from
"King's Pocket-book of Providence, R.I."
Moses King, Cambridge, Mass., 1882
Tibbitts, Shaw & Co., Providence, RI
pp. 28 - 31.
"CHURCHILL MEMORIAL FUND was established in 1881, under the auspices of the
Rhode Island Women's Club, which desired to testify by some enduring
memorial its sorrow for the loss of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Churchill, who died
March 7, 1881, and its grateful appreciation, not only of her enthusiastic
devotion to the intersts of the Club, but of her entire life-work, which was
an unceasing effort to right wrongs, and help on in every way the truest
welfare of others. The income of the Fund is expended in the interest of
the working women of Providence, under the direction of the officers of the
R. I. Women's Club, and thus far has been appropriated for a course of
lectures to women of this class, a work started in 1880 by Mrs. Churchill.
These lectures, for which a nominal fee is asked, consist of practical talks
on the various concerns of daily life, and cannot fail to be of use to those
who lack proper training for the accomplishment of everyday duties and for
prompt action in sudden emergencies.
CINCINNATI, RHODE ISLAND SOCIETY OF, org. in 1783 and chartered in 1814, was
formed to preserve in some permanent form a record of those early patriots
who were engaged in the struggle for American independence. The society was
composed of 71 original members, chiefly army officers,whose descendants
inherited the right of membership. A portion of the hereditary members,
about 25, met in December, 1877, and org. with the purpose of imbuing new
life and vigor into the society. Sec'y, Henry E. Turner, M.D., Newport.
CITY BUILDING (new). - See City Hall.
CITY BUILDING (old), Market Sq., built, by lottery, for a market-house in
1773. Third story added by St. John's Lodge (Masonic) in 1797. The
building was gradually absorbed for municipal purposes, and afforded cramped
accommodation for the various city offices until their removal to the new
City Hall in 1878. The building is leased for a term of ten years from Jan.
1, 1880, to the Board of Trade.
CITY GOVERNMENT is vested in a mayor, 10 aldermen, and 40 councilmen, chosen
by 10 wards. Annual election in November. Offices for the most part in
City Hall, Dorrance St., at the head of Exchange Pl.
CITY HALL, a magnificent granite building in the Renaissance style, erected
at a cost of $1,034,000, on the sq. bounded by Dorrance, Washington, Eddy,
and Fulton Sts. Here most of the departments of the City government have
their offices. The excavation of the lot began Oct. 19, 1874; corner-stone
laid June 24, 1875; dedicated Nov. 14, 1878. The building is very complete
in its appointments, and is open to the public from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
(Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.) Permission must be obtained from the City
Messenger in the building to see the Reception Room, Battery Room
(Aldermen's and Council Chambers when either board is not in session), and
to ascend to the dome - 127 ft. high, from which the most extensive view of
the city can be obtained. The main entrance is on Dorrance St., above
which, on a pediment of the second story, is a granite bust of Roger
Williams. In front is the Soldiers' Monument and Exchange Pl.
CITY OFFICERS FOR 1882:
City Election, fourth Tuesday in November.
Mayor. -- Wm. S. Hayward.
City Clerk. -- Henry V. A. Joslin.
City Auditor. -- Jas. M. Cross.
City Treasurer. -- Benj. Tripp.
City Solicitor. -- Nicholas Van Slyck.
Judge of the Municipal Court. -- Amasa S. Westcott.
Clerk of the Municipal Court. -- George B. Nichols.
Chief of Police. -- Benjamin H. Child.
Supt. of Health and City Registrar. -- Edwin M. Snow.
Recorder of Deeds. -- Gustavus A. Williamson.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Dep't. -- Oliver E. Greene.
Fire-Marshal. -- E. M. Jenckes.
Supt. of Public Buildings. -- Obediah Slade.
Sup't of Lights. -- Samuel B. Swan.
City Engineer. -- Samuel M. Gray.
Supt. of Public Schools. -- Daniel Leach.
Harbor-Master. -- Daniel Joslin.
Overseer of the Poor. -- George W. Wightman.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. -- Franklin Olds.
City-Sergeant and Messenger. -- Edward S. Rhodes.
CITY REGISTRAR. -- See Sup't of Health.
CITY SEAL. -- April 6, 1834, the City Council, then in the second year of
existence, passed the following ordinance: 'Be it ordained by the City
Council of the city of Providence that the following be the device of the
seal of said city, to wit: around the margin of the same a raised circle
containing the words 'Seal of the city of Providence'; within which circle a
device referring to the landing of the first settlers in Providence,
representing a point of land on the bank of the river covered with
forest-trees, beneath which a group of savages are awaiting the approach of
a canoe containing Roger Williams and his companions; above which device,
and immediately within the inner circle aforesaid, the words 'What cheer?' '
This seal has, in the course of time, undergone some modifications. It will
be noticed that the 'raised circle' now contains in the upper half thereof
the words 'Seal of the city of Providence' and in the lower half thereof the
words, 'Founded 1636' and 'Incorporated 1832'. This arrangement of the
words does away with the 'narrower circle'' spoken of. The central device
has also been somewhat altered, and now represents the canoe containing
Roger Williams as arrived at Slate Rock, upon which are grouped the Indians
in friendly attitudes.
CLAM-BAKES. -- These essenially Rhode-Island institutions may be
patronized at most of the shore resorts along the bay. The bake is usually
made in primitive fashion on a rude floor of stones, previously heated by a
wood fire built upon it. A thin layer of seaweed is put upon the heated
stones; then the clams are piled up, and spread with another thin layer of
seaweed. The whole is then covered with canvas to retain the heat and
steam. Green corn, potatoes, and other vegetables, together with fried
clams, fish, lobster, and watermelon, are furnished as accessories to the
clam dinner, and uniform price of which is 50 cts.
CLEANSING is one of the most important departments of Lewando's French Dye
House, 270 Westminster St. The process employed by this house is the
invention of M. Jolly of Paris; and Lewando, it is said, 'has the whole
field of New England to himself'. It was introduced here by Lewando, and is
carried on at the present time by two Frenchmen who served under Jolly in
Paris. It is known as the dry process, and by its means all the most
delicate fabrics, laces, feathers, silks, etc., can be cleansed without
injury to the texture or colors.
CLOTHING is in the present state of civilization one of the requisistes of
human comfort and one of the chief adornments of mankind. And clothing,
ready-made or made to order, can be obtained nowhere in the world to better
advantage than at the establishment of Macullar, Parker, & Company, 112
Westminster St. A brief sketch of this firm is given elsewhere under the
heading, 'Macullar, Parker, & Company.'
CLUB-HOUSES. -- Hope Club, 292 Benefit St.; Rhode-Island Club, 171 Broad
St.; Union Club, 90 South Main St. Admission only on invitation by members.
COMMERCIAL CLUB, was org. in 1878 to advance the mercantile and
manufacturing innterests of Providence by means of social intercourse and
the interchange of opinion among the members. It holds monthly dinners.
The prest. is Wm. B. Weeden; sec'y, Wm. P. Chapin, and treas. Herbert W. Ladd.
COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, 1881.
Tonnage of Port, Dec. 31: 114 sailing-vessels, 15,358.90 tons; 26
steam-vessels, 17,779.11 tons.
Foreign entries at Custom House for the year 1881: 100 vessels (32
American), 5,094 coast-wise arrivals, brought 255,887 bales of cotton,
32,943 bales wool, 12,039 barrels flour, 773,852 tons coal, 1,266,359
bushels grain.
Foreign Imports: Lumber, 3,596,489 ft.; shingles, 13,408,750; laths,
5,702,700; salt, 5,181,808 lbs.; logwood, 1,976,760 lbs.; molasses, 158,983
gals.
Domestic Imports: Cotton, 327,955 bales; wool, 87,603 bales; flour, 259,915
bbls. [sic]; corn, 1,684,447 bushes; oats, 362,240 bushels; wheat, 10,870
bushels; meal, 18,020 bushels; bran, 451,535 busels; malt, 204,087 bushels;
coal, 787,845 tons. -- Prov. Journal
COMMON COUNCIL FOR 1882.
J. Carter Brown Woods, Prest.
Daniel F. Hayen, Clerk.
Ward 1. -- George L. Claflin, Stillman White, Nathan H. Baker, Wm. T. Nicholson.
Ward 2. -- J. Carter B. Woods, John M. Rounds, Pardon Wilbur, Wm. B. Weeden.
Ward 3. -- Thomas A. Millett, Fitz Herbert Peabody, Arnold Green, Wm. Ames.
Ward 4. -- James McNally, Frederick E. Anthony, George R. Phillips, D.
Russell Brown.
Ward 5. -- James H. Tower, John W. Angell, James G. Whitehouse, Henry F.
Richards.
Ward 6. -- Fred. I. Marcy, Alfred S. Potter, Edward R. Wheeler, Joseph S.
G. Cobb
Ward 7. -- John W. Tillinghast, Benjamin E. Kinsley, Joseph H. Fanning,
William A. Spicer.
Ward 8. -- Alfred A. Harrington, Franklin A. Chase, Henry C. Clark, Daniel
Perrin.
Ward 9. -- George H. Slade, John McAuslan, James K. Trask, John McWilliams.
Ward 10. -- James B. Foyer, John Morris, John Cassidy."
continued in part 14.
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Johnston, RI USA
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