg}
is conceivable. It might well be investigaed. Possible relations <
pollution to this* matter are discussed below.
It is obvious to all interested in oyster culture that many facto
may be concerned in the limitation of oyster propagation. Ten
perature changes in the water have been considered both by 11
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vestigators and practical oystermen. Warming of the water un-
doubtedly hastens the process. In shallower areas the water warms
up earlier in the season. This is doubtless the explanation of the
earlier "set' at the Providence River as noted above. The pres-
ence of an admixture of fresh water lowering specific gravity is
regarded by many as an important factor. It is to be noted that
the three localities yielding a "set" as described above were all at
or near the mouths of fresh water streams. A third factor is the
topography of land and water areas in so far as it affects the move-
ments of tidal and other currents. This may or may not affect the
spawning and embryonic life but must affect the "setting." Its in-
fluence appears clearly in examination of the map showing location
of "sets." The best ones were at numbers 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20,
and 21. At 17 the bottom is too muddy for successful spat catch-
ing. At 22 and 23 the waters are more open to the bay than are
the other stations west and north of them because Conimicut
Point and sand bars beyond it cut off the areas marked 13 and 14
and produce a considerable tide eddy. The "set", therefore,
occurred in a comparatively land locked area furnishing oppor-
tunity for warming of the water and confinement of fry. The
three factors, temperature, specific gravity, and topography are
doubtless of importance. That they are the only and limiting fac-
tors is questionable because if so, why should the "set" of oysters
in all portions of Narragansett Bay have been formerly very suc-
cessful as many can testify. It seems as though some factor not so
constantly operative as these three and particularly some factor
which has appeared more conspicuously in recent years must be of
importance.
That pollution is the hitherto unrecognized factor is not clearly
shown by these observations. It is in the purest waters that propa-
gation fails while more polluted regions bear the "set." The Provi-
dence River receives both domestic and trade wastes emptied into
it and its tributaries in large amounts and varied character. The
harbor water at Wickford is far from pure, receiving as it does
domestic wastes and effluents from muddy and marshy inlets.
Spatting in polluted waters and lack of "set" in pure waters has
been observed during several seasons by local oystermen. So that
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2. Some more or less satisfactory reproduction took place in certain in-
lets of the bay.
3. In the main part of the bay oyster fry were not found in the water
in significant numbers.
4. Attempts at artificial propagation of oysters failed.
5. That the condition of spawn, especially of the eggs before emission
from the adult may be adversely influenced by cultivation or by any circum-
stance which might interfere with proper exidation or other metabolic
changes is suggested. Some evidence that such influence constitutes a limit-
ing factor is given.
6. Temperature, specific gravity and topography as factors affecting
propagation are discussed. That they are always limiting factors is ques-
tioned.
7. The relation of pollution to oyster propagation is considered. That
pollution interfered with satisfactory propagation by destroying free swim-
ming fry is not indicated by these observations. That it may interfere with
satisfactory spawn production is suggested.
8. The condition of spat catching material has not, in all probability,
been the factor limiting propagation in Narragansett Bay.
BIBUOGRAPHY.
Brooks, W. K. — The Oyster. Baltimore, 1905. Especially chapter on De-
velopment of the Oyster, pp. 46-64.
Nelson, J.— Report of the Biological Department of the New Jersey Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. Annual reports, 1903-1910.
Mead, A. D.— A Method of Lobster Culture. Bulletin of the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries, vol. 28, pp. 219-240, 1908. Proceedings of the Fourth Inter-
national Fishery Congress.
StaflFord, J.— On the Reconstruction of Bivalve Larvae in Plankton Col-
lections. Contributions to Canadian Biology, 1906-1910, pp. 221-242.
Mitchell, P. H.— Oxygen Requirements of Shellfish. Bulletin of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 32, p. 209, 1912.
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Through the assistance of Capt. William B. Welden, two lots of
oysters were obtained from the Providence River from grounds
known to be excessively polluted. These oysters were analyzed
and found to score 5,000. They were divided into three lots and
each lot placed in a large wooden crate and submerged at the stations
named above. At intervals samples were taken from these crates
and analyzed. Results of this experiment are given in Table I.
Table I.
Sam.
Tempera-
Length of
Total
pie.
SUtiOD.
Tide.
ture.
Time.
Score.
Count.
c
Conimicut.
5,000
5,000
5
10,COO
25,000
*
D
Nayatt
9
CI
Low.
73° F.
6 hrs.
CA
16
Low.
TS^'F.
6 hrs.
23
*
DI
6
Low.
75^ F.
6 hrs.
410
*
C2
9
Half flood.
75° F.
24 hrs.
230
3,500
o>
16
Half flood.
ISTF.
24 hrs.
410
3,200
D2
6
Half flood.
75° F.
24 hrs.
230
3,000
C3
9
Half ebb.
70° F.
30 hrs.
230
940
Cc
16
Half ebb.
70° F.
30 hrs.
320
1,100
D3
6
Half ebb.
70° F.
30 hrs.
500
1,620
C4
9
4 hrs. ebb.
76° F.
78 hrs.
140
2,000
Cd
16
4hrs.ebb.
76° F.
78 hrs.
230
870
D4
6
4 hrs. ebb.
76° F.
78 hrs.
50
320
C5
9
4 hrs. flood.
75° F.
98 hrs.
140
1,600
Cc
16
4 hrs. flood.
75° F.
98 hrs.
140
1,000
D5
6
4 hrs. flood.
75° F.
98 hrs.
50
300
C6
9
Half flood.
76° F.
120 hrs.
14
1,000
Cf
16
Half flood.
75° F.
120 hrs.
41
320
D6
6
Half flood.
75° F.
120 hrs.
32
350
^Spreaders on plates.
While this experiment was going on oysters were obtained from
the Beacon Oyster Co. and kept suspended beneath the wharf of
that company for five days. The water under this wharf is not
clean and at the end of five days the oysters were sufficiently polluted
for the experiment. Samples of these oysters were found to score
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2,300 and 5,000. Only two crates were submerged in this experi-
ment, the location on the south side of the channel near the oyster
house being abandoned. Results are given in Table II.
Table II.
Sam-
Tempera-
Length of
Total
ple.
Station.
Tide.
ture.
Time.
Score.
Count.
E
Beneath wharf.
Half flood.
75° F.
5 days.
2,300
2,000
F
Beneath wharf.
Half flood.
TS^'F.
7 days.
5,000
5,700
EI
16
Low.
74* F.
24 hrs.
140
1,170
E2
16
Low.
75* F.
48 hrs.
140
*
E3
16
High.
75* F.
54 hrs.
320
*
E4
16
Low.
70* F.
72 hrs.
320
*
E5
16
Low.
70* F.
120 hrs.
320
*
Fl
9 '
Low.
70* F.
120 hrs.
140
*
E6
16
Half ebb.
72* F.
114 hrs.
3
*
F2
9
Half ebb.
72* F.
144 hrs.
5
*
*Spreadera on plates.
In the third experiment oysters from beneath the wharf and from
the Providence River were used and scored 4,100 and 2,300. Results
of this experiment are given in Table III.
Table IH.
Sam-
Tempera-
Length of
Total
ple.
Station.
Tide.
ture.
Time.
Score.
Count.
G
Lobster cars.
4,100
2,300
410
8,200
5,000
8,000
H
Beneath wharf
Gl
9
2 hrs. ebb.
76* F.
24 hrs.
Hi
16
2 hrs. ebb.
76* F.
24 hrs.
140
4,500
G2
9
1 hr. ebb.
71* F.
48 hrs.
140
6,000
H2
16
1 hr. ebb.
71* F.
48 hrs.
140
4,000
03
9
High.
72* F.
72 hrs.
50
1,500
H3
16
High.
72* F.
72 hrs.
50
1,000
G4
9
5 hrs. flood.
70* F.
96 hrs.
14
350
H4
16
5 hrs. flood.
T0*F.
96 hrs.
23
420
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From these experiments it is concluded that it is necessary to
leave oysters, as excessively polluted as those from the Providence
River, in clean water from 96 to 144 hours before they will score
below 50. Oysters, which are not so excessively polluted originally,
will, no doubt, cleanse themselves in less time. No hard and fast
rule can be laid down at this time, but further experiments along this
line may show the length of time necessary to cleanse oysters of
varying degrees of pollution by transplanting them into clean sea-
water or at least to clean water of the same density as that in which
they are grown. If the cost of such procedure is not prohibitive,
this may offer a solution of the problem of cleansing polluted oysters.
Considerable work is being done along the line of purifying
oysters by means of calcium hypochlorite and ultra violet light
but such experiments have not been, on the whole, successful. If
the excessively polluted oyster will cleanse itself in a reasonable
length of time on being transferred to pure water, as the experi-
ments described here indicate, then the polluted oyster ground of
upper Narragansett Bay may well be utilized during the whole
oyster season with profit both to the individual and to the State.
QUAHAUGS
Again we call your attention to the fact that we believe that
quahaugs may be as profitably cultivated as oysters, in fact, quahaug
cultivation has some advantages over oyster cultivation, as there
are much fewer enemies of the quahaugs than of the oyster. The
only objections of which we have heard in regard to quahaug
cultivation, are that quahaugs are apt to settle in soft ground, and
It is pretty difficult to obtain them. But, notwithstanding this fact,
we believe that it can be successfully conducted.
To illustrate, what may be accomplished in quahaug culture, will
say, that on May i, 1918, we had 242 bushels of small quahaugs
taken from a piece of ground, that we had under observation, at
Sand Wharf, in Cowesett Bay and transplanted them on a piece of
ground at Buttonwoods, which was closed, to the use of the public,
m order that they might not be disturbed and be given an oppor-
tunity to grow. We are quite sure that this experiment has been
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successful. Our deputies have brought samples of the quahaugs to
the office, which have shown a most remarkable growth. It is con-
servately estimated that the quahaugs planted would now make at
least I, coo bushels, or about four- fold. While this might seem
to be unreasonable, it is a fact. In Massachusetts a series of ex-
periments were conducted by the Fisheries Commission, which
demonstrated that quahaugs certainly would add four-fold, and
under favorable conditions a much greater number might be
obtained.
We are contemplating conducting a more extended series of ex-
periments on quahaug culture during the season of 1919.
The estimated number of quahaugs which were taken from the
public ground of Rhode Island during 1918, was 25,000 bushels,
valued at about $4.00 per bushel, making a total value of $ioo,ooa
Clams
Soft-shelled clams, so-called, are one of the specie of shellfish
which have no protection under the laws of Rhode Island, except-
ing in those places where we have closed to the use of the public,
in order to demonstrate the fact that clams may be grown with
little effort.
We see no reasons why clams should not be as successfully cul-
tivated in Rhode Island as they have been in Massachusetts and
Maine. We are informed that clam cultivation in Maine has been
successfully conducted, although the areas under cultivation are
considerably restricted, as the law of Maine allows only one-quarter
of the available ground to be utilized for private cultivation. There
was considerable opposition to the leasing of clam flats in Maine by
the fishermen, but it was thought that if one-quarter of the available
acreage was leased, the clams grown on this one-quarter would
propagate and there would be as many or more grown on the other
three-quarters.
At the time of the passage of the act, all of the clam-men were
opposed to this proposition, but the clam-men of Maine have found
that the clams produced on the remaining three-quarters of ground
equals what was formerly produced on all the public ground.
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That being the fact, we see no reasons why Rhode Island might
not profit by leasing one-quarter of the available clam flats without
any material injury to the fishermen, and to the material benefit of
the citizens of the State. There is no doubt whatever but what
clams grown upon private ground can be produced and sold at
reasonable prices.
The estimated number of clams taken from public ground during
1918, was 40,000 bushels, valued at about $1.75 per bushel or a
total of $70,000.
Scollops
The scollop season during the past year has not materially
changed from the previous season. The area for scollop culture is
considerably restricted although it was more extensive last year,
than previously, although the scollops were not as thick in some
sections as formerly, but we are looking forward to an increasd
catch in the near future.
The estimated catch of scollops for 1918 was about 3500 gallons,
at an average price of $4.00 per gallon, making a total of $14,000.
We would say that in regard to the price of $4.00 per gallon, that
is probably in access of what the fishermen obtain for their scollops,*
but that is the wholesale price of scollops.
Mussels
Last year, we made an extended report to your Honorable Body
relative to mussel beds in Rhode Island, which was accompanied
by a report from Dr. Irving W. Field of the U. S. Bureau of Fish-
eries, who had studied the problems during the season of 1917.
We again call your attention to the fact that there are extensive
mussel beds in Rhode Island that might be utilized for the growing
of mussels, and we particularly desire to call your attention to the
fact that the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries is conducting a campaign
of education, endeavoring to secure a market for mussels. The
only use which has ever been made of mussels in Rhode Island has
been for fish bait, and there is no law preventing people digging
mussels and using them for fish bait, although it would seem to us
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that a much better use of mussels might be made. The estimated
number of mussels taken from public ground in 1918 was 8,000
bushels valued at about $4,000.
Quoting from the report of Dr. Field, we wish to particularly
call your attention to the fact that **Narragansett Bay presents one
of the richest areas for cultivaion on the North Atlantic Coast.
Protected from the entrance of heavy seas, shallow enough to per-
mit cultivation in nearly all of its parts and to allow the water to
be warmed quickly by the sun's rays, rich in its content of plankton
organism and detritus and with most of the bottom hard, sticky or
muddy, it is an ideal region for the cultivation of oysters, clams and
mussels. Practically every part of the bay is adapted for the
growth of one or more kinds of these shellfish, cultivation of which
will yield far greater food returns with less expense of worry, time
and energy than can be obtained from any of the agricultural
products." AS A SOURCE OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND
WEALTH, THEREFORE, THE BAY IS WORTH FAR MORE
TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND THAN AN EQUAL
AREA OF AGRICULTURL TERRITORY.
• Summary and Recommendations
1. Narragansett Bay is an exceptionally rich territory for the
production of shellfish.
2. The area of natural mussel beds alone was found to aggre-
gate 1,100 acres with an estimated yield of 1,452,000 bushels.
3. More than 2,000 acres of mussel beds have been destroyed to
make room for oysters, but hardly more than one-half of these
grounds have actually been utilized.
4. In view of the fact that the food value of sea mussels is equal
to that of any other shellfish, it is recommended that steps be taken
to prevent, hereafter, the unnecessary and wasteful destruction of
the mussel beds in Narragansett Bay, and that wide publicity be
given to the qualities of the mussel as a food product by means of
special articles in newspapers and magazines, lectures and demon-
strations in churches, schools and Y. M. C. A. buildings and by co-
operating with proprietors of markets, hotels and restaurants, in
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bringing them prominently before the public. It is believed that
such a campaign of education if properly conducted will result in
building up a new and profitable industry in the State of Rhode
Island and add considerably to the food resources of the nation."
We particularly desire to call your attention to this quotation as
being made by one of the foremost shellfish experts in the country.
Starfish
We have repeatedly called your attention to the destructiveness
of the starfish and we again feel compelled to call your attention
to the fact that starfish are a menace to the oyster fisheries of
Rhode Island, particularly to the lower bay. With the upper bay
being destroyed by pollution and the lower bay being over-run by
starfish, the oystermen are up against a pretty severe problem and
they have repeatedly called your attention to this condition and we
have repeatedly brought this condition to your attention in our
report, and have gone before you with recommendations for fimds
to help exterminate the starfish.
The oystermen take care of their own grounds without any
assistance from the State, in fact, do not ask for or expect to re-
ceive any assistance from the State in caring for their own areas,
but they do feel that the State is not using them fairly when it will
not attempt to remove the stars from the public areas.
Starfish not only destroy oysters, but they destroy enormous
quantities of young clams. This can be and has been demonstrated
a number of times, because of the fact that the young stars are
formed and go into the seaweed for protection from their enemies,
from two or three weeks before the young clam, so that when the
clam arrives and attempts to protect itself by the same means, it
finds the young star there ready to destroy them in large quantities.
It has been demonstrated that one star, in six days, devours over
fifty clams. Therefore it is almost impossible to figure or even
estimate the number of clams that are being destroyed by the young
stars every season. We believe that stars ought to be removed from
the waters of the State, and they ought to be used as fertilizer. We
have taken this matter under consideration and have secured con-
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sidcrable data relative to the same, and we feel that there could be a
fertilizing plant established under the supervision of the Board of
Agriculture, and these stars could be utilized to exceedingly good
advantage, not only to the aquaculturist, but to the agriculturist.
Pollution
There have been several complaints made to the Board relative to
the pollution of Narragansett Bay. One of them was made by the
Edgewood Yacht Club on October 3, 191 8, and another was made
by the Rhode Island Yacht Club on October isth, 1918, also a
complaint was made on October 26, 1918, by Henry B. Barstow of
East Providence and John P. Donahue of Providence relative to
the discharge of acids from the Nonnabo Chemical Co. These com-
plaints have been investigated and there is no doubt whatever but
what the complaints have just cause. But we have been unable
to give relief as it is almost impossible for us to secure sufficient
evidence to bring suits under any existing laws, although the Attor-
ney General has indictments against four companies under the Com-
mon Law, now pending in the Superior Court. We certainly trust
that these indictments will be successful.
New Ground
During 1918, we leased 86.6 acres at $10 per acre, 1.6 acres at $5
per acre and 12.5 acres at $1 per acre, making a total of 100.7 acres
leased.
Ground Cancelled
We regret very much that we are compelled to again call your
attention to the fact that many acres of oyster ground were can-
celled during the past season. We are compelled to report that
during the year 1918, there were cancelled 454.1 acres at $10, and
1 105.6 acres at $5, making a total of 1559.7 acres cancelled.
Perhaps the best way to call your attention to the decrease of the
oyster industry in Rhode Island is to mak^ a comparison of the con-
ditions on December 31, 1912, and on December 31, 1918, a period
of six years. On December 31, 1912, the number of acres of
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ground leased as shown by the records in the Office of the Com-
missioners of Shell Fisheries was 5884 acres at $10 per acre and
JS»352-S acres at $5 per acre, making a total of 21,236.5 acres. The
rentals of this ground amounted to $135,602.50.
On December 31, 1918, the number of acres leased as shown by
the records in the Office of the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
were 3997.4 acres at $10 per acre, 5000.9 acres at $5 per acre and
252.5 acres at $1 per acre, making a total of 9250.8 acres. The
rentals of this ground amounted to $65,226.95.
This shows a net decrease in acreage on the $10 ground of
1886.6 acres or 32%. On the $5 ground it shows a decrease in
acreage of 10,351.6 acres or 67.42%. It also shows a decrease on
the total acreage in Rhode Island of 11,985.7 acres or 56.43%. The
decrease in rentals as shown by the above figures is $70,375.55 or
56.32%.
Leased Ground
The number of acres of ground that are under lease, as recorded
in the books of the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries, on December
3i» 1918, is as follows : 3,997.4 acres at $10 per acre, 5000.9 acres
at $5 per acre and 252.5 acres at $1 per acre, making a total of
9,250.8 acres. Total rental amounts to $65,226.95.
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Financial Statement of the Oyster Industry from January 1, 1918, to Decem-
ber 31, 1918.
RECEIPTS.
Received from rent of oyster ground $74,999 20
Received from interest 1,070 77
Received from fees (Transfer and Cancellation) 23 00
Received from fishermen's licenses . . 576 00
Received from scollop licenses 340 00
$77,008 97
DISBURSEMENTS ALLOWED BY COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES.
Salaries Provided by Lau\
Salaries of Commissioners $2,500 00
Salary of Clerk 1,800 00
For Clerical Assistance 600 00
$4,900 00
Appropriation allowed for expenses of department $12,000 00
Salaries of deputies • • . . $5,249 02
Engineering and surveying 1,516 00
Stenographer 720 00
Sanitary work 983 96
Laboratory Supplies 107 54
Inspection of Oyster houses 500 00
Licensed fishermen's boat numbers 102 30
Advertising cancellations 72 75
Printing 83 45
Traveling expenses of committee 442 58
Postage stamps and office supplies 259 45
1918 Maps 7166
Toll calls 5 52
Operating and supplies for boat 796 07
Use of wharf shop 27 50
Planting shell fish 358 75
Skiffs 85 19
Witness fees 17 15
Quahaug rakes 15 00
Engraving resolutions 20 00
Filing cabinet 124 20
$11,558 09
Unexpended balance 441 91
$12,000 00
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Receipts for the year 1918 $77,008 97
Salaries provided by law $4,900 00
Expenses of department 11,558 09
16,305 23
Net revenue $60,703 74
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ALPHABETICAL LIST
Of names of lessees of oyster ground zvith the number of acres held by each,
and the amount of rental received by the State for same.
Xame.
American Oyster Corp
Baker, Nicholas
Baker, Joseph W
Barnes, Edwin G
Barnes, Jeremiah I
Beacon Oyster Co
Blount, Eddie B
Bowden, John F
Bourne, John E
Buckingham, Erastus M...
Cape Ann Fish Co
Coggeshall, Josiah
Connolly, Thomas H
Cornell, Sidney
Cottrell, Georse F
Chase, Melvin C
Clark ft Arnold
C<^n, Henry
Daniels, William W
Ijbdge, David R.
Dodge, John W
Dodge, Saiah M
East Providence Oyster Co...
Feamey. John T
Field, Waterman £
Fortin, James
Gladding, Theodore O
Goodspeed, Joseph W
Greene, Charles W
Greene, George T
Griffin, Edward W
Havens, L. ft W. D
Higgiiis, R. R. Co. (R. I.)
Johnson, Henry C. 2nd
MacMillan, Murdock
Milliken, John W
Miner, Albert D
Nayatt Point Oyster Co
Town.
Providence . . . .
North Kingstown
North Kingstown
Westerly
Westerly
Wickford
Warren
Barrington
Providence
Warren
Providence
Warren
Warren
Warwick
Tiverton
Bristol
Bristol
East Providence.,
Ban^ngton
Warwick
Barrington
Warwick
East Providence
Providence
Warwick
East Greenwich..
Bristol
Warren ..*.
Warren
Warren
South Kingstown.
Warwick
Barrington
North Kingstown.
Providence
Warwick
East Greenwich..
Providence
Acres,
$10.00
199.3
12.1
12.3
1.0
1.5
132.4
29.8
1.1
76.1
67.1
27.8
.1
367.5
5.8
85.8
22.0
"2.7
2.7
138.9
31.0
19.2
5.7
32.0
54.0
8.5
1.8
57.8
54.2
16.2
19.9
2.0
39.3
182.0
8.6
424.5
8.4
3.7
119.3
Acres,
$5.00
146.6
94.3
6.1
Total
Acres.
78.6
16.4
55.1
3.9
4.4
7.9
149.7
126.9
33.9
6.1
11.4
128.2
10.2
90.8
13.3
24.3
22.3
37.2
61.6
1.4
1287.8
112.0
Amoost.
345.9
10S.4
18.4
1.0
1.5
211.0
46.2
1.1
131.2
71.0
32
8
517
5
212
55.9
2.7
2.7
145.0
31.0
19.2
5.7
43.4
182.2
8.5
12.0
148.6
67.5
40.5
42.2
2.0
76.5
243.6
10.0
1712.3
8.4
3.7
231.3
$2,726 00
592.50
153.50
lO.OC
IS.OO
1,717.0C
380.00
11.00
1,036.50
690. SO
300.00
40.50
4,423.50
58.00
1.492.50
389.50
27.00
27.00
1,419.50
310.00
192.00
57.0}
377.00
1.181.00
85.00 j
69.00 I
1,032.00 1
606.50
283.50
310.50 j
20.00 I
579.00 I
2,128.00 I
93.00 I
10»684.00
84.00
37.00
li7S3.03
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ALPHABETICAL LIST— Concluded.
Namb.
Xaxtaganaett Bay Oyster Co,
Pannelee, Charles W
Pettis, Fmnk C
Rocky Point Oyster Co
R. I. Oyster Farms Co
Rooks, Benjamin J
Shepaid, Wilhelmina
Smith, Fred G
Thompson, George L
Welden. William B
Wheeler, Walter E
White. Mary J
Town.
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
East Providence.
Warwick
Bristol
North Kingstown
Bristol
Providence
Westerly
Warwick
Acres.
Acres,
Total
$10.00
$5.00
Acres.
632.9
1201.6
1834.5
132.2
118.7
250.9
125.6
105.3
230.9
202.6
27.4
230.0
418.1
650.8
1068.9
12. S
51.7
64.2
124.1
16.3
140.4
39.8
.4
40.2
1.7
2.8
4.5
96.8
96,8
25.2
196.5
221.7
2.6
2.6
Amount.
12,337.00
1.915.50
1,782.50
2,163.00
7.435.00
383.50
1.322.50
400.00
31.00
484.00
1.234.50
26.00
Naicb.
Town.
Acres,
$1.00
Amount.
Cottrell. George F
Waite, Warren A
Dooley. James E
Tiverton
Tiverton
Providence
12.5
90.0
150.0
$12.50
90.00
150.00
All of which is respectfully submitted.
EDWARD ATCHISON,
MILTON DUCKWORTH.
HENRY K. LITTLEFIELD,
CLINTON D. LEWIS,
SYLVESTER K. M. ROBERTSON,
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries.
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Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 8.
of Vifaht Jalattii attb PriroiikniR pUmtatimui
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
STATE SANATORIUM
AT WALLUM LAKE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
^'^•sSKfegSJ^
PROVIDENCE
THE OXFORD PRESS
1919
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE,
Report of the Trustees 5
Report of the Superintendent 9
Report of the Treasurer 25
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GENERAL INFORMATION.
The State Sanatorium was opened for patients November ist,
1905. It is located at Wallum Lake, in the northwestern corner
of the State, on the Providence to Southbridge branch of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 28 miles from Provi-
dence.
The trains for the Sanatorium leave Providence at 7:12 A. M.
and 4:00 P. M. ; Sundays, 8:55 A. M. and 7:13 P. M. The station ^
is Wallum Lake. The Sanatorium carriage meets these trains.
The visiting days are Thursdays and Sundays.
The Sanatorium tract compri'ses 250 acres of land partly border-
ing on the lake, from which the water supply is obtained. The
buildings are about 600 feet above sea level, and about one-fourth of
a mile from the railroad' station.
The institution is built on the ward plan, and has a capacity of
176 beds for adults and 40 beds for children. The charge is $5.00
weekly, payable in advance, but the Trustees admit deserving cases
free. No special accommodations are available for private patients,
and only residents of Rhode Island are admitted.
The Hospital for advanced cases of tuberculosis at Wallum Lake,
having a capacity of 153 beds, is now ready for patients. It is a
fireproof building located 200 feet north of the Sanatorium, so
arranged and equipped as to allow of the best nursing and comfort
for advanced cases. The wards can be so opened as to be equiva-
lent to covered porches allowing open air treatment in suitable
weather. While advanced patients are kept apart from the curable
patients, those cases which later show sufficient improvement can
readily be transferred to the Sanatorium.
Registered physicians of the State may make application for ad-
mission of patients having tuberculosis who have been residents of
Rhode Island for the full year immediately preceding the applica-
tion. The rules for free and pay patients are the same as for the
State Sanatorium.
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TRUSTEES OF THE STATE SANATORIUM.
Albert H. Sayles, Chairman Pascoag.
Thomas J. Smith, M. D Pawtucket.
William P. Buffum Newport
Frederic P. Gorham, Secretary Providence.
Frank N. Phillips Providence.
RESIDENT OFFICERS.
Harry Lee Barnes, M. D Superintendent.
John I. Pinckney, M. D Assistant Superintendent.
Maby L. Hamblet, M. D Assistant Physician.
Olney T. Inman Treasurer.
Dorothea Olney Dietitian.
John I. Stephens Engineer.
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REPORT.
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations:
As required by Section 5, Chapter 1247 of the Public Laws of
Rhode Island, the Board of Trustees of the State Sanatorium now
submits its fourteenth annual report.
CHANGE IN STAFF.
Miss Anna L. Feicht, EHetitian since 1914, resigned July 18th,
1918, and was succeeded by Miss Dorothea Olney, a graduate of
Chicago University.
NUMBER OF PATIENTS AND COST OF OPERATION.
In the accompanying report of the Sui>erintendent will be found
the details of the nunrber of patients admitted to the Sanatorium and
the results of their treatment; in the Treasurer's report will be
found a detailed statement of the receipts and expenses for 1918.
The following tabular statement will in a brief way show how
our appropriation has been expended in the past two years.
APPROPRIATIONS.
1917. 1918.
Appropriation $107,000 00 $142,300 00
Receipts 8,698 91 9,382 70
$115,698 91 $151,682 70
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EXPENDITURES.
1917. 1918,
Salaries $33,432 58 $48,500 CO
Office expense 2,388 35 3,007 74
Subsistence 38.757 28 45;210 78
Medical 3,754 19 5,963 91
Clothing and dry goods 1,045 68 1,046 53
House supplies 5.913 55
School supplies , 156 91 7 38
Heat, light and power 9,725 70 17,301 65
Tools 3,023 24
Live stock 1,348 50 792 68
Farm and barn 6,249 16 7,383 44
Furnishings 3,419 02 537 05
Laundry 1,922 90
Miscellaneous ,... • 4,409 27 5.210 95
Special items 844 08 361 00
Automobile expense 7 29
General repairs 3,366 94 4.927 92
New hospital 4,459 02
Total expenses.. $113,356 68 $151,118 01
Unexpended balance 2,342 23 :j64 69
Average daily number of patients 201 22.'
Weekly per capita cost 9 77 12 42
Per cent, of free patients 90% ^'^'''
BOARD OF PATIENTS.
The total amount received per annum for board of patients has
considerably increased during the last six years, as appears in the
following table:
1913 $1,797 10
1914 1,899 06
1915 • • 2.263 04
1916 2,937 82
1917 2,819 06
1918 4,682 21
This increase, which is greater than the increase in the number
of patients, indicates increased ability to pay because of tKe higher
wages and more continuous employment during the war, and prob-
aibly will not be maintained during the coming year. We have
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continued to investigate carefully the financial condition of all
applicants and fixed the rate of board in each case according to the
need. While we try to collect board bills promptly, it is hardly
humane to discharge patients immediately if they are behind in their
payments, and in this way there are frequently unpaid bills. As
the Board lacks power to make these collections, they are referred
to the Attorney General's office.
WAR TIME MEASURES.
Asking no exemption from war time food regulations which
hospitals might to some extent have claimed, our patients cooperated
loyally in the rationing of sugar and flour; in wheatless days, wheat-
less meals, beefless days, porkless days, and two meatless (fish) days
per week, etc.
Our effort to reduce table waste often brought our average daily
amount below 75 pounds, and if tea or coffee and refuse like bone,
shells, fruit peelings, prune stones, etc., be excluded, to less than 60
pounds for 350 persons.
To do our bit in extra food production we again availed ourselves
of Mr. Singleton's offer of three acres of land for gardening in
addition to our own, and in spite of the seeming impossibility of
securing farm labor, produced more vegetables than ever. Liberty
Bonds and War Savings Stamps were bought liberally and 98 of our
100 employees contributed to the Red Cross.
RECOM M ENDATIOXS.
The need for the repairing of the road between Wallum Lake and
Bridgeton, so that it will not be practically impassable during the
greater part of the winter months, is now more necessary than
ever since the establishment of the Hospital for advanced cases of
tuberculosis. The time table of the steam railroad to Wallum Lake
is so arranged that it is necessary for any one going there from
Providence to take the whole day to make a visit to the Sanatorium
and return, and in fact it is impossible for us to make a round trip
by railroad from Newport to Wallum Lake in one day. Because
of the poor railroad accommodations, the highway would be used
much more frequently if the necessary repairs could be made, as
repeatedly asked for in our previous Trustees' Reports. As the
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visits of friends and relatives are an important factor in the cure, it
detracts from the possible benefits that might accrue by practically
isolating the institution for a number of months.
ACK NO WLEDGM ENTS.
In addition to the weekly services for which we are indebted
to all the Clergymen of Burrillville, the large number of deaths in
the hospital has thrown a great amount of labor on those who
minister to the last rites. Polish, Portuguese, Armenian, Syrian
and Greek priests from many localities of the State have cheerfully
visited their parishioners.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT H. SAYLES, Chairman,
FREDERIC P. GORHAM, Secretary,
FRANK N. PHILLIPS,
WILLIAM P. BUFFUM,
DR. T. J. SMITH,
Trustees.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the State Sanatorium:
Gentlemen: — Herewith is presented the fourteenth annual re-
port of the Superintendent for the year ending December 31, 1918,
The statistical and financial tables are appended.
On January i, 1918, there were one hundred and ninety-four
patients present.* During the year there have been five hundred
and sixty-six patients admitted and five hundred and seventy-nine
patients discharged. The number of patients present December 31,
1918, was one hundred and seventy-nine. f The whole number of
patients treated during the year was seven hundred and sixty-five.
The greatest number of patients in the Sanatorium at any one time
was two hundred and sixty-two on April nth, and' the least number
was one hundred and seventy-nine on December 31st. The average
daily number of patients was two hundred and twenty-two. The
period which elapsed between the date of application and the date
patients were asked to appear at the Sanatorium averaged thirteen
and four-tenths days.
RESULTS.
Of the five hundred and seventy-eight tuberculous patients dis-
charged, nineteen had their disease arrested, twenty-seven appar-
ently arrested, seventy-nine were quiescent, one hundred and forty
were improved, one hundred and sixty-three were unimproved, and
one hundred and forty-eight died. Of the one hundred and sixty-
three cases discharged as unimproved, thirty-one per cent, remained
less than one month.
OUR APPROPRIATION.
In accordance with Article II, Section 10, of the Penal and
Charitable Institutions Act, the estimate of our requirements for
1918 was prepared in October, 191 7. As the new hospital for
advanced cases, accomnKxiating 153 patients, was completed, we
assumed that the State would wish to admit all applicants to this
*Id addition three men and two women were at home,
tin addition four men and three women were at home.
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hospital and asked for an appropriation sufficient to care for an
increase of 124 patients over 1917. In November, 1917, we had
opened and filled two of the three hospital wards, and by May,
1918, there were 254 patients in the Institution and 63 patients
waiting for admission, or enough to fill the third ward of the new
hospital, and give us a total of 317 patients as compared to the 324
patients estimated in the budget. As the General Assembly had
appropriated only $142,300 of the $198,689 asked for, it was appar-
ent that we not only could not relieve the waiting list by opening
the third ward of the hospital, but that we must close one of the
two hospital wards already opened if we would avoid a deficit. On
May 1 6th your Board voted to close one hospital ward in order to
conform to Article I, Section 24, of the Penal and Charitable Insti-
tutions Act, forbidding the incurrence of obligations in excess of
appropriations. By declining to admit applicants and sending away
thirty patients, over twenty of whom were offered places in other
institutions, the ward was closed on May 31st. It was reopened on
June nth at the request of Governor Bceckman, who offered to
share responsibility for a deficit which might occur. Sixteen of the
thirty patients discharged did not return, and twenty others on the
waiting list declined to come as a result of the long delay in sending
for them. The general effect of closing the ward was to discourage
Doctors and patients in filing applications and thus reduce the num-
ber cared for. The amount of unpaid bills was $5750.79.
EFFICIENCY.
In view of certain criticisms from political sources, implying high
cost, excessive number of employees and inefficiency in management
of the Institution, it is proper to show that such statements have no
foundation in fact. Comparisons of the cost of operating sanatoria
for tuberculosis with the cost of operatii^ alms houses or institu-
tions where persons are restrained are obviously without value. Out
patients who leave homes to come to us and remain voluntarily
require a high standard of nursing, food and general care. The
most readily applied test for measuring efficiency is the comparison
of the amount of money spent in providing sanatorium care at
Wallum Lake with the amount of money spent in other institutions
doing similar work. Slight differences of method in figuring per
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capita cost and slight differences in local conditions and fiscal years
in State Sanatoria, tend to counterbalance each other. All are doing
the same work. In the years 1916 and 1917, the weekly per capita
costs and the ratio of employees to patients in all State Sanatoria in
New England were as follows :
1916.
Weekly Cost lUtioof
Institution. Per Capiu. Employees to Patients.
Western Maine $13 20 1 to 1.5
Central Maine 10 24 1 to 2.7
New Hampshire 10 71 1 to 2 6
North Reading 8 78 1 to 2.5
Lakeville 8 83 1 to 2.8
Westfield 9 27 1 to 2.7
Rutland 10 64 1 to 1.7
Meriden 11 98 1 to 2.5
Hartford 10 06 * 1 to 2.8
Shclton 12 08 1 to 1.9
Norwich 13 51 1 to 2.2
Rhode Island 8 04 1 to 3.10
1917.
- Weekly Cost Ratio of
iNSTTTUTioN. Per Capita. Employees to Patients.
Lakeville $10 36 1 to 2.7
Westfield 10 93 1 to 2.6
Rutland 13 66 1 to 1.8
North Reading 10 68 1 to 2.4
Western Maine 11 09 1 to 2
Central Maine 12 65 1 to 3
Norwich 13 86 1 to 1.8
Shelton 13 55 1 to 1.8
Meriden 12 86 1 to 2.8
Hartford 10 14 1 to 2.5
New Hampshire 12 19 1 to 2 5
•Rhode Island 9 77 1 to 2.7
It should be noted that in 191 7 our ratio of employees to patients
was lower than in the majority of the above named sanatoria, in
1916 the lowest of all, and in both years our operating cost was
lowest of all. Complete data for 1918 are not yet available. Even
this year, handicapped as we were by high overhead expense re-
sulting from forty per cent, of our beds being empty, we operated
at a lower cost and with a lower number of employees per patient
than many of our neighbors not so handicapped.
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In 1916, Connecticut in maintaining her four sanatoria spent
$303490.39 at an average cost of $11.57 per week per capita, and in
1917 Massachusetts spent $651,956.53 at an average cost of $11.59
per week per capita. If we had spent as much money per capita
at Wallum Lake as Massachusetts spent in her sanatoria in 1917, we
would have required over $19,000.00 more than we actually used to
do our work for that year. If we had spent as much money per
capita at Wallum Lake as Connecticut spent in her sanatoria in
1916, we would have required over $33,000.00 more than we actually
used to do our work for that year.
The per capita cost of sanatorium treatment at Wallum Lake in
the year 19 16 was not only the lowest of any State Sanatorium in
New England for that year, but it was the lowest per capita cost
ever attained by any State Sanatorium in New England since the
first sanatoriuAi was established twenty years ago.
FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS.
While the institution can be operated for a smaller total expendi-
ture if partly empty because of the less labor, food and other
materials required by a smaller number, yet the unoccupied parts
of the hospital must be heated and parts of the building in common
use, like offices, "halls, stairways, basement, etc., must be not only
heated, but lighted, repaired and cleaned so that the overhead cost
remaining practically the same, the more empty beds, the higher the
per capita cost. The comparatively low cost of maintaining the
institution in past years and the low ratio of employees to patients
cannot be continued in the future unless the beds are filled. In
other words, the State cannot obtain the best return on its invest-
ment in the institution unless it appropriates money enough to use it
to caipacity and the public does so use it.
THE MEDICAL WORK.
The pandemic of influenza which had aflfected a few employees
Tind patients in September was apparently controlled from Septem-
ber 29th to October loth by a quarantine which stopped employees
and patients leaving and visitors from coming to Wallum Lake.
On October nth, a newly admitted patient developed the disease,
her nurse became infected and the disease soon became epidemic
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and continued until 36 employees and 46 patients were affected.
Four employees and nine patients died, a mortality of 15.8 per cent.
Of 63 patients and employees who survived influenza and whose
disease was previously arrested or undergoing arrest, five or eight
I)er cent, developed active tuberculosis immediately succeeding the
attack, a surprisingly low percentage. Leary's vaccine (influenza
bacilli) was given as a prophylactic to 152 persons.* It had been
our experience in previous years that about five per cent, of all our
patients had Pfeiffer s influenza bacilli in the sputum, although free
from symptoms of influenza.f The influenza by absorbing the time
of tuberculosis nurses and physicians of the State resulted in re-
ducing our patients by about fifty during the last three months of
the year and incidently reduced our exipenditures over $3000.00.
Last spring an epidemic of chickenpox affected thirteen of our chil-
dren without untoward results. Complement fixation for tubercu-
losis was done on 279 patients during the past year and the results
reported at the meeting of the Rhode Island Medical Society held
at the sanatorium September Jth.^ The amount and character of
the medical work and nursing involved in the care of our hospital
cases may to some extent be judged by the following tabulation of
the 148 deaths which occurred :
CAUSES OF DEATH.
All cases also had Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Xo. of Cases.
79 Asthenia.
0 Influenza.
1 Pneumonia.
7 Pneumonia developing after influenza.
1 Influenza, pulmonary edema, laryngitis, nephritis.
5 Hemoptysis.
7 Pneumothorax.
8 Laryngitis, tuberculous.
11 Enteritis, tuberculous.
6 Laryngitis and enteritis, tuberculous.
2 Peritonitis, tuberculous.
2 Peritonitis and enteritis, tuberculous.
1 Meningitis, tuberculous.
•Jonmal of the \mcrican Medical Association, Dec. 7, 1918.
tAicbives of Internal Medicine, Sept., 1916.
IBoston Medical and Surgical Journal, Jan. 7, 1919.
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No. of Cases.
4 Nephritis.
1 Meningitis, enteritis and laryngitis, tuberculous. .
1 Premature birth.
1 Tuberculosis of hip.
1 Cervical adenitis.
1 Edema of larynx, due to T. B. laryngitis.
1 Chronic interstitial nephritis, mitral regurgitation, pulmonary stenosis.
1 Acute miliary tuberculosis.
1 General paresis.
1 Tuberculosis of left tonsil and uvula.
1 Tuberculosis of right tonsil and vault of pharynx ; spontaneous pneumo*
thorax.
1 Nephritis, tuberculous orchitis, epididymitis, and adenitis cervical of
elbows, inguinal.
148
FREE TREATMENT.
The financial status on admission of the five hundred and sixty-six
patients admitted during the past year was as follows :
Entirely free 441
Paying less than $1.00 per week ; . 1
Paying $1.00 to $2.00 per week '. 11
Paying $2.00 to $;J.00 per week 24
Paying $3.00 to $4.00 per week 12
Paying $4.00 to $5.00 per week 2
Paying $5.00 per week 74
Paying $11.00 per week 1
Total 566
Many patients were transferred to the free list after admission,
so that of the 81,062 days' treatment, 69,443 or eighty-five per cent,
have been free.
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GARDEN TRUCK.
The following is a list of vegetables raised during the year :
Amount.
Beets 906 bunches
Beets 138y« bu
Mangle Beets 224 bu
Cabbage 26,909 lbs
Carrots 771 bunches
Carrots 56 bu
Cantaloupes 5 boxes
Cauliflower 12 bu
Celery 1 bu
Com 2,334 doz
Cucumbers 19
Cucumbers 4,580 bu
Kale 69 bu
Lettuce 100^/2 boxes
Peas 98 bu
Pumpkins 1,450 lbs.
Potatoes 728 bu
Radishes 3,676 bunches
Rareripes 1,910 bunches
Rhubarb 130 lbs
Spinach 11% bu
Squash 108 doz
Squash 6,020 lbs
String Beans 5214 bu
Swiss Chard 127 bu
Tomatoes 30% bu
Turnips 133% bu
Total $3,614 37
EXPENSES.
Fertilizer $422 32
Manure 138 88
Seeds and plants 2:>0 68
Tools, etc 70 46
Hen manure 596 08
Labor 1,730 65
Value.
$41 40
139 95
112 00
234 51
22 84
46 15
7 50
27 00
6 00
475 50
89 59
89 59
69 00
60 9S
238 51
17 70
1,371 54
50 55
66 11
1 30
7 17
50 76
7.-> 00
66 00
106 17
30 15
171 00
Total $ 3,209 07
$405 30
Less 5 per cent interest on 10 acres of land at $50.00. and $200.00
implements • 35 00
profit $370 30
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POULTRY REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918.
INVENTORY.
Land, buildings, yards and utensils |1.925 00
Poultry, 1,108 fowl 1,693 00
Grain 467 27
Total inventory January 1, 1919 $4,085 27
RECEIPTS. -
Eggs— 9675 2/12 doz. @ 56 cts. (wholesale market rate) $5,430 93
Fowl— 5249 lbs. @ 32 cts. per lb 1,708 93
Fertilizer— 39,739 lbs. @ 1 V* cts. per lb 596 08
Credits 16 87
Total receipts $7,752 81
DISBURSEMENTS.
Labor and board of laborers $1,458 92
Food for poukry 3,401 88
Miscellaneous 564 37
Total disbursements 5,425 17
Excess of receipts over disbursements $2,327 64
Deduct lessened value of live stock and grain on hand
January, 1919, as compared to January, 1918 7 48
$2,320 16
Deduct 5% interest on investment and 5% depreciation
charge 408 52
Profit $1,911 64
The average number of hens was 1032 and the yearly profit $1.85
per hen, or 46 per cent, on the invested capital. The average num-
ber of eggs per hen per annum for the whole flock was 112, counting
as hens Leghorns over five months and Wyandottes and Plymouth
Rocks over seven months old. The low average production resulted
from sickness in the flock and repeated freezing of the combs. The
average yearly cost of feeding the hens was estimated at $2.47 per
capita. If all the profit is applied to reducing the cost of ^gs,
which is the main purpose of operating the plant, the eggs from
our hennery cost us 32 cents per dozen.
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PIGGERY REPORT, JANUARY 1, 1918, TO JANUARY 1. 1919.
Inventory January 1, 1919.
1 Pig House $1,073 71
50 Pigs 827 00
Total inventory $1,900 71
DISBUKSEMENTS.
Labor, man and horse 2/3 of full time $900 00
Pigs bought 75 00
Grain 46 20
Miscellaneous 8 80
Total for maintenance $1,030 00
Add &7c interest and 5% depreciation charge on invest-
ment 190 07
Add lessened value of pigs on hand January 1, 1919, as
compared to January 1, 1918 021 00
Value of old piggery which burned 600 00
Total $2,441 07
Receipts, including pork used at the sanatorium 1,626 23
Loss $814 84
PER CAPITA COST.
The weekly per capita cost of sanatorium treatment for 1918 was
$12,425.* The daily cost of raw food per person, including products
of hennery, piggery and farm, and allowing for stock on hand at
beginning and end of year, was forty-seven and seven-tetiths cents.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Our special appropriation of $6500.00 allowed the purchase of
considerable equipment. The bake shop received a larger oven, a
*Our total di:i^urs«ments for maintenance for the year ending December 31, 1918,
as shown by the Treasurer's report, were $149,736.53
Add stock on hand January 1, 1918 16,000.30
Add loss of burned pig house 600.00
$166,336.83
From this deduct stock on hand January 1, 1919, less unpaid bills of $5,750.79. . . 17,855.26
$148,481.57
Deduct receipts and credits, items 4 to 16, inclusive 4,593.88
$143;887.69
Which sum divided by the number of treatment days, namely, 81,062, gives a daily per
capiU cost of $1,775, or a weekly per capiu cost of $12,425.
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clough mixer, cake mixer, mechanical flour sieve, and water tank.
The kitchen received a vegetable steamer, two soup kettles, broiler
and vegetable parer. A Ford ambulance was purchased within the
appropriation allowed. This appropriation also allowed the con-
version of the old chapel into nurses' rooms and to rebuild our
piggery which burned to the ground on January 29th. The new
piggery was built by our carpenter at a cost of $1073.71, of which
$616.47 was spent on materials. A system of officers' call bells was
installed from one of the spare wires of our inter-communication
telephone system. The hospital roof garden was furnished with
an awning, chairs and tables. A merry-go-round ordered for the
children's ward has not reached us because of freight delays. A
log playhouse for the children is being erected by Dr. Pinckney with
patients' labor. As a part of our shop equipment made possible by
donations from the Newport Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Mr.
Willis E. Chandler and Mrs. Rowland G. Hazard, wood cutting and
splitting machines have been installed, and by cutting dead wood
about the grounds our patients have earned $248.00 in addition to
paying $105.25 for part of the equipment.
RECOM MENDATIONS.
For the proper study of doubtful cases an X Ray is indispensable.
The wooden floors of our kitchen, serving room, employees' dining
room and sanatorium ward bathrooms should be replaced with tile.
The kitchen needs more equipment, and the serving room and kitchen
need additions to properly place equipment and give room for work.
We should have an automobile, garage and wagon shed. The hen-
nery needs running water, another brooder and grain house. The
chestnut groves between the sanatorium and Wallum Lake are
affected with the blight and should be sawed into lumber, thus pre-
venting loss of the trees and obtaining needed building material.
This grove should be replanted to pine in order to ensure protection
from the west wind.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY LEE BARNES, M. D.,
Superintendent,
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IN DETAIL.
Movement of Population.
Patiknts.
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Numh^r remaininBT Ta.nuarv 1. 1918*
122
340
465
354
107
72
226
300
225
72
194
Nntnh^r admitted within the vcar+
566
Number treated during the year
Numhpr discharirpd durinip the vear . . . .
765
579
Ntimber remaininfir December 31. 1918
179
'In addition three men and two women were at home,
tin addition four men and three women were at home.
Physical Condition on Admission.
I A
IB
IC
II A
II B
II C
Ill A
Ill B
Ill C
No diagnosis
Non-tuberculous
No active tuberculosis
Bronchiectasis
Tuberculosis of lymph nodes
-\bscess of lung '.
Tuberculosis of spine ...
Tuberculosis of foot
Healed lesion
Total.
Males.
Females.
16
22
21
13
2
2
24
18
145
66
22
10
2
3
40
21
53
57
4
1
1
3
0
2
1
0
4
5
0
1
2
0
1
0
2
2
340
226
Touls.
38
34
4
42
211
32
5
61
110
5
4
2
1
9
1
2
1
4
566
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Physical Condition on Discharge.
Disease arrested . .
Apparently arrested
Quiescent
Improved
Unimproved
No diagnosis
Dead
Non-tuberculous . . .
Males.
Females. |
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8
n !
19
13
. 14 1
27
52
1 27
79
97
43
140
92
t 71 1
163
2
0
2
90
58 '
148
0
1
i
1
Total.
354
225
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 1918.
Books and Ma(;azines.
Mrs. Arthur Adams .' Centredale, R. I.
Frank Farmer Providence. R. I.
Norwood Union Baptist Sunday School. Norwood, R. I.
Mrs. George E. Phillips West Barrington, R. I.
James Armstrong Wallum Lake, R. I.
Mrs. Charles K. Barker Auburn, R. I.
Cloth I NT,.
Mr. J. W. Vernon Providence, R. I.
Mistw.i.ANnois.
Madeline E. Lally Providence. R. I.
Mr. Byron S. Pierce (fur rug) • Providence, R. I.
Woonsocket Call (paper free) Woonsocket, R. T.
Miss Agnes K. Wheeler (Newport Herald) Newport, R. I.
Dr. King (phonograph and records)
Strand Theatre (moving pictures) Providence. R. I.
Sister M. Cyprian (ice cream) Pawtucket. R. I.
American Screw Company (Xmas bags for children) . ^Providence, R. I.
Worth While Circle (toques and gloves) Providence, R. I.
I. C. Club (oranges) Providence, R. I.
Religious Services.
Rev. Henry W. Bjork Harrisville. R. I.
Rev. George W. Dale Pascoag. R. I.
Rev. Fr. William O. Demers Pascoag, R. I.
Rev. Fr. John S. Dunn Pascoag, R. I.
Rev. L. J. Hervey Bridgeton, R. I.
Rev. A, Hesford Pascoag, R. I.
Rev. Charles B. Osborne Pascoag, R. I.
Rev. W. J. Smith Bridgeton, R. I.
Rev. Matthew Francis Worcester, Mass.
NEW HOSPITAL FOR ADVANCED CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS.
E.xpenditures.
Ernest Whitehead, general contract $85,227 r.O
E. J. Sullivan, plumbing, drains and fire service • 12,679 51
J. F. Johnston Co., heating 11,720 72
Walter Fontaine, architects' services 5,861 37
James Wilkinson Co., electric wiring 4,903 27
Automatic Refrigerating Co., refrigerators and wiring. 3.670 00
R. D. Kimball Co., engineers' services 1,130 38
E. J. Sullivan, water piping system ... 872 O)
Ernest Whitehead, waterproofing tunnel 750 00
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J. Duncan Co., iron meat racks 395 74
Bryan-Marsh Co., bronze tablet 139 37
Ernest Whitehead, painting 80 00
Providence Telephone Co., telephones 77 5o
Ernest Whitehead, claim on E. J. Sullivan 73 16
Hardinge Brothers, patrol clock 59 00
Dudley Hardware Co., madza lamps 51 00
Burt W. Flint, estimating plans 25 00
Kny-Scheerer Co., hospital furnishings 11 36
Grading work 1,166 58
Traveling expenses 200 22
Steam supplies 98 91
Advertising 93 11
Hardware 89 30
Lumber : . 64 75
Drain work — subcellar 30 00
Staking ward • • 20 44
Plumbers' material 13 26
Freight 9 68
Miscellaneous 360 85
$129,874 03
EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL
FOR ADVANCED CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Expenditures.
Ernest Whitehead, lockers, towel racks and screens $2,643 OO
George T. McLaughlin Co., elevator 2,635 00
Wrought iron range, furnishings 1,609 00
James Wilkinson Co., electric fixtures 1,196 OO
Smith-Holden Dental Supply Co., dental outfit 435 00
James Wilkinson Co., extras 256 OO
Walter F. Fontaine, architects' services 204 78
R. D. Kimball Co., engineers' services 155 67
A. E. Mylod & Son, window shades * 83 31
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., hospital supplies 79 00
Buttner Electric Co., stoves 63 00
Kny-Scheerer Co., hospital supplies . . . • • 38 89
Frank S. Betz Co., hospital supplies , 16 00
Beds and bedding 6,061 70
Furniture and furnishings 2,457 60
Hospital supplies 1,799 89
Hospital furnishings 291 76
Freight 85 00
Advertising 11 37
I-abor 4 00
$20,125 97
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NEW PIGGERY.
Expenditures.
$454 65
67 50
25 77
23 75
20 16
18 00
6 64
230 49
$846 96
600 00
Wm. M. Harris, Jr., lumber
Lchr Agricultural Co., 18 troughs
E. C Church Co., hog wire and staples
Inman Lumber Co., 25 bags cement
Dudley Hardware Co., nails
Wm. M. Harris, Jr., 18 window sash . . •
Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co., sash cord, etc.
Labor
Less old piggery
$246 96
28.--C0ST OF THE Sanatorium, 1906 to 1918, Inclusive.
Land $5,000 00
Buildings, including administration building, two ward buildings,
service building, barn, pumping-house, power plant and ice-
house with improvements up to January 1, 1919 162,323 52
Laundry machinery 2,558 53
Furnishings for kitchen, bakery, serving-room, and dining-room 3,877 57
Stable 2,014 61
Furniture and equipment 18,722 19
Improvements to grounds, including grading, coal bin, hose, ice
tools, and farming tools, hen houses 6,863 72
Water-tank and gasoline engine 4,773 99
Sc\vage plant 9.053 10
Superintendent's house 4,972 05
Superintendent's house furnishings 1,539 00
Laundry 9,942 84
Fire-escapes 670 00
Patients' lockers 1,024 00
New boiler house 25,748 12
Bath-room improvements T61 68
Excavating and repairing under wards, bathrooms, and of veran-
das 5,466 00
Intercommunicating telephone system 819 09
Incinerator 300 00
New service building 13,933 49
Machinery and tools 772 45
Windows 1,980 00
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Children's ward 13^080 00
New piggery (1918) 846 96
Ambulance (1918) 986 88
New hospital for advanced cases of tuberculosis (1918) 129,874 03
Equipment and furnishings for new hospital (1918) • • 20,125 97
Total cost. $448,029 88
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Treasurer
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Dietitian
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Outside foreman
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the State Sanatorium:
Gentlemen : — I herewith submit the annual report of the finances
of the State Sanatorium for the year ending December 31, 1918:
Receipts.
Received-of General Treasurer $142,300 00
1. Board of patients $4,682 21
2. Thermometers and sputum cups 51 20
3. Interest on bank account . . . . ^ 7 46
4. L. B. Darling Co., grease sold 232 74
5. Rent 471 02
6. Telephone 223 37
7. Express commissions 163 98
8. Pigs sold 968 43
9. Chickens sold 1,459 60
10. Junk sold 13 75
11. Milk sold 90 32
12. Board of workmen 50 40
13. Mail messenger service 72 00
14. Sundries 47 95
$8,534 43
Credits 848 27
$151,682 70
Receipts and Credits.
1. Board of patients $4,082 21
2. Thermometers and sputum cups 51 20
3. Interest on bank account 7 46
4. L. B. Darling Co.. grease sold 2 i2 74
5. Rent 471 02
6. Telephone 22;^ 37
7. Express commissions 163 98
8. Pigs sold 968 43
9 Chickens 'sold 1,459 60
10. Junk sold 13 75
11. Milk sold 90 32
12. Board of workmen 50 40
13. iMail messenger service 72 00
14. Freight returned 93
13. Paper lost in transit 6 25
W. Credits 841 09
17. Sundries 47 95
$9,382 70
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Expenditures.
Salaries and wages $48,500 00
Office.
Traveling expenses $582 82
Stationery, supplies 195 10
Postage «56 04
Books, periodicals 67 45
Telephone, telegraph 691 93
Printing 363 00
Miscellaneous 451 40
Subsistence.
Beans $443 83
Bread 103 13
Oleo .7,796 lbs 1,977 56
Cheese 778 lbs 207 86
Crackers 232 39
Coffee 322 40
Cocoa 88 30
Meal 310 72
Cereals 406 44
Canned goods 3,037 31
Eggs 2,954 doz 1.493 32
Bread flour 1,744 75
Pastry flour 124 25
Graham flour 156 65
Fresh fruit 1,722 23
Dried fruit 239 99
Milk 135,065 qts 13.440 87
Molasses 93 53
Olive oil 27 00
Salt 62 93
Syrup 148 57
Split peas 56 16
Sugar 7,306 lbs 822 03
Spices and flavoring 105 36
Tea 137 33
Rice 176 00
Vinegar 86 80
Yeast 72 25
Sundry groceries 759 ?7
Beef 29,916 lbs 7,093 15
I-anTb 6,798 lbs 1,627 02
Pork 9,857 lbs 3,294 16
$3.007 74
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Sausage 2,225 lbs.
Turkey 461 lbs.
Lard 1,315 lbs.
Fresh fish
Salt fish
Oysters
Clams
Potatoes
Onions
Sundry vegetables
407 56
209 77
359 62
1,414 34
241 27
56 38
153 85
1,155 38
137 30
465 12
$45,218 10
Medical,
Medical service
Surgical instruments
Drugs and chemicals
Sputum cups
Paper towels and napkins
Miscellaneous
$576 50
63 18
1,894 99
647 05
12 00
2,763 94
$5,957 06
Clothing, Dry Goods and Notions.
Cotton cloth .
Crash
Table linen . .
Ticking
Sundry cloth
Notions
Gothing
Shoes
Sundries
$44 42
71 46
148 44
39 63
241 71
80 20
309 09
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109 58
$1,046 53
House Supplies.
Mattresses
Beds
Sundries
Kitchen
Tinware
Crockery
Glassware
Brooms and brushes
Paper, twine, etc. . . .
Sundry
$291 77
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762 39
635 30
275 4^
645 35
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258 60
137 86
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$5,913 55
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$7 38
Heat, Light and Power,
Kerosene
Gasoline
Hard coal 89 100/2000 tons .
Soft coal 1756 2000/2240 tons.
Lubricating oil
Sundry
Tools.
Hardware
Paints
Masonry
Steam fittings
Fire and electrical .
Labor
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Blacksmith supplies
Machinery
Miscellaneous
$43 30
216 78
267 15
16,343 04
190 39
240 99
$434 80
35 67
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27 63
524 03
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Sundries . .
Manure . . .
Germicides
Farm and Barn.
$300 00
86 18
406 50
$148 20
348 50
1,311 59
1,009 55
208 70
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259 00
870 96
1,461 68
138 88
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Fertilizer 432 32
Seeds 272 88
Veterinary 29 00
Farm implements 90 63
Sundries 760 43
Lauttdry,
Laundry supplies $465 81
House cleaning 6 50
Soaps 1,323 05
Washing powder 70 64
Starch 56 90
Miscellaneous.
Toilet articles $17 25
Disinfectants 178 40
Entertainments 58 75
Empties 348 21
Freight and express 3,713 61
Toilet paper 458 83
Sundries 434 83
Specials,
Dish trucks ., $72 00
Butter cutter 125 00
Board of engineer 164 00
Automobile Expense,
Tire and tubes $7 29
furnishings.
Beds $18 00
Furniture 423 69
Floor coverings 90 60
Curtains 4 76
$7,383 44
$1,922 90
$5,209 88
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General Repairs.
Hardware $106 77
Lumber 483 93
Plumbing 361 18
Paints 373 84
Masonry 106 22
Steam fittings 497 53
Glass 66 95
Fire and electrical 2,012 31
Labor 633 87
Machinery 101 30
Miscellaneous 194 02
$4,927 92
Total disbursements $151,118 01
Extraordinary Expenses.
Improvements.
Construction, rooms in attic $301 78
Increase of Equipment.
House furnishings $1,079 70
$1,381 48
Total disbursements $131,118 01
Extraordinary expenses , 1,381 48
Disbursements for maintenance .' $149,736 53
Total receipts and credits $151,682 70
Total disbursements 151,118 01
Balance on hand January 1, 1919 $564 69
Respectfully subnuitted,
O. T. INMAN, Treasurer.
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Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 9.
J9J9
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THB
BOARD OF
Food and Drug Commissioners
COMMISSIONERS:
Frank A. Jackson, Chairman,
Franklin N. Strickland, Executive Secretary,
F. Webster Cook.
Frank A. Jackson, Chief Inspector.
Frankun N. Strickland, Chemist ,
ChablES £. Hopkins, Deputy Inspector,
NosA K. Bourne, Clerk.
WiixiAii Shallcross, Assistant Chenust.
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REPORT
To the Honorable, the General Assembly, at their January Session,
1919:
Gentlemen: — ^Your Board of Food and Drug Commissioners
respectfully herewith presents its tenth annual report for the year
ending December 31, 1918.
Meetings. Hearings.
During the year the Board has held regular meetings, together
with some special meetings, at which meetings the conduct of the
business affairs of this Commission was formally presented, as
will be noted in the following pages of this report.
The third member of this Commission, Captain F. Webster
Cook, is still away in military service.
Likewise, our former assistant chemist, Mr. Roscoe O. Heath-
man, was called into government service early last spring.
Complaints.
Like the preceding year, complaints have been presented to this
Commission, and in increased numbers. Most of these was the
result of the findings of foreign materials in foodstuffs, placed
there it was thought through the instigation of German propaganda
As win be noted under the heading of "Food Materials Suspected
to Contain Injurious or Poisonous Substances," they were num-
erous and of considerable variety, all being of sufficient character
as to cause suspicion and grave unrest of mind.
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Educational.
At the solicitation of members of Granges, Mothers' Clubs, etc.,
Mr. Jackson has been well received in his talks relative to foods,
and food control, during the past year. Members have attended
various meetings of the New England Dairj', Food & Drug Officials,
the annual convention of the Association of National Dairy, Food
& Drug Officials held last summer at Chicago, and the Associa-
tion of Official Agricultural Chemists.
Dairy Inspections.
The Board during the past year has continued its work in the
inspection of dairies. It is obvious that, if the milk supply is to
be improved, the conditions at the source thereof, i. e., the farms,
must be known. With this in mind, Mr. Jackson, assisted by Mr.
Hopkins, visited personally each place where cows were kept, irre-
spective of the number of cows, and at each place obtained, as far
as possible, information on the following points: owner of the
place, occupant and post office address; number of cows, number
of milch cows and their condition; whether or not they had been
tested for tuberculosis; the breed; average niunber of quarts of
milk produced per day, whether all was used on the place, a little
sold to neighbors, sold to a dealer (in which case, ultimate destina-
tion), or sold on a milk route and where; number of quarts of
cream ; number of pounds of cheese ; of butter ; the hours of milk-
ing and time of delivery; condition of employees; size and clean-
liness of the dairy house and whether there was water in it; con-
dition of the yard, and whether other animals, such as pigs, were
housed too near the cows; location and condition of the milk
room, if any, construction of its walls and floor ; location and con-
dition of ice box, if any; where the utensils were washed, where
stored, and their condition; whether a modern, small-top milk pail
was used, a milking machine; whether the milk was bottled; and
any other items of interest.
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Eventually the whole state is to be covered. Last year we cov-
ered New Shoreham, Jamestown^ Newport, Middletown, Ports-
mouth, Little Compton, Tiverton, Bristol, Warren, Harrington,
East Providence (partly), Providence. This year we finished East
Providence, Cumberland, Lincoln, North Providence, Smithfield,
North Smithfield, Burrillville, Glocester, Foster, Scituate, Johnston
and Cranston. Two thousand eight hundred ninety-nine different
places have been inspected. On analysis, the reports yield the
following data:
Cows, total number 16,247
" milch 12.762
tuberculin tested 2,370
Milk, per day (about) 100.000 qts.
" average per cow per day 7 2-3 "
" sold in Providence per day 25,000 "
Butter, per year 25.000 lbs.
Cheese, " " 26,650 "
In making our reports we have not included butter made and
used on the farm, as no one apparently kept a record of it. Wc
found one farmer in Tiverton who was making about 7500 pounds
of cheese a year, for the Fall River market, and one farmer in
Cranston who was making 10,000 pounds of Italian cheese a year.
Very few modern, small-top milk pails were found, although
they would entail but small expense and would aid materially in
keeping dust and casual dirt out of the milk; the general lack of
water in the bams is a handicap, also, in the production of clean
milk.
The Board would like to bring to the attention of the milk pro-
ducers the importance of sterilizing the milk utensils on the farm.
We believe that the producer who has but one cow, yet sells the
surplus milk to his neighbors, should take the same care to safe-
guard the quality of the milk as the producer who is making milk
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in large quantities for market purposes. This belief is fostered
by a knowledge of the laxity in the matter of sterilization in some
cities and towns where there is no milk inspection or milk rela-
tion. The Board has compiled valuable information regarding
methods of sterilizing utensils in large or small dairies. These
methods have been recommended by Federal and State dairy
officials, and the information will be furnished to all who request
it. To thosle who wish to obtain an inexpensive but highly efficient
sterilizer, the Board suggests a visit to its office at the State House,
where a demonstration of such a sterilizer, and plan of construc-
tion, will be gladly given.
It is noticeable, after examining the records, that in Middletown,
Portsmouth, Little Compton, Tiverton, Bristol and Warren, where
the producers have to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts
law in regard to tuberculin tested cattle, 1576 cows have- been
tested, or about two-thirds of all the tested cattle that we have
found so far in the state. This Board is of the opinion that Rhode
Island should have some consistent tuberculin laws, so as to co-
operate with neighboring states. The United States Department
of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry, particularly is en-
deavoring to co-operate with the states in such inspection, and is
ready to meet part of the expense of condemnations.
It is the purpose of your commissioners to co-operate with twery
city or town milk inspector who expresses a desire for such co-
operation; particularly desirable and valuable should this offer be
to the city or town where the equipment and money appropriation
is limited. It is preferred that the inspectors collect their own
samples and institute their prosecution proceedings; the sampler
when delivered to our laboratory will be analyzed and any assist-
ance needed for prosecution will be given. But when requested,
the Board's inspectors will endeavor to collect the samples from
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dealers named by the local milk inspector, make the analyses, and
act as prosecuting officers.
At the annual meeting of the Association of American Dairy,
Food and Drug Officials in 1917, Mr. Jackson, of this Board, was
appointed on a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws.
At the annual convention in 1918, that committee reported that the
constitution should be so broadened as to make eligible to member-
ship any state or town official having charge of the enforcement of
health or food laws. This Board is particularly desirous that the
National Association should have at least one representative from
each community in Rhode Island.
Seizures.
Seizures of food stuffs were made as shown below :
1. 10 gallons of OLIVES; Vincenzo Panozzo, 47 Arthur Avenue, Provi-
dence; rotten and unfit for food purposes; seized and destroyed Feb-
ruary 26th, by Inspector Charles E. Hopkins.
2. 1 bushel of PEARS ; Siboutiono Sato, 40 Utah Street, Providence ; de-
cayed and unfit for food purposes; seized and destroyed February
28th by Inspector Charles E. Hopkins.
3. 12 pounds of NUT CANDY; Christos Erinakes, 19 Quidnick Street,
Arctic in a filthy and wormy condition, unfit for food purposes ;
seized and destroyed March 7th by Inspector Charles E. Hopkins.
4. 3J4 bushels ORANGES ; Gideon Bateman, 5 College Street, Providence ;
decayed and unfit for food purposes; seized and destroyed March 21st
by Inspector Frank A. Jackson.
5. 102 bags BEAN MEAL (about 6 tons); National Wholesale Grocery;
had been damaged by fire and water; not fit for human consumption,
but on examination by the Board's chemist they were allowed to be
sold for hog feed, April 20th.
6. 1 bushel POTATOES; F. J. Gardella, 289 Railroad Street. Woonsocket;
had been frozen and were unfit for human food. On guarantee that
they would not be so used, they were allowed by Inspector F. A.
Jackson to be sold for hog feed, December 12th.
7. OLIVE OIL, so called. Early in the year the Chief of the Eastern
Division of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department
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of Agriculture called to the attention of the Board the fact that
there had been many interstate shipments, made by certain New York
firms to Italian dealers throughout the country, of cottonseed oil
labeled "Pure Italian Olive Oil." Inspectors Jackson and Hopkins
at once became interested in the matter, and after investigation re-
strained from sale about 585 gallons of such oil, in varying amounts,
at the following places:
Giuseppe Bernadoni 338 Atwells Ave.
Henry Marcello 14 Messenger St.
Mercurio 50 South Water St.
Cark> Colato 121 Federal St.
Carmine Aceto 630 Charles St.
A. Caslagnaci 329 Pocasset Ave.
Vincenzo Fazzino 42 Arthur St.
Michele Matalena 146 Acorn St.
Comincio Giscaroni 136 Knight St.
G. Del Rossi 143 Knight St.
N. Santangini 98 Knight St.
John Marzullo 71 Kenyon St.
A. Di Ubbero 119 Federal St.
lesualdo Fanato Dean St.
C. Spizzirri ^ 38 Spruce St.
Carlo Golato 112 Federal St.
D. Dalfonzo 1027 Mineral Spring Ave., No. Prov.
Angelo Brogi 340 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawt.
Zamperini Bros 294 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawt.
Bennic Zinno 567 Charles St.
Thomas Greico 5 Social St.
Angelo Marocco 282 Pocasset Ave.
This was reported to the Chief of the Eastern District, and sale
was restrained until we received a report from the Bureau of
Chemistry as to the disposition by said Bureau of Chemistry of
similar cases in other states. It was found that the Federal authori-
ties allowed such oils to be sold after the original labels had been
destroyed and the containers relabeled "Cottonseed Oil Flavored
wth Olive Oil," or simply "Cottonseed Oil." The Board followed
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this procerude. All the destroying of labels and relabeling was done
in the presence of Inspector Hopkins.
Two cases of oil, the property of a non-resident of the state,
were seized and held until ownership was proven. After the oil
had been relabeled "Cottonseed Oil," it was allowed to be shipped
out of the state.
In May, Inspectors Jackson and Hopkins visited the store of the
Marian! Co. Branch, Inc., 414 Atwells Ave., and found several un-
marked five-gallon cans of oil which was a compound. The man-
ager agreed to get a stencil and label the containers properly. When
he had done so, the Board allowed the oil to be sold.
In this way the Board saved the people of Rhode Island consid-
erable money, as it gave them a chance to know just what they
were buying. Instead of paying olive oil prices for cottonseed oil,
they could buy it for just what it was.
In several instances we were suspicious of some of the oil that
was being sold, but on analysing samples we found that it was
either Spanish or Greek oil, and sold for what it was, no claim
being made that it was Italian olive oil. Since the war, of course,
it has been practically impossible to get Italian oil, while Spanish
and Greek ports have remained open.
In January it came to our attention that Spalding's Piasters were
being sold in the state and that they were misbranded under Chap
ter 183, in that false, misleading and deceptive statements were
made on them. Inspector Hopkins was instructed to purchase
samples in the open market, and our chemist made an analysis of
the plaster. This Board, from the analysis, was of the opinion
that it was impossible for the plaster to produce the medicinal
effects claimed on the label. The matter was taken up with the
manufacturers, and, after some correspondence, a label from which
the objectionable statements had been eliminated was passed by
the Board.
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While it is not within the province of this Board to criticize and
pass upon the merits of labels, we have done so in several case^
out of courtesy to the inquirers. In this instance particularly we
felt that, with the objectionable and misleading information elim-
inated, we could make an amicable settlement without resorting
to court proceedings, and the general public would be protected
from deception.
Prosecutions.
The Board has had considerable success in its prosecutions this
year, as is shown by the following table:
Name, Complaint. Penally.
J. A. Phaneuf Selling adulterated milk.. Paid costs; case con-
tinued.
George Drummond " " " $20.00 and costs.
William Royal Page " " " $20.00 and costs.
William Royal Page " " " Case nol prossed.
William Royal Page " " " $50.00 and costs .ap-
pealed.
Barnard French " " " Case nol prossed.
Fred L. Vaughn " " " $10.00 and costs.
Don Dame, Jr " " " $5.00 and costs.
J. H. Tanner " " " $20.00 and costs.
Manuel D. Mello " " " $20.00 and costs.
Frederick Delude & Co.. " " " $20.00 and costs.
Benjamin F. Smith " " " $20.00 and costs.
Joseph Capparrelli Misbranding oil $20.00 and costs.
Anderson Candy Co Net contents of package Paid costs; case con
not declared tinued.
Providence Churning Co .Net contents of package Paid costs; case con
not declared tinued.
EH Meyer Selling rotten eggs S^.OO :.nd costs.
George E. Hill Obstructing an officer.. $20.00 and costs; ap-
pealed.
Several more cases are pending, and the campaign is to be car-
ried on vigorously this year.
Ruling on Ecg Substitutes.
(Adopted April 4. 1918.)
1. Nr^ substitute shall bear a name containing the word "^
unless such substitute contains fifty-one per cent, of whole
egg.
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2. No substitute shall contain any artificial coloring matter of any
description.
3. Egg substitutes shall not contain any preservatives other than
benzoate of soda, and not more than one-tenth of one per
cent, of the same.
4. No label on such substitutes shall bear any statement of com-
parative value unless qualified by the words, "for cooking
or baking only."
Co-OFKRATION.
Co-operation has been increasingly continued between this Com-
mission and the following oiTu-ials of this State, its cities and towns,
and with departments of our Federal Government:
City of Newport Health Hoard, particularly with their depart-
ment of milk inspection.
City of Central Falls, Chief of Police and Milk Inspector.
City of Pawtucket, Milk Insi)ection Di^partmcnt.
City of Woonsocket, Department of Milk Inspection.
Town of Bast Providence, Department of Milk Inspection.
Town of Warren, Milk Inspection Department.
American Red Cross, local.
United States Bureau of Information, Tom Ilowick, Agent.
United States Food Administration, Hon. A. M. Coats, Adminis-
trator.
United States Naval Department, New London Station.
United States Secret Service, Thomas J. Callaghan, Agent.
Various Food Manufacturers, Producers and Purveyors.
Deputy Inspkctors Appointed.
To further the interests of co-operation between this Commis-
sion and the officials of various cities and towns of the State, the
following men were appointed deputy inspectors for this Board of
Food and Drug Commissioners:
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James A. Wood and James Gunn, collectors of samples for the
Milk Inspection Department of the City of Providence.
Ralph Chace, Inspector of Milk for the Town of East Provi-
dence, and his collector of samples, Lovell Chapin.
Dr. J. B.'Munro, Inspector of Milk, Town of Warren.
John F. Johnston, Inspector of Milk, Newport Health Board.
Materials Collected and Examined.
During the year Inspectors Frank A. Jackson, Charles E. Hop-
kins, have continued the collection of statistical data relative to
the dairy industry of the State. Often times they were able to
impart valuable information to inquiring dairymen, and to assist
them to a direct knowledge of the character and quality of milks
drawn from individual cows, through the collection of milk samples
which were later brought to the laboratory for chemical analysis.
The collection of such samples was at the personal request of the
herd owner, who oftentimes had been informed by various milk
inspectors that the product of their herd was somewhat too low
to meet the statutory requirements for total milk solids. Subse-
quent chemical analysis showed the producer whether he could
improve the quality ot his cows milk through proper feeding or
by replacement with another animal.
A comprehensive idea of the character of materfals collected by
the Board's inspectors, or of those submitted by various citizens
will be obtained from the following list :
Absorbent cotton, bay rum, bean meal, beans, bread, buckwheat
flour, butter, cake, candy, canned goods, cheese, clams, cocoa, coffee,
condensed milk cookies, corn meal, eggs, fish, flour, granular effer-
vescent salts, ice cream, jelly, catsup, licorice extract, maple sugar,
marmalade, milk, molasses, oleomargarine, olive oil, oysters, peanut-
butter, "perlo," pork, potato flour, prune pie, salted peanuts, soda
water, soup, squash pie, stock feed, sugar, tea, tomatoes.
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Foods Examined:
Bean Meal.
Nos. 3377-3379. Three samples of bean meal seized at wharf
of Providence Line, same being consigned to National Wholesale
Grocery, Providence. This meal had been ground from damaged
beans, — probably having gone through a fire, became wet, got musty
and moldy, becoming wholly unfit for human consumption. The
lot was finally released under agreement that the bean meal was
to be employed solely as a feed for hogs, and not to be employed
in feeding cattle or other animals.
Beans.
No. 3318. Complaint of Mrs. A. Baxter, Barrington, that beans
purchased from the Providence Public Market contained a large
amount of gravel, — approximately two ounces in two pounds of
beans purchased. Upon looking up the conditions of handling beans
at above store, our inspector found that a great quantity of beans
are contained in a bin on an upper floor of the building, and brought
down through a chute to the automatic weighing device. Gravel
is more or less present in dry beans, and in the present instance, it
is reasonable to suppose that these stones being heavier than the
beans, sifted down toward the bottom of the bin and remained
there until the bin was about emptied; hence the relatively large
amount of gravel present in the two pounds of beans in question.
There appears to be no evidence of an attempt to sell gravel for
beans in this case.
No. 3458. Golini & Monachetti of Providence complained that
beans they had purchased from Karp-Kirsch Co., Inc., New York,
for No. 1 dry beans, when delivered were found to contain different
quality than they had contracted for. The beans did contain a
relatively large percentage of "dead." discolored and damaged beans,
rendering them probably unsaleable for beans of the quality for
which they had been purchased. As the beans were not unwhole-
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some, or unfit for food, and as their appearance only was against
their selling for first quality beans, we recommended that they be
shipped back to the brokers in New York, or to refuse to accept
them here. Not having heard to the contrary, we assume that tht!
Providence dealers did not have to pay for beans that they could
not use in their trade.
Bread.
No. 3371. Complaint of Oliver Raymond made to Chief of Po-
lice McCarty of Central Falls, that bread he had purchased from
a local grocery contained some added material that was suspicious.
The bread, a portion of a small loaf, was contained in a printed,
paraflRne wrapper purporting it to have been baked by one of the
largest and best bakers in the State.
Examination in this laboratory showed that baked in this bread,
thoroughly within the loaf, was an irregular, rather cylindrical
mass, which proved to be a piece of human excrement. Unques-
tionably, this filthy addition was made by some malicious person
before the dough was baked. No blame can be attached to the
baker whose bread it was purported to be; but some information
was obtained that suggested that a rival baker who left bread at
the same grocery also, might have substituted a similar style of
loaf previously wrapped in the other baker's paraflfine paper and
placed it within the case where both brands of bread was kept,
trusting to the purchaser to make a great commotion about the filthy
addition to the bread. This matter was turned over to Chief Mc-
Carty for investigation.
No. 3311. Complaint of Annie Wade, of Centreville, that she
bought bread baked by the Public Market Co. which had glass in
it. Examination showed two pieces, — portions of an incandescent
light bulb, — of glass, which probably flying from a broken bulb
flew into the dough, was overlooked and baked in the bread.
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No. 3348. Tip Top Bread was submitted by City Provision In-
spector William J. Beane, on complaint of D. Wilkinson, Provi-
dence, who was suspicious of its "pink" color, which was found
to be a mold. The bread had a "mildewed" odor. This was a very
common occurence during the period of using corn as a cereal in
"war bread," such breads apparently molding -much more quickly
and easily than wheat-flour breads.
Butter.
No, Town. Made By: Per Cent.
Moisture. Remarks,
3250 Bristol Colt Farms 11.15% Passed.
3247 Providence H. P. Hood & Sons 12.57% Passed.
3248 Providence The Shepard Company, 14.25% Passed.
(Wellington Brand)...
3286 Newport "Regal Brand/' Chapin & 16.50% ♦Illegal.
Adams Co., Boston....
3273 Newport Purchased from Jas. H. 23.50% Illegal.
Druery
3287 Newport Louis Fritz 16.58% Illegal.
3288 Newport Sold by Jas. H. Druery 9.78% Passed.
Co
♦When butter contains more than 15.99% of water, the water in excess
is deemed to be added for the purpoie of adulteration.. There seems to
be no need for a water content above twelve per cent. (12%.)
Clams.
See previously reported data relative to normal and adulterated
clams.
One pint opened clams purchased:
No. Town. Sold By: Remarks.
3175 Providence Washington Market At retail.
3188 Providence Weybosset Pure Food At retail.
Market
ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE CLAMS:
NBT WEIGHT PERCENT LOSS ON TOTAL
NO: WEIGHT: DRAINED CLAM LIQ- BOILING: SOLIDS: RE-
(Gram) CLAMS: UOR. ASH: MARKS:
3188.... 495.0 423.0 14.58 51.64 15.36 12% Soaked.
3175.... 469.0 367.0 21.74 71.15 11.61 Soaked,
Cocoa.
No. 3246. "Royal Cocoa," made by Royal Cocoa Company, Jer-
sey City, N. J. Sold by Mayflower Stores, Auburn. Examination
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showed this can to be a great improvement in cleanliness of con-
tents as compared with No. 3222 mentioned in our last report. The
contents of this last can appeared to be quite free from visible dirt,
only one short hair, apparently a dog's hair, and several fibres of
lint present. No metallic pieces as observed in previous examina-
tion.
Eggs.
It is a fact that the Cold Storage Egg Law has resulted in a
better class of eggs being sold here in Rhode Island. Consumers
and egg dealers testify to this fact. Unquestionably, some storage
eggs are now and then sold for fresh and "near-by" eggs, but
usually such eggs are carefully candled and selected so that even
an expert candler might not readily detect the difference.
No. 3396. Eggs, sold for fresh Rhode Island eggs by Louis
Chester of Providence, under guarantee by Eli Meyer who sold
the eggs as "Rhode Island eggs picked up in Kingston." Eight out
of one dozen of the eggs purchased by Inspector Hopkins were
"rotten." Meyer was successfully prosecuted for selling Chester
these eggs.
Flour.
3319. Barrington. Rye Flour claimed to have been purchased
from the Public Market, Providence by Mrs. A. Bax-
ter of Barrington. Material appeared to be crude rye
meal ground for stock feed; it contained much chaff
and husks from the grain.
Samples of Rye Flour obtained from above store by
Inspector Hopkins were of an entirely different type
from above mentioned sample. Mr. Berry, the buyer
of cereals for this concern, said positively that the
meal complained of never came from his stock.
3313. Centrevillc. Graham Flour put up by F. L. Thornton Co.,
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Providence. Sold by Northup's Grocery, Centreville,
was complained of by Mr. Wooley, that same con-
tained glass. No glass observed, but a very few
grains of quartz sand was found in the mixture.
3314. Centreville. Graham Flour, similar to above, but in un-
opened package. No glass found; very slight trace
of sand present.
3411. Providence. **Kenyon's Famous Rhode Island Johnny Cake
Meal" submitted by William J. Beane, Providence
Provision Inspector, because of a very disagreeable
taste. This was due to the meal becoming moist at
some time, which becoming soured, was rendered un-
fit for food.
3249. Providence. "Meeker's Cream Buck Wheat and Wheat
Flour Mixture" purchased from a store at 714 West-
minster Street, by a woman who would not give her
name. She claimed that upon opening the package
"a moth flew out and that inside was a web similar to
that of a spider's web." Taking the same back to the
store, the dealer refused to exchange goods or re-
fund the purchase price.
The flour had odor of stale flour, and did contain
evidence of destructive insects present. Inspector
Hopkins had no difficulty in getting the dealer to ex-
change the package for other goods. This is often
the case with cereals which are not very stable; wee-
vils and meal worms as well as rancidity of the
natural fats in the cereals will finally develop in such
goods improperly kept or stored too long. It is our
experience that the wholesaler representing the manu-
facturer, is always ready to exchange these damaged
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goods, SO that neither the retailer nor the consumer
is the loser.
Ice Cream.
ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE ICE CREAM:
NO. TOWN. MADE BY: PERCENT. BACTERIA
KIND. BUTTER FAT. per 1 Cc
3190 Providence L. M. Carr Co Vanilla 29.8
3191 Chocolate 24.5
•Newport Mcuncliingcr's Vanilla 10. 220,000
Mary nlizabcth'a Vanilla 14.0 1.500.000
Simon Koschney vS; Sons... Strawberry 12.0 1,000.000
Vanilla 9.00 17,500,000
Iluyler's Vanilla 18.0 6,000,000
Newport Beach A s'n Chocolate 12.0 390,000
Vanilla 12.0 520,000
J. R. Lorah & Co Vanilla 22.0 170.000
Graham Co Vanilla 8.0 6,300.000
Lofblad's Vanilla 10.0 128,000
r.rccn & McLean Cherry 10.0 590.000
(Made by Maine Creamery
J. Asher, Jr Lemon 12.0 80,000
T. G. Bigalke Pineapple 9.00 900,000
Tasso Bros Strawberry 12.0 800.000
Ryan's Pharmacy Vanilla 12.0 70,000
(Made by Tait Bros.)
II. D. Wood Vanilla 11.0 1.600.000
Herman I). Frasch Chocolate 13.0 450,000
The Bridtrcro... Chocolate 10.0 40,000
(Made by Peckham Davis Co.)
Stamas LoRorhets Strawberry 15.0 1,600.000
Ice Cream' Substitute.
No. 3334. ^'Substitute for Fat" in making ice cream. Submitted
by Providence Milk Inspection Department. This proved to be a
slightly flavored, "skimnicd-condensed milk." Its use as a substi-
tute for butter fat would be fraudulent, as it does not contain any
fat.
Maple Sugar.
No. 3339. Maple Sugar. Tbis is sugar from maple sap, with-
out adulteration.
No. 3398. Sample submitted by C. W. Collins of the Shell Fish
Commission. One dark, somewhat pasty in appearance, due to, in
our opinion, overheating causing carmelization. Both samples are
coarse grained, inferior products of maple sap.
Milk.
Milk is the most extensively used article of diet than any other
food stuff, wMth the possible exception of bread, for in some way or
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Other It is employed in a portion of the food of all persons every
day.
Milk is the ideal food for infants and constitutes the chief article
of diet of most invalids. ^
Milk is one of the least stable of food stuffs, spoiling readily if
made or stored under unfavorable conditions.
Milk is the ideal medium for the rapid growth of germ life of
every description; because of this fact, milk may readily carry the
micro-organisms of communicable diseases either present in the
udder of a cow, or by contamination of the mlik from a perfectly
healthy animal through some source incident to its delivery and use
by the consumer.
In our dairy investigational work about the State we found the
larger number of lierds had good care, are housed in well lighted
and ventilated stables, and that, with some exceptions, the milk
is properly cooled, drummed and well cared for. In other instances
we found quite the reverse. Old fashioned, ill lighted and ventilated
stables are from necessity, employed in housing the dairy stock;
often times little attention is paid to the sanitary conditions, care
and cleaning of the cattle ; cows whose hips, udders and flanks are
heavily matted with stable manure, are thus rendered incapable
of cleaning off at milking time. As the milking proceeds, particles
of manure, dirt, dust, bedding, etc. are worked off by the agitation
of milking, falling into the milk in the pail.
Some milkers depend upon straining to remove the greater amount
of visible dirt, but the soluble portions of the more or less dried
urine and manure remain to contaminate the milk with their ill
flavors and filth.
The contrast of clean and dirty milk is no greater than the con-
trast of their saleability, for it is a fact often commented upon by
Messrs. Jackson and Hopkins, that the producer of clean milk has
a far better class of customers, makes many more cans of milk,
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and even gets a much better price for his product than the pro-
ducer who is careless and who produces dirty milk. This fact is
in itself significant, that it is good and profitable business to make
clean milk.
The conditions mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs, more or
less unavoidable, renders raw milk more dangerous to infants, in-
valids or gther persons who are particularly susceptible to germs
which cause gastric disturbances or diseases. For these reasons,
this Commission is of the opinion that all milk should be bottled,
sterilized and sold in its original container to the consuming public.
Pasteurization would greatly guard against the distribution of
poisonous and infectious micro-organisms which otherwise might
have contaminated the milk during its production or retail distri-
bution. Straight, clean and wholesome milk is more important than
the chemical determination of its solids and fat, about which latter
constituents we will remark later on in this report.
It is obvious, from our knowledge gained through reading the
current press and listening to remarks relative to milk production
and distribution, almost invariably made by persons unacquainted
with the making and distribution of milk, that as old a food as
milk is known to be, its true value as a food for every person, re-
gardless of age, the methods of production and distribution, the
cost to the consumer, and above all, a knowledge of these methods
to be employed to ensure clean, wholesome, disease-germ-free for
your baby's consumption must needs be a matter of education for
the milk buying public. We are not going to attempt any such
educational proceeding, other than to say that every person in-
terested in clean, wholesome milk should read up on this subject
those articles published on sanitary milk production, inspection of
dairy cattle, requirements exacted by State and municipal dairy in-
spection, comparisons of dairy breeds of cattle, the value of the
dairy products of these breeds of cows, costs of feeding stuffs and
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care in the maintenance of dairy herds, dairy barns, and their equip-
ment, help problems (for strange to say, much labor is required in
milk making), and many other subjects which would tend to inform
the reader somewhat of this necessary and great industry, thereby
permitting him to draw more accurate conclusions as to whether
milk, the fundamental and most important food, is priced too high
or not. At least, he will learn that it costs the producer more to
make clean, wholesome, disease-germ- free milk, that the public
should expect and demand; that it costs the distributor more to
maintain the high quality of such milk, and that in turn it has to
cost the consumer more, this same health-giving, body-growing
food, than it used to do in the days before sanitary requirements,
the tuberculin testing of cows, etc.
If every person using milk will become informed upon these sub-
jects indicated in the foregoing, he or she will learn that without
exception good, straight, clean and wholesome milk is not priced
high, but is positively the cheapest and best single food of them
all, for milk is absolutely all available as food; every particle is
digested and assimulated, and when taken into the body there is
no waste as is the case of other foods.
The Dairy Cow is the Greatest Food Factory in the World. For
instance, a good dairy cow will give in ten months, a total of edible
and digestible food solids approximating her weight. In other
words, she will give by many pounds more real food than that
contained in the carcass of a mature steer. To make a concrete
example, we know of a heifer during her first lactation period that
gave more than 9,000 lbs. of milk, every bit of which was weighed
to the half ounce. This quantity of milk approximates more than
7.7 times her body weight. The following table, based upon a
single analysis of her milk, makes a startling comparison of the
food value of her milk with that of a 1,250 lb. steer;
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WEIGHT OF MILK— 9.260 Ib.s 'OF STEER— 1.250 lbs.
Protein, 3.14% or 290.76 lbs. 172.0 Ibi
Fat, 3.85 356.51 333.0
Sugar, 4.78 442.63 000.0
Mineral ash, .71 65.74 43.0
ToUl solids, 12.48% or 1155.64 lbs. 54^.0 Us.
'Analysis of steer by Dr. P.^ F. Trowbrigde.
"The 548 lbs. represents dry matter, as 56% of the steer's live
weight was water. The dry material includes hair, hide, bones,
tendons, organs of digestion and respiration; in fact, the entire
animal, a considerable portion of which is not edible."
The dry food solids from the 9,260 lbs. of milk amounting to
1155 + lbs. is all edible and digestible. The protein of this milk
is equal to that of 1.7 such steers; the fat exceeds that of the steer
by 1.07 times, while there is enough of the mineral salts present in
the milk to more than supply 1.5 times the weight of such a steer.
Aside from this the milk contained "as much food value in its milk
sugar, which is worth as much in food value as 442.6 lbs. of or-
dinary sugar."
"These figures show the remarkable efficiency of the cow as a
producer of human food. It is because of this economical use of
food that the dairy cow and not the steer is kept on high priced
lands."
It is quite probable that the cows of all dairy herds do not pro-
duce as many thousand pounds of milk as the heifer cited above,
and obviously only a very few that produce twice as much, or more
than 18,000 pounds of milk, as the cow used in comparison with
the 1250 lb. steer by Prof. Eccles and Dr. P. F. Trowbridge.
While there are many records of cows of all breeds that have
given over 10,000 lbs. and upwards, to that of the last worlJs
record of more than 33,000 lbs., made by Tilly Alcatra, during one
lactation period, it is very certain that they represent a relatively
small percentage of the dairy cows throughout the United States;
such cows are usually very high priced and are not within the
means of the average dairyman, yet they indirectly benefit the milk
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producers in that their offspring is continuously being employed to
better the quality and quantity of the average dairy herd, by build-
ing up a better class of grade cattle of the various breeds.
Probably the general average of all dairy herd cows is nearer
5,000 lbs. of milk per cow about this locality, with some of course
running higher and many lower than this quantity. Now if it cost
as much to buy, feed and care for a cow which gives 3,500 lbs. of
milk as it does for one that gives 6,000 lbs., it is good business to
keep only those which are good producers, just as the merchant
aims to keep only that class of goods which makes them a profit-
able investment.
There are three reasons why a milk producer cannot make a
profit on his milk production. Over two of them he has no im-
mediate control ; these two are small quantity producing cows and
the unwillingness of the distributor and consumer to allow him a
profit on his milk. The third reason, and which he may control,
is a lack of direct knowledge as to which cow or cows are not
profitably paying their way. This could be done by keeping strict
account of the cost of feeding such animals, and weighing every
pound of milk given by them. Thus small milkers or greatly sub-
standard cows could be gradually weeded out and replaced pos-
sibly with another and more profitable milker ; this latter procedure
however is a part of the first reason mentioned, for it is quite a
gamble to pick out heavy or good producing animals even follow-
ing years of practical experience ; yet the milk scales and the Bab-
cock test will bring about this result sooner or later. The dairyman
must make a profit or else go out of business.
It is just because of this very last statement that this Commis-
sion feels compelled to dwell at this length upon milk and some
phases of its production, for in one instance (and there are many
similar ones), we know of one large producer who felt greatly dis-
couraged because of his complete inability to supply the number
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of quarts of milk demanded by his trade just because he could
not buy in the market enough cows at that time giving milk the
quality of which would bring his present herd milk above the
statutory standard for solids, for under the law any cow or herd
of cows giving less than 12% of milk solids, such milk is deemed
to be adulterated. Naturally this producer, for many years with
a record for making clean, good milk, did not relish the thought
that he might be branded as a criminal, just because his herd of
healthy cows gave milk deficient in solids to that of the standard
set by man. So this producer rightly felt discouraged and was
considering "getting out of business." Had he done so, it would
have been a great loss to the community, for he was and is making
clean, wholesome milk of such excellent nutritive quality that cer-
tain specialists recommended his herd milk for unnourished babies.
As we have said, milk is a food product too extensively used to
have its production diminished. The making of clean, good milk
is to be encouraged by its greater use, assurance of a profit to tho
man who undertakes to produce it, and a kindly consideration of
his eflforts to be a public benefactor. Probably there isn't another
business requiring more capital in proportion to the gross receipts
than dairying. Figure it for yourself. A good cow cannot be
bought for less than $175.00. lUiy a string of fifty cows; take a
chance of losing them if they come from afar; if they react to the
lurberculin test; if all arc right, feed them with grains averaging
$65 per ton, with hay from $28 to $35 per ton, even throw in your
labor, if you can do it all, 'and if you are unusually lucky and your
herd averages 5,000 lbs. each, divide these pounds by 2.5 to arrive
at the number of quarts of milk you sell at 85c. to 90c. per can of
10 quarts, and then figure that you are paid for your investment
and labor, as a business proposition. You will note that nothing
has been said about a barn, silo, or interest on the entire investment,
which certainly is a part of the expense of doing business. The
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producer of dairy products must be encouraged and assured a rea-
sonable return for his labor and investment.
In order that this Commission might encourage an assist the
milk producer, we have frequently undertaken the chemical ex-
amination of the quality of milk given by individual cows of quite
a large number of herds, with the view of assisting the producer
to find out the low grade or unprofitable animals. We have been
asked to do this during the past several years by different farmers,
and milk producers. To this end we have offered them our ser-
vices. The results of such examination made during the past year
will be found under the tabulation of milks examined.
So far as our statistical investigation goes, the greatest number
of cows in the herds visited are of the Holstein breed; next will
follow the Ayrshires, then Jerseys and Guernseys; while there arc
pure blooded and grade animals of several other breeds, the four
mentioned seem to predominate. In point of milk solids based
upon percentage of the number of cows tested, the Holstein breed
ranks the highest for solids less than 12% ; this is partly because
of the greatly increased numbers of these cows over all other breeds,
in which other breeds or their grades, we find cows substandard
as to their solids. Probably, if any of these were examined in equal
numbers with the Holstein, it would be found that their percentage
of substandard solids might be increased. As regards the chemical
constituents of their milk, particularly as to solids and fats, there
is but little difference between the Holstein and the Ayrshire cattle.
Both are strong, vigorous cattle giving large quantities of excellent
milk which authorities say has "more life-giving, vitalizing power
than any other milk. * * * That there is such a thing as vitality
in milk, and that it is of equal if not greater importance than its
chemical composition. * * * The vitality of the milk is closely asso-
ciated with the vitality of the animal producing^t. Strong, vigorous
cows such as Holsteins are animals that are bound to be required
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for the purpose." (Professor Carlyle, of Wisconsin Experiment
Station). Professor McCollum of Johns Hopkins also is an author-
ity for "vitality in such milks."
We mention the above fact because of the large number of Hol-
stein and Ayrshire cows in the dairy herds of Rhode Island, which
being heavy producers of milk are more profitable thru milk
production thereby ensuring a greater milk supply than many of
the cows of other excellent breeds. The fat in the milk of these
cows is divided into smaller globules, quite closely simulating human
milk in this particular, making the milk easier to digest for it
seems to be the fat in rich milks that causes so much digestive
disturbance. (See "Milk and Its Relation to Public Health," Hy-
gienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 56). The following eminent men
have gone on record endorsing the milk of the Holstein cow as the
one best suited to infant feeding, use of inyalids and city supply
generally :
Dr. Charles Douglas, Professor of Cbildrens Diseases in Detroit
College of Medicine; Dr. Thomas Morgan Rotch, Professor Pedi-
atrics, Harvard University Medical School; Dr. John Lovett
Morse, the eminent specialist; Dr. W. P. Northrup, Professor of
Diseases of Children, New York University and Bellevue Hospital
Medical College; Dr. Joseph W. Schereshewsky of the United
States Public Health Service (See Bulletin No. 56, mentioned
above); Prof. H. H. Dean, of Ontario Agricultural College; Dr.
S. H. Blodgett, Professor at Boston University Medical School;
Dr. Alfred R. P. Rockwell, Worcester, Mass. ; Dr. J. S. Crumbine,
Secretary Kansas T^»oard of Health, and many others.
There is no question about the quality of milk produced by the
Guernsey and Jersey cattle, the other predominating breeds; they
are preeminently butter-makers, their milk usually being heavy with
butter fat, which being of very large size globules quickly rises
to a thick, heavy cream distinctly noticeable by its deep, richly
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colored layer at the top of the bottle. Still, because of the coarse-
ness of their fat globules, they do not make milks best adapted
for feeding infants or invalids according to the above authorities,
and their inability as a breed to produce large quantities of milk
for periods of 10 to 12 months, renders them less profitable to the
dairyman. Lovers of dairy cattle are bound to be prejudiced to-
ward the breed of cows they best like, and while we can truly say
that we have use for and love all breeds, we must admit that when
we consider the excellent quality of the lacteal fluid, the great abund
ance of its supply, the universal way their milk seems to agree witli
babies and little children, the great strength and vigor of the ani-
mals, the heavy weight of their bodies making them desirable and
profitable beef animals when they cease to give milk, we must
admit, we say, that we are prejudiced toward the Holstein cow.
Oftentimes we find dealers when told that their milk is low who
reply, "Oh, most of my dairies are Holstein cows," thus intimating
that this breed is continuously below standard. Commercial milk
is not the product of an individual cow, but the mixed milk from
the entire herd. While it may be possible to find a small herd of
Holstein cattle that will fall below 12% milk solids, it has never
been our experience to know this of our own knowledge, and we
have made analysis of the individual cow*s milk and the drummed
or herd milk in a large number of instances, — herds numbering from
five to more than seventy cows ; some of the cows were far below
12%, but. those below 11.6% were exceptions, just as we have
found some cows to go better than 15% solids and 6% fat for
this same breed. In any breeds there is a definite relationship
of fat to solids; if the fats are high just so will be the milk solids,
and when the fat is normally low so will the solids be lower. For
instance, a mijk having a fat content of three per cent, will be
found to contain close to 11% solids; when milk solids are 12%,
the fat present should be approximately 3.75%. A milk having
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15% total solids, calls for 6% fat. Therefore it is evident that if
a milk contained but 2.5% (our minimum legal standard) of fat,
it would call for a milk solid of but 10.3%.
A revision of our standard for milk should be made, par
ticularly as to the percentage of fat; 2.5% is too low and teni«
to lead to "skimming" of the cream. It should be not less than
3.25%. A perusal of the records of milks examined by the Provi-
dence Inspection of Milk Department will show, except in the in-
stances of real adulteration, no herd milks fall below 3.25%. This
figure is the standard for milk fat adopted by the Federal authori-
ties, together with 8.5% of solids not fat. If 3.25% was our mini-
mum standard for fat. the solids of herd milk would take care of
themselves, for there is so much analytical data relative to normal
milks available that there would be no real difficulty in prosecuting
an offender for adulterating his milk. It may be shown and we
believe that we have already demonstrated that straight, clean and
wholesome milks having a milk solid content of something less than
12% may contain greater vitality, nourish the child and promote
growth far more rapidly than a milk rich in butter fat. Too many
persons judge the quality of the milk by its cream line only.
This Commission feels that in view of the fact that milk is so
universally an important food, it should be produced under the
most practicable sanitary conditions, from healthy, tuberculin tested
cows, and be sold without any of its constituents being taken from,
or additions made to, it without severe penalties for such aduUera
tion ; in exchange for such milk the producer should receive suffi
cient profit to encourage him to continually strive to improve the
clean, wholesome quality of his milk.
In our Ninth Annual Report we expressed this Board's senli
ments relative to milk from tuberculous cows, the need for legis-
lation regulating the tuberculin testing of cattle coming into this
State, as well as an expression of opinion of the disposal of the
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carcasses of cattle reacting to the tuberculin test. This part of last
years report is even more timely today than when it was printed.
Tuberculous cattle probably have been with us from time imme-
morial, and unquestionably will be with us for some time to come,
unless we join in with the Bureau of Animal Industry, which Fed-
eral department is doing a great work toward the complete eradica -
tion of tuberculosis in dairy herds.
In the meantime there is no need to be stampeded by reports ot
tubercle bacilli in milk, for you may be safeguarded through pas-
teurization, (heating the milk for 20 minutes at a temperature of
140** Fahrenheit, under proper condition and methods so simple
that any one may do this after instruction by any district nurse,
physician or health officer). Pasteurization is a necessary precau-
tion, not only against tuberculosis, but most of the other communi
cable diseases as well. As for the fear that you may buy meat
from a tuberculous animal, remember that the very process of
cooking the meat destroys any infectuous organisms present.
One hundred and eighty-five samples of milk were examined in
the Board's laboratory during the year; six analayses were made
for physicians; two for citizens; twenty-five for milk dealers; sixty-
two for the milk inspection departments of several cities and towns ;
and ninety for farmers and milk producers.
Out of the entire number of one hundred and eighty-five samples
examined, 23, or 12.4%, were dirty milks; 104, or 55.1%, wer^
above the State standard for solids and fats ; while 81 samples, or
43.7%, were below the standard for solids; 53, or 28.7%, were sub
standard milks, i. e., milk containing less than 12% total solids,
although the fat for each of these was much greater than that re-
quired in our milk law. 24, or 12.9%, of the milks contained added
water; three milks had been skimmed, and one milk both watered
and skimmed.
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ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE MILKS:
1
&;
lis
m
4
NO:
TOWN:
Dealer:
or Submited
by:
1
1
m
2
Remark?:
3353
Anthony
. F. F. Woolev...
13.97
6.20
7.77
40.9
Top of can.
35R4
BurrilWillc
. Frank Hohson . . .
12.71
4.60
8.11
3'5RS
Biirrillville
*4
12.68
4.10
8.58
3586
Burrtllville
11.12
3.20
4.00
3.20
7.92
8.96
7.39
3587
3239
A9\*m fl III V ■»»*» • • • • • •
Tliirrillvillc . . • •
if ' ' '
10.59
Central Falls . . .
.F. Bedard '.'.'.
37.0
.68
Watered.
(Milk Inspector)
3240
Central Falls . . .
"
10.77
3.80
6.97
37.5
.66
3241
Central Falls . . .
**
12.47
4.20
8.27
38.7
.64
Watered.
3242
Central Palls . . .
"
11.49
4.00
7.49
36.4
.68
Watered.
3308
Central Falls . . .
.f. A. Phaneuf...
12.60
3.60
9.00
Clean milk.
3309
Central Falls ...
'*
12.37
3.80
8.57
Dirty.
Dirty.
3310
Central Falls . . .
«•
13.28
4.20
9.08
3344
Centrcville
• F. U Vaughn...
10.44
3.70
6.74
36.3
3389
Cranston
.Done Dnme, Jr..
8.98
3.15
5.83
34.6
.49
Watered*
3350
East Greenwich .
• F. I^. Vnughn...
11.11
3.60
7.51
37.3
.61
Watcr-d.' Dirty.
Watered. Dirty
Water'd. Dirry
3351
3352
3457
Kast Greenwich .
Kast Greenwich .
East Greenwich .
. ThorncliFe Farm
10.97
10.98
13.46
3.60
3.60
4.80
7.37
7.38
8.66
38.0
37.7
.62
.63
3302
East Providence. .
.B. F. Gravelin...
13.18
4,20
8.98
42.0
Dirty.
(Milk In.spcctor)
3383
East Providence..
"
11.46
3.40
8.06
33QO
East Providence.
"
11.97
3.50
8.47
40.4
3391
East Providence. .
**
12.21
3.40
8.76
40.5
Dirty.
3392
Kast Providence..
'*
11.78
3.30
8.48
39.8
3393
'"'ist Providence..
"
10.06
3.40
6.66
Watered.
3394
East Providence. .
**
12.15
3.60
8.55
3395
East Providence..
**
12.15
3.40
8.75
3403
East Providence..
*'
12.80
4.00
8.80
3404
East Providence. .
;
12.06
3.80
8.26
I>irty.
Very Dirty.
3405
East Providence. .
**
12.44
3.70
8.74
3406
East Providence..
■*
11.57
3.20
8.37
39.8
3407
East Providence..
"
11.95
3.70
8.24
39.6
3408
East Providence. .
.
11.32
3.60
7.72
Very Dirty.
Dirty.
Dirty.
3409
rast Providence..
11.56
3.80
7.76
3410
AVast Providence..
"
11.96
3.. SO
8.26
40.0
MI5
East Providcnoe..
'*
11.53
3.40
8.13
1416
Kast Providence.
"
11.95
3.50
8.45
3417
East Providence. .
.
11.84
4.20
7.64
3418
East Providence. .
,
12.30
4.00
8.30
3588
Kast Providence..
.
11.69
3.00
8.69
Skimnieu.
3589
East Providence..
**
11.68
2.10
9.58
Skimmed.
SkimmctL
Watered.
3430
Foster Centre . .
S. E. Bennett
11.67
3.00
8.67
41.4
3388
Greene
J. H. Tanner
9.98
3.00
6.98
34.8
.64
3253
Hope
[ Senator Clarke . . .
13.36
12.84
4.80
3.80
8.56
8.04
3254
Hope
Dirty.
Clean.
3255
Hope
•*
11.66
3.60
8.06
3256
Hope
**
12.30
3.60
8.53
Slight D.n.
Clean.
3265
Johnston
.3 yr. Heifer
10.70
3.00
7.70
3267
lohnston
.Margraves
((Uiernsy cow)
14.72
4.90
9.82
Clean.
3337
Johnston
.3 yr. Heifer .
11.84
3.40
8.44
Clean.
3439
John.ston
"
12.00
3.40
8,60
40.6
Clean
3440
Johnston
. Hol.stcin cow. . . .
12.40
4.00
8.40
Clean.
Slight Dirt.
Slight Din.
Sslight Dirt.
Water'd. Dirty.
3366
Knightsvillt: ....
. C. P. Nichols
12.33
4.00
8.33
3367
Knightsville ....
** ....
11.19
3.20
7.99
39.2
3365
3277
Oaklawn
Pawtncket
.Geo. C. Bennett
. F. D. Buckman . .
(Milk Inspector)
11.56
11.65
3.40
3.85
8.16
7.80
39.1
37.8
.73
3278
Pawtucket
"
10.30
3.20
7.10
36.5
.66
Water'd. Dirty.
Dirty.
Water'd. Dirty.
Dirty.
WatcrM. Dirty.
3279
Pawtucket
. **
12.37
3.80
8.57
3280
Pawtucket
•*
11.62
3.60
8.02
38.3
.71
3281
Pawtucket
. "
12.35
3.70
8.65
3303
3461
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
. Mass. producers
9.81
3.20
6.61
33.7
.55
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31
3462
3i63
3464
3465
3466
3467
3468
3469
3470
3501
3502
3503
3504
3506
3507
3508
3509
3510
3511
3S12
3169
3301
3312
3322
3336
3304
3342
3343
3381
3431
3432
3354
3449
ss
iB
NO.:
TOWN:
Dealer:
or Submitted
by:
i
«S-: §2
Remarks:
l^S
Pawtucket
Pawtuckct
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
selling to
Wade & Warnock 13.30
12.05
13.42
13.50
13.00
13.62
12.70
" (Soured)
4.20
3.60
4.40
4. 60
3.60
4.20
3.60
.(?)
12.
12.
12.
12.
12
12
12.
12.
12.
10.
13.
12
50 3.
.Dr. Ceo. T. Spicer 12.
11
12.
23 3.
96 4.
37 3.
56 4
24 3.
45 4.
. Providence Milk
Inspection Dept .
12.87 4
11
11.
12.
10.
11
11
.43 4.
87 3.
34 3
.97 4.
Dr. 11. S. Hincks 12.32 3.
Mrs. R. H. I. Cod
dard 13.
.15 4.
Following analysis individual coim/s milk
Ilolstein ....
00
20
00
00
20
80
20
00
60
10
30
80
30
20
40
40
00
50
60
30
60
00
60
70
9.10
8.45
9.02
8.90
9.40
9.42
9.10
8.73
7.84
8.37
8.42
8.65
8.70
8.66
8.76
9.03
7.13
9.66
8.57
9.66
8.04
8.05
8.47
7.43
8.48
8.44
7.57
7.74
7.97
8.72
40.0
41.2
39.4
41.5
39.0
40.2
39.8
40.3
40.1
40.1
40.3
41.1
34.2
40.0
O.
O.
?
Top of can.
.66
37.3 .66 Watered.
36.4 .61 Watered.
38.5 .69 Watered.
40.2 .76
Crd. Jersey . . .
(Vd. Holstcin.
Ayrshire
Holstein
3514 Providence Crd.
3515 Providence
3516 Providence
3517 Providence
3518 Providence
3519 Providence
3520 Providence
3521 Providence
3522 Providence
3523 Providence
3524 Providence '* " ....
3525 Providence " "
3^26 Providence " " ....
3^27 Providence "
3528 Providence " "
3529 Providence "
3530 Providence FTolstcin
3531 Providence ^'d. Holstein
3532 Providence Holstein
3533 Providence <^rd. Holstein ....
3535 Providence Holstein
3536 Providence Crd. Holstein ....
3537 Providence "
3538 Providence "
3539 Providence "
3540 Providence Blue Cow (Swiss ?)
Providence C5rd. Holstein ....
3541
3542 Providence
8.45
herd P. C. Petersen:
12.88 4.10 8.78
11.65 3.60 8.05
13.38 4.10 9.28
12.40 4.20 8.20
11.85 3.60 8.25
11.47 3.80 7.60
13.11 3.80 9.31
12.42 4.40 8.02
12.25 4.30 7.95
12.03 4.20 7.83
11.23 3.20 8.03
12.34 3.80 8.54
10.31 2.40 7.91
11.96 3.60 8.36
11.21 3.00 8.21
11.40 3.80 7.60
12.72 5.00 7.72
12.88 4.40 8.48
11.60 3.40 8.20
13.09 5.20 7.89
12.29 4.30 7.99
13.18 4.40 8.78
11.81 3.40 8.41
11.47 3.60 7.87
13.48 4.60 8.88
11.34 3.40 7.94
13.05 3.90 9.15
12.06 3.60 8.46
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FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS.
NO.:
TOWN:
3543
3544
3545
3547
3548
3549
3550
3551
3552
3553
3554
3555
3558
3559
3560
3561
3562
3563
3 '564
3565
3566
3567
.♦568
3569
3570
3571
3572
3573
3574
3575
3576
3577
3580
3581
3582
3583
3591
3592
3593
3594
3595
3596
3597
3598
3545
3368
3380
3381
343t
3432
3414
3452
3453
3454
3455
3456
3471
3472
3473
3474
3223
3450
3578
Dealer:
or Submitted
by:
fa
55
I
''8
Remarks:
9.
Providence Grd Holstein
Providence " "
Providence '* •*
Providence Jersey
Providence "
Providence **
Providence **
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
12.16
11.49
11.82
13.15
12.25
11.85
13.53
12.43
14.23
^-rd. Holstein.
. • • • Gray Cow (Swiss?)
Trrsey ,. 13.73
Durham 13.06
Grd. Holstein.... 11.90
Providence Ayrshire 11 .40
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
providence
Providence
Providence
Trovidence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
providence
Providence
Brovidcnce
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
Providence
providence
.Grd. Holstein 12.08
• ^lue Cow (Swiss ?) 1 1 . 49
.Grd. Holsteiti 11.46
• Gray Cow (Swiss?) 12.20
•Grd. Holstein 10.57
11.32
11.77
13.65
12.28
11.40
13.32
12.76
11.76
• RlueCow (Swiss?)
•Grd. HolKtein
• Avrshire
•Yellow Cow
r Guernsey ) 12.87
•Grd. Holstein 11. 1«
•^•upmsey 12.74
•Avrshirc 12.77
• Grav Cow (Swiss ?) 1 1 . 76
•Grd. Holstein !0.20
•Guernsey 11.54
12.36
•Grd. Holstein.
12.57
.... 12.58
« .... 11.52
.... 13 29
.... 11.04 2
" 11.. 50 4
" •• 20.56 11
.... 12.62 4
" " .... 13.70
Broadway Dairy.. 12.20
Submitted by Sam*1
Thrown State Police 10.57
So. Auburn Tno. Hctgcrson ... 13.31
So. Scituate Wm. Royal Page 11.93
So. Scituate " 10.87
So. Scituate " 11.34
So, SciHiate " 11.97
VVarrcn Dr. T. B. Miinro 1 5 . 58
Warren ^Mitlc Inspector) 1 3 . 08
Warren ;; J2.30
Warren |J.59
Warren ^ |J-42
Warren ^2.35
Warwick Wm. KIsbree, Hoi. 1 2 . 92
Warwick ^ \l'l\
Warwick ^2.87
Warwick Wm. Itlsbrec, Jer. 15.25
Woonsocket Dr. To.s. Roswell 11.03
Woonsocket !?»■• U; S. Richards 10 . 32
Woonsocket Rockchffe Jarm.. 11.66
(W, C. & H P. Thayer)
80
20
20
40
70
40
60
60
00
80
,80
40
20
80
80
80
70
80
60
80
80
60
40
80
40
40
.00
70
40
,90
.40
60
90
70
90
,80
,60
20
60
00
84
,80
.20
,80
40
,40
,90
30
60
,00
.45
.60
.00
.60
.50
.90
.90
.95
.00
.60
.00
.40
.30
8.36
8.29
8.h2
8.76
8.50
8.45
8.93
8.83
9.23
8.93
8.26
8.50
8.20
8.28
8.69
7.66
8.50
7.77
7.72
7.97
8.C5
8.ti&
8.00
8.52
8.36
8.36
«.87
8.48
8.34
8.87
8.36
7.60
8.64
8.66
8.67
8.78
7.92
9.09
8.44
7.50
8.72
7.82
9.50
8.20
8.17
9.31
8.03
5.57
7.74
7.97
9.13
8.48
8.30
8.99
7.92
8.45
9.02
9.18
8.87
9.65
8.03
6.92
8.36
v^»*^di
38.5
37.2
36.4
38.5
40.3
.61 V*/*^*^"
.76 r^***
(*f eaii.
Cf^**'
37.6 .73 Wa"^
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The following tabulation of the foregoing record of the cows in
the P. C. Petersen herd may prove interesting to those readers who
would like to see the comparison of the breeds contained therein, in
the quality of their individual milks and the drummed or herd milk :
Cow Breed:
Nd.:
Below Statidnrd;
Solids: Fat:
Above SUndard:
Solids: Pat:
Average
Solids: Fat.
8
9
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
15
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
25
27
30
37
38
40
41
43
44
47
48
49
50
51
53
55
56
57
58
59
61
64
68
70
62
69
71
Holstein
3$ Holstein Cows,
Cows below standard, 1, or 33.33%,
Cows above standard, 2, or 66.07%.
Grade Holstein
11.60
11.04
11.32
11.77
11.52
11.96
11.21
10.31
11.40
11.81
11.49
11.40
10.20
11.18
11.47
10.57
11.85
11.23
11.47
11.65
11.90
11.46
11.82
(new)"
(new)"
(new)" ^
47 Grade Holstein Cows,
Cows below standard, 23, or 48.93%.
Cows above standard, 24, or 51.07%.
Ayrshire
Grade Ayrshire
4 Ayrshire Cows,
11.76
11.40
3.40
2.60
3.60
3.80
3.60
3.60
3.00
2.40
3.80
11.50 4.00
3.40
3.20
3.40
2.60
2.70
3.60
2.80
3.60
3.20
3.80
3.60
3.40
3.80
3.20
3.40
3.20
12.72
12.29
12.88
1J.34
13.09
13.29
13.18
12.06
12.16
12.58
13.32
12.28
12.08
12.03
12.25
12.42
12.77
13.11
5.00
4.30
4.40
3.80
5.20
4.20
4.40
3.60
3.80
3.80
4.80
12.43 3.60
12.76 4.40
13.05 3.90
3.60
3.80
4.20
4.30
4.40
12.88 4.10
13.48 4.60
12.40 4.20
20.56 :i.84
12.57 3.90
12.62 4.80
13.70 4.20
3.90
3.80
12.20
4.23
12.21
3.92
12.26 3.57
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Cow Breed:
NO.:
Below Standnrtl:
Above Standard:
AvenEC
Solids
Pat:
Solids:
Fat:
Solids:
Fit
Cows below standard,2, or 50%.
Cows above standard, 2, or 50%.
33 Jeniey
11.85
3.40
•
69 "
71
17 •* (new)
12.25
3.70
13.53
13.16
4.60
4.40
54 " (Grade)
13.38
4.10
— S Jersey Cows,
12.83
4.04
Cows hclow standard, 1, or 20%.
Cows above standard, 4, or 80%.
28 Guernsey
12.36
3.70
29 "
12.74
4.40
34 "
11.54
2.90
— 3 Guernsey Cows,
12.21
3.67
Cows below standard, 1, or 33.33%.
Cows above standard, 2, or 66.67%.
45 Blue Cow (Swiss?)
13.65
4.80
46
11.49
2.80
•62
11.34
3.40
— 3 Blue Cows,
12.16
3.67
Cows below standard, 2, or 66.67%.
Cows above standard, 1, or 33.33%.
32 Gray Cow (Swiss?)
11.76
3.40
39
14.23
5.00
66
12.20
3.70
— 3 Gray Cows,
12.73
4.06
26 Yellow Cow (Guernsey)
12.87
4.00
72 Durham
13.06
4.80
Total number cows tested, 70.
Number below standard. 31 . or 44 28%.
Number above stand-rd. 39, or 55.72%.
Herd average (seventy cows)
12.496 3.9^
MOLASSKS.
3316. Complaint that molasses bad a "bitter" taste, imparting
this same bittemess to ginger or molasses cookies was made by J
M. Sis.son. Postmaster at Woodville, R. T. Sample was from the
bottom of, or the last of the barrel. Bitterness had not been pre-
viously noted Sample in question brought to laboratory by vr
George B. Peck, who, with our chemist could taste no bitterness.
There was an after taste rather disagreeable and suggestive oi
- sulphites, which latter was proved to be the case, as these com
pounds are considerably employed in bleaching molasses.
Ohiwt Oil..
3291. "Superfine Olive Oil. Lucca, Italy. E. FrancesconV/ ^^
sold by Antonio Pennacchia of Providence, R. I. Sample had been
in stock about two years. This was correctly labeled.
3292. *%ucca Brand, Tuscany, Italy. Extra Fine OUve Oi-
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(Guaranteed absolutely pure)/' Sold by Michale Matalena, Provi-
dence, R. I. Sample was straight Cottonseed Oil.
3293. '*Fine Oil. Purissima Olio deBitonto-Bari La Puglia.
We guarantee this olive oil to be absolutely pure under chemical
analysis and of finest quality." Sold by Michaele Matalena, Provi-
dence. Not olive oil, but was cottonseed oil to which a little olive
had been added to give it an olive oil odor, but not enough to in-
fluence the flavor to taste.
3294. "Mariani Virgin Olive Oil. Purest, Choicest Quality fo*"
Table and Medicinal Use. Bottled in Nice, France. Four fluid
ounces." Sample is olive oil.
3306. "Pure Extra Fine Olive Oil. Extra I. Packed expressly
for Garra & Trusso, New York." Not olive oil. Is straight cotton-
seed oil.
3307. "Finest Quality Olive Oil. Extra Pure. Termini Imercse,
Sicilia, Italy." This also is straight cottonseed oil.
3317. "Pure Italian Olive Oil. Packed and Guaranteed by M.
De Robbio & Sons, Providence, R. I. Net Contents 1 lb., 12 ozs.''
Sample is as labeled.
3325. Olive Oil bought from G. DelRossi, Providence. Sample
is not olive, but is cottonseed oil.
3328. ''Extra Fine Olive Oil:' Sold by Narragansett Whole-
sale Grocery, Providence. Sample is olive oil.
3332. Olive Oil sold by Joseph Bagliore, Providence, R. I.
Sample is passed as olive oil.
3335. "Heinjj Pure Olive Oil^' bought from Dimond Co., Provi-
dence. Sample is olive oil.
3364. "Fine Olive Oil' imported from Tuscany, Italy by Garri
& Trusso, New York." This .sample is straight cottonseed oil.
3412. "Mariani Pure Olive Oil.'' Sample is olive oil.
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3413. Sample sold as *'Pure Olive Oil*' taken from 5 gal. can.
Not olive oil, but is straight cottonseed oil.
3330. ''Round Table Brand Olive Oil,* purchased in Westerly
Is correctly labeled.
Due to the World War, Italian Olive Oil has been a scarce article
in the market during the past two years; consequently the high
price of what true olive oil there was offered for sale proved too
great a temptation for certain importers and distributors to sub-
stitute the cheaper cottonseed oil at the olive oil price. This prac-
tice was common, particularly with small dealers and grocers, who
purchased the oil in good faith. As a result of this Commission's
activities in preventing the sale of much of this inferior article of
food, a large amount of spurious olive oil was seized and caused
to be relabeled, or to be completely withdrawn from the local
market. Working in co-operation with the U. S. Bureau of Chem-
istry, the dealers in the substitute oil in New York and Boston
were prosecuted by the above mentioned Federal authorities for
selling and making interstate shipments of the so-called olive oils.
At the time this report is presented the conditions of the olive
oil market have been bettered through the release mostly of a large
amount of good olive oil (Italy), together with some small ship-
ments to this country. There is a corresponding drop in the whole-
sale price of this oil.
Oysters.
In our Eighth Annual Report, we called attention to the food
value of the oysters of Narragansett Bay and its tributary waters
as being second to none in the country. At that time the oyster
industry was diminishing, due we were informed by the oystermen,
to their inability to get oyster sets anywhere in the upper bay,
except under unusual circumstances. That this industry, together
with the lessening of fish of all kinds in the bay, is in danger of
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being completely ruined 'is evidenced by the present agitation by
societies, associations and prominent citizens of the State, wherein
they are endeavoring to create a feeling of public opinion that will
demand speedy investigation and elimination of jwlluting elements
that are entering the waters of the Providence River and Narra
gansett Bay from certain industrial plants and many of the cities
and towns situated near its shores.
The enormous industry and the economic value of our shell fish
foods certainly demands immediate attention, and steps taken to
stop and further prevent these waters being polluted with mate
rials which threaten the life of these fish.
But two samples of oysters, this past year, were chemically ex-
amined in the laboratory.
Oysters. One pint jiurchased:
No. Tozvn. Sold Py: Remarks.
3176 Providence Washington Market Co.. At retail.
3189 Providence Weyhossoi Pure Food M:<rket At retail.
ANALYTICAL DATA OF THK OYSTKRS:
No:
Net
(Weiffht:
Grams)
Weight
Drained
Oysters;
Weiirht
Oyster
Liquor:
I,oss on
Boilins:
Totnl
Solids:
Ash:
Re-
nin rks-
3176..
3189..
. . 475.0
. . 499.5
367.0
394.0
108.0
105.5
57.88
56.64
13.22
12.87
.21
So.iked.
Soaked.
Pork.
3534. Salt Pork sent in by Dr. J. R. Munro, V. S., of Warren.
Specimen was a piece of the belly showing gangrenous appearance
just about the mammary glands. It was unsightly, bad smelling
and apparently unfit for human food. This specimen was sent by
this laboratory to the Pathological Laboratory of the State Board
of Health.
Soda Watkr.
3436. Bottled Soda Water, "Orangeade," made by the Nectar
Bottling Co., Providence, and sold by Charles Tartarian also of
Providence, was misbranded in that the Nectar Bottling Co. em-
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ployed a bottle belonging to the Puritan Bottling Co., also of Provi-
dence.
3437. "Orangeade" made by Nectar Bottling Co., sold by above
mentioned Tartarian, was misbranded through the use of a bottle
belonging to the Puritan Bottling Co., and by failure to declare the
net contents of the beverage.
Stock Feed.
3434. Corn sold as No. 1 for stock feeding. Sample was badly
damaged, in that it was quite completely covered with a green
mold, and had a strong, mildewed odor. Wholly unfit for feeding
cattle oi; hogs. When the complaining farmer found that we were
inclined to prosecute the miller selling him this corn, — which com
was a direct loss to him, — he refused to co-operate as it would make
it hard for him "because he owed the mill something" and would
not mention the dealer or miller.
Under the Food and Drugs Act this Commission can prosecute
Mealers who sell adulterated feeds for stock feeding, just as suc-
cessfully as when damaged or deleterious or adulterated foods are
sold for human consumption. Farmers, dairymen or poultrymen
should not hesitate to give this Commission information that will
aid this class of business men in getting good and wholesome stock
food. There is too much of this being done now and again, and
while we have received complaints, either the evidence had been
destroyed or else the complainant hesitated "to make trouble for
the man" selling him damaged or inferior grains.
To keep your evidence, submit it to us and assist in subsequent
prosecution if the remedy is to prosecute, is a duty that every grain
and hay feeder should perform in order that his neighbor may not
be cheated likewise.
EXAMINATIONS
United States Department of Justice
Bureau of Information
Tom Howick, Agent
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3268. "Xlent Brand Tomatoes," purchased by Mr^. Arthur D.
McCann of Providence, thought to have contained glass. None
found, but the tomatoes did contain considerable sand.
3289. Candy sent from Newport, thought to contain harmful
materials. No injurious substances found.
3321. Bread bought from Germania Grocery by Fred Lord,
Providence, contained much black mold, — Aspergillus niger.
3326. Peanut Butter, "Maple Twin Brand," put up by May-
flower Packing Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by J. Paqin, Central Falls,
was said to contain glass. Glass not found ; gritiness apparently
particles of coarsely ground peanuts.
3327. Candy sent in by Chief of Bristol Police on complaint of
Denis Farrua that same contained glass. No evidence of glass
present in specimens examined.
3333. Prune Pie submitted by John F. Keegan, Providence, who
bought the pie from the Phillipsdale Store. Baked by New England
Baking Co , Pawtucket. Pie did contain four large pieces of white
glass, which from shape and appearance it was judged to be por-
tions of an incandescent electric light bulb. Unquestionably the
result of an accident from a bursting electric light bulb, pieces
happening to fall into the unbaked pie and later cooked into this
pie.
This incident is similar to two others in widely distributed bak-
eries, showing that such an accident is quite likely to happen any
• time.
3335. Olive Oil complained of by Thomas F. Maher of Paw-
tucket, who claimed that this bottle of "Heinz Pure Olive Oil" con-
tained ground glass. No evidence of glass or other foreign mate
rials found.
3340. Candy. Complaint of F. W. Brown, Providence, that
"Quality Chocolates" purchased at a local store made his wife ill.
They noted a white powder upon the confection and became sus-
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picious that that was what caused her illness. This powder proved
to be corn starch.
3341. Candy sent in by Dr. S. C. Webster, Health Officer of
Westerly, who was suspicious that such cheap candy might contain
injurious materials. Neither glass or other injurious substances
found.
3345. "Monticelli's Effervescent Granular" (What the granular
effervescent material was, not stated on label). Made by Nazareno
Monticello, Philadelphia, was purchased by Vito Parrillo of Provi-
dence, who claimed that same contained "something he supposed
was glass." The contents did contain several flaky particles of
glass, evidently a scaly or flaky portion of an air bubble in the
bottle, or glass blister. Apparently not intentionally added.
3346. Bread bought from Mayflower Stores by Mrs. V. S. Steere
of Providence, who claimed it contained glass. Glass was not
found in the portions submitted for examination.
3349. Candy containing glass was submitted by the Chief of
Police of North Providence, on complaint of some purchaser who
bought it from Thos. Ferra, No. Providence, who in turn had pur-
chased it from a wholesaler, C. Moulecalos of Providence. This
candy did contain a considerable quantity of fine and coarsely
broken glass; this glass evidently intentionally added by parties
unknown, was both flint and green glass.
3375. *'Wanetta Chocolate zuith Nuts'* was submitted by Frank
A. Sweeney of Providence to Lieut. M. E. Kelly, 4th Precinct. It ■
was thought to contain glass. No glass found, but two pieces of
quartz gravel size of rice kernels were found in this confection,
and was probably contained in the unclean nuts.
3376. '*Gingcr Sna/ys" complained of by Howard Knight, Provi-
dence, who bought them from a local market, had been previously
submitted to examination at a local drug store, from which came
the report that "a large percentage of ground glass" was found.
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Another cookie of this lot was submitted to this laboratory. This
cookie did not contain any glass. Sugar crystallized on its surface
made shiney particles somewhat resembling glass. Three little
granules of quartz sand were found in the ash of this cookie.
3384. Peanut Butter, Complain of F. V. Thrasher, Edgewood,
who said there was glass in it. • Ignited portions showed consid-
erable traces of sand.
3385. Candy, bought from F. W. Woolworth Co. by Angelo Fil-
lipo, of Providence, who submitted a piece of glass found in the
candy. Four other pieces of finely broken glass were found in the
lot submitted for examination.
3397. Absorbent Cotton submitted by the R. I. District Nursing
Association contained a "white powder" which seemed suspicious.
Cotton was labeled "Sanitary Absorbent Cotton. Geo. L. Claflin
Co., Providence, R. I." The powder proved to be talcum, presum-
ably accidentally spilled into the absorbent cotton while rolling.
3400. Salted Peanuts thought to contain ground glass was the
complaint of a Mr. Bigley, of Providence. No glass, but did con-
tain little sand.
3401. Camembert Cheese, Military Brand, made in New York
State and bought by Mr. Charles Hubbard, Federal Building, Provi
dence, from Stoll Bros., Boston, was "supposed to contain ground
glass." Careful examination failed to show the presence of any
glass or other gritty material.
3411 A. Cookies, sent in by J. Atmore Wright of Wakefield,
were considered as suspicious, but examination failed to show pres-
ence of any glass.
3435. Bread, Two slices of bread baked by Hathaway, Bos
ton, were received from Glengarry Mills, Inc., Oakland, R. I. Glass
had been found. Examination of these two slices revealed one
large piece of ''double-thick" glass, possibly a portion of a broken
show case. The piece was too large to be capabje of being
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swallowed, and was present in the bread as the result of some acci-
dent.
3451. Fruit Biscuit bought from the Mayflower Stores by Henry
Mcintosh of Pawtucket. Did contain glass, evidently sprinkled on
and rolled into the dough before baking; looked like maliciousness
on the part of some employee of the bakery.
3599. Can of ''Gorton's Flaked Fish/' product of Gorton-Pew
Fisheries Co., Gloucester, Mass., purchased at Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. store in Cranston by Mrs. Lillian Jenckes of Norwood,
contained material resembling broken glass and the observer being
frightened by "the ground glass scare'' submitted it for examina-
tion. The crystals were common salt.
Uniticd Statics Naval Dicpartment
New London Station
3283. Loaf and slices of Bread submitted by Lieut, Hermann
Oelrichs in charge at New London, Conn., who was suspicious that
same contained "liquid mercury." Careful analysis failed to show
any evidence of the presence of mercury, arsenic, antimony or their
compounds. No other injurious substances found.
3300. Stick Extract Licorice, submitted by Lieut. Oelrichs, who
suspected the presence of glass. No glass found, but there was
an appreciable trace of sand present.
UnitivD States F(x)d Administration
Hon. A. M. Coats, Administrator
3266. Raisin Bread baked and sold by Weybosset Pure Food
Market, Providence. Top of loaf frosted with sugar, contrary to
Food Administration ruling.
3347. Wheat and Rye Bread. Contained masses of black, hair-
like fibres which proved to be Aspergillus niger, or some fungi of
the Pencillium glaucum type. Really this bread contained black
mold.
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3348. Bread to determine presence of cereal which was then
required. Did contain com.
3358. Rye Bread ffoni Giiisti Bros., Providence, containing
many black particles thought to be coal. There were wood char-
coal or particles of carbon.
3360. Raisin Bread submitted by Mrs. J. Selvy, Edgewood, who
stated "contained sand or glass; looks alright, but the chewing of
it is the test." The only gritty substance observed, either by pro-
cess of "chewing it" or by examination of the ash, or from micro-
scopical examination of the bread, was portions of seeds from
raisins.
3362-3363. Grape Nuts, in opened and unopened packages, sub-
mitted with the complaint that the product contained glass. Small
particles of glass in irregular masses were observed in the opened
package. None was found in the contents of the original package
or unopened box. The glass found may have been intentionally
added by some person seeking notoriety.
3382. Victory Flour bought from Olneyville Public Market by
Mrs. McCahey, Providence, who complained of its uselessness in
making bread. The specimen of bread baked from the purchased
flour certainly was very poor in appearance. Microscopical ex-
amination proved the "victory flour" to be straight sago starch.
3399. Flour to ascertain whether it contained any added cereal
Did contain barley, at that time counted as a cereal.
3433. Potato Flour which complainant said had a bad odor
proved to be straight potato starch alright, possessing a "mildew"
or musty odor and taste. Its water solution was decidedly acid, in-
dicating that the flour had been stored in a damp place and had
fermented, becoming unfit for food purposes.
Unitkd Statks Skcrkt Service
Thomas J. Callaghan, Agent
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3372. Bread submitted by Mrs. Louise May, Providence, who
claimed that eating it had made persons ill. Several pieces of white.
flint glass were found within the bread.
3373. Grape Jelly submitted by Ralph Cipollo, Providence, who
claimed that same contained glass. Gritty, glass-like particles noted
when placed in the mouth, which when separated dissolved widi
aid of hot water, indicating that they were crystals of "frait
sugars." This is a common occurence with grape jelly in particular,
as the natural crystalline bodies separate out appearing somewhat
like particles of glass.
3374. Another case of complaint of Grape Jelly by Mrs. E. J
Jackson of Providence. Not all the particles dissolved as in above
instance; a small amount of sand found.
Rro Cross.
3447. "Reed's Chocolate Wheat Bar" was examined for the
presence of glass, for the Red Cross Canteen at the Union Station.
One small piece of glass and some sand was found in the piece of
chocolate submitted.
Food Materials Suspected to Contain Injurious or Poisonous
Substances.
3296. Harrington. "Mrs. Chapin's Orange Martnalade" sub-
mitted by Mrs. Howard Smith because of its grittiness. This jelly
contained 1.035 grams of finely powdered glass. By actual count
we separated 285 pieces of glass, beside considerable fine, powdered
glass incapable of being counted.
3356. Central Falls. "Security Brand Fat Herring:' Edward
TIackney complained of glass being in this fish. No evidence of
glass present.
3305. East Gr^nwich. "Condensed Milk:' A patient of Dr
C. L. Phillips said she found glass in it. Contained no glass or
gritty substance.
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3269. East Providence. "ShaTvmut Brand Apple and Raspberry
Compound.*' Product of Joseph Middleby, Jr., Inc., Boston. Ray-
mond H. Drill objected to glass in his preserves. Contained two
large pieces of glass, being portions of a jar similar to the one con-
taining the jelly; also several chippings of the glass.
3386. Hughesdale. "Table Talk Brand Catsups Pres. Hughes
of Johnston Town Council said his chauffeur found glass in it.
Bought from store of Dan Farranti. Contained considerable coarsely
broken glass. Our Inspector Hopkins purchased a new bottle from
above store, but no glass was found in its contents.
3251. Newport. *' Portions of a Nut Caramel.'' Complaint of
Miss Theodora Taylor, who^ suspected glass in candies sold to sol-
diers and sailors. Contained a piece of glass weighing 10.2 grains.
A piece of the rim or neck of a bottle.
3257-3264. Newport. ''Eight Pieces of Candy." Collected from
store from which above Nut Caramel was sold. No glass or sand
found in any of them.
3243. Pawtucket. ''Marble Brand Canned Tomatoes." Com-
plaint of Mrs. H. A. Beniot, who thought that they contained glass.
All contained considerable sand. No glass present.
3245. Pawtucket. ''Hatchet Brand Tomatoes" also submitted
by Mrs. Benoit. No glass, but sand is present.
3282. Pawtucket. "Opened Jar of Jam." Sent by Chief of
Pawtucket Police upon complaint of Mrs. John Christopher that it
contained glass. Contained sand and a very few pieces of glass.
3315. Pawtucket. "Liberty Cakes." Sent in by Chief of Po
lice. No glass. Crystallized sugar was apparently the deceiving
particles.
3359. Pawtucket. "Beechnut Brand Grape Jelly." Sent by
Chief of Police on complaint of Thos. Thompson. No glass found
Contains crystallized fruit sugars.
3369. Pawtucket. "Canned Squash." Also pie made from some
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of this squash. S. T. Hilliard complained that the squash and the
pie contained glass. No glass found, but a large amount of sand
was present.
3371. Central Falls. ''Bread." vSent in by Chief McCarty of
Central Falls Police. Contains human dung as stated in this an-
alysis under "bread."
3272. Newport. Candy. Sent in by the Health Board. Sample
purchased by Peter Turner from H. D. Wood. No glass found
3273. Newport. Butter, Complaint from Mrs. James \V. Tobin
who purchased butter from James A. Dreury & Co. Sample is
butter containing excessive water, — 23.5%, being 7.6% excess or
46.87% increase over the amount of water allowed. ' (Butter should
not exceed 16% water).
3166-3172. Providence. Milk, Coffee and Milk, Tea and Sugar,
-cceived from Capt. Robert M. Connors, 4th Precinct. Four chil-
dren and a nurse said to have been made ill and delerious. Some
of the milk contained Tincture of Larkspur.
3270. Providence. Oleomargarine. A. Kaltsas thought this
oleomargarine made some customers who ate at his restaurant ill
No injurious substances found.
3274. Providence. Bread. Mrs. Bourne found hair-like fibres
in Ward-Corby Co.'s bread. Appears to be jute fibres from a bur-
lap bag.
3275. Providence. Sugar. From State House Restaurant.
When added to tea, turns latter "inky-black." Contains consider-
able iron compounds which with the gallotannic acid in the tea,
forms an iron ink. Not harmful. Sugar was the crude, brown
sort employed at times during the sugar shortage of last year.
3285. Providence. Brown Bread. Made from flour purchased
at Public Market by Mrs. Eyles, who thought it contained glass.
Contained a little gritty substance which proved to be sand.
3290. Providence. ''Strawberry. Fresh Fruit Jam. Curtis
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Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y." Purchased by Henry W. MoUoy,
who thought that it contained glass. No evidence of glass present.
No grit except that of the berry seeds, and a slight trace of sand.
3295. Providence. ^'Beechnut Brand Peanut Buffer." Com-
plaint by Mrs. W. M. Blackwell, who was suspicious of the gritty
feel upon her teeth. No sand, glass or other grittiness, except the
coarse particles of the ground peanuts.
3324. Providence. ''Pepperminf Candy," Submitted by A. G.
Chaffee who said that the candy made a person ill. No evidence
of the presence of poisonous material. Suspicious "greenish spots"
in wafers proved to be chlorophyll, due to imperfect incorporation
of oil of essence of peppermint with the sugar. Portion of candy
so stained was very strong in peppermint flavor. Candy made at
Anderson's.
3329. Providence. Assorted Hard Candy. Complained of by
Mr. Moses A. Sawyer who claimed same made three persons ill;
said candy produced gas, abdominal pains and diarrhoea. No evi-
dence of poisonous substances found.
3338. Providence. Raisin Bread. Mrs. C. H. Smith bought
raisin bread which "smells alright, but tastes as if a cat had polluted
it.* ' Examination in this laboratory failed to discover any such
"pollution" indicated.
3354. Providence. Milk. Submitted by Dr. H. S. Hincks who
said his child was made violently ill after drinking some of the
milk. No evdcnce of poisonous substances found.
3361. Providence. Brown Bread. Frank D. McKendall claimed
bread made from "Chieftain Brown Bread Mixture" contained
much grit. Possibly glass. Gritty matters probably due to large
number of raisin seeds; no evidence of other gritty materials.
3411. Providence. ''Rhode Island Johnny Cake Meal." Dr.
Ellen Stone found that a package of this corn meal had a very dis-
agreeable taste. Flour had become damp, and developed a very
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sour and disagreeable taste. Its acidity, calculated in terms of
acetic acid, amounted to 1.27%.
3420. Providence. Glass in Candy. Mrs. James Shields found
three quite large pieces of glass in a piece of candy she was eating
The candy submitted failed to show the presence of any more glass ;
evidently glass found was result of some accident, and not inten-
tionally added.
3428. Providence. Pure Grape Jelly, Marion Henry brought
in a sample of grape jelly, which she thought contained glass. The
gritty particles were crystallized fruit sugars.
3590. Providence. Frosted Cakes. Purchased by Lovell Chapin,
"did not have a good smell and taste," as he thought cup cakes
ought to possess at 50c. per doezn. The flavor of the cakes and
the odor of them suggested "stale Ggg" which proved to be the case.
The manager of The Shepard Co., from which the cakes were
bought, had already discovered the disagreeable feature, and when
our inspector and Mr. Chapin informed him of the cakes, regrets
were expressed and purchase price promptly refunded, and the
remaining lot of cakes withdrawn from sale.
3600. Providence. Raisin Bread. Mrs. Lena Barber purchased
raisin bread from R. L. Rose Co., which she claimed contained
"bugs." The bread did contain a large number of small black
beetles, variety undetermined, but which frequently are found in-
festing certain grains and cereals. Their presence showed careless-
nss on the part of the baker making the bread.
3215. Riverside. ''Royal Scarlet Raspberry Jam" Thirty-eight
jars similar to those fomierly complained of as containing glass,
was restricted from sale at the store of E. S. Penniman until it
could be examined. Found to contain no glass; after the exami-
nation, the jam was released.
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3297. Warren. ''Beardsley's Peanut Butter^' sent in by Dr.
Nelson R. Hall contained no grit, sand or glass. Frequently peanut
butter contains coarse particles ob peanuts which somewhat simu-
late foreign, gritty materials.
MISCELLANEOUS.
3177. Bay Rum sold by Joseph Sisto, Cranston. Contained no
wood alcohol.
3200. Bay Rum sold by Antonio Laudi, Providence. Contained
no wood alcohol.
3355. "Perlo/' a preparation sold as a disinfectant fluid from
house to house. Made by John App, manufacturing chemist.
Providence. Purchaser, after reading the name of the manufac-
turer, became suspicious and submitted sample to this laboratory
for examination. Preparation appears to belong to that class of
coal-tar products known as Sylpho Naphthol, Creolin, etc. While
no comparison of the germicidal value was made, its physical char-
acteristics indicate that "Perlo" is not a "superior preparation."
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK A. JACKSON,
Chairman
FRANKLIN N. STRICKLAND,
Executive Secretary
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Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 10.
#tatr of VAfohe Jalmtii anik ^rotrtdrtirr platitalinitB.
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
STATE LIBRARIAN
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THB
STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER
FOR THE YEAR 1918
PAWTUCKRT :
PAWTUCKKT LINOTYPING CO.,
1919.
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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OP THB
STATE LIBRARIAN
To the Honorable Secretary of State :
Sib: — I herewith submit the eighteenth annual report of
the State Librarian for the year 1918.
The past year has been marked by changes due to war
conditions, but the routine work of the library has been
conducted efficiently, and in addition the librarian and the
staff have found opportunity as occasion demanded to aid
the various war activities.
The war has produced changes in the personnel of the li-
brary. Miss Grace M. Sherwood, who had been in charge
of the Legislative Bef erence Bureau, became identified with
the overseas service of the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation and Mr. Theodore S. Butterfield, formerly an as-
sistant, became an officer in the Selective Service, United
States Army. Both of these persons have been given leave
of absence to perform these duties and Miss Madeline T.
Mulgrew, who had been doing substitute work, was made
assistant stenographer.
The book additions to the library have been smaller than
in previous years, due in large part to restricted printing.
The book accessions in detail were as follows : Exchange,
699; gift, 170; purchase, 251; United States Government,
174; state officials in Bhode Island, 190, and bindery, 82, a
total of 1566 volumes.
Pamphlets are an important part of the library. While
some of the material is ephemeral in nature, much of it is
of considerable value. Many of the live topics of discus-
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sion on political and social science first appear in pamphlet
form, and within a year after publication either become ac-
cepted theories or pass into the discard. The library has
received during the year 2750 pamphlets.
WAR ACTIVITIES.
The American Library Association has become one of
the seven great agencies which have been organized to pro-
vide recreational facilities for the soldiers and sailors. The
State Librarian was appointed state director in connection
with the various campaigns for securing funds and for
gathering books. The first drive was started on September
24, 1917 and the sum of $25,877.15 was obtained for the sup-
port of the American Library Association in its special field
work. During the week of March 18, 1918 a book drive was
undertaken and in this connection the state librarian direct-
ed the Providence campaign. Over one thousand people
took an active part in soliciting books and as a result forty
thousand volumes were assembled at the Providence Pub-
lic Library, later sent to the dispatch offices and thence for-
warded to the various cantonments, forts and other army aad
navy stations. In all these activities the staff of the library
have given freely of their time and energy. In September,
1918, plans were laid for an extensive campaign for funds
to support the American Library Association in its war
work, but at the request of the President of the United
States seven large organizations were merged for fiscal pur-
poses into a United War Work Campaign. By this method
the sum of $1,500,000 was obtained in the state of Bhode
Island.
The library has been made an agency for the State House
for the sale of War Savings Stamps, and in addition mem-
bers of the staff have aided after business hours the War
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Savings Stamp organization. The librarian has acted as
Library Publicity Director for the Rhode Island Food Ad-
ministration. He served on the Advisory Council of the
Administration and has been in close touch with its various
functions and in the solution of the problems of food con-
servation. At the request of Mr. Alfred M. Coats, Food
Admiuistrator, he prepared a history of the Rhode Island
Food Administration.
In July the librarian attended the annual conference of
the American Library Association at Saratoga Springs,
New York. While there he took part in the meetings of the
State Directors of the Library War Service, and the Li-
brary Publicity Directors of the Food Administration. He
also visited the city of Albany and inspected the duplicates
of the New York State Library. As a result of this inspec-
tion 707 books and 942 pamphlets were obtained on ex-
change account. The Rhode Island State Library is great-
ly indebted to the New York State Library for this cour-
tesy.
In response to demand, a special collection of books on
military subjects was formed and purchases made of all
volumes that would be used by persons desiring commis-
sions in the army or navy. Frequent use was made of
this collection by persons interested in the subject and a
valuable set of military books is now available for consul-
tation.
The influx of books and pamphlets on the subject of the
war rendered necessary a special segregation of this materi-
al and space was provided for this new feature of the li-
brary.
LIBRAKY QUARTERS.
The crowded condition of the main library required the
erection of additional stacks in Room No. 8. This improve-
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ment has given us needed relief, but is only temporary in
nature as the routine work of the department is still con-
ducted in the main library, which is detrimental to the l>est
service. Through the courtesy of the State House Commis-
sion, the librarian was given the use of two committee
rooms adjacent to the main library. One of these rooms,
in charge of a record clerk, was devoted to the files of the
State Record Commissioner, and the other room was util-
ized as the private office of the librarian.
LEGISLATIVE BEFEBENCE BUBEAU.
The Legislative Reference Bureau, which is a part of
the State Library, has rendered its usual service to the
members of the legislature. During 1918, there were pre-
pared for the general assembly 547 bills, memorials and
petitions. The cumulative card index has been maintained
and in large part rewritten, and the file of printed bills has
been freely consulted by the members and bills distributed
to any persion who inquired for them.
The various books, special commission reports and in-
vestigations on political and social science which had been
segregated for the use of the Legislative Reference Bureau
have been merged into one collection. In addition, the
pamphlets, filed convenient to access, have been sorted and
reclassified. This method has simplified the use of the
cwo collections and has bought together in one convenient
location the material of special value to the Legislative
Reference Bureau.
On account of the war conditions, the special course in
political science, in connection with Brown University, ha«
been temporarily abandoned. It is hoped that with the re-
sumption of normal college activities, the course will be
continued.
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EXCHANGES.
Exchanges have been conducted with the various state li-
braries of the country. The State Librarian again ex-
presses thanks for the kindness of the various state officials
of Rhode Island, and especially to the State Printing Com-
missioner, for aid in obtaining publications for distribution.
In conclusion I desire to extend to you and to your as-
sista.nts my sincere thanks for courtesies rendered during
the past year. I take pleasure in commending to you the
faithful services of the assistants in the State Library.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT 0. BRIGHAM,
State Librarian,
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STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER
OflSce of the State Record Commissioner,
Providence, B. I.
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations'.
The State Record Commissioner herewith submits his re-
port for the year 1918, covering the functions of the office
relating to the inspection and care of the records in the sev-
eral towns and cities of the state, and in addition the com-
pilation of information relating to service of soldiers in the
Revolutionary War.
PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE STATE.
The provisions of Chapter 700 of the Public Laws relat-
ing to care and custody of records have been observed by
the various towns and cities. In a few cases inferior equip-
ment has been installed, but on the advice of the Conunis-
sioner changes have been made to conform with the law.
The various towns and cities have been particularly free
from fire danger and the protection is yearly being made
more adequate.
COMPILATION OF RECORDS.
The compilation of Revolutionary War recorcjs has been
continued. Special researches have been made on the
regimental commands of the Revolution and the material
received from our Washington correspondent has been of
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the utmost value in establishing the validity of various Rev-
olutionary claims. There have been the usual inquiries
from persons who desire to join patriotic societies. Un-
doubtedly the war will stimulate interest in these societies
and create an increased demand for Revolutionary infor-
mation.
A valuable collection of Revolutionary documents, which
have for many years been in the possession of a Boston
dealer, have passed into the hands of a prominent Rhode
Island collector. This change of ownership is of great val-
ue as it assures a proper protection of these valuable rec-
ords, and an opportunity to give them suitable examina-
tion.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT 0. BRIGHAM,
State Record Commissioner.
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Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 11.
Biatf of Wiptbt 3almi2i and Prnvilintn pUuttatimifl.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Harbor Commission
MADB TO THB
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, I9J9
FOR
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
PROVIDENCE
1919
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REPORT.
To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of
Rhode Island :
The Harbor Commission respectfully submits its annual
report covering a period extending from January 1, 1918,
to December 31, 1918, and embracing not only its own ac-
tivities since May First but those of its predecessors for
the first four months of the year, as per the minutes and
records turned over to this Commission.
Creation of Commission.
The Harbor Commission was created by an Act of the
General Assembly, Chapter 1669 of the Public Laws,
passed at its January Session, 1918, and approved April
19,1918, being:
An Act in Amendment of and in addition to Chapter 144
of the General Laws, entitled **0f the Protection of Navi-
gation,'' and of Chapter 473 of the Public Laws, passed
at the January Session, A. D. 1909, entitled ''An Act to
Create a Commission to Formulate and Report on a Plan
for the Permanent Improvement of Navigation in the See-
konk River, '^ and of Chapter 568 of the Public Laws,
passed at the January Session, A. D. 1910, entitled ''An
^ct to Authorize the Appointment of and to Define the
Powers and Duties of a State Harbor Improvement Com-
nussion in Providence, Pawtucket and East Providence,^'
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and the several Acts in Amendment thereof and in Addi-
tion thereto.
Obganization.
The following is the personnel of the Commission by
appointments made in pursuance of said Chapter 1669:
Harry E. Windsor of Providence, Chairman, to serve
until February 1, 1924.
George M. Hull of East Providence, to serve until Feb-
ruary 1, 1922.
William S. Rogers of Newport, to serve until February 1,
1919. (To fill vacancy caused by resignation of William J.
Landerg, appointed April 19, 1918.)
Frank A. Page of Providence, Secretary.
The Commission has appointed Franklin N. Blake, of
Pawtucket, as Commissioner of the Pawtucket River.
State Pier No. 1, Providence.
There are now two steamship companies leasing State
Pier No. 1. The Fabre Line, flying the French flag, docks
on the soutli side of the Pier, and the Chesapeake & Curtis
Bay R. R. Co., under the American flag, docks on the north
side. However, the contract with both tenants allows other
vessels to come to the Pier to discharge or take on cargo, so
that for the time being the facilities are ample for taking
care of tramp vessels whose owners may desire to use the
Port of Providence as a distributing or forwarding centre.
The use of the Pier by the Fabre Line during the year
has been greatly reduced on account of war conditions,
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there having been no arrivals or departures since April.
The American agents are hbpef ul of an early release by the
French Government of some of the vessels of this line, when
service to French, Italian and Portuguese ports will be re-
sumed.
The Chesapeake & Curtis Bay R. R. Company had
planned to establish a line of steamers to Baltimore in con-
nection with a service between Baltimore and the West In-
dies, and, in due course, possibly, a separate line out of
Providence to the West Indies. Altho this Company has
been paying rent since July 1, 1918, it has found that Gov-
ernment restrictions on business and shipping have made
it impossible to initiate this enterprise.
The U. S. Bureau of Inmaigration during. the year has re-
newed its lease with the State for quarters at the Pier, and
it is anticipateil that immigration from Portugal and Italy
may recommence by Spring, with the usual accompaniment
of commerce in mechandise. The military and naval
branches of the Government have shown an active interest
in the Pier during the year, but the only tangible results
have been the storage of munitions.
The Italian Government and the Canadian Ministry of
Munitions have also used the Pier for the storage of mili-
tary supplies pending shipment to Europe.
Despite the war the collections from the Pier have been
the largest of any year, amounting to over $11,000.
Pawtucket Wharf.
The Pawtucket wharf is now ready for use as a shipping
and receiving point for coastwise freight. The stool freight
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ghed is 75 feet by 100 feet, while the total length of the quay
wall available for landing freight is 700 feet.
Altho a part of the property is temporarily occupied by
Boy H. Beattie, Inc., for the manufacture and shipment of
cement blocks for use in building sea walls, the rest of the
wharf, including the freight shed, is available and well
adapted for a regular freight business with New York.
Several transportation companies have interested them-
selves deeply in a line between Pawtucket and New York,
but the difficulty of obtaining suitable boats during war
time, except at prohibitive figures, has thus far kept from
fruition the splendid initiative of those Pawtucket and
Blackstone Valley business men who have been strenuously
active in promoting the steamboat proposition.
The income from the wharf for the year, derived from
tenancy and options for leasing, amounts to $4,274.99.
Harbor Lines.
The Harbor Commissioners approved certain changes in
the harbor lines at Fields Point and in Wickford Cove, and
the changes were enacted into law by the General Assem-
bly by the passage of Chapters 1619 and 1665 respectively.
CHAPTER 1619.
An Act Changing and Establishing the Harbor Line on
the Westerly Side of Providence River Near Fields
Point as Established by Senate Resolution No. 54,
Passed at the January Session of the General Assem-
bly, A. D. 1881.
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Approved April 10, 1918.
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
Section 1. That part of the harbor line on the westerly
side of Providence River near Fields Point between the
points marked **c'' and '*p" in the description of the har-
bor line established by the Senate Resolution No. 54, passed
April 28, 1881, is hereby changed and established as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a point marked **c" on a plan designated
by the Harbor Commissioners, Jan. 26, 1881, and on file in
the oflfice of the Secretary of State, which said point is in
latitude south 40019.93 longitude east 42460.18 and is the
same point described in Chapter 819 of the Public Laws
passed at the January Session of the General Assembly
A. D. 1880 as 260 feet beyond the point marked '*b'' on
plan designed by the Harbor Commissioners October 22,
1879; thence running from said point '^c'' south 42° 23' 00''
E 1100 feet in continuation of the line passing through the
points *'b" and **c'' hereinbefore referred to, to a point
marked n' shown on the accompanying plan No. 043282,
dated March 12, 1918, being in latitude south 40832.45 lon-
gitude east 43201.68; thence south 47° 37' west, 1605.05
feet making an angle of 90° with a line passing through
points **c^^ and n' hereinbefore referred to, to a point
marked p' on the said plan No. 043282, said point being in
latitude south 41914.39 longitude east 42016.11; thence run-
ning south 2° 01' 37" west 5929.77 feet making an angle of
134° 24' 37" with the line n' p' to a point marked p in lati-
tnde south 47840.45 longitude east 41806.37 and in the har-
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bor line shown on a plan designed by the Harbor Counnis-
sioners January 26, 1881, and approved April 28, 1881, and
en file in the oflSce of the Secretary of State,
The latitudes of points are given in feet and hundredths
southerly from a line at right angles to the meridian of the
United States Coast Survey Station at Fort Independence,
and situated forty thousand feet north of said station, and
the longitudes are given in feet and hundredths easterly
from a line parallel with tlie meridian of the United States
Coast Survey Station at Fort Independence and situated
forty thousand feet westerly thereof.
Sec. 2. Upon passage of this act, said accompanying
plat shall be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of
State.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
CHAPTER 1665.
An Act Changing and establishing the Harbor Line in
Wickford Cove as establislied by an Act of the General
Assembly by **An Act to Establish a Harbor Line in
Wickford Harbor from Quonset Point to Rowe's Point,
Near BrisselPs Cove'^ Passed April 14, 1885.
Approved April 19, 1918.
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
Section 1. That part of the harbor line in Wickford Cove
between the points **w" and **y" in the description of the
harbor line in AVickford Harbor established bv an Act of
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the General Assembly April 14, 1885, is hereby changed and
estabUshed as follows :
Beginning at the point marked **w" described in said
Act, which point is in latitude south 121,231.85 feet, lon-
gitude east 23,824.10 feet; thence running south 33 ' 56' 00"
west 264 feet to a point in the harbor line **xy" marked
** a" on the accompanying plan. Said point **a'' is in lati-
tude south 121,450.89 feet, longitude 23,576.73 feet, and is
in the Une ' ' xy ' ^ 111.03 feet from * ' x. ' ^
The latitides of points are given in feet and hundredths
southerly from a line at right angles to the meridian of the
United States Coast Survey Station at Fort Independence,
and situated forty thousand feet north of said Station, and
the longitudes are given in feet and hundredths easterly
from a line parallel with the meridian of the United States
Coast Survey Station at Fort Independence and situated
forty thousand feet westerly thereof.
Sec. 2. Upon passage of this Act, said accompanying
plat shall be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of
State.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Obstructions.
The Commission has had no serious case of obstruction
in the tide waters to consider during the year.
Pollution of Tide Waters.
Attention has been given to every complaint made to
the commission regarding waste and oil appearing in
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Providence Harbor and upper Narragansett Bay, and vig-
orous measures have been taken to avoid repetition when
responsibility has been located.
Dredging.
The amount of material reported as deposited at the usu-
al dumping ground off Prudence Island is 18,680 cubic
yards. Of this amount 10,880 cubic yards consisted of
sludge from the precij^itation tanks of the City of Provi-
dence. The small total of material deposited at the usual
dumping ground is due to the fact that a great deal of
material has gone to private dumping grounds for filling
in purposes under permits issued by the Commission.
Licenses.
Licenses have been granted during the year for struc-
tures in public waters as follows :
No. 718. January 23. Standard Oil Company of New
York. To fill area at Vanity Fair and extend sea wall.
No. 719. March 20. Providence Gas Company. To
build a trestle at their plant at Sassafras Point.
No. 720. April 3. James McKinnon. To drive 20 piles
in Seekonk River opposite north line of his property on
Water Street, East Providence.
No. 721.. May 22. H. N. Girard. To build wharf in
Wickford Cove.
No. 722. May 22. Hamilton Web Company. To build
wharf in Wickford Cove.
No. 723. May 22. Standard Oil Company of New York.
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To fill area at Silver Spring; build a dike near north line
of this property, and a dike from the shore to the rocks and
to the north end of the sea wall under construction ; and to
extend sea wall to north end of Silver Spring property.
No. 724. July 24. Aberthaw Construction Company.
To construct two launching ways at Fields Point and
dredge area opposite, with the consent of the City of Provi-
dence.
No. 725. August 14. John R. White & Son, Inc. To
buUd extension to wharf at Aliens Avenue, Providence.
No, 726. September 25. Sayles Finishing Plant. To
fill area in Seekonk Eiver in East Providence, adjoining
property, with ashes and other mill waste, the filled area to
be effectively banked about with heavy material.
Assents.
Assent has been given to applications as follows :
No. 1. January 2. Hamilton Web Company. To drive
84 piles in front of its premises at Wickf ord.
No. 2. January 9. Walter F. Seymour. To widen
wharf to 12 feet.
No. 3. January 9. Narragansett Electric Lighting
Company. To dredge slip at foot of Public Street, Provi-
dence, to depth of 20 feet at high tide.
No. 4. March 13. Rhode Island State Board of Public
Roads. To erect concrete bridge over Narrow River in
Narragansett on Boston Neck Road.
No. 5. March 27. Mexican Petroleum Corporation. To
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construct two dolphins ^nd connecting bridges fifty feet
east of Kettle Point Pier.
No. 6. April 3. Anthony Coal & Cement Company. To
dredge a channel 90 feet wide and a berth 75 feet wide to
depth of 15 feet opposite their wharf in East Providence,
and deposit dredged material at Prudence Island Dump-
ing Grounds.
No. 7. April 3. Wickford Welfare Association. To
build a dam across Academy Cove at the Sea View Bail-
road Bridge in Wickford.
No. 8. April 24. J. 8. Packard Dredging Company.
To redredge berth at Olney & Payne wharf in Pawtucket to
depth of 16 feet, and deposit the material at Prudence
Island Dumping Grounds.
No. 9. April 24. Charles A. Stahl, Jr. To drive two
piles in Old Warwick Cove five feet from edge of channel
opposite land of W. A. Burrows, with his consent.
No. 10. May 1. Glenlyon Dye Works. To dredge
small area in front of intake at its Phillipsdale works, and
deposit the dredged material against the shore just south
of said intake.
No. 11. May 1. Marie L. Champlin. To build a wall
from north line of Division Street to south line of King
Street, East Greenwich.
No. 12. May 1. J. S. Packard Dredging Company. To
deposit about 10,000 cubic yards of material at Prudence
Island Dumping Grounds, dredged from berth of American
Print works, Fall River, Massachusetts.
No. 13. May 15. East Providence Water Company.
To build a coffer dam in Seekonk River at mouth of Ten
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Mile River, during repairs to dam.
No. 14. May 15. Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.
To install launching railway, of temporary character, for
hydro-airplane pontoons in Bristol Harbor. Also to renew
railway at Walker's Cove, Bristol Harbor.
No. 15. May 22. E. A. Harrington. To repair Rocky
Point Wharf and to drive and fit piles at same place.
No. 16. May 22. Namquit Worsted Mills. To repair
and extend its wharf in Bristol 15 feet westward.
No. 17. May 29. Rhode Island Marine Construction
and Drydock Corporation. To dredge 100,000 cubic yards
of mud, etc., from its location at Portsmoutli and dump
same at Prudence Island Dumping Grounds.
No. 18. May 29. Rhode Island Marine Construction
and Drydock Corporation. To drive piles and build wharf
300 feet out from shore line of its property at Portsmouth,
and to dredge area around same to depth of 30 feet.
No. 19. June 5. James McKinnon. To fill flats and
build bulkheads at No. 94 and No. 102 South Water Street,
East Providence.
No. 20. June 12. J. S. Packard Dredging Company.
To dredge extension of berth on north side of Seaconnet
Coal Company wharf. Aliens Avenue, Providence, to depth
of 23 feet mean low water, and deposit the material at
Standard Oil Company property ^t Vanity Fair, East
Providence.
No. 21. June 12. Lewis Herreshoff. To rebuild his
wharf at Homestead, Prudence Island.
No. 22. June 19. Staples Coal Company. To substi-
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tute new plans for building wharf in Warren for which Li-
cense No. 717 was granted July 18, 1917.
No. 23. June 26. Renaldo C. Castiglioni. To build
wharf at Oakland Beach.
No. 24. July 3. J. S. Packard Dredging Company. To
redredge berth at City Coal Company, Pawtucket.
No. 25. July 3. J. S. Packard Dredging Company. To
redredge bertli at Cottrell Lumber Company, Pawtucket.
No. 26. July 3. City of Providence. To allow material
dislodged by hydraulicing process of excavating hills at
Fields Point to flow into Providence River inshore of the
harbor* line, provided that a dike of heavy material shall
first be built along the shore between high and low water
so that the westerly end shall bo about 1,200 feet westerly
of the south end of the sea wall and the easterly end shall
begin at high tide near the easterly end of the fill to be
made, the top of the dike not to be lower than mean high
water.
No. 27. July 10. J. S. Packard Dredging Company.
To dredge a channel 1,000 feet by 40 feet to a depth of 6
feet at mean low water at Sassafras Point, to furnish water
for condenser intake of Providence Sewage Pumping Sta-
tion; also to dump the mud (about 10,000 cubic yards) in
the edge of the harbor channel, redredge the mud into larg-
er scows and deposit same at Standard Oil Company prop-
erty at Vanity Fair.
No. 28. July 10. Oakland Beach Civic League. To
place seven channel markers at Brushneck Cove, Oakland
Beach, w^th the consent of riparian owners.
No. 29. July 31. Edward V. Brown. To place fish
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trap at Rumstick Point opposite Mary E. Dyer property
just south of its northerly line.
No. 30. July 31. Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric
Company. To dredge berth at foot of Tidewater Street,
Pawtucket, to depth of 22 feet mean high water a distance
of 300 feet beginning at south end of dock ; also to provide
new bulkhead along the dock front involved.
No. 31. August 7. Roy li. Beattio, Inc. To construct
temporary pile wharf 20 feet by approximately 100 feet on
west bank of Pawtucket River, with consent of S. T. Car-
penter, riparian ow^ner; also to store concrete blocks in
shallow water just soutb, wdth consent of Frank A. Sayle>,
riparian ownier, outside channel lines, for a period of not
over two months.
No. 32. August 21. Standard Oil Company of New York.
To repair wharf at Red Bridge, East Providence.
No. 33. August 28. Tusketucket Boat Club. To locate
float at right angles from Cove Avenue in Brushneck Cove,
Oakland Beach, to be extended into the water 40 feet from
high water mark and to measure 10 feet by 10 feet.
No. 34. September 4. W. V. Polleys & Company. To
replace piling and renew dolphins at Narragansett Boat
Club on Seekonk River.
No. 35. September 11. Herreshoff Manufacturing
Company, Inc. To repair piers at its main w^orks and at
Walker's Cove, Bristol, by driving replacement piles.
No. 36. September 25. Frank PauU. To drive about
25 piles at head of his wharf, 267 Thames Street, Bristol,
to replace old ones.
No. 37. September 25. Newell Coal & Lumber Com-
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pany. To repair its wharf at Pawtucket by strengtheoing
present wall with a reenforced concrete mat for len^ of
about 50 feet.
No. 38. September 25. Providence Drydock & Marine
Railway Company. To drive about 20 fender spiles and re-
locate a portion of fender spiling at its northern pier.
No. 39. September 25. J. S. Packard Dredging Com-
pany. To dredge berth at dock of Providence Drydock &
Marine Railway Company, East Providence, to depth of 25
feet mean low water, and to deposit the material at Pni
dence Island Dumping Grounds or at Standard Oil Com
pany property at Vanity Pair.
No. 40. October 9. William E. Bowen. To repair
Payne & Butler Oyster Wharf on east side of Seekonk
River, about 800 feet south of old railroad bridge in East
Providence.
No. 41. October 9. John R. White & Son, Inc. To
drive and fasten 75 piles to wharf on Aliens Avenue op-
posite Blackstone Street, Providence.
No. 42. October 18. F. C. Stender. To repair wharf
of Colonial Navigation Company on South Water Street,
Providence.
No. 43. December 18. Marine Engineering & Dry Dock
Company. To dredge two wet slips and a location for a
3,200 ton marine railway at their leased plot on Aliens
Avenue, Providence.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Bond Issue
Total Harbor Improvement Bond Issue. . . . $1,000,000 00
Total expended for land, construction and
improvements :
To December 31, 1917 $922,243 27
In Year 1918 55,742 96 $977 986 23
Unexpended Balance on Hand December 31,
1918 22,013 77
$1,000,000 00
Care and Maintenance Account.
Appropriations :
State Harbor Improvement
Commission $7,000 00
Expended by said Commis-
sion prior to May 1 2,190 98
Balance available to new
Harbor Commission . $4,809 02
Seekonk River Commission $1,387 24
Expended by said Commis-
sion prior to May 1 150 00
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Balance available to new
Harbor Commission. 1,237 24
Total available to New Harbor Commission $6,046 26
Expended, May 1 to December 31 5,604 89
Unexpended Balance December 31, 1918 $441 37
Receipts in 1918.
State Pier No. 1, Providence $11,357 75
Pawtucket Wharf 4,274 99
Total $15,632 74
Work of the United States Engineer Department.
By courtesy of the District Engineer, U. S. A., Newport,
R. I., in charge of river and harbor improvements in this
district, we have been furnished with data relating to Rhode
Island waters, which may be found in the appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY E. WINDSOR,
GEORGE M. HULL,
W. S. ROGERS.
Harbor Commissioners,
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APPENDIX A.
Statement of Progress of River and Harbor Im-
provements IN THE State of Rhode Island
January 1— December 31, 1918.
WAR DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE
284 THAMES STREET
NEWPORT. R. I.
January 29, 1919.
Rhode Island State Harbor Commission,
Room 320, State House,
Providence, R. J.
Gentlemen :
1. Your letter of the 24th relative to commercial statis-
tics and annual report has been received and noted.
2. I have requested the pamphlet copies of the annual
report for this district for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1918, but as same has not been received, I will say that the
following statement covers activities of this department in
Rhode Island waters this year: January 1 — December 31,
1918:
Owing to war conditions, the work of improvement of
rivers and harbors was suspended except in cases of urgent
necessity. Under this policy, only a small amount of work
w^as done in Providence Harbor, resulting in securing a
berth with a draft of about 23 feet at the wharf of the Provi-
dence Gas Company. Practically all of the effective dredg-
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ing plant in this vicinity was commandeered for oilier lo-
calities regarded as of greater war urgency.
Very respectfully,
J. H. WILLAED,
Colonel XJ. S. Army, Retired.
APPENDIX B.
Extract from Report of the Chief of Engin-
eers, U. S. A. for 1918.
Providence River and Harbor.
Existing project. — This provides for dredging to a depth
of 30 feet at mean low water all of the harbor, about 1.6
miles in length by from 1,300 to 1,800 feet in width, from
Fox Point to Fields Point, limited on the east and west
sides of the harbor lines, excepting the area formerly
known as Green Jacket Shoal, and for dredging to the
same depth an approach channel 600 feet wide southward
from Fields Point to the deep water of Narragansett Bay
at a point nearly opposite North Point on Popasquash Neck.
The total length of both the river and harbor included with
in this project is 10.4 miles. The mean tidal range is about
4.7 feet increased to 5.7 feet at time of spring tides; the
tidal planes are subject to irregular fluctuations, due to
storms, amounting to 2 feet. The estimate of cost for new
work revised in 1915, is $1,112,600, exclusive of araounts
expended under previous projects. The latest (1918) ap-
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proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000.
The existing project was authorized by the river and
harbor act of March 4, 1913 (H Doc. No. i;]69, 62d Cong.,
3d sess.). The latest published map is in the Annual Re-
port for 1915, page 2068.
Operations and results during fiscal year. — Work under
the existing contract for dredging the 30-foot channel to
Providence, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year,
was continued through December, when the unusual sever-
ity of the weather stopped all dredging. Dredging was re-
sumed in March, 1918, and a small amount was done during
that month to connect with private dredging operations car-
ried on by the largest coal-handling plant in the luirbor.
The dredging was done by plant of inferior capacity, as
the larger plant which had been intended for use under the
contract has been commandeered for war work of greater
urgency. The area increased to 30 feet depth is slight and
not continuous as the effort had been to add as far as pos-
sible to the facilities of the fuel-handling plants, and to se-
cure the full depth along the city wall where certain items
of war manufacturing are being actively prosecuted. The
(expenditures were $29,012 98 for new work.
Condition at end of fiscal year. — The existing project is
about 70 per cent completed. There is an approach chan-
nel 600 feet in width from its southern extremity, opposite
the North Point on Popascjuash Neck to Fields Point, a
distance of about 9 miles, which has been dredged to 30
feet depth at mean low water, the limiting lines of the 30-
foot deep channel in the upper part being the same as those
of the 25-foot deep channel previously dredged between
Oaspee Point and Fields Point. Above Fields Point the
entire harbor up to Fox Point has been dredged to a depth
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of 25 feet and about 32 per cent of this area has been deep-
ened to 30 feet. That portion of the harbor formerly occu-
pied by the Green Jacket Shoal and not included in the ex-
isting project has a depth of from 21 to 26 feet of water.
The tqtal expenditure under the existing project was $767,-
457.92 for new work and $49,463.50 for maintenance, a total
of $816,921.42.
Local cooperation. — The river and harbor act of June 25,
1910, provided that ;'* No part of this amount ($459,000, es-
timated cost of the work then provided for) shall be ex-
pended until satisfactory assurances that the city of Provi-
dence or other local agency will expend on the improvement
of the harbor front in accordance with said document (H.
Doc. No. 606, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) above referred to, a sum
equal to the amount herein appropriated and authorized."
The proper assurances were promptly given, and approved
by the Secretary of War September 6, 1910.
The river and harbor act of March 4, 1913, provided as
follows :
^ * That no work in the harbor proper north of Fields Point
shall be done until the Secretary of War is satisfied that the
State and city have completed their proposed expenditures
in the combined Providence and Pawtucket Harbors up to
at least $2,000,000 for public terminals or other permanent
public harbor improvements."
Tliis was modified by the river and harbor act of March
4, 1915 (Riviers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 63d
Cong., 2d sess.), by the addition of the words —
*'or shall have given to the Secretary of War assurance sat-
isfactory to him that the expenditure of the $2,000,000
aforesaid will be completed within a time satisfactory to
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liiiii and not later than three years from the passage of this
amendment."
This assurance was given the Secretary of War and was
approved by him June 11, 1915. The entire amount was
expended by the State of Rhode Island and city of Provi-
dence prior to March 4, 1918.
Terminal facilities. — These consist of piers and wharves
mth a total docking space of 29,250 feet, of which 4,800 feet
is publicly owned, about 3,150 feet is open for general pub-
lic use upon payment of wharfage, and 21,300 feet is pri-
vately owned and used. All of these wharves and piers are
or can easily be connected with railroad lines which are in
operation on all sides of the harbor. The facilities are con-
sidered adequate for existing commerce.
Effect of Improvement. — The deepening of the harbor
has modified to a considerable extent the character of the
vessels using it. Large steam colliers are replacing some
of the coal barges formerly bringing coal from southern
ports, where the trip involved a considerable ocean voyage ;
four large oil-producing companies have provided them-
selves with terminal facilities and have taken advantage
of the favorable situation of Providence for southern traflSc
by making it a distributing center for southeastern New
England, bringing their products from the Gulf of Mexico
and other points in tank steamers and barges drawing from
21 to 26 feet of water. Additional land adjacent to the new
channel about 1 1-4 miles south of Kettle Point is now in
course of development as one of the most extensive oil-dis-
tributing plants on the North Atlantic coast. An extensive
development of industrial plants is in progress at and near
Fields Point.
Proposed operations. ^-The recent development of war
industries in Providence immediately on the harbor front
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has been such as to render urgent the completion of the 30-
foot depth in that portion of the harbor extending along
the western harbor line for a width of about 400 feet as far
north as the State pier, and the completion of the 30-foot
depth on the east side of the harbor as far north as the
wharf of the Gulf Refining Co. These industries include
the fitting out and completion of vessels built under the
Shipping Board, a large boiler plant operating on naval
requirements, and the manufacture of coke and the toluol
products in addition to large industries away from the
direct water front.
It is proposed to api)ly the available balance or as much
thereof as may be necessary to comi)leting the 30-foot depth
by dredging at the above localities, the work to be done as
soon as it is possible to secure tlie necessary plant. No
estimate for additional funds is submitted as those avail-
able are believed to be sufficient to complete the work pro-
posed, but not thejjroject.
Pawtucket (Seekonk) Rivee.
Operations and fesults during the fiscal year. — No
works of imi)rovement or maintenance were in progress
during tlie fiscal year. The expenditures were $30.33 for
contingencies in connection witli tlie supervision of private
and State improvements and are charged to maintenance.
Condition at end of fiscal year, — The project was com-
pleted during the fiscal year 1913. The channel between
Providence and Phillipsdale had a usable depth of 16 feet,
between Phillipsdale and Pawtucket 15 feet, and between
the wharves at Pawtucket from 15 to 18 feet at mean low
tide. The head of navigation is at Pawtucket Falls, about
5.2 miles above the mouth of the river. The expenditure
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under the existing project has been $164,573.40 for new
work and $7,565.69 for maintenance, a total of $172,139.09.
In addition there was expended $67,792 for new work from
contributed funds, a grand total of both United States and
contributed funds of $239,931.09.
Local cooperation. — The river and harbor act of March*
2, 1907, required that the State of Rhode Island or other
agency should contribute $67,792, which was complied with.
Terminal facilities. — ^Including the wharves at Phillips-
dale, two in number, these cover about 4,540 feet of dock-
ing space, in which 700 feet is owned by the State of Rhode
Island and 3,840 feet owned and used by private owners.
Of the latter some portions are at times used by the public
upon payment of wharfage. The two wharves at Phillips-
dale have near-by rail connections in the yards of the own-
ers. The other wharves are not conveniently located for
rail connection. The facilities are considered adequate for
the exising commerce.
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Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 12.
i^tatr of Vifaht Jalatiii bxA lfirmQ»mt platttalUtita
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
FACTORY INSPECTION
liAOB TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, 1919
J. ELLERY HUDSON, - - - Chief Factory Inspector
PROVIDENCE
E. L. FRBBMAN COUPANT, FBINTBBB
1919
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RHODE ISLAND FACTORY INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
J. ELLERY HUDSON Chief Inspector.
FRANK J. CLINTON Assistant Inspector.
GEORGE W, RITCHIE Assistant Inspector.
WILFRID JARRET Assistant Inspector.
MINNIE H. SHIPPEE Assistant Inspector.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Office of Factory Inspectors.
Providence, R. I., January, 1919.
To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island:
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 78 of the General
Laws, I have the honor to submit to you this, the twenty^fth
annual report of the Factory Inspectors of this State, covering the
inspection of factories, work-shops, mercantile establishments, bake
shops, ice cream and confectionery manufactories, etc., during the
year ending December 31, 1918.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ELLERY HUDSON.
Chief Factory Inspector.
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REPORT
The Chief Factory Inspector respectfully presents the following
as the twenty-fifth annual report of the department:
There have been six thousand seven hundred and eighty-two
(6,782) places inspected during the past year, divided as follows:
Bake-shops, stores, etc., employing less than five persons 4,077
Establishments employing five or more persons 2,705
Total number of establishments 6,782
This is a decrease of two himdred and forty-two (242) in the
number of places employing less than five persons, and a decrease of
fifty-four (54) in the number of places employing more than five
persons.
The number of employees in the various establishments was
divided as follows:
Males of sixteen years and over 117,066
Females of sixteen years and t)ver ,^ 61,880
Total adults 178,946
Males under sixteen years of age 4,091
Females under sixteen years of age . . . .- 4,222
Total number of children 8,313
Whole number employed 187,259
The foregoing figures compared with those, given in our last report
show a decrease of five thousand one hundred and forty-three (5,143)
in the number of men employed; an increase of four thousand one
himdred and seventy-one (4,171) in the number of women employed;
a net decrease of nine himdred and seventy-two (972) in the number
of adults; an increase of one thousand and sixty-six (1,066) in the
nimiber of children employed; a net increase of ninety-four (94) in
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the total number employed. The percentage of child labor is 4.44.
For the year 1917 it was 3.87.
The number of employees in the jewelry and silverware manu-
factories was divided as follows:
Males of sixteen years and over 6,951
Females of sixteen years and over 4,575
Total adults 11,526
Males under sixteen years of age 307
Females under sixteen years of age 275
Total children ^ 582
Whole number of employees 12,108
The number of employees in bake-shops, ice cream and con-
fectionery manufactories, stores, etc., employing less than five persons
was divided as follows:
Males of sixteen years and over 5,359
Females of sixteen years and over 2,380
Total adults 7,689
Males under sixteen years of age 96
Females under sixteen years of age 1
Total children 97
Whole number of employees 7,786
The number of employees in the textile industries was divided as
follows :
Males of sixteen years and over 41,734
Females of sixteen years and over 33,394
Total adults 75,128
Males imder sixteen years of age 2,606
Females under sixteen years of age 3,102
Total children 5,708
Whole number employed in textile industries 80,836
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Compared with the figures given in last year's report the foregoing
show an increase of one thousand and seventy-one (1,071) in the
number of men employed; an increase of one thousand three hundred
and sixty-two (1,362) in the number of women employed; an in-
crease of one hundred and sixty-eight (168) in the number of boys
employed; an increase of three hundred and seventy (370) in the
number of girls employed. This makes a total increase of two thou-
sand four hundred and thirty-three (2,433) in the number of adults
employed; a total increase of five hundred and thirty-eight (538) in
the number of children employed, and a total increase of two thou-
sand nine hundred and seventy-one (2,971) in the whole number
employed in the textile industries. The percentage of child labor
in these industries is 7.06. In 1916 it was 6.6.
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P The following table shows the number of men, women, boys and
girls employed in the State, and also the percentage of child labor by
counties, cities and towns:
Adults.
Total
em-
ployed.
1 i
ClTISa AND ToWMft.
Men.
Women.
Total.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
el
Xmr. RTATF.
117,066
99.158
1,927
2.617
3.690
2.981
3.405
11
116
403
1.948
778
1,038
16,680
52,215
470
838
10.041
5,045
319
3.499
1.227
6.480
1.075
389
1,764
3
3.249
3,052
65
20
98
2.290
154
28
407
3.331
9
5
228
223
368
370
615
1.513
61,880
52.459
790
1,822
830
1,915
1,248
6
43
634
868
898
432
10,766
25.595
248
449
5,915
2,859
35
2.030
794
3,410
616
191
649
1
1.953
1,570
14
12
2
991
170
14
367
1,582
24
4
112
167
216
145
223
691
178,946
151,617
2.717
4.439
4.520
4,896
4,653
17
159
1,037
2,816
1,676
1.470
27,446
77,810
718
1.287
15.956
7.904
354
5.529
2,021
9,890
1,691
5S0
2.413
4
5,202
4.622
69
32
100
3,281
324
42
774
4,913
33
9
340
390
584
515
838
2,204
4,091
3,278
61
88
72
166
61
4,222
3.504
55
162
58
130
31
8,313
6,782
116
250
130
296
92
187,250
158,399
2,833
4.689
4,650
5,192
4,745
17
173
1,191
2,945
1,847
1,528
29,156
80,418
769
1,334
16.923
8,417
365
; 5,881
2,171
10,558
1,833
602
2,513
4
5,606
4.742
69
32
100
3,326
324
4 44
Pboyzdbmcs Coumtt
Burrillville
4.28
4 1
Central Falls
5 33
Cranjrt^n ....
2 8
Cumberland
5 7
East Providence
Foster
1.94
Glooester
5
60
75
86
25
823
1,273
23
22
438
275
8
198
69
843
70
13
60
9
94
54
85
33
886
1,335
18
25
529
238
3
154
81
325
72
9
40
14
154
129
171
58
1,709
2,608
41
47
967
613
11
352
150
668
142
22
100
8
Johnston
12 93
Lincoln
4 38
North Providence
North Smithfield
Pawtucket
9.25
4.92
5 86
Providence
3 24
Scituate
5 4
fjmtth^^ld
3 52
Woonsocket
5 72
BbXSTOL CotJHTT
6 1
Barrington
3
Bristol
6 99
Warren
6 9
KlINT COUNTT
6 22
Coventry
7 74
East Greenwich
3 65
Warwick
3 98
West Greenwich
West Warwick
200
74
204
46
404
120
7 2
Jamestown
2.53
Little Compton
■_
Middletown
Newport
32
13
45
1.35
New Shoreham
Portomouth
42
75
230
Tiverton *
42
121
33
109
849
5,143
33
9
364
390
606
546
888
2,317
8.83
4.47
WASHiNaTON Count f. .
Charlestown
Exeter
Hopkinton
6
8
"1
3.95
Narragansett
North Kingstown
Richmond
10
10
32
54
12
12
18
59
22 I
31 1
50
113
1
3.63
5.67
South Kingstown
Westerly
6.63
4.88
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The following table shows the increase or decrease in the number
of adults and children employed in the different counties, cities and
towns:
Adults.
Children.
1 Total E
Increase.
mplotbd.
Crrim and Towns.
Increase.
Decrease.
Increase.
Decrease.
Decrease.
THfc STATE
972
335
1,066
767
39
72
31
94
432
55
315
657
31
799^
2
138
Protidbncb Countt . . .
BurrillvUle
16
243
626
49
775
2
124
Central Falls
Cranston
CMinborland
18
East Providence
24
Foster
Gloeester
14
63
24
Johnston
71
691
48
20
8
lanooLn
667
North Providence. . . .
30
1
78
North Smithfield
21
Pairtucket
2.677
131
335
2.708
2,977
53
2.642
Scituate
2
2
55
Smithfi«ld
fiO
57
Woonsooket. . . .
946
87
127
859
BRiSToii Countt
70
197
Barrinnton
226
1
227
Bristol
414
133
647
Warren
118
117
163
5
123
83
8
34
Coventry
155
East Greenwich
21
400
7
14
516
Warwick
26
West Greenwich . . .
West Warwick
465
186
74
27
16
56
17
409
Nbwpobt County
•
169
Jamestown
74
Little Compton
27
Middletown
16
Newport
17
19
36
36
6
44
404
2
1
37
Portsmouth
6
Tiverton. . . •. . .
1
45
WAfiinvoTON Countt .
72
1
332
Charlestown
2
Exeter
1
Hopkinton . .
21
337
45
7
14
Narragansett
337
North Kingstown
6
61
Richmond
52
8
24
39
60
South Kingstown . . .
43
8
19
Westerly . . .
31
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The following table shows the number of men, women, boys and
girls employed in the textile industries of the State by counties,
cities and towns:
The State, Counties. Cities and Towns.
Men.
Women.
Boys
under 16.
Girls
under 16.
THE STATE
41,734
33.636
1,788
1,382
518
2.609
998
4
103
362
1,776
722
1.003
9.354
6.936
364
802
4.915
1,375
219
155
1.001
4.491
945
187
697
2.662
337
337
1,895
4
203
269
852
483
584
33.394
28.202
762
1.242
342
1.822
198
4
38
606
839
872
428
9.368
6,794
232
437
4.218
930
26
174
730
2.914
588
140
386
1.800
347
347
1.001
3
106
188
140
195
369
2.606
2,013
58
42
42
163
12
3,102
Proyidencb Countt ,
2,547
Bttrrillville^
M
Central Falls
91
Crannton , .
45
nnmbftrlAnH ,,,,-,.,,
130
East Providence
1 6
Foster. . . .
5
60
71
86
25
670
410
22
22
325
120
6
46
68
322
65
12
48
197
42
42
109
9
Johnston.
94
T4n<M>1n
1 M
North Providence
' S5
North Smithfield
33
Pawtucket
856
Providence
667
Scitnate
IS
Smithfield
25
Woonsooket
380
Bristol County
96
Rf^rrington .
3
Bristol
14
Warren
79
317
Coventry
72
East Greenwich
9
Warwick
33
West Warwick
203
Newport Countt
33
Tiverton
33
Washington Countt
109
Exeter
....
Hopkinton
6
10
19
32
42
8
North K«ngft4>wfi
12
Hiohmond
12
South Kingf t^wn . - ,
IS
Westerly
59
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The following table gives a summary of the statistics of the reports
of this department for the years that the factory inspection law has
been in force:
Year.
Number j Number | Number Total ■ Percen-
of places of adults of children | number | taice of
visited. . employed, employed. ■ employed. ' children.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1899...
1900...
1901 . . .
1902...
1903...
1904...
1905...
1906...
1907...
1908...
1909...
1910. . .
1911...
1912...
1913...
1914 . . .
1915...
1916. . .
1917...
1918...
294
293
379
355
433
549
595
617
628
644
653
1.508
1,742
1.890
1.913
1,973
6,225
6.430
6.520
6.689
6.875
55,
53,
50,
56,
63,
72,
76,
81,
86.
90.
88,
112,
123,
131.
122.
135,
151,
156.
161,
164,
152,
7,028 I 158.
7,027
7,078
6,782
175,
179,
178,
109
523 i
,068
072
259
,296
552
,496
,043
,165
,.545 I
,377
.112
,059
,060
,947
,100 ,
,808
,585 :
005 I
,777
.030
,974 !
,912
,946
5,217
4,473
4.065
4,786
4,539
4,666
5,253
5.068
5,477
6,451
5,895
6,917
6,932
6,150
4.924
5,531
5,690
5,609
5,761
6,026
5.450
5,164
6.839
7,247
8,313
60,326
57.966
54.133
60,858
67,798
76.692
81.805
86,564
91,520
96.616
94.444
119.240
130.044
137,209
126,084
141,478
156,808
162,507
167,346
170.031
158.227
163.104
182.703
187,165
187.250
8.5
7.7
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
6.4
5.8
6.0
6.7
6.2
5.8
5.3
4.5
3.0
3.0
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.16
3.74
3.87
4.44
BAKE-SHOPS, ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTORIES.
There are in force at the present time two hundred and ninety-
eight (298) bake-shop certificates, a decrease of forty-one from the
number in force last year. The number of certificates in force for
ice cream manufactories is one hundred and forty-one (141), a de-
crease of thirty -seven. Certificates for the manufacture of confec-
tionery number sixty-two (62), a decrease of twenty-four. The
combined number of certificates in force is five hundred and one
(501), a decrease of one hundred and two.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Your attention is again called to the question of providing adequate
and safe means of egress from factories and work-shops in case of
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fire. This is a matter of great importance and should receive imme-
diate and conscientious attention. That it is the duty of the State
to see to it that the lives of the thousands of its workers are pro-
tected in every possible way against danger by fire cannot be denied.
The use of the best means that engineering knowledge and skill have
devised for such protection should be provided for. The "Phila-
delphia Tower Fire Escape" is such a device. The fundamental
idea of it is that the stairway tower has no direct communication
with the different rooms and floors of the building and, therefore, is
free from danger of smoke or flame. One must go out from the
work room into the open air in order to reach the stairway in the
tower, and then the way to the ground is safe and easy. It furnishes
a place of safety on the level of each floor of the building. This fire
escape is not a patented device, but is the adaptation of well known
scientific principles, which are free for all to use. It is approved by
all scientific authorities and is reconunended as the best means known
for escape from buildings in case of fire. Acts embodying the fore-
going ideas have been repeatedly presented to the General Assembly
and in every case set aside. I hope that at the present session the
matter will receive favorable consideration.
PROSECUTIONS.
Forty-two cases have been brought before the District Courts of
the State during the year. Twenty-eight for employing children
imder sixteen years of age without certificates; one for employing
child under sixteen years of age after eight o'clock P. M.; three for
violation of the fifty-four hour law, and ten for violation of Section 18
of Chapter 78 of the General Laws, which provides for the covering
of prepared foods, etc. All were sustained and fines were imposed
aggregating $820.
ACCIDENTS.
Two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three (2,933) accidents were
reported during the year, including thirty-eight (38) deaths. Nine
hundred and twenty-two (922) of these accidents, including twelve
(12) deaths were caused by machinery in establishments coming imder
the supervision of this department, and are classified as follows:
Cut, bruised or jammed fingers, 543; cut or bruised leg, arm, hand
or foot, 166; loss of eye, 2; loss of fingers and parts of fingers, 110;
loss of arm, 2; loss of hand, 2; fractured leg, 3; fractured arm, 26;
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fractured hand, 10; fractured fingers, 41; fractured ribs, 5; fractured
toes, 8; fractured foot, 2; torn scalp, 2; miscellaneous injuries to
other parts of the body, 86.
The accidents by machinery resulting fatally were as follows:
December 19, 1917. Anthony Ferreira, employed by J. N. Polsey
& Company, Pawtucket. Climbed on top of machine while same
was nmning. Arm caught in rollers and crushed, ribs broken,
exposing lung. Died next day.
January 4, 1918. Norbert Lavalle, aged 60 years, employed by
Woonsocket Worsted Mills, Woonsocket, and was operating comb
bailer. Right arm severely mangled resulting in death. There were
no witnesses, but position in which he was found indicated that he
was starting new ball, and instead of holding the sliver down with
palm of hand, he had tucked it in with fingers.
January 24, 1918. Patrick Gormley, aged 38 years, employed by
Providence Dye Works, Providence. Extractor burst causing frag-
ments to fly and hit him, resulting in death.
February 12, 1918. Oscar Moran, aged 31 years, employed by
Victoria Mill, Thornton. Clothing caught on shafting and he was
drawn around shaft and killed.
February 14, 1918. Joseph Coulombe, aged 45 years, employed
by Royal Weaving Co., Pawtucket. After starting elevator he
jumped on and in some way was caught between elevator and wall.
His neck was broken.
March 1, 1918. Vito Taluetti, aged 15 years, employed by Sydney
Worsted Co., Woonsocket. Neck and chest caught between elevator
and floor resulting in death.
March 2, 1918. Irving P. Eddy, aged 20 years, employed by
Butler Exchange Co., Providence. Was cleaning and oiling elevator
and was found smothered on top of the elevator.
March 13, 1918. Joseph Landry, aged 16 years, employed by
Dimond Company, Providence. Caught in elevator or dropped down
elevator shaft and was instantly killed.
April 3, 1918. Joseph Laurie, aged 16 years, employed by D.
Goff & Sons, Pawtucket. Was closing window and shirt caught in
gear of spinning frame and twisted into rope around his neck, strang-
ling him to death.
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April 26, 1918. Wilfrid Loranger, aged 19 years, employed by
Crompton Company, Crompton. He was about to assist in manipu-
lating a clutch in the wheel house, having hold of rope which was
attached to the clutch lever. He fell across a jack shafts and in
endeavoring to save himself grasped a friction pulley which was
attached to this shaft in motion. He was carried down between
pulley and cement pit in which pulley was nmning.
June 3, 1918. Marshall Chaput, aged 28 years, employed by
Tamarack Co., Pawtucket. While working at shipper handle stud,
head got caught between lay and breast beam, causing fracture of
skull.
July 17, 1918. James Cox, aged 15 years, employed by Royal
Weaving Co., Pawtucket. Was cleaning mule carriage before mule
stopped and was crushed between carriage and mule beam, causing
death.
There were also three deaths caused by the explosion of a boiler in
Mount Pleasant Laundry, Providence, on March 4, 1918.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ELLERY HUDSON,
Chief Factory Inspector.
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NSPECTION OF FACTORIES, BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND
WORKSHOPS.
Name or Estabushment.
Nature of Buainess
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBKR EmPLOTSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
HARRINGTON
fitmngton Steam Brick,
fiosworth, Leonard P . . .
Higgina, R, R. Co
lotemational Rubber Co. . .
O'Bannon Corporation
Rhode Island Lace Works.
BRISTOL
Hardware. lumber and
Groceries
Oysters
Rubber textiles
Artificial leather
Lace
Cnaston Worsted Mill. . .
Herreahoff Mfg. Co
Hotel Behredero
Narragansett Rubber Co .
Worsted yam
Steam A. sailing yachts.
Kataonal India Rubber Co .
P»uI1.8cthCo
Prandence Telephone Co .
Bafini A Giusti
Staples Coal Co
Wardwell Lumber Co
Insulated wire A foot
wear
Rubber
Groceries, coal A wood
Bakery
Coal and wood
Lumber A hardware .
BURRILLVILLE
BRIDGETON
BarriDville Laundry
New England Dyeing it FSnishing Co .
Potter, E.J
Premier Worsted Mills.
Prendergast, W. H
Spindles and wet fin-
ishing machinery . . .
Fancy worsteds
Fancy worsteds
OrreQMlDs.
GLENDALE
Woolens.
HARRISVILLE
Brooke R.F ,
Harriavilte Co-operative Store
Stillwater Worsted Co.— Tinkham MUl,
1,2.3
Groceries
Groceries A market .
Worsted
58
7
22
79
113
27
156
261
3
345
2.561
7
2
7
12
7
5
9
27
50
76
107
272
1
25
28
96
174
46
10
14
2
178
■
18
15
1,619
124
125
1
8
1
1
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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Namk of Estabushmbnt.
Nature of Buameas
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUICBKB EuPLOtSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girb
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
BURRILLVDLLE— Concluded
MAPLEVILLE
Coronet Worsted Co.,
Old Mill..
New mill.
NASONVILLE
Nasonville Bottling Co.
WanakuckCo
W. & K. Company ....
OAKLAND
Oakland Worsted Co
PASCOAG
American Woolen Co. — ^Anchor Mill .
Pascoag Realty Co
Providence Telephone Co
Roscoe Worsted Mills, Inc
Sayles, Fred L. Co
Smith, James H
TARKILN
Mowry, H. E. A E. A
WHIPPLE
Glengary Mill, Inc
CENTRAL FALLS
American Hair Cloth Co .
American Supply Co ... .
Arapahoe Mfg. Co
Ashworth, T
August, Joseph
Bateson, John
Beattie, S. S. & Co
Bengal Silk Mills
Blackstone Stocking Co
Bryan-Marsh Electric Works .
Central Falls Bottling Co
Central Warp Mfg. Co., Inc. .
Champagne, Henry
City Wet Wash
Coutu Bros
Men's woolen goods. .
Worsteds
Men's worsted wear.
Men's Worsted. .
Worsted and woolen .
Worsted . .
Hardware .
Woolen and worsted .
Woolen yam .
Loom harness, reeds A
belting
Mosquito bars for U. S
Cloeed
Bakery
Bakery
Groceries
259
12
104
193
129
157
94
3
62
131
5
84
61
24
95
37
87
93
76
32
6
27
92
1
19
19
15
17
32
17
Hosiery
Incandescent lamps. . .
Carbonated beverages,
Winding yam
Bakery
Coal, wood & teaming.
1
1
1
9
48
355
42
1
2
1
13
Excellent.
Excellent.
Ezoelleat.
Excellent.
ExoeUent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
EzoeUeni.
Excellent.
9 I Excellent.
. . . Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
1
3
66
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
Excellent.
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Name or E8Tablishicent.
Nature o! BuaineaB
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBKB EmPLOTSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Ck>ndition.
CENTRAL FALLS-Concluded
£<gle Weaving Co
Family Laundry, Inc
.FoUett A Steere
Fortuna Silk Mill
Freeman, E. L. Co
Front Albert Paper Box Co .
Glenlyon Dye Works
Gorman, M
Hamlet Textile Co
Hathaway, O, H
Hemphill Mfg. Co
SUk.
Express and teaming. .
Printing and binding.
JenkiDson. John
Leader Weaving Co
Leonard, Pierre
Luther, Charies A. & Co .
Macmillan, A. B
Monahan, E. F
National Spun Silk Co . . .
•Vew York Grocery
Newell. Fred E
Pawtucket Gas Co
Pawtucket Hosiery Co
Pawtucket Spinning Ring Co .
Yam department. . .
Bakery
Silk
Top roll coverer. . . .
Automatic knitting
machine
Brass foundry
Cotton back satin ....
Closed
Cotton machinery
Auto bodies
Groceries
Noil yam for cartridge
bags
Groceries
Gas fixtures
12
18
11
45
22
7
66
6
20
4
274
8
68
40
2
14
79
Praosylvania Textile Co
ftaaaylvania Textile Co
Plews, R. Mfg. Co
Poole. R. K. Mfg. Co.
Regina Lace Co
Rhode IsUnd Silk Co
Richardson-Foster Co
R. I. Glaas Works of General Electric Co
St. George, J. Adelard
Sewing Thread Co
Spaulding, G. H ,
Stafford Mills
Star Braiding Co
Stephens Nut A Bolt Co
V. S. Cotton Co
r. S. Knitting Co
Walcaak, Thomas
Wardwell Braiding Machine Co
Waypoyaet Mfg. Co., No. 1
^eatherhead-Thompeon Co
Wilkinson, Seth
Willet, Charles J. 4 Co
Hosiery
Spinner and twister
rings
Cotton and silk
Spooling and winding .
Tin cylinders
Novelty curtains. ... . .
Cotton and silk .
Dyeing
Bulbs
Groceries
Market. . .
Remnants.
Braid
Cotton cloth. ,
Linings
Bakery
Cotton and silk . . .
Belting, etc
Machinery wipers .
Cotton and silk . . .
11
5
4
52
7
5
28
11
145
4
11
2
113
45
35
260
5
10
7
1
15
25
78
25
4
106
461
10
6
6
21
63
28
10
86
6
6
40
1
10
1
,3
17
1
74
88
1
4
519
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent,
28
16
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Name or Establishment.
Nature of Bumness
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Number Employed.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
CHARLESTOWN
Cross, William D .
Breakers, The
Worcester House .
Cigars.
Hotel..
Hotel..
COVENTRY
ANTHONY
Capwell, Searles . . . .
Benoit, Cleophase . .
Coventry Company .
Read, Byron ,
ARKWRIGHT
Interlaken Mills.
Interlaken Mills.
BLACK ROCK.
Waco Braid Co
COVENTRY CENTRE
Lumber. . ,
Groceries .
Cotton. . . .
Furniture .
Cotton .
Dyeing .
5
5
232
5
17
161
161
28
Shoe strings Sl braid.
C^wen Braid Mfg. Co
Hill, James H. & Sons |Zinc for
tips
Rhode Island Processing Co | Mercerized yarn
Shoe laces and braid .
shoe string
HARRIS
Campbell. A. A ! .
Douglas. Arthur
Interlaken Mills
Kefnon Bros
Nicholas Top Roll Covering Co
Pawtuxet Valley Dyeing and Royal Chem-
ical Co
Grain, coal and wood .
Printing
Book cloth
Closed
QUIDNICK.
Boucher, Arthur
Quidnick Greenhouses
Matteson & Matteson
Windham Mfg. Co.. No. 1 .
Windham Mfg. Co.. No. 2.
RICE CITY
Andrews, C. B .
WASHINGTON
Knight, William H
Livingstone Worsted Co
Bakery .
Groceries .
Cotton . . .
Cotton...
General store .
Groceries and market.
Fancy worsted
10
50
5
3
115
9
28
6
11
12
104
103
8
124
1
25
1
4
118
26 22
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
1
20
1
72
65
17
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
14
2
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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Name op Ebtabubhuent.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Number Emploted.
Men.
Wom-
I
I
Boys
' under
I 16.
— I
Sanitary
Girls ' Condition,
under |
16.
CRANSTON
ARLINGTON
Conuumers Brewing Co
French, H. H. dc Son
Langeher Mfg. Co
Narragannett Brewing Co
Providence Box and Lumber Co
Rhode Island Company — Car House. . .
Rhode Island Company — Store Room. .
Rhode Island Company — Repair Shop .
AUBURN
Hay and grain
Special machinery . . .
Lager beer and ale . . .
Wooden boxes
A. A. A. Spooling and Winding Co.
Budlong Roea Co
Budlong Mfg. Co
Central Tool Co., The
Cruthers, F. E
General Fire Extingnisber Co
Genera] Fire Extinguisher Co
Grant Bros
Hope Foundry Co
Hoyle, G. L
Kenney Manufacturing Co ... .
Roeengren A Lind
Standard Machinery Co
United Lace A Braid Mfg. Co.
United Wire A Supply Co
Universal Winding Co
Universal Winding Co
BELLEPONTE
Chester, F. E. Co
Imperial Printing A Finishing Co .
CRANSTON
Cranston Box Mfg. Co
Cranston Print Works Co
Hill, George & Co
Narraganeett Finishing Co .
Hill A Lacroas.
HOWARD
Yarns
Greenhouses
Laces and braids
Dental and shop tools.
Bakery
Foundry
Iron and brass pipe A
fittings. Sprinklers
Groceries
Iron castings
Groceries
Wooden novelties . . .
Bakery
Shoe and corset laces. ,
Brass A, copper tubing ,
Foundry
Fishing tackle A cork
flooring
Dyeing and bleaching
cotton cloth
Wooden boxes
Bleaching, dyeing and
finishing
Groceries
Elastic web and tape.
47
14
103
202
31
134
14
154
5
125
10
33
5
229
277
5
45
15
11
7
156
39
249
154
859
40
165
22
153
6
81
11
17
45
30
8
2
20
10
1
5
4
1
3
133
29
14
198
35
1
20
58
19
17
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
21
6
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Fair.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
1
2
13
Good.
Excellent.
Fair.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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Name or EsTABuaHUENT.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
I
Number Employed.
Men.
Worn- ! Boy*
t^n I under
^ • 16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
CRANSTON— Concluded
KNIGHTSVILLE
Atlantic Tubing Co
PAWTUXET
Aluminum Novelty Works .
Bentlee Jewelry Co
Reiner Co
Rhodes Bros. Co
Ross Market
Searle, Frank
Slocum's
Wells, W. A. H. Co.
CUMBERLAND
ASHTON
Asbton Mill .
BERKELEY
Berkeley Co .
LONSDALE
Bishop, William
Lonsdale Co., No. 4 Mill
Lonsdale Co., Ann & Hope Mill. ,
MANVILLE
Manville Co .
VALLEY FALLS
Bumham Store Co .
Hansahoe Mfg. Co .
Shoe laces and flexible
gas tubing
Jewelry
Drugs
Amusement resort .
Cloeed
Restaurant
Restaurant
Jewelry .'
54
4
2
5
41
14
Hesse Mfg. Co
Hindley Mfg. Co
Keach & Brown ,
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.— Mechanical
Department
Penikees Mill
R. I. Perkins Horse Shoe Co
River Spinning Co. — Plant B
Skinner, C. E. A J. F
Standard Nut & Bolt Co
Stevenson Bros
Wood, Frank Mfg. Co
Cotton .
Cambrics .
Groceries. .
Cotton . . .
Cotton . . .
Cotton .
Groceries
Cotton and cotton and
silk
Narrow fabrics
Wire goods
Shirt waists, etc
Silk
Closed
Purified cotton. .
Top roll coverer. ,
2
4
17
145
238
5
194
385
988
19
162
9
14
5
183
173
4
7 I
27 '
126
179
12
16
197
345
657
101
27
10
35
1
136
Groceries
Narrow fabrics. ,
300
8
63
7
15
51
26
38
63
12
11
32
51
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
. . . . Excellent.
14 Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Number Employed.
Name of EarABLxsHSiENT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girk
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
EAST GREENWICH
BerKStrom. F. A
Groceries
7
38
4
30
6
7
* 7
124
27
6
8
5
7
20
4
60
3
4
5
12
7
181
23
225
2
2
1
40
12
1
2
67
21
Excellent
Boston Wire Stitcher Co
Wire stitching machine
Drugs
1
Excellent.
Eanwhaw 4 Co
EJiMbeih Mill, No. 2
Cotton thread
Dyeinir and spooling
yarn
4
8
Good.
Erten.A.H
Very Good.
Very Good.
FTmllnnl
FirriiiKton, W. W. Est
Dextrines
Gorman Bros
Greenwich Bleachery
Bleaching A finishing. .
Worsteds.
1
1
Very Good
Greenwich Mill, The
ttana/ord. W. A
Groceries
Excellent
Hotel Updike
3
1
1
2
10
Miner. A. D '
Groceries
Very Good.
Excellent
Uunaon Bros
Groceries
Sock. Freds
Yachts
Good
hi9onB & BriggB
Laundry
Very Good.
?rovklence Drysalters
Chemicals, mordanU,
color extracts
Good.
?ro\-idence Telephone Co
10
2
Excellent
EAST PROVIDENCE
B«tley,H.A
Bakery
Good
BoKUe. J. W
Bowline. .
Excellent
Broadway Dairy
3
1
2
6
800
Douihly. W. F. A Co
Ice cream manuf g
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent
EiSOTi Bolt & Nut Co
15
hft Dance Hall
Sorham Mfg. Co
Hand grenades, loaded
shells, boosters
aosed
10
18
Wne, Charles A
Excellent.
jiilf Refining Co
Petroleum
46
9
13
6
27
7
16
3
1
9
2
3
2
48
Very Good.
Good
ItUidayBroe
Hardware, etc
Braids and laces
Soaps and chemicals . .
Aniline oib
foward Braiding Co
2
2
VeiyGood.
Good
lumes Mfg. Co. . . .'
Bdustrial Chemical Co
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent
'■cquea, Hugheua
Lunch
2
4
5
4
2
7
Paper cop tubes
Restaurant
Good.
llcUughiin, R. G '.....
Excellent.
McLaughlin, R. G
Restaurant
Excellent.
tfcCuaker.T. H
Confectionery
Closed
Very Good.
tfetaUic Shell A Tube Co
Miller. F. H. Co
Caterers
Restaurant. . .
3
5
20
18
68
16
2
6
3
Excellent
Murtaugh. Martin
Excellent.
Swraganaett Milling Co
Hrain
Very Good.
N' Y., S. H. A H. R. R. Co.— Mechanical .
iUiode laland Oyster Farms Co., The ....
1
1
Very Good.
RichAHorton
Groceries and market .
2
Very Good.
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Number Employed.
Name of Establishment.
Nature of Business
and
I Goods Manufactured
I or Sold.
, Sanitary
Girls Condition,
under
16.
EAST PROVIDENCE— Concluded
Riley, J. W. & Co Groceries
Standard Oil Co. of New York Petroleuno and its pro-
products
Standard Oil Co.. New York (Vanity Fair)
Union Webbing Co
United Railway Signal Co Railway torpedoes. . . .
Watchemoket Sanitary Laundry Co
90
23
13
2
6
PHILLIPSDALE
American Electrical Works Wire
Bird & Son Building paper ....
Nonnabo Chemical Co Cellulose products .
Pbillipsdale Store Groceries
River Spinning Co Gun cotton
Rumford Textile Co Cotton goods
Sayles Finishing Plants Bleaching, dyeing andj
printing
Washburn Wire Co
RIVERSIDE
Mexican Petroleum Corporation . . . ,
U
6
111
!
583 '
180
90 , 2
4 I 1
424 i 1
10 20
Penniraan & Crumb .
Rhode Island Co.— Car House .
Fuel oil . .
Groceries. .
538
323
12
6
70
RUMFORD
Coffin, Henry Closed ,
Rumford Chemical Works Baking powder .
Rumford Chemical Works Groceries ,
Shirting flannel .
EXETER
Yawgoo Mill
FOSTER I
HOPKINS MH.LS i
Simmons, Fred Webbing and lace .
GLOCESTER
CHEPACHET
Brown & Hopkins Groceries
188
2
Blackstone Woolen Mills i
Spring Grove Woolen Mill Custom weaving and;
spinning
HOPKINTON
ASHAWAY ! !
Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Co Fish linos, etc
Aahaway Woolen Co
I
41
62
31
58
115 ;
13
25
38
20
10
! Very Good.
I
Excellent.
I Very Good.
Very Good.
Fair.
7 Very Good.
. . . , Excellent.
. . . Very Good.
. . . Verj' Good,
. . . Very Good.
... Excellent..
3
Excellent.
Very Good
Very Good.
r
Very Good-
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
. . . I Excellent.
5
4 Very Good.
2 ; Excellent.
. . .!Very Good.
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Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NCMBER Employed.
Namc or Establishment.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
HOPKINTON— Concluded
BARBERVILLE
TUlinghast, E. M
Shoddy mill. .'
4
7
20
50
8
25
5
40
2
3
6
21
8
8
7
3
Good.
CANONCHET
Canonehet Mills
Cotton varn.s
Good.
CENTREVILLE
CcntreviUe MiU
Yarn
Good.
HOPE VALLEY
Bailey, Henry D
Woolens & worsteds . .
Fancy twists
4
1
6
Very Good.
Good
MOSCOW
Moscow MUI
ROCKVILLE
Yavgo Line A Twine Co. — No. 1
Yarn
Good.
JAMESTOWN
Bay View Hotel
\'ery Good.
Jamestown ^ Newport Ferry Co
1
Verv Goo<i
JOHNSTON
MANTON
Jokaston Wet Wash v
Closed
THORNTON
British Hosiary Co
21
40
20
1
i
' 1
Excellent.
Morgan Miila
Wool
Excellent.
National Silk Hosiery Co
Closed
1
Pocaaset Worsted Co
Yarn
114
16
171
195
1
324
6
6
7
95
7
5
10
13
489
70
41 ' 66
1-2 24
Excellent.
Priacilla Worsted Mills
Very Good.
Victoria Milb
Tops
27 1 7 3
P'.-rppllpnt
LINCXM.N
ALBION
Valley Falls Co
Cotton
125
4
86
2
1
1
25 18 Excellent.
LONSDALE
Angell, S. D
Dry good*<
. Excellent.
Lonsdale Co
Bleacher V
15
' Excellent..
Quinham, J. W
Top roll covering
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Walznsiey, Charles
MANVILLE
Boavier, Girourd & Co
General store
Cotton plush
General store
2 1
Contrcxrille Mfg. Co
69
1
Gauvin, A. ft Son
Home Sanitary Wet Wash
'
Manville Provision Co
Meat and groceries . . .
General store
1
Vose Bros
1 . . Excellent.
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufaotured
or Sold.
Number Emploted.
Name of Ebtabushiibnt
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition-
LINCOLN— Concluded
SAYLESVILLE
Crefeld Waste & Batting
Closed A
GlenlyoD Dye Works
448
68
714
8
3
5
8
5
5
35
67
214
9
345
7
2
19
2
10
3
21
14
22
Excellent.
Lonsdale Bakery Co
Bakery
Excellent.
Sayles Bleacheries
Cotton finished
Hotel
Excellent.
LITTLE COMPTON
Sakonnet Inn
Excellent
Wilbur, C. R
General store
Hotel
Very Good.
NARRAGANSETT
NARRAGANSETT PIER
Arlington, The
Bochterle, Charles
Bakery and ice cream .
Soda water
Very GockI
Gavitt, E. A., Jr
Good.
Gladstone Spring Water Co., The
Soda water
Very Good.
Gladstone Hotel
15
29
Imperial, The
Hotel
Excellent.
Joyce, J. C
Closed
McNally, O. F
Restaurant
11
10
4
Maasasoit, The
Hotel
21
21
Excellent.
Mctoctokct Hotel
Excellent.
New MathcVson, The
Closed
Providence Telephone Co
6
2
10
25
6
3
10
16
20
14
23
23
165
13
3
25
6
2
2
5
2
1
Quinn, Patrick
Restaurant
Very Good
Revere House
Hotel
Very Good.
Tucker, J. C
General store . . :
Very Good.
WiUie, WilUam
Very Good
NEWPORT
Academy Lunch
Restaurant
Very Good
Acker Merral & Condit Co
Groceries
Very Good
Adams Express Co
Good.
Allen, John A
Painting A supplies . . .
Coal
Very Good
Almy, Abram Co
Good.
Aquidneck Dairymen's Association
Retail and wholesale
milk
3
1
Armour A Co
Beef
Excellent
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co
Fish, ice and cold
storage
Very Good.
Austin, John R
Closed
Barclay, Mme
1
10
16
6
58
3
1
Excellent.
Barker. H. H
Market
Very Good-
Barker, Ralph R
Paints and oils
Music
2
10
6
Very Good.
Barney, James H. & Co
Excellent.
Bay State Street Railway Co
Electric current
Very Good.
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Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NcMBER Employed.
Namb of Eot-abubhmbnt.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
NEWPORT— Continued
Bay State Street Railway Co. — Car Barn.
64
10
6
6
6
Very Good.
Bellevue Laundry
24
2
2
2
5
7
5
7
12
1
2
3
Excellent.
Belmont Lunoh
Restaurant
Excellent.
Bijou Theatre
Very Good.
Bondreau, Ernest
Tailor
Excellent.
Bonnetat, Marie
Laundry . ...
Excellent.
Bonnetat, Mme. V. R
French laundry
Excellent.
Bon Ton
Millinery
1
10
3
5
8
10
4
1
18
50
12
16
1
5
7
4
4
10
4
22
30
6
8
1
6
5
6
0
4
10
6
40
4
8
15
8
3
6
35
5
8
Excellent.
Boston Lunch Co., The
Excellent.
Bridge Co., The
5ic 10 cent store
Groceries
Excellent.
Brierly, John H :
Excellent.
Brown, E. A
Market
Very Good.
Burnham, G. H
Jobbing MachinisU. . .
Hardware
Good.
Cosgeshall. S. W
1
5
3
83
1
Excellent.
Cole, W. S. G
Restaurant
Colonial Theatre
Excellent.
Common Sense Gum Co
Chewing gum
Plumbers' supplies
House furnishings ....
2
2
Excellent.
Connely. Thomas B
Good.
Covell, WiUiam K
Very Good.
6
Curry, R. W
Lumber A supplies . . .
Bakery
Very Good.
David, Moses
2
22
5
Good.
Doran, M. J. Co
Ladies' furnishings. . . .
Millinery
1
Excellent.
Excellent.
Dring & Smith
Painu, wall paper, etc.
Groceries. . . .
Very Good.
Drury, James H. A Co
1
Excellent.
Dugan, J.J
Quarry
Good.
Dug^n, J- J , . .
Teaming
1
Good.
Easton. W. H
Pork products
Groceries. . . .
Excellent.
Eddy, James A
1
4
1'
2
1
3
1
7
Excellent.
EvfLTlfl, MftT ^f. . .
Bakery wtore
Excellent.
Faerber, F. A, Sons
Mineral waters
Fruit
Very Good.
Fcrrctti, A. G
Very Good.
Flint, Dutee W
Automobiles
Excellent.
Prasch, H. D
Confectionery
Restaurant
Very Good.
Good.
Garifalos, Sam
Garretson, E. P. Co
Groceries
1
Very Good.
Green & McLean
Confectionery
Furniture
Haire, JohnT
5
1
Excellent.
Haire, Joseph Est
Plumbing
Very Good.
Hammett, A. A H. G
Lumber A hardware. . .
Paints and oils
Good.
Hayman & Nason
Excellent.
Herald Publishing Co
1
4
26
10
Excellent.
Herman's
Jewelry
Excellent.
Hess Co
Dry goods
Excellent.
Hill Top Inn
Excellent.
Paints, oils, etc
Groceries
Very Good.
KauD. T. Fred ,
1
Very Good.
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Name of Estabushment.
Number Employed.
Nature of Business I
and I
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Men.
I Wom-
en.
Boys !
under '
16. I
Girls ;
under I
16. '
Sanitary
Condition.
NEWPORT— Continued
Kazanjian, John H. Co |
Keeher, Thomas F | Planing mill
King, Herbert H | Wet Wash laundry .
King laundry
King A McLcod Co .
Koschuy, Simon
Dry goods
Bakery, confectionery
and ice cream
Butter & egga
Market
Landers A Peckham
Lawton, George S., Est
Leys, William Dry Goods Co., The.
Libby, W. F
Liggctt's Co
Lofblad, K
Ix)rah, James R. & Co ' Drug.s
McClellan & Heald j Awnings and tent.-^
McGowan Restaurant i
Bakery
Drugs
Restautant .
■I
Hay and grain
Ladies' gowns
Plumbing
Newspaper & printing .
Job printing ....
Sash, mouldings,
McKenrie & Winslow
McLennon. John K
Marks, John H
Mercury Publishing Co
Mill Street Laundry
Milne Printery.
Moffit, Godfrey
Morgan, R Closed
Muenchingcr King i Hotel
Murphy, P. J. A Co Plumbers' supplies. , .
New Cliflf, The , .Hotel
New England Steamship Co. — Mechanical |
Department i
Newport Beach A.ssociation
Newport City Laundry 1
Newport Coal Co Coal and wood
Newport Daily News Newspaper
Newport Gas Co. — Office & Construction. |
Newport Gas Co JGas and by-products
Newport One Price Clothing Co Men's furniahinga. . .
Newport Opera House
Newport Paper and Grocery Co
Newport Ship Yard pShip supplies
Newport Trust Co '
Peckham Co., The Hardware
Peckham, E. S jCoal . ".
Perry Coal Co Coal and wood
Perry House , Hotel
Philadelphia Restaurant I
Pinniger & Manchester Coal and wood
Plummer, Charles S Stationery & music . ,
Postal Telegraph Co i
5
20
5
18
30
6
5
8
10
10
7
2
4
2
3
8
7
6
4
10
4
5
V'cry Good.
. . . I Good.
Good.
1 iVery Good.
i Excellent..
Excellent.
■ Excellent.
I Excellent.
, Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
3
5
5
258
95
2
38
18
18
30
5
16
18
22
10
4
6
5
15
13
6
3
4
8
1
5
41
1
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
51
42
10
5
19
2
. Excellent.
. Good.
. I Excellent.
.; Good.
' Excellent.
. I Very Good.
.; Very Good.
. ' Excellent.
.'Very Good.
Good.
. i Excellent.
. I Excellent.
. Excellent.
. I Very Good.
. Excellent.
. I Excellent.
.;Very Good.
.1 Good.
Good,
j Excellent
I Excellent.
I
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Namk or Ebtablishuknt.
NUUBBR EmPLOTCD.
Nature of BuBinees \
and
Goods Manufactured i
or Sold. j
Men.
I
Worn- ' BovH I GirU
,n under under
"• 16. , 10.
Sanitary
Condition.
NEWPORT— Concluded
Poulodalus. A
Providence Telephone Co
Presto Lunch
Quality Lunch
Rector. Samuel N . .
Rooney. H. F
Scannevin & Potter.
Scott, W. B. Co
Scott, William C
Seabury, J. Mumford Co
Shanahan, Dennis J
Sherman, William B.. Jr
Smith, H. W
Smith, E. F •
Smith, Robert
Spooner, Thomas & Sons
Standard Wholesale Grocery Co.
Stewart, A. T. & Sons
Stock Bros
Sullivan, John F
Sullivan, J. J. & Co
Swift* Co
Talbot Co
Taaao Broa
Restaurant
Bakery
Market
Electrical supplies ....
Hardware and house
furnishings
Groceries
Shoes
Hay aod grain
Dry goods
Groceries
Fish and fruit
Planing mill
Bakery
Tisdale, Charles & Co
Titus. A. C. Co
United States Hotel
Vernon, George E. Co
Walsh Bros
Western L'nion Telegraph Co .
Wethercll, John H
Williams A Manchester
Wilmarth 4 Co
Woolworth, F. W
Wright Bros
Young, Dalton E
Stables
Garage
Building stono
Wood and coal |
Beef and provisions. . .
Clothing I
Confectionery and ice|
cream ,
Groceries
House furnishings .... I
[Furniture
I House furnishings .
.1
NEW SHOREHAM
BLOCK ISLAND
Atlantic Inn , .
Ball, C. C
Barber. L. D
Eureka Houae
Highland House
Hure, Mrs. Matilda .
Carriage.^
Yachts
Tents and awnings ... I
5 and 10 cent store . . . i
Paints and oils
Groceries
Groceries. . .
Restaurant .
5
30
10
10
5
12
27
10
0
0
6
1
12
5
5
12
12
6
5
8
8
7
4
5
35
7
3
22
8
5
6
5
3
3
5
5
Restaurant .
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Kxcellcnt.
Very (iood.
Excellent.
Very Good.
- I 1 I I Excellent.
3 ! jVery Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
4
2
2
15
2
10
1
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent..
Very Good.
Good.
V^ery Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
. |Verj* Good.
. I \'ery Good.
. I Very Good.
.Very Good.
. Very Good.
. [Very Good.
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REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Name or Estabubhment.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
NEW SHOREHAM— Concluded
BLOCK ISLAND-Coneluded
MnniffM"!, Th^*
Hotel.
10
3
20
3
Excellent.
Mitchell, Noel A
Confectionery
Closed
Good.
Narragaiuett House
New National House, The
Hotel
16
31
3
13
14
11
6
5
20
11
15
82
31
5
109
32
10
12
2
25
51
139
21
20
4
10
6
18
15
10
12
2
9
69
2
Very Good.
Ocean View Hotel
Excellent.
Providence Telephone Co
Excellent.
Spring House
Excellent.
Surf Hotel, The
Excellent.
Royal Hotel, The
Excellent.
Vail Cottage, The
Hotel
Excellent.
Woonsockflt HouflP
Hotel
Excellent.
NORTH KINGSTOWN
ALLENTON
Allenton Woolen Co
Worsted
Excellent.
DAVISVILLE
Davisville Woolen Co. — New Mill
Fair.
Davisville Woolen Co.— Old Mill
Fair.
HAMILTON
Hamilton Web Co
5
6
Good.
Rhode Island Co.. The — Sea View Dist
LAFAYETTE
Davis & Slocum
Groceries
Very Good
Rodman Mfg. Co
Woolen and cotton
worsteds
65
31
1
1
8
149
127
61
1
4
3
3
Good.
SHADY LEA
Rodman Mfg. Co
Cotton yarn
Excellent.
WICKFORD
Beacon Ovster Co
Very Good.
T^ane, Frank L .
Very Good.
Providence Telephone Co
Excellent.
NORTH PROVIDENCE
ALLENDALE
Centredale Worsted Co
Worsted yam
Worsted yam
8
12
6
16
10
6
Excellent.
CENTREDALE
Centredale Worsted Mills
Excellent.
GENEVA
Geneva Mill
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Name of Estaslibhmbnt.
Nature of Biuineas
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBEB EmpLOYKD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
NORTH PROVIDENCE— Concl'd
GREYSTONE
Benn, Joseph & Sons
Greystone Co-operative Store
Mohair and alpaoa.
Groceries
LYMANSVILLE
Kirby, M. J
Lymansville Co
Groceries. .
Worsted . .
NORTH SMITHFIELD
Blackstone Mfg. Co
X. Y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co.— Mechanical
Department
Oak Knoll Farm
Sheetings. .
FORESTDALE
Forestdale Mfg. Co
SLATERSVILLE
^latersville Finishing Co
WATERFORD
.\merican Woolen Co. — Saranac Mill.
PAWTUCKET
.\cme Finahing Co
Aidrich. H. G. Express Co
AUen, JoecphP
American Coated Paper Co. . . .
American Hair Net Work, Inc .
.\merican Textile Co
Anchor Webbing Co
.Armour & Co
Attleboro Braiding Co
At wood Crawford Co.. The
Automobile Journal Publishing Co. . . .
Bancroft. F. J
Bateman, J. K
B. B. Tip Co
Beard, J. J
Bertoszi, Nicholas
BUckstone Glased Paper Co
BUckstone Lunch
Blackstone Reed dc Harness Co
BUckstone Steam A Heating Co
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co. .
Ice cream .
Cotton yarn .
Woolen and worsted .
Piece goods. .
Elastic cord & braids .
Glazed paper
Laces
Non-adhesive elastic
tape
Beef and provisions . .
Shoe laces
Spool A fancy turning
Magazine
Sporting goods
Beef and provisions. .
Shoe laces
Furniture
Ice cream
Restaurant . .
Cotton reeds .
321
3
4
186
21
4
117
301
346
117
20
16
15
13
140
46
18
62
16
10
5
3
0
6
16
6
7
16
121
308
3
1
137
169
00
51
118
48
43
1
4
120
61
38
22
11
32
21
19
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
10
18
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Name of Establishment.
I Nature of Business
I and
' Goods Manufactured
i or Sold.
I
Number Emplotsd.
Men. Wom-
Bo:
uni
16.
oys , Girls
ider under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PAWTUCKET— Continued
Blake. F. N. Co Carriage manufacturer
Blodgett & Orswell Co Thread . .
Bowen. Philip J • Hardware
Brannigan, John H 'Cigars
Wholesale liquors. .
Drugs
Cotton
Lace
Groceries. ,
Branaghan Bottling Co
Brassard, Joseph D. R
Burgess Mill
Cadoza Sales Co
Callaghan's Millinery
Cameron, Thomas S
Carpenter Furniture Co
Carpenter, J. M. Tap A Die Co I
Champion Horse Shoe Co [Horse shoes.
Chase Brush Co Brushes ....
Chronicle Printing Co Newspaper .
Citiiens Ice Co
City Brass Foundry '
City Coal Co I
Coats, J. & P., No. 2 Mill h
Coats, J. A P., No. 3 Mill 1 !
Coats, J. A P . No. 4 Mill
CoaU, J. A P., No. 5 Mill
Cobb, W. R. A Co Jewelers' findings.
Collin's Bros Machine shop. . . .
CoUyer Insulated Wire Co
Comstock Co
Cottrell, John T. Co
Crosby, J. D. Co
Crown Confectionery Co
18
49
9
12
14
3
193
18
•I
► Thread .
Hog abattoir
Lumber and coal
Flat cold rolled steel. . .
Confectionery and ice
cream
Cummings Laundry
Darling. L. B. Fertiliser Co
Darlington Coal Co {Coal, wood A masons'
I material
Darlington Elevator Co iHay and grain
Darlington Textile Co .
Darlington W'et Wash Laundry .
Davie, F. W"
Davis, Frank
Dawson, Albert ,
Deahy Bros
Dempsey B. A D. Works
Dexter, John
Dexter Yam Co
Draper, J. O. A Co
Dupuis, Frank
Dyson, Joseph
Eagle Dye W^orks
Cotton warp. ,
Expressing
Plumbing
Corset laoe finishing .
Dry goods
Closed
Cotton yarn
Soap and oils
Plumber
Groceries and bakery .
4
5
134
104
1
8
17
10
35
1,531
5
36
59
30
70
80
4
17
113
4
7
20
5
12
5
3
7
119
1
123
2
3
1
2
174
37
9
1
2
6
4
6
9
21
6
25
2,202
3
3
2
20
2
22
2
14
36
12
1
31
2 i
167
219
2 '
1 I
1 !
21 !
16
301
15
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent. .
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Fair.
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NaUS or ESTABLIBHllENT.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
. or Sold.
f
Number Employed.
Men.
■Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PAWTUCKET— Continued
Sastem Advertising Co
la»\.oii k. Bumham
■ilms Garage, The
T-mna Weaving Co
Eoreka Dyeing & Bleaching Co .
Erening Times, The
Fale» k. Jencka
Farber Cornice Works, The. .• . . .
r»k Drug Co
Five to Fifty Cent Store
Flynn, James
Follett, F. F. & Son Co
Puller, George H. & Son Co
jiusti Bakery
3iu»ti. E. O. Go
Glencaim Mfg. Co
Globe Braiding Co
Globe Clothing Co
Globe Theatre
Goff, D. A Sons
Green k Daniels Co., Inc
Greenhalgh, J. W. Mfg. Co
Granea, WilUam H. A Co
Goifti k Papini
HAlliday, F. F
HalliweU Company, The
. Calenders and printing
. Machinery
, iGarage
, Yarn and cloth
Newspaper
'Cotton machinery ...
105
8
12
40
62
605
5
19
Hamlet Textile Co
Hand Brewing Co
Hartey, David Co., The
HarieyBros
HaakcU. William H
H.M.H.Co.,The
HomeCafe, The
Home Washing Co
Hope Paper Co
Hope Webbing Co
HotelBelmont
Hotel Plaia
HoQston, F. J .
Indoatria] Trust Co
Jackson, Samuel Co., iTie
Jttjckes Spinning Co. .......
Mson, O. A
Kennedy, Googh k Murray .
Kenyon. John J. Mfg. Co. . .
Kreage, S. fi
Laplante, A. P
Dry goods
jClosed
Cigars
jJewelry findings
Bakery
iBakery
Narrow fabrics
Shoe laces
; Gents' clothing
Closed
Braid
Cotton yam
Yarn
Liquor and groceries .
Bakery
Patterns
Bleaching, dyeing and
mercerising
Silk
Beer, ale and porter ... I
Department store. . .
Laundry
Bolts and nut«
Jeweh-y
Restaurant
Laundry
Glased paper
Narrow fabrics
12.
71
5
4
30
4
5
Cigars .
Boilers and plumbing.
Cotton yam
Laoe leather
Groceries
Narrow fabrics
5 and 10 cent store . .
Carpenter
288
169
2
8
5
23
200
48
25
17
174
4
1
12
5
507
4
12
7
22
20
2,536
21
2
27
3
7
1
12
3
1
5
6
1
18
5
44
2
1
20
7
1
519
191
12
37
21
3
239
2
89
2
7
4
4
652
2
2
1
13
1
1.670
1
1
49
15
1
1
35
94
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
71
14
84
32
10
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Fair.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Name or Ebtablibhuent.
Nature of Biismees
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NnUBKB EUPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PAWTUCKET— Continued
Restaurant .
Knit goods .
Restaurant
Cigars and tobacco .
Drugs
Machine tools
Printers
Cotton
Lavelle, James . . . , ^,
Lebanon Mill Co
LeBon Bleach A Dye Works
Lenox Lunch
Lewis, Enoch & Co
Liggett's Hall A. Lyon Stores
Lincoln Machine Co
Little, John W. A Co
Lorraine Mfg. Co.. No. l\
Lorraine Mfg. Co. No. 2 f
Lorraine Mfg. Co., No. 1 1
Lorraine Mfg. Co., No. 2 /
Lull, H. F. Estate
Lumb Knitting Co
Lynd 4 Murphy
Lyons Delaney Co. — Wholesale
Lyons Delaney Co. — Retail
McCabe, Bernard
McCaughey, Bernard
McCormick A Marton
McDevitt A Co
McDuff Coal A Lumber Co
McDuff, H. C. Estate
McKensie A McKay Co 'Dyeing, bleaching and
mercerising.
Mackensie Walton Co 'Seamless wire,
Martin, W. E | Laundry .....
Maryland Club
Mason, Robert D
Milano Silk Weaving Co., Inc
Modern Shoe Store
Moncrief Machine Co
Moran, Mary A jConfectionery.
Worsted j
Concrete
Underwear
Clothing
Tea, coffee and spices.
Tea, coffee and spioes.
Carriage manufacturer
Furniture
Groceries
Clothing
Coal and lumber . . .
Lumber
Restaurant
Dyeing and bleaching .
Silk cloth
Boots and shoes
Restaurant
Narrow cotton fabrics.
Gymnasium apparatus.
Cirain
Murray Lunch
Narotex Co
Narragansett Machine Co
Narragansett Milling Co. .
National Biscuit Co Rem'd to Providence
National Coated Paper Corporation .Glased paper
New England Lace Co
Newell Coal A Lumber Co .
Lace,
Coal, lumber and ma-
sons' material
New England Bakery
New Public Market
New England Machine A Electric Co . .
New England Paper Tube Co
New System Shoe Repairing
Nicholson, J. B Groceries A market. .
34
28
6
4
4
54
18
721
28
34
15
18
3
13
10
4
6
62
20
46
30
3
10
147
8
8
7
9
5
10
220
13
52
35
62
70
56
30
6
5
4
1
203
7
881
2
241
8
8
2
1
2
1
5
1
2
53
1
2
20
6
5
1
2
1
7
19
1
5
65
42
2
2
82
14
104
11
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
£^oeUeot.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Elcellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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33
Nature of BusiiMaa
and
orSokL
NuxBBS Emplotsd.
NaIOB or EVTABUIBiaHT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition. .
PAWTUCKET— Contmued
Rem'd to Providenoe.
Freight Houae
Freight Houae
Dry gooda
»
N. Y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co
30
10
3
69
7
7
62
U
8
116
11
140
16
28
11
HI
7
6
86
7
4
1
84
3
1
Excellent.
N. y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co.— Darlington.
Exoelleni.
O'Gorman's 25 Cent Store
1
Excellent,
Olney A Payne Bros. ,
Coal, wood, etc
Hand aorewa
Exoelleni.
O'Neil, J. H. Jr
Exoelleni.
Oriental Reetaurant. . .*
Good.
Otwegatohie Textile Co
42
36
1
2
4
Excellent.
Pawtueket Braided line Co
Excellent.
Pawtucket Cabinet Builden' Finiah Co. . .
Excellent.
Pawtuffket Pveinff A Bleaohinff Co
6
8
14
1
Excellent.
Pawtucket Furniture Co
Excellent.
Pawtuoket Gaa Co
Exoelleni.
Pawtucket Glased Paper Co
Very Good.
Pawtuoket loe Co
Excellent.
Pawtucket Inatitution (or Savings
2
4
Excellent.
Pawtuoket Mfg. Co
Boltaandnuta
16
Exoelleni.
Pawtucket Produce Co
Excellent.
Pawtuoket Quick Lunch
Excellent.
Pawtuoket Saab A Blind Co
3
3
3
Exoelleni.
Pawtucket Screw Co
Machine acrewa
Cloaed
Pawtucket Tape Co
Payne, George W. Co
Machine ahop
Department atore
Coke and coal
Silk dreaa gooda
Restaurant
30
8
4
76
6
2
16
1
30
Very Good.
Peck, George C. A Co
Excellent.
PAnifington, M. A Co. . .
Excellent.
Pennaylvania Textile Co
2
1
Exoelleni.
Peoples Quick Lunch
ExoeUeni.
Peoples Wet Wash, The
aosed
Perry, Buxton, Doane Co
Scrap iron and metal. .
16
87
1
1
Exoelleni.
Excellent.
Qosed
Perry Oil Co
7
1
393
2
4
81
Excellent.
Peter's Reetaurant
Exoelleni.
PhiUipe Insulated Wire Co
8
Exoelleni.
Pollock, John L. Estate
Qosed
Polsey. J. N. A Co
Wooden boxes
Machinery
66
1,200
47
1
3
98
Excellent.
Excellent.
Providenoe Braid Co
Shoelaces
2
1
Excellent.
Providence Dressed Meat Co
Closed
Providence Telephone Co
29
8
4
7
5
2
74
22
79
Excellent.
Puritan Lunch
Very Good.
Reed, F.I
Market
1
1
Excellent.
Reeta, Robert C
Sheet metal work. . -. . .
Excellent.
Reliable Broom Shop
Excellent.
Rhode Island Braid Co
Braid
14
1
1
3
Excellent.
Rhode Island Card Board Co
Very Good.
Rhode laland Crucible Foundry
Very Good.
Closed
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaUK or ESTABUSHMSNT.
Nature of BufltneM
and
Gooda Manufaotuied
or Sold.
NiTKBXR EmPLOTKD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boyi
under
16.
Giris
under
16.
PAWTUCKET— Continued
Rhode Island Textile Co .
Roberts, Roy L
RoWtR. L. Co
Rowley, Frank C
Royal Weaving Co
Royal Weaving Co
Salisbury Mfg. Co
Seekonk Lace Works.
Sellew Machine Tool Co
Shannock Narrow Fabric Co
Shartenberg A Robinson
Kioye, Isaac Co
Slater Trust Co
Slater Yam Co
Sloeum, W. H. Co
Smiley, A. F
Smith, Benjamin F. Co., The
Smith, E. Co., The
Smith Webbing Co
Solway Dyeing A Textile Co
Standard Bottling Co
Standard Engineering Works
Standard Engineering Works, The
Standard Paper Box Co
Steel Specialty Corporation
Suter, F. A B
Swift A Co
Tamarack Co. (See Jencks Spinning Co) .
Tttmey, A. E....
Thayer, P. E
Tingley. Frank E
Toole, WiUiam K. Co
Troy Hand Laundry
Tubular Woven Fabric Co
Macdbinery tools. . . ,
Groceries.
Builder ,
Cotton yam
Cotton and silk mixed
goods
Tags and printing . ,
Department store
Insurance
Cotton
Machine and forging.
Contractor
Contractor A builder.
Liquors
Narrow fabrics
14
6
22
140
92
250
32
81
68
16
90
1
21
128
5
14
21
14
90
20
13
1
62
361
19
64
1
67
160
5
10
185
1
1
30
3
9
8
1
10
Mineral water.
Closed
147
90
1
16
16
Machine screws.
Loom reeds
Beef
60
8
8
16
25
United States Finishing Co
United States Glased Yam Co. . .
Union Wadding Co
United Wire A Supply Co
Vermont Creamery ,
Waldorf Lunch Co. of R. I., Inc. .
Warburton. H. A
Webb,E.C
Westcott, F. W ,
What Cheer Chemical Co
Whatmough A Bros
White, J. S. Co
Machinery ....
Brushes
Builders' finish. .
Flexible, woven electri-
cal conduit. . .
Printing A finishing
Cotton batting
Brass A copper tubing
Restaurant
Closed
Petroleum products. . .
Dry Goods
Soap
Bakery A groceries. . .
Foundry
20
10
18
26
17
564
6
237
73
7
7
30
1
12
24
14
100
5
51
1
1
1
13
21
22
3
10 Ezedkct
.... I ExreUest
I Excellnn.
I Excelkat
: Excdao:.
2
2
20
EsceflECt
Exee&ct
Exeelkct
ExceDet.
ExoefkLi
ExeellRi
1 JExceHat
... VeryGoqi
... ExeeSoi.
... ExcdkEi
... ExeeOoL
19 lExcdktt
12 I ExceSest
...!Exe«3si
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35
Name or Erabuudont.
Nature of Businefls
and
Good« Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBBB EUPLOTXD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
GirlB
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PAWTUCKET— Concluded
Whitney, Georise L
Whitney. L. A Co
Wightman Broa
Wlghtman Express Co
Wilmarth A Maddllop
Windsor Webbing Co
Woodlawn Finishing Co
Woodlawn Machine Screw Co. .
Wooiworth, F. W. Co.
Wunsch Mfg. Co.. The
Zttcker, S. H. & Co
PORTSMOUTH
Chaae A. Son
PROVIDENCE
Adami Bros., Inc
AdanuK C. P
Adams. E. A. Machine Co. .
AdvsDce Button Co
£utt Bottle A Stopper Co .
Meat A groceries.
Groceries
Groceries
Tapes, braids & elastic.
Bleachers A dyers. . . .
Screw mach. products
5 and 10 cent store . . .
Closed
Bottling beer & cigars .
5
5
5
16
29
0
42
16
3
General store .
AkermaaCo
Aldiieh-EldridgeCo
AlfriodaCo
ABcsFue Department Supply Co
Allen k Northup
Alien k Read. Inc
Allen Wrench k Tool Co
Almy Water Tube Boiler Co
Alper, M. 8. k Son
AJsfdd Electro Plating Co
American Bait Co
American Bottling Co
American Brass Co., The ,
American k British Co
American Cotton Oil Co
American Cotton Oil Co
American Emery Wheel Works
American Enamel Co
American File Renewing Co ,
American Flyer Co
American Glass Works ,
American Hand Laundry ,
American Multiple Fabric Co
American Oyster Co ,
American Pennant Manufacturing Co. .
American Plumbing Co
Jewelers* findings. . . .
Ladies' clothing
Jewelers' machinery.
Closed
Bottle and bottle trim-
mings
Blank books
Groceries
Jewelry
Brass goods ,
Restaurant
Steam supplies
12
30
10
Paper waste .
Steel balls.
Liquors. . .
Steam engines . . ,
Lubricating oil . .
Cotton seed oil. .
Grinding wheels. ,
Wooden enamel .
Closed
Imitation stones.
Cotton.
Pennants. .
22
12
34
2
82
5
39
12
43
12
4
16
56
7
297
12
45
113
208
9
10
13
29
2
9
14
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent;
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
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BBPOBT OF FACTC^Y INSPBCTOB.
Namk or EiTABLiaiaairT.
Nature of BuoneM
sad
Good* Mazmfacturad
or Sold.
NUMBBS EmPLOTSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Bon
undfis
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitaiy
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
American Radiator Co
American Radiator Works
American Railway ExpreM
American Roll Gold Leaf Co
American Screw Co.— Bay State Mill. . )
American Screw Co. — ^Eagle Mill j
American Screw Co. — Rogers Mill
American Screw Co.— N. E. Mill
American Silk Spinning Co
American Telegraph A Telephone Co . . .
American Woolen Co.— Valley Mill
American Woolen Co. — ^Weybosset Mill .
American Woolen Co. — Manton Mills. . .
Anderson, W. H. & Co
Anderson Candy Co
Anderson Candy Co
Anderson Candy Co
Anderton, E. <!( E. B
Andrews A Spellman Co
Angell, Charles E
Anshen, L. J
Anthony. Edwin P
Anthony Furniture Co
Anthony, J. L. Co
Apoo Manufacturing Co
Appleton, Joseph
Ardrey & Adams
Armour A Co
Armour Mfg. Co
Arnold, H. C. A Co
Arnold, Hoffman A Co., Ino ,
Silk yarns .
Woolen yams
Woolen & worsted. . .
Men's wear
Ladies' underwear . . .
Bakery & oonf
Conf . A bakery store.
Conf . A bakery store.
Pork products
Hay and grain
General machine work
Jewelry
Drugs
Household furnishings.
Arnold A Steere
AsUe, H. J. ACo
Astor Lunch Co
Astor Lunch
Atherton Pin Grid Bar Co
Atlantic Mills. No. 1, 2, 3, 5
Atlas Machine Co
Atlas Sheet Metal Works
Auburn Laoe 4c Braid Co
Austin Co., The
Austin, John & Son
Automatic Chain Co
Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. of
America
Auto Car Sales A Service Co
Avok. B
Auto accessories. . .
Plumbing ,
Parquetry floors. . .
Beef A provisions. . ,
Jewelry ,
Fruit A provisions. .
Dye stuffs and ohemi-
Jewelry
Kitchen furnishings. . .
Restaurant
Closed
Cotton mill specialties .
Dress goods
Shoe laces A elastics. .
Jewelry novelties. . . .
Gold A. silver refiners .
EnameUng ,
225
2
688
63
260
269
10
138
480
217
1
12
1
1&
17
13
21
7
30
11
12
10
15
31
4
7
17
26
36
6
5
2
19
11
474
45
157
531
166
22
175
141
12
8
4
9
1
1
4
727
45
8
4
35
6
22
5
30
5
1
1.234
9
10
42
11
3
2
98
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent,
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
VeryOood.
Very Good.
Excellent.
ExoeUent.
Excellent.
Very Good-
Very Good.
Digiti
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37
NaMX or EaTABUSKHXNT.
Nature of BuoineM
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBBB EnPIiOTSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
GirlB
imder
16.
Sanitaxy
Condition.
'ROVIDENCE— Ck>ntinued
. t Z. Chain Co
aehman, S
aird-North Co
Aker-Maneh^ter Mfg. Co. .
iak^, George £
laker, George M
leker, JameeM
»»Uou, B. A. A Co
WI0U.F.E
lallou, Johnson A Nichols. .
UUou Thread Co
^slmforth, Ernest
UaAet & Beeber
3aiiq>atch Bros
inker Artesian Well Co . . .
ftsrker.E. R
Barker. Chadsey & Co
Barrett, W. E. Co., The
Barra. Antonia. . . .
Baratow Stove Co.
Btttelt,A.W
Barton, E. A. & Co
B«hiii.John
Baart Jewelry Co
Bataitim Bros
Battistj, Luigi
BAD, Braid Co
Bayer Co., Inc., The
Beach A Sweet
Beamaa k Smith Co., The
Beaton Bros
BedeU
Bedford, W. H
Beekman & Moran
Belcher A Loomis Hardware Co
Belcher A Loomis Hardjrare Co
Beteveau k Beleveau
Bellen, Morris
Belmont Lunch Co.— 27 Washington St . .
Belmont Lonoh Co.— 526 Westminster St.
Belmont Lunch Co.— 125 Weybosset St. .
Belmont Lunch Co.— 4 Gould St
BenedictisBros
Bennett, E. A. Co
Bennett, F. 8. Co
Bennett, T. E. Co
Burlap bags
Jewelry (mail order). .
Sterling silver llatware
Groceries
Gold & silver refiners . .
Patterns
Jewelry
Shoes
Kitchen furnishings. . .
Thread and yam
Groceries A bakery . . .
Jewelry
Bakery
Artesian wells
Jewelry
Hardware
Agricultural tools and
seeds
Bakery
Stoves, ranges, fur-
naces, etc
Imitation stones
Jewelry
Paints & wall paper. . .
Jewelry
Bakery
Bakery
Narrow fabrics
Chemicals
Insurance
Machine tools ,
Closed
40
0
39
12
7
6
16
94
27
24
20
4
2
25
15
4
18
25
4
182
5
1
5
32
27
5
1
8
10
100
28
7
149
3
2
2
1
193
9
3
- 60
2
3
3
Ladies' garments .
Groceries
Boots and shoes. .
Warehouse ....
Chains
Ice cream mfg .
9
5
12
102
27
2
5
6
Closed.
Bakery
Macaroni A groceries.
Gold goods
Jewelry and findings.
Jewelry
10
2
1
17
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
ExooUent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
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REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaIOB or EVTABUBBiaNT.
Natiin of BuaineM
and
Goods Manufaeturad
or Sold.
Ndmbkei "EMTUormD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
BOVB
under
16.
Giik
nnder
16.
CoBifitiaiL
H^OVIDENCE— Continued
Bennett, John P. A Son
Bena, William Co
Berberian, Z
Bcrkander, Qeorge F
Bericander, Nels G
Bemier, Napoleon
Beaae-Boeker Co.* The
Electroplate
Silverware
Enamelera
Jewelry
Electroplating
Carriagee
Gentfl'clothing and fur-
Bethlehem Ship Building Corp
Bigney, C. I. Co
Bijou Theatre ,
Billings, Edward G ,
Bishop Bros. <lc Baker
Blaoher Bros
Black. V.E. Co
Blackstone Canal National Bank ,
Blaokstone Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .
Blair Shoe Repair Factory ,
Blanchard, Young A Co ,
Blanding A Blanding ,
Blue Ribbon Laundry ,
BodellACo
Boehne, Oscar R
BolleMfg.Co
Contractors
Amusement
Toys, music & pianos
Jewelry
Mfg. jewelry
Jewelry
Boland. H. A
Borland, M. H
Boss Electrical Supply Co
Boston Economy Lamp Division of the
General Electric Co
Boston Electric Co
Boston & Providence Clothing Co. .
Boston Radiator Works.
Bourn Rubber Co
Bourn Rubber Co
Bowes, Mabel
Boyden, Qeorge E. A Son
Boyle, Charles J
Boyle, T. A
Bradbury Motors Co
Brady, John F
Braided Fabric Co., The
Braley A McLaughlin
Brayton, D. W. Co
Brennan, C. P
Brier Mfg. Co *
Briggs, J. & Sons Co
Briggs, 8. J
Bris8ett,J
Fancy goods
Drugs
aosed
Bankers
Refiners
Celluloid combs and
novelties
Closed
Machinists
5
5
5
53
4
5
7
820
100
0
11
3
11
40
8
11
3
34
24
1
2
14
149
11
1
VeiyGoQi
Good.
EsceOBat
Fair.
Good.
5
8
2
25
46
3
23
13
31
4
147
1
Closed.
Rubber overshoes
Wire department
Dressmaking
Hosiery
Confectionery
Fruit and pickles. ...
Automobiles
Electroplating
Elastic braids
Furnaces ,
Fruit and produce. . . .
Plumbing material. . . .
Jewelry ,
Plated wire & tubing. .
Drugs
Groceries and market.
4
198
39
27
3
10
11
25
5
7
6
7
30
16
5
4
1
196
11
12
147
3
1
2
4
9
1
1
16
2
64
... Excdkat
... Ezodkat
. . . Exociksi
. . . j Exoeflest
... I ExoeBeet
. . . iVenr G<wL
1 VefyGooi
... EjtcdkBt
Exoeflest
Good
VeiyGood
Exce&nt
ExceOesi
Good.
VeryGecd.
Good.
Exoetoi
ExtdfcDi
ExoeUeat
30
1
Good
Good.
Ezeellst
EzeeOest
ExeeUest
ExeeSesL
Good.
Extciteet
Exafleoi
Very Good
Good.
Veo-Gooi
Good
ExeeOnt-
Extdlest
ExeeDeat
ExoeOeaL
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Nature of Buainees
' and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Namb or "EmtABiUBiaKT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE--Continued
8
12
6
6
8
7
7
16
18
5
4
5
10
5,343
59
8
3
35
19
7
2
23
10
6
685
125
7
8
9
8
6
12
23
6
1
1
2
14
1
Very Good.
Riwdway 8«le« Co. . . 4 ...x..... ,
Motor ears
Excellent.
Auto tires
Excellent.
Bromley St Co
Clothing , r ,
Excellent.
Br(mk||, Cl«renoe E
Restaurant
Excellent.
Brooks, C. E. Cox
Confectionery ft fruit.
Rf«ta\irant
Excellent.
Brooks, C. F
Very Good.
Remnants
12
1
2
1
1
8
1,427
34
2
2
10
Fair.
Brown, H. L. Co
Butter, eggs, etc
Textile mill supplies. .
Printing and badges..
Gold ft silver refiners . .
Jewelry
Excellent.
Brown, WiiHam R
Excellent.
Bmwn /k Ti^mn Co., Thfl
Very Good.
Brown A: Mills, Ino
Excellent.
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co
Machinery and small
tools
26
17
Excellent.
Brownell ft Field Co
Groceries
Excellent.
Brownpll Machinery Co., Th*.
Excellent.
BrowneU Mfg. Co
Bookbinding
Clothing ft f Ufniah inga
Sheet metals.
Fruit ft vegetables
Excellent.
Brnvninip, Killff ft Co
2
Excellent.
Broimckow, C. G. Co
Very Good.
Bnrlnngham ft Co
Good.
Budlong, S. E
3
47
1
1
28
10
Very Good.
Boffiington, F. H
Papet boxes
3
4
Very Good.
Boick Agency
Service station
Automobiles
Excellent.
B«iek Agency
Excellent.
Builders' Iron Foundry— Codding St
8
Excellent.
Excellent.
Bun Fong Lon Co
ExceUent.
Bordick-Clark Co
Wholesale confeo'ery .
Liquors .........
3
Very Good.
Burke Bros
Very Good.
Burke, Tarr ft Graef
Furniture
1
1
Excellent.
Buriingame. J. P. ft Co
Jewelry findings
1
Excellent.
Bumi, M. Teaming Co
Good.
Bunows ft Kenyon
Lumber
3
1
Excellent.
Bunougfas Addding Machine Co
Excellent.
Burt Mfg. Co
aoeed
Buih, Charles 8. Co
Drugs and chemicals. .
Ice cream ft conf
Modem hand laundry .
ties
23
7
19
1
72
6
10
58
8
5
266
18
2
45
5
6
1
1
10
2
1
364
Excellent.
Butler, Charles L. ft Bon
ExceUent.
Butman ft Tucker ... ...
Excellent.
Buxton, 8. E. Co
Excellent.
CadiUsc Auto Co. of Rhode Island
Excellent.
Cady,C.A.Co
Ford parts
Excellent.
C«dy Moving ft Storage Co
Very Good.
CiAoone, George H. Co
Jewelry
2
Excellent.
CtlefBros.
Excellent.
CalUomia Wine Co
liquors .....'
Good.
CaUender, McAuslan ft Troupe Co
Department store ....
11
10
Excellent.
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BBPOBT OF FACTOBY INSPECTOR.
NjJia ov EaTABUBHiiinfT.
Nature of BuaiiieaB
and'
Goods Manufaetared
or Sold.
NUMBXB 'EMTUmtD.
Worn-
Boys
UBdBr
16.
Gizb
under
!«.
PROVIDENCE— Ck)ntmued
CiqMMao^ Frank
Capron Co
Cardin Mfg. Co
Carlton Hotel
Carlton Tea Roome
Carpenter, H. T. A Son
Carpenter Loan Co
Carr, Laura M. Co
Cartier, M. N. A Sons Co
Casey, John & Co
Casino Bowling Parlor
Casino Theatre
Castner, Curran A Bullitt, Inc
Cavalleire, A. F. A Co
Castiglioni, Emelia
Cate, George B. ft Co
Central Hotel
Centredale Worsted Mill
Champlin, S. B. Co
Chandler Co
Chandler Motors of R. I., Ino
Chapin A Hollister Co
Charles A Hedison Mfg. Co
Chase, Charles A. B
Chase, F. A. ft Co
Chase. William B
Chatterton File Works
Cherry ft Webb
Chester, F. .E. ft Co
Chevrolet Motor Co. of N. Y., Ino. .
Child ft MlUer Co
Childs, A. B
Childs Co. of Providence
Church, E. C. Co
Clafiin, George L. Co
Clapp, B. P. Ammonia Co
Clapp, Otis ft Son
qarkM/g.Co
Clark ft Coombs Co
Clark, John T
Qark's Casino
Clason Architectural Metal Works. .
Clayton, Alice
Cloudman
Cough ft Co
Cobb. Pothin ft Co
Coe, WUUam H. Mfg. Co
Cogan, Edward
Bakery
Jeweiry
Sample oases ft trays.
Closed
Restaurant
Refiners
Closed
Catering
Roofing material
Groceries
7
48
1
1
19
13
12
Amusement. .
Coal
Bakery
Bakery
Bakery
Worsted tops
Jewelry
Die «yinlring
Automobiles
Jewelry
Jewelry
Restaurant ,
Mill supplies
Groceries T ,
Hand cut files ,
Ladies' garments
Fishing tackle
Automobiles
Closed
Dressmaking
Restaurant
Blacksmith's supplies.
Pharmaceuticals
5
28
5
6
5
21
4
2
8
5
88
23
• 2
8
42
10
1
28
8
11
29
8
15
1
3
3
8
9
21
1
32
8
14
187
17
2
Pharmaceuticals
Burial cases
Seamless rings
Enameling.
Bowling
Roofing ft sheet metal
Restaurant ,
Groceries
Hair dressing
Millinery
Gold leaf
Bakery
18
20
55
6
5
36
75
3
5
29
1
5
5
4
5
12
3
1
45
12
11
2
ExecOoii
ExedkcL
EzosifSL
Good.
ExcseBes
Very Good
VenrGooi
Ezoelkai
Exoefloi
Fair.
ExedUai '
Eice&s
Ezedksi
ExteacBt
Exceikst
Esodic^-
ExceDee*.
ExeeSeEt.
VefyGwi.
Ezcelkst
Veiy Gov
Excefiest
Very Good
ExOnl^
VeryGooC
Excdfcn
Exedksi
Exeeaect
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Exfdkfi
VcfT G^^
Ex»Ust
Excdicct
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Good
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VeiyGooi
Exeetot
Excdket
Exeelleat
Excdket
ExR^t
EstdfeBt
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41
Nature of Buainess
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
INdmbbb Emplotsd.
NaMB or ESTABLZBHUXNT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Bovs
under
16.
Girls
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Cohen Mfg. Co
Jewelry
3
39
5
25
?
7
10
29
1
1
1
Excellent.
Cohn 4^ RoflonberKBT' ..............*....
Jewelry . . .
Excellent.
Cole Motor Sales Co
Automobiles
Excellent.
Colff Teaming Co
Good.
CoUateral Loan Co
Excellent.
Collier, P. F. A Son
Books
7
16
Excellent.
CoUingwood, J. H. & Co
KnArpf^iinf
1
Very Good.
Cnloni^l launch
Closed
Colonial Theatre .
Amusement.
16
48
110
5
62
50
70
8
60
5
7
22
35
26
20
11
85
41
45
10
8
8
6
6
6
2
8
4
4
361
25
14
100
23
5
12
5
6
7
153
Excellent.
Colored Wonted Mill
Worsted yam
Iron castings
5
10
Excellent.
Good.
Colwell, C. 8
Restaurant
4
41
5
2
Excellent.
Colwell Wonted Mills
Ladies' dress goods. . .
1
1
1
Excellent.
Combination Ladder Co
Very Good.
Comstock A Co
Pork packen
Beef
Excellent.
Comstoek, J. F. & Sons
Excellent.
Congdon A Carpenter Co., The
Carriage supplies
Hardware ...........
11
1
Very Good.
Congdon, W. & Son
Very Good.
Conley A fltmight
Gold ft silver refining.
1
Very Good.
Continental Metals Co., Inc
Excellent.
Cook, Dunbar, Smith Co
plate
9
1
5
4
23
2
2
Very Good.
Cook, Edwin M. Plate Co
Gold ft silver plate....
Jewelry
Excellent.
Cooke, C. H. Co
Excellent.
Cooke, Henry W. Co
Real estate
Excellent.
Cooper. Gerald
Mercerising . .
Excellent.
C«^r 4 BisBon
Butter, eggs, cheese,
^tc
Very Good.
CoraeU, H. P
Groceries
Excellent.
Bicycles
Excellent.
Corporation Shop
Clothing
Good.
Cory & Reynolds Co
Jewelry . . .
8
3
4
4
3
Excellent.
Costanso A De Angelis Jewelry Co
1
8
4
Very Good.
Cosiello A Co
Findings , . . ,
Good.
Craft ft Newton
Jewelry
Good.
Cranston ic Swift
Jewelry
Very Good.
Crees ft Court •
Steel dies
Very Good.
Creseent Braiding Co
Shoe laces
40
2
45
6
1
36
121
3
Very Good.
Cri«cione, Gerogie
Macaroni mf g
ExceUent.
Crompton ft Knowles Loom Works
7
1
Excellent.
Crooker Mantel ft Tile Co
Excellent.
Crossley, Piank A
Produce.
Good.
Crown Hotel
Excellent.
Crown Wonted MiUa
Worsted yams
Safes
8
19
Excellent.
Crucible Steel Co. of America
Excellent.
Codahy Packing Co
Beef
Very Good.
Cuddy GaidinJ Co
r)rug racks ..........
1
1
Very Good.
Cull ft WiUiams.
Mantel and tOes
Very Good.
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BBPOBT OP PACTOKY INSPECTOB.
NaIOB or ElTABLSUIiailT.
Natuva of
and
Ooodfl Manufactured
or Sold.
NuMBKB EiinxnnBK
Men.
Wom-
16.
GiriB
under
16.
Samtjuy
CondJiCTi
PROVIDENCE—Contmued
Cullen ft Galligan
Curran A Burton
Cutler, H.B
Cutler Jewelry
Cutler Shoe Store. The
Cutler & Wood
Cutter, Frank.
Cweik, A
Dagget ft Miller
DanJelaon Advertieing Agency
Darling, C. C. ft Co
Darling. C. P. Co., The
Dart, E. M. Mfg. Co
Davidlan Broe
Davidson, W. ft J. H
Davis ft Marinsky
Davis, Henry A. ft Sons
Davol Rubber Co
Dean, Calvin
Dean, John M. Co
De Boer ft Baoh Co
Deignan Bros
Del Matto, Pietro
Del Rossi, G. D. Co
De Luxe Hosiery Co
Dennison, A. J. ft Co
Deuts, Max
Desmond Publidiing Co
Deveroux, O. C. Co
DiUman Bakery, Inc
Dillon ft Douglas
Dime Messenger Co
Dimond, L. ft Sons
Dimond's Meat Market
Direct Rubber Co
Dodge ft Camfield
Doe ft little Co
Dolan, D
Dolby Ice Cream Co
Domsky, A. M
Donahue, T. F. ft Co
Donle, Charles B. ft Son, Inc .
Doran, Jamm C. ft Son
Dotta, Louis
Doughty Tire Co
Dover, George W., Ino
Wet wash laundry
Coal
Bakery
Gold filled rings
Shoes
Machinists' supplies . .
Colorer
Suits and dresses
Pharmaceuticals
Emblems.
Boxes
Pipe fittings
Jewelry •
Groceries
Ladies' tailor
Shoddy m^ufacturer.
Druggists' supplies. . .
Jewelers' findings
House furnishings. . . .
Cutlery
Groceries.
Bakery
Macaroni bakery
Silk hosiery
Mfg. jewelers
Jewelry
Books
Jewelry
Butter, eggs, etc. .
Department stwe . . .
Dowding, Edwin J .
Boots and shoes. .
Groceries ft liquors . . .
Coal and wood
Tailor
Ice cream
Restaurant
Groceries wines and
liquors
Jewelers' tools ft dies . .
Jewelry
Bakery
Auto tires
Tools and jewelers
findings
Groceries.
12
100
8
31
10
6
5
4
6
9
8
62
45
2
5
3
19
204
13
35
8
3
6
7
47
4
2
6
5
25
10
6
65
12
8
23
25
3
37
2
4
8
21
10
16
76
20
26
3
10
254
15
4
1
2
1
95
3
6
3
3
1
2
130
6
2
4
5
10
3
2
1
20
1
30
8
Gcod.
31
1
.lEieeUflDt.
.JYefyGcDd.
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. BxoBDm.
. VeryGood
. VeryGood
. ExcdteBL
Good
EzoeBcBt.
ExcdksL
Exoe&sL
VeryGood.
VeryGood.
Exedkst
VeryGood.
ExoelkEk
ExodkBi
ExceSest.
ExerifeBL
VeiyGooi
ExcelkBL
Exodkst
Exoe&sL
ExceikBi.
ExeeOKi
VeryGood.
ExeeOeeL
Good
Good.
Exodle&t
V«fyG«d
EmeJDoA
ExoelleBt
Exedknt.
Good
ExeeOe&t.
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43
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NXTMBKB EmPLOTBD.
NaMB or ERABUSBmNT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Dowlin«, M. A. & M. E
Gowns
16
Excellent.
Doyl^, Thomav F
Plumbinff
7
13
6
3
Very Good.
r)rumrf^>ii4*fl TAwnriry
35
3
1
2
Excellent.
Dudley Hardwaro Co
Very Good.
Duffy Bros
Hardware. .
2
Very Good.
Dumfoid Mfg. Co
Closed
Dunn, John C.
piumbingT
4
5
13
4
25
9
250
30
35
i
155
4
8
14
2
4
15
8
20
4
4
2
• 2
1
Good.
r>unn A Biieklny .
Jewelers' tools
Gold filled chains
Jewelry
Very Good.
Dunn & Rodenberg
25
1
3
20
218
20-
2
1
Excellent.
Dutemple, W. R. & Co
Good.
Good.
D. & N. Mfg. Co., Inc
Jewelry
Very Good.
D. * W. FuBO Co
Electrical goods
Specialties
4
13
Excellent.
D. W. F. Engineerixig Co
Very Good.
Eftgle Brewing Co. . /.
Ale, porter and lager. .
Hardware
Very Good.
Early, Thomas H. & Co
1
Very Good.
Eartem Coal Co.— Dyer 8t
Eastern Coal Co.— Eddy St
3
3
2
2
3
12
37
Eaatem Coal Co. — ^Point St
Eastern Coal Co.— Weyboawt St
Eastern Glass Co
Cameos and stones. . .
Nails
Very Good.
Extern Nail Co
Excellent.
Ea«em Waist Co
Ladies' waists
Gowns
1
Excellent.
Eaatman. Mrs. Rose
Excellent.
Eddy k Fishor Co., The
Liquor, cigars, etc
Fruit
Very Good.
Eddy Bros
Very Good.
Eddy Rotary Oil Burner. Inc., The
Very Good.
1
2
16
12
Excellent.
Edwards ft Walker
Very Good.
Ellis, JohnD
Jewelry ^ . . . .
1
2
Very Good.
Ehnwood Box Co
Paper boxes ...;..
Excellent.
Closed
Elabree-Valleau Co
Hats and furnishings. .
Cotton waste
6
13
10
18
34
18
4
6
11
4
5
10
4
4
5
5
11
2
17
Very Good.
Ejnenon, A. & Co
Very Good.
Emery Bowling Alleys— 09 Eddy St
Excellent.
Excellent.
Emery's Majestie Theatra
Amusement. . . .
4
7
8
9
6
1
8
1
4
5
1
Excellent.
Eaoeiy Theatre
Amusement
Excellent.
Very Good.
Empire Mfg. Co
Jewelry jobbers
Amxisement. .........
1
Empire Theatre
Excellent.
Era Mfg. Co., The
Machinery
1
Excellent.
ErastoCJ
dnfliinff
Excellent.
Erakine k Morrison
Electros
2
Very Good.
E««nelCo.,The
Knitting needles
Restaurant ....
Very Good.
Eaty, George W
,
Excellent.
EtUmger,M
Men's furnishings
Contractors ft builders.
Shoe dressings
Excellent.
Erana. Henry R. ft Son Co
Excellent.
Everett ft Barron Co
21
1
Good.
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REPORT OP PACTORT INSPECTOR.
KaIIK or EflTABUSaifBMT.
Nature of Buaness
sad
Gooda Manufaotuied
or Sold.
NUMBKR EmPIOTSD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Senitaiy
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Contmued
Evers, Henry A
ExcellMfg. Co
Ezoeleior Nickle Plating Works.
Excelsior Mfg. Co
Fairbanks Co.. The
Fairchild, A. W
Fales, Lewis L. Corporation ....
Fales Textile Co
Far East Restaurant
FarlauMi & Merriot
Fay's Theatre
Feamey, J. T. A Son
Federal Screw Corporation
Federal Truck Sales Co. of R. I .
Feeley, John H
Feeley, J. R. A Co
Feeley, W. J
Femstein, Philip
Feasenden 4c Co
Field, Charles H
Rubber stamps .
Closed
Plated rings.. ^
Scales
Kitchen furnishings. .
Vim Truck Agents. . .
Converting yarns. . . .
Knit goods.
Fish market . . .
Machine work .
Fields Point Mfg. Co
Files Engineering A Heating Co., The.
Fine, Louis
Firemen's Mutual Insurance Co. .
Fischer & Pruef er
Fiak Rubber Co
Fiske, H. B. & Co
Fleischmann Yeast Co.. The. . . .
Flexograph Mfg. Co
Dry goods
Ecclesiastical wares. .
Gold and silver
Dry goods
Silverware
Engine turning mi
chine
Chemicals
Construction and en-
gineering
Closed
5
8
13
5
14
2
16
3
24
12
136
12
2
10
84
3
8
5
25
2
4
4
2
10
3
2
14
3
14
1
3
4
46
5
1
1
1
Jewelry
Rubber tires
Fruit and produce.
Flink« B. ic Son
Flint-Blood A Co
Flint, Dutee W
Flint, Dutee W. Gasoline Co., Inc.
Flint A Co
Florence Drug Store
Flynn, Frank
Fondi, Parido
Ford Perry Co
Foss Hughes Co
Foster, J. A. Co
Foster, Theodore W. A Bro. Co. . .
Foster, Smith Co
Foster, Smith Co.— Office
Fountain Street Garage
Fowler Bros
Printing & autographic
registers
Groceries
Jewelry
Fordautos
Gasoline and oil. . .
Furniture, carpets, etc.
Jewelry
Bakery
Jewelry
Auto trucks A service. .
Diamonds, watches,etc
Jewelry A silverware . .
Repairing
Mourning jewelry .
0
19
12
11
13
7
9
16
39
10
18
6
4
6
20
33
28
128
16
4
4
7
14
1
22
4
14
58
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Exo^ent.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
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45
Nair or E^ABLUHMmrr.
Natun of Biuuimb
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
INUUBBR EmPLOTKD.
Men.
Worn-
Boys
under
16.
GirlB
under
16.
Sanitaxy
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Fox. C. J. Company, The
Fox. John F. Co., The
Fox & Co
Foxen Co.. Inc., The
Frenoeeoonl, E
Franklin Cafe.
Franklin Machine Co
Franklin Machine Co. — Harria-Corlias
Plant
Franklin Prooeae Co
Jewelers' cards, etc. . ,
Heating engineering. .
Bakery ,
Ubels
Bakery
Franklin Specialty Co
Fraaer, J. M. A Co
Freeman. E. L. Co
Freeman's
French, M. L
Fry Bros
Fryer-Austin Company
Fryer Printing Co .... .
Fulford Mfg. Co
Puller Iron Works
Gaiety Theatre
Galaois, John
GalMsi. T. V. A Co
Galkin, Samuel Co
Gardiner. Charles C
Gardiner, F.O
Gardiner, Herbert W
Gardiner, R. A
Gardiner, W. H. & Sons. .
Gearin. E. P. A Co
Gcffner, H
Yam dyeing and dry-
ing machine
Fixtures
Jewelry
Stationery
Restaurant
Millinery
Jewelry
61
5
20
8
6
7
196
104
64
5
1
1
5
A Charles H
Closed
Metal specialties .
Iron casting
100
52
7
100
Closed
Marble, tile and slate.
Metal workers
Lumber
Meat
Men's clothing
Restaurant
Photo engraving
Fruit and produce. . . .
Manufacturer bed
General Baking Co., The.
General Chemical Co
General Fire Extinguisher Co.
General Machinery Co. . . .'
General Manufacturing and Export Co. . .
Geriach,H. A
Gibson. J. Fred Company —
1 Exchange Place
springs
Bakery
Acids & heavy chemi-
cals
Pipe fittings A auto-
matic sprinklers. .
Religious goods .
81 Exchange Place
Comer Dorranoe and Westminster. .
176 Mathewson St ,
Soda, confectionery &
cigars
Confectionery, lunch A
cigars
Confectionery, soda A
cigars
Confectionery A lunch.
348
12
5
37
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good,
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good,
13
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaMB or ESTABUfiBMSMT.
Natim of BuaineaB
and
Qoodfl Manufactured
or Sold..
NuMBBB EMPxxnrxo.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
GirlB
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Gibeon, J. Fred Company —
220 West Exchange St
169 Westminster St. .
343 Westminster St. .
1340 Westminster St. . .
1349 Westminster St . .
Gilbreth-Brown Co
Giusti, Bros.
Giusti Luigi
Gladding Dry Goods Co
GledhiU, John A
Glendale Elastic Fabric Co.
Goff. James E. Co
Goff A Darling •
Golden, A
Golden Mfg. Co
Manufacturing depart-
ment, bakery A con-
fectionery
Confectionery and ci-
gars
Drugs, confectionery,
lunch and cigars. . . .
Drufi^
Ice cream mfg
Closed...".
Bakery
Bakery
25
63
4
24
3
Patterns & mouldings .
Goldsmith A Harsberg
Goldstein, Jules P
Goodby, Rankin & Go
Goodehild A Goodchild
Goodchild, Jeremiah
Goodspeed's
Goodwell Mfg. Co
Goodwin Bradley Pattern Co
Goodyear Ture A Rubber Co
Gordon Manufacturing Co
Gorham Manufacturing Co
Gorham Manufacturing Co. — Casino. . . .
Gorman & Co
Gowdy, J. A. Reed Sc Harness Mfg. Co. .
Graham Manufacturing Co
Grand, F. A W
Granger, G. B. Co
Grant Supply Co
Grant MiU
Grant, Daniel & Son Co
Gray, Alexander T
Greene, A. A. Co
Greene, Anthony & Co
Greene, R. L. Paper Co ,
Greene, John F. Co. . . .
Greene, William C. Co.
Masons' materials . . . .
Closed
Scrap iron
Celluloid hair novel-
ties
Jewelry
Jewelry and novelties. .
Auto supplies
Groceries
Groceries
Ladies' clothing
Jewelry
Pattern models
Auto tires & supplies . .
Shoe laces
Gold and silverware. . .
Restaurant
Groceries and liquors. .
14
6
48
16
30
22
4
4
182
1
90
Jewelry
Dry goods
Enamel goods
Remnants
Cotton
Wagons
Bakery
Jewelry
Shoes
Paper, twine, roofing Sc
asbestos
Printing
Jewelry
10
4
20
19
4
4
1
2
16
6
2
1,474
1
5
20
7
5
4
2
81
10
3
21
23
35
5
33
4
38
4
3
1
1
4
3
1
3
8
214
5
17
1
36
5
3
78
1
2
8
8
5
1
9
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
ExpeUent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
VeryGood.
Good.
Very Good.
ExoeUent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Veiy Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent
Very Good.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
Excellent
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47
NaIOB of EaTABLISIIlf sht.
Nature of BiuineaB
and
Goods Manufaoturod
or Sold.
NUMBSB EmPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE--Coiitmued
Greenhalgh, Henry C . . . .
Greenstein A Kosman. . . .
Greenwood's Laundry. . . .
GrifiSn, George M. ft Co. .
Griffith, R. L. ft Son Co.
Grimwood, H. A. Co ... .
Grocers' Baking Co
Grode Broa
Gross. G. L. ft H.J
Guarantee Clothing Co . .
Hadley Co., The
Halerow, William J
Haley ft Blanch
Hall, J. C. Co., The
Groceries. .
Pants
Hall.F. A. Co
Hall Machine Tool Co
Hallam-Rice Co
Hambly, J. H
Hamilton ft Hamilton, Jr
Hamilton, George Co
Hammel Oil Burning Equipment Co .
Hammond, H. T
Butter, cheese, etc
Jewelry
Building material
Bakery
Chair trimming
Real estate ft insurance
Clothing
Jewelry
Carpenters ft builders .
Elevators
Lithographs and print-
ing.
Tools
Machine tools
Jewelry
Jewelry
Jewelers' tools.
Hancock, Charles E. Co
Hancock, John Co. Ine
Hancock, John Mutual Life lusurance Co
Hanley, James Brewing Co., The
Hanley, Hoye Co
Harlacker, J. C
Harris. A. W. Oil Co
Harris, 8. P
Harris, W. M. ft Co
Harris, William, Jr ,
Engraving and print-
ing
Jewelry
Insurance
Harvey ft Otis
Hasselbaum A. Co. .
HaskeU, FredA
Haslam Heating ft Ventilating Co .
Hawkins ft Withington
Heathoote, John ft Son
Hcald Hat Works
Heffeman ft Kempton
Heimberger ft Pearson
Hellenio Baking Co
Hellman, L. J. Co
Hennessey Laundry (Jo
Ale and porter
Liquors
Jewelry and novelties. .
Oils and greases
Jewelers' cards
Lxmiber and saw mill .
Lumber and masons'
materials
Jewelry
Wholesale groceries,
wine and liquors. . . .
Engraving
Steam fitters' supplies .
Pork house products. . .
Woolen machinery. . . .
Hats
Signs
Jewelers' findings
Bakery
Jewelry '. .
6
3
5
18
55
6
35
6
10
6
9
7
5
100
26
24
18
6
83
8
22
6
46
5
87
134
10
2
10
6
24
1
4
1
5
56
1
2
16
3
41
1
1
100
18
11
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
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48
BEPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaMB or EoTABLXSBlfKNT.
Nature of BuaiiMas
and
Goodfl Manufaotivod
or Sold
NUMBBB EmpLOTBO.
Men.
Worn-
BOVB
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitaiy
Condition,
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Henry Co., The
Henry, C. P. Novelty Co
Henaon, Logan Wet Wash Laundry. ,
Herbo-Phoaa Co '.
Hereey A Hess
Hicka Boiler Works ,
Higgins. J. H. Co
Hill James Mfg. Co
Hoefler, Fisher Co., The
Hogan, Thomas P
aoaed
Curtain rods. .
Tools and dies.
Scrap iron
Steel metal goods
Draperies & furniture
Lumber and building
material
Holbrook Raw Hide Co
Holden, E. W
Holmes Co., The
Holmes, D. F. & Co
Holmes, George H. & Co
Holt, A. & Co
Home Cafe & Bowling Alleys
Hood. H. P. & Sons
Hope Glass Works ,
Hope Mill Supply Co
Hope Optical Co
Hope, John & Sons Engraving & Mfg. Co.
Hope Rubber Co
Hope Teaming Co
Hopkins Transfer Co ,
Horton, C. S
Horton, H. F. & Sons Co
Horton Grocery Co
Hotel Allen.
Hotel Berkshire
Hotel Dorranoe
Hotel Dreyfys
Hotel Franklin
Hotel Lincoln.
Hotel Lincoln Restaurant
Hotel Perrin
Hough, W. 8., Jr. Co
Household Furniture Co
Hovey Lumber Co
Howe, H. M. Co ;
Jewelry
Mail order A jewelry.
Plumbing
Jewelry
Rolled gold plate
Ice cream and lunch .
Cut glass
Mill supplies
Rubber goods. .
Millinery.. .
Real estate .
Groceries. . .
Hoxsie, Rouse F
Hub Shoe Repairing Co.
Hudson Auto Co
Hudson & Co
Hunt, T. F. Mfg. Co...
Hunt, William E. ft Co.
Carriage and auto re-
pairing
Groceries
Automobiles
Chasers
Jewelry
Manufacturing jewelry
26
8
8
4
7
20
20
3
5
68
2
5
7
20
7
7
4
5
5
7
28
4
20
8
1
5
6
4
10
11
40
8
7
7
5
39
19
4
6
6
9
9
8
4
12
13
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good,
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
VeryG«od.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
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49
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NuilBBB EMFLOraD.
Namb or KaTAauamairr.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
GIris
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
mOVIDENCE-Continued
Huntoon A Qwhmm Co
nfgfvn , ,
80
12
6
80
6
8
9
6
18
85
18
n
6
24
116
201
66
6
5
27
0
2
5
7
3
87
7
6
5
21
18
13
19
10
10
2
4
9
12
2
4
14
4
14
10
37
16
1
Excellent
Hurd Bros.
Hay ft grain
Good.
HusBt W. A, A Son
1
2
Very Good.
Excellent.
Hutchinson A Husstis
Jewelry
2
lafione, Putsr'. ....................... 4
loe cream ..'.........
Excellent
WeftI Ventilator Co. ,
1
Very Good.
Good.
1A^\ WH^ WMh , .
Laundry
Imperial Jewelry Co
10
4
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Imperial Knife Co
2
TmproTed SesmlsM Wire Co.i The. ......
Industrial Chemical Co
Dye stuffs.
Good.
Industrial Trust Co
50
3
Excellent.
Inglis Electric Co
Good.
Inlaid Co. Inc.. The
Frsnch and ivoiy novel-
ties
30
306
270
65
4
6
42
10
1
5
18
21
Very Good.
International Bread Co. — ^Elmwood Plant.
Shoelaces
Very Good.
International Braid Co.-~Fletoher MiUs. .
Imiitt 4k 'Rnmmll
Braids and laoes
Jewelry, emblems
RmIc . ,
Very Good.
Excellent.
Itslo-American Mutual Trust Co
Excellent.
Ivoryloid Co
Novelties
1
Excellent.
J. ft H. Electric Co
Excellent.
JAgnr, Charles J. 4p Co
Qasoline engines, etc . .
Calendare, novelties..
etc
1
40
2
1
4
85
1
5
10
19
8
16
12
8
2
3
14
3
1
6
19
7
2
7
Very good.
Japanese Wood Novelty Co
8
Excellent.
Jasie. Joseph »
Bakery
Excellent.
Jefferds, C. H. ft Co
Groceries ft market. . .
Manufacturing jewelry
Excellent.
JAffiries A Kraner ^
Jenckes Paper Box Co
7
8
Excellent.
Jepherson* Georse A
Lumber
Excellent.
Jerauld, J. A
Jewelry
1
1
Excellent.
Jette, William M
Shoe laoee
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Jewel Tea Co., Ino
Groceries.
Jewelers Products Corporation
Jewelers' Supply Co
Findinga -.......,.,
9
5
John Thft Bhoeman ...,,....,..
Book ft job printing...
Glass workers
Jewelers' cases
Jewelry
Excellent.
Johnson, E. A. ft Co
2
2
1
Very Good.
Excellent.
Johnson, E. M. Co
Johnson ft Raftery
Very Good.
Johnson, 0. R
Excellent.
Johnson. OUver ft Co
Paints
Excellent.
Johnson. Oliver ft Co
Paints
1
Excellent.
Johnston. A. C. ft Co
Braid
Excellent.
Jones ft Co
rhy gx>ods.
ExceUent.
Jones, Edward S. Sons Company
Printers
Excellent.
Jones, Edward S. Sons Company
Jones Lunch Co
AdveHi^ing, .........
Excellent.
Excellent.
Jones Lunch Co
Excellent.
JosUn MCg. Co.— Dyerville Mill
Yams and shoe laces. .
45
4
4
Very Good.
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REPORT OP PACTORY INSFSCTOR.
NaMJB or EaTABLXSHlIXNT.
Nature of BuamesB
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NuMBKB £Mn^OTB>.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Giris
under
16.
SUEtVT
Coeditis.
PROVIDENCE— Contmued
Jodin Mfg. Co.— Merino Mill. .
Joy, D. F
Joyce Broa. ft Co
Jurgens, A. C. Co
K. Mfg. Co., The
Kalunian, B. ft Co
Kane, John F. ft Co
KanelakoB ft Bergeria ,
Kaps ft Reinacher Co
Karpeles Co., The
Keith's Theatre
Kelly, George S. Co.. The. . .
Kelly. John F
Kelly. 8. J. Estate
Kendall Mfg. Co
Kennedy, James
Kennedy Co.. The
Kennedy, John
Keppler ft Weidelioh
KeecotMfg. Co
Kimball ft Colwell Co., The .
King. 8. C
I^ng Fong
Kinney Co
Kirby, H. A
Klein, 8. Co
Klein, 8. ft Sons
Klein, G. ft Sons
Kleiner Co
Kolinoor Novelty Co., Inc. . .
Kopelman, Joseph
Koppers, H
Korb, Philip
KrauB, Henry C
Kreege, S. S
Kresge, 8. 8
Bjrichbaum, L. ft Co
Kuehner, Oscar Co
Kummer, George A
Lafayette Quick Lunch ft Restaurant.
Lamberton, 8. J. ft C. G
Lancor Mfg. Co
Langford Worsted Mills
Lansing Lumber Co
Lapray, Mrs. Josephine M
Large, Shea
Shoe and corset laces
Bakery
Clotiiing
Jewelry
Jewelry
Variety store
Cotton underwear
Conf . ft ice cream . .
Furs
Precious and imitation
stones ,
Amusement ,
aoeed
Ice eream ,
Enamelers
Soap and soapine. . .
Closed
Clothing ft furnishings.
Bread, pies, etc
Closed
Metal novelties ....
Pork products
Towel supply
Restaurant
Jewelry
Jewelry
Rags
Rags
Religious goods ....
Jewelry
Celluloid novelties. .
Florist
Chemicals
Bakery
Groceries
5 and 10 cent store.
Restaurant
Jewelry
Metal rubber goods
findings
Closed
100
10
0
17
10
4
1
6
4
4
37
149
2
11
9
10
15
4
5
2
65
23
2
21
48
19
9
66
4
16
33
7
9
16
36
2
3
4
5
7
5
18
3
20
Groceries
Jewelry
Worsted and yarns .
6
8
6
60
21
Gowns. .
Bakery. .
5
1
1
58
3
5
2
4 [VoyGood
, £xcta»
iVeryG«ji
ExtcAeSi.
VoyGai
Good
EAtgfc'gt-
Exce&s
EsceSoL
ExeellA
Very Gent
Good.
ExtcBcst
Eicftei
1 VoyGoBi
... VeryG«4
... EsceaoL
... Extri«i
. . . Exccfissi
... Good
... Good.
. .. Veiy&acc
7 Excdat
... Very Go*
1 I Good
Good
Good
Exrtfltti
Eieel>fi
Exce&rt
Exce&r^
j ExwOrt*
Exrtflea*
....'VrtyGftx!
15 jVwjGoni
....'ExwUfft
t EvfB«'
....iVeryGt*^
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51
NaMB of ESTABUSHllKlfT.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUVBBB EmPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
undei
16.
Qirls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition*
PROVIDENCE— Continued
-aakey'a
^tine, S
Aveil, James & Son . . . .
AW ic Uawxhurst
Awlor. C. C
>ederer, Henry Sc Bros. .
^ederer, S. & B
^erer Bros. Co
^ee. Charles H. Co
ise. Chin
iealio- Judge Co
^ewis, John D
.ewis. T. R. Jr. & Co.
jberty Laundry
jbraiy Bureau
iddle, J. & Sons
Uegett, Louis K. Co.— 47 Obieyville Sq .
iggett, Louis K. Co. — ^211 Westminster St
iggett, Louis K. Co. — ^252 Westminster St
Liggett, Louis K. Co.— 108 Weybosset St .
Jffgett. Louis K. Co.— 227 Weybosset St.
Jnd. J. A- Co
[ind.T. W. Co
Undol, H. C. & Co
Li&ton A Co
Uaton, P. & A
Lippman Bros
Uttle A Co
jvermore Sc Knight Co. .
joeb, William A Co
^oeber, Abram
.E. L.ACo
Lohrmann, E. H
^nic. D. J
^ngley Motor Sales Co
»ni, F. S
-ord Construction Co., The. . . .
joo&b Leaf Mfg. Co
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co
Lorsch, Albert 4c Company, Inc.
Ladies' garments. . . .
Bakery
Closed
Gas & electric fixtures
Restaurant
Jewelry
Jewelry
Screw machine pro-
ducts
Tailors
Restaurant
Magaiines
Dyewood A extract. . .
Enamelers.
Wet wash
Card systems
Bakery
Drugs.
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Machinery
Jewelers' findings
Jewelry
Rolled gold plate
Jewelry
Groceries and pork pro-
ducts
Jewelers' dies A tools . .
Advertising novelties. .
Jewelry
Bakery
Manufacturing jewel-
ers
Hubs and dies
Groceries
Closed
Novelties
12
1
5
5
20
56
35
15
26
14
5
3
6
6
4
6
25
9
7
6
14
34
47
8
17
11
5
47
27
3
11
6
5
14
57
28
11
7
9
4
15
79
18
Printing. ,
Precious and imitation
stones
Louttit Home Hand Laundry.
LovcRTove A Burlingame
Lowe, Edwin 4 Co
Luther, H. C. A Co
1
461
14
31
10
29
5
73
Closed . . .
Jewelry . .
Lapidary .
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent,
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
. , . I Excellent.
2 , Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
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ized by Google
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REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Nabob of E0TABLI8HMBNT.
Nature of Busixiefls
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBBB EmPDOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Conditaon.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Luther. William H. & Son
Lyons Mfg. Co
MacCabe, W. H. Co
Macintosh, J. G. A Son
Closed.
Jewelry,
Cabinet
Carriages and automo-
biles
MacWatty Belting Co
Mackey Jewelry Co
Macnair, Charles S
Macreath's Oyster Chop House ,
Magoon, A. J. & Son
Mahogany Restaurant
Maine Creamery Co
Majestic Bowling Alleys
Majestic Hotel
Makepiece, C. R. A Co
Manchester, A. C. Co
Manchester & Hudson
Manhatten Grocery Co
Manney, Thomas E
Manufacturers Building Co
Manufacturers Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Marden & Kettlety ,
Markham & Stone
Martin, J. W
Martin-<7opeIand Co
Marvel, Leroy J
Maryland Club— 37 Westminster St
Maryland Club — 145 Westminster St
Maryland Club— 309 Westminster St
Mason, C. H. Jewebry Co
Mason, Vohiey W. & Co
Mason Mfg. Co
Mauran, John T. Mfg. Co
Maynard Jewelry Co
Maynard Land Co
McCarthy, Dennis
McCarthy, F
McDermott, W. J
McGrath, Thomas
Mcintosh Bardsley Co
McKenna, P. H
McKensie, H. K
McLean, H. D
MoMillen & Kennison, Inc
McWllliams, Thomas
McWright, Charles
Mechanical Fabric Co
Mechanics National Bank of Providence,
The
Florist.
Stoves, etc .
Ice cream . .
Architects
Contractors
Masons' materials . .
Plumbing supplies. .
Renting floor space.
Jewelry
Jewelry
Sausage factory .
Jewelry
Colorer
Closed.
Hoisting machinery. .
Tin cans
Jewehy
Closed
Plxunbing. . .
Dressmaker. .
Enameling. . .
Rings
Electroplate
Restaurant
Hardwood floors . . . .
Jewelry findings
Jewelers' machinery. .
Conf . & ice cream . . .
Rubber goods
115
7
20
5
8
1
7
17
13
40
5
5
4
11
12
11
6
14
21
0
18
5
115
2
10
19
60
1
52
5
20
11
101
10
5
80
30
10
46
16
5
45
1
3
2
4
7
5
4
87
13
6
11
60
5
2
9
1
1
1
5
47
10
15
1
1
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
ExoeUent.
Very Good-
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
VeiyOood.
Excellent.
Very Good.
ExoeUent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
ExoeUent.
ExceUent.
14
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
Good.
ExoeUent.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
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ized by Google
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53
NaMB or EvrABUSHICBNT.
Nature of Bnmnmw
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NuMBXB Employed.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girla
under
16.
Sanitaiy
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— OoDtinued
Meiklejohn Co.. The
Melaragno, P
Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .
Merchants Cold Storage Co ,
Merchants National Bank ,
Mercurio, G. A. Co ,
Merriam Co., The
Mernll, S. K. Co ,
Messier, A. C. Co., The
Metal Products Corporation* The
Metals Corporation, The
Metropolitan life Insurance Co. —
Narracansett District
Providence District
What Cheer District
Metropolitan Mfg. Co
Me Wah Hing '.
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Meyer. R. W. Mfg. Co
Midwood, H. A Sons
Miller, Charles ft Co
Miller. C.L
Miller, Frank E. A Son
MiUer, J. E.Co
Miller, William Co
Miller, William H. A Sons
Mills. William & Son
Miner, D. W. Co
Misch, Cnsar
Mitchel the Taik>r
Modem Enameling Soldering Co
Modern Wet Wash
Modem Theatre
Monette. J. B. ft Co., Inc
Monohansett Worsted Mills
Monroe Block Co
Moore, J. W. Co
Moorehead, R. L. ft Co
Morgan Jewelry Co., The
Morris, E. L. ft Co
Morris ft Company
Morrison, Bertc^ E
Morse, Fred W. Co
Morvillo, G. ft Sons
Moesberg Wrench Co
Mount Hope Distillery Co. .
Mount Pleasant Laundry. . ,
Pianos
Cigar manufacturer. .
Produce
Wall papers .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Closed
Furniture
Restaurant
Fuel oil
Jewelry
Wholesale groceries. . .
Painters
Enameling
Baked enameling
Dress fasteners
Wool combs
Blacksmiths
Photography
Beef
Clothing
Laundry
Amusement. . .
Store fixtures.
Jewelry
Sheet metal works. .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Office outfitters
Beef
Infant shoes mfg. ..
Kitchen goods
Jewelry
Textile machinery
specialties
Closed.
18
3
5
70
16
7
6
33
82
24
36
38
34
8
5
16
4
50
7
3
1
4
24
12
3
5
23
4
2
12
6
5
80
8
25
12
14
4
18
4
17
9
24
7
2
3
3
9
6
2
5
12
40
40
6
4
5
2
1
25
2
5
71
22
1
5
3
1
1
3
1
6
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent. '
Very Good.
Very Good.
Fair.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
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REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaMB or ESTABLISHlfBNT.
Nature of Buainess
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NttVBEB EaiPLOTED.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Ck)ntmued
Mourin, J. P. Co
MueUer Metal Co
Mumford, Benjamin
Murphy, Edward
Murray, C. L
Mylod, A. E. & Sons
M. A T. Button Co
Narragansett Bay Oyster Co
Narragansett Belting Co
Narragansett Card Co
Narragansett Dairy Co. Ltd
Narragansett Electric Lighting Co
Narragansett Electric T lighting Co
Narragansett Hotel
Narragansett Improvement Co
Narragansett Jewelry Co
Narragansett Tailoring Co
Narragansett Wholesale Grocery Co . . .
Natanian, H
National Bank of Commerce
National Biscuit Co
National Exchange Bank
National Home Supply
National Mfg. & Eleotro Plating Co . . .
National & Providence Worsted Co. —
MiU No. 1 \
Women's apparel. .
Restaurant . . ,
Market ,
Periodicals —
Closed
Shoe buttons. .
13
7
60
6
Closed..
Oleomargarine .
Powerhouse. . .
Office
Asphalt
Bracelets
Cleaning ft pressing . . .
Jewelry manufacturing
6
350
60
96
15
6
4
11
3
13
40
24
Removed. .
Mill No. 3 1
Mill No. 2 1
MUl No. 6 J
MiU No. 4 '
MUl No. 5
Mill No. 7
Mill No. 8 .
National Ring Traveler Co
National Wholesale Grocery Co .
Neilen's Typewriter Exchange. .
Newark Rubber Co
Newell, L.D
New England Butt Co
Yam
Yam and weaving..
Weaving & finishing.
Wire goods ....
Tea, coffee, etc. .
677
32
22
3
35
New England Enameling Co
New England Engraving Works
New England Glass Works
New England Hosiery Co
New England Window & House Cleaning
Co
New England Supply Co
Hats blocked
Machinery and iron
castings
Enameling
Jewelry
Infants' hosiery .
New England Ventilating & Heating Co.
Dried beef and potato
chips
277
2
9
20
4
21
37
12
592
8
9
2
30
5
17
5
43
7
30
42
1
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
ExoelleDt.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
98
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Bad.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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BBPOST OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
55
Name of EarABLUHMXirr.
Nature of BiumeaB
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBXB ElCPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
Bmhi
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PRQVIDENCE— Continued
New Enterpiiae Wet Wash
Sew Idea Store
Newman Hotel Co
Vew Method Laundry
Vew York Restaurant
S'iehob Mfg. Co
^fiebolson File Co
VKkerson Art Metal Co., The
Slekle Theatre
Nightingale, Baker St Salisbury
fikko Restaurant
Tilaon, Charles E
vifiro-Tungston Lamp Co
Colsn. Philip F
{onUinger, H. Sc Son
forris Bedding Co
torton's Garage
lortoD Taxi Motor Co
fiffth Western Mutual Life Ins. Co .
Itttingham Mill
^ussbaum & Hunold
Variety .
Closed..
Celluloid goods
Files and rasps. ....
Tools, jig A fixture work
Closed
Iron and steeL
Restaurant .
Restaurant
Precious stones. .
«. Y.. N. H. A H. R. R. Co
I. Y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co.— West Ex-
change St
f. Y.. N. H. A H. R. R. Co
«. Y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co.— Fox Point. .
f.Y.,N. H. AH. R-R-Co
I Y., N. H. A H. R. R. Co.— Oregon St. .
r. Y, N. H. A H. R. R, Co
Tew York Waist Store
t'Brien, Robert.
»'Donnen, John.
•'DriscoU Bros
''Gorman's 25 Cent Store
'LougUin, WUliam A Sons
'NeU. James H. Co
•Neill A Black
akdale Mfg. Co
skes, C. 8. Co
tean Pearl Co
den Bros
id Colony Advertising Co
MomobUe Co., The
liver, Louis
htey, Joseph A Sons
Ison, John A Son
Sterling silver toilet
ware
Restaurant
r Mfg. Co.
Freight House. . . .i
Offices
Freight House
Baggage room
Mechanical dept. . .
Yard offices
Dry goods
Pattern maker
Automobiles
Lumber and coal . . .
Dry goods
Baskets
Emblems
Manufacturing jeweler
Oleomargarine
Painting contractors
Pearl goods
Tailors
Bill posting
Automobiles
Studio
Coal and wood
Hardening and tem-
pering
Jewelry
1.295
65
6
7
5
3
1
6
12
6
49
6
66
35
10
265
102
9
30
340
11
1
15
4
5
6
14
50
5
5
21
19
3
45
4
9
5
1
11
180
1
9
4
3
8
1
3
3
59
17
11
18
18
20
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
ExoeUent.
Good.
Good.
ExceUent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
ExceUent.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
ExoeUent.
ExceUent.
ExoeUent.
ExceUent.
Good.
ExceUent.
Good.
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ized by Google
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BBPOBT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaMB or EaTABUBHMBIT.
Nature of Buaineai
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUIIBBB EmpLOTBD.
Wom-
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Ostby & Barton
Otis Elevator Co
Outlet Co
Outlet Garage & Storehouse
Overland Lunoh
Owen, Ole B
Oxford Linotjrpe Composition Co
Owl Tea Rooms, The
Packard Motor Car Co. of Boston. . . .
Packard Motor Car Co. of Boston
Paige Motor Co. of Rhode Island. . . .
Palmer A Capron
Papano, K
Paquin, Orma J
Paragon Worsted Co
Park Market A Grocery Co
Parker Tobacco Co ,
Parkin Yam Co ,
Parkinson Mfg. Co ,
Parkinson Piano House
Parks, G. W
Parks Bros. & Rogers
Patriacco. Frsdeiioo
Patton-MaoGuyer Co ',
Pavloski,A
Pawtucket Hosiery Co
Pay, Charles & Co
Payne, E
Pasrton, H. Co
Payton A Kelley
Pearoe. F. T Co
Pearson Bros
Pease. L. P. Co
Peck, Asa A Co
Peck. B. W. A Son
Peck, Cyril C
Peck, J. D
Peerless Box Co
Peeriees Electric Co
Peerless Engineering Co
Peoples' Credit Co
Peoples Savings Bank in I^ovidence .
Perkins Bros Co
Perry-Buxton-Doane Co., The
Perry Printing Co
Pervear, H. N. Co., The
Peterson Co., The
Phenix National Bank
Jewelry
Repairing
D^>artment store .
Closed
Enamelers..
Office
Shop
Automobiles.
Jewelry
Market
Closed
Worsted
Tobacco A cigars. .
Mill supplies. .
Closed
Jewelry
Bakery
Brass goods
Tailoring
Hosiery
Blacksmiths
Restaurant
Jewelry
Jewelry
Jewelry
Auto repairs
Saib, awnings, tents.
Wool, noils, etc
Painters
Groceries
Paper boxes
Electric construction.
Small tools .'.
Men's clothing
Retail lumber. ,
Scrap iron. ...
Closed
Jewelers' findings. .
27
295
46
456
1
591
2
3
14
40
87
7
10
4
180
5
12
2
6
113
2
79
4
12
4
2
28
2
12
27
15
8
8
15
20
8
17
1
10
14
6
9
6
30
4
64
1
10
2
40
15
1
19
3
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
ExoeUent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
10
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
ExoeUent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
4 Very Good.
... Excellent.
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KBFOBT or FACTOBT INSFECTOB.
57
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
orSokL
NuiiBBB Emfiatsd.
Namb or EaTABUiBiimrr.
Men.
WODft-
en.
Bon
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
raOVIDENCE-Contmued
PhilHps Lead A Sapply Co
Plumbing supplies
13
9
7
6
3
3
6
15
4
6
4
2
8
10
12
36
42
4
25
24
4
6
20
2
22
35
5
14
6
314
7
110
93
8
35
45
78
12
63
174
37
8
6
12
Very Good.
Excellent.
T*wwr*», Thomaii F. ^ Bon
Shoes
1
Excellent.
Pike Bros
Restaurant
Very Good.
Pilgrim Novelty Co., The
Excellent.
Pilling ChMn Co
Chains
FUce, Oscar £. A Sons Co
Jewelry
Very Good.
Plaaa I^ch Co.
Excellent.
Pohle.H. C. Co.
Groceries
1
17
13
Excellent.
Pnliftlli, T!inf1io . .
Tailoring, . , .'
Very Good.
Pollard /k n^rlmg
Jewelry ,
1
2
Excellent.
Ponle. 3nhi\ T . . . .^
Paper boxes. ....
Excellent.
Port A Lester.
Auto supplies
Postal Telesraph Co
6
Excellent.
Potter, E. A Co
Jewelry. . .
Excellent.
Potter, James A. A Co
Lumber
Excellent.
SoUd gold jewelry....
Hest-awrant
Excellent.
Pournaras, W. N
Very Good.
Powers A Meyer Mfg. Co
Jewelry
Excellent.
Preebrey, A. A. & Son Co
Wooden boxes & house
finiflh
Good.
PresBel Bros
Ladies' tailors
BookseUers and sta^
tioners
3
11
2
6
Excellent.
Preston ft Rounds
Very Good.
Preston, J. H. & Co
Fruit and produce. . . .
Jewelry
Excellent.
Primavera Bros. Co
Very Good.
Very Good.
Metal ornaments
Auto supplies
Bags
4
Excellent.
Excellent.
Providence Bag A Burlap Co
Good.
Providimoe Banking Co
Excellent.
Providence Base Works of the General
Electric Co
l^ises
118
5
4
3
2
21
4
1
21
Excellent.
Providence Blank Book Co
Very Good.
Providence Body Co
Motor truck bodies. . .
Very Good.
Providence Browing Co
Excellent.
Providence Cap Co
Very Good.
Providence Churning Co
Excellent.
Providence Coal Co
Good.
Providence Combing Co
Wool tops
12
1
9
64
32
1
1
Excellent.
Providence Cornice Co
Very Good.
Providence Dairy Co
Milk and cream
RlA1M<h<TYg
Excellent.
Providence D. B. & C. Co
Excellent.
Providence Dye Works
Dyers of cotton yam . .
Flashlight
Very Good.
Providence Electrical Mfg. Co
Excellent.
Providence Electrotyping & Plating Works
Good.
Providence Enamel Co.. .T
2
ExceUent.
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REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR.
NaMB or EoTiLBUBHlCKMT.
Nature of Businen
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NXTMBIIB ElCPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE—Oontinued
Providence Engineerins Works
Providence Gas Co. — Office
Providence Gas Co. — Distribution Dept. ,
Providence Gas Co. — Gas and Coke
Providence Gas Co. — ^Meter Deiiartinent
Providence Gas Co. — Stable
Providence Gas Co. — Stove store
Providence Granite Co
Providence Ice Cream Co
Providence Italian Manufacturing Co
Providence Journal Co
Providence Lithograph Co
Providence Lumber Co
Providence Mfg. Co
Providence Mfg. & Tool Co
Providence Mill Supply Co
Providence News
Providence Novelty Co
Providence Office Supply Co
Providence Opera House
Providence Ornamental Iron Works
Providence Paper Co
Providence Parlor Furniture Co ,
Providence Pearl Co
Providence Plumbing Supply Co ,
Providence Printing Co
Providence Public Market Co. —
380 Westminster St
380 Westminster St
1890 Westminster St ,
1890 Weatminster St
93 Weybosset St
93 Weyboaset St
35 South Main St
Providence Silk Hosiery Co ,
Providence Steel & Iron Co ,
Providence Stock Co
Providence Telephone Co. —
Angell
Broad i
Centredale
East Providence
Union
West
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Machinery .
Macaroni. . .
Newspaper .
Lumber
Jewelry
Fare registers .
Newspaper.
Office supplies .
Amusement. . .
Paper, twine, bags, etc.
Market A groceries. . .
Bakery.
Market & groceries. . .
Bakery
Market and groceries .
Bakery
Market and groceries .
Dies
Jewelry .
Central stock room . . .
Construction dept. . . .
Contract dept
Engineering dept
124
29
59
528
57
46
14
10
5
4
310
62
5
16
12
8
36
7
4
21
6
16
7
5
4
5
264
23
15
14
41
70
32
18
47
24
28
1
1
41
20
1
6
1
3
102
26
27
7
75
3
15
502
21
2
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Exoellpnt.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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ized by Google
BBPORT OF FACTORT INBPBCTOB.
59
NaMS or EnABUSHllKICT.
Nature of Buaiaen
and
Qoodfl ManafactUTMl
or Sold.
NuilBBB EkPLOTBD.
Man.
Wom-
Boys
under
16.
GirU
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Providence Tel^hone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
Providence Telephone Co
PrY>vidence Tribune Co
Providence Ventilating Co
Providence Wall Paper Houae
Providenoe-Waahington Insurance Co. .
Providence Wholeaale Drug Co
Prudential Insurance Co
Prudential Insurance Co
Pugh Bros
Puroell, William
Puritan BottUng Co
Puritan Life Insurance Co
Puritan Lunch Co
Putnam Foundry A Machinery Co . . .
Quality Hard Enamel Co
Quartaroli, Berardo
ijuarters, W. F ,
<)uayle, T. & Co
Queen Dyeing Co
Rathskeller Co., Inc., The ,
Rau Fastener Co
R. C. N. Fabric Co
Reardon A Company
Redfem Mfg. Co., The
Regal Shoe Co
Reiner Co. — 15 Dorrance St
Reiner Co.— 270 Thayer St
Reiner Co.— 120 Washington St
Reiner Co. — 25 Westminster St
Reiner Co. — 372 Westminster St
Reiner Co.— 15 Weybosset St
Reliable Hard Enamel Co
Reliance Mfg. Co
Remington, Horace & Son Co
Remington Printing Co
Remington Typewriter Co
Revere Hotel
Revere Rubber Co
Rex Manufacturing Co
Reynolds, C. S
Rhode Island Baking Co
Rhode Island Braiding Machine Co. . . .
Rhode Island Brush Co
Drugs
Insurance
Insurance
Automobiles
Restaurant
Carbonated beverages.
Boilers
Enameling. . .
Tailor
Electroplates.
Jewelry
General ,
Maintenance ,
Operator's school. . .
Plant, derioal
Stable and garage . .
Traffic
Newspaper
Food, wines & cigars.
Fasteners
Shoelaces
Plumbing A heating.
Closed
Drugs..
Drugs .
Drugs..
Drugs..
Drugs..
Drugs..
Jewelry .
Refiners. .
Rubber tires...
Dies and hubs.
Printing
Bakery
45
123
7
5
7
82
12
4
46
5
19
36
53
3
6
8
6
15
3
5
4
22
414
39
40
5
12
6
10
7
16
1
1
9
11
19
10
16
788
8
7
9
37
5
72
14
26
16
1
19
13
4
8
79
9
34
12
1
3
4
6
3
1
5
4
3
591
9
2
2
1
4
11
2
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Exeellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
80
1
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
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BBFOBT OF FACTOBT IN8PECT0B.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBSB EmPLGTSD.
Namb or EaTABUBimaiiT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitaiy
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Rhode Tfiland Cnp Co. .
5
10
62
101
330
395
160
193
69
385
291
50
6
20
10
88
12
12
4
14
9
9
48
8
868
5
6
15
20
12
5
4
5
31
6
2
Very Good.
Good.
Coal and wood
Office. .
Rhode Island Co.—
JOO Fountain St
64
1
ExoeUeot.
582 Aoademy Ave
Car House
Broad St
Car House
"R^tX and BMckIm fits
SUbles
446 Eddy St
Freight House
Car House
1
Elmwood Ave
Manchester St
Power House
Car House
Olneyville
Car House
Traverse St
Car House
Rhode Island Covering Co
Asbestos covering
Good.
Rhode Island Electric Equipment Co ... .
1
1
43
3
13
1
6
1
2
11
1
17
1
1
1
1
29
1
1
Very Good.
RhnH« T«lftn/1 Fi^h <>
Very Good.
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co
1
1
Excellent.
Rhode Island Label Works
Printed Ubels
Very Good.
Rhode Island News Co
Very Good.
Very Good.
Vezy Good.
Rhode Island Shell Fish Co
ShftU fii^h
Good.
Rhode Island Supply Co
Furniture
Excellent.
Rhode Island Supply A Engineering Co . . .
Steam supplies
Excellent.
Rhode Island Telephone & Electric Co. . .
VeiyGood.
Rhode Island Tool Co
24
Excellent.
Rhode Island Welding Co
Exoellent.
Rhode Island Wholesale Grocery Co
Good.
Rhode Island Wire Works
Excellent.
Rhode Island Yam Co
Harness twines
Pimchee, dies & coup-
linga
Very Good.
Richards, I. P. Co
Excellent.
Richards, Joseph
Furniture
Very Good.
Richards, John R
Monuments.
Very Good.
Richardson, J. W. A Co
Jewelry
2
1
Very Good.
Richmond Street Garage
Very Good.
Richter Mfg. Co
Closed
Riverside Worsted MiU— No. 1 1
Riverside Worsted MUl— No. 2. •
Riverside Worsted Mill— No. 3. J
Roberts Mfg. Co
Men's suitings
Jewelry cases and
boxes
662
3
683
7
43
94
Excellent.
Very Good.
Closed
Robinson, C. H
Fumit^ire
24
6
5
Exoellent.
Rocco, Felix
Fruit and produce
Good.
Roccheleau, M. F
9
Excellent.
Rocky Point Oyster Co
23
Very Good.
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BBPOBT or FACTOBT INSPECTOB.
61
Namb or EnABUsmairr.
Nature of Bummeas
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold
NUMBSB ElfFLOTXD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
16.
Girle
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Rogera Co
Roland AWhytock
Rondeau, Alicide ,
Roee,R.L.Co ,
Rote,R.L. Co
Roseknit Hosiery Co. .v ,
Rosendale, M. Co., The
Roeenfeld Mfg. Co
RoasMfg.Co
Ro8si.A
Rothschild Mfg. Co
Rounds, T. W. Co.. Ltd., The. .
Roy, L. J. A Co
Royal Carbonating Co ,
Royal Restaurant ,
Royal Salea Co ,
R(qr»l Theatre
Rueekert,E.F
Rneckert Mfg. Co
Rufrano, Charles
Rumf ord Chemical Works .
Rast,H.B.Co
Ryan, A.M. ft Co
St. Clair Co., Ino.
Saccuerci, Henri
Sacs-Krolme Co
Sampson A Murdock Co . .
Samuels, H.C
Sanders Mfg. Co
Saneck, M
Sanford, C. P
San Souci, J. O. Co
Saugy, Augustus, Inc
Sawyer, Ephraim
Sayer Planing Mill Co
Scanevin ft Potter
ScarduAo, Michael
Scattergood, A. T. Co
Sehedley, Joseph
Sefaedley, William
SehlosB, William k Son. . .
Schock Bros
Sehofield, Battey ft Co
Schott, Suter Co
Schrieber, A. H. ft Co.. . . .
Schwankopf 4 Co
Men's clothing ft fur-
Jewelry findings .
Bakery
Bakery
Groceries.
Millinery
Shirts
Closed
Tailor
Jewelry
Leather findings .
Jewelry
4
4
6
6
54
1
2
2
27
10
4
49
cases and
Dies and tools. .
Jewelers'
trays
Bakery
Special chemicals . . . .
Electrical supplies. . ,
Millinery
Conf . and ice cream. .
Coat maker
Jewelry
Directories
Millinery
Chain goods
Millinery
Market
Department store. . .
Bologna
Groceries
3
12
3
6
5
12
10
15
7
50
3
146
Electrical work
Wet wash
Furniture ft carpets. .
Restaurant
Closed
Milliners
Groceries
Closed
Meat products
Silver jewelry
Jewelry
5
8
1
11
2
6
3
7
29
16
4
12
12
6
27
9
4
2
1
1
54
2
115
1
5
15
1
4
3
10
5
2
3
41
2
12
22
21
12
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Fair.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
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ized by Google
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BBPOBT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR.
Name or Ebtablxsbmxnt.
Nature of Business
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUICBBB EmPLOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girb
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Ck)ntmued
Scott. Henry L. & Co
Screw Machine Products Corp •
Seullian Bros
Seaconnet Coal Co
Senate Cafe
Service Dyeing ft Winding ....
Seymour A Hunt Co
Shabeck, John C
Shepard Co., The
Shepard Co., The
Siegel, Harry
Silverman Bros
Simmons Braid Co
Simpson Brainerd Co. .... .
Singer Sewing Machine Co .
Skouras, James
Slater Shoe Store
Slocomb, J. T. Co
Smart & Austin Co
Smith Bros
Smith, C. Sydney Co
Smith, E. E. Co
Smith, George S
Smith, J. T
Smith, Robert E. Co
Smith-Holden Co
Snell,E
Snowden Worsted Mills
Snow A Farnham Co
Snow ft Westoott
Society for Organising Charities. ,
Solinger, J. ft Co
Smith-Gibbs Co
Speidel, Fred . . . '.
Spencer, E. L
Spooner, B. Franklin
Spooner, E. G
Squires, John P
Standard Auto Repair Co
Standard Emblem Co
Standard Mill Supply Co
Standard Oil Co
Standard Printing Co .
Standish, Granville . . .
Stanley. C.F
Machinery. .
Jewelry .
Coal....
Dyeing ft bleaching.
Teaming
Jewelry
Department store . .
Bakery, ice cream and
confectionery
Conf . and ice cream . .
Jewelry
Jewelry .
Restaurant
Shoes
Machinist's tools
Women's furnishings . .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Wood turning
Engraving
Engraving and engine
turning
Coal
Paints
Macaroni bakery
Worsted yam
Printers
Gold jewelry
34
145
8
50
10
4
28
10
249
15
1
64
2
3
3
4
0
210
1
22
14
37
22
5
21
6
5
3
19
12
2
80
3
16
2
26
515
1
4
103
6
3
4
1
2
30
5
35
7
10
13
10
4
3
Jewelry
Heating apparatus. . .
Closed
Jewelry
Small wares ft notions .
Tool maker
Pork packers
29
8
1
12
14
Emblems
Textile mill supplies. . .
Petroleum and its pro-
ducts
Advertbing agency . .
Shoe repairer
57
6
9
10
6
26
5
15
17
7
5
38
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Digiti
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63
Nams or Ebtabubbmsnt.
Nature of Buaneas
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
Number Bmplgyxd.
Men.
Wom-
en.
BOVB
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Stanley A McGibbons. . .
Stappas A Stappas
Starkweather A Shepley. .
Starkweather & Williams. .
Stead Mfg. Co
Steer Worsted Mill
Steinert, M. ft Son Co
Stergis, Peter
Sterling Coal Co
Sterling Silver Mfg. Co., The.
Stem, Louis Co
Stevens ft Co
Stierle. Paul Co
Stoller Hilgers Silk Mills
Stone. C. Moulton
Strand, The
Strand Bowling Alleys
Sulsberger Bros
Summerfield Co
Summer Street Machine Shop .
Summit Avenue Grocery
Sunderland, F. 8
Sunshine Baking Co
Sunshine Restaurant, The
Swarts Mfg. Co
Sweet, B. D
Sweet, J. H. ft J. B
Sweet, William S. ft Son
Swift ft Co
Swiss Cleandng Company
S. ft D. Jewelry Co
S. ft 8. Novelty Co
S. ft W. Machine Shop
Taber ft Temkin
Talcott, W. O
Tanner, Charles 8. Co
Taylor, Charles F. Co
Taylor, O.H
Dresses and smts
Restaurant
Insurance
Photo supplies, oils,
paints ft chemicals. .
Novelties
Worsted yam
Pianos, etc
Restaurant
Jewelry
Optical goods
Fancy pads and dis-
play goods
Calfskins.
Theatre . . .
aosed
Jewelry . . .
Furniture.
4
76
18
1
119
14
4
7
24
34
125
5
14
11
14
186
2
5
116
10
1
5
42
92
12
13
1
8
Groceries. .
Bakery . . .
Jewelry
Carpenter
Hay and straw
Fruit
Meat, poultry, etc. .
Pearl and ivory .
Taylor Card ft Box Co
Taylor-Symonds ft Co
Terminal Warehouse Co. of R. I., Inc
Tetreault, George
Texas Comapny
Textile Finishing Machine Co., Harris Ave.
Textile Finishing Machine Co., Pike Street.
Jewelry
Belt hooks
Starch, gums, etc
Cop tubes
Watch and clock sup-
plies
Paper boxes
Enameler.
48
30
6
5
4
6
3
2
5
4
20
46
11
3
14
6
2
13
12
3
7
12
24
40
5
126
205
104
22
8
3
2
3
5
3
55
3
3
8
6
2
29
1
40
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Bad.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Fair.
Very Good.
Excellent.
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BEPOBT OF FACTORY INSPECTOH.
Nams or EsTABuaHmMT.
Nature of
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NuMBBK EuFUorrmD.
Men.
Wom-
hcfn
UDoar
16.
Giria
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCES— Continued
Thomast Mra and Miaa Lambert. ....
Thompson, John R. Co
Thompson Hardware ft Chandelier Co .
Thompson ft Thompson.
Gowns
Bakery and lunch room
jewelers'
Thornton Bros. Co
Thurston Mfg. Co
Tiemey-Colgan Co
Tierney, P, ft J. Co., The. . . . .
Tilden-Thurber Co
Tillinghaat. L. H. Supply Co.. .
TiUinghaBt-Stiles Co
Tillotson Humidifier Company.
Tirocohi, A. ft L
' Tockwotten Co
Tourtellot, A. M
Tourtellot ft Co
Tower, James H. Iron Works, Allen Ave.
Tower, James H. Iron Works, Borden St.
Townsend Braiding Co
Townsend, Thomas
Tripp ft OUson
Tubular Rivet Stud Co
TueU, Fred M
Turbitt ft Co
Turner Centre Durying Association
TutUe ft Stark ,
Uncus Manufacturing Co
Underwood Typewriting Co
Union Electric Supply Co
Union Furniture Co
Union Hand Laundry
Union Motor Car Co
Union Paper Co
Union Plating ft Enameling Co .
Union Trust Co
Unique Findings ft Supply Co .
United Coal Co
United Coal Co
United Imirarters Co., The. . . .
United Overall Co
United Sutes Finishing Co
U 8. Mfg. ft Enameling Co. . . .
U. S. Gutta Percha Paint Co. .
U. S. Oil ft Supply Co
U. S. Ring Traveler Co
Printing,
cards, etc
Jewelry
Machinery
Plumbing
Plumbing
Silverware, etc
Plumbers* supplies
Cotton yarns
Machinery
Gowns
Leather headed i
and buttons
Fruit and produce
Produce
Machine combs
TaUors
Qosed
Beef and provisions. .
Mineral waters
Butter, cream ft eggs .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Furniture and decorat-
ing
Closed.
Jewelers' ornaments.
Coal
Coal
Bleaching ft finishing.
Oil and mill supplies. .
6
13
9
20
27
35
16
9
58
14
7
14
9
14
20
90
3
5
10
34
3
40
1
8
4
24
4
38
7
12
25
1
1
5
17
21
3
2
12
4
36
5
16
30
5
2
872
5
75
4
12
9
19
1
2
14
1
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good-
Excellent.
2 iVeryGood.
Excellent.
2
... Excellent
. . . Very Good.
... Excellent.
... Excellent.
1 Very Good.
. .. Excellent.
. . . Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
18
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
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65
Nature of Bualnees
and
Goods Manufactered
or Sold.
Ndmbiis Emplotbd.
NaMS or EflTABLUHMBNT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE-Oantinaed
OmTenal Braid Co
Candle wioks
Optical goods
Gold plate A seamless
wire
2
30
22
3
2
60
18
25
22
■6
22
2
4
11
4
30
17
2
4
1
2
137
5
2
5
3
7
1
Fair.
3
1
Excellent.
tJiuTeraal Plate A Wire Co
Excellent.
^m Allen A Co
Jewelry
Excellent.
Van Dyke, James Co
Teas and coffee
Sash, doors 4 blinds...
Jewelry
Very Good.
Vaughn, L. Co
Excellent.
Veimeibeck A Claae Co
1
Excellent.
Vesta Underwear Co., Ino
Underwear
Very Good.
Verter, Alfred 4 Sons
Metal ornaments
Bakery .............
2
Excellent.
Vicario, Vincenso
Excellent.
Victor Shaw Ring Traveler Co
Very Good.
Vienna Restaurant.
Excellent.
Vincent Mfg. Co
Jewehry novelties
Newspaper A printing .
Closed
1
Excellent.
Vwit^ Printing Co
Excellent.
Voealian Co., The •
Vae, George L. Mfg. Co.. The
Jewelry
15
33
4
16
27
75
14
8
6
9
8
8
15
10
8
75
12
469
168
28
11
20
21
1
4
11
40
3
1
2
Very Good.
Jewelry
Very Good.
Wachmetta Creamery Co
Very Good.
Waite Auto Supply Co
Very Good.
Wuto-Rvfinn Co .XI
Jewelry
1
2
3
Excellent.
Waite-Threeher A Co
Jewelry
Very Good.
Waldorf Lunch Co. of Rhode Island^
17 Byron St
Bakery.
Excellent.
40 Dorranoe St
Restaurant
Excellent.
19 Richmond St
Restaurant
Excellent.
Ill VTaahington St
Restaurant
Excellent
10 Westminster St
Excellent.
364 Westminster St
Restaurant
Excellent.
187 Weybosset St.
Restaurant
3
1
3
14
1
447
5
1
2
Excellent.
Walker, Albert Co.. The
Jewelry and watches. .
Shoes and rubbers
Seamless wire A rolled
Dlate
Excellent.
Walk Over Shoe Co
Excellent.
Wan,A.T.Co
3
2
29
95
Excellent.
Walaham, Joeiah Co
Jewelers' findings.
Worsted
Very Good.
Wanakuck Mills.
Excellent.
Ward-Corby Co
Bakery
Excellent.
Warren Teaming Co
General teaming
SUver novelties
Closed
Warwick Sterling Co
Excellent.
Washington Hand Laundry
Washington Restaurant
3
21
5
27
5
10
20
6
4
13
1
31
Excellent
Washington Market
Excellent.
Wasilewaki, B.4W
Bakery
Excellent.
Watkins. D.M.Co
Jewelers' findings
Pattern maker
Paints and oils
f«M lamTM
1
Very Good.
WatU F.W
Very Good.
Weaver 4 Co...
2
2
1
Very Good.
WelflbachCo
Excellent.
Welsh * MoGreen.
Stucco work .........
Very Good.
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BBPOBT OF PACTOBY INSPEOTION.
Namk or EBTABusHinarr.
Nature of
and
Goods Manufactund
or Sold.
NUMBKB ElIPU>TBD.
Men.
Wom-
16.
1 .
Gixb JGoodiiioB.
under
16. I
PROVIDENCE— Continued
Weetcott, Slade ft Baloom Co
Western Eleotrio Co ,
Western Union Telegraph Co ,
Westminster Bank
Westminster Tea Room ft Cafeteria. . ,
Weybosset Jewelry Co ,
Weybosset Pure Food Market ,
Weybosset Tailorinc Co
Whaley, J. A ft Co
What Cheer Beef Co ,
What Cheer Braid Co
What Cheer Laundry
What Cheer Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .
What Cheer Printing Co ,
What Cheer Shirt Co ,
Wheeler ft Chadboume, Ino ,
Paints and oils.
Closed
47
20
Jewelry ft nlverware.
Coal and wood. .
5
54
3
9
12
37
1
24
2
26
2
Whipple, F. W. ft Co
White, John R. ft Son, Ino
White. J. J. Mfg. Co
White, Stillman Foundry Co. . .
White, Z. Co
Whitefield ft Gilmoie
White Stone Jewelry Co., The. .
Whitfield, H. ft H
Whitmore Shoe Shop
Whitten Motor Vehicle Co
Wholey Boiler Works
Wide88.C.M
Wightman ft Hough
Wilcox. D. ft Co
Wilcox, Wallace L
Wild, S. S. A Son
Wildprett ft Saacke
Willomin Mfg. Co., Inc
Wilhehn ft Vogel
Wilkinson, C. A. Co
Wilkinson. Edward ft Co
Williams ft Anderson Co., The .
Williams, M. F. Co
Williams, W. W
Williams ft Payton
Wilmarth, Frank L. Co
Wilson, Prank A
Vnison Company
Wilson ft Mitchell
Wing, Newton A
Custom shirts
Manufacturers of opti-
cal goods
Butter, eggs, etc
Coal
Jewelry
Brass casting
Celluloid novelties
Jewelry
Shoe lacinip.
56
11
5
7
17
50
32
20
4
8
4
2
4
80
13
3
6
3
1
Qosed.
Winsor.F.E.ftCo..
Wholesale groceries. . .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Automobiles
Jewelry
Solid gold rings
Die sinkers
Refining
Jewelry
Carpenter
Jewelry
Jewelry
Jewelry
Jewelry
Mfg. jewelers
EnameUng
Beef and provisions. . .
Cigar manufacturer. . .
Jewelry and tool mak-
ing
Fruit and produce . . . .
30
10
60
11
5
3
87
19
5
48
24
66
64
4
6
7
4
35
29
2
33
1
1
15
2
11
60
1
76
84
1
17
7
2
1
7
4
1
11
18
Good.
1 ,ExnUai
... Exedkst
,..|EiBcQ«i
...iExcdiat
4 ' Ezoeijii
...IVeryGeot
...I Geoi
...iVeryGooL
1 jVen^G«d
2 Ezedkr.
ExteOal
EzceGee
ExceBf^.
VoyGopd
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Very Good
VeryGflti
VeryGMt
Exeeiiei
Very Good
Good
Exodefc
Good
VeryGofc
ElC«&SL
Eiwflest '
Exeriksi
VcoG«*
VwyGwi
Good
Gocd
EweBesi
VeryGooi
ExccQei
Exw&K
Exttflrtt
Eicefln*
Very Good
VorGcod
Very Good
Good
VeryGa^
VeryGool
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67
NaMB or EflTABLISIimMT.
Nature of BuiinsM
and
Gooda Manufaotund
or Sold.
NUMBBB EMPXiOTU).
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girlfl
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
PROVIDENCE— Concluded
Winaor A Jerauld Mfg. Co
Wirth, Jaoob ft Co., Inc
Wixon ft Kinc
Woloott Mfg. Co
Wolk Jewlry Co
Wolaterholme Mfg. Co
Woodmanaee, William A
Woolworth, F. W. Co.— 286 WeMminater.
Woolworth, F. W. Co.— 1901 Weatminaier.
Workman, A. P. ft Son
Wunderlo, Philip
W. W. Jewelry Co
Yale Jewelry Mfg. Co
Yen Nom Co
Ye Roee Studio
Young Bros.
Young Bros
Young, George F. ft Bro
Younga, Mra. Marion
Young, Leonard ft Hanall Co
Young Women*! Chriatian Aaaooiation . . .
Z. ft B. Enameling Co
Machinery. . . .
Bottled gooda. .
Jewelry
Jewelry
Jewelry
Qrooeriea
6 and 10 cent atore .
5 and 10 cent atore . .
Jewelry
Enameling
RICHMOND
ARCADIA.
Arcadia Print Worka
ALTON.
Richmond Laoe Worka. . . ,
Reataurant
Photography
Mattreatee
Pi^er bozea
Tobacoo and cigars .
Fancy work ft conf .
Stationery ft conf. .
Restaurant
Enameling jeweby. .
Bleaching, printing,
dyeing ft mercerising
60
%5
4
29
6
7
6
9
1
2
5
6
8
12
2
8
30
18
Lace.
Carolina Milla.
CAROLINA.
Woolena. .
HOPE VALLEY.
Mystic Woolen Milla
KENYON.
Eastern Finiahing Works, Inc.
' SHANNOCK.
Columbia Narrow Fabric Co
WYOMING.
Regina Spinning Co
SCITUATE
Ashland Min.
ASHLAND.
Cotton worsteds. .
Waterproofing ft fin
cloth
Elaatic webbing.
Woolen yams. . .
Sheeting.
45
76
57
57
68
18
21
2
3
22
1
6
1
33
8
12
9
4
13
3
2
63
6
5
4
17
10
7
43
18
26
4
41
18
. 1
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Digiti
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REPORT OP PACTORY INSPECTION,
NaMB or EaTABUSHMBNT.
Nature of Buaioeas
and
Goods Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBBB EmPLOTED.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Conditioa.
SCITUATE-Ooncluded
CLAYVILLE.
JoslinMfg. Co
HOPE.
Hope Co
Smith, Harry L.
Jackson Mill. ,
JACKSON.
NORTH SCITUATE.
North Scituate Cotton Mills
Pentecostal Trades' School.
PONAGANSETT.
Joslin Mfg. Co
Joslin Shoddy MiU
RICHMOND
Joslin Mfg. Co.
SOUTH SCITUATE.
Bobbin Factory
ROCKLAND.
JoslinMfg. Co
Rhode Island Co., The
SMITHFIELD
ESMOND.
Esmond Mills
GEORGIAVILLE.
Bemon Mills
GREENVILLE.
Greenville Finishing Co., Inc .
Namquit Worsted Co .
STILLWATER.
Centredale Worsted Mill
Stillwater Grain Mill
SOUTH KINGSTOWN
PEACE DALE.
Peace Dale Mfg. Co
U. S. Railroad Administration .
Shoe & corset laces. . . .
Sheetings. .
Groceries. .
Cotton.
Netting and dress
linings
Brooms
Cotton jrarn .
Shoe strings .
Shoe A corset laces. .
Bobbins.
Glased yarn
Prov.4DanTnDist.
Blankets
Twills and satins .
Bleaching and dyeing
of cotton and piece
goods
Cloth worsteds
Worsted yarn .
Worsted and woolen . .
Narragansett Pier ....
24
124
5
22
84
20.
13
547
129
23
67
36
12
387
36
12
86
1
15
44
4
12
6
13
26
222
106
22
48
173
3
17
31
13
Good.
Very Good,
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
18
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
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BEPOBT OP FACTOBY INSPECTION.
Nams or
Nature of Bunneas
and
Goods Manufactiired
or Sold.
Number Emflotw>.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitaiy
Condition.
OUTH KINGSTOWN— Concl'd
WAKEFIELD.
iamcanaett Laundry
[amgansett Times
lieWon. John T
^cker.J. C
Takefield Mills Co..
IVERTON
ourn Mills
lambly. George C . .
[uphrey. P. D
iche, Victor
boveMillNo. 2...,
^ne Bridge House .
(allcerBros
VARREN
Ikwmt.E.C *...
Sutler Mfg. Co
bait Handkerchief Co
i«nch Mfg. Co
!reene, George T
ynn Rubber Mfg. Co
(alloy, John M
lount Hope Spinning Co . . .
[arragansett Woolen Mill. . .
'elle, Mattin E
f.Y.N. H. &H. R.R. Co.
squin, Napoleon
aAer Mills No. 2
^,JohnD
tovidence Telephone Co. . .
taplesCoalCo
wia Textile Co
ii arren Handkerchief Co
barren Mfg. Co
S^arren Oyster Co
WARWICK
APPONAUG.
ipponaug Co
)oflIow& Blade
V'arwick Lumber Co
CHIPPEWANOXETT.
joUaudet Air Craft Corporation.
Newspaper A printing
House fiTiif^bing and
storage
General store
Army blankets
Cotton
Groceries and market.
Lumber
Groceries
Cotton yarn
Grocerie»and market.
Oysters.
Braids. .
Thread..
Oysters.
Groceries
Tire yarns
Woolen yams. . . .
Closed
Mechanical dept .
Groceries
Cotton
Hay and grain . . .
4
4
96
300
3
11
5
37
2
7
1
1
22
315
1
35
32
3
1
3
20
46
6
1
43
51
Sanitary goods.
Cotton doth & yam.
Oysters
Bleaching A printing .
Biirned
24
4
188
14
6
10
4
2
718
11
270
5
1
173
11
11
568
64
100
48
13
12
20
Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
43
Good.
Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
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REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTION.
Name or Ebtablishmskt.
Nature of Buaineas
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBEB ElfPIX>TKD.
Men.
Wom-
Boye
under
16.
Girk
under
16.
Saoitaxy
Cooditioa.
WARWICK— Concluded
COWESSETT.
Warwick Coal Co
HILLSGROVE.
Elisabeth MUl No. 1
R. I. Fitting Co
R. I. Malleable Iron Works. . .
Thread yam.
Pipe fittings .
Castings. . . .
LONGMEADOW.
Dodge, David R
Oysters.
OAKLAND BEACH.
Castiglioni Co
Oakland Beach Casino
Jewelry
Confectionery.
PAWTUXET.
Vogel, M
Wilbour, B. T. Cash Grocery .
PONTIAC.
Pontiao Bleachery
PontiaoMill
Pontiae Store
Cafe.
Cotton
General store .
WARWICK— ROCKY POINT.
Harrington, R. A
Lyon, C. E
Meizner Bros
Paine, F. E
Providence Telephone Co . .
WESTERLY
Andrews & Co
Armour Co
Bannon, Thomas J
Barbour, C. M. ft Co
Bentley, Clark Auto Co
Clark, MUoM
Coduri, Joseph Granite Co .
Columbia Granite Works. .
Davey ft Maxwell
Drysdale, Robert ft Co ... .
Edmond, J. T. Co
Farrell, A. ft Sons
Federal Felting Co
Fenelon, Edward J
Fisher Bros
Flynn, Maurice
Haswell, F. F. ft Sons
Hotel
Shore dinners
Conf . ft com crisp .
Groceries
Coal
MeaU. .
Drugs. .
Drugs . .
Garage.
Market .
Monuments .
Plumbing. . .
Plumbing. . .
Groceries. . . .
Monuments .
Bakery
Dry goods. . .
Monuments. ,
Groceries. . . .
120
44
208
4
20
118
189
5
15
40
7
5
3
6
5
5
45
12
4
5
5
5
35
5
2
5
8
193
20
46
83
1
14
Very Good.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Very Good.
Very Good.
%
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
ExceUent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Very Good.
ExceUent.
Good.
Very Good.
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71
NaXS>OT EflTABXJSHMBNT.
Nature of Buaineas
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NniCBBB ElfPbOTBD.
Men.
Wom-
Bove
under
16.
Girk
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
WESTERLY— Contmued
Hotel Martin
Isdostrial Trust Co
Kenyon, H. T. A Co
Kimball k Combe Co
Knight, E, F
Mohican Co
Minchen, William
Moore, George C. Co
New England Granite Works.
Opie, P. H. Co.. The
Rhode Island House
Richmond, C. W
Rueter, S. J
Segar, William Co., The
Sherman, R. A. A Sons
Smalley, Henry C
Smith Granite Co
8i»,The
Staatons Baaaar
Westerly Automatic Telephone Co .
Westerly Daily Sun
Westerly Furniture Co
Westerly Light A Power Co
Westerly Lumber Co
Westerly TextUe Co
WhitaU Electric Co
Willard.C.W.Co
Woolworth, F. W. & Co
BRADFORD.
Bradford Dyeing Association. .
Cnimb Quarry Co. .
PLEASANT VIEW.
Pleasant View Hotel
Spooner, Ftank
POTTER HILL.
Pawcatuck Woolen MilL
WATCH IflLL.
Barber, Edwin
Columbia Hotel
UtUefield, Henry A
Narraganaett House
Ocean House
Banldng
Builders & contractors.
Monuments
Restaurant
Groceries and bakery. .
Bakery
Elastic webbing
Dry goods..
Ice cream
Closed
Groceries
Lumber
Pink and red granite. . .
Monuments
Ice cream and conf
Silverware, crockery A
glassware
2
7
16
7
2
4
3
67
103
5
6
4
3
6
2
120
2
40
3
2
Newspaper .
Lumber
Netting
Electrical supplies .
Hardware
5 and 10 cent store.
Dyeing, bleaching and
finintii
Granite
5
37
12
111
2
3
13
17
8
30
7
55
15
4
1
208
50
Confectionery. .
Woolen
90
80
2
1
7
32
1
46
1
10
Ice cream. .
Closed
Restaurant.
2
105
37
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Very Good,
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Good.
Good.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Very Good.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Good.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
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KBFOBT OF FACTOBT INSPSCTION.
Nature of Business
or Sold.
NUMBKB EmPLOTSD.
NAia or EnABLamaNT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
16.
Ghii
under
16.
SoiteT
CosdMoL
WESTERLY— Concluded
WATCH HDLL— CoDfllodMl
Plimpton Hotel
12
5
129
4
27
116
6
4
15
6
3
1
4
4
16
5
3
6
11
6
2
6
168
15
8
60
4
5
6
370
231
9
91
293
354
3
17
3
81
1
ExeeQeet.
Sesar, William A Co
Groceries
1
12
7
Excdkat
WHITE ROCK
White Rock Mills
Cotton
Gooc
White Rock Store
Groceries
Gooi
WEST WARWICK
ARCTIC
Arctic Cabinet Worka
Lumber
Good
Arctic MUl
Cotton
102
13
14
Gooi
RAlang^r, RAnjAmin . . . ^ , . .
Groceries
VeryGtfKi
Chase, I. F. A Sons
Printers
1
1
1
VeryGco^
Dellobbe, John H
Bakery
VetrGood
Biltmore, The
Restaurant
Joubert, A. L
2
6
1
1
2
VervGsd
Lefebvre, H. F
Dry goods
Exceila!
Maynard, John B
Groceries
VeryG«d
Maynard, Joseph
Groceries
Very Gooi
Metropolitan life Insurance Co
VerrG<ai
Northup A Whitman
Groceries
1
ExeeOesi
Olevson Bros
Clothing
6
1
3
26
7
VcryGw:
Pawtuxet VaUey Daily Times
Newspaper
ExeeDet
St. Onge, S
Dry goods
Excdaeci
Sinnott Bros
Dry goods
Endis:
Woolworth, F. W. & Co
5 and 10 cent store. . .
Grain and hay
Shade cloth and sheet-
ing
Very Good
CENTREVILLR
Archambaultt Joseph B
VeryGcwt
Centreville Mill
114
1
1
44
1
21
21
Very Gooi
Champlin Lumber Co
VeyGooi
Forsyth, R. ft Son
Grain
VeryGocki
Kent Mfg. Co
Wool worsteds
Groceries
1
Excetet
Knight, B. B. ft R
ExceUcEt
Northup Grocery Co
Excefiest
Tellier.JohnB
Groceries
1
412
33
VeiyGflod
Warwick Mills
Lawns
35
61
43
2
Exoelkzi
CLYDE.
Clyde Bleaohery ft Print Works
Good
Duke, Chaflesft Co
Qroceries
EiceCee;
Rhode Island Co
Car House
CROMPTON.
Crompton Co. — ^Fustian Dept
Ck>rduroy8 and velTcts.
Corduroys and velvets.
60
264
2
3 .
28
24
Good.
Crompton Co
ExodlQl
'eiyGfltti
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Nature of Bunness
and
Qoods Manufaotuied
or Sold.
NnicBBB Emplotbd.
Namb or EaTABLnHiiSNT.
Men.
Wom-
en.
Boys
under
16.
Girls
under
16.
Sanitary
Condition.
WEST WARWICK--Conduded
LIPPITT.
BUnchanl W. F
Groceries
9
47
4
5
486
6
121
4
14
84
8
10
39
8
18
8
13
4
4
21
12
4
221
4
77
37
22
138
70
460
18
17
1
41
2
2
325
1
94
1
Very Good.
Uppitt Mill
Cotton
6
3
Excellent.
NATICK.
If night, B. B * R
Groceries.
Excellent.
Nailloux, Ernest J
Groceries
Excellent.
Natick Mill
Cotton
30
40
Good.
PHENIX.
Conley, J. C. & Co
Wholesale liquors
Cotton
Very Good.
Hope Company
19
8
Excellent.
MorreD, A. J
Very Good.
Pheniz Eleotrio Co
Electrical supplies
Very Good.
Phenii T^o^ Milk
26
4
6
Very Good.
Phenix PubKo Market
Groceries
Very Good.
RIVERPOINT.
Arnold, William H
Bottled goods
Grey iron castings. . . .
Groceries
Excellent.
Brayton, L. Foundry Co
1
Good.
CarroUBroe
Excellent.
Continental Finishing Co
'Hyeing and finiiyh'"g ■ .
Shoe laoes
7
32
.......
1
3
Good.
Cowen Braid Mfg. Co
Very Good.
Knight, A. W. A Son
Groceries
Very Good.
Knight, B. B. 4 R
1
2
17
2
12
150
1
58
21
3
169
71
13
48
Excellent.
McCaughery Confeetionery Co
Conf . and ice cream. . .
Cotton back satin
Graif* mill ...
Very Good.
Pawt^ixet Valley Textile Co
"3
Excellent.
Potter, F.E
Excellent.
Providence Telephone Co
Excellent.
Royal Mill
Bh^tingff
18
13
Good.
Thomton'B Theatre
Excellent.
VaUey Queen Mifl
Sheetings and cambric.
Lace
1
3
4
17
Good.
Warwick Laoe Works
Very Good.
WOONSOCKET
American Radway Express
Excellent.
Alaaoe Worsted Co
Worsted srarn
16
5
20
1
12
59
5
Excellent.
American Paper Tube Co
Excellent.
American Wringer Co
Excellent.
Anchor WebWng Co
Excellent.
Armour Co
Excellent.
Araeneau & Son
Closed
Bamai Worsted Co
Worsted
98
1
14
4
5
50
9
2
1
1
Very Good.
BeginBros
Dry goods. .
Excellent.
BelialeBros. ,,,[ [,.
Bakery
Excellent.
B€Uveau,A.P....
Electrical contractor . .
Groceries. .
Very Good.
BcrardBros
Excellent.
1
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RUPOBT OF FACTORY INSPBCTION.
NaMS of ESTABLISBMKlfT.
Nature of
and
Gooda Manufactured
or Sold.
NUMBXB EmPIOTKD.
Men.
Wom-
Boya
under
IS.
Gills
under
SuoiiiT
le.
WOONSOCKET
Berard ft North ,
Bernard, Miae V
Bemon Wet Wash Laundry
Blackstone Valley Gas ft Eleotrio Co. .
BoucheivTetu Co., The
Bouraier, Bastion
Brennan Bros
Bresnahan Grocery Co
Bresnahan, P. J
Brodeur, Edward ft Son
Brodeur, Louis
Buckley, C. T
Burdick, H. F
Burke's Restaurant
Burlingame, H
Caya, F. X
Choquette Bros
City Brass Foundry
City Fuel ft Feed Co
City Lumber Co
City Teaming Co
Clinton Mfg. Co
Coleman ft Croke
ColweU, F.A
ColweU,F.A
Cooke, A. 8. Co
Cote, Joseph ft Sons
Cronan, J. F
Crystal Ice Co '
Cumberland Worsted Mill
Daigneault, G
Daigneault, Godfrey
Darling Garage
Darling, C. H
Demers, Emery
Desrocher, Henri
Desaulniers, G. L
Desjarlais, Camlle P
Deslfuriers, J. L
Desrocher, Albert
Desurmont, Jules Worsted Co
Deztras ft Son
Dion, Omer
Dunn Worsted Mills
Eagle Mills i
Eastern Construction Co
Economy Handkerchief Co
Emidy Bros
Drugs.. ..
AfGllinery..
Shoes
Teaming. .
Scrap iron.
Bakery
Wood work. . .
Bakery
Tailor
Confectionery. ,
Meat market.
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Cigars
Handkerchiefs
Paper boxes
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8
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3
7
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1
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2
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Coal and wood
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Silks and satins
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Excellent.
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Excellent.
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Market
Excellent.
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c& Suit Co
Excellent.
PnistCo
Excellent.
Beph
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Excellent.
Clothing
Excellent.
K>rge C
Machine jobber
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Very Good.
W^orsted Co
229
2
2
5
313
1
1
68
46
31
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Excellent.
B PuHiffhing Co
1
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4t. Jean Bantiiite d'Amerioue
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Cotton varn
36
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and
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liberty Tool A Gauge Works.
Lippitt Woolen Co
Longley, C. £. A Co
Lowland Worsted Co
Lussier, P
McCarthy, Dry Goods Co
Maekey, George A Son
Macrodie Fiber Co
Mailloux, J. C. A Son
Manchester Co
Manufacturers Power Co
ManviUe Co.-<31obe MiU . . . .
ManvUle Co. — ^Nourse Mill. . .
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Marioni, Victor
Marrah, J. W
Martin, M. A
Marty, C. H
Mee, Edward ft Sons
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Meunier, J. A Son
MiUer, G. H
Milot Bros Company
Model Dyeing A Printing Co
Model Spinning Co
Modem Shoe Store
Monahan Hardware Co
Montrose Woolen Co
Monument House
Morse A Brook
Mowry, A. Co
Mullen, James A Co
Mulvey, Peter B. Plumbing Co
Murray, Thomas P
National Biscuit Co
National Globe Bank
New England Coal Co
Model Laundry
Nickel Theatre, The
Novelty Knitting Co
Nyansa Mill
N. Y.. N. H. A H. R. R.
0*Donnell, F. P
O'Donnell, P. J. A Sons
Park Spring Dyeing A Bleaching Co.
People's 5 and 25 Cent Store
People's Laundry
Mfg. tools A gauges .
Worsted
Clothing
Yam
Blacksmith
Dyeing
Fiber spools
Department store .
Corduroy
Cotton
Cotton
Cotton t
Bakery
Meat A provisions .
Shoes
Dry goods
Bottling liquors . . .
Coal and wood
Wholesale produce. .
Coal
Haj and grain .
Woolen yams
Shoes
Hardware
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Hats and trousers. .
Hay and grain
Furniture
Granite.
Cotton worsted . . . .
Fancy cotton yam. .
Freight House
Plumbing
EUdes and tallows. .
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24
167
5
28
7
25
3
19
16
170
478
4
5
5
4
17
6
21
4
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3
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10
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4
126
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15
6
18
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6
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32
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6
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1
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Wholesale beef
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Cotton waste
Carded cotton
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Car House
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jerseys
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Custom dyeing
Drugs
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22
197
10
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6
15
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11
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Voelker, George W. A Co
Textile machinery
8
12
25
2
6
17
4
7
2
8
58
69
6
4
5
9
6
629
7
75
2
697
1
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Wales, H. T. Co
Wales A Smith Baking Co
2
2
21
10
5
15
14
1
1
4
2
1
24
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Washington Bowling Alleys
1
Excellent.
Weeks Furnituie Co
House furnishings
Groceries and market.
5 and 10 cent store. . .
Excellent.
White Cash Market
Excellent.
Woolworth, F. W. Co
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Woonsocket Brush Co
1
3
Excellent.
Woozvsocket Co., The
Restaurant and room-
ing house
Excellent.
Woonsocket Comb Co
6
1
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Woonsocket Dyeing & Bleaching Co
Woonsocket FaUs Mills
Custom dyeing
Plush
Very Good.
Excellent.
Woonsocket Fruit A Produce Co
Excellent.
Woonsocket Home Service
Liquors
Excellent.
Woonsocket Hotel
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Institution for Savings
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Lumber Co
Doors and sash
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Machine A Press Co
11
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Motor Mart
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Napping Machinery Co
Textile machinery
2
2
690
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Paper Box Co
28
1
67
ExceUent.
Wooiisocket Rubber Co
Rubber shoes
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Woonsocket Shuttle Co
Wnoneot^lrijit Sp»?»nJng Co .
Woolen and merino
yam
19
28
60
6
6
5
75
2
2
3
1
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Woonsocket Supply Co
MiU supplies
1
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Wagon Mfg. Co
Good.
Excellent.
Woonsocket Wet Wash Laimdry
Very Good.
Woonsocket Wood A Coal Co
ExceUent.
Woonsocket Worsted Mills
Worsted yams
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180
16
33
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,ic Document.! Appendix.
[No. 13.
» of Vipltt ialatili and ^rotrtbntrf flatttatUma.
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Jtate Board of Pharmacy
MADE TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, 19 J9
PROVIDENCE:
1919
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STATE BOARD OP PHARMACY
REPORT
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode
Island, at its January Session, A, O. 1919.
In compliance with Chapter 178 of the General Laws of 1909.
regulating the sale of medicines and poisons, the State Board of
Pharmacy respectfully presents this its forty-ninth annual report
upon the condition of pharmacy, together with a list of all persons
registered as registered pharmacists and registered assistant phar-
macists.
On February 5th, 1918, the new l^oard ap|H)inted by his V.\-
cellency, Governor R. Livingston Beeckmaii, and approved by the
Senate, composed of \Villi;»m J. McCnw. M. O,. .Michael II. Corri-
gan and Fdward T. Colton of Providence; James T. Wright of
Newport; F Toward A. Pearce and Nicholas F. Reiner of Cranston;
and William R. Fortin of Pawtucket, met and organized by the
election of Nicholas F. Reiner of Cranston, as president, and How-
ard A. r^earcc of Cranston, as secretary and registrar, each for the
term of one year.
The Board has held nine meetings during the year for the tran-
saction of business and the examination of candidates, and has
examined thirty candidates.
R. A. p.
PHSse<!.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
.Apr.
May
Tunc
July
Oct.
Dec.
Total
_ -
1
7
3
S
10
2
2
30
, !
5 :
I
8
2
2
25
1
Failed.
Total. Attendance.
1
7
3
5
10
2
2
30
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4 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
The names of 42 registered pharmacists and the names of 29
register-ed assistant pharmacists who failed to renew July 1, 1918,
were stricken from the list.
At a special meeting July 11, and at subsequent meetings during
the year the name of 29 registered pharmacists and nine registered
assistant pharmacists were restored to the list. The unusual num-
ber failing to rercw July 1, was owing in a great measure to war
conditions. The re?7iFtration of nine registered pharmacists and
twenty-five registered assistant pharmacists who were absent from
home in tlr.^ militnrv or nnval service of the I lilted States was re-
newed by the Board.
Four new stores were opened during the year.
Twelve stores were closed during the year.
Nine notices of dissolution of copartnership were filed.
Twelve changes of location have been granted during the year.
The names of thirteen registered assi.staTit . pharmacists were
transferred to the list of registered pharmacists.
There are novv- 283 registered stores.
Tb(M-e pre now ,W7 rciristcred pharmacist-.
There are now 262 registered assistant pharmacists.
\ total of 64S registered oharniacists a!id re^isti'red assistant
pharmacists.
Twelve have died during the year.
There are 11^ registered pharmacists and 120 registered assistant
pharmacists witlmut location.
The Board again respectfully offers the following recommenda-
tion :
The great danger in the use of habit forming drugs makes it im-
portant that a law be enacted forbidding the manufacture and sale
of any patent medicine containing opium or any of its derivatives
or preparations. This enactment u-^ould reciuire the constant ser-
vices of an insp/xtor to secure the proper observance of the law
and your board respectfully recommends that such an office be
created. The Board further recommends that legislation be enacted
placing restrictions on the sale of paregoric.
A new narcotic law and an amendment to the pharmacy law was
enacted which we append as a part of this report.
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STATB BOARD OF PHARMACY 5
The board wishes to call the attention of the pharmacists to the
following :
The law requires that the name of the registered pharmacist shall
appear on aU poison, prescription and drug labels. Trade names
are insufficient.
As all preparations must conform to the standard of the Pharma-
copia and National Formulary, it is necessary that every pharmacist
should have a copy of the latest editions of these publications in
each store.
Registration becomes null and void upon the conviction of the
illegal sale of liquor.
The law requires that prescriptions shall be kept by the pharni'i-
cist.
No pharmacist has a right to open a store until his application
has been granted by the Board.
Any pharmacist who changes location or withdraws his registra-
tion from a store must notify the Board of Pharmacy.
The Board again calls attention to Chapter 178. Pection 1, which
reads as follows :
Section 1. No person, unless a registered pharmacist, or regis-
tcied a'^sistant phnrmacist in th? employ of a rc^i^tcrcd phnrnrici:!,
or unless acting as an aid under the immediate supervision of a
registered pharmacist or a registered assistant pharmacist within
the meaning of this chapter, shall retail, compound or dispense
medicines or poisons, except as hereinafter porvided.
It is therefore apparent that persons who are not pharmacists
must not compound or sell medicines or Doi'Dus during the absence
of the registered pharmacist or registered assistant pharmacist.
If the registrar is notified of the death of pharmacists it will
greatly assist him in the keeping of a correct record.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T. McCAW,
TAIMES T. WRIGHT,
NICHOLAS F. REINER,
President,
WILLIAM R. FORTIN,
MICHAEL H. CORRIGAN,
EDWARD T. COLTON.
HOWARD A. PEARCE,
Secretary and Registrar.
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6 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
REGISTERED PHARMAQSTS
Abbe, Charles G.. 514 Broad street Provid«e«
Alianicllo, Canio. 590 Charles street Pror^lcuct
Allen, Arthur E., 122 Taunton avenue .• East Pnm<ieo«
Almy, Willis E * Providerct
Angcll. Louis D., 245 Prairie avenue Providence
Anthony, Edwin P.. 178 Angell street Provkieaa
Anthony, Frank Providrot
Anthony, Jerome, 103 Ives street Provideca
Archambault, Albert, I»ewis Block \Vash:Bftoa
Archambault, F. J., comer Mineral Spring and Smithfield avenues Pawtvcket
ArmstronR. George T., 55 Academy avenue Providtuc?
Arnold, Fred W Prortdfocf
Arnold, William P Prorideirf
Atkinson, Wm. H., corner Webster and Pocasset avenues Providcocc
Austin, Alonzo O., 279 Broad street Proioenct
Authier, Moise J., 938 Main street , .' Pavtock-t
Bailey, William P ^ ProvidenK
Bakst, Adolph Providtnct
Baloom, Walter L ProTidcBct
Bannon, William J., 10-12 Canal street WestrTlt
Barbour, Lewis E., 18 Broad street Wcsterb
Barker, H. Howard ProfidciiK
Barnes, Clarence A Providencr
Barrett, Owen E., 309 Smith street Provideoct
Barrett, Owen E., 419 Smith street Provid<mcc
Barrows, Fred H., 1349 Westminster street Pro*-id«:a
Barry, P. H., Broadway and Japonica streets Pawtucktf
Barth, Alfred Prorideace
Batcheller, Stephen E Providtncr
Beaupre, E. Arthur, corner Sayles and River streets Woonsocirt
Beland, Theode. 957 Main street Pawtucto
Bennett, William S., 162 Main street Wamir
Berard, Henry, Jr., Main and Federal streets Woonsr-ckrt
Berg, Carl V., 460 Westminster street Pro*idrtift
Bernard, Joseph A., Main street Natick
Blanchette, Adelard, State Institution Hc^vtti
Blanding, William O., 54-58 Weybosset street Pro%'tdcncf
Bluraenkranz, Emil S Pro\i'd«icr
Bonin, Romeo Providccce
Booth, Richard A. D., 143 Smith street IVovidfncr
Boss, Herbert A Providmcf
Boston, Arthur W , 101 Chestnut street Provtd«i«
Brady, George R Proruieocf
Brassard, Joseph D. R., 919 Main street Pawtuckft
nrennan. Tames E., 5 North Union street Pawtnckt
Broad, Frank H ProTidewt
Broderick, Paul C, 1336 Cranston street Crans?"'
Brosseau, Phillip A ProrideBce
Brown, Joseph Jr., 188 Main street Woonsockrt
Buckley, Timothy F., 129 Putnam street Providfucf
Buckman, Foster D., 583 Central avenue Pawtudsrt
Bnrr, Ernest J Prondwc
Burrows, William E-, 21 Abom street Provifl«ce
Byrne. David J., 128 Broadway Ne*P«t
Cadoret, Prime E FrovidcBCt
CahiU, Joseph P., 381 PlainSeld street Prtmdrtw
Cahill, William A., 397 Elmwood avenue Pro\ideact
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STATE BOARD OP PHARMACY 1
in, John M., 229 Spring street Newport
on. Earl Iv., 841 Broad street Providence
ell, William F., 137 WashinRton strort Central Falla
llo, Sylvestro Providence
II, Frederick I, Providence
)n, Charles O Providence
n, Carl C, 391 Smith street Providence
Iter, Fremont Providence
Iter, Joseph H Providence
Thomas H., 1907 Westminster street Providence
on. Charles E Arctic Centre
ley, James J., Providence
rton, Herbert Iv., 100 Broad street Providence
, Joseph B., 40 George Pawtucket
, Michael M., 415 Central avenue Pawtucket
I, Albert W., 62-64 South Main street Providence
I, Arthur W.^ 62-64 South Main street . Providence
r, Thomas J., 4-6 Benefit street Providence
J. Wilkinson, 417 Westminster street Providence
Chester M., 485 Bullocks Point avenue Riverside
, Lrouis, 236 Charles street Providence
;i, Cosmo, 605 Douglas avenue Providence
Charles M., 302 Thames street Newport
I, Edward T., 465 Pine street Providence
1, George E., 106 Broadway Newport
lly, John F., 304 Broad street Central Falls
fan, Michael H., 1654 Westminster street Providence
lo, Joseph E., Main street Block Island
William A., 1 Miller street Warren
and, Alphonso B., 122 Broad street Providence
linshield, Edward B Providence
ngham, Edward M., 963 Broad street Providence
, Patrick, 265 Union avenue Providence
, Peter B., Exchange Place Narragansett Pier
I, David L., Thames and Pelham Newport
Willard M., 215 Academy avenue Providence
zon, Joseph Providence
uriers, Emile L Providence
asquale, Emilio, 41 Aborn cr.reet Providence
chcrs, Albert, 232 Main street Woonsocket
Krhers, Henri, 3 Cumberland street Woonsocket
ng. Alfred F., 203 Camp street Providence
/olf, Howard K., 162 Main street Warren
David L., 1 538 Smith street North Providence
rtj , Clarence P., 31 Beacon avenue Providence
rty, Thomas E., 1916 Westminster street Providence
1, Martin, 734 Park avenue Auburn
na. Prank E Providence
on, l^awrence A Providence
ey, Thomas M., 435 So. Main street Providence
tiing, Benjamin F., Jr., 42 Broadway Newport
i^ing, George P., 42 Broadway Newport
kwater, John B Providence
)ar, George N., 394 Westminster street Providence
inte. Joseph, 139 Ninth street Providence
n, Nicholas J., Pleasant Grove street Lonsdale
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Dwan, Thomas S., cor. Broad and Pleasant streets .. Loasdak
Dympna, Sister Mary Providence
Eamshaw, Arthur A., 70 Main street East Greenvieb
Earnshaw. Elmer E., 70 Main street East Grccowtdi'
Edwards, Lemuel E., Odd Fellows' Hall Pascoi*
Egan, William S Providenee
Ekiund, Edward N Provideaa
Ellis, Herbert J., 90 Main street Woonsocket
Evison, George A Proiridencf
Fairbanks, George W., 394 Wickenden street Providence
Falcon, Hector P., 222 Broad street Providence
Farron, James W Providence
Farron, Joshua Providence
Fenner, Albert, 869 Westminster street Providence
Fenner, Alexander W Providence
Fcrri, Vincent J., 460 Atwells avenue Prondcoce
Finley, Francis H., 49 Camp street Providence
Flower, Claude E.. 277 Plainfield street Providence
Fortin, William R., 40 Broadway Pawtuckei
Fox, Louis A., 330. North Main street Providence
Fraser, Alexander S .Providence
Fratantuono, Joseph, 106 Knight street Providence
Frigault, Wilfred A., 712 Broadway Pawtockd
Gallagher, Edward J., 654 North Main street Providence
Gaskin, Peter J., cor. Titus and Broad streets Valley Palli
Geddes, George H., Mendon Road Asuton
Geissler, Edson O Providence
Gibbs, Charles W Providena
Gibson, J. Fred, 179 Westminster street Providence
Gibson, J. Fred, 1349 Westminster street Providence
Gibson, J. Fred, 343 Westminster street ^ Providence
Gilbert, Charles A.. 210 Dean street Providence
Gilbert, Frederick E., 91^ Branch avenue Providence
Gilbert, Stanilas, 63 Cumberland street Woonsockei
Gilson, Charles F., 2030 Smith street CcntiedUe
Glancy, Charles A Providence
Glancy, Edward L., 1661 Lonsdale avenue Lousdate
Glancy, Frank J Pro\idencr
Glavin, Robert E., 178 Broad street Providence
Golini, William J., 1365 Plainfield street Thorntoa
(ioulais, Archie P Providence
Gratou, Louis ' Providence
Graham, John A., 116 B. oadw ay Providence
Greene, William H Providence
Greene, William R., Main street ;Natick
Griffin. Daniel B., Main street WakeheM
Groff, John E., R. I. Hospital Providebce
Guertin, Amie, 45 1 Broad street Central Kails
Guny, Louis, 182 Charles street Providence
Hagan, Edward, 64 Japonica street Pawtuckei
Hall, William W», 675 Atwells avenue Providrow
Hanaway, Owen J., 508 Plainfield street Providence
Hand, William F., 119 Olo street Woonsocket
Harrison, Herbert P Providence
Harrop, William, ^44 Mineral Spring avenue Pawtncket
Hart, Herbert L Providence
Hart, Philip J., 100 Pawtucket avenue Pawtackef
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Havens, George H., 383 Admiral street Providence
liavey, Henry C, 675 Main street Pawtucket
Haynes, Herbert, 159 Broadway Providence
Helmer, William A., 92 Chestnut street Providence
Hewlett, George W Providence
Higgins, C. Leo, 21 Broad street Westerly
Himcs, S. Wthfield Providence
Hougrand, Eugene, 278 Public street Providence
Hobson, Samue* M Providence
Hough, Henry I., 613 Crmnston street Providence
Houtman. ICdward, 60 Spring street Manville
Hulme, Thomas R., 710 Cranston street Providence
Hum, Thomas E., 144 Thames sireel Newport
Jacktion, Frank A Providence
Jackvony, Albert H.. 638 Charles street Providence
Jean, Napoleon h ^. Provi'U-ncc
Johnson. Alfred J., Jr., 386 Main sttctt Pawtucket
Johnson, Jame3 G., 1 Lincoln avenue Kivrrxtdo
Johnston, James E I'ro . hUmuv
Jones, Fred H., 434 Dexter street Central Falls
Jones, John L., Central street Contral Falls
Jones, Thomas H Providence
Kalkman, Henry A., 106 Broadway « Newport
Kalkman, Henry A., 475 Thames street Nfwpoit
Kalkman, Henry A., 22 Washington s<iuarr Newport
Kane, benjamin N., 1 13J Broad street Providence
Kane, Esther M., 183 Prairie avenue Providence
Kayatta, Francis P Providence
Kayatta, Joseph P., 98> Broad street Providence
Keighley, Frank* R., 9!9 Cranston street l\-ovulence
KHIcr, Charles A., 5 Uuidnick street Arctic
Kellcy, iCdward, 384 Cranston btreet Providence
Kelley, James J., 137 Central street % Cential halls
Kelley, Walter W., 43 Broad street Pawtucket
Lambert, Charles W., 452 Cranston street Providence
Langlais, Thomas Providence
Lamourcux, Alfred E., Main street Uuidnick
Lambert, Thomas J I'rovidencc
Larson. August, 57 High street Westerly
l«avault, Roch, 7 Main street North Tiverton
Lawlor, John B Providence
Leddy, James A., 257 Atwells avenue Providence
Leith, Harvey L, 790 North Main street Providence
Lincoln, Winthrop C, Elmwood and Park avenue Auourn
Linton, Kobert F., 4 Monument square Woonsocket
Lisker, Samuel Providence
Livingston. Henry J. D., 27 Child street Warren
Lockwood, Frank E., Main street Ulock island
Lorah. James R., 141 Bellevue avenue Newport
Louzon, Maurice J.. 326 Weybosset street Providence
Lowe, Charles E Providence
Lynch, Charles P., 258 Point street Providence
MacCartney, William E., 159 Manton avenue Providence
Mailhot, Louis L Providence
Malone, (Jeorcc H., 131 Regent avenue Providence
Malone, Robert M., Memorial Hospital Pawtucket
Malone, William E., Fountain square PascoaK
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Marcotte, Arthur D., 77 Broad street Pavlndet
Marcus, Israel, 188 Atwells avenue ProridcBct
Markensohn,, Frank, 37 Camp street Previdenct
Markensohn, Max, 139 Orms street Pnmdeac?
Martin, Joseph I^., 137 Summit street Pawtuckrt
Mason, Bradford A. W., corner Broad and Farragut streets ProTidena
Mathewson, B. Hlmer. 297 Hope street Bristol
Matteo, Frank I Pro«dfl>a
Matteson, James, 71 Camp street Providenre
Matthews, Frederick G., 526 Pontiac avenue Craiutan
Matthews, Herbert D., 120 Washington street Providcact
Matthews, W. H., 62 Thames street Kewpom
Mattison, Edgar F Prowdcnct
Maynard, Dona, 5 Railroad avenue Pawtuckct
McAllen, J. Arthur Providena
McCann. Vincent 1^.. 1 184 North Main street Providenct
McCanna, Edward S Provideuce
McCaw, Arthur M., 458 Hope street Brisio:
McCaw, W illiam J Provictncr
McCully, Samuel S., 209 Westminster street Protidena
McCully, Samuel S., 252 Westminster street Provid<nct
McCully, Samuel S., 108 Weybosset street Piovidcnct
McCuUy, Samuel S., 225 Weybosset street I'rovidtnct
McCully, Samuel S., 47 Olney ville squa. e Prondcncc
McCully, Samuel S., 220 Main street Pawtuckei
McCully, Samuel S., 124 Thames street Ne«T»n
McDonald, James P., 523 Elmwood avenue Prondencc
McDonald, Joseph 1^., 811 Eddy street Providcwt
McGeough, John J., 187 South Main stre»-t Woonsockri
McGorty, John B., 219 Manton avenue Providcoct
McGrane, John F ProviacBCt
McGrane, William J. T Providence
McGunagle, Alexander, 527 Dexter street Central Fall*
Mclntyre, William H., 187 Messer street Providenct
McNally, Peter A., 319 Broadway Providmct
McNally, Richard A Providcact
McNally, William J Providenrt
Meade, Albert F Provident
Messier, J. Henry, 481 Broad street Central Falls
Metzger, John, 230 North Main street ProWdtnce
Meunier, Doria P., 169 Benefit street Pawtuckrt
Meunier, Doria P., 749 Central avcnu.' Pawtudet
Mignacca, Antonio, 506 Broadway ProTideoce
Minto, John H Providescf
Moore. Charles M., 58 Main street PawtudttS
Moore, Joseph H., 377 Broadway Providence
Morgan, George S., Corner Broadway and Exchange street Pawtocicel
Morgan, James E., 653 Dexter street Central Falls
Monn, Wm. E., corner Mineral Spring avenue and Charles street North Provid«tff
Mullen, P. J. H., 235 Mineral Spring avenue PairtiKkrt
Murphy, John A., cor. Walcott and So. Bend streets Pawtuckrt
Myers, Andrew J., 248 Atwells avenue Providcna
Ncary, John F., 83 Prairie avenue Providcaoe
Nichols, Mark S Providfocr
North, Joseph B., Main and Federal streets Woonsocket
Northup. Mncoln B., 105 Westminster street Providfoce
Northup, Lincoln B., cornei" Angell and South Angell streets ProvideB«
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Walter E., 153 Ohio avenue Providence
nor. John F., Jr., 784 Broadway Kast Providence
nor, John J., 621 Main street Pawtucket
, Thomas J.. 550 Charles street Providence
^''^"'' '^ Providence
•. Edward T., 308 Thurbers avenue Providence
• Gilbert R Providence
■, T. Roswell, 5 Hartford avenue Providence
•, William T., 559 Charlea street Providence
on, John D., 1437 Broad street '. . . Providence
, George W.. 11 Warren avenue East Providence
, Howard A., 370 Elmwood avenue Providence
Samuel I, Providence
Manton D Providence
IS, James I^ Providence
t, William A., 701 Main street Pawtucket
DO, Charles I^., 279 Pocasset avenue Providence
Fred H.. 226 Main street Pawtucket
. William R Providence
, Arthur N., 229 Vernon street Woonsocket
Bryce W., Baker and Main streets Warren
:e. Monroe W ^ Providence
, F. X. Leonidas Providence
5. James A Providence
. Edward J Providence
\ Nicholas F., 1 / 5 J Broad street Ed^ewood
•, Nicholas F., Washington and Uorrance streets Providence
•, Nicholas F., 25 Westminster street Providence
r, Nicholas F., Washington and Mathcwson streets Providence
', Nicholas F., 372 Westminster street Providence
r, Nicholas F., Meeting and Thayer s-.vti.-. Providence
gton, Amasa E Providence
"d, Aime E., Buttonwoods road Oakland Beach
ns, Edwin D., 236 Charles street Providence
ts, Oscar, 46 North Main street Warren
ion, Frederick. 944 Manton avenue Providence
weig, Herman O., 765 Westminster street Providence
J«*eph C Providence
eau, Henry, 188 Main street Woonsocket
I, Brayton A Providence
:e, Augustus H., 691 Broad street Providence
"• VV'lliani. Jr Providence
Patrick J., 78 Thames street Newport
• Ja"»«» 1* Providence
:cia, Angelo. 1723 Cranston street Cranston
rn, Arthur P., 1 10 Elmwood avenue Providence
.er. Alphcnse B Providence
d. J. B. H.. 10 Rathbun street Woonsocket
er, Albert E., Broad and Pacific streets Central Falls
Henry B., 115 Washington street Providence
Sumner E-. 337 Ives street Provivlence
reft, Joseph. 355 Manton avenue Providence
Arthur A.. 841 Broad street ' ' ' Providence
Arthur A., 1481 Broad street Providence
Arthur A., 97 Governor street Providence
rt. Max H.. 173 Weybcsset Providence
George W., 612 Pawtucket avenue Pawtucket
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Shaw, Thomas W Provkinice
Shea, John F Prondeas
Shean, Charles E., 147 Brook street Providcoct
Sherman. Harold G., 399 Wood BrisUil
Silva. Thomas F., 913 Kddy str< et ProTidence
Silva, Thomas F., Beach ave. and W. Shnrc road ConinicDt
Sima-d, Yvonne : Pro^dence
Simonds, Luther W Providence
Simone, Luigi A.. 1353 Plainfield street Johoftoa
Slocnm, Horace F., 637 Park avenue Anborn
Smith, Arthur T Pro^ideorr
Smith, Byron A., 19 Clneyville squa-e Provideact
Smith, Byron A., Jr., 19 Olneyville square Providencr
Smith, Charles H Proxidence
Smith, Daniel E., 220 Cranston street Providenct
Smith, Frank G., 303 Atwells avenue Providence
Smith, Joseph V.. Main street Arctic
Smith, William D Pro\ideace
Smith, William J., 137 Main street Warren
Staples, James A Providencf
Stefano, Cono V Providence
Stephenson, William H Providencf
Stewart, Walter G., Providence
St Germain. F. M. Ponton de. 642 Dexter street Central Falh
Stott, Oscar C, 6 Main street Westerij
Strachan, William D., 582 Smithfield avenue Pawtucket
Sullivan, John C. 300 Broad street Valley Falls
Sullivan, Michael A., 120 Pine street Pairtucket
Sundin, Axel K. H : Providence
Sutherland, J. D., 101 1 Eddy street Providenct
Swindells, Harry L., 910 Manton avenue Providence
Talhot, Joseph A., Quidnick and Main streets Arctic Centfe
Tcath, Jacob, 488 Hartford avenue Providence
Thomas, Charles S Providence
Thomas. Nat H Providence
Thompson, J. Fred, 326 Weybossct street Prox'ideoce
Thornton, Louis E., 1 191 Westminster street Providence
Thurrott. Angus E., 200 Main street Pawtucket
Tiernan, Charles P Providenct
Tiernan, Peter W ■ • • Providence
Tobin, John M., Main street Narraj^nsett Pier
Tourtellot, Leland A Prondence
Turcotte, Samuel J Providence
Vanasse, Ulric E., Main street Phenix
Ventrone, Anthony C Providence
Viall, William A Providence
Viens, Arthur Providence
Walch. Clinton E Providence
Watson, Frank V., 97 Aborn street Providence
Watson, Walter E., 2206 Broad street Pawtiocet
Weaver, Ermer H., 354 Friendship street Providenct
Weaver, Ermer H., 2191 Broad street Providence
West, Cromwell P., 18 Kingston avenue , Newport
Wheaton, Wayland A., 140 Wickenden street ^ Providence
White, Frank B., 1 191 Westminster street Providence
Whitford, Dalton E. Y., 45 Thames street Newport
Whitney^ Henry A Providence
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WhitUkcr, Albert E.. 265 Pawtucket avenue Pawtucket
VVieaacl, Morris *. Providence
»Vood, Willard L., 285 Main street Pawtucket
Wood, William J., 1476 Broad street Providence
Woodward, I^eRoy A Providence
Wright, James A., Bell Block Wakef eld
Wright, James T * Providence
Wyman, Fred, 346 Atwells avenue Providence
Young, Elwin E., Bridge Wickford
Young, Jeremiah H., 479 Hope street Briitol
Zooloomian, George H., 280 Broad street Providence
Zoolomian, Leon H., 129 Douglas avenue Providence
Zurlinden, Albert, 50 Spring street Manville
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tUf hOYtD BY
Allsop. Henry L Allsop & Carlson Provi»Jcnce
Arnold, Joseph < )tia Clapp & Sons Providence
Atkin, Herbert T. R. Hulme Providence
Auger, Geo. LeMaitre Providenc-
Baldwin, George E Providence
Bannon, Thomas J Bannon Drug Co Westerly
Barker. Charles J Providence
Barnes, Walter V J. F. Gibson Providence
Bassett, Peter G Providence
Batchelder, Walter J .' Providence
Baxter, Lc Roy W Reiner Co Providence
Better Hyman Providence
Bennett, Charles M Providence
Bennett, J. Bamford Providenc*
Benoit, Aram Dcsr ocht rs bros Woonsockel
Bernier, Albert J Providence
Bigelow, Edward P Providence
Black, Charles E I'- **• Anthony Providence
Blais, Eugene H W. O. Blanding Providence
Blake, James H Providenc-
Bolduc, J. Alexander I'rovidencf
Bolster, John A Providence
Bonin, Herman O ,. Provi^'ence
Bonin, Pierre O Rousseau & Brown -. Wooniocket
Bonneville, Avellino A Providence
iooth, Richard A Providence
Bowen, Charles P Providence
Bowen, Harry L Providence
Bowmer. Clarence H. A. Pearce Co Providence
Brady, Peter H Providence
Brandes, Frederic A Providence
Bray, George H Providence
Brooks. William F W. O. Blanding Providence
Brule, Abundinus A Providence
Brunelle, Herve J Desrochers Bros r Woonsocket
Burke, Edward F Franklin Pharmacy Providence
Burke, John L Providence
Burke, William H Providence
Byrnes, John A Fisk Drug Co Pawtucket
Cady, Arthur B Reiner Co Edgewood
Caisse, P. Wolford Proviaenct
Calder, William C Providence
Calise, Domenico W. O. Blanding Providence
Capwell, Arthur A ProVidence
Casey, Thomas M Fisk Co Pawtucket
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Chandley, Edward J L. K. Liggett Co Pawtuckel
Chartier, Charles O Providcncr
Charticr, Lucien S Rosseau & Brown Woonnocket
Chenette, Joseph E Providence .
Clark, Jesse A Providence
Clark, tco C , . Providence
Clift, Charles K Flower, Claude E.T Providence
Codere, Ernest E Providence
CoflFey. John B Providencf
Cohn. Sydney Liggett Co Providence
Colacci. Frank Eagle Park Phaimacy Providence
Coleman, John W. I*. Wood Providence
Coman. Harry Howard Providence
Connors. Timothy J. Jr C. M. Barbour Westerly
Copeland. William H W. L. Wood Providence
Cornell. Alverin M J. F. Gibson Providence
Corvese, Anthony Providence
'Cox. Jerome lyco Providence
Creamer. John A Providence
Crosby. Frederic Reiner Co Providence
Cunningham, Alex W Providence
Davis. Herbert S UKgett Co Newport
Deady. Michael J C. Leo Higgins Westerly
DeAngeliii, RafFaele ChemioU Industrial Co -. 1 .. Providence
De Faxi, Carlo 'J providence
DeFray. Antoine . ; Providence
De Nomme Leonide A Providence
Dickinson. Ernest N Providence
Dion, Victor B ,, ,
^ , .-..,,. . QT». ^ Providence
Dolan. Wilham A 8. J. Briggs Co Providence
Donahue. Frank Providenc
Dow. Waller H. ^ W O BUnding V -. p„,„„„„
Drinkwater John B Pi»k Drug Co Providence
Duchcsncau, Raymond W Fisk Co. Plwtucket
Dunn. John A !! Providence
Eaton, F. Wmer Providence
Ellis. Leon C Providence
Emery Arthur I, ;-V.-;-. Providence
Evans, Albert E L- K. Liggett Co Pawtucktt
Fales George II Providence
Fanning. F'fd"-'' " - •- Providence
Fanning. WiUiam F M. H. ^^orrlgan ProTiden-c
Farte^m. Gabert E .■.■.■;.■.■.■.■.■;: Providence
Fenner. Wallace R Providence
Fenton, Timothy, Jr p
Ferrara, Peter W. O. Blanding J roviuence
F^eHch. Carl R Reiner Co. ...... Irovidcnce
^. , . 1 ,,, J ^ . - Providence
Field, Lw-l W- •••■■ I- K. Liggett Co Pawtucke.
Fitrpalnck. Edward E Providence
Fitzsimon, Vincent J • „,^ .
_ L .. „ . _ Providence
Forcier, George O Hand> Drug Co Providence
Frigault. Rodolphe Doria P. Meunier Pawiuckci
Galdicri Augustus L .'..:." Proviac.cc
Gale Charles A^ W. O. Blandirg Providence
rT w'T ^' Desrocnert Bros Woonsockei
Gardner. WUh. f R. i. Col. of Pharmacy Proviueucc
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EMPLOYED BY
Garrett, Lillian G R. I. College of Pharmacy Providence
Garrett. William L 1. F. Buckley ^ Providence
GaskcM, Edward W Providence
Gibba, Arthur C Providence
Gilbert, Frederick C F. A. Gilbert Providence
Gilbert, Charles O Herbert Haynes Providence
Gill, Frederick C '. ..Uggett Co Prfwtucket
Gle.ison, Leo W Ellis & Gleason . Woonsocket
Goldberg, Barney L. K. Liggett Co Providence
Goodrum, George W Providence
Grady, Thomas F Liggett Co Provi Jcn;e
Gray, Andrew H W. O. Blanding Providence
Greene, Arthur L Providence
Greene, Charles R Geo. E. Greene Hope Valley
Greene, Edwin R Providence
Greene, Nathaniel T Handy Drug Co Providence
Grccnhalgh, Henry C Providence
Guild, Mill. A J. A. Wright Wakefield
Hanscoin. Jessie L Providence
Harrington. John V Hope Drug Co Providence
Haskins. Robert H S. J. Briggs Co Providence
Hatch, Klwin F Providence
Head, John P P. J. H. Mullen Pawtucket
Heany, Kdv ard W Liggett Co Pawtucket
Hrathman, Roscoe Providence
Hecker, Morris Dclerzon Pharmacy Providence
Helgesen, Fred JR. Lorah Newport
Hickey, J. Raymond Liggett Co Providence
Hillis, William T H. L. Thayer Providence
Hilton, Arthur W. O. Blanding Providence
Himes. Alonzo R Providence
Himes, Raymond Providence
Hindle, George W Liggett Co Pawtucket
Hoffman, Theodore A F. R. Keighley Providence
Hopkins, Samuel Geo. L. Claflin Co Providence
Horowitz, Morris Providence
Hotchkiss. Fred M A. J. Johnson, Jr f awiuckri
Hough, Annie W. 1. Hough Providence
Hough. Henry I., Jr H. 1. Hough rrovideiice
Houlc, Rudolph Do"a P. Meunier fawiucKct
Hulme. Samuel R Providence
Ide, George D J- R- Brennan Ot Co I'awtucKct
Inventasch. William Provinencr
Jarvis. William E Liggett Co Newport
Icschke. Walter H Reiner Co Jfroviuciic.
Jones. Frank J Liggett C > Newport
Jones, Thomas I'rovi-cac.
Johnson, Benjamin F. Provuicncs
Tohnston. Wilber E E. P. Anthony Providence
Karnowsky. Charles Reiner Co Providence
Kelly, John J E. H. Weaver Providence
Kelsey, Harmon J Providence
Kenney, Russell S Hope Drug Co Bristol
Koch, George Reiner Co Providence
UFlame, Philip Providence
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l^c, Edward M R, E. Linton Woonsockct
I.cith. Fred G H. I. Lcith Providence
I cMailr*». Ctideon M •. Providenc:;
Lenz. Howard G LigRctt Co Provitlence
LePaRc. Arsenc Woonsockct
L'Esperancc. Ernest A Providence
Levinson. Arthur Providence
Lucitt. John B ProvuJrnc •
Lussicr. Arthur E Rosseau & Brown Woonsockct
Lussicr. Victor. Jr Providenc «
MacDowcll, Percy B Providence
Mahoney. Joseph E L. K. Ligc^tt Co Providenc -
Maille. Arthur J I,. K. UffRctt Co Providence
Mann. Gilbert I,. K. LiRsrett Co Providence
Marcotte. Olivina C Marcotte Drug Co Pawtucket
H«»rcoux, Arthur H Providence
Marshall, Stephen T Provijlenc-*
Martel. Arthur B Rosseau & Brown Woonsockct
Ma««on. Earle H Alhtrt Fcnner Providence
M;i«:on. William G Reiner Co Providence
Masse. Edward W W. R. Fortin Pawtucket
Massey. John C Providence
Mayo. C. Edward Providence
McCallum. Charles A Providence
McCann, Edward J UKRCtt Co Providence
McCarthy. Joseph F Ko'thins & Cohen ' Providence
McDonnell. Andrew S Providmc-
McGarty. Walter V J. P. Cahill V. . ... Providence
McGowan, John B Phillips Drug Store Providence
McGuire. Joseph B UKRctt Co Providence
McGunaule. George E Providence
McGunaRlc. John A .Alex. McGunaRle Central Falls
McKcnna. Thomas H O'Harc's Pharmacy Providence
McManus. Charles J. T R. I. Hosnital Providence
McManus. John J Providenr-
McNclly. Edward C C. M. Barbour Co Westerly
Mcacon. Joseph S Providenc."
Miller. James A Provi-'e-^'-
MilliRan. P. A E. U. Weaver Providenct-
Moore. Thomas L T. F. Gibson l'"ovid«nt\-
Moorehouse, Ernest L. K. Liggett Co Providenc-
Moreaii. Harley V K. H. Weaver Providenc*
Morrissette. Frank A ''. A. Keller Arctic
Mowry, Albert E Providence
Mulcahey, John J K. P. Anthony Providence
Mullen. John J J. Fred Gibson Providence
Mulligan. John J L. K. Liggett Co Providenc*
Murdy, William F Proviciencf
Murphy. John J Liggett Co Providence
Murphy. James A Providence
Nadeau, Ephrem Providence
Nason, Arthur S Providence
Newberry, Harry M Providence
O'Connor, Benedict C T. E. Doherty Providence
O'Donnell, J. Raymond Beaupre Arnold Woonsockct
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O'Hara, Charles 1 Fisk Co Pawtuckct
O'Hare P. Frank Providence
O'Ncil, John H I,. K. Liggett Co Providence
Page, Philip F A. W. Boston Providence
Palmer, Joseph E E. T. Colton Providence
Parent, Alfred Providence
Parent, Joseph K J- V. Smith Co Arctic
Parent, Napoleon Providence
Pastille, John J W. O. Blanding Providence
Payan, Roch J Providence
Petit. Alex A Providence
Phancuf . Louis E Providence
Phillips, Charles D Fisk Co Providence
Plummer. William Ii Liggett Co Providence
Porter, Mary H Providence
Pouliot, Alfred W. Reiner Co Providence
Primeau, Cliflford G Providenc-
Quinlan. James F Liggett Co Providence
Raiford. Inez E Providence
Read. Gilbert S W. O. Blanding Providence
Reaves, Edmund. Jr « Providence
Richard. Blaine R D. J. Byrnes Newport
Riley, Walter R: Providence
Rivard. William Henrv Geo. L. Claflin Co Providence
Roberge. Oscar A Rousseau & Brown Woonsockel
Robinson, Bertha L Frederick L Providence
Rougicr. Brennand A Providence
Round, Eda M Providence
Rouslin. Charles Providence
Ruoflf. John G H. L. Chattcrton Providence
Sanderson, Harry F Providence
Saugy. Max A Standard Pharmacy Warren
Schneider. August A Frank Markensohn Providence
Schilling. Carl A Providence
Schneider, William } D. J. Byrne Newport
Scowcroft. George T Joseph Scowcroft Providence
Seibold, George H Providence
Sesto Frank Del lidward J. Gallagher Providence
Shallcross, William F. H. Pond Pawtuckct
Shaw. William B Providence
Shea. Stephen A Providence
Sherman. George H Downing Bros Newport
Sherman. Millard F.. Ir James R. Lorah Newport
§hurtleff, Arthur K ^- K. Liggett Co ITovidencc
Smith. Almond B Albert Fenner Providence
Smith, Don W. T E. P- Anthony Providence
Smith, J. Albert Providence
SUnton. Frederick W Providence
Stearns, John Providence
St, Germain. Louis A Providence
Storey. Arthur H Providence
Strickland, Franklin N Providence
Sundin, Joseph A Providence
Sweetland, Elmer Z Providenc-
Swift. Charles N Providence
Swindells. Earlc O Reiner Co Providence
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EUPLOYKD BY
:. Edmund P Providence
lay, Henry O Desrochers Bros VVoonsocket
r, William J Providence
e. Emma Providence
c, Walter R Reiner Co Providence
, Percival A Providence
y, Daniel J W. E. Malone Pascoag
Frank L Providence
>lcy, Wesley W. O. Blandtug Providence
Fred E > Providence
onia. Sister Mary St. Joseph Hospital Providence
, Eldredse W Hall & Lyon Co Providence
r. Joseph E Providence
Qcourt, Henry J Providence
, James L Providence
, Fred S Providence
. GeorRe H Geo. L. Clariin Co Providence
c, Frank H Geo. L. Clartin Co Providence
ms. William E Providenc;
lie Registrar has been informed that the following named registered pharmacists
^gistered assistant pharmacists are in the service of the United States, either army
ry:
: Anthony
J. Bassett
n Beizer
le H. Blair
ur J. Brunelle
J. Chandley
A. Clark
t E. Codere
y Cohn
H. Coman
e Cox
L. Deslauriers
rd F. Dufresne
W. Farron
rd E. Fitzpatrick
e O. Forcier
phe Frigault
'. M. Gallant
rt P. Harrison
rd W. Heaney
ce Hecker
r Hilton
Edward M. Lee
Fred G. Leith
Arthur Levinson
John B. Lucitt
Arthur E. Lussier
Prosper M. Marcotte
John P. Martin
Earle H. Mason
William J. McNally
William F. Murdy
J. Raymond ODonnell
William A. Pinault
William H. Plummcr
Clifford H. Trimeau
James F. Qutnlan
Oscar A. Roberge
\ngelo Saccoccia
Frank Del Sesto
John F. Shea
Byron A. Smith, Jr.
Frederick W. Stanton
Walter R. Thorpe
Angus E. Tburrott
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DIED.
Registered Pharmacists.
James A. FarrcU Oct. 5, 1918
Arthur W. Anderson Oct. 6, 191«
Amcdee Archambatilt • • • Oct. 9, 1918
Frederick J. Brightman Oct. 18, 191R
Benjamin H. Gravlin Oct. 18, 1918
William B. Shaw Dec. 20, 1918
Harold L. Thayer Dec. 30, 191S
Registered Assistant Pharmacists.
ARa F. Bosworth April 8, 1918
James J. Dillon July 9, 1918
Clifford E. Tabor, (Killed in action) Sept. 29, 1918
William J. Wilbur Oct. 21. 1918
Henry T. Nangle ' Oct. 29, 1918
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Mt of %i|oii^ Jalanii mtJi Protttii^nrr IpiatttatUitta
THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
ate Board of Soldiers' Relief
MADE TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, 1919
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
THE OXFORD, PRESS PRINTERS
1919
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REPORT
Providence, R. I.,
December 31, 1918.
the Honorable General Assembly of Rhode Island :
Complying with the provisions of Chapter 104, General Laws of
Dde Island, the State Board of Soldiers* Relief presents its thir-
h report.
Organization.
rhe Board as at present constituted is :
vemor R. Livingston Beeckman, Chairman.
leral Treasurer, Richard W. Jennings, Treasurer.
jutant General, Charles W. Abbot, Jr.
lonel Andrew K. McMahon, Second R. L Volunteers, term ex-
pires, 1919.
nry J. Pickersgill, Esq., First N. Y. Infantry, term expires, 1919.
norable Edwin R. Allen, Seventh R. I. Volunteers, term expires,
1920.
norable Ezra Dixon, Forty-second Mass. Volunteer Infantry,
term expires, 1920.
inorable Marinus W. Hudson, First R. I. Cavalry, term expires,
1921.
irdock C. McKenzie, Esq., U. S. Signal Corps, term expires,
1921.
ptain E. R. Barker, ist R. I. U. S. Vol. Light Battery, term ex-
pires, 1920.
ijor Sydney D. Harvey, ist R. I. U. S. Volunteer Infantry, term
expires, 191 9.
omas M. Holden, 17th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, Secretary.
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soldiers' home.
The officers of the home are as follows :
Murdock C. McKenzie, U. S. Signal Corps, Commandant.
Dr. Alfred M. Merriman, Surgeon.
S. M. Sheple, Clerk.
As reported one year ago, we are obliged to report again that the
Home has been under extra heavy expense, with still more added
costs on account of the advance in cost of food and coal, although
the fuel expense has been kept down somewhat, by the use of wood
cut on land belonging to the Home property.
In many buildings repairs were made imperative to save the
property from further damage, and also save additional expense if
delayed.
The Commandant of the Home was notiified early in the year by
the Inspector Generals Department of the National Home for Dis-
abled Volunteer Soldiers', that on account of the War and other
circumstances there would be no inspection for the year 1918.
The amount received during the year under the Act of Congress
providing aid to the State Territorial Home is eight thousand nine
'hundred and twenty-five dollars ($8,925.00).
The Home was visited by the Department Commander of the
Rhode Island, Grand Army of the Republic and staff, and by sev-
eral organizations of the Women*s Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans
and Spanish War Veterans on various dates during the year. Four-
teen meetings of the Board were held during the year, two of which
were held at the Home. Members of the Board have also made
other official visits to the Home, and the Executive Committee fre-
quent meetings there.
deaths.
Captain Gideon Spencer, Secretary of the Board for many years,
died March 3, 191 8.
Colonel Philip S- Chase, the first Secretary of the Board and
later member of the Executive Committee, died April 3, 1918.
Captain Walter A. Read, Treasurer of the Board, died December
12, 1918.
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The membership of the Home December 31, 1918 114
Total number admitted since opening of the Home 1C09
VITAL STATISTICS.
Average age of members admitted during the year 77-4
Average number present during the year 84
Number of deaths during the year 21
Average age of decedents for the year 76-5
Death rate in 1000 of average present 242
Total number of deaths since opening of the Home 457
MAINTENANCE.
Average Cost of maintenance per capita $530 00
FINANOAL STATEMENT.
Balance Industrial Trust Company, January i, 1918 and receipts:
Balance Industrial Trust Company, Participation Account $3,000 00
Balance Industrial Trust Company, Call Account 3,600 00
Received appropriation 1918 30,000 00
Received from United States 1918 8,925 00
Received from interest 153 71
Received from sales and other sources 289 79.
$45,968 50
Expenditures and Balances, January i, 1919:
Balance Industrial Trust Company, Call Account $447 39
Disbursements per schedule 38,925 00
Disbursements extraordinary 4,121 58
Perpetual care, Bristol Burial Lot 1,000 00
Deposited January 2, Industrial Trust Company 1,484 53
$45,968 50
Unpaid bills Part November schedule $2,837 71
December schedule 4,166 99
january session, a. d. 1918.
Resolution Making an Appropriation of Seven Hundred Dollars for the
Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Decorating Graves of the War
Veterans.
Resolved, That the sum of seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as
necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
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treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of decorating on Memorial Day the graves of the Civil War veterans
and of the veterans of any other war of the United States, said sum to be
expended under the supervision and direction of the State board of soldiers'
relief; and the State auditor is hereby directed to draw his orders upon the
general treasurer for the payment of said sum or so much thereof as may
from time to time be required, upon receiptjby him of proper vouchers ap-
proved by the chairman and secretary of the State board of soldiers' relief.
Expenditures and Balance, December 31, 1918.
Appropriation $700 00
Civil War Disbursements 462 83
Balance with General Treasurer $237 17
Resoluttion Making Provision for the Plaong Metallic Markers on
THE Graves of Soldiers and Sailors Who Have Served in the Different
Wars of the United States, Approved April 12, 1917.
Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the addition to the unexpended bal-
ance of an appropriation made by Resolution No. 62, entitled, "Resolution
making provisions for the placing of markers on the graves of persons who
served in the Spanish-American War, passed at the January Session, A. D.,
1910, and the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by Resolution No.
61, entitled, "Resolution appropriating three hundred dollars for the purpose
of purchasing metallic markers to be placed on the graves of soldiers and
sailors who served in the Civil War," passed at the January Session, A. D.,
1916, which said unexpended balances are hereby reappropriated for the pur-
pose of this resolution, and for the purpose of purchasing metallic markers
to be placed on the graves of persons who served in the army and navy of the
United States during the different wars of the United States, said sum and
unexpended balances to be expended under the direction of the State board
of soldiers' relief and the State auditor is hereby directed to draw his orders
upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sums upon receipt by him
of properly authenticated vouchers, approved by the State board of soldiers*
relief.
GRAVE markers.
Balance of appropriation, December 31, 1917 $384 15
Expenditures and balance, December 31, 1918:
Civil War $247 30
Balance, General Treasurer 136 85
Total $384 15
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AjCT in Amendment of Section l of Chapter 104 of the General Laws,
^TITLED "Of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home" as Amended by Chap-
R 1045 of the Public Laws Passed at the January Session, A. D.,
14.
enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
CTioN 1. Section 1 of Chapter 104 of the General Laws, entitled
the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home" as amended by Chapter 1045 of
Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914, is hereby fur-
amended so as to read as follows :
CTioN 1. The management and control of the Rhode Island Soldiers' .
le, established in this State for those men who served in the army or
of the United States in the war of the rebellion and were honorably
larged therefrom, who, by reason of, wounds, disease, old age, or other
mities, are unable to earn their living and have no adequate means of
ort, shall continue to be in a State board to consist of the Governor,
shall be chairman, the general treasurer, who shall be treasurer, the
tant general and eight qualified electors of the State, six of whom shall
: served in the army or navy of the United States during the war of the
llion and were honorably discharged therefrom, and two of whom shall
: served in the army or navy of the United States during any foreign
in which the United States shall have been engaged and were hon-
ly discharged therefrom. Said eight qualified electors shall be appointed
he Governor, by and with the advice of the senate ; and said six qualified
ors, now in office, who served in the war of the rebellion, shall continue
erve for and during the terms for which they were appointed. At the
lary Session of the General Assembly of the year 1914, the governor
I, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint two qualified elec-
who. served in the Spanish- American war, for the following terms : one
erve for two years, and one to serve for one year. At the January Ses-
of the General Assembly in each year thereafter, three such qualified
tors, two of the war of the rebellion, and one of any foreign war in
:h the United States shall have been engaged, shall hold their offices
I the first day of February in the second year after their appointment.
vacancy which may occur in said board when the senate is not in ses-
shall be filled by the Governor until the next session thereof, when he
I with the advice and consent of the senate appoint some person to fill
» vacancy for the remainder of the term. Said members so appointed
1 be duly commissioned and sworn to the faithful discharge of their
es under the provisions of this chapter. Said board shall be known as
"State Board of Soldier' relief."
EC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage and all acts and parts
lets inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Enclosures accompany this report as follows:
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A. Report of the Secretary, as State Pension Agent.
B. Report of the Secretary, as State Agent of Soldiers' Relief.
C. Report of Agent, Soldiers' Relief, War with Spain, etc.
D. Report of Commandant, Soldiers' Home.
E. Report of Surgeon of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home.
F. Roll of members of the Rhode Island Soldiers* Home.
G. Schedule of bills approved and orders drawn from January
I, 1918 to December 31, 1918, inclusive.
Respectfully submitted,
R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, Governor,
Chairman.
RICHARD W. JENNINGS, Treasurer,
Treasurer,
CHARLES W. ABBOT, Adjutant General
ANDREW K. McMAHON,
HENRY J. PICKERSGILL,
EDWIN R. ALLEN,
EZRA DIXON,
MARINUS W. HUDSON,
MURDOCK C. McKENZIE,
EDGAR R. BARKER,
SYDNEY D. HARVEY.
State Board of Soldiers' Relief.
Thomas M. Holden, Secretary.
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ENCLOSURES
A.
REPORT OF STATE PENSION AGENT
Providence, R. L, December 31, 1918.
he State Board of Soldiers^ Relief :
lave the honor to submit the following statement of the work performed
tate Pension Agent for the year 1918.
iber of claims filed by this office during the year 283
assified as follows:
iers' and Sailors' pension act of May 11, 1912, amended June 10,1918 47
ows' pension act of April 19, 1908, amended September 8, 1916 and
October 6, 1917 51
arried widows' pension 1
lish War widows' pension act of July 16, 1918 31
half pension for widows 2
an War pension 3
endent mother's pension \
;ral Law pensions 2
nbursement claims 38
rdian claims 3
:inal discharge 1
ment of checks without administration 1
sachusctts gratuity claim 1
)rd of birth 1
orsement of checks for pensioners • . • .^. 75
ige of addresses for pensioners 25 <
otai number of claims filed in the department at Washington by the State
sion Agent to December 31. 1918, was 11, 381.
bout eighteen hundred affidavits and papers were executed in 1918.
Respectfully,
THOMAS M. HOLDEN.
State Pension Agent.
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lO STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS RELIEF.
June 10, 1918, the following Pension Law was passed by Congress:
(Public— No. 167— 66th Congress.)
(H. R. 9959.)
'*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the genefal pension Act
of May 11, 1912, is hereby amended by adding a new section, to read as
follows :
"Sec. 6. That from and after the passage of this amendment the rate of
pension for any person who served ninety days or more in the military or
naval service of the United States during the Civil War, now on the roll
or hereafter to be placed on the pension roll and entitled to receive a less
rate than hereinafter provided, shall be thirty dollars per month. In case
such person has reached the age of seventy-two years and served six months,
the rate shall be $32 per month, one year, $35 per month; one and a half
years, $38 per month; two years or over, $40 per month; Provided, that
this amendment shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under an^
Act, public or private."
r-
July 16, 1918, the following Pension Law was passed by Congress.
(Public — 66th Congress.)
(S. 4444)
A bill granting pensions to the widows and minor children of deceased
soldiers, sailors, and marines of the War with Spain, the insurrection in the
Phihppines, and the China Relief Expedition.
Be it enacted, etc.. That from and after the passage of this Act if any
volunteer officer or enlisted man who served 90 days or more in the Army,
Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, during the War with Spain or
the Philippine Insurrection between April 21, 1898 and July 4, 1902, inclusive,
service to be computed from date of enlistment to date of discharge, or
any officer or enlisted man of the Regular Establishment who rendered 90
days or more actual military service in the United States Army, Navy or
Marine Corps in the War with Spain or in the Philippine Insurrection, be-
tween April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, inclusive, or as a, participant in the
Chinese Boxer Rebellion campaign between June 16, 1900, and October 1,
1900, and who has been honorably discharged therefrom, has died or shall
hereafter die leaving a widow without means of support other than her daily
labor, and an actual net income not exceeding $250 per year, or leaving a
minor child or children under the age of 16 years, such widow shall upon
due proof of her husbands death, without proving his death to be the re-
sult of his Army or Navy service, be placed on the pension roll from date of
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ling of her application therefor under this Act, at the rate of $12 per
1 during her widowhood, and shall also be paid $3 per month for each
of such oflker or enlisted man underi 16 years of age, and in case of
eath or remarriage of the widow, leaving a child or children of such
or enlisted man under the age of 16 years, such pension shall be paid
child or children until the age qi 16: Provided, That in case a minor
is insane, idiotic, or otherwise permanently helpless, the pension shall
lue during the life of said child, or during the period of such disability,
hall commence from the date of application therefor after the passage
is Act: Provided, further that said widow shall have married said
or enlisted man previous to the passage of this Act: Provided, how-
That this Act shall not so construe as to reduce any pension under any
)ublic or private.
. 2. That no agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing,
iting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions of this Act shall,
ly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive or retain for such ser-
in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim a sum greater than
^hich sum shall be payable only on the order of the Commissioner of
ons; and any person who shall violate any provisions of this section,
all wrongfully i^ithhold from the pensioner or claimant the whole
y part of a pension or claim allowed or due such pensioner or claimant
this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
hereof shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding $500
imprisioned not exceeding one year, or both in the discretion of the
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B.
REPORT OF AGENT, SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Providence, R. I. December 31, 1918.
To the State Board of Soldiers' Relief:
I have the honor to submit the following statement of the work performed
as Agent, Soldiers' Relief, for the year 1918.
The method of dispensing the fund for Soldiers' relief continues the same
as in previous years.
On account of the increase in pensions granted Veterans of the Civil War
by the Act of June 10, 1918, and the decrease in number caused by death, it
was thought by many that there would be a decrease in the amount required
for aid, but the increased infirmities of the pensioners and their wives due
to age and sickness, together with the great increase in cost of living, has in-
creased the demand upon this fund, the new calls for aid exceeding the de-
crease caused by death.
Soldiers and sailors who have died while receiving relief in 1918 8
Soldiers and sailors admitted to the State Home receiving relief
in 1918 3
AVidows who have obtained pensions while receiving aid in 1918 2
Number of orders for groceries issued in 1918 1076
Appropriation for 1918 $9,000 00
Disbursements for 1918 9,000 00
Respectfully,
THOMAS M. HOLDEN, Secretary,
Agent for Soldiers' Relief.
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PORT OF AGENT, SOLDIERS' RELIEF, WAR WITH SPAIN.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
January Session, A. D., 1918.
id in Amendment of Section 1 of Chapter 806 of the Public Laws,
sed at the January Session, A. D., 1912, Entitled "An Act providing
the Relief of Honorable Discharged Dependent Soldiers, Sailors and
rines, Who served in the Army or Navy of the United States during
War with Spain" as amended by Chapter 1031 of the Public Laws
sed at the January Session, A. D., 1914.
moN 1. Section 1 of Chapter 806 of the Public Laws passed at the Jan-
Session, A. D., 1912, entitled **An Act providing for the relief of honor-
dependent soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the army or
of the United States during the War with Spain" as amended by Chap-
031 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914, is
>y further amended so as to read as follows:
cTioN 1. The sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
icessary, is hereby appropriated annually for the relief of worthy, depen-
families of such soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Army
avy of the United States, either as a regular or volunteer, during any
gn war in which the United States shall have been engaged, or any ex-
ion or campaign for which the United States Government issued a cam-
1 medal, and were honorably discharged from such service.
c. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and all Acts and parts
^cts, inconsistent herewith are repealed.
WAR WITH SPAIN.
X applications for aid have been received since January, 1918.
fio hundred and fifty-five orders for groceries have been issued during^
year together with temporary cash aid.
1 while receiving relief 2
ropriation for 1918 $2,000 OO
mrsements for 1918 2,000 OO
Respectfully,
THOMAS M. HOLDEN. Secretary.
Agent for Soldiers' Reliefs
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D.
REPORT OF THE COMMANDANT.
To the Board of Managers, Board of Soldiers^ Relief:
Gentlemen: — I have the honor to submit herewith my first annual report
as Commandant.
The gains and losses exhibited in the following tables, show the present
status of membership of the Home, as compared with the year preceding, as
follows :
December 31, 1917, present 90
December 31, 1917, absent 22
Total . . 112
Actual Gain during the Year 20
Total 132
Actual Loss during the Year 22
Present and Absent December 31, 1918 109
Actual Gain, Actual Loss.
By Admission 18 By Discharge 1
By Re-admission 2 By Death 21
Total 20 Total 22
Whole number cared for during the year 151
Total admitted since . the Home opened 912
Of the number present, 30 are reported sick in hospital and 8 on extra
duty, the latter as follows:
Laundry 2 Assistant nurses 3
Librarian 1 Laborer 1
Storehouse 1
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aVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
iccr 1 Farmer 1
lan 2 Stableman 1
' nurse 1 Cooks 2
tant nurse 1 Cook's assistants 3
: . 1 Barber 1
AGE OF MEMBERS.
e youngest 67 years; the oldest, 91 years.
age age of those admitted during the year 77-4
age age of decedents 76-5
AVERAGES DURING THE YEAR.
Present. Present and Absent.
ier ending March 31 92 Quarter ending March 31 113
ter ending June 30 79 Quarter ending June 30 Ill
•ter ending Sept. 30 83 Quarter ending Sept. 30 112
ter ending Dec. 31 82 Quarter ending Dec. 31 110
Average 84 Average 112
imber of deaths since the Home opened 457.
• the several Womans' Relief Corps, who have visited the Home from
to time during the year and brought cheer and generous contributions,
to the Sons of Veterans for their gifts at Christmas, many thanks are
» the members of the Board of Managers I express my most sincere
edation of their kind assistance and counsel in the performance of my
IS.
Respectfully submitted,
M. C. McKenzie,
Commandant.
DEATHS.
cnry A. Gardner, B, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted October 28, 1895. Died
lary 30, 1918, Cause, arterio sclerosis. Place of burial unknown. Age
lomas Corrigan, B, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted October 15, 1895. Died
ch 3, 1918. Age 80. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Place of burial, St. Mary's
letry, Bristol, R. I.
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Charles H. Peckham, C, 5th R. I. H. Art. Admitted December 13, 1916.
Died March 11, 1918. Age 86. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken to
Newport, R. I.
Wanton W. Hazard, K, 12th R. I. Inf. Admitted March 9, 1918. Died
March 21, 1918. Age 84. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken to East
Greenwich, R. I.
Enoch F. Hoxie, B, 10th R. I. Inf. C, 11th R. R. Inf. Admitted July 1,
1917. Died March 21, 1918. Age 83. Cause, cerebral hemorrhage. Remains
taken to East Providence, R. I. •
Cornelius Sullivan, B, 18th Mass. Inf. I, 32nd Mass. Inf. Admitted
September 29, 1917. Died March 23, 1918. Age 75. Cause, arterio sclerosis.
Remains taken to Newport, R. I.
Leonard B. Barrus, B, 5th R. I. H. Art. Admitted March 27, 1918. Died
March 29, 1918. Age 84. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken to Wes-
terly, R. I.
Edward F. Williams, C, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted October 20, 1917.
Died April 4, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by
relatives.
George O. Parker, U. S. Navy. Admitted March 25, 1915. Died May 4,
1918. Age 89. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken to Apponaug, R. I.
Stephen Joslin, A, 1st R. I. Cav. Admitted December 6, 1917. Died June
19, 1918. Age 73. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Buried in North Cemetry, Bris-
tol, R. I.
John Sweeney, G, 18th N. H. Inf. Admitted September 10, 1915. Died
June 28, 1918. Age 87. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken to Wes-
terly, R. I.
Frederick A. Horr, D, 3rd R. I. H. Art. Admitted March 6, 1915. Died
June 28, 1918. Age 70. Cause, general exhaustion. Remains taken to
Providence, R. I.
Marvin J. Converse, C, 7th R. I. Inf. Admitted March 29, 1917. Died
November 12, 1918. Age 84. While on furlough. Place of burial unknown.
Albert Darling, H, 2nd R. I. Inf. Admitted July 3, 1916. Died October
19, 1918. Age 77. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by relatives.
Alonzo Hapgood, D, 5th R. I. H. Art. Admitted January 18, 1917. Died
September 11, 1918. Age 73. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by-
relatives.
James M. Manchester, C, 3rd R. I. H. Art. Admitted October 6, 1917.
Died August 16, 1918. Age 78. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by
relatives.
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mes McDonald. G, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted June 29, 1917. Di<
ust 7, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by rel;
arcus M. Streeter, G, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted September 23, 190
I November 5, 1918. Age 76. Cause, a/terio sclerosis. Buried in Nori
letry, Bristol, R. I.
corge H. Tyler, G, 10th R. I. Inf. Admitted May 11, 1913. Died Oct
5, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by relatives
William Woodworth, Co. E, 10th Lt. Bat. R.'l. V. Admitted Septembi
1918. Died October 20, 1918. Age 73. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Buru
lorth Cemetry, Bristol, R. I.
cnry Hendry, C, 5th N. Y. H. Art. Admitted September 27, 1897. Di«
ember 7, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken 1
lives.
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E.
REPORT OF THE SURGEON OF THE HOME.
State Board of Soldiers' Relief:
Messrs: — I beg to submit the following report of the Medical
Department of the Home for the year 1918. 75 men have reported
at sick call with a total of 607 visits. Since the war the price of
several drugs in daily use has so far advanced that for the sake of
economy all the men taking these drugs — and these are always
quite a number — ^go after each meal to the Hospital where the medi-
cine is given to them by the nurse.
The following is the work of the Hospital:
No. remaining January 1, 1918 34
No. admitted within the year t • 57
No. admitted from outside 11
No. admitted from wards 46
No. discharged 23
No. committed to Insane Hospital 1
No. died 21
No. remaining December 31, 1918 32
The oldest man in Hospital is 91; the youngest is 69.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED M. MERRIMAN, M. D., Surgeon.
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F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND
SOLDIERS' HOME.
NAia.
Achcson, James
Armstrong, Em M. . .
Baird, WUliam
Baker, William G
BarUett,WmiamF...
Batoo, Nicholas S....
Baxter, John
Blanding, Philip M...
Brayman, George W. .
Bmyton, Frederick C.
Brown, George W
Brown, Marcus M
Blount, Jubal
Brown» Oliver P
Barrus, Leonard B
Brennan, Timothy J. .
Corrigan, Thomas
Crook, Henry
Cady, William S
Clough, William
Cole, Charles W
Church, Albert C
Crosby, George F. L. .
Cook, Daniel
Coibin, William H...
ColweU, George W...
Company and Regi-
ment.
\, 12th R. I. Inf
F, nth R. I. Inf
E, 30th Mass. L. A...
fF, Ist R. I. Cav
}g, 3rd V. R. C
C, 3rd N. Y. L. A. .
(, 12th R. I. Inf
:i, nth R. I. Inf
a. S. Navy
£. 2nd R. I. Inf
3, Ist R. I. L. A
U. S. Navy
(D, C ft I, 7th R. I.
( Inf
fA, 9th R. I. Inf....
(h, 12th R. I. Inf. . . .
H, 2nd R. I. Inf....
B. 5th R. I. H. A. . . .
L, 3rd R. I. H. A
D, 1st R. I. L. A
F, 49th Penn. Inf
.\, 2nd R. I. Inf....
K, 12th R. I. Inf
(R. I. Hospital Gds. . .
(iSth U. S. Inf
E ft A, 3id R. I. H. A.
1st R. I. L. A
A, 3rd R. I. H. A...
K, 7th R. I. Inf
K. 7th R. I. Inf
5
8
Admitted
From.
$32 00
?
40 00
40 00
?
?
32 00
35 00
40 00
30 00
?
40 00
40 00
36 00
40 00
24 00
?
?
32 00
40 00
?
?
?
32 00
40 00
Pawtucket..
Providence.
Westerly. . .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Woonsocket.
Pawtucket.
Hillsgrove. . .
Westerly....
Woonsocket .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
E. Providence.
Lafayette
Providence
Providence
Apponaug
E. Providence.
When
Admitted.
Oct.
Aug.
Oct.
July
Aug.
June
JM.
Oct.
Jan.
Oct.
Nov.
Aug.
Jan.
Jan.
March
Oct.
Oct.
Aug.
April
Sept.
July
June
Jan.
March
April
Aug.
1,
6,
17,
30,
27,
14.
7,
12,
21.
26,
3.
5,
10.
17,
28,
24,
IS,
M,
8,
9,
6,
22,
22,
7.
6.
4,
906
,900
907
914
910
900
908
903
909
912
909
891
916
916
918
918
895
901
1904
891
903
910
911
90S
914
914
SUtus.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died,
Mar. 29, 1918.
Present.
Died.
Mar. 3, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
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F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND
SOLDIERS' HOME.— Continued.
Name.
Cook. George B
Colwell.OtiaP
Convene, Marvin J.
Chaae, John H
Cooney, James
Dawley, Sullivan H...
Darling, Albert
Donahoe, Michael
Daley, John P
Ennis, John
Eagan, John
Eddy,JobR
Elgar, William H
Easteihrooks, Gardner.
Fisher, Henry
Fanner, Thomas
Fuller, Albert E
Fenner, John A
Fieldsend, Joseph
Gibson, Charles T
Gardner, Henry A
Gilmore, Patrick
Goodwin, Williams...
Gardner, Nicholas
Hendry, Henry
Holton. William H. . . .
Company and Regi-
ment.
G, 11th Md. Inf
C, 12th R. I. Inf....
C, 7th R. I. Inf
D, 1st N. H. Cav....
G. 2nd R. I. Vol
A, nth R. I. Inf....
H, 2nd R. I. laf
F, 4th Maaa. H. A....
(D, 3rd R. I. Cav....
IB, nth R. I. Inf....
K ft B, 3rd R. I. H. A.
D, Ist R. I. L. A...
M, 3nl R. I. H. A....
E, 7th Vt. Vet. Inf. .
E, 12th R. I. Inf. . . .
K, nth R. I. Inf....
C, 9th R. I. Inf
H, iOth R. I. Inf....
I, 12th R. I. Inf
Uth R. I. Inf
ID, 7th R. I. Inf
(E, 10th Mass. Inf...
12nd N. Y. H. A
B, 1st R. I. L. A. . .
D, 1st Conn. Inf
B, 7th Sqd. R. I. Cav.
D, 2nd R. I. Inf
C, Sth N. Y. H. A...
fl, 6th Mass. Inf . . . .
|K, New England Cav
jd
g
8
fl
1
1
i
s
1
1
Admitted
From.
76
40 00
87
?
84
24 00
78
40 00
51
40 00
72
32 00
75
22 50
71
40 00
72
30 00
54
40 00
62
40 00
71
40 00
69
40 00
63
40 00
50
32 00
67
30 00
57
?
66
32 00
74
40 00
46
40 00
55
30 00
57
32 00
66
30 00
80
35 00
S^
22 50
49
?
Woonaocket.
Providence. .
Chepachet. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Providence. .
Cumberland .
Providence
Providence^
Providence
Providence
Providence
Bristol
Hartford, Conn .
Wickford
Providence
Sdtuate
Richmond
Sdtuate
Providence. .
Woonsocket. .
Providence. . .
Providence. .
Providence. . .
Providence.
When
Admitted.
Nov.
March
March
Oct.
Jan.
Aug.
July
Sept.
March
Aug.
Dec.
Nov.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.
July
July
Jan.
June
May
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Sept.
J*n.
17,
28.
29,
IS.
17,
10,
3,
20,
17,
10,
12,
10,
25,
19,
6,
29,
26,
10,
17,
14,
28,
24,
22,
21,
27,
12,
,914
916
917
918
893
911
916
917
918
911
904
906
914
898
892
912
899
911
914
891
895
903
909
918
897
892
SUtus.
Present.
Present.
Died,
Nov. 12,1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
Oct. 19. 1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
Jan. 30, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
Dec. 7, 1918.
Present.
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F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OP THE RHODE ISLAND
SOLDIERS' HOME.— Continued.
Name.
Hudaoo» David
Holbrook, Cephas B..
Handy, William R. . .
Horr, Frederick A....
Hopkins, Jeremiah D.
Hoxie, Enoch F
Haggins, Michael J...
Hunter, George H
Holmes, Joseph B
Hapgood, Alonw
Hazard, Wanton W...
Hamilton, Samuel
Johlison, Thomas
Jackson, Anthony
Joslin, Stephen
Kelly. John
Kelley, Timothy
Keating, Robert
Leonard, William
Luther, William H...
Longstreet, Daniel F. .
Manchester, James M
Matteson, George E. .
Martin, Danid
Company and Regi-
ment.
(Musician. 4th R. I.
( Int
U. S. Navy
G. 2nd R. I. Inf
D, 3rd R. L H. A...
D, 1st R. I. L. A....
(B. lOth R. I. Inf....
IC nth R. I. Inf....
M. 3rd R. I. H. A..
I. 9th R. I. Inf
. 3rd Mass. Inf. .
B. 4th Mass. CaV.
21st U. S. Col'd T'ps,
D. 5th R. L H. A.
K, 12th R. I. Inf.
[K, 51st Mass.
[U. S. Navy..
[K, 8th N. Y. SUte M
A. 37th N. J. Inf...
5th N. J. Lt. Batt'y.
I, 27th Me. Inf
A, 1st R. L Cav
B, 1st R. I. Cav....
G. 2nd N. Y. Inf...
G, 2nd R. I. Inf....
L, 3id R I. H. A....
K, 12th R. I. Inf...
fl. 1st R. I. Inf..
|D. 7th R. I. Inf.
C, 3rd R. I. H. A.
C, 12th R. I. Inf. .
C, 1st N. Y. Lt. Inf..
^
g
9
s
1
I
i
1
I
Admitted
From.
71
32 00
66
35 00
69
40 00
67
19 00
76
35 00
83
24 00
70
40 00
73
?
71
40 00
72
25 00
84
22 50
74
40 00
72
35 00
73
32 00
73
18 00
57
40 00
59
32 00
81
?
75
?
66
?
69
35 00
77
30 00
61
?
61
30 00
Providence. . .
Providence.. .
Providence. . .
Providence. . .
Providence. . .
E. Providence
Providence. . .
Providence. .
Anthony
Rehoboth
E. Greenwich.
Providence. . .
Providence. . .
Warren
Providence. .
Pawtucket. . .
Providence. . .
Bristol
Providence. . .
Swansea Mass
Providence. . .
Providence. . .
Arctic
Providence. . .
When
Admitted.
July 15, 1910
Jan. 3, 1912
July 5, 1910
March 6, 1915
Oct. 16, 1917
July 5, 1917
June 29. 1915
Jan. 25. 1916
Sept. 28. 1916
January, 1917
March 9. 1918
Jan. 10. 1918
Nov. 9. 1914
June
Dec.
July
Sept.
July
May
April
Oct.
June
June
July
18. 1917
6, 1917
7. 1899
15. 1899
19, 1914
26, 1907
17, 1913
7, 1915
6. 1917
27, 1899
23, 1909
Status.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
June 28, 1918.
Present.
Died.
Mar. 21, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
Sept. 11. 1918.
Died,
March 21, 1918
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died.
June 19, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Died,
Aug. 16, 1918.'
Present.
Present.
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p.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND
SOLDIERS' HOME.— Continued
Naue.
Melville, James
Mitchell, Benjamin. .
Mulvey, John
Mulharen, James
McGowan, John
McSoley, James
McDonald, James
McCabe, Peter
Nichols, Benjamin D.
Nye, Robert E
Nelson, John
Noon, Michael
Nutting, Almy E
Oxx, Henry B
Oldridge, Daniel H...
Owens, Michael F.
Place, William K..
Parkhurst, John G.
Potter, Charles H. .
Pobnd, James
Potter, Philip I
Prestwich, Thomas. . .
Parker, George O
Peck, John H
Pratt, Henry L
Peckham. Charles H. .
Company and Regi-
ment.
(L. 9th R. I. Inf
(D, 12th R. I. Inf. . . .
5th Conn. Inf
D, 12th R. I. Inf....
C, nth R. I. Inf...
D, 3rd R. I. H. A...
A, 3ni R. I. H. A...
G, 1st R. I. L. A....
G, Sth R. I. H. A...
U. S. Navy
E, 2nd R. I. Inf
U. S. Navy
B, 1st R. I. D. M..
B, 2nd R. I. Inf. . . .
U. S. Navy
fl8th Co. Unattached
I Mass. Inf
fE. 4th R. I. Inf....
IB, 7th R. I. Inf...
C. Sth R. I. H. A...
H, Sth R. I. H. A...
rC, 1st R. I. Inf. . . .
Jk, 12th R. I. Inf...
(B, 14th R. I. H. A. .
D, 9th R. I. Inf
D, 4th R. I. Inf
C, 4th R. I. Inf
U. S. Navy
E. Sth R. I. H. A-. . .
\, 1st R. I. L. A
C, Sth R. I. H. A...
1
g
s
^
'i
K
<
•J
§
1
£
Admitted
From.
iS 00
30 00
25 00
?
30 00
25 00
10 00
SO 00
)0 00
40 00
30 OO
»0 00
30 00
30 00
?
40 00
30 00
?
?
22 SO
Newport
Providence. . . .
Newport
Providence
Providence . . . ,
Providence
Providence. . . .
Providence
Bristol
Providence
Providence
Newport
Conn
Pawtucket
E. Providence.
Woonsocket. .
Exeter
Woonsocket. . .
Providence
Newport
Providence. . .
Providence
Apponaug
Barrington
Pawtucket
Providence
When
Admitted.
Jan.
March
Sept.
Oct
Sept.
Aug.
June
Dec.
Oct.
July
April
Oct.
June
Sept.
Sept.
24, 1912
22, 1900
IS, 1904
6, 1916
26. 1917
1,1905
29, 1917
30, 1918
11, 1899
28. 1904
17, 1906
9, 1912
13, 1917
27. 1913
28. 1914
Jan. 12, 1916
Nov. 26, 1912
Feb. 23, 1895
July 11,1906
Jan. 24, 1912
April 30, 1913
Oct. 18. 1913
May 2S. 1915
Jan. 15, 1916
Nov, 1, 1916
Dec. 13, 1916
Status.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Dis. Dis.,
Dec. 22. 1918.
Present.
Present.
Died,
Aug. 7, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Piwent.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present.
Present
Present.
Present.
Died,
May 4, 1918.
Present.
Present.
Died,
Mar. 11, 1918.
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F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OP THE RHODE ISLAND
SOLDIERS* HOME.— Concluded.
Name.
Company and Regi-
ment.
3
1
3
1
i
Admitted
From.
When
Admitted.
Status.
Pollard, George B
F, 9th R. I. Inf
75
?
Fall River. Mass.
July
17,1918
Present.
Potter, GeocseH
K, 7th R. I. Inf
79
40 00
Newport
Dec.
30. 1918
Present.
Reynolds, John
F, Sth R. I. H. A....
62
40 00
Providence
Feb.
1, 1904
P^nt.
Redding. Edwin A
U. S. Navy
65
32 00
Providence
Nov.
28. 1911
Present.
Rouse, Bamum S
H. Sth Conn. Inf
71
30 00
Providence
Jan.
24, 1910
Present.
Riley, Peter
E, 2nd R. I. Inf
JA. 12th U. S. Inf....
E, 2nd R. I. Inf....
71
71
30 00
32 00
Pawtttcket
Riverpoint
Jan.
J«.
25, 1917
1, 1918
Present.
Randall, John M
Present.
Rhodes, Charles W
C, 1st R. I. Inf
80
30 00
Providence
Sept.
28, 1918
Present.
Streeter, Orville D
C. nth R. I, Inf....
67
35 00
Providence
Jan.
18, 1912
Present.
Sullivan, Maurice
G, 1st R. I. L. A....
68
40 00
Westerly
June
8, 1914
Present.
Smith, Alexander G. . . .
Sullivan, Comdias
Streeter, Marcus M
Swindell, Joseph
G, 17th Mass. Inf....
D, 18th Mass. Inf....
G, 1st R. I. L. A
/B, 7th Mass. Inf....
F, 3id R. I. Cav....
82
75
63
75
24 00
30 00
25 00
40 00
Providence
Newport
Providence
Cumberland
July
Sept.
Sept.
June
15. 1918
29, 1917
22. 1905
28, 1915
Hon. Dis., ^
Sept. 27, 1918.
Died,
Mar. 23, 1918.
Died,
Nov. 5. 1918.
Present.
Sweeney, John
Steere, Franklin A
G, 18th N. Y. Inf. . . .
B, 10th R. I. Inf
85
73
22 SO
30 00
Westerly
Providence
Sept.
Sept.
10, 1915
23, 1915
Died.
June 28, 1918.
Present.
Sweet, Ellas
L, 3rd R. I. H. A.,..
73
40 00
N.Scituate
Dec.
8, 1916
Present.
Schmidt, Louis
G, 1st R. I. L. A
72
40 00
Providence
April
2, 1918
Present.
Sanfoid. William H....
D, 2nd R. I. Inf
75
40 00
E. Providence
Jan.
13. 1918
Present.
Taylor, James
H, 6th N. Y. Arty....
G, 10th R. I. Inf
F, 8th Conn. Inf
ss
?
Providence
March
2, 1897
Present.
Tyler, Geoive H
Thompson, Charles W. .
69
58
18 00
?
Pawtucket
Providence
May
Jan.
11,1913
9, 1899
Died.
Oct. 5. 1918.
Present.
Tucker, William 0
D, 1st Mass. Cav
70
?
Providence
Jan.
29, 1915
Present.
Wadkins, Albert J
A, 1st R. I. Cav
66
?
Providence
May
1, 1907
Present.
Wilmarth, Jr., Horace..
B, 1st R. I. H. A....
66
?
Riverside
Dec.
18, 1906
Present.
WUliams, Edwards....
C, 1st R. I. L. A
74
25 00
Providence
Oct.
20, 1917
Died.
Apr. 14. 1918.
Died.
Oct. 20. 1918.
Present.
Woodworth, William E.
Wilbur, Calvin D
10th R. I. Lt. Bat'y..
B, 2nd Conn. Inf
73
76
30 00
30 00
Tiverton
Providence
Sept. 21, 1918
March 20, 191S
Wigfall, Walter E
A, 3rd R. I. H. A
76
?
Providence
June
11, 1918
Present.
Young, William £
G, 2nd R. I. Inf
62
?
Providence
Aug,
14, 1908
Present.
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24 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS RELIEF.
Orders Drawn for Maintenance of Soldiers' Home from January,
1918, to December, 1918.
January Pay roll— -January $990 90
February Pay roll— February 985 90
January bills 3,755 04
March Pay roll — March 988 20
February bills 3,230 87
April Pay roll— April 986 00
March bills 2,708 21
May Pay roll— May 1,025 83
April bills 2,400 60
June Pay roll— June 1,078 00
May bills 1,972 46
July Pay roll— July 1,081 00
June bills 1.547 92
August Pay roll— August 1,040 61
July bills 1,376 93
September Pay roll— September 1,089 66
August bills 3,964 43
October Pay roll— October 1,047 20
September bills 3,824 42
November Pay roll — November 1,094 49
December Pay roll— December 1,180 63
Part of November bills 1,350 59
$38,925 00
Orders drawn for Soldier^ Relief from January 1, 1918 to December 31, 1918.
January — ^January bills $707 10
February— February bills 708 25
March- March bills 647 00
April— April bills 705 33
May— May bills 779 65
June — ^June bills 805 62
July— July bills 798 67
August— August bills 797 32
September — September bills 753 31
October— October bills 809 67
November — November bills 650 51
December — December bills 837 57
$9,000 00
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frs Drawn for Dependent Families of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines,
for Any Foreign War, Expedition or Campaign for Which the
United States Issued a Campaign Medal.
ary — January schedule $174 00
uary — February schedule 181 00
ch — March schedule 156 00
I — April schedule 137 00
—May schedule 134 00
: — June schedule 127 00
—July schedule 127 00
ust — August schedule 127 00
ember — September schedule 127 00
)ber — October schedule 137 00
ember — November schedule 137 00
smbcr— December schedule 436 00
$2,000 00
Summary of Expenditures,
licrs' Home $38,925 00
Hers* Relief 9,000 00.
iicrs' Relief, War with Spain, etc 2,000 00
ce expenses 1,200 00
ve markers 247 30
:orating graves 462 83
pctual care, burial lot, Bristol, R. 1 1,000 00
raordinary disbursements 4,121 58
$56,956 71
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26 STATE BOARD OF SOLUIEKS' RELIEF.
NECROLOGY.
Captain Gideon Spencer, Secretary of the Board of Soldiers'
Relief for twenty-three years, died on the 3rd of March, 1918. He
was among the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln in
1 861. He achieved a notable record and won rapid promotion.
He served his town on two different occasions, in the House of
Representatives 1888 to 1891, and from 1906 to 191 3.
His War record was as follows: Private in Co. D., ist R. I. Light
Artillery, 1861, and later was appointed Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisting in 1864 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, and
May 16, 1865, a 1st Lieutenant. After having served three years
and ten months he was mustered out July 7th, 1865 ; end of the War.
He spent six months of his service in Southern prisons.
In 1888 he was elected Department Commander of the G. A. R.,
also appointed the G. A. R. committee which appeared before the
General Assembly in behalf of the Soldiers' Home. .He assisted in
drawing the bill which gave to Rhode Island the Soldiers' Home, at
Bristol, R. I.
He was appointed to the State Board of Soldiers' Relief in 1889,
and was one of the Commissioners agents for dispersing of State aid.
Philip S. Chase, Chairman of the Executive Committee, died
April 3rd, 1918.
He was City Auditor for twenty-three years and earned the repu-
tation of being one of the most industrious and efficient officials in
the City's employ.
He was born in Portsmouth, November 3, 1843. He enlisted
September, 1861, at the age of 17, Battery "F," ist R. I. Light Artil-
lery. With this command he served as a private, Corporal, Ser-
geant, 1st Sergeant and 2nd Lieutenant.
In 1868 was Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieu-
tenant Colonel.
In 1889 was Secretary of the State Board of Soldiers' Relief.
The Soldiers' Home, Bristol, R. I, was built on plans recom-
mended by him.
He resigned as Secretary 1895, but continued actively on the
Board for many years, and at the time of his death was chairman
of the Executive Committee.
Was Department Commander G. A. R. in 1883, and Quartermas-
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ter of Prftscott Post No. i from January i, 1882, until the time
of his death.
In addition he was for many years Assistant Adjutant General,
Department of Rhode Island G. A. R.
He was a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 22, F. and A. M., of the
I. O. O. F., Workman's Beneficial Association, the Massachusetts
Commandry Loyal Legion, and the Soldiers and Sailors' Histori-
cal Society.
Walter Allen Read, was the descendent of one of the oldest
settled families in New England. The Reads emigrated to Plymouth,
Massachusetts, from England about the year 1660. He was born
July 6, 1842, in Blackstone, Massachusetts, moving to Chepachet
when II years of age. His opportunities for education were limited
and he had to depend mainly on self instruction.
Although but 19 years of age on August, 1861, he enlisted in Co.
D, Fourth R. I. Infantry. On November 2nd of the same year was
commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, and on August 2nd, 1862 was pro-
moted to Captain.
With his regiment he participated in many of the most important
campaigns of the Civil War, and as Senior Captain commanded his
regiment after the battle of the Mine until it was mustered out in
Providence on October 15, 1864, after a service of nearly three years
and three months.
Following the War Mr. Read was engaged in the merchantilc
business until 1899.
His first public office was that of Postmaster of Chepachet, from
June, 1866 until 1885 when he was appointed a Commissioner of
the State Board of Soldiers' Relief serving in that capacity until
1890, but continued as Agent of the Board until 1896.
As General Treasurer Captain Read was a member of the Board
of Soldiers' Relief for over twenty years, taking a keen interest in
all matters appertaining to the Soldiers' Home and Veterans of
the Civil War. His presence and wise council will be missed in the
meetings and deliberations of the Board.
Mr. Read was the oldest of the general officers of the State, hav-
ing served continuously as Treasurer over 20 years. He had the
distinction of having been returned to office year after year with
the largest plurality given any of the State Officers.
He was a charter member and first Commander of Charles E.
Guild Post and a Past Department Commander of the G. A. R. in
Rhode Island.
He was also a member of the Loyal Legion, of several social clubs,
and a Past Master of Friendship Lodge No. i, A. F. and A. M.
His funeral was attended by the General Officers of the State,
members of the Legislature, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts, members of the G. A. R. and other organizations.
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riN OF RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEC
IV NO. 4 FOR FEBRUARY 1919
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
KINGSTON, R. L
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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE COLLEGE
MAY. AUGUST. NOVEMBER. FEBRUARY
ENTERED AT KINGSTON. RHODE ISI,AND. AS SECOND-Cl,ASS MATTER
The Pawtucket I^inotypinff Co., Pawtucket. R. I.
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RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE
Corporation
\. WALTER E. RANGER. President, State Commissioner of Schools,
vx-officio Providence
N. ZEN AS W. BLISS. Vice-President Providence Co., Providence
N. ROBERT S. BURLINGAME, Clerk and Treasurer
NewportCo., Newport
N. THOMAS G. MATHEWSON Gent Co., East Greenwich
N. CHARLES ESTES Bristol Co., Warren
N. ROWLAND HAZARD Washington Co., Peace Dale
N. PHILIP A. MONEY, Member of State Board of Agriculture. Slocum
Board of Visitors for 1918-19
:S. RICHARD JACKSON BARKER Tiverton
DLEY E. CAMPBELL Newport
SS CAROLINE' HAZARD, Chairman Peace Dale
ANK L. PIERCE, Vice-chairman Providence
?S. LENA FENNER DENNETT Providcnc
:. CHARLES CARROLL, Ph. D Providence
iS. DAVID J. WHITE East Greenwich
INRY A. MARTIN .Barrington
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To His Excellency R, Livingston Becckman, Governor, and the
Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, at its January session, 1919:
I have the honor to submit herewith the Thirty-first Annual Re-
port of the Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College, as
required by law.
WALTER E. RANGER,
President^ Board of Managers.
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the Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College;
Kntlemen: 1 have the honor to submit the following as my
)rt for the year 1918.
The College Man as a Resource in War.
he year has been greatly broken up so far as college work has
1 concerned. In this respect, indeed, our experience has been
ilar to that of all other educational institutions of the country,
the urge and necessity of the war, things have been done and
hods have been adopted that were entirely unique in the experi-
2 of American colleges. But the net result has been that the
?ges and universities have been recognized as never before as
eat resource of strength and a bulwark of safety for the Nation
ill times of stress and danger. In this war science and the
ned mind have played an overwhelmingly important part, and it
0 the universities and colleges that the Nation has had to turn
its supply of both. The Army and the Navy have recognized
from the very beginning, and the calls from them have been
lerous and insistent. More than ever, too, the administration
the aflfairs of the Nation, the work in shop and factory and on
farm, have called for the college man. And the call has not
n in vain. Self-sacrificingly and efficiently the college man and
nan have responded, and it is not too much to say that the
lion has been enabled to realize its peril, to recognize its duty,
)rganize its great resources, to put forth its conquering strength,
1 to save itself and the world from barbarism through the science
I leadership that the institutions of learning have provided
oughout the long years that have gone before.
)nce and for all, the higher education in America has been
lliaiitly vindicated. If there had been, during the years of peace
return whatever to the Nation for the large expenditures on our
leges and universities (and that there have been abundant
urns year by year all thinking men are well aware), it would
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have been well worth all the cost to have in its gethseniane of peril
and agony, this great resource of intelligence and leadership which
the institutions of learning have provided.
In a very real sense the colleges have proved a substitute for the
large standing armies and navies which other nations throughout
the years preceding the great war have maintained as insurance of
safety. Naturally disinclined to militarism, busied with our own
internal development, and looking upon ourselves as isolated and
protected by the broad oceans that separate us from other lands, we
had neglected the art of war and had refused to envisage changed
conditions which we now recognize as threatening extreme danger
to us. And when the danger did stand naked and revealed, when
war actually did come, we then began to look around us to see what
weapons of offense and defense we could seize upon. \Vc had
hardly the skeleton of an army ; there were no stored up supplies
of arms, artillery, ammunition, or supplies, we knew nothing of war
in the air, and but little of war under the sea. The whole panoply
of a great nation's military organization and equii)ment had to be
created outright and at once. It was a discouraging outlook, and
our enemies openly scoffed at our impotence.
But the survey of our resources did reveal one priceless posses-
sion— a relatively small but numerically large body of college men,
keen of intellect, ac(iuainted with nature and man, orderly and
logical in their thinking, sound of ideals, trained to seize quickly on
essentials, and ready and versatile in dealing with new problems.
These it was that came to tlie rescue of the Nation. There were
ready to hand vast masses of men to form an army. There were
great resources of material to fashion into armament and equip-
ment. There were workmen and tools and machines and immense
stores of fixed and liquid capital to build the machines and accoutre-
ments of war. Rut there was needed everywhere the leadership '
to organize, to direct, to coordinate, to fuse and energize all these
unconnected ]x>ssibilities and to do it in the shortest possible time.
And it was the college man that organized and fused a\id energized
these uncoordinated masses. lie roused our conscience and will to
action ; he redirected our industries : he marshaled our wealth ; he
set tasks for our science : he rallied our workers ; he officered,
trained and led our armies ; he concentrated all the great energies
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of a great nation to the one great purpose of winning the war. The
crisis demanded men of heroic purpose, of fine powers, of wide
knowledge, of trained judgment, of daring originality, and of tre-
mendous driving force — the highest type of th« race. And the
American College man was equal to the demand. He went into the
field with the farmer and enabled him to feed the world. As
chemist and physicist and engineer he made our industries. As
economist, sociologist and statesman he organized our national life,
and as soldier and leader he fought and bled and died on the fields
of France.
Rhode Island State College in the War.
In all this work this little college of twentywfive years' growth
carried its full share. There are many that exceeded it in the
number of the sons that they gave, the prominence that their men
attained, the wealth of equipment that they oflfered, or the range
of influence that they exerted. There are none that exceeded it in
range and quality of accomplishment as comi)ared with number of
men and amount of resources at its disposal, in the fineness of
spirit with which sacrifices were made, in the prompt readiness
with which all that it had was devoted to the cause, or in the ratio
of dreadful losses with which its sons proved their courage and
devotion on the battlefield.
The college has always maintained military training. There has
been much of antagonism to it, and for those in charge it has been
no easy task to keep up interest and efficiency in the military work.
Students said they were wasting their time at it. Parents fre-
quently objected to it because they thought it morally wrong to
train young men for war. Others called it child's play, and ridi-
culed it as having no place in a college curriculum. Like Noah of
old we were building an ark for people who could see no signs of
a flood, and they marvelled at our stupidity or mocked at our
visionary prophesies, or openly laughed us to scorn.
But the great flood did come, a greater than even our visions had
fore-warned us of, and there was bitter need for an ark. Naturally,
the little this college could do in supplying men with military train-
ing was infinitesimal as compared with the tremendous need that
was upon us. It is not wrong, however, and it is a comfort, to
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reflect that our men were in demand, that they were more nearly
fitted than were others to meet the demand, and that our policy was
vindicated. And this was true, not only in military matters, but
also and eminently in other lines of training peculiarly character-
istic.
Against threatened internal disorder at the very beginning of the
war the college could offer and did offer a body of 250 men, or-
ganized, trained, equipped, and ready to hand for military service.
At the call for greater food production, it placed in the lield from
among its faculty and students one hundred and twenty-two work-
ers, many of them specially trained and fitted for direction and
leadership in the work. It was ready to furnish and did furnish
trained workers for problems in engineering and in the bacterio-
logical and chemical laboratories of great war councils. Its faculty
were busy in the constabulary and state guard, in state and national
committees and commissions and research councils.
Record of Rhode Island College in the Army and Navy.
While the work at home in the war was equally as important and
necessary as the work in the army and navy, yet it was not to be
expected or desired that any body of red-blooded young men and
women should not be largely represented in the trenches and on
our battle-ships. Indeed, the communities and organizations most
zealous and efficient at home were precisely those who were most
largely represented in army and navy, and the record of military
service was an index and measure of home activities less spectacular
and less capable of tabular enumeration, while equally necessary in
the final result. This college takes great pride, therefore, in the
sacrifices and achievements of its young men who went out to meet
battle and death.
vSo far as we have been able to gather the facts, the college was
represented by three hundred and two men in the actual militarv
service. In addition there were an unascertained number of men
and women in army hospital work, in nnniitions factories, in army
investigational work, and in the ranks of the Y. M. C. .\. Of
this 301, there were commissioned a total of one hundred and forty-
one, or 46J/2 per cent. The non-commissioned officers were twenty-
seven in number, and the privates numbered one hundred and
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ty-four. As indicative of the character of the niiHtary service
Jered, it should be stated that twenty-three men lost their lives in
service, and ten were seriously wounded, a total major casualty
of over ten per cent. In addition several were more or less
ously gassed, and one was invalided home from the battlefields
France. Seven men were cited for bravery, one receiving three
tions ; one received the D. S. C, and two the French war cross.
0 were on torpedoed vessels and were finally rescued from the
cr where many others perished. Several were in German
>ons, one of them escaping under extraordinarily adventurous
ditions. One had a remarkable escape from death in the air,
1 one died the saddest of deaths as a wounded prisoner in a
rman camp. A tabular statement of service is presented below.
the 269 members of the Student Army Training Corps at the
lege none, except those who were transferred to army camps or
Limed here from iirmy camps, is included in this table or in the
egoing statements.
ODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE MEN IN ACTUAL MILITARY
SERVICE.
Rank.
!
Army. |
1
1
1 I
Navy.
1
Marines. ,
Tota
s.
iors
2.
!
1
)tains
15 .
19
Lieutenants
33 .
34
signs
18
1
18
I Lieutenants
68 .
69
geants
18..
18
rporals
9 .
9
vatcs
90
41
2 1
133
Potal
233
1 1
59
8
301
The foregoing record does not need comment. In unmistakable
ngiiage it tells its own story of loyally, devotion, sacrifice, efTi-
'ncy, training and courage. The story must not be allowed to
rish. The college is poor in physical wealth and resources; it
'tubers among its friends few of high position, large possessions,
powerful influence, but it has here evidence of a wealth of
pable service, of high sense of duty, of heroic sacrifice that must
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forever be preserved as its most cherished tradition, and that
compels the gratitude and respect of the people of our State.
Somewhere, somehow we must preserve this story in imperishable
stone and bronze.
Names of Student Soldiers who Lost Their Lives and of Those
who were Seriously Wounded in the Great War.
In memory of a gallantry, devotion and sacrifice that has been
surpassed never and nowhere — neither in tlie classic stories that
loom large and vague on the far horizon of history, at Marathon
or Thermopylae; nor in the romantic pages of middle-age chivalry
and mysticism, at Tours or Roncesvalles ; nor in the grim records
of European dynastic and territorial struggles, at Leipzig or at
Waterloo ; nor yet again by our fathers and forefathers at Saratoga
or Yorktown, at Antietam or Gettysburg — : in loyal gratitude for
the splendid college traditions of service that these men have hal-
lowed with their blood; in loving personal remembrance of glorious
young American manhood which it has been my privilege to touch
and influence, I here set down in this permanent record of the
college the names of those of our faculty and students who in the
great war of the Nations gave up their lives or whose broken borlies
are a sacrifice daily renewed to the cause of liberty and justice.
Faculty Member.
•Paul E. Corriveau, Instructor in Horticulture, First Lieutenant,
U. S. Marine Corps, killed in action. France.
Students.
Robert Harris Barker, Private, Infantry! U. S. Army, killed in
action, France.
Henry Harold I'arrows, Private, Infantry, I'. S. Army, died of
wounds in France.
Donald FJlsworth Carlton, Candidate, Officers' Training Camp,
Aviation Section, killed in accident in I^ngland on aviation field.
Wallace Charles Craig, Naval Reserve, died of ])ncumonia in
Chelsea Naval Hospital, Feb. 11, 1Q18
Edwin Raker T>avis, Private, Students' Army Training Corps,
died of influenza. Rhode Island State College.
Rowland Sever Dodge, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, killed in
action, France.
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John Henry Fernandez. Corporal, Infantry, V. S. A, died of
wounds in France.
IJoyd Harold Ciledhill, Sergeant, Infantry, U. S. A., wounded in
action and died as prisoner of war in Germany.
Kdwin Matteson Greene, Private, Infantry, U. S. A., Tacoma
Park, died of influenza, Radio School, Md.
William Frank Hanlin. First. Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
killed in action, France, Oct. 7, 1918.
Marchmont Hay ward, Private, Ordnance Department, U. S. A.,
killed in accident. Midland, Mich.
P»everley Shibley Lake, Chief Mechanic, battery A, I03rd Reg^i-
mcnt, 26th Division, gassed, died in I'Vance of bronchial pneumonia,
March 12, 1919.
Alexander Farnum Lippitt, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
died of wounds incurred in action in France, in hospital in New
Jersey.
Marcus George Mullins, Private, Infantry, V. S. A., died of
influenza. Camp Devens.
Chester Arthur Olsen, Candidate, Oflicers' Training School, died
in hospital at Plattsburg, N. Y.
David Adam Redford, Second Lieutenant. I). S. Marines, killed
in action, France.
George Searle Shepard, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
killed in action, France.
Harold Manning Spaulding, Seaman, V. S. Naval Reserve, died
of pneumonia, Newport, R. I.
Irving Smith Tillotson, Private, Infantry, V. S. A., killed in
action, France.
Preston Wayland Towne, Corporal, Coast Artillery, l'. S. A.,
died of influenza. Fort Washington.
David Lamson Wood, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A., killed
in action, France.
Fred Mansur Woods, Private, Infantry, V. S. A., died of pneu-
monia in France.
Harold Congdon Anthony, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S.
A., wounded in France, October, 1918.
Walter P>righton Davis, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
wounded in France, .summer 1918.
Wilfred Ross Kasterbrooks, Private, Field Artillery, U. S. A.,
injured while acting as motorcycle dispatch bearer.
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George Howard Fleck, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
wounded in France, September, 1918.
Harold Pearson Gibson, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
wounded in France, September, 1918.
Alfred Patrick Kivlin, Second Lieutenant, Engineers, U. S. A.,
woimded in France.
Albert Alphonse LeBoeuf, First Lieutenant, U. S. ATarines^
wounded in France, October, 1918.
Harold Quentin Moore, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.,
wounded and gassed in France, July, 1918.
Franklin Hoxsie Springer, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, IT. S. A.,
twice wounded in France, July and September, 1918.
William Havens Wood, Private, Field Artillery. U. S. A.,
wounded in France, October, 1918.
The College as a Military Camp.
Another phase of college effort in connection with the war was
the utilization of tlie grounds and buildings from May 1 to Octo-
ber 1 as a military camp for training soldiers as mechanics ; and the
establishment of a unit of the Student Army Training Corps run-
ning from October 1 to December 20.
Early in 1918 letters were sent out by the Vocational Education
IJoard in behalf of the War Department, stating that mechanics of
all kinds and in enormous mmibers were needed by the army then
in process of creation: that these mechanics were not to be had,
were not in existence, in fact, and had to be created, along with
thousands of other needs, by a process of intensive training. It
was represented that the only places in the country where the
appliances, facilities, and equipment necessary for setting in motion
such intensive training were the college and university plants
thruout the various states. Above all, the need for haste was
emphasized and the colleges were urged to place their facilities at
once at the disposal of the Government.
Our student body, which commenced the year 1917-18 in Septem-
ber, 1917, with 251 students, had already been greatly depleted by
the beginning of the year 1918, and it seemed in our jx)wcr to
render considerable service to our country by und?rtaking the work
proposed, even though it involved large sacrifice in the way of an
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entire dismantling of our existing organization and equipment and
the installation of new appliances, equipment and teaching force.
Accordingly, with the approval of your Board, arrangements
were made and a contract was entered into. The regular work
of the college year 1917-18 was forced ahead, and brought to a
close April 28, 1918, the commencement being held on that date
and a senior class of twenty-five being graduated.
By May 7, the college i)lant had been readjusted, a teaching force
consisting of five of our original college faculty and thirteen master
mechanics taken from the trades had been assembled, a corps of
five army officers and three assistants had arrived and been in-
stalled, with offices and office equipment assigned : a hospital had
^been fitted up, necessary barracks and storerooms provided, shops
had been set up and teaching eciuipment. such as trucks, automobiles,
engines, tools, lumber, steel, etc., had been installed, and an adc-
(|uate commissary department had been organized. No pains nor
necessary expense were spared to prepare for the duties under*-
taken. On that day the first unit of 252 men arrived.
The men were raw recruits drawn from New Jersey by various
(Iraft-boards and sent here directly from their homes. These I'nen
remained for eight weeks and were then distributed to various army
camps. Their places were immediately taken by a second unit of
26x^ men, recruits of the same kind as the first and taken from Mas-
sachusetts. This unit remained here in whole for eight weeks and
in part until September 25, the War Department apparently having
lost cognizance of a remnant of 73 men left here after the removal
of the main bo<ly of the unit.
The total number of men passed through training here was 515.
The work consisted of training for automobile mechanics and
drivers (205 men), carpenters (143 men\ electricians (84 men),
machinists (42 men), and blacksmiths (41 men).
The success of the work was rendered difficult by the failure
clearly to make plain to officers and men the main purpose of the
camp. Indeed the War Department itself seems to have oscillated
between the idea of using the college plants as overflows from the
army camps for the military training of soldiers, and that of train-
ing men for mechanics' work in the army. It was frequently stated
that the idea was to make the men soldiers first and mechanics
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afterwards. Consequently, the men got the impression that the
teaching work was of minor imi)ortance. Indeed, to accomplish the
task of taking a bank clerk or a stevedore and making of him
cither a soldier or a carpenter would have demanded all his time
for eight weeks and more. To accom])lish both in the time set was
out of the question. The officers were naturally determined that
the soldier-training should not suffer, because their own standing
and advancement depended on success in this part of the work.
Moreover, the divided authority presented great complications.
The men were regularly enrolled soldiers of the U. S. Army under
assigned officers of the army, and these officers were quite jealous
of their authority, openly repudiating anythhig like orders to their
men from instructors or anyone in charge of grounds or equipment
or buildings. Friction was, therefore, frequent and the main-
tenance of discipline in classes very difficult.
We cannot therefore flatter ourselves that achievement coordinate
with the sacrifices made or the money expended was obtained.
Nevertheless, we had the satisfaction of knowing that we had
undertaken the work that needed to be done and had carried it to
whatever degree of success was possible under the difficulties en-
countered. At least we had not spared ourselves nor that which
we controlled in advancing the common cause.
The Student Army Training Corps.
Concluding our Mechanic I'nit work September 25, we undertook
new war work with the War Department organization known as
the Student Army Training Corps on October first. At that time,
also, we undertook to begin the college year for 1918-19. As T
shall have occasion later to explain, however, we shall in our college
records regard this college year as beginning January 2, 1919, and
terminating June 28, 1919.
The Student Arniy Training Corps was an effort on the part of
the War Department to apply the methods of the Mechanic l^nits
to the training of officer material, in such a way that the college
student might divert his college training to war purposes while at
the same time learning the art of war, and the duties of a soldier
and officer. The students were regularly enrolled privates in the
U. S. Army or Navy, and were under the charge of army officers.
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We began the new arrangement with a new set of officers, less
insistent on their authority, more ready to cooi)erate with the col-
lege officers, and more thoroughly imbued with an appreciation of
the value of instructional work.
The method of selecting these students was also conducive to the
establishment in their minds of a proper resi>ect for the teaching
corps and a readiness to conform to teaching retpiirements. Men
applying for admission to the S. A. T. C. sent on their high-school
records to the college registrar's office, where they were admitted
or rejected in accordance with college entrance reciuirements. On
«idmission they were physically examined by the army medical
officer and. if accepted by him, were inducted in the usual way into
the U. S. Army and assigned to duty.
To prepare for the opening on October 1, another entire readjust-
ment of the college premises had to be made ; tools and appliances
used in the mechanics instruction had to be removed and stored
and college apparatus and appliances had to be reinstalled.
On account of the influenza prevalent at that time, the actual
reception of students was deferred from the time set, October 1, to
October 10. As a matter of fact, however, while many other places
suffered severely from the influenza, it troubled us but slightly,
comparatively speaking, and my feeling was that it was not neces-
sary to delay the opening. The military department deemed it best,
and notice was hurriedly sent at the last moment to all enrolled
students.
Our difficulties with the S. A. T. C. proceeded from frequent
and repeated changes in requirements as to the courses of study.
No .settled policy was determined upon and adhered to, and the
division finally established into classes for men twenty years old.
classes for men nineteen years old, and classes for men eighteen
years old, together with requirement of certain subjects of all these
classes was subversive of effort at serious academic work in college
courses. Some work was done here and there by individual
students; but the situation was such at the time of the Armistice
and the consequent disbanding of the organization that it seemed
best to the faculty on beginning the year January 2, 1919, to recom-
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nience all academic work and to declare that no deg^rcc credit could
be given for time spent in the S. A. T. C. except for military work
and other work in individual cases to be considered one by one.
The attendance on this term, commencing theoretically October 1
(Actually October 10) and ending December 12, was as follows:
Students enrolled as members of the S. A. T. C 268
Male students under eighteen, hence ineligible to the S. A. T. C 32
Female students 44
344
The College Year 1918-1919.
As has been already stated, it has seemed best to have the
academic record for the current college year begin on January 2,
1919, and run until June 28 of the same year.
The idea and purpose of this arrangement is to enable returning
soldiers from the various camps and others who may have been
restrained from entering college during the war. to begin the college
year now and as far as possible to complete it by July 1. Those not
able to do essential work of the year during that time will be given
opi)ortunity during July and August to make up deficiencies. Thus
the whole body of students will be able in Septetuber, 1919. to begin
the year 1919-20 without deficiencies, and the war will not have
caused the loss of a whole year to the returning soldier.
Attendance During 1918-1919.
The enrollment October 1, 1918, for the S. A. T. C. was. as
already stated, 268. Of this number, one hundred and five, or 39
])er cent, failed to return on their own expense at the opening
January 2. T find that in other colleges the losses ran as high as 50
per cent or more. In truth, a large part of the young men enrolling
in the S. A. T. C. had neither the desire nor the aptitude for a
college course. They came into the colleges because they saw in
the S. A. T. C. an avenue of approach to an officer's commission in
the army, and being subject to the draft, anyhow, they came into
the college army instead of going directly to the army camps.
When the maintenance and i)ay of the army w^ere withdrawn and
they were discharged, they had no inclination or were not financially
able to make any sacrifice to obtain a college education.
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rhe tables of attendance, therefore, with the exception of the
it, take no cognizance of students not registering in the term
ginning January 2, 1919.
COLLEGE ATTENDANCE.
Tabu No. L
Showing Attendance by Classes During the Years From 1917-1919.
1
1
CI.ASSES.
i
1917.
1918.
1919.
aduate Students
niors 1
6
38
51
94
122
8
2
25
46
65
98
7
2
32
niors i
43
phomores
eshmen
regular I
48
125
5
Total, college
wo-vear courses . ...
319
17
243
8
255
udent Armv Traininc Corns.
268
Total ...
523
ames reoeated
121
wo Mechanic Units
402
515
Final Totals
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Newport County:
Little Coinpton 1
Newport 8
Portsmouth I
Tiverton 1
11
Kent C .unty :
Coventry 1
East Greenwich 3
Warwick 3
West Warwick 2
Washington County :
Hopkinton 4
North Kingstown 5
Richmond 2
South Kingstown 18
Westerly 14
43
Total ff)r Rhode Island 222
Graml total 255
Entrance Statistics for Class Registering In 1918.
T.ytal enrollment of class 125
luitering with condition of one-half unit, required work 22
Entering with condition of one unit, required work 18
Entering with condition of ( ne and one-half units, required work 4
Envering with condition of two units, required work 3
Entering with condition of two and one-half units, required w )rk 1
Entering with condition of three units, rcquire<l work 1
Total with comlitions 49
Of these, number credited with tolal of 14 units or more 34
Of these, number credited with total of ISyj units 6
Of these, number credited with total of 13 units 8
Of these, number credited with total of \2]/j units 1
Total entering without condition 76
Average age (;f men and women at entrance,
Oct. 10, 1918, was 18 yrs. 11 mos. 10 days
Age of youngest member of class. Oct. 10, 1918 16 yrs. 5 mos. 10 days
Age of oldest member of class, Oct. 10, 1918 22 yrs. 28 days
School Represented In Registration of Freshman Class.
In Rhode Island:
Barrington High 1
Bristol, Colt Memorial 5
Cranston High 7
Cumberland High 1
East Greenwich Academy l
East Providence High 8
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Newport, Rogers High 3 In Connecticut:
Pawtucket High 2 New London. Bulkeley ^
Providence— Classical High.... 8 West Hartford High 1
English 4
La Salle Academy 1 4
Morris Heights 1 In Massachusetts:
Technical High 37 Bridgewater High 2
South Kingstown High 4 Boston— English High 1
Warren High 2 College High 1
Westerly High 7 Brockton High 5
West Warwick High 4
Woonsocket High 2 9
In New Hampshire:
98 Kimball Union Academy 1
SUMMARY.
Received from high schools 1 12
Transferred from other colleges 2
Repeating freshman subjects from previous year 11
Total 125
Finances.
Up to May first, when the work of the collejfe year 1917-18 was
terminated, the finances of the college were taking their normal
course, with the exception that the withdrawals to enter the army
and for other causes connected with unsettled public conditions
were decreasing receij)ts for board, tuition, dormitory and other
fees, while the expenses for labor and materials were increasing
by leaps and bounds. Financial difficulties after that date were
greatly increased by expenditures to make readjustments, to buy
new and very costly equipment, to procure mechanics teachers at
salaries far beyond ordinary wages because of the necessity for
taking them from industries that were paying unheard-of prices
for skilled labor, to meet needs arising from entirely new and
unforeseen conditions, and to carry out contracts with teachers that
under new conditions could not be utilized at the work for which
they were engaged.
A further difficulty lay in the fact that the War Department could
not definitely state its needs and was unable to name a definite price
other than the promise of a specific per capita payment and a subse^
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ent adjustment of costs. Responsible agents of the Government
led the assumption of undertakings which other responsible
Jilts subsequently repudiated. It is extremely difficult, too, to
)arate expenses incurred directly on account of army service from
ler expenses indirectly connected which would not have been in-
rred but for this service.
IJeginning with May first and running to December 31, I have
ide an earnest effort to separate expenses that would have had
be made, had there been no assumption of control by the United
ates Government, from those which it seems to me are consequent
on and conditioned by the army service rendered during the eight
3nths of such service, with the following result:
atement of Receipts and Expenditures Incident to Mainte-
nance of Mechanics Units May 1 to Oct. 1, 1918.
(Two units totaling 515 men.) i
)eraiioii and maintenance of college so far as concerns premises
used for the war work and salaries of officers an-d teachers
whose services were directly utilized $21,041 56
itsidc instruction procured for these specific purposes 6.936 54
)ols, machines and material provided specifically and only f.or
mechanics' instruction 14,180 42
>arding and housing 21,318 50
ToUl $63,477 02
lyments by United States under contract 56,315 65
)ss 7,161 37
Statement of Receipts and Expenditures Incident to Mainte-
nance of Unit of S. A. T. C. October 1 to December 1, 1918.
Unit enrolling 269 men.
Total college enrollment 345.
otal cost of operation and maintenance of instructional work of
college, incliwling housing and board of all students $41,196 14
ost as above for 269 students out of a total of 345 (in the ratio of
269 t3 345) 32.111 29
eceipts from United States under contract 16,804 23
OSS 15,307 06
The total expense to the State, therefore, for the conducting of
tiis war work has been $22,464.43, and on comparing contracts
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entered into by the Government with endowed institutions with the
contracts entered into with State institutions, we find that it seems
to have been intended to cause State funds to bear a part of the
cost.
( )n the other hand, it is to be borne in mind that had it not been
for the utilization of the colleges by the Government, there would
have been few or no students to instruct because of the draft extend-
ing from eighteen years upward. The expense of maintaining
grounds and buildings in order would have continued without any
return. Contracts with officers and professors would have been
either repudiated or their salaries would have continued without
labor return from them, and disorganization and distress would
have resulted in any event.
Notwithstanding mistakes, strain and stress on officers and
teachers, and financial cost to the State, we feel proud that the
college was permitted and enabled to make its full contribution and
take its full share in the great work of winning the war.
Patriotic Loyalty and Sacrifice of our Faculty and Students.
It is a source of pride to us that from 1914 on, our college has
been loyal and true to high ideals of America's duty and needs. At
no time has passivism or selfishness or false conceptions of policy
or disloyalty to the finest traditions of Americanism been evident
among us. I take great pride personally in noting that present re-
sults and conditions have vindicated every public utterance of mine
since the very beginning of the great war in 1914. While at first
these utterances stood in strong contrast with those of many leaders
of thought among us, and before April, 1917, were seriously ques-
tioned and once or twice openly and even bitterly attacked, in the
end the views that 1 espoused have been generally accepted, and
not I but others have had to change their views.
The college has shown itself **one hundred per cent American"
in its contributions to the various war service organizations, mainly
the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the K. of C, and the Salvation
Army. We have no adequate recorrl of the totals contributed, but
we know that the contributions went beyond allotments. Besides
purchases made through other channels, there were taken through
the college office Liberty Bonds of the four issues amounting to
$14,4.50.
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Changes in the Faculty.
In 1917 the total number of officers in the Faculty, including
teaching staff, officers of th.' F.xperiment Station, and Extension
workers resident at the college, was 51. At the opening on January
2, 1919, the same total was 38. The resignations were mainly in
order to enter on some phase of war work. The comparative num-
bers are cited merely to indicate that coincidently with the reduction
in attendance of students a more than corresiX)nding reduction in
the faculty took place.
Especially to be noted arc the following changes :
L. W. Boardman, professor of English literature, resigned to
enter the Y. M. C. A. service abroad. Prof. Boardman is now an
official of the "Khaki Tniversity," being appointed superintendent
of a unit in France.
Captain W. E. Dove was relieved by the War Department of his
profes.sorship in Military Science and Tactics and transferred first
to Columbia University and subsequently as S. A. T. C commandant
to St. Viator's College, liourbannais, Illinois. It is a pleasure to
note that at the opening of the new year in January, Captain Dove
was, at our earnest recpiest, reappointed to his old position here.
F. II. Smith, assistant professor of chemistry, resigned to take a
war service position as chemist with the DuPont Powder Co. at
Wilmington, Del.
Physical Director James Baldwin resigned to enter the Y. M.
C. A. work as physical director, and is now engaged at Xice,
France.
Miss Alta M. Bailey, formerly head of our women's dormitory,
is now dean of women at Beaver College, Pa.
Mr. W. C. Irons, assistant in field experiments, resigned to go
to an officers* training camp, where he was commissioned second
lieutenant.
Two appointments were made during the year. Mrs. Lillian L.
Peppard was appointed professor of domestic art. Mrs. Peppard
comes to us from the Michigan Agricultural College, from which
she obtained the bachelor's degree, and where she was employed as
an instructor. She received the degree of Master of Science from
Chicago University in 1917. She has also had summer work in
Columbia University, New York. At the time of her transfer to
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this instkiition, she was director of the clothing and textile section
of the Home Economics department of the Michigan Agricultural
College.
Mr. C. E. Brett was elected from a school in Lawrence, Pa., to
the position of instructor in poultry here. He is a B. S. of Rhode
Island State, class of 1913.
Needs of the College as Presented to the Legislature.
The following schedule of immediate needs was agreed upon by
your Board for presentation to the General Assembly :
1 An appropriation in addition to and supplementary of the amount
appropriated two years ago (and still unexpended) for the
purpose of housing the Departments of Agriculture and Home
Economics $25,000
2 For repairs 10,000
3 For increase of salaries 5,000
4 For enlargement of the teaching of farm management and markets
into a department as per recommendation of the C^iovernor 5.000
5 For the purchase of land 10,000
6 For maintenance of the Experiment S.ation 2,000
7 For maintenance of the Extension Service 2.000
Total $59,000
It was agreed that number one of these items should be put into
a separate resolution, while the remaining six items should be incor-
porated into a second resolution. It was further agreed than an
Act should be drawn up amending the organic law of the college so
as to increase the annual appropriation for maintenance from torty
to fifty thousand yearly, the act to lake effect January 1, 1919.
so as to continue items three and four after the current year.
These resolutions and the act mentioned were introduced accord-
ingly and are now before the General Assembly. A mimeographed
explanation of the measures has been circulated. Briefly — Item 1
is due to increased cost of construction. Item 2 is required for
immediate necessities. For five years and more no appropriation
for repairs has been made. Item 3 is due to increase in cost of
living. Item 4 is made necessary for teaching as to distribution
problems which are assuming paramount importance in New Eng-
land. Item 5 is a request that has appeared for some years with
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lotonous regularity and without avail so far. No one who
ws the conditions will for a moment dispute the merit of the
1. Items 6 and 7 are imperative and are due to increasing costs
all labor and material.
Acknowledgments of Aid.
a the opening in October and consequent upon readjustments,
found that the women's quarters in South Hall were greatly in
(1 of furniture. Such college funds as were available were used
fitting up these quarters ; but still the social room of the women
ients was quite scantily furnished. Noticing this, the Chairman
our Board of Visitors, Miss Caroline Hazard of Peace Dale,
etly proceeded out of her own resources to provide for the needs
the young women, giving them furniture to the value of several
idred dollars. We desire here to acknowledge our obligations
ler for her quick perception of the need and her ready generosity
helping to meet it.
Phe Federation of Women's Clubs has again oflFered to the young
men a scholarship of $50. This scholarship was recently
arded by a committee from the women of the Faculty and from
Triangle Club of Kingston to Miss Ruhama Nichols of Slocum.
is a great encouragement to have this practical and substantial
dence from the organized women of the State of serious, intel-
?nt and generous interest in our young women, and we hereby
press our appreciation and thanks.
The Experiment Station and Extension Service.
[ shall not comment on the work of the Experiment Station and
[tension Service, except to say that the Experiment Station has
inaged to continue its experimental work and has taken on special
[)blems where possible; and the Extension Service, through the
nerous financial cooperation of the Department of Agriculture,
s been able, while working in close and friendly association with
i State Food Administration under Mr. Coates, immensely to
large its operations and to extend its benefits to every part of
? State.
The report of the Director of the Experiment Station and that
the Director of the Extension Service are hereto appended.
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Commencement.
As noted elsewhere, the commencement was quietly held on Sun-
day, April 28. A class of 25 was graduated. At that time the
public outlook was exceedingly dark. The forces of the Central
Empires in Europe were making their last great military effort and
our allies were everywhere outnumbered and outfought. Our own
armies were beginning to arrive in numbers on the scene, and news
of losses among them were already arriving. My address on the
commencement occasion was entitled *'A Civilization in Peril." It
was intended to emphasize the tremendous importance of the cause
for which we were fighting and to nerve our people to courage and
readiness for the sacrifices impending.
It may not be immodest in me to mention that this address and
that of 1916, entitled the "Legacy of the Fathers," received the high
honor of approval from Congressman Stiness and, on his motion,
they were printed in the Congressional Record.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HOWARD EDWARDS,
President.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
BuRUiNGAME, Treasurkr, til accouftt with the different funds of Rhode
Island State College, for the year ending December 31, 1918.
Morrill Fund of 1890 and Nelson Act of 1907.
18.
1. To balance on hand $25,365 98
1. To U. S. Warrant for year ending June 30. 1919 50.000 00
31. By instruction $44,344 91
Apparatus 678 36
Tools and machinery 43 47
Live stock 2,040 00
Feed 2,331 10
Text books an^l reference books 233 91
Seeds 46 28
Laboratory supplies 77i 10
Periodicals 287 61
Binding 76 00
Miscellane us 88 69
31 Balance on hand 24.422 55
' $75,365 98 $75,365 98
MoRRRiLL Fund of 1862.
)18. I
1. To cash from landscript fund $2,500 00
. 31. By instruction $2,500 00
$2,500 00 $2,500 00
Smith-Le\^Er Fund of 1914.
918.
. I. To balance on hand $5,366 07
U. S. Warrant year ending Junr 30. 1919 10.764 10
:. 31. By salaries $5,694 03
Postage, telephone and express 60 80
Seeds, plants and supplies 278 45
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Stationery and printing 678 74
Traveling 1,5M8 93
Scientific apparatus 4 26
Furniture and fixtures 1^ 70
Labor 68 85
Tools and machinery 19 66
Library 9 26
Publications 59 68
Balance on hand 6,084 81
$16,130 17 $16,1301;
State — Maintenance Fund.
1918.
Jan. 1. To State appropriation J4O,0000i'
Dec. 31. By salaries $8,005 09.
Labor (janitor, farm, etc.) 7.695 73
Traveling 8fi3 44
Postage, stationery and priming 1,119 42
Construction and repairs 3,0C2 40
Fuel 13.416 98
Feed 1.48147
Rental of dormitories and land 8^99
Oil and gasoline 915 28
Commencement 1^4 97
Stable and auto supplies 442 54
Furniture and fixtures ^ ^
Horseshoeing ^^
Janitors' supplies 1^ "
Tools and machinery 238 92
Fertilizer 8^5 fo
Seeds 12845
Advertising 1-^^ ^
Electric current furnished ^7 68
Miscellaneous 59o 9» ^
Current Fund.
1918. j2,«»«^
Jan. 1. To reserve fund ^91ft }>
Dormitory fees j^jO 4:
Department fees
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Department sales 27.800 68
Department service, including receipts from War
Department for expense incurred for Training
Detachment 44,165 88
Interest 992 61
Tuition 525 00
By balance overdrawn $1,774 02
Salaries 5,982 82
Labor (janitor, farm, student) 22,029 81
Traveling? 753 76
Postage, stationery and printing 629 45
Construction and repairs 7.302 00
Fuel 2,043 71
Feed 731 60
Freight and express 647 70
Advertising in publications 725 12
Entertainment 71 07
Telephone and telegraph 874 21
Oil and gasolene 1,068 84
Apparatus 1,153 15
Horseshoeing . 37 25
Stable and auto supplies 163 23
Furniture and fixtures 703 34
Tools ard machinery 5.831 74
Rental of dormitories 2,266 03
Refunds 1,182 48
Janitor supplies 326 11
Books 23 69
Fertilizers 438 80
Seeds and plants 42 32
Laboratory supplies 2,617 99
Electric current furnished 620 24
Miscellaneous, including expense in-
curred for Training Detachment... 21,813 79
Reserve fund 2.000 00
Balance on hand 2.356 02
$86,210 95 $86,210 95
Trust Fund.
918.
I. 1. To balance on hand $ 36 82
Boarding receipts 27,329 01
Store receipts 4,800 41
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Amount overdrawn 2.327 29
By boarding $29,476 31
S^ore 5.017 22
$34,493 53 $34,493 53
Hatch Fund.
1918.
Jan. 1. Tu United States check for quarter $3,750 00
United States check for quarter 3.750 00
United States check for quarter 3.750 00
United States check for quarter 3.750 00
Dec. 31. By debit from last year $1,156 52
\ Salaries 5,435 10
Labor 3,594 05
Publications 243 93
Postage and stationery 233 87
Freight and express 177 37
Heat, light, water and power 153 66
Chemical supplies 10 09
Seeds and plants 449 57
Fertilizers 1,137 17
Feeding stuffs 371 43
Library 198 98
Tools, implements 224 45
Scientific apparatus 6 35
Furniture and fixtures 1 1 35
Traveling expenses 1 48
Buildings and land 131 65
Balance on hand 1 ,462 98
$15,000 00 $15,000 00
ADA.MS Fund— Experiment Station.
1918.
Jan. 1. To United States check for quarter $3,750 00
Apr. 1. To United States check for quarter 3.750 00
July 1. To United States check for quarter 3.750 00
Oct. 1. To United States check for quarter 3,750 00
Dec. 31. By debit balance from lasl year $1,646 35
Salaries 5.905 89
Labor 3.024 07
Publications 10 00
Postage and stationery 82 99
Freight and express 21 56
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Heat, light, water and power 224 89
Che mical supplies 214 94
Seeds, plants 126 54
Feeding stuffs 1.935 88
Library ^ 5 78
Tools and implements 186 75
Furniture and fixtures . 135 87
Scientific apparatus 37 13
Live stock 180 41
Traveling expenses 4 94
Contingent expense 1 82
Buildings and land 68 59
Balance on hand 1.185 60
?18.
15,000 00 $15,000 00
MiscEixANEous Fund — Experiment Station.
To balance on hand $5,091 06
Department sales 4,134 21
Department service 358 53
Interest 1 12 79
By salaries $1,713 88
Labor 2,530 98
Postage and stationery 52 89
Freight and express 201 66
Library 180 91
Tools and m'achinery 279 31
Chemical supplies 84 61
Fertilizers 185 70
Heat, light, water and power 383 04
Live stock y 28 50
Traveling (. 84 96
Furniture and fixtures 24 98
Buildings ami land 100 13
Seeds, plants 444 97
Feeding stuffs 1,210 81
Contingent expense 10 00
Balance on hand 2,179 26
$9,696 59 $9,696 59
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Summary, Exclusive ot Experiment Station.
Total income, including balances:
United Sutes--1890 $75,365 98
United States— 1862 2.500 00
United States— 1914 16.130 17
$93,996 15
State :
Maintenance $40,000 00 $40,000 00
Instruction :
Current $86,210 95
Trust 2,166 24
$118,377 19
$252,373 34
Total expenditures:
United States— 1890 $50,943 43
United States— 1862 2.500 00 I
United States— 1914 10.045 Z6
$63,488 79
State :
Maintenance $40,000 00 $40,000 00
Institution :
Current $83,854 93
Trust 34.493 53
$118,348 46 $221,837 25
$30,536 09
Balance held as follows :
Morrill fund.— 1890 $24,422 55
Smith-Lever fund— 1914 6,084 81
Current fund 2,356 02
Trust deficit 2.327 29
$30,536 09
I hereby certify that the above is correct and true, and truly represents
the details of expenditures for the period and by the institution named.
R. S. BURLINGAME.
Treasurer.
This is to certify that we, the undersigned, auditing committee of the
Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College, have examined the
accounts of R. S. Burlingame. treasurer of the said college, and find the
same correct.
THOMAS G. MATHEWSON,
CHARLES ESTES.
> Auditors,
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
To the Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College;
Gentlkmkn: — The Board of \'isitors coninicnds the promptness
with which the college was turned over to the use of the Federal
Government, and takes much pride in knowing of the help which
this State Institution rendered in the war crisis.
May we here record some of the college affairs, that all other
citizens may share in the appreciation of this Rhode Island educa-
tional institution.
In April, when the War Department desired that training he
afforded enlisted men, conmiencement was moved ahead and the
regular 1918 class, which at that time had heen reduced (largely
hy students entering service ) to twenty-five, was graduated. On
the 7th of May, with every building on the camjnis refitted and
with new instructors available, training of the two hundred and
fifty-two mechanics sent by the War Department was started. After
two months, this contingent was re])laced by a second unit of two
hundred and sixty-three, which remained until late September. On
October 1st (slowed up somewhat by the outbreak of influenza),
under Federal control, a unit of two hundred and sixty-nine stu-
dents in the S. A. T. C. started training, continuing same up to
December 12.
We appreciate that the required instruction staff was provided
and that the necessary machinery and e([uipment were procured,
without sparing of money, to carry out the undertaking with the
Government and to make the best of the arrangement.
The courses for young women, discontinued in April, 1918, were
resumed on somewhat parallel arrangement to the S. A. T. C.
courses on October 1, 1918, and forty-seven young women regu-
larly pursued the work thru to the closing of the year.
The young men and young women who have been able to give
so much help to the nation during this period of stress clearly give
approval to the teaching made available by our Rhode Island State
College.
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The indications at Kingston, as well as elsewhere, clearly show-
prospects of increased attendance at educational institutions,
and the Board unanimously recognizes the need of additional
facilities for the college. A new building fitted for use by the
l>epartnient of Agriculture is required; also one suit«ible for agri-
cultural and extension work, and to include ([uarters for adminis-
tration work. Further changes are reciuired in the present Davis
Hall, permitting same to be solely available for the women students.
With the above additions. si)ace will be provided, as was contem-
plated in 1917, for the re([uirements for vocational work. Small
additions to two other buildings will provide what is required for
the use of Home Economics.
IMie temporary makeshift arrangement in renting land may well
be discontinued, and present seems to be a favorable time to
obtain additional near-by land, conveniently situated to cover funda-
mental recjuirements and needs for experimental and demonstration
work. It may be noted in passing that most of the land held by
the college suitable for use by the important Department of Agri-
culture is actually recjuired by and turned over to use of the Federal
Experiment Station, and cannot be made available for the work of
the college on problems, the results from which are so directly
valuable to our citizens.
It is to be noted that the unusual and rather hard service, incident
to the continuous oi)eration of the property under the peculiar con-
ditions exsiting for some time, shows itself in the need of repairs,
perhaps more plainly than any other way now noticeable.
The Board recommends, as absolutely essential, measures to pro-
vide comi)ensation for an increased instructional force, and
definitely urges j)r()mpt starting of the De])artment of Farm Man-
agement and Accounts. This de])artment, as recommended by tlie
(^lovernor, offers the greatest of practical possibilities for help to
our citizens in obtaining the largest income incident to our almost
only home "raw material."
The Board a])proved of the extension work covering Agriculture
and Home Economics, and in general finds many evidences of real
practical benefits arising from this service, conducted by the college
and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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REPORT OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE
R. I. STATE COLLEGE, 1919.
PrKSIdent Howard Edwards,
Rhode Island State College.
Dkar Sir : There has been no special change in the organization
of our Extension work during the past year. We are cooperating
as heretofore with the State Relation Service, Department of Agri-
culture, especially along the lines of County Agent Work, Home
Economics and Boys' and Girls' Club work. We are also cooperat-
ing with the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States
Department of Agriculture in the employment of a special club
worker in Poultry Husbandry, and with the Bureau of Animal
Industry and the Rhode Island State Board of Agriculture in the
employment of a State Dairyman. Within the State most of our
Extension work is conducted through the Farm Bureaus, and both
the Farm Bureaus and the College are maintaining cooperative rela-
tions with other organizations in the State. This i^ especially true
with regard to the State Board of Agriculture, the State Commis-
sioner of Public Schools and Public School Suj^erintendents
throughout the State, the State Corn Growers' Association, Poultry
Association, both State and local, Local Dairy Associations, the
Grange, Women's Associations, Boards of Trade, Rhode Island
League of Improvement Societies, etc. As a result of the war
emergency work we have come in close contact with the State Food
Administration, especially in connection with our Home Demonstra-
tion Work. The Food Administrntion ])lanncd a great deal of
work in Home Economics for the purpose of conserving food, and
this raised quite a problem with regard to the coordination of the
efforts of our Home Demonstrators and the workers connected with
the Food Administration.
Through arrangements made by President Edwards with the
Food Administrator for Rhode Island, Mr. Coates, and the cordial
spirit of cooperation manifested by Mr. Coates and by the Home
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loniics workers connected with his office, a very effective plan
cooperation was inaugurated. A written project covering
lods of cooperation was prepared in the extension office. This
idcd for a coordinating committee consisting of the State
ctor in Home Economics for the Food Administration, the
irman of the Food Committee of the Council of Defense, the
e Leader in 1 lome pA'onomics, the Professor of Home Econom-
3f the State College, and a hfth member agreed upon by these
ies. This committee met from time to time, generally once a
ith. to plan the work of the Food Administration workers and
home demonstrators from the State College, the Farm lUireaus
the Federal Department of Agriculture.
Changes in Personnel.
)wing to the demands of the war and war work, it has been
eedingly difficult to secure well -trained men and women and hold
n for any definite length of time. Appropriations for the work
m Congress to the Department of Agriculture have also been
lyed, and the amount of money to be appropriated has been
ler debate, so that it has been more or less difficult to make plans
employ workers with any degree of certainty that the work
Id be continued even during the period of the war. The follow-
is a list of i>ositions filled or of employees whose employment
begun or ended during the year just past :
Ar. Arthur G. Skinner, County Agent Southern Rhode Island,
igned November 1, 1917, and Frederick G. Comins was appointed
this position and began his labors January 1. El win H. For-
all, who took up the work as County Agent in Providence
unty, December 26, 1917, resigned February 15. No one has
n appointed in his place, and the Assistant Agent. Mr. Howard
Macrae, is now in charge. Mr. Henry R. Strand was appointed
lergency Assistant Agent in Newport County, April 1, and
xTcd his connections with this office on June 30. Mr. Lester D.
oves was appointed Emergency Assistant Agent for Southern
lodc Island Farm Bureaus beginning April 1, and has continued
til the present time. Mr. Howard H. Hawes took up a similar
-ition with the Providence County Farm Bureau on April 15, and
still employed. Mr. Patrick F. Reynolds was employed with the-
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Newport County Farm Bureau from Ai)ril 22 until August 1, to
assist in garden work, and Mr. Geo L. Waugh held a similar posi-
tion in Southern Rhode Island Farm lUircau from May 1 to May
18, when he was called to the colors. Mr. Sherburne Sweetland
assisted in garden work in l^rovidence County from May 15 to
Jime 30. Mr. I.ester W. Lloyd, County Agent for Newport
County, enlisted in August and was sent to an officers' training
school September 1. Mr. Sumner D. Hollis was appointed to take
this position on October 10.
In Home Kconomics, Miss Grace Lillian Rieckel resigned as
Urban Home Demonstrator for Providence County on March 2
and became Mrs. Lester \V. Lloyd. She was again employed as
Assistant Home Demonstrator in the Xewj^ort County Farm
Bureau from April 22 to September 1. Sarah Hudson LeValley
was employed as Home Demonstrator for rural work in Providence
County April 15. Miss Esther Wold was employed at the same
time as specialist in clothing work, but was unable to take up her
work luitil May 15. Miss Madeline Shaw was employed as Assist-
ant Home Demonstrator beginning July 1. In addition there were
seven students and graduates of the State College who were em-
ployed for a period of from three to five weeks, ending July 30, to
carry on a special campaign for food conservation throughout the
State.
In Club Work, Mr. Lorenzo F. Kinney was emj^loyed as Assistant
State Club Leader beginning July 1, and is still holding this position.
In addition to the permanent employees in club work, there have
been twenty-eight men and women, mostly teachers and superin-
tendents, who have been employed as local club leaders for periods
varying from one to five months.
In the office, Miss Lucy H. ^'oung, filing clerk, resigned August
30, and Miss Hope Essex Swift was appointed to take her place
and began work September 23.
Office Equipment.
Owing to a failure to secure the necessary cooperation from other
State organizations, a small fund which had been set aside to meet
an offer of cooperation from the United States Department of Agri-
culture remained available towards the end of the year and was
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used in securing some greatly needed equipment. An electrically
driven addressing machine, and a cabinet for filing the address
plates was secured, also two oak and one steel letter files, a storage
cabinet for stationery, a drawer cabinet for filing halftones and cuts
used in bulletins, two small show cases for home economics exhibits
at fairs, a dictai)hone, a new typewriter and a flat-top desk. A few
nmch-needed books were added to the library.
Conferences During the Year.
During the year there have? been held regular monthly conferences
of extension workers resident at the college, also two general con-
ferences of all extension workers. The monthly conferences havr
usually been held on the first Monday of the month, and the pur-
pose has been to coordinate work so far as possible, and to devcloj)
new plans or call attention to changes in the existing ones. Several
other conferences have been held with the County Agents, Home
Demonstration Agents and Club workers, at which the State Lead-
ers or committees resident at the college have taken up with these
workers, plans for the prosecution and development of their work.
Representatives of the Kxtension office have aUo held conferences
from time to time thruout the year with Farm Bureau Executive
Committees and cooperative employees stationed in farm bureau
offices.
Special Campaigns.
Early in the spring a representative of the Department of Agri-
culture came to the state and placed before our extension workers
the needs of the Western states for seed corn. A campaign for the
collection of seed corn was carried on by the Extension .\gronomist
and the County agents, and as a result several carloads of seed
corn which passed the required germinatioi'. test of 85 per cent
were shipped to the West. The price was $4.25 per bushel deliv-
ered at the cars and netted the farmers wlio sold the corn very good
returns. Some assistance was given to home gardeners in cities
and mill villages. Home economics campaigns for increased use
of milk, both of whole milk and in the form of cottage cheese, were
carried oti by the home demonstration agents.
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Publications.
The Exten.sioii Rulletin, which has been published for a number
of years, has been continued, and two num!)ers have been pul)h's!ietl
or are in preparation at this time. One, "Thrift in Clothing," by
Miss Esther Wold, was printed in time for distribution at the
county fairs. The other, entitled **Rural School Lunch," by the
Misses LeX'alley, Hardin, and Hoxsie, is now in the hands of the
printer and will be used in connection with the hot school-lunch
work where this enterprise is to be taken up. News Letters have
been issued from time to time, both from the Extension Service as
a whole and from the workers in charge of special lines. These
letters arc generally sent to newspapers and periodicals, but are also
sent to men and women who are closely connected with the work
being done. A four-page monthly periodical called the "Extension
Review" has been started. The purpose of this publication is to
give to the peoi)le of the State generally, an outline of the work
that is going on in the Extension Service as a whole, also to give
certain seasonable information which may be of value to the people
of the State. At the instance of the State Leader of County Agents,
the Earm Bureaus of the State have joined in publishing a Earm
Bureau paper for the State, to be known as the "Rhode Island
Earm Bureau News." The three Earm Bureaus share the respon-
sibility for this paper. Most of the space is reserved for Farm
Bureau news, and the Fami Bureau workers share equally in pro-
viding the reading material. The County Agents also furnish ma-
terial as they find time for a few pages of general matter. The
paper is edited and issued at the State College, and two of the
resident staff, R. B. Cooley and George Baldwin, function as Editor
and Business Manager respectively. An annual report of the Ex-
tension Service is prepared and printed mi the report of the Board
of Managers of the State College.
Mailing List of Publications.
Progress has been made in preparing a mailing list of persons
in the State who we know are interested in publications on Home
Economics and Agriculture. This list now embraces about three
thousand natnes for which we have addressograph plates. It is
proposed to classify this by grouping the plates under various
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heads, and also by a checking device which will enable us lo put a
group of acidressograph plates through the addressing machine and
have the machine automatically pick out plates for printing which
have names of persons who are classified as likely to b:* interested
in the public.ition to be issued.
Educational Exhibits.
Kducational exhibits were prepared and were staged in coopera-
tion with the State Council of Defense in a large war work exhibi-
tion made by that organization at the three princii)al fairs of the
State, namely: Washington, Providence, and Xewj^ort Counties.
In addition, parts of this exhibition were displayed at a number of
small grange and local fairs. Our workers also assisti»d at all the
fairs in judging and by giving lectures and demonstrations. The
main exhibit was at the Washington County Fair at Kingston, and
occupied over 2200 stjuare feet in a large tent 200x80 feet. It con-
sisted of exhibits in Agronomy, Livestock Work, Farm lUireau
Work by the Southern Rhode Island l\irm lUireau. Club Work
and five Home Economics ICxhibits, emi)hasizing five diflferent lines
of thrift of import.ince in connection with the prosecution of the
war.
The exhibit at the Washington County Fair was divided into two
parts, one being sent to North Scituatc, where the Providence
County Farm lUireau joined in : the other to Newport, where the
Newport County Farm lUireau added its exhibit. A heavy rain on
Thursday evening of the Washington County Fair week damaged
exhibits considerably, and the following week weatlier conditions
were decidedly unfavorable. 'Frequent heavy rains soaked through
the tents, wetting many of the exhibits. At Newport a heavy wind-
storm, which completely demolished the tent, accompanied the rain
on Wednesday afternoon. Exhibits were salvaged so far as pos-
sible and removed to the main exhibition hall, but many of them
were damaged beyond rehabilitation. Club work and other ex-
hibits have been held in connection with poultry and other shows
during the late fall and early winter months.
The Extension Agronomist, the club workers and home demon-
strators took an active part in the Annual Corn Show in December,
which was, without doubt, the best exhibition of its kind held in the
State.
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Miscellaneous Observations and Recommendations.
In the ofticc work, progress has been made in preparing an outline
of the filing system, which was mentioned in my last report. Maps
for indicating the work of all the different lines in the Extension
Service have been mounted in a wall display fixture, and are ready
for the i)ersons in charge of the different lines of work to indicate
with glass-headed pins the location of the different activities
throughout the State.
An effort has been made, so far as possible, under the emergency
conditions which have existed to plan the work so that it may be
put on a permanent and definitely organized basis. Special stress
has been laid on careful planning of any work to be undertaken and
the presentation of plans in the form of written projects.
Finances.
KcRiilar Funds, College and United States Department of Agricul-
ture:
Federal. Smith Lever funds $10,552 17
Slate, Smith Lever funds, contributed by the CoUcRe 582 17
College funds 760 06
Federal Funds from the regular appropriatitm for tho Department
of griculturc available only for salaries;
Cunty Agent Work 3,001 00
Club Work 2.400 00
We have continued cooperative relations with the Hureau of
Animal Indu^^try, Department of Agriculture, thru which they
contribute $1500 to pay the salary of the State Specialist in Poultry
work and $1000 towards the salary of the State Dairy Specialist.
The State l»oard of Agriculture and the State College contribute
$500 each for the remainder of the salary of the Dairy Specialist,
and not to exceed $250 each towards traveling expenses. A co-
()]ierative relationship with regard to a State specialist in sheep
husbnndry was entered into with the Massachusetts Agricultural
College and the Department of Agriculture, but this arrangement
was found unsatisfactory and was discontinued July 1.
Emergency Funds, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture again last spring asked of Con-
gress appropriations of emergency funds to be used in cooperation
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with the different States in the continuance of County Agent and
irome Economics Work and Chib Work, but this bill did not go
through until December. Meanwhile funds to be used by the
Federal Department in continuing the work as begun last year
were provided by monthly resolutions. On this basis we were
allotted the same amount of money as last year. The money was
divided as follows:
('oiinty Agent Work $4,000 00
Home Economics Work 10,200 00
Club Work 3.001) 00
As in past years it has been the policy of the Department to have
these funds used primarily for salaries. Whenever it is possible
for local as.sociations to pjiy traveling expenses, this rule is adhered
to, but on account of the small amount of State funds available, the
Department has, in most cases, paid a good share or all of the trav-
eling expenses of emergency workers as well as their salaries.
Acknowledgments.
The Director of the Extension Service acknowledges with pleas-
ure the hearty cooperation in the work by his associates Rnd the
general spirit of team work which has been displayed by the in-
dividual extension workers. Grateful acknowledgment is also ex-
tended to President Edwards of the College, and other College
authorities for the encouragement of the work which they have
given, to college professors and instructors for assistance rendered
in extension work, and to the officials of the States Relations
Service, United States Department of Agriculture, for the spirit of
helpfulness which they have always manifested, and the practical
assistance which they have given on a large number of occasions.
Plans for the Future.
The past two years, since the declaration of war against Germany,
have been years of strenuous efi'ort to organize the extension work
so that it might contribute as far as possible towards a successful
termination of the war. In Rhode Island this effort has, of course,
been directed largely towards making the State more nearly self-
supporting, in order that its inhabitants might draw less on the
surplus food supplies of other States. It is essential also, as a
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general proposition for times of peace, that self -sustenance for the
State, especially in connection with perishable food poducts, should
be maintained and the Extension Department should bend every
effort towards achieving this purpose. It has been fortunate for
the extension work that emergency funds from the Federal Depart-
ment of Agriculture have been available. We feel that good use
has been made of these funds, and hope that a sufficient amount of
money may be secured for the future, either through State or
Federal appropriations, so that the framework of our extension
work which has been built up during the ])ast ,two years may b*
maintained.
We have at present the following plans under way : First, the
completion of the organization of the office so that the work may
be carried on more readily and more systematically. To this end
we are preparing what may be termed a manual 6f office work
wherein a fairly definite outline will be given of all office work.
This will be used as a guide to office w-orkers and particularly to
acquaint new workers with their duties when changes have to be
made. A more vigorous effort will be made this year to plan all
our extension work carefully and to put the main projects in written
form for future guidance. In order to obtain efficiency we must get
away from or reorganize as far as possible a good deal of the
miscellaneous work which comes in and which, although useful
itself, will not be effective in securing definite, tangible and lasting
results.
Another problem which we have before us is- to develop more
effective methods in extension teaching. One of the first require-
ments in this direction will be a more definite organization of such
teaching so as to arouse the interest and meet the needs of people
who regard themselves as beyond school age and have gotten out
of the habit of doing systematic studying. Another purpose which
we must keep in mind in this connection is the acquisition or [)repa-
ration of teaching accessories, such as charts, maps, photographs,
lantern slides, moving pictures, models, exhibits, and other illus-
trative materials. In order to maintain an adequate agency to carry
on extension teaching in Rhode Island, experience of the past four
vears seems to indicate that the following plan represents the frame-
work of what should be an effective plan of organization.
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To begin with, the work should be divided into three main
groups: County Agent Work dealing with adult men. Home Eco-
nomics Work with adult women, and Club Work, through which
elementary Agriculture and Home Fxonomics can be imparled to
children in the homes. In the County Agent Work, we should
have one agent in each of three or four districts with a State Leader
or the Director in charge. In Flome Economics, we should have a
Home Demonstrator in each district, with a State Le.'ider to super-
vise the work. A similar organization also seems to give the best
results for Club Work throughout the country.
To reinforce these workers and give assistance throughout the
State wherever it may be needed, we should have four or five men
and women, who can specialize in certain definite subjects. Our
ex])erience seems to indicate that we have the greatest need for
specialists along the following lines: Agronomy, Farm Manage-
ment, Animal Husbaiylry and Horticulture, with especial attention
to Market (hardening. A Clothing Specialist will be very helpful
and almost necessary in connection with our Home Demonstration
work.
Our Extension Work can accomplish very little in reaching the
large number of people who ought to be reached by our workers
unless we can get the cooperation of local people. This cooperation
must be, at least for the present, voluntary and un])aid, and conse-
(|uently must be secured from jniblic-spirited individuals who arc
interested in the problems of Agriculture and Home Economics
and who are willing to give of their time in interesting and helping
others. To this end all extension workers must give a great deal
of attention to local organizations; hi fact, with the relatively small
number of regular employees which we have, and the large number
of people who should be reached, local organization and instruction
of volunteer assistants must take up a very large i)art of the time
of every field extension worker.
Work with Projects*
Project 1. .4d ministration. The work under this project has
been considered to a great extent in the introductory report. In
a general way, the plans have not varied a great deal from what
they were last year. Efforts towards a more definite organizalioii
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of the differtMit lifTcs and towards securing a more systematic rq^tirt-
ing of the work have been continued. In this connection, disjilay
maps have been secured and are now ready for use. Dvafts for
small town maps to be used in connection with reports ?re in the
process of completion. It is proposed to have line-cuts made of
these and to print a sufficient number of each map so th-it every
worker may at all times have copies of a good map of the district
in which he is working, on which to report the development or
completion of his plans.
The card index of farmers has been very largely extended during
the year, and we probably now have a fairly complete list of all
the farmers of Rhode Island. This index is arranged by towns
and will form the nucleus for a more complete and thorough-going
record of farms and farm work of the State.
As already noted, the filing system of the office is undergoing a
revision, and we trust that during the coming year this revision
will be completed. During the past year there has been so much
work in preparing the mailing list and in doing miscellaneous office
work that the filing clerk has not had much time to give to her
regular work.
The work arising from the use of Federal Kmergency funds has
necessitated considerable recording for which special blanks have
been made in order to save time in making entries..
Project II. County Agent Work, The principal difficulty
(luring the past year as in ])revious years has been the frequent
changes in the i)ersonnel of the County Agents. Considerable
progress, however, has been made in the development of the work,
and we hope that with fewer changes in County Agent positions
we may in the near future place this work on an entirely satisfac-
tory basis.
In Southern Rhode Island Farm bureau district. County Agent
Comiiis has continued emphasizing the development of the dairy
industry by stimulating the use of a larger proportion of home-
grown dairy feeds, more eflfective feeding by the use of balanced
rations, the improvement of dairy herds by eliminating the "boarder
cow," and the introduction of registered or high-grade dairy stock.
Forty-eight registered cows and eight registered bulls have been
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purchased durinj^ the year by farmers in the district. Mr. Coinins
has also given considerable time to organization work, and five
conmntnities have been organized with good working committees.
In Providence County, Assistant Agent Macrae has emphasized
primarily the business side of farming and, especially, cooperative
I)urchasing and marketing; farm loan work in connection with the
Federal Farm Loan Bank of Springfield, Mass«ichusetts ; the liming
of .soils; growing of clover, alfalfa and soy beans; orchard and
])otato spraying; introduction of pure-bred or high-grade stock
has also received attention. Assistance has been given to the dairy-
men in securing a bonding law which will prevent milk dealers from
contracting for milk for which they cannot or do not intend to pay.
County Agent Lloyd, Newport County, secured excellent results
during the time that he was employed. Assistance was given to
the Aquidneck Dairymen's y\.ss()ciation in planning their milk dis-
tributing plant. The use of improved seed corn ; supplementing
stable manure with phosphoric acid; growing clover, alfalfa and
soy beans; the introduction of registered live stock and the organi-
zation of boys' pig clubs received attention. Mr. llollis, who suc-
ceeded Mr. Lloyd, has taken up the work in an able way where his
predecessor left off, Jind is developing the work along the same
lines.
There have been several instances of excellent County Agent
work in Rhode Island, but the development of an efficient coopera-
tive milk distributing plant in Newport is probably the most promi-
nent. This cooperative enterprise is the direct outgrowth of the
Aquidneck Dairymen's Association organized from the Extension
office in 1915, primarily for the purpose of conducting cow testing.
This feature of the work w^'is dropped after about a year, but the
association hung together and functioned as a cooperative buying
association until 1917, when the diphtheria epidemic broke out in
Newport and raised the question of a better milk supply. The
association had shown excellent signs of cooperative enterprise, and
through a generous offer of financial assistance from a Newport
County resident, and with the vigorous aid of the County Agent
and specialists from this office and the United States Department
of Agricuhure, an up-to-<late milk distributing plant was started.
The milk is now handled so as to be cleaner and more uniform in
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quality, and pasteurized so as to reduce to the minimum. danger
from transmission of disease. In December milk was rctaiW to
the consumer at 15c. a quart, or about two cents less than the
prevailing price in neighboring cities. The producers were paid
9^c., which was somewhat more than the prevailing price received
by New England farmers, and 1 1-10 cents more than New York
farmers were receiving at the time.
The plant distributes from 7,000 to 11,000 (marts of whole milk
daily. Assuming an average of 8.000 quarts daily, the yearly pin
to consumers in Newport over those in other cities is. at 2c. per
quart, $58,400. The producers were receiving a better price, hot
leaving this out and considering only the gain from labor savH
in more economic collection and distribution, we find that the plan
saved each farmer, on the basis of $5.00 per day for man and tcair.
approximately $260 a year. As there were about forty farmer^
delivering milk before the establishment of the plant, this repre-
sents a total saving of $10,400 per year. In recent nionth> aN^
the ])lant, in addition to paying all expenses and interest on capifs'
stock, has had a net profit of as high as $4,500 per month, iwrt of
which will b? used for repairs and improvements and part '^et asidt
as a sinking fund.
Extending the Agents' Work in the Counties.
1918. Total
Different farmers visited on their farms .
Total number of farm visits made '*
Calls on agents at offices *
Meetings held under auspices of (organizations or agents '
Total of all meetings in which the agents took part /„
Total attendance of such meetings ^' \
Membership in Farm Bureaus. Dec. 1. 1918 ■'
Associations organized for adults (1918)
Membership of adults' associations
Boys* and Girls' Clubs organized in 1918
Total membership in such clubs
Agricultural articles written by agents and published in local papers.. '
Agricultural articles written by agents for Farm Bureau News
Letters mailed "J.
Circulation of circulars and circular letters ,
Local Extension Schools and Institutes at which agents assisted
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Days devoted to abov* schools 4
Total enrollment of these Extension Schools 210
Agricultural observation panies conducted 8
Number of persons in such parties 115
Meetings or demonstrations held with specialists 6
Days in office 402
Days* leave , . . , 25
fVoject III. Home Economics Jl'ork. , The Home Economics
work of the Extension Service under Miss Meloche has contributed
very effectively to the efforts for the conservation of foo<l hs
required by the Federal Food Administration. The work has
been carefully organized along the lines laid down by the project
agreement between the Department of Agriculture and the College,
l^rief monthly meetings to assist workers have been held, also a
few conferences of longer duration, at which plans for campaigns
have been carefully worked out. As already noted, the State
Leader has been a member of the State Coordinating Committee
in Home ICcononiics, through which the duplication of work by
the Food Administration and the Extension Service has been pre-
vented.
In the early spring there was held i\t the College a four-day
"Home Economics Week'' at which fifty were present. Stormy
weather prevented a larger attendance, but it was impossible to
give to a number of people instruction and inspiration which would
enable them to do better work in their homes and also as local
leaders in home economics.
The women of the State were asked to save meat, sugar, wheat,
and fats, and the home demonstration agents in cooperation with
the Food Administration endeavored to give the women the neces-
sary information to carry out this work effectively. Dernonstra-
tions in wheat substitutes, saving of fats and meats, sugarless
desserts, use of corn products, value of milk and milk products in
the diet and other lines were given.
A surplus of potatoes was found early in the summer, and the
home economics agents gave demonstrations all over the State to
increase the use of potatoes. As a result, it is estimated that sales
in Rhode Island were increased 50 per cent during the month in
which the demonstrations were held. Ninety-six demonstrations
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in the use of milk in the diet were given in different parts of the
State. Canning as a food-saving method is of great importance,
and in order to extend the work in this line as far as possible, the
home demonstrators trained eighty-five volunteer demonstrators
who helped to extend the work out over the State. One-fourth
of the women who attended canning demonstrations sent in
reports showing that they had canned 88,927 quarts of fruit and
vegetables and put up 32,340 jars of preserves. At lowest whole-
sale prices based on valuation at canning centers in Connecticut
and Rhode Island, these canned goods were worth $23,9467.80.
According to retail prices secured from stores in Rhode Island and
used as a basis for club work estimates, these goods were worth
$54,165.50. The construction and use of fireless cookers, and the
use of better cooking methods and utensils was made the subject
of demonstrations intended to save fuel.
Clothing conservation was found to be almost as necessary as
food conservation, and "Made-overs from Left-overs" was made
the slogan. It is estimated that over $2000 worth of garments
were made in classes of women organized to receive instruction.
Besides this, there was undoubtedly a much larger amount saved
by the women, who afterward ai)plied the lessons learned to cloth-
ing work in their homes. A bulletin on "Thrift in Clothing'" was
prepared and) distributed at fairs, to women in classes, and to all
who inquired for information on this subject.
During the year, nineteen different mothers* clubs were reached ;
twenty-one demonstrations on food and fourteen demonstrations
in clothing work were given at these clubs. Four Federal clubs
had the food series and one Federated club received the clothing
series. Of the thirty-nine granges in the State, twenty-nine were
reached by lectures or demonstrations, eleven of them had series
of food demonstrations. Nineteen series of food demonstrations
were given in cooperation with the local leaders of the State Coun-
cil of Defense; 1717 home visits were made; 13,000 Food Adminis-
tration leaflets and 40,000 bulletins, circulars and recipe sheets and
otlier literature were distributed. It is estimated that approxi-
mately 25,000 people were reached, and demonstrations have been
held in practically every community in the State; twenty-three
calls for series demonstrations have been refused for lack of
time.
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Project rV. Club Work. Additional funds secured from
emergency appropriations by the Department of Agriculture
enabled Mr. Thomas, State Leader, to develop the club work very
elFectively during the past year. Especial effort has been made
to secure definite results by follow-up work and through systematic
campaigns to have boys and girls complete the projects which were
undertaken by them at the beginning of the season. The result
of this work is enumerated as follows:
Boys and girls have been interested in twelve projects during
the year, as follows : Gardening, Canning, Poultry, Corn, Pig,
Potato, Baking, Cooking, Sewing, Himdicraft, Rabbit, Pigeon. A
few boys have been interested in Sheep, Goats, Bees, Guinea Pigs
and Ducks.
As in former years, the most popular clubs have been the Garden-
ing, Canning and Poultry. This may be explained by the fact that
these club projects have been given the greatest amount of time
and attention.
In the Gardening project, there were 5741 members enrolled.
Of these, 4856 reported crops produced to the value of $97,665.00.
In the Canning project, there were 3888 members enrolled Of
these, 3065 members reported products conserved to the value of
$36,280.00. Over 72,890 quarts of products were conserved by
these members reporting.
In the Poultry project, there were 1029 members enrolled. Of
these, 590 reported having produced poultry products to the value
of $41,075,00; 7194 chicks were hatched; 6030 laying hens were
managed, and 21,675 dozen eggs produced.
There seems to be a growing interest in live stock projects. One
hundred and sixty-six members reported on pigs, 91 on rabbits, 55
on pigeons, and a few on sheep, goats, Guinea pigs and ducks.
A large number of girls are taking an interest in the Baking an^
Cooking Club work, and in helping preimre meals at home with
the assistance of their mothers.
In the Sewing Clubs, 362 girls reported products valued at
^2425.00.
Much of the sewing work this year has been for the children of
France and Belgium and for the Red Cross.
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Club Members Interested in Other Projects.
The 9,642 Club Members reporting showed that many of them
were actively interested in one or more projects other than the one
on which they had reported.
Activities of Club Leaders.
During the year, Club Leaders have conducted the following
activities :
DEMONSTRATIONS. .
Canning, baking, sewing, garden, poultry 534 Attendance 9,133
Field meetings 388 " 6,100
Club festivals 2 " 60
Leaders' training conferences 13 " 86
Club exhibits held 46 " 7,000
Club plats visited 1,405 " . 5.063
Number club meetings 1,126 " 24,562
Number other meetings, lectures, onferences, etc. 931 " 12,839
Number meetings of all kinds 4,435
Total Attendance 64.843
Number paid leaders, permanent, 4. Tw6 to five months, 27.
Total months time worked during calendar year by all leaders. 109K'
months.
In addition to the food production and conservation aln^ady
noted, club workers have contributed service to the Red Cn)S5,
have purchased Thrift Stamps and Liberty Bonds and have assisted
in collecting stone fruit seeds and nut shells for gas mask factories,
all of vi^hich has been of assistance in the prosecution of the war.
Project V. Agronomy. This project has been carried out so
far as jjossible by Mr. Baldwin in connection with his work as
Assistant County Agent at large for the State.
The following demonstrations have been conducted in coopera-
tion with Farm Bureaus: 9 alfalfa, 6 soy bean. 3 silage corn. 2
in liming for turnips and mangels, 5 on manure plus acid
phosphate, and 8 on rape. During the year 318 samples of soil
have been tested and recommendations about use of lime given.
Seed corn collection for the Western vStates and farm accounts
received considerable attention. Assistance was given in carr^'ing
on the State Corn Show and in the garden campaign conducted
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last spring, also in preparing and staging exhibits at the fairs.
Thirty-one trips to advise with regard to agronomy problem.-^ were
made during the year.
In carrying out the extension work in agronomy during 1918,
four ideas were developed, which seemed to be of prime impor-
tance :
1. To maintain fertility and to improve worn-out soils by grow-
ing leguminous green manuring crops.
2. To increase the farm profits by producing more of the small
grains and more legumes or protein crops, the crops so grown to be
fed on the farm.
3. To improve the quality and to decrease rhe cost of dairy
rations by producing home-grown roughages and home-grown
concentrates.
4. To demonstrate the value of the proper handling of manure,
and to show that it is good practice to supplement manure with
acid phosphate.
Project VI. Poultry Husbandry, This project was dropped
as a definite line of work for adults in the extension service when
Mr. Lambert took up his duties as Extension Club Leader in
Poultry Husbandry. There has, however, been quite a good deal
of adult work coming in which Mr. Lambert has endeavored to
take care of so far as possible. In many cases he has found that
visits to poultry club members brought him in contact with the
fathers and mothers of the boys and girls and almost invariably
it was possible for him to give them also suggestions which were
of value to them. Such correspondence as has come to the office
has been handled very largely by Mr. Lambert.
Project VII. Dairy Extension Work. This has been carried
on very much the same as last year, Mr. Coolcy being employed
as State Dairy Specialist by the Bureau of Animal Industry,
Department of Agriculture, the State Board of Agriculture and
the State College Extension Service. In this project, continued
emphasis has been placed on the production of more protein
roughage for live stock on Rhod^ Island farms. Especial em-
phasis has been given to encourage the use of clover, alfalfa and
^oy beans. The construction of silos and use of silage has also
l>een stimulated.' Attention has been given to the planning of
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rations for dairy stock, weighing of feeds in order to determine
the optimum quantities to lx» fed to different cows and to the weigh-
ing of milk to determine what cows pro<luce sufficient milk to
pay their lx>ard and yield an income to the owner. Some attention
has also Inren given to the improvement of bams and to better
housing of dairy herds. Perhaps the greatest results from work
of this kind have come from the introduction, very largely in co-
OjHiTation with County Agents, of quite a number of registered or
high-grade bulls and cows in the State. Assistance has been given
fit the vari')us fairs in preparing and staking exhibits, and in live-
stock judging. Pioys' live-stock judging contests have also been
conducted. In response to requests for advice coming through the
County Agent from the Aquidneck Dairymen's Association, assist-
ance was given to this organization in promoting and planning a
cooperative milk distributing plant in the city of Newport. The
State dairymen cooperated with the home demonstration workers
in connection with the campaigns for increased use of milk and
milk products.
Project Mil. Slwcp Hxtcnsion Work was continued by
Mr. Haslett up to July 1 and resulted in the introduction of a
considerable number of sheep in this State. Demonstrations in
shearing and dipping of sheep were given, and considerable advice
was handed out in relation to the care and feeding of sheep. As
already noted, it proved unsatisfactory to divide the specialist's
time between two States, so the Massachusetts Agricultural College
took over Mr. Haslett for full time, beginning July 1, 1918.
Project TX. Entomological Extension Work. An offer of
assistance in Economic Kntoniology came to us from the United
States Department of Agriculture in the late spring, and after
due consideration it was accepted and, by a cooperative arrange-
ment, turned over to the State lioard of Agriculture for further
development. After several conferences a definite plan was
worked out, and Mr. F. J. Rinioldi was sent to Rhode Island by
the Purcau of Tuitomok)gy of the Dcj^artment of Agriculture, and
took up definite work in connection with the Entomological Depart-
ment of the State P)oard of Agriculture. .'\s Mr. Rimoldi wished
to be in close touch with an insect collection and with the general
luitomological Department of the Institution, he received the con-
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sent of Secretary Dunn of the State Board of Agriculture to trans-
fer his headquarters to Kingston and was given a desk in Professor
r.arlovv's office. His connection with the work in Rhode Island
was terminated by the J^ureau of Entomology the first of
December.
Respectfully submitted.
A. E.
STENE,
Director,
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THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Rhode
Island State G>IIege«
Dr. Howard Edwards, President.
Dear Sir: I submit hereby, in non-technical form, references
to such experimental results obtained during 1918 as will indicate
the nature of most of the more important lines of work.
In such a report of progress it should be understood clearly tiiat
present ideas regarding the results art liable to modification in the
future as the experiments are continued. Nevertheless, it seems
desirable to transmit annually the impressions which are derived,
even if some of the readers do attach too much importance to cer-
tain indications.
Publications. Those which have been issued since the last an-
nual report are as follows:
Miscellaneous experiments with corn. Bui. 173, April, 1918, 27 pp.
The colon-typhoid intermediates as causative agents of disease in birds:
I. The paratyphoid bacteria. Bui. 174, May, 1918. 216 pp.
The influence of crop plants on those which follow: I. Bui. 175, June,
1918, 29 pp. j
Thirtieth annual report of the station. In Bui. of Rhode Island State
College, XIII, 4 (35-42).
Analyses of feedmg stuffs. Inspection Bui., May, 1918, 12 pp.
Analyses of commercial fertilizers. Inspection Bui.. October, 1918, 14 pp.
♦Contribution No. 249. I
Studies on fowl cholera: V. Toxin production of Bacillus avisepticus. In
Jour. Bact.. May, 1918, III, 3 (277-291).
Aluminum as a factor influencing the effect of aci<l soils on different crops,
/n Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron.. X. 1, January. 1918 (45-47).
The presence of aluminum as a reason for the difference in the effect of
so-called acid soil on barley and rye. In Soil Scier.ce, VI, 4, October, 1918
(259-281).
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Weather, Detailed records may be found with the New Eng-
land Climatological Data of the United States Weather Bureau.
The mean temperature in April was the highest for the month
since 1910, in May the highest within 29 years' records, in August
the highest since 1906, and in October and November the highest
since 1913. The last killing frost in the spring was on April 20
and the first in autumn not until Xovember 3. April was the
wettest month in the year, the precipitation being 5.60 iaclies; and
October the driest, 1.42 inches. July and August were below the
normal in precipitation, and above the normal in temperature.
Between June 23 and July 29 only 1.10 inches of rain fell, and
there was no rain between August 15 and 28. Nevertheless, no
positive benefit was derived from overhead irrigation.
Organic Matter for the Soil, The four legumes which had
been sown separately in sweet corn the preceding year received
winter injury in the following increasing order: alfalfa, mammoth
clover, winter vetch, and sweet clover, the latter having been heaved
badly. The yields of early garden peas grown upon the plats de-
voted to winter legumes were quite uniform.
Where corn is grown continually and about Iialf a stand of
winter rye, 10 to 12 inches high, was plowed in, 56 bushels* of
corn were produced. This was also the yield where legumes have
always been used instead of rye as a cover crop, but where less
nitrogen is applied. Without the rye cover crop, but otherwise
treated the same, 50 bushels of corn were produced.
On land which had received all except nitrogenous fertilizers for
over twenty years, a sod in which considerable clover had persisted
was plowed in for corn, and 78 bushels were produced. Only two
bushels more were produced on an adjoining plat which was similar
except that it had always received nitrogen (60 pounds in 1918)
and had no clover remaining in the sod.
In conjunction with fertilizer chemicals, muck composted with
slaked lime is being compared with 16 tons of stable manure fur-
nishing the same amount of organic matter. About equal yields
of early cabbages and of late beets resulted; but the manure was
♦Unless otherwise stated, manurial applications and crop yields are on an
acre basis.
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superior in case of lettuce, tomatoes, celery and fall spinach. There
are indications, however, that the acidity of the muck has tiot yet
been entirely counteracted by lime. Where green manurCvS were
plowed under, and fertilizer chemicals used in preparation for
celery, the yield of celery was not so large as where stable manure
was used; but the early cabbages in the following spring have
yielded as well during the last three years where green manures
as where stable manure had been used. Fertilizer chemicals
were added in each case. As high as 468 barrels (90 lbs. each)
of the Charleston Wakefield cabbages were produced in 1918.
Karly tomatoes have yielded much better on the stable manure
than on the rather poor winter cover crops which have been plowed
in thus far in the experiment.
In the greenhouse, no combination of muck, lime and fertilizer
chemicals was found, in the first attempt, to equal stable manure
for growing lettuce; although sand, muck and fertilizer chemicals
again proved equal to composted manure and soil for carnations.
A plat which receives at the rate of ten cords of manure each
year produced only a little more sweet corn in 1918 than an adjoin-
ing plat which receives only fertilizer chemicals ; the latter supply-
ing, in 1918, 75 pounds of nitrogen, 150 pounds of phosphoric oxid
and 50 pounds of potassium oxid i)er acre.
Apparently there has been only a very small average advantage
in the past from plowing sod under in the fall instead of in the
spring in preparation for potatoes, and in 1918 there was no
advantage.
Efficiency of Fertilizers and Other Manures. Experiments
in pots were continued to determine the relative availability of
nitrogen in diflferent sources and in the insoluble part of diflferent
brands of commercial fertilizers. The farmer should not be satis-
fied to purchase fertilizers in which the guaranty of nitrogen is
maintained by any considerable amount of inferior nitrogenous
material.
In the autumn of 1917, four^year applications of raw rock
phosphate or floats were plowed in with a good second growth
of clover for comparison in 1918 with a one-year application (50
pounds of phosphoric oxid) of acid phosphate, and other sources
of phosphorus. In 1918 there was an opportunity to compare the
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'effect of one part of phosphorus in acid phosphate witli four and
with nine parts in floats. The needs of rape were small ind were
therefore about fully supplied in each case. The yield of table
beets, with acid phosphate, was between those from the two differ-
ent amounts of floats. For tomatoes one part of phosphorus in
acid phosphate was more efficient than even nine parts in iloats.
Also in 1914 and 1915 for beets and tomatoes, one part of phos-
phorus in acid phosphate was superior to two and a quarter parts
in floats.
About 3.5 tons of hay were produced, whether fertilizer chem-
icals, or about four cords of cow manure with straw bedding, or
an equivalent amount of cow manure with planer-shavings bedding,
is used annually; nor did supplementing the latter with potassium
or with phosphorus increase the yield of hay. The ruta bagas
which followed the hay, however, without a fresh application of
cow manure, grew satisfactorily only en those plats v/here acid
phosphate is used on each crop, to supplement the manure added in
the spring. On the shavings-manure plats only about 6.5 tons of
turnips were produced on only the manure residue from the
spring applications, while about 9.5 and 13.5 tons were produced
where 30 and 60 pounds, respectively, of phosphoric oxid is added
in acid phosphate for each crop. Again, the dependence of turnips
on readily available phosphorus w^as emphasized. It is good judg-
ment always to give plenty of phosphorus to turnips.
ITay which yielded only 2280 pounds, because potassium had
been withheld for many years, was increased to 3660 pounds by
the application of about 200 pounds of either common salt or soda
ash. Jn a mixed herbage, the clover was markedly reduced by the
continued omission of potassium from the top-dressing; clover
seems to be more sensitive than many crops to a lack of potassium.
On alfalfa, the "American Rock Potash" was again fully equal
to sulfate of potash when supplying the same amount of soluble
potassium ; and yearly applications of as much as 2600 pounds of
the former have never appeared deleterious on 'he light soil where
it was used.
The results of the last year of the preliminary round of certain
three-year market-garden rotations were obtained in 1918, so that
three years' results with each crop for the different appliciitions are
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now available. In case of each crop, the average yields wit
tons of only horse manure with straw bedding have been
than with half the amount of manure when supplemented
some combination of fertilizer chemicals. The standard ap]
tion of the latter for the spring crops of 1918 was equivale
about 1500 pounds of a 4-10-2 fertilizer. However, cabbage:
tomatoes responded, in 1918, to an extra amount of nitrate of
the potassium apparently being sufficient. For the second c
beets, spinach' and celery, the standard application, added
where 16 tons of manure were applied in the spring, was equi\
to about half a ton of 3.8-7.5-5 fertilizer. This was supplem
advantageously not only by nitrate of soda, but by still more |
sium, indicating that the potasisum which had become ava
since the preceding season, as well as from the spring appli(
of manure, was largely removed by the first crops. Although
cabbages have been grown satisfactorily without stable manui
attempt to use green manures in place of -table manure ha
yet been fully successful with early tomatoes and late celery.
scarcity of stable manure warrants continued activity in this <
tion.
For carnations, the addition of nitrogen to manure anc
compost has proved of doubtful value; potassium has been m
in its effect, but there have been indications thai phosphonu
somewhat beneficial.
Specific Plant Differences and Needs. Eureka and
Mastodon silage corn, which are of nearly the same type, yi
the most, about 27 tons, followed by Northern White dent,
tons; Beardsley's Leamin, 18.9 tons; Webber*s dent, 17.8
and Century dent, 14.5 tons. Some of the smaller yielding
ties are considered the most desirable because of greater ear (
opnient.
The comi)arative yields per acre, in 30-pound bushels, of c
ent varieties of early peas were as follows : Thomas Laxlon.
Xott's Excelsior, 210; Gradus, 172; Gregory's Surprise, 164
I'^arly Morn, 152. A **shelling contest*' indicated the range
may occur in given measures of different varieties, namely :
2 Bu. Nott's Excelsior weighed 64 lbs., 41 of pods and 23 of peas.
2 Bu. Thomas I^axton weighed 54 lbs., 38 of pods and 16 of peas.
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The Thomas Laxton and Gradus varieties gave the largest num-
ber of bushels prior to the fourth of July, whereas even the first
picking of Early Morn was not ready until the tenth of July The
grower of the seed thinks that some other than the Early Morn
variety must have been sent by mistake.
The unusual interest in home-grown foods led to variety tests
of beans, planted May 24 and left to mature. White Kidney and
Medium White produced 15 bushels; Low's Chanaj:)ion and Red
Kidney, 13; Burpee's Stringless, 12; and Ilodson's Wax, 11.
White Kidney beans, planted June 14 under more favorable con-
ditions, produced 26 bushels, and Yellow Eyes, 20.
Six varieties of yellow-colored soy beans were compared to
determine their merits primarily for silage purposes ; but, never-
theless, it was desired that they be sufficiently early to reproduce
themselves. On September 28, when a portion of each variety was
cut for the silo, the Hollybrook and Haberlandt varieties were
the least mature, although they produced viable seed even in the
short season of 1917, and the Hollybrook produced the largest
yield of any, 11.8 tons. The least productive for silage purix)ses,
but earliest to mature and the best bean yielders (21 bushels)
were the Amherst and l^lton varieties. Other varieties interme-
diate in maturity were the Swan and Austin.
Preliminary tests of many other soy bean varieties were made,
partly to find some which would twine around field corn. W^ilson
Five, a black bean, had fine and twining vines, but they inclined
to form a tangle between the rows quite as much as to climb the
corn. It seems probable that the New Kru cowpea may be useful
in this connection. Such legume croj)s should constitute from a
fourth to a fifth pjirt of silage in order to reduce the purchase of
protein concentrates.
The best-yielding variety of potatoes was the Norcross, 386
bushels; the Green Mountain variety itself and other members of
the group, Gold Coin, Mill's Pride and Pride of Vermont, were
likewise heavy yielders, as was also the American Giant. Rural
New-Yorker and other members of that group, such as Carman
No. 3, Sir Waher Raleigh, World's Wonder, Dibble's Russet and
Kasoag Russet, yielded less than 265 bushels.
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In 1918, 70 to 80 bushels of hard corn were produced on sod
land with fertilizer chemicals alone, regardless of whether 60 or
80 pounds of nitrogen, 50 or 100 pounds of phosphoric oxid, and
60 or 120 pounds of potassium oxid were used. It made no differ-
ence in yield whether the fertilizer was applied broadcast or in ihe
hills.
The Regular rotation formula for spring top-dressing of winter
rye, namely, 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, 300 pounds of acid
l)hosphate and 100 pounds of a high ,grade potash salt, caused a
yield of 29 bushels of rye and 1.6 tons of straw. Where this was
compared with a third less of the fertilizer, there was a consequent
reduction in yield to 18 bushels of rye and 1.2 tons of straw.
The relative ability of different kinds of plants to satisfy their
requirements for phosphorus has been shown plainly by growing a
number of different crops under the same conditions. Carrots
secured their entire needs under conditions where turnips were
practically unable to grow without phosphatic api)Iication ; millet
and tomatoes ranked next to carrots ; and beets and rape next to
turnips.
An accurate determination was made of the nutrient requirements
of barley, wheat and oats at different stages of their growth to
maturity in solution. Until such information is obtained, mistakes
are liable to be made in attributing retarded growth to deficiencies
of plant food, because of a lack of knowledge of the necessary
requirements.
Effect of Crops on Bach Other. With liberal amounts of
fertilizer, the marked effect of croi)s which had preceded them on
onions was shown by the fact that only 92 bushels of onions were
produced after beets; 288. after beans; 319, after onions; and
400, after endive, where the soil was quite acid; whereas, when
considerable lime had been added, the variation was only from
485 to 590 bushels. The kind of lime, whether high in magnesium
or in calcium, or in carbonate or hydrate form, made no practical
difference, when applied in a fine condition and in quantities suffi-
cient to neutralize an equal amount of acid.
In order that the cumulative effect of alfalfa, barley, beets and
carrots might be served on another crop, barley, which is also
rather sensitive to conditions accompanying acid soils, was planted
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uniformly where each of these crops had been planted singly in the
five preceding years. Fertilizer chemicals were applied in generous
amounts each year ; nevertheless, on the unlimed plats, even though
beets could not make a satisfactory growth, they and the carrots
were followed generally by the poorest growth of barley. The
best barley on the unlimed plats was where barley itself had been
the preceding crop. On the limed plats, however, the growth of
barley was even greater following beets than it was following
barley.
Tn Bulletin 175 other observations of a similar kind are discussed,
and there is reserved for a subsequent Bulletin on the same general
subject much material obtained in pot experiments. The data in
these bulletins form the basis for the following few general state- •
ments appropriate to this report. It seems probable that crops, like
beets, which remove from the small amount of active soil con^-
stituents a considerable excess of basic over acidic ingredients,
may, because of that fact, affect injuriously especially crops which
are sensitive to acid soil conditions. When an abundance of basic
material is present, this effect seems largely to disappear. Certain
publications of the year have also shown that in acid granitic soils,
aluminum, apart from the acidity arising from its salts, is the soil
constituent which, with certain plants at least, is resjx>nsible for
the difference in the effect of so-called acid soils on some crops
when compared with others P)Oth basic material and acid phos-
phate render the aluminum less active and deleterious, but it cannot
be stated now to what extent these observations may explain the
very potent influence which crops have, under many circumstances,
on those which follow.
Inheritance Studies -rcitJi Poultry and Rabbits. The inherit-
able character to lay large eggs is not joined with high annual pro-
duction ; but a high percentage increase in egg-weight, usually
during April and September, does appear to be associated with
high annual production in numbers, at least for the first year.*
The first reci])rocal crosses between heavy-weight (Cornish)
♦A brief paper on this subjt-ct has been submitted to the Journal of the
Assoc, of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry; and one to
The American Naturalist.
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Stock and light-weight (Hamburg) stock were made in 1918, but
the results have not been submitted to analysis.
I5y working with English piebald rabbits, it has been shown that
there exists a tendency for the dark area to increase and then to
remain permanent when male rabbits with a larger proportion of
dark areas are used as sires. To this extent, then, selection ap-
pears to be effective and to have much of the importance which
was formerly ascribed to it.
Diseases of Poultry. During the past year the study of the
<o-called paratyphoid bacteria as causative agents of diseases in
birds was brought to completion. The results were published in
r»ulletin 174. The study is being continue^ with reference to the
paracolon bacteria.
Respectfully submitted,
BURT L. HARTWELL,
Director.
Kingston, R. I.
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APPEPTOIX A.
Summaries Dealing with Certain Phases of Receipts and Ezpen-
^ ditures for the Year Ending June 30, ^918*
Summary for Year.
Balance on hand July 1. 1917 $21,311 80
Total income during year 203,095 51
Total $224,407 31
Total expenditures during year 221,114 05
Balance on hand July 1. 1918 $3,293 26.
Income.
Income from students :
Tuition fees $1,272 50
Matriculation and incidental fees 2,298 20
Chemicals and laboratory supplies 1,251 43
Dormitory fees 5,251 57
Dining hall 24,719 15
Store sales 4,338 16
$39,131 01
Income from State and Nation :
State — Maintenance appropriation $40,000 00
Federal — Morrill Act of 1890 and Nelson Act of i
1907 50,000 00
Morrill Act of 1862 2.500 00
Hatch Act of 1887— Experiment Station 15.000 00
Adams Act of 1906— Experiment Station 15,000 00
Smith-Lever Act af 1914— Extension Service 10,582 17
$133,082 17
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Income from other sources :
Sales and ser\'ice of departments, including re-
ceipts from War Department for expense in-
curred for Training Detachmem $24,409 57
Interest 1,414 76
Experiment Station — .
Sales and service $4,914 99
Interest 143 34
$5,058 ZZ
$30,882 63
Total income $203,095 81
Receipts from tuition :
Students taking course of one year or more 251
Students paying tuition (non-resident in Rhode Island) 46
Amount of tuition paid $1,272 50
Expenditures.
Expenditures, exclusive of Experiment Station and Extension Service:
Advertising $1,467 29
Apparatus 1,747 89
Boarding 23,996 19
Books and periodicals 623 84
Commencement 144 07
Construction and repairs 7,447 53
Dormitory and land rental 2,505 yj
Electric current furnished from outside college... 264 96
Entertainment 309 50
Feed 3,824 34
Fertilizer 514 00
Freight and e xpress 420 53
Fuel 14.343 43
Furniture 313 64
Gasolene 1.526 25
Labor (engineers, poultrymen, farm, etc.) 13,320 75
Labor (undergraduate, exclusive of boarding de-
partment) 7.095 80
Laboratory supplies 3,706 8S
Live stock 710 73
Postage, stationery and printing 1,472 51
Salaries 61,252 29
Seeds 169 13
Stable and auto supplies 635 96
Store 4,735 11
Telephone and telegraph 584 22
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Tools and machinery 5,924 38
Traveling 1.677 68
Miscellaneous, including expense incurred for
maintenance of Training Detachment 12,983 00
— $173,717 24
Expenditures, Experiment Station • 35,471 51
Lxpenditures, Extension Service 11,925 30
Total expenditures $221,114 05
SrMMARY OF BaLANCKS, JuI.Y 1.
Morrill Fund of 1862
Morrill Fund of 1890
Smith- Lever Fund, Extension Service
Hatch Fund, Experiment Station
Adams Fund, Experiment Station
State— Maintenance $15,797 75 $11,429 84
Stale — Repairs and Improvements 314 42
Current Fund ,
Trust Fund Dr.
Miscellaneous — Experiment Station
. Reserve Fund
$21,311 80 $3,293 26
3.079 49 Dr.
10.169 55
2,637 47 Dr.
2,311 46
2,757 61
2.344 43
2.000 00
2.000 00
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f^tatf of VJfnht Jalattii anil ^roiriZintrf piattlatimu
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
AND
I
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
OP THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
FOR THE YEAR 191 8
PROVIDENCE
■• L. IBXBliAN OOMPANT, PBINTEB8
1919
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THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT.
State op Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
The Adjutant General's Office,
Providence, R. I., December 31, 1918.
His Excellency, R. Livingston Beeckman, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief.
Sir: — I have the honor to report as follows upon the work of the
military department during the year just ending.
Reference was made in the report of last year concerning the steps
taken to make certain of the Independent Chartered Military Organi*
sations available for duty in case of necessity after the National
Guard had been called into Federal service on July 25, 1917, also to
the fact that legislation was necessary and desirable looking to an
increase in the force. As soon as practicable after the session of the
General Assembly began, a bill for the organization of a State Guard,
with an appropriation for its equipment and maintenance, was intro-
duced. There was much discussion of the measure all wer the State
and vari6us hearings were had, resulting finally in the passage of
"An Act to Provide for the Organization of a State Guard," which
was published in General Orders, No. 8, dated May 9, from this
office, as follows:
" It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
Section 1. The governor is hereby authorized and empowered
to raise by voluntary enlistment, and to organize a State guard from
citizens of the United States, being inhabitants of this State, who are
over eighteen years of age, for service during the period of the present
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war of the United States with any other country, and for six months
after the termination thereof. Section 80 of Chapter 394 of the
Public Laws, entitled 'An Act in relation to the organization, main-
tenance, government and discipline of the militia/ passed at the
January Session, A. D. 1909, shall apply to the State guard so
organized.
Sec. 2. The State guard shall consist of not more than thirty-six
nor less than eighteen companies with an enlisted strength of one
hundred men each. These companies shall be so organized, main-
tained, armed, and equipped for service within the State and formed
into regiments or battalions of appropriate strength as the com-
mander-in-chief may by executive order determine.
Sec. 3. The commander-in-chief shall appoint officers for such
units and organisations of the State guard as he may establish as like
units and organizations are officered in the United States army;
and such officers shall exercise the same military authority as speei-
iSed by the gftatutes of the State for the duly chosen officers of the
national guard.
The provisions of Chapter 394, Sections 32, 39, 48, 49, and 79 of the
Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D. 1909, shall not
apply to the State guard.
Sec. 4. . The conunander-in-chief may authoria^e the independent
chartered military organizations in the State to organize units of the
State guard, provided, that their rights and privileges under their
respective charters and the amendments thereof shall be in nowise
affected, and further provided that no officer of such organization
shall be recognized as an officer of the State guard, as holding higher
rank than the numbers of unit or units so organized from his char-
tered organization shall call for or require, and further provided, that
all such officers shall be subject to the same requirements to deter-
mine their fitness to hold office as may be required of all other officers
of like grade in the State guard. Such units, to be admitted to the
State guard, shall be of the numerical strength and shall be officered
as prescribed for the units of the State guard.
Sec. 5. The provisions of Chapter 394 of the Public Laws,
passed at the January Session, A. D. 1909, and the acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto, shall apply to the State guard,
except so far as the same shall be inconsistent with the express pro^
visions or requirements of this act.
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Ssc. 6. To catry out the provisions of this act, during the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1918, the sum of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated; and the state auditor is hereby directed
to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the pajrment of said
sum or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon
the receipt of proper vouchers approved by the conmiander-in-chief .
Ssc. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage/'
Under date of Juiuary 30, Colonel Alvin A. Barker, Rhode Island
Militia, was assigned to duty by General Orders, No. 3, herewith,
to assist in putting the Independent Chartered Military Organizations
and all recognized constabulary conmiands in such a condition of
eflficiency as to make them smtable for a Home Guard force. He
was given a desk in this office and has worked most 'faithfully all
through the year. By General Orders, No. 5, herewith, a tentative
recognition of commands of the Independent Chartered Military
Organizations as units of the State Guard was made as follows:
In the Newport Artillery Company, Kentish Guards, United Train
of Artillery, Bristol Train of Artillery and Warren Artillery, one
company each, in the First Light Infantry Regiment, five, and in the
Cranston Blues two companies. Any such company having one
hundred duly enlisted men would be recognized and an inspection
ordered for muster-in to the State Guard, after which requisition
might be made for the necessary arms and other equipment. It was
provided that the status of men serving three year enlistments
should hold, but all new or re-enlistments should be for service during
the present war and six months thereafter. Physical fitness was to
be determined by a competent medical officer. In like manner
several Oonstabulary Conmiands which had previously been re-
ported to the Wwr Department as authorized to bear arms, were
tentatively recognized, viz: — ^Westerly, South Kingstown, Woon-
socket, and Ea6t Providence. Verbal authority given for the organi-
zation of commands in Pawtucket and Smithfield was confirmed.
Authority was also given for the organization of a machine gun and
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sanitary detachment, a headquarters and supply company. General
Orders, No. 9, herewith, prescribed the composition of a imit of the
State Guard, as follows: — one captain, one first lieutenant, one
second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one mess sergeant, one supply
sergeant, six sergeants, eleven corporals, one mechanic, two cooks,
two buglers and seventy-five privates, total commissioned three,
enlisted one hundred, aggregate one hundred and three. It was
further provided that conmianding officers might detail boards for
the examination of candidates for non-conmiissioned officers, and
appoint those qualified. General Orders, No. 10, herewith, directed
the organization of a sanitary detachment to consist of one com-
missioned officer and six men for each company now or hereafter
to be recognized. By July 1st all units had been recognized and
mustered info service and General Orders, No. 14, herewith, an-
nounced the organizal^ion of a provisional regiment with numerical
designation and location of companies, as follows: — 1st Company,
Woonsocket; 2nd Company, South Kingertown; 3rd Company,
Newport (Newport Artillery Company); 4th Company, Westerly;
6th Company, Providence, (United Train of Artillery) ; 6th Company,
Pawtucket; 7th Company, Pawtucfcet; 8th Company, Providence,
(Co. A, First Light Infantry Regiment) ; 9th Company, Providence,
(Co. B, First Light InfaotiV Regiment) ; 10th Company, Providence,
(Co. D, First Light Infantry Regiment); 11th Company, Provi-
dence, (Co. E, First Light Infantry Regiment); 12th Company,
Providence, (Co. F, First Light Infantry Regiment) ; 13th Company,
Bristol, (Bristol Tram of Artillery); 14th Company, Smithfield;
15th Company, East Pirovidence; 16th Company, East Greenwich,
(Vamum Continentals) ; 17th Company, Cranston, (Co. B, Cranston
Blues); 18th Company, Cranston, (Co. A, Cranston Blues) ; Head-
quarters and Supply Company, Providence; Machine Gun Detach-
ment, Providence; Sanitary Detachment, Providence.
Appointments of field and staff officers were announced as follows:
Lieutenant-Colonel, James F. Phetteplace; Majors, Charles H.
Ledward, Herbert Bliss, Walter G. Gatchell, Alonzo R. Williams,
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Archibald C. Matteson; Major William F. Flanagan, Ordnance
0£Bcer; Captain John J. Finneg^, Inspector of Rifle Practice;
Csptain Howard Sheffield, Supply Officer; Captain Irvin C. Elmer,
Adjutant; Captain Stanley C. Hughes, Chaplain; 1st Lieutenant
Arthur Power, Adjutant 2nd Battalion; 1st Lieutenant Henr^ W.
Sutcliffe, Adjutant, 1st Battalion; 1st Lieutenant Albert B. Coulters,
Adjutant, 4th Battalion; 1st Lieutenant WUiam G. Christie,
Adjutant, 3rd BattaUon.
The assignment of companies to battalions with commanding
officers was as follows: — 1st Battalion, 2nd, 4th, and 16th, Major
Charles H. Ledward; 2nd BatWion, 3rd, 13th, and 15th, Major
Herbert Bliss; 3rd Battalion, 1st, 6th, 7th, and 14th, Major Walter
G. Gatchell; 4th Battalion, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, Major Alonzo
R. Willia;mB; 5th Battalion, 5th, 8th, 17th, and 18th, Major Archibald
C. Matteson; Headquarters and Supply Company, Captain Irvin
C. Elmer; Machine Gun Detachment, Captain E. Merle Bixby;
Sanitary Detachment, Major N. Darrell Harvey.
An examining board for officers was appointed and General Orders,
No. 15, herewith, states all the requirements. These requirements
are substantially those formerly prescribed for the National Guard
except that only infantry and medical and staff corps and depart-
ments which are represented in the State Guard are included. Ex-
aminations were held on September 9 and October 28. With few
exceptions all officers passed, and have bee.n duly commissioned.
The appointments of a few who failed were revoked and others sub-
stituted.
As soon as the appropriation was assured, orders were sent to the
leading military dealers for the necessary articles of equipment as
follows: — haversacks and straps, canteens and straps, tin cups,
knives, forks and spoons, webbing cartridge belts with pockets, Colt's
revolvers, cal. .38, with belts and holsters, trumpets and cords, and
hat cords. Violet was adopted as the color of cords. Sky blue
overcoats and capes, old pattern were also secured with great diffi-
culty, the available stock in the country being nearly exhausted.
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In ordering the above articles, the supply on hand in the storehouse
and the various organizations was considered. Several hundred
shelter halves of brown duck made in 1898, but still in good condition,
were on hand. Enough ponchos changed over to serve as shelter
halves were secured to make up the full complement. A few blue
grey blankets were distributed to organisations which desired to go
into camp or on hikes. The matter of uniforms was the most im-
portant, and as the appropriation was not sufficient to provide service
hats, coats, breeches and leggins, organizations were encouraged to
secure the necessary funds by solicitation in the various conmiunities.
This plan was successful, but only olive drab cotton material for coats
and breeches could be thus secured. At various times arms were
supplied by the War Department, as follows: — Springfield cal. .45,
five hundred; Krag Jorgensen's cal. .30, two hundred and fifty.
The Newport Artillery Company had one hundred U. S. Magazine
Rifles cal. .30. There were about six hundred old Springfield 45's
belonging to the State distributed through the Chartered Organiza-
tions. A visit to Washington resulted in an order for fourteen hun-
dred Russian rifles so^alled, which necessitated the return of the
five hundred Springfield's and two hundred and fifty Krag's. By
distributing eighty Russian rifles and twenty Springfield 45's to
each company and fifty to ttie Machine Gun Detachment, all w«^
fully armed.
In January, a request was received from the Navy Department
for the use of the State Range for Naval purposes. With your
approval the matter was referred to the lessors and their consent
secured. The Range was turned over to a Naval detachment. May 1,
it being understood that the State Guard and citizens generally
might use it imder proper supervision, rifles and ammunition being
furnished. Major George A. Forsyth, Ordnance Department, In-
spector of Small Arms Practice, was assigned to duty as a represen-
tative of the State. Fifty-five targets are in operation, located as
follows:— 600 yards, 32; 500,8; 300,4; 200,7; pistol, 4. Buildings
have been erected as follows: — ^three barracks, officers' quarters, an
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office and garage Gombined, infirmary, lavatory, mess hall and store-
house. These are all temporary frame structures, easily removed if
nedessary.
General Orders, No. 11, published regulations for small arms
practice during the season, based on methods formerly prescribed for
the National Guard, except that no qualifications were requb*ed, and
no trophies or medals provided for. The report of the Inspector of
Small Arms Practice is herewith. There was less apparent interest
than during former years, but this is accounted for largely by the fact
that due to the war men were unable to leave their employment. A
rifle team to represent the State was sent to Camp Perry, Ohio, tp
take part in the national competition. There was a fall tournament
on November 10, with individual and team competitions in which ten
teams participated, chiefly from the Navy. A State Guard team
hastily organized, finished seventh on the list.
Practical instruction by means of Saturday and Sunday hikes
was had by a number of organisations and a provisional battalion
went into camp at its own expense over Labor Day. A report of
the tour by 'the Conunanding Officer, Major Archibald C. Matteson,
is herewith. Among the hikes was one by the 2nd Company, Wake-
field, also at its own expense, to Fort Kearney, in cooperation with
the regular garrison, August 26 to 29. Besides the practice march,
various exercises were had at the Fort under the supervision of the
officers there, resulting in much benefit to the command. A pro-
visional battalion made up of companies A, B, D, E, and F, First
Light Infantry Regiment, imder Major Alonzo R. Williams, took
part in a tactical problem in cooperation with the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps at Brown University in May. The exercise was in
the Lincoln Woods Reservation, and consisted of an attempt by the
invading Blues (First Light Infantry Regiment) to seize an artillery
position which was defended by the Browns. On the return, rear
and advance guard formations were taken, involving a running
fight. The Machine Gun Detachment had several hikes in the
vicinity of the reservation of former Troop C, Cavalry, at
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Meshanticut, all resulting in helpful indtniddon. The Providence
Chamber of Commerce very generously donated a machine gun of
the Browning t3rpe, to the State. It was turned over to the Detach-
ment. On October 26, the Guard paraded in Providence, the route
of march being from Post Office Square, through Exchange Place,
north side, West Exchange, Fountain, Broadway, and Courtland
Streets to the Dexter Training Groiaid where a very beautiful set
of colorS; national and regimental, was presented to the Guard by
Mrs. French Vanderbilt. Your Excellency received them and
turned them over to the Guard, after which the regiment passed in
review. The parade was in heavy marching order, overcoats being
rolled in shelter halves. A large percentage of the command was
present, the mardiing was excellent, the formations well taken, and
altogether it was a most creditable affair, and could not fail to im-
press the citizens of the State, with the fact that there was a depend-
able and well equipped force of soldiery at hand in case of emergency.
On Thanksgiving Day a military pageant was given at the Narrar
gansett Trotting Park, exemplif3ang the action of the Canadian
troops against the Germans oh a certain sector of the operations
resulting in the capture of Yimy Ridge. A reproduction of the
trenches of the sector was traced in the oval within the track, and the
excavations made so far as practicable. Over two thousand dollars
worth of explosives were disposed in various ways about the ground
to illustrate a barrage, the fire of heavy and field artillery and trench
mortars. Some were placed in holes connected by electric wires,
others were in sections of drain pipe either in the extreme rear, or in
trenches. Switchboards controlled the wired parts. The ''Cana-
dian" forces were represented by the 4th, 1st, 2nd, and parts of the
3rd Battalions and Machine Gun Detachment, also the Students
Army Training Corps from Brown University. The 5th Battalion,
14th Company, and remainder of the Machine Gun Detachment
were "Germans" and wore the grey uniform. A portion of the 3rd
Battalion acted as heavy artillery. The barrage began at 10:20
A. M., and was followed by the attacking battalions advancing by
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waves in the order named. For an hour and fifteen minutes there
was advance and retreat following as nearly as practicable the actual
happenings on the particular sector, the "German" poi?ition being
finally taken and the defenders killed, made prisoners, or driven
back. During the various stages men simulating killed £knd wounded
fell in their tracks and were examined and attended to by the Sanitary
Detachment. A field hospital with all accessories was established,
the litter befairers constantly searched the field, first aid was admin-
istered and all the operations were most realistically represented.
A prematui;e discharge of explosives in one of the trenches injured
two men, not seriously, and there were others slightly burned and
bruised. After the action, there was a review of all the troops on
the race track. The enterprise was for the purpose of raising funds
to provide woolen imiforms for the Guard, but although the day was
perfect, the attendance was too short of what was expected, the
expenses were heavy, aiid the proceeds not sufficient to put any
funds in the treasury. As a spectacle, it was a decided success, the
instruction attendant upon the execution was very valuable, \>ut
the financial result was a great disappointment and leaves the Guard
no better off than before in the matter of woolen uniforms. During
the severe epidemic of infiuenza the Sanitary Detachment of the
3rd Battalion rendered very efficient service in Pawtucket for about
about three weeks. A detailed report is herewith.
This office has exercised supervision of the Registration and Selec-
tion for Military Service, which has continued under the personal
direction of Captain George H. Webb, Infantry, U. S. Army, with
whom I have been closely in touch every day advising and consulting.
His reports will cover the entire subject.
The work of the office through the year, while not as exacting as
in 1917, has been more than sufficient to keep the entire force closely
applied. There h;ave been constant calls in person by telephone and
letter for information on almost every conceivable subject, even
remotely connected with the war. Every effort has been made to
comply with the wishes of the inquirers.
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The state is under very deep obligations to Colonel Alvin A.
Barker, Commanding the State Guard, who has from purely patriotic
motives, at considerable expense and without any compensation,
devoted practically his entire time to the affairs of the Guaird. Its
splendid efficiency and morale, afi demonstrated on many occasions,
are largely the result of his energy, capacity and soldierly spirit, and
I trust that there may be some means in the future by which his
services may be fittingly recognized.
Many inquiries have been received from Other States as to our
future plans concerning the reorganization of the National Guard.
It seems advisable to take no steps in this particular until it is defi-
nitely known what the War Department is planning. The State
Guard may legally exist Until six months after the war is over, or to
make it more definite, until the treaty of peace becomes effective
I strongly recommend, however, that the appropriation for the
general expenses of the coming year in this department shall be under
the former title of "Militia and Military Affairs" instead of for the
State Guard only, as was provided in the act establishing the same.
Appropriations and Expenditures for the Miutia from January Ist to
December 31st, 1918.
For salary of The Adjutant General $1,200 00
Expended for same 1,200 00
For clerical assistance in oflfice of The Adjutant General $2,700 00
Expended for same 2,700 00
For additional clerical assistance in office of The Adjutant General . . $300 00
Expended for same
Unexpended $300 00
For clerical assistance to officers of the National Guard $750 00
Expended for same 67 08
Unexpended $682 92
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For ''State Guard" $50,000 00
Expended for same 49,993 30
Unexpended $6 70
For salary of Quartermaster General $1,000 00
fbcpended for same 1,000 00
For clerical assistance in office of Quartermaster General $1,560 00
Kxpended for same 1,560 00
For additional clerical services in. office of Quartermaster General. . . $300 00
Elxpended for same 100 00
Unexpended $200 00
Lockers and repairs, State Armory, Westerly $2 01
Elxpended for same
Unexpended $2 01
Furniture, lockers, etc., 11th Co., C. A. C, N. G. R. I $152 82
Expended for same
Unexpended $152 82
Heating, lighting, repairing and pay of armorers for armories of In-
dependent Chartered Military Companies $1,900 00
Expended for same 1,700 00
Unexpended $200 00
Heating, lighting and maintenance, State Arsenal, Benefit St $1,000 00
Expended for same 999 98
Unexpended $ 02
Heating, lighting and furnishing armory, Kentish Artillery $188 76
Expended for same 95 66
Unexpended $93 20
Lockers, State Armory, Bristol $137 09
Expended for same 112 45
Unexpended $24 64
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Repairing State Annory, Newport, R. I $105 92
Expended for eame
Unexpended $1(6 92
Watchman, State Camp Ground 1600 00
Expended for aame 600 00
Care and maintenance of armories $10,000 00
Expended for same 9,283 46
Unexpended $716 54
Rent of armories $570 00
Expended for aame 570 00
Repairing interior and exterior State Armory, Bristol, R. I $ 71
Expended for same
Unexpended $ 71
Repairs to buildings and for purchasing and installing a new pump,
etc., at the State Camp Grounds, Quonset Point, R. I $436 16
Expended for same 406 79
Unexpended $29 37
Repairs to armories $ 08
E3q)ended for same
Unexpended $ 06
Purchasing and installing steel lockers in the armories at Pawtucket,
Woonsocket, Westerly and Riverpoint. $69 00
Expended for same 6 41
Unexpended $62 59
Purchasing of necessary furniture for the Pawtucket and Woonsocket
armories $400 OO
Expended for same 203 35
Unexpended $196 65
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Remodelling, repairing and equipping the wfurd room, so-called, on
Harrison St., in the city of Providence, to be used as an armory
for the United Train of Artillery and for other military purposes . $9,000 00
Expended for same 4,693 60
Unexpended $4,406 60
Proceeds State Camp Ground $ 56
Expended for same
Unexpended $ ,66
Office Business.
The following have been a part of the work performed in this office
during the year:
Letters received 1,626
Letters written 1,149
Circulars issued 6
General Orders issued 23
Special Orders issued 86 *
Commissions issued 147
Certificates of service issued 73
Long service medals issued 7
Number of men qualifying in small arms practice 193
State medals (War with Spain) issued 3
Resignations 26
Honorable discharges granted 324
Other discharges 23
Retired 6
Enclosures.
s
I have the honor to transmit herewith the following:
Report of Major Archibald C. MlEttteson, commanding the Fifth
Battalion, Rhode Island State Guard, with the report of Captain
Howard Sheffield, Supply Officer, Rhode Island State Guard, of the
encampment of the Fifth Battalion, Rhode Island State Guard, at
Quonset Point, R. I., August 30 to September 2, inclusive, 1918.
Report of Captain Charles C. Purdimi, commanding the Sanitary
Detachment, Third Battalion, Rhode Island State Guard, of the
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duty of the Sanitary Detachment at Pawtucket, Rhode Idaiid,
October 12 to 31, inclusive, 1918.
Report of Inspector of Small Arms Practice for the season of 1918.
Annual return of the Rhode Island Militia for the year ending
December 31, 1918.
Roster of the Rhode Island Militia.
Copies of some General Orders issued during the year 1918.
Retired List of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the
Rhode Island Militia.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The AdjiUarU Genend.
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REPORT OF MAJOR ARCHIBALD C. MATTESON, COM-
MANDING FIFTH BATTALION, RHODE ISLAND STATE
GUARD, WITH THE REPORT OF CAPTAIN HOWARD
SHEFFIELD, SUPPLY OFFICER, R. I. S. G., OF THE EN-
CAMPMENT OF THE FIFTH BATTALION, R. I. S. G., AT
QUONSET POINT, R. I., AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 2,
INCLUSIVE, 1918.
Fifth Battalion, Pboyisional RECfnqsNT,
Rhode Island State Guabd.
Proyidencb R. L, September 23rd, 1918.
From: Major Archibald C. Matteeon, Commanding 5th Bat-
talion.
To: The Adjutant General.
Subject: Tour of Duty at State Camp, Quonset Point, August
30, 31 and September 1 and 2, 1918.
Pursuant to paragraphs 7 to 11, inclusive, S. O. No. 55, A. G. O.,
R. I., c. 8., I attended the above camp on the above dates as com-
manding officer.
1. I reached camp with 1st Lieutenant Robert N. Fiske, Bat-
talion Adjutant, at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday, August
31st. The 5th Company was aheady encamped in double shelter
tents at the point assigned in the Camp Order. The men were
supplied with a sufficient quantity of clean straw with ponchos,
woolen blankets of various patterns and colore, aciti serviceable blue
cape overcoats. Shortly after my arrival, the 17th and 18th Com-
pani^ arrived in motor trucks, and proceeded to pitch double
shelter tents at the points assigned. These tents were provided
with sufficient straw, and the men had brought with them rubber
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and woolen blankets, and serviceable, though obsolete, blue cape
overcoats. By the time camp was pitched, and the men had had
supper, it had become dark, and as the weather was rainy and
threatening, it was impracticable to hold any instruction of the men
as a whole. The officers were summoned to headquarters, and a
routine of duty considered and discussed.
2. The following list of calls was prepared and posted, and the
routine of the camp conducted in accordance therewith: —
"Headquarters, Fifih Battalion.
Rhode Island State Guard,
General Orders
No. 1.
■\
QuoNSET Point, R. I., August 31, 1918.
Service and roll calls will be as follows:—
Reveille (not under arms).
First Call 5:40 A. M.
Reveille 5:50 "
Assembly 5:55 "
To be followed by setting up exercises.
Mess (breakfast) 6:30
Police of quarters 7 :15
Drill 7:50
Assembly . 8:00
Recall from Drill. 10:00
Inspection of Quarters 10:20
Swimming Party 10:30
Swinuning Party returns 11 :45
Mess (Dinner) 12:00 Noon
Officer's Call 1 :00 P. M.
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To be followed by school for non-commissioned offiicers.
Guard Mount 2:25 P. M.
Assembly 2:30 '*
Recall 4:00 "
Mess (Supper) 6K)0 "
Retreat (under Arms).
First Call 7:15 P. M.
Assembly 7:25 "
Retreat At Signal.
Tattoo 10:00 P. M.
Taps 10:30 "
An officer will be present with ea'oh conmiand at roll call and will
report the result of the same to the Adjutant.
By order of Major Matteson,
Robert N. FiSKB,
let Lievienardy R. 7. S. G.,
AdjiUanU*
3. We were so fortunate as to have a visit from the Regimental
Conmiander, who remained until Sunday forenoon, and who attended
the discussion of the officers on Saturday evening.
Company and Squad drill occupied the time of the Battalion
during Saturday and Sunday forenoon. The Battalion Conmiander
attempted to visit each subdivision, to note irregularities and to
subsequently call the same to the attention of the various sub
division conmianders. At the drill period on Sunday afternoon
formal guard mount was held. The entire Battalion marched on
in seven strong details. The ceremony was gone over four times,
until it was thoroughly understood by all present.
The progress made in all the drills was perceptible. In most cases
the companies continued to drill after the recall had soimded; this
at the request of many of the men, and at the sacrifice of time
allotted for baseball or for swimming.
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4. The above routine wa^ continued until September 2nd at
four o'clock, when the camp was simultaneously struck on signal, the
rolls made up, the straw and other property returned and the ground
thoroughly policed. The organizations returned to Providence in
the motor trucks which had brought them from the city.
5. This tour was made possible by the energy of 1st Lieutenants
Charles W. Smith and Fred N. Joy of the 5th Company, who planned
it early in the month when it seemed that only their organization
would take part in it. When the plan was brought to the attention
of the Commanding Officers of the 17th and 18th Companies, they
gave it immediate and enthusiastic support.
6. Strength:
OiTzcBBS. Mbm. Total.
Batt. Headquarters 2 2
5th Company 2 64 66
17th Company 2 40 42
18th Company 3 37 40
Supply Company 1 2 3
10 143 153
7. All the officers and men entered into the work with great
industry and zeal, and plainly endeavored to make the most of the
brief opportunity afforded them. The Battalion Commander
believes that the frequent repetition of this, or similar tours, will
be of important assistance in arousing and maintaining an interest
in the State Guard and its work. The progress made, in the limited
number of subjects taken up, was perceptible, even in the short time
thus spent.
8. Attention is invited to the report of Captain Howard Sheffield,
Supply Officer, hereto appended.
ARCHIBALD C. MATTESON.
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REPORT OF CAPTAIN HOWARD SHEFFIELD, SUPPLY
OFFICER, RHODE ISLAND STATE GUARD, OF THE EN-
CAMPMENT OF THE FIFTH BATTALION, R. I. S. G., AT
QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND, AUGUST 30 TO SEP-
TEMBER 2, INCLUSIVE, 1918.
Headquarters, Fifth Battauon,
Rhode Island State Guard.
From: Capt. Howard SheflBeld, Supply Officer, R. I. S. G.
To: M ajor A. C. Matteson, Commanding 5th Battalion.
Subject: Tour of duty at State Camp, Quonset Point.
I wish to report that the pursuant special orders, No. 55, second
section, I attended Camp of a detachment of the 5th Battalion at
Quonset Point from noon, August 30, to 6:30 P. M., September 2,
as Camp Quartermaster, assisted by 1st Sergeant Charles and Bat-
talion Supply Sergeant Hull.
1. On August 30, camp was laid out for a column of companies,
Companies 17, 18 and 5 in order named, and for Battalion Com-
mander and Staff and Supply Train, all officers and men using shelter
tents with one large wall tent for Headquarter's Office. The 5th
Company arrived at 11:45 P. M., August 30, and were issued straw
and made camp. August 31, 5th Company established a canteen
with soft drinks, tobiacco, etc., in kitchen No. 2. Companies 17 and
18 arrived at 5:45 P. M. Mess and kitchen were in charge of non-
commissioned officers of the 5th Company assisted by details from
17th and 18th Companies. Assembly was sounded for breakr'ng
camp at 1:00 P. M., September 2. 17th and 18th Companies left
at 4:00 P. M., and the 6th Company at 6:00 P. M. Barracks No 1
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was used for mess, for kitchen detail and supply train stores, and
kitchen No. 1 was also used.
2. I inspected the permanent latrines and foimd them sanitary
and used them. I found two temporary latrines covered by tents
placed by Boy Scouts and removed the same, storing the benches in
the barracks and tents in the storehouse.
3. Barracks No. 1 and kitchen, I found occupiied by a troop of
Boy Scouts who cooperated with us in every way. I do not know the
condition of the grounds and buildings before their occupancy.
Before leaving, the grounds were thoroughly policed and left abso-
lutely free from bedding straw and other debris. The barracks
were cleaned and put in order. The kitchen was thoroughly cleaned
and all movable cooking utensils removed to the storehouse. All
debris was burned and buried and kitchen refuse delivered to Camp
Custodian, Mr. Cole.
4. The following damage occurred during my tour:
(a) The second spigot in the main water line along the north side
of the parade ground was broken off by reason of a man stumbling
over it in the darkness, the warning lantern having been removed
by some men unknown for use in pitching camp. About 1 KK) A. M.,
August 31, I plugged this temporarily and Camp Custodian, Mr.
Cole, opened spigot No. 3 fofr use. See reconmiendations as to
spigots for cause of this breakage.
(b) Motor truck used by the 17th Company backed into the gate
at the southwest corner of the camp grounds, breaking upright at the
end of the gate next to the post. To repair same will require 12 feet
of 2" X 3" lumber and about 12 feet of 6" x 1^". There seemed
to be no special negligence in connection with this.
5. After the departure of all detachments I inspected the ground,
barracks No. 1 and 2, kitchens No. 1 and 2, and latrines and found
them left in good order with no signs of use.
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6. There was no disorder whatsoever of aiiy nature throughout
the tour and all details worked cheerfully and well and the thorough-
ness of the final policing by all of the companies should be com-
mended.
7. I found the following conditions existing at the State Camp
groimds:
The three barracks are in good condition with the exception of
window shutters. Fastenings used to close the same and to hold the
same extended when opened, being defective in most cases. The
keys to most doors are also missing and all three barracks may be
entered at any time. The storehouse was in good condition and the
second floor locked. The kitchens were in good cbndition except as
to shutters, the lack of any screening and stoves. All three stoves
require minor repairs and should be grealsed to prevent further
deterioration by rust. There is sufficient kitohen equipment for one
kitchen in the storehouse. The permanent latrines are in good
condition except the roofs, which need shingling. These have here-
tofore been cdndemned for sanitary reasons, but through lack of use
are at present perfectly clean in all respects. There are in the bar-
racks, six temporary latrine benches a^d platforms in good con-
dition and two are in position in the Headquarter's latrines. There
are a large mmiber of cots and stretcher cots, the latter property
of the F. L. I. Regiment, about thirty-five of which are usable and
about one hundred afid twenty-five which could be made ^usable by
tacks and nails. The balance require new canvas. All three bar-
racks are properly equipped with temporary tables and stools for
mess. The water supply is good and sufficient. I did not inspect
the pump house, but noted that it was usable. From the tanks
extending east along the northerly side of the parade ground is a
main with spigots at intel*vals. Each spigot is enclosed in a box two
feet square and aibout forty-two inches deep. The spigot pipe after
leaving the main has two right angle couplings with a cut-off between.
It then extends upward between five and six feet. These pipes are
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in no way supported or braced so that the entire leverage comes
upon the coupling with the main line. The use of the spigot easily
bends the pipe and breaks the coupling. The spigot wells should be
larger, so that the cut-off of the main line, which is in each well and
the cut-off to the spigots nmy be more easily accessible and the
X>erpendicular pipe should be braced at the top of the well.
8. All Indldings are deficient in lighting provisions. There are
four la^e brass lapips and five small lamps in the buildings and store-
house. None are provided with chimneys.
HOWARD SHEFFIELD,
Capt, Supply Officer, R. I. S. G.
REPORT OF CAPTAIN CHARLES C. PURDUM, COMMAND-
ING SANITARY DETACHMENT, THIRD BATTALION,
RHODE ISLAND STATE GUARD, OF THE DUTY OF THE
SANITARY DETACHMENT AT PAWTUCKET, RHODE
ISLAND, OCTOBER 12 TO 31, INCLUSIVE, 1918.
Sanitary Detachment.
3rd Battalion, R. I. S. G.
Pawtucket, R. I., November 15th, 1918.
From: Commanding Officer, Sanitary Detachment, R. I. S. G.
To: The Adjutant General, R. I. (through channels).
Subject: Report of Tour of Duty.
Under Special Orders, A. G. 0., dated October 12th, 1918, the
Sanitary Detachment, 3rd Battalion, R. I. g. G., was assigned to
duty in Pawtucket, R. I. Strength, 1 officer and 18 enlisted men.
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The Baldwin Street School Gocally known as Slater School) was
under dir^tion of Commanding Officer transformed mto a military
hospital within six hours.
The detachment performed all duties of the hospital, including
men's ward service, police and ambulance service, until the closing
of the hospital, October 31st, 1918.
The detachment ambulance manned by men of the detachment
transported duilng this period two hundred and thirtynsix cases to
this hopsital and others in the city of Pawtucket and Providence.
Ninety-six male cases of influenza were attended in wards during
the service, and all other work of the hospital was performed by the
dbtachment.
Dining the service, one enlisted man contracted the disease and
was absent from duty from October 20th to 31st, inclusive.
Major N. Darrell Harvey, Commanding Sanitary Detachment,
R. I. S. G., inspected the detachment October 22nd, 1918.
The detachment was relieved from duty October 31st, 1918, at
6 P.M.
CHARLES C. PURDUM,
Captairif Sanitary DetachmerU,
Srd BaUalian, R. I. S. G.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SMALL ARMS PRACTICE FOR THE
SEASON OF 1918.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF RIFLE PRACTICE, RHODE ISLAND
STATE GUARD AND RHODE ISLAND MILITIA, 1918.
Oboaniiation.
^
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Rhode Island State Guard:
Headquarters
First Company
Second Company
Third Company
Fifth Company
Sixth Company
Seventh Company
Eighth Company
Ninth Company
Tenth Company
Eleventh Company
Twelfth Company
Thirteenth Company
Fourteenth Company ....
Fifteenth Company
Sixteenth Company
Seventeenth Company ...
Eighteenth Company ....
Machine Gun Detachment
Sanitary Detachment ....
Band
Warren Artillery
Totals
7
0
57
33
16
31
38
13
32
21
26
24
5
4
43
8
42
57
22
8
6
3
2
6
12
12
8
5
4
7
11
5
5
16
1
10
4
16
23
4
8
25
83
55
30
84
73
25
51
50
51
37
6
11
63
17
86
88
39
15
13
13
505
153
32
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ROSTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND MILITIA.
Commander-dnrChief,
R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, of Newport.
Governor of the State.
Inaugurated January 5, 1915.
Adjtttamt Gsnibral'b Departicbnt.
The AdjtUant, Inspector and Paymaster Oeneral,
With Rank of Brigadier General.
Abbot, Charles W., Providence February 1; 1911,
Rhode Island National Guard.
quartermabtbr corps.
QuiOrtermaster,
With Rank of Major
Manchester, Horace L., Banington July 21, 1906.
X National Guard Reserve.
Judge-Advocate General's Department.
Judge-Aduocate.
With Rank of Major.
Dubois, Henry D. C, Providence June 14, 1917.
Ordnance Department.
With Rank of Major.
Forsyth, George A., Providence April 30, 1914.
Aids to Commander-in-Chief.
Lieut.-Col. Michael J. Lynch Providence Jan. 5, 1915.
Lieut.-Col. Joseph Samuels Providence Oct. 23, 1917.
Lieut.-Col Percy W. Gardner, First L. I. Regt. . Providence May 7, 1918.
Captain Arthur Power, Newport Artillery Co Newport April 28, 1914.
Appointed Under the Provisions of Section 20, Chapter 394 of the Public
Laws.
Infantry, R. I. Militia.
1st Lieut. Frederick M. Rhodes Providence May 3, 1918.
2nd Lieut. Theodore S. Butterfield Providence May 3, 1918.
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STATE GUARD.
Hbadquartbrs — Providbncb.
Namb.
Rams.
DatS of Rams.
P. O. ADomiM.
Alvin A. Barker
Colonel
Ueut-Col...
Captain
Captain
Major .
Captain
Captain
April 24, 1918 . . .
Sept. 27, 1918 . . .
July 12, 1918 . . .
July 12, 1918 . . .
July 12, 1918 . . .
July 12, 1918 . . .
July 12, 1918 . . .
Newport.
Charles H. Ledward
AcfjtUant.
IrviD C. Elmer
Westerly.
Providence.
Supply Officer.
Howard Sheffield
Providence.
Ordnance Offi^ser.
William F. Flanagan
Inspector of Rifle Practice.
♦Jfthn J, Fipn'gftB
Providence.
Cranston.
Chaplain.
Stanley C. Hughes
Newport.
FntST Battauon.
Everett E. Whipple
Major
Sept. 27, 1918 . . .
Westerly.
AdjtUant.
Henry W. Sutcliflfe
Ist Lieut
July 12, 1918 . . .
Westerly.
Second Company, — South Kingstoum,
Grafton I. Kenyon .
Charles V. Johnson .
Chesman O. Childs
Captain
1st Lieut . . .
2nd Lieut . .
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Wakefield.
Wakefield.
Feacedale.
Fourth Company — Westerly
Abraham P. Datson
Henry M. Clarke. . .
William Mitchell . .
Captain . . ,
Ist Lieut .
2nd Lieut
Sept. 27, 1918
Sept. 27, 1918
Oct. 28, 1918
Westerly.
Westerly.
Westerly.
Sixteenth Company. — East Greenwich.
{Vamum Continentals.)
Howard V. Allen .
Daniel Howland . . .
Henry E.Cockrell.
Captain
Ist Lieut . . .
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
2nd Lieut. . . Sept. 9, 1918
East Greenwich.
East Greenwich.
East Greenwich.
*8ttbjeot to ezaminatioii.
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STATE GUARD.— Continued.
Second Battalion.
Namb.
Rank.
Datk of Rank.
P. 0. Addrsss.
Herbert Bliss
Major
Ist Lieut
July 12, 1918....
July 12, 1918 ....
Newport.
Newport.
Adjutani.
Arthur Power
Third Company, — Newport.
{Newport ArtUlery Company,)
William Knowe
William E. Braley
William M . Thompson .
Captain . . .
1st Lieut . .
2nd Lieut .
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Newport.
Newport.
Newport.
Thirteenth Company. — Bristol.
(Bristol Train of Artillery.)
Stephen W Bourn
Thomas H. DeCoudres .
Henry H. Bullock
Captain . . .
1st Lieut . .
2nd Lieut
Oct. 28, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Sept. 9, 1918
Bristol.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Fifteenth Company, — East Providence.
Oscar E. Stone
Roger S. Robinson. . .
♦Charles R MacKay
Captain . .
1st Lieut .
2nd Lieut
Sept. 9, 1918. .
Sept. 9, 1918. ,
Sept. 9, 1918.
Rumford.
East Providence.
East Providence.
Third Battalion.
Henry C. Card
Adjulant.
William G. Christie.
Major.
Ist Lieut .
Sept. 27, 1918. .
July 12, 1918. .
Woonsocket.
Pawtucket.
First Cotnpany.—WooTisocket.
Alten C. Arey ....
Charles F. Parker.
♦Robert Menard. .
Captain . . .
Ist Lieut . .
2hd Lieut..
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Woonsocket.
Woonsocket
Woonsocket.
Sixth Company. — Pawtucket.
Charles A. Bailey. . . .
Charles E. Deesault. .
Walter B. Macmillan.
Captain . . . .
1st Lieut . . .
2nd Lieut . .
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Pa^i-ucket.
Pawtucket.
Pawtucket.
'''Subject to examination.
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STATE GUARD.— Continued.
Third Battauon — Concluded.
Seventh Company. — Pawtucket.
Namk.
Rank.
Datk op Rank.
P. O. Addrxm.
Thomas A. O'Gonnan,
* James McKinnon ....
Jr...
Captain
1st Lieut. ...
2nd Lieut . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Nov. 16, 1918....
Providence.
Pawtucket.
Fourteenth Company. — Smithfield.
♦Edward M. Fuller
Captain
1st Lieut....
2nd Lieut. . . .
June 24, 1918. . . .
Nov. 18, 1918. . . .
Nov. 18, 1918. . . .
Providence.
♦Caleb E. Moffitt
Greenville
♦William E. Norton
Esmond.
Fourth Battalion.
Alonao R. WiUiams
Major
1st Lieut ....
July 12, 1918. . . .
July 12, 1918....
Providence.
Adjutant.
Albert B. Coulters
Arlington.
Ninth Company. — Providence.
(Company B, First Light Infantry Regiment.)
Frederic S. McCausland, Jr.
Willis H. Hatch.
Captam
1st Lieut....
2nd Lieut
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9,1918....
Providence.
Providence.
J. Gilbert Dudley
Providence.
Tenth Company. — Providence.
(Company D, First Light Infantry Regiment.)
Francis J. Harris
Captain .....
1st Lieut ....
2nd Lieut. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918
Providence.
Fred B. Cole
Sept. 9,1918....
Sept. 9,1918....
Cranston.
Earl W. Folsom
Providence.
Eleventh Company. — Providence.
(Company E^ First Light Infantry Regiment.)
Frank L. Barrows
Captain Sent. 9. 1918
Providence.
•William H. Bezely
George L. Butts
Ist Lieut ....
2nd Lieut. . : .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Providence.
Twelfth Company. — Providence.
(Company F, First Light Infantry Regiment.)
Frank E. Van Olinda.
Howard E. Branch. . .
. iCaptain . .
.1st Lieut.
. 2nd Lieut.
. jSept. 9, 1918. .
. ISept. 9, 1918. .
Providence.
Providence.
"^Subject to examination.
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STATE GUARD.— Continued.
Fifth Battalion.
Namk.
Rank.
Datb of Rank.
P. 0. Adduss.
Arcybald C. Matteson
Adjutant.
Robert N. Fiske
Major
1st Lieut
July 12,1918....
Aug. 23,1918....
Providence.
Providence
FxPTH Company. — Providence.
(United Train of ArHOery,)
Fred N.Joy
Captain
Ist Lieut
2nd Lieut....
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Nov. 12, 1918.,..
Nov. 12. 1918....
Providence.
Frank G. Bagshaw
Providence.
Henry C. Plott
Providence.
ElQHTH COMPANT. — PrOVIDBNCE.
(Company A, First Light Infantry Reffiment.)
Joaeoh fi. Bourck
Captain
let Lieut
Sept. 9,1918....
Providence.
2nd Lieut....
Sept. 9,1918....
Providence.
Seventeenth Company. — Cranston,
(Company B, Cranston Blues.)
Dexter T. Knight. .
Ralph B. Glines. ..
Lloyd P. Williams.
Captain
Sept.
9,1918....
Cranston.
Ist Lieut....
Sept.
9,1918....
Cranston.
2nd Lieut —
Sept.
9, 1918...
Providence
Eighteenth Company. — Cranston.
(Company A, Cranston Blues.)
Paige B. Coons. . . .
Ralph K.Stone...
Arthur H. Walker.
Captain. . .
Ist Lieut . .
2nd Lieut.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Sept. 9, 1918.
Cranston.
Providence.
Cranston.
Machine Gun Detachment. — Providence.
E. Merle Bixby
Grafton G. Greenleaf.
Earl H. Williams
Captain
1st Lieut . . . .
2nd Lieut
Sept, 9, 1918. . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . .
Sept. 9, 1918...
Providence.
Auburn.
Cranston.
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STATE GUARD.— Concluded.
SanUary Detachmeni, — Providence,
Namb.
Rahk.
Datb or Ramk.
P. O. Adds
N. Darrell Harvey
•William Hindle
Nathaniel H. Gifford. . .
Charles C. Purdum ....
Herbert H. Armington . .
♦William H. Peters
♦Edwin G. Thompaon. .
William A. Sherman . . .
Charles L. Phillips
♦Frank I. Payne
♦Alfred M. Merriman. .
♦William W. Hunt
♦Thomas J. McLaughlin
^uhiMtto
Major. . .
Captain. .
Captain. .
Captain. .
Captain..
Captain..
Ist Lieut .
1st Lieut.
Ist Lieut .
1st Lieut .
1st Lieut .
Ist Lieut .
1st Lieut .
Sept. 9, 1918....
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Nov. 19,1918....
Sept. 9, 1918....
Sept. 9, 1918....
Sept. 9, 1918. . . .
Datb of Appoimt-
mifT.
1, 1918. . . .
1, 1918. . . .
1,1918....
5,1918....
July
July
July
Aug.
Providence.
Providence.
Providence.
Pawtucket.
Providence.
Providence.
Providence.
Newport.
East Greenwich.
Westerly.
Bristol.
East Providence.
Woonsocket.
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CHARTERED COMPANIES
Newport Artillery Company. — Newport.
Namk.
Rank.
Datb op Rank.
P. O. Addrbss.
Alvin A Parker
Colonel
July 31, 1917
Newport.
Newport.
Newport.
Newport.
William Knowe
Lieut.-Col . . .
July 30, 1918...
July 30,1918....
July 30,1918....
William E. Braley
Major
Captain
William M. Thompson
Surgeon.
William A. Sherman
Major......
Feb. 29, 1916. . . .
Newport.
AdjtdarU.
Arthur Power
Captain
April 28, 1914....
Newport.
Quartermaster.
Horace S. Brown
Ifit Lieut
July 30,1918....
Newport.
Paymaster.
Ist Lieut
Assistant Sturgeon.
Douglas P. A. Jacoby
Istlieut....
May 30, 1916....
Newport.
Commissary.
Clarence A. Peabody
1st Lieut....
April 28, 1914...
Newport.
Inspector of Rifle Practice.
Harry H. Hayden
Ist Lieut
April 28, 1908. . . .
Newport.
Assistant Paymaster.
James S. Groflf
2nd Lieut . . .
April 27, 1915. . . .
Newport.
Ouvjplain.
Stanley C. Hughes
1st Lieut....
April 28, 1914. . . .
Newport.
Kentish Guards. — East Greenwich.
Melville A. Newcomb
Edward A. Graves
Colonel
Lieut.-Col...
Major
Captain
1st Lieut....
1st Lieut....
Istlieut....
Major
Istlieut....
Istlieut....
1st Lieut....
April 28, 1915....
April 24, 1912....
April 24, 1918....
April 24, 1918....
April 24, 1918....
April 24, 1918....
April 24, 1918....
April 24, 1912....
April 24, 1918 ...
April 28, 1915 . . .
June 14, 1905....
East Greenwich.
East Greenwich.
James G. Miller
East Greenwich.
William S. Rice
East Greenwich.
Adjviant.
William A. Congdon
Qvartermasler.
Ora 0. Booth
East Greenwich.
East Greenwich.
Commissary.
William R. Nason
East Greenwich.
Surgeon.
Herbert B. Horton
East Greenwich.
Paymaster.
Louis W. Dugdale
East Greenwich.
Judge-Advocaie.
William E. Reddy
Riverpoint.
Cha'pLain.
William Worthington
Providence.
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CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continubd
United Train of Artillert. — Providence.
Namx.
Rank.
Dats op Rank.
P. O. A0DRX88.
Merton A. Cheesman
Robert N. Fiske
Colonel
Lieut -Col . . .
Major
Captain
Major
Ist Lieut
June 20, 1917 . . .
Dec 2, 1918 . . .
Dec 2, 1918 . . .
June 26, 1917 . . .
Dec. 7, 1914 . . .
Bristol.
Providence.
Fred N. Joy
Providence.
Adjutant,
Robert Bain
Providence.
Surgeon,
Edwin G. Thompron
Assistant Surgeon.
Providence.
Inspector of Rifle Practice,
0. Fletcher Best
let Lieut. ...
Dec. 2, 1918 . . .
Providence.
AssisUmi Quartermaeter,
2nd Lieut, . .
Commissary.
iBt Lieut
Assistant Commissary,
2nd Lieut . .
Paymaster.
Ist Lieut
Assistant Paymaster.
2nd Lieut . . .
First Company. — Providence.
Henry C. Plott
Charles A. F.' Smith
Captain
Ist Lieut ...
2nd Lieut . .
Dec. 2, 1918
Dec. 2, 1918
Providence.
Providence.
Second Company. — Providence.
Frank G. Bashaw
Robert E.Burke. .
Captain . . .
Ist Lieut . .
2nd Lieut .
Dec. 2, 1918
Dec. 2, 1918
Providence.
Providence.
Third Company, — Providence.
Foster E. Merrill.
Stanley H. Lyons
Captain
Ist Lieut . . .
2nd Lieut . .
Aug. 28, 1917..
Sept. 1, 1917..
Providence.
Providence.
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CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continubd
Bristol Train op Artillert. — Bristol.
Nawv.
Rank.
Datb op Ramk.
P. 0. AODBX88.
John H. Bailey, Jr
Colonel
Lieut.-Col. ..
Major
Captain
Ist Lieut
Dec.
April
April
Dec.
6, 1917....
4,1918....
4, 1918....
6, 1917 . . .
Bristol.
Asa W. Hathaway
Bristol
Stephen W. Bourn
Bristol.
Adjutant.
William G. Dixon
Bristol.
Judge^Adwcate,
Qiuartermaster.
Octave LeClair
1st Lieut....
Ist Lieut
Major
1st Lieut....
Captain. : . ..
1st Lieut
Dec.
April
April
April
April
April
6,1917....
4,1918....
6, 1916....
4,1918....
4,1918....
1,1916....
Bristol.
Commissary.
Henrv Wheeler
Bristol.
Surgeon.
Alfred M. Merriman
Paymaster.
Fred Wilbur
Bristol.
Bristol
Inspector of Rifle Practice,
Howard W. Church
Chaplain.
Adam C. McGilton
Bristol.
Bristol.
Company A. — Bristol.
Henry H. Bullock.
Charles J. Sartini .
Captain
Ist Lieut . . .
2nd Lieut. . .
April 6, 1916.
April 4, 1918.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Company B. — Bristol.
George R. Fish.
Captain. .
1st Lieut .
2nd Lieut.
April 2, 1914.
Bristol
Company C. — Bristol.
Thomas H. DeCoudres .
William Bradford
George L. Drown, Jr. . .
Captain . .
1st Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
AprU 4, 1918.
April 4, 1918.
April 4, 1918
Bristol.
Bristbl.
Bristol.
Kentish Artilleri
\ — ^Apponaug.
John J. Brant
Colonel
Lieut.-Col. ..
Major
Captain
Captain
April 25, 1918....
April 25, 1917....
April 25, 1917....
AprU 25, 1918. . . .
April 24, 1912....
Apponaug.
Apponaug.
Apponaug.
Apponaug.
Apponaug.
John G. Townsend
William A. Waterman
Thomas A Leland
Surgeon.
Samuel H. Long
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CHARTERED COMPANIES —CoNnmjBD
First Light Infantry Regiment. — Providence.
Naiis.
Rank
Datb of Rank.
P. 0. Addkms.
William F Flanagan
Colonel
May 1,1916....
Providence.
Percy W. Gardner
lieut.-Col . . .
April 9,1917...
Jan. 14, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Alonso R. Williams
Major
Providence.
Captain
Ist Lieut
2nd Lieut . . .
Surgeon.
N. Darrell Harvey
Major
Jan. 21, 1918
Providence.
AdjtUant.
Caotain
Qttartermaater,
Howard Sheffield
Captain
Feb. 28, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Assistant Quartermaster.
Eugene C. McManus
2nd Lieut. . . .
Mar. 4, 1918. ...
Providence
Paymaster,
Charles R Leonard
Captain
Jan 16,1911...
East Providence.
Inspector of Small Arms
Practice.
Albert B. Coulters
Captain
Jan. 10, 1916
Providence.
. Assistant Surgeons.
William Hindle
Captain
Jan. 21, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Nat. H. GifiFord
Captain
Jan. 28, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Company A — Providence.
Joseph H. Bocruk
Captain
1st Lieut ....
Jan. 14,1918....
Providence.
Spencer H. Over
2nd Lieut, . . .
Jan. 14, 1918. . . .
Providence.
Company B. — Proindence.
Frederic S. McCausland, Jr.
Willis H. Hatch
J. Gilbert Dudley
Captain. . .
Ist Lieut . .
2nd Lieut. .
Aug. 5, 1918.
Aug. 5, 1918.
Aug. 5,1918.
Providence.
Providence.
Providence.
Company D. — Providence.
Francis J. Harris .
Freji B.Cole
Earl W. Folsom . .
Captain.... . .
Ist Lieut . . . .
2nd Lieut . . .
July 1, 1918.
July 1, 1918.
Aug. 5,1918.
Providence.
Cranston.
Providence.
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CHARTERED COMPANIES — Continubd.
First Light Infantry Reqiment. — Providence— Concluded.
Company E. — Providence.
Nams.
Rank.
Datb or Rank.
F. 0. Addbms.
Frank L. Barrows
Captain
Istlieut....
2nd Lieut
April 23, 1917....
April 23, 1917....
April 23, 1917....
Providence.
William H. Beaely
Providence.
George L. Butts
Providence.
Company F, — Providence.
Captain
Frank E. Van Olinda
Howard E. Branch
Ist Lieut....
2nd Lieut —
June 18,1917....
Sept. 7,1917....
Providence.
Providence.
Warren Artilm
.RY. — ^Warren.
Stephen F. Brayton.
Otto J. Alletag
Isaac Bouffard
Thomas Bums
Adjutant.
Elmer Lother
Commissary.
Qwxriermaster.
Roy L. Sawin
Paymaster.
Michael P. Griffin. . .
Surgeon.
Charles E. Scott
Chaplain
Herman W. Watjen. .
Colonel. . .
lieut.-Col .
Major. . . .
Captain. . .
Ist Lieut . .
2nd Lieut. .
1st Lieut . .
1st lieut . .
1st Lieut . .
1st Lieut . .
1st Lieut . .
Ist Lieut . .
Oct. 21, 1918.
Oct. 21, 1918.
Oct. 21, 1918.
Oct. 21,1918.
AprU 21, 1913.
Warren.
Warren.
Warren.
Warren.
AprU 16, 1917..
May 24, 1916..
April 25, 1910..
May 18, 1898..
Warren.
Warren.
Warren.
Warren.
Warren.
Cranston Blubs. — Cranston.
John J. Finnegan
Adjutant
Lowndes A Smith, Jr.
Supply Officer.
G. Frederick Bohl
Surgeon.
William H. Peters
Major
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
May 29, 1918..
July 24, 1918 .
May 1,1918..
May 1,1918..
Cranston
Cranston.
Cranston.
Providence.
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CHARTERED COMPANIES.— CJoncluded.
Cbanbton Blues. — Cbanston — Concluded.
Company A. — Cranston,
NAia
R4lfX.
Datb or Rank.
P. O. Adobms.
Paige B. Coons
Captain
Istlieut....
2nd Lieut
May 29, 1918. . . .
May 1,1918....
May 1,1918....
Cranston.
Ralph K. Rtronft .
Cranston.
Arthur H. Walker
Providence.
Company B. — Cranston.
Dexter T. Knight
Captain
Istlieut....
2nd Lieut. . . .
May 1, 1918 . . .
May 1,1918....
July 24,1918....
Cranston.
I^^lph R rriinM , , , .
Cranston.
Uovd p. Williams
Providence.
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COPIES OF SOME GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED DURING
THE YEAR 1918.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
The Adjutant General's Ofpicb,
Providence, January 30, 1918.
General Orders, 1 ■
No. 3. J
I. Colonel Alvin A. Barker, Rhode Island Militia, is hereby placed on special
duty to date from February Ist, 1918, and will report to The Adjutant General
to assist in putting the Independent Chartered Military Organizations and any
recognized constabulary commands that may be available, in such a condition
of efficiency as to make them suitable for a Home Guard force. Colonel Barker
is assigned to command such force and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
II. All commands constituting ihe Home Guard as per paragraph I will follow
a schedule of drill and instruction to be promulgated from this office, and will
render such reports and returns as may from time to time be required on blanks
to be furnished.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN,
Governor and Commander<nrChief.
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The Adjutant General.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
The Adjutant General's Office,
Providence, April 24, 1918.
General Orders, \
No. 5. J
I. Complying with the provisions of Section 4 of Substitute C, for an "Act
to Provide for the Organization of a State Guard," passed at the January session,
1918, a tentative recognition of commands of the independent chartered military
organizations as units of the State Guard is hereby announced as follows: New-
port Artillery Company, one company; Kentish Guards, one company; United
Train of Artillery, one company; Bristol Train of Artillery, one company; First
Light Infantry Regiment, Companies A, B, D, E, and F; Warren Artillery, one
company; Cranston Blues, Companies A and B. A return will be made at once
on receipt of blanks from this office by the companies above enumerated, showing
their present enlisted strength. All having the necessary enlisted strength of
one hundred will be fully recognized and an inspection ordered. If satisfactory,
requisitions may be made for the necessary arms and other supplies to fully com-
plete the equipment. Companies not now having the required strength are
enjoined to begin recruiting at once on enlistment papers furnished by this office.
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T*be status of all men now serving three year enlistment will remain as at present.
A. re-enlistment or new enlistment will be for service during the present war and
six months thereafter. Physical fitness must first be determined by exaiqination
\>y a competent medical official. Enlistment papers will then be filled in and
completed except for the muster-in. When a company has been recruited to the
required strength, report will be made to this office, when an inspection will be
ordered and if satisfactory, the muster-in will be made and the enlistment papers
csompleted. Requisition will then be forwarded as before specified.
n. The following Constabulary Commands having been reported to the War
l>epartment as duly authorised to bear arms are also tentatively recognized as
Tmits of the State Guard, viz.: Westerly, South Kingstown, Woonsocket, and
'East Providence. The procedure outlined in paragraph I as regards recruiting
to the required strength, reporting to this office for inspection and muster-in,
and requiring for arms and supplies after full recognition, will apply to the above
named commands.
m. The verbal authority given from this office for the organization of com-
mands in Pawtucket and Smithfield is hereby confirmed and procedure directed
as prescribed in paragraphs I and II.
IV. Authority is hereby given for the organization of a machine gun detach-
ment, a sanitary detachment, a headquarters and supply company \mder regula-
tions to be hereafter announced.*
V. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 3, c. s., this office, assigning Colonel
Alvin A. Barker, Rhode Island Militia, to command a Home Guard force is
amended so as to assign him to command the State Guard as before provided.
He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. Instructions concerning reports
and returns will be published later.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKM AN,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The Adjutant General.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVLDENCE PLANTATIONS.
The Adjutant General's Office,
Providence, May 17, 1918.
General Orders, 1
No. 9. J
I. In accordance with Section 22, Chapter 394 of the Public Laws, as amended ,
Major George A. Forsyth, Rhode Island Ordnance Department, National Guard
Reserve, is hereby appointed Range OfBcer of the State Range, Rumford, R. I.,
upon the recommendation of the Quartermaster General, to take effect May 10,
1918.
II. Units of the State Guard, as provided for in General Orders, No. 5, c. s.,
this office, will be constituted as follows: — 1 captain, 1 1st lieutenant, 1 2nd
lieutenant, 1 1st sergeant, 1 mess sergeant, 1 supply sergeant, 6 sergeants, 11
corporals, 1 mechanic, 2 cooks, 2 buglers and 75 privates, total commissioned 3,
enlisted 100, aggregate 103.
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in. Following the requirements of Section 61, Chapter 394 of the Pobfie
LawB, as amended the Commanding Officers of the Independent Chaitefed
Military Organisations which may have companies recognised as miits of the
State Guard as per General Orders, No. 5, c. s., this office, and the CommandiDi
Officers of unattached companies recognised as per same order, will detaQ boaidi
for the examination of candidates for non-commissioned officers in their nepK^xst
commands, and will appoiixt those found duly qualified. Blank warrants may be
obtained from this office to be signed by the appointing officers.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECEMAN,
Gmoemor amd Commander'if^^Jhirf'
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The Ac^iAmf Genml
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
Thb Adtotamt Gbnebal's OmcKf
Protidbmcb, June II, 1918.
General Ordbbs, \
No. 10. J
I. Major N. Darrell Harvey, Surgeon, First light Infantry Regiment, ii
hereby authorised and directed to organise a Sanitary Detachment for the State
Guard to consist of six men for each company now, and hereafter to be reoogniied.
The iunior medical officers of the First Liie^t Mantry Regiment wiU be recogpiie^
when the five companies have qualified. One medical officer in each Clisrtered
Organisation will also be recocpiised when his command has qualified. In sO
out of town companies the physician, who has been authorised to make the
physical examination, will be recognised and appointed as a medical officer with
the rank of 1st lieutenant, as soon as the oonmiand has qualified, and directed to
secure the six men as before mentioned. Should there be two companieB the
rank will be captain. Until further orders the medical officers of the First light
Infantry Regiment will perform the duties of their position for the Madiine Gob
Detachment at the Cranston Street Armory, securing the required six men.
II. The recognised text books for the instruction of the State Guazd will be
the following of the U. S. Army, vis. : Army Regulations, Infantry Drill Bcguhr
tions, Manual of Interior Guard Duty, Field Service Regulations uid ^nall Aims
Firing Regulations, also Army Paper Work by Moss.
The scope of training will be as follows:
•Infantry Drill Regulations:— Paragraphs, 1-44, 48-257, 350-377, 63M60,
745-748, 755-765. Special attention to 135-138, 604-622, 694-696, aU induava
For Company Musicians, speciaUy paragraphs 45-48, inclusive. Manual of
Interior Guard Duty:—Paragraphs, 1-256, 299-307, 337-^7, all inclusive.
Small Arms Firing R^;ulations. — ^Paragraphs, 22-60, inclusive.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN,
Governor and CommandgrHn^kirf.
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
Th€ A4itdani GenenL
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
The Adjutant General's Ofhcb,
Pbovidencb, July 12, 1918.
•}
Oensral ObdebSj
No. 14.
I. All units of the Rhode Island State Guard having now been mustered into
service, the organisation as a provisional regiment of infantry is annoimced as
follows:
II. Numerical designation and location of companies are hereby announced
^as follows based upon date of muster-in of the respective commands: —
Ist Company Woonsocket.
2nd " South Kingstown.
3rd " Newport, (Newport ArtUlery Company).
4th " Westerly.
5th " Providence, (United Train of Artillery).
6th " Pawtucket.
7th " Pawtucket
8th " Providence, ( Co. A, First light Inf. Regt
9th " Providence, (Co. B, "
10th " Providence, (Co. D, "
nth " .Providence, (Co. E, "
12th " Providence, (Co. F, "
13th " Bristol, (Bristol Train of Artillery;
14th " Smithfield.
15th " East Providence.
16th " East Greenwich, (Vamum Continentals).
17th " Cranston, (Co. B, Cranston Blues).
18th " Cranston, (Co. A, " " ).
Headquarters and Supply Company Providence.
Machine Gun Detachment "
Sanitary Detachment "
III. Appointments as field and staff officers are hereby announced, subject
to examination.
Lieut.-Coloael James F. Phetteplace.
Major .Charles H. Ledward.
" !. Herbert Bliss.
" Walter G. GatcheU.
" Alonsb R. Williams.
" Archibald C. Matteson
Major William F. Flanagan, Ordnance Officer.
Captain John J. Finnegan, Itaspector of Rifle Practice,
" ' Howard Sheffield, Supply Officer.
" Irvin C. Elmer, Adjutant.
" Stanley C. Hu^^es, Chaplain.
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1st Lieut Arthur Power, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion.
" " Henry W. SutcliflFe, Adjutant, Ist Battalion.
" " Albert B. Ck>ulters, Adjutant, 4th Battalion.
" " William G. Christie, Adjutant, 3rd Battalion.
rV Companies are hereby assigned to battalions as follows: —
Ul Battalion,
2nd, 4th, 16th Major Charles H. Ledward.
Snd Battalum.
3rd, 13th, 15th Major Herbert Bliss.
3rd BaUalion.
1st, 6th, 7th, 14th Major Walter G. Gatchell.
4tk Battalion.
9th, 10th, nth, 12th Major Alonao R. Williams.
6th BaUalion.
5th, 8th, 17th, 18th Major Archibald C. Matteson.
Headquarters and Supply Company Captain Irvin C. Elmer.
Machine Gun Detachment Obtain E. Merle Bixby.
Sanitary Detachment Major N. Darrell Harvey.
V. On the briefing fold of enlistment papers of men mustered in to the State
Guard imits which are also companies in Independent Chartered Military Organi-
zations, will be entered the company number followed by the name of the Char-
tered Command.
VI. A board of examination for officers of the State Guard is hereby appointed
to meet at the call of the President.
Detail for the Board.
Brigadier General Charles W. Abbot, The Adjutant General.
Colonel Alvin A. Barker, Commanding Rhode Island State Guard.
Major Augustus W. Calder, Chief Surgeon, R. I. Medical Corps, N. G.
Major N. Darrell Harvey, Medical Corps ,Rhode Island State Guard.
Regulations concerning the examination will be published as soon as practicable.
VII. The following appointments in the 10th Company, Rhode Island State
Guard to date from July 1, 1918, subject to examination, are hereby announced : —
As Captain Francis J. Harris.
As Ist Lieutenant Fred B Cole.
VIII Names of medical and company officers will be annoimced later.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN,
Governor and Commander-in-^hief.
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The AdJtUarU General,
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVTOENCE PLANTATIONS.
The Adjittant General's Office,
Providence, July 15| 1018.
General Orders, 1
No. 15. /
The following instructions to govern the examination <tf officers as required
by Section 44, Militia Law, State of Rhode Island, 1009, and as subsequently
amended, are hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
When a candidate is ordered to appear before the examining board, if a member
of any organisation, he will use the text books and blank forms which have been .
issued to such organisation. If any are lacking, or if he is not a member of any
organisation, he will apply to this office for whatever may be necessary. Books
and blanks must be returned in good condition, without fail when the candidate
presents himself before the board. The following are the official text books.
Drill Regulations for Infantry (corrected to April 15, 1017); Sanitary Troops
(1914); Small Arms Firing Manual (1913); Description and Rules for the Man-
agement of the Rifle furnished the State Guard; Manual of Interior Guard Duty
(1914); Field Service Regulations (1014); Manual for Courts Martial, etc.,
(1017); the above all being the regulation War Department publications for use
in the United States Army.
Militia Law of the State of Rhode Island (1909) as amended; Riot Duty, Moss;
and Paperwork, Moss.
The following blank forms pertaining to the Rhode Island State Guard will
be furnished:
Pay and muster roUs.
Weekly and monthly drill reports.
Enlistment paper.
Application for discharge.
Company and consolidated morning report.
Ration return.
Company and consolidated sick repoils.
Duty Roster.
All candidates upon appearing before the board for the first time will be required
to write a letter in official form stating place and date of birth; extent and nature
of education; business experience, witlf present occupation; and sketch of militia
or other military service. This letter, in grammatical construction, penmanship
and spelling must indicate such a degree of educational acquirements as shall be
satisfactory to the Board
If at any time an officer shall, through lack of application, show himself to be
unqualified for his office, it will be the duty of his commanding officer to report
the matter through the proper channels, whereupon the officer may be ordered
before the examining board for examination.
A candidate for any grade higher than the one next above that which he holds,
may, in the discretion of the board, be required to show himself proficient in what
is prescribed for the intermediate grade or grades.
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SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION.
Every candidate appearing before the Board will be examined physically accord*
ing to the provisions of Circular No. 5, War Department. Militia Bureau, series of
1016| and in general must be found to fulfill the requirements prescribed therein.
He will present a medical officer's report of physical examination with a letter
authorising his appearance before the Board. In arriving at a decision, the Board
will use its own judgment in the case of any one who has rendered long and
faithful service. Should serious doubt exist, the matter will be referred to the
Commander-in-Chi^.
Inquiry will be made into a candidate's moral character, a full and fair hearing
.being given in any case where doubt exists, the final decision resting with the
Commander-in-Chief.
The Board will ask as many questions in each subject, as hereinafter specified,
as may seem desirable. A percentage of 70 will be necessary for proficiency.
FOR SECOND LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY.
Prepare in presence of Board a pay and muster roll, weekly and monthly drill
reports, enlistment paper and application for discharge. Militia Law, State of
Rhode Island.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, — definitions, paragraphs 1 to
257, 584 to 622, 804 to 807, inclusive.
Manual of Interior Guard Duty, — ^paragraphs 41 to 256, 337 to 367, inclusive.
Description and Rules for the Management of the Rifle, furnished the State
Guard.
FOR FIRST LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, — same as for second lieutenant,
and add paragraphs 258 to 326, 623 to 707, 792 to 803, inclusive.
Manual of Interior Guard Duty, — ^paragraphs 29 to 40, inclusive.
FOR CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY,
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, — ^paragraphs 159 to 346, 350
to 807, inclusive.
Manual of Interior Guard Duty, — ^paragraphs 27 and 28.
FOR MAJOR OF INFANTRY.
Riot duty.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, — paragraphs 347 to 349,
inclusive.
Field Service Regulations, United States Army, — paragraphs 37 to 246,
inclusive.
FOR COLONEL OR LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF INFANTRY.
Same as for major in the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief.
FOR ALL OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL CORPS.
Must be graduates of medicine and surgery, and admitted to practice in this
State.
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Prepare in presence of Board, a pay and muster roll, weekly and mo^ithly drill
reports, enlistment paper, application for discharge, daily and consolidated sick
report, morning report, requisition for quartermaster supplies. .Militia Law,
State of Rhode Island.
DriU Regulations for Sanitary Troops.
Examination of recruits as prescribed in Circular No. 5, M. B., War Depart*
ment, 1916.
FOR ALL STAFF OFFICERS.
The examination prescribed for the grade in the arm of service to which can-
didate is appointed, unless he has already passed such examination, also familiarity
with property pertaining to his department.
Special for staff officers in addition to foregoing.
FOR ADJUTANTS.
Preparation of consolidated morning report and ration return. Method of
keeping records and conducting official correspondence.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army,— paragraphs 258 to 346, 708
to 737, 740 to 701, 804 to 807, inclusive.
Manual of Interior Guard Duty,— paragraphs 1 to 26, inclusive; appendices
A and B.
FOR SUPPLY OFFICER.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, — ^paragraphs 661 to 677,
702 to 803, inclusive.
Field Service Regulations, United States Army, — ^paragraphs 232 to 246, 264
to 312, 386 to 410, inclusive.
Making and handling of bills of lading, informal contracts and transportation
requests Preparation of ration returns. General knowledge of the ration; how
to obtain and issue same. Preparation of muster and pay rolls Familiarity
with property pertaining to different departments.
FOR JUDGE ADVOCATE.
Must be a member of the Rhode Island bar, with special knowledge of the
State Militia Law.
Field Service Regulationis, United States Army, 1014, — appendix 6, pe^es
100 to 204.
Manual for Courts Martial, etc., 1017.
FOR ORDNANCE OFFICER AND INSPECTOR OF RIFLE PRACTICE.
Special knowledge of rifle and revolver firing, as laid down in Small Arms Firing
Manual.
FOR CHAPLAIN.
Must be regularly ordained minister of the Gospel.
By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN.
Governor and Commander-inrChief.
CHARLES W. ABBOT,
The AdjtUant General,
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RETIRED LIST OF COIIISSIOIED OFFICERS AID EHUSTED lEI OF TIE
RHODE ISIilD IDiITU.
NATIONAL GUARD.
Brigadier GeneraIs.
3. Chaoe, Thomas W General Orders No. 1, January 30, 18d2.
47. Wilson, Charles A General Orders No. 38, August 26, 1898.
96. Forsyth, George A General Orders No. 20, May 20, 1909.
107. Wetherell, John H General Orders No. 8, February 1, 1911.
118. StinesB, Walter R General Orders No. 6, January 31, 1913,
127. Walker, W. Howard General Orders No. 18, June 9, 1914.
142. Peckham, Charles F General Oiders No. 28, September 29, 1915.
158. Tanner, Herbert S General Orders No. 19, June 11, 1917.
CoiiONELB.
1. Pendleton, Eugene B General Orders No. 1, January 30, 1892.
87. Whipple, Everett E General Orders No. 4, January 22, 1907.
104. Matteson, Archibald C General Orders No. 38, December 27, 1910.
105. Knight, Webster General Orders No. 39, December 30, 1910.
106. Ledward, Charles H General Orders No. 39, December 30, 1910.
159. Smith, Nathaniel W General Orders No. 20, June 13, 1917.
LlEirrENAMT-CoLONELB.
4. Brown, J. Albert General Orders No. 3, February 11, 1892
42. Rose, Henry B General Orders No. 8, March 22, 1898.
51. Donahue, Thomas H General Orders No. 13, May 9, 1899.
62. McCrudden, John General Orders No. 27, December 3, 1900.
63. Easterbrooks, Giles W General Orders No. 3, January 30, 1901.
67. French, Charles H General Orders No. 19, December 22, 1902.
75. Harvey, N. Darrell General Orders No. 11, April 6, 1904.
76. Callan, Luke H General Orders No. 2, January 9, 1905.
99. Tingley, George S General Orders No. 35, September 24, 1909.
100. Allenson, Charles General Orders No. 41, November 24, 1909.
102. McGill, Thomas F General Orders No. 30, October 1, 1910.
122. Fanning, Martin S General Orders No. 32, December 2, 1913.
132. Rodgers, Thomas F General Orders No. 25, September 18, 1914.
143. Kane, James R General Orders No. 33, November 18, 1915.
145. Jones, Henry A General Orders No. 1, January 3, 1916.
162. Sweet, Charles F General Orders No. 34, December 27, 1917
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Majors.
62. lAlly, Frank M General Orders No. 15, June 15, 1899.
66. Ely, William General Orders No. 13, April 29, 1902.
84. Maynard, William A General Orders No. 24, November 18, 1905.
89. Sweeney, Peter A , General Orders No. 21, July 31, 1907.
93. Bowen, Richard LeBaron . . .Act of Legislature, May 7, 1908.
101- Harrington, Walter E General Orders No. 19, June 10, 1910.
103. Corey, John A General Orders No. 33, November 5, 1910.
1 16. Cook, Maurice H General Orders No. 3, January 8, 1913.
124. Wilcox, Howard D General Orders No. 3, January 9, 1914.
125. Bixby, E. Merle General Orders No. 8, March 23, 1914.
Captains.
7. Lewis, Azro N General Orders No. 4, February 27, 1892.
16. Maxson, C. Clarence General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
19. Draper, Edwin General Orders No. 13, May 12, 1892.
21. McSoley, Bartholomew General Orders No. 22, June 27, 1892.
35. West, Stephen J General Orders No. 6, April 29, 1895.
55. Wolcott, Henry Act of Legislature, May 1, 1900.
57. Barker, Edgar R General Orders No. 14, June 14, 1900.
60. Canning, Frank General Orders No. 18, July 19, 1900.
64. Clarke, Edward M General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1901.
68. Bray, Ferdinand General Ordfers No. 19, December 22, 1902.
72. Phillips, John M General Orders No. 16, November 18, 1903.
73. Slyne, Walter D General Orders No. 3, February 17, 1904.
86. Blunt, Harry W General Orders No. 16, June 16, 1906.
90. Datson, Abraham P General Orders No. 24, December 18, 1907.
91. Rittmann, Charles Act of Legislature, April 13, 1906.
92. Roberts, Arthur F General Orders No. 10, April 21, 1908.
109. McKenna, P. Henry General Orders No. 45, December 11, 1911.
110. McAuley, John T General Orders No. 4, January 16, 1912.
111. Gallagher, Thomas F General Orders No. 5, January 19, 1912.
115. Crosby, Henry A General Orders No. 28, October 9, 1912.
133. Reilly, Joseph P General Orders No. 28, October 15, 1914.
139. Wall, Howard F General Orders No. 13, April 29, 1915.
155. Richards, Charles H General Orders, No. 5, January 22, 1917.
161 Ljrthgoe, John C General Orders, No. 30, October 1, 1917.
165 FitzGerald, Jerome M General Orders, No. 6, May 4, 1918.
First Lieutenants.
10. Downey, James E General Orders No. 5, March 12, 1892.
44. Gates, Hobert L General Orders No. 11, April 12, 1898.
95. Parker, Robert B General Orders No. 30, December 3, 1908.
114. Crowshaw, Joseph A General Orders No. 20, June 27, 1912.
131. Jackovitz, Joseph General OrdersLNo. 23, August 24, 1914.
140. Auty, Joseph, Jr General Orders No. 19, June 22, 1915.
152. Russell, Thomas General Orders, No. 26, July 14, 1916.
160. Nield, Fred B General Orders, No. 25, July 11, lSl7.
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QUARTERICASTBR SbRGBAMT.
123. Stage, George W Special Orders No. 87, June 27, 1913. '
FiBBT Sebokamt.
126. Collins, Denerson £ Special Orders No. 79, May 13, 1914.
NAVAL MILITIA.
Captain.
138. Bliss, William C. . .^. General Oiders No. 12, April 22, 1915.
COBCHANDBRS.
117. Lawton, Charles N General Orders No. 6, January 16, 1913.
157. Gladding, Edward P General Orders, No. 8, April 4, 1917.
Ldbutenant Commander.
121. Lawton, Charles E General Orders No. 30, October 27, 1913.
Libtttenantb.
128. Stone, Oscar E General Orders No. 19, July 1, 1914.
135. Campbell, Peter G General Orders No. 33, December 19, 1914.
141. Walsh, Charles A ..General Orders No. 26, July 14, 1915.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade).
97. Richardson, William A General Orders No. 20, May 20, 1909.
Ensign.
149. Walsh, James H General Orders, No. 8, March 23, 1916.
Pharmacist.
134. Hart, Herbert L Special Orders No. 155, October 13, 1914.
CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
Colonels.
54. Barker, Alvin A Act of Legislature, April 26, 1899.
70. Bliss, Herbert General Orders No. 8, April 30, 1903.
79. Hunt, Sumner B General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1905.
82. Greene, Charles W General Orders No. 20, August 1, 1905.
108. Hall, Nelson R General Orders No. 24, May 24, 1911.
119. Bowen, William M. P. . i . . . General Orders No. 10, March 18, 1913.
120. Allen, Thomas General Orders No. 19, May 22, 1913.
129. White, Sanford C General Orders No. 20, July 6, 1914.
130. Bourn, Stephen W General Orders No. 20, July 6, 1914.
137. Greene, Randolph A T . . . General Orders No. 8, March 26, 1915.
144. King, Frank P General Orders No. 34, November 22, 1915.
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153. Sherman, Arthur A General Orders No. 26, July 14, 1916.
154. Johnson, Charles G General Orders No. 33, October 9, 1916.
156. Bain, Robert General Orders No. 5, Ja,nuary 22, 1917.
166. Seymour, George E General Orders No. 12, June 21, 1918.
LnBUTENANT-CoLONaLB.
34. Danforth, Edmund C General Orders No. 6, April 29, 1895.
80. Wiggin, Frank L General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1905.
113. French, Irving T General Orders No. 9, March 27, 1912.
136. Prior, John General Orders No. 83, December 19, 1914.
167. Ebbs, Robert C General Orders, No. 13, July 8, 1918.
Majobs.
98. Patterson, Frank S General Orders No. 20, May 20, 1909.
146. Barker, Christopher F. . . . . . General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916.
151. Williams, Alonso R General Orders No 16, May 17, 1916.
164. Hall, Albert H General Orders No. 6, May 4, 1918.
Captains.
81. Perrin, WiUiam D General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1906. '
150. Baker, Walter M General Orders No. 16, May 17, 1916.
163. Swarts, George G General Orders No, 4, April 9, 1918.
First Libutbnants.
26. Boeworth, Edward T General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892.
83. Tilley, George W General Orders No. 23, October 7, 1906.
88. Cole, Charles M General Orders No. 15, June 7, 1907.
112. Keith, Theodore B General Orders No. 6, February 7, 1912.
147 Porter, Emery H General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916.
148. Hazard, Silas H General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916.
DECEASED.
Major Gbnerals.
22. Walker, William R General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892.
27. Arnold, Ohiey General Orders No. 27, October 13, 1892.
Brigadier Gbnerals.
11. Rhodes, Elisha H General Orders No. 6, March 21, 1892.
29. Budlong, John C General Orders No. 18, August 13, 1894.
37. Dyer, Elisha Ex. Mil. Orders No. 1, October 31, 1895.
38. White, Hunter C Ex. Mil. Orders No. 3, November 4, 1895.
46. Dennis, Charles R General Orders No. 34, June 30, 1898.
53. Barney, Caleb H General Orders No. 17, June 20, 1899.
65. Kendall, Hiram General Orders No. 7, April 9, 1902.
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Ck>LONEI£.
6. Card, Henry C General Orders No. 4, February 27, 1892.
15. Jencks, John J General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
18. Martin, Benjamin B General Orders No. 11, April 12, 1892.
23. Horton, Jere W General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892.
25. Vaughn, George H General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892.
28. Thornton, William H General Orders No. 22, December 27, 1893.
33. Van Slyck, Gyrus M General Orders No. 6, AprQ 29, 1895.
39. Clarke, William £ General Orders No. 13, May 2, 1896.
48. Goddard, Robert H. I General Orders No. 54, Deoember 14, 1898.
56. Meiggs, Andrew B General Orders No. 9, May 16, 1900.
59. Moran, James General Orders No. 18, July 19, 1900.
69. Eccleston, Alvin H General Orders No. 5, Fdiniary 13, 1903.
71. Gladding, Daniel W General Orders No. 8, April 30, 1903.
Lteutenant-Colonbls.
5. Eendrick, Joseph H General Orders No. 3, Februaiy 11, 1882.
12. Chase, Philip S General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
13. Carr, George W General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
Majors.
14. Bradford, William J General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
24. Smith, George T General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892.
31. Brug, George A General Orders No. 21, November 28, 18M.
40. Strauss, Aleicander General Orders No. 38, October 28, 1897.
41. Carter, John A General Orders No. 41, Deoember 14, 1897.
94. Patstone, Lewis General Orders No. 27, Novemb^ 16, 1906.
Captains.
9. Gray, Andrew General Orders No. 5, March 12, 1892.
17. Howe, John General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892.
20. Schneider, Philip F General Orders No. 13, May 12, 1892.
49. Brown, Albert F General Orders No. 2, January 31, 1899.
50. Jones, Edward T General Orders No. 5, March 18, 1899.
74. Blunt, Robert W General Orders No. 5, March 12, 1904.
77. Cornell, Frank M General Orders No. 7, April 20, 1905.
First Libutenantb.
2. Webb, Samuel H General Orders No. 1, January 30, 1^2.
32. Martin, Hezekiah General Orders No. 21, November 28, 189i
45. Child, Thomas General Orders No. 13, April 26, 1898.
61. Brady, Thomas General Orders No. 18, July 19, 1900.
Total number of applications granted 160
Total number on retired list 118
Deceased •. . . 42
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REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
Providence, R. I., December 31, 1918.
To The Adjviant General,
State of Rhode Island,
Sir: — ^I have the honor to submit this report of the department for
the year ending December 31, 1918.
Federal Property.
The Federal property for which the State Quartermaster as
property and disbursing officer National Guard of Rhode Island is
in charge, consists principally of Ordnance and Engineer property
in connection with the fire control of the 12" mortar and 10" rifle,
the balance having been turned in to Federal arsenals.
The Quartermaster property has been accounted for and prac-
tically all remaining shipped by order of the War Department to
the Reclamation Base, Hoboken, N. J.
Three hundred Springfield rifles, cal. .45, and 250 magazine rifles,
cal. .30, model 1898, with ammunition, loaned to the Governor of
Rhode Island by the Federal Government have also been returned.
Armories.
By agreement, the lease of armory at Riverpoint was cancelled
June 30, 1918, and the Federal and State property contained therein
removed to storehouse in Cranston Street Armory, Providence
The Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Westerly and Bristol armories were
occupied by organizations of State Constabulary in the early part
of the year, which largely became the nucleus of the State Guard; the
Newport Armory is still being used by the Navy Department
Most of the State furniture I have had stored in the loft.
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There have been many occasions and requests for uae of armories
in consequence of activities patriotic, by reason of the war. So far
as possible and consistent with the safety of property, this department
has deemed it advisable to cooperate with the various events and
communities.
Sanitary units of the State Guard have been on duty many times
night and day in different armories and have rendered freely, great
assistance during the recent epidemics.
In consequence of the extreme cold during 1917-18 many extra
plumbing repairs were necessary; changes and additions have been
made in the heating apparatus at Pawtucket abd Woonsocket to bum
soft coal; other changes in heating installation at Pawtucket have
been made, so that perhaps for the first time this plant is operating
efficiently.
The tar and gravel roofing of head house and tower of Bristol
Armory will need soon to be renewed.
It has been necessary to provide quarters for State Guard organi-
zations in new localities; in one instance at Esmond, the Esmond
Mill Company have not only furnished quarters, without expense,
for the i4th Company, R. I. S. G., but have furnidhed motor trans-
portation for supplies and equipment; the thanks of the State should
be extended to this loyal corporation.
Lockers have been rebuilt and repaired in armories at Bristol, and
East Providence, and some steel lockers Installed from the surplus
in storehouse; lockers from same source have also been installed in
the quarters of Sanitary Company in Cranston Street Armory,
Providence.
New Armory.
By a resolution of the General Assembly passed at its 1918 session,
an appropriation of $9,000.00 was made for the purpose of remodelling
the Harrison Street school house in Providence for the United Train
of Artillery and other military purposes, under the direction of the
Quartermaster General. The legal transfers being arranged by the
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State and City departments, the old armory on Canal Street was
vacated by the United Train of Artillery, and possession taken by
this department of the Harrison Street school house
Permission was obtained from the War Industries Board and upon
competitive bids the contract was let.
This work is going along nicely considering the conditions, and it
IS exi)ected to be completed about the middle of February, 1919.
Rifle Range.
May 18th the State Rifle Range at Rumford was, by agreement
with the owners and State, temporarily turned over to the Navy,
who have largely increased its facilities whereby men of the Navy
in large numbers, members of our State Guard, and some civilians
have received training and practice in the use of small arms. This
arrangement, especially since the number of targets were increased,
has been generally satisfactory to our State Guard.
State Camp Ground.
September 18th, between 12:00 noon and 1:00 P. M., the barn at
State Camp Ground known as "Brigade Headquarters Stable,*' was
entirely consumed by fire of unknown origin, with a loss of con-
siderable hay also. With the small appropriation available, the use
of old material, and the donation of some labor, a small bam has
been erectfed to comfortably house the animals. An appropriation
will be asked for to complete the building.
The camp was occupied August 30 to September 3 and September
21 and 22 by a battalion and companies of the State Guard for in-
structions and maneuvers, and during July and August, authority
of the General Assembly, 1918 session, by the Pawtucket and Central
Falls Councils of Boy Scouts.
The Artillery and Cavalry stables are in very bad condition, and
if ever used a large amount of repairs will be necessary.
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EqxnPMENT OF State Guard.
Pursuant to orders of the Commander-in-Chief, all organizations
of the State Guard have been equipped as far as possible with new
material, and such property as was on hand> uniformly.
Fourteen hundred magazine rifles, known as "Russian," have been
loaned to the State by the Federal Government: with these, and
Springfield rifles, cal. .46, owned by the State, the Guard, with
exception of 3rd Company at Newport, who own Springfield rifles,
cal. .30, have been armed.
While the so-called Russian rifles are doubtless effective, there is
much in their construction not practical for drill purpores. If the
use for these rifles is continued it is possible they might be exchanged
for Springfield, cal. .30, or the magazine rifle cal. .30, model 1898.
In conclusion I desire to express appreciation for much courteous
information from your office which has been of great assirtance to
me in taking up the affairs of this department, and for the loyal
interest of the clerical force in this office.
HORACE I. MANCHESTER,
Quartermaster General.
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I^UBLic Document.] Appendix. [No. 17.
FORTY^NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND
FISHERIES *
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1918
MADE TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT ITS
January Session 1919
THE OXFORD PRESS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
1919
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At Sf f oport
SajB 26. I9IB
Since its last report this Commission has experienced a severe
loss in the ()eath of the Honorable Daniel B. Fearing at that time
President of the Board. Mr. Fearing's death came very suddenly
on May 26, 1918, while assisting in the direction of a Red Cross
Drive at Newport Beach, Newport.
He was first appointed to the Board of Inland Fisheries
August 18, 1910, and served continuously until death — ^a period of
slightly less than eight years. In 1912 he was chosen Vice Presi-
dent of the Board and, in 1916, succeeded Charles W. Willard as
President retaining this position for two years.
Mr. Fearing was born in Newport in 1850 and was educated
at Saint Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts. Later he
was a member of the class of 1882 of Harvard University. In
1894 he was made Mayor of Newport for one term. Prior to this
time he had served as Alderman for two years. He iwas a life
member of the American Fisheries Society and a member of many
similar organizations. His enthusiasm and interest in fishing led
him to make a collection of all the books he could find on the
subject. This library nunibered at his death approximately ten
thousand volumes and -was probably the largest private library on
angling in the world. Adorning the walls of his library were many
choice specimens of varieties of fish found in Rhode Island waters
and a very complete collection of fishing devices used in their
capture.
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COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES.
William H. Boardman, Central Falls, President.
Theophile Guerin, Woonsock^t, Vice President,
James G. Johnson, Riverside, Secretary.
John C. Cosseboom, Woonsocket, Treasurer.
John L. Curran, Providence, Auditor.
Edwin R. Lewis, M. D., Westerly.
J. Alton Barker, Newport.
StJPERINTENDENT.
Earnest W. Barnes, Auburn, R. I.
LOBSTER DEPUTIES.
William T. Luth, Newport, Chief Deputy.
James Harrington, Newport.
Andrew V. Willis, New Shoreham.
Curtis H. Sprague, New Shoreham.
FRESH WATER DEPUTIES.
Sixty-one deputies from various sections of the State were ap-
pointed by the Commissioners in 1918 to enforce the laws relating
to fresh-water fishing.
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REPORT
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, at its January Session, 1919:
The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their
forty-ninth annual report, for the year 191 8, which contains, as re-
quired by law, data and statistics with respect to the fisheries under
their jurisdiction and such recommendations as they deem for the
best interests of these fisheries.
The efforts of your Commissioners during this period may be
outlined as follows — a detailed report of the various items will be
found in the body of the report —
The stocking of fresh-water ponds and streams.
The hatching and rearing of trout.
The enforcement of laws relating to fresh-water fishes.
The granting of licenses to catch lobsters.
The employment of deputies to enforce the lobster laws.
The purchase of egg-bearing lobsters.
The rearing of lobsters to the bottom-seeking stage.
The gathering of data and statistics with respect to food-fishes.
The co-operation with fisheries authorities of neighboring states
and abroad.
GiRARD Spring Trout Hatchery
The rearing of brook trout in 1918, which was the first complete
year that your Commissioners operated the Girard Spring Trout
Hatchery, was attended with gratifying results. Sixty-two thous*
and brook trout were raised to fingerling size ranging from three
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inches in length to six inches and were liberated in suiltfble waters.
A list of the brooks in which they were placed is given later on in
the body of the report. The attitude of the sportsmen of the State
toward this project is evidenced by the number of volunteer cars
which were freely offered for assistance in distribution. The table
below giving the annual output of trout for the past seven years
shows the value of a State operated hatchery. If to these statistics
are added such important items as-, more uniformly large fish, the
fact that the trout reach the streams in better condition (an item
of vital importance in itself), a distribution regulated to the most
opportune time, and sundry other facts all aiding in the accomplish-
ment of more satisfactory results, we shall have ample reason for
vindicating the project.
Table of Distribution of Brook Trout, 1912-1918.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.
1916.
1917.
3,500
11,603
S.30O
4,500
5,100
39,113
in
in
in
in
in
in
12 brooks
23 brooks
13 brooks
18 brooks
10 brooks
57brt)ok8
Avg. number
Avg. number
Avg. number
Avg. number
Avg. number
Avg. number
275
504
423
250
510
686
1918.
62,000
in
63 brooks
Avg. number
984
FsoM Stats Hatchery.
Tout brook trout distributed in 1912-1916, 30,200 placed in 59 different brooks.
Brook trout distributed in 1917. 39.113 placed in 57 different brooks.
Brook trout distributed in 1918. 62,000 placed in 63 different brooks.
State Owned Hatchery Desired.
As stated in a previous report it is sincerely hoped that before
the expiration of the present lease of the Girard Spring Hatchery
some provision may be made by which the State may own a hatch-
ery— either by purchasing the present one or obtaining a suitable
site where one may be built* It i§ desired tp gaU the attention of
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your Honorable Body to the need of such action. In addition to
saving a considerable sum now expended uselessly in rent (almost
half of the total cost of operating — ^42% to be exact) from which
no returns are derived, it would be entirely feasible and certainly
very desirable to possess a hatchery where ponds could be added
for raising black bass, blue-gills and other fish much needed in our
streams and ponds but which we are at present unable to obtain in
suitable quantities.
The value to the state of operating its own trout hatchery your
Commissioners feel has been proven and the justification of sup-
plying by this means recreation and healthful sport to the citizens
of the state we also feel has been maintained. The plan ranking
at least equal if not superior to park systems, etc. There is how-
ever a large class of citizens of the state who do not fish primarily
for sport but partly if not largely to obtain food. Your Com-
missioners feel that fish of this sort should also be systemically
supplied to our streams and ponds and as pointed out above they
can be easily and regularly supplied at a very nominal expense
from a state owned hatchery.
There is no state in the union that possesses an equal number
of good streams and ponds in comparison to the size of the state and
density of the population. Yet most all states have a state owned
hatchery and the more populous states have several and very ex-
tensive ones.
Anglers License.
As mentioned in last years report the Commissioners advocate
an anglers license for fresh water fishing in our state. The princi-
ples upon which the idea rests are sound and the plan has further-
more been tried in other states to the satisfaction of practically
everyone. The principal benefits that may be derived from licensing
anglers are as follows ;
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1. The financial support of stocking our streams and ponds
would be placed upon those who derive the greatest bene-
fits therefrom.
2. It would provide a dependable and adequate source of
revenue that would enable the Board to carry out annually
some plan of stocking.
3. The licensee's badge or button would serve at once as a
means of identification. This would be of immense aid in
preventing the abuse of our fisheries laws and would
furthermore give protection to property holders along our
water ways identifying at once those few who persistently
disregard property rights.
These few advantages would in our opinion offset any possible
disadvantage which might result from a licensing system especially
if certain exemptions enumerated below may be made.
The ideas which we feel it is most desirable to have included in
this law are:
A moderate license fee; e. g., fifty cents plus a slight
recording fee. (This should bring in not less than four
thousand dollars.)
A convenient place for obtaining the license such as Town
Clerk's office.
• Exemption of persons under sixteen years of age, also
women and bonafide property holders with their immedi-
ate families when fishing on their own property.
A provision that the income from such system be either
directly available to the Board for stocking purposes or
be made the basis for an appropriation for such purpose.
The Lobster Industry.
The attention of your Honorable Body is called to the flourish-
ing condition of the lobster industry in Rhode Island at a time when
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Other states along our Atlantic Coast and the Dominion of Canada
are reporting a serious falling off in the catch. Tables supporting
this fact will be found in the body of the report. This condition
becomes all the more remarkable when we consider that our state
is located in the very center of the greatest lobster-consuming dis-
trict in the country. Your Commissioners feel that the high stand-
ard of propagation and law enforcement which they have main-
tained has been the principal factor responsible for bringing about
this condition and they confidently hope and expect that the im-
mediate future will still further vindicate the methods employed.
An extremely rapid increase is however not to be expected as will
be very apparent when it is considered that there is a constant
drain from the 16,000 to upwards of 24,000 lobster pots set each
year in our own waters. Furthermore there is a gradual limiting
of the area favorable to lobster fishing, as a result of the steady
stream of pollution which is poured into the upper parts of the
Bay and the increase of the oyster beds which still further tends
td work against the efforts to increase the supply.
The Future of Our Fisheries.
As a result of the impetus which all sources of food supply havfc
received from war conditions one of the most pronounced and
lasting benefits has been in the attention turned to the development
of our aquatic resources. There is no branch of our fisheries which
is not capable of immense improvement and when taken collectively
the value to the state of such an improved fisheries would aggregate
millions of dollars.
Among the reasons for the undevelopment of our fisheries there
is no factor so potent as the continually increasing pollution of our
waterways. The facts of this pollution have been pointed out re-
peatedly in our previous rei>orts. Allowing for all seemingly con-
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tradicting facts, it is clear that gradually along our principal
waterways the fisheries arcf being forced further and further
out toward the sea through the accumulating discharge of manu-
facturing wastes and such of our fisheries as remain, by reason of
the hardiness of the species or the fact of their being non-motile,
have become less desirable and less productive. Serious attention
to this matter is very desirable particularly at this time when the
products of our waters are so urgently needed to increase our food
supply. Antiquated laws diflicult of interpretation and often with
no specific authorization for enforcement have prevented serious
prosecution.
Your Commissioners desire at this time to express their appre-
ciation for the assistance and courtesies received from many sources
both private and public. Among these special mention is made of
the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission, the Rhode Island
Fish and Game Protective Association, Mr. Bradford Norman,
Mrs. C. Norman and the Newport Water Works Corporation for
privileges of obtaining white perch from their private ponds, and
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for
free transportation of fish and messengers. We furthermore de-
sire to express our grateful appreciation to those who kindly volun-
teered their motor cars for trout distribution.
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The financial statement for the year 1918 is as follows:
State of Rhode Island in account with the Commissioners of Inland
Fisheries.
1918. Debit.
Dec. 31. To expenses of the Commissioners — $506 35^
To expenses and services of Superintendent 2,437 75
To expenses and services of deputies under
the lobster law .4 3,836 51
To expenditures in operatingf the Wickford
Hatchery and Experiment Station 4,304 86
To purchase of egg lobsters 3,245 92
To expenses of securing: and distributing:
fresh-water fishes and investig^ating: alleged
violations of the laws relating to fresh-
water fishes . 436 27
To rent of Girard Spring Hatchery 1,200 00
To expenses of operating Girard Spring
Hatchery .1,627 54
$I7,.S9S 24
1918. Credit.
Dec. 31. By received from the State Treasurer $17,327 54
Amount received for 243 lobster licenses at
$5.00 each, as per receipts from the State
Treasurer $1,215 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BOARDMAN,
JAMES G. JOHNSON.
THEOPHILE GUERIN,
JOHN L. CURRAN,
EDWIN R. LEWIS. M. D.,
JOHN G. COSSEBOOM,
J. ALTON BARKER,
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STOCKING THE FRESH- WATER PONDS AND STREAMS
Very many good catches were reported this past year from all
sections of the state as a result of the rather extensive stocking
with brook trout and white perch in 1917. At present these fish
are running rather small and it will require at least another year
before sizeable fish can be expected. We confidently believe that
our policy of regular and systematic stocking will soon result in
excellent fishing throughout the state. The 1918 output while not
quite so varied as that of 191 7 was considerably larger in the two
principal varieties of fish — trout and white perch — as will be seen
in the table given below. It is the intention of the Board in 1919
to still further increase the stocking program, including if possible
a few other species — ^principally food fish and bait fish. It is partic-
ularly desired to obtain black bass since no stocking of any import-
ance with this species has been made for many years. Some ponds
in the meantime have become depleted of bass. In certain others the
bass though still numerous are undersized, largely from inbreeding,
although in certain instances from lack of proper food. As far as
possible your Commissioners will make an effort this coming year
to correct these conditions.
Among the fish distributed this year were: —
28.000 White Perch
3 inches to SVi inches in length.
62,000 Brook Trout
2}^ inches to 6 inches in length.
A list of the ponds and streams stocked by the Commission : —
Whxtk Pbbcb.
Slack's Reservoir, Smithfield end Johnston.
Waterman's Reservoir, Glocester and Smithfield.
Quidncck Reservoir, Coventry.
Raodail Pond, Cranston.
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Blackmore Pond, Cranston.
Belleville Pond, North Kingston.
Carr Pond, North Kingston.
Gorton's Pond, Warwick.
Sand or Woquoganset Pond, Warwick.
Larkin's Pond, South Kingston.
Herring Pond, Burrillville.
Cooma R^servqir, Glocester.
Wallum Uke, BurriUville.
Mishnock Pond, West Greenwich.
Fenner's Pond, Cranston.
Marshapaug Pond, Providence.
Oak Swamp Reservoir, Johnston.
Brook Trout.
Round Top Brook, Burrillville.
Tarklin Brook, Burrillville. North Smilhfield and Glocester.
Cherry Brook, North Sraithficld.
Aldrich Brook, Linc<rin and Smithfield.
Pearson Brook, Glocester.
Baker's Sawmill Brook, Glocester.
Mosquitohawk Brook, Glocester and Scituate.
Huntinghouse Brook, Glocester and Scituate.
Killey's Brook, Glocester and Foster.
Turkey Meadow Brook, Foster and Coventry.
Brushy Brook, Hopkinton.
Dolly Cole Brook, Foster.
Ponagansett River, Foster.
Shippee Brook, Foster.
Hemlock Brook, Foster.
Cork Brook, Scituate.
Spruce Brook, Scituate.
Rush Brook, Scituate.
Bennett Brook, Johnston.
Whipple Brook, Johnston.
Pocasset Brook, West Branch. Johnston.
Pocasset Brook, North Branch, Johjiston.
Old Fumape Brook, Cranston.
Warwick Brook, Coventry.
Buck's Horn Brook, Coventry.
Potterville Brook, Coventry.
Hardig Brook, Warwick.
Falls River Brook, West Greenwich and Exeter.
Fry's Brook, East Greenwich.
Hunt's River, East Greenwich.
Putt's Bog, East Greenwich.
Pine River, North Kingston.
Congdon Brook, North Kingston.
Tomaquog Brook, West Branch, Hopkinton.
Tomaquog Brook, East Branch, Hopkinton.
Saugatucket River, South Kingston.
Mink Brook, South Kingston.
Chickasheen Brook, South Kingston.
Mill Pond, Tiverton.
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Mill Brook, Little Compton and Tiverton.
Shippee Pond* Foster.
Paine Brook, Foster.
North Branch Brook, Smithaeld.
Onion Meadow Brook, SmithAeld.
Hughesdale Brook, Johnston.
Oak Swamp Brook, Johnston.
Perkin's Brook, Johnston.
Brandy Brook, Glocester.
Keach Brook, Burrillville.
Roaring Brook, Richmond and Exeter.
Mooresfield Brook, South Kingston.
Mowrey Paine Brook, Glocester.
Richardson Brook, North Smithfield.
Ironstone Brook, North Smithfield.
Meadow Brook, Richmond.
Raaee Brook, Cumberland.
Catamint Brook, CumberUnd. .
Mowry Brook, North SmithAeld.
Carr River, West Greenwich.
Lame Tom Brook, West Greenwich.
Bill Pierce Brook, Coventry.
Boyd Brook, Coventry.
Diamond Hill Brook, Cumberland.
DATA AND STATISTICS RELATING TO THE COM-
MERCIAL FISHERIES.
As mentioned in previous reports every effort has been made to
make this branch of the Commissioner's work reliable and trust-
worthy but the absence of laws making returns compulsory has
preventerl us from having this data as complete as might be desiired.
The Lob.ster Industry.
As will be seen from the accompanying table the total amount
of lobsters caught in Rhode Island waters in 1919 was more than
120,000 pounds greater than in 1917. This result was obtained in
spite of a decrease in the number of pots used and a slightly re-
stricted area on account of war conditions. The average number
of pounds per lobster pot was greatly increased. Fishermen still
continue to report a large percentage of undersized lobsters in
their catch which looks promising for the future.
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Table I.
Table Comparing the Number of Pounds of Lobsters, Number of Pots, and
Average of Pounds Per Pot, for the Years 1912-1©18.
Ykai.
Total
Catch.
Number
Pots.
Average
Number
Pounds
Per Pot.
1912
745,257
1.210.094
1,037,552
1.203,089
1.130.472
1.240,262
M62,68e
17.259
17,335
23,122
24,524
20.241
18,870
16.845
43
1913
69
1914 •
44
1915
49
1916
55
1917
65
1918
80
Table II.
Number of Pounds of Lobsters Handled by the Principal Markets in Rhode
Island for the Years 1914-1918.
Fish Maxkets.
Newport (wholesale)
Newport (retail) ...-.
Sakonnet (wholesale)
Tiverton (wholesale)
Block Island (wholesale)
Point Judith (wholesale) ...
Watch Hill (wholesale)
Narragansett Pier (wholesale).
Wickfonl (wholesale)
Other markets
Tbtal
1914.
322,709
165,316
32,081
45.296
250,000
122,150
1915.
245,915
18>.867
31.374
79,283
436.000
;,ooo
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,650
[75,0
} 25,0
[22,6
I
100»000
100,000
1916.
250,000
203,674
9,800
31.789
205.000
78.7(»
25,000
26,500
300,000
1.037.552 1,203,089 1,130,472 1.240,626 1.362.686
1917.
300,000
201,690
15,000
30,000
380,000
93.000
30,000
28,000
62,936
100,000
1918.
319^91
201,095
15.000
25,000
272.000
100.000
35,000
30.000
165,000
200,000
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Table ITI.
Number of Pots, Boats and Men Engaged in Lobster Fishing in Rhode
Island in 1918.
Location.
Block Island ....
Bristol
Charlestown ....
Hamilton
Jamestown
Little Compton . .
Middletown
Narrafansett Pier
Newport
Point Judith ...
Portsmouth
Prudence Island . ,
Sakonnet
Saunderstown . . .
Tiverton ,
Wakefield . .
Warren
Watch Hill
Westerly
Wickfonl
*Other places ...
ToUl
Men.
Boats.
Pots.
40
2
28
4,000
120
200
75
6
11
7
560
350
373
20
18
1,377
90
I
76
1
6,955
120
60
240
30
235
275
479
110
30
12
1 J
12
966
110
180
243
202
16.845
*In addition to these, a few boats fish just beyond the three-mile limit. The bulk of their
lobsters are brought into Rhode Island.
List of Lobster Licenses Granted in 1918.
License
No. Name. Location.
1. Joseph L. Eaton Saunderstown.
2. Joseph L. Eaton, Jr "
3. Henry K. Littlefield Block IsUnd.
4. Victor D. Gray Tiverton.
5. Samuel E. Gray "
6. William H. Dodge Block Island.
7. Lewis Smith "
8. Earle A. Smith "
10. Arthur Dodge
11. Prentice A. Lanphear Westerly.
12. Wilbour E. Dodge Block Island.
13. Manuel Amarante Newport.
15. Albert W. Smith Block Island.
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License Location.
No. Name.
16. George E. Smith Block Island.
17. Richard Knight Providence.
21. John E. Littlefield Block IsUnd.
22. Rouse B. Dodge
25. Sylvanus Willis
26. Johannes Jacobson "
27. Henry T. Mitchell
29. Antonio De Sousa Avondalc.
30. Howard Fisher Block Island.
33. George Trunejes Newport.
36. Samuel B. Dickens Block Island.
37. Elias Uttleficld
'38. Albert S. Hayes "
39. Edgar Uttlefield
40. Addison Rose "
40. Milton Steadman "
42. George J. Melisotte Nanagansett Pier.
43. Albert Anderson Block Island.
47. William N. Ball
49. James Carpetis Newport.
50. Elmer E. Babcock Wakefield.
53. Stannos Janitos Newport.
61. Frank Browning Narragansett Pier.
62. Irving M. Ball Block Island.
67. Stanton C. Allen
68. Emery A. Dickens
69. Joshua P. Smith
70. Ulysses E. Westcott
76. John F. Hayes
77. Amaunel Allen, Sr "
78. Apostolls Fisfis Newport.
80. Carder H. Champlin Narragansett Pier.
81. Nicholas Skapinakis Newport.
82. Lyman Hall Westerly.
83. Charies E. Allen Newport.
84. Richaid Steadman Blocklsland.
85. Silas C. Hall
86. Charles A. Hall
87. Frank M. Gross Prudence Island.
88. Dimitrios Damascus Newport.
90. Oscar T. Dykstra Wakefield.
91. Adrian Dykstra
92. Bemal H. Dodge Block Wand.
94. George F. Tew Newport.
95. Andrew J. Tew "
96. Eugene A. Tew
99. Peter Andrews
101 . Perikles Booras
102. John Cummings
104. Restcom E. Peabody Middletown.
105. Beck Anderson Newport.
106. Daniel A. Jordan Apponaug.
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License
No. Name. Location.
109. Harry G. Violet Newport.
110. Isaac Allen Narra^anselt Pier.
112. Jerome T. Blount Newport.
1 13. Roscoe E. Simmons Little Compton.
114. Frank J. Hareter Phenix.
119. Nicholas Trocotas Newport.
120. George Lathrop Prudence Island.
121. George A. Carpenter Saunderstown.
122. Clarence H. King Jamestown.
125. George Frank Narragansett Pier.
129. Constantino Mataronas Newport.
130. Ed^ar F. Grinnell ««
131. Anastacio Angelo "
134. Nicholas Julias
136. Nicholas MaUronas "
137. Stamofi Domotaris "
138. Vasilas Hanos «'
139. Frank Parlenas "
140. John Giones •'
141. John Violet "
142. Clarence Jacobs Block Island.
144. Mark Violet Newport.
145. James Raptack "
146. John Triandafilos "
147. James Virgines ••
150. Charles R. Gray Sakonnet.
151. Laurence Milliken Block Island.
152. Henry C. Bush Bristol.
153. Demetrios Giones Newport.
154. Vasilas Paris "
155. Benjamin A. Kinnecom Narragansett Pier.
156. Constantine Conomus Newport.
157. Ernest F. Dickens Block Island.
158. W. H. Barlow Newport.
160. William Handling Point Judith.
161. Angelo Maniotis Newport.
165. SUmos Salonikas "
168. ConsUntine Hanos ; "
170. Walter Chace "
173. James Cook Wakefield.
174. William F. Briggs Little Compton.
176. E. E. McQuaide Westerly.
177. Ferdinand Armbrust Jamestown.
178. Jesse E. Crowell Homestead.
180. Herbert A Warner , Bristol.
181. Marcus Huftalen Warren.
182. Fortis Tregonis Newport.
183. William C. Allen Narragansett Pier.
184. Thomas J. Clarke Bradford.
185. Edward E. Littlefield Block Island.
190. John Michael Newport.
192. Alfred Peckham Tiverton.
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License
No. Name. Location.
195. Stamatos Logothetis Newport.
197. Hiam C. Matteraon NarnnpuiseU Pier.
199. Manuel Jacobs Block Island.
200. Clinton A. Young Abbott Run.
201. Byron J. Hathaway Newport.
205. Walter H. Munro Wairen.
206. Arthur Damascus Newport.
208. Harold Barry "
209. John H. Chappell Narragansett Pier.
210. Fied B. Tucker
212. Floyd Huftalen Warren.
214. Manuel Silveria LitUe Compton.
215. Ftank Brown "
218. Ernest E. Streeter Wakefield.
223. Holder N. Wilcox Newport.
226. William H. Brown » Tiverton.
228. John Taylor Jamestown.
229. George Babcock Peacedale.
231. Antonio R. Medeiros Middletown.
232. Alfred Peckham, Jr Tiverton.
233. John G. Sousa* Middletown.
235. Procopios Mataronas Newport.
236. George Mataronas "
237. Samuel D. Wrighl Narragansett Pier.
238. Steven Protopapas Newport.
239. Robert P. Hall Westerly.
241. Elvin M. Scott "
243. Joaeph C. Whaley Wakefield.
246. Asahel B. Larkin Westerly.
249. Thomas T. Saunders "
251. Charies Groas* Newport.
253. Philip A, Mott, Jr Blocklsland.
254. John EspanioU NewiJort.
261. Henry M. Hareter Pointjudith.
265. Joshua G. Champlin Naiiagansett Pier.
269. ConsUntine D. Damascus Newport.
271. Harold L. Ryan Middletown.
273. Henry C. Johnson, 2d Hamilton.
276. Frank W. Johnson "
277. John S. Petritis Jamestown.
279. John P. Taylor Newport.
281. George A. Martin "
282. John Mustacas
286. Leman Waidsworth Wickford.
29a C. Scott Northup " •
291. Willaid F. Boiden Tiverton.
294. Arthur E. Northup Wickford.
295. Nicholas Batlis Newport.
297. Marcus M. Wilcox , Tiverton.
298. F. O. Lanphear Westerly.
299. Geoige P. Gardner Narragansett Pier.
302. John Larson Newport.
'License revoked.
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License
No. Name. LocaUon.
303. John H. Smith ; Middletown.
304. Benjamin Johnson Newport.
305. Herbert M. Bamaby Narra«uisett Pier.
306. Rudolph Schade .Jamestown.
307. James H. Smith Wickfoid.
308. E. M. Gladding iNewport.
309. Bernard Murphy «<
310. Jack M. Neronka Jamestown.
313. Julio Baifaato Newport.
314. Einar S. Johnson "
316. Joshua F. Clarke Nana^nsett Pier.
320. Horace Webster " ««
323. Ellis B. Wilbour Little Compton.
324. Herbert Wilcox Charlestown.
326. Stephen C. Peckham ««
330. Thomas P. Geoige Jamestown.
331. James Mataronas Newport.
332. Anthony Axiotes "
333. Jacques A. Biastre "
334. Charles L. Aylsworth Wakefield.
336. Stamos J. Deomatares Newport.
338. Gcoise S. Ragias "
341. Lester H. Coggeshall "
344. Patrick H. Dillon ' Nam|»nsett Pier.
350. Jeremiah Littlefield, Sr Block Island.
353. Louis Adams Newport.
354. James McLcish, Jr "
356. William P. Smith Jamestown.
357. Walter S. H. BUven Newport.
358. Ralph E. Crowell "
361. Rufus Hines Little Compton.
363. William B. Hall Warren.
365. William H. Spooner Newport.
368. Odeasas Booras Newport.
369. William Christiansen "
372. John C. Mdden Middletown.
373. NichoUs Kiouais Newport.
374. William A. Wright Narrsfuisett Pier.
375. Anastaso Salonlkaa Newport.
376. Albert E. Sherman "
377. Anthony ConsUntlne "
378. Edward M. Harvey Portsmouth.
381. William H. Dlckeraon Warren.
382. Henry C. Durfee Tiverton.
384. George D. Anthony Jamestown.
387. Harry L Mosher Wickford.
390. James F. Chase Newport.
394. James Gregory Watch Hill.
397. Siderys Siderys Newport.
401. George L. Hoxaie "
402. Louis G. McKenna Pawtucket.
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License
No. Name. Location.
406. John D. Doyle Newport.
407. Louis Miller Saunderstown.
408. James Skapinakis Newport.
410. John Coffioas "
414. Charles A. McKenaa Pawtucket.
416. Walter T. Caswell Narragansett Pier.
417. Norman Brownell '. Portsmouth.
418. Leroy C. Wilbour Little Compton.
419. Henry Bannister Narragansett Pier.
420. Joe Frank Rose Jamestown.
424. Josephine L. Towle Wakefield.
425. Frank Stein Newport.
426. W. Everett Giay "
427. Clifford B. Winn Providence.
428. Roland L. Manchester Tiverton.
43 1. Leonard Nichols Providence.
433. Everett A. Morgan Westerly.
435. August L. Caswell Newport.
436. Harrison M. Littlefield Jamestown.
437. Howard L. Vara Saunderstown.
438. Pardon G. Gray Newport.
439. John F. Mazson Westerly.
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FISH TRAPS SET IN RHODE ISLAND WATERS
The accompanying tables show a steady decrease in the number
of fish-traps in waters of Rhode Island which began in 1910. This
past year in certain localities there was a slight increase in the
tiumfber of traps and with the growing importance of fish in our
national food supply we may look for another slight increase in
fish-traps as soon as help and material? become more plentiful.
TABLE IV.
Fish-traps Set in Rhode Island Waten in 191S.
Providence River . .
6
Greenwich Bay . . .
10
West Passage
14
Mount Hope Bay .
10
Sakonnet River ....
. .. . 78
East Passage
12
Off Shore
58
Block Island
6
Watch Hill
4
Total
lOS
Table V.
Total Number of Traps Set in 1898 and 1910-1918.
1898 119 1914 252
1910 283 1915 246
19U 277 1916 215
1912 261 1917 199
1913 267 1918 198
Deep Water Fishing off Newport in 1918.
The first reported catch of the various marketable fish in traps
oflF Newport is given in the accompanying tables.
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Table VI.
Calendar of Scup Season off Newport, 1914-1918.
1914.
1915.
1916.
1917.
1918.
Flint appeannce
April 28.
May 7.
July 1.
May 10
to
June 9.
April 18.
April 28.
June 25.
May 10
to
June 5.
May 2.
May 10.
June 20.
May 10
to
June 10.
April 24.
Junel.
June 15.
June 4
to
June 8.
May 4.
May 10.
June 15.
May IS
to
Junel.
Run oommenoes . . .'
Run ends
Most abundant
Table VII.
Calendar of Mackerel Season off Newport, 1914-1918.
First caught in trap
First last shipment from Newport.
Most abundant
Record day
Season ends at Newport
1914.
1915.
1916.
1917.
1918.
April 25.
May 7.
May 6.
April 28.
May 6.
May 16.
May 14.
May 14.
June 11.
May 16.
May 16
May 14
May 14
June 1 1
May 16
to
to
to
to
to
June 25.
June 16.
June 20.
July 1.
June 20.
June 12.
May 26.
June 11.
June 30.
July 1.
Aug. 1.
Aug. 1.
Aug. 1.
Table VI 11.
First Appearance of Various Marketable Fish in Traps off Newport,
1914-1918.
Butterfish . .
King Fish .
Mackerel . ..
Sea bass . .
Sea robins .
Scup
Squid . . .
Squiteague .
Striped bass
Tuna . . . . .
1914.
1915.
1916.
1917.
Mayl.
April 19.
Mayl.
May 4.
May 18.
May 10.
May 12.
May 9.
April 25.
May 7.
May 6.
April 28.
May 7.
Mayl.
May 4.
April 30.
April 29.
April 19.
April 20.
April 30.
April 28.
April 18.
May 2.
April 24.
May 7.
Mayl.
Mayl.
May 2.
May 2.
May 10.
May 20,
May 8.
May 4.
April 29.
April 30.
May 7.
June 27.
June 28.
June 21.
June 12.
1918.
Mayl.
May 10.
May 6.
May 6.
Mayl.
May 4.
May 2.
May 20.
May 6.
June 12.
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Tuna Fishing
Tuna fishing as a sport was not carried on as extensively off
our coast in 191 8 as in years past owing to war conditions. The
following report from the Secretary of The Atlantic Tuna Club
briefly summarizes the operations in this line. It is interesting
to note that this year a new record was made for the largest tuna
taken in Rhode Island under Club rules. Up to this year the record
was 45 pounds taken on heavy tackle. The record fish this year
weighed 76 pounds.
"The past year, due to the war, has not been as successful as
former years on account of so many of our members being in the
service of their country. Plans are, however, being made for a
larger and better season in 1919.
"The Steward reported 278 Tuna taken by the Club members
on rod and reel, which were weighed by him, also one Swordfish
weighing 261 pounds and one Shark which weighed 420 pounds.
"The following prizes were awarded for Tuna taken by Club
members under the rules." ^
Heavy Tacklb Class.
(Wood rod, not less than 6 feet 9 inches ovenll. Tip, not lew than 5 feet, weight not over
16 ounces. Line, not to exceed 24 thread.)
First Hobart J. Parks 76 lbs.
Second Robert Gnves 46j4 lbs.
TWrf Zenas W. BUas 35H lbs.
Fourth Wniiam Wilson 32 lbs.
LiOBT Tacklb Class. '
(Wood rod, not leas than 6 feet overall. Tip, not less than S feet. Weight, not over 6
otioces. Line, not to exceed 9 thread.)
First WUliara P. Thompson 44 lbs.
Seoood R. S. Hale S6H lbs.
TWid Andrew G. Weeks 34 lbs.
Fourth L. X>ana Chapman 32X lbs.
J. T. Crandall, Secretary."
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ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAWS.
Undei the Lobster Laws.
Jamestown. July 5, hauling lobster pots without license Under Government jurisdiction
Newport, July 13, 1 1 short lobstere $55 00 license revoked
Newport, July 26, shorts thrown overboard License ifevoked
Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, closed season $20 00
Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, closed season 20 00
Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, dosed season 20 OO
Undei the General Fisheries Laws.
Kingston, February 10, bass out of season $20 00
Kingston, February 10, bass out of season 20 00
Kingston, February 10, bass out of season 20 00
Kingston, February 11, bass out of season 20 00
Kingston, February 1 1, bass out of season 20 00
Kingston, February 11, bass out of season 20 00
Manville, May 6, bass out of season 20 00
$255 00
Total amount of fines $255 00
Number of licenses revoked 2
The Annual Exhibit of Live Fish was made at the Kingston
Fair Grounds, September loth to 13th, in co-operation with the
Washington County Agricultural Society. As usual, both marine
and fresh-water fishes as well as loJ>sters were exhibited — special
prominence being given to the kinds of fish distributed by the
State. Exhibits of this sort aside from being very popular are of
great educational value and the idea should be further developed
and extended. At such gatherings in addition to the interest created
in the live specimens, problems connected with the stocking and
protecting of the water-ways of the state are freely discussed and
much is done in this way to create a more wholesome attitude
toward conservation of our aquatic life.
Biological Records were comtinued at the Wickford Hatchery
1918 as usual. In addition to these the facilities of the hatchery
and laboratory were extended to two investigators from depart-
ments of the Federal Government, both of whom were working on
problems connected with the oyster industry.
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Oyster Investigations at the Wickford Hatchery.
I.
Dr. Philip H. Mitchell of Brown University, an agent of the
United States Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, re-
mained at the Wickford Hatchery from July ist to September 15th,
investigating certain problems in the propagation of oysters in
Narragansett Bay. He summarizes the results as follows:
"Two projects were undertaken: (i) to observe the general
conditions of oyster propagation in the bay, — the spawn of oysters
on the beds, the time of emitting the spawn, the presence and dis-
tribution of set at the end of the season ; (2) to attempt an artificial
propagation of oysters by a modification of the method used in
lobster hatching at the Wickford plant.
"The results of the observations and experiments showed that
oysters in various representative localities of the bay contained a
good quantity of spawn which from oysters in the main part of the
bay was emitted for the most part rather late in the season, namely,
during the last week in July. Oyster fry were not found in the
water samples taken in various parts of the bay until August 3, but
were found, though few in number, in samples taken from August
3 to August 24, inclusive. The examination of shells dredged from
various parts of the bay in September showed a complete failure
of set in the main part of the bay, south of Conimicut Point, as
only very spat, too small to be of practical value were found. Above
Conimicut Point, however, a set of fair quantity and size was
found quite generally distributed from Conimicut Point to Great
Bed. Set was also found on the float and cars of the Wickford
Hatchery. These observations seem to indicate that although plenti-
ful spawn is produced by Narragansett Bay oysters the really valu-
able spawn, possessing satisfactory vitality and produced, early
enough in the summer, comes only from oysters in the Providence
River and some other more or less confined waters. The amount
of this spawn is not sufficient to populate any considerable part of
the bay. The means of avoiding this difficulty should be the subject
of future investigations.
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"The attempt at artificial propagation did not succeed, but since
the condition of the water at the hatchery favored the development
of larvae for a natural set there, the experiment seems to indicate
the importance of a study of the vitality of spawn from oysters
under various natural and cultivated conditions."
II.
Certain investigations on oysters were also carried on at our
Wickford Hatchery during July, August and September, 1918, by
Dr. Albert C. Hunter of the Microbiological Laboratory of the
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture.
The nature of these experiments and the results obtained have
been summarized by Dr. Hunter as follows :
"Two sets of experiments were conducted, the first having as its
object the determination of the mbimum length of time necessary
for polluted oysters to cleanse themselves when transplanted to
pure salt water. The second set of experiments was to determine
to what extent oysters grown in brackish water will lose in water
content, or in other words, gain in total solids when transplanted to
salt water of greater density than that in which they were grown.
"Owing to the particularly favorable location of the hatchery for
these experiments, the results obtained were very satisfactory to me.
The proximity of the hatchery to both brackish and salt water
simplified the procedure of the second experiment greatly, while
the very clean waters about Wickford made the first experiment
successful."
Propagation of Lobsters at Wickford.
The Wickford Hatchery opened its 1918 season for rearing
Idbsters to the crawling stage on May 30th and continued until
August 22d. A total of 812,500 young lobsters were released be-
yond the latter part of fourth stage. The effects of the unusually
severe winter upon the egg lobsters which were carried over winter
in our cars were not as noticeable as had been expected. The prin-
cipal result was in a decrease in the number of eggs which, while
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it was scarcely noticeable, in certain individual lobsters, resulted in
a total decrease of about 10% in number of fry produced. About
the same proportionate increase was observed in lobsters which
were brought in by fishermen in the spring from the waters of the
Bay. The lobster rearing was conducted in about the usual man-
ner. A few experiments were made, however, looking toward econ-
omy in operation. These must be continued another season before
their value can be ascertained.
The feeding of cooked fish was relied upon exclusively and good
results obtained.
In spite of slightly increased salaries of employees and the very
great increase in the cost of all materials the hatchery was oper-
ated at a reduced cost of about $200.00 less than the previous year.
Table IX.
Total Number of Fourth and Fifth Stage Lobsters Reared Each Year
Since 1900.
Y«AK.
Fourth
Stage.
Fifth
Stw.
1900
3/425
8,974
27,300
13,500
50,597
103,572
189,384
294.896
322.672
176.542
511,274
•299,042
•521361
•469,344
•682^48
•683,840
•624,674
•852.621
•812,500
1901
1902
1903 . .
1904
1905
1906
24300
1907 ...
4.900
1908
5,481
1909
1910
28.372
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918 ; ....
*Tbe entire number liberated in these yean were in the Uttter part of the fourth stage and
beyond.
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TITLES OF SPECIAL PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE COlfMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES
OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
1. Mead, A. D. The Starfish. (First paper.) Twenty-eighth Annual Report. 1898.
2. Mead, A. D. The Starfish. (Second paper.) Twentyninth Annual Report. 1899.
3. Tower, R. W. Improvements in the Methods of Preparation of Fish for Shipment. Twenty-
ninth Annual Report. 1899.
4. Buicpus, H. C. The Extension of the Commercial Fisheries of the SUte. Twenty-ninth
Annual Report. 1899.
5. Kelloc, J. L. The Life History of the Common Clam. Twenty-ninth Annual Report.
1899.
6. Mason, N. R. A List of the Diatoms Found in the Water Over the Clam, Mussel, and
Oyster Beds, in Narragansett Bay. Thirtieth Annual Report. 1900.
7. Mead, A. D. Observations on the Soft-shell Clam. Thirtieth Annual Report. 1900.
8. Mead, A. D. Observations on the Soft-shell Clam. (Second paper.) Thirty-first Annual
Report. 1901.
9. RissER, J. R. Habits and Life History of the Scallop. Thirty-first Annual Report. 1901.
10. Mead, A. D. Habits and Growth of Young Lobsters and Experiments in Lobster Culture.
Thirty-first Annual Report. 1901.
11. Mead, A. D. Observations on the Soft-shell Clam. (Third paper.) Thirty-second Annual
Report. 1902.
12 Mead, A. D. Habits and Growth of Young Lobsters and Experiments in Lobster Culture.
(Second paper.) Thirty-second Annual Report. 1902.
13. Mead, A. D., and Williams, L. W. Habits and Growth of the Lobster and Experiments
in Lobster Culture. (Third paper.) Thirty-third Annual Report. 1903.
14. Mead, A. D., and Baknes, E. W. Observations on the Soft-shell Clam. (Fourth paper.)
Thirty -third Annual Report; 1903.
15. Mead, A. D., and Barnes, E. W. Observations on the Soft-sliell Clam. (Fifth paper.)
Thirty-fourth Annual Report. 1904.
16. Barnes, E. W. Preliminary" Inquiry into the Natural History of the Paddler Crab.
(Callimectes hastatus), with Remarks on the Soft-shell Crab Industry of Rhode Island.
Thirty-fourth Annual Report. 1904.
17. Mead, A. D. Experiments in Lobster Culture. (Fourth paper.) Thirty-fourth Annual
Report. 1904.
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18. Mkad, a. D. Experiments in Lobster Culture. (Fifth paper.) Thirty-fifth Annual
Report. 1905.
19. Hadley, p. B. Changes in Form and Color in Successive Stages of the American Lobster.
Thirty-fifth Annual Report. 1905.
20. EuMEL, V. E. The Regeneration of Lost Parts in the Lobster. Thirty-fifth Annual
Report. 1905.
21. Tracy, H. C. A List of the Fishes of Rhode Island. Plates I-XII. Thirty-sixth Annual
Report. 1906.
22. TitACY, H. C. The Common Fishes of the Herring Family. Plates VII-XII. Thirty-sixth
Annual Report. 1906.
23. Basnes, E. W. Methods of Protecting and Propagating the Lobster, with a Brief Outline
of its Natural History. Plates XIII-XXVI and XXVIII, XXXI, XXXII, XXXVl,
Thirty sixth Annual Report. 1906.
24. Hadley, p. B. Regarding the Rate of Growth of the American Lobster. Plates XXVI-
XXXVII, and XL. Thirty-sixth Annual Report. 1906.
25. Hadley, P. B. Observations on Some Influences of Light upon the Larval and Early
Adolescent Stage of Homarus Americans. Plates XXXVIII-XL. Thirty-sixth Annual
Report. 1906.
27. EiiMEL, V. E. The Relation of Regeneration to the Molting Process in the Lobster.
Plates XL-XLI. Thirty-sixth Annual Report. 1906.
28. Tracy, H, C. The Fishes of Rhode Island, III. The Fishes of the Mackerel Family.
Thirty-seventh Annual Report. 1907.
29. Tbacy. H. C. a List of Rare Fishes Taken in Rhode Island in the Year 1906. Thirty-
seventh Annual Report. 1907.
30. Williams. Dr. Leonard W. List of the Rhode Island Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and
Ostracodo, with new species of Copepoda. Thirty-seventh Annual Report. 1907.
31. Emmel, V. E. Regenerated and Abnormal Appendages in the Lobster. Thirty -seventh
Annual Report. 1907.
32. Williams, L. W. The Stomach of the Lobster and the Food of Larval Lobsters. Thirty-
seventh Annual Report. 1907.
ii. Hadley, P. B. Regarding the Behavior of the Larval and Eariy Adolescent Stages of the
American Lobster. Thirty-seventh Annual Report. 1907.
34. Barnes, E. W. Lobster Culture at Wickford, Rhode Island in 1906. Thirty-seventh
Annual Report. 1907.
35. Barnes, E. W. Lobster Culture at Wickford, Rhode Island, in 1907. Thirty-eighth
Annual Report. 1906.
36. Tracy, H. C. The Fishes of Rhode Island, V. The Flatfishes. Thirty-eighth Annual
Report. 1908.
37. Tracy, H. C. The Fishes of Rhode Island, VI. A Description of two young Specimens
of Squeteague (Cynoscion regalis), with Notes on the Rate of their Growth. Thirty-
eighth Annual Report. 1908.
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38. Emmu., V. £. The ProUem of Feeding in Artificial Lobster Cultare. Thirty-eightli Annual
Report. 1908.
39. Tkacv, H. C. The Fishes of Rhode Island, VII. The Life History of the Common Eel.
Thirty-ninth Annual Report. 1909.
40. SuLUVAN, W. E. Notes on the Crabs Found in Narragansett Bay. Thirty-ninth Annual
Report. 1909.
41. Mead, A. D. A Method of Fish Culture and of Transporting Live Fishes. Thirty-ninth
Annual Report. 1909. (Paper Presented Before the Fourth International Fishery
Congress, Washington, 1906.)
42. MsAD, A. D. A Method of Lobster Culture. Thirty-ninth Annual Report. 1909. (Paper
Presented Before the IntemaUonal Fishery Congress, Washington, 1909.)
43. Tbacy, H. C. AnnoUted List of Fishes Known to Inhabit the Waters of Rhode Isbnd.
Fortieth Annual Report. 1910.
44. Baanks, E. W. Notes on the Spring and Summer Fishing in Deep Water off Newport
During the Years 1905-1909. Fortieth Annual Report. 1910.
45. Baxnbs, E. W. The Plague of Sea Cams at Easton's Beach, Newport. Fortieth Annual
Report. 1910.
46. Haolby, p. B. Additional Notes Upon the Development of the Lobster. Fortieth Annual
Report. 1910.
47. Basnss, E. W. Revised Edition of Methods of Protecting and Propagating the Lobster
with a Brief Outline of its Natural History. PUtes IV-XXIV. Forty-first Annual
Report. 1911.
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9tato at VAfobt ialatiii atiii Prntriiirar^ piantatUitt0«
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Public Utilities Commission
OF THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1918
MADE TO
His Excellency R. Livingston Beeckman
Governor
OF THE
State of Rhode Island
PAWTUCKET.
J»AWTUCKET LINOTYPING CO., PRINTER^
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REPORT
To His Bxcellcncy R. Livingston Becckman, Governor of the State
of Rhode Island.
Sir: — Complying with the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter
795 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island, the Public Utilities Com-
mission presents its seventh annual report.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
At the January Session of 1918 the General Assembly enacted a
portion of the legislation recommended by the Commission in its
reports for several years preceding that time, authorizing the Com-
mission to order the suspension of any rate or practice of any public
utility company, thereby enabling the Commission to have sufficient
time to adjudicate any complaint concerning any rate before such
rate became effective.
No action was taken, however, by the General yVssembly, on the
recommendations made by the Commission relative to legislation
requiring reports to be furnished by railroad and railway companies
and a change in the date upon which the Commission's report shall
be presented to the Governor.
The Commission therefore again recommends that an amendment
to the law be enacted requiring all railroad and railway companies
to file with the Commission on or before the thirty-first day of
March in each year a report in such form as may be prescribed by
the Commission for the year ending on the thirty-first day of Decem-
ber next preceding.
The Commission further recommends that a change be made in
the law relative to the date upon which its report shall be presented
to the Governor.
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This law now requires that such report shall be presented to the
Governor on the fifteenth day of January and it is obvious that
under the existing provision the statistical tables cannot be for the
preceding calendar year, but must, of necessity be a year old.
Uy fixing by law the thirty-first of March as the time for filing
reports by the railroads and railways as heretofore suggested, the
Commission, by insisting upon a strict compliance with the law,
would be able to prepare a report containing statistics of the pre-
ceding calendar year which could be presented to the Governor pre-
vious to the adjournment of the Legislature.
It is therefore reconmiended that the provision of the Act relative
to the presentation of the Conmiission's report to the Governor be
amended so that such report may be presented at any time prior to
the adjournment of the Legislature.
COMPLAINTS.
There were three complaints filed against utilities and the Com-
mission, on its own motion, instituted summary investigations in
three instances, the reasonableness of rates filed being the questions
involved in all instances, except one, in which the adequacy, suffi-
ciency and suitability of a water company's plant was involved.
The rate cases were The Rhode Island Company vs. Blackstone
Valley Gas & Electric Company, Commission, On Its Own Motion
vs. Providence (jas Company, Commission, On Its Own Motion vs.
The Rhode Island Company, City of Newport vs. Newport Gas
Light Company and Town Council of Warren vs. Bristol County
Gas & Electric Company.
The matter of the adequacy, sufficiency and suitability to public
needs of the plant and equipment of the Pascoag Water Company
was considered by the Commission and notice of investigation, on
the motion of the Commission, was issued.
The Commission held numerous hearings on the proceedings which
it instituted against the Providence Gas Company and The Rhode
Island Company and both cases were determined.
The case instituted by the Commission against the Providence
Gas Company during the previous year was also further heard and
determined and the cases of the City of Newport vs. Newport Water
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Wbrks and Edward L. Spencer et al vs. Newport Water Works
were also determined.
Appeals from the orders of the Commission were entered in the
Supreme Court in the case instituted on July 17, 1918, by the Com-
mission vs. Providence Gas Company, the case instituted by the
Commission vs. The Rhode Island Company and the cases of the
City of Newport vs Newport Water Works and Edward L. Spen-
cer vs Newport Water Works. None of these appeals have yet
been heard.
The Commission also further heard in part the complaint of
James J. Walsh et al. vs. the Bristol and Warren Water Works
Company.
INFORMAL COMPLAINTS.
The usual large number of complaints of an informal nature have
reached the Commission. These complaints, as in the past, have
been of various natures and have in some instances, been considered
informally by the Commission but as a rule have been investip^ated
by the a.s^ent of the Commission and in many instances have been
adjusted, after conferences with the parties interested.
BRIDGE HEARINGS.
The Commission during the year held several hearings for the
purpose of determining what amount of the cost of construction
should be paid by the public utilities using the Bristol, Warren and
Whipple Bridges and these matters are still pending.
RAILROAD RETURNS.
For the year ending December 31, 1917, annual returns were re-
ceived from the following railroad corporations, viz. : The New
York, New TIaven and Hartford Railroad Company, Boston and
Providence Railroad Corporation, Old Colony Railroad Company
Providence and Worcester Rail Road Company, Providence, Warren
& Bristol Railroad Company, Xarragansett Pier Railroad Company,
Moshassiick Valley Railroad Company, and Wood River Branch
Railroad Company.
There were no changes in the list of operating companies: The
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Moshas-
suck \'alley Railroad Company, and Wood River Branch Railroad
Company being the only operating companies, the last two operating
their own lines only, and the first named operating, in addition t"
its own line, the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, iW
Colony Railroad Company, Providence, Warren & Bristol Railrp^d
Company and Providence and Worcester Rail Road Compiny.
The Narragansett Pier Railroad Company is operated by the Th^
Rhode Island Company, and the operating statistics again, as in the
past, are included in the statistics of street railwavs.
CAPITAL STOCK.
The total par value of authorized capital stock of the railroad-
owning or operating lines within the State is $211,379,400.00, the
amount being the same as previously reported and the amount of
captial stock outstanding is $188,226,300.00, the same as the amoum
reported for the year ending June 30. 1917.
The companies reporting outstanding capital stock in excess «'^
$1,000,000.00 are The New York, Xcw Haven and Hartford Rail
road Company, with a totai of $157,117,900,00; Boston and Provi
dencc Railroad Corporation, $3,996,000.00: Old Colony Railroa.'
Company, $22,294,000.00; Providence & Worcester Rail Road Com-
pany, $3,500,000.00. all of the amounts being the same as previ-
ously reported.
DIVIDENDS.
The dividends paid amounted to $2,368,008.00, the total being the
same as reported for the previous year. This is accounted for by
the fact that, as in the preceding year, none of the operating com-
panies paid dividends and that the amounts paid are sums guaran-
teed to the non -ope rating by the operating companies.
ASSETS.
The total assets reported amount to $542,925,933.05. conipri^in;^
the following items: road and equipment, $260,304,672.88; all otlitr
investments, $246,724.78; current assets. $30,239,952.12: defen-e^l
assets,$21 1,588.44; unadjusted debits. $5,444,719.83.
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There was a net increase of $5,789,926.04 in the value of road
and equipment, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company showing an increase of $5,411»876.34; the Old Col-
ony Railroad Company an increase of $383,580.45 and the Moshas-
suck Valley Railroad Company an increase of $11,897.38. The Wood
River Branch Railroad Company reported a decrease of $17,427.74.
There was a net decrease of all other investments of $11, 582,5 12.8X
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting an increase of $11,562,754.27; the Old Colony Railroad
Company an increase of $13,547.44; Providence and Worcester
Railroad Company an increase of $38,825.00 and the Moshassuck
Valley Railroad Company a decrease of $32,612.73.
In current assets there was a net increase of $1,039,119.45, The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reporting
an increase of $1,012,203.91, the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Com-
pany, an increase of $52,442.87, the Providence & Worcester Rail
Road Company, a decrease of $36,790, and the Providence, Warren
& Bristol Railroad Company, an increase of $204.38; Boston and
Providence Railroad Corporation, an increase of $4,622.78; Old
Colony Railroad Comj)any, a decrease of $1,296.76 and the Wood
River Branch Railroad Company, an increase of $7,732.27.
The deferred assets showed an increase of $26,217.88, of which
$26,187.88 was reported by the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
ported an increase of $1,502,346.56 in unadjusted debits and the
Moshassuck Valiey Railroad Company an increase of $48.16 making
a total increase of $1,502,394.72.
The total assets as reported disclosed a net increase of $19,940,-
172.36, of which $19,515,368.96 was reported by the Xew York
New Plaven and Hartford Railroad Company, $395,831.13 by the
Old Colony Railroad Company, $2,035.00 by the Providence & Wor-
cester Railroad Company, $204.38 by the Providence, Warren &
Bristol Railroad Company, $31,775.58 by the Moshassuck X'alley
Railroad Company and $4,622.78 by the P>oston and Providence
Railroad Corporation. The Wood River Branch Railroad Company
reported a decrease of $9,665.47.
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LIABILITIES.
The total liabilities reported comprise the following items: total
stock, $214,565,136.34; long term debt, including govermental grant
of $50,455.03, $234,950,006.02; current liabilities, $62,161,615.60;
deferred liabilities, $249,592,52; unadjusted credits, $14,556,255.10;
corporate surplus, $16,443,327.47.
The governmental grants reported showed an increase of $12,925.-
75. all of which was reported by the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company anrl the long term debt an increase
of $2,520,015.42: The New York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company reporting an increase of $2,524,515.42 and the Wood
River l>ranch Railroad Company a decrease of $4,500.00.
There was a net increase in current liabilities of $22,760,869.39,
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting an increase of $22,307,364.55. The Boston and Providence
Railroad Corporation a decrease of $699.10 and the Moshassuck
Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $21,977.48: Old Colony
Railroad Company, an increase of $382.283.69 : Providence & Wor-
cester Railroad Company, a decrease of $37.80; Providence, Warren
& Bristol Railroad Company, an increase of $111.00, and Wood
River [branch Railroad Company, an increase of $21,977.48.
There was a net increase in deferred liabilities of $81,594.40,
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting an increase of $92,848.19 and the Wood River Branch Rail-
road Company a decrease of $11,253.79.
There was a net increase of unadjusted credits of $3,996,429.12,
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting an increase of $3,995,497.39, the Moshassuck Valley Rail-
road Company an increase of $8,842.37 and the Old Colony Rail-
road Coni])any reporting a decrease of $6,960.64 and the Wood River
Branch Railroad Company a decrease of $950.00
There was a net decrease in corporate surplus of $9,418,735.97,
reported as follows: The New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company, a decrease of $9,404,856.59: Old Colony Rail-
road Company, an increase of $20,508.08. Providence & Worcester
Railroad Company, an increase of $2,072.80; Providence. Warren
& Bristol Railroad Company, an increase of $93.38 ; the Moshassuck
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Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $955.23 : I>oston and
Providence Railroad Corporation, an increase of $5,321.88; the
Wood River Branch Railroad Company, a decrease of $42,831.25.
OPERATING TXCOMK.
The total operating income refwrted, $20,519,562.37 was a net
decrease of $2,568,912.16, The New York, New Tlaven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company reporting a decrease of $2,577,431.06, the
Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company an increase of $26,123.59
and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company a decrease of
$17,604-69.
The total railway operating revenues reported amounted to
$85,921,006.85, all of the o|)erating companies showing an increase,
that of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
being $5,352,726.21, Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, ^3^,-
819.57 and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company, $233.65
making a total of $5,386,779.43.
The railway operating expenses amounted to $62,064,537.23, an
increase of $7,623,725.35, The New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company reporting an increase of $7,598,031.04,
the Wood River Branch Railroad Company an increase of $17,-
810.50 and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Com])any an increase
of $7,883.8L
The total net revenue from railway operations amounted to $23,-
856,469.62, which was a decrease of $2,236,945,92, of which The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported
$2,245,304.83, the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, an in-
crease of $25,935.76, and the Wood River Branch Railroad Com-
pany a decrease of $17,576.85.
The total net railway operating income was $20,510,492.35, the
same being a net decrease of $2,568,660.70. The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported a decrease of
$2,577,179.60, the Moshassuck X'alley Railroad Company, an in-
crease of $26,123.59, and the Wood River Branch Railroad Com-
pany, a decrease of $17,604.69. The railway operating income of
the Wood River Branch Railroad Company disclosed a deficit.
The only miscellaneous operating income was reported bv The
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, the a-
mount being $9,070.02, a decrease of $251.46.
NON-OPERATING INCOME.
l*he total non-operating income reported amounted to $10,375-
307.21, The New York, New FTaven and Hartford Railroad Com
pany showing a decrease of $27,491.10, the Old Colony Railroa«1
Company a decrease of $2,709.94, Providence & Worcester Rail-
road Company an increase of $69.59, Providence, Warren & Bristol
Railroad Company an increase of $2.97, the Moshassuck Valley
Railroad Company a decrease of $5,372.61, Wood River Branch
Railroad Company an increase of $47.77, and the Boston and Pro\i
dcnce Railroad Corporation an increase of $4,927.93, making a nei
decrease of $30,525.39.
The gross income reported amounted to $30,894,869.58, tlic (de-
ductions from the gross income, $26,131,442.52. makini: a net in-
come of $4,763,427.06. The gross income as reported wis a de<'rea\
of $2,600,437.55. re]wrted as follows: The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, a decrease of $2,604,922.16. the
Old Colony Railroad Company, a decrease of $2,709.94, the Provi-
dence & Worcester Rail Road Company, an increase of $69.69,
Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad Companv, ?n increase « I
$2.97, Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, an increase of
$19,750 98, Wood River Branch Railroad Conmany. a decrease of
$17,556.92, Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, an in-
crease of $4,927.93.
There was a net increase of $590,930.22 in the deductions from
gross income, increases being reported as follows : The New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, $545,959.76; Mo>hav
suck Valley Railroad Company, $39,464.18, Boston and Providcn^^
Railroad Corporation, $639.44; Old Colony Railroad Company.
$240.38. The Providence & Worcester Railroad Company reporlel
a decrease of $369.06; Wood River Branch Railroad Companv,
$4,995.52.
The net income reported amounted to $4,763,427.06, which w^'
a net decrease of $3,191,367.77, reported as follows: The Xe^v
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, a decrease of
$3,150,881.92; Old Colony Railroad Company, a decrease of
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$2,950.32; Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, a decrease of
$19,713.20; Wood River Branch Railroad Company, a decrease of
$22,552.44; Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, an in-
crease of $4,288.49; Providence and Worcester Rail Road Com-
pany, an increase of $438.65, and the Providence, Warren & I'ristol
Railroad Company, an increase of $2.97.
RAILWAY OPERATING RRVRNUES.
The total rail line transportation revenues amounted to $81,833,-
426.76, an increase of $5,338,896.45; The New York, New Flaven
and Hartford Railroad Comi)any's increase hcing $5,327,376.69;
that of the Moshassuck V^alley Railroad Company, $11,515.61, and
that of the Wood River P.ranch Railroad Company, $84.15. The
rail line transportation revenues were divided as follows: Freight,
$40,477,064.02, passenger, $34,432,513.26; all other, $6,923,849.48.
The freight revenues showed an increase of $1,679,885.50, of which
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
ported an increase of $1,668,573.84, Moshassuck X^'alley Railroad
Company, an increase of $12,177.50 and the Wood River l»ranch
Railroad Company, a decrease of $866.14. The passenger reveiuies
were an increase of $3,343,053.07, of which amount The New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported $3,342,766.22.
The Moshassuck Valley Railroad 'Company and the Wood River
Branch Railroad Company hotli showed a slight increase. 'Hie
New York, New Haven and Hartford f^ailroad Company reported
an increase of $316,036.61 in other rail line transj^ortation revenues,
the Wood River Branch Railroad Company a slight increase and
Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, a slight decrease.
The total incidental operating revenues amounted to $3,335,078.91,
a net increa.se of $1,216.54; The New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company reported a decrease of $21,316.92; the
Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $22..W3.96
and the Wood River I^ranch Railroad Com])any, the remainder.
RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES.
The tot'il railway operating cx])enses reported amounted to
$62,064,537.23, a net increase of $7,623,725.35. The New York,
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New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported an increase
of $7,597,977.04, the Wood River Branch Railroad Company, an
increase of $17,810,50 and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Com-
pany, an increase of $7,883.81. The Railway operating expenses
were divided as follows: maintenance of ways and structures,
$9,034,992.10; maintenance of equipment, $12,200,400.53; traffic
expenses, $52,076.63; transportation expenses, $36,434,965.50; mis-
cellaneous operations. $1,404,428.39; general $2,485,093.86. The
maintenance of ways and structures was an increase of $48,961.68,
of which $42,288.99 was reported by The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company; maintenance of equipment, an
increase of $1,500,889.67, of which The New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company reported $1,497,360.45. The
traffic expenses showed an increase of $16,989.81, of which The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported
$16,954.54 and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, the
remainder. c i oo 97n n7
Tn transportation expenses there was an increase of $5,182,270.U/.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting an increase of $5,161,411.79, Moshassuck Valley Railroad
Company an increase of $4,330.61, the Wood River Branch Rail-
road Company an increase of $16,527.67. There was an increase oi
$350 102.84 in miscellaneous expenses, all of which was reported by
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
There was a net increase in general expenses of $489,930.29, The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company showing
an increase of $495,331.84, the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Com-
pany a decrease of $6,071.63 and the Wood River Branch Company
a decrease of $670.08.
TRAIN MILES.
The total transportation service train mileage repoiied amounted
to 21,8%,416 miles, and the work service train mileage, 1.407.19/
miles The transportation service! train mileage was divided as fol-
lows: freight. 6.843,741 miles, a decrease of 816,966 mil^. ot
which a decrease of 817,261 miies was reported by The New \ork.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and an increaf^e ot
295 miles bv the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company; passenger.
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14,894,227 miles, a decrease of 499,661 miles, of which The New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported
497,553 miles; mixed, 150,697 miles, a decrease of 52,036 miles;
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re-
porting a decrease of 53,834 miles and the Wood River Branch
Railroad Company an increase of 1,798 miles; special, 7,711 miles,
all of which was reported by The New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company, same being a decrease of 4,781 miles, mak-
ing a total net decrease in the total transportation service train
mileage of 1,373,444 miles, of which 1,373,429 miles was reported
by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com])any,
19 miles by the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Com])any and a de-
crease of 34 miles by the Wood River Branch Railroad Company.
LOCOMOTIVE MILES.
The total transportation service locomotive mileage reported
amounted to 31,426,299 miles, a decrease of 1,487,134 miles, of
which 1,485,757 miles was reported by The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, 34 miles by the Wood River
Branch Railroad Company and 1,343 miles by the Moshassucfc Val-
ley Railroad Company. The locomotive mileage was divided as
follows: freight, 7,899,203 miles, a net decrease of 729,512 miles,
of which a decrease of 729,807 miles was reported by The New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and an increase
of 295 miles by the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company; pas-
senger, 15,752,742 miles, a decrease of 532,795 miles, l*he New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reporting a
decrease of 530,687 miles and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad
Company and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company both
slight decreases; mixed. 149,176 miles, a net decrease of 53,012
miles; The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-
pany reporting a decrease of 54,810 miles and the Wood River
Branch Railroad Company an increase of 1,798 miles; special 8,149
miles, all of which was reported by The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company and which was a decrease of
4,956 miles; train switching, 1,254,627 miles, which was an increase
of 154,990 miles, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
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road Company showing an increase of 154,984 miles and the Moshas-
siick Valley Railroad Company a small increase; yard switching,
6.362,402 miles, a decrease of 321,849 miles. The New York, New
Ifp.vcn and T fart ford Railroad Company showing a decrease of
320.481 miles and the Moshassiick Valley Railroad Company a de-
crease of 1,368 miles.
CAR MILES.
The total transportation service car mileage reported was 287,449.-
158 miles and- the work service car mileage 4,637,532 miles. The
total transix)rtation service car mileage was a decrease of 7,067.325
miles. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-
pany reporting a decrease of 7,156,795 miles, the Moshassuck Valley
Railroad Company a decrease of 244 miles and the Wood River
Branch Railroad Company an increase of 89,714 miles. The work
service car mileage was all reported by The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company and was an increase of 1,543.395
miles. The transportation service car mileage was divided as fol-
lows: freight, 204,431,474 miles, which was a decrease of 8.708,433;
The New York. New Haven and 1 lartf ord Railroad Company show-
ing a decrease of 8,703,521 miles and the Moshassuck Valley Rail-
road Company a decrease of 4,912 miles; passenger, 181,875,918
miles ; an increase of 2,124,785 miles, The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company showing an increase of 2,121,887
miles, the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, an increase of
4,668 miles, and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company a de-
crease of 1,770 miles; mixed train, 1,038.806 miles, a decrease of
428,604 miles, of which The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company reported a decrease of 520,088 miles and the
Wood River Branch Railroad Company an increase of 91.484 miles:
special train, 102,960 miles, all of which was re|K)rted by The New-
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and which was
a decrease of 55,073 miles.
PASSENGER SERVICE.
The total revenue passengers carried numbered 92,662,515, which
was an increase of 6,438,388, The New York, New Haven and Hart-
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ford Railroad Company reporting an increase of 6,423,921, the
Moshassuck \''alley Railroad Company an increase of 13,423, the
Wood River Branch Railroad Company an increase of 1,034.
The revenue passenger mileage reported was 1,814,630,742, an
increase of 164,010,068, The New York, New Haven an^ Hartford
Railroad Company reporting an increase of 163.985,855, the Moslias-
suck Valley Railroad Company an increase of 26,846 and the Wood
River Branch Railroad Company a decrease of 2,633 miles.
TONS AND TON MILES.
The total tons of freight reported was 33,851,032, of which
30,487,789 tons were revenue and 3,363,243 tons were non-revenue
freight. The revenue freight carried was an increase of 852,076
tons of which 841,770 tons increase were reported by The New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, 11,635 tons
increase by the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company and by the
Wood River Branch Railroad Cornpany a decrease of 1,329 tons.
The non-revenue freight was an increase of 334,901 tons, making a
total increase of 1,186,977 tons.
The total number of ton miles reported was 2,955,902,008, of
which 2,776,721,316 was revenue and 179,180,692 non-revtiuie.
There was an increase of 208,328,286 ton miles of revenue freight,
of which an increase of 208,312,591 ton miles was reported by The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and the
balance by the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company and by the
Wood River Branch Railroad Conipany. The ton miles of non-
revenue freight was an increase of Z7A77,S77 ton miles, making a
total increase in ton mileage of 245,805,863.
ROAD MILEAGE AND EQUIPMENT.
The total miles of road owned by companies making reports
amounted to 1,875.44 miles; miles of second track, 775.87, and the
miles of all tracks, 4,180.49.
The total miles of all tracks operated by companies making oper-
ating reports was 4,606.46 miles.
The total miles of road, single track reported owned in Rhode
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Island was 209.49 miles, and the total operated single track 203.09
miles. The mileage reported owned in Rhode Island includes 8.50
miles owned by the Narragansett Pier R. R. Co., which is operated
by the Rhode Island Company.
The total locomotives in service as reported numbered 1^1. of
which 1,096 are owned and 165 are leased or held under equipment
trust. The total cars in service numbered 38.521, of which 139
are owned and 1,382 operated either under lease or equipment trust.
The cars in service are divided as follows: freight, 34,116 owned.
555 operated under lease, etc. ; passenger, 1,819 owned, 710 operated
under lease, etc.; company service, 1,204 owned, 117 operated imder
lease, etc.
RAILWAY RETURNS.
Eleven street railway companies, one less than in the preceding
year, filed returns, four of which, Bay State Street Railway Com-
pany, Newport & Providence Railway Company, The Rhode Island
Company, and The Shore Line Electric Railway Company filed
operating returns. No return was filed by the Norwich & Westerly
Traction Company, as the company was purchased by The Shore
Line Electric Railway Company.
The non-operating companies filing returns were Newport & Fall
River Street Railway Company, Pawtucket Street Railway Com-
pany, Providence Cable Tramway Company, Providence & Daniel-
son Railway Company, Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company.
Sea View Railroad Company and L^nion Railroad Company, all of
these companies except the Newport & Fall River Street Railway
Company, which is operated by the Bay State Street Railway Com-
pany, being operated by The Rhode Island Company.
CAPITAL STOCK.
There was a net increase in the total par value of capital stock-
authorized of $756,100, of which amount $606,100 was reported by
the Bay State Street Railway Company and $150,000 by the New-
port and Fall River Street Railway Company. The amount out-
standing was an increase of $671,000 of which the Bay State Street
Railway Company reported $530,000 and the Newport and Fall
River Street Railway Company, $141,000,
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DIVIDENDS.
The total dividends ])ai(l by companies owning or operating rail-
way lines within the State, amounted to $1,052,759.00, which was
$126,021 less than the amoimt previously reported.
The Bay State Street Railway Company was the only comi)any
operating within the State which paid a dividend and the amount
was $133,751.00 less than that previously reported.
The dividends paid on stock of the non-operating companies were
the same as previously reported, except in the case of the Newport
& Fall River Street Railway Company and the Sea View Railroad
Company, the dividend of the Newport & Fall River Street Rail-
way Company being increased $4,230, and that of the Sea View
Railroad Company was increased $3,500.00.
ASSETS.
The total assets reported amounted to $110,568,157.43, divided as
follows: road and equipment, $95,454,253.91 : all other investments.
$5,340.55; current assets,.$3.313.165.40: deferred assets, $50,455.52;
unadjusted debits, »$6,400,346.05 ; The net increase in assets reported
amounted to $4,730,205.91, the road and equipment being a net de-
crease of $257,040.10; other investments being an increase of
$1,721,418.86; current assets a net decrease of $494,854.84; deferred
assets a net increase of $11,290; unadjusted debits, an increase of
$3,749,392.07.
In road and equipment, the Bay State Street Railway Company
showed an increase of $821,564.71 ; Newport & Fall River Street
Railway Company, an increase of $83,549.33 ; the Newport & Prov-
idence Railway Company, an increase of $2,895.37; The Rhode
Island Company, an increase of $470,353.67, and The Shore Line
Electric Railway Company, an increase of $7,726.16.
Increases in other investments were reported as follows: Bay
State Street Railway Company, $1,652,385.63; The Rhode Island
Company, $33,830.40; The Shore Line Electric Railway Company,
$34,202.85.
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Increases and decreases in current assets were reported as fol-
lows: Bay State Street Railway Company, a decrease of $27,081.25;
Newport & Providence Railway Company, an increase of $25,137.62;
Pawtucket Street Railway Company, an increase of $11.94; The
Rhode Island Company, a decrease of $241,697.64; Rhode Island
Surburban Railway Company, an increase of $129.03; Union Rail-
road Company, an increase of $65.32; The Shore Line Electric
Railway Company, a decrease of $251,401.70.
The increase in deferred assets of $11,290.00 was all reported by
the Bay State Street Railway Company.
An increase in unadjusted debits of $3,762,030.82 was reported
by Bay State Street Railway Company, and decreases as follows:
Newport & Providence Railway Company, $463.52 ; The Rhode Is-
land Company, $11,809.57; The Shore Line Electric Railway Com-
pany, $365.65.
LIABILITIES.
The total liabilities reiK)rtcd were divided as follows : Total stock,
$53,724,575.75; long term debt, $40,230,200.00; current liabilities,
$8,362,285.71; deferred liabilities, $50,557.34; unadjusted credits,
$4,243,610.24 ; corporate surplus, $3,956,928.39.
There was a net increase in long term debt of $374,500.00, all re-
ported by the Bay State Street Railway Company.
In current liabilities there was a net increase of $1,669,074.01,
Bay State Street Railway Company reporting an increase of $856,-
932.53, The Shore Line Electric Railway Company reporting $114,-
734.43; Newport & Providence Railway Company, $2,823.77; The
Rhode Island Company, $694,583.28. There was a net decrease of
$73,530.77 in deferred liabilities, Newport & Fall River Street Rail-
way Company reporting a decrease of $57,450.67 ; Bay State Street
Railway Company a decrease of $16,080.10.
In unadjusted credits there was a net increase of $2,772,321.42.
the Newport & Providence Railway Company reporting $18,546.21 ;
15ay State Street Railway Company. $2,691,496.75; The Rhode Is-
land Company, .$98,268.01 and The Shore Line Electric Railway
Company, a decrease of $35,989.55.
The corporate surplus reported showed a net decrease of $683,
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158.65. The Bay State Street Railway Company reported an in-
crease of $140,211.31; Newport & Providence Railway Company,
an increase of $6,109.49; Pawtucket Street Railway Company, an •
increase of $65.94; The Rhode Island Company, a decrease of
$542,174.49; Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company, an increase
of $57.03; The Shore Line Electric Railway Company, a decrease of
$287,583.25 ; Union Railroad Company, an increase of $65.32.
OPERATING INCOME.
The total railway operating revenues reported amounted to $18,-
237,409.73, which was a net increase of $834,940.25. Increases were
reported as follows : Bay State Street Railway Company,. $468,-
903.60; Newport & Providence Railway Company, $42,188.47; The
Rhode Island Company, $188,605.89; The Shore Line Electric Rail-
way Company, $260,621.61, from which should he deducted $125,-
370.32 reported by The Norwich & Westerly Traction Company last
year.
The railway operating expenses reported amounted to $14,392,-
910.15, which was a net increase of $1,767,599.13. Increases were
reported in railway operating expenses as follows : Bay State Street
Railway Company, $660,958.01^ The Rhode Island Company, $797,-
433.40; The Shore Line Electric Railway Company. $272,415.33
over the amount previously reported by itself and the Norwich &
Westerly Traction Company ; Newport & Providence Railway Com-
pany, $36,791.59.
The net revenue from railway operation amounted to $3,844,-
499.58, which was a net decrease of $932,649.88. Decreases in net
revenue from railway operation were reported as follows : Bay State
Street Railway Company, $192,055.21 ; The Rhode Island Company,
'^^608,827.51; The Shore Line Electric Railway Company, $137,-
164.04, the amount previously reported by The Norwich & Westerly
Traction Company being taken into consideration. The Newport & "
Providence Railway Company reported an increase of $5,396.88.
The net revenue from auxiliary operation as reported amounted to
$139,115.36, a net decrease of $8,411.39, the Bay State Street Rail-
way Company reporting a decrease of $17,461.73 and The Shore
Line Electric Railway Company an increase of $9,050.34.
The net operating revenue W5is $3,983,614.94, which was ^ net
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decrease of f$941,061.27. Decreases in net operating revenue were
reported as follows: Ray State Street Railway Company, $209,-
516.94 ; The Rhode Island Company, $608,827.51 ; The Shore 1 Jne
Electric Railway Company, including amount previously reportc*! by
The Norwich & Westerly Traction "Company of $128,113.70. The
Newport & Providence Railway Company reported an increase of
$5,396.88.
The operating income reported amounted to $2,777,579.03, which
was a net decrease of $985,589.21. Decreases in operating incomes
were reported as follows: Ray State Street Railway Company,
$105,058.52; The Rhode Island Company, $759,414.44; the Shore
Line Ekctric Railway Company, including amount previously re-
ported by The Norwich & Westerly Traction Company of $126,-
513.13. The Newport & Providence Railway Company reported an
increase of $5,396.88.
GROSS INCOME.
The non-operating income reported amounted to $1,141,984.38.
which was a net decrease of $4,497.04. An increase of $5,215.82
was reported by the Newport & Fall River Street Railway Company :
an increase of $1,822.06 by The Shore Line Electric Railway Com-
pany and small increases by other companies. The Rhode Island
Company reported a decrease of $3,482.79; Ray State Street Rail-
way Company a decrease of $8,477.77 and the other comi)anies small
decreases.
•The total gross income reported amounted to $3,919,563.41. which
was a net decrease of $990,086.25, The Ray State Street Railway
Company reported a decrease of $113,536.29; Newport & Fall River
Street Railway Company an increase of $5,215.82; Newport &
Providence Railway Company an increase of $5,818.42; The Rhode
Island Company a decrease of $762,897.23 and The Shore Line
Electric Railway Company, including the amount previously reported
by The Norwich & Westerly Traction Company, a decrease of
$124,691.07.
The deductions from gross income amounted to $3,373,735.14,
which was a net increase of $99,829.98. The Ray State Street Rail-
way reported an increase of $75,935.73 ; the Newport and Providence
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Railway Company an increase of $8,651.87; The Rhode Island Com-
pany an increase of $53,271.28 and The Shore Line Electric Rail-
way Company a decrease of $38,031.90.
The income balances rei)ortcd amounted to $545,828.27, which was
a net decrease of $1,089,916.23. Decreases in income balances were
reix)rted as follows: l>ay State Street Railway Company, $189,-
472.02; Newport & Providence Railway Company, $2,833.45; The
Rhode Island Company, $816,168.51 ; The Shore Line Electric Rail-
way Company, $86,662.17. The Newport & Fall River Street Rail-
way Company reported an increase of $5,215.82.
CAR MILEAGE AND HOURS.
The total car mileage reported amounted to 54,091,949 miles,
which was a decrease of 17,069 miles. The car mileage reported by
The Rhode Island Company was 16,997,668 miles, an increase of
141,748 miles.
The total car hours as reported amounted to 6,676,693 hours, a
net increase of 429,143 hours. The car hours of The Rhode Island
Company amounted to 2,400,116 hours', an increase of 487,950 hours.
PASSENGERS STATISTICS.
The total number of revenue passengers reported carried was
316,920,803, which was a decrease of 1,887,791 over the number re-
ported for the preceding year. The Rhode Island Company reported
in. 330,937 revenue passengers, which was an increase of 3,049,937.
The total passengers carried was 356,702,496, which was a de-
crease of 5,660,561. The Rhode Island Company carried 126,332,-
767, an increase of 1,360,819.
The total passenger revenue reported amounted to $16,912,961.76,
which was an increase of $797,790.99. The passenger revenue of
The Rhode Island Company was $5,518,365.24. an increase of $151,-
853.83.
The total revenue from transportation reported amounted to
$17,898,951.96, which was an increase of $837,422.94. The total
revenue from transportation of The Rhode Island Company was
$5,900,030.74, an increase of $193,455.36.
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ROAD MILEAGE.
The total miles of road reported by companies operating within
the State was as follows: miles of road owned, 876.73; miles of
road operated, 1,306.81; total all tracks owned, 1,069.63; operated,
1,619.87; single track in Rhode Island owned, 69.91 miles; single
track operated and not owned, 281.97 miles.
ACCIDENTS.
The total number of accidents reported for the year ending June
30, 1918, was 1,691, which was an increase of 385 over the number
reported for the preceding year. In these accidents 48 persons were
killed and 1,809 injured, the number killed being a decrease of ten
from the preceding year, and the number injured an increase of 423.
In the 666 accidents reported by railroad companies, 25 persons
were killed and 638 injured; in 828 accidents reported by railway
companies, 17 persons were killed and 974 injured, and in 197 ac-
cidents reported by other utilities, six were killed and 197 injured.
The percentage of persons killed by railroads, railways and other
utilities to the total number killed, the percentage of persons in-
jured by these three classes of utilities to the total number injured,
and the i)ercentage of killed and injured to the total number killed
and injured is as follows :
Killed and
Killed Injured Injured
Railroads 52.08 35.27 35.70
Railways 35.42 53.84 53.37
Other Utilities 12.50 10.89 10.93
Totals 100.00 100.00 100.00
CLAwSSIFICATIOX OF KILLED AND INJURED.
The total number of passengers reported killed was two, a de-
crease of two and the total number injured 639, an increase of 2(H.
All of the passengers killed were reported by a railway company.
One person carried under agreement was reported killed, by a
railroad company, a decrease of two and one injured, an increase of
one.
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Sixteen employees on duty were reported killed, an increase of six
and 799 injured, an increase of 190. Of the employees killed, eight,
an increase of three, were reported by railroads, three, an increase of
two, by street railways and five, an increase of two, by other utili-
ities. Of the employees injured, 502 were reported by railroads. 127
by railways, and 170 by other utihties.
Two employees, not on duty, the same as in the preceding year,
w^re reported killed by a railroad company, and 11 employees, not
on duty, were reported injured, nine being reported by railroads
and two by railways.
Fifteen highway travellers were reported killed, which was a de-
crease of two from the number reported the preceding year. Of
these, two were reported by railroads, 12 by street railways and one
by an express company. There were 266 highway travellers reported
injured, 12 by railroads, 24^ by street railways and 13 by other
utilities.
Two non-trespassers, other than a highway traveller, were re-
ported killed by a railroad company, and 68 were reported injured,
55 by railroads, two by street railways and 11 by other utilities.
There were ten trespassers reported killed, nine less than pre-
viously reported by railroads. The number of trespassers injured
was 25, 13 of whom were reported by railroads, nine by railways and
three by other utilities.
PERCENTAGE OF PASSENGERS, EMPLOYEES, ETC.
The percentage of passengers, employees, highway travellers, tres-
passers and other persons killed and injured lo the total number of
casualties reported by all classes of utilities during the year is shown
by the following table :
Passengers
Persons under agreement
Employees
Employees off duty
Highway Travellers
Other non-trespassers
Trespassers
Killed.
Injured.
Total.
4.17
35.32
34.52
2.08
.06
.11
33.33
44.17
43.89
4.17
.61
.70
31.25
14.70
15.13
4.17
3.76
3.77
20 83
1.38
1.88
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UTILITIES REI^ORTING ACCIDENTS.
The various utilities reported accidents as follows: Adams Kx-
press Company, seven ; Bay State Street Railway Company, one ;
RIack5?tone Valley Gas and Electric Company, Pawtucket Division,
28 ; TOackstone Valley Gas and lUectric Company, Woonsocket Divi-
sion, 22; Hristol County Gas and Electric Company, three; James-
town Si Newport Ferry Company, two ; Narragansett Electric Ligfht-
ing Company, 116; Newport Gas Light Company, one; Newport &
Providence Railway Company, two; The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, 662; Providence Steam Company,
one; Providence Telephone Company, three; The Rhode Island
Company, 829; Westerly Automatic Telephone Company, one; Wes-
terly Light and Power Company, 11; West^'rn l^nion Telej^raph
Company, two.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
The total number of railroad accidents reported was 666. which
was 57 more than the number rcix)rted for the preceding year. Of
these, all except four, reported by The Rhode Island Company, Nar-
ragansett Pier Division, were reported by The New York,' New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
The number of persons reported killed was 25, a decrease of 13
from the preceding year, and all of the persons killed were reported
by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Company.
The number reported injured was 638, which was 66 more than the
number reported injured the preceding year. There were 26 acci-
dents reported, in which no one was either killed or injured, 24 be-
ing derailments and two collisions.
T^ERCRNTAGE OF PASSEXGERS, KMPLOVKES, ETC.
Tht percentage of i)assengers, employees, highway travellers and
other persons killed and injured to the total number of casualties is
shown by the following table :
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Killed. Injured. Total.
Passengers 7.21 6.94
Persons under agreement 4.00 0.16 .30
Employees 32.00 78.68 76.92
Employees oflF dutv 8.00 1.41 1 66
Highway Travellers 4.00 1.88 1.96
Other non-trespassers * 12.00 8.62 8.75
Trespassers 40.00 2.04 3.47
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CH.\RACTRR OF ACCIDENTS.
The number of persons killed classified by the character of ac-
cidents was as follows : overhead or side obstruction, one ; same as
in the previous year; faiHng, six, an increase of four; walking on
or crossing track, 14, a decrease of 13; working on track, one, a
decrease of one; other, three, an increase of one. There were no
persons reported killed in getting on or off trains as compared with
four in the preceding year.
The classification of character of accidents of those injured was
.as follows: collision, two, the same as in the previous year; derail-
ments, ten, an increase of six; overhead or side obstruction, 13, a
decrease of one ; coupling, two, a decrease of two, falling, 86, a de-
crease of 26; walking on or crossing track, 21, a decrease of 11 ;
getting on or off trains, 38, a decrease of 14; working on track, 67,
an increase of 39; other, 401, an increase of 97.
The class of accidents which resulted in tht greatest number of
deaths was walking on or crossing track and of the persons of this
class reported killed, seven or 50% were trespassers. The percen-
tage of trespassers in this class was 13 less than in the preceding
year.
There were no fatal accidents at stations as compared with three
reported for the preceding year and the number injured at stations
was 92, a decrease of 30 from the previous year.
Two persons were killed and 12 injured at grade crossings.
Both of the fatalities at grade crossings were at protected crossings.
Of the persons injured at grade crossings, ten were injured at pro-
tected and two at unprotected crossings. The number of persons
killed at crossings was five less than reported during the preceding
year and the number injured was the same.
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PASSENGERS.
No passengers were killed as compared with four in the preceding
year.
The total number of passengers injured was 44, which was a de-
crease of 42 from the number reported the previous year. The
character of accidents in which passengers were injured were as
follows: falling, seven, a decrease of 14 from the preceding year: 13
in getting on or oflF trains, a decrease of 14, and 26 in unclassified
accidents, a decrease of ten. No passengers were reported injured
in CQillisions, as against two in the preceding year.
EMPLOYEES.
The total number of employees killed during the year was ten,
two of whom were oflf duty. The number killed while on duty was
eight, which was two more than the number reported in the preced-
ing year.
The number of employees injured was 511, nine of whom were
not on duty. This was a decrease of 100 in the number injured on
duty.
Classification of service of the employees killed while on duty was
as follows : yard trainmen, four, an increase of one ; trackmen and
bridgemen, two, an increase of one. No trainmen were killed as
compared with two during the preceding year. The classification of
service of the employees injured while on duty was as follows:
trainmen, 62; trainmen in yards, 31; yard trainmen, 58; trackmen
and bridgemen, 80; other employees, 271.
The number of employees killed while on duty, classified accord-
ing to the character of accidents was as follows: overhead or side
obstruction, one, same as last year, falling, two; same as last year;
walking on or crossing track, three, an increase of two ; working on
track, one, same as last year; other, one, an increase of one. The
number of employees injured while on duty, classified according to
the character of accidents were as follows: collision, two; derail-
ment, nine; overhead or side obstruction, 13; falling, 66; walking
on or crossing track, two; getting on or oflF moving trains, eight;
getting on or off stationary trains, 15; working on track, 67;
coupling, two; other, 318.
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HIGHWAY TRAVELLERS.
The number of highway travellers reported killed was two, a de-
crease of two, and the number injured was 12, a decrease of three
from the number reported the preceding year. Both fatal accidents
to highway travellers occurred at protected grade crossings. Of
those injured, ten were injured at protected grade crossings and two
at unprotected crossings.
NON-TRESPASSERS NOT HIGHWAY TRAVELLERS.
There were two persons reported killed and 55 injured in this
class, the character of accidents being as follows : falling, seven in-
jured ; other, two killed and 48 injured.
TRESPASSERS.
The number of trespassers reported killed was #13, which was a
decrease of five over the number reported the preceding year. Of
these three were killed by falling and seven walking on or crossing
tracks.
There was a decrease of one in the number of trespassers reported
injured, the total number reported being 13. The character of the
accidents in which trespassers were injured were as foKows : de-
railment, one; falling, four; walking on or crossing track, four:
getting on or off train, two; other, two.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
The total number of railway accidents reported was 828, which
was an increase of 302 over the number reported the previous year.
In these accidents 17 persons were killed and 974 injured, an in-
crease of two in the number killed and of 307 in the number in-
jured. Of the total number of accidents, all except three, were re-
ported by The Rhode Island Company, two being reported by the
Newport and Providence Street Railway Company and one by the
Bay State Street Railway Company. One person was killed in the
accident reported by the Bay State Street Railway Company, and
two were injured in the accidents reported by the Newport and
Providence Street Railway Company. There were 761 accidents in
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which one person was either killed or injured ; 34 in which two per-
sons were either kil'led or injured; 14 in which three persons were
either killed or injured : eight in which four were either killed or
injured; five in which five persons were either killed or injured:
three in which eig^ht were either killed or injured; one in which 11
were either killed or injured and one in which 28 persons were
cither killed or injured.
CLASSIFICMION OF KILLED AND INJURED.
Two passengers, two more than the preceding year, three em-
ployes, two more than in the preceding year and 12 highway travel-
lers, one more than in the preceding year were reported killed. Six-
teen of these persons were killed in public highways, four of the
fatalities occuring at protected grade crossings.
Of the persons reported injured, 593 were passengers, an increase
of 216; 127 enTf)loyees, an increase of 58; two employees not on
duty, an increase of one; 241 highway travellers, an increase of 25:
two non-tresj^issers, not highway travellers, an increase of one and
nine tresi>asscrs, an increase of six.
CHARACTER OF ACCIDENTS.
The number of persons killed classified according to the character
of accidents were as follows: collision with street railway, three;
collision with vehicles, six ; overhead or side obstruction, one ; cross-
ing track, four; other, three.
The number of persons injured classified according to the charac-
ter of accidents were as follows: collision between street railway
cars, 80; collision with vehicles, 193; derailments, 20; overhead or
side obstruction, f\yQ ; falling, 66 ; walking on or crossing track, 55 :
getting on or off moving cars, 188; getting on or off stationary cars,
151 ; working on track, two; coupling, one; other 213.
There were four collisions between street railway cars in which
two persons were injured ; three in which three were injured ; one in
which four were injured ; one in which Hve were injured ; two in
which eight were injured ; one in which three were killed and 25
injured and 13 in each of which one person was injured.
There was one collision with a vehicle in which one person was
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killed ; 122 in each of which one person was injured ; 16 in each of
which two persons were injured; one in which one person was
killed and one injured ; six in which three persons were injured : two
ill each of which two were killed and two injured ; three in each of
which four were injured and one in which five were injured.
Two of the persons killed in collision with vehicles were killed at
l^rotected grade crossings on private rights of way and eight of t^^("'('
injured were injured at similar locations. Two of the persons wert-
injured at unprotected and one at a private crossing.
There were six derailments in each of which one person was in-
jured; three in each of which two were injured and two in each of
which four were injured.
The greatest number of accidents in any one class was in getting
on or off moving cars, the number injured being an increase of 69
over the number injured the preceding year. There was an increase
of 80 in the number injured in getting on or off cars not in motion.
The number of persons killed in collisions with vehicles was four
less than the number reported the preceding year and the number
of persons injured in this class of accidents was an increase of 36
over the preceding year.
There were 25 collisions between street cars reported which was
SIX more than in the preceding year and in these accidents there was
an increase of 61 in the number injured.
The number of derailments reported was 11. a decrease of five
from the number reported the preceding year and the number of
persons reported injured in these accidents was a decrease of 18.
There was one person killed and 25 injured while riding on run-
ning boards of open cars. The classification of persons killed and
injured in accidents of this kind was as follows : passengers, ten in-
jured ; motormen, one injured ; conductors, one killed and 14 injured.
The fatality resulted from a side obstruction and the persons injured
were hurt either by coming in contact with objects near the track,
or by falling.
There were eleven controller accidents in which 28 passengers
and four motormen were injured, there being two such accidents in
each of which two were injured, three in each of which five were
injured and one in which eight were injured.
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PASSENGERS.
Both passengers reported killed, were killed in collisions between
street railway cars.
The number of passengers injured, classified according to the
character of accidents were as follows : collision with street railway,
7Z, a decrease of seven ; collision with vehicles, 20, an increase of
nine ; getting on or off moving car, 185. an increase of 66; getting on
or off stationary car, 147, an increase of 87 ; falling, 48, an increase
of 16; derailments, 20, a decrease of 15; side obstructions, one, an
increase of one ; crossing track, one, an increase of one ; other, 98,
an increase of 69.
EMPLOYEES.
The classification of character of service of the employees killed
and injured on duty was as folllows: motormen, one killed, an in-
crease of one; 21 injured, an increase of seven; conductors, one
killed, an increase of one; injured, 41, an increase of eight; track-
men, two injured, a decrease of two; power station employees, eight
injured, an increase of six ; car house and shopmen, 17 injured ; an
increase of 15; trackmen, five injured, an increase of five; linemen,
four injured, an increase of four; other employees, one killed, an
increase of one ; 31 injured, an increase of 15. There were no power
station men killed, a decrease of one.
The number of employees killed and injured classified according
to the character of the accidents was as follows: collisions with
street railways, one killed, an increase of one; six injured, an in-
crease of one ; collisions with vehicles, four injured, a decrease of
three; side obstruction, one killed, an increase of one; four
injured; falling, 12 injured, a decrease of two; crossing track,
one injured, same as previously reported ; getting on or off moving
car. one injured, an increase of one ; getting on or off stationary car,
four injured, an increase of four; working on track, two injured, an
increase of two; coupling, one injured, an increase of one; other,
one killed, an increase of one ; injured. 92, an mcrease of 47. There
was a decrease of two in the number reported injured in derail-
ments.
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Two employees, not on duty was reported injured, an increase of
one from the number reported the preceding year.
HIGHWAY TRAVELLERS.
The number of highway travellers killed and injured classified
according to the character of accidents was as follows : collisions
with vehicles, six killed, a decrease of one and 169 injured, an in-
crease of 25; crossing tracks, four killed, a decrease of one; 51 in-
jured, a decrease of four ; other, two killed, an increase of one and
21 injured, an increase of nine.
TRESPASSERS.
No trespassers were reported killed, as compared with one in the
preceding year and nine were injured, four by falling and two iti
leaving moving cars.
OTHER UTILITY ACCIDENTS.
Utilities other than railroads and railways reix>rted 197 accidents,
an increase of 26 over the number reported for the preceding year.
In these accidents six persons, one more than in the preceding
year were killed and 197 persons, 50 more than in the preceding
year were injured.
The persons killed and injured were reported by the following
companies : Adams Express Company, one killed, an increase of one ;
six injured, a decrease of five; Hlackstone Valley Gas and Electric
Company, Pawtucket Division, 28 injured, an increase of 12; Black-
stone Valley Gas and Electric Company, Woonsocket Division, 22
injured, a decrease of 23 and a decrease of one in the number killed :
Bristol County Gas and Electric Company, three injured, an increase
of one; Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company, two injured, an
increase of two; Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, four
killed, the same as in the preceding year, and 117 injured, an in-
crease of 67; Newport Gas Light Company, two injured, an increase
of two; Providence Steam Company, one injured, an increase of
one ; Providence Telephone Company, three injured, an increase of
two ; Westerly Automatic Telephone Company, two injured, an in-
crease of two ; Westerly Light and Power Company, one killed, an
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increase of one and ten injured, an increase of four; Western Union
Telegraph Company, two injured, a decrease of four.
CLASSIFICATION OF KILLED AND INJURED.
There was one power station employee killed, an increase of one ;
one employee of gas distributing system, an increase of one; two
linemen, same as in the preceding year ; one other employee, same
as in the preceding year, and one highway traveller, an increase
of one.
The classification of the persons injured was as follows: power
station employees, 29, an increase of 12; gas plant employees, seven,
an increase of two; gas distributing system employees, four, a de-
crease of six; linemen, 35, a decrease of six; other employees. 95,
an increase of 43; highway travellers, 13, an increase of eight; non-
trespassers, not highway travellers, 11, the same as in the preceding
year; three trespassers, an increase of three.
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INVESTIGATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF TPIE RHODE
ISLAND COMPANY.
Following are the findings of the Special Comnii.ssion for the
Investigatron of the Affairs of The Rhode Island Company, with the
order of the Public Utilities Commission thereon : the record of the
Act of the General Assembly, approved March 19, 1918, repealing
Section 3 of Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws and revoking the
authority therein conferred upon the Public Utilities Commission
and annulling and revoking any and all orders of the Public Utilities
Commission under authority of said Section 3; the record of the
Act of the General Assembly, approved April 18, 1918, authorizing
the Public Utilities Commission to approve an increase in the fares
of The Rhode Island Company and the orders of said Commission
entered under authority conferred by said Act.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTA-
TIONS
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
In the Matter of the Report and Determination of the
Special Commission for the Investigation of the Affairs }-No. 0421.
of The Rhode Island Company.
The General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at the Jan-
uary Session A. D. 1917, by the provisions of Chapter 1516, of the
Public Laws, entitled "An Act Providing for an Investigation of the
Affairs of The Rhode Island Comj)any," created a special commis-
sion for the investigation of the affairs of The Rhode Island Com-
pany.
Section 3 of said Act reads as follows :
"Sfic. 3. When such determination shall have been made and the same
shall have been certified to the public utilities commission, the said public
utilities commission is hereby authorized and directed to order The Rhode
Island Company to make such modification ot the rates of fare charged by
it, or of its transfer system, or other modifications in its system of fares and
transfers, as such special commission shall by its said determination find to be
just and equitable, and from such order there shall be the right of appeal as
provided in the public utilities act. Such modifications shall be subject to
change from time to time by the public utilities commission, whenever in its
opinion the public interest shall so demand and the affairs of The Rhode
Island Company shall warrant."
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The special Commission for the Investigation of the Affairs of
The Rhode Island Company has made a determination upon such
modification of the rates of fare charged by The Rhode Island Com-
pany, and of its transfer system, and upon such other modifications
of its system of fares and transfers as said commission has found
to be just and equitable, and in accordance with the provisions of
section three above quoted, has certified its said determination to
the Public Utilities Commission, together with a copy of its report
upon said investigation. The said determination as received reads
as follows:
"To the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Rhode Island,
State House,
Providence, R. I.
In accordance with the i)rovisions of Section 2 of Chapter 1516
of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D. 1917, and
approved April 19, 1917, the Special Commission for the Investiga-
tion of the Affairs of The Rhode Island Company hereby finds that
the following modification of the rates of fare charged by The
Rhode Island Company, and of its transfer system, and of its sys-
tem of rates and transfers is just and e([uitable, and in accordance
with the provisions of said Section 2 the said Special Commission
for the Investigation of thc'Affairs of The Rhode Island Company
does hereby certify said determination to the Public Utilities Com-
mission, to wit :
The existing rates of fare charged by The Rhode Island Com-
pany, and its existing transfer system, and its existing system of
rates and transfers, in order that the same may be just and equit-
able, arc modified as follows:
Siiifjlc five Cent Pare and Transfer 7Ames.
Single five cent fare and transfer zones as established shall be
identical. Four transfer zones shall be provided for the following
centres, viz. : Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket and Clyde Square
at River Point. Limited local ?iwq cent fare and transfer zones shall
be provided for Cranston and East Providence. A local five cent
fare zone shall be provided from Olneyville Square, Providence.
1. Providence Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone.
The Providence single five cent fare and transfer zone shaal in-
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elude the area within a radius of approximately two and one-half
miles from Exchange Place as a centre, excepting in the direction
of Pawtucket, where the city limits of Providence and Pawtucket
shall continue as the transfer limit between the two cities.
The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several street
car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below :
FARE AND TRANSFER* LIMIT.
At Providence city line, qn Hope Streel.
At Providence city line, on North Main
Street.
At St. Francis Cemetery, on Smithfield
Avenue.
At Providence city line, on Charles
Street.
At Wild Street, Providence, near Branch
Avenue car house.
At Gem Sireet, Providence, near turn
out.
At Rid^eway Street, Providence.
At Lowell Avenue, Providence.
At Lowell Avenue, Providence.
At intersection I/Owell Avenue, Provi-
dence.
At Cranston-Providence city line, on
Dyer Avenue.
At Cranston car house, on Cranston
Street.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on.
Reservoir Avenue.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Reservoir Avenue.
At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on
Elmwood Avenue.
At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on
Elmwood Avenue.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Broad Street.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Broad Street.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Maryland Avenue.
At Tngrahams Corner. East Providence.
On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over just
east of Broadway Six Corners, East
Providence.
On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over iust
east of Broadway Six Corners, East
Providence.
At Broadway Six Corners, East Provi-
dence.
On North Broadwav at Walker Avenue.
'Enct Providence.
On North Broadwav at Walker Avenue,
East Providence,
1.
2.
LINES.
Pawtucket-Hope Street.
Pawtucket lines.
3.
Smithfield Avenue.
4.
Woonsocket.
5.
Branch Avenue-Douglas Av-
6.
enue.
Centredale, Chepachet.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Manton Avenue.
Hartford Avenue.
Danielson Connection.
Plainficld Street.
11.
Dyer Avenue. ,
12.
Cranston Street.
13.
River Point.
14.
Reservoir Avenue.
15.
Elmwood Avenue.
16.
East Greenwich,
17.
Broad Street.
18.
Rocky Point.
19.
Edgewood.
2().
21.
Riverside, Bristol.
Taunton Avenue.
22. Taunton Connection.
23.
24.
25.
Liithers Corners.
Rum ford, Hunts Mills.
Phillipsdale,
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REPORT OF PUBUC UT1I.1T1ES COMMISSION.
2. Pawtucket Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone.
The Pawtucket single five cent fare and transfer zone shall in-
clude the area in the State of Rhode Island within a radius of ap-
proximately two miles from Main Street Square as a centre, ex-
cepting in the direction of Providence, where the city limits of Paw-
tucket and Providence shall continue as the transfer limit between
the cities.
The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several street
car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below:
LINES.
Pawtucket-Hope Street.
Providence Lines.
Smithfield Avenue.
Mineral Spring Avenue.
Prospect Hill.
John Street.
7. Broad Street.
North Attleboro.
Benefit Street.
FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT.
At Pawtucket city line, on Hope Streft
At Pawtucket city line, on North Main
Street.
At Pawtucket city line, on Smithfield
Avenue.
At Marieville, North Providence, on
Charles Street
At Prospect Hill, end of route.
At Town Hall. Valley Falls, Combcr-
land.
At Town Hall. Valley Falls, Cumber-
land.
At State line, on Broadway, Pawtiickct
At end of line at intersection of Central
Avenue.
At State Line. Central Avenue. Paw-
tucket.
At Pawtucket-East Providence Line
Woonsockct Singi^c Five Cent Fare and Tjafisfer Zone,
The Woonsocket Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone shall
include the area in the State of Rhode Island within a radius of
approximately two miles from Main Street turnout, Woonsockel as
a centre. The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several
street car lines, entering and leaving this zone are indicated below:
LINES. FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT.
PascoaR. At Branch River Bridjore.
Worcester Consolidated. At State line. Woonsocket.
Milford-Attleboroand Woon- At State line, Woonsocket
10. Attleboro.
11.
3.
Pawtucket-East Providence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
socket.
Providence.
5. Manville.
One-half mile south of city line of
Woonsocket, upon private right of
way.
At junction of Cumberland and Mcndon
Roads.
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4. Clyde Square, River Point, Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer
Zone.
The Clyde Square, River Point, Sin^^le Five Cent Fare and Trans-
fer Zone shall include the area within a radius of approximately
two miles from Clyde Square, in the town of West Warwick as a
centre. The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several
street car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below :
LINES. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER
LIMIT.
1. Providence. Near Westcott turn out.
2. Washinjfton. At Cemetery.
3. Hope. At Fiskeville.
4. Rocky Point* Near Westcott turn out.
5. Crompton. At end of line, Crompton.
5. Cranston Local Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer 7.onc.
The existing loca'i five cent fare and transfer limits within the city
of Cranston shall be continued.
6. East Providence LocctH Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer
Zone.
The F^st Providence Local Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone
shall include the area within the town of East Providence included
within a radius of approximately two miles from Broadway Six
Comers as a centre. The local single fivt cent fare and transfer
limits on the several street car lines entering and leaving this zone
are indicated below :
LINES. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER
LIMIT.
L Phillipsdale, Red BridRe-end of line at Phillipsdale.
2. Pawtucket-East Providence. On Roger Williams Avenue, at Nelson
Street-Boyden Heights.
3. Rumford-Hunts Mills Red Bridge-end of line at Hunts Mills.
4. Taunton Connection. Washington Bridge-State line, Taunton
Avenue.
5. Taunton Avenue. Washington Bridge- terminus on Taun-
ton Avenue.
6. Luthers Corners. Fall River Washington Bridge-State line. Warren
Connection. Avenue.
7. Riverside. Washingtrn Bridge-Boyden Heights.
Olncyville Local Five Cent Fare Z.onc.
A five cent fare shall entitle a passenger to travel between Olney-
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ville Square and the following termini, in either direction, without
any transfer privilege, viz. :
Centerdale via Manton Avenue.
Terminus at Manton Village.
Providence city line on Hartford Avenue.
Thornton and Hughesdale.
Terminus of Dyer Avenue line at Cranston Street.
Interurban and Suburban Lines.
Outside of the central single five cent fare and transfer zones as
above described there shall be established intermediate zones with a
fare of two cents for travel through each such zone, with a mini-
nnun fare of five cents entitling a i)assenger to travel through two
of such zones.
Upon the Danielson, Sea View, Paw tucket-Cumberland Hill and
Chepachet lines, which present similar low earnings, the average
length of such zones shall reflect a rate of approximately two and
one-half cents per mile. Upon these lines a minimum fare of Hivd
cents shall entitle a passenger to travel through three of such zones.
L'pon the other interurban or suburban lines the average length
of such zones varies from 1.18 to 2.08 miles and the average rate
from .96 cents to 1.69 cents per mile. In the case of these lines a
properly advanced through rate was determined upon, having in
mind the existing rate, the nature and density of traffic, and the
probable effect of such increased rate upon travel.
The adojHion of a theory of division of the intervening distance
between the five cent fare and transfer limits and the termini of
the interurban and suburban lines into zones of equal length would
result in a fare increased from the present five cents to nine cents
for many people who have located their homes at or near the ex-
treme limits of the present hve cent fare zones about Providence.
In justice to such peoj^le it was deemed fair to adopt the existing
five cent fare limits as the new seven cent limits about Providence,
thus making a imiform increase of fare of two cents to all persons
living in the area included between the old and the new five cent
fare limits, riding to and from Providence, but entitling such pas-
sengers therefor to a transfer within the Providence transfer limits.
An exception, however, was made in the case of two lines leading
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out of Providence where the existing^ five cent fare zone was ab-
normally long. The Oaklawn line is 7.31 miles in length with a
five cent fare from the Providence centre, and the seven cent fare
limit has been placed at Knightsville.
Special book tickets, ten for fifty cents, have been in use on the
Riverside line, entitling a passenger to ride a maximum of 7.29
miles for five cents. The seven cent limit from Providence on the
Riverside line has been located at Hoyden Heights, which will make
the new fare to Riverside Square, nine cents, and to Crescent Park,
eleven cents. A transfer privilege within the Providence transfer
area accompanies the new fare.
On the Woonsockct-Pascoag line where the present five cent fare
zone is abnormally long, the seven cent limit has been placed at
Forestdale, making the new fare for points between Forestdale and
Slaterville into Woonsocket, nine cents, with a transfer privilege in
Woonsocket.
On the WoonscKket-Manville line where the present five cent
fare zone to Manville is abnormally long, the seven cent limit from
Woonsocket has been placed at the junction of Cumberland and
Mendon Roads, and the fare to Manville has been raised to nine
cents.
The total track mileage, the track mileage local to each end,
the intermediate track mileage for each interurban and suburban
line, as well as the number, the average length, and the rate in cents
per mile of the intermediate zones, together with a statement of
the new and old total rates of fare, with increases or decreases
indicated, are contained in the following table:
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Providence Seven Cent Fare Limits.
The seven-cent fare limits on the several street car Hnes entering
and leaving the Providence transfer zone are indicated below :
LmES.
1. Pawtucket-Hope Street.
2. Pawtucket.
3. Smithfield Avenue.
4. Woon socket.
5. Branch Avenue-Douglas Av-
enue.
6. Centredale; Chepachet.
7. Smith Street.
8. Manton Avenue.
9. Hartford Avenue.
10. Danielson Connection.
11. Plainfield Street.
12. Th:>rnton and Hughes dale.
13. Dyer Avenue.
14. Cranston Street.
15. River Point.
16. Reservoir Avenue.
17. HImwood Avenue.
18. East Greenwich.
19. Broad Street
20. Rocky Point.
21. Riverside; Bristol.
22. Taunton Avenue.
23. Taunton Connection.
24. Luthers Corners: Fall River
Connection.
25. Rumford-Hunts Mills.
26. Phillipsdale.
SEVEN CENT FARE LIMIT.
At Main Street Square, Pawtucket.
At Main Street Square, Pawtucket.
At Lonsdale Avenue, Lincoln.
At Miners turn out.
At end of line.
At Centredale.
At Greystone.
At end of line.
At Providence, city line terminus.
At end of private right of way.
At end of line.
At end of line, at Hughesdale.
At end of line.
At Knightsville, Cranston.
At Davis turn out.
At end of line.
At Pawtuxet River Bridge
At Pawtuxet River Bridge.
At Pawtuxet terminus.
At Warwick and Waite Avenues, Crans-
ton.
At Boyden Heights.
At State line. Taunton Avenue, East
Providence.
At State line, Taunton Avenue, F^st
Providence.
At State line, Warren Avenue, East
Providence.
At end of line.
At Phillipsdale terminus.
School Tickets.
The use of Pchool Tickets may he continued as at present upon
the lines where they are now in use.
Discontinuance of Special Tickets.
The Rhode Island Company shall discontinue the use of commu-
tation, round trip, and trip tickets, as now in use on the Danielson
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and Sea View lines, except that excursion tickets at less than the
regular rates may be sold between Providence and Narragan^ert
. Pier or Wakefield.
Location of Intermediate 7.one Limits.
The exact location of the intermediate zone limits shafi be sub-
mitted by The Company to the Public Utilities Commission for
approval.
Minimum Fare.
Where the lines of the Providence-East Greenwich and the Sea
\'iew Railroad meet at East Greenwich the payment of a minimum
fare of five cents on the Sea View Railroad shall entitle a passenger
to ride throngh two zones on the Sea View^ and one zone on the
Providence-East Greenwich line, and the payment of a minimum
fare of ?ivc cents on the Providence-East Greenwich line shall en-
title a passenger to ride through the last zone on the Providence-
East Greenwich line and the first two zones upon the Sea View-
Railroad and thereafter two cents shall be paid for each additional
zone through which such passenger may travel.
Modification of h'at^s of Fare and Transfer Systetn.
When to Become Effective
The Rhode Island Company shall file with Public Utilities Com-
mission new schedules of rates of fare and transfer regulations and
a cancellation of such existing rates of fare and transfer regulations
as may be necessary to place in effect the determination herein made,
such new schedules to become eflFective on or before April 1, 1918.
upon at least five days* notice to the Public Utilities Commission
and the public; provided that the Public Utilities Commission may,
for cause shown by The Rhode Island Company, extend the date
upon which such new schedules shall become effective."
"Dated at Providence this sixth day of March, A. D. 1918.
ZENAS W. BUSS,
WILLIAM C. BLISS,
GEO. H. NEWHALL.
Special Commission for the Investigation of the Affairs of the
Rhode Island Company.
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In accordance with the authority and direction contained in Chap-
ter 1516 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D.
1917, entitled "An Act Providing for an Investigation of the Af-
fairs of The Rhode Island Company."
It is ORDERED, ADJl'DOED AND DrXREED:
That the existing rates of fare charged by The Rhode Island
Company, and its existing transfer system, and its existing system
of rates and transfers, are hereby modified as follows, such modifi-
cations having been found by the determination of the Special Com-
mission for the Investigation of the Affairs of The Rhode Island
Company to be just and eciuitable.
Single five Cent fare and Transfer Zones.
Single five cent fare and transfer zones as established shall be
identical. Four transfer zones shall be provided for the following
centres, viz. : Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket and Clyde Square
at River Point. Limited local five cent fare and transfer zones shall
be provided for Cranston and East Providence. A local five cent
fare zone shall be provided from Olneyvillc vSquarc, Providence.
1 Providence Single five Cent fare and Transfer Zone.
The Providence single five cent fare and transfer zone shall in-
clude the area within a radius of approximately two and one-half
miles from Exchange Place as a centre, excepting in the direction
of Pawtucket, where the city limits of Providence and Pawtucket
shall continue as the transfer limit between the two cities.
The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several street
car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below :
LINES.
FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT.
1.
Pawtucket-Hope Street.
At Providence city line, on Hope Street
2.
Pawtucket lines.
At Providence city line, on North Main
Street,
3.
Smithfield Avenue.
At St. Francis Cemetery, on Smithfield
Avenue.
4.
Woonsocket.
At Providence city line, on Charles
Street.
5.
Branch Avenue-Douglas Av-
At Wild Street. Providence, near Branch
enue.
Avfinuc car house.
6.
Centredale. Chepachet.
At Gem Street, Providence, near turn
7.
Manton Avenue.
out.
At Ridffeway Street, Providence.
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8.
9.
10.
Hartford Avenue.
Danielson Connection.
Plainfield Street.
11. Dyer Avenue.
12. Cranston Street.
At Lowell Avenue, Providence.
At Lowell Avenue. Providence.
At intersection Lowell Avenue, Provi-
dence.
At Cranston-Providence city line, on
Dyer Avenue.
At Cranston car house, on Cran.ston
Street.
At Provid.2nce-Cranston city line, on
Reservoir Avenue.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Reservoir Avenue.
At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on
Elmwood Avenue.
. At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on
Elmwood Avenue.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Broad Street.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Broad Street.
At Providence-Cranston city line, on
Maryland Avenue.
At InRrahams Corner, East Providence.
On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over just
east of Broadway Six Corners, East
Providence.
On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over just
east of Broadway Six Corners, East
Providence.
At Broadway Six Corners, East Provi-
dence.
On North Broadway at Walker Avenue,
East Providence.
On JNforth Broadway at Walker Avenue,
East Providence.
2. Pawtucket Sinffie Five Cent Fare and Transfer 7.onc,
The Pawtucket singlq five cent fare and transfer zone shall in-
clude the area in the State of Rhode Island within a radius of ap-
proximately two miles from Main Street Square as a centre, ex-
cepting in the direction of Providence, where the city limits of Paw-
tucket and Providence shall continue as the transfer limit between
the cities.
13.
River Point.
14.
Reservoir Avenue.
15.
Elmwood Avenue.
16.
East Greenwich,
17.
Broad Street.
18.
Rocky Point
19.
Edgewood.
20.
Riverside, Bristol.
21.
Taunton Avenue.
22. Taunton Connection.
23.
24.
25.
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Luthers Corners.
Rumford. Hunts Mills.
Phillipsdale.
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2.
3.
5.
6.
LINES.
Pawtucket-Hopc Street.
Providence Lines.
Smithfield Avenue.
Mineral Spring Avenue.
Prospect Hill.
John Street.
The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several street
car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below:
FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT.
At Pawtucket city line, on Hope Street
At Pawtucket city line, on North Main
Street.
At Pawtucket city line, on Smithfield
Avenue.
At Marieville, North Providence, on
Charles Street.
At Prospect Hill, end of route.
At Town Hall. Valley Falls, Cumber-
land.
At Town Hall. Valley Falls. Cumber-
land.
At State line, on Broadway, Pawtucket.
At end of line at intersection of Central
Avenue.
At State Line, Central Avenue, Paw-
tucket.
11. Pawtuckct-East Providence. At Pawtucket-Hast Providence I^tne.
3. Woonsockct Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone.
The Woonsocket Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone shall
include the area in the State of Rhode Island within a radius of
approximately two miles from Main Street turnout, Woonsocket as
a centre. The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several
street car lines, entering and leaving this zone are indicated below :
7. Broad Street.
8.
9.
North Attleboro.
Benefit Street.
10. Attleboro.
LINES.
1. PascoaR.
2. Worcester Consolidated.
3. Milford-Attleboro and Woon-
socket.
4. Providence.
FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT.
At Branch River BridRe.
At State line, Woonsocket.
At State line. Woonsocket.
One-half mile south of city line of
Woonsocket. upon private ri^ht of
way.
5. Manville. At junction of Cumberland and Mendon
Roads.
4. Clyde Square, River Point, Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer
Zone,
The Clyde Square, River Point, Single Five Cent Fare and Trans-
fer Zone shall include the area within a radius of approximately
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4. Clyde Square, River Point, Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer
Zone,
The Clyde Square, River Point, Single Five Cent Fare and Trans-
fer Zone shall include the area within a radius of approximately two
miles from Clyde Square, in the town of West Warwick as a centre.
The single five cent fare and transfer limits on the several street
car lines entering and leaving this zone are indicated below :
LINES. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER
LIMIT.
\. Providence. ^ca^ Wcstcott turn i>ut.
2. Washington. At Cemetery.
3. Hope. At Fiskcville.
4. Rocky Point. Near Westcott turn out.
5. Crompton. At end of line. Crompton.
5. Cranston Local Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone,
The existing local five cent fare and transfer limits within the
city of Cranston shall be continued.
6. Fast Providence Local Single 'Five Cent Fare and Transfer
Zone.
The East Providence Local Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone
shall include the area within the town of East Providence included
within a radius of approximately two miles from Broadway Six
Corners as a centre. The local single five cent fare and transfer
limits on the several street car lines entering and leaving this zone
are indicated below :
LINKS. LOCAL FARE AND TRANvSFEK
LIMIT.
1. Phillipsdalc. Red Bridge end of line at Phillipsdale.
2. Pawtuckct-East Providence. On Roger Williams Avenue, at Nelson
Street-Boyden Heights.
3. Rumford-Hunts Mills Red Bridge-end of line at Hunts Mills.
4. Taunton Connection. Washington Bridge-State line, Taunton
Avenue.
5. Taunton Avenue. Washington Bridge-terminus on Taun-
ton Avenue.
6. Luthers Corners, Fall River Washington Bridge-State line, Warren
Connection. Avenue.
7. Riverside. Washington Bridge-Boyden Heights.
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OlneyvUle Local Five Cent Fare Zone.
A five cent fare shall entitle a passenger to travel between Oiney-
ville Square and the following termini, in either direction, without
any transfer privilege, viz.:
Centerdale via Manton Avenue.
Terminus at Manton Village.
Providence city line on Hartford Avenue.
Thornton and Hughesdale.
Terminus of Dyer Avenue line at Cranston Street.
I nterurban and Suburban Lines,
Outside of the central single five cent fare and transfer zones as
above described there shali be established intermediate zones with a
fare of two cents for travel through each such zone, with a mini-
mum fare of five cents entitling a passenger to travel through two
of such zones.
Upon the Danielson, Sea View, Pawtucket-Cumberland Hill and
Chepachet lines, which present similar low earnings, the average
length of such zones shall reflect a rate of approximately two and
one-half cents per mile. Upon these lines a minimum fare of five
cents shall entitle a passenger to travel through three of such zones.
Upon the other interurban or suburban lines the average length
of such zones varies from 1.18 to 2.08 miles and the average rate
from .96 cents to 1.69 cents per mile. In the case of these lines a
properly advanced through rate was determined upon, having in
mind the existing rate, the nature and density of traffic, and the
probable effect of such increased rate upon travel.
The adoption of a theory of division of the intervening distance
between the five cent fare and transfer limits and the termini of
the interurban and suburban lines into zones of equal length would
result in a fare increased from the present five cents to nine cents
for many people who have located their homes at or near the ex-
treme limits of. the present five cent fare zones about Providence.
In justice to such people it was deemed fair to adopt the existing
five cent fare limits as the new seven cent limits about Providence,
thus making a uniform increase of fare of two cents to all persons
living in the area included between the old and the new five cent
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fare limits, riding to and from Providence, but entitling such pas-
sengers therefor to a transfer within the Providence transfer
limits.
An exception, however, was made in the case of two lines leading;
out of Providence where the existing five cent fare zone was ab
normally long. The ( )aklawn line is 7.31 nn'les in length with n '
five cent fare from the Providence centre, and the seven cent fare
limit has been placed at Knightsville.
Special book tickets, ten for fifty cents, have been in use on the
Riverside line, entitling a passenger to ride a maximum of 729
miles for five cents. The seven cent limit from Providence on the
Riverside line has been located at Roy den Heights, which will make
the new fare to Riverside Square, nine cents, and to Crescent Park,
eleven cents. A transfer privilege within the Providence transfer
area accompanies the new fare.
On the Woonsocket-Pascoag line where the present five cent fare
zone is abnormally long, the seven cent limit has been placed at
Forestdale, making the new fare for points between Forestdale and
Slatersville into Woonsocket, nine cents, with a transfer privilege in
Woonsocket.
On the Woonsocket-Manviile line where the present five cent fare
zone to Manville is abnormally long, the seven cent limit from
Woonsocket has been placed at the junction of Cumberland and
Mendon Roads, and the fare to Manville has been raised to nine
cents.
The total track mileage, the track mileage {local to each end. and
the intermediate track mileage for each intern rban and suburban
line, as well as the number, the average length, and the rate in
cents per mile of the intermediate zones, together with a statement
of the new and old total rates of fare, with increases or decreases
indicated, are contained in the following table :
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Providence Seven Cent Fare Limits.
The seven-cent fare limits on the several street car lines entering
and leaving the Providence transfer zone are indicated below:
LINES. SEVEN CENT FARE LIMIT.
1. Pawtucket-Hopc Street. At Main Street Square. Pawtucket,
2. Pawtucket. At Main Street Square, Pawtucket.
3. Smithfield Avenue. At Lonsdale Avenue, Lincoln.
4. Woonsocket. At Miners turn out.
5. Branch Avcnue-DouRlas Av- At end of line.
enue.
6. Centredale ; Chepachet.
7. Smith Street.
8. Manton Avfsnue.
9. Hartford Avenue.
10. Danielson Connection.
11. Plainfield Street,
12. Thornton and Hughesdale.
13. Dyer Avenue.
14. Cranston Street.
15. River Point.
16. Reservoir Avenue.
17. Elm wood Avenue.
18. East Greenwich.
19. Broad Street.
20. Rocky Point.
21. Riverside; Bristol.
22. Taunton Avenue.
23. Taunton Connection.
24. Luthers Corners; Fall River
Connection.
25. Rum ford-Hunts Mills.
26. Phillipsdale.
At Centredale.
At Greystone.
At end of line.
.At Providence, city line terminus.
At end of private right of way.
At end of line.
At end of line, at Hughesdale.
At end of line.
At Knightsville. Cranston.
At Davis turn out.
At end of line.
At Pawtuxet River Bridge.
At Pawtuxet River Bridge.
At Pawtuxet terminus.
At Warwick and Waite Avenues. Crans-
ton.
At Boyden Heights.
At State line, Taunton Avenue, East
Providence.
At State line, Taunton Avenue. East
Providence.
At State line, Warren Avenue, East
Providence.
At end of line.
At Phillipsdale terminus.
School Tickets.
The use of School Tickets may be continued as at present upon
the lines where they are now in use.
Discontinuance of Special Tickets.
The Rhode Island Company shall discontinue the use of commu-
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regular rates may be sold between Providence and Narragansett
Pier or Wakefield.
Location of Intermediate Zone Limits,
The exact location of the intermediate zone limits shall be sub-
mitted by The Company to the Public Utilities Commission for
approval.
Minimum Fare.
Where the lines of the Providence-East Greenwich and the Sea
View Railroad meet at East Greenwich the payment of a minimum
fare of five cents on the Sea View Railroad shall entitle a passeng^er
to ride through two zones on the Sea View and one zone on the
Providence-East Greenwich line, and the payment of a minimum
fare of five cents on the Providence-East Greenwich line shall en-
title a passenger to ride through the last zone on the Providence-
East Greenwich line and the first two zones upon the Sea View
Railroad and thereafter two cents shall be paid for each additional
zone through which such passenger may travel.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of April , A. D. 1918.
WILLIAM C. BLISS,
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
Upon consideration of the matter of the exact location of the in-
termediate zone limits on interurban or suburban lines of The
Rhode Island Company, said Company having^ submitted to the Com-
mission a list of such zones and filed blue prints designating^ the
same and the distances thereof,
It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:
That said intermediate zone limits be and .the same are approved
as follows:
Mo. Length in Feet.
providp:nce-woonsocket
1 Providence City Line-Miner's Turnout 6,639
2 Miner's Turnout-Turnout No. 2 6^67
3 Turnout No. 2-Polc 256 6,031
4 Pole 256-Wilbur Road 6.955
5 Wilbur Road-Turnout No. 4 5.1C7
6 Turnout No. 4-Res?rvoir Road 7,04.3
7 Reservoir Road-Manville Road 4,400
8 Mlnville Road-Wocnsocket 5c Limit 7.504
50.546
Number of zones 8
Average length of zones 6.318
PROVIDENCE-BUTTONWOODvS VIA BROAD STREET
9 Prov.-Crans. City Line-Warwick & Waite Aves 5,896
10 Warwick & Waite Aves.-Lakewood 6,478
11 Lakewood-Hoxsie 8,830
12 Hoxsie-Conimicut 6.422
13 Conimicut-Longmeadow » 7.1 18
14 Longmeadow-Warwick Station 5,275
15 Warwick Station-Oakland Beach Station 6.898
16 Oakland Beach Station-Buttonwoods 3.485
50.402
Number of zones 8
Average length of zones 6,300
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PROVIDENCE-BUTTONWOODS VIA ELMWOOD AVENUE
Entrance Roger Wms. PV.-Private Right of Way 6,393
Private Right of Way-I akewood 7.817
Lakewood-Hoxsie 8,830
Hoxsie Conimicut 6.422
Ccnimicut-Longmeadow 7,118
Longmeadow-Warwick Station 5,275
Warwick Station-Oakland Beach Station 6.898
Oakland Beach Station- Button woods 3,485
52.238
Number of zones 8
Average length of zones 6,530
PROVIDENCE-ROCKY POINT VIA BROAD STREET
Prov.-Cr. City Line-Warwick & Waite Avcs 5,896
Warwick & Waite Aves.-Lakewood 6,478
Lakewood-Hoxsie 3,830
Hoxsie-Conimicut 6,422
Conimicut-Ivongmeadow 7.118
Lcngmeadow-Rocky Point 5.999
40,743
Number of zones 6
Average length of zones 6 790
PROVIDENCE-EAST GREENWICH
Roger Wms. Park-Pawtuxet River Bridge 8,304
Pawtuxet Riv. Bridge-Cor. Budlong & Pettaconsett 5,761
Cor. Budlong & Pettaconsett-Lincoln Avenue 5,132
Lincoln Avenue-Collingwood Turnout 7,754
Collingwood Turnout-Greenwood Turnout 3,881
Greenwood Turnout-Apponaug Four Corners -^ 5,959
Apponaug Four Corners-Cowesett Post Office 7,000
Cowesett Post Office-East Greenwich P. 0 7.282
East Greenwich P. O.-Sea View Waiting Room 3.052
54,125
Number of zones ^
Average length of zones 6,014
PROVIDENCE-RIVERPOINT-WASHINGTON
Prov. Crans. C. L.-Davis Turnout 9.046
Davis Turnout-Prison Turnout 6,776
Prison Turnout-South End Insane Asylum 5.120
So. End Insane Asylum-Central St., Pontiac 4,661
Central St., Pontiac-Cranston & W. Warwick 5,930
Cranston & W. Warwick-Westcott 8,530
Knotty Oak Turnout-Washington 3,283
43.346
Number of zones 7
Average length of zones 6,192
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PROVIDENCE-RIVERSIDE-CRESCENT PARK
36 Ingraham's Cor.-Boyden Heights 10,867
37 Boydcn Heights-Riverside 7.210
38 Riverside-Crescent Park 5,763
23.840
Number of zones 3
Average length of zones 7,947
PASCOAG-WOONSOCKET
39 Branch River- Slaters vslle Post Office 8,534
40 Slatersville P. O.-Town Line N. S. & Bur 7.670
41 Town Line N. S. & Burrillville-Nasonville 5,494
42 Nasonville-Glendalc 8.150
43 ('lendale-Oakland Turnout 7.091
44 Oakland Turnout-Harrisville Turnout 11,818
45 Harrisville Turnout-White Mill 8.812
46 White Mill-Terminus 8.612
66.181
Number of zones 8
Average length of zones 8.273
RIVERPOINT-ROCKY POINT
47 Westcott-Apponaug Four Corners 11,038
48 Apponaug Four Corners-Carpenter's Corner 8,191
49 Carpenter's Corner-Buitonwoods Station 8.722
50 But ton woods Station-Oakland Beach Station 3,485
51 Oakland Beach Station-Rocky Point Grounds 12.320
43.756
Number of zones \ S
Average length of zones 8.751
PAWTUCKET-CRESCENT PARK
52 Pawt, E. Prov. Boundary Line-Ingraham's Cor 19,007
53 Ingraham's Corner-Boyden Heights 10.867
37 Boyden Heights-Riverside * 7210
.^8 Riverside-Crescent Park 5,763
42,847
Number of zones 4
Average length of zones 10.712
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PROVIDENCE-ESMOND
54 Old Road-Greystone 13.295
55 . Greystone-Esmond 5,455
18750
Number of zones 2
Average length of zones 9,375
providencp:-oaklawn
56 Cranston Car House-Oaklawn Avenue 8,972
57 Oaklawn Avenue-Oaklawn 12,405
21.377
Number of zones 2
Average length of zones 10,688
WOONSQCKET-MANVILLE
58 Woonsocket 5c Limit-Cumberland Hill 8,923
59 Cumberland Hill-Manville 7,554
16,477
Number of zones 2
Average length of zones 8 238
PROVIDENCE-PROSPECT HILL
60 St. Francis Cemetery-Ohapel St. Junction 11,965
61 Chapel St. Junction-Prospect Hill 7.812
19.777
Number of zones ^ 2
Average length of zones 9,888
PAWTUCKET-CUMBERLAND HILL
62 Town Hall, Valley Falls-Garvin's Turnout 6.482
63 GarA'in's Turnout-Berkeley Turnout 6,481
64 Berkeley's Turnout- A shton Road to Depot 5,1 13
65 Ashton Rd. to Depot- Albion Road Turnout 5.1 13
66 Albion Road Turnout-Pole 572 3.974
67 Pole 572-Pole 618 3.974
68 Pole 618-Cumerland Hill 3,974
35,111
Number of zones 7
Average length of zones 5,016
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69 Old Road-Railroad, Centredalc 11.220
70 Railroad, Ccntrcdale-Pole 43, Graniteville 3,539
71 Pole 43, Graniteville-Road to Esmond 4,037
11 Road to Esmond-Turnzut No. 1 3.043
11 Turnout No. 1-Barnes Farm 4.578
74 Barnes Farm-Oreenville Baptist Church 4.537
75 Greenville Baptist Church-Turnout No. 2 4,090
76 Turnout No. 2-Smithficld, Gloccster Town Lin- 3.739
11 Smithfield, Gloccster Town Line-Pole 396 3,854
78 Pole 396-Pole 450 3,803
79 Pole 450-Brown's Hill 3,902
80 Brown's Hill- Pole 568 3,755
81 Pole 568-Pole 625 3.813
82 Pole 625-Turnout No. 4 3,842
83 Turnout No. 4-Terminus 6.637
68,.389
Number of zones 15
Average length, of zones 4.550
PROVIDENCE-DANIELSON
84 Lowell Ave.-Privatc Right of Way 2.903
85 Private Right of Way-Pole 97 5.714
86 Pole 97-Pocasset TurndVit 5.831
87 Pocasset Turnout-Pole 210 • 4.779
88 Pole 210-Pole 263 4,594
89 Pole 263-Bailey's 4,779
90 Bailey's-Hopkins Avenue 3.108
91 Hopkins Avcnue-Pt-niacostal Institute Road 5,308
92 Pentacostal Institute Road-Adams Mill 4,350
93 Adams Mill-Saundersville Turnout 4.403
94 Saundersville TurnDut-Parker's Crossing 4,431
95 Parker's Crossing-Pole 626 3,500
96 Pole 626-Ashland Crossing 3,500
97 Ashland Crossing-Pole ll^i 4,876
98 Pole 736-Richm(nd Post Office 3.741
99 Richmond Post Officc-Riverview Turnout 4.258
100 Riverview Turnout-East End Private Right of Way 4,372
101 E. End Private R. of Way-W. End Private R. of Way 2,506
102 W. End Private R. of Way-Rcckland Mill 3,394
103 Rockland Mill-Clayville Turnout 4.573
104 Clayville Turnout- J encks School House 4,,%S
105 Jencks School House-Pole 1176 5.222
106 Pole 1176-Foster Centre Turnout 4,390
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107 Foster Centre Turnout- Cook's Spur 5,503
108 Cook's Spur-Pole 1337 4.521
109 Pole 1337-Pole 1391 4.620
1 10 Pole 1391-North Foster Baptist Church 4,540
1 1 1 North Foster Baptist Church-Pole 1472 3.769
112 Pole 1472-Pole 1507 3,881
113 Pole lS07-State Line 3.825
130,056
Number of zones 30
Average length of zones 4.335
SEA VIEW RAILROAD
114 Sea View Waiting Room-Nelson Crossing 6.885
1 15 Nelson Crossing-Essex or Potowomut 6,000
1 16 Essex or Potowomut- Sand Hill 3,485
117 Sand Hill-Newcomb's 4.435
118 Newcomb's-Camp Avenue 3,830
119 Camp Avenue-Red Gate 2.626
120 Red Ga?e-Babbitt Cottage 3,924
121 Babbitt Cottage-Wickford Railroad Dcnt)t 5,600
122 Wickford Railroad Depot-State Road 4,650
123 State Road-Hamilton. Pole 869 2.850
124 Hamilton, Pole 869-Green Farm 2.800
125 Green Farm-Picnic Grove 5.900
126 Picnic Grove-Cottrell's Road 4.800
127 Cotirell's Road-Saunderstown 4.200
128 Saunderstown-Robinson's 3,958
129 Robinson*s-South Ferry Turnout IZll
130 South Ferry Turnout-Boston Neck Rond 5,069
131 Boston Neck Road-Browning's 4,432
132 Browning's-Middle Bridge 4,098
133 Middle Bridge-Conroy's 4.900
134 Conroy's-Narragansctt Pier Station 4,670
135 Narragansctt Pier vSta.-Town Line S. Kings. Narra 6.067
136 Town Line S. Kings. Narra.-Dale Carlia Corner 3.039
137 Dale Carlia Corner-Terminus 3,039
103,629
Number of zones 24
Average length of zones 4.318
BARRINGTON, WARRKN & BRISTOL
1.38 Crescent Park-E. Prov., Barrington Line 4,341
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139 E. Prov., Barrington Line-West Barrington 4,830
140 West Barrington- White Church 6.640
141 White Church-Barrington Town Hall 3,622
142 Harrington Town Hall-E. End of W. Bridge, Hampden
Meadows 5.428
143 E. End W. Bridge, Hampden Meadows-Warren Turnout . . . 7.241
144 Warren T. O.- Warren, Bristol Town Line T. 0 5.431
145 Warren, Bristol Town Line T. O.-Walnut St 5.902
146 Walnut Street-Usher PJace 3,550
147 Usher Place-Terminus 8,182
55.167
Number of zones lU
Average length of zones 5.517
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OPINIONS AND ORDERS.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
DOCKET NO. 0399.
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION OF THE NEW YORK,
NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILOAD COMPANY FOR
APPROVAL OF AN ISSUE OF 450,000 SHARES OF PRE-
FERRED STOCK OF THE PAR VALUE OF $100 EACH.
On November 20, 1917, the following petition was received, to
wit:
TO THE HONORABLE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMIS-
SION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND:
The petition of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company represents:
1. That it is a legally existing corporation of the State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations.
2. That its charter in this State was amended by an Act ap-
proved March 26th, 1915, and entitled: "An act in amendment of
and in addition to an Act, Entitled 'An Act to incorporate the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, a cor-
poration in this State,' passed by the General Assembly at its Jan-
uary Session, A. D. 1893.''
3. That said amendment was duly accepted by your petitioner
at a stockholders' meeting duly called and held on the 24th day of
April, 1915.
4. That your petitioner has outstanding a floating indebtedness
of the principal amount of $45,000,000. covered by its promissory
notes aggregating that amount, secured by the deposit of collateral
and maturing April 15, 1918, which it proposes to pay by an issue
of 450,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value of $100, each
as duly authorized and upon the terms and conditions determined
by a vote of more than two^thirds in interest of the common stock-
holders of said corporatio«i as hereinafter described.
5. That at a special meeting of the stockholders of said corpora-
tion duly warned and held for the purpose at New Haven Connect-
icut, on October 24th, 1917, the following vote was passed by the
affirmative votes of more than two-thirds in interest of the common
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Stock-holders of said corporation, said vote authorizing^ the issue of
450,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value of $100 each for
the purpose of paying said floating indebtedness and prescribing
the preferences and rights to which such preferred stock shall be
entitled and the restrictions and qualifications to which it shall be
subject :
"VOTED, That, for the purpos€ of paying its floating indebtedness, this
Company issue 450,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value of one
hundred dollars (?100) each, the holders of which shall be entitled to re-
ceive out of the annual net income of the company or surplus accruing there-
from dividends of seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and
if the net income of any year together with such surplus shall not be suffi-
cient to pay said dividends the same shall be cumulative and shall be paid
out of the net income of any subsequent year and any such surplus when
available, without interest, and such preferred stock dividends shall be de-
clared and set apart or paid in preference to and before any dividends are
set apart or paid upon the connnon stock. In case of liquidation or dissolu-
tion of the Company the preferred stock, together with all accumulated and
unpaid dividends thereon, shall be paid in full out of the net assets available
for distribution to stockholders at par before any payment is made to the
holders of common stock. The holders of the preferred stock shall in all
matters be entitled to one vote for each share of preferred stock owned by
them. The said shares of i>refcrred stock shall be first offered for subscrip-
tion at such price as the directors shall fix, not less than par, proportionately
to the holders of this Company's common stock and their assigns and to the
holders of this Company's Six Per Cent. Convertible Debentures due Jan-
uary 15, 1948, convertible into stock between January 15, 1923, and January
15, 1948, then outstanding, and their assigns, upon the basis provided in said
debentures, to wit, that each one hundred dollars ($100) of the principal
amount of said debentures shall be considered the equivalent of one share
of common stock. Said shares of preferred stock, or any part thereof, shall
be subject to call for redemption and retirement on any dividend date upon
not less than thirty days prior written notice given by mail to each preferred
stockholder and upon payment of $110 per share and all accrued and unpaid
dividends. If less than all the shares of preferred stock are called for re-
demption and retirement such proportion thereof held by each preferred
stockholder shall be redeemed as the total amount of said stock called shall
bear to the total amount of preferred stock ihen outstanding, but in deter-
mining such proportion all fractional shares shall be disregarded and the
amount of each stockholder's preferred stock so to be redeemed shall be the
number of whole shares to which his proportion entitles him. At least three-
fourths of the cash proceeds received by this Company from any sale of
securities pursuant to the decree of the United States Court entered October
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17th, 1914, in the Dissolution Suit, as the Fame is now or may hereafter be
modified shall be applied to the retirement of said shares in amounts of not
less than 10,000 shares, either by call far redemption as aforesaid, or by
purchase from the lowest bidder or bidders upon not less than thirty days
prior written offer to purchase given by mail t^ each of the said preferred
stockhoWers. The Directors of the Cqmpany are hereby authorized and
directed for and in behalf of the Company to perform all acts and take all
steps in their judgment necessary or proper to carry cut the purposes of this
vote, and they are hereby vested with full power and right to determine the
time, manner and conditions of the issue, sale and retirement of said pre-
ferred siock."
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays that Your Honorable Com-
mission approve the increase in your petitioner's capital stock by the
issue of 450,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value of flOO
each, with the preferences and voting powers and with the restric-
tions and qualifications as to such preferred shares as set forth in
the above vote of your petitioner's common stockholders.
DATED at Providence, Rhode Island, this 19th day of of Novem-
ber. 1917.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad CompanVy
E. J. Pearson, President.
The foregoing petition was duly assigned for hearing at the office
of the Commission in Providence, on Wednesday, December 5, 1917
at 11 :00 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place the peti-
tioner, represented by Counsel and Vice President Edward G. Ruck-
land, appeared and was fully heard.
This is a petition for approval by the Commission of an issue of
450,000 shares of preferred stock, at par, and having a total par
value of $45,000,000, the proceeds to be used to pay the floating in-
debtedness of said Company covered by its i^romissory notes, se-
cured by the deposit of collateral and maturing April 15, 1918.
Said petition is brought under the provisions of ''An Act in
amendment of and in addition to an Act, entitled *An Act to Incor-
porate the Ne7c York, Netv Haven and Hartford Railroad Companw
a Corporation in this State,' passed by the General Assembly at its
January Session, A, D. 1893," passed at the January Session A. D.
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1915, and approved March 26, A. D. 1915, which reads as follows:
"It IS enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
Section 1. The corporate name of the New York. New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company is hereby declared to be The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company.
SiCC 2. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, in-
corporated in this state under an act, entitled "An act to incorporate The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, a corporation is
this state," passed by the general assembly at its January session, A. D. 1893.
is hereby declared to be, and ever since the passage of said act to have been,
a legally existing corporation of this state.
Sec. 3. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company is
authorized to issue and to have issued and outstanding from time to time
bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, not exceeding in the
aggregate twice the sum of the par value of its capital stock then issued and
outstanding and premiums therecii actually paid in cash into its treasury; and
authority is hereby given to said company lo execute any mortgage or mort-
gages to secure any of its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness,
which mortgage or mortgages may include a pa^rt or all of die property and
franchises of said company in this state, including property to be atterwaiu?
acquired ; and for the purpose of determining the aggregate amotmt to whicb
said company may now issue and have issued and outstanding, bonds, notes
and other evidences of indebtedness, the capital stock of said company, issue!
under the authority of either or both of the states of Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts, and outstanding on June 30th, 1914, is hereby held and declared to
be 1,571,179 shares of the par value of $157,117,900, plus premiums thereon
amounting to $19,282,887.50, aggregating $176,400,787.50 as shown in the com-
pany's general statement for the tiscal year ending June 30, 1914.
Said corporation may hereafter increase its capital stock by the issue,
from time to time, of such additional shares, either general (to wit common)
or preferred, or both, as shall be approved by the public utilities commission,
and with such preferences and voting" powers or with such restrictions or
qualifications as to such preferred shares as shall be approved by the pnWic
utihties commission; and authority in the premises is hereby conferred upon
the said commission. And if and whenever said corporation shall so increase
its capital stock it shall pay into the general treasury, for the use of the
State of Rhode Island, such proportion of the tax then imposed by the state
generally upon the increase in the capital stock of corporations of this state,
as the miles of road owned by said corporation in this state bear to the
total miles of road owned by said corporation, both within and without this
.^tate at the end of the fiscal year of said corporation next preceding the time
of such increase of stock. But the above provision for payment of tax shall
not be construed to impose a tax upon the stock of said corporation hereto-
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fore issued and now outstanding as aforesaid.
No preferred stock shall be issued until the same shall be authorized by
a vote of not less than two-thirds in interest of all the outstanding stock of
the company, at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Sec. 4. The sale of the property and franchises of The New England
Railroad Company to The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company, under the authority of Chapter 252 of the acts and resolves passed
by the general court of Massachusetts, in the year 1905, is hereby ratified and
approved ; and The New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
shall be vested with the property and railroads of The New England Rail-
read Company in this state, and with respect to the same shall, without limit-
ing or impairing any existing rights, contracts, privileges and franchises,
hereafter have, hold, exercise and enjoy in addition thereto the rights, con-
tracts, powers, privileges and franchises, and shall be subject to the duties,
obligations and liabilities of The New England Railroad Company.
Skc. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed."
At a special meeting of the stockholders of The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, held in accordance with,
and in pursuance of, notice given in conformity to the by-laws of
the Company, and the statutes, in the City of New Haven, Connecti-
cut, on Saturday, the twenty- fourth day of April, A. D. 1915, it
was
Resolved, That the Company accept the provisions of an Act en-
titled "An Act in Amendment of and in addition to an Act, en-
titled 'An Act to Incorporate The New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company a Corporation in this State,' passed by the
General Assembly at its January Session, A. D. 1893, passed by the
General Assembly of Rhode Island at its January Session, A. D.
1915, and approved March 26, 1915," and that the Secretary be in-
structed to file a copy of this Resolution with the Secretary of State
of the State of Rhode Island, which has been done.
Said issue of preferred stock was authorized at a meeting of the
stockholders of said Company, duly warned and held for that pur-
pose on October 24, 1917, by a vote of not less than two-thirds in
interest of all the outstanding stock of the Company.
A certified copy of said vote was offered in evidence and the
same is recited in full in paragraph 5 of the petition hereinbefore
embodied.
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The petition in this case, in conformity with the vote of the
stockholders, asks for an approval of said issue of preferred stock
upon the terms set forth in said vote, the proceeds to be used for
the purpose of paying the floating indebtedness of said company.
It appeared in the evidence and on the balance sheet of the petitioner
for October 31, 1917, that its floating indebtedness was $44220,000.
The amount and terms of the issue are limited by the laws of thi'
several states specifically applicable thereto and by the decrees of
the several commissions having authority to approve such issue.
In this case the maximum amount is limited by the vote of the stock-
holders to the amount of its floating indebtedness, namely. $44.-
220,000. Said floating indebtedness is represented by one-year
notes, and these are without question a source of var>nng expense
and financial danger to the company. It is clearly a wise economic
policy that such floating indebtedness should be permanently funded,
and the Commission is of the opinion that the method proposed by
the company of issuing preferred stock, even with the right of the
holders to receive cumulative of seven per cent, per annum, is the
most practical under existing conditions.
Since the hearing on this petition, the President by proclamation
has taken possession of and assumed control of the operation of all
the railroads in this countr>', as a war measure, to meet the re-
quirements of a military and naval emergency. Apparently there
is nothing in the President's proclamation or subsequent control b>'
the Director-General of Railroads thereunder, that diminshes th«
power of the state or supercedes the necessity of Commission
action in the issuances of said preferred stock. If, however, as a
result of such governmental' control, money can be obtained for the
maturing obligations of said company on better terms, the company
should avail itself of any such opportunity before and instead of
issuing such preferred stock.
It is proposed in said stockholders* vote that "Said shares of pre-
ferred stock or any part thereof shall be subject to call for re-
demption and retirement on any dividend date upon not les than
thirty days prior written notice given by mail to each preferred
stockholder and upon payment of $110 per share and all accrued
and unpaid dividends." A doubt is entertained, however, under the
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legal requirements of the different states having jurisdiction over
said issue, whether the proceeds from the sale of securities under
the court decree could be used to pay premium on stock retired,
over and above the issue price, and for this reason a proviso will be
entered in the order.
Rased upon all the facts presented in this case, the Commission
is of opinion and finds that approval, should be granted of the issue
of $44,220,000 of preferred stock, subject to the proviso herein-
before referred to. Wherefore it is hereby ordered and decreed as
follows :
ORDER.
ORDERED, That the approval of the Commission be and it
hereby is given to the issue by the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company, at the price not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) per share, of not exceeding four hundred forty-two
thousand, two hundred (442,200) preferred shares of capital
stock, to be known as the preferred stock, amounting at par value
to forty-four million, two hundred twenty thousand dollars
($44,220,000), having the i)references, rights, restrictions and limi-
tations and being entitled to the rate of preferred dividends which
has been determined by a vote of stockholders holding not less than
two-thirds of the stock of such company at a meeting held October
24, 1917, with and subject to the following proviso: any cash pro-
ceeds from the sale or conversion of assets, used in calling or pur-
chasing such stock, shall be applicable only to the extent of one
hundred dollars ($100) for each share so retired, and any new
stock or other securities issued for such purpose shall not exceed
in par value the stock so retired, any amount in excess necessary
for such retirement to be provided in either case by the company
from earnings or the surplus account; and which preferences, rights,
restrictions, limitations and rate of dividends are hereby approved,
as set out in a copy of said vote on file in this office and inf said
proviso, as an issue of stock reasonably necessary and of the amount
required for the purpose of paying the floating indebtedness of the
company outstanding on October 31, 1917.
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We hereby determine and direct that notice of the forcing
finding and decree be given to the petitioner by John \V. Rowe,
Secretary of this Commission, by forwarding by registered mail, a
true and attested copy hereof addressed to Arthur E. Clark. Secre-
tary, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
New Haven, Connecticut, on or before the second day of March.
1918, and due return make hereon.
Dated at Providence, Rhode Island, this 25th day of Februan.
A. D. 1916.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
WILLIAM C. BLISS,
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN.
Commissioners,
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PITBLIC UTILITIES COMMISvSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
Commission On It's Own Motion
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vs. J^No. 39.
Providence Gas Company. J
This was an investigation by the Commission on its own motion
into the reasonableness of a schedule of rates for gas contained in
certain schedules of rates filed by the Providence Gas Company with
the Public Utilities Commission on August 20, 1917, which rates
were to become effective on October 1, 1917. These schedules of
rates were effective for gas furnished in the Cities of Providence
and Cranston and in the Towns of North Providence, Johnston,
Smithfield, Warwick and East Providence. The City Councils of
Providence and Cranston and the Town Councils of North Provi-
dence, Johnston, Smithfield, Warwick and East Providence were
duly notified of the investigation.
Hearings were held on September 26, October 4 and October 8,
1917 and on February 26, 1918. The following appearances were
made: For the Providence Gas Company, Frank H. Swan, Esq.,
for the City of Providence, Elmer S. Chace, Esq., City Solicitor,
for the Town of North Providence, Arthur Gushing, Esq. and for
the City of Cranston, Frank H. Wildes, Esq,,
The former schedule of rates of the Providence Gas Company
which was cancelled by the schedule which became effective on
October 1, 1917 was as follows:
"R. I. P. U. C. No. 1.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY.
The price of gas to the general consumers of this Company will be 9Sc per
thousand cubic feet for all gas consumed after October 1st, 1912.
A discount of 10c per thousand cubic feet of gas consumed will be made
to consumers who pay their bills within fifteen days of the date of the bill,
making the net price to such consumers 85c per thousand cubic feet
A reduction of Ic per thousand cubic feet for each one million cubic feet
of gas used during the calendar year will be made to consumers who have
paid their bills as rendered, within the discount period.
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The amount of this reduction is to be paid by check, at the end of the
calendar year.
There will be a minimum charge of 50c per month, with refund if bills
exceed $6.00 per year."
Received August 21, 1912.
Public Utilities Commission."
•*R. I. P. U. C. No. 3.
Amending R. I. P. U. C. No. 1.
PROVIDEXCE GAS COMPANY,
Retail Rates for Gas in the Riverside District.
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Riverside District to all consumers at
the following rates:
RATES.
$1.10 gross for each thousand cubic feet of gas consumed with a discount
of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet pi gas consumed if the entire bill is paid
within IS days after the date of the bill and there are no unpaid bills out-
standing.
A minimum rate of 50 cents per month will be charged, subject to a re-
fund in case the coi^umer's bills exceed $6X0 per year.
The above rates are to become effective on March 1, 1917, and will apply
to all bills rendered on and after that date."
"Received January 5, 1917.
Public Utilities Commission."
The new schedule which was filed lo become effective October 1,
1917 is as follows:
"R. I. P. U. C. No. 5.
Cancelling R. I. P. U. C. No. 1.
PROA'IDENCE GAS COMPANY.
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
(;as will be sold and delivered in the Cities of Providence and Cranston,
and the Towits of North Providence, Johnston. Smithfield, Warwick and
East Providence, except the Riverside district, io all consumers at the follow-
ing rates:
RATES. •
For the first 10,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.10 per thousand
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cubic feet gross; $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 15,000 cubic feet used in any one month. $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 95c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 25.000 cubic feet used in any one month, fl.OO per tliousand
cubic feet gross: 90c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 50,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 95c per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 85c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 100.000 cubic feet used in any one month, 90c per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 80c per thousand cubic feet net.
For all in excels of 200000 cubic feet used in any one month, 85c per
thousand cubic feet gross; 7Sc per thousand cubic feet ret.
The disccunt of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on gross
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills are paid
within 15 days from the date of the bills.
A minimum rate of 50c per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to become effective on October 1st, 1917, and will
apply to all bills rendered on and after that date.
Is^md August 20th, 1917. Effective October 1st, 1917.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY,
by
C. H. Manchester.
Vice President"
"Received August 20, 1917.
Public Utilities Commission."
"R. I. P. U. C. Xo. 6.
Cancelling R. I. P. U. C. No. 3.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY.
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Riverside district of the Town of
East Providence to all consumers at the following rates :
RATES.
For the first 10,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.25 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.15 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 15.000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.20 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.10 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 25,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.15 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; $1.05 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 50,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.10 per thousand
cubic feet gross: $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 100,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 1.05 per thousand
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cubic feet gross; 95c per thousand cubic feet net.
For all in excess of 200,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.00 per
thousand cubic feet gross ; 90c per thousand cubic feet net.
The disccunt of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on jfross
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills are paid
within 15 days from the date of the bills,
A minimum rate of SOc per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to '')ecome effective on October 1st. 1917. and will
apply to all bills rendered on and after that date.
issued August 20th, 1917. Bffcclivc October \st, 1917.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY,
by
C. H. Manchester.
Vice President."
"Received August 20, 1917.
Public Utilities Commission."
For the purpose of this investigation the Commission has assumed
that the pre-war returns of the Company were not unreasonable
and has undertaken to ascertain whether the increased manufactur-
ing costs of gas due to the emergency war conditions justify the
increase in rates as placed in effect by the Company.
The Company has kept an accurate and up to date record of its
manufacturing costs for the past five years, and at the request of
the Commission has filed exhibits containing a detailed statement
of the manufacturing costs per thousand cubic feet of gas for the
four years 1913 to 1916 inclusive, for the first seven months of the
year 1917, and thereafter for each remaining month of the year
1917. These costs are indicated in the following table:
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TABIvE A.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
COMPARATIVE COSTS-1913 TO 1916 INCLUSIVE.
COAL CAS. 1913. 1914. 1915.
Amount. Per M. Amount. Per M. Amount. Per M.
1916.
Amount Per M.
Gas Coal
9 ..
Fuel under Retorts
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Boiler Fuel
9
Mfg. Labor
Retort Hse. Labor
Mfg. Salaries . . .
Purification Labor
Purification Exp. .
Expense Works . .
Repairs Works...
Repairs Benches. .
Water Tax
Totals
Residuals.
Coke
Coal Tar, .03 J^..
Ammonia, .07 .
Total \esidual Cr.
''»eam Sold
Net Cost of Coal
Gas
Lump Coke Q . . .
Breese #
$265,943
(3.57)
$.317
80,426
(4.36)
.096
8,392
(2.12)
.010
23,289
.028
34,333
.041
7,051
.008
759
.001
2,935
.004
12,449
.013
28,898
.035
. 11,054
.013
474
.001
$476,010
$.567
$238,369
$.28^
(3.97)
•''.,486
.037
32,169
.038
$302,025
$.359
8,130
.010
165,854
.198
(4.20)
(2.00)
$284,352
(3.55)
74,374
(4.24)
8,787
(2. 55)
25,751
34,319
8.186
1.082
3,069
14,740
29,239
5.102
483
$489,489
$239,690
(3.79)
35,463
35,353
$310,507
9,610
169,371
(4.00)
(2.00)
$.324
$299,259
(3.55)
.085
76,425
(4.25)
.010
9,337
(2.42)
.030
23,180
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40,251
.009
7,735
.001
1,293
.004
1,915
.017
15,500
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28,877
.006
6,757
731
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$511,265
$.273
$251,836
(3.83)
.041
38,942
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36,107
$.354
$326,886
.011
10,943
.193
173,434
(4.03)
(2.00)
$.309
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.010
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.001
.002
.016
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.007
.001
$.528
$.260
.040
.037
$.337
.011
.180
$312,955
(3.59)
120,488
(5.70)
18,002
(3.20)
26,620
50,124
9,387
2,213
1^22
16,075
41,389
6,347
1,414
$606,742
$318,334
(4.93)
37,096
38,135
$393,565
11,041
202,134
(5.20)
(2.00)
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$.632
$.331
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$.410
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TABLE B.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
COMPARATIVE COSTS— 1913 TO 1916 INCLUSIVE.
WATER GAS. 1913.
Amount. Per M.
1914. 1915. 1916.
Amount. Per M. Amount. Per M. Amount. Per M.
Generator Fuel. .
Gas Oil ..,
@
Boiler Fuel
@ ....
Mfg. Labor ....
Gen. Hse. Labor.
Mfg. Salaries
Purification Labor
Purification Exp. .
Expense Works ..
Repairs Works . .
Water Tax
Cost of Water Gas
Cost of Coal Gas
Cost of Mixed Gas
Decrease in gas on
hand
Increase in gas on
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Cost of gas in
holder, exclusive
of Depreciation .
$62,505
(5.12)
$.074
$61,094
(5.29)
$.072
$67,267
(5.30)
193,453
(.053)
.230
243,602
(.069)
.286
100,898
(.034)
22,741
(3.27)
.027
20.504
(3.62)
.024
22,616
(3.28)
12,378
.015
12,687
.015
13,947
7,958
.010
8,991
.011
8,757
7,011
.009
7,242
.009
6,652
3,185
.003
3,358
.004
3,108
2.098
.002
2,046
.002
6,662
.008
7,015
.008
7,118
16,976
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15,371
.018
13,638
2,438
.003
2,913
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2,442
337,409
.401
384,828
.452
246,447
165,854
.198
169,371
.193
$.321
173,434
$503,263
$.299
$554,199
$419,882
512
310
562
$502,952
$.299
$554,711
$.321
$419,319
$.083
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.305
.180
$.236
$.236
$90,225
(6.15)
102,693
(.031)
39,981
(4.34)
16,991
8,783
4.357
4,264
1,425
6,659
12,648
2,381
290,413
202,134
$492,548
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The Compay presented the following estimate (Exhibit 1) of
the probable increase in the mannfacturing costs of gas with which
it would be confronted for the following year over the costs for the
year 1916 on the basis of the market prices of September, 1917.
(Exhibit 1.) Table A.
PROVIDENXE GAS COMPANY.
Yearly Increase in Cost of Illuminating Gas Increased Costs Over
1916, on Basis of Present Market Prices (September 19, 1917),
"Labor, — Operating accounts only, increase $55,000.00
(Not including new construction, new services or extension of
mains)
Oil,— ^ per cent, of 2 billion ft. =1,2000,000 000 ft. yearly output
in water gas •
1,200,000,000 ft, X 3 1-2 gallons per M = 4,200,000 gallons at
3 l-2c = increase 147,000.00
Gas Coal, — 97,500 long tons used in 1916.
Present cost under contract $4.50
Cost 1916 — average 3.58
»
97,500 tons x increase $0.92 89,700.00
But we arc not getting full deliveries of this cheap-
contract-Westmoreland coal and have been robbing our
emergency reserve and charging it at the old price.
Now, we are buying other coal (not so good) at $8.32
per ton, an increase of $8.32 — $3.50 = $4.82 per ton.
To replace the 15,000 tons depletion of reserves, will
thus add 15,000 x $4.82 = 72.300.00
Taxes, — Increase in City of Providence, U. S.
Corporation and Capital Stock tax 29,853.00
Lehigh Coal (for Water Gas),—
1916 price $5.79
Present price * 8.14
Will use 19,000 long tons at $2.35
increase = 44,650.00
Boiler Fuel, — In 1916 used 15,000 tons at average of $3.86,
for breeze, buckwheat and coke.
Fresent average, $4.21.
Increase at present average 7.950.00
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Present cost (No. 1 Buckwheat $6.59) per 2240 lbs.
Will henceforth use half Breeze at $4.00
and half Buckwheat at 6.59
Average henceforth $5.30
Increase in cost of materials for engine room supplies,
meter settings, stable feed, repairs, oils, gasoline, etc.,
estimated at 50.000.00
TOTAL ON ABOVE ITEMS $496,453.00
This does not include loss by withholding from sale our
surplus coke which last year netted the Company over
$150,000. We now expect to hold most, of it for emer-
gency water gas fuel.
This increase distributed over the estimated yea'rly output
of 2,100,000 M of gas adds to its cost per thousand cubic
feet:
$496,453 = ; 23.7c per M ft."
2,100,000 M
"The New Providence schedule is estimated to yield an increase of about
12 l-2c per thousand feet. After allowing for the effect of the increased
prices, and of the sliding scale, this leaves about half the burden of increased
cost upon the Company,"
The recent increases in the manufacturing costs of gas may be
seen from the following table made up from the figures contained
in the company's statement:
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY.
Manufacturing Costs, Cents per 1,000 Cubic Feet of Gas.
1913-1916. Average
1917. Jan.-July, inc.
1917. August
1917. September.
1917. October.
1917. November.
1917. December.
The average cost of the gas coal necessary to the production of
a thousand cubic feet of coal gas has increased from 31.9 cents,
Net Cost.
IS Coal.
Gns Oil.
CorI Gas.
Wftter Gas.
Mixed
Gas.
31.9
18.7
19.5
36.6
27.8
36.7 4
10.3
26.2
30.3
28.6
43.2
21.0
38.4
42.9
41.3
48..S
21.3
45.5
. 41.9
43.2
44.3
209
53.1
42.3
45.4
55.2
21.8
62.8
42.4
47.9
55.5
23.5
66.5
50.1
54.4
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the average for the four years 1913 to 1916 inclusive, to 55.5 cents,
for the month of December, 1917, an increase of 23.6 cents per
thousand cubic feet. The average cost of gas oil necessary to the
production of 1,000 cubic feet of water gas during the same period
has increased from 18.7 cents to 23.5 cents, an increase of 4.8 cents
per thousand cubic feet. The net cost of coal gas during the same
period increased from 19.5 cents to 66.5 cents, an increase of 47
cents per thousand cubic feet. The net cost of water gas from 36.6
cents to 50.1 cents, an increase of 13.5 cents, while the manufactur-
ing costs of the mixed coal and water gas in the company's gas
holders ready for distribution has increased from 27.8 cents to 54.4
cents, an increase of 26.6 cents per thousand cubic feet.
A study of the above manufacturing costs can lead but to one
conclusion, that the additional income resulting from the application
of the increased schedule of rates is not excessive and will reim-
burse the Company only about one-half of the increased manufac-
turing costs due to the emergency conditions incident to the world
war.
While the additional income sought by the company does qot ap-
pear to be unreasonable in amount in view of the existing emer-
gency conditions, the Commission believes that the arrangement of
the rate plan or schedule should be modified in the public interest
in the light of the facts brought out by the classification of gas sold
in 1916, information not available to the Company at the time it
filed its new schedule of rates. This classification of consumers for
the year 1916 made at the request of the Commission, is as follows :
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REPORT OF PUBI^IC UTIUTlKS COMMISSION.
TABLE I.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
Classification of Gas Sold Year 1916— 4 n thousands of cubic feet.
Average
Number of
Consumers
Per Month.
Year's
Consumption.
Per
Month.
Per Year.
Cu.
Ft.
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft,
Cu. Ft.
Minimum
Charge
1
500
6
2,401
8,932,100
'*
«•
to
r
6 to
12
9,879
89,200.700
1
••
10
12 "
120
34,874
1.093.167.300
10
"
25
120 "
300
826
145,090,100
25
«t
so
300 "
600
168
67.676,900
50
"
100
600 "
1,200
55
44,578.700
100
«
200
1,200 ••
2,400
35
56,335.700
200
"
300
2,400 "
3,600
8
21.941,500
300
(«
400
3.600 "
4,800
400
«
450
4,800 "
5,400
2
9,817.800
450
"
500
5,400 "
6,000
1
5,922.800
500
<i
600
6.000 "
7,200
1
6.244.200
600
'*
700
7,200 "
8,400
1
7.532.200
700
"
800
8,400 "
9,600
1
9.357.800
800
•*
900
9,600 "
10.800
1
9.375,700
Excess of
900
2
27.190.400
48.255
1.602.363.900
Suburban.
Cu.
Ft.
Cu. Ft
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft
Minimum
Charge
500
6
350
1.304.000
"
if
to
1
6 to
12
1,500
13,437,900
1
*♦
10
12 "
120
5.979
189,246.600
10
«*
25
120 "
300
53
8.789.700
25
"
50
300 "
600
5
2.231.400
50
"
100
600 "
1.200
3
2.568.100
100
*i
200
1.200 "
2,400
200
**
3f)0
2,400 "
3,600
1
2.973.800
300
"
400
3,600 "
4,800
1
3.811.100
Excess of
900
1
14.980.200
7,893
239,342,800
Riverside.
Cu.
Ft
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft
Minimum
Charge
400
4,800
39
153.200
"
4f
to
1
4,800 to
12
215
1.714.600
1
**
10
12 "
120
303
7.696.000
10
u
25
120 "
300
1
58.800
558
9.622.600
Gas sold— City 1.602.363,900
Suburban 239.342.800
Riverside 9.622.600
Total 1,851.329.300
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The Company and the representatives of the City of Providence
after a conference have indicated their assent to an amendment of
the schedule of rates as fifed by the Company so that the same shall
read as follows and the Commission believes that said schedule of
rates thus amended is just and reasonable in the light of existing
conditions.
"PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Cities of Providence and Cranston,
and the Towns of North Providence, Johnston, Smithfield, Warwick and
Kast Providence, except the Riverside district, to all consumers at the follow-
ing rates:
RATES.
For the first 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.10 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 95c per thousand cubic feet net. \
For the next 40,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.00 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 90c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 75,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 95c per thousand
cubic feet gross; 85c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 125,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 90c per thousand
cubic feet gross; 80c per thousand cubic feet net.
For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 8Sc per
thousand cubic feet gross ; 75c per thousand cubic feet net.
The discount of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on gross
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills are paid
within 15 days from the date of the bills.
A minimum rate of 50c per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to become effective on March" 1st, 1918, and will
apply to all bills rendered on and after that date.
"PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Riverside district of the Town of
East Providence to all consumers at the following rates :
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RATES.
For the first 5,000 cubic feet used in any pne month, $125 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.15 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.20 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.10 per thousand cubic ieet net.
For the next 40.000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.15 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.05 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 75,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.10 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 125,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet pross; 95c per thousand cubic feet net.
For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.00 per
thousand cubic feet gross; 90c per thousand cubic feet net.
The discount of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on gross
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills arc paid
within 15 days from the date of the bills.
A minimum rate of 50c per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to become effective on March 1st, 1918, and will
apply to all bills rendered on and after that date.
The assent of the Company and the representatives of the City
of Providence to the foregoing schedule of rates is conditioned upon
the understanding that until more normal conditions obtain, the
rates herein specified are based upon the average quality of gas
supplied in the City of Providence during the last year, excepting
in so far as the maintenance of such quality of gas becomes physi-
cally impossible, said average being recognized as approximately 580
B. T. U. per cubic foot of gas, and with the further understanding
that the agreement by the Company to maintain whenever possible
a standard of approximately 580 B. T. U. per cubic foot of gas is
not an admission on the part of the Company that it can make a
fair return on said schedule at said standard. At such time as the
Company shall commence the extraction of toluol, the matter of the
establishment of a suitable standard will be considered by the Com-
mission.
We firmly believe that the public interest requires that the credit
of this utility locally owned, controlled and financed, shall be main-
tained in order that capital may be readily available for additions
and extensions and that such credit can be best maintained by a
continuance of the annual dividend rate of eight per cent upon its
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capital stock, each dollar of which has been actually paid in in cash.
The Company contends that a physical valuation of its properties
made by impartial and experienced engineers shows a valuation of
fifty per cent in excess of its capitalization.
After full hearing and mature consideration of the evidence in
the above entitled case, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed :
First: That the schedule of rates filed by the Providence Gas
Company under date of August 20, 1917, effective October 1, 1917,
in so far as the same differs from the schedule of rates herein or-
dered to be placed in efl^ect, is unreasonable, unjust and unjustly
discriminatory.
Second : That said Providence Gas Company establish and main-
tain for all gas billed on and after March 1, 1918, the following
schedule of rates:
"PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
CHARACTER OF SERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Cities of Providence and Cranston,
and the Towns of North Providence, Johnston, Smithfield, Warwick and
East Providence, except the Riverside district, to all consumers at the follow-
ing rates:
RATES.
For the first 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.10 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 95c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 40,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.00 per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 90c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 75,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 95c per thousand
cubic feet gross ; 85c per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 125,000 cubic feet used in any one month. 90c per thousand
cubic feet sjross; 80c per thousand feet net.
For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet used in any one month, 85c per
thousand cubic feet gross; 75c per thousand cubic feet net.
The discount of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on gross
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills are paid
within IS days from the date of the bills.
A minimum rate of 50c per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to become effective on March 1st, 1918, and will apply
to all bills rendered on and after that date."
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"PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
CHARACTER OF vSERVICE.
Gas will be sold and delivered in the Riverside district of the Town of
East Providence to all consumers at the following rates :
RATES.
For the first 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.25 per thou>and
cubic feet gross; $1.15 per thousand cubic feet net
For the next 5,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.20 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.10 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 40,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.15 per thousand
cubic feet gross; $1.05 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 75,000 cubic feet used in any one month. $1.10 per thousard
cubic feet gross; $1.00 per thousand cubic feet net.
For the next 125,000 cubic feet used in any one month, $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet gross; 95c per thousand cubic feet net.
For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet used in any one monlh, $1.00 per
thousand cubic feet gross; 90c per thousand cubic feet net
The discount of 10c per thousand cubic feet will be allowed on pros?
amounts of monthly bills rendered under this schedule, if such bills are pai !
within 15 days from the date of the bills.
A minimum rate of 50c per month will be charged subject to a refund if
the consumers's bill exceeds $6.00 per year.
The above rates are to become eflFective on March 1st. 1918. and will
apply to all bills rendered on and after that date."
Third: That the Providence Gas Company file with the FiiMi^
Utilities Commission on or before March 1, 1918 a cancellation of
its schedule of rates filed with the Commission under date of .^11.2:11?^^
20. 1917, together with a schedule of rates to conform witli the
requirements of this order.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of February. A. D. 1918.
WILLIAM C. P>LISwS,
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
Commission On It's Own Motion ^
vs. y^o. 41
PkovidEnce Gas Company. J
This was an investig:ation by the Commission on its own motion
into the reasonableness of a schedule of rates for gas contained in
certain schedules of rates filed by the Providence Gas Company with
the Public Utilities Commission on July 12, 1918, which rates w^ere
to become effective on September 1, 1918. These schedules of rates
were effective for gas furnished in the Cities of Providence and
Cranston and in the Towns of North Providence, Johnston, Smith-
field, Warwick and East Providence. The City Councils of Provi-
dence and Cranston and the Town Councils of North Providence,
Johnston, Smithfield, Warwick and East Providence were duly noti-
fied of the investigation.
Hearings were held on the 30th day of July and the 7th, 8th, 9th,
12th, 13th, 15th, 19th, 21st, 23rd and 28th days of August, A. D.
1918. The following appearances were made: For the Providence
Gas Company, Frank H. Swan, Esq., for the City of Providence,
Elmer S. Chace, Esq., City Solicitor and Hon. Joseph H. Gainer,
Mayor, for the Town of East Providence, A. Truman Patterson,
Esq., for the Town of Johnston, James E. Dooley, Esq.-, for the
To\vn of Warwick, Harold R. Curtis, Esq., for the Town of North
Providence, Arthur Gushing, Esq. and for the City of Cranston,
Frank H. Wildes, Esq.,
The schedule of rates of the IVovidence Gas Company in effect
except in the Riverside District of the Town of East Providence at
the time of the filing of the schedule under investigation and the
new schedule are as follows:
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Old Rate New Kate
Gross. Net. Gross. Net.
First 5,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month $1.10 $1.00 $1.45 $1.35
Next 5,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month 1.05 .95 1.38 128
Next 40,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month. 1.00 .90 1.32 122
Next 75,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month. .95 .85 1.25 1.15
Next 125,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month. .90 .80 1.18 1.08
Excess 250,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month, .85 75 1.11 1.01
The old and new schedules for the Riverside District of the Town
of East Providence are as follows:
First 5,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month.
Next 5,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month,
Next 40,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month,
Next 75,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month.
Next 125.000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month.
Excess 250,000 Cu. Ft. used in any one month.
The Company filed an exhibit, number one, containing^ a detailed
statement of the costs per thousand cubic feet of ^as for the first
seven months of the calendar year 1917, for the month of August,
1917, and for each of the first five months of the calendar year 1918.
This exhibit is hereto attached and marked Appendix A, and taken
in connection with the exhibits set forth in Commission vs. Provi-
dence Gas Company, Number 39, furnished a complete statement
of the costs of the Company for the years 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916,
the first seven months of 1917, and for each month thereafter to
and including May, 1918.
The Company justifies the proposed increase in rates on the
ground of the greatly increased costs of gas materials which it is
now bearing and with which it is confronted for the future.
Old Rate
New Rate
Gross. Net.
Gross. Net.
$1.25 $1.15
$1.60 $1.50
1.20 1.10
1.53 1.43
1.15 1.05
1.47 1.37
1.10 1.00
1.40 1.30
1.05 .95
1.33 123
1.00 .90
1.26 1.16
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These costs are indicated upon page eight of Exhibit Five :
"Prices of Coal and Oil per Exhibits Providence Gas Co.
101
s
$
$. h. T.
$. L. T.
$. L. T.
Cents
Month
h. Ton
S. Ton
C.G.
W. G.
Generator
Oil
Year
G.Coal
Ret. Fuel
B. Fuel
B. Fuel
Fuel
Per Gal.
Year
1913
3.57
4.36
2.12
3.27
5.12
5.3
Year
1914
3.55
4.24
2.55
3.62
529
6.9
Year
1915
3.55
•4.25
•2.42
3.28
5.30
3.4
Year
1916
3.59
5.70
3.20
4,34
6,15
3.1
7 Mo.
1917
4.05
6.60
4.92
6.30
6.64
3.0
Aug.
1917
4.55
7.50
6.84
7.52
8.54
6.5
Sept.
1917
5.52
7.50
5.61
5.61
7.30
6.5
Nov.
1917
4.95
7.50
6.38
5.71
6.95
6.33
Jan.
1918
4.39
7.50
•6.23
6.23
8.47
6.5
Feb.
1918
4.25
9.00
6.23-A
6.23
9.90
6.5
Mar.
1918
4.39
9.00
6.08
6.08
9.90
6.5
April
1918
7.47
9.00
8.85
8.85
9.34
8.4
May
1918
8.17
9.00
6.72
6.72
9.62
8.5
A-6.33 given in Co. Exhibit,
It will be noted that the price of gas coal which for the period
from 1913 to 1916 had ranged about $3.55 per long ton, had in-
creased to $4.55 in August, 1917. and in April, 1918 was $7.47, and
had reached $8.17 in May, 1918.
Retort fuel since January, 1918 has cost e$9.00 per short ton com-
pared with $7.50 paid since August, 1917, an increase of $1.50 per
ton.
Gas oil which from 1915 to August. 1917, had been secured at
about three cents per gallon increased to about 6.5 cents until April,
1918, and for the months of April and May, 1918 cost 8.5 cents per
gallon.
These costs are beyond the control of the Company and it does
not appear that .any rdief in the form of lower prices can be an-
ticipated.
Freight rates have been an important factor in the increased costs
of coal. Rail freight rates have twice been substantially increased
during the present year, and demurrage time has been limited by the
Shipping Board
Under existing conditions the all rail freight rate upon coal is
$4.07 per ton, and the rail and water freight rate is $5.61 per ton,
while it appears that the average cost of gas coal unloaded in the
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reserve pile at the works of the Company did not exceed $3.59 per
ton during the four years 1913 to 1916.
The increases in the manufacturing costs of gas may be seen
from the following table made up from the figures contained in the
Exhibits of this and the previous case:
"PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
Manufacturing Costs, Cents per 1,000 Cubic Feet of Gas.
_
Net Cost,
Mixed
Average
Gas Coal.
Gas on.
ConI Gas.
Water Gas.
Gas.
1913-1916.
31.9
18.7
19.5
36.6
27.8
1917.
Jan.-July, inc.
36.7
10.3
26.2
30.3
28.6
1917.
August.
43.2
21.0
38.4
42.9
41 ..1
1917.
September.
48.5
21.3
45.5
41.9
43.2
iyl7.
October.
44.3
20.9
53.1
42.3
45.4
1917.
November.
55.2
21.8
62.8
42.4
47.9
1917.
December.
55.5
23.5
66.5
50.1
54.4
1918.
January
39.8
232
33.1
48.0
42.8
1918.
February.
35.8
23.4
28.3
54.8
47.0
1918.
March.
38.6
25.3
*154.2
56.5
59.1
1918.
April.
82.7
28.4
114.6
69.0
76.9
1918.
May.
79.4
28.0
105.3
62.9
71.5
♦Only 2% of output of month was coal gas, the supply of gas coal having
been entirely exhausted.
Manufacturing Salaries and Labor.
Aside from the marked increase in the cost of materials, the in-
crease in the amounts paid for manufacturing salaries and manu-
facturing labor has been very large.
Mr. Russell, Superintendent of Manufacture, • has testified that
these increased expenditures were absolutely necessary in order to
maintain the output of the plant, and showed in detail the reasons
therefor. We are convinced that the Company would not willin^^ly
])ay excessive amounts in salaries and wages and it is fair to as-
sume that such increases were almost compelled by the exigencies
of the situation.
Mr. Alton D. Adams appeared as a witness presented by the City
of Providence, and introduced as Exhibit five an ana'iysis of the
figures presented by the Company in Exhibit one. His summarized
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conclusions based upon the costs as reported by the Company and
upon the Company's capacity for coal ^as production amounting: to
20% of the output as appearing upon page C of Ejchibit five are as
follows :
"Cost of 20% Coal and 80% Water Gas Based On Prices of Materials and
Charges For Labor In May, 1918, Per Ex. 1, Providence Gas Co.
• Ft. Gas Cents
Items Mnde Cost
200 Lbs. Gas Coal at $8.17 per L. T 1,000 72.94
60 Lbs. Coke for Retorts and Boilers.
80 Lbs. Coke for W. G. Generator 2,000
70 Lbs. Generator Fuel at $9.62 per L. T 2,000 30.03
80 Lbs. Steam Coal at $6.72 per L. T 24.00
3.5 X 4, or 14 gallons oil at 8.5 cts 119.00
Purification, Etc., at 0.5 ct. per M. for 5 M. I-l... 2.50
Total Gas Materials 5.000 248.47
Gas Sold, 5,000 x 0.95 equals 4,750 ft
Tar and Ammonia Credit per Co
Net Gas Materials
Manufacturing Labor per Co
Net Gas Materials and Labor
Net Gas Materials and Labor, 42.8% C. G
Excess Cost of 80% W. G. at Prices per Co. Ex. 1
cts. per
M.Sold
52.30
2.20
50.10
7.70
57.80
55.11
2.69
The Superintendent of Manufacture and Chemical Engineer of
the Company, Mr. Walter M. Russell, at the request of the Com-
mission, prepared and presented Exhibit 18 in which he made a
comparison of the actual costs of the Company biased upon prices
of materials and charges for labor in May, 1918, upon the same
basis as Mr. Adams, and the comparison is indicated below :
Net cost gas materials
Manufacturing Labor,
Total plant repairs and all depreciation.
Taxes,
Other Expenses,
Total cost and depreciation.
Interest and Dividends,
Total,
Adams.
50.10 cts.
7.70
16.00
5.39
10.00
89.19
16.40
Russell. DiflFerence.
53.67 cts
7.70
25.62
6.67
13.08
106.74
27.50
3.57 cts.
0
9.62
1.28
3.08
17.55
11.10
105.59 cts. 134.24 cts. 28.65 cts.
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The conflicting contentions of Mr. Adams are indicated above and
they may be briefly considered.
The classification of accounts as maintained by the Company ap-
pears to be excellent and in accord with the best practice of gas
accounting.
Inasmuch as Mr. Adams has deemed it valuable and necessary to
rearrange the expenses shown in tha Exhibits of the Company in
accordance with the practice which he states he has found conven-
ient and has long followed, it has become necessary to depart from
the Company's arrangement of expenses and to take the matter up
on the basis of the suggested rearrangement.
Net Cost of Gas Materials.
Considering first the net cost of gas materials which Mr. Adams
has fixed at 50.10 cents per M feet of gas sold as compared with
53.67 cents by Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell's figures are based upon
the actual costs as are those of Mr. Adams. Mr. Russell has pre-
sented his calculations in detail and has shown himself to be well
qualified as a practical and experienced superintendent of manu-
facture of gas, while Mr. Adams, although of long experience in
matters concerning the valuation of gas plants and rate proceedings,
has never been charged with the responsibility for the actual opera-
tion of such plants.
Under such circumstances we believe that Mr. Russell's figure is
substantially correct.
Manufacturing Labor.
Manufacturing Labor costs are the same in both estimates.
Total Plant Repairs and all Depreciation,
The most radical difference is found in the item which Mn Adams
has seen fit to classify as "Total Plant Repairs and all Depreciation."
Tt was his contention that the Company had included under the
item of repairs, expenditures for repairs that fully took care of any
reasonable allowance that might be necessary for depreciation, and
that therefore when the Company made book-keeping charge for
6.4 cents per M cu. ft. of gas sold for depreciation, it was really
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charging a double amount for depreciation. He states that his es-
timate of a proper cost to cover plant repairs and all depreciation is
16 cents per M sold, based upon the examination of a large number
of plants and upon his general experience.
An examination of tlic item which Mr. Adams has seen fit to
classify as repairs for month of May, 1918, as a])i)ears on ])age
four of Exhibit five shows it to be as follows, viz. :
"Expense Works Coal gas, $4,135
Repairs Works Coal Gas, 8.379
Repairs Benches, 15
Expense Works Water Gas, 2,324
Repairs Works Waler Gas, 5,036
Repairs Mains, Meters, etc. 13,124
Total Repairs, $33,013"
The following which he has included are in no sense to be classi-
fied as repairs :
Cents per
M sold.
Expense Works Coal ( nis $4,135 2.40
Expense Works Water Gas 2.324 1.35
Repairs, Mains, Meters, etc, under which have
been included all distribution expense, the fol-
lowing items of which are in no sense to be
classified as repairs :
Complaint Expenses $1,503 .875
Books, Stationery, etc 195 .113
Distribution salaries 978 .569
Gratuitous works 835 .486
Setting and removing meters 1,931 1.124
Expense outlying holders 505 .294
Expense high pressure distribution 458 .26
Total $6,405
Total $12,864 ^496
Dediictin«r this amount for the purpose of determining the actual
expense of repairs :
Cents per
M sold.
Tv-.tal Repairs per Adams $33,013 19.22
Less above items not repairs 12,864 7.49
Balance, Repairs $20,149 11.73
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Mr. Adams although at first testifying that in his opinion five
cents per M sold was an adequate iiepreciation allowance, later ad-
mitted that in view of the increased cost of materials and labor now
prevailing he would rot say that the company's estimate of 6.4 cents
]Kr M sold was excessive. If his estimate of 16 cents per M sold
is correct it is clear that he has estimated 6.4 cents for depreciation
and 9.6 cents for repairs other than depreciation.
The Company's costs for repairs when corrected as above show
11.73 cents actually expended for what Mr. Adams chooses to style
'*total plant repairs and all depreciation."
Deducting from 11.73 cents actually expended for repairs the 6.4
cents for depreciation would leave but 5.33 cents for repairs other
than depreciation which is 4.27 cents less than the 9.6 cents w^hich
Mr. Adams must have used as the basis for his original estimate for
repairs other than depreciation.
Mr. Adams presented on page two of Exhibit five, a statement
covering the month of May, 1918, by which he undertook to show
that for that month alone $8,141 was ex|>ended for construction
materials of all kinds, and added to such amount an equal amount
as the estimated labor to place such construction material, making a
total of what he is j)leased to call ''Construction in Repairs*' of
$16,282.20 or 9.48 cents per M sold. Tt can only be said that it is
based upon Mr. Adams assertion that it is a well known rule that
a dollar of material costs a dollar to place, and upon the theory of
the witness that the total cost of all construction materia; going into
the plant in the form of repairs plus an equal amount for the cost
of placing such material, gives the actual amount of ''construction
in repairs" which has gone into the plant to offset depreciation.
We are unable to find any authority for the application of such
a rule which seems to utterly ignore the depreciation due to obsoles-
cence.
The repair items of the Company do not appear excessive and
When Mr. Adams made his original estimate ( Page A, Exhibit
Imvc) he nnist have ba^ed his estimate of depreciation on five cents
per M sold, leaving 11 cents for repairs other than depreciation.
Mr. James T. Swan, a certified public accountant, of long ex-
perience in public utility accounting, and employed by the Commis-
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sion to make a complete examination of the books, records and
vouchers of the Company presented the following repair items for
the six months period, January to June, 1918:
"PROVIDENCE G\S COMPANY
REPAIRS JANUARY-JUNE, 1918
Compiled from James T. Swan's Report.
REPAIR ITEMS
Repairs, Coal Gas 43,256.04 Sheet 2 of Schedules
Repairs, Water Gas 22,406.03 Sheet 3 of Schedules
Repairs, Mains 28,369.03 Sheet 4 of Schedules
Repairs. Services 5,712.89 Sheet 4 of Schedules
Repairs, Meters 10,635.33 Sheet 4 of Schedules
Repairs, Holders 1,021.83 Sheet 4 of Schedules
$111,401 15
Gas Sold, Page 2 — Mr. Swan's Report — 1.089,475,000 Ft.
$111,401-15 -:- 1,089,475 M Fr. r= .102 per M Cu. ft." .
10.2 cts.
6.4
16.6
11.7
6.4
18.1
11.
6.4
17.4
The repair expense per M sold may then be compared :
Per M Said. Depreciation. Total.
James T. Swan.
January to June, 1918
Exhibit One Companv,
May. 1918.
Alton D. Adams estimate.
May. 1918.
The testimony does not show that the Company has improperly
included items for repairs and we believe that it has not been shown
that the Company's expense for repairs is unusual under the exist-
ing conditions. The exceptionally severe conditions of the last win-
ter have an important bearing upon this matter, and would account
for some increases out of the ordinary as to the item of repairs.
We therefore conclude that the Company is entitled to and should
make a proper allowance for depreciation in addition to the item of
repairs, and that this item has not been shown by ]\Ir. Adams to be
sufficient to offset depreciation as he has alleged.
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Taxes,
The Company's actual expenditures plus assessments made show
that the total of these items for the year will require 6.67 cents per
M sold and this figure is of course to be taken rather than the es-
timate of Mr. Adams based f)n the year 1916, or 5.39 cents per M
sold.
Other Expenses,
It is, of course, clear, in order to make a proper comparison with
the figures of Mr. Adajms for this item, that the amounts improperly
included under his item **Totai Plant Repairs and all Depreciation,"
should be now added to the figures of the Company for "Other Ex-
penses," and if this is done, the sum of $12,864 or 7.49 cents per M
sold must be added to the total of $22,480 or 13.08 cents, appearing
on page 4 of Exhibit Five, making a total $35,344 or 20.57 cents per
M sold as the total of "Other Expenses," according to the Adams
classification.
Mr. Adams has testified that his opinion based upon the examina-
tion of similar expenses of many companies, particularly in the
neighboring State of Massachusetts, leads him to state as his esti-
mate that 10 cents per M sold is a proper and fairly liberal aliovv-
ance for such items. In other words, that the expenditure of the
Company for such items 20.57 cents per M sold is extravagant and
more than double the amount that is necessary.
We are unfortunately unable to make any proper comparison of
these items with other cities, owing to the fact that Mr. Adams has
included all of the distribution expenses under the item of plant re-
pairs, and, as has been shown and wall clearly appear by an examina-
tion of Exhibit 12 of the Company, a large part of such expendi-
tures for May, 1918, in fact, $6,405, out of a total of $13,124,
charged as distribution expenses, are not to be classified under any
reasonable interpretation as repairs.
Wq are therefore compelled to make comparison of the accounts
of the Company other than for manufacture with those of the com-
panies supplying gas in tlie Ma>sachusetts cities of Fall River,
Springfield and Worcester, for the purpose of throwing light upon
this question. The accountant of the Commission has made this
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comparison as appears by the last sheet of Exhibit 24, and the
total in cents per M manufactured, for the items Distribution Ex-
pense, Conmiercial Expense, General Expense and New "Business
for the year 1917, the figures re])resenting for Providence the
calendar year 1917, and those for the Alassachusetts cities being
for the year ending June 30, 1917. the latest figures at present
available, is as follows :
Providence. Fall River. Springfield. Worcester.
Dist. Expenses, 7.481 cts. 6.492 cts. 12.009 cts. 6.874 cts.
Commercial Exp.
General Exp. 10.743 8.258 5.429 5.892
New Business
Total 18.224 cts. 15.200 cts. 17.438 cts. 12.766 cts.
The figures for Providence are the highest although it would
seem that for the items other than that of distribution expense they
should be considerably lower because of the much larger output of
gas to which these overhead expenses would apply, being nearly
double that of the largest cities with which the compansan is made.
A careful examination has been made into the above items, and
from such examination it is apparent that no recent substantial in-
crease has been made in the expenditures under these items. The
general salaries do not appear excessive for a company of this size.
The President and Engineer receives a salary of $13,500, charged
to manufacture, and an additional allowance of $11,500, is paid him
for engineering services in connection with the installation of the
new coke oven plant, which is charged to the construction account
for the new plant, and therefore does not aflPect the manufacturing
and other costs with which we are concerned in the proceeding. The
general office salaries certainly cannot be called excessive.
We have been unable to examine into the detail of the other items
under these headings, but it is apparent that the total of such ex-
penditures is considerably larger by comparison than that of the
companies in the other cities with which comparison is made. While
it is true that under these items are included all of those activities
of the Company whereby it comes in contact with its consumers,
and that a radical curtailment of such activities would result in de-
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priving the consumer of certain elements of service to which he has
lonjif been accustomed, it is here and here only that economies to
suit the emerg^ency conditions can possibly be effected.
While we believe that the estimate of Mr. Adams of 10 cents for
sucli "other expenses" is much too low to cover the items which
must be therein included, we are not prepared to say that the Com-
pany has cleady justified its estimate of the amount necessary for
these items, as a basis for its reasonable requirements for the fu-
ture.
Interest and Dividends.
Mr. Adams sees no distinction between interest and dividends and
it is apparent that his estimate of 16.4 cents per M sold as a suffi-
cient allowance for interest and dividends must be based upon the
amount remaining available for that purpose after providing for the
manufacturing and other costs, and securing the estimated income
from a rate of 1.05 cents per M net as appears by Page A of Ex-
hibit Five. ^
The interest charges of the Company for the month of May, 1918.
are 3.5 cents per M sold, which deducted from the 16.4 cents al-
lowed by Adams, leaves 12.9 cents per M sold available for divi-
dends.
Since it requires 3 cents per M sold to cover each one per centum
of dividends paid upon the outsanding capital stock of the Company,
it is apparent that Adams would leave but 4.3 rj for a dividend upon
the capital stock outstanding.
'J'he Commission is asked by Mr. Adams to ignore the sworn
testimony of the fact that every share of the capital stock of the
Cpmpany, totalling $6,300,000, has been paid for in cash at par, and
to substitute therefor as a basis for dividends a value of -$5,250,000.
being $1,050,000 less than the amount of the capital stock. Mr.
Adams arrives at his figure by the very simple method of multiply-
ing each M cu. ft. of gas sold annually by the Company, being
2,100,000.000 cu. ft., by the mystic figure of $2.50, and without fur-
ther ado, we are asked to shrink the value of the capital stock of
the Company by the sum of $1,050,000, and to use his reduced fi-
gure as a basis for the fair value upon which the Company is en-
titled to a return.
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Xo evidence has been produced in this investigation to show that
the fair vahie of the property of the Company does not equal its
capital stock outstanding.
Its book value has been testified to as of December 31, 1917, as
being $7,906»80I, and dc(hicting therefrom the item carried as de-
preciation of $1,011,042, the balance is $6,895,759.
As we said in the case of Commission vs. Providence Gas Com-
pany, No. 39:
*'We firmly believe that the public interest requires that the credit
of this utility locally owned, controlled and financed, shall be main-
tained in order that capital may be readily available for additions
and extensions and that such credit can be best maintained by a con-
tinuance of the annual dividend rate of eight per cent, upon its
capital stock, each dollar of which has been actually paid in cash."
The item for interest has increased somewhat for the month of
May over that of previous months, but the treasurer shows that this
has been due to an increase in the prevailing rates of interest.
An allowance of 3.5 cents per M sold for interest and of 24 cents
per M sold for the requirements of an eight per cent dividend, or a
total of 27.5 cents per M sold for interest and dividends does not
apj)ear unreasonable.
We have been compelled to use the Adams arrangement in order
to make comparisons between his estimates and those of the Com-
pany's, and as has been shown, the results are somewhat unsatisfac-
tory because of the inclusion by Adams as plant repairs of improper
items.
The Company's estimates are on the basis of the May costs and
cannot be said to be unreasonably large in view of the conditions
which the future seems to indicate.
It would appear certain that a base rate of at least $1.30 per M
sold is necessary to reasonably compensate the' Company for the ser-
vices rendered.
The accountant of the Commission made a careful examination
of the books, vouchers and records of the Company and has pre-
sented his report which was numbered as Exhibit 24, and is hereto
attached as Appendix B.
Sheet one of this Exhibit shows a comparative statement of the
Company for the several- years 1914 to 1917, and for the first six
months of 1918.
The following comparison of the year 1917 with 1918, (first six
months) clearly illustrates the necessities of the Company.
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TABI^E J.
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY
COMPARATIVK STATEMENT COST PER 1,000 FEET.
1917.
Per 1,000 Manuf'd.
Amount. Cents.
1918.
Per 1,000 Manurd.
Amount. Cents.
Gross Income,
Minimum Charge
Metered Charge
$ 4,582.04
1,799,507.75
86.550
86.227
35.915
36.996
$ 3.482.69
1,066,353.64
Gross Sales
Less Discount
$1,804,089.79
6,743.76
$1,069,836.33
96.396
Net Sales
Expenses.
Mfg. Coal Gas
Mfg. Water Gas
$1,797,346.03
$ 274,107.63
488.802.64
$1,069,836.33
$ 162,751.72
S14.930.51
96.396
67.419
59.296
Total Mfg. Cost
Less Gas in Holders
$ 762,910.27
36.600
$ 677.682.23
1,643.85
Net Mfg. Cost
Distribution
Commercial
$ 762,910.27
155,928.44
138,524.11
63,531.07
21,867.23
124,163.82
36.600
24.181
$ 676,038.38
$ 95,499.40
76.332.35
36,465.00
11,450.18
66.000.00*
60.914
General
25.747
New Business
Taxes
'lotal Expense
Net Income
Interest
$1,266,924.94
$ 530,421.09
29,147.64
60.781
25.446
1.398
$ 961,785.31
$ 108,051.02
32.764.80
86.661
9.73S
2.952
Balance to Profit and Loss
$ 501,273.45
24.048
$ 75.286.22
6.783
Coal Gas Manufactured 7(i3.215M
Water Gas Manufactured 1 ,321.214M
Total Output 2,084,429M
241.418M
868,399M
1.109,817M
•Accrued.
The net income of the Conipany per 1,000 cii. ft. manufactured
has fallen from 25.446 cents to 9.735 cents and when interest charges
have been deducted, the balance remaining to profit and loss from
which both dividends and depreciation must be cared for has fallen
from 24,048 cents to 6.783 cents. When it is considered that a de-
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preciation allowance of 6.4 cents has been generally agreed to as not
excessive, it will be seen that the Company has remaining practically
nothing for dividend requirements, which upon an eight per cent
basis would require 24 cents per M sold.
The Commission finds that the Company has sustained the burden
of proof and has shown that an increase of 30% in its rates is
necessary in order to obtain a reasonable compensation for the ser-
vices it renders, but that it has not sustained such burden as to the
increase of 35% contained in its proposed schedules.
The existing differential of fifteen cents per M cu. ft. for gas
supplied to the Riverside District of East Providence will be main-
tained.
Such a rate schedule upon the basis of the figures shown by the
accountant of the Commission for the sales of the first six months
of 1918, should produce additional revenue for a six month period
of $305,604.80, or $50,934.13 for an average month, as shown by
the following table:
TABLE K.
M. Cu. Ft
Sold.
Old Rate.
25.663.2
$ .55
39,469.3
.75
22,119.3
.80
32,828.9
.85
66,302.3
.90
68,964.7
.95
632,421.1
11,527.3
1.00
1.05
175,494.1
1.10
4,846.7
1.15
86.8
1.20
2.179.
1.25
115.8
jl.35
il.45
Amount.
$ 14,114.77
29,601.72
17,695.42
27.904.60
59,672.11
65,516.40
632,421.19
12,103.67
193,043.58
5,573.72
104.16
2,723.73
158.48
Increa^
1,060,633.56
for average month, |50,934,
New Rate.
$ .55
1.04
1.04
1.10
1.17
1.23
1.30
1.32
1.38
1.45
1.20
1.25
(1.35
J 1.45
Amount.
$ 14,114.77
41,048.07
23,004.07
36,111.79
77,573.69
84,826.58
1.25 822,147.43
15,216.03
242,181.85
7,027.71
104.16
2,723.73
158.48
1,366,238.36
Increase.
11.446.35
5.308.65
8.207.19
17.901.58
19,310.18
189,726.24
3,112.36
49.138.27
1,453.98
305.604.80
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The last step of the proposed schedule of the Company should
be eliminated, as an increase of 30% in the existing net rate of 75
cents per M for amounts in excess of 250,000 cu. ft. in any one
month would make a rate of 97.5 cents which would not in the
opinion of the Commission adequately compensate the Company.
1'he rate for all amounts in excess of 125,000 cu. ft. in any one
month should be 30% increase over the existing rate of 80 cents or
1.04 cents net.
The rates herein specified are based upon the maintenance by the
Company of an average standard of 580 B. T. U. per cubic foot of
gas, excepting in so far as the maintenance of such quality of gas
becomes physically impossible through inability of the Company to
secure proper materials or through the intervention of Federal
Authority, of either of which facts the Company shall at once give
notice to the Commission.
The application of the Company for a rate increase is frankly
stated to be an emergency proceeding.
A new coke oven plant will be placed in operation early next
year which should enable the Company if it is permitted by the Fuel
Administration to secure the necessary gas coal, to materially re-
duce its ijianufacturing costs, and at such time as the new plant has
been placed in operation and its manufacturing costs can reason-
ably be determined, the Commission will take up the matter of a re-
adjustment of rates to meet the new conditions.
The present situation as to public utilities has been well stated in
a recent decision of the California Railroad Commission, in a pro-
ceeding wherein substantial increases in gas and electric rates were
granted to the utilities operating in and about the City of San Fran-
cisco.
" The war has produced abnormal business conditions which affect
the business of producing and distributing gas as it has affected all other
business and where the utility service is under regulation and the price at
which the service is sold to the public is dictated by public authority the
companies are helpless, unless public authority will extend prompt relief."
"Entirely aside from the question of justice and fairness to the owners of
these utility properties, it is seriously to be considered that, unless the public
utility companies are maintained in a reasonably sound financial condition.
th€y will no longer be able to serve the public efficiently, as it is a demon- •
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strated fact that a weak and struggling company is incapable of producing
good service."
"Furthermore, it is not only a sound public policy for regulatory bodies,
but it is the emphatically declared policy of the Federal Administration that
as far as possible business institutions be not allowed to go into bankruptcy,
thus seriously disturbing the financial fabric of the country."
"The President of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Comptroller of the Currency has each spoken clearly and definitely on
this subject, and we believe that this commission, having ample information,
should without hesitation place utility rates on such a basis as to properly
safeguard the financial stability of public companies that they may not fail
in their service to the public and become a menace to the finances of the
country, having in mind, of course, the reasonable capitalization of com-
panies."
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After full hearing and mature consideration of the evidence in
the above entitled case, it is
ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:
First: That the schedule of rates filed by the Providence Gas
Company under date of July 12, 1918, effective September 1, 1918,
in so far as the same differs from the schedule of rates herein
ordered to be placed in effect, is unreasonable, unjust and unjustly
discriminatory.
Second : That said Providence Gas Company establish and main-
tain for all gas billed after the first day of September, A. D. 1918,
the following schedule of rates:
For gas sold in the Cities of Providence and Cranston and the
Towns of North Providence, Johnston, Smithfie'id, Warwick and
East Providence, except in the Riverside District of said Town of
East Providence:
Gross. Net.
For the first 5,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, $1.40 $1.30
For the next 5,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.33 1.23
For the next 40,000 cu. ft used in any one month, 1.27 1.17
For the next 75,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.20 1.10
For all in excess of 125,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.14 1.04
For gas sold in the Riverside District of East Providence :
Gross. Net.
For the first 5.000 cu. ft. used in any one month, $1.55 $1.45
For the next 5,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.48 1.38
For the next 40,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.42 1.32
For the next 75,000 cu. ft. used in iany one month, 1.35 1.25
For all in excess of 125,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, 1.29 1.19
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Third: That said Providence Gas Company shall allow the dis-
count of ten cents on each one thousand cubic feet of gas consumed
in any one month whenever the bill for such gas is paid within fif-
teen days from the date of the bill.
fourth : That said Providence Gas Company be permitted to
charge a minimum rate of fifty cents per month, subject to a re-
fund if the consumer's bill exceeds the sum of Six Dollars per
year.
Fifth: That said Providence Gas Company file with the Public
Utilities Commission on or before September 1st, 1918 a cancella-
tion of its schedule of rates filed with the Commission under date of
July 12, 1918, together with a schedule of rates to conform with
the requirements of this order.
Dated this thirty-first day of August, A. D. 1918.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
By
WILLIAM C. BLISS.
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN.
Commissioners.
(SEAL)
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Upon consideration of the matter of the proposed schedule of
rates filed by the Rhode Island Company, August 15, 1918 to be-
come effective September 15, 1918, the following notice is issued
to said The Rhode Island Company, the City of Providence, the
Town of East Providence and Conimicut Volunteer Fire Company
Number One:
"PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
Commission On It's Own Motion ^
vs. ^No. 43.
The Rhode Island Company. J
Whereas, The Public Utilities Commission did on the fifteenth
day of August, A. D. 1918, receive from The Rhode Island Com-
pany in accordance with the provisions of Section 48 of Chapter
795 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D. 1912,
as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 1651 of the Public Laws, passed
at the January Session, A. D. 1918, notice of certain changes pro-
posed to be made in certain schedules heretofore filed with said
Commission, effecting substantial changes in its existing system of
zone fares, atid largely increasing the existing rates of fare, now
maintained by said The Rhode Island Company, and
Whereas, The Public Utilities Commission, did on the fifteenth
day of August, A. D. 1918, commence an investigation as to the
propriety of such proposed changes, and as to the reasonableness of
the rates therein contained, and did on the sixteenth day of August,
A. D. 1918, give notice thereof to said The Rhode Island Company
in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of Chapter 795 of
the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D. 1918:
NOW THEREFORE,
f433) It is hereby ORDERED:
First: That pending the decision of the Commission upon the
propriety of the ])roposed changes and as to the reasonableness of
the rates therein contained, the taking effect of the changes proposed
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in said schedules R. I. P. U, C. Numbers 61 to 68 inclusive, is
hereby suspended until November 15, A. D. 1918.
Second : That notice of said order be forthwith served upon
said The Rhode Island Company.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
By
WILLIAM C. BLISS,
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
September 4, 1918."
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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
Commission On It's Own Motion
vs. } No. 43.
The Rhode Isi^and Company. J
"'1
hNo.
The Rhode Island Company filed with the Commission on August
15, 1918 a schedule of passenger rates of fare involving an esti-
mated increase of $2,162,000 in annual revenue. It was proposed to
secure $1,990,000 of this additional revenue through the medium of
fare increases and the remaining $172,000 by the fixing of a one
cent charge for transfers, provided for by supplements to the tariffs
providing for the fare increases and filed with the Commission after
the decision of the War Labor Board had been made increasing the
wages of the employees of the Company.
The proposed schedule was \o become effective on September 15,
1918 and on September 4, 1918 the Commission suspended the
effective date until November 15, 1918.
The gross estimated revenues for 1919 at the present rates of
fare are estimated at $6,464,000. This amounted to an increase of
33.45 per cent in operating revenues, which increase from the stand-
point of the pubHc was substantial and almost revolutionary.
The Commission proceeded to investigate the proposed increases
with all the expedition possible.
Under the provisions of the Public Utilities Act at least twenty
days must elapse after the Commission has issued notice of investi-
gation before hearings may be held and the first hearing was held
on the 16th day of September. The Company completed its pres-
entation on the eighth day of October.
Nearly all of the cities and towns wherein the company operated
entered their appearances, and adopted resolutions opposing the
increase in rates, and were given an opportunity to present their
views and such testimony as seemed to them to be material.
Counsel for the union of street car men presented the situation
that confronted the members of that organization and urged that
prompt action be taken in order not only that the men might re-
ceive the added compensation fixed by the award of the War Labor
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Board, but also in order that the men might not leave their work
to seek other employment.
A voluntary committee of men most prominent in the financial,
manufacturing, commercial and economic affairs of the community
also sought an opportunity to be heard before the Commission and
very strongly urged that in the emergency which plainly confronted
the community, the Commission should grant immediate emergency
relief to The Rhode Island Company in order that the trolley ser-
vice might be continued.
Hearings were closed on October 16th.
It appears that for the calendar year of 1919, the Company will
be faced by the following financial showing:
Operating Revenues at present rates of fare $6,464,000
Operating Expenses at present prices $5,152,000
Taxes 711.000
Wage Increase Award by War Labor Board 1,046,670
Total Operating Expenses and Taxes 6,909,670
Deticiency $445,670
To properly provide for the wear and tear caused by this year's
use, an estimated sum from $275,000 to $400,000 should be added
to the Operating Expenses as above and consequently to the I>e-
ficiency, making the Deficiency at least $720,670, and by some esti-
mates as great as $845,670.
It is of course apparent that in the above figures, no allowance
whatever is included for interest, rentals or return in any form on
the capital investment.
(See Substitute Exhibit No. 17).
The fixed charges of the company are as follows:
Annual Rentals (See Exhibit 26) $1,161,544
Interest on Funded debt. Industrial Trust Co. (See Exhibit 1,
page 27) 83,100
Interest on Unfunded debt, N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. (See Ex-
hibit 1, page 27) 223,624
Miscellaneous 12,640
Total fixed charges : $1,480,908
Summarized, then, for the calendar year 1919, the Company will
fall short of paying operating expenses and fixed charges as above
stated, as follows :
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Deficiency after operating expenses and taxes $445,670
Accrued depreciation not cared for out of current maintenance,
between $275,000 and $400,000, say 300,000
Fixed charges as above 1,480,908
Total $2,226,578
Less other income, dividends on stock of United Traction and
Electric Co $115,000
Total Deficit before any return to The Rhode Island Com-
pany $2,111,578
These conditions have been created in a considerable degree by
the direct and necessary intervention of the Federal Government.
Note Estimated Increased Annual Cost of Coal Due to Regula-
tions of the Federal Government based upon Tonnage (91,869
tons) used year to June 30, 1918. (See Exhibit No. 36) $468,989
Increase in Annual Federal Taxes paid by The Rhode Island
Company due to War Conditions (Assumes the Passage of
Revenue Bill now pending before the. Senate). (See Exhibit
38^) 90.300
Estimated Annual Increase in Pay Rolls Due to Increase in Rates
of Wages by Award of War Labor Board. (See Exh. 34,
based upon expected award, which War Labor Board ex-
ceeded.) 1 ,046.670
Total Increases due to Necessities of Federal Government, as
indicated by their duly constituted authorities $1,605,959
The financial situation confronting The Rhode Island Company
is indicated in the following tabulation which summarizes the re-
sults of operation for the calendar year of 1917, and compares the
same with «the calendar year of 1918, the first seven months show-
ing actual results and the remaining five months estimated together
with the estimated results for operation for the calendar year of
1919. These figures are based so far as the estimates are con-
cerned upon the revenues that can be derived from the present sys-
tem of fares, and upon the expenses that will be incurred by the
Company by reason of the wage award of the War Labor Board
which dates back to July 19th, A. D. 1918.
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TABLE ly.
THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY.
Calendar Year.
1917.
Actual.
Per cent Part of
Amount. Operating Each
Revenue. Nickel.
Total Operating Revenue
Less Total Operating Expenses . .
Net Operating Revenue
Less Taxes
N'ct Operating Revenue Ix:ss Taxes
Other Revenue
Total Income
Fixed Charges:
Rentals
Interest on Funded Debt
Interest on Unfunded Debt ....
Total Rent and Interest
Discount Amortization •
Miscellaneous Debits
TOTAL FIXED CHARGES
NET INCOME
•Deficit.
$6,000,602
4,519,003
$1,481,599
655,250
$826,349
115.482
941,821
1,161,544
83,100
197,428
$1,442,072
$10,441
2,168
$1,454,681
•$512,850
100.
75.3
24.7
10.9
13.8
1.9
15.7
19.3
1.4
3.3
24.0
0.2
24.2
•8.5
5.
3.765
1.235
.545
.690
.095
.785
.965
.070
.165
1.20O
1.210
•.425
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TABLE M.
THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY.
Calendar Year.
1918.
Actual for first Seven Months and
Estimated for Remaining Five
Months. (Includes Wage
Award from July 19,
1918.)
Per cent Part of
Amount. Operating Each
Revenue. Nickel.
Total Operating Revenue
Less Total Operating Expenses . . .
fTct Operating Revenue
Less Taxes
Net Operating Revenue Less Taxes
Other Revenue
Total Income
Fixed Charges:
Rentals
Interest on Funded Debt
Interest on Unfunded Debt
Total Rent and Interest
Discount Amortization
Miscellaneous Debits
TOTAL FIXED CHARGES
NET INCOME
•Deficit.
$6,222,815
5,463,020
$759,795
684,500
$75,295
115,000
$190,295
$1,161,544
83,100
223.624
$1,468,268
$10,440
2,200
$1,480,908
•$1,290,613
100.
87.8
12.2
11.0
1.2
1.8
3.0
18.7
1.3
3.6
23.6
0.2
23.8
•20.8
5.
4.390
.610
.550
.060
.090
.ISO
.935
.065
.180
1.180
1.190
•1.040
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THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY.
Calendar Year.
1919.
Estimated.
Jncludes Wage Award.
Per cent. Part of
Amount. Operating Each
Revenue. NickeL
Total Operating Revenue
Less Total Operating Expenses
Net Operating Revenue
Less Taxes
Net Operating Revenue Less Taxes . .
Other Revenue
Total Income
Fixed Charges:
Rentals
Interest on Funded Debt
Interest on Unfunded Debt
Total Rent and Interest
Discount Amortization
Miscellaneous Debits
TOTAL FIXED CHARGES
NET INCOME
•Deficit.
$6,464,000
6.198.670
100.
95.9
5.
4.795
$265,330
4.1
.205
711,000
11.0
.55
•$445,670
•6.9
•.345
115.000
1.8
.090
•$330,670
•5.1
•.255
$1,161,544
18.0
.900
83,100
1.3
.065
223,624
3.4
.170
$1,468,268
22.7
1.135
$10,440
0.2
2,200
$1,480,908
22.9
1.145
•$1,811,578
•28.0
•1,400
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It will be seen from an examination of the above table that as re-
sult of the operation of the company for the calendar year of 1917
there was a deficit of $512,850 or 8 1-2% of the total revenue, and
that to each five cents taken in the company was obliged to. add
.425 of a cent in order to maintain the operation of the system.
For the calendar year of 1918 the company is faced with a deficit
of $1,290,613, or 20.8% as much as its total estimated revenue
under the present fares, and it will be necessary for the company to
place 1.04 cents alongside of each five cents taken in in revenue in
order to maintain its operation.
Should it be permitted only the present rates of fare for the
calendar year of 1919, it will be faced with a deficit of $1,811,578,
or 28% as much as its total estimated revenue, and 1.4 cents will
have to be added to each five cent fare received by the company in
order to maintain operation.
For the year 1918 the company will have remaining after the
payment of operating expenses and taxes but $190,295, with which
to meet fixed charges of $1,480,908. For the year 1919 the com-
pany will fall short of paying its operating expenses and taxes by
$330,670, with nothing at all available for the payment of fixed
charges of $1,480,908.
A further analysis of the figures disclosed in the above table
shows that the Company is faced, since the application of the wage
award by the War Labor Board which dates back to July 19, 1918,
with a situation similar to that presented in the estimates for the
year 1919. These estimates indicate a deficit for the twelve months
of that year of $1,811,578. To this should properly be added the
sum of $300,000 to adequately cover the actual depreciation for the
twdve months that has not been cared for by renewals and replace-
ments out of current maintenance, making a total annual deficit of
$2,111,578. Translated, this means an actual loss to the Company
on the former basis of $159,166 a month or $4,961 per day, and
on the latter basis a loss of $175,997 a month or $5,785 a day. The
above facts show the need of immediate and substantial relief to
meet the emergency-
The proposed rate schedules have been prepared for the Com-
pany by Mr. James A. Emery, Street Railway Expert of the en-
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ginecring firm of Ford, Bacon and Davis, which was retained by
the Federal Trustees in charge of the properties to prepare and
present a schedule of rates sufficiently increased to produce the
additional revenue required in order to continue the operation of
the Company.
Mr. Emery is thoroughly familiar with the conditions surround-
ing the Company having made a valuation of the property in 1916.
and having appeared before the Special Commission for the In-
vestigation of the Affairs of The Rhode Island Company when the
problem was before that Commission. He is an acknowledged ex-
pert upon such matters and his advice, judgment and opinion is
extremely valuable.
The new system is based upon a contraction of the central five cent
fare zone about the Providence traffic centre from 2.5 miles air
line, to two miles, with an average track mileage of Z4 miles, there-
after a series of five cent fare zones, the first extending air line for
1.75 miles, with an average track mileage of two miles, the second
and succeeding zones extending 1.5 track miles theoretic?.l]y bin
averaging about 1.7 track miles when placed in practical operation.
About the traffic centres of Pawtucket, Woonsocket and River
Point the two mile air line radius is maintained.
Difficulties of collection and difficulties in the application of the
large increase of fares required by the present emergency, have led
Mr. Emery to the belief that the present more equitable two-cent
zone system cannot be modified to meet the situation. He frankly
presents his plan as one designed to best meet the needs of the
present emergency.
Without going into the details of his computation it may be stated
that he estimates that it will produce the following amounts of ad-
ditional revenue annually:
Fare Increases (See Exhibit 20) •. $1,990,000
One Cent charge for transfers (Testimony Emery, p. 767 of
Transcript of Evidence) 172,000
$2,162,000
The Commission has made as careful an analysis of the new rate
schedules as has been possible in the limited time at its disposal.
The Commission believe that the principle of the proposed rate
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schedule it sound, and that in its application to the present emer-
gency it is not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory.
The application of a one cent charge for transfers carries with
it all the objections stated in the report of the Special Commission,
but it appears to be necessary in the present emergency.
All of the revenue from this additional charge within the City
of Providence will no more than pay the $120,000 of annual fran-
chise tax which the Company must pay to that city.
Whether the proposed schedule will produce the anticipated rev-
enue, the Commission is not prepared to say. It believes that it
should be given a fair trial as an emergency schedule and we will
permit it to become effective for a period of four months, requir-
ing a detailed monthly report of its operation to be made to the
, Commission and the public. It is believed that certain minor modi-
fications of the schedules which are in no sense inconsistent with
the theory of the system upon which the rate schedules are based,
will be of advantage to both the Company 'and the public, and such
modifications are hereinbelow stated.
Branch Az^enue Luie. The five cent fare limit should be placed
at \'eazie Street.
Hughcsdale, The village of Hughesdale should be inchulcd in
the ten cent fare limit as it is almost as close to Providence in an
air line as Thornton, and to place it within the fifteen cent fare
zone would require a ten cent fare to Olneyville Sci.uare.
Tauton Avenue, Taunton Connection, Fall River Connection, In
order that the track mfleage distance should reasonably compare
with that of other lines, the five cent fare limit should be ])laced
at Broadway Six Corners for these lines.
Rumford. For similar reason the central five cent fare limit
should be placed at Broadway Six Corners.
Riverside, For a similar reason the central five cent fare limit
should be placed at Ingraham*s Corner.
Patvtuckct-Cumbcrland Hill. Establish an over lap for South
bound passengers making zone from Barrett Street to Town Hall,
Valley Falls. The first intermediate zone north bound should ex-
tend from Railroad Crossing to Barrett Street, and the second froin
Barrett Street to Pole No. 487.
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Buttomvoods and Rocky PoinJ Liues^, Third intermediate zone
should extend from Palace Garden to Conimicut, which has a per-
manent poi)ulation. Fourth intermediate zone should extend from
Conimicut to L'^n^uieadow. Fifth intermediate zone should
extend from Longmeadow to Meadow View or Rocky Point. These
modifications will relievo to some extent the residents of Conimicut
and LongiTieadow, while in no way violating the theory of the rate
system.
Providence-East Greemvich. Fourth intermediate zone should
extend from Hills Grove to Town TTall at Apponaug, and the fifth
intermediate zone should extend from the Town Hall, Apponaug to
the Cowesett Post Office.
Sea View Railroad. Fifth intermediate zone should extend from
Babbitt Cottage to Wick ford, and the sixth intermediate zone should
extend from Wickford to Green Farm.
Tt must be remembered that the Commission has before it an ap-
olication of The Rhode Island Company only, that it must pass
upon the reasonableness of that application, and in the light of the
conditions surrounding that Company alone.
We apprehend that it is the duty of the Commission to the public
to see that the trolley service. does not cease in this community, that
that duty extends beyond the mere interest of the community or
State as such, that the duty reaches outside the State and to the
Nation, in order that no obstacle may be placed in the way of the
production of the essential munitions that this State is producing
to meet the needs of the Nation in the present war.
The President of the Ignited States and the Secretary of the
Treasury have addressed themselves to the public rate regulating
bodies of the several states urging prompt and adequate relief to
enable the continuous operation of the trolley service.
The National War Labor Board in making its award, In re Em-
ployees vs The Rhode Island Company has presented the situation
in the following words :
'This increase in wages will add substantially to the operating cost of the
company and will require a reconsideration by the proper authorities of the
fare which the company is allowed by law to collect from its passengers.
We make part of this award the words we have used in the award in the
Cleveland case :'
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"We have recommended to the President that special congressional lep:is-
iation be enacted to enable some executive agency of the Federal Govern-
ment to consider the very perilous financial condition of this and other elec-
tric street railways of the country, and raise fares in each case in which the
circumstances require it. We believe it to be a war necessity justifying
Federal interference. Should this be deemed unwise, however, we urge upon
the local authorities and the people of the locality the pressing need for
such an increase adequate to meet the added cost of operation.
This is not a question turning on the history of the relations between the
local street railway? and the municipalities in whicli they operate. The iust
claim for an increase in fares does not rest upon any right to a dividend
upon capital long invested in the enterprise. The increase in fare must be
eiven because of the immediate pressure for money receipts now to keen the
street railways running so that they may m*et the local and national de-
mand for their service. Overcapitalization, corrupt methods, exorbitant divi-
dends in the past are not relevant to the question of policy in the nresent
exigency. In justice the public should nav an adequate war compensation for
a service which cannot be rendered except for war prices. The credit of
th^ne companies in floatinur bonds is p^one. Their ability to borrow on short
no^es is most limited. Tn the face of added expenses which this and other
awards of needed and fair compen9ation to their emplove^s will involve, s'trh
credit will comnleteW disappear. Bankmpicv. receiverships and demoraliza-
tion, with failure of sprviVe, must be the result. Hence our urgent recom-
mendation on this head."
The wish of the Federal Government as thus expressed through
Its duly constituted apfencies should be a command in the present
emerffency, and these substantially increased rates of fare, to a
largfe extent made necessary by Federal Action as hereinbefore in-
dicated, should be accented by the public in such a spirit.
The .situation is extremely serious and particularly because it
appears that a continuance of the operation of the trolley service
can not be assured in the event of receivership of The Rhode Island
Company, since it is extremely probable that the I "''nit ed Traction &
Electric Company would be unable to finance the operation of the
companies which it controls since it would be confronted with sub-
stantially the same conditions of increased costs that confront The
Rhode Island Company.
The operation of the Providence and "Rurrillville Line to Woon-
socket, the Woonsocket Street Railway, the Columbian Street Rail-
way to Pascoag. the Providence and Danielson Railway which in-
cludes the line to Chepachet, and the Sea View Railroad, would
in all probability be immediately suspended, and it would appear
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doubtful whether the operation of the two latter lines would ever
be resumed.
The public welfare requires a continuance of operation of ser-
vice by The Rhode Island Company until some definite method of
maintaining a continuance of trolley service can be devised.
The Commission has been compelled by the exigencies of the
situation to present its findings and report and to make its order
within three days of the close of the hearings, but it will as soon
as possible present a supplementary and detailed analysis of the
matters involved in order that the facts surrounding this important
problem may be more fully set forth and understood.
It appearing that on September 4, 1918, an order was entered
suspending until November 15, 1918, the rates and charges stated
in said order; and
It further appearing that a full investigation of the matters and
things involved has been had, and that the Commission on the date
hereof has made and filed a report containing its findings of fact
and conclusions thereon, which said report is herein referred to and
made a part hereof, it is
ORDERED:
First: That The Rhode Island Company file with the Public
Utilities Commission on Monday, October 21st, A. D. 1918, supple-
ments in modification of its Tariffs Numbers 61 to 68 inclusive filed
with the Commission on August 15th, A. D. 1918, in accordance
with the findings hereinbefore set forth.
Second : That The Rhode Island Company be permitted to make
said tariffs, together with the supplements thus modifying the same,
effective upon Wednesday, October 23rd, A. D. 1918.
Third: That The Rhode Island Company be permitted to make
effective upon Wednesday, October 23rd, A. D. 1918, its Supple-
ment No. 2 to its tariffs Numbers 61 to 68 inclusive, filed with the
Commission on October 7th, A. D. 1918, said supplement providing
for all transfers issued on its system a charge of one cent.
Fourth: That said tariffs and supplements so made effective
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shall be and remain effective until the first day of March, A. D.
1919.
Fifth : That The Rhode Island Company be required to file with
the Public Utilities Commission a detailed financial statement show-
ing the monthly results of the operation of the tariffs hereby au-
thorized.
Dated this nineteenth day of October, A. D. 1918.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
By
WILLIAM C. BLISS,
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
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City of Newport
vs. ^r No. 4.
Xewtort Waticr Works
r
Edward L. Spencer Et Al ^
vs, j.No.15.
Newport Water Works j
These complaints, one filed by the City of Newport and the othe^
by twenty-five qualified electors of said City, both allege, in sub-
stance, that the rates charged by said respondent are inequitable and
unjust and that its practices are detrimental and dangerous to the
health of the inhabitants of said city.
The complainants petition for the establishment of a more fair
and equitable table of rates, or that the meter system of measure-
ment be substituted for the flat rate system in effect and that a rule
be established by the Commission prohibiting the respondent from
shutting off water because of failure to pay the rates established.
The allegations in each case being substantially the same, tht
cases were heard jointly, hearings being held, on the 18th and 28th
days of Augjust, A, D. 1913, the 24th and 27th days of November,
the 28th and 29th days of December, A. D. 1914 and the 7th, 8th
and 14th days of January, A. D. 1915.
The following appearances were made: For the complainants.
John C. Burke, Esq., and Jeremiah A. Sullivan, Esq. and for the
respondent, Nathan Matthews, Esq., and William P. Sheffield, V.m\.
On June 1, 1876, the General Assembly of the State of Rhode
Island passed an act authorizing "the Town Council of any Town
or the City Council of any City to grant to any individual or cor-
poration the exclusive right to lay water pipes in any of the pubiiv
highways of such town or city for supplying the inhabitants of sucli
town or city with water, for such term of time and upon such teni^
and conditions as they may deem proper, including therein the power
and authority to exempt such pipes and the works connected there-
with from taxation."
On June 28, 1876, Mr. George H. Norman made a proposition to
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'^construct a complete water works for the supply of the City of
Newport upon the condition that the City Council will grant me,
and my heirs and assigns, the exclusive right and privilege of lay-
ing pipes in all the streets and roads of Newport, for the purpose
of selling water therefrom, for the term of fifty years, and exempt
all of said water works from taxation ; and will also grant me all
rights the City has in Easton's Pond and the marsh lands around it,
and north of a line running parallel and fifty feet north of the cen-
ter of the road crossing the beach/'
On July 6, 1876 the above proposition of Mr. Norman was ac-
cepted by the City Council of Newport by the passage of the fol-
lowing vote:
Copy of Ex. 46 Respondents.
Whereas the City Council of the City of Newport, a municipal
corporation in the County of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island,
did on the sixth day of July A. D. 1876, pass a Resolution, hereby
made part hereof, in the following words, to wit : "Upon the pro-
position of George II. Norman to construct Water Works to intro-
duce a supply of Water for domestic, manufacturing and other uses
into the City of Newport :
Voted and Resolved, That the said proposition be and hereby is
accepted ; and that the exclusive right to use the public streets, lanes
and squares of the City for the purpose of laying water pipes and
continuing the same therein, and of using said streets, lanes and
squares for the purpose of making the necessary alterations and re-
pairs in the said pipes, for the period of fifty years is hereby granted;
and that the said Water pipes and franchise and works of said Nor-r
man connected therewith be and hereby are declared to be exempted
from taxation for any purpose whatever so long as inhabitants of
this city shall be supplied with water thereby ; and that ajl the right,
title and interest of said City of Newport in and to Easton's Pond
and the land covered thereby and the Marsh around the same north
of a line parallel with and fifty feet distant north from the centre of
the travelled path or highway extending along the back of Easton's
I»each to the l)ndge constructed over the Creek at the Easterly end
of the said Beach, at the Middletown line be conveyed to the said
Norman.
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This Vote and Grant is however upon condition that the Water
Works of said Norman for supplying said City with water as afore-
said shall be commenced within six months ; that said Norman shall
lay down Water Pipes in the premises to the extent of fifteen miles
within the limits of s^id City within one year from this date; that
he, his heirs or assigns, shall always without unnecessary delay after
excavating for the laying, relaying or repairing of pipes, restore the
said streets and public places to as good order and condition as they
were in before such excavating; that said Grant of the right to use
the streets and public places for laying continuing repairing and
altering pipes shall cease to be exclusive whenever said Grantee, his
heirs or assigns, shall cease, neglect or fail to supply water in rea-
sonably sufficient quantity through all the pipes which* he or they
may see fit to lay down; and that said city may at its option pur-
chase said Water Works and all the pipes, reservoirs, pumps and
other property rights and appurtenances connected used or belong-
ing therewith, at any time within five years herefrom for a fair and
reasonable price, to be agreed on by said City and said Norman his.
heirs or assigns, or fixed by a majorifty of arbitrators appointed for
the purpose, one by said City, one by said Norman or his representa-
tives, and a third by the two so chosen by said parties hereto re-
spectively/'
Now Therefore Know All MeT\ That said City of Newport, in
consideration of the premises, doth hereby remise release and for-
ever quitclaim and convey unto said George H. Norman, and his
heirs and assigns forever, pursuant to said Resolution and in con-
formity with the terms thereof and upon the conditions therein con-
tained pertaining or applicable to this conveyance, all the right title
and interest of said City of Newport in and to Easton's Pond, so
called, and the land covered thereby and the marsh around the same
lying north of a line parallel with and distant fifty feet north from
the center line of the travelled path road or highway which extends
along the back or in the rear of Easton's Beach to the Bridge over
the Creek at the Easterly end of the Beach at the boundary line be-
tween said City of Newport and the adjoining town of Middletown.
In Witness Whereof said City of Newport has caused its cor-
porate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed
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acknowledged and delivered in its name and behalf by David M.
Coggeshall, City Treasurer of said City on this twelfth day of Au-
gust A. D. 1879.
Executed and Delivered in City of Newport
presence of by (Seal)
J. Truman Burdick David M. Coggeshall,
Francis B. Peckham Jr. City Treas,
State of Rhode Island Etc.,
Newport, ss. Newport August 13th, 1879.
Then personally appeared the above named David M. Coggeshall
and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the free act and
deed of the above named City of Newport and his own free act
and deed. Before me,
Francis B. Peckham, Jr.,
Justice of the Peace.
Received in Newport, R. I., for record, August 16, 1879, at 2 H. 45
M. P. M., and recorded August 25, 1879, by,
William G Stevens,
City Clerk.
City of Newport, R. I.
City Clerk's Office, December 28, 1914.
I certify the aforegoing to be a true copy from the records of Land
Evidence of said Newport, Volume 50 at pages 45 and 46.
Attest :
(Signed) F. N. Fullerton,
City Clerk.
On July 11, 1879 the proposition as outlined in the above action
by the City Council was accepted by Mr. Norman.
On February 8, 1877 the General Assembly passed an act giving
Mr. Norman, his heirs and assigns, the right to take certain lands
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and water rights at Lawton's Valley in the Town of Portsmouth,
the said act being as follows:
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
Section 1. George H. Norman, of the City of Newport, his
heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized, for the purpose of supply-
ing said city and the inhabitants thereof with pure water, as
hereinafter provided, to take and convey into and throughout the
city of Newport the waters of those two certain streams or brooks
which unite at Lawton's Vailcy, in the Town of Portsmouth, and to
acquire, as hereinafter indicated, and to hold the said waters, the
water rights therewith connected so far as may be necessary for the
purposes hereof, and any real estate, hereinafter designated, re-
quisite for the location, establishment, erection, building and main-
taining of dams and reservoirs to collect, retain and store said
waters, and of water works for pumping and transporting the
same; and are further authorized to enter upon and excavate the
highway in Portsmouth and Middletown known as the Main Road,
from said valley and streams to the north line of the city of New-
port, for the purpose of laying water pipes beneath the surface of
said road, and for the puq)Ose of repairing such pipes thereafter;
but said highway shall always be restored immediately after sucli
excavating to as good order as it was in just before the excavating
was commenced, and during the laying down of said pipes, said
highway shall be kept passable at all times for the public.
Sec 2. If any owner of lands, water or water rights required to
carry out the objects of this act shall refuse to sell the same to said
Norman, his heirs and assigns, or if any such owners shall not
agree with said Norman, his heirs or assigns, upon the price to be
paid for such property, or privileges, then said Norman, his heirs
or assigns, are authorized to take and condemn so much land, water
and water rights, as may be necessary for the purposes of this act,
under the provisions hereof, and to proceed with the use and im-
provement thereof in the premises, and with the construction of
dams, reservoirs and other works therein as aforesaid ; but the lands
so condemned shall not exceed the quantity and limits hereinafter
specified, to wit: of lands adjoining and adjacent to said streams,
and lying next to and south of said Main Road, between said road
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and Union Street, so called, about twenty-three acres belonging to
Susan B. Thurston, Peleg L. Thurston, Lewis Thurston, Roland
Thurston and Parker H. Thurston, about twelve and a half acres
belonging to John Croucher, about thirteen and three-quarters acres,
belonging to Jacob Chase, and about sixteen and a half acres be-
longing to Peleg A. Coggeshall ; and of lands lying near and south
of said L'nion Street, about four acres belonging to Edward Almy,
and about twenty-two acres beiowging to Edward Sisson. And upon
taking any property or privilege, as aforesaid, said Xorman. his
heirs or assigns, shall tender to the owner or owners thereof, if in
this state, a sum of money as and for the damages sustained, or to
be sustained, by such owner or owners, by the said taking and con-
demnation, and if said tender shall be refused, or lawfully omitted,
shall on demand give bond to such owner or owners for the prompt
payment of all damages and costs adjudged under this act, in a
form and a sum, and with sureties satisfactory to any justice of the
supreme court.
Sec. 3. Any owner of lands, water or water rights so taken as
aforesaid, may at any time within, but not after one year from the
time of such taking (unless the owner be a minor or out of the
state, in which case such owner may make his claim hereunder one
year after his majority or after his return to the state) apply hy
petition for damages to the supreme court, holden within and for
the county of Newport, at any regular term of said Court, and,
upon such petition being filed, at least twenty days notice thereof
shall be given said Xorman, his heirs, or assigns, by serving him,
them or any of them with a copy of such petition ; and said court
shall, after such notice, proceed to the hearing of the petition, and
shall appoint three disinterested persons, being freeholders and resi-
dents of the state, appraisers to determine, after reasonable notice
to the parties, what damage, if any, the petitioner has sustained;
and the award of such appraisers, or of the major part of them shall "
be returned to the court as soon as may be ; and upon acceptance
thereof by the court, unless a jury trial be applied for as hereinafter
provided, judgment shall be thereupon rendered by said court, for
the party prevailing with costs, and execution may issue accord-
ingly; and provided further that if either party shall be disatisfied
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with such award, such party may, immediately upon the return
thereof to the court, apply for a trial by Jury, which shall determine
all questions of fact relating to such damages and the amount
thereof ; and such trial shall thereupon be ordered by the said court
and had as soon as conveniently may be, and judgment shall be
entered upon the verdict of said jury, and costs shall be allowed to
the party prevailing, and execution may be issued therefor; but no
petition or complaint shall be made, as aforesaid, for the taking of
any land, water or water rights, until the same shall have been
actually taken by virtue of the terms of this act.
Sec. 4. Said Norman, his heirs or assigns, shall have the ex-
clusive right of the waters aforesaid, taken, damned, collected and
stored, as aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, and may maintain
an action against any person using the same without his or their
consent. And if any person shall maliciously or wantonly divert
the water of either of said streams or sources from which water
shall be taken and conveyed to the City of Newport, as aforesaid,
or shall corrupt or render impure the same or any water connected
therewith, or shall destroy or injure any pipe, dam, reservoir, ma-
chinery or other property used in or relating to the premises, such
person or persons, and his or their aiders or abbetters shall forfeit
to said Norman, his heirs or assigns, to be recovered in an action of
trespass on the case or trespass, treble the amount of damage sus-
tained thereby, and shall also be liable to indictment therefor, and
upon conviction sha'll be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars,
or be imprisoned not exceeding two years.
Sec. 5. The lands, waters and rights taken and acquired for the
purposes of this act, and all the property and improvements of
every kind used in connection therewith for supplying said City of
Newport with water, and all the rights and powers granted by this
act, may be at any time sold and transferred to and vested in said
' city of Newport by said Norman, or his heirs, or by any person or
corporation to whom he may assign the same, and thereupon shall
thenceforth be freely and absolutely held, used, possessed and en-
joyed by said city forever, and shall be conducted, operated, man-
aged and maintained by said city in manner and form as the city
council of said city by ordinance shaH from time to time provide;
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and said city is hereby empowered to purchase the same and pay
for the same, and for the subsequent maintenance and support there-
of, as hereinafter further authorized, by the bonds, script or finances
of said city, as said city council may deem best, provided such pur-
chase shall be first voted and approved by a majority of the electors
of said city qualified to vote on any proposition to impose a tax or
for the expenditure of money, voting in ward meetings, legally
called for the purpose. After such purchase, said city may distri-
bute said water throughout said city, and by ordinance regulate the
use thereof and the price to be paid therefor by the inhabitants of
said city and other persons using the same, and all the terms upon
which the same may be used within or without the limits of said
city, and may enlarge, repair, replace or strengthen dams, reser-
voirs, works, pipes, and other structures or improvements in the
premises and generally may do whatever shall be necessary, desir-
able or appropriate for the purposes of this act.
Skc. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage, but no property
or privilege shall be condemned hereunder after three years from
the passage hereof.
On May 31, 1877, the General Assembly amended the above act of
Feb. 8, so that it should apply to Easton's Pond in Newport and
Middletown and certain adjacent lands. The act referred to, fol-
lows:
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
Section 1. The first and second sections of said chapter 582
of the Public Laws, are hereby amended, so that said act shall apply
to Easton's Pond^ in Newport and Middletown, and to the lands
adjoining and adjacent to said pond, in addition to the property and
premises to which it already relates, and so that said first and second
sections shall read as follows :
"Section 1. George H. Norman, of said Newport, his heirs and
assigns, are hereby authorized, for the purpose of supplying said city
and the inhabitants thereof with pure water as hereinafter provided,
to take and convey into and throughout the city of Newport, the
waters of those two certain streams or brooks which unite at I^w-
ton's Valley, in the Town of Portsmouth, and of Easton's Pond, in
Newport and Middletown, and to acquire, as hereinafter indicated,
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and to hold the said waters, the water rights therewith connected,
so far as may be necessary for the purpose hereof, and any real
estate hereinafter designated requisite for the raising or enlarging
the capacity of the said pond by flowing with water or otherwise,
using for such purpose the adjoining and adjacent lands, and for the
location, establishment, erection^ building and maintaining of dams
and reservoirs, to collect, retain and store said waiters, and of water
works for transporting and pumping the same : and are further au-
thorized to enter upon and excavate the highway in Portsmouth and
Middletown, known as the Main Road, from said valley and streams,
to the north line of the city of Newport, for the purpose of laying
water pipes beneath the surface of said road, and for the purpose
of repairing such pipes thereafter; but said highway shall always
' be restored immediately after such excavating to as good order as
it was in just before the excavating was commenced, and during the
laying down of said pipes said highway shall be kept passable at
all times for the public; and are further authorized to raise the
highway called BHss road, where it crosses the brook running into
said pond, at the north end thereof, and to enlarge the bridge over
said brook, in said highway, provided every change in said last
named highway and bridge shall be made under the direction of the
town council of Middletown.
Sec. 2. If any owner of lands, water or water rights, or others
having rights, required to carry out the objects of this act shall re-
fuse to sell the same to said Norman, his heirs and assigns, or if
any such owners shall not agree with said Norman, his heirs and
assigns upon the price to be paid for such property or privilege, then
said Norman, his heirs and assigns, are authorized to take and con-
demn so much iand, water and water rights, as may be necessary
for the purposes of this act, under the provisions hereof, and to pro-
ceed with the use and improvement thereof in the premises, and
with the construction of dams, reservoirs, and other works therein
as aforesaid ; but the lands so condemned shall not exceed the quan-
tity and limits hereinafter specified, to wit ; of lands adjoining and
adjacent to said streams, and lying next to and south of, said Main
Road, and between said road and Union Street, so called, about
twenty-three acres belonging to Susan B. Thurston, Peleg L. Thurs-
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ton, L^ewis Thurston, Roland Thurston and Parker H. Thurston,
about twelve and a half acres belonging to John Croucher, about
thirteen and three quarters acres belonging to Jacob Chase, and
about sixteen and a half acres belonging to Peleg A. Coggeshall; and
of lands lying near and south of said Union Street, about four acres
belonging to Edward Almy, and about twenty-two acres belonging to
Edward Sisson ; and of lands adjoining and adjacent to said Eas-
ton's Pond, for raising or increasing the capacity of said pond by
flowing or otherwise, about forty acres of such lands which lie to
the northward of said Norman's present dam on said pond; pro-
vided always that no person shall be deprived under this act of any
right of boating, fishing or cutting ice on said pond. And upon
taking any property or privilege, as aforesaid, said Norman, his
heirs or assigns, shall tender to the owner or owners thereof, if in
this state, a sum of money as or for the damages sustained, or to be
sustained, by such owner or owners, by the said taking and con-
demnation, and if said tender shall be refused or lawfully omitted,
shall on demand give bond to such owner or owners for tlie prompt
payment of all damages and costs adjudged under this act, in a form
and a. sum and with sureties satisfactory to any justice 'of the su-
preme court."
The original works, according to the Respondent's Brief P. 1.
consisted of the dam between Easton's North and Easton's South
Pond, a low dyke running south from the dam to the beach and
thence west to the upland, pumping station No. 1, the distributing
reservoir, a force main to the same and about twenty miles of mains.
Water was turned on Nov. 7, 1878.
On May 30, 1879 the General Assembly of the State passed the
act incorporating the Newport Water Works, the capital to be issued
to be not more than $500,000.00, The Corporation was authorized
to acquire all the lands, easements and water rights then owned by
Air. George H. Norman in the Town of Newport, Middletown and
Portsmouth together with the franchise to supply water in the City
of Newport. The directors were authorized to "make such divi-
dends of the profits, at least once in every year as to them shall ap-
pear proper." This act was accepted by the corporators on May 9,
1881, stock was issued to the amount of $500,000.00 to Mr. Norman
and on Aug. 8, 1881- a general conveyance was made by Mr. Nor-
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man to the corporation of the water works property, the recitals in
the deed being as follows :
Augmt 8, 1881
Know All Men by these Presents: That I George H. Norman of
the City and County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island for
and in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand dollars
to me paid by the Newport Water Works a Corporation created by
law and located in the City of Newport aforesaid, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and con-
vey to the said Newport Water Works, its Successors and assigns
all of the property and estate held by me the grantor acquired for
the purpose of supplying the City of Newport and the inhabitants
with pure water situate in Newport, Portsmouth and Middletown
embracing all of the lands and easements in land held by me situate
in said Middletown and all rights of water appertaining thereto ; all
franchises rights, properties and estates granted to me .at any time
heretofore by the City of Newport and the State of Rhode Island
including Easton*s Pond and Easton's Beach, and the right to sup-
ply the s^id City and the inhabitants thereof with water and all
mains and water-pipes laid down in the streets way, lanes, and to
the houses, places, and Reservoirs whether in said Newport or Mid-
dletown, and the right to extend and to lay down other pipes for
the water supply of the inhabitants of Newport and Middletown,
with all dams erected, and the right to erect other, or to enlarge
existing dams.
Intending hereby to grant to the said Newport Water Works all
rights, privileges and franchises granted to me by the City of New-
port and by the legislature of the State of Rhode Island, and all
rights of property I have acquired from the City of Newport, and
under the authority of the said legislation grants to supply the
said City of Newport and inhabitants thereof with pure water, and
all lands, and personal property I have acquired by purchase to be
used in connection with the said supply whether the said personal
property be machinery, working tools. Hydrants, water pipes or
other articles together with all contracts which I may have entered
into to supply water to corporations or individuals, they assuming
the burdens and benefits of the same transferring hereby to the
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said Newport Water Works its Successors and assigns in as full
and ample manner as I could transfer the same by any instrument
in writing whatsoever, however executed, all of the property estate
and franchises however acquired which I have and have obtained
for use in supplying the City of Newport and its inhabitants and
the inhabitants of Middletown with water:
To Have and to Hold the same to the said Newport Water Works
its Successors and assigns forever with the privileges and appurte-
nances thereof:
And I the said George H. Norman for myself, my heirs executors
and administrators do hereby covenant with the said Newport Water
Works its successors and assigns that it shall forever quietly hold
and enjoy all of the before described rights, properties and fran-
chises and estates in as full and ample manner as I hold the same,
or of right should hold the same up to the time of the execution
hereof.
On January 19, 1881 the electors of the City of Newport voted
that the City Council might enter into a contract with Mr. George
H. Norman, the terms of the contract being as follows:
CONTRACT
The electors of the City of Newport in the State of Rhode Islan4
qualified to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax or for the
expenditure of money, having on the 19th day of January,. A. D.,
1881, adopted and approved by a majority of affirmative votes, a
proposition submitted to them in the words here following, namely :
"Shall the City Council contract with George H. Norman to sup-
ply a full and ample quantity of water for the public use of the city,
viz: for all public buildings, hydrants, reservoirs and foundations
and for sprinkling streets and flushing sewers, subject to all proper
and reasonable restrictions against unnecessary waste, said Norman
to furnish, set up and keep in repair, without expense to the city,
but to be located by the City Council, as many hydrants, not to ex-
ceed the number of two hundred, as shall be required by said City
Council, upon the following terms, nan:>ely : at an annual compensa-
tion not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, for a term of
five years, said contract to carry the right to the city at the option
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of the City Council at the end of said term of five years, to con-
tinue or renew said contract for the remainder of the time of said
Norman's exclusive right to lay down and maintain water pipes in
the streets of Newport, the annual compensation to remain un-
changed, unless the permanent population of the city shall grow to
exceed twenty-five thousand inhabitants, when the city and said
Norman shall each appoint one person to determine by arbitration
what increased annual compensation shall be paid him ; should said
two persons fail to agree thereon, they two to appoint a third, and
the decision of the three to be final and binding. Said city to be
guaranteed and secured in said contract the right at any time with-
out paying any further compensation, to place, connect and use as
many hydrants in excess of said two hundred as the City Council
may deem necessary."
Now, pursuant to the terms of said proposition and by virtue of
the said acceptance thereof by said electors, it is hereby agreed be-
tween George H. Norman of said Newport, and the said City of
Newport, a municipal corporation in the state aforesaid, acting
herein by its city council, as' follows: Said Norman shall, for the
next five years from and after the first day of June, A. D. eighteen
hundred and eierhty-one, continuously supply said cily of Newport
with a full and ample quantity of fresh water, to the reasonable
satisfaction of said citv ffrom his Water Works and the pipe?
therewith connected laid in said Newport) for all the public uses
of said city, from time to time and at aH times, including and com-
prehending water for use in all the public buildinps of said citv.
'comprising the Citv Hall, the Police Station, the Fire Engine Houses,
the Public Schoolhouses and all other buildings, for the use of the
Fire Department of said city in extinguishing, preventing and guard-
ing against fire, operating steam fire engines and filling public reser-
voirs, for sprinkling streets and public places to lay the dust, for
flushing sewers and for drinking fountains and for all other public
]nnposes. at an annual compensation which shall never exceed the
sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid bv said City in equal quarter
yearly installments, the first whereof shall be made on the first day
of September A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
And the said Norman shall begin to furnish and supply said water
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on the said first day of June next, at the rate or price of Seven
thousand eight hundred and ten dollars per annum, payable quarterly
as aforesaid in the buildings and through the Hydrants and foun-
tains and at the price or upon the api>ortionmcnt here presently set
forth to wit:
Water for Fourteen Spring Drinking Fountains of ordinary capac-
ity, and one constantly running or flowing ftountain on Wash-
ington Square, and for sprinkling streets and flushing sewers,
say $1,800.00
For 158 Three-nozzle port hydrants in the streets and public
places of said city, say $35 for each Hydrant 5,530.00
For all uses and purpo<ies whatever in the City Hall of said city,
eslablishcd in the present, or in any other or future building or
location 25.00
For all purposes and uses whatever in four steam Fire Engine
Houses and three hand Fire Engine Hous-^s, one Hose house
and one H ok and Ladder house, say $50 for each steam engine
house and $10 for each hand engine hf>use, hose house and hook
and ladder house 250.00
For all uses and purposes whatever in the Police Station of said
city located in the present or in any other or future building
or location 25.00
For all uses and purposes whatever in nine public school houses
01 said city, wherever located, say $20 for each house 180.00
Total $7,810.00
Water, and the right to have hydrants, fountains, faucets, water-
closets, and other means, conveniences and facilities for using water,
for public purposes as aforesaid, in addition to what are designated
or enumerated in the statement or schedule aforesaid, shall be
granted and allowed to said city fr')m time to time by said Norman,
whenever and wheresoever said city may ask for the same, at these
rates, that is to say:
Spring fountains cf the kind above mentioned at $25 a year each.
Hydrants also of the kind above mentioned at $35 a year each.
Steam Fire Engine houses, as above mentioned, at $50 a year each.
Hand Fire Engine houses as above said ai $10 a year each.
School houses, as above mentioned, at $20 a year each.
And whenever the i)rice to be i)aid by said city for such water
and the privilege and means of using the same at the rates afore-
said shall equal or exceed the rate $10,000 a year in all, then said
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city shall pay only at that rate of ten thousand dollars a year, and
all additional or greater use and privilege and means of using said
water by the city under this contract shall be free of charge ; it being
the intent hereof and of the parties hereto that said city may always
have as much water as it may need or desire and n-ever pay more
than ten thousand dollars therefore in any year, unless upon and
after the increase of population hereinafter mentioned.
Although this contract shall begin to tai<e effect on the first day of
next June, as aforesaid, yet the City of Newport on the first day of
next September and on every other quarter day afterward shall
pay only pro rata as aforesaid for such water, or hydrants, foun-
tains and other means of taking water, as it shall have actually
previously enjoyed or been enabled to enjoy : so that in case of any
delays in setting hydrants or in making ready other means of tak-
ing water a full allowance of said annual sum or price shall always
be made for such delay every quarter, but all means of taking water
shall be prepared and finished as soon as reasonably may be.
Said fountain on Washington Square shrill be of a capacity of at
least equal to that of the fountain now in operation there. The
other fountains shall be located by said city at its pleasure, and the
water furnished hereunder for fountains and buildings shall be
good, wholesome, drinking water.
The hydrants of this agreement shall be furnished, set, main-
tained and kept in good repair by said Xorman. at all times and
at his own cost up to the number of two hundred. All hydrants
above the number of two hundred, located and set up after the
first two hundred shall have been furnished by said Xorman here-
under, together with all the fountains and other means of taking
and using said water shall be furnished, set and kept in repair
by said city at its cost : provided however that as to the mode and •
costs of laying service pipe for public buildings from the
main water i)ii)cs the same rules shall obtain as may be in force
between said Xorman and his other customers taking his water in
said Xevv])ort ; and provided further that every hydrant used by
or for the said City from time to time for drawing water for
sprinkling streets or flushing sewers shall be kept in repair by
the city, it being intended that said Norman shall keep in repair
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those hydrants only which shall from tinie to time be used ex-
clusively for purposes in some way connected with the said Fire
Department and the duties means and apparatus thereof.
Said Norman hereby en^ges that said City of Newport may
locate every hydrant wherever and whenever it may see fit (sub-
ject only to the other provisions hereof) and that he will always
furnish and supplv enough water through every hydrant to fully
supply and feed every steam fire engine or other fire engine that
may ever be attached to and operated in or upon or by through or
from the same, so that there shall never be any scarcity of water at
or through any hydrant in case of fire or otherwise; and that in
every case of failure to fulfill this engagement (or of any other
failure in supplying the water hereby contracted for) a just
abatement of and from the then future installment or installments
of moneys accrumg to him hereunder shall be made and shall be
kept and retained by said city for its own use, without prejudice
to said City's other rights and remedies hereunder; and that in
fixing the amount of said abatement in every case regard shall be
had to the fact that said City has been induced to enter into this
agreement, by his said Norman's positive and express re])resenta-
tions and assurances that no such failure or deficiency of water
ever would or could occur, and account shall be taken of every
injury sustained by said city in the i)reniises whether in the loss
of taxable property or of public confidence or esteem or in its
reputation as a safe well governed municipality or by the increase
of municipal expenses or the payment of claims or damages occas-
ioned or increased by such failure or deficiency of water and law-
fully collectible from the ■ municipal finances or for which the
municipal corporation may ever be or become liable; the object
of this clause being to afford the city full indemnity for every
claim demand payment suit action cost damages charge or loss of
whatsoever nature created, caused or increased by such failure or
inefficiency of water and in any way cast uyHm or suffered by
said city, as well also as to tend to secure a prompt remedy from
said Norman for every such failure or deficiency of water; it
being understood however that the foregoing clause shall never be
construed so as to create any claim f which might not legally be
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made without it) on the city by any person and that no amount shall
ever be claimed of said Xorman under said Clause beyond the said
abatement.
It is agreed furthermore that said Xorman shall never will-
fully or intentionally cut off or with-hold any water from the city
for any cause, complaint or object whatever, and that whenever any
dispute or difference of opinion shall arise between the parties
to this agreement as to the measure or amount of said abatement
the same shall be determined by suit against the city if needful
and always without any interference with or cutting off of the
full public water supply according to the terms of this contract,
it being understood, however, that nothing herein contained shall
prevent or affect the rights of the proprietor of said water works
to shut off main pipes for repairs or other necessary acts in and
about the management of said Works.
The City shall not be entitled hereby to require water to be
by said Norman conveyed by service pipe ( for hydrant of fountain)
more than one hundred feet distant from some main pipe now or
hereafter laid of his said Water Works, but the rest of the service
pipe shall always be provided, laid, repaired and paid for by the
City.
Said City shall always adopt and employ every reasonable means
which said Norman may suggest and request for preventing or
guarding against the unnecessary waste of said water, and shall
never take water hereunder for any private ])urpose.
This contract may be by said city at its oj)tion renewed and
continued to run in precisely the same terms in all ies])ects from
the first day of June A. D. 1886, until the expiration or other
determination of the exclusive right to lay water pipes to said
city granted to said Norman and his heirs and assigns by the City
Council of said city in July 1876; and in order so to renew and
continue the same it shall only be necessary for said city council
to vote to do ^o at any time between December 1, 1885 and June K
1886; provided however that if the i")ermancnt and constant popu-
lation of said city shall ever exceed twenty-five thousand inhab-
itants and said Norman shall thereafter ask for an increased price
or rate of compensation h-ereunder, then arbitirators shall determine
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what, if any increase in such price or rate shall be paid thereafter;
such arbitrators being appointed one by said Norman and an-
other by said City, and a third shall be appointed by those other
two if they cannot agree. And it is furthermore stipulated that
the contract may be by said city, by vote of its city council, wholly
rescinded, if it shall see fit, either before or after the renewal
thereof, if said Norman, or other of the proprietor or proprietors
of said Water Works, shall fail, neglect or refuse to supply enough
water at fires, or for other public jmrposes, to reasonably fulfill
the requirements and engagen:>ents hereinbefore written.
This agreement shall in every particular apply to and bind not
only the immediate parties, but also said Norman's heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns, who shall observe, perform and con-
form to every thing herein required of or promised by said
Norman, and said Norman hereby agrees that he will never grant,
devise, encumber, or in any way alien or di pose of his said Water
Works or any part thereof, as now or hereafter constituted, except
subject to this agreement, or without expressly binding every per-
son claiming by, through or under him to the observance and
performance of this contract and every part of it.
In 1882 the Easton's North Pond dam was increased in height,
and the Nelson Pond Reservoir and Pumping Station No. 2 were
constructed.
On March 14, 1884 the General Assembly passed an act auth-
orizing an increase of the ODmpany's capital stock to $750,000.00
and on July 7, 1884 the stock was increased by $200,000.00. it being
issued for $130,000.00 in cash and $70,000.00 as a stock dividend,
this making the capital stock outstanding $700,000.00.
On May 26, 1886 the contract of March 1, 1881 between the
city and Mr. George H. Norman for a public supply was renewed
to June 1, 1926.
The respondent's brief page 3 states, "In 1889, under date of
March 25, we have a report by Mr. George W, Piper, the accountant,
on the financial operations of the comi)any from June 1, 1881 to
March 16, 1889. Ex. 11. This account shows expenditures for
con.struction between 1881 and 1889 of $257,156.00— see Ex. 193.*'
The report of the auditor, Mr. Piper, as a matter of fact, shows
disbursements for construction of $252,334.69.
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In this year (1891) a new Blake-Corliss pump was installed in
Pumping Station No. 1.
Respondents Brief, Page 3 states: "(Dn February 24, 1893, the
legislature passed an act authorizing the company to increase its
capital stock to $1,000,000.00 and to issue $1,000,000 in bonds, and
on September 1 of that year the company issued $300,000 more
stock, making $1,000,000 in all, half of the new issue being for cash,
and the other half "for construction paid for out of earnings." See
Ex. 194. There is no available data at this time to prove the correct-
ness or incorrectness of this statement. It is analyzed more fully
under the heading ** Stored Water.''
Under an act of the legislature passed March 30, 1893, (Ch. 1248
of the Public Laws) the city council was authorized to contract with
the Newport Water Works for a supply of water for the domestic
and business uses of the inhabitants, for such time and on such terms
as the parties might agree; and on May 9, 1893, a contract was
entered into between the company and the city respecting rates for
general service. Rep. 1908, pp. 27 to 36. These are the rates now
in force.
CONTRACT
The City Council of the City of Newport
zvith
The Newport Water Works
Dated May 9, 1893.
This Agreement made and executed this Ninth day of May .A. D.
1893, by and between the City Council of the City of Newport,
located in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Isalnd, of the
one part, and the Newport Water Works, a corporation created by
law, and located in the said County of Newport and State of Rhode
Island, of the other part.
Witnesseth, That whereas differences of opinion have arisen be-
tween the inhabitants of the City of Newport, on the one part, and
of the said Newport Water Works, on the other part, as to the terms
and conditions upon which the said Newport Water Works shall
supply water to the said inhabitants for domestic and business uses.
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and whereas the City Council of said City acting on behalf of the
said inhabitants, has endeavored to obtain from said corporation a
reduction of the said rates; Xow, for the purpose of settling the
said differences and of procuring the said reduction in the rates of
water furnished for domestic and business purposes to the inhabi-
tants of said City ; The City Council of the said City of Newport
(acting herein under authority of an Act of the General Assembly of
Rhode Island passed at its January session A. D. 1893 and of every
other power hereto enabling) and the said Newport Water Works
have agreed an do hereby agree and covenant mutually with the other
as aforesaid. Thit the rates, terms, conditions, prices and regulations
under which the said Newport Water Works shall furnish water to
the inhabitants of the said City of Newport for domestic and bus-
iness uses from and after the first day of June, A. D. 1893,
up to and until the first day of June, 1903, shall be as set
forth in the schetkile hereto annexed and hereby made a part of the
agreement. And the said Newport Water Works in consideration of
the said sottlcm4?nt of said differences and of the said agreements by
the said City Council of said City of Newport hereby agrees to ac-
cept the said reduction in prices and rates at which it will furnish
water for domestic purposes and uses to the inhabitants of the said
City of Newport, and not to charge exceeding said rates during said
term from the 1st day of June A. D. 1893 up to the first day of
June A. D. 1903.
Tn Witness Whereof the said City Council of the City of Newport
by Jere W. Horton, Mayor, and Fred M. Hammett, President of
the common council hereunto lawfully authorized and the Newport
Water Works, by George H. Norman, its President hereunto law-
fully authorized have hereunto set their hands and seal this ninth
day of May A. D. 1893.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered The City Council of the City
in the presence of Wm. G. of Newport, Rhode Island by
Stevens as to Mayor and Presi- Jere W. Tlorton, Mayor,
dent of the Common Council. Fred M. Hammett, President of
the Common Council.
(Seal)
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Schedule Annexed to Contract
The following regulations will be considered a part of the con-
tract with every person who uses the water :
All applications for the use of water must be made in writing at
the office, and the various uses to which the water is to be applied
must be stated fully and truly; and should use for any other pur-
pose be required, notice must be given, before it will be allowed.
Persons taking water must keep their water pipes and fixtures in
good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and will
be held iiable for any damage resulting from their failure to do so.
They will prevent any unnecessary waste, and the water must not
be left running to prevent freezing.
Free access to the premises supplied shall be permitted to examine
the apparatus and to ascertain the quantity of water used, the man-
ner of its use, and whether there is any unnecessary waste.
There shall be no concealment of the purpose for which it is used.
Fervice pipes will be laid to the line of the street and through the
cellar, provided the same is on the line of the street, without charge:
and all applicants for whom the pipe is laid will be charged for the
use of one faucet, whether the water is used or not.
The regular rent for the use of water shall be payable in advance,
on the first day of June in each year. In all cases of non-payment
of the water rent in thirty days after the rent is due, or of violation
of the foregoing rules, the supply shall be cut off, and the water
shall not be again let on, except on payment of the rent due and the
sum of two dollars.
Owners of property will be held responsible for the payment of
water rates, unless the Office is notified in advance that the Rates
are to be paid by the tenant.
I*ersons who allow the water to be used by neighbors, or by co-
tenants, or for the filling of cisterns or for building purposes, with-
out a special permit from the office will be held responsible for the
payment of such use of the water.
No plumber is authorized or allowed to put the water on for either
temporary or permanent use.
Water takers must supply their plumbing with a private shut-off,
the shut-off at the curb is owned by, and is for the exclusive use of
the Water Company.
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The following rates shall be charged annually for the use of
water :
The said Water Works shall supply water free of charge for
fire purposes only to water takers, who shall enter into proper stipu-
lations with said Water Works not to use the Water furnished here-
under for other than fire purposes and whose estates abutt on streets
where water mains are laid whose buildings are one hundred feet or
more from the Water Mains, and who shall under the direction of
the Committee on the Fire Department lay down suitable pipes and
set proper hydrants for use in extinguishing fires and shall main-
tain and keep said pij>es and hydrants in a proper state of repair
for use.
Dwelling Houses.
Dzvelling houses occupied by one family for one faucet $7 00
For each additional faucet to be used in same family 3 00
irhen a house is (>ccu])icvl by more than one family, one
faucet only being used by all, for each family 6 00
II' hen a house is occupied by more than one family, the
highest rates will be charged for each family having the
water carried into their part of the house 7 00
For the first bath-tub 5 00
For the first additional water-closet 5 00
For each additional bath-tub 4 00
For each additional water-closet 4 00
For Hopper water-closets, special rates will be made.
IV here bath-tubs or water-closets are used by more than
one family, for each family 5 00
Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for
cold water, and bath emptying into one basin, but one
charge will be made for both, Provided that in no case shall
the charge for the use of water by a private family, ex-
clusive of hose and stable, be more than 75 00
Boarding Houses
For the first faucet 13 00
For each additional faucet 4 00
Water-closet or bath tub, when used by boarders, each 12 00
Each additional bath-tub or water-closet 4 00
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Stores, Offices, etc.
First Faucet 6 00
V\'here two or more tenants are supplied from the same,
each 5 QC
Water-closets used by occupants of one tenement only 6 00
When used by occupants of more than one tenement, for
each tenement 4 00
For each additional faucet or water-closet, half of the above rates
will be charged.
Markets, Saloons, Restaurants avd Workshops,
For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, or for pur-
poses not included in any other classification, and noc re-
quiring more than an ordinary supply of water from 6 00-25 00
Public Baths.
For each tub in a public bath house or hotel
For each water closet in a public bath house
Stables unthout Hose.
Private Stables.
For first horse
For each additional horse
For each cow
Livery, Club and Boarding Stables.
For the first horse
For each additional horse not exceeding four
For each additional horse exceeding five
Trucks and Cart Stables.
For each horse, if more than three 3 00
Provided that in no case, shall any stable be charged less
than 8 00
The rates for stable include water for washing carriages
without hose.
Hose.
For hose not over three-eights inch orifice, used for
washing windows, sprinkling streets or watering gardens
(and the use of the same shall be limited to one hour a
12 00
12 00
600
400
200
800
400
300
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day) not less than 10 00
When hose is used at any stable an addition to the above
stable charge will be made of eight dollars for the first
horse and three dollars for each additional horse.
Hose .rates do not permit the use of water for Fountain
or Revolving Sprinkler, nor for the hose left to run un-
attended.
Binlding Purposes,
For each cask of lime or cement used 08
Water will be furnished by meter for power, manufacturing and
commercial purposes, the charge for the same shall be as follows :
For the first 5,000 gallons and less daily used, at the rate of four
cents for 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 5,000 gallons and up to 10,000 gal-
lons at the rate of 3 cents per 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 10,000 gallons at the rate of 2 1-2
cents per 100 gallons.
For other uses special rates may be made.
J. W. HORTON,
Mayor.
FRED M. HAMMETT,
President of Common Council.
NEWPORT WATER WORKS,
by George H. Norman, Pres.
rScal of Water Works)
Wm. G. Stevens
as to G. H. N. Prest. also J. W. H., Mayor and F. M. H. Prest.
The great embankments around the ea.st, south and west sides
of what is now Easton's South Pond were built to form that reser-
voir out of the original pond and a large tract of marsh, between
1893 and 1896.
On May 13, 1896, the legislature passed an act repealing the privi-
lege of issuing $1,000,000 of bonds granted by the act of 1893, but
authorizing the company to issue an additional million pf stock, mak-
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ing two millions in all, and on July 1, 1896, the company availed it-
self of this privilege by increasing its capital stock to $1,800,000; the
entire new issue being distributed among the stockholders.
The St. Mary's Reservoir, which was staited in 1877 was com-
pleted in 1896-97 and shortly afterwards Sisson's Reservoir was
built — see Kent p. 273.
In the year 1899 Gardner's Reservoir was begun. — ^Kent p. 273
and Ex. 190.
Mr. Geo. H. Norman died February 4, 1900.
The respondent's Brief, Page 4, states, "On April 2, 1900, a new
set of books was opened which continued in use until June 1,
1911. The accounts with which these books were opened show that
between 1889 and 1900 the company expended $415,633 for con-
struction. See Ex. 10, 12, 158 and 194."
The Respondent's Exhibit 193 states the cost of the additions to
the plant for this period to be $415,633.14, while Res. Ex. 207 sutes
the disbursements for construction from May 31, 1889 to June 1.
1900 as $421,408.29. It will be noted that there is a lapse of over
two months in the two exhibits, one ending March 16, 1899 and the
other beginning May 31, 1889. There is no data available to show
the detailed transactions during the "Lapsed time." Exhibit 10 re-
ferred to does not state "Additions to Plant during the period," but
merely states the condition at June 1, 1900 and this figure presum-
ably contains the construction cost for all time to the close of the
period.
In 1902, Gardner's Reservoir was completed.
In 1907, the question of quality of the water arose and a report
by Professof Sedgwick, dated November 1, was submitted criticising
the company's filter beds and recommending a modem filtration
plant.
During this year the Allis-Chalmers pump was installed and Mr.
Kent was engaged as manager and resident engineer.
On February 28, 1908, the city council passed a vote authorizini:
the mayor to "Make such arrangements" as he deemed best with
the company respecting "additional filtration beds ;" and in accord-
ance with this vote the company and the mayor entered into a cim-
tract, dated March 27, 1908, which provided for the construction of
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a modem filtration plant, and for the continuation for twenty-five
years of the existing rates for general service.
This agreement made and executed this 29th day of March A. D.
1908 by and between the Representative Council of the City of
Newport, a municipal corporation, located in the County of New-
port and State of Rhode Island of the first part and the Newport
Water Works, a corporation created by law and located in said City
and County of Newport and the State of Rhode Island, of the
second part.
Witnesseth :
Whereas the City of Newport is desirous and has requested that
the said Newport Water Works in addition to furnishing a pure
water of a safe and suitable quality as called for by its existing
contract and franchise should provide an adcciuate and suitable
filtration plant or system so that all water furnished by said Water
Works to said City and its inhabitants shall be not only pure and
wholesome but also attractive and free from disagreeable and in-
jurious odor, taste or smell at all seasons of the year and fit for
potable and domestic purposes, and the said Newport Water Works
has consented to construct such a system of filtration as will be
adequate to accomplish said purpose upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter contained.
Now, therefore, it is hereby mutually agreed by and between the
parties hereto as follows : That the said Newport Water Works will
forthwith commence and proceed with all reasonable dispatch and
diligence to plan, arrange for, erect and construct a suitable filtra-
tion plant sufficient to adequately filter all the water supplied by said
Newport Water Works to said City and its inhabitants so that at
all seasons of the year the said City shall have pure and wholesome
filtered water fit for potable and domestic purposes, and when the
said filtration system is completed, the said Newport Water Works,
will supply both to said City and its inhabitants only water properly
filtered as aforesaid, and in consideration thereof and of the in-
creased expense of construction and operation of said Works caused
by the installation of said filtration system it is hereby agreed by
the parties hereto that the rates, terms and conditions, prices and
regulations under which the said Newport Water Works shall fur-
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nish water to the inhabitants of said City of Newport for domestic
and business uses from and after the date hereof for the period of
twenty-five years next succeeding shall be the same as at present in
force and as set forth in the schedule hereto annexed and hereby
made a part of this agreement.
NEWPORT WATER RATES.
The following rates shall be charged annually for the use of
water :
For the first faucet in a dwelling house occupied by one
family 7 00
For each additional faucet, to be used in same family 3 00
For the first water-closet, self closing 5 00
For each additional water-closet 4 00
Slop-hoppers and urinals, with self -operating shut-off,
rated as water closets.
For the first bath-tub 5 00
For each additional bath-tub 4 00
When a house is occupied by more than one family, one
faucet nnly being used by all, for each family 6 00
Where a water-closet or a bath-tub is used by more than
one family, for each family 5 00
When a house is occupied by more than one family, full rates will
be charged for each family having the water carried into its part of
the house.
Where two faucets, one for hot and one for cold water, empty-
ing into one basin, but one charge will be made for both. Provided
that in no case shall the charge under this classification for the use
by a private family, exclusive of hose and stable, be more than
seventy-five dollars.
Boarding Houses,
I'or the first faucet 13 00
I*or each additional faucet 4 00
Water-closet or bath-tub when used by boarders, each 12 00
For each additional water-closet or bath-tub 4 00
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Public Baths,
For each water-cK>set in a ptablic bath-house
For each tub in a public bath-house or hotel
Stores, Offices, etc.
For the first faucet
For each additional faucet
Where two or more tenants arc sup])lied from the same
faucet, each
For a water-closet used by the occupants of one store
etc. only,
When used by occupants of more than one store, etc.,
for each tenant
159
12 00
12 00
600
3 00
5 00
5 00
4 00
Markets, Saloons, etc.
For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, laundries
or for purposes not included in any other classification and
not requiring^ more than an ordinary supply of water
from 6 (30 to 25 00
Hose,
For hose not more than thrcc-eicfhths inch orifice at noz-
zle, for washing windows, sprinklinjj streets, or watering
gardens, (and the use of the same shall be limited to one
place or occupancy an hour a day) not less than 10 00
Hose rates do not permit th? use of water for a Foun-
tain or a* fixed or moving sprinkler, nor for hose left run-
ning unattended.
Stables,
Private v^tables.
For the first horse, without hose 6 00
For each additional horse, without hose 4 00
For the first horse, with hose 14 00
For each additional horse, with hose 7 00
For each cow 2 00
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Livery and Boarding Stables.
For the first horse, without hose 6 00
For each additional horse not exceeding four, without
hose
For each additional horse exceeding five, without hose
For the first horse, with hose
For each additional horse, exceeding four, with hose
For each additional horse, exceeding five with hose
Motor Vehicles.
For the- first motor vehicle without hose
For each additional motor vehicle without hose
For the first motor vehicle with hose
For each additional motor vehicle with hose
When a motor vehicle and horse are kept in one establishment a
"first motor vehicle'* will be rated as an "additional motor vehicle."
Truck and Cart Stables tvithout Hose.
For each horse if more than three 3 00
Provided that in no case shall any stable be charged less than six
dollars.
The rates for a stable without hose, include water for its own
vehicle-washing with bucket and sponge.
Fountains, Elevators^ etc.
To a taker of water under the foregoing classifications additional
water will be supplied at measured rates through a meter to inde-
pendent service pipes, for use exclusively in fountains and lawn
sprinklers, (fixed or movable) devators, motors, refrigerators, etc.
with minimum charge per annum of $12.00; such taker to supply
and maintain a proper meter.
For fire protection only, water will be supplied, free of charge, to
all water takers who shall enter into proper stipulations to use the
water so furnished for fire protection only, whose estates abutt on
streets where water mains are laid, whose buildings are one hundred
feet or more from the water mains and who shall lay down suitable
pipes, set proper hydrants for use in extinguishing fires and main-
tain and keep said pipes and hydrants in a proper state of repair.
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Sundry Uses,
Bakeries will be charged an annual rate based on the
average daily use of flour, for each barrel per day 5 00
For Greenhouses the charges will be based on area, per
square foot 2 cents
Provided, that in no case shall any bakery or greenhouse
be charged less than ten dollars.
For each cask of lime or cement used for building pur-
poses 8 cents
Charges for Measured IVater,
Water will be furnished by meter for Power, Manufacturing, and
Commercial Purposes. The charge for the same shall be as fol-
lows :
For the first 5,000 gallons and less, daily used, at the rate of 4
cents for 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 5,000 gallons and up to 10,000 gal-
lons, daJly used, at the rate of 3 cents for 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 10,000 gallons, daily used, at the
rate of 2 1-2 cents for 100 gallons.
Regulaiions,
The following regidations will be considered a part of the con-
tract with every person who uses th<) water.
AH applications for the use of water must be made in writing at
the Office, and the various uses to which the water is to be applied
must be stated fully and truly ; and should use for any other purpose
be required, notice must be given before it will be allowed.
vService pipes will be laid to the line of the street and through the
cellar wall, provided such wall is on the line of the street, without
charge ; and all applicants for whom such pipe is laid will be charged
for the use of one faucet whether water is used or not.
Owners of property will be held resj)onsible for payment of the
Water Rates unless the Office is notified in advance that the rates
are to he paid by the tenant.
Water takers must keep their water pipes and fixtures in good
repair and protected from frost; they shall prevent waste, and the
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water must not be left running to prevent freezing.
. Water takers shall not allow the water to be used by neighbors or
co-tenants, or for the filling of cisterns, or for building puriwse';, or
for any purpose not stated or paid for, without a special written per-
mit from the office.
Water takers must supply their plumbing with a private shut-off.
the shut-off at the curb is owned by, and is for the exclusive use of
the Water Works. No plumber or other person is authorized or
allowed to put the water on for either temporary or permanent use.
Free access to the premises supplied shall be permitted, to exam-
ine the apparatus and to ascertain the quantity of water u.sed. the
manner of its use. and whether there is any waste. There shall be
no concealment of the method or purpose of the use of the water.
Water takers are assumed to receive their supply of water in tanks
of adequate size; those who depend upon the direct pressure from
the street mains for their supply are cautioned against tne damage
or inconvenience that may result when pressure in the mams is
temporarily cut off without notice for extensions or repairs.
When two or more takers are supplied with water through the
same service pipe, all of them are liable to be cut off from supply,
should any one of such takers violate the foregoing Regulations or
neglect to pay a Water Rate due.
The regular rent for the use of water shall be payable m advance,
annually on the first day of June. In all cases of non-payment o
the Water Rates in thirty days after the rent is due. or violation ot
the foregoing Regulations, the supply shall be cut off and the water
shall not be again let on, except on payment of any rent due, and
the sum of two dollars.
That the said City will during the continuance of this contract
from time to time and at all times when requested by said >.^wport
Water Works pass all necessary and reasonable orders, decree^""
ordinances for the adequate and reasonable protection of he po,^
and reservoirs and the water works system of said party of t^t
second part from any contamination, pollution or other injury eul^r
actual or threatened so that said party of the second T«rt ina> b^
Enabled to exercise its franchise and carry out its said contract
Ind t saidTrty of the first part also hereby further covenant.
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and agrees from time to time and at all times to make and pass all
necessary and proper orders, votes, resolutions and ordinances neces-
sary and proper to protect the water of said party of the second
part from unnecessary waste, whether by the inhabitants of the City
or by the said City itself or its employees.
In Witness Whereof, the said Representative Council by William
P. Clarke, Mayor of said City hereunto lawfully authorized and the
said Newport Water Works by Bradford Norman, its president,
hereunto lawfully authorized have hereunto set their hands and
•-eals the day and year above written.
I The Representative Council of the
Executed in the j City of Newport by
presence of < William P. Clarke, Mayor.
Guy Norman I The Newport Water Works by
[^ Bradford Norman, President.
(Seal)
The City has sought to repudiate this contract on the ground that
the mayor had no authority to make it, and the matter is now in
litigation.
On September 1, 1908, the committee on water supply of the city
government, recommended that the company shou'ld install a new
filtration plant, and that the city should acquire certain water rights
in Stafford Pond in Tiverton. The company built the filtration plant
which was put in operation during 1910.
Tn the year 1910. a physical re-valuation of the plant was made
by Mr. Kent and these figures were used when new accounts v/ere
opened June 1, 1911. The Respondents Brief Page 5, states that
the accounts from 1900 to 1911 show that the expenditures for con-
struction were $527,767. From this amount there should be de-
ducted $18,751.51 for sales of land and other construction hems.
Included in the amount $527,767 there is $144,944.98 for Pipe Shop
account. This item is not necessarily construction. Some was sold
to private parties and some used in general maintenance but a coti-
servative estimate shows the amount to be $2,176.00 per year or
$23,936 for the eleven years as a further deduction from construc-
tion expenditures.
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Between the time of incorporation of the company and the begin-
ning of these proceedings, the company acquired title to nearly 1(X)
parcels of real estate in addition to those acquired under the deed
of August 8, 1881.
I
History of the Proceedings.
The Attorney General rendered an opinion that the commission
was empowered to revise rates, rules and regulations of the com-
pany notwithstanding the contracts with the city, and to pass upon
the validity of any contract pending the determination of a suit in
equity commenced before the passage of the act creating the com-
mission.
On December 3, 1913 the commission passed a preliminary order
for the respondent to furnish certain information. The respondent
complied by filing certain papers, referred to as the schedule ac-
companied by financial tables, in February, 1914. Permission to
amend the schedule was allowed November 24, 1914 and on Novem-
ber 27, 1914 the amendment was made.
THE RESPONDENT'S BRIEF FAIRLY PRESENTS A
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY
OF THE COMPANY.
"The following description of the company's property is based on
the schedule ; it being understood that the items of property in that
document represent the plant as it stood January 1, 1914, and that
since that date about $20,000 has been expended for mains and ser-
vices and at Pumping Station No. 1. See Ex. 3 and 192.
1. The supply system,
a. Laud.
The comi)any pwns about 690 acres in Newport, Middletown and
Portsmouth, ac(iuircd at various times, as per the company's sched-
ule, group 1, and the deeds and takings in Ex. 36 to 145. All of
this land is now in use in connection with the supply system, except
the small lot on Harrison Avenue listed in group 1, but which be-
longs properly in group 13. These 690 acres are exclusive of the
170 acres acquired in Lawton's Valley.
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There are six of th(
b. Impoundxn
TABlvE
?se:
II !|§
8 Id' ih
■ < 1 <
g basins
O.
NAME.
Capacity in million
gallons. Kent p.
Elevation of flow line
above mean low
water. Ex. 20 and ,
Kent p. 517.
Volume of embank- j
ments in cu. yards. |
Ex. 29. 1
1
Date of construction.
Kent p. 273.
Easton's No. Pond
Easton's So. Pond
Nelson Res
3.75 110. 40t 336. t
! .... 147. OOt 398. t
2.87 29.70* 99.
'. ... 90.85 241.9
1.25 116.00 , 336.
90.00 167.
12.45
11.45
17.30
11.66
180.00
162.61
13.108
111.956
29.250
65.710
25.986
20.449
1876 & 1882
1893
1882
Gardner Res
*?t Marv's Res
1899-1902
1878 & 1896
Sisson Res
1896
Totals
1
7.87 1583.95
.... 1
1.577.9
8.
152. 57»
266.459
46.407
c. Distributing res
1877
Total
1,585.9
312.866
•Pressure at tide water about 64 lbs. Kent p. 446.
tThesc are the areas and capacities of the Easton ponds as now develope>l. Orig-
inally the areas must have been much less, and the capacity extremely small. On p. 508
of the Record, the chairman asked what proportion of the pond was included in the
deed from the city to G. II. Norman, Ex. 73. As near as we can a.scertain from the
maps and other evidence the area of pond conveyed by this deed was about 90 acres,
and its capacity, assuming an average depth of 3 feet, was about 30 m. g. This is
about 7 per cent, of the capacity of the south pond as now developed, and about 2 per
cent, of the total capacity of the impounding reservoirs now owned by the company.
d. Pumping plant \
Station No. 1: Building 1876 & 1891
Blake-Corliss pump 1891
2 B. & W. Boilers 1901-1906
Alis-Chalmcrs pump 1907
2 B. & W. Boilers 1914
Station No. 2: Building 1883
Curtis pumping engine 1883
1 B. & W. Boiler 1910
e. Filtration plant :
This consists of a modern mechanical filter plant of 6 million gallons daily
capacity 1908-1910
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f . Water rights.
Meaning rights of diversion, as against the lower riparian owners,
of the waters of Bailey's brook. Paradise brook and Lawton's X'-al-
ley stream, and their respective tributaries and watersheds, and the
owners of the land bordering on Easton*s Ponds in their natural
condition, as set forth in the amcndpient to the company's schedule
allowed November 24 and filed November 27, 1914. Rec, pp. 51,
140.
Where and Area of
how tributary Date of Mode of
diverted. water-shed, diversion. acquisition.
Kaston North pond, Easton At the ponds by ^ By deeds and takings
South pond and Bailey's pumping to the I, »e 1077 from the owners of
brook distribution res- [^'^^ ^- ™- '°''' the land in or on the
voir J original ponds and
between the point of
i diversion and the sea,
and by prescription.
St. Mary's reservoir \t the dam and.
thence by pipes |
to the filter / 1878 By deeds, and tak-
Puinps I 9S «n in ^"^ ^"^s f^om the owners
Sisson's reservoir At • t h e dam. ■ ^•'^^ ***' "*' 1896. of the land; and
thence by an\ (possibly by prescrip-
open conduit to I tion.
Bailey's brook./
Nelson and Gardiner reser-At a dahi just^
voirs and 'Paradise brook, above Nelson's
reservoir,
thence by pipes
to Nelson and
Gardiner reser- f 2.87 sq. m 1883.
voirs, and
thence by pump-
ing to ^ston
North Pond ..J
By deeds and takings
from the owners on
the brook between the
point of diversion and
the sea, and by pre-
scription.
Total
.7.87 sq. m.
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g. Other easements.
. . . the right to convey water by an open conduit from Sisson's
reservoir to Bailey's brook.
. . . the right of way for pipe line from St. Mary's reservoir to
West main road.
. . . the right of way for pipe line from Paradise brook to Nelson
and Gardner reservoirs.
h. The supply mains. .
. . , There are about 45,000 feet of mains connected with the sup-
ply system a^ distinguished from the distribution plant. See the
tables below and App. B. Also about 18 gates and boxes.
1. Property held in reserve.
Besides the 690 acres referred to above in (a), the company has
acquired and owns 170 acres in Lawton's Valley to enable it to im-
pound more water when the demand for an additional supply be-
comes urgent. See schedule, group 1, third and fourth items from
the bottom of the list, and Rec, pp. 509-511.
2. The distribution system.
a. Mains.
The company's mains as emunerated in the schedule, group 4, are
here divided between those used in connection with the supply sys-
tem and the distribution mains proper. Ex. 20-25 enable us to make
the division with substantial accuracy, as follows :
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TABLE Q.
SIZE.
Less than
Distribntion System.
C L
Gement.
TotaL
Supply System.
C I. Ccm. TotaL
TotaL
4 in.
4 -
6 "
8 -
10 "
11 "
12 "
14 "
15 "
16 "
17 -
18 "
20 ••
24 "
51,391.64
63,340.28
t 19,366.10
i
17,027.60
163,562.52
49.540.
49,540.
36,633.
88.024.64
62,810.20
126,150.48
19,123.70
38.489.80
6.591.
6,591.
11,809.30
11,809.30
29,133.70
46,161.30
6,020.
6,020.
9.291.60
9,291.60
472.
472.
1.525.
2,815.
5.465.
16,611.90
238.414.50
401.977.02
7.673
2,873
1
10,546
21,228
21,228
....
10,075
10,075
1,300
1,600
2,900
8,973
35,776
44.749
49440.
88,024.64
126.1S0.4«
3S.489.80
6,591.
11,809.30
46,161.30
6,020.
9,291.60
11^18.
21,228.
12,890.*
16,611.90
2.900.
446.726.02
The amount of kdge encountered in laying the mains is estimated
in the company's schedule, group 4, at 7970 running feet, or 5,313
cubic yards.
b. Gates, boxeSf etc.
fhere are 902 gates as per company's schedule, group 4-A. viz.:
Number. Sises, inches.
1
15
117
94
242
258
47
8
63
8
18
13
12
6
Total 902
1
1«
1^
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
24
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Of these, 18 are on the supply mains ; the rest belong to the dis-
tribution plant.
tThere are also 896 gate boxes, of which 18 belong to the supply.
c. Services, hydrants^ etc.
There are 6,350 service pipes and fittings, 68 watcrcart standpipes
and 314 fire hydrants. One hundred and fourteen of the hydrants
have been paid for by the city, but they are apparently the property
of the company.
d. Rights of way.
The company owns 24 rights of way in private land, referred to
in Ex. 154 and Rec, p. 366
3. Loose personal property and working capital.
On January 1, 1914, the company owned office furniture, tools,
instruments and other miscellaneous and fluctuating personal prop-
erty set down, but not itemized, in groups 7 and 8 of the company's
schedule.
There is also a considerable amount of pipe and fittings carried
in stock, but not mentioned in the schedule. See Ex. 17.
The company also has a cash or invested fund, a part of which it
desires to have considered as working capital and to be regarded as
a part of the property or plant used by the company in its business.
See infra, p. 62.
4. Non-operating or abandoned property.
This consists of the three sets of box filters installed at various
dates at Pumping Station No. 1, St. Mary's reservoirs and Paradise
brook, and discontinued when the new plant was erected in 1910; the
Harrison Avenue lot; some pumping machinery and miscellaneous
property at the auxiliary pumping station on Harrison Avenue, aban-
doned in 1912; and a brick cottage. See the company's schedule,
group 13, and Kent, pp. 267, 391, 445-446.
5. Franchises, etc.
In addition to the property. tanHble and intangible, enumerated
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in the foregoing four sections, the company has an exclusive right or
franchise to occupy the streets of the city of Newport for water
supply purposes until 1926. Ex. 146 and Rep. 1908, p. 6.
Xo claim is made that the value of this franchise should be in-
cluded in the rating value of the company's property ; and it is men-
tioned here only to distinguish it from the ordinary incorporated
rights of property owned by the company ; that is, its water rights,
pipe-line rights and other easements.
The company also has a franchise of eminent domain, given by
the acts of 1877. So far as these rights have been exercised, they
have been transformed into vested rights of property. To the ex-
tent that they are still unexercised but likely to be needed, they are
also to be regarded as property.
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ORIGINAL COST OF THE WORKS AND COSTS SINCE
THE PrRCHASE
The original cost of the works to the corporation was -$500,000.00,
this beinf^ the price paid by the corporation to Mr. Norman (Res.
P.rief P. 3 and Ex. 13, 56 and 194 (and it is claimed that the
property could not have cost Mr. Norman much less (Res. Brief P.
32).
On P. 92 of Res. Brief is jjiven an estimate of the cost of the
works up to the time of the sale to the Newport Water Works. This
estimate was prepared by Mr. Kent who has had charge of the
works since 1911 or thereabouts. His estimate above referred to
^ves the cost at $406.824.(Xi and includes a land value of $82,326.36
which is computed from data in deeds of property purchased as
shown in Res. Exhibits 36 to 56 inclusive. These Exhibits, upon
examination, show that the total amount stated as being paid for
land was $25,410.30. This amount includes a **Ri.q:ht of Way" on
Commercial Wharf with a nominal consideration of $1.00, a con-
veyance of the Easton Pond property by the City of Newport and
a ''Right of Way given by Abraham T. Peckham in Portsmouth for
$1.00. Besides the amount of $25,410.30, there were two leases
from John Clark of Middletown (Ex. 39 and Ex. 40) one bearing
a rental of $30.00 a year, as well as a rental of $20.00 a year dur-
ing the lifetime etc. These rentals, computed for the period ending
with the sale by Mr. Norman to the Newport Water Works Com-
pany, amounted in the case of the $30.00 annual rental for five years
to $150.C0. in the case of the $12.00 annual rental for four years to
$48.00 and in the case of the life rent to $40.00, or a total rental of
$238.00. This rental of $238.00 is a proper charge to maintenance
and operation account, but as Mr. Kent has inciluded it in his esti-
mate, it is here included. Add to this $238.00 the amount $25,172.30
(the amount recited in the deeds referred to as being paid for the
real estate) makes the total land valuation at the time of the sale
to the Newport Water Works $25,410.30 instead of $82,326.36 as
estimated by Mr. Kent (P. 92 Appendix A of Res. Brief) or a
lesser amount by $56,916.06. There is no data available to test the
accuracy of the other items in the estimate (P. 92 Res. Brief) of
Mr. Kent. The revised original cost of the physical plant would
therefore be as follows :
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lAnd $82^6.36
Less the Difference between this amount and that
recited in the deeds (Ex. 36-56) 56^16.06
$25,410-30
Distribution and Storage Reservoirs $109,852.00
Buildings 14.000.00
Power Plant Equipment 23.600.00
Distribution System 160,065.70
Services 15,580.00
Office Furniture 500.00
Tools and Equipment 900.00
Original Cost {Revised) of Physical Plant ........ $349,908.00
Additions to Plant.
June 1, 1881 to March 16, 1889.
The on'iy available data to show the cost of construction in thi>
period is that contained in a report made to the company by George
W. Piper, auditor, for that period and contained in Res. Ex. 11. On
page 2 of said exhibit, it states the disbursements for construction
as $250,933.32 ; while on P. 4 of the same exhibit, it states the con-
struction assets at March 16, 1889 as $757,156.69 with no liabilities
of a construction character. Assuming for deduction purposes thai
the construction data previously furnished by the Respondent to be
correct, this shows a difference of $6,223.37. In other words,
adding the Disbursements for construction as stated in Ex. 11 to
the previous construction cost (Res. Ex. 193) of $500,000.00, makes
the total construction cost at this date $6,223.37 less than as stated
in Res. Ex. 193 for this period. As no liabilities of a construction
character appear in this Balance Sheet (P. 4 Res. Ex. 11) it is as-
sumed that the disbursements for conitruction as appears on p. 2.
Res. Ex. 11, as being the total construction cost for the period, and
therefore the amount used is $250,933.32.
Additions to Plant.
March 16, 1889 to June 1, 1900.
Respondents Exhibit 193 states the cost of the additions to the
Plant for this period to be $415,633.14, while the Res. Ex. 20^
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states the disbursements for construction from May 31, 1889 to
June 1, 1900 as $421,408.29. It will be noted that there is a lapse
of nearly two mcmths in the two exhibits, one be^innin^ March 16,
1889 and the other May 31, 1889. There is no data available -to
show the detailed transactions for this "lapsed time" and as a com-
putation was made in the "orij^^inal cost" data on a Disbursement
basis, the computation in this period is made on the same basis and
the amoimt for this period used is $421,408.29 In Res. Ex. 193 it
states "the additions to the plant from March 16, 1889 to June 1,
1900, according to Mr. Piper's report (Exhibit 10) amounted to
$415,633.14." Exhibit 10 referred to does not state the "additions
to the Plant'* in this period, but makes a statement of condition at
the close of the period which should contain the construction cost
for all time to the close of the period. P. 209 and 210 testimony
of Mr. Buckhout who made up the total of $1,172,789.83 which in-
cludes the $415,633.14 shows that a portion of it was made from
Inventory of stock on hand and not from actual purchases in the
period.
Additions to the plant.
June 1, 1900 to May 31, 1911.
The Res. Ex. 193 places the cost of the additions to the plant for
the period June 1, 1900 to May 31, 1911 at $527,767.79. The addi-
tions to the Plant for construction during^ this period as shown in
Res. Ex. 14 is $374,095.89. To this has been added what is stated
to be the "Pipe Shop .Account" of $144,944.98 and the "Tools and
Fixtures Account" of $1,856.02 and in the testimony of Mr. Buck-
hout, pp. 209-210, he says, **1 included in that amount of money ex-
pended in construction account plus an amount of money expended
for tools, fixtures, plus an amount of nionev which is represented
in our pipe shop — it is in our store roonu that is stock in trade 7ve
carry.*' ' If this statement is correct these last two auKnints could
not be added to the construction account for the reason tliat they
are of an Inventory character and represent stock on hand and not
purchased during the year, but Res. Ex. 14 shows them to be actual
expenditures during the period being considered. In addition to
these amounts Res. Ex. 14 shows also an expenditure for land not
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classified in the Constniction Account of $6,873.70. These items
summarized show the following:::
Construction Account 374.095.89
Pipe Shop Account 144,944.98
Tools and Fixtures 1356.02
Und 6,873.70
527,770.59-
The same Res. Ex. 14 shows that during this same* period tiierir
were received on the
Pipe Shop Account 726.96
Pumping Station 8.00
Reservoir Construction 108.70
Filtration Plant from Mfgrs 1.622.01
Land sold to Bay State St. Ry 451.94
Gardner Farm $20,462.53, but as Res. Ex. 190
states that a portion was sold to Mr. Nor-
man, only that amount is used and the
amount received is placed at 15.833.90
which makes the total deductions 18,751.51
and the cost of the additions to the plant
for this period are placed at 509^19.08
Additions to plant.
June 1, 1911 to June 1, 1914.
Res. Ex. 193 places the cost of construction in this period a:
$1,120,028.13.
The Res. F.x. 3, p. 123, which is the current ledger, shows the
co^t of the construction during this period :
as 86.685.80
with credits to it of 51.20
leaving 86.634.60
to which should be added the cost of the land pur-
chased in that period less credits 25.734.38
or a total of 112.368.^
making a total cost of Construction to May 31. 1914.
of 1,643,637.67
Additions to plant.
June 1. 1914 to May 31. 1915.
Res. Ex. 3, P. 123, which is the current Ledger, shows
the cost of the Construction during that period
to be 9,626.57
Less Credits bf 1,208.06
8.4]8il
a total cost of Construction to May 1, 1915, of 1.652.05dl8
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yhe Res. Ex. 14 shows Pipe Shop expenditures from June 1, 1900
to -May 31, 1911 of $144,944.98 which also appear in 'Table of
antuial additions to plant June 1, 1900 to June 1, 1913.*' The Res
Ex 14 shows Tools and Fixtures expenditures from June 1, 1900 to
May 31, 1911 of $1,856.02 which also appear in the said "Table of
annual additions to plant June 1, 1900 to June 1, 1913.
Res. Ex. 4 appears in the index of the Res. Brief as the "Com-
pany's Journal, series 1900-1911." Res. Ex. 8 appears in the index
of the Res. Brief as "Company's Ledger, series of 1900-1911." The
testimony showed these books were used but for two years.
The examination of the data appearing^ in Res. Ex. 14 shows the
amount chargfed to construction from the Pipe Shop account was
$29,305.05 and the amount charged from the Tools and Fixtures
account for the two years period ending May 31, 1902 was $846.81.
or a total of $30,156.86. During this same period 1900-1901 and
1901-1902. the sales to individuals and firms and others
from the Pipe Shop amounted to 6.389.03
and the amount charged from the Pipe Shop to the
maintenance accounts was, for the same period 3^43.66
During the same period 1900-01 and 1901-02, there was
sold from the Service Construction account to pri-
vate parties 7,235.34
Meter Construction account to private parties 901.08
Hydrant Construction account to private parties 609.84
During the years 1896-7-8-9-1900, the charges from the
"Material," "Pipe Shop," "Meter." "Fire Hydrant"
and "Service" Construction accounts to private
parties was 16,547.15
and for the same accounts for the same period, there
was charge<l to the maintenance accounts 4,254.13
or a total for the four years as £h:wn in Res. Ex. 4
and 155 of 39,180.23
Just what proportion of this amount is represented by
Profit on materials sold and just what proportion of
it is represented by Labor, it is impossible to state,
for the reason that there is no exhibit nor evidence
to indicate them. The amount transferred in these
six years, $39,180.23, is an average per year of
$6,530.00 in round numbers. Assuming that one-
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third of this amount was for raw material charged
originaHy to construction, it would make $2,176.00
and for the thirty years from May 31, 1881 to June
1911 (the time when the new system of bookkeeping
was inaugurated), it would make the amount origin-
ally charged to construction but diverted from it
30 X $2,176.00. or 65280.00
taken from the cost above would leave the amount
put into construction to June 1. 1915 $1,586 76.1S
•It is fair to assume that the consideration as stated in the deeds
of the early land purchases are considerably less than the actual
amounts paid, but definite evidence upon this question is lackinc^.
The value of the engineering services of Mr. George H. Xorman
in the construction and development of the property is not included
in the above computation, nor is the value of the land acquired by
gift.
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Table 1.
STATEMENT
OF
MATERIALS CHARGED TO CONSTRUCTION
AND
DIVERTED TO OTHER USES
FROM
JUNE 1, 1896 TO MAY 31. 1900
Sold to Private Parties
Material 4,501.20
Pipe Shop 2,410.99
Hydrant 570.94
Meter 1,342.04
Service 6.964.76
Main Pipe 662.22
Water Cart 95.00 16.547.15
Used for Maintenance
'Front Material Account
For Main Pipe Maintenance 718.02
For Gate Maintenance 234.74
For Hydrant Maintenance 1,055.91
For Service Maintenance 1,288.97
For Meter Maintenance 91.00
For Pumping Station Maintenance 264.48
For Water Cart Maintenance 37.25
3,690.37
From Pipe Shop
For Main Pipe Maintenance 10.79
For Hydrant Maintenance .50
For Service Maintenance 358.38
For Meter Maintenance 33.75
For Pumping Station Maintenance 121.34
For Water Cart Maintenance 39.00 S63.76 4Z54.13
Total 20.801.28
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STATEMENT
OF
MATERIALS CHARGED TO CONSTRUCTION
AND
DIVERTED TO OTHER USES
FROM
JUNE 1. 1900 TO MAY 31. 1902
Pipe Shop — Sold to Private Parties 6,389.03
Used for Maintenance
Main Pipe 423.05 #
Gates 218.58
Hydrant 559.88
Service 1.785.49 ^
Reservoir 8.77 *
Meter 30.94
Pumping Station 159.14
Filter 3.50
Water Cart 54.31
3.243.66
9.632.69
S'^rvice Construction — Sold to Private Parties 7,235.34
Meter Construction—SoXd to Private Parties... 901.08
Hydrant Construction— Sold to Private Parties 609.84
Total 18,378.95
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Table 3.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
OF
CONSTRUCTION COST
TO
MAY 31, 1915
Value of Physical Plant at time of Purchase. Mr.
Kent Res. Brief P. 92 406.824.06
Value as computed by the Commission on account
of incorrect value of land 349,908.00
Additions to Plant June 1, 1881 to Mar. 16, 1889.
Res. Exhibit 11 250.933.32
Commission's Computation 250,933.32
Additions to Plant Mar. 16, 1889 to June 1, 1900.
Res. Ex. 10 415,633.14
Commission's Computation 421.408.29
Additions to Plant June 1, 1900 to May 31, 1911.
Res. Ex. 14 527,770.59
Commission's Computation as per detail 509.019.08
Additions to Plant June 1, 1911 to June 1, 1914.
Res. Ex. 3 (Current Ledger) 112,368.98
Commission's Computation 112.368.98
Additions to Plant June 1, 1914 to May 31, 1915.
Res. Ex. 3 (Current Ledger) 8,418.51
Commission's Computation 8,418.51
1.721,948.60 1,652,056.18
Deduction,
By Commission-Sale of Material 65,280.00
Commission 1.586,776.18
Respondent 1.721,948.60
Commission less than Respondent 135,172.42
1.721.948.60 1,721.948.60
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COST OF REPRODUCTION.
The cost of reproduction of the property of the company will be
considered under the following groups, viz.: (1) Land; (2) Stor-
age; Reservoirs; (3) Pumping Plant; (4) Filter Plant; (5) Dis-
tributing Reservoirs ; (6) Supply Mains and (7) Distribution Mains.
1. Land.
The respondent produced as a witness, Mr. Herbert L. Dyer who
is a resident of Newport, and has been in the real estate business for
many years and is familiar with real estate values there, who gave
his opinion as to the value of the several tracts of land involved,
placing a total value of $267,734 upon all of the company's land.
Mr. Edmund W. Kent, superintendent of the company for many
years, testified as to such values, basing his estimates to a consider-
able extent, upon the actual amounts paid for such tracts where such
amounts could be ascertained from the records of the company, and
giving his opinion as to the va'lue of the remaining tracts.
Mr. Kent has placed values upon the company's land in 1910
CRes. Brief P. 35) before any prospect of this proceeding, showing
a total value of $142,293. but later on (Company's Schedule, Group
1) he placed it at $224,198., testifying that additional acreage had
been discovered and that he had further revised his unit prices. He
accounts for this difference (1) through additional acreage dis-
covered as appears by the table. $12,425 and (2) through revision
of unit prices. $43,709 and (3) through purchases of additional land
in LaA^i:on's Vallev since 1910, $25,771, the total increase over his
1910 estimate being $81,905.
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The complainants presented as a witness Mr. Fred W. Greene, a
real estate agent, resident of Newport for many years and familiar
with real estate values in and about Newport, who gave his opinion
that $112,975 was the value of all of the land of the company.
Such of the testimony of these witnesses as was based upon the
sales of similar land in the vicinity of the tracts in question had
reference to the sale of complete farm parcels with the exception
of certain lots upon a plat easterly of Easton's Reservoirs.
The Commission personally visited all of the several tracts of
land, and believe it would be difficult, if not impossible to make a
quick sale of these tracts for anything like the prices named in the
two higher estimates.
We find the prejsent value of the 'land of the company to be not
more than $185,000. The Harrison Avenue Lot, not used, is wholly
disregarded.
The Lawton Valley Land which has been acquired for the pur-
pose of building an additional reservoir has been included as reason-
ably necessary for the future expansion of the limited water supply
of the company.
The following table shows the comparative estimates of land
value :
TABLE 6.
LAND,
Total Land I«and used
Value. Abandoned. and useful.
Kent, (original unit prices) $180,491 $1,013 $179,478
Kent, (revised unit prices) 224,198 1.013 * 223.185
Dyer 267,734 1.013 266.721
Greene 112.975 1,013 1)1,962
Gray 177,974 1,013 176.961
Commission 185.000
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STORAGE RESERVOIRS.
The testimony of the engineers showed that all agreed the cubic
contents of the reservoir embankment contained 266,459 cubic yards,
but they differ in their estimates of the cost of constructing the
embankments. The respondent submitted the cost per cubic yard
$1.46, incurred in the buikling of Gardner^s Reservoir. This amount
did not contain any allowance for overhead charges. The reservoir
cited was constructed on salt marsh under difficult conditions and
for this reason is not a fair example of cost. If a unit price of $1.35
per cubic yard is adopted it will approximate more nearly what ap-
pears to be the cost of reproduction. .
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EMBANKMENTS
STORAGE RESERVOIR
REPRODUCTION
DATA. •
Reservoirs.
Cubic Yds. Commiss'n.
Smith.
Gray.
Respon-
dent.
1878 Easton No. . .
1893 Easton So. . .
1882 Nelson
1877-
1896 St. Mary's ...
1896 Sisson's
1899-
1902 Gardner's Pond
13,108.00
111,956.00
29,250.00
25,986.00
20,449.00
.65.710.00
266,459.00
1.35
1.20
1.25
l.SO
17,695.80
15,729.60
16,386.00
19,662.00
151,140.60
134,347.20
139,945.00
167,934.00
39,487.50
35,100.00
36,562.50
43,875.00
35,081.10
31,183.20
32,482.50
38,979.00
27,606.15
24,538.80
25,561.25
30.673.50
88.708.50
78,852.00
82,137.50
98,565.00
359,719.65
319,750.80*
333,074. 75*
399,688.50
A— Res. Brief P. 36.
•Includes Overhead.
Note — Gardner's Reservoir, which was built on salt marsh, was constructed under
difficult conditions. All other reservoirs were built under more favorable conditions.
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PUMPING PLANT.
The property called Pumping Plant is the property contained in
the Company's Schedule under Groups 5 and 6. Mr. Kent's valua-
tion in 1910 placed these groups at $115,346; but in 1914, he re-
vised his figure to $127,146.00. Mr. Sherman's report shown as
Exhibit 164 makes the figure $110,359 and Mr. Gray fixes the value
of Group 5 at $108,246 and Group 6 at $22,500, making a total of
$130,746. The respondent's brief suggests $115,000, as the fair cost
of reproduction.
FILTER PLANT.
The respondent's Exhibit 29, valuation by Mr. Kent made in 1910,
fixes the value of the Filter Plant at $83,417.28. The contract price
of the filter plant seems to be generally accepted as a proper cost of
reproduction.
DISTRIBUTING REvSERVOIR.
As was the case with the Storage Reservoirs, the engineers agree
as to the content of the embankments for the Distribution Reser-
voir, but have the same difference of value per cubic yard. The
unit price of $1.35 per cubic yard should be applied.
TABLE 8.
DISTRIBUTING RKSERVOIR
REPRODUCTION
DATA.
Cubic
Yards.
Unit
Price.
Reproduction
Value.
Commission
46,407
'1.35
62,649.65
Smith
46,407
.1.20
55,688.40
Gray
46,407
1.25
58.008.75
Respondent
46,407
1.50
69,610.50*
*In respondent's brief p. 38, this item is stated as $79,610.50, a difference of
$10,000.00.
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SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
The company's schedule classifies the supply system and the dis-
tribution system separately, but the engineers have grouped the two.
The estimates of the several witnesses of the reproduction cost
of the entire pipe system, not including overhead charges is indicated
below :
TABLE 9.
Gray.
Mains . . .
Gates, etc.
Ledge . . .
Total
Smith.
Kent.
Kx. 29.
Sherman. E. W. Shedd.
Ex. 164, p. 5. Ex. 202.
$534,714
165.224
18,595
$534,529
133,381
18.595
$718,533
$695,506
$730,879
$535,000
166,000
21.000
$722,000
$572,157
167,919
15,942
$756,018
There is no substantial difference in the estimates of Messrs. Gray
and Sherman, the former fixing $718,533, and the latter $722,000 as
the reasonable cost of reproduction of the entire pipe system.
It is probable that Mr, Sherman's estimate of $125,000 for the
supply system and $597,000 for the distribution system approxi-
mately represents the reproduction costs.
OVERHEAD CHARGES.
An allowance of 15% for all overhead charges, and applicable
to the cost of reproduction of all of the physical property of the
company, exduding materials, tools, and supplies, and including
land, will be applied.
Mr. Gray has estimated $12,000 as a lump sum in his opinion
sufficient to cover* all engineering.
DEPRECIATION.
The sinking fund curve method of computing depreciation has
been commonly followed by the Wisconsin Commission. It is de-
scribed by Mr. Whitten, in his work upon Valuation of Public Ser-
vice Corporations, at page 334, as follows:
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"The sinking fund method assumes that an amount is set aside each year
which invested at compound interest will equal the total wearing value at
the end of the assumed life. The depreciation at any time is said to exactly
equal the amount that is or should he in a sinking fund accumulated in this
way. Under the sinking fund method the existing depreciation found is
always less than it would be under the straight line method. The degree to
which it varies will depend largely on the rate of interest at which the fund
is assumed to accumulate. The higher the rate of interest assumed, the
smaller will be the existing depreciation under the sinking fund method as
compared with what it would be under the straight line method. The dif-
ference between the two methods is not great for a unit with a short life but
for a unit having a fifty year life the excess of the existing depreciation as
shown by the straight line method over that shown by the sinking fund
method may be enormous.*'
The Straight line method of depreciation is described in the same
work, on page 332, as fohows:
"Under the straight line theory it is assumed that the wearing value de-
creases uniformly each year during the assumed life. If the assumed life is
ten years and six years of such life have elapsed, the existing depreciation
amounts to six-tenths of the total wearmg value. This method is the one
most largely used in appraisals for all puriK)ses."
It would ai)ix*ar that the former method will produce more ac-
curate results in the case of the property of the respondent, where
such property cannot . be readily inspected, hence the straightline
method is not considered.
ACCRUED DEPRECIATION.
The items of property to which accrued depreciation might be
applicable are the storage reservoirs, the pumping plant, the filter
plant, the distributing reservoir, the supply mains, and the distribu-
tion mains. Such b^, this property as could be observed has been
casually inspected by the commission and the record contains the
judgment of the engineers upon this qttestion.
Reservoirs.
It was dear from inspection and from the testimony that the sev-
eral reservoir embankments and dams of the storage reservoirs had
sustained no depreciation from physical deterioration, and required
only ordinary maintenance to retain a condition equal or superior
to that when new.
Mr. Sherman estimates the depreciation of the distributing reser-
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voir at $8,500 upon a cost of reproduction of $40,000, exclusive of
overheads. (Res. Ex. 168.)
Filter Plant,
The filter plant did not appear tq have suffered any accrued de-
preciation, and the contract cost seemsi to have been generally ac-
cepted by the engineers as a fair statement of its pr-esent value.
Pumping Plant,
Mr. Gray estimated the accrued depreciation upon the pumping
plant at $60,103 as based upon a four per cent sinking fund com-
pounded semi-annually. His estimate of reproduction cost was
$130,746.
Mr. Sherman estimated accrued depreciation at $30,000, his com-
putation being based partly on life tables, and a four per cent sink-
ing fund compounded annually, and partly on inspection. His
estimate of reproduction cost was $132,000.
This is an engineering question and taking into consideration the
different method employed by Messrs. Gray and Sherman in mak-
ing their estimates, it would appear that the actual accrued deprecia-
tion would be somewhere between the two estimates. If the repro-
duction value of the pumping plant is taken as $115,000, it would
seem that an estimate of $30,000 would cover the accrued deprecia-
tion.
Supply and Distribution Main.
The estimate of the amount of the accrued depreciation of the
combined mains is fixed by Mr. Gray at $164,729 and by Mr. Sher-
man at $193,400, both using the same methods of computation as
in the case of the pumping plant.
The computation and method employed by Mr. Sherman is indi-
cated in the following tabk:
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The total accrued depreciation of the supply system is thus fixed
at $51,600, and of the distribution system at $14,800.
A summary statement showing^ a comparison of the estimated
reproduction cost, and the reproduction cost less estimated accrued
depreciation of all of the property of the respondent company fol-
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OTHER ELEMENTS OF VALUE.
It was claimed by the respondent company that certain elements
of value should be added to the valuations of the physical property
as determined by the engineers.
A claim is made for "water rights/' and is expressed in dollars
by counsel at $400,000.
The character of these "water rights" is hereinbefore described in
the statement of the property of the company. We have considered
the elaborate argument of counsel for the respondent, together with
the rough estimate of engineers as to the costs of alternative plants.
We have also considered the fact that such water rights as the
company possesses were secured in connection with the purchase or
gift of the lands of the company, and also the fact that the rights
of diversion claimed rest upon a qtiestionable claim of a right by
prescription from the lower riparian proprietors, of which, in the
case of the Eastnn's reservoir outlet the City rf Newport is one.
The alternative claim is made for "water in storage." We have
considered this clement in arriving at the fair value hereinafter de-
termined.
A claim is made for "going value." "Going value" is sometimes
determined by -ascertaining actual losses and expenses incurred in
establishing the business. When this is impossible various methods
of calculating or estimating the outlay and losses are resorted to.
The cases ara reviewed in Pillsburv et als vs. Peoples Gas Light
Company, 4 N. H., P. S. C. and the New Hampshire Commission
reached the foliowing conclusion, fp. 390.)
**Upon full consideration of the principle involved, and upon careful study
of all the cases where that principle has been applied, we hold that in every
valuation case consideration must be given to the amount of business being
done and the earnings therefrom at reasonable rates, as well, as to physical
properties; and that the plant must be valued, not as a collection of dead
units, but as a going concern, doing the business which in the particular
case it appears that it does. But for the purpose of determining what weight
should justly be given to the business being done, we hold that regard may
be had to the expense at which the same was built up. and to the source from
which such expense was paid."
Tt would appear that in this case the cost of establishing the re-
spondent company's present business ha^ been defrayed from time
to time as the business has grown in size, from the operating ex-
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penses of the respondent company, and the public of the city of
Newport, in past rates which it has paid for water service, has
recompensed the respondent company for all operating expenditures,
and in addition has from 1893 to 1914 netted the respondent com-
pany an average of 7.31 per cent on its cash investment of $780,000,
plus the cost of all additions and betterments constructed from earn-
ings as revealed from the evidence in this case.
In the finding 'of value of the respondent company's properties
hereinafter, due weight ,will be given by the Commission to the
opinion evidence presented herein as to the value of the established
business of the company.
SECURITIES OUTSTANDING.
The following memoranda taken from Respondent's Exhibit 194,
shows the history of the issue of the capital stock of the company.
There are no bonds.
HISTORY.
"1876 — July 6. Franchise for the water sources and for the exclusive riffht
of laying water pipe in the City of Newport granted to
George H. Norman by the Board of Alderman and City
Council of NeAvport. The condition of this grant being
that George H. Norman should within the period of six
months from date, commence the construction of the water
works; which condition is complied with.
1877 — Feb. 8. Grant by the R. I. Legislature to George H. Norman to
construct a Water Works system in the City of Newport.
1879 — May 30. Act of I.egishture of R. I. incorporating the Newport
Water Works, capital stock not to exceed $500,000.00 to be
divided into shares of $100.00 each. George H. Norman,
William P. Sheffield and G. Norman Weaver named as
incorporators.
1881— March 1. Contract between George H. Norman and the City of
Newport for water supply approved by the Board of Alder-
man and the City Council of Newport, R. I.
1881— May 9. Act of Legislature of R. T. of May 30. 1879 incorporating
the Newport Water Works accepted by George H. Nor-
man and William P.. Sheffield. Board of Directors chosen
from the subscribers to the capital stock. Said board vote
to purchase Water Works from George H. Norman. Capi-
tal stock issued $500,000.00.
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188-1 — March 14. Act passed in Legislature authorizing the increase of the
capital stock to an amount not exceeding $750,000.00.
1884 — July 7. Directors vote to increase capital stock in order to pay for
proposed extensions. $200,000 distributed among the stock-
holders, in proportion to their holdings. They to pay
$65.00 for each share, and the balance to represent their
share of the earnings which has been expended on new
construction work.
1893 — Feb. 24. Act passed in Legislature authorizing the increase of capi-
tal stock to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000.00. Also
right to issue mortgage bonds in any sum not exceeding
the capital stock.
1893— Sept. 1. Directors increase capital stock to $1,000,000.00 stock dis-
tributed in proportion to holdings; $150,000.00 to be paid
in cash and the balance $150,000.00 representing a stock
dividend in view of the fact that that amount has been ex-
pended from current earnings for construction work.
1893— Sept. 1. Capital outstanding after 3rd issue, $1,000,000.00.
1896 — May 13. Act passed in Legislature au^orizing an increase of the
capital stock by the ain:unt of bond authorization Author-
ity to issue bonds revoked and authorized capital now
stands $2,000,000.00.
1896— July 6. Directors vote to increase capital stock to $1,800,000.00 in
order that par value might better represent actual value
of property. $800,000.00 in shares are issued pro rata to
stockholders of record.
1896— July 27. Capital outstanding after 4th issue. $1,800,000.00.'*
TABLE 12.
CAPITAL ISSUED.
The issues of capital may be summarized as follows :
May 9, 1881 500,000.00 Purchase Price from Mr. Norman.
July 7. 1884 200,000.00 Stock Bonus 70,000 Cash Payment 130,000.00
Sept. 1, 1893 300,000.00 Stock Bonus 150.000 Cash Payment 150.000.00
July 6. 1896 800.000.00 Stock Bonus 800,000 Cash Payment
1,800,000.00 Stock Bonus 1.020,000 Cash Payment 280.000.00
The actual amount pi cash paid in for stock, allowing that the plant was
worth $500,000.00 at time of Incorporation is as follows:
Original Cost 500,000.00
July 7, 1884 130,000.00
Sept. 1, 1893 150,000.00
780.000.00
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PROFIT AND LOSS AND BALANCE SHEET.
1881-1889.
The Statement of Profit and Loss submitted for the period June
1, 1881 to March 16, 1889 is compiled from information ^iven in
Res. Ex. 11. This exhibit contains statements of Receipts and Dis-
bursements, one from June L 1881 to January 1, 1889, the other
from January 1, 1889 to March 16, 1889 and a Balance Sheet as of
March 16, 1889. The two statements of Receipts and Disburse-
ments were first combined to show thei financial operations of the
whole period. A trial balance of accounts was then set up from the
data furnished in the combined cash statement. This trial balance
{showed a net' profit for the period of $385,853.86. A Profit and
Loss statement made from a statement of cash receipts and disburse-
ments is necessarily incomplete, because as in this case, it does not
state the inventory of Tools and Fixture^, and Material, the amounts
due from Water Takers, the loss on accounts receivable, or any
transfer of accounts between maintenance and construction.
The detail of these non-cash transactions was obtained in the fol-
lowing manner. After getting the statement of Profit and Loss from
the Cash statement, a Balance Sheet was set up from the details of
the Cash statement as shown by column 1 of the Reconciliation Table.
In the next column is shown the Balance Sheet contained in Res.
Ex. 11. From a comparison of the two Balance Sheets, the amount
of transfers from maintenance to construction was obtained, as well
as Inventories of Tools and Fixtures, and Materials, amounts due
from Water Takers and Losses on Accounts Receivable. The ad-
ditional income obtained from an analysis of the Balance Sheets is
$9,377.32, or a net profit of $395,231.18 for the period June 1, 1881
to March 16, 1889. From this profit. Cash Dividends of $256,000.00
and a Stock Dividend of $70,000.00 were paid, leaving the surplus
on March 16, 1889 the sum shown in Res. Ex. 11, or $69,231.18.
It will be noted that in finding the net profit $395,231.18, no provi-
sion has been made for depreciation* on construction.
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TABLE 13.
RECONCILIATION CASH STATEMENT WITH BALANCE
SHEET SUBMITTED.
ASSETS.
From Cash DaU.
From Res. Ex. 11.
Construction
Accounts.
Construction
Pipe Shop
Filter
.$739,253.37
680.66
. 12,389.22
657.09
t7C? OSf) ^A
$739,321.05
1,325.40
12,389.22
657.09
731.07
347.96
13.50
Transfer
Mainten.
$753,875.29 Inven...
Inven. . .
536.42 Inven...
4,160.38
4,436.05
175.00
6.213.18
923.79
Portsmouth . . . .
Main Pipe
Service Const. .
Gate Const. ...
from
$804.9S
Tools and Fix. .
Materials
Water Takers..
Geo. P. Leona
Note
rd
le
62.97
175.00
6,213.18
1,420.90
-
473.45
4,160.38
4,436.05
Cash . .
Accounts Receiv'
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock .
Surolus
G. H. Norman..
$760,852.39
$700,000.00
59.853.86
998.53
$770,230.11 Loss ...
$700,000.00 Net
69,231.58 Profit ,.
998.53 Increase
in
$770,230.11 Surplus.
$9,874.83
497.11
$9.377.«
$760,852.39
$9,377.72
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TABLE 14.
PROFIT AND LOSS
JUNE 1, 1881 TO MARCH 16, 1889
Income Account as shown by statement of
Receipts and Disbursements Res. Ex. 11.
Income.
Water Rates 308.693.87
Measured Water 52,426.64
Miscellaneous 2,585.08
City of Newport 75.105.10
438.810.69
Expense.
Maintenance 52,104.79
Material 173.32
General Expense 47023
Profit and Loss 208.49
52.956.83
Net Profit as shown by Receipts and
Disbursements
Income Account as reconciled with Ba^once
Sheet submitted in Res, Bx. 11.
Inventory of Tools and Fixtures 473.45
Material 4.160.38
Increase of value of construction 804.95
Due from Water Takers 4.436.05
9.874.83
Less— Loss on Accounts Receivable 497.11
Net Profit additional shown by Balance
Sheet
L«J— Cash Divideml 256.000.00
Stock Dividend 70.000.00
Surplus March 16, 1889, as shown by Res.
Ex. 11
197
385.853.86
9.377.72
395231.58
326.000.00
69231.58
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NOTES ON FINANCIAL DATA.
The following table (Table 16) shows the percentage of profit
by years, excluding depreciation, on total capitalization and capital
paid in, and was made from the following sources:
From 1881-1889 the source of information was the respondent's
exhibit nunAer 11, the report of George W. Piper.
The average amount of capital stock issued during this first period
was $625,000.
The average amount of capital stock paid in for the same period
was $581,250.
It was impossible to get the net earnings by years during this
period because there are no books existent of this period and the
report of George W. Piper gives receipts and disbursements as a
total for the period. There is an interval between March 16, 1889
to May 31, 1889 in which there is absolutely no financial data.
From 1890-1900 the figures as shown were taken from the re-
spondent's exhibit No. 207 showing receipts and disbursements by
years.
From 1901-1911 the figures as shown were taken from the com-
pany's schedule which were made from loose sheets made by Mr.
Slocum.
From 1912-1915 the figures as shown were taken from the re-
ports of the auditors, M. & L. W. Scudder.
The figures of the entire table show no depreciation because no
data on depreciation was available for the first two periods.
From 1890-1911 the figures submitted in this table were tiken
from statements of cash receipts and disbursements and conse-
quently are not exact iijcome statements, but covering a long period
as they do, they are approximately correct stPtements of income.
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TABLE IS.
DIVIDENDS PAID.
Dividends have been paid on the capital stock as follows:
(Ex. 194)
1881— Dividends on first issue of $500,000.00 at 2%
1882— Dividends on first issue of $500,000.00 at 2%
1883— Divi<lcnds on first issue of $500,000.00 at 4%
1884_jan. and July Dividends on first issue cf $500,000.00 at 4%
l((gi] — July. Capital stock outstanding 2nd issue
1884— Oct.
1885—
1886—
1887—
1888—
1889-
1890^
1891—
1892—
1893-Jan.
1893— Oct.
1894—
1895—
15.
and July
1,
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
Dividends on
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
$700,000
at 2%
at 5%
6%
6%
6%
6%
Dividends on $1,000,000
Dividends on $1,000,000
Dividends on $1,000,000
1896— Jan., Apr. and July Dividends on $1,000,000.
1896— Oct. 1, Dividends on $1,800,000
1897— Dividends on" $1,800,000
1898— Dividends on $1,800,000
1899— Dividends on $1,800,000
1900— Dividends on $1,800,000
1901— Dividends on $1,800,000
1902— Dividends on $1,800,000
1903— Dividends on $1,800,000
1904— Dividends on $1,800,000
1905— Dividends on $1,800,000
1906— Dividends on $1,800,000
1907— Dividends on $1,800,000
190&— Dividends on $1,800,000
1909— Dividends on $1,800,000
1910— Dividends on $1,800,000
191 1_ Dividends on $1,800,000
j912_ Dividends on $1,800,000
1913— Dividends on $1,800,000
1914— Dividends on $1,800,000
Total cash dividends paid Dec. 1881 to Dec. 1914,
at 7%%
at 6%
at 6%
at 4%%
at 1%
at 6%
at 6%
at 4H%
at 1%
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
at
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
$10,000.00
10.000.00
20.000.00
20,000.00
$700,000.00
14.000.00
35,000.00
42,000.00
42.000.00
42,000.00
42,000.00
52.500.00
42,000.00
42.000.00
31,500.00
15,000.00
60.000.00
60,000.00
45.000.00
18,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72.000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72,000.00
72J)00.00
72.000.00
72.000.00
$1,959,000.00
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There is a discrepancy between the statement of dividends paid
as appearing by Ex. 194, and Ex. 11, being the report of Mr. Piper.
Exhibit 194 shows dividends paid from 1881 to 1889 as tota:IHng
$277,000 while Mr. Piper (Ex. 11), shows only $256,000 to have
been paid during that period.
There is a variance between the statement of dividends paid con-
tained in Exhibit 194 and the loose sheets of Mr. Slocum (Exhibit
207) for the years as follows:
Year Exh. 194 Exh. 207
1893 $46,500 $42,000
1894 . 60,000 66.000
1896 63,000 60,000
1897 72,000 69.000
$241,500 $237,000
This accounts for the difference between the total of dividends
paid as stated in Exhibit 194, $1,939,000 and the total of $1,913,500
as stated in the following table, which is based upon respondent's
Exhibit 11 for the years 1881 to 1889. upon respondent's Exhibit
207 for the years 1890 to 1900, and upon the company's schedule
from 1901 to 1914.
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PAIR VALUE.
After considering all the evidence in the case bearing: upon the
value of the properties owned and operated by the respondent com-
pany, and devoted to the public use in supplying water service in
and about the city of Newport, the costs to reproduce the present
values, the original costs, the investments, all overheads, such as
preliminary costs, engineering, supervision, interest during construc-
tion, insurance, organization and legal expenses, contingencies, and
including all other elements of tangible and intangible value, and
taking into consideration that the plant is now in successful opera-
tion and is a going concern, the Commission finds that the fair value
of the respondent company's utility property is $1,700,000, exclusive
of working capital.
Working capital is here used to mean necessary cash, coal, mater-
ials, supplies, furniture, tools, etc., essential to the successful opera-
tion of the utility property of the respondent company. For total
working capital, thus defined, the Commission sets forth $75,000 to
be reasonable and proper.
The total fair value of the respondent's property for rate making
purposes is $1,775,000.
INCOME UNDER PRESENT RATES.
The gross income of the company from the sale of water for the
year 1913-1914 was $189,420.
The average for the three years, 1912, 1913 and 1914 was
$89,189. This is indicated in the following tabic, as sh&wn by the
company's books. (Ex. 1, 2, 3.) :
TABLE 17.
Items. 191M912. 1912-1913. 1913-1914. Avenge.
From fixture rates I $123,340.66 1 $126,433.62
From meter rates
From City of Newport
49,035.95 1 43,696.43
10,300.00' 10.341.67
Totals I $182,676.61 $180,471 .72 $189,420.78 $184,189.69
$128,966.78
50,104.00
10.350.00
$126,247.02
47,612.11
10,330.S«i
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The expenditures for maintenance and operation for the year
1913-1914 were $55,789.
The average for the three years 1912, 1913 and 1914 was $52,093.
This is indicated in the following table, as shown by the company's
books CEx. 1, 2, 3)., the schedule and Ex. 18:
Items.
1911-1912
Co.'s
schedule.
1912-1913
Co.'s
schedule.
1913-1914
Kx. 18
Average.
I
Station expenses ' $26,362 . 78
Distribution expenses 6,492.80
Salaries \ 6,221.75
Rent ' 1.621.57
Inspection I 2,745 . 35
Automobile 1,531.35
Legal expenses
Miscellaneous i 4,459.74
Taxes 2,036.66
$21,817.01 I $27,352.72
Total operating expenses ..., $51,472,00
6,952.90
5,200.00
1,545.95
1.758.88
2,702.21
5,146.93
3,895.41
$49,019.29
5,884.45
5,375.00
1,582.77
1.794.54
1,950.57
1,395.46
6,400.87
4,052.74
$25,177.51
6.443.38
17,144.31
3,328.27
$55,789.12 1 $52,093.47
If the allowance of $3,600 annually as a suitable compensation for
the president and treasurer, who have rendered their services free
of charge to the company, is made, which does not appear to the
Commission to be unreasonable, the charge for maintenance for the
year 1913-1914 wquUI be increased to $59,389 and the average for
the three years would be increased to $55,693.
Deducting from $189,420 the gross i-eceipts from the sale of water
for the year 1913-1914, the sum of $59,389, the total expense of
maintenance and operation for the same year, there remains a bal-
ance of $130,031.
If the averages of the vears 1912, 1913, 1914, are taken as a
basis, from the average gross receipts of $184,189, must be deducted
the average expenditures of $55,693 leaving a balance of $128,496.
From the remaining income must be deducted a sum adccjuale to
meet maturing depreciation. It is desirable and proper to protect
the respondent's property by making regular and adequate provision
for depreciation as it matures. A sufficient sum should be set aside
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from the gross earnings of the respondent to provide reasonable de-
preciation funds, and in order to cover future accruing depreciation
of its property, both physical and functional
The respondent has set forth in Appendix C of its brief the com-
putations which lead to the depreciation allowances of Mr. Gray
and Mr. Sherman, the former arriving at $18,902, using the four
per cent sinking fund method with semi-annual accretions, and the
latter at $18,380 using the four per cent sinking fund method with
annual accretions.
The tables follow :
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It is desirable and proper to protect the property of the respon-
dent company by making regular and adequate provision for de-
preciation as it mature^. A sufficient sum should be set aside from
the gross earnings of the respondent company from the sale of
water to provide reasonable depreciation funds, and in order to
cover future accruing depreciation of its property, both physical and
functional, the Commission finds the respondent company is entitled
tp set aside annually an allowance of $18,000, which should annually
be increased by an amount which is equivalent to said $18,000 plus
one and one-quarter per cent (1 1-4%) of the cost of all additions
and betterments (exclusive of repiracements) made hereafter, to-
gether with the earnings of the said fund.
If the sum of $18,000, which the Commission ha$ found to be a
proper allowance for maturing depreciation is deducted from $130,-
031, heretofore shown as the balance remaining from gross receipts
from the sale of water after operation and maintenance for the
year 1913-1914, there remained available for dividends or surplus
the sum of $112,031. If similar deduction is made from $128,496.
the average of the three years 1912, 1913 and 1914, there remained
available for dividends or .surplus the sum of $110,496.
Based upon the results of the year 1913-1914 this provided for
a net return of 6.31 per cent upon $1,775,000 the fair value of the
respondent company's property as hereinbefore determined, and for
a return of 6.22 per cent upon the $1,800,000 of the capital stock.
Based upon the average results of the three years 1912, 1913.
1914, this provides for a net return of 6.22 per cent upon the fair
vailue, and 6.13 per cent upon the capital stock.
Upon either basis the Commission finds that the net income of the
Company did not yield more than a reasonable return upon the fair
value of the property of the Company.
FINDINGS.
After full hearing and consideration of the evidence in the above
entitled case, the Commission finds:
1. That the gross income of the respondent company from the
present rates is not unreasonable.
2. That the net income of the company from the present rates
after paying the reasonable expense of maintenance and operation.
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and setting aside a reasonable amount for depreciation does not
yield more than a reasonable return upon the fair value of its prop-
erty owned and used in supplying the city of Newport and its in-
habitants with water.
3. That there can be no change in the rates which will reduce
the gross income derived by the company from the sale of water
under the present rates.
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READJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULE OF RATES.
There remains the question as to whether a readjustment of the
present rate schedules should be made.
Population and Cousumption.
The population of the city of Newport and the annual consump-
tion of water is indicated in the following table as set forth in the
res|X)ndent's brief :
TABLE 19,
(Compiled from Mr. Kent's evidence, pp. 281-286 and Ex. 27*).
Year
Permanent population
as per census re- '
turns, prorated for Total consumption for
the intermediate the year in gallons. For the
years.
Average Daily Con-
umption in Gallons.
Per capita
of the per-
whole city. manent
population.
1880
1885
1890
1895
1900
Year ending —
May 31, 1905.
1906.
1907.
May 31,
May 31,
May 31, 1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
May 31,
May 31,
May 31,
May 31,
May 31,
May 31,
15,693
19,566
19,457
21,537
22,034
25,039
25,461
25,883
26,305
26,727
27.149
27,571
27,993
28,415
28,837
3,540,000
1.293,000,000
141
1,325.840.000
3,630,000
142
1,437,940,000
3,930,000
152
1,423.320,000
3,900.000
148
1,440,200,000
3,940,000
143
1.572,000,000
4,190,000
155
1,241,930,000
3.400.000
123
1,371,620,000
3,750,000
131
1,345,970,000
3.700.000
130
1,374,200,000
3.760,000
130
Increase.
Increase.
Increase.
Decrease.
1885-1895 1977—10%
1895-1905 3492—16%
1905-1914 3798—15%
61,200,000—4.7% 220,000—6% ll--8%
•The consumption for 1913-1914 is based upon the readings of the Venturi meter;
that for the period back of 1913 is based on the pumpage records, without allowance
for slip. Kent, pp. 455-457.
Average annual consuraDtion during the past three years — 1,363,900,000 gallons.
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TABLE 20.
The table for the calendar year 1913 is as follows:
(Compiled from Kent. pp. 287-290 and Ex. 27 and 28.)
Period.
Total
in
gallons.
Daily per
capita of Per capita of summer
permanent population of 36,415
population per Kent, 32,415 per
of 28,415. Gray.
4 winter months:
Jan., Feb., Mar. and Dec.
4 summer months:
June, July, Aug. and Sept.
Entire year
8 mos., except June, July, Aug.
and Sept
I 383^,573,960—
I 95.893,490
: per mo. . .
I 541.562,704—
, I 135.390,676
' per mo. . .
1,329,794,947—
110,816,412
per mo. . .
788,220,987—
98,525,123
per mo. . .
Ill gallons.
162 gallons.
128 gallons.
115 gallons.
123 on Kents assump-
tion.
139 on Gray's assump-
tion.
The maximum daily draft in winter was 4.2 m. g^. ; and in summer
6.4 m. g., a difference of 52 per cent.
The excess consumption in the four summer months over what
it would have been at the average of the other eight months was
147,452,211 gallons, or 13 J-2 per cent of what the total annual con-
sumption would have been if not for this excess.
The consumers in 1913-1914 are classified as follows :
TABLE 21.
(Compiled from Exhibits 33, 34, and 160.)
a. Fixture rate customers:
Number of families paying $5.00 per annum
Number of families paying 7.00 per annum
Number of families paying 12.00 per annum
Number of families paying 17.00 per annum
Number of families paying 20.00 per annum
Number of families paying 23.00 per annum
Number of families paying 27.00 per annum
Number of families paying 28.00 to 75.00 per annum.
83
693
2,649
849
708
508
224
5,714
558
Total
Stores . . .
Hose
Stables ..
6,272
643
561
572
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b. Meier Rate Customers :
TABLE 22.
Name.
Number
of
meters.
Amount of water use<L
United States Government .
N. Y.. N. H. & H. R. R
Bay State St. Ry. Co
Total
Summer customers
Commercial customers
Total
10
6
2
18
28
80
126
107,243,120 gallons
29,838,000 gallons
3,195,800 gallons
140.276.920 gaUons
—7,793,162 per meter.
4,171,700 gallons
— 148,989 per meter.
32,161,475 gallons
—402,018 per meter.
176,610,095 gallons
The company has about 8,000 customers (Ex. 34) on 6,349 ser-
vices. Ex. 33.
The receipts from the city of Newport under the contract for the
year 1913-1914 were $10,350, for which the company maintained
316 fire hydrants, and supph'ed water for all the city buildings, street
sprinkling, sewer flushing and other public uses through 70 distinct
services. (Ex. 159.)
There should be a readjustment of the rate schedule which would
make available a meter rate for any customer who desires to take
advantage of such a rate. Meter rate custon>ers are now confined
to the United States Government, The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company, the Bay State Street Railway Com-
pany, twenty-eiglit summer customers and eighty commercial cus-
tomers. Meter rates are not offered to the ordinary domestic con-
sumer. A more extended use of meters would, in our opinion, have
a tendency to check waste and reduce the per capita consumption of
water.
It is contended by the respondent, and apparently with reason,
that the present contract with the city is a most disadvantageous
one, both to the company and the public, and that, if this contract
were adjusted upon a more equitable basis, it would enable the com-
pany to adjust its schedules of fixture and meter rates for general
customers.
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As a basis for the preparation of such new schedule of fixture and
meter rates it will be necessary for the respondent to meter all ser-
vice pipes supplying the city of Newport, in order to estimate the
approximate normal annual consumption of water by such city uses.
The respondent should be able to submit such new schedule within
four months.
Any such schedul-e should provide that meters may be installed at
the request of either the customer or the company, and at the ex-
pense of the company.
There are 1,352 services (Kent, pp. 498-499 and Ex. 33) to which
more than one customer is attached, and as under the present sched-
ules the company 'looks to the separate customers, not to the owner
of the premises, difficulties are certain to be encountered should the
company cut off the entire service for the failure of one of such
customers to pay his water bill. Such new schedule may provide
that the company shall be required to recognize as a' customer only
the owner of the land, or the lessee of the entire premises, and that
all fixture rates shall be payable annually in advance.
A minimum charge for metered service should be similarly pay-
able in advance.
THE COMPANY'S ROOKKERPIMG.
Counsel for the resix)ndent company have set forth in their brief
the following suggestions as to bookkeening methods, as follows :
"The books of the company have since 1911 been kept in regular double
entry style ; but from the standpoint of public regulation there arc, wc
think, certain changes which, if made with the sanction or at the order
of the commission, will decrease the work cf that body as well as of the
company upon the occasion of any future consideration of the question of
rates.
1. The company should pay out (,f the annual receipts the reasonable,
proper and actual cost of operation, maintenance and repair, incltiding such
sum, noi exceeding $3,600 per annum, for the salaries of the president and
treasurer of the company as the stockholders may approve; and the amount,
net exceeding say $1,500 per annum; actually paid for counsel fees, legal •
services and court expenses. In case the last named item exceeds for any
year the sum of $1,500, the excess should be charged to the annual expense
of that in the next three following yeirs in equal parts.
2. The company should, as argued, set aside annually, out of its receipts
from the sale of water, and charge to annual expense, the sum of $18,000
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to provide for depreciation, renewals, etc., and the money should be paid
into a special reserve fund.
3. If the company should place in this fund the sum of, say $100,000, taken
in cash or securities out of the invested surplus now carried by the company,
the annual depreciation charge should not be reduced; and such action by
the company should not be used as a reason for a reduction of rates. It is
better for boih parties that this special payment — which the company is
willing to make if the main findings and rulings requested by it are made by
the commission — should be regarded as an addition to the depreciation or
construction fund, not as a substitute.
4. This fund, with its annual accretions from interest on investments and
the depreciation allowances from income, should be kept as a reserve con-
struction or renewal fund and used only for the payment of such renewals
(not including but in addition to proper annual repairs) as may from time
to time be necessary, and for such additions to or improvements in the com-
pany's plant as may from time to time be made and are properly chargeable
to capital. In case of the renewal of a displaced item of the company's
property with a new item of greater capacity or operative value, the entire
cost should be taken out of this fund but only the difference, if any, between
the cost of the new item and the cost (that is, the actual cost, if that is
known, if not, then the reproduction cost) of the displaced item, that is.
the excess cost, if any, of the new item, should be charged tD construction.
5. A further sum should be taken from the company's present reserves
for working capital and put in a separate fund with that title which is to be
kept in cash except as used in the current business of the company. This
fund, with its accumulations, if any, should be used only in anticipation of
annual rates or for such other purposes as working capital is commonly
used. The amount of cash put into this fund from the company's present
reserves should be such a sum as, with the value of the tools, office furniture,
pipe, fittings, and other loose personal property now on hand, will equal the
sum of $75,(XX); assuming that that is the amount of working capital which
the commission thinks the company nujjht to have.
6. So much of the company's present cash or invested reserves as is in
excess of the amount if any, paid by- the company into the reserve fund
under item 3, and the $60,(XX) more or less required for item 5, should be at
the disposition of the company as divisible profits.
7. The company should make such entries in its jcitrnal and keep such
accounts in its ledger as may be necessary to effectuate the foregoing
changes."
The sum of $18,000 as set forth in jmra^raph 2 may be increased
in the manner previously set forth.
It is assumed that in paragraph 4 the use of said fund is to be
limited to renewals "and for such additions and improvements in
the company's plant as may from time to time be made and are
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(otherwise) properly chargeable to capital."
There should be a proper supervision and limitation upon the
amount of this fund when consisting: of cash or securities and it is
believed that when the cash and securities in the special reserve
fund shall have reached the sum of $150,000, the company, without
the approval of the Commission upon cause shown, should no longer
set aside and charge to annual expense any sum against accruing
depreciation, until the amount of cash and securities in said fund
shall have been reduced bciow $150,000, and in that case onlv a
sum sufficient to cause the cash and securities in said fund to total
the amount of $150,000.
The Commission can see no present reason to interfere with the
adoption of the suggestions modified as above.
After full hearing and consideration of the evidence in the case.
IT IS ORDERED:
1. That the Newport Water Works proceed as soon as possible
to meter all service pipes supplying the city service of the city of
Newport.
2. That within four months after the installation of meters
upon the city service pipes the Newport Water Works shall sub-
mit to the Commission for approval a new schedule of hydrant,
fixture and' meter rates, and special rates, so adjusted as to pro-
• (luce a net revenue substantiality equal to that received by the Com-
pany under the present schedule of rates. Such new schedule shall
provide that meters may be installed at the request of either the
customer or the Company, and that the Company shall bear the
expense of the meters.
ISuch new schedule may provide that the Company shall be
required to recognize as a customer only the owner of the land,
or the lessee of the entire premises, also that all fixture rates and
a minimum charge for metered service shall be payable annually
in advance.
3. The Commission will hold the case open for the entrv of a
proper order u|X)n the presentation of the adjusted schedule of
rates by the Newport Water Works.
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Dated this twenty-fifth day of November, A, D. 1918.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND.
By
WILLIAM C. BLISS.
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
(SEAL)
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ORDERS.
Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for authority to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for g^ood cause shown, said The New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company be and it hereby is
authorized to supplement without the statutory publication and no-
tice to the Commission, its freight tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number X6,
for the purpose of changing the car demurrage rules and charges to
conform with Order Number 3, issued by the Director General of
Railroads.
January 16, 1918. "No. 396.
Application of R. N. Collyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer,
Agent, be and he hereby is authorized to supplement without the
statutory publication and notice to the Commission, Official Classifi-
cation Number 44, for the purpose of further postponing until July
29. 1918, the effective date of Item 7, Page 49, vSupplement 15, to
said Official Classification Number 44-Bodies of Passenger Automo-
bfles, said supplement to become effective on one day's notice to the
public and the Commission.
January 28, 1918. No. 397.
Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for eood cause shown, said The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Companv for itself and for and on
behalf of the Moshassuck ^"allev Railroad Company, Wood River
Branch Railroad Company and The Rhode Island Company, be and
it hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statutory publi-
cation and notice to the Commission, a freight tariff cancelling said
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The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company's tar-
iff R. I. P. U. C. Number X8 and the corres|x>nding tariffs of said
other carriers in accordance with the provisions set forth in said
application and to provide for changes in car demurrag:e rules and
charges to conform with Order Number 7 of the Director General
of Railroads, said tariff to become effective February 10, 1918, upon
one day's notice to the public and the Commission.
February 6, 1918. No. 398.
Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for approval to an increase in its capital stock by the
issue of 450,000 shares of the preferred stock of the par value
of $lOO each, after a hearing and full investigation upon said
application is ordered and decreed as follows:
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That the approval of the Commission be and it here-
by is given to the issue by The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company, at the price not less than one hundred dollars
($100) per share, of not exceeding four hundred forty-two thou-
sand, two hundred (442,200) preferred shares of capital stock, to
be known as the preferred stock, amounting at par value to forty-
four million, two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($44,220,000),
having the preferences, rights, restrictions and limitations and being
entitled to the rate of preferred dividends which has been determined
by a vote of stockholders holding not less than two-thirds of the
stock of such company at a meeting held October 24, 1917, with and
subject to the following proviso: any cash proceeds from the sale
or conversion of assets, used in calling or purchasing such stock,
shall be applicable only to the extent of one hundred dollars ($100 ;
for each share so retired, and any new stock or other securities
issued for such purpose shall not exceed in par value the stock so
retired, any amount in excess necessary for such retirement to be
provided in either case by the company from earnings or the surplus
account; and which preferences, rights, restrictions, limitations and
rate of dividends are hereby approved, as set out in a copy of said
vote on fi^c in this office and in said proviso, as an issue of stock
reasonably necessary and of the amount required for the purpose of
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paying the floating indebtedness of the company outstanding on
October 31, 1917.
We hereby determine and direct that notice of the foregoing find-
ing and decree be given to the petitioner by John W. Rowe, Secre-
tary of this Commission, by forwarding by registered mail, a true
and attested copy hereof addressed to Arthur E. Clark, Secretary,
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, New
Plaven, Connecticut, on or before the second day of March, 1918,
and due return make hereon.
February 25, 1918. No. 399.
Application of Narragansett Pier Electric Light and Power Com-
pany for authority to grant special rate.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Narragansett Pier
Electric Light and Power Company be and it hereby is authorized
to grant a special rate for supplying current to the United States
Government at Fort Kearney, said rate to be as shown in the tariflf
of .said Narr^agansett Pier Electric Light and Power Company's R.
L P. U. C. Number 15, filed with and made a part of said applica-
tion, said rate to become eflfective March 1, 1918.
February 27, 1918. No. 401.
Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for authority to reissue or supplement tariflFs.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company be and it hereby is author-
ized to reissue or supplement its various commodity tariflFs for the
purpose of advancing commodity rates on cement, lumber and forest
products one cent per hundred pounds and for the purpose of ad-
vancing commodity rates fifteen per cent in all other cases, excepting
commodity rates applicable on bituminous coal, coke, iron ore and
ice, said supplements or reissued tariffs to become effective upon
five days* notice to the public and the Commission.
March 21, 1918. N^ 453
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Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for g^ood cause shown, said The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for itself and for and on
behalf of the Moshassuck Vahey Railroad Company and The Rhode
Island Company, be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect
without the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, its
freight tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 398 for the purpose of revising
the rules governing diversion and reconsignment, said tariff to be-
come effective not later than May 1, 1918 upon five days' notice to
the public and the Commission.
April 25, 1918. No. 404-
Application of The Rhode Island Company for extension of the
(late upon which new schedules of rates of fare and transfer
regulations shall become effective in accordance with the provi-
sions of Chapter 1624 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island.
Upon consideration, it appearing that said Company will be un-
able to obtain the materials necessary for a proper and effective col-
lection of fares under said new schedule of rates and transfer regu-
lations prior to the first day of May, A. D. 1918, it is
Ordered, /Adjudged and Decreed: That, for good cause shown,
the date upon which said new rates of fare and transfer regulations
shall become effective be and the same hereby is extended to May 5,
1918, upon five days' notice to the public and the Commission.
April 29, 1918. No. 407.
Application of the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company for
authority to grant special rates.
I'pon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Narragansett Elec-
tric Lighting Company be and it liereby is authorized to grant s])ecial
rates to the Atlantic Power Company, Field's Point Manufacturing
Company and the Swansea & Seekonk Street Railway Companv for
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electricity to be furnished to said companies, said rate for said At-
lantic Power Company to be as shown in tariff R. I. P. U. C. Num-
ber 81, said rate for said Field's Point Manufacturing Company to
be as shown in tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 82 and said rate for
said Swansea & Seekonk Street Railway Company to be as shown
in tariff R. 1. P. U. C. Number 83. said rates being in accordnnce
with the terms in the proposed contracts between said Narragansett
Electric Lighting Company and said Atlantic Power Company,
Field's Point Manufacturing Company and Swansea & Seekonk
Street Railway Company respectively, a copy of each of which pro
posed contracts is filed with and made a part of said application.
April 30, 1918. No. 408.
Application of the Rhode Island Power Transmission Company for
authority to grant special rate.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Rhode Island Power
Transmission Company be and it hereby is authorized to grant a
special rate to Narragansett PLlectric Lighting Company for elec-
tricity for power purposes, said rate to be as shown in tariff R. I. P.
U. C. Number 1 of said Rhode Island Power Transmission Com-
pany, and in accordance with the terms of the proposed contract
between said Rhode Island Power Transmission Company and said
iVarragansett Electric Lighting Company, a copy of which is filed
with and made a part of said application.
April 30, 1918. No. 409.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to grant
special rate.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company, be and it hereby is authorized to grant a special rate for
a chartered car from Saunderstown to Providence on May 5, 1918.
May 3, 1918. No 410.
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Application of The RJiocle Island Company for authority to file
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement its tariff R. I.
P. U. C. Numbers 53, 57 and 58, for the purpose of establishing a
transfer point at the intersection of the Mineral Spring-Prairie
Avenue I.ine of the Pawtucket Division with the Hartford Ave.-
Charles Street Line of the Providence Division and the Providence-
Woonsocket Line, said supplements to become effective May 10.
1918.
May 9, 1918. No. 411.
Application of The Rhode Island Company, (Union Railroad Com-
pany, lessor) for consent to laying and maintaining track in
Manton Avenue in the City of Providence.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That the consent of the Commission, expressed in
writing be and the same hereby is given to said The Rhode Island
Company, ^ Union Railroad Company, lessor) to lay and maintain
track in Manton Avenue in said City of Providence, across those
certain streets, highways, turnpikes or travelled ways at grade as
shown on that certain plan Number 10,596-A-4, dated April 22,
1918, entitled, ''Proposed location of track in Manton Av. from At-
wells Ave. to a point west of Glenbridge Ave., Providence," per-
mission for the laying and maintaining of said track having been
granted by the City Council of said City of Providence by its Ordi-
nance, Chapter 190, No. 178, approved May 7, 1918.
May 15, 1918. No. 412.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to .imend
passenger tariff Number 54 for the purpose of altering the five-
cent fare and transfer zone on the Providence-River F*oint Line
in the City of Cranston.
Upon consideration, it appearing from the testimony, of Superin-
tendent of Transportation Anderson that said limits as now in effect
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permit passengers by a change of cars to obtain a lower rate than
tke regular through rate on said line, it is
Ordered : That said The Rhode Island Company be and it hereby-
is authorized to supplement without the statutory publication and
notice to the Commission, its passenger tariff Number 54 for the
purpose of making the five-cent fare and transfer limit in said Cily
of Cranston, the Providence City Line and the State Hospital, said
tariff to become effective on ten days' notice to the public and the
Commission, said notice to the public to be posted in the cars operat-
ing on said line.
May 29, 1918. No. 413.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to supple-
ment its passenger tariffs Numbers S3 and 57.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shov/n, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, Supplement
Number 2 to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 53 for the
purpose of establishing a transfer point at Centredale between the
Smith Street and Manton Avenue Lines and Supplement Number 2
to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 57 for the purpose of
establishing a transfer point at John and Broad Streets in tlie Town
of Cumberland, said supplements to become eff-ective upon one
day's notice to the public and the Commission.
June 6, 1918. No. 414.
Application of Providence, Fall River and Newport Steamboat Com-
pany for authority to supplement passenger tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Providence, Fall
River and Newport Steamboat Company be and it hereby is author-
ized to put into effect without the statutory ])ubHcation and notice
to the Commission. Supplement Number 1 to its passenger tariff R.
I. P. U. C. Number 4 for the purpose of cancelling excursion rates
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between Providence and Block Island, and Newport and Block
Island and increasing the rate between Providence and Newport,
5aid tariff to become effective on July 1, 1918, upon one day's notice
to the public and the Commission.
June 26, 1918. No. 415.
Aplication of the Stoneleigh Water Company for authority to fik
tariffs.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Stoneleigh Water
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, its tariffs
R. I. P. U. C. Numbers 5 and 6, cancelling respectively tariffs R. I.
P. U. C Numbers 3 and 4 filed with the Commission to become
effective July 1, 1918, said tariffs Numbers 5 and 6 to become
effective on July 1, 1918, on one day's notice to the public and
the Commission.
June 29, 1918. No. 416.
Application of American Railway Express Company for authority
to file tariffs.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said American Railway
express Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect
without the statutory publication and notice to the Commission,
tariffs for the purpose of increasing all existing express rates and
charges applicable to intrastate traffic in Rhode Island, ten per cent,
to conform with the increases granted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in Fifteenth Section Order Number 746, said taritTs to
become effective on five days' notice to the public and the Commis-
sion.
June 29, 1918. No. 417.
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Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to sup-
plement tariffs.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for jG^ood cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Conii>any be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, Supplements
Numbers 3 and 4 to its passene^er tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 53
and Supplement Number 1 to its passeng^er tariff R. I. P. U. C.
Number 55, for the purpose of extending the fiv^ cent zone limits
on Plainfield Street, Hartford Avenue and Smith Street, said sup-
plements to become effective on July 21, 1918.
July 17, 1918. No. 418.
Application of The Rhode Island Company, (Rhode Island Subur-
ban Railway Company, lessor) for consent to laying: and main-
taining track in High Street in the Town of Bristol.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That the consent of the Commission, expressed in
writing, be and the same hereby is given to The Rhode Island Com-
pany, ('Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company, lessor) to lay
and maintain a track in High Street in said Town of Bristol, across
those certain streets, highways, turnpikes or travelled ways at grade
as shown on that certain plan Number 10,638-A-4,. dated June 10,
1918, entitled, "Spur Track at Proposed Bristol Freight House,"
permission for the laying and maintaining of said track having
been granted bv the Town Council of said Town of Bristol, June 18,
1918.
July 17, 1918. No. 419.
Application of R. N. Collyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer, Agent,
be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statu-
tory publication and notice to the Commission, Supplement Number
25 to Official Classification Number 44, for the purpose of cancelling
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Supplement Number 21 to said Official Classification Number 44
and for the purpose of establishing ratings on vehicle parts as shown
in said application, said Supplement Number 25 to become effective
upon five days' notice to the public and the Commission.
July 23, 1918. No. 420.
Application of the Freight Traffic Committee, Eastern Territory for
authority for publication of tariffs by railroads.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, railroads under Federal
control, be and they hereby are authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission,* intrastate
rates on petroleum and petroleum products to conform with rales
authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission in interstate
traffic, said rates to become effective on one day's notice to the pub-
lic and the Commission.
July 27, 1918. No. 421.
Application of The Rhode Island Company, (Union Railroad Com-
pany, lessor) for consent to a continuance of the operation of
cars over and across the tracks of the Pascoag Branch of The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in
Smith Street or Powder Mill Turnpike in the Town of Jjohn-
ston.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That the consent of the Public I'tilities Commission,
expressed in writing, be and the same hereby is given to The Rhode
Island Company, (Union Railroad Company, lessor) to continue to
operate cars over and across the tracks of the Pascoag Branch of
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rnilroad Company in
Smith Street or Powder Mill Turnpike in the Town of Johnston for
the duration of the war with the Imperial German Government and
for a further period of one year after the signing of a treaty of peace
by the warring nations, said crossing to be protected in the irianner
provided in Order Number 294 of the Public Utilities Commission
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entered on the ninth day of August, A. D. 1916, provided however,
that said system of signals may be changed from electrical to
mechanical control.
August 7, 1918. No. 422.
Application of R. N. Collyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer, Agent,
be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statu-
tory publication and notice to the Commission, a supplement to
Official Classification Number 44 for the purpose of amending Rule
29 as shown in said app>lication, said supplement to become effective
on one day's notice to the public and the Commission.
August 9, 1918. No. 423.
Application of Trunk Line District Coal and Coke Committee for
authority for publication of tariffs by The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said Trunk Line District
Coal and Coke Committee be and it hereby is authorized to put into
effect on behalf of said The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company rates on anthracite and bituminous coal from
East Providence Wharf, Fox Point, Harbor Junction Wharf and
South Providence, R. I. to destinations on The Rhode Island Com-
pany and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad, as shown in said applica-
tion, said tariff to become effective upon one day's notice to the pub-
lic and the Commission.
August 9, 1918. No. 424.
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Application of Dlackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company for
authority to file tariffs.
Upon consideration, it appearing that an emergency exists due to
an accident at its generating plant whereby its largest machine was
burned out, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Blackstone \'alley
Gas and Electric Company be and it hereby is authorized to put
into effect without the statutory publication and notice to the Com-
mission, its Pawtucket Division tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 37 and
Woonsocket Division tariff R, I. P. U. C. Number 39, for the pur-
pose of establishing a temporary emergency rate amending Demand
Power Rate "E/' said tariffs to become effective August 20, 1918.
August 19, 1918. No. 425.
Application of R. N. Collyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer, Assent
be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statu-
tory publication and notice to the Commission a supplement to Offi-
cial Classification Number 44 for the purpose of revising the speci-
fication for Military Impedimenta as shown in said application, said
supplement to become effective upon five days' notice to the public
and the Commission.
August 28, 1918. No. 426.
Application of Narragansett Electric Lighting Company for author-
ity to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Narragansett Elec-
tric Lighting Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement
its tariff R. L P. U. C. Number 49 for the purpose of modifying
Paragraph 16 of the terms and conditions to require the customer
to reimburse the Company its cost and expense in installing under-
ground service connected to its underground mains beyond two feet
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inside the property line and modifying Paragraph 17 of the terms
and conditions to require the customer to reimburse the Company
its cost and expense in installing underground service and riser con-
nected to Its aerial lines, said supplement to become effective Sep-
tember 1, 1918 upon one day's notice to the public and the Commis-
sion.
August 28, 1918. No. 427.
Application of Bristol County Gas and Electric Company for author-
ity to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Bristol County Gas
and Electric Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement
its tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 30 for the purpose of modifying
Paragraph 16 of the terms and conditions to require the customer
to reimburse the Company its cost and expense in installing under-
ground service connected to its underground mains beyond two feet
inside the property line and modifying Paragraph 17 of the terms
and conditions to require the customer to reimburse the Company its
cost and expense in installing underground service and riser con-
nected to its aerial lines, said supplement to become effective Sep-
tember 1, 1918 upon one day's notice to the public and the Commis-
sion.
August 28, 1918. No. 428.
Application of R. N. CoUyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer, Agent,
be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statu-
tory publication and notice to the Commission, a supplement to Offi-
cial Classification Number 44, for the purpose of adding a specifica-
tion for Army Field Kitchens or Army Field Kitchen Timbers,
wheeled, horse drawn as shown in said application, said supplement
to become effective on five days' notice to the public and the Com-
mission.
September 4, 1918. No. 430.
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Application of R. N. CoUyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer,
Agent, be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the
statutory publication and notice to the Commission, a supplement to
Official Classification Number 44, for the purpose of revising speci-
fications for Rule 15-B, Rule 15-C and railroad or railway cars N.
O. S. on own wheels, as shown in said application, said supplement
to become effective on one day's notice to the public and the Com-
mission.
September 4, 1918. No. 431.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to supple-
ment tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Tslanc^
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, a supplement
to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 53, for the purpose of
changing the fare limit on the Riverside- Warren-Bristol Line, from
the Willett Avenue Turnout to Peck's Corner, said supplement to
become effective September 15, 1918 upon one day's notice to the
public and the Commission.
September 11, 1918. No. 432.
Application of Providence Telephone Company for authority to file
tariff.
Upon consideration, it appearing that the Postmaster General of
the United States having on August 28. 1918 prescribed instaHation
and moving charges for all telephone companies, and it further ap-
pearing that there is great necessity for conserving material and
labor to meet unavoidable and paramount war needs of the country,
and that as an emergency and war measure it is desired that said
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rates become effective on less than statutory notice, it is
Ordered: That said Providence Telephone Company be and it
hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statutory publica-
tion and notice to the Commission, its tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number
29, for the purposes of putting into effect the installation and mov-
ing charges prescribed by said Postmaster General of the United
States, said tariff to become effective as of September 1, 1918.
September 11, 1918. No. 434.
Application of New England Tdephone and Telegraph Company
for authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it appearing that the Postmaster General of
the United States having on August 28, 191^ prescribed installation
and moving charges for all telephone companies, and it further ap-
pearing that there is great necessity for conserving material and
labor to meet unavoidable and paramount war needs of the country,
and that as an emergency and war measure it is desired that said
rates become effective on less than statutory notice, it is
Ordered: That said New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory pubi'ication and notice to the Commission, its tariff R.
I. P. U. C. Number 3, Section 3, Sheet A, for the purpose of putting
into effect the installation and moving charges prescribed by said
Postmaster General of the United States, said tariff to become
effective as of September 1, 1918.
September 11, 1918. No. 435.
Application of Westerly Automatic Telephone Company for author-
ity to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it appearing that the Postmaster General of
the United States having on August 28, 1918 prescribed installation
and moving -charges for all telephone companies, and it further ap-
pearing that there is great necessity for conserving material and
labor to meet unavoidable and paramount war needs of the country,
and that as an emergency and war measure it is desired that said
rates become effective on less than statutory notice, it is
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Ordered : That said Westerly Automatic Telephone Company be
and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statutory
publication and notice to the Commission, a tariff for the purpose
of putting into effect the installation and moving charges prescribed
by said Postmaster General of the United States, said tariff to be-
come effective as of September 1, 1918.
' September 18, 1918. No. 436.
Application of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
for authority to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That said New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement its tariff R. I.
P. U. C. Number 7 for the purpose of establishing rates for chang-
ing the 'location of equipment where the change is to a location on
the same premises, said rate to be as shown in Section 2, Sheet A
(First Revision), and said rate to become effective September 25,
1918.
September 25, 1918. No. 437.
Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroa<l
jCompany for authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for itself and for Moshas-
suck Valley Railroad Company and The Rhode Island Company, be
and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statuton-
publication and notice to the Commission, tariffs to conform with
the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Case Number
4,906, under Freight Rate Authority Number 1,156 of the Director,
division of Traffic, United States Railroad Administration, dated
September 13, 1918 in relation to increase in mileage rates to be
paid for the use of freight cars of private ownership, said tariff to
become effective on five days' notice to the public and the Com-
mission.
October 3, 1918. No. 438.
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Application of R. N. CoKyer, Agjent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
I'^pon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. X. CoUyer, Affent,
be and he hereby is authorized to supplement without the statutory
publication and notice to the Commission, Official Classification
Number 44 for the purpose of revising Section 1 of Rule 29 as pub-
lished in Item 1, Page 39. Supplement Number 26 to said Official
Classification, as shown in said application, said supplement to be-
come effective upon five days* notice to the public and the Com-
mission.
October 3, 1918. No. 439.
Ai)plication of R. N. Collyer, Agent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. Collyer, Agent,
be and he hereby is authorized to supplement without the statutory
publication and notice to the Commission, Official Classification
Number 44 for the purpose of revising note to Rule 5-A, published
in Item 3, Page 22 and Paragraph 1,825 of the I. C. C. Regulations
for the Transportation of Dangerous Articles, other than Explosives
by Freight, published on page 385 of said classification, said supple-
ment to become effective upon five days' notice to the public and
the Commission.
October 16, 1918. No. 440.
Application of The Rhode Isfland Company for authority to supple-
ment tariffs.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement without the
statutory publication and notice to the Commission, its passenger*
tariffs R. I. P. U. C. Numbers 61 and 65 for the purpose of desig-
nating certain reroutings as shown in said supplements, said supple-
ments, to become effective on October 23, 1918.
October 21, 1918, No. 442.
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Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for itself and on behalf of
the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, The Rhode Is^Iand Com-
pany, Narragansett Pier Railroad Company and Wood River Branch
Railroad Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect
without the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, a
tariff changing car demurrage rules and charges to conform with
order issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, July 31, 1918
upon request of the Director-General of Railroads, said tariffs to
become effective November 1, 1918 on five days' notice to the public
and the Commission.
October 23, 1918. No. 443.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to supple-
ment tariffs.
I'pon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, Supplements
5 and 6 to its passenger tariff R. I, P. U. C. Number 61, Supplement
5 to R. I. P. U. C. Number 65 and Supplement 4 to R. I. P. U. C.
Number 66, for the purpose of modifying fare zones and transfer
limits as shown in said supplements.
October 30, 1918. No. 444.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to supple-
ment tariff.
l^Don consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement without the
statutory publication and notice to the Commissioners, its pnssenger
tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 61 for the purpose of putting into effect
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a rate of ten cents between Crescent Park and Broadway Six Cor-
ners, East Providence gn special car operating between said points
for school children, said tariff to become effective as of November
4, 1918.
November 8. 1918. No. 445.
Application of R. N. Cohvcr, Accent, for authority to supplement
tariff.
I'pon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said R. N. CoUyer, Agent,
be and he hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statu-
tory publication and notice to the Commission, Official Classification
Number 44 for the purpose of revising the classification specification
for finished passenger automobile bodies as shown in said applica-
tion, said supplement to become effective upon five days' notice to
the public and the Commission and said applicant is further author-
ized to make changes or eliminations from the list of participating
carriers on five days' notice to the public and the Commission.
November 20, 1918. No. 446.
Application of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for
authority to supplement tariff.
ITpon consideration, it appearing that the Postmaster General of
the United States having on November 18, 1918 prescribed service
connection and moving charges for all telephone companies, it is
Ordered: That said New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without the
statutory publication and notice to the Commission, such supple-
ments as may be necessary to make its tariffs conform to the charges
and regulations contained in P>ulletin Number 15 of said November
18, 1918, said supplements to become effective as of December 1,
1918.
December 11, 1918. No. 448.
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Application of Providence Telephone Company for authority to sup-
plement tariff.
Upon consideration, it appearing that the Postmaster General of
the United States having^ on November 18, 1918 prescribed service
connection and moving charges for all telephone companies, it is
Ordered: That said Providence Telephone Company be and it
hereby is authorized to put into effect without the statutory publica-
tion and notice to the Commission, such supplements as may be
necessary to make its tariffs conform to the charges and regulations
contained in Bulletin Number 15 of said November 18, 1918, said
supplements to become effective as of December 1, 1918.
December 11, 1918. No. 449.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to sup-
plement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement its passenger
tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 61 for the purpose of changing fare
'limits on Promenade Stree-Phillipsdale Line as shown in Supple-
ment Number 8 to said tariff filed with said application, said sup-
plement to become effective December 9, 1918.
December 11, 1918. No. 450.
Application of Bay State Street Railway Company for approval to
granting free service.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That the approval of the Commission be and the same
hereby is granted to said Bay State Street Railway Company for
furnishing free service for a municipal Christmas Tree in the City
of Newport for Christmas, 1918.
December 18, 1918. No. 451.
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Application of Bristol County Gas and Electric Company for au-
thority to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Bristol County Gas
and Electric Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement
its tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 43 for the purpose of changing: the
effective date of Standard Contract Rider Number 10, effecting a
postponement to ]vt\y 1, 1919 of the effective date of the increase in
rate provided for in said Standard Contract Rider, said supplement
to become effective January 1, 1919.
December 30, 1918. No. 452.
Application of Narragansett Pier Electric Light and Power Com-
pany for authority to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Xarragansett Pier
Electric Light and Power Company be and it hereby is authorized
to supplement its tariff R. L P. U. C. Number 17 for the purpose
of changing the effective date of Standard Contract Riders Num-
bers 8 and 9, effecting a postponement to July 1, 1919 of the effective
date of the increase in rate provided for in said Standard Contract
Riders, said supplement to become effective January 1, 1919.
December 30, 1918. No. 453.
Application of Westerly Light and Poyv^er Company for authority
to supplement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said Westerly Light and
Power Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement its
tariff R. L P. U. C. Number 17 for the purpose of changing the
effective date of Standard Contract Riders Numbers 8, 9 and 10,
effecting a postponement to July 1, 1919 of the effective date of the
increase in rate provided for in said Standard Contract Riders, said
supplement to become effective January 1, 1919.
December 30, 1918. No. 454.
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Application of Wickford Light and Water Company for authority
to supp'lement tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said Wickford Lighi and
Water Company be and it hereby is authorized to supplement its
tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 14 for the purpose of changing the
effective date of Standard Contract Riders Numbers 8 and 9, effect-
ing a postponement to July 1, 1919 of the effective date of the in-
crease in ratj; provided for in said Standard Contract Riders, said
supplement to become effective January 1, 1919.
December 30, 1918. No. 455.
Application of Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company for
authority to file tariff.
Upon consideration, it is
Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said Blackstone Valley
Gas and Electric Company be and it hereby is authorized to put into
effect without the statutory publication and notice to the Commis-
sion, its tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 39 for the purpose of putting
into effect as of November 1, 1918 a revised rate covering munici-
pal street lighting for the City of Centra'l Falls.
December 30, 1918. No. 456.
Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to supple-
ment tariff.
Upon consideration^ it is
Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said The Rhode Island
company be and it hereby is authorized to put into effect without
the statutory publication and notice to the Commission, Supplement
Number 6 to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 65 for the
purpose of putting into effect a special rate as shown in said sup-
plement, said supplement to become effective December 30. 1918
upon two days' notice to the public and the Commission.
December 30, 1918. No. 457.
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Respectfully submitted,
-WILLIAM C. BLISS.
SAMUEL E. HUDSON,
ROBERT F. RODMAN,
Commissioners.
January 15, 1919.
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Accidents :
Railroad ^ 24
Railway 21
Resume of all 21
Utilities 24, 31
American Railway Express Co.:
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 222
Bay State Street Railway Co. : -
Service :
Free-Newport Municipal Christmas Tree 234
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co. :
Tariffs :
Authirity to establish without notice 226, 236
Bridge Hearings 5
Bristol :
Track Layout :
Freight House— The Rhode Island Company 223
Bristol County Gas & Electric Co. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 227, 235
Capital Stock:
Approval of Issue. The N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co 71
Centredale :
The Rhode Island Co. authorized to continue operations over
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R, Grade Crossing 224
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CoLUYERi R. N. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice. .215,223,225,226.227.228,231,233
Commission vs. Providence Gas Co. :
Complaint 79,99
Commission vs. The Rhode Island Co.:
Tariffs suspended 117
Complaints :
Formal:
City of Newport vs. Newport Water Works. Rates 132
Commission vs Providence Gas Co 79, 99
Commission vs. The Rhode Island Co 1 19
Spencer, Edward L., et al. vs. Newport Water Works, Rates. . . 132
Informal : 5
Resume of all 4
Decisions 71
Freight Traffic Committee:
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 224
Grade Crossings:
The R. I. Co. authorized to continue operation over The N. Y.,
N. H. & H. R. R. Co. at Centredale 224
Johnston:
Smith Street Grade Crossing:
The R. I. Co. authorized to continue operation over The N. Y
N. H. & H. R. R. Co *. ■' 224
Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.:
Rate — Special :
Atlantic Power Co. et al 218
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 226
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Narragansett Pier Electric Light & Power Co. :
Rate — Special :
Fort Kearney 217
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 235
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. :
Tariffs :
Authr,rity to establish without notice 229. 230, 233
NEWPORT, City of, vs. Newport Water Works :
Complaint \^2
Newport Water Works :
Complaints :
City of Newport 13J
Spencer, E. L.. et al 1.5J
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., The:
Capital Stock, Increase Approved 71
Grade Crossings:
Centredak — The R. I. Co.'auth:.rized to continue operation over 224
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 215, 217. 218, 230, 232
Opinions 70, 79
Providence :
Track Layouts :
Manton Ave., The Rhode Island Company 220
Providence. Fall River & Newport Steamboat Co. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 221
Providence Gas Company:
Complaint:
Commission, Rate Increase ' 79, 99
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Providence Tei^Ephone Company :
Tariffs ;
Authority to establish with >ut notice 228 '234
Railroads :
Accidents 24
Character of 25
Employees 26
Highway Travellers 27
Non-trespassers : 27
Passengers 26
Trespassers 27
Assets 6
Capital Stock 6
Approval of Issue 71
Dividends 6
Equipment ^ 15
Freight, Number of Tons 15
Income :
Non-operating Iq
Operating 9
Liabilities g
Mileage :
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Locomotive 13
Passenger .' ^^
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1^°" "r.".".y.".". 15
Train . ,
Passengers, Number of , ,
Railway Operating expenses ..
Railway Operating revenues ..
Railways :
Accidents y
Character of 2«
Classification of Killed and Injured 90
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Highway Travellers 31
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Trespassers 31
Assets 17
Capital Stock 16
Car Hours 21
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Commis ion vs. The Rhode Island Company 117
Dividends 17
Income :
Gross 20
Operating 19
Liabilities IS
Mileage :
Car 21
Road 22
Passenger Statistics 21
Railway Operating Expenses 19
Railway Operating Revenues 19
Track Layouts:
Bristol, The R. I. Co. Freight House 223
Providence, Manton Ave 220
Ratks :
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Narragansett Electric Lighting Co 218
Narragansett Pier Electric Light & Power Co 217
Rhode Island Co., The 21Q
Rhode Island Power Transmission Co 219
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Railroad 6
Railway 16
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Complaints :
Commission On Its Own Motion, Fare Increases 119
Grade Crossings:
Centredale — Authorized to operate over 224
Investigation of Affairs of :
Special Commissicii's Findings h
Public Utilities Commission's Order 43
General Assembly's Action 52
Public Utilities Commission's Order 54
Intermediate Zones Established 64
Effective Date of New Rates Extended 218
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice.. 220, 22 1,223, 228, 23 1,232. 234. 236
Suspended 117
Track Layouts :
Bristol Freight House ^. 211
Providence, Manton Ave 220
Rhode Island Power Transmission Co. :
Rate— Special :
Narragansett Electric Lighting Co 219
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Bay State Street Railway Co. :
Authority to furni.«:h free for Newport Christmas Tree 234
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The Rhode Island Company :
Bristol Freight House 223
Spencer, Edward L., ET au vs. Newport Water Works 132
Statistics 240
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Authority to establish without notice 222
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American Railway Express Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 222
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 226, 236
Bristol County Gas & Electric Co. :
Authority to establish without notice Ill, 235
Collyer, R. N.:
Authority to establish without notice. 215, 223, 225 226, 227, 228, 231,233
Freight Traffic Committee ;
Authority to establish without notice / 224
Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.:
Authority to establish without notice 226
Narragansett Pier Electric Light & Power Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 235
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 229, 230, 2Z2i
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., The :
Authority to establish without notice 215, 217, 218:230, 232
Providence, Fall River an<l Newport Steamboat Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 221
Providence Telephone Co.:
Authority to establish without notice 228, 234
Rhode Island Co., The:
Authority t3' establish without notice. .220. 221,223,228.231,232,234,236
Stoneleigh Water Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 222
Trunk Line District Coal and Coke Committee:
Authority to establish without notice: 225
Westerly Automatic Telephone Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 22^;
Westerly Light & Power Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 235
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Wickford Light & Water Co. :
Authority to establish without notice 236
Track Layouts :
The Rhode Island Company 223
Trunk Line District Coai, and Coke Committee:
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without n:«tice 225
Utilities :
Accidents 24. 3 1
Classification oft Killed and Injured 32
Westerly Automatic Telephone Co. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 229
Westerly Light & Power Co. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 235
Wickford Light & Water Co. :
Tariffs :
Authority to establish without notice 236
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